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Thank YOU Gift

So my parents come and are slaves to my children for a week and a half and when they leave they send US a thank you gift for letting them come stay?!!!

I seriously have the nicest parents ever.

I am so grateful for all that they did while they were here. And then they brightened our day after they were gone by sending these in the mail...

A Cars character for each of our kids.

Zak of course thinks they are all his.

But the girls are pretty patient with him.

We are getting quite the little collection of Cars characters (we have more that aren't pictured).

It is a must that Zak goes to bed with at least one car for each hand. He is so funny.

But he is not the only one really enjoying these cars.
Sarah is quite taken with Finn McMissile. 

She even started a book about him. Here is a page I stumbled across one night. It says, 

"Finn is a good spy. Finn looks cool. Finn is Fast. I like Finn. Good job Finn!"

Love how much Sarah loves writing, and how happy and positive she is. What a sweet girl!

2 Hour Delays

Pittsburgh has been having an unusually cold and snowy winter.

Something about a polar vortex blowing through?

Whatever. I don't mind.

If there is ever a time that I wouldn't mind keep my kids home or taking them to school late, now would be the time.

So one morning there was a two hour delay I got the girls already and somehow wasn't paying attention and got off by and hour at what time we should leave. So the girls were in the car, ready to go to school one hour early. So... 

We hit target for a quick errand and then I surprised the girls with a quick stop at Dunkin' Donuts. 

It was so fun!

The girls were really excited.

I feel like such a grouchy mom all the time, it was fun to let loose and be spontaneous.

So... there is an upside to this miserable winter we've been having. 

Love these sisters!

Nyquil?

There is not a more powerful sleep aid than snuggling a new baby...

Works like a charm. Every time!

Call me... maybe?

Sarah came home from school with this...

A boy's. number!

It was a boy in her class named Ty. 

She of course was clueless... and I'm sure Ty was just wanting to play, but I thought it was cute that he wrote his number down and gave it to her.

Crocheted with Love!

I have been adoring all the adorable chevron crocheted blankets on Pinterest lately. 

I was so excited about them that I wanted to make one for baby girl to be. 

I talk about this with G'ma Berta and she talked me into letting her make one as a gift. So while we were in MN for Thanksgiving we picked out yarn and I found the pattern to use.

I was crazy for wanting to try something so ambitious, and whatever I did would have looked nothing like this!!

It is beautiful and perfect!

SUCH a wonderful baby gift for such a darling lil' lady!

Thank you Roberta!!

All your hours/days/weeks being snowed in paid off!

G'ma & G'pa Newey's Visit

My poor parents got thoroughly gypped on their visit. A majority of the time they were here I was on the hospital and a good portion Ryan was away on residency interviews. 

But we did get to spend a little bit of time together before they left for home. They were so sweet to get up every morning and take the kids to school so I could sleep in. It was an amazing help just doing that, let alone all the other things they did. 

Mostly they let me do lots of this...

And have lots of time to just sit and enjoy this view...

What could be better?

My mom enjoying some good snuggle time. 

She also brought a cute little craft for us to do together. Who doesn't love a Valentine's bunting?!!

It was so amazing having my Dad there as well. He was so helpful. I don't know how we would have survived with out them both. He was on drop off/pick up duty for the girls. Plus, while they were here our washing machine broke and he found the problem, bought the part AND fixed it for us! I was so, so grateful for that!

We even braved a trip to our favorite Indian Restaurant. Udipi's Cafe. So yummy!

I was so sad after they left and realized how few photos I took. 

*sigh*

Guess all the mental pictures I took will have to suffice.