Full Hands, Full Heart♥

Wordless Wednesday- Zoo Edition

2010-04-14T11:34:00.000-07:00

Proof

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Can you see them??? :)

Our Week

2010-04-05T15:13:00.001-07:00

Chase cut another tooth. For a total of two teeth. And counting :)

He is saying "DaDaDaDa" so much now. (AND I have video proof!)

It rained here on Easter :( Boooo to that.
We had to have an indoor egg hunt and I had to forget about the cute little "springy" Easter outfits I bought for the kids! Darn it!
They certainly enjoyed what the Easter Bunny brought them, though.
Kaelynn got Barbies, play dough, bubbles, sunglasses, a princess chair, books and candy. Dallas got a Buzz Lightyear toy, play dough, bubbles, sunglasses, a Toy Story chair, books and some candy.
They were very excited!

I had to take Kaelynn to the dermatologist on Thursday. She has had a bad rash in her diaper area for quite some time and her regular doctor had been stumped about what it was. The dermatologist said her rash was an infection in her skin and hair follicles? Sounds weird huh? Anyway, he prescribed her a cream and an oral antibiotic and it looks 95% better already.

I finally got a new phone! I had totally been living in 2003 with my old crappy cell phone. Lol. (Not really... it was a newer phone that I just got in December but certainly wasn't anything fancy.) Anyway, I have now moved up in the technology world and I have a BlackBerry! I have been playing with it like crazy and I love it. I love all the apps and things I can download for it. I can now use Twitter and Facebook a lot easier so that's nice. Go ahead and follow me, by the way! :)

Tonight we're going to have a yummy dinner and watch the season opener for the Giants!

Goooo Giants!!!

1st tooth!

2010-03-31T13:40:00.000-07:00

Chase Michael cut his very first tooth last night. On his 7 month birthday! No photographic proof yet. I was just very excited to share this. I knew he was teething but it still took me by surprise since Dallas and Kaelynn didn't get teeth until 9 months. Very exciting. But makes me sad to see he sure is growing up!

That is all. :)

Wordless Wednesday

2010-03-31T08:30:00.000-07:00

I ♥ Faces Challenge. Dramatic B&W

2010-03-29T16:17:00.000-07:00

This will be my first time entering a challenge at I Heart Faces. I've wacthed a lot of the challenges from afar and admired all the photos. I've been practing my picture taking skills lately and I *think* I've been getting better. Lol. I've said before though, that I can't wait to get a better camera.
Here is my entry for the dramatic black and white theme.

Dallas Cody 3 1/2 years old

2010-03-25T12:59:00.000-07:00

Our first born is getting so big! It's kind of hard to believe how old he is. Seems like yesterday he was just my little baby. Now he's already a big brother times two. He plays that role so well. He loves his siblings to pieces. He's such a sweet, loving boy. So smart and independent. He's crazy and goofy and cracks us up every day. He loves to act silly and play with his daddy. He can't wait to start school and tells me all the time how excited he is to go and (in his words) "paint and play and see my teacher." He can say and recogize all of his letters as well as his numbers and counting all the way up to twenty. He knows all his shapes and colors, and I could swear he has the vocabulary of a 5 year old.
I can't wait for all the things to come with him. It's so sad that our babies have to grow up, but so exciting at the same time. Very bittersweet. I can't wait for his first day of school, his first baseball game, watching him learn how to ride a bike.

We really couldn't have asked for a better first child to add to our family. I love to brag about my big boy! :)

What I've been busy doing

2010-03-24T21:09:00.000-07:00

I've been.....

Spring Cleaning.

Enjoying the weather.

Taking the kids to the park.

Taking them to Chuck E. Cheese's.

And on their first fishing trip.

Taking pictures.

Spring Cleaing.

Washing dishes.

Boxing stuff up for a yard sale.

Shopping at Target.

Getting ready for Easter.

Sweeping crumbs.

Bathing babies.

Spring cleaning.

Making baby food.

Feeding baby food to a handsome baby boy.

Trying to lose weight.

Anticipating Summer.

Getting ready to be an auntie 2 more times. (Which will be numbers 9 & 10!!!)

Wiping sticky hands and faces.

Potty training a 2 year old girl.

Waking up at night with a teething 6 month old.

Spring cleaning.

Rearranging our furniture.

Redecorating a few rooms.

Laundry, laundry and more laundry.

Washing laundry.

Drying laundry.

Folding laundry.

Putting away laundry.

Oh, and did I mention Spring cleaning??!! :-)

How about YOU?

Wordless Wednesday

2010-03-24T15:37:00.001-07:00

Look who...

2010-03-17T14:25:00.000-07:00

Look who....

Sat in his highchair for the first time

Ate green beans and bananas

Is starting to use a sippy cup. And should be getting teeth very soon!

....And is the cutest little 6 and a half month old baby boy EVER! :-)

Wordless Wednesday

2010-03-17T11:23:00.001-07:00

Pictures AND Words!

2010-03-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

I know there has been tons and tons of pictures and barely any words here lately. I've just been so into photography lately and learning how to take better photos and edit them as well. I don't have a really fancy expensive camera (maybe someday) so I try with what I have. You couldn't possibly be sick of seeing cute stuff like this anyway

RIGHT?! Hehe :)

Anyway, besides taking tons of pictures of my gorgeous kids, we've been quite busy. The kids are sick right now. Particularly Chase. Poor baby has a bad cough and runny nose. It runs, then gets stuffy. I know I hate that so I can imagine he's not a big fan of it either. He's actually been pretty good though. He's a tough guy!

We've also been busy making some financial decisions. Dallas was scheduled to go back to work a couple of weeks ago after his paid family leave was up. Well, his work has gotten very slow so he is currently laid off. It's happened before but usually within a month or two something opens up for him to go to another location. He gets unemployment but it's not nearly what he normally makes so we're trying to take some steps in the right direction. I'm not going to say what specifically yet, but I may be starting something soon so I can help out with our finances AND stay home at the same time. I feel a bit excited about making a bit of money to help out but still getting to stay home with my babies and watch this cute little butt grow!

2010-03-09T23:16:00.001-08:00

Picture

Perfect

Princess

Posing

Pretty

Painted

Pink

A preview...

2010-03-08T08:18:00.000-08:00

Sunday Sunshine

2010-03-07T22:40:00.000-08:00

:-)

Busy. Beautiful.

2010-03-04T16:45:00.000-08:00

BUSY!

Haven't really had much time to post. We're making some big decisions for our family. Work wise. I must tell you about them later :)

I've been working on my photography skills. So much fun. I can never take too many pictures of my gorgeous children. So I'll leave you with this lovely little lady!

BEAUTIFUL!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-03-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

Deja Vu

2010-03-01T20:44:00.000-08:00

All of my babies... around 6 months old. Isn't that crazy?!

Hello

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My name is Dallas.

I am three years old. And I am a BIG brother! I love my little sister and my baby brother.

I'm crazy and goofy.

I'm loud and energetic. I'm bouncy and happy.

I'm sweet and sensitive.

I'm smart and I'm funny.

My mommy just loves me to pieces. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

6 months

2010-02-26T08:30:00.000-08:00

I've been saying for a couple of weeks that I can't believe Chase will be 6 months old! Very soon. It's unreal. I should know, ya know, already having 2 other children, that time really flies by. They sure don't stay little for very long at all. But I still can't believe it. Half of a year gone by already. Every month that has always gone by as my children were babies, we've always waited for their monthly "birthday." Ya know, their 3 month birthday, or their 6 month birthday. Even though it's not a technical birthday, it's always been something kind of special to celebrate. We realized though, the other day, that this month Chase won't technically get to have his half birthday. He was born on August 30th. So every month on the 30th we always get to say "Yay, Chase, you're THIS many months today." Well, there is no February 30th, so what do we say? He turns 6 months old on February 28th, or on March 2nd? Lol.
I know it doesn't really matter. I just am in disbelief that so much time has passed by. He's such a big boy already!

We love you Chase! Happy 6 month birthday! Which ever day it might be! :)

To infinity and beyond

2010-02-25T06:23:00.000-08:00

Dallas definitely has a new obsession with Toy Story. My mom had an old VHS tape of the movie at her house and about a year ago he watched it. Ever since then he's been stuck on Buzz & Woody. We bought him the first and second movies on DVD and he's already excited for number three to come out in June. It will be his first movie theater experience, but we're ALL excited as a family to go and see it.

He's actually SO obsessed that he insists we call him Buzz. Buzz Lightyear. "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue."
I love this little boy. To infinity.... and beyond!!!

RIP to an amazing woman

2010-02-24T23:03:00.000-08:00

We recently had a very tragic loss in the small town where I grew up. Christine Ingle had her life taken the night of February 16th. She was driving down a somewhat busy road in the "country" side of town, when a 19 year old kid was doing 70+ mph and failed to stop at his stop sign and blind sided her car. She was dead on the scene. My best friend was driving right behind her when it happened. She was my best friends aunt and godmother. And a very good friend of the family.

Christine was a very loving, silly, wonderful woman. She was the single mother to a beautiful little girl. 10 year old Haylee has now lost her mother. Christine worked incredibly hard to give everything she could to her daughter. Since 1998 she worked at a very popular, yet small restaurant in town and all of her costumers adored her. She leaves behind an identical twin sister, two brothers, her mother and father, nieces and nephews, and many many friends.

The driver of the other vehicle is facing manslaughter charges. In his vehicle he had 4 passengers, 2 of which are in very critical condition. I've heard word from relatives of the other victims that they are in comas and on life support. I believe 1 or 2 of them were dead on the scene and had to be revived and have had to have many surgeries so far. It's definitely not certain if they will make it or not.

I just want to ask for prayers. Prayers that Christine's family and friends can find peace in her death and grieve as easily as possible. Also prayers for the other victims. Their lives are now at stake. And prayers that justice is served.

Life is so precious. One second you can be driving home from work, and the next you can be gone. Cherish every moment. Love with all you have. Tomorrow is not promised.

RIP Christine. You will be missed.

Wordless Wednesday

2010-02-24T16:54:00.000-08:00

Getting to know Chase

2010-02-23T08:00:00.000-08:00

Does everyone like the new look of my blog? I had quite a few things to update. I'm not sure if anyone has read all the new things under all the pictures on my side bar. I FINALLY added Chase. Ahem. I really did abandon my blog, huh?

Anyway, I wanted you all to get to know my wonderful little guy!

Mr. Chase is almost 6 months old now. And he sure is the apple of all of our eyes!

He's a very happy baby boy and always has the biggest smiles for his mommy!

His sissy and bubba just absolutely adore him, as he does them. They probably give him a thousand hugs and kisses every day. It's a very precious thing to watch.

He is pretty easy to please. He loves to eat, sleep, jump in his jumper and play peek a boo with his daddy. Some of his other favorite things are chewing on everything and playing with his feet!

He's meeting all of his milestones like a champ. He's gradually starting baby food, and I am trying to give him all of it homemade. He's learning to sit and roll and scoot. I just know he'll be mobile in no time at all. He's all gums right now, but we're pretty sure we will be seeing some teeth very shortly!

He is just an absolute joy to be with and love and watch grow! He will be our last baby for quite a while so we are just trying to soak it all up.

We love our sweet handsome boy!

Spring & Curls

2010-02-22T16:07:00.000-08:00

This little missy enjoyed some very beautiful weather today.

We sure are excited for Spring. And it looks like it's coming quick!

The kids played outside today after lunch time. Dallas was too busy playing with his baseball and riding his bike and wouldn't let me take any pictures of him. Stubborn little boy.

But I enjoyed watching sissy walk around and just admire the bright sun (even though she kept saying it was hurting her eyes) and play in the grass. I think she was confused why it was so warm and sunny out.

And then, being the little ham that she is, she'd look over at me every once in a while, and say "Mommy, cheese!" Since she knew I had my camera :)

What a beautiful Spring like day. And of course a beautiful curly haired baby girl too!

Surprise!!

2010-02-21T17:19:00.000-08:00

What's THIS? A new blog post? :)
Yes, yes, I know. I have officially fallen off of the face of the earth in blog land. I have still been reading a few people's blogs although I rarely comment. And I do facebook a lot. I just thought actually keeping up with writing on my blog was a little too much work. I want to try to keep up though. I miss all my blog friends!

You probably wouldn't even recognize my kids, ya know, if I showed you a picture. Which, of course, I WILL. :)

Our big boy has absolutely officially lost any ounce of baby-ness he's had. It's gone. He's three and a half. And a very big boy. He's been potty trained for quite a few months now. We're looking into preschools for him to start this Fall. Unbelievable. That really makes his mommy sad.

THIS big girl is still undoubtedly the princess of the family. Little miss is talking up a storm. We're starting the potty training process with her now, at two and a half years old. I hope she gets it by three. She's been a daddy's girl more than ever lately and is absolutely in love with her baby brother. She "mommys" him a lot. Always wants to feed him. Change him. Burp him. Love him, hug him, kiss him. And I just love it. She's a wonderful big sissy!

Chase is now almost SIX months old. Yep, I said SIX. Holy cow, where has the time gone? He started eating solids not too long ago. He loves it but he's still trying to get the hang of it. He babbles up a storm all day long. Loves jumping in his jumperoo. Adores his big sissy. Thinks his big brother is the funniest thing in the world. It's the cutest. He doesn't really like to laugh and giggle for anyone else other than his big bubba. It's very precious. The little guy is starting to sit up unassisted. He still has no teeth. He rolls and rolls and rolls bunches of times when I put him down for play time or tummy time. He scoots a lot too. I'm pretty sure we will have a crawler in the next two months or so. My big boy weighs a very healthy 19 pounds now. He's just doing great and we love him to pieces.

Dallas and I are doing great too. We've been trying to work on "us" a lot lately. We just felt the last few years that the kids were in the way of time for us. And it really sucked. I guess that's what having three kids in under three years does to you though. But we're working on us and it's been nice. We went to San Francisco for Valentine's Day weekend. Alone, just the two of us. It was great. We had lots of fun. It was a little weird being alone and not having the kids with us. There was actually more to talk about for once other than diapers, naps, snacks and bedtime. We really needed it though and I am glad we went. He is currently taking his 6 weeks paid family leave from when Chase was born. So it has also been nice to have him home and help me out a bit.

Life has just been really good (and busy) for us lately. I hope some of you are still out there and will still read when I DO happen to blog. I really do want to try to pick it back up again.

Aren't they just the CUTEST?! Hehe :)

Updates

2009-11-04T14:05:00.001-08:00

I know I have not been on here in a while to share updates and most importantly PICTURES!

We're all doing pretty good. Three fifths of our household had the flu. Luckily it wasn't too bad and everyone is fine now.

I never posted when my big boy turned THREE! :-( Been so busy! BUT we had a party for both Dallas and Kaelynn this month, celebrating their second and third birthdays. It was a blast. We had pizza, cake and ice cream, and all of the kids jumped in the bounce house.

For Dallas' birthday we went and bought him some big boy undies and I am proud to say my son is officially POTTY TRAINED!!! Yay! It took some hard work for about a week, but he caught on so quickly. I'm so proud. He had his three year check up and my boy is so super tall and skinny. He's only 30lbs, but 40 inches tall. His pediatrician isn't too worried about his weight, since he eats okay and mostly healthy. He IS a little picky, but I'm thinking about adding a little more of "fatty" foods to his diet. He's not a big meat eater though. Kaelynn weighs MORE than him at 32lbs. Crazy.

Halloween was a blast. The kids loved trick or treating. We just took down the decorations today and I promised Dallas in a couple weeks we'll put up Christmas stuff. He's very excited for Christmas. He keeps talking about Santa, and Christmas trees, and presents of course. Lol.

Chase is now two months old and is growing like you would not believe. My chubby boy has almost doubled his birth weight in just 9 weeks. Talk about HEALTHY :-)

I must share some pictures now! ;-) I hope you're all doing fantastic!

baby boy

2009-09-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

beautiful beyond belief

big 1 month birthday

bright

big

blue eyes

baby

brother

Getting bigger every day. Happy 1 month birthday bubba!

THREE

2009-09-24T01:03:00.000-07:00

This little boy made me a mommy THREE years ago! It is so hard to believe!
Happy birthday, Dallas Cody! I love you sooo much!!!

Who would've thought that before his third birthday, he would already be a big brother... times TWO!

Today we took the birthday boy to get ice cream and also to play at the park. Then we went to the store and bought him something he NEEDS for his birthday.... big boy underwear. Lol. Toys will come later, at his party. But we reallllly need to give potty training a go and thought taking him and letting him pick out some "really cool big boy underwear" would maybe finally make him give up diapers! He picked out Thomas the Train, Disney Cars and Toy Story undies. Soooo... wish me luck with that! I think three years old is plenty old enough to start going in the toilet!

I'm just having a hard time believing my first born baby is NOT a baby anymore... I mean, THREE years old?! Where in the world did the time go??? He is getting so big and it amazes me everyday. He has always been such a great talker, and continues to surprise me with the things he says and the sentences he comes up with. Like, where did you learn that? He has known all of his ABCs and numbers (reciting them AND recongizing them) all of his shapes and colors, animals sounds... all of that, since he was just a little over 2 years old. I am so curious as to what this year of his life will bring. We are thinking pre school will be in store for him next Fall. How crazy is that?

Kaelynn has definitely hit the terrible twos. She is such the little princess drama queen. I swear this girl has the attitude of a teenager. But she still is the absolute most beautiful little thing I have ever laid my eyes on!

Ahh, my sweet girl!!!

Mr. Chase is growing like you wouldn't even believe! My little guy only weighed 6lbs15oz at birth (and lost a few ounces shortly after) And now, at barely 3 weeks old, my little chunker already weighs 9lbs! At least that is what the scale told me today! I can definitely tell he is growing lots though! His looks are changing so much. We are just amazed by his beauty everyday and we love him soo much!

Everything is going great!!! :-)

Wordless Wednesday

2009-09-16T15:05:00.000-07:00

I'm officially a mommy of THREE!

2009-09-03T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well, do you remember my last post? I posted it on Sunday morning at 1:47am. I wrote it and published it right then. It wasn't an "auto post" or anything.
Well, my son decided to arrive about, welllll... less than 4 hours after I posted that. Lol.

That's right! Chase Michael arrived FAST and FURIOUS on Sunday morning! 5:26am to be exact!

I felt fine all day. No pains or anything. I couldn't sleep that night and I was up a little late cleaning and playing around online a little bit. Got my first contraction around 2:30am. I started timing them. The next few were about 15-20 minutes apart. I figured he was coming and it was time to get ready, but I've never went to the hospital until they were about 5 minutes apart. About 3:50am, after only having a few contractions, my water broke. I freaked out and got my bags ready, called my mom to come get the kids, and made a few more phone calls. My contractions were about 3 minutes apart by this point. I had to wait for my mom to get there until I could go to the hospital, so we didn't get there until a little after 5am. I was in SCREAMING pain and the contractions were right on top of eachother. Long story short, I basically changed quickly into the gown and got into the bed and felt pressure right away so they checked me and sure enough the nurse said "I feel no cervix left" Holy cow. They never had time to give me my IV or fill out my admittance papers or anything. No epidural for me!!! And in about 3 pushes he was out!

My total labor from the first contraction until the time he was born was less than 3 hours! And the total time of ACTIVE labor was about an hour and a half. Can we say WORLD'S FASTEST LABOR?!! Haha. If I would've waited any longer to go to the hospital, he would've been born at home or in the car!

So here he is! Arrived August 30th at 5:26am weighing in at 6lbs 15oz and was 19inches long! My smallest baby!

He is so perfect and his brother and sister just LOVE him! He is the perfect mix between the two of them as newborns!

So far everything is going GREAT! It's been a pretty smooth transition so far. I've got tons more pictures I will be posting soon :-)

Oh, and want to know something weird? He was born less than 48 hours after his cousin Dion (read my last post). And they were born in the same hospital, in the SAME hospital ROOM. Pretty crazy, huh? They really can't get any closer than that. I can't wait for them to be the best of friends!!!

38 weeks 6 days

2009-08-30T01:47:00.000-07:00

And STILL NO BABY! :-(

Dallas and Kaelynn were here by now at this point! So we will see! I am getting anxious and excited. And I just can't wait to meet him!

By the way, I became an auntie for the 8th time on Friday morning. My nephew Dion Anthone was born at 6AM exactly on the 28th, weighing in at 6lbs 11oz and was 18 inches long! He is soo cute. I just love him to pieces and it makes me want my son here even more! Dion was actually due AFTER Chase too. Lol.

We definitely love babies around here! :-D

Two 2 year olds & SOON a newborn!

2009-08-21T13:13:00.000-07:00

Well, my baby girl is officially 2 years old! Her birthday was on the 18th. So very bittersweet. I cannot believe how big she has gotten. She's so smart and beautiful. I miss the baby stage (good thing I get to do it all over again soon) but I also can't wait for her to grow more and more!
Her birthday went well. We took her out for ice cream and she loved that of course. Then we took her to pick out some toys.

We didn't do anything too big, but I still wanted it to be a special day for her. We aren't having a party until next month, closer to Dallas' birthday, which is September 23rd. We're going to do a double party. We decided that would be best and much easier. There is just so much going on right now. I didn't want to plan a big party for her and then have to cancel it or something, since Chase is due so soon.

17 days to be exact! :-)

I'm feeling okay. Tired though. (And I look it, too.) But everything is going well. I'm already dilated 1-2cm. Feeling lots of pressure (although I was told he's still pretty high up there and MIGHT be breech, which I know he isn't, my dr just isn't very smart, lol.) I'm peeing literally every 5 minutes which is quite annoying, but to be expected. I've got a (probably) 7 pound baby sitting right on my bladder AND kicking me in the ribs at the same time. So fun! Hehe. No, I really do love it. I usually love being pregnant until the end, when I just want the baby OUT. Then I end up missing it. So I AM trying to enjoy it while it lasts! ;-)

So, yep. That's it. We're now officially the proud parents of TWO 2 year olds and soon a newborn as well. I'm crazy, I know. Dallas and Kaelynn are going to be the same age every year for a month and a half. Haha. Weird, but true.
But we're loving every second of it!!!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-08-12T16:08:00.000-07:00

*Chase Michael's Nursery*

:-)

Since I promised you some pictures...

2009-08-10T10:55:00.001-07:00

This pretty little girl will be 2 years old in just 10 days! My baby girl is not a baby anymore!

THIS handsome boy will be 3 years old very shortly! Can't believe it!

35 weeks 6 days! Only 4 weeks left!

Happy Monday everyone! :-)

Hello?

2009-08-07T16:38:00.000-07:00

If any one's still out there.... following... I'M HERE. Kind of.

I've been horrible about blogging the last few months. Sorry.

We're all doing good. Great, in fact. Just a lot going on.

We're still busy making our new home, "our home" so to speak. It's coming a long great.

Dallas finally finished his work hours and is now a journeyman in his union! Yay for that... and for the three raises that followed. We're so proud of him. He works so hard!

Lil Dallas is driving his mommy crazy. Sure, terrible twos are almost done with, but here come the horrible threes. And they're BAD. Despite the raging fits, the constant defiance, and the talking back... he's still my angel (if that's even possible... lol). We're still working on potty training with him and it's not so fun. I hope we'll make some progress soon. He's mommy's smart boy though. The things he says and does still amaze me everyday. He says things that I never knew he knew and just surprises me constantly. Not many two year olds I know can talk as much and as clear as he can. He knows all of his letters, numbers, shapes, colors. LOVES books. Loves fighting with his little sister... ugh. He tells me all the time he wants his baby brudder to come OUT! He'll be THREE in about 6 weeks. Crazy how time flies.

Kaelynn will be TWO in 11 days. I can't believe it. She's the prettiest, spunkiest, sassiest little girl EVER. Girl has the attitude of a teenage. Uh oh is RIGHT. We're going to have problems. Lol. But really, she's the princess in the family and she KNOWS it. We finally broke her from the binky about a month ago. She was severely attached to it, and I HAD to take it from her. Not something I enjoyed doing. Ya know, taking her comfort object from her. But I felt it needed to be done before she was two. It actually went pretty well and she never asks for it. Out of sight, out of mind I guess. Since taking it from her, she has been talking up a storm. She can count to 10 all by herself. She tries to sing her A B C's and does a pretty good job, just a little jumbled here and there. Haha. She does the same thing with singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Totally adorable. She recognizes some shapes and a few numbers. We'll be working with her soon on potty training as well. I actually hope what they say about girls being easier to train is TRUE. Maybe then, she can show her brother the way!

The belly has definitely grown. I am now 35 weeks and 4 days pregnant with Mr. Chase Michael :-) We're in the home stretch now! My due date is exactly 1 month from today. I'm thinking he can come at any time since D & K were both a few weeks early. But I want him to stay in a bit longer. My mom and sister in law threw me a small baby shower a few weekends ago. It turned out really nice and we got some wonderful gifts. The nursery is all set and we're ready to go! I have my next OB appointment on Monday and my doctor will be checking me for dilation and will also check the baby's position and possibly give me a weight estimate for him! I'm just getting really excited and anxious and I can't wait to meet him and grow our family to FIVE!

I PROMISE there will be another update in the next few days, which will include PICTURES of course!

Proud...

2009-06-11T23:11:00.000-07:00

big brother & big sister.

They are really starting to understand mommy has a baby in her belly. Dallas knows it's his "baby brudder." I'm pretty sure he gets the idea since his older cousin recently got a new baby brother. If we ask him where his baby brother is he says "in mommy's belly." He also loves to touch my belly and often says "I talk to him." AND if you ask him what the baby's name is he replies "Chase Michael!"
Awww... the absolute cutest thing in the world!
I.AM.BLESSED!!! :-)

My princess...

2009-06-05T16:24:00.000-07:00

is almost 2 years old! So hard to believe. She is getting SO big!

Can I just tell you....

2009-06-04T12:18:00.000-07:00

...how much I absolutely cannot WAIT for this again?!!!

Precious. So sweet and innocent.
Too bad they turn into obnoxious toddlers. Heh. :-)

We're here

2009-05-28T14:09:00.000-07:00

Yes, yes... we're here. You might not have known that since I've just about been dead to the blogging world. But we're here. And doing great! :-)

The babies are getting bigger on me every day. They've currently been enjoying the wonderful Summer weather!

Well, wonderful... but HOT. It's almost 100 degrees here every day. I better get used to it, cause it's only going to get hotter! Why do I always have to be huge and pregnant every Summer? Well, I guess not every Summer.. just you know, 2006, 2007 & now 2009. I took a one year break, I guess that's good enough. Lol. I just very much dislike having to be huge and sweaty and swollen in July & August... bleh. At least the beautiful little miracles I get out of it are entirely worth it all!

Speaking of my pregnancy, it's going great. My second trimester has been a breeze. I'm packing on the pounds and getting bigger, but that's to be expected, right? Haha. I'm 25 weeks now.

We're pretty sure we might have settled on Chase Michael for our newest baby boy. I like it! But if you know me, you know that neither of my other kids had an absolute definite name until right when we were leaving the hospital with them and filling out the birth certificate. Ha. In fact, Dallas Cody was supposed to be Cody Michael, and Kaelynn Ann was supposed to be Mackenzie Lynn. I guess you'll just have to stay tuned and wait for the little guy to enter the world until we'll know for sure! ;-)

Wordless Wednesday

2009-05-20T01:30:00.001-07:00

Thousand Words Thursday

2009-05-07T10:34:00.000-07:00

This week I'm joining Jen in Thousand Words Thursday. To join the fun, visit her blog!

Mother's Day 2007. Dallas was a few months old, and there's Kae a few months along in the belly... lol. It's not the greatest picture. The sun was in our eyes, Lil D's eyes were closed, haha. But it's the only "family" picture we took that day and it's just funny to think we need a new one this year with our two wonderful toddlers, and a NEW beautiful baby bump! :-)

Wordless Wednesday- Outside Fun!

2009-05-05T14:38:00.000-07:00

IT'S A...............

2009-04-27T12:09:00.000-07:00

That's right... a big, beautiful, healthy BOY! We're so excited!

The move went GREAT! We are ALL moved in and settled. We finally got our internet on Saturday. We've been here for over a week now and I couldn't be any happier. I will post some pictures later on of our gorgeous house! The kids are loving it as well. They love their playroom and the big backyard. There are still a lot of little things we need to get to make our home feel complete, like little pieces of furniture. But I'm sure that will happen slowly but surely.

I just wanted to update about all of that really quick. I have dirty dishes to be done, and dirty toddlers that need to be bathed. They both have really bad colds so it's a snot mess around here lately. :-)

19 weeks

2009-04-18T20:47:00.000-07:00

We STILL do not know the sex of the baby. He or she sure is growing though! Hopefully we will be finding out if we need to buy pink or blue when I get my 20 week ultrasound.

We are moving tomorrow! I just finished the rest of our packing, I'm exhausted and sore. I can't wait for this whole moving stuff to be over. I am just IN LOVE with our house. The kids are as well. They love running around the huge yard. I can just imagine how much they're going to love it when we're actually moved in and they see their playroom and everything put together. So exciting!

I just wanted to post a quick update and also let you all know not to expect to hear from me for a good week and a half. Our internet unfortunately won't be hooked up at the new house until the 29th. So that bites! BUT... hopefully when I come back I will have more great news :-)

Updates

2009-04-08T16:09:00.000-07:00

I'm still alive... just been a little busy lately. The good kind of busy though. :-)

Packing to move! We move on the 15th, exactly one week from today! Yay! As I've been packing everything I'm cleaning like crazy and throwing a whole bunch of stuff out. I don't want any unnecessary clutter when we move into our new beautiful home!

Tomorrow I go to the doctor and get an ultrasound! Which means we may just be able to see the sex of the baby! I really hope so because the suspense always kills me... I MUST know. I do not think I could ever NOT know the gender of our baby. I'm 18 weeks now. The belly's getting bigger everyday. I feel some real hard kicks, rolls and punches now. I love it! That's always been my favorite part of pregnancy.

We're getting very excited for Easter weekend. Can't wait for the kids to hunt eggs, and it's always nice to be with family. We'll be going to Dallas' grandmother's on Easter Sunday.

Tomorrow I get to have a girls day out. We're going to get our nails & done and have pedicures. That's always nice. And with no kids, relaxing!

This weekend will be a busy one... I've got to get our packing finished and with the holiday and everything I know I'll be distracted, so please don't be surprised if you don't hear from me for a while after the weekend. Plus when we move, I know it will take a couple days to get our internet back up and running.

BUT I will promise an update tomorrow evening after I get home from the doctor. And hopefully I will be able to tell you if we're having another blue-eyed blonde-haired baby BOY or GIRL!!!! :-)

Wordless Wednesday

2009-04-01T01:51:00.000-07:00

[16 weeks]

The Beans Are Spilled

2009-03-30T00:41:00.001-07:00

Now that the news is OUT, let me give you the details.

We have known since January that we are expecting, but we chose to keep it a secret.
I am 17 weeks today!
We do not know the sex yet, but we WILL find out. Hopefully we'll find out when we get our ultrasound on April 9th!
The baby moves sooo much. And I felt it a lot earlier than with my other pregnancies.
I had to tell a lot of our family a few weeks ago, due to the rapidly growing belly. I feel a lot bigger this time around as well!
I don't think we have a preference as to if we want a boy or girl, since we already have been blessed with one of each. I kind of am leaning towards wanting a girl because I want to give Kaelynn a sister. But then again Dallas might be mad that he doesn't have a brother, so either way it's just not fair isn't it? Lol. I have a verrry strong feeling that it's a boy. I've been having dreams of a baby boy, and also when he/she moves I ALWAYS just automatically say "he's moving" or something along those lines that includes he, him or his. I could be wrong though!
We are just super excited! We are hoping for a happy, healthy baby sometime in September!

In OTHER news.........

WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!!

Whoo hoo! How can I give TWO sets of news THAT big in the same week?! Pretty awesome huh? So yes, we got the house that we were absolutely in love with! I am stoked. We will be moving in April 15th!

I'm beyond ecstatic about all of this. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and congratulations. It means a lot to me! :-)

BLESSED with amazing news!

2009-03-29T05:18:00.001-07:00

With 2006, came lots of joy.
We welcomed our FIRST, a wonderful boy!

Twice the happiness in 2007.
Along came our SECOND, a princess from heaven!

In 2009, you may not have heard,
I'm excited to say, we're expecting our THIRD!!!

Prayers

2009-03-23T13:52:00.000-07:00

First off, I am definitely praying for baby Stellan. He's such a miracle baby and I have very postitive thoughts for his recovery. I hope the whole MckFamily will keep strong and just believe in God. Which I know they are!

I'd like to ask for a teeny tiny prayer for our family. Not for something nearly as big or important as a really sick baby.
We have been searching for a home, "house hunting" I guess you could call it, for the last few months. On Friday we went and looked at one that I am absolutely head-over-heels in love with! AND for the price that's right for us as well. It's a beautiful home, everything that I want and more. The down side is that the owners have A LOT of people looking at it and submitting their applications. We submitted ours on Saturday and I am just hoping and praying to hear back that we got it. It would make me the happiest woman on earth. Hehe. Anyway, can you say a teeny prayer for us, keep your fingers crossed?!! :-)

Random Picture Challenge

2009-03-21T13:34:00.001-07:00

I'm going to join 4 little men and girly twins today, in the random picture challenge!

3rd folder
1st picture with the color BROWN

This picture cracks me up. This was Christmas morning after he opened all of his presents and we got out of our PJs and into our clothes. I put his new brown and orange Old Navy outfit on him. He looks so good in those colors. He was just so excited that morning after seeing all the gifts Santa brought! His excitement really shows on his face! :-)

Wordless Wednesday

2009-03-18T01:42:00.000-07:00

Black & White and a Little Bit of Color

2009-03-17T00:19:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share some beautiful pictures of my gorgeous babies. :-)

Whew... 2 months.

2009-03-14T23:07:00.000-07:00

Yes, I have went a whole two months without blogging. I am a slacker. I suck. You should not like me, or read my blog any longer :-(
Lol.

Really though, sorry for taking such a long break from the blog world. There are a couple reasons. Firstly, I just felt out of it. I need a little motivation sometimes and I just wasn't getting it. As for my second reason, I will keep you guessing. But you will find out soon enough!

There is so much to update about. The kids are ginormous. We're looking for a new home. Hubby has finished his schooling. A lot of good things have happened for us this year. And a few more to come as well.

I will be posting soon with lots of pictures of my gorgeous babies, and some more updates. So stay tuned.

By the way, new header/background/everything... yay or nay? I thought I'd brighten it up a bit since I love bright colors and it's more fitting for Spring/Summer. But is it too bright?

Made My Day!

2009-01-09T15:19:00.001-08:00

Oh, my sweet boy. Growing up so fast!

Thanks for all of the wonderful comments and birthday wishes!
I'm having a great birthday! Nothing too exciting, just having an awesome day. Went shopping for clothes for myself (for a change) this morning. And my mom took the kids for the night so hubby and I can go out later!

When the kids were leaving with my mom I gave tons of hugs and kisses and "I loves you's" to my babies. I told my sweet son when he got to grandma's house he needed to be a good boy. And I told him to draw mommy a pretty birthday picture with his crayons. And what would make a momma's birthday better than:

Me: Bye, son. I love you!
Dallas: Bye, Mommy. Happy Birt-dayy. Luh yeww!

Aww, my heart melts. What a great day! :o)

Blue Eyes & Bouncin' Curls

2009-01-04T12:14:00.000-08:00

Miss Kaelynn shows us all how to eat a cookie :-)

Helloooo 2009!

2008-12-29T23:32:00.000-08:00

First of all, I would like to say sorry for the tiny blogging break! Christmas kept me super busy. I finished all of my shopping last minute, so the last 3 days before Christmas I lived at the mall, Walmart and Target! Lol! 800 dollars later, with gifts bought for 16 people, I finally finished and I'm pretty sure all of our loved ones loved what we got them. Well, they BETTER!! :-)
The kids got spoiled rotten! I cannot fit another stinkin' toy in their room or another item of clothing in their closet.
I got some great gifts as well. A pair of beautiful platinum earrings, some clothes, a new curling iron for my hair, 3 gift cards, and a storybook my mom had made about my babies!
But my favorite gift of all this holiday season was not wrapped in pretty paper with bows and ribbons and stuffed under the tree. It's the love of my family, and each and every moment I get to spend with them! They're amazing! I'm just so blessed, and I definitely reflect on that this time of year!

Christmas Eve we spent the evening visiting with my family. We had a nice dinner and exchanged a few gifts. Christmas morning we woke up and opened our gifts, just the four of us. I loved seeing my kids light up and get excited. Dallas was a pro at opening the gifts! He loved it! Kaelynn wasn't as excited but it was still fun watching her. After we opened our gifts at home, we went by my mom's for breakfast and exchanged gifts there. And later that evening we spent time at my father in laws. We have so much family we were just soo busy squeezing them all in!

I am very excited for the new year. Definitely looking forward to a lot of things in the next few months. Hubby will be done with his schooling January 7th. He's been going for 5 years and I'm so proud that he has done it! All his hard work is going to pay off! My birthday is on the 9th. The big 21! Haha. Hubby might take me to Reno for the weekend since my mom volunteered to watch the babies, so we'll see! That would be really nice.
Our lease is up February 1st so I am starting to house hunt! Verrrry exciting! I normally hate moving, but this time I just can't wait. I want to get out of here so bad and finally have a HOME! Sometime this year I might start taking some college courses since Dallas will be all done with his school. That way he can stay home while I'm in class. But we'll see about that once we get other things situated, such as our move.

Anyways, I'm glad to be back bloggy friends! Now that the holiday rush has calmed, I will have more time for you all!

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!!!

16 Months!

2008-12-18T01:47:00.000-08:00

Our beautiful baby girl made her way into the world 16 months ago today!

Saturday, August 18th, 2007 seems like yesterday.
Seems like just yesterday you made your entrance at 12:54 am.
Seems like yesterday we first saw you and cried out "It's a girl!"
Seems like yesterday the nurse announced "7lbs 5oz, 18 1/2 inches long!"
Seems like yesterday you made your Bubba a BIG BROTHER!
Seems like yesterday I gazed into your eyes and fell completely in love.
Seems like yesterday I sat in the hospital bed admiring your beautiful face.
Seems like yesterday you made your daddy so proud to have a daughter.
Seems like yesterday we were in complete awe of you- such an amazing gift God gave us!
Seems like yesterday you made us a beautiful family of FOUR!

Gosh, time flies. Seems like yesterday!

We love you, princess! It's been an amazing 16 months!

My Weekend, and a Sweet Tea Recipe!

2008-12-15T15:35:00.000-08:00

My weekend was rather eventful. Starting with the whole situation with hubby's aunt Peggy. The family is not taking it too well. His grandpa just passed last February, so it's understandable. Two deaths in a year is not what I'd call a happy thing.
Here she is, with her husband Steve, of 35 years.

He is definitely not taking it well.
I couldn't even imagine. 35 years is a long time.
Grandpa and Grandma were married 59 years before his death this year. Now, THAT'S a long time!
Anyways, I know I explained the whole situation with funeral arrangements and such, so we're just waiting and hoping and praying about that.
I just want to ask for more prayers for this family in this time of grief. It is truly sad.

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On Saturday I went to a friend's baby shower. My friend Ashley who I have known since elementary school. She is expecting her first baby, a boy, next month.
It was probably one of the best showers I've been to. So put together. Everything was nice. The food was great, the decorations were beautiful, and the games were a lot of fun. I didn't take the babies with me so I could actually enjoy the shower, instead of chasing two toddlers around. I'm glad I didn't have them with me! I had a great time. One little bit was awkward, though. Two of the guests included my ex-boyfriends wife and my hubby's "ex-fling"... lol. I get along very well with my exes wife and we have a lot in common. She's a great woman and I am really happy for them. (He was an ex from 8th grade.. lol. So it wasn't serious. But he was my last boyfriend before Dallas.)
Me and Dallas' "ex", on the other hand, do not get along so well. But it was fine. I just did not speak to her. Nothing was said. Although I did feel a little tension from her and I caught her staring a few times.. haha. But I'm mature and I believe I handled it well. Pretty weird though, don't you think?

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The kids are doing great, and napping at the moment, so I am going to share my sweet tea recipe with you! It's actually specifically for Devin, because she requested that I share it! :o)
So here we go!

Ingredients needed: 6 regular sized tea bags (I use Lipton- see the box below. Make sure they're the regular sized tea bags and not the family size. I do NOT use "cold brew" I use the regular tea bags for hot OR cold tea.), 2 cups (give or take for your preference) of sugar, 1 gallon of water.

Fill up a 1 gallon pitcher HALF WAY with water.
Pour the half gallon of water into a big pot, put the pot on the stove and add the 6 tea bags into the water. Turn the stove on high, and get the water with the tea bags going to a good boil. After it is boiling really well, cover the pot, turn off the heat, and remove from the burner.
Set your timer for 45 minutes and let the covered pot (with the tea bags still in it) sit.
During the 45 minutes take your empty 1 gallon pitcher and add the sugar. I use 2 cups, but to some people that might seem like a lot so you may use however much you like.
When the 45 minutes is up, uncover the pot and remove the tea bags. Then pour the tea into your pitcher. The tea will still be hot so be careful. The point to this is to melt the sugar so it dissolves well into the tea. After you've poured the hot tea over the sugar and stirred it, fill up the rest of the pitcher with cool water, stir some more.
Refrigerate and enjoy over ice! Add a slice of lemon if you'd like!

Everyone always tells me how good my tea is, so if you're a big sweet tea fan, try it and let me know what you think!

Happy Monday, everyone! :o)

NOT ME! Monday

2008-12-15T02:00:00.000-08:00

Here we go.. It's Monday again! Time to share what I did not do this week! Head on over and join in MckMama's weekly fun at my charming kids.

It does not still feel like Sunday to me because of the fact that I haven't went to bed yet. It is not 2 am. I would certainly not be sitting here on the computer at that time of night! Not me!

And because it is not 2 in the morning I most certainly did not just come back from grocery shopping! Who would go shopping at that hour? I wouldn't. Because we were not out of everything in our fridge and cupboards and I did not decide that if I didn't go shopping tonight we'd have nothing to eat for breakfast. We always have our kitchen full of all the necessities. And even if we didn't, I would have went shopping at a normal hour. Not at 1 in the morning! I was not amazed at how speedy I shopped and how quiet it was there without a toddler or two tagging along! I definitely did not enjoy the peace of that! :o)

I was not proud of myself that I got enough food for one week and the grocery bill was under $100. I was also not totally proud of myself for the first half hour I was at the store for not putting any junk in the cart. I did not have tons of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grain foods piled in the cart. I then did not throw some ice cream and brownies on top and head to the check out!

Hubby and I did not have an early dinner Saturday night, then found ourselves wanting a snack while watching a movie. We did not decide we were going to get McDonald's ice cream and then when we got there we did not only get ice cream but also a big mac with fries for each of us. Who does that? We already had dinner! Only pigs would do that!

I am not so stalkerish and addicted to this blogging world that I most certainly did not think of MckMama while I ate the said McDonald's!

Since my last Not me! Monday post, I still have not been slacking with our Christmas shopping. I still do not only have 4 out of 16 people on our list done! That does not mean I only have 9 days left to buy gifts for 12 people! No way!

On Thursday I did not post a blog about Dallas' aunt and then never came back to make an update!

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Since I did, in fact, never update about the situation, I will do so now.
Sorry to say, his aunt passed away Saturday the 13th at 6:14am. We were told she passed very peacefully and in no pain. They ran quite a few tests before she died and it was determined that she would have been brain dead.
An autopsy will be done to determine cause of death because doctors were still unsure of what exactly happened. When we find out the results of that I will be sure to share.
His aunt Peggy Adams was 53 years old and left behind her husband Steve of 35 years, 3 daughters, 11 grandchildren, and a huge extended family. She was an amazing woman who was always happy and made everyone smile. She will be dearly missed.
Sadly, there were no funds of any kind set aside for funeral services, so at the moment we are doing our best to conduct a few fundraisers. We are holding a bake sale this weekend and a family friend is baking holiday pies and taking orders for those. Hopefully everything works out and we will be able to give her a wonderful memorial.
Thank you for your prayers!
May she rest in peace.

Please Pray

2008-12-11T18:02:00.000-08:00

We got a call earlier that Dallas' Aunt was found unconscious in her home. They had to call paramedics. When they arrived she was not breathing and had no pulse. They have since revived her and she is now breathing, but with a weak pulse. We were told she probably will not make it, and if she does she will have severe brain damage.
Dallas is at the hospital right now with his family. I wish I could be there, but it's not exactly a place for the kids to be.
I will update when I hear something. Until then, I would like to ask for your prayers. Grandpa's death was less than a year ago and I don't think the family is going to take this well.
Please pray.

Christmas Flashback

2008-12-11T14:37:00.000-08:00

My baby girl, at 4 months old. Christmas last year.
What a difference a year makes, huh?

My Best Friend

2008-12-10T15:25:00.000-08:00

COFFEE! It has been this mama's best friend the last few days. My kids and their horrible sleeping habits are killing me. Not to mention my insomnia!
Last night after a drawn-out screaming, fighting, fit match, I finally got the kids to bed. I thought I was extremely tired, so I went to bed. And just laid there. And.laid.there. And laid there! I can never just go right to sleep, no matter how tired I am. Every time my head hits the pillow I just get to thinking. About everything. My mind just runs a million miles a minute. Needless to say, I laid there for, hmm, like two hours. It got so bad I had to come out to the front room and get online. Basically I didn't get to sleep until about 5am. Pretty ridiculous, huh?
Right about when I got into a nice, deep sleep, the kids woke up. Oh man, am I tired now. I've had three cups of coffee today and still am dead tired. Anybody have any advice about insomnia?

In other news, potty training might be going better than I thought. Yesterday didn't go so well. He had quite a few accidents. But today I stayed persistent with him, and he only had one tiny accident. He was trying to get to the potty but he couldn't get his underwear down in time and he was so upset that he peed on himself. So I reassured him it was okay, that I know he tried and it was an accident. So at least I can tell he is trying and he can tell when he has to go. I think he's on the right track. Thank God for that! :0)

Let's just hope for a good night's sleep tonight. Lord knows I need it!

I am well aware that it is NOT Monday anymore

2008-12-09T00:12:00.001-08:00

BUT- I just wanted to let you all know, that today I did not put my son in girly panties with pink cherries on them because he ran out of clean underwear.

Okay, Okay. Maybe I did.

They actually aren't even panties, either. They are bloomers that belong under a dress. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Oh well.
I have a perfectly good explanation.
He ran out of clean underwear and I am REALLY trying to get this potty training thing into gear. I would love it if he were to be fully toilet trained within one month. That would be so great. I have tried and tried with him for the last few months and he has went a couple times, just randomly whenever he feels like he wants to. But today I was really consistent, yet patient at the same time. And I have to say this was probably the first day of some real full force "training." Lol.

It went okay. Could have been better, could have been worse.

He woke up with a diaper on and right away I took it off and sat him on the potty. He did not go, but we put underwear on him and ate breakfast. After, I put him on the potty again and he went #1! I was soo proud of him. I set the timer all day like a few people had tipped me about. I think it helped a little.
There were some accidents after that. Three pee accidents and one poop accident. But he did actually go in the potty four times today. So I think 4/8 is not too bad for our first day!

When it was time for bed I just knew he would not be able to stay dry throughout the night so I tried to put a diaper on him. He was NOT having it. He loved his underwear so much that he refused to put a diaper on and threw a screaming fit for about 30 minutes. I finally did get one on him though. Tomorrow we are definitely going out and buying some pull-ups for bed time.

I just really hope my boy is well on his way to being potty trained!
Anyone have any tips? I know a lot of you mommies have boys!

NOT ME! Monday

2008-12-08T01:10:00.001-08:00

It's Monday! If you want to join the fun and have your chance at brutal honesty, visit MckMama's blog and tell us what you did not do this week!

This is not my first Not Me! Monday entry since my 3 week break from blogging, and I am not super stoked to be back in action! I did not terribly miss telling you all what I did not do throughout my week!

I did not finally start our Christmas shopping this weekend, and spend over $300, only finishing FOUR people on our list out of SIXTEEN! Nope, not three.hundred.dollars on only FOUR people, with TWELVE still left to buy for. No way!

I am not starting to think I despise Christmas because of how costly it is. Together Hubby and I do not have 2 children, 3 parents, 5 siblings, and 6 nieces and nephews to buy gifts for. Nope, not us!

I have not been dead tired this week from waking up at all hours of the night with a screaming, teething 15 month old. Baby Tylenol and Orajel have not been a best friend to us at 3 in the morning these past few nights.

I have not been saying for months I am going to take away my poor baby's binky, but haven't even tried doing so, because she is not outrageously attached to the thing and it certainly isn't where she finds comfort. I am not starting to think I am a bad Mom for letting her have it at 15+ months old!

My son did not take off his diaper earlier while I went out to the car really fast. When I walked in the door he did not have poop all over his hands and on the floor. And his sister most definitely did not get it on her hands and legs from picking the diaper up and deciding to play with it. Yuck! That would be just disgusting and make me want to vomit. My kids would never! And because that did in fact, not happen, they did not spend a large amount of time being scrubbed in the bath while I said "Eww, nasty babies. You don't take off your diaper and play in poop!"

It is not 1:30am right now and I am not awake due to the fact that my son fought going to sleep until about 30 minutes ago. He sure didn't. He did not take a late nap and decide he was just going to go ni-night whenever he felt like it. Because he is not the boss around here! I am not extremely tired and secretly hoping the kids will sleep in tomorrow so Mama can, too!

I am not going to go to bed now!
Happy Monday! :0)

Ho Ho Ho! We've been ELFED!

2008-12-05T22:17:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Please tell me!?

2008-12-05T02:17:00.000-08:00

Please assure me I am not the only mommy that looks at her babies' old pictures and CRIES! For crying out loud, it's not like my kids are grown already or something. I still just can't help but feel super sad about how much they've grown in just a short time. It's so bittersweet :-/

I thought I'd share some pictures of my handsome baby boy... who's not such a baby anymore!
Maybe I'm getting baby fever!? Hmmm :-P

The little guy that made me a mommy 2 years and 2 months ago :0)

I also would like you to please tell me I have every right to be sad! You just witnessed it- the last two years have flown by. Where did my baby go?!

Wordful Wednesday

2008-12-03T14:14:00.001-08:00

Yes, that's right POTTY TIME! For my daughter? Not my son? Yes!

I have been having such a hard time with potty training Dallas. Yesterday morning I sat him on the toilet trying to get him to go, like I do all the time. He sat there for a few minutes and as usual, he didn't go. Kaelynn kept acting like she wanted to get up there, so I put Dallas' pants back on and sat her up there. After about a minute I looked down in the toilet and sure enough, my baby girl went poop in the potty! At only 15 months old!

Could she really understand the concept? Not sure. But wow. Maybe I just got lucky and put her up there at the right time.

Maybe, just maybe, she'll show her big brother the way to do it! :0)

A Giveaway!

2008-12-02T15:11:00.000-08:00

is giving away an ADORABLE tummy time mat! I'd love to win this for my newborn nephew since my babies are too big for it!

Isn't it adorable!?

For a chance to win, all you have to do is simply leave her a comment! For two chances to win, you can follow her blog. And for three chances to win, post a blog as I am doing, telling everyone about the giveaway!

So head on over there and participate for your chance to win!

22 days

2008-11-30T16:04:00.001-08:00

My 22 day break from blogging was completely unintentional! Our computer was broken for three weeks! Oh, how I missed the internet. And my blog. And my bloggy friends! :0)

We only had a laptop before, and the charger (and everything else on it) kept breaking. So we decided to buy a desktop. More practical for everyday use, I think. It's way nice. We went and got it at the day after Thanksgiving sale. Got a pretty good deal too, so I'm happy about that!

I also got a very nice and expensive Nikon camera and I can't wait to figure it all out and use it! So expect lots of pictures soon!

The kids are doing great. Getting bigger and cuter everyday!

We had a nice Thanksgiving. We spent the day at Dallas' Grandma's. He has an insanely huge family. His grandparents had 8 kids, and each of them had an average of 4 or 5 kids, and the pattern is still going. You couldn't even count. My father in law is only 50 years old and he already has 10 grandkids. Ha! Anyways, despite the large amount of people in a tiny house, it's always nice that everyone makes it there every year! It was the first major holiday for the family since Grandpa passed in February, so that made the day a little harder. But it was good. Great food, of course!

I'm so very excited for Christmas! I had the tree up a few days before Thanksgiving. I just couldn't wait. Decorating is one of my favorite parts of Christmas! I love all the pretty things that come along with the winter holidays. We haven't started our shopping yet though. Probably next week after hubby's next check, since buying the computer wasn't exactly on the cheap side.

Speaking of cheap! Who's with me on this???
YAYYYY for these GAS PRICES!!! Pretty unreal how cheap it is. I can't even remember the last time the prices were this low. It had to be more than 2 years ago because when I filled out Dallas' baby book and it asked the price of a gallon of gas I put $2.35. Right now the cheapest it's been here was $1.71. Crazy. It used to cost us around $90 to fill up our van, and yesterday I filled it up for $41!
I'm loving it!

And I'm loving being back in blogworld! :-]

I Can't Believe This

2008-11-08T22:53:00.000-08:00

PLEASE tell me what you think of this! I am freaking speechless. When I watched it I just kept saying "OH MY GOSH!"

Minute Maid Should Pay Us

2008-11-06T20:22:00.000-08:00

Weren't those the two cutest juice box advertisers you've ever seen? Minute Maid should really pay us.
And yes, brother stole sister's juice, and she cried, but then he gave it back and she was happy again :-)

We went to the park today since it was so nice out. It was rainy a lot in the last week and we'd been stuck in the house, so I wanted to get the kids out and take them somewhere other than the grocery store or Grandma's house (not that they don't love it there.) They had fun and played for about an hour, ate some fruit snacks and drank juice, and of course I got those beautiful shots of them.

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We've been doing good. Everyone's keeping this momma busy. Now that Kaelynn is ~~walking really good~~ running around all over the place, I am constantly chasing two terrible toddlers. It may just be all in my head, but I swear they conspire against me. They must huddle together in their room when I'm not looking and plan to drive me insane and be extra needy, always at the same time. When Dallas isn't happy, Kaelynn isn't happy. When Kaelynn is hungry, Dallas is hungry. When one is poopy... well, what do ya know?! So is the other! But as much as I can sit here and complain about it, I absolutely love it.
Besides bonding with them myself, the greatest joy of my life is seeing them bond together. Seeing them be best friends, partners in crime. They laugh together and cry together.
I never planned having them so close together, but when I did, I never imagined it would be so much work, yet so much fun at the same time. I know they won't always get along, they'll fight and argue. That's inevitable. It's a natural part of sibling hood. But despite all the fighting and arguing I'm sure is to come, my wish for them as brother and sister is to grow up knowing that they love each other, care for each other and respect each other. That family is number one. As siblings, the relationship they have with each other will be the longest relationship of their whole lives- from the cradle to the grave. And I just can't wait to be the one that gets to watch it all. I'm the proud mom that gets to witness it.
I can't wait to watch them grow together, go to school together, make friends together, graduate high school together, get married together, and have children of their own together. And maybe it won't happen exactly that way. Maybe one of them will take a different path in life and not get married, or not have kids. And that's okay. Even so, I just want them to know that they will always have each other. Whether or not they are experiencing the same things, or they grow to be completely separate and different people- I just want them to know they always have each other.

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BUT......... While they are still little and Bubba is busy taking Sissy's juice, so she hits him, he pinches her, she pushes him, then he pushes back and cries "She's being mean!" Who wants to help me out and put a caption to this picture!?

Come on, it'll be fun. I know some of you have really creative, interesting and witty minds. Help me out!

THAT toy

2008-11-05T18:24:00.000-08:00

Ohhh, that f*#@ing toy!
Is it just me, or does every parent have a toy of their child's that they absolutely despise, hate, and want to throw in the garbage?! Seriously?
Well, I have one. And THAT toy is

THAT piece of junk. There are a number of reasons why I hate this toy.
First of all, it is the loudest, most annoying thing on the planet. Obviously it's a piano so it plays music, but it also has the microphone and all my kids like to do is yell into it. Ugh. Secondly, every time my nieces and nephews come over, it is a screaming, crying, fit match over this stupid thing. All the kids love it and it's inevitable that they fight over it. I have lately been putting it away where they can't see it when I know they are coming over. The third reason why I hate this thing is because it is constantly falling apart. I mean, every few minutes my son brings the pieces out to me, crying, saying "fix it!" Do you see the blue legs and the bar on the bottom connected to the two legs? Well, those are the pieces that are always falling apart. The legs snap into the piano part, and the bar on the bottom snaps into the legs. Well, the "snapping parts" are not very well made, which is obviously why it falls apart so much.
Do any of your children have this dreaded toy? Am I the only one that hates it? What made me want to write this post was because so far tonight as the kids have been playing in their room, for only about half an hour, my son has brought the dang thing out to me three times crying for me to fix it. As I was fixing it for the third time, I seriously mumbled some cuss words under my breath and declared that when hes not looking, I'm going to throw it away. I don't know, maybe I won't. Because I will feel really bad since he loves the dumb thing, and I'll feel bad because it was a gift from a friend for his birthday. But I just can't stand it anymore. Maybe I can give it to goodwill or something and make it some other mom's headache. Haha, that would probably be mean.
I do LOVE the chair that came with it though. It's really sturdy, which has always seemed weird to me since the rest of it isn't. He uses the chair at our coffee table to eat his meals. So that part, I love.
But ugh, THAT toy! Parents, if you see this in the store, please, run far, far away!!!

Does your child have THAT toy?

Getting to know us...

2008-11-05T01:23:00.000-08:00

I decided I wanted to write four individual blogs for each person to get to know our wonderful family. I want my readers to get to know us a little better. I will start with your lovely author!

I'm positive you've figured out my name by now. My name, in which I have always despised and hated my parents for, is Amber. I was born January 9th 1988, making me twenty years old. I have lived in the Sacramento area my whole life. My parents divorced when I was two and I have always been with my mom and older brother. I have never really cared much for my father. I sometimes saw him and my step mom, who later had 2 more sons, giving me 2 half brothers, but "seeing" him never really developed any kind of father-daughter relationship between us. To this day, he's like a stranger to me. My mom on the other hand, has always been the number one person I can rely on... my rock, and my best friend. I am very close to my older brother, and also all of my aunts and uncles. I'm very big on family, but enough about them, more about me!

Skipping through my early childhood... I met my hubby when I was 13. He moved in next door to us and I instantly had a huge crush. Aww! So cute right? Hehe. We've been best friends ever since. But I will leave the rest of that tale for when I write his story.

I've always dreamt of being a nurse and still have high hopes for myself, and I wanted to start college, but on my 18th birthday I was absolutely blessed with the greatest surprise of my life: we were expecting our first baby! Not that I couldn't have accomplished going to school and raising a baby, but I put my plans on hold to focus on my beautiful son. And what do ya know? SURPRISE! Ooops, we did it again! Yes, oh my gosh, both of my children were absolute surprises, not planned, but the greatest gift from God we could have ever asked for! 47 weeks to the day after our son was born, we welcomed our daughter. At only 19 years old, I was already a mom of two. So unexpected and unpredicted, but I believe everything happens for a reason, and I know my miracles are here because God wanted them to be! I get a lot of criticism for becoming a mom of two so early and fast in my young life, but I love it and would not have had it any other way!

And here we are 14 months later, as a family of four. I will save the rest of their stories for later.

I guess that's a tid bit of my "life story" but here are some other things I'll share to get to know me better. Maybe some of my hobbies, or my favorite things... Oh, heck, I'll just throw some random stuff at you!

I love bright colors, but I also love baby pink and blue.
I love coffee, and I cannot function without caffeine everyday.
I love to cook.
I often think I have OCD. I am a perfectionist and everything in my house must be the way I want it- organized, neat and in it's own place, or I will go crazy.
My favorite season is Fall, and my favorite holiday is Christmas.
I am 5"1' & I weigh... hahahaha nice try! :-]
I love photography and scrapbooking.
I am addicted to myspace (feel free to add me.. lol)
I have 6 piercings (4 in ears, belly button & nose) and 1 tattoo. I know, I'm such a rebel.
My favorite tv shows are Lost and First 48.
I'm really good at Rock Band. Wanna play?
My favorite actor is Jim Carey, I'm a sucker for comedies.
I have an obsession with shoes, and I cannot wear an outfit if I don't have the right shoes to go with it. It's stupid and not practical, I know.
I make the best sweet tea in the world, ask around.
Chocolate is my weakness. But isn't that every woman?
I have always wanted a big family, with lots of kids. So our family is not complete. At least we're still young and have a long time to worry about more babies :0)

To sum it up: I am a young, hubby adoring, baby making, tattooed and pierced, co-sleeping, weight losing, healthy eating, yummy cooking, shoe obsessing, coffee loving, caffeine addicted, loves laughing, diaper changing, mini-van driving, non-circumcising, sleep deprived, blogging, tv watching, sweet tea drinking, sports loving, 49er cheering, myspace surfing, family loving, wonderfully blessed, mommy & wife! And loving every minute of it!

I hope you got to know me a little better.
Any questions, feel free to ask! I love comments, so leave 'em. Hehe.

Stay tuned for the rest of my family's stories!

NOT ME! Monday

2008-11-03T17:03:00.000-08:00

As MckMama herself said it: better late then never!

I did not have a blast taking my kids out on Halloween! It was not cold and rainy that night, so it was not a problem taking my toddlers out trick or treating just so they... err.. I could get some candy. I did not declare them to be the cutest Mickey and Minnie ever, and of course the most adorable trick or treaters on the block. Nope, not me!

I did not eat almost all of the kids' candy already and only share a few pieces with them. I am not so selfish. I do not worry about my kids eating sugar, candy, cookies and soda and never let them have anything unhealthy, but then turn around and eat all of the above myself. That would be hypocritical of me. That's why I do not do that!

I have not recently came to the conclusion that I am sick of buying diapers! I am not fed up with changing diapers, and decided I really need to kick potty training into gear. We do not spend $80-$100 a month on diapers! And my hubby certainly does not absolutely insist on buying the most expensive brand.

I did not spend practically all of my Monday cleaning and organizing like a mad woman. I did not finally finish every single ounce of laundry AND put it away! *Gasp!* I did not organize the kids' closet. And inside their closet, I did not assign one whole drawer just for Kaelynn's hair bows, clips, ponytail holders, etc. I then, did not clear one whole shelf just for her many pairs of adorable shoes. Not me!

Speaking of Kaelynn's things... I have not lately realized that I am becoming completely obsessed with her hair, clothes, and shoes. I do not spend too much time and money on it, because that would be rediculous and shallow. I do not know better than that, and think I should spend my time otherwise because my daughter is beautiful enough as it is and I shouldn't care about those materialistic things. I have also not come to realize that it would be in our family's best interest that we don't have another daughter, or we might just have a whole room full of clothes, shoes and hairbows and we'd be in big trouble, not to mention big debt!

I am not looking forward to our dinner tonight. I am not making my mom's homemade chili and cornbread. It is not going to be yummmmmy! I do not love having a nice warm dinner when it's yucky outside, cause it surely is not rainy out right now. I am not hoping when hubby gets home that we can eat our yummy dinner and cuddle up and watch movies! Nope, not me! :-P

To join the fun and share what you did not do this week, visit MckMama's Blog!

My 1st Blog Award!

2008-11-03T12:51:00.000-08:00

I'm finally getting around to posting this!
Melissa, at Life With 3 Boys & a Little Lady, gave me my very first blog award! Apparently, she "Loves my blog!"

Upon accepting this award, I am required to thank the person who gave it to me. Thank you sooo much, Melissa. I also love your blog! :0)
And, I am supposed to nominate 7 other blogs that I LOVE!

4 little men
The Crazy Life of a Mother and a Wife
4under3
-little bites of heaven-
Be Strong and Courageous
Our very Full House
Dribbles & Diapers

For all the Mamas, Have a Good Laugh!

2008-11-03T01:35:00.000-08:00

:0) Have a good Monday!

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T12:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween from our lil pumpkins!!!

We're going to be taking our little Mickey & Minnie out for trick or treating tonight! It's supposed to rain a little but we're still going to go at least for a little while, as long as it's not pouring.
I'm sooo excited! Expect lots of pictures!
I hope everyone has a happy and SAFE holiday!

Wordless Wednesday

2008-10-29T22:15:00.000-07:00

[Halloween sneak peak part 2] :0)

Pray for baby Stellan!

2008-10-28T15:30:00.001-07:00

As many of you may or may not know, MckMama will be welcoming her fourth miracle into the world tomorrow, baby Stellan (also known as MckMuffin).
If you are not aware of their story, visit her blog.

Please say an extra prayer for baby Stellan & the whole Mckfamily!

NOT ME! Monday

2008-10-27T17:31:00.001-07:00

Yay! I didn't forget this week! I actually look forward to Monday now!

This week I have not been a complete slacker and procrastinator with EVERYTHING! I have not been slacking on blogging. And I did not procrastinate folding a huge pile of laundry for a whole week. Nope, not me!

I did not go clothes shopping for myself this weekend and no one else. I would never be so selfish. I did not buy some really cute winter boots in the little girls section, because my feet are not freakishly small, so I definitely would have to go the women's section.

I did not let the kids eat pizza for dinner three times this week, because that would be extremely unhealthy and just too easy. I was not being a lazy slacker mom! Not me!

Saturday night was not a horrible night and I was not in a bad mood the whole day. I did not have plans to go to a Halloween party with friends and the plans fell through. I did not then decide I wanted to go to the movies with my hubby instead. My MIL did not say she wouldn't watch the kids for us so I was not completely irritated the rest of the night because she does not watch my SIL's kids every weekend. My whole weekend was not absolutely ruined :-(

I have not been a bad secret keeper. I did not tell two secrets to my hubby this week that I promised not to tell anyone. I would not do that!

At the grocery store today I did not open a box of animal crackers for the kids to eat so they would keep quiet while I shopped. I do not do that. I always pay for something before I open it.

I did not win my first blog award this week! The "I love your blog" award from Melissa!

To join the fun visit MckMama's Blog and tell everyone what YOU did NOT do this week!

Full hands

2008-10-26T15:17:00.000-07:00

I am sure every mom, specifically moms with many small children, multiples, or irish twins has heard "Wow, you really have your hands full!" time and time again. I know I have.

When I first became a mom of two, it didn't bother me so much because I really did in fact, have my hands full. When my daughter was born, my son wasn't even walking yet, so sometimes "full hands" was an understatement. I could remember carrying my newborn daughter in her infant car seat in one hand, my 11 month old son on my hip, with a purse and an overflowing diaper bag thrown across my shoulder, struggling to find my car keys and even make it to the car. Hands full? Very much so!

Two children under age one is not in the least bit unheard of, nor does it deserve gasps and "Oh my gosh.. you're CRAZY!" by every person I saw. But it happened.

Now that they're a little older, I still get the crazy looks and comments, but I'm used to it and I sort of shrug it off. I am constantly being asked "How far apart are they?" "Was it planned?" and "Are they twins?" I gladly answer those questions because I know people are curious. The things that do bother me though, are the "Wow, you are crazy!" "Don't you know what causes THAT!?" and "You don't take birth control?" Those people I pretty much ignore because I know the person is probably not a mom or dad, or just has no common sense. I don't think they get that, YES, we have full hands but we love it and wouldn't have it any other way.

The hands full comments still don't bother me too much, although it gets old with the 3rd or 4th person on one shopping trip.

I've learned to just smile and say "Yes, and so is my heart!"

♥

"necks time wont yeww sinnng wif mee"

2008-10-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

Momma: "Can you sing the abc song for mommy?!"

Dallas: "aye bee zeedee eee eff gee hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm emm enn ohh peeee hmm hmm hmm teee yew veeee dubyewww eckssss whyyy zeeee!! now i know my abz's necks time wont yew sing wif mee!"

Lol!! I wish I could get it on video because it's sooo freaking cute. He usually skips all those letters and hums them.. haha. But that's really good for a two year old don't you think?
My son is so smart :-)

Wordless Wednesday

2008-10-22T13:09:00.000-07:00

[Halloween sneak peak] :0)

Tackle it Tuesday

2008-10-21T23:12:00.000-07:00

To join the fun visit 5 minutes for Mom!

I almost didn't make a Tuesday post and I completely missed Monday too... where the heck have I been? Lol. Just busy I guess. Whooo.. Today I tackled A LOT! We had a housefull last night for a bbq and Monday night football and let's just say the house was a disaster! But specifically the kids' room! There were 6 small children in there for a few hours with mounds of toys... so you can probably picture it right?!

That was BEFORE!!!

AND AFTER :-)

We don't have people over too often but it was really nice. I had basically all of my favorite people together. It was fun. We watched the game, ate, drank a little and the kids played. I just forgot how big of a mess it can be to clean up. It was worth it though!

I've been tagged!

2008-10-17T16:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks to MamaJoss at Dribbles & Diapers!

1. I love ice tea & everyone tells me I make the best!
2. I have 3 brothers and NO sisters :-/ I was always mad at my parents for that one... lol
3. I have no blood nieces or nephews but since coming into my hubby's family, we have EIGHT from his brothers and sisters. I love being an auntie!
4. I would mostly consider myself a "girly girl" but I LOVE sports (especially football) eating pizza, drinking beer and playing poker (I'm pretty good at it too!)
5. I have 6 piercings. 4 in my ears (2 in each), my belly button and my nose.
6. I've always wanted a big family and lots of kids. I'd even love to have twins someday and most people probably think I'm crazy.
7. My son was conceived on my 18th birthday! What a great present, huh? :0)

How's that for RANDOM?

Now, I am tagging:
1. Jessi at The Crazy Life of a Mother and a Wife
2. Laura at Mama Laura
3. Melissa at Life With 3 Boys & a Little Lady
4. Danika at Short Chick
5. Rachael at -little bites of heaven-
6. Devin at Our very Full House
7. Maggie at Harden Triplets

Only if you're up to it!
Have fun, it's Friday! :0)

Photo Story Friday!

2008-10-17T11:59:00.000-07:00

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

Another fun post I saw and wanted to try but I couldn't really think of any photos that I took that I could use, so I just decided to use the pictures I took of the kids' newly decorated room and beds, since I planned on sharing those anyway.
The "story" behind the pictures I wanted to tell I guess is just that we recently decorated the kids' room.

Spongebob on Dallas' side...

And Disney Princess on Kaelynn's side...

We're not completely done but I still like them for now. We live in an apartment so we can't really paint or anything. Plus I want to wait for that until we move into a house anyways. Which will hopefully be early next year.
Anyways, I also wanted to say that I am extremelllllllly happy about this recent redecorating for a great reason! My son has been co-sleeping with hubby & I since he was born. (Not Kae though.. she's been complete opposite and loves to sleep in her own bed) Well, we've tried everything since moving here to get him to sleep in his own bed. YEP! The spongebob bed and room must've done the trick because he's been sleeping in his bed every night for the last week. And not only is he sleeping in his bed through the whole night.. he's going in there and falling asleep all by himself! Before, if I wanted him to sleep in there I'd have to wait until he fell asleep and then put him in his bed.. and even then he'd wake up in the middle of the night crying and confused cause he wasn't where he fell asleep. So this is a major change for us. I'm so happy about it! If someone would've told me a few weeks ago that this was going to happen I would have told them that they're crazy. I seriously thought he was going to be sleeping with us until he was 5! Lol. I'm glad to say we've finally broke him from co-sleeping. It's nice to have our bed back again :-)

My Pumpkins Picking Pumpkins

2008-10-16T23:21:00.000-07:00

We took the kiddies to the pumpkin patch yesterday. They loved it. We picked our own pumpkins, went through the hay maze and saw the animals. We were a little disappointed that the ponies weren't there because we drove pretty far mainly for the pony rides, only to find out that they're only there on the weekends. Bummer. But they had fun. We'll probably be going back on Saturday just for the dang ponies because I promised lil Dally we would. This kid loves horses. He got to ride a pony at the fair this year and he loved it so much that he cried when we took him off of it, and ever since then he talks about ponies all the time. Anyways, pictures galore, of course :0)

I intended on posting an update and more of an actual "blog" but I am dead tired.. we've been pretty busy lately and any time I get on the internet I get too caught up in doing other things. So sorry I'm out of it lately.

If you do read my blog on a regular basis, please go click on the "follow me" link!

Stay tuned... Lol. :-P

NOT ME! Monday

2008-10-13T13:02:00.000-07:00

I have been following MckMama's blog for a while and this will be my 1st time participating in her clever NOT ME! Monday postings.
I have a feeling it's pretty fun and it'll be nice to be honest.. cause ya know, I don't do these things, NOT ME, of course! :0)

I did not search and lurk through other blogger's "NOT ME!" posts to get ideas for me to write about. I most certainly did not do that!! Who does such a thing!? NOT ME!

I was not completely irritated and mad yesterday that the 49ers lost again. I don't do that. It's only a game! And I surely do not cuss and yell at the television like a trucker when they make careless plays that cause the loss of the game. That'd be immature and useless. Not to mention, setting a bad example for my kids. That is why I totally did not do that!

I did not stay up the other night until 4am reading blogs and trying to figure out the html for my own blog's layout. I would not do that! That is such a waste of time and I could've been getting my precious sleep instead. And since I did not in fact do that, I definitely was not absolutely dead tired the next day from only getting a few hours sleep. Nope, not me!

I do not absolutely hate our glass table in our living room. I just love and adore it, because cleaning a trillion sticky, messy, greasy, dirty finger and hand prints off of it everyday is definitely one of my favorite things to do. I do not complain about it each and every chance I get.

I did not impulsively buy frozen cookie dough at the grocery store last night and hide it from my hubby when I came home and put the food away. I then, did not sneak and eat some after everyone went to bed. Who does that? Certainly not me!

This is not what Dallas & Kaelynn's room looks like right now!
It stays spic and span every second of the day because my kiddies for sure do not dump out every single toy onto the floor 2 seconds after I just put them all away. And I did not just realize after seeing that picture, that my kids have enough toys for 10 children and are completely spoiled rotten. Definitely NOT!

I am not feeling completely bittersweet right now about my 13 month old finally learning to walk! I am not sad and happy at the same time because it surely does not signify her growing up on me! She definitely is still a little baby and is not getting too big for her own good!

WOW... this was not any fun at all! I will not be participating in any more of these NOT ME! Monday posts! It's totally NOT for me! NOT ME!

:-]

After much anticipation...

2008-10-12T23:53:00.000-07:00

Yep... FINALLLLLLLY! She is doing it! Yay! I am one proud mama!

Although, I just realized that means she is going to be into EVERYTHING now, right along with her brother. What have I gotten myself into?

Lol :-)

Fall Sundays

2008-10-12T15:24:00.000-07:00

I absolutely enjoy Sundays... as they are usually our "family" days, or our "relaxing"(and be lazy) days. We sometimes just sit around in our pjs all day and watch movies or play games. Sometimes we have company, sometimes we leave and go "fun places" and sometimes not. Either way, I have always loved our Sundays.

I also love Fall time. My favorite time of year. I love the weather, I love the scenery, I love the holidays... I love everything about it.

And when you put the two together... Sundays in Fall... Ahhh, I'm in heaven :-)

And mostly because of this:

WHAT? Of course.. FOOTBALL! Well, our 49ers to be specific!
These have been the kids' "Sunday oufits" the last few weeks! Dallas loves to watch the game with Daddy, yelling "Go Niners!" & "TOUCHDOWN!"

I LOVVVVVVVVVE it! :0)

2nd post, a day late

2008-10-11T15:37:00.000-07:00

My 2nd post! Woo hoo! :-P

In my last post I promised my next entry to be full of pics! Even though I'm a day late, my promise is still kept.

Yesterday we were gone most of the day. I took the kids to the park & got some adorable pictures of them! Then we went by my sister-in-laws so the kids could play. Last night I watched my nephew who is a few weeks old, so my sis in law and her man and their older two kids could go bowling. He was such a good boy for me.. so precious and sweet. I sometimes miss having a newborn baby :-)

Anyways, today is just a lazy day for me. I cleaned the house a little bit and went to the grocery store. Now the kids are napping and me and the hubby are sitting here watching Forrest Gump. Lol.

Here are the pics that I promised :0)

Yesterday at the park...

Soooo cute huh???

There were more I was going to post.. like the one's I promised to share of their room but I will post them later in a seperate entry. Just adding those were enough work for now :-]

Back to Blogland

2008-10-09T20:04:00.000-07:00

So I decided to come back to my blog after I abandoned it 4 months ago.. Lol. I don't know why, but I just wasn't motivated to blog. Anywho, I redid everything on my blogspot. Hopefully I get some readers soon :-)

I guess there is probably a lot to update on, but I do think most of my readers are also myspace friends, so maybe not. The kids are getting huge of course. Since leaving blogworld, we have celebrated Kaelynn's 1st birthday, and Dallas' 2nd! Hard to believe, huh? They're getting so big on me, it's unreal.

Kaelynn will be 14 months old in a few days and she still isn't walking! She's my lil lazy butt and is taking her sweet time! She's been pulling up, cruising, standing by herself and even taking a few steps for months now but definitely not "walking." I don't understand what's taking her so long since she can do everything else.. lol. Oh well, I know she's fine, I'm not worried. Her doctor said it's normal for some babies not to walk until 16-18 months. I hope it doesn't take her that long. But she's doing great and is as pretty as ever.

Dallas has definitely hit the terrible two's. It seems like tantrums, hitting, defiance, talking back, and time outs are in my daily routine far too much lately. Lol. I hope he grows out of it soon and it doesn't last this whole year that he's 2! He's still my sweet boy though.. he's good when he wants to be :-P

They had their 1 & 2 year check-ups a couple of weeks ago. Dallas is 36 inches and weighs 27lbs (so tall & skinny!) And Kaelynn is 30 inches and 23lbs. So they are doing great and growing like weeds! Happy & healthy is all I can ask for :0)

Hmm.. let's see. What else is there to update about? We still live in our apartment (unfortunately.) Our lease isn't up until February and I can't wait! On the 1st of this month we had new upstairs neighbors move in and let's just say it's been a nightmare :-[ I will probably post about that at a later time because there is a lot to say. I'm definitely not happy with it! So hopefully we will be moving into a HOUSE come February/March!

We finally got our new furniture a couple months ago and I'm extremely happy about that! I love it and it looks great. We also got our van we'd been wanting. I love it and it fits us perfectly. Finally something I LIKE to drive... haha.

I've been redoing/decorating the kids' room.. Slowly but surely. Since they share a room it's not exactly what I want but it will do for now. I am doing Dallas' half of the room Spongebob themed, since he's basically obsessed. Lol. And Kaelynn's half is Disney Princess! It looks good so far, but like I said.. slowly but surely. There's still some things to work on. My mom finally found a Spongebob toddler bedding set which was reallllly hard to find (everyone had twin or full sizes and not toddler.) She ordered it from Amazon and it arrived yesterday. It's very cute and Dallas loves it. I took pictures so I will be sharing those soon.

I'm sure there are tons more things I could update about but I just finished dinner and I'm starving.

I am promising tons of pics in tomorrow's post :-]