I'M FEE! I'M FEE! I'M FEE!

I was thinking of you. I had every intention of catching up and sharing our week and recipes, but time slipped by, days rolled together and suddenly it was the weekend. I sat down still determined to post, but trying to recall the week and write about it later seemed so, ungenuine. The following week was kind of the same. We were busy and out a lot and when we were home the recipes seemed so stale, repeats mostly.

There were some stories which I will try to mention, trying to write them this week before they fade away into my mush of a memory, only to be recalled at the oddest times when I am unable to share and can only have a silent chuckle or smile to myself. To be honest, I've seen very little of my children over the past couple of weeks. Their cousin, Ruby, has been visiting and she makes a much better playmate than I.

The requested rainbow cake.

One of the big events was Harper turned fee (three). Man, she has been waiting for a longtime to turn three. I find it so hard to believe that she is three and yet at the same time can't believe that she's only three. Someone I know's child also recently had a birthday and she posted a picture and wrote, everyday you become less mine and more yours, as it should be. I read this a couple days before Harper's birthday and I so felt the truth of this statement, and I know this is going to be a huge surprise, but I cried and cried and cried. It is so wonderful and heart wrenching to watch these little creatures grow up.

How many kids can fit up there?

Harper was born on a Friday at 6:04 in the morning at home. We were surrounded by two wonderful, wonderful midwives, Dave, my Mom and Hannah. When she emerged there was a silent pause, enough time for me to think, "Why isn't she crying?" and then to yell it. Enough for me to see one of the midwives get the oxygen out. Enough time for me to almost throw up my heart, and then she cried and we all breathed a collective sigh of relief...except Hannah who cried out, "Why is she crying?" Harper has kept us on our toes ever since. As Harper summed it up on her birthday, "I came out of your bagina, Hannah and Daddy washed me in the sink and then I grew and grew and grew into a kid!"

The birthday girl in some new birthday clothes, I love the stiffness of this photo!

Hannah lost her second front tooth! She is a gapped tooth girl, who slurs a little, but has a great smile (we're not talking about how big she's gonna look when the new teeth grow in)!

One of the things I love most is listening to them live together. This morning we were getting all ready to get out the door and I'm in my room getting dressed, the girls are in their rooms. I can hear Harper's struggling with what she wants to wear and I can her the frustration starting to rise. Just as I'm about to go help her, I can hear her come out of her room, down the hall to Hannah's room and say, "Hannah, pwease can you help me with this shirt, it's stuck?" and Hannah replied, "Sure, I can help you with that, just give me a minute." I peak out to see Harper standing in Hannah's doorway with her shirt stuck on her head and halfway across her face waiting patiently for Hannah to finish getting dressed and come over and help her. Which she did, giggling at the stuck shirt.

There has been a couple new favorite words in our house. Hannah has been calling everything awesome, as well as rolling her eyes at me (which reminds me that I am one day going to have teenagers, I'm not gonna lie, this frightens me terribly). Harper's new favorite word is dude. She thinks she made the word up and has taken to calling me dude, often.

Harper also shares her birthday month with quite a few family members, one being my grandma, her GG. I hope that everyone is as lucky as I am to have a grandma like I do. She is inspiring, strong, smart, thoughtful and lots of fun to be around. She has created a family that has grown and grown and yet remained close knit and supportive of one another. Happy Birthday Grandma, I love you.

I don't really have any recipes to share and already half the funny little moments have gone to mush. I am going to start searching for new menu items for next week and will be back in full blogging mode.

I hope you have a great week and the sun shines down on you, on all of us really one full day of rain is enough!