Easter 2013

The kids had fun coloring eggs last night, instead of dying them the traditional way we tried this & this they turned out GREAT! The best thing about coloring eggs this way was how minimal the mess was, and clean up was a breeze!





Since Christmas was pretty sucky this year and Santa didn't get to bring what he had intended for the Lamps children, Santa and the Easter bunny talked it over and decided the Easter Bunny would bring them their special gifts just this once, the children needed know to & be very aware that this is not going to happen every year! The Easter Bunny left a trail of carrot shaped eggs at the end of the trail the kids found BIKES!
Ok now I'm gonna bring this down a not and get all serious.
We were talking to the kids about the real meaning of Easter last night, something Dane said got me thinking. He brought up the movie the Rise of the Guardians, each of the guardians have a "center" or a meaning to their respective holidays Father Norths is wonder, Jack Frost's is being able to have fun and help others, Sandman's was holding onto and believing in your dreams, the Easter Bunny's was hope and new beginnings.  Dane talked about how the Savior was our hope and how he gave us our new beginning.

Hope was something we clung to when Ellie was in the hospital. When the sedation meds would wear off and she would have a moment of being awake, parts of her personality would show through that gave us so much hope, every movement she made gave us HOPE that all would be well that she would be our little Ellie again. Ellie has come a long way she is our Ellie just tweaked a bit! We have been given a new beginning with her and our other children, our eyes were opened to how precious our lives and the lives of our children are, it can all be taken away from you in the blink of an eye, we try to live in the now, soak up every moment we have with our loved ones, we try and not to linger on the negative I'm finding it's such a waist of precious time. Our Savior and Redeemer lived and died to give us HOPE and and new beginning, we need to have faith in him, and live our lives they way we are suppose to. I know that my REDEEMER lives! I wish everyone a Happy Easter, find hope in something and start over new!

Spooky ghosts

Todays little craft were these cute little ghosts made from fake fall leaves. We painted them white, drew faces with a black sharpie, attached some fishing string and hung them on a little tree we made

The best part of today was no one painted on the furniture!

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Fall Break

My kids have Fall break this week, and me being the crazy awesome mom that I am I promised them we would do a Halloween craft everyday!  Thanks to pinterest I have some easy crafts lined up.

The first craft of the week are these cute toilet paper roll bats. The kids had a blast making them (Ellie had a blast painting the couch), they turned out cute and look awesome hanging in the kitchen entry way!

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2 months old!

This sweet girl turned 2 months on.  Monday.Time has gone by fast but at the same time seems to stand still when I watch this sweet sleeping baby.

Maeley is such a sweet little girl, she is very calm and relaxed. She has the most gorgeous and wise eyes for such a tiny and new person! One look into those " baby blues"and you are drawn in wondering what she knows and what she is thinking.

The kids absolutely love her, someone is always playing with her, holding her or just talking to her, they all love getting to know her.  

Maeley seems to finally be in a good night time routine, she eats st 8:30 p.m. sleeps till about 1 a.m. goes back to sleep around 1:30 and sleeps til 5 or 6, its been great! Now with all the good stuff there is some not so good stuff like when her tummy hurts cause mommy ate garlic or something else that gives her gas and all she can do is cry out in pain, or the times she is sound asleep and is rudely awakened by one of the older kids ( Ellie) who thinks it's a good idea to get chop sticks and drum right next to her head! There's also those times when the baby wants nothing to do with anything but eating, and no house work gets done! But I wouldn't change it for the world I love her crankyness, sweet smiles, sometimes sleepless nights & everything in between!

Ok enough chit chat here are her stats:

She is a whopping 7lbs 12oz & 22 inches long. She is a tiny thing for sure, the Dr. isn't too concerned about her weight shes continuing to gain weight just very very slowly!

Some of her favorite activity's still include sleeping, eating & pooping she has added spitting up, smiling and cooing to the list!

I finished Maeley's Halloween costume, pictures to come soon it's cute!

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First Day of School

I'm so glad I got my wish and had Maeley before the 7th it made meet the teacher,the first day of school and pre-school meetings so much easier.

The kids were up at the crack of dawn all dressed and ready for school, which made things go a lot smoother, which was nice cause we were running a little late, who new having a new born would throw our morning routine out of wack!

Anyway we made it to school on time just not early enough to play on the playground for more than a minute, which devestated Kaleb. Ryne panicked a little when the bell rang and she realized she didnt know were her class was suppose to line up, I came to the rescue and together we found were she needed to be.

The kids were happy that Dana was able to be there for their first day.

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I had my 37 week appointment yesterday, I've progressed more, not as much as I hoped for but progress is progress! My Dr. is confident I'll have her before 39 weeks, if not he scheduled an induction for the 7th of August, since I have my babies fast and I tested positive for strep B and he wants to make sure I get the antibiotic. I am hoping she comes before that since the kids start school on the 8th!! I've been contracting quite a bit since Friday so I'll start walking, swimming, cleaning ect.. more to help things along!

My parents will be here today HOORAY!! The kids helped me get their room ready and they are beyond excited!

We had a great maternity shoot on Saturday, I can't wait to see them!

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36 weeks

I was 36 weeks on Saturday, I'm so excited the end is near! We can't wait to meet this little girl!!

I had an appointment today and we are making progress, my Dr. said we should be prepared to have her by 37 weeks at the rate I'm going YEAH so exciting!!! A friend of ours is going to do some maternity pics this weekend lets hope I make it!

The kids are so anxious, they want this baby here NOW! I've been crocheting her some things, like some cute little footless sandals that match her going home outfit, I crocheted around a blanket for her to, Ryne wants me to make the baby a headband and bow to go with her coming home outfit, so thats on the list of things to do.

Dana and I are going to take the tour of the hospital Labor and Delivery floor tonight since I'm delivering at a different hospital this time, it will be nice to know were to go!

My parents are planning on being here but they can't make it till the 25th
due to doctors appointments, so we figure we should have a back up plan for the other kids in case this girl decides to come before they get here!

All right thats the exciting update for this week, I'll keep ya posted if anything happens this week!!

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