Waiting...

Isn't waiting fun?! Um...NO! My first of the "checked" appointments with my doc ended with him saying, "I don't think you'll make it to your due date!" Really, doc?! I mean, he's a professional with lots of experience...so we take what he says a little more seriously than oh, say, the random people at the grocery store who tell you, "Looks like it's a boy!"

So here we are...a day before Caroline's due date...not in labor. My last day of work was Wednesday and Andrew's is today. (Paid leave time...Andrew=30 days...Emily=0 days)

The house situation has hit a very dumb wall. We are still waiting on our buyer's funding. It was promised mid-March... Our realtor wants to extend the closing date to April 30th...but the seller of the new house won't sign an extension past April 15th. If the $$ doesn't come through by then we will lose our house. So, please take a moment to pray the Federal government gets a little pep in their step and passes the budget!

We are sitting in a semi-clean house filled with tons of tubs of our belongings. Caroline has a drawer...no room to call her own...just a drawer. And so are the days of our lives...

February 2011

My, my, February is a short month! It has flown by... Grace has been a very busy girl. Just a playin' and a playin'...cooking, Play-Doh, markers, painting, coloring, shopping, babies, and reading. She can count to ten perfect in English and nearly so in Spanish (thank you, Dora). She has her colors down...although, she likes to respond "purple" first...just to see if you are paying attention. She talks and talks and talks...wonder where she got that from... She is a delight & we are really enjoying this age.

Andrew & I are anxiously awaiting the birth of our second baby girl, Caroline. I am 37 weeks pregnant today. I have an appointment on Monday with my doc...we'll see if there has been any progress. He told me last week that he didn't think I'd make it to my due date (March 19th).

We are in the process of selling our home & purchasing another. Hopefully, we will close before April. That's right,...the Schwengels never do one major life change at a time...we find it more fun when a couple or more coincide. Life is crazy...but GOOD!

Nana Sue

Nana Sue watches Grace every Wednesday. She has been a part of Grace's life since July 2010...and we love her! She takes such good care of our wild woman...Sue is a bit of a wild woman herself, you know. :)

Cupcakes

Grace is such a good helper in the kitchen. Her best skills are dumping, stirring, and sprinkling. :) We made cupcakes the other day simply because...oh, and I might have had a hankerin' for something sweet.

Yummy!

Snow Day

We had a great day today...didn't get out of our jammies all day!

New Years Eve

Ann, Erika, Ellie, & I all went for manicures on New Years Eve. It was Ann & Ellie's first! We had a good time visiting and pampering. I'd like to say the boys got to do something equally manly as manicures are girly...but alas, they were at home babysitting & playing.

We did meet back up with the rest of the crew to eat dinner & play games. We laughed a whole lot...probably most of the laughter came from pure exhaustion and some because this family is silly! Chiloma will forever be in the Schwengel vocabulary...meaning, "The aroma chili makes as it is being cooked"...really?! In case you were wondering...chiloma is actually the upper lip of a camel.

Happy New Year 2011!

The Schwengel Family Christmas

Tuesday night was Christmas at the Schwengels! Joe, Erika, Ellie, & Jake, Tammy, Magaw & Papaw were all there. It was pure chaos with all the unwrapping & screaming with delight!

Santa's Helpers

GaGa always there with C-A-N-D-Y!

Getting way too good at unwrapping presents!

Ann & her new watch

Jon & his new watch

SILLY BANDS! (are they that silly, really?)

Grace got some of the coolest play food. All "Melissa & Doug"...highly recommend it. One set was a pizza with velcro removable toppings & slices, a food groups set, and a cutting board set...she loves it the most because all the food is "cuttable" (velcroed together). We've cut lots of food the past couple of days!

"Lemon, Tammy?"

Jon, Tammy, Erika, & Joe

Food!

Jake, hands down, wins the best reaction to a Christmas present this year. He went absolutely nutso over this RC racing car we got him. He shook, he stammered, he screamed, and fell to the ground. Gracie asked him, "You okay, Jake?" Priceless!

Daddy & Grace lovin' on her new baby doll. He's a natural! :)

Jake & his gianormous monkey! I wonder where he sat on the way back to Nebraska?!

New high chair for baby & diaper bag

Papaw got Gracie a whole bunch of new animals to go in the play barn. She loves those little animals...they go in the barn and outta the barn...in the barn, outta the barn...

Grace eating chocolate or as she says, "Cocklate". The hair bow was made by cousin Ellie...adorable! She is so talented!

Family Picture

Grace & her Magaw

Grace & Ellie

a bit too much "cocklate"