And now we have a video!

I finally got the video of Annika giving her Amelia Earhart speech to post. And look at that sweet little pumpkin face at the end there. I just want to squish her cheeks! However, would someone smart tell me if I can turn it so it will go vertical instead of horizantal so I don't have to twist my neck to see it?

And we finally have pictures

of Annika aka Amelia Earhart

Look

at those eyelashes. It doesn't seem quite fair; mine don't even look like that after three coats of mascara.

Funny baby....and then sick baby

Karl called me into the living room to show me this:




Elizabeth does not usually fall asleep at 5pm so I checked her temperature. Sure enough, she had a fever. Poor baby. But she looked awfully cute in her tutu sleeping next to her daddy.

The fever hit her right at dinnertime. Before she got sick she was busy running around, playing and making me laugh. Here are a few of the funny things she did:

-She ran into the bathroom and I heard her sitting on the potty and then she said "Good job Baby!" to herself when she went.

-Later,I tried to grab her up and give her a quick hug as she went running by. She got mad and said "Give me my baby back!" I said, "Where is your baby?" and she pointed to herself.

-But then she got mad when Ian called her 'baby'. She came running into the kitchen to tattle on him. "E-Wee call me baby!" she said indignantly.

Still no pictures

I got some great pictures and even a little video of Annika as Amelia Earhart at her Wax Museum program at school. My mother-in-law brought her camera for me to use and it takes really good pictures. When I got home I found my card reader (yay!) But for some reason no computer in this house will let me upload the pictures so I can't share them with you until IT support gets home. And my computer? I am so mad at it right now. It doesn't recognize any device I plug in. So I can't charge my ipod, put any pictures on it...nothing. IT support has already looked at it and could not fix it. And he didn't come right out and say it, but I got the feeling he felt that I was somehow responsible for the problem.

What else is new around here? Alexandria has what I suspect is a double ear infection. I had to go pick her up early from school today. Also, she is getting braces for sure. Her first orthodontist appointment is next Friday. Karl said she has been so sickly that he is worried she is falling apart and is not sure we should invest the money in her. Ha. Insurance pays next to nothing, so the way we figure it, we will be paying for braces for the next decade. We have to pay for Alex's phase I, then her phase II, by then Annika will probably need them, and if Ian keeps up with the finger sucking, he might be next in line.

Speaking of the finger sucker, he got injured playing Wii. He was bowling and went to bring his arm back to throw the ball and slammed his finger (his sucking finger!) right into the coffee table. It swelled up and bruised pretty bad. It is better now but he is still unable to slurp his fingers which has upset him. When Karl found out he said, "Every time you turn on the Wii there is a warning about how you need to be careful to make sure there is nothing around you when you are playing." To which I say...okay, but Ian can't read.

As for me, I am on Week 3 of the 5K training program. Except that week 3 was really really hard so I am going to have to go back and redo week 2. Also I could not run tonight on account of Annika's Wax Museum. Reading the New Testement in 30 days has not commenced, so I need to get on the ball with that. School started last Monday so I am busy trying to avoid reading about ethical issues in social science.

So that is all that is going on around here. While I was typing this Karl got home and put the pictures on my computer, so I will put them in the next post.

Shopping for a great cause

I wanted to an share a great Etsy shop with you. I met Cristin through Lucy(my step-sister) and she is awesomely crafty and makes the cutest things. Right now 90% of proceeds from her current inventory will be donated to aid Haiti in relief efforts. She knits hats, scarves, headbands, cowls and makes adorable gift tags too. Check out her stuff here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/cristinrae

I have my eye on the headband/earwarmers. How cute would those be on my girls?

Breaking news: I have misplaced something

You guys, this might come as a surprise to you, but I lose things. A lot. So now I can't find the card reader for my laptop which equals no new pictures for the blog. I don't find blogging as fun when I don't have pictures. So I will keep looking, but until then, I might not be writing as frequently.