Me and Katie Holmes... Ha!

Well, apparently I have a 70% match with Katie Holmes...

I found this site where you can have a photo of you scanned, and it will show which celebs you look most like... (Please let it not be Richard Simmons...) Hey, what else am I going to do while I feed Lily!? :) Check out my celebrity look-alikes down below. Also, you can see who your children look like most: you or your spouse. Apparently, the debate continues with our family... a perfectly even split between both our kids. :)

Top 10 Ways to Tell You Have Small Children

10. You refer to needing to use the restroom as "having to go potty".
9. You feel you have accomplished great things that day if you get a shower.
8. Your house looks more like a toy store.
7. You clap when someone goes number 2...
6. The contents of your purse could feed 10 children.
5. The new minivan that someone down the street got looks strangely appealing.
4. Every time you leave the house it looks like you are moving.
3. You do enough laundry a week to clothe a small army.
2. Your alarm clock calls you Mommy.
1. You can hold a baby, prepare a bottle, make a lunch, dress a child and talk on the phone - all at the same time.

Go here if you need a laugh, especially if you are a mom... http://www.anitarenfroe.com/video_02/video_clips_main.htm

I Must Be a Marsupial

...And I really thought I was human...

It was one of those days. No matter how asleep Lily appeared to be, her eyes instantly popped open - like the exact opposite of one of those "sleeping" baby dolls - every time her little back grazed the mattress. Sometimes I got the big grin, with the "nice try, Mommy" look. Other times I got the " you better pick me up or I am going to wail" face. What's a busy mom to do?

Enter the life-saver: the bjorn.

Just strap her on in her little "pouch"and away we go. We have cleaned, cooked (which is a bit precarious), taken ornaments off the Christmas tree (the holiday that never seems to end at the Crooks) - you name it. This wasn't really how I pictured my new exercise plan for the new year, but hey, weight training is good. :)

Little did I know that I was going to carry her on the outside like this for months after carrying her on the inside for what seemed like an eternity. I now have a new-found respect for kangaroos... :)

Our Newest Tax Deduction (or credit as Keith corrects!)

A Webkinz Christmas

Oh, Webkinz... If you have preschool or elementary age children, you know what I am talking about. Stuffed animals with computer codes to play with them virtually online - clothes, rooms, games - you name it. They even have a gem of the day that you can "win". One is called the Booger Nugget... (My first question was if it is green. It's not. Must have been a guy programmer that added that one... yuck.) Anyway, I digress... Abby now has SIXTEEN of these things. Oh, brother... Let's just say she is a BIG fan. :)

Abby and Her Webkinz

We ended up heading for Dallas for Christmas (last minute decision). We were afraid that our entertainment skills would be sub-par for Abs, and she would much rather play with all of the cousins. She did. Plus, our Lily is sleeping about 10 hours or so at night (what a good baby!), so we thought we could swing it. We saw over 70 family members over the course of 3 days. Man, our families like to procreate...

Now, I am trying to put away presents and the dreaded Christmas decorations. What excitement to put them up, what angst to take them down. Maybe I will get them all down by February!

Hope you and yours had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!