Update

Especially since mine is riddled with anomalies, the human body fascinates me.  For those of you who don't share that interest and didn't want to see my guts, sorry.  Scroll quickly past the 1st picture.  Or I hope you aren't eating...

I have always been grateful for my miracle babies, but until I got pictures back from my surgery I didn't quite grasp how truly miraculous they are.  I knew my septum contributed to my infertility and preterm labor issues but had always envisioned it as just a thin wall dividing my uterus.  This picture shows how wrong I was.  It was massive.  It defies logic that I was able to carry 2 healthy babies...meanwhile, I've spent the past 2 years whining about not getting another one.  *facepalm*  My heart is drawn out in gratitude for my boys, and for an amazing doctor who was finally able to get rid of this obstacle.  As usual, Heavenly Father was pouring out more blessings on me than I was aware:



I love it when Pamela flies back to run the Hot Chocolate race every year:

So does everyone else!  Girls Night:

 I wonder what inspired us to wear orange and blue to church on Super Bowl Sunday...Go Broncos!:

Cutest little old man on the 100th Day of School.  He has silver spray paint in his hair, make up wrinkles, and a pvc pipe cane Autrey made him.  Love the tennis ball.  Sad I couldn't find the fake glasses to complete the get-up:

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Digging in the dirt:

I get home from my workout and see this little muscle man:

I need to do whatever those exercises are.  Haha:



Exploring by Grapevine Lake...that's waaaaay  higher than it usually is:

The Minecraft card Dylan wrote to TAMMY.  I couldn't resist:



Tommy had his party at a ninja warrior course/trampoline park:

Ms. Marissa...Molar Woman...at Play to Learn during Dental Health Month:

Dylan: "The knightly plan of the bad guys."  He was proud of his castle:

The stuff we came home with from Three Little Pigs fun with Ms. Marissa. I loved the chocolate pudding finger paint 'mud' for the pig.  And, yes, that is a strawberry cream cheese bagel pig for snack time.  The Parents as Teachers program in NISD is the best!



Our awesome neighbors moved.  I already miss Nick, Melinda, Trey, Mason, and Gracie.  It's so hard when dear friends move away.  We've been swapping babysitting since Trey and Dylan were learning to walk in Euless.  And Halloween definitely won't be the same.  *sigh*  Can't wait to hear about the Hecht's adventures in North Carolina:

 I got to blend my 2 loves, teaching kids and being a mom, by spending the day teaching the Junior Achievement program lessons to Dylan's class.  So fun!  He said his favorite part of the day was having me be his teacher.  Teacher's Pet: 

 I was frustrated the other day that I had lost a few pounds post surgery, then gained it back once I started working out again.  That's just how my body works.  Proof: This picture was taken Feb 2011, ironically with my high school athletic trainer, after having a baby and NOT working out for 1.5 yeas (due to my high risk pregnancy with Dylan/preterm labor/bedrest, C-section recovery, nursing issues, stress of being a working mom with an infant).  My muscles had atrophied so much that I was 15 lbs less than I am now, and 10 lbs less than when I graduated high school.  I kind of miss those skinny legs.  But I love my muscles and being healthy and strong more.  I'll probably never fit those pants again, and I think I'm ok with that:

  Mom asked me to find her Sunkist shirt from high school the Unified Studies members each had.  Found it!  It as blue paint from when she wore it to paint our kitchen cabinets in the 80s, a little hole (possibly from when I wore it to Girls Camp), and tiny food stains from its tenure as a "spaghetti shirt" during the 90s to save our clothes from splatter.  Regardless, it will always be my favorite spaghetti shirt!

"Mom, take a picture of me with my Legos!"

 Last night Dylan's group presented their Thanksgiving project at the district Techno Expo with Miss Hunter.  Only 10 projects from the entire school were able to go:

  Dylan:

*"See that allergy eater?" (algae eater in a fish tank)

*Dylan read 7 BOB books from Collection 1 by himself.  He is reading so well!  He tested at a DRA 4.  He is to be at a 5/6 at the end of the year.

*He knows all 35 sight words they have learned in Kindergarten so far, and sounds out many others.

*He asked to make his own PB and H sandwich for lunch and also cut his own strawberries.  I am learning to give up control and let him do things for himself.  It's hard for me, but necessary.

*While G-ma was here she made Egg McMillers.  At breakfast one day he ate 3 of them, along with 4 "light saber" omelet slices.  Then he said, "I'm full of it."  Yeah, I'll say he was!  I was full after 1.

*Dylan wasn't really thrilled about playing baseball for a while.  He told Aut, "I know I should practice, but I don't really like baseball."  I'm sure Aut died a little inside, but he had a great poker face.  But since we've been practicing more and got his uniform he likes it now.  Whew!  We went for FHE this week and played a long time at the field near our house.  (Colt on the other hand always wanted to play all day long.  Funny how different they are.) 

*When he 1st found out: "I'm in the TEXPO EXO (Techno Expo)!"

Colton:

*"I want to be an orange when I grow up.  They're good for your body...but don't eat me!"

*(pointing to the LAUGH sign in our kitchen): "Look at the big A!"

*C: "Is God the sun?"

  Aut: "No.  He made the sun."

 C: "Oh, where does God live?"

 Aut: "In heaven."

 C: "Where's heaven?"

 Aut: "I don't know exactly."

 Dylan: "I know.  Outer space."

 C: "I miss God."

*"I decided I'm not 3 anymore.  I'm 4!"

*"My heart is talking to my head.

*Colt to Tyson: "My mom is the best mom."

*Then 3 days later, "I love you, mom.  I wouldn't trade you for another mom.  You're my favorite 5 year old."  I always tell him he is my favorite 3 year old.  Apparently I look 5 to him.

*I have 2 friends who are like me that only have 1 kid at home during school hours.  One of my friends is the Primary President and the other is going to school online.  Both are really busy and have mom guilt about ignoring their boys while they try to get stuff done while other kids are at school.  They have both called me more than once to ask if Colt can come over to their houses to play because he is a good kid, entertains their boys, and it is so much easier for them.  I could start renting him out. :)

Me:

*I started working about again with my trainer on Feb 9, after 5 weeks.

*I coached the Beehives in their basketball tournament.  It was brutal since the other team was made up of actual basketball players and my girls had a hard time catching the ball or going to meet a pass or rebounding...  Hopefully the Mia Maid/Laurel tournament days will go better!

*You know you babysit quite often when your husband calls to say he is coming home from work and asks, "How many kids are there today?"