at home: Photos

I've been lazy and haven't really posted photos recently. It takes a while to upload so that's my excuse. But here are some very recent photos. Some from just this afternoon when the kids and Pat braved the snow storm outside and had lots of fun while I watched from the kitchen window. Hey, I'm knocked up and I don't need to be doing anything unnecessary like going into snow on a Saturday.

Talking about being pregnant, I officially have less than 4 weeks to go until my due date. I'm feeling that this little guy may come out earlier than that. As usual, Pat has been nagging about my going to work. Every morning, he asks why I'm going to work. Aghhh.... This is America, sweetie. Women work until we pop, and go right back after we drop off the baby that still looks like a chicken. But, that has not been the case with me. Pat makes me take off from work 3 weeks before due date, and I don't go back for a year. My colleague even asked me what century do you think you live in.... hmmmm.... And I also got a comment from my company officially stating that if I don't come back in 12 weeks, my position is definitely not guaranteed. OK. All that said, being a stay at home mom of 3 is going to be a challenge. The kids drive me crazy, I get so annoyed, but they are the funniest people I know. And they are full of surprises. And they are always my babies.

I think the temperature stayed in the 20s today. So we made a fire. I'm not really sure how well the fire place works. But it made the room pretty and cozy. We also have this awesome heater under that green rug. It just plugs into the wall and it warms the room and our butts. It's excellent for my kids who are always on the floor.

Terran in snow this afternoon. We had to open one of the Christmas presents early today; kids' new waterproof snow mittens, so that they could go outside and play in snow.

Sisi in snow this afternoon.

Here's me and my 3rd child, a couple of weeks ago. I feel as tall as I am wide. Terran and Sisi talks about the baby as if he is already here. When they play with his toys, they announces that they are just borrowing the baby's toys. Terran tells me that he is no longer the bad boy in the house. He points to my tummy and claims that the bad boy is in there! They also refer to the baby by his name. Pat and I were throwing out ideas, but one in particular stuck with the kids. And so they basically decided for us....