So as everyone knows we are still enduring our night time battles with the dukester. Pretty much every night he sneaks or comes running and screaming into our room. As a means of survival lately, I have just been going and getting in bed with him when this happens. At least that way, Nick can get a decent night sleep. Anyhow, the other...
Today is Luke's last day of school until after Christmas so I am at home enjoying the silence and relaxing. Sissy is taking this opportunity to catch up on her beauty rest and has been napping for 2 hours already. I think I will take a bubble bath and read a little before I go pick him up. Ahhh...what a relaxing, wonderful day....
So the other night we were leaving El Fenix, after having dinner with my family, and as we were walking out to the car we passed by two girls who were standing outside smoking cigarettes. Luke looked at them and pointed and started calling them "choo-choo heads". He was laughing and saying "you're a choo-choo head!" I tried to shush Luke and hurry...
Seriously. Why am I so obsessed with my blogger template? Why do I so feel compelled to stay up until all hours of the night scouring the internet for the best blogger template ever? What is wrong with me?I'm done. D-O-N-E.I still hate it, by the way. ...
So who do you think found a "real" motorcycle tonight? And not just a "real" motorcycle, but a blue "real" motorcycle? Uh-huh, that's right. Found it at Wal-Mart for just $49!Well...it's not actually a real motorcycle. It's more of a 3-wheeler electric scooter that just happens to sorta/kinda look like a "real" motorcycle if you turn your head and squint real hard. ...
I love Christmas time! There are so many fun things to do with the kids I don't even know where to start! So to get my brain organized a bit I am going to list the events we have booked already and the things we want to do. This is more for me than you. :) Doing: Saturday, Dec. 5th - Breakfast with...
I am feeling quite accomplished this holiday season and it's not yet the first of December! As you can see, we have already been to visit the big guy and have our annual picture taken. I was pretty surprised Sissy did not break down into hysterics when I placed her in Santa's lap. The old "hold your child facing you and make smiley,...
Done! My mom loves to get all the grand-kids matching outfits every year and have a picture taken for her Christmas card. Well consider that D-O-N-E! And before Thanksgiving! It sure was a beating, but it's DONE, people! Did I say that already? ...
My sweet, sweet nephew, Avery in his baptism outfit. I just want to eat him up! I'm pretty sure he is going to kill my sister some day for putting him in knee highs, but they were just so stinkin' cute with his chwubby widdle man thighs squishing out the top! Yum! ...
Luke decided he wanted to be a "race car driver" (hence the nascar costume and thanks to my dad who took him out to the race track) the day of the the trunk or treat. He did end up wearing his peter pan costume on actual Halloween and I got some cute pictures of that that I will post later. ...
Click on the picture to see the video. And this, my dear husband, is why I still feel it necessary to spend $150 on a pair of jeans despite our "spending lockdown". ...
Monday: Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff, SaladTuesday: Four Cheese Ravioli with Marinara, Salad, & Garlic BreadWednesday: Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken in Tortillas Thursday: Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken Over Pasta, SaladFriday: Pumpkin Muffins for breakfast Out to Eat for dinnerSaturday: Chili & CornbreadYummy Fall Dessert Recipes: Apple Pound Cake, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pumpkin Cheesecake ...
So, I've learned a couple of things about myself today.#1: I am a total hypochondriac. If someone says they are nauseous, I start to few queasy. If someone has the swine flu, all of a sudden my kids are showing all the symptoms and I myself fall ill. And the best part, once I finally convince a doctor that not only am I...
we are sick. we are hoping it's not the swine. i'm paranoid. i'm tired. i cannot breath. i'm irritable, grumpy, and need a day off. here is the list of symptoms, in case you were wondering.me:runny nosestuffy nosescratchy throatcoughtiredgrumpy*i promise it's much worse than it sounds. olivia:excessive drooling for 2-3 days (thought it was teething since she is cutting her top molar), now...
That would be four fingers (total) we are holding up...not the peace sign. Just felt the need to clarify. Not that we are against peace or anything. :)So we celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary on the seventeenth with a great night out and a fabulous dinner at The Palm. Thanks again, Erin, for the suggestion. It the perfect spot to celebrate and the...
My new baby niece was born last week, so we got to spend the labor day weekend snuggling and loving on her and all of her sweet little chwubby-ness. Apparently, big cheeks run in the fam. Remember this picture of Olivia? ...
This picture makes me laugh. Strange? Yes. But do you see how happy she is? And to think all it took was a few diapers strapped around her knees and elbows, ninja turtle style. Then we pretended that Sissy was a "diaper monster" and let her chase us around. And if you are wondering if this was my idea...ummm, no. Lukey gets all...
Here are a few pictures I was able to snap on Luke's first day of school at Friends In Christ preschool. His teacher was wrangling the girl I have termed "wild child" so I wasn't able to get one of Luke and Ms. Michelle. But, I'm a momma on a mission and yes, I will have my camera in tow for day two....
As if we didn't already have our suspicions. And as one can clearly see from the photo in the previous post. Olivia is a little bit on the chunky side. She went in for her one year visit (a little late, I know), and Dr. Lestz said in the sweetest, gentlest way possible...olivia is a chunk and we need to make sure she...
For starters, Lukey got a "new, brand" bicycle. Secondly, Luke started preschool yesterday and had a so-so day. His teacher told me at pick-up that he was being disruptive at naptime and wouldn't stop chatting with a little girl named Jasmine (his new BFF). She told me that she took one of his pennies away so he didn't get a trip to the...
Wow. He looks so grown up in this picture. It makes me a little sad, but I guess it's okay that he's growing up as long as he keeps letting me snuggle him and still cries for his mommy when he bumps his noggin. When that stops, I don't know what I'll do. Maybe then, I'll cry for my mama. ...
And, of course, I had to put one up of my own little miss sweets. So here she is. Olivia at fourteen months.Some fabulous things about Olivia:1. She has finally started to walk but only as a last resort (ie: mommy is dropping her off at the gym child care and she is desperately running after her) or when mommy is not looking/has...
And I had to get up one of the sweet and fiery, Aleyna. This little girl has some serious personality and charm. Here she was taking a break to eat a few cheerios.A few more in her tutu... ...
This has to be one of my favorite newborn photos ever. So calm and peaceful and quite a contrast to the situation this little guy was born into. I see hope and safety and warmth and love when I look at this photo, all the things this beautiful baby boy now has because of my dear friend, Kayla. What an inspiration and testament...
Both kids are napping. I thought that was post worthy. Silence is good for a mama's soul. Ahhhhh... ...
We are going to medieval times tonight to celebrate nick's 30th birthday as a family. Luke is super excited. I may or may not have paid a ridiculous amount to upgrade to the king's royalty package.It should be a good time. We are already getting into character by saying things like "my lord" and "my lady". I'm thinking it's going to get pretty...
I've been sorting through some of our older pictures and feel in love all over again with this one. I HEART him. ...
Totally annoyed by the fact that I cannot seem to come up with a color scheme for the blog and I keep changing my mind on the header. Should this type of thing really be stressing me out? I know, I know, and I've said it more than once this week, I really need to get a life.So to the three people out...
we painted. and we got messy (gasp!). and then we had popsicles (from the ice cream man!), and got even more messy. i love days like this with my kids. i love just watching them laugh and play together. i want to just soak up every minute of it and remember them just like this forever. ...
oh, you know...insert my face into random high school yearbook photos. now off to the grocery store. ahh, the life! ...
Olivia is growing up way too fast. So, naturally, I have been obsessed with taking pictures of all of her little "bits" that make her my squishy widdle baby girl. Today, chwubby widdle fingers shoveling food into her mouth. Tomorrow, chwubby widdle hiney. I know you can hardly handle the suspense.Okay, enough with the baby talk all ready! ...
Since I didn't want there to be any confusion about whether or not olivia sits around the house in sweet little dresses all day, I thought I'd keep it real and show you guys how we really roll. ...
Sorry for the picture overload, but we are redoing our bedroom and i needed some new pics of the kids for the walls. And, everyone I open I think is cuter than the last. Go figure. ...
I hate the the focus is slightly off, but I'll take it. Sissy is in that perpetual motion phase and I was able to snap this shot just before she head dove off the couch for her paci. No sissy's were injured in the making of this photograph. I was able to use my supermommy quickness to snap the shot and then grab...
nothin' says summer like playin' barefooted, in your undies. ...
this is what luke carried into the house today and surprised me with. he came in from playing in the backyard and said "i have a surprise for you mommy". his hands were behind his back and, i have to admit, i was a little nervous and rightfully so. he then said "close your eyes". i did, reluctantly. and then when i opened...
well, not really us, but our neighbor. and lookie who got to go help coral them back into their chicken coup. cocka-doodle-do! ...
sharkie passed away last night sometime between 8pm and 7am this morning. we found him stuck to the underside of his water pump. luke has no idea. he went over to his tank this morning and said "oh, no! sharkie's stuck again!" and proceed to try and free him with a spoon. sharkie then started spinning and twirling around in the tank because...
so i did something yesterday that i rarely do. i attempted to have a conversation with a dear friend...on the phone...while both kids were awake. (GASP!) i thought all was well and even briefly remember having the thought, "wow, maybe lukey is growing out of this 'i will do everything in my power to keep mommy from talking to anyone but me' phase....
i cannot believe our little sissy is already a year old! i have to admit, it's bitter sweet. on the one hand, i love that she is turning into such a "big girl" and can play with lukey and is really beginning to have her own opinions about things, and just watching her little personality come to life. but, then i look at...
