Today is the day!

Forecast: scattered stories with high winds in the middle, but sunshine later in the post!
My mom called me at 6:45 this morning on her way home from work to ask if the kids and I wanted to go to Galveston.
"When?" I ask.
"I'm headed home now, gonna pack a few things and head that way." she replies.
Ummm...okay - so I have mentioned a million times before that my mom is NOT a planner. She gets in the mood to do something, and its just a fly by the seat of your pants thing. Me - I am a planner, I am getting better about the amount of detail that go into planning something...but still I need notice. I hate having to make quick decisions because I feel guilty either way. If I go, I am leaving behind my husband who will have to go to the grocery store and make his own food. Plus, I will miss him - even though we would be back on Friday. Also, Logan would have to miss his T-ball practice, and it seems like he is getting better each week and I dont want to mess that up. On the other hand, If I dont go, then I feel like I am letting down my mom and grandmother. My mom may just want the company for the drive since she is coming off a 12 hour shift, or she might have wanted me to drive so she could sleep. My nanny has been a little down lately so I know she could use some company, but I just can't. It would take a while to get myself packed and the kids, and Landry's puppies and blanket and bed, and the diapers and toy bag and...it goes on. Anyway, I said I would have to go another time - which I am going to see my Nanny at Mother's Day...but part of me feels horrible for not going, the other part knows I made the right decision.
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While I was pregnant with Logan - my GIANT of a baby - I got a hemorrhoid. It never really bothered me though. Okay, it bothered me to know that I had this thing in that area, but it was never painful or itched, as I have heard it does sometimes. Anyhow, I had no problems with it, then came Landry - with her there were a few minor issues, but no real problems. For some reason 3 days ago it got mad about something because it has been hurting so badly that I didn't even know what to do yesterday, and it is already starting the fight today...sitting, standing...it hurts, I am going to try some tucks pads...if any of you have had this problem and know of something that works, please let me know.
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Last night Isabella and Isaiah came over for a bit. Randi dropped them off about 4:30 and my dad came to pick them up at 8:45. Supposedly my sister needed help because my mom was working and my dad had a meeting at 7 and Randi had class. Look, I dont mind helping out, it isn't a problem, but I dont like to be lied to and I seriously doubt she was going to class! Who knows. Anyway, All 4 kids and myself went outside to play - Landry was hilarious. The neighbors have 3 kids, Bernice (7), Junior (5), and Javi (3), So I thought it would be great for Isabella (8), and Isaiah (5) to have people to play with as well. It was perfect that Bernice is a girl! Anyway, they all played with monster truck mater for a bit, and then the girls were blowing bubbles and the boys were chasing the bubbles. then they started chasing butterflies...they had nets and everything. Isaiah and I played catch for a bit. After an hour and fifteen minutes I put Landry inside with JR, and the big kids and I played for another 45 minutes. Randi had brought the kids McDonalds, so they all ate chicken nuggets, while JR and I enjoyed a steak, sweet potato, and salad! Yummy. Landry went down at 7:30, but she kept waking up due to the screaming of the other 3 kids. I had to get on to them over and over again. Apparently I hurt Isabella's feelings because when my dad got here, she couldn't get out the door fast enough. My dad told my mom that Izzy was upset on the way home...but I can't figure out what I did to upset her. I know I got on to Isaiah, and yes, he drives me up the wall more than the other 3 combined - NORMALLY - but he was actually really good yesterday. Logan was the loudest...and I got on to him harder than I did Izzy or Bubba. So who knows, I guess I wont be winning any "Best Aunt" awards anytime soon.
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The sun is shining again today. Yesterday I took the kids to the mall and we got some Easter clothes...again - I was disappointed with some of the selections...I didn't have time to go store to store so we just went to Macy's and JcPenney's. Anyway, I wanted to go to take pictures after the mall but it was 2:30 by the time we left and for some reason I couldn't pull up the directions on my phone, and the Randi called to ask if I could watch the kids. (side note: I think its funny that I never hear from her unless she needs something from me!) So anyway, we headed home. I was hoping I could get both kids to take a nap before the cousins arrived - but nope...Landry just wouldn't go down! Logan on the other hand, asked to watch "the Princess and the Frog" and he fell asleep within 5 minutes! He has actually taken a nap evvvery day for the past 4 days. UNFORTUNATELY those naps have started at about 5:45 to 7:30. I was very happy his nap yesterday started at 3:00. So the day has arrived...in about an hour we are headed to the Library for story time. I just found out that they dont actually segregate the toddler time and preschool time...they just do a story time at 10:30 and then they have little craft stations according to age. Then they do it again at 12:00. So the plan is to head to story time, and come back hme so Landry can nap - Then head to the wild flower center , and on the way home stop at the grocery store. I will need to get dinner made early - or we may eat on teh way, but tonight we are taking the kids ot the Nutty Brown Cafe so we can go hear Reckless Kelly...one of my favorite Texas country bands! They go on at 6:30 So we wont be able to stay too long due to Landry's sleep schedule, but I guess we will see how it plays out!
Happy hump day!