MESSY HOUSE

okay this is proof for everyone out there that thinks that I always have it togheter and that my house is always clean. This is what my house has looked like for about 2 weeks now!!! These pictures don't really do it justice but today in catching up I ran my dishwasher four times and did about 13 loads of laundry all of which are unfolded and thrown on my bed. I guess I am sleeping on the floor tonight!

WALKING!!

I know it is crazy he is only 8 months old and he is walking now. It isn't all the time but he has walked across the room and will walk without being bribed. It is crazy that my kids walk so early. But nice since they are all so close together.

The Gaerte 4x400

Okay so Paul and I would joke that since we had our first three kids so close together that we might as well hurry up and have the forth so we could have one in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades at the same time so "when" they run track we could have our own relay team of Gaerte boys. Little did we know that as we joked about that that was what was really in store for us. Yep I am pregnant AGAIN!!! I am due July 13th! Which will make it four kids under the age of four. And yes I am crazy!!! And let's face it, it is probably another boy! I went to the doctor had had a ultrasound I saw the heartbeat and everything looks great.

Thanksgiving

Holidays are always busy days for us, one of the curses of having so much family so close. We use to do two Thanksgiving dinner but we decided that that is just crazy so we alternate which family's house we eat at each year but still visit each family during the day. It makes for a long day but we have a lot of fun. My family has a tradition of playing white elephant bingo each year which is fun to play and see the kids get excited when they get a bingo or when all the presents are gone and they get to start stealing from people. It always fun to see the sometimes great but quite often horrible white elephant that everyone seems to fight over.

Kangaroo Zoo

My brother was in town for Thanksgiving so this last week we spent a lot of time up at my mom's playing with cousins. On Wednesday my mom wanted people out of the house so she could get ready for the big feast the next day so we all went to Kangaroo Zoo. My kids had never been and surprisingly enough Tanner was scared of all the bouncy things. Tanner wouldn't go on any of them without me, Dallas or Grandpa. But after a while he warmed up to them and I couldn't get them out of the place. It is definitely a place to go again maybe on a cold day when kids are driving me crazy.