late night

Where does the time go? Here it is, may 29th, 2010. I have a wonderful husband, a rambunctious 5 and a half year who will be starting Kindergarten in the fall, a two year old who is a sweet nut, and a beautiful peach who is 5 months old today! gee whiz! All of a sudden before I know it Ellie will be in Kinder and I will be crying my eyes out. I feel like me though. Is that wierd? Peter and I were talking about this the other day. we still feel like we did when we were in high school. In high school you kind of figure yourself out. you finally find your voice and you learn how to become an adult. And it seems like after the tourture of thirteen years of school is over that the time just starts going faster and faster. And then you kind of wish you had more time to go back to school. At least I do. I love school. I'd like to know a little bit about a lot of things. A jill of all trades I guess. Anyway, I still feel like I do when I was in high school. I know I've been through stuff that helped to make me the person I am today, and I wouldn't change a thing, but I still feel like that girl. I guess I know what it feels like when older people say " I am still a child at heart." I'm ok with that. I hope I can always find the humor in things. With the kids it is easy. They make me laugh every single day. Who will I be 5 years from now, 10 years from know, 20 years? I think that I'll still be who I am. I'll still be that girl who finally found out who she was in high school, just with more stripes on my belt.

full day. good day.

Ok, so I havent actually tried to fix the thing so that I can upload pics. I actually haven't even taken that many. Here, let me try a couple of things really quick......
Alright. I plugged it into the back of the computer.

Here are the pics! yeah! go me! Aiden is so good at holding his cup and drinking from it. He's finally pretty much learned how to lift it up enough to get water out of it. And boy does he love water! He also loves his pappaw!! Michael slammed his head into the retaining wall on the playground at school today. He cried for a min or two, but quickly got over it and ran off to play.
That was him laying on the couch watching Tom and Jerry. Maybe that is why he likes to hit so much??? hmmmmm.

Today was good. Although I love having MDO during the week, I also like when it is the weekend! After school I had a doctor's appointment because I just knew I had an ear infection. I haven't been wrong once. Whether it was me, Aiden, or Michael. Every time I sensed there was an ear infection to blame I have been right. Crappy thing to be right about, but I'll take it where I can get it. After that I had to roam around Target for 30-45 min while they filled both mine and Peter's prescriptions. Thankfully I only had Aiden with me because IA had Michael with her. While there I got my first Frappacinno in forever from Starbucks. I had a gift card. Honestly that is the only reason I would ever buy Starbucks. I think it is way overpriced and I don't ever really drink coffee anyway. I just don't have that craving. Saves me money I guess. After Target I went and picked up Michael and we all headed home. I did some speed cleaning while Olivia watched the boys for me. Today is one of the only days I have felt like I have any energy. Peggy graciously came over to watch the boys for me so that I could run over to OTB for an hour to work a quick shift. All in all I got home around 8:15, and fed Aiden and so he went to sleep immediately. I let Michael stay up to finish his movie another thirty min and then we read one book and went to bed. So now it is almost ten and I have to go and pump before I go to bed. TMI? Sorry. Full day. Good day.
Goodnight.

no pics...sorry

Yesterday went well. Smooth and with no incidents. Michael did good, and so did Aiden.

Today was pretty good too. I can't believe that it will be Wed already when I wake up tommorrow. As I have said before, Thank God for MDO weeks. They make time go by faster. Which is a good thing when Peter is gone. We've got a lot going on these next few weeks. Aiden seems to be congested but not miserable today. At least not like he was yesterday. He can breathe, and that is always good.
OH! On Sunday I did forget to say that he made his first full lap around the house. Anyone who has been to my house knows what I'm talking about. There is a long hallway and then it basically just keeps going through the kitchen, then on through the living room and back right into the hallway. Michael has ridden circles for hours on his bike and truck just going around and around and around. It is awesome to have when you have kids.
I can't upload any pics yet because the little cord to charge my Iphone fell out of its USB port, and the thing is messed up so I can't get it back in. I know I can figure it out, I just need some time when children aren't crawling on me and yelling at me. So, pics later.
God bless, good night!

quick

Really quickly...
Today was overall a good day. We were late to the 10:30 service, like usual, but everything was good. Michael had a really sweet attitude today and we snuggled and talked and had some fun. Aiden took a 2 and a half hour nap today, the only nap. Oh, and Michael is spending the night with my parents. So, maybe Aiden will sleep through the night and the good day will be complete! I can hope right?
Goodnight.

baby

Well, today started out ok, waking up at 6:45. After that we just hung around till a little after 10. We went on a mission to circuit city to see if there was anything good on sale because they are liquidating everything. I didn't see anything that warranted immediate action. After that we headed over to Old navy where I scored Two shirts for Peter, and Two pairs of pants for Michael, as well as flip flops, and lots of socks for Michael for only 21 dollars!! Go me! After that we visited IA at Fridays and then headed to the bookstore. We got home about 1. Aiden took a short nap, and we have been goin strong ever since. It was such a nice day outside. I love the sixties, temperature, that is. Honestly, all of the sixties and lower seventies are ok with me. After that it just gets to hot for me. Needless to say I hate summer! We went outside and Michael ran around up and down the side walk, to the "store" and back, bringing me things to eat and admire. Aiden just tried to eat the leaves and sticks. Michael has had a pretty good day. As it gets later and later, he gets grumpier and more prone to meltdowns. It is only 5:30 right now, so he is still going good right now. He ended up not going to sleep until 11 last night.

Now it is 10, and I am about to go to bed. How time flies. After I wrote the first entry I had to run off and take care of the boys. It was bath time!! I was just going to bathe Aiden tonight, but Michael really wanted to take a bath too, so more fun, and water, for everyone! Because if the water in the tub, Aiden's little bath tub floats!
Aiden thought it was so funny that Michael would hide underwater and then pop back up. I was so mad I couldn't find my camera to record it!! It was so sweet.
Thank God for family! My mom came over to read Michael books and lay with him in his bed till he fell asleep. Then Chloe came over and promptly left to go get little ceasars for us to eat. I had to walk Aiden to sleep because overnight last night he got the crud. He was running green all day, yuck! It was sad tonight because as I was walking Aiden to sleep and Chloe walked in. Aiden started wining like he does when he sees Peter. He was so tired and I don't think he even realize that it was Chloe. I told Chloe to come here and see him so that he would stop looking around and settle down. He saw her, buried his face in my shoulder and then peeked at her and gave her a small smile. It was so sad and so sweet. Sad because I think he does miss Peter in certain ways, and sweet because he smiled at Chloe.
I am tired. Goodnight!

sleepy

So... today was interesting and fun. Let's tally the time outs. One early on, two in the early afternoon, and none at bedtime!! So three today. I have a strong suspicion that there were no meltdowns or timeouts at bedtime because Michael fell asleep in the car on the way home from Grandma's house. Both boys conked out at one point or another on the way home, so guess what I did?? I let them sleep. I sat in the car in my driveway for an hour talking to Peter on the phone. Aiden woke up when I was bringing him in and just now fell asleep 10-15 min ago. See the pic to see where. He would not lay still, and he was screaming like something was hurting him in his crib, so I took him in the living room, put him in the jumper with no protest, and started Little Einsteins. By the end of that he was asleep. Michael did stay asleep on the way in. IA put him in his bed and he woke up about 8:30. He fell asleep about 5:45 or so in the car. It is now 9:30, and I have had a heck of a time getting him back to sleep. But I haven't heard anything from him, so I am hoping he drifted off.
I am so excited. I don't know who, but someone blessed Peter and I with a kit for the Dave Ramsey class. It was so awesome because the kit is 80 dollars, and we just couldn't afford it. If we were both able to attend it wouldn't be such a big deal, but he is working, so is not able to come. I am hoping that when he gets back we can sit down together and figure out what will work best for us. I hear Michael...go to sleeeeeeeep my child. He really does have such a tender heart and is so very sweet, it is just covered by a... he just walked in the room.
He wants to brush his teeth, so I said to go ahead. I suggested that after he brush his teeth that he could watch little einstiens, hoping that would make him tired a bit. You know what he did? He smiled, and said "yes, and after that I can go to bed." Hopefully he will be quick to fall asleep.
Thanks for the cool spiderman costume cousin Micah!!
Have a good night!!

ps: love you Peter!

tired

The pics are funny. Yesterday I told Michael to go put on his Mcqueen shoes, and that is what he came back in, the little smart...boy. He thought it was hilarious. Aiden somehow got into some chocolate...don't know where or how. That is a balloon that Michael really really liked because it blew up to like 2 feet long. It popped shortly after. Aiden loves his brother, and LOVES to pull his hair! He wasn't so crazy about Pappaw's hat though.

Not having any kind of break from the kids is hard. At least even when Peter is working he can put Aiden to sleep or maybe even get up and take Michael back to his own bed. It is just draining, and it has only been a little over half of a week. Thank goodness for MDO weeks. They make it go by faster.
I am ok with Peter being gone for work because I know that it is going to put us in a really good position in a month or two. Wed nights are killer. I really enjoy going to the the Dave Ramsey financial peace university class, but it just starts so stinkin late!! I didn't even get out of there until almost 8:45, and both the boys were just ... sigh. But this class will be really good for us, if we follow it. No doubt about it!
It hasn't helped that I have had a sinus headache for three days straight. I have been grumpy with Michael and I apologized to him. All he really wanted was to something with me, and so we sat down and colored in a coloring book. That put him in such a better mood.
Friday is bill pay day. Although it might be depressing for some people to spend all their money on bills, I like it. Just the spending money part makes me happy. Yes, there are cooler things I would like to spend money on, but I feel like I am accomplishing something to pay the bills.
I am going to try and schedule Aiden's surgery to have tubes put in for the first week of Feb. They only do surgery on certain days, so I am hoping to get this done sooner rather than later. I am ready for no more antibiotics. They really hurt him. For some reason today he was just spitting up more than usual. He also looked like he had a bit of a rash on his skin too. I wonder if he really is allergic to milk. He likes to eat pancakes. No syrup, just the pancake, and he has had one for the past couple days in the mornings at school. And for the past couple of days he has been more fussy, and gassy. Who knows.
I still have a lot to do and I'm tired, so goodnight.