MIA lately!

I'm sorry to my loyal readers who have been checking the blog to see what the babies and myself have been up to. I have really no excuse except to say that I've just been busy. With the exception of yesterday, it has been almost 5 days since I had talked to my Mom or Dad, which is unusual for me.

We've been spending a lot of time with our neighbor and her kids since they are all around the same age. We all really like one another and the kids get along really well!

Tomorrow night the play group moms and I are going to a country concert, but I can't remember the name of the singer. Should be fun, it's at a casino, but I won't be gambling...I haven't ever played, but don't really want to get started. It will be fun just to watch! So, along with me getting an actual night out without the kids, it will mark day 6 of Brooklyn officially being off the boob! She's not a titty baby anymore!!!

With the exception of 2 nights, she's been sleeping really well without nursing. About every other night (excluding last night) she's slept all the way through and the other nights has only woken up once. Anyway, keep you posted if things go south with that, but I expect not.

The dog is getting bigger...already. We've only had him for about 2 1/2 weeks now, but sometimes I already wish that we hadn't gotten him. I'm just tired of cleaning the messes up because unless I catch him shortly after he wakes up, he goes on the floor. I know it's to be expected because he's a puppy, but it just seems like I can't get a break! Oh well, it's not that bad and I know that I'm making it seem like every hour I have to clean something when really, it's only once a day. I just keep reminding myself that it will be better in a few weeks, if that long. He's already learning what he can and can't do, so I'm happy for that.

Anyway, the good part...pictures!


Emily, Christian and Justin...our neighbors little ones!


Baby girl legs!


Brooklyn and Daddy napping together. Tired babies!

Sorry that it's been so long again, hopefully things will settle down and I don't go longer than a couple of days without posting something!

New family member!

On Mother's Day (not for Mother's day) we got a puppy. He's a black lab whom we've decided to name Rookie. He's a good little dog, but he's only 7 weeks old now, so I'm tackling potty training a puppy now. It's proving to be a little bit more difficult than what I originally thought. He's cute though and that makes up for it, I suppose. I haven't quite decided if I like him totally, if you can't tell. It's hard with 2 children, but I figure if other moms can do it, by golly, so can I. So, here are pictures of him!






Don't know if you can see if, but he's got a little bit of white on his chin! Cutie pie puppy!

about last night

So, as you may have read from the post before...Christian stayed the night at the neighbor's house last night. This morning, after waiting as long as I could (8 o'clock), Brooklyn and I went over to see Christian. Sheila (the Mom) had Christian open the door and then that was it...he ran back into the bedroom to watch Monter House with Justin.

As I suspected...Christian did just fine. She said that they fell asleep around 10:30 pm and slept the rest of the night, didn't wake up once. It just so happens that they got up shortly before I came over too. I was so proud and happy that she didn't have a bad night.

Myself on the other hand...I went to bed at 10, and woke at 11 mostly because I had to use the potty...(I drank 3 glasses of water before I got into bed). I woke again at 1 and then again at 5 when Shane woke up for work. And I thought I was going to get some sleep! I found out today that Justin has never stayed the night at a friend's house yet, only with family. She told me that she didn't think I would get too much sleep. Anyway, I will be able to tonight though...my cutie pie boy is back home with me!

Also, here are some cute and funny pictures for you to see!

Big boy

I've known that someday the day would come when Christian spent his first night away from home with a friend...I just didn't know it would come when he was only 3. Yes, tonight, Christian is going to attempt to stay the night with his friend Justin at our neighbors house. We live in a duplex sort of thing, only the houses are attached at the carport instead of the house, so it's not like he's incredibly far away, but still. It's also different from when he stayed the night with Grandma because that's family.

I'm proud of him though for wanting his independence and a little reluctant to let go. I know it has to happen and everything will go "swimmingly," but I'm going to miss him. I was joking around with Justin's Mom, Sheila telling her that this will be my first night of sleeping through since Brooklyn was born! Yes, Brooklyn has been sleeping through the night for the last couple of weeks. I've been a little hesitant to write about it or tell anyone for that matter because I don't want it to end.

Anyhow, today we got the kids their first little Power Wheels car. It's a Pontiac Solstice...really cool. Got pictures and kids in it too!




Justin is the other little man in the car with Christian. They decided after the car's battery was charged that they were going to race Justin's John Deere Gator and Christian's car to see who's was faster. Now they just have to wait until morning, and so does this mommy to see her little boy once again.

Multi-tasking to a new level!

Many of us know how many things that Mothers go through, but you never really realize how much they do until you become one. Even babysitting doesn't come close (I'm sorry, but I never worked this hard babysitting - ever). While I was still living in California, I was listening to the radio talk about how much stay-at-home mothers would make if they got paid for the work they did. I can't remember the exact amount, but I know it was six digits. Until yesterday, I hadn't thought much about it since that day. Well, MSN had a story on it yesterday about how much stay-at-home moms would make, once again, I was intrigued.

Here is the exact headline...

The price of a mom: $138,095.

I was amazed once again. In reading the article, they said that working mothers would bring in another almost $86,000 for the work that they do on top of mothering! Both figures account for overtime that the mothers would be paid. They only included the 10 jobs that mother's would be doing, including...housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, van driver, CEO and psychologist. I couldn't believe that...if only I could get paid!

I love my children and every day that I get to spend with them is a blessing, but to be paid for it too, that would make it even better! So, with that said...here's a tribute to all you Mothers out there...working and not, thank you for the great job that you are doing or have done. We children appreciate all that you do, even though we may not tell you all that often. Happy early Mother's Day!

I miss my dog :(

As nice as it's been the last two months without Sophie (our dog), I've been thinking about how much I miss having a dog. I'm just so wishy washy over the whole thing.

I loved having the companionship, but hated having her under my feet all day. I kid you not, I couldn't even leave the living room to go to the bathroom without her coming with me to the bathroom. I've got children who do that...who wants one more family member in the toilet too?! Then there was the hair...and the barking to come in...I couldn't stand it. I know the remedy for the hair, but having a dog that doesn't bark...it would be heaven! The other MAJOR concern would be how Christian behaves with a dog. With Sophie...kicking, hitting, you name it...it happened to her. I got so tired every day of having to tell Christian to stop hitting her and what not...I have to get on him enough during the day for other stupid things, I don't want to have to do it even more.

On the other hand...I feel like if we were to get a puppy instead of an almost fully grown dog, that he would know to be careful with it. I've seen how he was with my Mom's dog's puppies (at 2 years of age, not 3) and he was great. He pet them nicely, loved them, always wanted to hold it...it was awesome, he was awesome. Also, I could train it not to bark, or it wouldn't feel like it had to. It would know it's place and I wouldn't have to worry about it following me every where!

There's also the fact that Shane really wants a dog. I told him I wanted a small one, so the shedding was minimum and he said he really didn't care...he just wanted one. The only thing is that he's going to be gone a lot this summer and we're planning on leaving for California for a while too and I don't want to have to ask anyone to watch our pet. So maybe we should just wait to get a dog until the end of summer when the kids and I come back from California. That would make the most sense. The kids would be older, Shane would be home more, I might not be as anal about the dog hair or cleaning up messes.

I wish that my life was like it was when I lived at home, someone to tell me whether or not I could get a dog and then help me take care of it. Poor brain...so undecided.