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!