Trying to catch up ... so hang in there.. lots of pictures

Some of the words don't match the pictures.. I have 2 minutes before Jackson gets home so you can figure it out :)

Jackson went on a field trip to dominos. It was a lot of fun and I was sooo glad I was able to go!!

Jackson and Jenna wanted to get in on the tummy action...

Mommys belly.. Jackson was taking the picture so it is not the best.. 22 weeks..4 days along..

Easter.. boy...what can I say about easter... the day was great.. fun things going on.. great food. We drove home and what should have been an hour and a half drive turned into a three hour drive with Jackson puking on the way home.

By the time we got home Jackson was feeling better and found that the Easter Bunny had came to our house. He found easter eggs and his easter basket... Jenna found hers too and was soooo excited about the fruit snacks..

Easter bunny even left baby a few things.. it says I love Grandma and I love Grandpa.. :)

The whole Burchill clan.. Me, Jenna, Barry and Jackson in the back left... Melissa, Ryan, Carter and Maci in the back right (missing Hannah and Hunter) and Deb, Katie, Casey, Calahan and Hunter in the front..

Our happy.... sooon to be expanding family..

The sibblings... They looked soooo cute!!!

The opened their gifts from Barry and I and I was touched by how much they loved their photo albums. Jackson and Jenna just looked at their books and remembered the moments that were captured. Grandma even had to read it to them all the way to church and they continued to look at them during church.. I am excited to make this a Easter tradition.

A very touching moment with Uncle Ryan and Jenna... cuddle time...

This was what I found after leaving the kids alone for 5 minutes upstairs to get the house cleaned up for a showing... they had gotten out the dress up chest and decided to dress up.. all I heard was.. arrrrrg.... arrrrrg...

Jenna and her new shoes... she is sooo not aware that flip flops and socks don't mix... oh well!

Another dress up day.. Jacksons autism specialist was coming from Minot and I was making Taco's for her.. well it turned into Mexican night and he had to put on his cowboy hat!!

Lots of eggs that we did... This year they did not ALL have to be green like Jackson requested last year.











I love the tounge... sooooo concentrating on making that egg turn out just right!

Jenna.. she was not as into the decorating.. but more into trying to eat the eggs... with the shells on.. yuck!

The kiddos and our egg dying!!

Jenna and I were bored and made a ton of potato head people.. she makes some really funny ones but gets the parts in the general area!!!

Trying to catch up after a fun girls weekend!!!

Last week we were stuck with the 24 inches of snow and it was a tough week to get through being stuck inside... out of routine due to no school... so what did we do to get through it.. cooked, baked, created and played.

Here are the "hidden ham and cheese" sandwiches that we made.. it is a gluten free master baking mix that I use for pancakes but seasoned them up for more of a "wrap" taste.. Grilled on both sides like a pancake.. put the meat and cheese inside and grilled further.. YUM!! The kids loved them.. (Jenna is NOT my child in the fact that she forgo's most breads and goes right for meats, cheeses, veggis and fruits). I also wanted to be able to do something for Jackson and his hot dogs.. .he eats them with no bun usually but thought it would be fun to make something that is like a bun.. well, he liked it. It was a cross between a corn dog and a Hot Dog with bun..

This was the snow storm no one wanted and took us a bit by surprise. We had just got done dealing with the flood and then this hit.. 24 inches I think was the final total and it all occured in roughly 24 hours or less. Less than 24 hours before this picture was taken we had almost NO snow on the ground.. now you can see that the snow is built up almost as high as the railings on our deck.

Mr. Potato Head has been Jenna's favorite toy lately.. not only do we create fun and interesting potato heads.. Jenna joins in on the fun!

Our creations!!

So not only is Jenna little Ms. Rachel Ray she is also Jenna the tool girl.. this girl will keep up with everyone. I have no doubt she will do what ever she wants in this life... Maybe even work with daddy!

All smiles especially when baking with mom!

Well, that is it. I went to Mpls with the kiddos this past weekend. Grandma and Grandpa took the kiddos while I had some long over due time with a girlfriend... we visited Alberville Outlet Mall.. and though we did not find a ton of good deals... I did get Jenna and Jackson a few cute things... Best deal.. Pair of Carters Jammies for $5.99!!!! SCORE! Then we met up with other girlfriends at TGIFridays Saturday night.. YUMMO!!! It was a fun night with good food.. chatting with girlfriends that I have not seen in 5-10 years!!!! Then Sunday a nice time at Caribou coffee, lunch with mom, steve and the kiddos then the drive home!!! Thanks Mom and Steve for watching the kiddos!!!! They had a blast!!!

I AM IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love making things for my kids and myself that taste good yet are gluten free.. it has turned from a MAJOR PAIN into a major PASSION!!!! I found this recipe for gluten free pizza from Ginger Lemon Girl's blog and changed it up just a tad to fit our likes... I usually stick to what the recipe says but have to start getting more adventurous.. BOY am I glad I did.. this was soooo DARN good!!! I wanted to cry when tasting it. The kids love it. I have another recipe that we use but it is more like a thin crust pizza... this is the traditional hand tossed pizza!!! Crispy on the bottom.. nice and squishy.. yet done in the middle.. PERFECTION!!!

After rising and baking for 10 minutes.. WOW.. looking GOOD!!

We are soooo bored with being inside... and my brain feels like it is turning into mush lately between pregnancy and just not challenging myself. Well, this was my challenge for today.. how to integrate the thomas the train set with our geo trax set yet get it set up so that the trains can go around ALL parts of the track through the entire "town". Yah.. seriously.. I was INTO this!! It turned out fun though... we played for a long time with this and still set up.. love to show my husband my train creations.. he just laughs at me..

A look at the entire town!!!

My poor baby... after having the chair fall on her she got her bottom lip into her top lip and it BLEED worse than anything I have seen... called the ER and they told me to give it 20 minutes... luckly I got her to sit with me and we put ice and washrag on it... it stopped. Looks kinda like Angelina Joile!!

My poor baby about an hour and a half after the "incident".. she was soo tired.. I put her on the couch to start some lunch and peeked out and she was sleeping.. to bed without lunch!!

Again.. just another example of how easily we are amused in my house. Jenna wanted to hold my hand.. well, I just started making random noises when she would touch my fingers.... she was giggling soo hard.. then Jackson started in.. yah..we need some nice weather to get outside!!!

2 more months..

It is hard to believe that in two months Jenna will be TWO!!! WHAT.. where did the last two years go and even more scary.. and exciting.. what will the next two years bring. I am still in awe on how we were blessed with two great children.. and even on the worst of days you could not imagine a minute without them here on earth. I have learned that every minute is really a blessing...

Blessing #1.. my passionate child.. he is passionate about every emotion he feels.. this little boy continues to teach me many things (some include patience) and I thank you Lord for him.

Still posing.. must be a phase!! I hope..
Blessing #2.. she is a very sweet child but don't underestimate her... she will keep you on your toes.. that is for sure. Her personallity emerges more and more every day.. she loves to bake, loves her dolls and LOVES her trucks and cars..

Baking with mom... we make a mess but we have fun.

Our finished product.. apple/pear gluten free muffins.. they were a success! Yumm... "thanks mom for the good muffins"....

Our snow day picnic... gotta make things fun in life... whats more fun than a picnic.. besides a picnic OUTSIDE!!

This was Jenna's way of telling me today that she was ready for nap... grabbing a passy (which she only gets at nap time now unless she finds a hidden one around here) and her blanket and laying on the kitchen floor.

This one is for Jacksons email buddy... Happy Birthday Grandma B!!!

My little model....and lots of fun at Hannah's 11th Birthday Party!

Here is my little model... he would stand everywhere and just model for us.. what a ham!! Modeling again!!

Stillllll modeling!!

Wow.. can you say HAM!!

19 weeks and going strong.. three days without contractions!!!!

Wow.. all day he has been giving me the model looks... this was getting ready to go swimming for my nieces birthday party!! Happy Birthday Hannah!!! I love you tons!

The two kids getting suits on and Jackson.. yep.. modeling.

Jenna.... surprise surprise... bellying up to the table to eat cake..

Playing in the water.. she was not so sure about it at first... but liked it after I got into the water with her and swam around with her... held her. We stayed in the pool for a good hour or more.. it was like BATH WATER!!! Loved it!

Jackson played with the big kids... he did very well and I was very pleased... he did get a bit excited when they were into a cold water throwing fight and threw water on two love birds in the jacuzzi tub... guess that cooled them off quick... JACKSON!!!!!!

We had a fun day today.. I braved the pool and actually LOVED it since it was warm!!!! Hard to believe my niece is 11!!!!! Hard to believe I have a 5 year old and almost 2 year old.. and oh ya... that in 21 short weeks we will have a newborn... YIKES!!