Happy Birthday Mashy!

Yup my baby (ha!) brother is a whole 27 years old today. And even though he never remembers *my* birthday (hint, hint!) I've decided to wish him a happy one anyways. I can't get over how baby faced he looks!!!

Egg dying....

We ventured out, despite mommy being sick, to Auntie's place to dye eggs...
Emily totally got into it :)
My Abby concentrating so hard on painting her eggs
Emily working away with Grandma's help

Our two peas in a pod...what one does the other has too, lol!
My tentative little artist...Ethan was way more interested in eating the hard boiled eggs.

The group shot...
Abby and Grandma

Some new pictures of the kids...

Before anyone says anything...I get that there are more pictures of Abby and that's just because I'm getting the gargoyle look with Ethan lately :P

Just some scrapping fun...

Just for Nicki!

6 month pictures

So I ended up getting all dressed and ready for school today, then find out that we have a no school day due to cold weather. So I had Ethan take some pictures of me before I headed back into my sweats, lol! He did a pretty good job.

introducing....

Baby Hilligas due May 20, 2008! Little stinker is determined to be a surprise from beginning to end :)

Christmas Joy!

Ok so these aren't the best pictures but for once I put down the camera and just enjoyed my kids' reactions to opening their presents. They had so much fun and loved everything. At one point Abby screamed "I'm the queen of Littlest Pet Shop!"

Ethan was thrilled to get his much wanted red and green pirrakas (translation Lego Bionicles) these particular ones are no longer avalible in Canada or US so I found them on ebay in Great Britain of all places. Thankfully they came in time.

Christmas Creations...or what has kept me busy

Lots of pictures sorry.... my cutie Christmas trees...

My clear star hanging...I'll have to add another star for next Christmas when this baby is born :)

My glass ornaments of the kids...again I've left one empty for the baby

and my fun sign at my garage door using photo frames from a garage sale

the giant snowflake that is way too big to put on my tree so its a wall hanging all its own.
the whole star hanging (not sure why blogger put it down here???)
and a cute little gift box ready for cookies to give away...

First belly Picture

Ok, so here I am at 3 months pregnant. Yes, I look like I'm 5 months but give me a break! I've only gained 8lbs and this *is* my 3rd baby. And to answer someone's question, there is only one baby, lol! I'm hoping to post more regular pictures because I honestly don't have more than 1 pg picture for each of Ethan and Abby's pregnancies. This one I want to document because he/she will be my last.

Lots of pictures :)

These are some of the layouts that I've done recently. They were actually supposed to be down at the bottom of the blog entry but for the life of me I can't figure out how to move them. *note* the lettering isn't crooked irl, just the way it scanned.

So I'm trying to decide what picture I'd like to use for our family Christmas cards this year, anyone have an opinion please let me know :)


I'm really happy with these cause I don't look so rolly pregnant. I'll have to have Ron take a picture of me soon and share a belly shot with everyone. Happily some of the exhaustion is going away as well as the nausea. I just can't handle meat too much, so I'm getting my protein from other sources. Watermelon is a current favorite right now, yummy.

Things are going well otherwise, finally getting over the sick phase at our house right now. Kids are doing well in school and I'm thrilled to be finally letting go of some commitments as of next weekend. A huge load off of my shoulders.

And yes I'm going to say it...I'm getting excited for Christmas! New Christmas CDs are in the house and getting played in about a couple of weeks. Most of the shopping is done, just a few things left. I just need to find something to wear, which I will do when I go shopping with my aunties.