While Daddy's Away...

we should play right? :) Carl is in Dallas doing the final interviews for an internship we hope he gets this summer. He is being spoiled--first class tickets, fancy hotel suites, and even fancier dinner parties! His pictures are disgusting! :) We are crossing our fingers that the interview goes well tomorrow! In the mean time, we went to CHUCK E CHEESE today! The kids have been wanting to go since August, so we had a special treat! They were in heaven.

I don't know if you can tell, but I gave CJ a long over-due hair cut today. We are growing it out, but I needed to trim the sides and back...he was kind of getting a mullet. :)

The Treat of the Week...

was weather in the 30's! Woo Hoo! We have not seen our grass or our driveway since before Christmas. We were so excited to see the snow melting. The kids were so glad to go out and play for a little bit. With weather in the 20s, we haven't played much outside. Plus, the cold has been keeping us sick for the past two weeks, so this was a real TREAT! Sadly, it didn't last long. Last night the temperature dropped again, and snow began to fall. Thankfully, it did not stick, so we still can play on our grass!

Here's a little project I was having fun with this past week. I just sure hope we name her "June"!

Happy Day!

There is something you need to know about EmmaJane--she is kind of a tom-boy. She loves t-shirts and sweatshirts. She always tells me, "Mom, you can pick out my clothes, as long as you don't pick out a skirt or a dress." :( Although I love my tom-boy, and I hope she stays that way all throughout her dating years, I am a little sad when she doesn't like painted nails or dress up or her pretty skirts & dresses I have hanging in her closet. But, thankfully, this past Saturday, she got invited to a PRINCESS PARTY. I wasn't sure if she would actually dress up for it, but she totally let me. She even let me put those sponge curlers in her hair the night before, so she could have "princess hair."

Since she is my only girl and not into dress up, this was our make-shift "fairy-princess."

She was prancing around all morning.

I was just eating it up!

Then, that night, Carl and I had an MBA Winter Formal. After trying on my "formal dresses" and thinking that everyone didn't need to see every curve on my body, I had to go to Ross to find something that fit my 5 months prego body. It was a lot of fun to dress up and go out! We haven't done that in a while.

CJ's New Career Goals

So, last night, CJ was a little funny before I put him to bed. I was cleaning up their room, and he found this goose finger puppet. He put it on his finger, & in his best "duck voice" as he calls it said, "I'm a paleontologist." Really, a PALEONTOLOGIST. First, I had to use spell check to even get that word spelled right! And, second, where did my 2 year old learn that word?!? Then, I realized that after "Dinosaur Train", his favorite show, the paleontologist comes on to review the stuff they learned that day. I made him do it again tonight, so Carl (and You) could hear it:

Swimming & Snowmobiling

Happy New Year to all! I love that today was 1-1-11, so neat ! This week has been so fun week having Carl home...minus being so sick and not wanting to do anything:). But, I will be so sad when we go back to reality again on Tuesday. We are so lucky to have such a fun dad & husband!

This week we got a pretty wicked, and I mean nasty, snow storm. We have had a foot of snow before, but this time it didn't go away. And, then, all the roads turned to ice because it kept getting colder, and colder, and colder, and it is still getting colder. Our street still has a couple of inches of ice. Carl wants to ice skate on our street. Needless to say, I have not been out much this week. So...

We made one of these...notice CJ finally succumbing to the candy that I had been trying so hard to have it not eat while we were making it.

Then, on Thursday, I was ready to go here! After being sick and so cold all week, this just sounded so fun. There were three slide areas. This was the medium one. There was a 3 story tube slide too. It was a blast!

Emma Jane & CJ were so happy to be swimming again. Emma Jane just couldn't stop swimming...even when she would be in a foot and a half of water, she was determined to get all her swimming in.

Then, today, we went to Roosevelt, UT (2 1/2 hours up into the mountains) to visit an aunt and uncle who were leaving to go on a mission to Russia.

The kids loved seeing all the animals.

Their favorite part was this cat. Why do my kids love cats so much?

The snowmobiling was Carl's favorite part, minus the fact that it was negative 2 degrees. And on our way home, our car read that it was negative 5 degrees outside. It is no wonder that my feet felt frozen even with the heater on high. This Bama girl just isn't used to that kind of cold!

The Magic of Christmas

I'm sick again, but what is new, right? Sickness & all, we had a great Christmas. Christmas morning was pretty dang fun. The magic of Santa woke us up. Emma Jane ran into our room saying, "Santa came! Santa came & look at all the presents he brought." The kids were almost too excited to wait to open their presents so mom & dad could get dressed and brush their teeth, but they somehow held off a few minutes. They loved opening all their presents and wanted to play with each one before opening another. We were probably the impatient ones trying to hurry them along, but they were just so excited.

The highlight was the Wii system! The kids and dad love playing with it! We have already had a couple of karaoke battles and dance parties using the Wii! You can also see the train table that CJ got for Christmas! He spent most of the day playing with it!

My favorite part was that my brother made a last minute trip. We were all so sad to see him go back home yesterday. The kids had such a blast playing with their Uncle Brandon. They kept trying to coax him into not leaving, but when they realized he had to go, Emma Jane made sure to make him promise to come back and visit. We miss you already!

This is the car that Emma Jane got for Christmas!

This is the one that CJ got...never mind the colors. But, he doesn't care! He has been riding his more than Emma Jane has been riding hers. He doesn't care how cold it is. He just LOVES driving it around!

Baby June

Given that ultrasound photos are not very good at 20 weeks...and maybe even a little scary looking...I just wanted to share these! After a little health scare today (in which everything turned out fine even though it almost gave me a heart attack), we are happy to announce that we are having another GIRL. That is what the kids said they wanted so they are happy, and so are we! We are pretty sure her name is June, unless she comes out with RED hair, and then, she will be Gracie! But until then, we can't wait to meet our JUNE!

She's a girl!

Her First Footprint

Our little June bug!

My favorite Pic of her!

Kids and Technology

It is crazy how fast kids learn technology! Emma Jane is 3 1/2 and can easily find her games on daddy's IPOD or watch her favorite YouTube videos on his IPOD too. To say she LOVES his IPOD is an understatement. As soon as she excitedly greets her dad coming home, while she is giving him a hug & simultaneously asking, "Can I have your IPOD," she has it in her hands. They pick things up so quickly. I bet she can work his IPOD better than I can!

But, now it has become a part of her everyday jargon. Tonight, she was having trouble eating her dinner. As I am doing the dishes, she comes up to me crying & saying, "Mom, I can eat. The internet in my body is working slow." I said, "What?!?!?" She, still crying, explains, "The internet in my body isn't working right, so I can't eat my food." Now, that was a new reason for not eating your food. Internet working slowly has been a problem at our house and me and dad must have mentioned it a few times.

Later, she watching a YOUTUBE video of a cat that was hissing and very mean. I told her that that was a mean cat, and you better stay away from cats like that. She replied, "Don't worry mom, it (the cat) can't get out (referring to the IPOD). It is really hard to get out of there (again, referring to the IPOD." I reply, "True, true. It is very hard."

Carl, Emma Jane, and CJ watching "Santa Clause" while dad works on fixing the internet...again.

Just Some Monkeys Jumping off the Bed

This is one of EJ & CJ's favorite things to do. They take all the pillows off my bed and put them in a big pile. Then they JUMP.

And, yes, sometimes they don't land on the pillows. I guess they get too excited to look before they jump. No injuries so far, but we are still crossing our fingers.

She's the most daring.

And, he's pretty close behind her.

Nothing like a little fun before bedtime.

And, good news, I found a sweet deal on Christmas cards, so I got them ordered today. If you have a new address, please leave it in your comment or email it to me. Thank ya much! :)

The Christmas Rush...

Can you believe that it is Dec 7th already? It seems like it comes way too fast, and even though I know that it is going be like this, I feel like I am in a whirlwind. For some reason, I just can't get on the ball. It might have to do with the fact that I am getting migraines EVERY day, and Carl is less than 2 weeks away from finals, which means we are seeing him less and less...but who knows?!?!

In fact, last week, CJ saw an old picture of Emma Jane and Carl on our coffee table. He was looking at it, and very softly said, "I miss you." It was so tender. He loves his daddy. In fact, that same day, we were at the store, and he swore he saw daddy. He got so excited. It was pretty sad.

So, if my Christmas cards don't come this year, and you get an email instead, know that we are trying here at the Haynie household, but our attempts at a picture failed and me finding a deal for Christmas cards is also failing.

But, here is what we have been up to:

A Priceless Photo w/ G-Gma & G-Gpa on Thanksgiving

My Soccer team went to the 3rd round of the playoffs! Woo Hoo! I was 17 weeks at our last game, and there was another player who was 18 weeks. She was our goalie. Pretty awesome!

Emma Jane & CJ were the entertainment at the game.

When we went to the mall this past week, this guy let Emma Jane go on this for free...doesn't she is standing on that ledge?

And of course, this little guy had to go, so we ended up paying for him to go. I am sure that was a tactic he uses often b/c he did the same thing to my sister-in-law. Tricky. Tricky.

And, this little man, ran and jumped into the big ole guy's lap as soon as he saw him! He was so excited. Emma Jane was equally as excited, but was too shy to sit in his lap. She has seen 2 Santa's, and just gets scared when she gets close to him. But, each time, she says, "Next time, I won't be shy b/c I need to tell him I want a train."