Wordless Wednesday

Thankful Thursday

Please join us in welcoming Lucy Caroline to the Stevens family. She made her appearance at 10:38 AM on August 20, weighing in at 8 lb 6 oz (a lightweight in this family!!) and measuring 20.5 inches.
Everyone here is just in love with her and it's a good thing I have to hold her for feedings, or else Sam, Katie and Nathan would never give her up!!

Brothers gotta hug!

And make silly faces too!

Why, yes, as a matter of fact, you can

Mark had to work late tonight so I was telling the kids that I'd be getting them ready for bed after I cleaned up the kitchen. Sam said, "mom, you never let US help you clean up the kitchen. Can we do something to help tonight?" As I was recovering from the shock, Katie said something like, "yeah, can we have a fun job helping you clean the kitchen?" And Sam said, "yeah, like washing dishes! Can we wash the dishes tonight mom?" He later said, "you should just let us help you clean the kitchen every time, mom." Um, ok. Knock yourselves out!

And speaking of weird kids, Nathan has started calling me mom. He is 1, people. Ok, to be fair, he will be 2 next month, but seriously, what 1 year old calls his mother "mom"? I'm pretty sure I don't like it, but at the same time nearly everything he says and does is super cute, so I can't bring myself to make him say mommy. Tell me: could YOU resist this face?




And in other news, I am now less than 35 days away from my due date. Mark had a little panic attack last night, but I think he's settled down for now. He's worried that we don't have a name picked out yet. He seems to have forgotten that none of our children has had a name before he/she was born. In fact, I am pretty sure that none of them had a name until the day we came home from the hospital. We're weird like that, though. I guess I see now where our kids get it!

Oops

So, I've been a little out of the bloggin loop lately. We've been working to get ready for baby sister. Something about bringing home a new baby makes one feel like all the closets have to be cleaned and organized! So we're a little over 5 weeks from the due date. Here's a picture I snapped of myself this morning. I had just woken up, so forgive the unkempt hair and unsmiling face. Who wants to be woken up to the sound of a child saying, "Mom, I don't have any clean underwear in my drawer"?
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I've also been doing a bit of sewing lately. Here is the latest creation for Katie: a skirt and shirt set. I love that she loves my making something new for her, despite all my attempts to point out the flaws.

The skirt was pretty hard to make, I won't lie. There was a ton of gathering to be done and I am terrible at gathering. My next attempt from this pattern will be a dress. I love getting patterns with more than one option in them! If you like it, it's the Analiesse pattern from Portabellopixie by Sandi Henderson. I have several of her patterns and I love all of them. I also plan to make a Gracie reversible jumper with ruffle pants. Stay tuned for pictures...

Think he likes his pacifiers?

Update

The kids and I took a big trip recently. We spent a week in Memphis with my parents, then a week in Starkville, MS to participate in VBS at our old church. Sadly I did not pull out my camera even once while we were in Starkville and didn't pull it out enough while we were in Memphis, but I did manage to get a few shots here and there. This first picture is one of my dad with Katie and Nathan right before we left. The group shot of the kids is from the Children's Museum of Memphis. We went one afternoon and had an absolute blast. We were there 3 hours and could have stayed 3 more.



And here are a few shots from yesterday of the kids enjoying their Tootsie Pops from Em and Pop (my parents).




There are 11 more weeks (give or take) until my due date and all of a sudden, I have a huge nesting urge! Thanks to a youth yard sale this weekend, I am weeding through toys and books and movies and clothes and getting this house ready to meet it's newest resident. Only 76 more days! Where does the time go?