this week flew by

Is it friday already?  It has been a quick week, but long days!  The kids have been sick - Shea got two random fevers this week (I still have no idea what caused them, maybe he is just over tired?) and have been getting over colds.  We have had doctor and dentist appointments for both kids.  We had a busy weekend with Hailey's birthday party, fireworks on the beach, and wild waves.  I had my book group this week, we threw a surprise shower for Tawny, which was so fun (she didn't expect it at all).  And Jeremy has been working long hours (for him - which means like 8 - 9 hour work days, but he is gone more like 11 or 12).  But we are thankful for those long hours!  The church isn't paying us right now, because Jeremy wasn't really able to make all his hours up with how much he has been working, and they have a guy who has a TON of community service hours to make up.  Its good, because we are trying to become a little more separated from his parents church and it means we have more time in the evenings not up at the church and also, they don't really have the income to be paying us.  But here God has provided much more work for Jeremy than we are used to, and it is already making up for the loss of income from the church.

I don't know why these pictures are in the order they are, but I do not have time to play around with blogger, so this is it!

Hailey's birthday was fun and simple.  My family came over and we had a joint celebration for Cadence's (my brother's oldest) birthday as well.  The cousins and dogs played and Hailey just clung to me and freaked out most of the time, because she kind of doesn't do great around crowds when the attention is on her.  haha.  But she liked her cake and she did a good job of opening presents!

My brother got her this cute little talking purse with a cell phone/credit card/keys/little mirror.  SHe walks around the house with the bag on her arm and talks on the cellphone. Or she is holding her baby in the other hand - so funny!  I tried to get a picture of her doing it, but she wouldn't hold still.

I can't believe she is already a year!  She is practically running around the house and tried jumping today.  I love this girl.  She is one determined little person!

I won "mom points" this week for allowing my children to plaster my leg with stickers.  Shea was very excited that I kept them on all day and he proudly told Jeremy when he came home that "mommy is STICKER MAN!" haha.  Gotta remember its the simple things!

We have gotten back into our walk routine this week!  I still wish I had a double stroller, but wearing Hailey has still been OK.  We went on a long uphill both ways walk the other day to deliver a care package to a little girl who broke her femur (SO SAD!  She is only 3 and is in a full body cast.  I can't even imagine.)

Speaking of ways that God is providing everything we need - Hailey outgrew her baby car seat and so we were going to have to switch Shea's over.  He is technically big enough for a booster, so we just bought one of those, but I was feeling a little bit unsure about it becasue he just looked so small in it - I really wanted him to stay in the 5 point harness.  Well, one of my mommy friends was over for a playdate last week and randomly asked, "hey I have an extra carseat, do you need one?"  YES!!  It was brown and black and really stained, so I washed it and recovered it with some fabric I had laying around.  Of course, Hailey is grumpy in this picture, but she actually loves sitting facing forward!  And I am glad that Shea is in a safer seat.  Then my brother gave us a much nicer booster than we bought for Shea, so now we are covered until the kids graduate out of carseats.

Shea LOVED the rides at wildwaves.  It was the best part - just watching him BEAM with joy as he sat in one.  It was his first time on rides, really.  So special!  He even went on a fast one with me.

Ok...this was my attempt at making a makeshift double stroller.  I took our two strollers and tied them together. haha.  It did sort of work, but it was a killer workout for me, because you had to hold it a certain way.  People were just laughing at me as I walked down the street.  I looked pretty ridiculous.  Hence why I went back to using the baby carrier - I gotta find me a double stroller!

This picture is from a couple of weeks ago when we stopped by this quaint little town nearby called "Port Gamble".  It is all historic buildings that have been maintained as shops or homes.  This is upstairs in the general store where they have a little marine museum.

my kids like their carbs.  Oh yes.  We stopped at Panera on our way to wildwaves.  

Swinging up at the church!

This was yesterday.  Hailey was holding her babies and just walking circles around the kitchen table, talking nonstop.  I took a video of her too.  I decided I really need to be more on top of documenting this girl - she just doesn't get nearly the pictures taken of her as Shea did!

I guess that is all for now.  We are going to a 10th anniversary party for a local coffee roasting company tonight, which I am looking forward to (I'm just looking forward to getting out of the house without having to go run errands!).  I have a list of things to get done before then too, and Hailey just went down for a nap, so it's my time to power through it all!