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.

long day.

The pictures are things that Michael did. The first was him writing Michael loves mom and dad. The second was a drawing of the whole family. I'm at the top, from left to right it is supposed to be Aiden, Daddy, and then Michael. The third was a picture of me and Peter, guess who is who.

Today just seemed to take for ever to get through. I woke up feeling like my whole head was in lock down. I have what I consider moderate to severe jaw problems, TMJ, and at night I find myself clenching my jaw and teeth together really badly. Sometimes I wake up and can't open it very far. For a while it hadn't been hurting, but lately it has started flaring up again. Well, this morning was kind of bad, not to mention the huge sinus pressure that made me feel like my head was going to explode, and my ear hurts too. Let's see, am I done whining?? Moving on...
Michael woke up in a good mood after sleeping in his bed all night long! Aiden did not sleep in his bed. It is almost impossible to sleep next to him in bed because he just wakes up so easy. I have a hard time putting him in his crib because it is so far down. I have to maneuver my ribs above the top of the crib and lean so far over that my feet no longer touch the ground. I still can't even reach it. I guess it makes him feel like he is falling when I put him down. I need to put a stool in there. I was able to get in a quick shower while the boys watched little Einsteins though. I felt pretty awake after that. The rest of the day consisted of me going up to the church to get one of my paychecks reissued because i lose everything. I think we might have even shredded it with some other papers. When I say we, I mean I might have shredded it. Peter just doesn't know what to do with me. I don't blame him. I don't know what to do with me either. Sometimes all I can do is throw up my hands and sigh. Oh well. After that I went to immediately deposit the check and the poor girl in the drive through must hate me because I never correctly fill out the deposit slip. She sounds so irritated with me every time. It's kind of funny, but I feel bad for her. Most of the time Michael is talking non-stop so when I have to split my focus, it doesn't turn out so well. We then headed over to my parents house and hung out there for a while. They took us to eat at OTB, thanks guys! Aiden is doing so good now trying to eat new things. He had bits of tortilla, chicken, rice and guacamole. Go Mexican food! He wants to try everything, and he likes most of it too. It was funny because my mom tried to make him do a sour face by giving him a lime, but he liked it so much that he only shuddered and gave us two faces. That was after about 4 or 5 tries. He is my little eater. At least for now. Then we headed on home and I put Michael to bed first. He did really good going to sleep on his own, even though he did talk to me from his room again for a while. Aiden took longer to get to sleep. Matt came by to drop off some wonderful clothes that were Micah's and he has outgrown them. I was also blessed to get a wonderful double stroller that has two seats for small kids. ( for our next kid and Aiden.) And no, we are not pregnant. Once he heard and saw Matt, there was no way he was going back to sleep. It was funny. So he played a bit and then once Matt left I was able to nurse him to sleep. He finally stayed asleep once I put him down. Tomorrow I get a new student in my class, so I need to get some sleep. Have a great night or day, whenever you read this.

Sunday and stuff

This morning started at 5:30 or so for me, as I had to take Peter and drop him off at work. He is gone for three weeks to Louisiana. We actually found out he would be going one day before he had to leave. At first I thought that that kind of sucked, but hey, it is already here, three weeks is now one day shorter. I still really miss him and want him here. I am lonely in the house and to be honest, I don't like being alone at night. If it were just me I wouldn't care, but what to do with two kids who need you at the same time sometimes. Oh well, take it step by step.
Lately Aiden has made some big progress. He is now a little speedster at crawling, and wants so badly to walk. He has even managed to pull up on things a couple of times. Today he pulled up on the TV table. Boy does he have a personality!! If you dare tell him no about anything he lets you know he doesn't like it! Sometimes I think he gets more upset about that than when he is teething or has a bad diaper rash. For Christmas Aiden got what we affectionately refer to as the baby jail. Except that we can't call it that anymore because when we first got it out and put Aiden in it, Michael started bawling. He did not like it at all. I don't know if it was because he thought he couldn't get in to play with his brother, or if he thought his brother would be upset, but he just cried and cried until we left it open. At that point Aiden wasn't zooming around yet. Now he is, and so we have it up against the love seat so that it gives him more room. Plus Michael sometimes gets in and plays with him, or annoys him, sometimes both.
Michael got a new attitude for Christmas and wears it everywhere he goes. I think he thinks he's an adult and so whatever applies to him with regards to rules and actions also apply to us. We have had to inform him many times that that is not the case. It is a daily struggle.
Today he woke up happy, but then quickly transformed into grumpy Michael, faces included. It wasn't about breakfast, and it wasn't about the toy train set that Chloe bought for him, which he LOVES! Who knows?? All I know is that we ended up having a throw down over which shoes he would be wearing to church. He ended up getting his train taken away for today and tomorrow. He was not happy. He might be able to earn it back tomorrow. Maybe. I am just so fed up to my eyes with his attitude. I will not hesitate to take things away. Love and logic says to take things away forever, but that stuff costs money!! I just don't think Michael would give in that easily. He'd end up playing with a gum wrapper. He is unfortunately like his mother, hard-headed and stubborn. He has to learn the hard way. And yet he so quick to follow Kevin, his best friend in the whole world. Don't get me wrong, I love that kid, and I love that Michael loves him. But if Kevin were to jump off a bridge, Michael would follow in a heartbeat. The hard-headedness comes about when it comes to things he has convinced himself about. Like food. Lord don't try to put anything new in his mouth! He acts like your trying to poison him!
I'll tell you what, it is hard to take two kids around everywhere when one is 22 pounds and doesn't walk. I really think I am going to use the stroller. Church today and tonight was hard. I put them both in their classes though, at least until I had to get Aiden to feed him. He wasn't even crying, just playing. As long as there is a bouncy ball, he is content to chase it around. Forget the lights and noises, a ball will do.
Bedtime went pretty well. Michael and Aiden and I sat on his bed and read books, and then I let Michael put himself to sleep. I sat in the living room and fed Aiden, while occasionally reminding Michael to be quiet and that I was here. We prayed again to Jesus to make the bad dreams go far far away. Hopefully he'll be ok.
Lots to do this week! 50's day for school, trying to get a check reissued, paying the bills, grocery shopping, oh and taking care of two moving boys!! Pray that I stay healthy.

Have a great week!