Is it too early for the pregnancy stupids?

I'm at Target today with Charlie. I could have swore he dropped his pacifier. I don't see it in the buggy, in his lap, on the floor, or anywhere. So, I start re-tracing my steps. I'm talking to Charlie the whole time, asking him where he threw it, etc.. A nice older lady stops me and says, "His pacifier is in his mouth, is that the one you are looking for?"

I know she thought I was crazy, because all I could do was hang my head & say, "Why, yes...yes, it is." I don't know how I missed the dark blue pacifier with his name on it in his mouth! Why would I look there?

And Baby Makes 5!!!

Baby Cannon 3 coming in September!!!

I made this shirt & was wearing it on Tuesday when Geoff came home from work! He came up the stairs & noticed it immediately! We both started laughing! Having 3 kids 4 & under is funny! We are beyond excited!

I wore it tonight to tell my parents, grandparents, and my Aunt Wanda & Uncle Jim. My mom kept looking at my shirt, and said, "Now where did you get that shirt?" I just smiled & then she got it! She & my dad both started laughing & were very excited! When my grandparents came in, Granddaddy noticed first. He just kept smiling at me. He said he couldn't talk because he was in shock! We had to point out the shirt to Granny, and she asked, "Don't y'all know what causes that?"

Christmas Eve at Granny's House

My Granny & Granddaddy had 4 kids. This is a picture of their 4 kids, spouses, grandkids and great grandchildren! It's rare that we are all in town at the same time! We are a blessed family indeed!

My sweater for the Tacky Christmas Sweater Party

This sweater is a winner! I've never lost in it! :) Isn't it hideous?

Way too competitive

O.k., so Geoff & I are extremely OCD & competitive. Not usually a problem. However, yesterday we decided to play a board game with Kirkland that he got for Christmas. It was Chutes & Ladders...a classic.

Kirkland does understand rules. For instance, if he spun a 3, he would count to 3, but actually jump like 8 boxes. Then he'd say, "Oh, I want to go up that ladder, and he would just move his piece!! Geoff & I were actually sweating. What do we do? We have to explain how games work, right? We tried to help him hold his piece & show him how to move on the board but he just wasn't interested. We are such "rule-followers" that we were stressing out! How can we win if there are no rules? Kirkland didn't care about winning, he just wanted to go up the ladders & down the chutes. Didn't matter if he landed on those or not! And he would want to spin the spinner 2 or 3 times until he got a really big spin, he liked for it to go around several times.

I can't even explain how stressing this was for us! Eventually, Geoff & I just ignored Kirkland's piece, still let him have a turn, but we just competed against each other. I think we'll try Hungry Hippos next...it has to be easier!