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Just a quick note that I hope to be back to bloggin'.
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Baby Belly and Snowy Day Fun~

My 22 week baby belly!

I am hoping to chat here at bit more often.....I pray my blog friends have not given up

on me and will stop in and give me some blog-love at least from time to time!

I have missed coming here and spilling my thoughts! Life in a large family is quite busy and chasing a 18mo old and being pregnant with my 9th (8th on earth) at age 45 is tiring!

Bean Boy is now 18 months!

Olivia my snow angel! (and home-school girl)

Jackie my home-school girl!

Big Family Announcement~

I have been slacking again on updating my blog.......I am still here!
My computer that I thought was fixed as far as uploading pic, is apparently not working again and if you know me I LOVE to post pics! So frustrating!!!!!!

Anyways................I wanted to announce that we are expecting our 8th baby on earth.
Christian Alexander is in heaven.

I am at the start of my 2nd trimester. (almost 15 weeks)  We are due during Holy Week, between Palm Sunday and Easter (3rd week in April 2014)

Pregnancy at 45 has been great. I have had :
2 babies in my late 20's
4 in my 30's
3 pregnancies in my 40's (one that ended in a miscarriage in 2011, Ian born in 2012 and this baby to arrive in April 2014 if all goes well)

I hope to post updates if I can get my computer is upload pics!

Feel free to say hi! I do check my blog and who doesn't love a comment?

Flying with baby

This summer I took a trip back east to Pittsburgh PA. I was able to take my 11 yr old son Noah and my newly 1 yr old son Ian {aka B*Ian (Bean) } It was interesting but we survived. A few tip I would like to pass along is : Baby flying on lap sounds better on paper......

But when money is tight like in our family of 9, you do what you gotta do. :)

Here is what was helpful to me.......

Bring your car seat ALL THE WAY TO THE GATE.......if there is room they WILL LET YOU USE A SEAT TO BUCKLE BABY. You must ask at the time of boarding. If the answer is NO......then the baggage guys will load you car seat under the cargo hold. Doing it this way also is less rough on the car seat and you will know for sure it is with you :)

Our flight was 4 hours then a different plane 2 hours. I was fortunate to have Ian sleeping in his car seat on the longest leg of out trip out. But it was opposite on the way home......Baby on lap for 4 hours was tough but we made it.

I made sure to give him Tylenol while getting ready for take off.

What travel tip do you have?
Would you like to share them?
Leave me a comment I'd love to hear from you.

I am back :)

Hi there all. It has been quite a while since I have posted here on my blog.
As a momma of 7 kiddos age 19-1 yr life is very busy. But the main reason for my long absence was that my computer would not upload pics and I was completely frustrated by that. I love to post pics.
So I found Facebook and Instagram but must say I miss the slower pace of my dear blog.

MY COMPUTER IS NOW FIXED :) I am so happy.

If you are new to my blog WELCOME. Feel free to look around and stay a while.
I love it when people say hi but nice comments only :)

my bean

My baby Ian napping in my arms today.......it is one of my favorite parts of the day.

May 2013 UPDATE

Here is our Lil'  B*Ian back in January 2013.....he is about 7mo. old in this picture.
 My computer will not let me upload pics from my phone or camera. 
So until I get that fixed this will have to do for now!

Life is so busy but fruitful around here. I hope to have some time to blog about it real soon!

Peace+
Georgiann

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Back to the blog......... after a long break!

It has been so long since I have blogged. I almost don't know where to start. My days have been pleasantly busy and full, raising a family of 9.  I have discovered Facebook and must admit that has taken up some of my time. I feel called back to the slower pace of my blog. I'm not really sure who even stops by my lil' ole blog? It seems I get a lot of traffic but no comments. Maybe I seem boring but I really only blog for ME......as a scrape book. My kiddos and I love to spend the afternoon looking back at what we have done, cooked and seen. Big family love!

This winter has been filled with homemade soups and warm cups of tea. Snuggles and naps with Baby Ian aka B*Ian (bean) now 7 mo. old. Home school for Olivia age 5 and nature walks with family and dog Jasper. We have long cozy story times and play board games. I have 3 teenages known as the Big's 18, 16 (on Monday), 13 and 3 kiddos known as the Little's ages 10,7,5, and then there is our lil'  7mo. old B*Ian.

If you are new to my blog feel free to look around, leave a comment and Follow if you'd like.

Peace+
Georgiann

September RAMBLINGS

Life here in our home is always busy. We do not lack for things to do. In fact we have to decline invites much of the time, because things change here rather quickly. (my older kiddos often need rides to places).
My house is often a mess so I rarely have friends over. I am trying to change that for this year.
I'm making hospitality a goal. I want to have more friends over for lunch and play dates.

Most of my kiddos are back to school. I have 1 son that graduated high school back in June OK July because he was 1/2 credit short :( He was not able to walk in the ceremony or anything. I was heart broken but I learned it was not the end of the world. Plus it relieved the stress of having to figure out how I would get to the BIG event. I was induced with Ian on June 12 and the graduation was June 13! My son did a online class to finally earn his 1/2 credit. He is now an official 2012 grad!
I must confess I feel like a big loser sometimes because with the birth of our new baby Ian I did not do much in the way of celebrating my other kiddos birthdays. My oldest son turned 18 back on June 2 and Noah turned 10 the day before Ian was born. Nick just turned 13 Aug. 1! Lots of milestone birthdays this year!
Olivia will be 5 on Oct.4 and Jacob will be 16 in Feb. (My birthday is next Tuesday Sept. 18th! and I'm proud to say I will be 44!)

So now that most of my kiddos are in school (I have Olivia,Ian and my oldest home) we are settling into a new routine. We are all up by 7:30am and after the kids are on the bus I hit the coffee pot and make breakfast. 9am is when we start home school preschool for Olivia.
She has workbooks,a picture journal,story time and games we play. The structured time goes from 9am-10:30am followed by **quiet blanket time. In the early afternoon we play outside,go on a walk,paint or do some other art and read some more stories. In the late afternoon when my school kiddos get home they have 40min. snack and homework/reading time before playing outside (in our back yard) with the neighbors.

**We do a quiet blanket play time with special toys.(she must play by herself while I get some stuff done.) Olivia does not have a nap time but her bed time is 8:30pm this year.  ALL my kiddos have to go up at 8:15pm to brush teeth and settle in with a book on their bed. Our girls have their new (Craig's list) bunk beds set up in their own room.

I love spending time with Jarett my oldest son. We eat our meals together and he travels with me sometimes to run errands. I can have him watch Olivia if I need him to though I have not had to yet.
But I will when I get my hair cut next Thursday!

Today I'm taking Jarett to look for a job.....picking up and filling out job apps.

Thanks for letting my ramble today. I have lots to post about and many many pictures I want to share but it seems life is flying fast and I'm living it! That is a good thing. When I do have a minute to share and write a post, I never know where to start!  I hope soon to post daily but it seems that I rarely get any comments so it feels like maybe everyone is just a busy as me and is not interested in my life?

Things I want to post about: Ian's birth story, my new weight loss journey,park day,our trip to the fair, and some summer fun in our backyard!

Peace+
Georgiann

In the still of the morn

In th still of the morn I can eat the last homemade blueberry scone and not have to share.

 When I have enough energy to get up before the kiddos. It allows me time to get a few chores done, ones that I find relaxing. Yes, there are a few.

Like taking down cloth diapers fresh off the line that will need folded and put away.

I also like to do a quick pick up of scattered dirty clothes that are left through out the house and STUFF them into the wash machine.

Boy that makes my house seem instantly cleaner.

Also running a load of dishes before my crew wakes is a good thing.

We have not mastered a clean kitchen before bed.lol

I'll take clean and picked up where and when I can get it! lol

I love to sit in my quiet kitchen and ponder what I will do today.

What I will fix for dinner? What will the kids and I do today?

When the kids awake.......

Most days they are spent in our backyard, splashing in the kiddie pool,

Making a mud city to dig in. Riding bikes or swinging on the swing set.

There is the occasional squabble and skinned knee.

Request for a popcicle and to make some lemon aide.

There are questions to answer like whats for lunch?

Can I have candy?

But for now I will sit here quietly and eat the last scone.....in the still of the morn.

Peace+

Georgiann

Sweet Kitchen Helpers

The summer is fading fast and I miss not having a BIG garden.

I decided this year our family would not have time plant a garden or go to the

 Terri's Berries Produce Co-op.

Giving birth to my baby boy Ian, having my oldest son turn 18 and graduate from high school as well as host a boat load of house guest to see and attend it all was enough for me. The produce co-op is about a 35 minute drive one way (over an hour round trip).....a trip that I was not willing to do with a new baby. It feels like I just gave birth just yesterday.....I'm tired most days and still having nursing issues but I'm not complaining!! He's so worth a few years with out a garden!

I'm sorry to say that this year the ingredients for my beef stew were store bought and not organic and homegrown, my bread came from the store not from scratch but thats the way it is some years.

I really miss being in my garden, and watching my children dig, plant and pick what we'll have for dinner. But having Baby Ian in my life is so worth not having all that extra work a garden demands.

Thank you to all my blog friends that leave comments they mean the world to me.

Peace and Love,

Georgiann

B* Ian (bean)

Ian Matthew

I can't believe its already the end of August!

Where did the summer go?

In just a few short weeks most of my kiddos will be back in school.

This year I will only be attending MOPS with Ian and Olivia.

I don't think I will be attending any home-school co-ops this year as baby Ian will have a nap time and the whooping cough is running rapid here in these parts!

I know 2 families that have it now. With school starting up I'm sure we will catch something sooner or later.

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I have had a few requests from friends to post Ian's Birth story.

I will in due time. I rarely get time on the computer (my older kiddos know as the Bigs hog the computer most days) and when I do get a few moments Ian needs me.

Its so hard to type with one hand.lol

My computer also says my picture storage is full and that I must buy more. :(

It has told me that before and I never did buy. I hope if I wait a few days things will be back to normal with no purchase.

Beautiful Weekend

We finally did it! Took the kiddos to Mt. Rainer that is.

Hubby and I had been talking about venturing up to the beautiful snow covered peaks for quit a while.

"I wanted to eat some chicken and walk in the wildflowers like I did as a kid" I told Hubby.

The Littles, Hubby and I excitedly got our warm clothes ready to head up into the mountain we hold so dear.

(1hr 1/2 away)

What we forgot was we would be above the cloud cover and the weather up there would be HOT!

Not overcast like at home.

We drove up and found a picnic spot and just ate tale gate style.

Jackie had a stomach ache....she felt better after eating some lunch.

We saw waterfalls......my favorite thing.

Hubby and Noah navigated our destination on the map.

We got to Paradise and it was wonderful!

The weather was very warm and I was dressed in winter clothes. Not layers:(

I had on polar fleece socks and rubber clogs!

I'm really out of shape too and the climb was up hill for quit a ways before letting up.

Hubby laughed and wanted to snap my picture before Ian and I went back down to wait in the lodge.

He thought it was hilarious that I did not even make out of sight of the lodge.

Hubby and the kids were gone for 2 1/2 hours.

All I was left with was Ian, his sun hat, a sling and a bottle with formula.

I never take the chance that I will have enough breast milk.

Things are getting better and I did breast feed while we were there.

Oh and I also had $10.00 and the extra batteries in my pocket to be used for my camera that I gave to Hubby as we parted.

I had no burp cloth, diapers etc...they were in Hubbies back pack.

I had to use paper napkins when he spit up.

I had no way to get into the truck, but managed to get a drink from the ice cooler in the bed.

I took this picture just before we left to go home.

The lodge was closing so it was empty but during the day it was FULL.

I had lots of time to make friends with 3 other new mommas that were waiting for their crews to return back to the lodge. I had a joyous and peaceful time.

1 gal had 6mo old boy/girl twins and a 4yr old girl.

1 gal had a baby girl born 2 weeks after Ian and also had a 4yr old girl.

1 gal had a 3mo old girl.

Another gal was there with her herd of 3 boys ages 2,5 and 6.

We all sat in the far living room, had meaningful conversation and breast fed our babies.

It was so lovely and awesome!

I'm posing with the wildflower bouquet Jackie picked for me.

Hubby took some wonderful pictures before the batteries went dead!

I took this picture as we ate our tale gate dinner before heading home!

Ian watching closely as dad handed out cold JO JO potatoes left from lunch.

This was a big no-no I'm sure but Jackie picked one of every kind of wildflower for me.

She knew I really liked wildflowers. Thank you Jackie!

The clouds were rising as we drove down the mountain in the evening.

The sun was a settin'

The perfect end to a beautiful day.

I wanted to post these pictures yesterday but I seemed to have caught a cold on Sunday. As we drove home my ears and head were clogged up and I was feeling very run down.

I'm glad I did not go on the LONG walk with a baby to carry.

Yesterday I spent resting and a dear friend brought us dinner.

Pork chops, mashed potatoes,gravy corn spoon bread, salad and homemade snicker doodles cookies.

Thank you Nancy, it was yummo!

Peace+

Georgiann