This past weekend JR went out to clean the garage....whew! It was A LOT. We had all this baby stuff that we no longer use, plus our old above ground pool....basically, we had a bunch of stuff that is just wasting space, and collecting dust. So I went out on Monday and took pictures of everything and posted it all on craigslist! I am shocked at how fast it all is going so far I have sold a huge bulk of it...and made $125 in the process! WooHoo! Anyway, I have spent the last couple of days driving to meet up places, I am hoping to get a few more items sold, but for now...sitting and resting is good enough for me! LOL
We leave Saturday morning for Houston...we will leave around 8, and get there around noon. The party starts at 1:00 and Logan couldn't be more excited! I told him we were going to see Davin for his birthday party and since telling him, I am questioned 20 times a day about when we are leaving to see Davin!!! LOL Unfortunately he doesn't really grasp the idea of time, nor is his memory as short as it used to be! LOL
Well, that's about it for today! Hopefully I will get more stuff sold - I put all my "earnings" into the floor fund, I am hoping to add more to it! (Can you tell how badly I want to get rid of the carpet?)
Oh...tomorrow night we have a babysitter...JR and I are going to dinner and happy hour with JR's company...woohoo! I am excited to do something outside of the house! Looks like its going to be a good weekend!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Celebrations
Today, my grandfather would have been 76 years old! I can't believe he has bee gone a over a year now. I thought that today might bring me tears, but instead I am filled with some of the most wonderful memories and I thank God for the time I had with him. I love you, Papa!
August 7, my memaw, my dad's mom, turned 75 - I can't believe all of my grandparent are in their mid 70's. I have both of my grandmothers still with me - My nanny will be 76 in January.
Yesterday was my older sister's 29th birthday....I seriously can not believe that next year she will be 30...No friggin way! I may not always get along with her or agree with the decisions she makes, but I love her and was happy to get to spend a little bit of time with her.
On Saturday we will head for Houston for Davin's 4th B-day party! These little boys are growing up so quickly! Geesh! I am so excited to see him and the rest of the family! I asked my sister-in-law for ideas on what to get him...I was told "an ipod, dsi, wii games, astros and texans gear" there was something else but I cant remember...My response was, "he's 4" I was like...well I guess I will find some astros or texans gear! Holy cow a wii game alone is $50 - the ipod and dsi are well above that...and not that I am trying to sound cheap...but I AM!!! I was thinking $20 range....I dont even spend $50 on just one toy for my kids...I might spend $50 but they are getting 5 or 6 toys out of it! LOL
Logan slept in his own room - ALL NIGHT last night! Now, that's a reason to celebrate. I couldn't sleep and didn't put away my book until 2:30...knowing that today would be hell...but the kids slept until 8:30. I couldn't believe it!!!
Anyway...happy hump day!
August 7, my memaw, my dad's mom, turned 75 - I can't believe all of my grandparent are in their mid 70's. I have both of my grandmothers still with me - My nanny will be 76 in January.
Yesterday was my older sister's 29th birthday....I seriously can not believe that next year she will be 30...No friggin way! I may not always get along with her or agree with the decisions she makes, but I love her and was happy to get to spend a little bit of time with her.
On Saturday we will head for Houston for Davin's 4th B-day party! These little boys are growing up so quickly! Geesh! I am so excited to see him and the rest of the family! I asked my sister-in-law for ideas on what to get him...I was told "an ipod, dsi, wii games, astros and texans gear" there was something else but I cant remember...My response was, "he's 4" I was like...well I guess I will find some astros or texans gear! Holy cow a wii game alone is $50 - the ipod and dsi are well above that...and not that I am trying to sound cheap...but I AM!!! I was thinking $20 range....I dont even spend $50 on just one toy for my kids...I might spend $50 but they are getting 5 or 6 toys out of it! LOL
Logan slept in his own room - ALL NIGHT last night! Now, that's a reason to celebrate. I couldn't sleep and didn't put away my book until 2:30...knowing that today would be hell...but the kids slept until 8:30. I couldn't believe it!!!
Anyway...happy hump day!
Monday, August 9, 2010
random things
Okay, #1, I dont know if you remember, but a while back I posted about a girl I went to school with who was shot in the arm and the leg. Well that was on April 20, she is doing great, but apparently the media has been trying to get permission to release the security videos of that night. Can you even possibly imagine?? I mean, seriously, first to just go through what she, and the others went through that horrible night is unthinkable, but then - to have it released on the local news, any media outlet, youtube....ughhhhh...I find it disgusting that they would WANT to put the victims through that trauma all over again and again and again...Luckily, Leann, posted today that she had received word from the Attorney General that he was agreed to not allow the videos to be release! Thank goodness!
#2 I applied for my first job today in over 4 years! Yikes...I applied at the La Quinta in town... to be honest - it was kind of more of a trial run that anything else...because I was so nervous! LOL It is a front desk position and only two days a week, so I dont really know how I feel about it at all really...I know that I want to rejoin the work force and save up to go to cosmetology school, but I am not sure what I want to do. Part-time is very practical for me...the kids in daycare only twice a week..I love that idea, but I was hoping to make enough money to pay the car payment, insurance, daycare, gas, and up the savings on the kids college accounts...and the floor fund and put money aside for cosmetology school. I would really like to own my shop...have a chain sometime in the future, be my own boss, make my own schedule....anyway, thats later down the road
#3 Landry is eating 4 containers of food per day! Jeepers Creepers!!! she has cereal (cheerios or puffs) for breakfast, the a vegetable and fruit for lunch and then another vegetable and fruit for dinner! It's funny because I weighed her this morning and she is up to 17.8 pounds!! (I did the math wrong about 2 weeks ago, and told a friend of mine - Nikki- that she weighed 23 pounds...oops!) When I weighed her last week she was 17.4 pounds and I about flipped out...I called JR and was like - she lost 6 pounds in a week! Oh my god, oh my god....I am taking her to the ER...He told me to calm down, explaining that she has been acting happy and healthy and it wasn't possible...saying maybe the scale was wrong..I was like...noooo it's not. So I went to wear I wrote down her weight and I read it to him, I was like it says I weighed 134.2 and then I weighed myself with her and it said 151.6...that's 23 pounds. He was like, ummmmm no that is 17 pounds...then I just felt stupid!LOL
#4 There is soooo much to do around my house - Gross! I dont want to do it
#5 Logan is still trying to sleep on his own....its still a work in progress, but I guess only time will tell!
#2 I applied for my first job today in over 4 years! Yikes...I applied at the La Quinta in town... to be honest - it was kind of more of a trial run that anything else...because I was so nervous! LOL It is a front desk position and only two days a week, so I dont really know how I feel about it at all really...I know that I want to rejoin the work force and save up to go to cosmetology school, but I am not sure what I want to do. Part-time is very practical for me...the kids in daycare only twice a week..I love that idea, but I was hoping to make enough money to pay the car payment, insurance, daycare, gas, and up the savings on the kids college accounts...and the floor fund and put money aside for cosmetology school. I would really like to own my shop...have a chain sometime in the future, be my own boss, make my own schedule....anyway, thats later down the road
#3 Landry is eating 4 containers of food per day! Jeepers Creepers!!! she has cereal (cheerios or puffs) for breakfast, the a vegetable and fruit for lunch and then another vegetable and fruit for dinner! It's funny because I weighed her this morning and she is up to 17.8 pounds!! (I did the math wrong about 2 weeks ago, and told a friend of mine - Nikki- that she weighed 23 pounds...oops!) When I weighed her last week she was 17.4 pounds and I about flipped out...I called JR and was like - she lost 6 pounds in a week! Oh my god, oh my god....I am taking her to the ER...He told me to calm down, explaining that she has been acting happy and healthy and it wasn't possible...saying maybe the scale was wrong..I was like...noooo it's not. So I went to wear I wrote down her weight and I read it to him, I was like it says I weighed 134.2 and then I weighed myself with her and it said 151.6...that's 23 pounds. He was like, ummmmm no that is 17 pounds...then I just felt stupid!LOL
#4 There is soooo much to do around my house - Gross! I dont want to do it
#5 Logan is still trying to sleep on his own....its still a work in progress, but I guess only time will tell!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
A few days in...
Okay, we are 3 days in to Logan sleeping in his own room...whew! Last night was ROUGH! ***SPOILER ALERT*** Yes, I cheated again. Logan went to his room with his computer. He refused to watch a movie...he wanted to play a game! Ughhh, he can be so frustrating. So being the genius that I am, I talked him into playing Handy Manny...I went to his page and picked the Story book...hahaha! So I turned up the volume and let the computer read Logan a Handy Manny story. JR and I went to bed...well JR went to bed, and I lay there reading. I can hear Logan talking...he gets louder and LOUDER. That went on for a while, until he was REALLY loud. I went to his room and told him he had to be quiet and go to sleep, or I would take away the computer. I went back to bed to read again. At 11:00 my eyes were getting heavy so I went to check on him. HE was still awake. Ughhh. So I told him I was going to put on a movie....no more games, it was night night time. He threw a fit. I closed the computer, and told him either he watches a movie or no computer at all...he continued yelling. I laid down with him until he calmed down. Went back to my room. At 11:45 he came and said he wanted the movie. Geez, so I went to his room and put on Wall-E. At 12:15 he said he wanted to sleep with mommy. So, back to his room I went. I laid there for 15 minutes and I could no longer keep my eyes open so I told him goodnight and went back to my room...he was still awake when I left! at 12:45 he crawled in bed with us, waking me up. I promptly got up and carried him to his room. He cried and cried, breaking my heart by saying I want to sleep with you mommy...mommy, I sorry. I loves you mommy.....OH dear GOD! This went on until 2:15. I would put hime in his bed, and walk away...not saying anything to him. He would pretty much just follow me back to my room and get in bed...I dont think I even sat down but maybe twice. Just back and forth back and forth. At 2:15 I heard Landry stirring around, and I didn't want Logan's crying to wake her up, and I most certainly didn't want to have two kids on my hands at that time. So I let Logan get in bed with us. I laid down and listened. I wanted to make sure Landry was completely back asleep. It took about 10 minutes...and as soon as I thought I was going to drift off to sleep I stood up, picked up a sleeping Logan and took him to his room! He remained there until 6:30 this morning...once again, I let him stay. I am PRAYING that JR might have tomorrow off, and let him go through this process tonight so that I might get some sleep!!!! Maybe...Hopefully!
We are just beginning day 2 into the sippy cup with Landry. In my opinion, we have already made huge progress, and yet I dont want to get ahead of myself. LOL Yesterday I gave her some Juice water...I filled it to about 3/4 full, and I just gave it to her throughout the day. When she finished a meal, or an hour after a bottle...just whenever, she ended up drinking over half of it!!! So I put another 3/4 juice water in her vup today, and already she has begun drinking it!!! I plan to keep her on the juice water for an entire week. I want her to get used to it and next friday I will start putting formula in the sippy cup. She will still get her morning and evening bottles...and in all honesty I may ween her slowly. I think I might just take one bottle away every 3-4 days and let her keep the night time bottle until about a week before her 1st birthday. One thing is certain tough...the day she turns 1 will be the day she no longer has a bottle. I waited too long to take the bottle away from Logan, and I would rather not go through that torture again! LOL
ON a downward note, I just realized while writing this blog, that altough I have done SO MANY things differently with Landry than I did with Logan(The experiment), I may forsee a potential disaster....Okay, that is being a little dramatic...but here is the problem. It took FOREVER to get Landry to even take a bottle. The girl was over 7 months old! She will be 10 months in a few short days...but as you can see - she hasn't been on the bottle long, but I digress. THe problem is that she hasn't once taken the bottle while sitting up. I always lay her on the boppy so that she is at least proped up. While she has only had the sippy cup consistantly for two days, I am doing the same thing. She can hold her own bottle and all that, but not sitting up. She should probably start learning that soon..being able to sit, hold up a cup or bottle and tilt her head back...right? Am I delaying her muscle development by letting her do it the easy way? Oh gosh, if there is one thing I have learned about parenting, it's this....What is easy now, only leads to being harder, later...in other words...EASY doesn't equal CORRECT!! Well, I will start working on her holding a bottle and sitting up TODAY!
Now I have a massive migraine coming on from a lack of sleep...so I am going to eat, take some medicine, and rest, before I become debilitated!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
We are just beginning day 2 into the sippy cup with Landry. In my opinion, we have already made huge progress, and yet I dont want to get ahead of myself. LOL Yesterday I gave her some Juice water...I filled it to about 3/4 full, and I just gave it to her throughout the day. When she finished a meal, or an hour after a bottle...just whenever, she ended up drinking over half of it!!! So I put another 3/4 juice water in her vup today, and already she has begun drinking it!!! I plan to keep her on the juice water for an entire week. I want her to get used to it and next friday I will start putting formula in the sippy cup. She will still get her morning and evening bottles...and in all honesty I may ween her slowly. I think I might just take one bottle away every 3-4 days and let her keep the night time bottle until about a week before her 1st birthday. One thing is certain tough...the day she turns 1 will be the day she no longer has a bottle. I waited too long to take the bottle away from Logan, and I would rather not go through that torture again! LOL
ON a downward note, I just realized while writing this blog, that altough I have done SO MANY things differently with Landry than I did with Logan(The experiment), I may forsee a potential disaster....Okay, that is being a little dramatic...but here is the problem. It took FOREVER to get Landry to even take a bottle. The girl was over 7 months old! She will be 10 months in a few short days...but as you can see - she hasn't been on the bottle long, but I digress. THe problem is that she hasn't once taken the bottle while sitting up. I always lay her on the boppy so that she is at least proped up. While she has only had the sippy cup consistantly for two days, I am doing the same thing. She can hold her own bottle and all that, but not sitting up. She should probably start learning that soon..being able to sit, hold up a cup or bottle and tilt her head back...right? Am I delaying her muscle development by letting her do it the easy way? Oh gosh, if there is one thing I have learned about parenting, it's this....What is easy now, only leads to being harder, later...in other words...EASY doesn't equal CORRECT!! Well, I will start working on her holding a bottle and sitting up TODAY!
Now I have a massive migraine coming on from a lack of sleep...so I am going to eat, take some medicine, and rest, before I become debilitated!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Oh Happy Day!
Today has been truly wonderful! Two nights ago, I guess I had finally had enough..JR and I broke down and actually did it. We forced Logan to go to sleep in his own bed - the sad part is...I had to give back his bed, which is SOOOO comfortable! LOL The first night was great!! Okay, I cheated...he didn't take a nap during the day so he actually fell asleep on the couch and I moved him upstairs. Luckily, he never woke up and he stayed in his bed ALL NIGHT! Last night was night #2. It wasn't nearly as rough as I expected. At bed time I went upstairs with the computer so he could watch a movie...I need to get another DVD player, just haven't done it yet. Anywho, I turned on the movie, kissed him goodnight, said out I love yous, and left. He stayed in the bed until 4 this morning, at which time he came into the room crying because the computer had died and his movie was no longer on. So I went downstairs, got the computer charger and set up the movie again...he was asleep before I even hit play. I think it was just waking up in the middle of the night and not having it on that bothered him. He slept for the next few hours and then came into the room again at 6:00 this morning and climbed into bed with me. Yes I cheated AGAIN, because I let him stay. Tongiht, I am hoping he will make it the entire night and morning...we will see!!!Plus, I am going to try my hardest not to cheat!LOL
Now, on to today. We got up this morning and did the morning routine. Washed Logan's face...washed mine...then brushed our teeth. I always let Logan brush his while I brush mine...then I brush his again...just to help him out! Wink wink! Today, I brushed Landry's as well...I usually do the wash rag brush...but today was our first tooth brush brush!!!I just used water, but still, it was a "first". The girl only has four teeth...which still seems crazy to me..Logan had a mouth full by this age, but no matter...every baby is different! We went downstairs to have breakfast. I had a bowl of cereal, Logan had 2 bowls of cereal, and Landry had some cheerios and a handful of sweet potato puffs! The kids have been pretty good all day. For lunch I made so grilled chicked bites (my version of healthy chicken nuggets!) some green beans, dry cheerios, a glass of milk, and a fresh peach! Landry had two handfuls of Sweet potato puffs, two handfuls of cheerios, (baby) green beans...in which Logan took a bite! LOL, (baby) apple sauce...in which Logan also had a few bites!!! Hahaha I still haven't given her any meats yet...but that will come soon enough. Another big thing or transition is that I started Landry on the sippy cup today! She will still get a bottle throughout the day, at least for a while...but we are going to give the sippy cup a go! I can't believe how much she is growing..It almost makes me want to consider having another baby....ALMOST! LOL
Anyway, so much is happening...I was so proud of the meal that I made for Logan...HEALTHY!!! I feel like such a good mommy! hahah
Now, on to today. We got up this morning and did the morning routine. Washed Logan's face...washed mine...then brushed our teeth. I always let Logan brush his while I brush mine...then I brush his again...just to help him out! Wink wink! Today, I brushed Landry's as well...I usually do the wash rag brush...but today was our first tooth brush brush!!!I just used water, but still, it was a "first". The girl only has four teeth...which still seems crazy to me..Logan had a mouth full by this age, but no matter...every baby is different! We went downstairs to have breakfast. I had a bowl of cereal, Logan had 2 bowls of cereal, and Landry had some cheerios and a handful of sweet potato puffs! The kids have been pretty good all day. For lunch I made so grilled chicked bites (my version of healthy chicken nuggets!) some green beans, dry cheerios, a glass of milk, and a fresh peach! Landry had two handfuls of Sweet potato puffs, two handfuls of cheerios, (baby) green beans...in which Logan took a bite! LOL, (baby) apple sauce...in which Logan also had a few bites!!! Hahaha I still haven't given her any meats yet...but that will come soon enough. Another big thing or transition is that I started Landry on the sippy cup today! She will still get a bottle throughout the day, at least for a while...but we are going to give the sippy cup a go! I can't believe how much she is growing..It almost makes me want to consider having another baby....ALMOST! LOL
Anyway, so much is happening...I was so proud of the meal that I made for Logan...HEALTHY!!! I feel like such a good mommy! hahah
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Stop, Go, Go, Go
Well, I can honestly say that I have done NOTHING but play with the kids, watch tv, change diapers, play on the computer, and play with the kids some more. It has been nice and relaxing. But now it is time to get busy. I called the Car Dealership yesterday to make an appointment. When we bought the car I noticed that there was an area of chipped paint and they made up an invoice and told us to just bring it in and they would fix it...So that is tomorrow morning at 9:45. I SERIOUSLY need to go to the grocery store today. It just gets SO hot that I dont want to even go outside, but I HAVE to do it today...I have been putting it off! This weekend JR will be working, but I plan on taking the kids to the pool...maybe, I say THAT everyday as well, but it's SOOOO FREAKING HOT. Next week is more of the same, chores, paying bills, watching kids, and applying for jobs, looking for daycare....all that good stuff!! Anyway, that's all I am really up to right now!!!
Happy Hump Day
Happy Hump Day
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Weekend Fun
Wow....this weekend was FUN! JR's sister, Brittany, and another friend, Robyn her boyfriend and two kids came to stay with us. They got here Friday night. We stayed up talking for a while, and making jell-o shots, then retreated to bed to get plenty of rest for Saturday.
My sister, Randi, and her two kids met us at the house on Saturday and we all loaded up and headed to the river. My best friend, Dana, met up with us as well as my sister's friend, Evelynn, and her son. JR made a stereo cooler during the week, so that came with us and was AWESOME. We had 9 adults and 7 kids floating, and it was a blast. Robyn's kids are 13 and 9, Mason is 8, Isabella will be 8 next month, Isaiah will be 5 in a few months, Logan who is 3 and Landry at 9 months...so it was easy to keep up with them since most of the kids are just that, kids...as opposed to MY babies. We floated the river and tied off towards the end for several hours...the kids played on the rope swing and had a great time. We had such a wonderful time and people kept coming up to join us! LOL Probably one of m favorite river trips this summer! Landry got to make a few friends...we met a 6 month old baby girl and an 11 month old baby girl and although Logan was all about playing with Isaiah, he even made a new friend that was 3 as well.
We got off the river about 7:30 and headed to the Salt Lick....ummmm, seriously the best Bar B Que in the world. By the time we got home we all CRASHED. JR had to be at work at 6:30, and wasn't to thrilled about being in the sun and hungover, but he got to come home for a few hours between 10:30 and 12:30 before heading back. He got home around 5 and proceeded to go straight to sleep...LOL! Poor guy!
While all the kids were here, they played the Wii, and Logan started playing, Something he hasn't done in about 4 or 5 months...now, it's ALL he wants to do!
Today was a LAZY day..well, not for JR, but for the rest of us. Randi and the kids left the house around 1 to go back to the river with some of her friends. She invited me and the kids....and it would have been fun, but I just couldn't do it. The kids and myself needed to recover. ME, probably more so than the kids...but still!
Hope everyone else's weekend was as wonderful as mine! JR will be working this weekend and then we will head to Houston for our nephew's, Davin, 4th birthday! We can't wait to see him!
My sister, Randi, and her two kids met us at the house on Saturday and we all loaded up and headed to the river. My best friend, Dana, met up with us as well as my sister's friend, Evelynn, and her son. JR made a stereo cooler during the week, so that came with us and was AWESOME. We had 9 adults and 7 kids floating, and it was a blast. Robyn's kids are 13 and 9, Mason is 8, Isabella will be 8 next month, Isaiah will be 5 in a few months, Logan who is 3 and Landry at 9 months...so it was easy to keep up with them since most of the kids are just that, kids...as opposed to MY babies. We floated the river and tied off towards the end for several hours...the kids played on the rope swing and had a great time. We had such a wonderful time and people kept coming up to join us! LOL Probably one of m favorite river trips this summer! Landry got to make a few friends...we met a 6 month old baby girl and an 11 month old baby girl and although Logan was all about playing with Isaiah, he even made a new friend that was 3 as well.
We got off the river about 7:30 and headed to the Salt Lick....ummmm, seriously the best Bar B Que in the world. By the time we got home we all CRASHED. JR had to be at work at 6:30, and wasn't to thrilled about being in the sun and hungover, but he got to come home for a few hours between 10:30 and 12:30 before heading back. He got home around 5 and proceeded to go straight to sleep...LOL! Poor guy!
While all the kids were here, they played the Wii, and Logan started playing, Something he hasn't done in about 4 or 5 months...now, it's ALL he wants to do!
Today was a LAZY day..well, not for JR, but for the rest of us. Randi and the kids left the house around 1 to go back to the river with some of her friends. She invited me and the kids....and it would have been fun, but I just couldn't do it. The kids and myself needed to recover. ME, probably more so than the kids...but still!
Hope everyone else's weekend was as wonderful as mine! JR will be working this weekend and then we will head to Houston for our nephew's, Davin, 4th birthday! We can't wait to see him!
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