Gwendolyn really likes Baby Einstein.

Me and my girls!

The snowflakes we had coming down yesterday were the biggest I think I have ever seen. Some were like golf ball size. (Yes, I know they weren't single flakes, but bunches together, but still way cool!)

I can't leave Gwendolyn alone in the livingroom/kitchen area anymore, because this is what I find when I come back.

She is constantly climbing up on the table. Even when I am right there, she does it, then gets all excited like it is a game when I come to get her.

She also knows how to push Amelia's step stool to the part of the counter she wants so she can play with stuff. Today I had put Amelia's leftover lunch on the counter so Gwendolyn wouldn't get it if she climbed on the table. I waited about 2 minutes before following her into the kitchen (thinking she would be on the table) and instead I find her up at the counter eating covered in ketchup and eating chips, and a hotdog on the floor.

She definitely keeps me busy! lol

I am so tired of being tired.

I have been exhausted lately. So much so that I am constantly "out of it". It is the reason I haven't updated in so long.
Part of the problem is that I am pregnant. Yes, for anyone who didn't know, we are expecting #3! I am excited about it, it is a very good and blessed thing, but I am still tired. Mostly though, I am tired because my hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue have hit me hard. I can tell the difference from just being tired, pregnancy tired, and hypo/AF tired. This is hypo/AF tired. I am sure the pregnancy had something to do with my hypo/AF getting worse, but I am so sick of being tired it isn't funny. In the last two years I have felt human for about a month. I took some of my hydorcortisone for a few weeks in January, and it is amazing how normal I felt. I actually was able to get through the day with out napping, and without even feeling the need to nap. I had the ambition to clean my house, and KEEP it clean. I wanted to play with my kids, and see my friends. It wasn't like I was full of crazy energy, I was just normal, or almost normal anyway.
I always feel like I am lazy. I should just "buck up" and make myself do the things a normal person would do. If I just do it, I will get the energy. It is so not true. In fact, I just plain old don't have the stamina to do more than survive most days.


Copied from my hypothyroidism blog...
I read something in the book "Adrenal Fatigue" that really hit home for me. ....
"These people may appear to friends and family to be lazy and unmotivated, or to have lost their ambition, when in reality quite the opposite is true; they are forced to drive themselves much harder than people with healthy adrenal function merely to accomplish life's everyday tasks."

That is exactly how it is for me. I really struggle with making it from one day to another much of the time.
I am very blessed to have a husband who understands (or at least tries to) and helps me when I need it.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel though. I didn't take the medication when I was pregant and breastfeeding Gwendolyn because the doctor said it was a "C" drug and I shouldn't. I did some shallow reasearch that scared be into agreeing with him, so instead, I just felt like crap for two years.
Now that I am pregnant, and looking forward to another two years of this, I did much deeper research, and found that at the low doses that I would be taking, and the reason I am taking it, there is actually very little risk to the baby. I am still going to wait until my second trimester, to be extra catious, but the doctor has pretty much agreed to let me go on it next month!
I am so, so, so looking forward to being able to function normally (or at least almost normally) again!

Feb 2008

I haven't been updating like I should. I feel like I have been super busy doing nothing. It is all good though. I have had a bit more energy lately, and am really enjoying my girls. :) (And my hubby too, of course!)

Just thought I would share a few pics...

Amelia played dress up with Gwendolyn last week.






We made a snow man when we had a warm spell. Amelia named him Frosty, the same name she picked for my mom's new colt.

I made Amelia a couple Barbie dresses a couple weeks ago. She like them. She has really gotten into barbies lately.

This is what my cats do most of the day. What a life I tell you. Heh, heh.

Gwendolyn "playing barbies" with Amelia. Gwendolyn was sitting in the barbie box. She really likes going over things, or inside things, climbing, ect.

God has blessed us with a New Year! Welcome 2009

2008 was a year to remember. Gwendolyn was born in Feb, and Grandpa went to Heaven in November. Eric was switched to a new area of the company after some worry that he might lose his job. The Lord has blessed us a lot with Eric's job. So many people have been laid off, and he has kept his job, and his new job seems to be nicer so far then the last.
Amelia turned four, and continues to wow us with how smart she is.
Besides birthing a baby, I have grown closer to God the last few months, and it has improved my outlook a lot! Life is so much better when you put your life in God's hands, instead of your own!


I look forward to 2009, and what God has in store for us next! :)

Christmas 2008

Christmas was nice. We got to spend Christmas Eve with my family, and Christmas Day with Eric's family.

It did seem that too much time was spent on gifts both days, and not enough time just being together. It wasn't bad, just something we might need to think about next year.
We did talk to Amelia a lot about what Christmas really means, and why we celebrate it, and what is important. She "gets" it. :)

We got Amelia just one gift, but it was a "big" one. She got a VTech Motion video game console. We aren't really impressed with it, as it is not always easy to make work right, and the graphics are not very good, but Amelia likes playing it, so that is good.


Just a few pictures from Christmas.

We will miss you grandpa!

I haven't posted in a while because my grandpa passed away last month, and I just didn't feel up to blogging it.

It still doesn't seem real, and yet, life goes on.

He will be so dearly missed!

Marvin Dresler
November 21 1935-November 26 2008


The Lord made it known to us in several ways that Grandpa is Home with the Lord!
God is such a great comforter! It is so wonderful to know for sure that grandpa is in heaven with Jesus!

It doesn't take the pain away, but it certainly does help.

Amelia is 4!

Amelia is now 4. She is getting to be such a big girl!

We had a birthday party for her on her birthday, and most of our loved ones joined us to celebrate! Amelia had a blast!

I made sub sandwiches. Amelia requested turkey and cheese sandwiches, so I made turkey and ham subs. She was happy, and nobody complained so A lot of people came, and my house is just not big enough, or, it is big enough, but barely. There were a few people standing in the kitchen because the dining room and living room were full, and that doesn't include the stragglers that didnt' come until most of the other people had left. It was a mermaid party.

Here are some of the decorations.

Amelia was going to wear her mermaid costume, but we forgot about it. I think she had changed her mind about wearing it anway.

The "cake".

(It is a Walmart cupcake cake. I love their buttercream frosting. )

Her cousins and two good friends all came. They all had a blast playing together!

Daddy and Kathy's wedding

Daddy and Kathy got married last month. It was a perfect day for a wedding! :) It was good to see them too, it had been a while. ;)


Yay, a trampoline!!!



This is the only picture of me where I don't look pregnant. :P

Grandpa Dan!

Swing on the "silly swing" as Amelia likes to call it. :)

Great Grandma Theresa

Auntie Carrie

Amelia loves kitties!!! This is Yoda. :)

Mr. and Mrs.!

Katie and Stella's visit

My sister Katie and her baby Stella came to visit from Alabama. Such a sweet baby!
We went for a picnic at a park one day while she was here. And all the girls got to "play".

My little angel. ;)


That is the Mississippi behind us. Katie is like half my size. :P


Sweet Stella. :)


Aren't I cute?!?!

My pretty girl!

I now have a crawling, toothed, almost cruising baby girl!

Well, Gwendolyn has learned a lot since my last post. She has been crawling for about a month now, and she can also pull herself up to stand pretty good. She will move a bit while standing, and I think she will be "cruising" the furniture pretty soon! She can also "chew" bits of food. Whatever she can chew without teeth is super yummy! Bread and puffs are her favorite, because they are so easy to grab. I have to be careful not to give her too much at a time though, because she will shove it all in her mouth at once, and choke a bit. Her first tooth also finally popped through last week, and she is drooling so much, I am sure another is soon to follow.

We are all getting over a bad cold. It started with Amelia the end of last week, then I got it, then Gwendolyn and then Eric. Eric and Gwendolyn are still a bit sick, but over the worst of it. Maybe Gwendolyn's runny nose is from teething now, I am not sure.

My new haircut.

We love each other!

My little turkeys! :)