I'm still here....

Using Adam's computer seems so different. I don't have any of my pictures or anything. I just feel out of place. I could blog or do anything I could on mine, I just don't feel like it. Idk why though. But I figured I should stop by for an update. I'm still here. LOL. Nothing insightful to say though. OUr deck is slowly getting finished. Ugh. It looks good, but I'm ready for it to be done. I can't believe that Sam isn't walking yet. She stands and wobbles and claps all without holding onto anything. Just needs to take that step! Shes getting so big. At her 9 months check up she was 17.14lbs but I just weighed her the other day and she was 18.10. She was sick at her 9 months check. I think that is why she was a little lower. She is fitting into 6-9 month clothes with plenty of room to grow. We just got her 9 month pictures done and the sneek peek was ADORABLE! Can't wait to get the rest of the back. In other news, I am really hoping that we can get the "bully" situation figured out at Cam's school. Its a long story. But there is a bully and he picks on Cam. Friday was grandparents day and so Cam's grandpa and grandma's went to school with him. ONe of his grandma's said that the bully was trying to be right next to Cam but Cam didn't want him to be. Understandable. But after everything she was saying it kind of made me wonder if the bully has actually taking a liking to Cam but because of the way he has been taught by his parents he donen't know how to treat him the correct way. Idk, it makes me feel bad for this kid because I blame the parents. But at 5 years old I also feel that the kid should be able to know better. But still even if he truly does just want to be Cam's friend his actions arn't excused and I am still pursuing them with teh school. Our re-wedding is next weekend. Holy flip. I can't believe that we have been married for a year already. I think to myself a lot as to why I thought we needed to have this "real" wedding. Its been alot of work and Im starting to get stressed out about it. I am scared that I am going to run out of time on the actuall day. We'll see. But I suppose thats it for now. I'll be back when I'm back.

We have lift off!!

Yes folks, we have lift off. Sam is standing alone hands free and unassisted. I'm so happy for her but yet I'm so sad because she is growing so darn fast. I can't upload pix becasue my laptop litteraly snapped in half.  :( I'm using my husbands and I dont know all of the functions. But on the note of his laptop, its HUGE. I think it was the first lap top made its so large! LOL. Can't wait to get my own again. Back on topic. Sam is doing so much now. I haven't updated in a long while. So I need to let you know that Sam is also talking now. She says "Mama" "Dada" "Yea" and I'm pretty sure i've heard a couple other things come out like the attempt of "Puppy" but it wasn't clear and a couple other things. I know I know "Puppy" your thinking I'm crazy. But she carries a stuffed puppy around everywhere with her and she and our 5lb puppy are best friends so she hears "Puppy" all the time. I'm SO proud of her. I have also Intoduced her to a few "real" people foods. I have a pampered chef manual food processer so I put suff in that for her. So far I have tried noodles with alfredo on them "like", apples "maybe" (she would rather me let her suck on an apple wedge while I hold it for her, I think she gets more flavor/juice taht way), CARROTS AND GREENBEANS "LIKE", mashed potatoes "double like", some of my homemade blueberry muffins "like", a few tiny peices of a cinamon roll "like", and I have tried a couple meats chicken and hambuger. The chicken was in the alfredo it was a "like" but the hambuger was a "dislike". Not every day just when we have something that I think is suitable for her. I didn't plan on giving her "real" food this soon, but she was doing great chewing mummum bars, puffs, and yogis. That and I know that when we do this wedding thing in a month we have a few jack ass disrespectful family members who will disreguard our rules and want to feed Sam "real" food. So I want to be the one who feeds it to her first. Also I was concerned that she would not want to go back and forth with baby food, but she is rocking it and could care less about going back and forth! Shes my little champ! So much to do when your so little and growing by the day. 18 lbs 5 oz and 27 3/4 inches. For her latest stats.
Now onto Cam. He is my awesome kindergartener. The first day he took his lunch with his cool new luch box. He came home and told me that kindergarten was boaring! LOL. But he has settled in now and is liking it. He has checked out books from the libary already also. I'm probably just as excited as about the books as he is because it means we get to read something new other than what we've been reading forever. I also appericate that his teached does regular emails to communicate. Although I am not pleased to report than he started off his 2nd weeks at school with an email to mama. He is academically doing awesome his teacher said, but he has disruption issues. They have apples, green yellow and red. They also have worms, each child does. Awarning and they move their worm to yellow and if they continue they go to red and lose play time. Well he went to yellow twice in his second week odf school. Uh oh. But My plan is to bride my child. Is that bad? Its like potty training, I bought a pack of pokemon cards (he loves them) and I intend on giving him one card a week as long as he goes with outchanging his worm for the week untill they are gone and hopefully by that time he is following the rules.How does that sound? Anyways, I will post 1st day of school pictures and pictures of Sam standing unassisted! Thats all for now folks!

Of corse its a Monday!

What a TERRIBLE day. So to start off, I need to say that over the weekend our kitchen sink (which has a disposal) became clogged. So this morning I called the plumbers. They came out around lunch time and ended up going back to the shop to get a bigger snake cuz they couldn't get the clog with the ones they had. Does that tell you where this is going?.... Anyways, the yfinally came back with a bigger one and they still wern't getting it. FINALLY, they thought they got it. I heard a gurgle from the bathroom so I went to check it out. It was just bubbling a little no worries. I had my sister-in law come look at it (she is staying for the week), when she came in it all of a sudden pretty much puked form the drain. It looked like a big roll of solid vomit came out of the sink. NASTY. But I though hey, they got it I can handle cleaning this up if they are leaving now.... So that was it and I left the bathroom to tel them that it had just done that. When I came back to where I was when I first heard the gurgle I heard spilling water.... Yes, It wasn;t un-clogged, it was flooding my bathroom with nasty food scum particle water! GAG! So they quickly stopped. But my make-up drawer had alread been taken victum. :( So onto cleaning that up. I had it soaked up partialy with half the towels in our linen closet. I came out to where the plumbers were and they told me I might have a wet sopt down stairsbecause everytime they did a certian thing it was leaking in a certin stop. I right away went down stairs... And the stood a JIANT puddle half on carpet half on my hard wood! So there went te rest of the towels in my linen closet. Now my wood floor has water damage and I'm pissed. So now onto them FINALLY figuring it out and getting it unclogged..... Well there went my other bathroom.... more food praticles and water on the floor in there. Thank god that its a cement floor.... and no carepts. So now all I have to do is finish cleaning the upstairs bathroom, clean up the kitchen from where they were working. Basically just clean my whole house. Get all the towels and laundry washed, get fans drying the floor downstairs, and thank goodness it was nice enough to have the windows open for soem fresh air today! Because the crap that came up the drains was stinky! My goodness. By the way I want to mention that this went on untill 4 pmm and untill 1pm I had a daycare kid (a 4 month old baby). Thank heavens for my sister-in law Cassy being here to help me! So you think I'm going to say this saga is over for the day...... WRONG!!
For a few hours life was normal, we went to walmart and got a few things. So we came home, My other sister-in law Ashley was here waiting for us. Which I knew she was. She wanted to see Sam, so see began to take her out of her carseat to find out that she crapped ALL OVER. Not just out her diaper, but there was actually chunks of poo in the car seat! At this exact time the dog decides to piss on the floor right in fromt of my feet and then go to the door. So outside he went. His pee remained on the floor as I laid Sma on the hard wood to clean her up. She then got poop all over my floor too. Finally I have her clean so I get up to throw the diaper away and leave her naked cuz I'm going to bathe her. She then peed on the floor also. Pee on the floor day in my house!! So I filled her ub up her aunt put her in there, I cleaned up both of the pee messes and I still have groceries to put away and dinner to make! DAMN!
I am so happy that it's the end of the day. I can only pray that tomarrow will be better. But I am so not looking forward to the bill from the plumbers, because they also used a whole bottle of clog remover stuff. Ugh. So now onto my night. Sam got bathed. Love teh smell of a fresh bthed baby. At this point I have things started for supper. So I'll feed Sam while the water is boiling. Yup, no mind that she just had a bath... Lets smack the spoon and splatter it all over her face! Fun. After she was done and all cleaned up, I am finishing supper. Chicken alfredo. It was yummy. Ok kids to bed after supper is cleaned up. Cam first. PJ's, Story, brush teeth, drink of water, go potty and then bed. Done. Sit down to feed Sam and Cam starts yelling from his room. I ignore it. I fhe really need something he will come out. Nope begings screaming bloody murder. Finally comes out bawling face beat red and sweating. Stating that in the 2 minutes or less of being in his room alone he heard a noise like "ti ti ti" or so from his toys and it "TERRIFIED" him. I spoke to him and said he could leave his door open so he had light and his toys wern't making noice that it was probaly the dryer since its outside his room and it was going. Still bawling he went back to his room. Came out again and this time I was a litte upset. Got him back to bed quietly. Mind you all this time I've been trying to get Sam to nurse. She is beyond distracted. She ate a little, and some nights only does. So I laid her in her crib awake. Most nights this wouldn't bother her and she would quietly go to bed on her own. Tonight not the case, but with a day like it has been why would she? Anyways she cried and then then was quiet.. so then Cam need a kleenex.. So she cries again.... She is quiet... He needs ANOTHER kleenex.... She cries again. He finally stays in bed but she keeps crying. She stopped and then Adam makes a lound noise out side....... Crying again. She is FINALLY actually asleep!! Now to just hop in the shower once Adam is done and its off to bed for me!! Hip hip horay! So glad to sleep in in teh morning and have no daycare!! YAY YAY YAY!!!  
Lets end on a good picture or a few shall we!!! Here ya go!!

 My firend Christines baby girl Jenna 21 days old. Nothing fancy but something that I took.

 Kind of an up the nose shot of Jenna, but its another non-professional pic that I took. I think it is a cute one with her big brother Adam.

 And my little peanut Samantha! So big playing with the ball popper!

 My loves!!!

Lastly my little "big" man and his awesome face paint!

I must have really drove my parents nuts!

Wow! Seeing Cam acts at age 5, I look back and think wow I did that or I acted like that when I was little. Now I know how my parents felt. It can be the littlest thing, but man can it drive me nuts. Like today, I wrestled around with Cam, Tickled the crap outa him, played checkers with him, but he says I still didn't do anything with him. WTH? And in and out a million times. He dosen't want to play outside cuz it's hot. Be a kid, get outside! Please! And he can find EVERY excuse to get out of bed and not go to sleep at night. Some nights it's enough to make me want to put a lock on his door so he can't get out. Just about evey night he has a stomach ache. So now when he really does I won't know if he reallydoes. He cries wolf ALL the time. And the boy next door is 5 years older than him so Cam is a little young for him and he has his own friends around the block. He's freely alloud to ride around the blocks to their houses. Cam dosen't understand why he can't. He also thinks he has to go over to his house EVERY time he goes outside! So trying to make him understand that if Daniell (sp?) isn't outside you don't need to bother him. Cuz really the only time that Daniell wants to play withhim is when his friends arn't wround. I do feel bad for my little boy, but what can I do? But serioulsy, there are so many things that he does and I can remember doing them as a kid and my god do the drive me nuts. So to my parents, I'm sorry for driving you secretly insane! You can't tell me I didn't. LOL.
But on another note, Sam is mobile! She is ofically crawling! So cute to watch, but shes in everything! She is attractd to the dog's bed and toys! I am constantly taking them away from her or moving the dogs bed. She seems to liek his bone. Yuck! I take it away all the time. Its had though, becuse he likes to lay next to her while she plays and chew on it. So then she has prim pickins' to get ahold of it! She has a tooth poking through, but its coming through very wrong. It's on the upper gum like under the upper inside of the lip. So on monday I am taking her to the dentist to have them take a look. But about this tooth, I hate it. Because I felt it in such an odd spot I took her out to the kitchen and laid her on the table to look at it. Well Just then supper boiled over and Adam yelled naughty words so in reaction I turned around (still standing at the end of the table) and jut then Sam (who can also sit her self up from they laying positon) Sat her self up and dove off the end of the table onto our hard wood floor! :( I was terrified!!!!!! Thank god I use to work in the ER and have connections! I called one of teh lifeguard flight nurses right away. Thankfully the only damage was a small red mark on her noggin that went away really fast and a bruise that showed up instantly. Within a few minutes she was giving us smiles and then nursed a little and took a short snooze. Woke up when I got up and then was her happy self the rest of the night and has been since. But man sakes alive was I SCARED! And I felt so TERRIBLE!
Lastly, My best friend Christine had her baby. Jenna Faith Strickler 7-15-11 8:05 am 5lbs 10oz 18 inches. She is SO tiny! Enjoy the pictures!

                                                                 Baby Jenna & I

                                                                    She's SO tiny!

                                        Sam's firs booboo!! :( Pretty purple bruise on the face!

                                                        Big brothes givin' some lovin'

Babies!

Today I started watching a friends baby boy. He's 3 months old and his name is Raiden. It's actually been a pretty good day. I was able to get my house work done and I'm updating my blog! How bout that! It's been a while since I've blogged, so later on I might think of more to write. But as for schedule, Sam and him are on a pretty simliar schedule. I have to say that I am pretty proud of him, he has to be swaddled to sleep, but I laid him on the floor after I fed them since Sam nurses a little after she eats. And well he put him self to sleep all spralled (sp?) out with no fuss. Sam usually takes a 20 min nap around this time and apparently he is too. His mom didn't say he took one now but she did tell me that he goes to bed around 730 so I hope this unplanned nap dosen't effect him tonight. But even though it's been a good day, tomarrow will be the test. I'll have 4 more kids to add to the 3 I have today. Oh joy. LOL

Anyways, it's been going well. Yesterday we went shopping and Cam didn't want to go. We had to go to Dubuque since Adam felt sick yesterday morning and didn't go to work we couldn't go to CR. So Cam went to spend a lil extra time with his dad. We bought a new jumperoo for Sam so I can have one on both floors of the house. I use to not stay downstairs with my cousion (who I do daycare for) but after Friday, I have to. The oldest felt the need to sit in the baby swing, needless to say, 90lbs is to heavy. I was pissed. When I told his dad I assumed I should have a little extra added to my weekly pay, but no. Again, pissed I was. So, yes I have to stay down there now.

Since I will be staying down there, We moved the desk in to the back room and made a lil office. It's quite nice. I like it. So now the whole finished part is all toys. Toys,toys, and more toys. I set up 3 pack n plays for naps and I have a vib. chair, a jumperoo, and a portable swing down there for the babies. Its very "daycare" like.

Sam and Raiden

T.G.I.F

the title says it all! I' so glad it's friday and that its a long weekend. I was about to go insane today with my daycare kids (who are my cousions). Theoldest and Cam fight fight fight, and when Cam tells me something that happened the oldest says no I didn't or no that didn't happen. So basically Owen was saying Cam was a liying all day. I don't buy it. And the youngest two had bad attitudes. PLus Sam woke up on the needy side of the crib. Yes there are one of those, she wants me to hold her constantly today. So then during nap the youngest of the boys, Quinn peeded thruough his pull up all over my couch. Lovely huh! So their dad brought their swim stuff so I got the sprinkler and slip n slide out and got 5 kids ready to go outside, only to be out there for 30 minutes and have them say they wanted to come in. Are you kidding me? I was pissed. But speaking of water and outside, I had their dad bring their little tykes sprinkle ball yesterday and I think its broken, its sucks... The inside of the ball filled with water and the only way to get it out is to squeeze the spout you blow it up with. Forget that! I'm ready to pop it and buy them a new one! LOL. So yea pretty much I'm so glad its the weekend. I am sad though that Cam had to go. I feel like since I had the other boys 3 days in a row I missed out on time with him and he was in not so great moods. I sure hope he has a grerat 4th of July weekend. I love him so much!!! And like I mentioned 3 days in a row, thats not normal, thank god Adam had Thursday off, cuz they came and I had Sams pix scheduled that morning. What a mess. While I was gone he put a little swimmer on Quinn for a pull up (he didn't know it wasn't a pull up though) But he peeded through it and got pee everywhere. Ugh. Its been a long week. Have a good 4th!

I love a clean house!!!

The night before last while I was in the shower I felt the need to clean and I kept thinking about all of the things that I should clean the next day. So yestrday I woke up and I was in major cleaning mode. I didn't think I would actually want to clean like I thought the night before. But I got right to it. I called my sister-in-law and had her come over for the day. She helped withthe kids so I could just keep on cleaning. I only had to stop to feed Sam. It was great. I got everything done. I swept n mopped  all the hard surface floors, bleeched the bathroom, vaccumed carpets, organized the toy room, organized the storage room even!, LOL. I also got all of the laundry done, plus Cassy stayed here with the kids while I went and bought groceries ALONE! Isn't that what every mom wants? A trip to the store without the whole family? LOL. Sams new high chair came yesterday too! She seems to like it a lot! It matches the colors in the kitchen really well. But I think its time for me to end for the day. The computer screen is going haywire.... Can't wait to get a new one!

Me and the kiddos

That damn dog

This morning started off fine untill I pumped. I pump in our room and then take it out to the kitchen.Well this morning I didn't have enough hands to carry it all at one time. So I left 3 full bottles of milk on my night stand. (Which may I add I have done a ton of times before) and when I went back to getthem the dog had knocked one bottle over all over the bed and floor. I was so pissed I'm sure you could see flames coming from my head!!! A whole 6oz of liquid gold gone!!

Etsy.com give away in my friends shop!

Heck yea I'll post about her giveaway for a chance to win. No I'm not an avid bloger, but I like to do it no and again! My friend Shawna has an Etsy shop and I am so into etsy because of her. < No suck up intended. LOL. But I initally found out about it through her. There are so many great things to find and such cute things for little miss Sam. I was actually planning on contacting Shawna to see if she would be willing to make a hat for Sam. But then I read that she is doing a giveaway. How perfect is that!?! Either way if I win or don't I will still be seeing if she will do a hat for Sam. She makes some cute stuff! Not that I have followers, but if you are passing over my blog you should check out her blog http://www.nopaparazziplease.blogspot.com/ and her Etsy shop http://www.nopaparazziplease.etsy.com/ . Enjoy!

It's been a while

I haven't been on in a while to post anything. First our computer charger broke, by the time we got a new one I would forget to add a new post untill I was done with the computer. Anyways, I am now watching my cousions kids 3 days a week over the summer. Its ok, I kinda miss not having todo anything. That makes me sound lazy I know, but I was so used to it. Cameron can now ride his bike with no training wheeles.Yay for him. Sam is sitting up really well, she still falls over sometimes. But all is well.
Adam is not like swing shift at all, its so hard on his body. I hope he get off it in the near future. I just want him to know that no matter what shift he works it will never change our relationship and I will alawys love him through and through. He is my rock and I am so blessed to have him in my life.
Cameron spent ten days with his dad and o boy was it a fun first week home. He seemingly forgot all of our rules and was quite a naughty boy. He also informed me on the way home yesterday that he has two personalitles, bad Cameron and good Cameron. He is currently bad Cameron and he said good Cameron is gone. So nice to know that my five year old has self diagnosed himself with multiple personality disorder.
Sam had he 6 month check up. She now weighs 15lbs 14.5oz and is 26 inches. A growing girl. She did so awesome with her shots. She cried during the pokes but as soon as ther nurses let go of her legs she stopped crying and as soon as I picked her up she was all smiles. What a trooper I have. Its so fun to watch her learn new things. As mentioned before she is sitting really well and she is so interested in her toys now. But she would much rather sit to play than lay on her tummy. I thought the little stinker was cutting a tooth cuz she started to get a clear runny nose but then it turned to green and she got Adam and I sick too. Stinker!!!
Well, I think that should catch it up for the most part, I'm sure there are other things I could add that I'm not thinking of right now but owell. Here are some recent pictures.

                                                             Our mini photoshoot

                                                      First time in a highchair at a restarunt

                                                                      Mr. Cameron

                                                        Riding with no training wheeles

                                                                   My two loves

                                                     Time to end the blog! Goog night!
                                                         Sam with her taggie blankie

Busy night

In two hours I put laundry away, started new loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, put two kids to bed, and rearanged our living room. Crazy!! But WOW do I really want a pop now. LOL. No idea why. Sadly I took down our pack n' play and our full size swing tonight also. It makes me sad and makes me feel like my baby girl is bigger than she really is. But in reality we only used the pack n' play for the changing table and to put blankets and toys in. She never napped in it. She is a spoiled stinker and I usually always take a nap with her since both kids nap at the same time. So I usually let her sleep on my chest or in my arms. Bad bad I know. But she has no problem sleeping in her crib at night. So hey, I can do it a nap time only the way I look at it. There is always something to improve on with the next child right? And the swing, well I just don't think I use it very often and we have two protable swings. It takes a lot of space and I don't feel as if I or she will miss it that much. But all and all its still sad, it means my baby is growing. :( But on a nasty funny note, Cameron sat in doog poop outside in the grass. I Guess he learned that he needs to look at the ground before he sits down! LOL. Anyways I think its about time to head to bed!! How about I end it with a couple pictures.....

Mothers day

Today is mothers day. I'm spending it with my babies and I might go see my mom later today. This morning my wonderful husband is making Homemade hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast. Yumm... The kids got my a charmed memories bracelet, Cam drew me some pictures..... and what would mothers day be without baby Sam leaving me a present in her diaper! LOL. I'm glad that its going to be a good day outside. Maybe we can get a family walk in before Adam has to go to work. Well the computer is gonna die so I guess I'm ending my blog for today...

A new way of life

Adam started working his new shift last night. Swing shift that is. It is going to take a lot of getting use to. It was very odd not having him here to go to bed with. He loves to cuddle but I don't. But Its been over a year since he has worked 3rd shift and I realized that I feel so much safer when he is in bed next to me. I know he is my rock. I count on him and he is my everything. As I went to bed with out him last night I kept thinking did I lock the doors is everything shut of... And even though its a tiny town that we live in I kept thinking to myself " I hope no one trys to break in while Im home with the kids by myself". Silly I know. But I just have such a sense of comfort when he is in bed next to me.
On another note, I made a beef and noodles but with a new way. It turned out pretty good. Everyone liked it. Sam had Applesauce and cereal. Yumm! Cam is such a stinker now that it is light out longer he dosen't want to go to bed at 8pm which is is offical bed time. I'm thinking about moving it to 9pm though for the summer. I think he will do fine with it. But I tell ya, that kid has every excuse under the sun to get out of bed for. Today Sam wore two of her new outfits because she had a diaper blow out in the first on. It also bought her a bath.
Lastly, I think Cam is gonna be a pretty darn good baseball player as he gets older. He is already pretty good fir a 5 year old I think. Him and i went out after supper and played some ball. Even though I honestly can say that baseball is like the one sport that I hate and can't stand. I will put up with it for him. Love that little man!

Finally back

My computer is finally back!! It has been dead for what seems like forever. It feels great to have it back. I have not been able to checkmy e-mail, blog, or facebook in quite sometime. So muh has gone on. Sam was baptised and had her first easter. I got a free day and Adam stayed home with the kids while I went shopping. I got some of the cutest things for Sam. Cam dosent need much cuz he has a lot of short sleeve shirts already. Just a few pairs of shorts. Yesterday I pulled of a suprise baby shower for my best friend, I was very happy about how well it went! Even though I havent been on in forever this is all I really have to say!

Wiggle wiggle baby!

Sam loves to wiggle! So much that I bought he a breathable bumper for her crib. She wiggles up, down, sideways, and all over in her crib. It worriers her dad and I. It will be here tomarrow, I am excited.

But in relation to my last post, Sam and I walked to school to get Cam today and on the way home he saw all of the cars across the street at the Kramers. He asked if he could go give Courtney a hug, so we stayed in our front yard and I called her. While I was on the phone Kevins twin brother Keith walked by and then Cam ran over to the lady next door and blurted out "Hey Julie, Kevin died and went to heaven". Keith started crying and I felt like the worlds worst parent. I just took the kids inside because I had no idea what to say at that point. A little later Courtney called me and said she was out in the yard at her house. So Cam and I walked over (Sam too). Cam did pretty good. He gave Courtney a hug and said Sorry but then started to talk about what were they gonna do with kevy's truck. (It was sitting outside). But Courtney did really well with him. There have a lot of little kids that have been over there with family so I think she is use to the little kids. She likes Cam alot and now Sam too.

Here is an example of wiggle worm Sam, she started the night in the middle of her bed between the two rolled up blankets above her. Stinker!

Can we go back in time?

Yesterday we lost a great family friend. Kevin Kramer lived across the street and it was heart wrenching to watch out of our picture window from across the street while my husband stood by with the medics trying to save him. A great life was lost, I know that I did not know him long.... but the two years that I have know him he has been a great friend. I know that he was very close with my husband and father in law. It was a terrible feeling after my husband came back home knowing he was in our bedroom crying while I sat in the living room nursing our daughter. I know I can't be in two places at once, but I really wish I could have been. Kevin was such a humorus guy. Always joking and giving shit. I am going to miss him stopping in the street in front of our house to roll his window down to chat. It still dosen't seem real. It sucks. Kevin was one of the first people I met here in town when I started dating my husband. I am friends with his youngest daughter, Courtney. She is my age. I can not imagine what she is going through. What is it like to just not have your dad anymore? She will never have her father daughter dance. I feel for her. It sucks knowing that nothing I can say or do will help. Thankfully they have a LARGE family that is right by their side during this tough time. The thoughs and prayers go out from our home to theres. Kevin will be greatly missed, but heaven gained one hell of a good man yesterday. Rest in peace Kevy. I miss ya!!

This is our dear friend Kevin dancing with his daughter Courtney.

(I barrowed this picture from Courtney's FB page)

Attachment issues?

Today is day number two in a row of Sam being a crab butt of I set her down. She hasn't ever been like this. But if I dare put her down she will most likely have a fit and on the off chance that she dosen't, if I move to where she can't see me then she will for sure have a fit. This has been the past two days. I haven't posted a blog in the past few days. I told myself that I needed to get on to night and post.
I was thinking to myself today, how man times a day do I (or any parent) say no to my child in a day? Oh my gosh, I was trying to get some cleaning done today and Cameron kept asking me if he could color. I told his yes, once I have the kitchen and the kitchen table cleaned up he could. Litteraly ever few minutes he kept asking me if he could color yet or if I was done cleaning yet. I said "NO" an ungodly amount of times today. He can be such a stinker some days and the best little boy in the owrld others.
Currently Adam and Sam (who is way off her schedule) are sitting on the couch and Adam is attempting to sing nursery rhymes to her. He has sang just about every one, but the thing about it is that half way through he dosen't know the rest so he moves to the next and so on and so on. He is such a good daddy.
About Sam being off her schedule, last night and tonight she hasn't wanted to go to bed at her normal bed time staying up about an hour to an hour and a half past her normal bed time. But the two nights prior to last night she went to bed about an hour early and I think that it threw everything off. Can't wait to get her back on her schedule.

We bought Sam a new bouncy chair, I think she likes it.

(This picture was about a week ago)

This is Sams idea of tummy time, she dosen't liek it so she went to sleep!

And to end the blog on the perfect note, both of my babies full of smiles!

What a busy day

Today we watched my three little cousions. They are 7, 3, and 2. Plus our 5 year old and 4 month old. BUSY! The kids are sound asleep and shortly we will be aswell. Overall they day went pretty smooth. There were a few time outs, but it was ok. Thankfully it was super nice out so Adam spent most of the day outside and I was able to ship them out there for a while before and after nap time. Some how I managed to get my house clean while having all of them here. I was pleased with my work. It was the first time the boys have seen our new dog and I felt bad but I couldn't get them to listen at one point because they were going crazy with the dog so I had to put him in his crate for a little while to get the kids to calm down. Tonight Adam took Titan (the puppy) out and some friends were walking by with their dogs and Titan finally made a friend. So far up untill tonight he has met three other dogs, one wanted nothing to do with him and the other two were scared of him. By the way he is a while 2.5 lbs. So big and mean!! ;) We stood outside and talked for a little bit and had a few laughs. I have to say, I think it has been a pretty good day.

This is Titan, all 2.5 lbs of him!!

So I started a blog...

I've followed friends blogs in the past but never had my own. A few days ago I was doing laundry and I was wearing our daughter in her wrap while doing so. I happened to walk by a mirror and noticed that she was falling asleep. I stood there and just watched her fall asleep. It was the sweetest and most peacefull thing. At that moment I decided that I wanted to make a blog of my own. I wanted to document things like this. I may not blog everyday, but I want to as much as I can! I am looking forward to being in the blog world and plan to post pictures and continue to follow other blogs as well.

This is my daughter Samantha. She is just about 4 months old in the pic.

My son Cameron holding his baby sister. Cam is 5 years old.