Moon Pies

Six, yes. She is number six and yes, she has five older brothers.
It's funny the responses I get from people when I answer their questions. The one I get most often is... "Are all of these yours?" I just want to say.. "No, I often take the neighborhood kids grocery shopping". I often just smile and nod, and say"Yes, they are all ours."

To be honest I love showing off our baby girl. She is so precious and so sweet. I get stopped constantly and asked questions about her. She is still tiny, though I do have to boast, she has gained weight!!! She was 6lbs and 8 oz yesterday! Up from 5 lbs 6 oz. So we are doing great nursing. She was not really a preemie. She was born at 37 weeks, but people assume she was.
I get asked, "How do you do it? I barely handle one." Or.. "Better you than me" or .. "Wow, are you crazy?" Or "did you get fixed? Not that the last one is anyone's business but they all seem to get a kick out of me answer.. "I had my tubes tied five minutes after she was born."

I do wonder why total strangers ask me very personal questions, and yet for some reason, I answer them. Hm... anyway, Marisa is doing great, the boys..a re good and Teagan;'s hair will grow back out. God has helped us through these last few weeks. Without His love, His patience, His guidance, His mercy and His grace.. I don't know where we would be!

Well summer is officially here and my boys have been out of school for a week and are already bored. We have watched the Cheetah Girls, all three movies, Phenias and Ferb, Zack and Cody and others til I am sick of Disney Channel!
Duncan has already spent time at Nana and Paw's and Ian goes tonight for a day or two. Logan has been as well. And still, they are bored. The next day George has off, we have to take them to the beach or the pool or something. If not for their sanity then for mine. I do believe in the next week or two we are eihter going to have to purchase a pool or season passes to the water park. It's just too awful hot at the Beach not to have access to water at all times, even when we can't go down to the ocean.
We have hundreds of books and thousands of dollars in toys, two computers, a video game system, two Nintendo DSes and still.. they are bored. I bet if I had a couple of plain cardboard boxes they would be happy as little clams!

OK so I decided to start a blog, why you ask? Because there are days that I need to write down, just in case I forget about them later. Those good days or those bad days that will seem funny at a later date. So I guess I will start by intoducing myself. I am Shona. I am married to George, and have been for the last ten and a half years. We have six children. Duncan is ten, Logan is nine, Ian is seven, Kyan is four, Teagan is two and Marisa Jo is one month old today.
Yes, you read that right. We have five little boys and one little girl.
I am a stay at home mom, and have been for seven years. We live at the beach and LOVE it here. South Carolina is so warm, sometimes too warm :). I love my job...most days. I am very active in my church, as is my husband. I am a part of our church's worship through movement or Interpretive worship team. I am also a part of the Women's ministry when I have the time.
I am thirty five and for the most part I don't feel over twenty five, though there are days I feel eighty five.
George is fourty-one, a Mason ( when he works.) Currently out of work, but doing odd jobs here and there. He is also an active member in our church and a part of the Men's Ministry.
We both work with the children's ministry as well. George works in the church's nursery every third Sunday and hopes to rejoin the choir before long.
Duncan is an amazing kid, he is virtual schooled, which is kind of like homeschooling but it is all done online. He is a gifted and talented student and one of my best friends (when I can be his friend and not just his mom). He is wise beyond his years and has a heart of gold. He loves Pokemon and NCIS ( when he's allowed to watch it).
Logan is also an amazing kid. He is so bright and such a joy. He loves learning and craves new books all the time. I have to brag a little here. he took the CAT test recently and out of over 300 questions he only missed 6. So to say he is a G&T child.. is redundant :) He is currently enrolled in a charter school, however we may be bringing him home for next year. He has a wonderful heart and is gernerous to a fault.
Ian is my amazing little second grader, or will be next fall. He too is G&T. He is so sweet and so kind and so loving. He is your typical middle child, but we try not to let him be. He loves to play and loves to imgaine things. Ian likes to read and color.
Kyan is .. well.. Kyan is different. He is so precious. He is precocious as well. He is always trying to be the center of attention. He likes to be on the computer and color. He loves to watch TV and thinks the sun rises and set in both Duncan and Marisa.
Teagan is my amazing little two year old. He is into everything, I mean if he's not into it it's not worth getting into. He couldn't hear very well before we got tubes in his ears this past january and now his vocabulary has exploded! He is talking so much and he is so cute.
Marisa Jo is a wonderful baby girl. She is one month old today and is a doll. She is spoiled rotten already. She is daddy's princess, my little miracle and the boys' angel. And she is our last child.

ok that is about all I have the time for at the moment.