Happy valentide Day

That's how E was saying it earlier : ) Feeling overwhelmed by all the love in our house as a fam of 4. I won't lie teared up as I was signing everyone's cards... Thank you preggo hormones!

I need to post pics from the camera. here is our valentines day traditional cupcakes - yellow cake chocolate frosting of course. Tried out some Wilton heart shaped cupcake tins and they overall worked well

R has a Nini too

Yesterday we were spoiled by family and friends!

1. My mother in law spent the day cooking and helping with the girls. She cooked my all time fab chicken pastry - yes you should be jealous.
2. Super great family friend gave R her very own Nini and hat and bunting bag. E is obsessed with her Nini. She will only suck her thumb when she has her finger in her Nini. She gave R's a try but then promptly ran and got hers.
3. R's godmother came by and brought her a little cross for her room.
4. My parents came up and brought some tasty Martin Grad party food.
5. Uncle Kevin came by on his way back to the coast.
6. Other great fan friends visited us in the hospital and gave R some temp appropriate clothes - it is 2.5 degrees here!

I think E is enjoying the benefits of R getting showered with new things because she has added at least 5 new animals to her collection.

Things with R have been going well she loves to sleep and occasionally eat.

The sisters

E was not too interested in R this morning, but happily gave her a pink bear and even shared her bow with R

Introducing RRK

Well she, yes another Kibbe girl, - it's absolutely unheard - of made her entrance at 6:05 pm today. RRKweighed in at 7 lbs 12 oz. E and R are 21 months to the day apart. The sisters should meet tomorrow sometime. E will soon find out new baby does not live in her carseat.

More pics and details to come!

E and her Papa

Accessorizing to the max... Hair band, scarf, and Peruvian pullover : )

Happy Friday!

And no there is no new baby yet but I thought last night we'd be making a dash to the hospital... Clearly that did not happen

Scent of the Month

Hit up the local Hallmark to get our February Yankee Candle situated. I really have not burned any candles since before Christmas. I did not really get into the Balsam scented candle because we did not have tree to complement it - bitter, yes most definitely!

I was slightly skeptical about any Valentine's Day scents because I imagined them to be pungent and overpowering but True Rose was a major surprise. It is very subtle in fact. Now the YCs sit on the mantle but the smell makes it back to our bedroom which is the furthest room away from the candle on the downstairs - so I am impressed.

I don't know why I like having a smell around the house. Maybe its a pregnancy thing but I always remember smells from places - like the smell of a friends house that I promise you smelled like syrup for years or the Guatemalan countryside - try putting that in a jar YC!

Open House?!?!!!

Today I attended my first Open House - yes for my child's school. WHAT??? Can we say identity crisis - yes please. Open Houses are for older people, right? I mean I'm 25 and I have a child who requires an Open House? Its very strange and I really don't know what to think... Maybe I'm being dramatic but seriously I am 2 hours away from my due date so let me have my drama-rama time!

I am really excited for E starting preschool next fall because she is just a sponge! She takes in everything around her. She has pretty good social skills already. She loves to color so I bet she will love to do crafts - there were some super cute art projects on the walls. The kids go to music and art - E is going to LOVE IT.

Kitchen Reno to Landlords

It was about a year ago this week I chronicled the ups and downs of our kitchen reno on the blog-o-licous blog. Its hard to believe that is what we were doing a year ago. It is hard to believe that we finally got the kitchen just the way we wanted it and we moved out 10 months later!

Speaking of the old house - well I guess I can say the Rental House - we got it rented. Excellent! Our Realtor who helped us with the new house handles rentals too so we'll be officially landlords on 2/15. I am excited and nervous. Hopefully nothing will go majorally wrong with appliances and the house. Lee is getting the last minute things wrapped up - painting, moving the spa and the Bobcat - so everything is almost a go.

I'll keep you posted on the awesome-ness of Landlord-ship...

Making the FFA proud

Went to check in on E because our avid reader can have some dangerous books in the way of a long night sleep. Apparently she is reading up on her tractors and I think the Future Farmers of America would be quite proud.

Confession - secretly when we buy our family farm I want Lee to have his John Deere green tractor and I want a pink one!

Goodnight. : )

T-Minus 2 days...

Well baby day should only be 2 days from now. We survived not going into labor during the SuperBowl - I even resisted holding a brand new baby on Superbowl Sunday just so that would not land us in the hospital! E was 5 days late and after my doctor appt yesterday it does not sounds like this baby is coming anytime soon. Now if we can just make it through my parents Marti Gras party on Saturday - there is a guest from Japan coming that is how big this party is! - then we'll be good to go!

This is how my conversations of recent have gone...

"How are you doing"
 Me - "Still pregnant"

"How are you feeling"
Me - "Round"

Can you tell I am slightly over this whole being 39.5 weeks preggo thing? My doctor said he would induce me today if I wanted but I told him I needed a medical reason not that I just did not want to be pregnant anymore. So we wait...

Tractors!

Played hooky with everyone from work and went to the Southern Farm Show in Raleigh-world to support the equipment division. E had a grat time checking out the tractors

Entirely too much fun and a nap would not be complete with the NiNi

Belco Resources - How may I help you?

E and Nani racing in the stroller.

Fast Fact - Y - Y - Y, Why do I, do I LOVE Y!

Confession - Last night Lee and I watched one of E's favorite YouTube videos without her. Some of the Sesame Street videos she likes to watch are honestly pretty annoying but this one is definitely worth a watch but watch out the song will get stuck in your head and the Y guy is really cute!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGHh0_6Xbc&feature=related

Product Review - Baby Thermometers

Okay let's be real here. Nobody likes taking a baby's temperature especially when they are sick and let's here some sympathy for the babies too! So here's my take on baby thermometers.

1. (Pictured in the middle) The Safety 1st thermometer is not worth a flip. The numbers are small and it takes a long time to beep out a reading - which is horrible for mom and baby (and traumatizing for onlooking papas)

2. (Pictured top) The Safety 1st ear thermometer has to be positioned just 100% right to give a decent reading and you have to pull back baby's ear to get it into position - let alone deal with squirmy baby. Also we tried the ear model on ourselves and cannot get it positioned correctly so forget that one too.

Last year when E was sick I was thinking about breaking down and buying an expensive Dr's ear thermometer but I did not want to be stuck with a simialr problem that I had with #2 so I hunted around the drugstore and came around a Vick's regular thermometer. Still in the 10-15 range but not crazy expensive. Going for the cheaper option I gave it a whirl and BAM I found one.

3. (Pictured below) Vick's thermometer - There are a few models. One even lights up green, yellow, or red but I got the simple version. This one is super fast compared to the Safety 1st- done in maybe 5-7 seconds. Numbers are huge and there is a long memory time on the temp.

Only reason I mention this now is E was sick the other day and I was pleasantly reminded of my trusty Vick's thermometer and how much I appreciate it and wished I had found it sooner!