How accurate are these things?

Yes you are seeing correctly if you're seeing plus signs. It took me 3 tests to accept that it was really true. I was a little stressed and overwhelmed for the first day but we are now very excited to announce that I'm going to have another baby. It just better be a girl. I think I'm due for one. I'm only about 6 weeks and should be due around Aug. 21st. I'll have a better due date after I've seen the doctor in a few weeks. I'm feeling the first effects of morning sickness or should I say all day sickness. It's not too bad but it does wipe me out some days. All in all we feel very blessed and very lucky. From one to four kids in a year... who knew?

Seeing Santa

Well, my boys had their first encounter with the mall Santa in Tucson. He was a great Santa and talked with them for quite awhile. I expected Jake to be scared but instead he kind of just sat there trying to figure out what was going on, or so it appeared from the look on his face. He did manage to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas which is cars and more cars.

Joey was very eager to say he wanted a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It's all he's asked for for a month. It's a good thing Santa found one.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of Jackson with the big guy because he was in Mesa with his Nana picking up his cousin Brandon from the airport. Santa was the last thing on his mind. I'm not sure Santa is going to be a part of his life for very much longer. He's 8 now and I was appalled to see a few signs of disbelief this year. It's almost sadder to me than it will be to him.

My Christmas Dinner Party

OK - So I love to give a good party and I love to cook new recipes for really rich yummy foods. I just don't do either very often. So I decided to throw a Christmas Party this year. It took about a week of preparation and I cooked for 4 days straight but it was well worth it for me and I hope for my guests. Everyone seemed to have a great time and there wasn't much food left when everyone was gone so that's a good sign.

I served Sesame Chicken Strips, Sweet Bacon Chicken Wraps, Pecorino stuffed Mushrooms, Lasagne Rolls (everyone's favorite and definitely one to serve often for dinner now), Garlic Roasted Potato Skins with a Spinach, Bacon, Artichoke Dip, A Pinecone cheese ball with crackers, yummy punch and a Chocolate fountain with lots of things for dipping for dessert.

The crazy pictures of all of us were taken while we played the Jen Knight version of Ooga Booga. You take big tootsie rolls and put one between your lip and your gums and then you play the game. It is always a great hit and everyone has more fun laughing at each other than they do actually playing the game. We had a great time.

Christmas Card 2007

Don't you just love my Christmas Cards?! I love them! I can't stop thinking about how great they turned out even though my kids only smiled about 1/3 of the time we were there. Jake even has rosy cheeks! We went to Andrea Stanley here in town and she did a fabulous job as always. We also got some great family ones but those will take a little longer to get back.