Zoo Day! Hooray!

We went to the zoo on Monday.

We had a great time.

I love being a wife and mother and having this life.

And now...pictures!

Charlie and Will on the Carousel. The guy let them ride twice, she loved it!

Benjamin has an awesome belly laugh. Yes, he's getting his diaper changed. I put this one on here because it's one the few where you can actually see him:)

I really wanted a picture of them together. Didn't turn out the best.

Charlie struggles with taking normal pictures (looking at the camera and smiling) so we did a lot of her posing. This is her with a skull...

Brand new baby giraffe!

He keeps getting his thumb in his mouth. It's too cute.
As soon as they got down this lady came on the intercom and said that no one should be climbing on rocks....oops!

Charlie and a lion.

I'll post more later about the goings on in our lives. Love you all :)

Teeth?!

It's been awhile so I wanted to update everyone with what's been going on at the Spaid's house. We're doing great, fabulous and wonderful! Really! We've finally got into a routine with Will's night schedule...we are two months into the three months...but I'm thinking positive and I know that him working days again will be a breeze. I would say my only complaint these days is the state of the house. I honestly thought that once I was a "grown up" and had a husband, kids, etc. that my house wouldn't look like this. Well, think again ladies and gentlemen. Most of the time I don't mind the clutter (probably why it rarely goes away) but it's just frustrating that we do usually spend one day a week really straightening things up.......and it gets all messed up again. I need to work out some system to keep stuff under control. Like: no Mt. Dew until these chores are done. We'll see how that goes.

Benjamin is getting his two bottom teeth. This is not a drill, folks. We can actually see them through the gums and he's in love with his pacifier (he chomps on it all day). It's exciting because he's a baby who is getting his first teeth but it's sad because he's my baby and he's growing up so fast. It seems like a blur. I can only imagine that as we have more it will only get faster. Anyway, he's almost 16 lbs. and getting quite chunky. It's fun to see him fill out is clothes that were once so big on him. He still has only rolled over one time (complete accident I think) and it's kind of starting to worry me. Except I'm trying not to worry so mostly I don't think about it. He is getting very close to sitting up on his own though. A few more weeks and he should be good to go.

Charlotte is also growing up fast. Sometimes I literally have to remind myself that she is only two years old still. (Almost three, but you know). Her vocabulary and insight into everything really blow my mind. She has this way of asking for things...she'll come up to you talking and nodding her head and shaking her hands in earnest. You just want to tell her yes. The other day I getting ready and she comes up to me, "Mom, it's okay if I got this pink thing out because I got this pink thing out and it's okay, right?" It was the birth certificate for her cabbage patch doll. She just wills you to say yes. It's the best.

Will is still working the 14 hour days. He plays W.O.W. in his free time and helps me the rest. He's really just a wonderful husband. I told him today that I think I would be miserable if I weren't married. He just makes life better.

I'm still applying for jobs. Something, someday will work out. And if it does I'll probably have to stay up all night to get our house clean to meet them!

Superbowl Sunday

Okay...so I've never put pictures on here...so I didn't know that the last one I picked would go on first...just know that I did not intentionally put the picture of the purse ahead of the pictures of my kids. This is just a random post to get some pictures up (had some time - kids are sleeping:))

This is a picture of my diaper bag for this summer. (I think I'll start to use it as soon as it gets a little warm!) It was regularly $108....I got it for $30 - with tax! I was waaaay excited! (Obviously, excited enough to put a picture of it on my blog...or take a picture for that matter.)
Charlie and Ben celebrating the Steelers victory. (They care so much.)

I had Ben up on my knees and he was sticking out his little neck so far I just wanted to take a picture. It's hard to tell how cute it was, his little head is so round:)

Snoozing in the swing. I loved the hat over the eyes, such a guy!

Big boy pajamas!

He really does like cereal...

...see?

Playing outside in the snow. Weird smiles are pretty much all we get these days.

So anyway, nothing much is new with us. Will's working tonight (an extra night). He traded with someone so he'll only have to work three days next week. In a couple of months he might be going to 9 hour shifts...we are so excited! I feel like on the days he works we never see each other. Granted, most of his awake time is spent with his other wife W.O.W. (that was only kind of a joke...)

I've had a couple email me back about jobs. It's kind of funny...like negative reinforcement. I whined about no one replying on my blog...and then I get three emails the next few days! The first one said "thanks for replying, we aren't interested." I'm still talking to the other two. One is full time and the other is two days a week. We'll see. Even if neither work out it's still encouraging.