Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Thanks and an update.

Thanks everyone for stopping by to check on us and for your well wishes. We really appreciate them!

As for updates, there are not really many. The kids are starting to feel better today. Boog was feeling better yesterday but still coughing his head off and such. Tutti-Frutti is a little less crabby today, thankfully! We did skip music today so we were stuck inside another day. Sort of. We did escape to the DQ drive-thru for a dipped cone. You know, because those always make everything better. The kiddos had no fever so we figured we would treat them to a treat. They seemed to enjoy it. Until Tutti-Frutti decided that he wanted to hold his own cone in the car, in the carseat. Uh...no honey. I do not think so, Mommy will do it. Thanks anyway.

So, there we are. Dad and I are feeling better too, just wish the cough would go away...

Hopefully we will be up and running again soon.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Under the weather...

And boy is that an understatement. I will not be participating in Not me! Monday today. Not that I do not have plenty of those to go around from this past week but I honestly have not so much as turned the computer on in days. This is coming from my phone actually. This might get interesting to say the least.

Anyway, just about everyone in our house has been sick for the last week. Let me just say that Monday was our best day. Boog did not have school and Sour Apple got out at noon on Wednesday. We spent the rest of last week either in the dentist (remember last weeks Not me?) or at the doctor and/or the pharmacy. Daddy ended up taking 4 days off because he was sick. While I was at the dentist with all 4 kiddos on Thursday, he was seeing the doctor. He had bronchitis, got 2 shots and 2 prescriptions. Friday, we were in he doctor with the 2 little guys. Boog had pneumonia. Tutti-Frutti had an ear infection. After that visit we stopped at the pharmacy for another bag of drugs then off to the urgent care so I could be seen. I had bronchitis. I got one shot and 2 prescriptions. The weekend was rough. No one felt good. We shipped the 2 big kids off for the weekend hoping to spare them even though Sour Apple had just been sick the week before. The little guys ran fever all weekend. They had the chills. Tutti-Frutti slept nearly all day. We all felt horrible. We survived. Barely. Only to get up this morning with a tiny tot burning up again. Back to he doctor this morning with Tutti-Frutti. He has the flu. 2 more new prescriptions.

Boy we have sure spent a lot at the dentist, doctor and pharmacy since last Thursday. A mini vacation might have been cheaper. I am sure it would have been more fun.

Hopefully we are on the mend. Have a great week. I'll be back when I can.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

what a day

Let me start off by saying shouting...THANK GOD I AM THE ONLY ONE IN THE HOUSE WHO IS AWAKE!!! Do not get me wrong, I love my family...I love my kids and I love my husband but tonight I had had enough! Haha! Today was quite the day.

Well, I guess it actually started a few nights ago when we had our date night and went to bed way too late for our old selves then spent the rest of the night up and down with a cranky 17 month old. We spent all day Sunday waiting for bed time to roll around. We somehow got lucky enough to go to bed when the kids did at 8:30, I should have known better than to get excited. My thought was, well at least if I go to bed this early, it will not be quite so bad getting up with Tutti-Frutti at all hours of the night. What is up with this kid? Why will he not sleep?!? Anyway...I must have jinxed myself because we were in bed by 8:30 and he was up by 10:30 and then on and off for the rest of the night. Last night, we went to bed around 10:30, I guess I figured what's the point in laying down early, I will just get woken up soon anyway. We made it till about 1:45 when we woke to Boog coughing and hacking like he was a dying seal. Oh great, croup! Thanks! He was screaming like a wild animal, coughing, barking, crouping, crying, flipping out, freaking out and just plain going ballistic. My thought was...get him downstairs before he wakes the rest of them up! (I know, sensitive mother!) I remembered what the doctor had said each time we take him in for this, "take him out into the cool night air and he will begin breathing better." Uh huh, yea right! I am sure the neighbors were giving us the what for from their beds at around 2am. He was screaming and crying and flipping out wanting to go inside. I tried to calm him down, tried to explain that the cool air would help with his breathing...yadda yadda. He was not buying it. We finally convinced him to hush long enough to get him inside and do a breathing treatment, we had done inhalers while outside. We got him hooked up to the nebulizer and turned on the tv. Yay, we are watching tv at 2:30am! Just what I want to be doing. All the while I am crossing my fingers and praying that the commotion does not wake Mr Crabby in the Middle of the Night Pants! So...it is 2:30 and we are watching the new Disney Channel show Chuggington. Great. Not sleeping. Watching tv.

I try to convince Boog to sleep on the couch (it is way cooler downstairs) with someone, his choice, mommy or daddy. Nope, he is not having any part of that so upstairs we go, praying still. We get loaded up in the bed, Boog goes to sleep within 5 minutes, I get rolled over and snuggled up and comfortable and guess what happens!?! Yep, Tutti-Frutti is awake. Great. I go and pat him back to sleep, do not pick him up and SCORE he dozes back off so back to bed I go. I load up, roll over, snuggle up, close my eyes and guess what?!? Yep...it's him again. Great. I go back in, pat him to sleep, do not pick him up and SCORE he dozes back off so back to bed I go. This time, I load up, roll over, snug...CRAP. He is up again already. Does this kid ever sleep? What is wrong with my sweet precious baby boy? Why will he not sleep?!? So...back in, pat him to sleep, do not pick him up and SCORE...one last time. He is asleep good this time. Head back to bed, load up, roll over, snuggle up, close my eyes and bingo. I am sleeping. It is now 4am. 5am rolls around...guess what? Yep. Nevermind, send dad to get him, put him in the bed, I give up, nurse him, doze off and the FREAKIN ALARM GOES OFF!!! UGGG!

Today we had Boog's teacher conference at school to determine Kindergarten readiness...they say that he is ready. I am not.

We had music today. It was fun. An old friend from 4 years back who had a daughter in one of Boog's classes rejoined Tutti-Frutti's class with her new little girl. It was great to see them.

Come home, husband sick, big kids out to play nicely with each other (yay) have dinner, little kids cranky, husband with chills and cranky, put kids and husband to bed, come downstairs and (very quitely) do the "THANK GOD EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE IS ASLEEP" dance.

wheew. But I will leave you with a few shots from today. These were right before my crazy dog escaped from the house, (he NEVER runs off, until today) and headed across the road, to poop in the neighbor's yard (UGG) then disappear to the back of another neighbor's house, INTO their backyard (why was their gate open?) and up to BARK at THEIR backdoor, which was by the way being opened by one of their guests. Great, not only are my and I both in their backyard (uninvited) but we are caught! Sheesh...





i love my family!

Monday, February 1, 2010

Not me! Monday



Welcome to Not me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest and live to tell about it.

This weekend, my hubby and I did not get to have yet another night out this month (making the grand total stand at 2) with friends. Nope, not us, we always stay home every night, of every weekend to make sure we are the one putting the kiddos to bed. It was not a friend's birthday shindig that we attended and it was not at a karaoke bar! It was not an absolute blast either. Nope, we stood in a corner bored the whole time!

Being the shy gal that I am, while at the shindig, I did not join other women and actually sing a few songs either. Nope, way to super shy for that one!

This week, the kids are not out of school for a few extra days. They have to go every single day this week! So, as for making the best of them not having days off, I absolutely did not make a dental appointment for 3/4 of them on a day my husband has to work. Nope, what...do I look that crazy?!?

I am not enjoying this cold weather that blew back in either. Nope, not me. I hate the cold!

I am not thrilled that MOPS started again last Friday. I mean who would be excited about hanging out with their friends on a Friday morning, eating good food and having a 2 hour break from kiddos? Not me!

Ok, join the fun...head on over to MckMama's and join us! Happy Not me'ing!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Ok...so maybe I am a lame cheater?

I have not posted since last Monday? Seriously? Geez. Sorry. Anyway, back to the lame cheater part. I have been blog hopping this morning, you know, because I have hours to sit and do nothing this morning. Nothing better to do. Ha! Yea right. I commented on a post in a community that I belong to and got a few visitors. One of the ladies was nice enough to leave me a link back to her blog and I found this...ok, so the cheater part...today is not Friday and I needed a quick blog post to let you know I was still alive. So here we go. She does a thing at her blog called Five Question Friday and it looked fun.

My Little Life

These were the questions and here is what you are supposed to do. Copy and paste them to your blog then go back to her post, if you like and link up to join the fun. I think I might try to do this weekly. What do ya think? Sound fun?

1. Would you ever vacation alone?


2. Do you go the speed limit?


3. Why did you start blogging/following blogs?


4. Where do you shop for yourself?


5. What was the song that you danced your first dance with your spouse to at your wedding...or...what song would you like your first dance to be to?

So...here are my answers.


1. Would you ever vacation alone?

Humm, well...actually, I probably would have at a different time in my life. I would not now because I would not want to leave my wonderful husband or our children at home. I would love to go on a get away with just my hubby, but when the kids are older. Back before Boog came along, when the other two were older, we took weekend get aways sometimes monthly or at least every few months. Boy have times changed! I cannot imagine leaving my two little sweeties over night, muchless for a weekend!

2. Do you go the speed limit?

My answer is complicated here. I mostly do the speed limit. On the freeway, I might go about 5 mph over but not usually more than that. Sometimes I go faster. In more residential(ish) areas, I nearly always go the speed limit. So...my answer is mostly.

3. Why did you start blogging/following blogs?

Wow...let me see. I started following blogs when a friend of mine gave me the link to hers so that I could see her daughter's halloween costume. At that time, I really was not aware that there were actual blogs that were like a website. Duh!?! I thought they were just mainly something that people did on myspace under the blog section. Haha. Look how far I have come. I think that was a little over 2 years ago. Maybe 3 but I cannot remember. As for starting a blog, I started one in early 2008 when I was pregnant with Tutti-Frutti but really did not do much with it. I did not know what to write about, what to post pictures of, if anyone would even read it. I started actually giving the address out to family in emails when they would email to ask how we have been and for me to send them some pictures of the kids. I used to put albums up on snapfish all of the time and then email them all links and it was draining at times. I had to remember to make sure that EVERYONE got the email invite to view the pictures or I was toast. If someone got it and not someone else, there was major explaining to do. This ended up being a lot easier for me to keep up with. Until Tutti-Frutti got mobile that is! I decided to try to keep up with it because it is a great place for far away family and friends to catch up on what is going on with us and see recent pictures of the kiddos.

4. Where do you shop for yourself?

Shop for myself? Seriously?!? I do not really shop for myself but I guess when I do it depends on what I am buying. I shop at Bath and Body Works because I love their body washes and lotions, I love Old Navy and Kohl's for clothes, and I love me some Target! I do not even have to have a reason to go to Target, but I usually do not end up buying myself anything there. I really only buy things for the kids unless I JUST NEED something.

5. What was the song that you danced your first dance with your spouse to at your wedding...or...what song would you like your first dance to be to?


Are you kidding? I am Baptist, we do not dance! Har dee har har! Ok, seriuosly I was raised Baptist and as a general rule, they do not dance, I do! But, as for a wedding dance, it did not happen. We got married in Vegas! Woo hoo! We love to dance though, some of my fondest memories from early in our relationship are of us dancing. Not necessarily to soft, sweet, slow songs though! Ha! As a matter of fact, we danced just last night. If I had to pick a slow, sweet song for a dance with my husband, it would probably stress me out. There are a lot of great songs for that. My mind just seems to have drawn a blank right now. Get back with me later if you really really want an answer to what my all time favorite soft sweet slow dance with my wonderfully sexy husband would be.

Hey, that was actually pretty fun. Maybe I should have a Q&A post sometime. What do you think? Leave a comment if you would like to see that happen and tell me what you want to know. Humm, I could be asking for serious trouble!

If you enjoyed this, head over to My Little Life and let Mama M know, you should give this a try too, it was fun and I did not have to come up with something new and orginal today! Yay, it was a win/win!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Not me! Monday



Welcome to Not me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest and live to tell about it.

There is no way that today I was considering taking a day off and not doing Not me! Monday because honestly...I didn't think I had anything. Nope, not me!

This morning when we got up, it was not me who had completely forgotten about an appointment for Boog at the ENT that we have been waiting for for several months. Nope, not me. I keep everything on my calendar and set reminders and reminders for the reminders. I would never forget an appointment.

Upon remembering the appointment at 7am, it was not me who began to freak out and rush and try to get kids up and ready and myself into the shower. Nope, we had a leisurely morning getting ready for schoool. I would never rush my children in the mornings, especially because I myself had forgotten about something.

It was not me that had forgotten that Sour Apple had one more basketball game, TODAY after school. It was not me who did not find this out until we were pulling into school. Of course, it is also not me who will be taking a basketball uniform to the school on my way home from Boog's appointment. Nope, we are prepared and always ready for anything!

It was not me who on the way to school was about to get seriously hacked off at my car because it would not warm up this morning. Our crazy Texas weather always has us guessing so it was not me this morning who did not start the car 15 minutes before we left. It was not me who discovered once we were half way to school that the reason my car would not warm up is because the thermostat was half in the middle of hot and cold! Oops!

It was not me who once arriving back home, tried to let the dog outside by opening the pantry door! Nope, I know what I am doing every second of every day! I would never make an idiot of myself! NEVER!

Lastly, it was not me, with lots of help from Sour Apple that spent most of the weekend cleaning and organizing the downstairs and playroom. Nope, I mean seriously...the playroom? Why on earth would we do that? You know as well as I do that as soon as these two little creatures get in there to play, it will be back in the shape it was in, if not worse, in less than half an hour!

Wheew...Ok, off to finish getting ready for the appointment that I did not forget about!

Happy Not me'ing! Now head on over to MckMama's and join the fun because she will not be hosting a Not me today...I mean seriously, she was on a cruise last week, no way she'll join the fun!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Ice Skating...take 2

Ok...as promised here are pictures from our second round of ice skating. But...consider yourself warned, picture quality is awful. Rest assured we all had a great time (most of us anyway) on the ice. It was cold, dark and the little one was cranky, we swapped out on who was taking pictures, we have red eyes, shadows and babies pulling on arms...you name it and it probably contributed to the picture taking ability!

Good news is, we ran into friends and family while there!

At this rink, they had little walker type things for the little people to skate with, Boog was gettin' after it! The only complaint we had was they only had the double blade skates that buckled over shoes and they were hard to keep on. The place we went before, the double blades were actually boot skates with a double blade, much better, but...



Movin' right along.



Big brother taking little brother for a quick spin. He loved it when we took turns pushing him fast around the rink. Sorry to say (well maybe not sorry) that there are not any pictures of me pushing him around the rink! I do have some of Lemon Drop's friend pushing him but do not have permission (well, actually I just did not ask) to post them.



Big sister and little brother, and yes, I know she is blurry. Refer to top of post! Haha



The older kids skating along, or holding on in Lemon Drop's case...she did a lot of holding on. I do not think she got skates that actually fit right until right before we left.



Silly girl.



Here we go...she is actually skating here. Way to go! Woo hoo!



A shot of the cousins (well, part of them we were missing the 2 little brothers in this picture) they had such a great time skating together.



We really did have a great time and it worked out perfectly that it was actually cold (like really cold) when we went. It made it more of a real experience for the kids. Living in Texas, they do not get many "real winter" experiences.