I can't take credit for the idea, but I saw this super fun idea on a blog I follow.  I don't know the official name for it, but it's basically a chance for me to confess 10 things you may not know about me.

Here we go:

1.)  I am in shape and am semi very obsessed with working out.  I love it and it's something that I do for me almost every day of the week.  I typically work out before most everyone gets out of bed. Except my kids of course.  My early risers are always up when I work out.

2.)  I don't do laundry or house work.  I'm serious.  Greg does it all.  There is occasional "I need to deep clean this house now" but those come usually once a month.  :)  Greg does the day-to-day laundry and deep cleaning.  Don't get me wrong, I like to do a general "pick-up" but if you ever stop by unannounced you'll likely see Greg folding laundry and mopping the floors.  

3.)  When I was first told about Greg and who he was (and that he was cute, nice and single) I thought I was just way too cool for Greg.  Ha, ha, ha.  I had not a clue that he is the most amazing man I have ever met in my entire life.  Not to mention way cooler than I am.

4.)  I don't feed my kids a very healthy diet.  It's weird that I care so much about staying in shape and eating right but don't stress about them eating Oreos and Spaghetti-O's for lunch.  I should care more and that might be my resolution after Christmas since I don't really believe in New Year's Resolutions.  They never work.

5.)  Speaking of eating healthy.  I do eat healthy most days but I also eat Whip Cream EVERY SINGLE DAY.  I recently went on a "week off" of Reddi-Wip, but caved in when my co-worker brought a can to my office.  So then, I changed my "week off"  of Reddi-Wip to a "week off at home" of Reddi-Wip.  (Note:  Reddi-Wip is spelled correctly.  There is no "h" in Whip.  Trust me, I know.)

7.)  I sometimes wish I was my sister Stephanie.  She stays at home with her kids.  Her kids are beautiful and perfect in every way.  They obey, they are smart, they love Jesus, they are sweet, they are QUIET!  They also happen to be older than my kids and are both girls.  But anyway, sometimes I daydream about being a homeschool mom who doesn't have to run to an office job and try to juggle meetings at work with a life at home.  But,  I count  my blessings and remember how much I HATE jealousy (including my own).  Then I get over it and stop wishing for everything I don't have and focus on everything I do have.  This typically lasts until the next time I have to stay late at work while my kids eat McDonald's for dinner with their daddy.  Typically at that point, it's a re-run of my daydream of staying at home and being a super awesome mom like my sister Stephanie is.

8.)  I am a confident business woman and can run a meeting or train my 200 employees without thinking twice about it, but I am naturally a super shy girl.  I hid behind my parent's legs when I was little so that no one could talk to me or see me.  I have stopped doing that, but our family joke is that I hate people.  I don't really "hate" people (in our home we save our hate for the Devil), but would be very content never having to meet a new person again. That's bad and sometimes comes across as me being snotty or arrogant.  I'm really not either of those words, I'm just nervous, anxious and not comfortable making small talk.  I'm working on it and it's hard to change something that is so deep inside me.

9.)  I am happy for others when they get/do/receive nice things.  I don't like to be around people who are jealous.  (see #7: note to self).

10.)  I take a bath every day.  I hate being cold.  I eat cottage cheese and peanut butter right out of the container.  I sleep with a fan on for noise.  I get up at least once every single night.  I am an anxious person and worry about everything. I love Jesus and serve Him.  My best friends are my family.  My kids never nap at the same time.  I am tired all the time.  I love to chew gum.  I am allergic to yellow squash.  I love my husband and kids more than I ever knew I could love.

Do you feel like you know me better?  

Tonight was a big night at our house.  Our baby girl isn't a baby anymore.  She took a huge step towards becoming a big girl tonight.  Boo-hoo and hip-hip hooray all at the same time.  

We can't have any more babies, so this is it.  

We are crib free FOREVER.  

It's sad and happy all at the same time.  

After Chloe had her cup of water for her night stand (yes, Stephanie and Keven, I did say I'd never let my kids have water by their bed), snuggled with her brother and said her prayers (which I need to record and post someday) she was ready for lights out.  No tears and no negotiating.  She rocks.

Chloe loved her big girl bed and and BLESS HER HEART  didn't get out of bed once.  Before falling asleep she yelled out "daddy...daddy...daddy" until Greg went in and got her her baby to sleep with.  Then she yelled out "daddy...daddy...daddy" a few minutes later until Greg went in her room and took her baby away from her (at Chloe's request, of course) and put the baby to bed in the baby's bed next to her big girl bed.

She's sleeping soundly now and I'm sure feeling pretty special that she's finally a big girl.  Little does she know that she's not really a big girl yet.  Potty training is next.

Goodnight.

If I sent out a Christmas card I absolutely would not send the first picture because quite honestly that would be too fake.  

The second picture, however, would be just perfect.

Merry Christmas from my Super Hero's.

The blogging has taken a back seat to something called LIFE.  Wow, things are busy around here.  Between school, speech, swimming lessons, Community Bible Study, staying in shape and trying to be a working mom, I've found little time for blogging.  Since I write this blog as my children's baby book/scrapbook, I will do my best to back up and report to you (and them someday) what we've been up to.

Chloe is still 100% diva and is just about the most adorable little girl we know.  Lately, she's been insisting she's a boy.  So when we tell her that she's such a pretty girl she gets  upset with us and screams that she's actually a boy.  

She doesn't say "actually" though. She "actually" doesn't say much and until a couple of weeks ago I was starting to worry a little bit.  I worried mostly because Brooks was a genius child and was reciting chapters of books at this age (well, not really but pretty close). 

This week though, she's begun to speak much more clearly.  Yeah! Her favorite sentence is "NO WAY".  She replies "NO WAY" to almost everything.  She says it so much that Brooks told me the other day that he is "so sick of hearing Chloe say NO WAY."  And to that comment from her brother Chloe would most definitely say "NO WAY!"  We think it's darling and will proclaim that as her first real sentence.  She had one other sentence much earlier on, but it's not appropriate to talk about on the blog (no swearing or anything like that, just something that might make you think we are goofy and we wouldn't want that! wink, wink.)

 We had a fabulous birthday party in November for an even more fabulous sister.  We were thrilled to honor my sister Stephanie at our house for a super fun night of games, food and stories about our favorite girl.  Brooks had a secret date with his Ti-Ti in the bathroom and came out with some tattoos on his back.  Yes, this is the whole package.  This kind of stuff is why he loves his Ti-Ti, I'm sure.

Do you want to know what true love looks like?  See below.  Steph is such a good mom.

 During the party Brooks had tons of fun playing Wii with the boys.  He fit right in with the older kids.  They were so nice to him.  It's neat to watch him learn social skills and master the art of taking turns and getting along.  Lakeview Christian Academy is worth every penny to us.  He's learned so much about loving Jesus and so much about becoming a polite young man who kids want to be around.  It's such a blessing to watch him make friends.

 And my little girl boy Chloe loves her guns.  What a doll cowboy.