Fun!

We just got back from Austin. I took the kids to meet up with JR so we could buy him a suit. We have a wedding to go to this weekend, and he has wanted a suit for a while, so I finally gave in. I had to go to 4 stores. JR finally picked one out, but they didn't have the right size pants, so I had to travel to the NORTH Austin store because he had to get back to work...Landry was screaming at the top of her lungs the last 25 minutes back home! Grrrr....After lunch we are heading to the outlet mall in San Marcos...I am hoping to find a new dress to wear this weekend. I am also hoping I can get my rings inspected and cleaned at the Kay's there...I just dont know how that works since it's in the outlet mall. I need to get it done before the end of May, and I really dont want to make another trip into Austin. Plus I need to get back home so I can shower and get ready for my date with JR. My sister is coming over to babysit for us! YAYAYAYAYAY. We are going tinto Austin to dinner and then to listen to some live music! I am so excited!
A boob update - yes I want them surgically lifted to restore their glory days....but my hubby says no - but that isn't what this is about. LOL Landry is down to only 2 feeds a day. One at night and one in the afternoon. To be honest, I basically just wait until the boob is completely full and then I feed her...I figure if I can wait longer and longer, then it will produce less and less so that I can stop completely. I am so happy that I breastfed for the length of time I did....I have to go buy our 2nd big can of formula today....I am shocked at how quickly it goes by, and can't imagine the amount of money we saved by breastfeeding! Plus.....the health advantages she recieved because of it! But I am ready to get my body back. I love the bonding that we had, but we can still continue to have it. And I am ready to sleep through the night!!!! Of course, she still has that nurse during the night, so sleeping through the night wont come until I get rid of that....probably only another week or so!!!

Looking ahead

This week is pretty much all about preparing for this weekend! Ha...not really, I am just really excited and can't wait! Our friends Desmond and Stefanie are getting married in Houston, so we are really excited for them. I am upset that Desmond will only be in town for a few more weeks since he will be moving back to Houston:( I was hoping to have another married couple down the road from us...but oh well! I am going to the mall today. I have to get my rings inspected and cleaned, and maybe look for a dress to wear to the wedding. YUCK! JR wants me to wear one that I already have, It's one of his favorites, but he doesn't realize that I have to suck in the entire time...LOL plus I wear it with my one and only pair of super high heels and I am close to tears by the end of the night!!! LOL Luckily, my little sister is going to come stay at the hotel and watch the kids while we go to the wedding and reception. I am just worried about how Landry will do. We dont rock her to sleep, or anything like that...we simply just put her in her bed and walk away. But I am nervous because the hotel is only ONE room, which means that Logan and Vanessa will be there in the same room and will be playing, so I am worried that she wont be able to fall asleep or stay asleep! I guess we will jsut have to see.

weekend activities

okay - so this starts with last Thursday...My older sister called to tell me that my mom had left for Galveston and that my dad was going out of town and she didn't know what to do about her kids. It is irritating when she calls to "tell" me a story, I wish she would just say, hey....this is what I need. Anyway, so it basically came down to her finally asking me to go pick up her kids on Sunday...Of course I said that I would...she is my sister, I am not going to say no. So I told her that we were having a BarB Q on Sunday and that I would need to pick them up earlier than the usual time. I would need to pick them up at 10....when they usually do the drop off at 4:00. I felt bad, because it did cut Luis' time with his kids short, but I had made plans and we had a bunch of people coming over, sooooo....what was I supposed to do? So anyway, she said there was no problem and that she would even ask him to meet me in Burnet, which shortened the 2 hour trip by 30 minutes....I decided to think positive, so I figured, it might actually work for the best considering that having Isabella and Isaiah here would keep Logan occupied! On Friday she calls to ask if she can borrow $150...Of course, I said yes. So I met up with her in Kyle to give her the money. Then Friday night she calls to say she just gor home from dropping off the kids, her car had broken down. My dad had to go pick her up and she had to have her car towed to the dealership. Basically she was asking if she could borrow my car....but If she used my car, how would I pick up the kids???? Anyway, luckily she ended up with a rental car.
Saturday JR had to work early in the day, so while he was at work I got out and planted the flower beds....of course I had to make another trip to Lowe's in order to get more soil and a few more flowers, but I finally got it all done. I came in to do some house work and as I was finishing the dishes JR got home. I decided that I would mow the grass so that JR could weed-eat. Unfortunately, we ran out of string, while doing the back yard...but it was okay...we took the kids to HEB to get all the supplies for the BBQ and got some more string. We finished up the yard when we got home, and finished all the menial tasks around the house...cleaning toilets, sweeping, mopping.....Then our friend Desmond called and asked to come over and hang out....which turned into an all night drinking fest....and poker - we played all night and my sister came over and played as well. (She was dropping off money for gas) At 3:30 in the morning, I said goodnight, I couldn't handle it. Everyone else was up until 6.....Crazy people....When JR came to bed he sat on me, claiming he didn't see me...and I believe him, I dont really know how he found his way upstairs.
Sunday, I got up at 7:15 with Landry, then I left to pick up my niece and nephew at 8:30...I got back before anyone got over to the house. I was able to help JR set up. Everyone arrived and we had a really good time! It was a great day...a very long one, but a great one. We played some poker and just had a very relaxing, very wonderful day.
Looking forward to a great week...headed to Houston this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!

Untitled...

so...I ran to the store today - Had to go to HEB to get a few things...it took about an hour, afterwards we went to starbucks, where I got my favorite white chocolate mocha frappaccino with an extra shot of espresso....Logan is always begging for my drink, so I got him the same thing - except I got his decaf and no extra shot! LOL We sat outside at Starbuck and I read Logan and Landry Toy Story....Logan is obsessed with Buzz...he has about 6 buzz toys....they just keep adding up! Shrek and Buzz are all he talks about. More on this later... After we got in the car I realized that I was out of gas so I drove over to the HEB gas station....
AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THIS POST...
The HEB gas station is the kind where there is a little booth in the middle where there is an attendant....It isn't like a convenience store, where you go inside....So I pulled into the carport at the number 3 pump. ONly one port away from the attendants booth. I sat in my car searching for my credit card...I had just used it at starbucks, but couldn't find it anywhere...so when I finally came to the conclusion I must have left it at starbucks I decided to use the 20 bucks I did have in my wallet. Logan and Landry had fallen asleep, so I rolled the windows down and left the car on, with the AC going (not to mention it is 73 degrees outside) and I ran over to the attendant to pay for the gas...might I also add there was no line, and I was parked very closely. I was gone about 45 seconds...if that long...however long it took to run over, say I need 20 on pump 3 and run back....seriously, it was probably less than 30 seconds....so I am being generous, saying that it was 45 seconds. I got back, rolled up the windows, and turned off the car, and started the process of pumping the gas. All of a sudden this woman confronted me...she was at pump 2...she said, "I have just called the police, you should be ashamed of yourself." I literally looked behind me - I had no idea what was going on. So I said, "For what?" She said, "You broke the law, you left your children in the car without you - and you left it running." I didn't really think about what she said until later...but if you are going to leave kids in the car (which is against the law, and not something I do on a day to day basis) wouldn't you want to leave the car running? Anywho, I just looked at her for a minute thinking...oh my god, really? It really upset me, so I felt as if I needed to explain. I said, " I was only gone for a second and I had my eyes on the car the entire time." She said she had watched me get out of the car and go over to pay. She said, I know how long you were gone, but it doesn't matter you broke the law and the police are on the way." I was like, " Lady, you did what you felt was necessary, and so did I, My kids are sleeping, and I wasn't going to wake them up and get them out of the car for only a minute, only to put the back in." A few minutes later my pump went off. I got in the car, wrote down my name, address, phone number and license plate number. I waited for about 4 or 5 minutes and then I took it to the attendant and told him what had happened. I told him, I was going home and that if the police arrived he could give them my information and they could come to my house if they needed any more information. As I headed back to my car, the lady was driving off.
I called starbucks and sure enough, I had left my card, so I told them I was on my way. I drove back over....it is in the same strip as HEB, I was questioning whether to leave the kids again, and decided to call them and see if someone could meet me outside, while I explained that my kids were asleep and didn't want to have to get them out...luckily one of the workers came outside and met me at my car. I showed her my ID and she gave me the card, I gave her a $5 for coming outside, thanking her for understanding my situation, and then I drove home.
It has been nearly 3 hours, since then and I haven't heard from or seen the police, so I have no idea if they decided to not follow up since, neither of us were there, or if maybe she didn't REALLY call the police. I dont know....
I completely understand why she felt she needed to say something...but at the same time, if she saw me go to pay and saw that I wasn't exactly leaving them in the car while I went shopping, I dont see why she felt she needed to be so bitchy. Did I do the wrong thing? probably - The law does say I can't leave them in the car. But I weighed my options and did what I thought was best. I knew I wasn't going to be gone, but for just a second...I kept my eyes on my car. I dont know. If had to make the decision again, I would choose to do the same thing. Anyway...so that is what happened....any feedback. And yes - I know I broke the law, so you dont need to remind me. I felt horrible, I still do, but have any of you mothers ever been in a situation like this....okay stupid question...If you are a mother, you have been in a similar situation. Would you have done the same thing? Or would you have unloaded the sleeping kids?
Again, I must reiterate that I was gone less than a minute, with my eyes on the car....and I do NOT condone leaving children in a car unsupervised. But I feel this was a different circumstance...I was still supervising them in a way. I dont know....I am torn between thinking that I did something wrong and feeling that I did the right thing.....hmmmmm.

quick post

OKay...I am about to head to bed, but just wanted to post a quick blog since I have been neglecting it. This week has been LONG....I am ready for the weekend. My dryer went out on me so I spent the ENTIRE day yesterday at my parents house doing laundry. They have a much smaller dryer than we do, so it took forever to get the clothe dry....grrrr....Landry was a fussy butt all day which did not make things any easier.
We are buy a huge grill on Friday and having a cookout on Sunday....JR is so freakin excited, its crazy! LOL
I am taking Logan to the movies Friday night to see the new Shrek movie. A mommy and son date! Hahahaha....updates to come....toooooo tired.

The events of a lazy weekend

So lets see....Friday, we did absolutely NOTHING! we hung out, I cooked meatloaf and made some cucumber salad....we watched tv, relaxed and went to bed early!
Saturday was pretty lazy for most of the day. JR and I took turns napping. Logan saw a a McDonalds commercial advertising the new Shrek movie....He turned to me and said, "Chicken nuggets please". I laughed hysterically. All he wanted was a shrek toy! I think I will bask in this little time period, where a happy meal toy is so exciting! Anyway, We went for a little drive so I could keep the kids quiet and JR could sleep a little extra. Then I got home and it was time for my two hour nap.....mmmmm, it was wonderful. I got up got in the shower gave Logan and Landry a bath, and got ready. We met up with some friends of our at a BBQ restraunt that was having a crawfish boil! I dont eat crawfish, but I had BBQ and it was BYOB (as many of the BBQ restraunts are down here) so we just sat around talking, drinking, and eating all night. It was wonderful.
Sunday, JR went out and did the yard work...well the front yard at least! I worked in the house for a little bit....I could not muster any energy though, I was tired ALL DAY long. I still dont understand it, and frankly I am still a little tired! Anyway, our dryer crapped out mid-load....not good! So I have a lot of laundry and dont want to have to take it all the way to my parents! Yuck - oh well! After dinner we loaded up and went to DQ for some icecream. Then we just drove around for a while looking at houses. It was nice, when we got home JR and I got out the cornhole game (its like bean bag toss). We played a few rounds before the kids got cranky and we had to go inside. It was a good day!
Today I am going to try to take the kids to the neighborhood playgroup...it starts at 10 and goes til 1...I dont know if we will make it but I am hoping. I need to go look for a new dryer and get some laundry done. I literally dont have anything that fits me anymore. It used to be that I would put on a pair of jeans or shorts and they would be a little snug, then loosen up to that perfect fit through out the day. Now I put them on and they are just LOOSE, and yes, they somehow still loosen up throughout the day and by the end of the day I am holding my pants up...maybe I will find a belt today! Also, gotta go by HEB...gotta buy some water....apparently our fluoride levels exceed the EPA standards....Dont know how harmful it is for me, but I have read that it can be extremely harmful for the elderly, infants, and people with weakend immune systems.....so, I am glad that I always use bottle water for Landry's bottles....but a little worried that I gave up sodas 3 weeks ago, and all I have had is water! Yikes!

Recovery

Yesterday was a long recovery day. Luckily, JR came home around noon and took care of the kids so that I could try to sleep off the residual effects of my illness. I felt bad that he had to spend his birthday like that, but I didn't really have a choice. I had a banana for breakfast yesterday - which I did not hold down, for lunch, I had 2 strawberries and 3 saltine crackers - and for dinner, we drove into Wimberley and met up with my sister at INOZ - a wonderful place right on the square and on the creek - it's beautiful. Anyway, I had 3 bites of salad, and 2 bites of a club sandwich. That is all my body could take....if it wasn't for the anti-nausea medication, I dont think I could have held any of it down. I am taking it as a good sign that I am hungry now though...maybe it means that I can hold food down...OR most likely it just means that I have had a handful of food in the last 48 hours and my body is begging for nutrients! LOL I could definitely take this opportunity to practice my portion control - hahahaha. Anyway, I am up and feeling better than I have in the past 2 days, so I am going to just be happy with that...AND it's Friday...although my husband has to work this weekend (unless it rains, which is forecasted- YAY)...so what could be better?
Hope everyone has an amazing weekend!

ER

So apparently the bug I got from Logan was worse on me than it was on him. As I said on my blog yesterday, he was able to play around and have a pretty okay day....However, for me - it hit like a bat out of hell starting at 12:30. I didn't know what hit me, it came on so fast. As the day went on it got worse...I was vomiting all day and although all I had was water since 2:00 yesterday, I still couldn't hold it down. I had horrible diarhea and I knew that I needed to keep fluids in my system, but how????I literally could not stand up, I was doubled over in pain..and it felt like my insides were being twistedand pulled apart. I seriously do NOT ever remember feeling so sick in my life time. I knew in my head that this was just a bug that I had gotten from Logan, who had gotten it from JR - but I could not wait it out. I tried like hell....I had to call JR home from bowling because at that time, I was no longer mobile....I was basically crawling around. It was horrible. At 7:15 I told him I wanted to go to the ER...he kindly took me, and then I sent him home with the kids. I was severely dehydrated - due to the fact that I could not keep anything down. They confirmed that it was a stomach bug...not a virus - most likely caused by a germ. They said the dehyrdration probably intensified the stomach cramping....cramping my ass - it was FAR past cramping - I can handle cramps - this was much worse! The took my blood, ran the routine tests and gave me some anit-nausea medicine in my IV along with a prescription for the medicine so that I might be able to hold things down. I finally got to leave about 10:30. When I lefft, my stomach was MUCH better - I still had a little nausea, but my hips, knees, and ankles were killing me. #1 the beds are HORRIBLE, and #2 my bones do NOT handle the cold very well, and the IV fluids they gave me were very cold and really chilled my whole body....not good for the arthritis! Yuck....I ended up waking up just about every hour last night...I finally took the anti-nausea medicine and drank some water and took some tylenol for my hips...and finally got to sleep about 2 1/2 hours before waking up to feed Landry.
Today is JR's brithday, and I feel awful that he has been calling me over and over to check on me. Not really the way I wanted to spend his birthday! yuck....hopefully we can do something fun together this weekend....

Hell of a couple of days...

Yesterday morning I woke up at 5:30am to feed the baby...I was hoping be able to sleep in until 7:30 or so, but just as I was drifting off to sleep I was quickly startled by the sound of Logan vomiting. Not pleasant...really not pleasant. I got Logan to figure out how to make it to the toilet which was GREAT...a little less to clean up for me. He went back to sleep about 6:30 and luckily Landry slept in until 8:00 so I got a little more sleep. Logan woke up throwing up again...poor kid. He was obviously feeling better a couple of hours later, he was running all over the place...ALL over the place. He went in stages, he would play and play for a couple of hours, and then out of nowhere he would just lay down for a while and look so pathetic, like he was all of a sudden reminded that he didn't feel well!
Landry was fussy all day yesterday, well not really, it just felt that way because I was dealing with Logan and everything else. Anyway, it was a little rough. By the end of the day I was REALLY ready for JR to get home from work.
When JR did get home, we went to dinner and then to the grocery store, and then he had a guys night with the boys playing poker. Even though I didn't get some huge break or a moment to rest, I was incredibly thankful that JR took the kids in one cart and I had a seperate cart....He took the kids to the tooy section and went to look at the grills and alll over the store, while I did the shopping!!! It was just what I needed!
Just an update...Logan is feeling fine today....back to his usual self! LOL

Our weekend

So its Monday and we are coming off one of the best weekends EVER! We left for Houston Friday evening...I was so excited but after getting about a mile down the road I realized that I ahd already forgotten about 7 items from my list...one of them being the list itself. Nothing major, so I didn't worry about it - chapstick, sunglasses....all small things that could be bought while we were there. Then we got to Katy only to find out that Jason and Lisa were going to have another person staying at their house that night as well...ehhh...oh well, I was determined to not let anything bring me down. We got to Spring and stayed up talking to Jason (Lisa was at work). Davin and Logan went hogwild...so excited to see each other! I got Landry down, but it was past her bedtime so she was a little crabby. Logan also stayed up WAY past his bedtime, but I let him because he was just so happy to see his cousin. I ended up sleeping on the floor with Logan and Davin, while they watched "Happy Feet"....I was tossing and turning all night, my hips hurt so badly. Apparently Landry woke up during the night and JR got up with her and put her back to bed which on one hand was absolutely wonderful and on the other hand not so great since I woke up at 5:30 and the whole front of my shirt was soaked with leaked breatmilk....oops! I was so tired I just went back to sleep. Not for long, I heard Landry making noise so I thought I would sneak in and get her, but when I walked in the room JR had her and they were playing. He said that they had gotten up at 6:00. It was only 6:15, so I am glad that they weren't up long. I fed her...and man it was a relief! LOL We all got up got ready for the beach and left their house at 8:45. We got to the beach about 10:30 and set up our tent..JR and I were cracking up at each other...it was so incredibly windy and overcast. Its funny to think about how relationships change overtime. When we first starting dating JR and I would argue pretty much anytime we tried to put somthing together....now we just laugh at each other. Anyway, it wasn't long before the groups started arriving. Before I knew it, it was 3:00...the sun was staring to peek out from behind the clouds, and I was lucky enough to see that Logan looked a little pink, so I slathered sunscreen on him, and put some on my shoulders and face....which is probably the only thing that saved me from being scorched. by the end of the day I was pink, but its already gone now! Whew.
My kids were amazing, Landry went down for a nap at the beginning of the day and then a LONG nap in the middle of the day. Logan took a long nap as well, and JR and I got to enjoy a couple hours of kid free time...we just took turns going and checking on them. Our friends, Nikki and Travis and their 10 month old Aiden, came out for the festivities and I was surprised and excited that their baby was so wonderful too and they were able to stay the entire time! It was such a relaxing day...The best mother's day I have ever had! I have so many pictures - I will post later...my stupid uploader is acting up! We left the beach to check in to our hotel, which was so nice....we took showers and then went to Salsa's with everyone for dinner! Again, the kids were amazing! It was so wonderful! By the time we got back to the hotel JR and I were ready to crash. I put a movie on for Logan....he was out about 10 minutes later...but Landry was cranky...because AGAIN she was off her schedule...yuck! I walked around holding her and singing to her for about 20 minutes and then put her down...she made a few noises and gave up and fell asleep. JR got up with her in the middle of the night...which turned out to be about an hour and a half....it was rough. She finally went back to bed.
Sunday we got up LATE!!!! hahaha...We slept in until 8:00 laid around for a bit then got Logan up and got dressed to eat our free continental breakfast. The hotel we stayed at had a putt putt course so we played with Logan...he had a blast - of course. Then he went to my Grandmother's house to visit for a while. I love my Nanny more than words can describe. She is so amazing, and its been a really bad year for her. The 1st Anniversary of my papa's death is July 17th...so I am planning to make another trip down there to be with her....because I know it will be incredibly hard. After visiting for a couple of hours we headed to clear lake to meet up with our friends Scott and Ashley for lunch at pei wei. We chatted for about 2 hours before loading up and heading home.
Once we got home, we decided our family time just wasn't quite over, so after we unloaded the car, we set up the chairs and got out the bean bag toss and set it all up. JR and I played 5 games...he won 4 games, and I won 1...He wins at EVERYTHING! We had such a great time in the front yard with the kids and each other. It really was a perfect way to end the weekend!
On another note....JR and I are in a fantasy baseball league together, and it just so happened that we played each other last week. We made a friendly bet that whoever lost had to do dishes and laundry for a week with no complaints....I was winning....but wouldn't you know that by the time it was over we ended up tied! So - I guess that means we will be sharing in the chores! hahaha! This week I am playing Jason (my brother-in-law). Geesh!

Awesome day

I had an awesome day yesterday!!! I put the kids in their swimsuits and took them down to the park. I really didn't have a choice since Logan wouldn't stop asking to go. Anyway, I put them in swimsuits in hopes that the neighborhood pool would be open! I was smart enough not to say we were going swimming just in case it wasn't open. To my surprise the key card worked and the pool was open! there is a seperate kids corner section, it only gets 1 1/2 feet deep and that is where we stayed the majority of the time. I tried to get Logan in the big pool, but he was too scared so while I was there I signed him up for swimming lessons!! After about 45 minutes, we went to the park (its at the entrance of the pool...its like this huge lot of land with a community park and pool) Logan got to swing and go down the slides and swing some more...Landry sat in the shade and took a nap in her stroller. 30 minutes later we were back at the pool. I met another mommy. She has a 14 month old (who was adorable) She invited me to be part of the neighborhood play group wihch is every Monday from 10 - 1 and told me about a mommy group that she was a part of. She said there is usually a waiting list - she was on it for about 3 months, but it was worth it! It will be really exciting to be around some other stay at home moms, and even better for the kids to meet new people! We got home and the kids went straight to sleep! Whew! I was thankful to get a shower without being bothered. My back and shouldered got a little burned so I will have to be more careful today (IF we go).
Last night I told JR he had to cook....he only has to do it once a week and it is usually on Wed. So I went to the store to get the milk that we needed. When I got back he said that we couldn't leave for our vacation until the house was cleaned...I looked at him and said - "well, you better get busy!" He gave me the whole song and dance....I'm Gonna I'm Gonna.....he did nothing! Friday night was his night to do the dishes (today is Thursday - so yes this means a whole week has gone by) well he still hasn't done them and it is causing the house to smell...I am really upset because I told him last night, that if there was one thing I wanted done it was the dishes. The thing is - he will do them tonight...only because I will have to bitch and bitch and bitch until he does them....then he will complain about the fact that HIS load of dishes is huge and it isn't fair because I always get smaller loads - I will try to explain its because I do them every night and put them in the dishwasher - he wont get it - THEN when he is done, he will want to be pat on the back and when I ask him to do something else, he will say - "I just did a HUGE load of dishes" as if the dishes should be enough for him to do! I know my husband really well....and we seriously go through this EVERY TIME. Anyway, I put Landry down at about 7:15...Logan was acting so sleepy, so JR said he was going to put Logan down and come back down...that was at 7:30 - At 8:15 I knew he wasn't coming back...so I put the food away, cleaned the living room did a load of laundry and worked out. I went upstairs at 10:30 and was asleep by 11:00 Landry woke up at 11:30 - oh lucky me! She also got up at 2:00, again at 3:30 in which I went straight to JR and told him he needed to get up with her, and again at 6:45...It is now 7:45 and all I can think about is going back to sleeep. I am hoping Logan will stay asleep, I can put Landry down in about 45 minutes and then take a quick nap before Logan wakes up! Crossing my fingers! Today I am determined to get some stuff done around the house and make my lists...My what to bring, what to pack, what to buy at various stores, what the kids will need Lists!

It's a new day

Landry is crawling all over the place...Let the games begin! LOL I am so glad that today is Wednesday...hump day. Means that we are one day closer to going to the beach! YES! I am ready for a vacation. The one thing I asked for for Mother's day was to stay in a hotel while we were in Galveston. I wasnt it to actually seem like a vacation...and for me, staying with friends or family is more like visiting than vacationing! So we are driving to Spring on Friday and wont get there to late at night, so we are staying with my brother-in-law and getting up early and heading to Galveston. Then we will stay in a hotel on Saturday night. I can't believe how expensive the hotels in Galveston are...when we went to Vegas, we stayed in an upscale hotel and it was $89 a night....an upscale hotel in Galveston is about $260 a night......geesh...obviously we aren't staying in that one! LOL On Sunday, I will stop by and see my grandmother before heading home. I bought Landry a swimsuit yesterday....I never try things on when it comes to the kids...it is far too difficult to dress, undress, dress, undress.....well her swimsuit is too small, so I will be getting another one. I got myself a new swimsuit as well. I just wished I looked better in it! Hahaa I still have a long way to go before I look GOOD in a swimsuit, but I am working on it which makes me feel good. I keep thinking that one of these days I will be able to sit down without a giant roll on my belly....well that day isn't today or this week or even this month...but I will keep trying! Part of me just wants to save up some money and go have lipo and a tummy tuck....but that will never happen....Why couldn't they have just done a tummy tuck when they did my c-section??? Anyway...here a few pics of Landry's too small swimsuit!.....She is such a doll!

Oh and by the way.....she took two 4 oz. bottles yesterday and a 6oz. bottle! I think she finally has the hang of it! I am not completely stopping the breastfeeding....it would hurt too much to just stop altogether, but I am cutting back...and every two or three days, I am taking away another feeding. She is only 10 days away from being 7 months old....and that is when I plan to stop nursing except the night time feedings which I plan to keep and if I am honest, I would really like to keep a feed maybe even two during the day...I dont know...I want to stop, but I dont want to at the same time! ughhhh decisions!

so slow...

This week seems to be going soooooo slow. It is only Tuesday! Yuck. It's probably because yesterday was a hellacious day. JR and I switched our phones several months ago in order to save a little money. He wants an iphone so I told him that he could get one for his birthday, but first we needed to save some money. I told him I would wait and see if I really wanted one and maybe get it at Christmas. I am not really one for new gadgets or things of that nature...I am jsut happy with something that works...which is why yesterday was so bad! My phone didn't work all day yesterday. I was so mad. I couldn't get a hold of JR and NOTHING frustrates me more than that. Then I went upstairs to put Landry down for a nap, and decided to take a shower...when I came down, I nearly busted my butt on the kitchen floor because it was so slippery...and the house smelled funny. Well, Mr. Logan decided to spray the entire can of sunscreen all over the kitchen...oooooooooooooh I was mad....mostly at myself for not putting it out of reach. It is moments like those that I take a little time out and call JR to vent....but I couldn't call ANYONE and I was so irritated. Anyway, when JR got home he got it fixed...I was on hold for 4 hours and 16 minutes with the phone company, before I gave up! UGGGHHHH!
My sister dropped off Isaiah this morning, and now the boys are playing...loudly! I am so tired...I went to bed at 10:45 and got up at 11:30 to feed Landry and put her back down, then I got up again at 3:30, and then again at 6:30....man I just want to crawl in bed and go to sleep for another hour or two!
We are headed to Galveston this weekend for Mother's day! I am excited! Although we still have to find a place to stay Friday night...we will probably just stay and my grandmother's but we wont get in until late and I hate to bother her. We are staying in a hotel Saturday night, and I suppose we could just stay both nights but, I dont really feel like paying for an extra night when we wont be there for long. I dont know...we will see I guess!
Last night was JR's first night with the insanity workout...I was really proud of him for starting. I have been going for 3 weeks as of tomorrow, and I have been trying to talk him into doing it with me for the last two. Last Wednesday he said he would start but he wanted to wait until Monday...so I am starting over. Every two weeks you do the same fit test to see how you have improved...I was supposed to do mine last Wed. but when JR said he would start I skipped it and did a different workout. I did my second fit test and JR did his first last night, and I must say that I have improved...I was able to do more reps of each exercise and even more important, my stamina was above and beyond that first day!So now I just have to try to encourage JR to stay with it...It is really hard to keep going at the beginning, but I have so much more energy than I did a month ago it is unreal. In fact, I bought another workout item called http://www.thefirmwave.com last week and I have been doing it in the mornings and Insanity when JR gets home. I went from barely being able to get through one workout to doing two a day. Of course, I don't do the wave everyday...and to be honest - I would recommend Insanity before the wave....The results are just much better and faster to see (I believe). The only reason I got the wave was because I saw the infommercial and couldn't resist...I love buying workout programs....and up until now, they usually just sit in the box! I can tell a difference in my body...JR says he can see it too...I just hope others notice too! One day I plan on being skinny again! LOL

weekend fun

What a fun weekend we had. It's not that we did a whole lot, but we had a good time just spending the weekend together. We were extremely lucky in that, JR didn't have to go to work this weekend. I was so happy. It was a much needed break. I used to complain that I felt like JR didn't help me out enough....BUT now that he has been working so much and is gone on the weekends so often...I KNOW what it is like to be on my own and not have ANY help....so now, I dont complain about that anymore. When JR is here, we can take turns, so that neither of us get too frustrated or overwhelmed. Anyway, on Saturday, we got up and JR and I took the kids to the park...it was a little chilly and very windy, so Landry and I headed home, while JR and Logan stayed a little longer. JR got the backyard mowed - and we set out on pulling more weeds. That backyard is full of these huge weeds....and with the grass cut, you cant really tell until you are standing on top of them, but JR has this vision of this gorgeous yard with NO weeds and lustrious grass! hahaha I did my workout - and we just enjoyed the day. Sunday was pretty much the same, park, pulling weeds, relaxing, watching baseball, and lots and lots of playing! Anyway, that was our weekend...may sound boring to some - but it was much needed and seriously wonderful! I even got a visit from my mom and baby sister Vanessa! It was good to see my lil sister!