is it friday yet?

so funny because on sunday in church when one of our associate pastors was saying the prayer she prayed that everyone would realize that it is not important to fill their calendars up and to be so busy with "stuff."  that it's not how full your schedule or calendar is that makes you important or worthy.  

2 things.....1)i wonder if her prayer would be worded that way if she had kids...ha!  2) i must have not taken that prayer to heart because oh.my.goodness. my week is out of control busy.  and i guess she's actually right because several things on my plate i have brought upon myself.  i've volunteered to do a couple of things and then said "yes" to everything we were asked to do as far as playdates and such.  add that to school, dance and sk's new art class along with getting my hair did (THE most important thing this week) and our church oyster roast and taking dinner to friends who had a baby and hayes' 6 month appointment and drinks with friends i haven't seen in years.....yikes!! and no i do NOT feel important at all.  it's absurd & i feel like hiding (or maybe sleeping until saturday would be nice? or at least sleeping until i get my hair done on wednesday because my roots are now just plain embarrassing!)

at some point tomorrow my big girl and i are going to step into the kitchen and make some cupcakes.  because she has been asking to make cupcakes for days now & i promised that tomorrow is the big day.  papa's birthday was saturday so we want to invite him over for dinner and cupcakes on thursday night.  my dad is her "bestie" and we get to see him every thursday now which is one of the highlights of her week.    

all that to say this - i am going to document h's first christmas soon! just not right now!  too many pics to go through.  

and let's just pray that i can remember to look at my calendar and make it to all my "stuff."  and honestly, a funny thing about my scheduling issues this week -  today i called the pediatrician's office to find out what day/time h's appointment was because i was at disney when they called to schedule it & i didn't have my calendar with me.  today i was sitting down feeding hayes so i thought it was the perfect time to call & ask.  well, they told me and i repeated it over and over in my head so that i could go write it down when i was finished feeding but by the time she was done eating my mind had already wondered off to something else and i totally forgot the time. HA! real life folks.  at least i know the day.  it's the 10th....i think.  guess i'll call back tomorrow.  i KNOW it's not tomorrow.

i do not like picture-less posts so i'm posting a few from sunday

these pics were not taken free of charge.  i paid sk with a candycane for her cooperation.  the other day i gave her a nickel for her piggy bank for sitting with hayes in a pic.  i'm probably not going to win any parenting awards in this lifetime.  could probably write a best seller on how to effectively bribe your kids though.  i'm sure there will be some repercussions, but for now i have these really special pics (memories) of how sweet & smiley & precious & perfect my little angels were. (laughing!)

hayes would have actually earned 3 candy canes for her photos.  still have a couple years before we introduce candy, plus she luckily isn't in the bribery stage yet.  

sarah kate lucy, you give your sister a kiss right now if you want that candy cane!!!!


look who is sitting up!  she's still a bit wobbly and needs some support but she'll be steady in no time!!


reaping the benefits of her hard hard work....


good night.
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