It's A Girl!

Nope, I am not pregnant, but I have some extremely exciting news in my family. My big bro Chris is the proud father of 6, count them, 6 strapping young boys all under 11. Today they found out that they are having a GIRL in early July! Yea, yea, yea! I am so happy for them. Now they can finally use the name they picked out even before they were married! We can't wait to meet Aubree Crippen!

"Babysteps to the elevator..." (name that movie!)

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Here we go. We are going to attempt a post without a picture of Zach. I hope it still turns out okay! :) Well, we had a wonderful Valentine's Day. I love Valentine's Day! It is great. I woke up to Justin's famous scrambled eggs, toast, oranges (California Oranges!) and milk. It was delicious. Especially since I was eating it in bed! What a treat. Man, I love that guy!
Well, while Justin was getting ready to go to school I decorated his "reading" spot with a heart table cloth, a BE MINE sign, and his favorite, a monster sugar cookie with frosting on it! He LOVES sugar cookies and I have to say, this one was SO yummy! It was basically a whole recipe in a heart shaped pan, plus the few cookies on top. That is one large and THICK cookie.

Can it get any better?
This was my favorite part of the day. Justin had a basketball game on Valentine's night, so we decided we would celebrate the next day, . . . but I couldn't wait, so I surprised him with a DELICIOUS dinner. We had spinach mushroom manicotti, homemade french bread, grapes, veggies, sparkling apple juice, and special jello (Justin was known as the jello and mashed potatoes boy growing up. He LOVES jello!) Anyway, I took Zach to the neighbors and when Justin walked in big band music was playing and I was all dressed up with a candlelit dinner waiting for us. He even went upstairs and changed into fancy shmansy clothes complete with a pink valentine's tie.
Here is the fancy jello. This was such a cool idea (off kraftfoods.com of course). You write a message in chocolate, let that harden in the fridge, and then make the jello in the decorated dish! So cute. Anyway, maybe it was weird to share all of this. Sorry if you don't like the mush, but it was just too much fun not to share! (And it was A LOT of work, so I had to show it off!)

Purple-People-Eater

No, Zach did not find a purple marker. He has had a thrush problem since, well forever. We finally decided to take the plunge and try the age old remedy gentian violet. This stuff is ruthless and stains anything it touches. It is pretty funny though! Hopefully this works.

How Exhausting!

Zach loves to jump in his Jolly Jumper while I do my thing on the treadmill. This time, however, it was just too exhausting! He fell asleep on the tray as I ran. It was so cute! He has started to spin himself around alot in his jolly jumper. Maybe that contributed to his fatigue. He just got too dizzy. I will have to post a video of that soon. Head bobbing, eyes rolling . . . it is hilarious!

Deals, Scissors, and Man-Clothes!

Yeah for selling used stuff on the internet! I got two great deals this week from websites where people sell their old stuff. Luckily up here in Edmonton, people only have a few kids and buy really nice stuff for them, so I can benefit from their hand-me-downs! :) We finally got Zach a crib this week and I absolutely love it! He has just been in the pack and play Graco crib thing. Anyway, it is a solid crib. I love buying used luxury!
I also found this nice glider rocker on the same website. It still looks brand new! It is really nice to rock in, since Zach STILL doesn't sleep through the night. This was the first day I put Zach in a button up shirt and tie for church. He looked so manly! :) Also, I chopped my hair...again! It seems there comes a length where I feel it is just starting to look blah, and then I chop it. I miss my little ponytail, especially when I run, but it is pretty easy to do this way, and kinda fun. While it was getting cut I commented that I felt older. Afterward, the lady told me she thought it made me look younger. I asked her how old she thought I was when I came in and she said 28-32!!!! What! I told her it was a good thing I got this haircut then, because I am only 23! AHHHH!

Zach's Chompers at Work

Yep, Zach has two top teeth and is working on two more at this moment. They seem to work very well as our little piglet scarfs down anything he can get his hands on. I think he really likes having his teeth!

Here is a straight on view. I just couldn't decide which to post so I though, well, just post 'em both!

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The Verdict...

They were all twiins!

A Dozen Twiins? We'll See!

This is a weird post I know, I knew that when I took this picture! Something crazy happened though. We only cracked 5 eggs! I think we may have a dozen eggs of twins! It was so weird after the first one, then we saw the second and were amazed. By the third we expected it to be twins, and by the fifth it was just plain spooky! We will report on the other seven eggs. We assume we just got a great deal!

Zach's Walking . . . kind of!

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