The Price of Children....

I got this email from my grandpa today and thought it was too good not to share (Thanks PaPa...Love you):

THE PRICE OF CHILDREN:

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle
income family. Talk about price shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition. But $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you break it down.
It translates into:

* $8,896.66 a year,

* $741.38 a month,

* $171.08 a week.

* A mere $24.24 a day!

* Just over a dollar an hour.

Still, you might think the best financial advice is ; don't have children if you want to be 'rich.' Actually, it is just the opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140.00?

* Naming rights. First, middle and last!

* Glimpses of God every day.

* Giggles under the covers every night.

* More love than your heart can hold.

* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.

* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

* A hand to hold usually covered with jelly or chocolate.

* A partner for blowing bubbles and flying kites.

* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.



For $160,140.00, you never have to grow up. You get to:

* finger-paint,

* carve pumpkins,

* play hide-and-seek,

* catch lightning bugs,

* never stop believing in Santa Claus .



You have an excuse to:

* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,

* watch Saturday morning cartoons,

* go to Disney movies, and

* wish on stars.


You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle
wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day .

For a mere $24.24 a day, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:

* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,

* taking the training wheels off a bike,

* removing a splinter,

* filling a wading pool,

* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and

* coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.


You get a front row seat in history to witness the:

* First step,

* First word,

* First bra,

* First date,

* First time behind the wheel.


You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of
your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing,
criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away
the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them
without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!

Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren & great-grandchildren !!!!!!! It's the best investment you'll ever make!!!!!!!! !

Not so exciting post...

Not much going on today....Josh took two of his finals today....so I was at home alone...cleaning and of course making more bows!  I know...I'm gonna stop for a little while....She is going to have too many bows if I keep this up.  The next ones I make will be a different style of bow!  After Josh got home from his last final we decided to take a walk to the market....I have not been on a walk since before I was on bed-rest and let me tell you...we took it SLOW and it was still brutal.....we walked for about an hour and a half straight...which is usually nothing for us....but after being restricted from walking and the obvious growing of my body taking place right now....it made me realize how pregnant I really am.  Josh wanted to be a kid again and had to get a HUGE grape snow cone while we were at the market......the lady at the apple stand where I got my apple even commented on the fact that he looked like a happy little boy with his snow cone!  With that...I am now exhausted from the day so I'm relaxing while Josh studies for his last final tomorrow morning!  Here is a picture of the bows that I made today.....I actually made 3 other larger ones that are a little different but didn't get a picture of those!

Bow day....

Since I am off today and Josh is here studying for finals I had to find something to keep me busy so that I wouldn't bug him every 5 minutes.....so I decided to make cute little hair bows for baby A. It was so much fun and I didn't want to stop but I ran out of alligator clips to attach the bows....so until I can get to the store for more clips...this is what I have made so far.....I decided to start out with solid, simple bows that are small....then as she grows I will make bigger ones....

The first set of bows I made was to match the pink and camo outfit from my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Joe.....She will fit in perfect out at my parents land...:)

The next little boy I made was to match the little yellow and green lime outfit from Eric and Christie!

This one was just one I made practicing with different types of ribbon.....
These two are actually two of my favorite....they are a khaki/cream color with brown stitching!
These are just simple sets of light pink, yellow and royal blue.....she has tons of outfits in all colors.....pink is a given and then all her little blue and yellow duck outfits and then she has a couple of blue and white pin stripe dresses...one that has anchors all over it...super cute...can't wait for her to be here so we can dress her up in it!
She already has more cloths than we know what to do with......so now I just have to make her bows in every color...because there is NO WAY that our child is not going to have a full head of hair when she comes out......

Thats all for today...

Not so much Daily....

Josh warned me that when I changed the name of our blog to "daily" that I would then be obligated to update daily.....well.....I guess I got cursed because since I changed the name I have been attacked by a cold/allergies. I have been battling it for days now and it just won't go away....it has gotten better but it is still hard to sleep....I cough ALL the time....and I still have painful head congestion! I have taken some medicine approved by my OB....but I don't like to take too much....not only b/c of the baby but also b/c I don't like medicine in the first place...just ask Josh...even before I was pregnant he would have to force me to take medicine! Now that I have started to feel a little better....poor Josh is now feeling sick and he has to take finals all this week! Poor guy! He unlike me though can and doesn't mind taking medicine.

So I guess what I am trying to say is sorry for being a slacker and not living up to the new blog name. I promise I will do better.   For now I will leave you with a couple pictures of our babies.....can you tell who favors who....

Ollie follows me around like CRAZY....and constantly wants to be pet....but this is how we usually find him...curled up behind my head...usually touching me with his head and paw or just his paw!
Izzy on the other hand is OBSESSED with Josh.....she is practically glued to him....she even knows the sound of his car and will walk to the front door and wait for him to walk in....its pretty funny...so if I am home I always know he is home before he gets to the door!  She loves to sit in his lap while he is working on homework or just playing around on the computer!