great with child...the finale.

my people are so clever.

yes we are expecting number five,

and that will conclude baby making for good.

timing... yeah, not so hot.

in fact it took an intense dream,

fatigue, nausea, and a spiritual day at the temple

to even realize i was pregnant.

almost eleven weeks along now,

and i believe it was better for me not to know

i was pregnant during the move,

that would have pushed me over the mommy edge.

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so we killed our first mouse the other day.

we've seen a couple since we've been here,

and in single form i can handle them, but

i keep waiting to open a cupboard door and have

a whole colony of them frozen in place staring back at me.

this special house has a long ways to go

bless it's pea pickin' country heart.

every time "something" comes up in the house,

and by "something" i mean...

flooding

mice

smells

fence control

dog poop

remodeling
water issues

heating issues

where to put the sheep and chicken issues...

chris just smiles and says,

"remember sara, this is what you wanted so bad,

a house in the country!"

oh yes, i know, but it sounded so more romantic

in my head before i was pregnant

and tired, and couldn't tolerate musty smells,

and killing little things, and

the salivating and lack of appetite.

...this too shall pass.

***

at least papa bear gets a riding lawnmower out of it.

***

to keep my mind off what i'm going to force myself to eat next i'll talk about what the kids have been up to lately. they had a really neat "night at the art museum". each class chose an artist and made their own art likeness after that artist.

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landon did georgia o'keeffe

addy did vincent van gogh

oliver started a new preschool.

he really loved his old preschool,

but he holds onto those good memories while he

embraces new ones in the bunny ears

that he can't stop wearing:)

miss pam and mrs. taft are both great teachers!

(yes, his pajamas are both too small and inside out)

our office space and computer are right below these sassy wooden spindles, and to remind me of his presence, tade will come and stick his cute chubby legs through and i get to grab them and play "gotcha" while i'm on the computer.

i love multi tasking!