Favorite Foto Friday # 3

H jumping in puddles

L jumping in puddles

G leaping on the table.

Happy Leap Day! I forgot to add the link to Kiss the Frog For Me, if you want to join.

Another Thursday

H had her checkup today for her post UTI. Her pee still wasn't completely normal, but the Dr. said that happens to everyone. So not to worry unless she has another, then we will talk more about it. The OT called today to set up G's appt. We will go in on Monday for his testing. In answer to the reply about changing Dr.'s. It isn't the Dr. all the things that have been wrong with G are all legit things. Here is a little history for those of you who don't know. Last march we went out of state for a visit to some friends. There was a b-day party and i decide to give him some ice cream, within about 5 minutes, he started to cough. But since he had asthma, I thought it was just that his asthma. Within 15 minutes, he was covered from head to toe in hives. And was having trouble breathing. I called the ped, and gave him some benadryl, and a breathing treatment and watched him. It did calm him down and all was well. SO I decided after a couple of weeks to try again, same thing happened. SO I took him to the ped, who was very dismissive about it being a true milk allergy, so I took him to an allergist and had him tested. He was indeed allergic to milk, and eggs and a few other things. He also had reflux until a few months ago, which was also valid, as he would walk around spitting up everywhere all the time. I trust the Dr. I think poor G just has a few issues. Also my best friend is an OT, and I had talked to her about it before I ever talked to the ped, and she had said the same thing. I just get frustrated because he just has so much wrong. I also want to say that I didn't think the comment rude at all, thanks for your input. I just wanted you to know that I totally trust the Dr. I have changed before when I didn't agree. And as with the allergies, I am not afraid to find another Dr. if I don't agree. Sometimes a kid just cant catch a break. I will keep you posted on how the appointment goes on Monday.
On a good front. I was asked to serve on our Local Light the Night Committee. I am so excited about this. I so wish that I could start my own non-profit to help with the childhood cancer awareness, and someday I will ,just right now I don't have the people or the money to do it. But someday I will. For those of you who are new to my blog. I am a proud member of Friends of Heroes. This is a group that raises awareness about childhood cancer. It was started in honor of a child named Allie Scott. I have been a proud member for 3+ years now and have found that I have a great compassion for these children. I wish I could do more to help, but as I said someday I will. I promise. Anyway back to the Light the Night this is a walk to raise funds for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. I was the team captain for our Local Friends of Heroes team last year, and after the walk The LLS called and asked if I would be in the committee this year. We will meet next month. They called yesterday to set up a meeting.
G and L have been in a mood all day. G has been crying most of the day and L has been whining. I was just about to go crazy. I hope they are not getting sick. I am hoping that we can do something fun this weekend with the kids. We need to get out as a family and do something. We will be delivering our cookies this weekend. If ya need cookies let me know. Oh yes the Girls scout thing. I sent an email to all my parents letting them know that I was thinking of joining a new troop, and I did have a parent step up and say she would start helping out, I hope that really happens. Man I just cant do it alone. And as I said I don't really want to give it up, I just don't want to do it alone. I am also hopeful that if I stick it out this year next year there will be new girls to join hence more parents to help. We will see. Wish me luck. Well I guess that is all for tonight. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.

G's 18 month appointment

We are never going to the Dr. again. LOL Every time we go, something else. G doesn't eat much, and most of the time he just chews it up and spits it out. The Ped. thinks he has a toddler eating disorder. Basically he missed the window if time when an infant learns to chew and swallow, so he gets it in his mouth, chews it up and then doesn't know what to do. So now we are off to an occupational therapist. GREAT! One more Dr. for this poor little guy. Man I hope that he gets this all taken care of. This poor little guy just gets it all. Reflux, asthma, allergies, now a food disorder. I feel so bad for him. As a mom one of the worst things if if you child is sick or suffering. On a good note, his weight is now in the 50% and his height is only 10%, and his head is in the 95%. If the poor kid could just grow into his head he would be a good size. LOL
Today when we woke up it was snowing, but not that bad and school was still on. Thank goodness. But as I was taking L to school people were still calling the radio station to ask about school. It was 8:30, school started at 7:45. If you don't have your kid in school by that point you are late and should really stop worrying about school being canceled and get off your ass and take your kid to school. Some people are just not so bright. It worries me that these people have kids. You have to wonder about people!
It has been a good but quite week here, not much to report. Tomorrow H will go back for a re check from her UTI. So I will update more later.

Favorite Foto Friday #3 Then and Now

We are all well Now! Thanks for the well wishes.

These are my favorite kind of photos, then and now. Thanks to Kiss the Frog 4 me for doing this each week!

H-

The picture the hospital takes for you. They are never great.




Just a few minutes old




On her way to see Hannah Montana







L-

Just a few hours old Grandma had just arrived and was holding her.



Isnt she sweet?



This is how she likes to pose everytime you try to take her picture





G

Just born



On his way home from the hospital


Cheese! this is what he says everytime he sees the camera!

I think we are on the mend

I kept both girls home today, just to be on the safe side. But everyone seems to be well. And now they have called off school thursday and friday due to teacher illness and not enough substitutes. Great! That means an entire week of no school for the kids. Does it make me a bad mom that I need H to go to school tomorrow? G had one more really bad diaper today, but other than that he has had no fever or anything else. So I think that is good. Now if we just make it through the rest of the week.
I got my van back today new DVD player and all. Take a guess how much it was to install? $634.00. Good thing the other dealer is reimbursing us, or should I say my mom who had to put it on her credit card. The kids were ever so excited to have thier car back and the new dvd players.
I dont think I have shared my girl scouting dilema, so I will share that with you.
H desperatly wanted to be in brownies this year, so thinking this was a good way to spend time with her, I volunteered to help out. Well I got to be the leader, which at first seemed great. Until it started, and I was the only leader, no co-leader. Now I only have 4 girls in my troop, but I am left to plan out all the meetings and get all the crafts ready all of everything falls on me. I am the cookie mom, I was the nut mom. I am just overwhelemed. I do have one mom that has offered to help, but we just never seem to be able to get together. So I decided to email the council leaders and let them know that I was interested in combining my troop with another. I found one that has 14 members, and are going to speak to the parents about us joining next week, and a have a couple of others who have offered as well. Thing is I kind of like the idea of being the leader, I just want more help. Now I am stuck thinking should I really combine or just rough it out and hope maybe next year it gets better? Any ideas?
Anyway I guess that is all for tonight, till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.....................................

And so the illness has hit everyone now

After I posted last night, my stomach started to feel a little funny. I decided to take a bath and try to convince my body that I was not sick. LOL It did not work I took a bath and laid in bed and after about an hour, I was up sick to my stomach. I thought oh no mommy cant be sick with everyone else sick. But atlas I was and there was nothing I could do about it. After about and hour I finally fell asleep. I was awakened again at 4am when H came in, and L was asleep in the floor in the hallway. Then G started to cry as well. I felt a little better this morning, poor G seems to have gotten the worst of it he is now running a fever and threw up this morning and has had diarreha all day. L was feeling ok today , and H said her tummy hert but luckily she never got sick. So hopefully tomorrow everyone will feel better and be back to school.
I didnt post about my van last night, but apperantly I am the guinnea pig for installing the DVD player in the new body style Dodge caravan. I dropped it off on sunday night, and at 5pm this afternoon they were still not finished with it. They did give me a used mini-van to drive yesterday so at least I have a car. Hopefully they will get it done tomorrow, the girls are ever so excited to have the new dvd player in the car.
Well not much exciting going on here in the sick house, so I am off to clean up the mess of a house before bed. Night all. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come......................

BTW I still cant get the blogger spell check to work any bloggers got any ideas?

I need to pass this on!

One in every 330 Americans will develop cancer by the age of 20. On the average 12,500 children and teens will be diagnosed with some form of cancer each year in this country, of those, over 2,300 will die. In the U.S., about 46 children are diagnosed with cancer every weekday. The incidence of childhood cancer has increased every year for the last 25 years. It strikes children from all ethnic backgrounds and every level of financial income. IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF OUR CHILDREN !!!!!!!!!!!!!The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) federal budget for 2003 was $4.6 billion. Of that, breast cancer received 12%, prostate cancer received 7%, and all 12 major groups of pediatric cancers combined received less than 3%. A cure can only be found if you help. Helping is great, but make sure you help the right organization. Research has angered me to know what very little funding is actually going towards trying to save our children. Here is what the following organizations give towards research: *The American Cancer Society (ACS) gives 14%, ($.14 for every dollar donated) of their dollars towards research. This is 14% for all types of cancer, infants through adults. The two biggest fundraisers that the ACS has every year all across the country is the "Relay For Life" and "Daffodil Days". So yes, that means those fundraising efforts will only fund 14% towards research. The National Childhood Cancer Foundation, www.nccf.org uses 94% of every dollar donated towards research. AMAZING!!!National Childhood Cancer Foundation supports the work of the Children’s Oncology Group, the world’s largest cooperative childhood cancer research organization. The Foundation is dedicated to educating the public, increasing awareness and raising funds for childhood cancer research. The Children's Oncology Group unites the best of the academic and clinical research worlds to move the most promising treatments from the lab into clinical trials. This association of more than 5,000 dedicated experts in childhood cancer research and treatment are located at more than 235 Children's and University hospitals, and Cancer Centers in the United States.CureSearch (www.curesearch.org) is dedicated to reaching the day when every child with cancer can be guaranteed a cure.Are you asking yet how you can personally make a difference so that a cure is found? I need not remind anyone that it is an election year. Our voices can be heard. You can by help by contacting your congressman and other elected officials and have them sign The Conquer Childhood Cancer Act HR1553 and S911. Go to: www.curesearch.org/news_and_media/news_article.aspx?id=4612 . Click on this link and it will tell you everything you need to know. Or read below:The Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 is a landmark piece of legislation which authorizes $150 million over a five-year period to expand support for biomedical research programs of the existing National Cancer Institute-designated multi-center national infrastructure for pediatric cancer research, establish a population-based national childhood cancer registry, enable researchers to more accurately study the incidence of childhood cancers and long-term effects of treatments, and provide funding for informational and educational services to families coping with a diagnosis of childhood cancer."One child who suffers from cancer is one too many,” said Congresswoman Pryce. “But today, we are introducing legislation that will bring us closer to a goal universally shared by all humanity; the eradication of pediatric cancer. Clearly, a compassionate society and one that is so abundant in its revolutionary research and advancement, can and should place a higher priority on combating childhood cancer – and that is what our bill does.” “We must launch an all-out battle against pediatric cancer by providing additional resources, improved treatment and more centralized, accessible information – all in the effort to eradicate the number one cause of death by disease for American children,” stated Chris Van Hollen.“As a parent myself, I can think of nothing more painful than a parent having to helplessly watch their child die. Here in the Congress, we are obligated to prioritize our federal spending and I can think of no greater priority than our children. They are our most valuable and precious resource we have and we must do everything we can to protect them," stated Congressman Michael McCaul. “When a child is diagnosed with cancer, suddenly the whole family’s life can change overnight. Often times, a parent will have to quit their job to stay home and care for their child,” said Senator Reed. “The Conquer Childhood Cancer Act will deliver much needed hope and support to children and families battling cancer and more resources for vital pediatric cancer research programs.”“Childhood cancer has tragically claimed far too many lives, but I believe there still is hope,” said Senator Norm Coleman. “Childhood cancer is a unique condition. Although we’re finally making progress on increasing survivorship, we’re finding that there are unique health issues faced by survivors throughout their lifetime. This legislation helps ensure that researchers, physicians and families have the tools they need to confront this disease. By working together, we can hopefully get that much closer to finding a cure to this terrible disease.”Chase Meacham, a 15-year-old cancer survivor of osteosarcoma, joined other families of children with cancer and childhood cancer advocates to share his story with congressional leaders. “The term cancer danced in and out of my mind, but I dared not utter the word. I was a child and children didn’t get cancer,” said Chase. “We need to find a cure for those lonely children because they may not be around tomorrow. Cancer is their fight, but it is our responsibility. I am here today to ask for your help and support – together, we will find a cure. Thanks to research, I am a survivor.”“CureSearch is extremely grateful to these dedicated Members of Congress who are shining a national spotlight through the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007,” said Executive Director, Stacy Haller. “We will work together to get this legislation passed. The future of our children is at stake

Here is what the LIVESTRONG organization had to say about our next president :Cancer: The Issue All Candidates Should Be Running AgainstSince President Richard Nixon declared war on cancer in 1971, the disease has never drawn any significant political attention or opposition. Until now.In August, the Lance Armstrong Foundation invited all of the presidential candidates to address the cancer burden in our country. At the LIVESTRONG Presidential Cancer Forum, six candidates pledged to renew the war on cancer and to make cancer a national priority.The LIVESTRONG Presidential Cancer Forum made cancer a ballot box issue for the 2008 presidential elections. Our next president MUST be focused on the cancer issue. He or she must be committed to our health and well-being and have the political will to do something about it.Cancer must remain part of the national dialogue, and you can help. Learn about candidates' commitments to the war on cancer and spread the word to your friends and family that cancer is an important issue for our nation.Soon you will have the opportunity to cast your vote. The millions of people affected by cancer across the country are counting on you.Of the candidates that are still on the ballot at this time, Clinton, Huckabee were the only presidential candidates in attendance at this Presidential Cancer Forum. However, I understand that Obama’s mother died of cancer at the age of 52, so I believe he too may have an interest in the cause. Each and every one of us has been affected cancer. Is it your daughter, mom, sister, fatmust be focused on our health and well-being and have the political wPerhaps we all need to call Senator John McCain’s office who is still not on board yet…( I have personally already done that) His phone number is: (202) 224-2235. Tell the person that answers that we need them to deliver a message to Senator McCain. Ask that he cosponsor the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act S 911. Let them know that we are aware that he is the ONLY person who is running for President who is not a cosponsor of S 911. Please stress to them that this Law is of personal and NATIONAL concern and you want your message delivered to the senator. Be firm about this!Or you could also send a letter to John McCain via his website at http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm. please customize the letter if you have time.! By the way, has anyone notice the number of the bill? 911…We need this to be passed PRONTO!!!!Please click on the link below and watch the video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGS4yE5v9rMIf this were your child, would this be acceptable?

Now it is moving through the house

Well Happy Monday to us! G woke up and puked again, then in the afternoon after playing at the neighbors house, L came home and said that her tummy hurt, now sh ehas been puking all day. Hubby is also throwing up as is my step son. So the only two still well at our house are me and H. I am sure that we will get it too. GREAT! I called all my brownies parents and canceled the meeting for tomorrow. Dont you wish you were at oour house right now? It is loads of fun! I will of course be spending the week sanitizing to get all these stupid germs from our house. This is the fun life around here, one mommy, 3 sick kids and a sick hubby. How do I keep up?!?!?! That is all the blog I can manage for tonight. Wish us well.

Sick Baby

Well I woke up this morning to G crying, I went in and was overwhelmed by the horrible smell in his room. I looked ot get him out and his bed was covered in throwup! YUCK! I got him up, took him downstairs to change him. Now I have changed alot of diapers in my 6 years as a mom, and have never had one that made me want to throw up, but the smell in this diaper was horrible. I stripped him of his clothing and put him in the bath. We came back down and I gave him a bottle, which resulted in another of the horrible diapers, and then throw up everywhere. Poor little guy. This was how our entire day went. It is now 12:12am and he is still up, I just gave him a bottle since the last time her threw up was about 4 hours ago, we shall see if he keeps it down. I tried pedilyte, but he wont drink it. I am hoping that he keep this one down. Keep your fingers crossed that he will make it threw the night without throwing up. Poor little guy. I feel so bad for him. We will be without car tomorrow, I took mine and dropped it off to get the window fixed and the dvd palyer installed, so we will see how he does. Well I am off to cuddle little G. night all till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come...............................
P.S. I cant get the spell checker on blogger to work anymore and suggestions?

Favorite Foto Friday #2 Sleeping angels

L cowgirl baby

L sweet and innocent

L snow baby


H first day home from the hospital

H

H asleep at Mrytle beach

H asleep on daddy's arm




G after Christmas


G asleep after his first b-day party

Valentines 2008

Happy Valentines to all of you out there! I hope you all had a great day! Ours was well another day in the life of a mom with three kids. LOL


L got up at 6:30am. WTF? I asked her why are you up so early. I get up at 6:45am to get H ready for school, but I wanted my 15 more minutes. Anyway by 7am everbody was up. I had put out thier valentines on little sacks by the fireplace so they were ever so excited to see them. Anyway I was to send strawberries for H's class today(red theme), I told her to take them, so what does she do, walks out the door without them. I open the door and tell her and she says "NO Mrs. B. didnt say to bring those" I calmly explain to her that the room mom had organized the food and she was to bring these. I should have seen this as a sign for how the day would go. As I was on the computer totally neglecting L and G, L got a cup of juice and poored it all over G's hair, the floor and the train table. I thought it was water at first as I had heard her getting water and told her to put it away. Well after about 30 min when his hair was still wet looking and I felt it, I realized that it was in fact juice. I asked L why she had done that and she said I thought it was funny! I saw nothing funny about it. Well it was about G's nap time so I decided to just wait to bathe him after nap. Well after I put him down for nap I went to get everything cleaned up for the day. Then these beautiful flower arrangements showed up from my mom, I had asked her to send flowers to the girls, as my grandma used to do this and the girls loved getting flowers. Well she sent me some as well.

Yes those are my christmas cards still hanging on the wall behind and yes I know I need to take them down. LOL Anyway arent the flowers pretty. Getting flowers just somehow makes you feel so loved. Poor G I remembered at 2:10 as he was still napping that I needed to get him up and give him a bath so we could leave at 2:25 to get H, so he had a sink bath and he was none to happy about it. Well we got H from school, she came home and went out to play for a while. I decided I would let them play with the shaving cream while I was getting dinner ready. G had never done this and I wanst sure how he would do, and it wasnt so good.

At first he really wasnt sure he wanted to stick his hands in it,

Then he tried to eat it, and finally smeared it all over his face, and was not to happy about it.


The girls had fun though.

After we were done with this, H had a friend over and they were up playing in her room. She came down and said we are watching a movie and want to know if we can have.... I stopped her there because we dont eat or drink in our room. I explained this to her(as if she didnt know) so she said well I am thirsty, so I told her she could have a glass of water, well this threw her into demon mode. She yelled NO as loud as she could and stomped off mouthing all the way to the stairs. So as calm as I could I told her she needed to tell her friend it was time to go home, well this called for super demon child. As she started to yell no scream at me as loud as possible that she would not ask her friend to leave. I told her yes she would or he would not be allowed over again. Well with that she stomped off still screaming at me. I ran upstairs and told her friend he had to leave since she couldnt behave, she was still screaming at me, so I walked over to her and said YOU NEED TO STOP NOW. I escorted her friend home and explained to his mom that he had done nothing wrong H could not behave. When I came home she was still screaming. SO I went upstairs, at this point I had lost my calm mommy mode and was PO. I got to her room and she had locked the door now I was super PO. I told her to unlock the door and she said no, I told her again unlock the door. She did and ran to her closet to hide. I told her to stay in her room until daddy got home. She came out about 2 seconds later and said mommy I need to come downstairs, I said no not till daddy gets home. Then she called L up and sent a note down that said mommy meet me in the living room. I told L go tell her no she must stay up. Finally daddy was home, she came down and appoligized and said I was a bad girl and I told her no that was beyond bad. I gave her a hug and told her I did not like that behavior. So we all sat down to eat. After dinner was bath time, where when it was time to get out she didnt like the towel that she was given so she screamed at daddy, so at 7:30 she was sent to bed. MAN who is this child?!?!?! What the heck is going on around my house this week?
G found H's lunch box and was entertained by it for about 30 min.






Well I am off to eat some much needed valentines chocolate.till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come......

My Best friend sent this to me in an email today and I thought it too funny not to share.
Thinking of Having Kids?
Do this 11 step program first!

Lesson 1
1. Go to the grocery store.
2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.
3. Go home.
4. Pick up the paper.
5. Read it for the last time.

Lesson 2
Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their...
1. Methods of discipline.
2. Lack of patience.
3. Appallingly low tolerance levels.
4. Allowing their children to run wild.
5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior.
Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.

Lesson 3
A really good way to discover how the nights might feel...
1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner)
2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.
3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.
4. Set the alarm for 3AM.
5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.
6. Go to bed at 2:45AM.
7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.
8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.
9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive) Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.

Lesson 4
Can you stand the mess children make? To find out...
1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.
2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.
3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed.
4. Then rub them on the clean walls.
5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.
6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?

Lesson 5
Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.
1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.
2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this - all morning.

Lesson 6
Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.
1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there.
2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.
3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.
4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.

Lesson 7
Go to the local grocery store.
Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.

Lesson 8
1. Hollow out a melon.
2. Make a small hole in the side.
3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.
4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.
5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.
6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air. You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby.

Lesson 9
Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.

Lesson 10
Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.

Lesson 11
Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.

Predator proof your blog

I got this from another blog friend Thank you for posting this. Please lets all think about doing this. For all of our safety

It has come to my attention that blogs are one of the favorite ways that sexual predators find their victims. They read through blogs and find pictures they like. Sometimes, they are able to find their prey just from the innocently posted information contained in blogs or online chat rooms. This is very scary to me. So why have a blog then, you might ask? Well, I think that blogs can be a great way to get the information out to your readers. I enjoy writing and putting up pictures for my friends and family to see. It is a great way to vent your frustrations or just get your random thoughts out there.
I went through my site this morning and did a few quick things to help protect my family. I would encourage everyone reading this to do the same thing. I got these ideas from the FBI’s National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. READ MORE
First go through your blog and look at each picture. Make sure that the pictures don’t contain any license plate numbers, street addresses, phone numbers, the name of your kids school, or any other identifying information that could potentially bring your loved ones in contact with someone who may wish to harm them. Delete the pictures that are in question or simply blur the part of the picture using a simple photo editing software.
Read each post. Make sure you don’t give out any personal information. Don’t name your work, your location, your kids school, the gym you hang out at, your frequently visited restaurant list, or anything that might point directly to your neighborhood. You also shouldn’t talk about future plans. For instance, don’t say you will be out of town next week, or you will be going to Joe Schmoes on Tuesday. Keep your posts informative but vague.
Following these simple rules you are helping to protect your family.
Oh and pass along the word to all your blogging friends… Let’s all be safe–rrr!

Wild Wednesday

WEll I got up this morning after calling in sick yesterday, and as I said the house was destroyed. I spent and hour and a half doing a job that normally takes me 30min in the morning. Good thing the girls were both at school as mommy was not a happy camper. There was crap scattered form one end of the kitchen to the other, and in the playroom was a plate (we are only supposed ot eat in the kitchen), that someone had eaten something sticky off of and sat on the train table where it was upside down and partially stuck to the table. I still need to mop the floor which I am off to do as soon as I get done here. The bathroom smelled like pee, I suspect that the three year old peed on the floor and it was left uncleaned. You couldnt even see the counters in the kitchen for all the crap sitting on them. It was frustrating. But I got it all cleaned up, and the floors all vaccumed.
As the girls got home, H was ready to make here valentine mailbox for school tomorrow, so I decided we would get some wrapping paper and turn it on the white side and use my valentine stamps to make a cute box, well of course L wanted to do it to. This was one of those ideas that seems good at the time until you are done and have to deal with the mess. When she was done there was blue stampin up ink everywhere. Now for those of you who have used stampin up before you know that it does not wash off of skin very easily, so she will be blue for a few days. And she got it all over her shirt. I am doubtful it will come out. When she was done, as I was cleaning the mess, I looked at her and she had wiped her blue fingers all over her face, which was now blue as well. I told her to go wash her hands. Notice I said go wash her hands. Well I was listening and the water just kept running and running, so I asked her what she was doing. She was washing the walls and her hair with the handsoap. GREAT! We were to leave in 20 minutes for cheerleading and she was soaked and her hair was covered with hand soap. They joys of a three year old. I am sure that somewhere in her three year old brain that was a good idea, but no where in my 32 year old brain was this good. I got her cleaned up and sent her off to find clothes, sending Hailee to help her. WEll she come downstiars 10 mintues later with no pants and no panties on. So I send her back up, and the whinning starts. At this point I started to look for my keys to leave, I looked everywhere. I thought I remembered seeing G with them at one point so I looked all the palces a one year old would think to put them. AT 6:05 we were supposed to be there at 6:00, I finally thought to look in the kithchen trash and guess what they were there. Man glad I looked before the trash got taken out, tomorrow is trash day and iI would have never seen them again. Off to cheerleading we went. For our hour and half worth of pure hell. G was climbing on everything, and I chased him the entire time. by the time we got home I was done for the day. Good thing it was bed time. Now I must go do my daily maid duty and clean up the kitchen from dinner and mop the nasty floor. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come....................

You Belong in 1968

You are a free spirit with a huge heart. Love, peace, and happiness rule - oh, and drugs too.

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I'm Calling in Sick

Well today I woke up with a horribly bad upset stomach. I laid here for a while, then I knew I was really sick, I had to call Michael home because I couldnt walk up the stairs to go get G. So for the first itme since ahving kids I had a sick day. Usually, you know as a mom, you just fumble through. But today I couldnt do that so I slept ALL day. And it was nice. Of course I will have to pay for it now, as the house is trashed. L poured water on the floor in the playroom, and the laundry room. The kitchen was already a mess but now it is worse. Basically it looks like 3 mini toranadoes went through my house.
So I am left to wonder, what would happen if I took off for an entire week? What would the house look like when I got back? The kids did get a bath tonight without me asking, so that was nice. At least I know they would be clean if I were gone. But we would have to hire a cleaning lady for the week if I were gone. LOL
Can someone come by tomorrow and help get the house back in order?!?!? LOL Man I dred that task, if I still didnt feel like death, I would get up and do it now. But, I just dont have it in me.
With Valentines only 2 days away we still havent made H's mailbox for school. Am I am bad mom or what? I tried to work on it the other day, but it looked horrible so I threw it out. So now what do I do? Well i guess after school we will hurry home and work on it before cheerleading. Oh crap I need to go feel out L's valentines for tomorrow. Night all.

I dont get paid enough for this.

As our day progressed, our monday just got worse. H's attitude didnt improve any, and brought everyone down with her. This is what I listened to all afternoon.




He can throw a fit! And here is a my sweet boy before another fit








He has been running a fever for three days now, I think it may be his teeth. And he is in a foul mood. Normally he is such a sweet boy. Who knows maybe those days are long gone. Maybe his sisters are rubbing off on him.





L and her peeing everywhere is about to drive me insane. If we are out anywhere but home she is great about going potty but if we are home, she insist on peeing just wherever. Which is really pissing me off. Why cant she just use the potty. I mean she isnt a dog. I have started making her stay in the wet pants or we will go through 5 or six pairs of pants and panties a day. I mean as if I dont have enough laundry.

We had a small victory for the day. G only had 2 bottles of formula all day.Total. That is down from about 6-7 a day! He had 2 sippy cups and whatever he could steal from the girls juice boxes. YAY! I am so happy. Welll I guess I will close, but I must share a few pictures with you.

Just playing in the rain

Playing the drums is fun!

This is what happens to daddy whne he plays to much rock star, he thinks he needs to fix his hair like a rock star!

Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come...........

WE ARE DRINKING FROM A CUP!

Finally after trying and trying and trying to get him off formula and drinking from a cup. Today he has only had one bottle of formula, and he has had 2 sippy cups of juice. I am so excited. He is 17months onld and finally he is drinking out of a sippy cup. Before when you gave him a cup he would throw it at you.
He also ate a full bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal for luch! He had a banana, and of course some fruit snacks for dessert. Did I mention he is a fruit snack feind. He loves them, and everytime you open the cupboard he is right there to to try to get them out. He also likes hot dog weenies, so he tries to get in the fridge everytime you open it. Finally he is starting to eat and drink something other than formula. Now if I can just get him off the formula all together. poor kid he has such limited things he can eat with his allergies.

Can I tell you how much I dont like monday's. Almost every monday when I pick H up she is such a grouch, today was no exception. Here is the conversation without a hi or anything.

ME: How was your day?
H: Did you get me Mcdonalds?
Me: No
H: Well can you get me some?
Me: No not today
H: Tomorrow?
ME: I dont know maybe
H: Yes you will get it tomorrow.
Me: (trying not to loose my patience) We will see
H: Can Maggie come over?
Me: no, they are going home
H: (in the whiney voice she is so famous for) Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut I want her to
Me: Lets get in the car
WE walk to the car where she starts in again
H: Did you get me a snack?
Me: no
H: (again in the whiney voice) But I need a snack
Me: You can get one when we get home
H: But our food is yuck! We have nothing
Me: Sorry Hailee
H: Can Maggie pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease come over?
Me: didnt I already say no Hailee?
L: Mommy (kicking the back of my seat) I need a drink!
Me: You will have to wait till we get home
L: Ok mommy
then a cup was flung to the frount of the car, from my sweet little L who wanted a drink.
Man Ihate mondays!

I was reading

I was reading some Blogs that I follow and on one of them was the annual blog of the year nominations, so i went to check it out, and I found two great blogs that I thought all moms should look at. These are both blogs written by mothers and they are great.
1.Ashley's closet
2.Because I said So

You must read these, they are so funny. If youare a mom you will so apprciate these. They are real and you can so relate, espcially if you have more thatn one kid. I just thought I would share.
Night All

As the weekend comes to an end

As our weekend comes to a close, it has been a laid back weekend. G has been running a fever all weekend, so we have laid low. I did take my car in yesterday mornng to have them look at the door and the window. They had to order a part to fix the window, and he said I was lucky that it it didnt break and fall off in the door whrn I got it rolled down. The clip that holds it in the when rolled down was broken. So they disabled it so it wouldnt break in the door. Hmm that would suck! I started a new blog for help with those thathave little ones with that special item, you know the one that goes everywhere with them, that they cant be without. Well this website it to help find a new one if yours is lost, it is just a blog and I only started it tonight, so if you know anyone who might need it pass it along lost lovies.
I have a few prayer request, First Ethan it looks like the cancer is continuing to grow even after a second bone marrow transplant. Secong little Jaxon, he had liver transplant and the lover is failing and he is back on the transplant list.
I hope G will feel better tomorrow, I am hoping it is just that he is getting teeth in. Anyway that is all for tonight, till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell the you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come...........................

Breakfast of Hope Video

This is why I am so compasionate about this. How can you look at these faces and not want to help find a cure? Thank you Heather for sharing this video

Favorite Photo Friday #1

I got this from another blog Kiss the Frog 4 me and thought it was fun so here goes.


H on her first birthday eating a cookie

L eating Carrots. She is still this messy when she eats. LOL

L eating sphagetti in 06

G and his cake on his first birthday.

Prayers

Please pray for Hubby's Grandma, she was in the hospital last week, and now she is home, but a nurse is coming to the house 3 days a week, and has advised her that she need to get her affairs in order and draw up a power of attorny. She is scared. She has a bad heart and her haelth has been failing for the past few years. She is tired, and she needs our prayers. Please pray for her and for the family. Espically Michael, he has always been really close to her and this is really hard on him.

Reflections

I sat today and thought about my life and what it has become. Never did I think fifteen years ago that I would be married to Michael, have three kids and be a stay at home mom. Twelve and a half years ago when Mike and I started dating my life was headed on a much different path. I was engaged to be married to someone else, I was working and going to school. I never thought about having kids at all. I was focused on school and work. Then as I started moving up the ladder at work, my focus became work. When Michael came back into my life (we knew each other in high school), the furthest thing from my mind was marrying him and having children. I was content, I thought I was happy with my life. When he came into and showed me how fun I could be and how fun he and I were together. He showed me love like I didn't know. I was willing to settle for what I had. Don't get me wrong, the person I was with was a good person, but he wasn't the person for me. He let me walk all over him, and do what I wanted and I called the shots. He was younger than me, and he and I were very different people from different backgrounds. Michael and I were alot alike and shared alot of interest. So when I called off my wedding in August of 1996, and started to date Michael it was all new. I moved out of my moms house in with my best friend Marley, and that next Valentines Mike proposed to me. I cant believe 11 years ago he asked me to marry him. Michael saw me for who I was, he stood his ground with me and never let me get away with to much, he still does most of the time. And I love him for that. The next Aug we were married with family and my best friend Brandie in Vegas. It was great. We honeymooned with his family at Disney Land, and all was good. A few months later I found out I was pregnant, and lost the baby. I was devastated. I really wanted that baby. I think then I realized I truly wanted to be a mom. The next year as I was focused on my job I was pregnant again, and again lost the baby. I was again devastated. But I think God know the perfect time to give us H and I cant imagine life without her. Looking back now although I am sad for the two babies I lost I know that we were young and it was for the best. I know they are in Heaven watching over us. I know they met my Grandma as she entered the Holy Kingdom. In 2000, when I learned again I was pregnant, I was excited but cautious. We took all the precautions to make sure she came into the world safe and sound. My pregnancy was great until the end when my blood pressure got dangerously high, and I previa and was put on bed rest. Until years later I guess I never realized how serious it was the morning H was born. I am glad it all happened the way it did and that I have her. After she was born I was prepared to continue with my career path, until one week in October 2001 I was set to go back to work the next week when I got a call from my grandma, They wanted to help us out and let me stay home with H for the first year of her life, they were going to help us keep up with our bills for a year. This again was Gods doing, he knew that in a few month I would have had to quit this job to follow my husband on his career path to North Carolina. My grandparents did help us, not only that year, but in the years to follow. They have never really stopped helping me. I mean I got a car from my grandpa this Christmas. I am truly blessed to have my family. And I love them so much. In 2004 when I found out I was pregnant with L I was excited to have my second child and we awaited her arrival. She came 20 days early, again due to my blood pressure. My mom flew in that day and out 3 days later. She stayed with H and it was a blessing. After L arrived, I thought I was done having kids. I didn't get my tubes tied, "just in case" In Nov I spoke with my Dr. about getting an IUD put in, I we told yes. As soon as I started my next period to call and they would do it. Well I waited and waited, that just never happened. I believe this was Gods way of telling me I needed my little boy and then I was done. I also believe this was Gods way of helping my through the tough year that would be 2006. I never really wanted a little boy. I mean I had 2 girls and didn't really know what to do with a boy. But he has been a true blessing from the beginning. I picture my Grandma in Heaven telling him all about us before his arrival here on earth. I believe she chose the perfect little boy for us. God I miss her so. 2006 would turn out to be the worst year of my life, with the exception of G's arrival the year was horrible. When I was 6 month pregnant suddenly and unexpectedly my light was snuffed out. One June 12, when my Grandma died a part of me was gone too, a part that until I die and meet her in Heaven will never be whole again. She was my everything. Then On August 14, just 2 weeks before G was born Vicki left this earth as well. She and I were not that close as we didn't see eye to eye on much, but in my own way I did love her and I do miss her. I know that it has been hard for Michael although he NEVER talks about it. I know he misses her. Thank God for Garrett's arrival on the 29th 3 weeks early but weighing 8lbs he was our bright spot for that year. Then in 2007, something happened, the relationship between me and my mom blossomed, we have grown so much closer over the past year that ever at any point and our lives. I cant help but think my Grandma has a hand in that. For that I thank her so much.

That brings us back to my original statement I am now a Stay at Home mom to 3 great kids. Never was that in my plans. I am truly blessed to have my life, my family, and my great kids. Although not every day do I see it that way, I know that there are alot of people that don't have what I do and want it. I am grateful to God for giving me what I have. Thank you Lord! I love you with all my heart and soul..................................................................................

And so the week continues

H woke up at 5am this morning, she had wet the bed, now this is nothing new, it happens alot, but she seemed panicked by it this time. Anyway, I got her dressed in dry clothes and back to bed, in a dry bed with L. Then when she got up this morning, she peed 4 times in a 15 minute span of time. I asked her did you go each time? Is your tummy upset? She said yes she did go each time and no her tummy wasnt upset. I asked does it hurt when you potty? She said yes. I knew then it must be an infection. So I kept her home from school and we went to the Dr. and yes she has a UTI. Most likely caused from poor hygien. She doesnt wipe very well, if she wipes at all. I have told her numerous times this is bad, that she will get an infection. So I had the Dr. explain to her how imprtant it is to wipe good when you go potty. He explained to her that she will get a pee pee infection. He gave us an antibotic, and said he would send her pee off to childrens to be cultured and make sure that we are on the right track. I know it hurts and I feel bad for her. So it was a long day for us.
I have been the laziest house wife this week. I have not done laundry all week, we are out of milk, bread, toliet paper, and there is vertually nothing to eat in the entire house. I need to go to the store so bad, and I have gotten some laundry done today. I am not sure how I got so behind. Hmm what have I done this week, obviously nothing. LOL Oh well it will still be there, but we are going to the store in the morning. You know it is bad when you are out of bread milk and toliet paper. LOL
Did you read congress passed the stimulas package today! Yay! That will help us greatly.
Do you guys like the new look. I thought it fit very well. Well I guess that is all for tonight, till next time remeber to hug and kiss your familyand tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..............

Wednesday

I hope you are all having a good week. We have a had a busy one. I kept L home from School on Monday since she had felt bad on Sunday, but I had to go register her for school, so Michael stayed here with L and G as i went at 8:30am to get her registered. My friend had told me that I needed to go get a number early to get in line, but I had no idea. People were in line at 2am to get a number and they started handing them out at 4am. I got there right at 8:30 and was number 81. Now I am thinking, this is not open to the public yet these are kids that are already enrolled, how can it be that they cant all get the spot that they want, but apparently Tuesday/Thursday is very popular. That is what everyone wants so it goes fast. I wanted mon/wed/fri, so It wasn't a problem for me. I just had to wait an hour and a half to finally get through. But I did, I got the days I wanted. I am also going to put Gin on Monday/ Wed. and I am going to work part time while they are in school. I am also wanting to get a degree in web design, and start my own business. So we will see how that goes. This is something I have wanted to do for a while. I hope we can make it work. Please pray for us to work it out.

Monday night we went to Gatlinberg to a friends time share to spend the night. There were 5 moms and 14 kids. We had a great time! The kids were pretty good and I think all the moms had a good time.

On Tuesday we got up, it took a while to get around with all those people, then we headed to the pool for a while. We ate lunch, and we had to head back, because we had Girl Scouts. H of course threw a fit because she didn't want to leave, but by the time we got home, she apologized and said she just didn't want to leave. We came home, then did our few errands before girl scouts and off we went to Girl scouts. I am happy to say that Hailee is the only one in our troop that sold over 100 boxes. Thanks to my mom, who sold 170 boxes for us.

Today as it stormed really bad outside, we were all off for school and playgroup. After school we came home, cleaned up a little then off to Cheerleading. Both girls are now in their own classes. G ran around the whole time and had a blast. It was nice for them each to have their own classes.

Well that is our week so far in a nut shell. I will update more later. I am off to watch supper nanny.

Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.....................

Super Bowl Sunday!

Well NY won the super Bowl. YAY!I took the girls to watch the Hannah Montana Movie today. H had a great time, but Ldidnt feel well and slept through most of the movie, but as we were leaving and I was carring her out, she looked back and said "bye Hannah Momtana(that is what she calls her)" It was so sweet.

I sit here watching extreme home make over it is a rerun with Boey on it who sadly lost her battle after the show aired. I cant even imagine loosing a child. I grieve for these families. I wish I could do somthing for them. Boey was such a cutie. She did in the end defeat Cancer. This is from her website tonight, as written by her dad..

Hundreds of little rubber wrist bands were sold by friends to raise funds for Boey’s personal campaign to “Cure Pediatric Cancer.” They also read: “Believe for Boey.” When I saw my wrist band in my bedroom this morning, I thought: “There is still an opportunity to ‘Believe for Boey’.”

I can “Believe for Boey” that the United States Senate Bill “Conquer Childhood Cancer Act” that Boey helped initiate, will eventually be passed and that children everywhere that suffer from cancer will receive the help they need.

I can “Believe for Boey” that her light will continue to shine brightly even following her passing.

I can “Believe for Boey” that she will be remembered for all the hope, and love, and faith she had that God is still good and He still does miracles.

I can “Believe for Boey” that her families’ beautiful Extreme Makeover home will one day be a place of peace and joy again.

I can “Believe for Boey” that she taught children everywhere to have faith and trust in Jesus.

I can “Believe for Boey” that her family will bring to fruition some of the prophetic destiny spoken over her life.

I can “Believe for Boey” that, in the end, she did “kick cancer’s butt,” just like she always said she would because she continued to live with faith and she never gave in to cancer, no matter what!

I can “Believe for Boey” that though her life was too short, she lived it fully and she showed others how to love and to make a positive difference in this world.

I can “Believe for Boey” that her family WILL be alright and that after their sorrow will come joy, because that’s what Boey would want for the ones she loved the most!

I can “Believe for Boey” that God will work ALL things together for good.

I can “Believe for Boey” that for her there is no more cancer or pain, no more tumors or chemotherapy, no more sickness or wheelchairs, no more medications, doctors or hospitals, and no more waiting just to live a normal little-girl life.

I can “Believe for Boey that she is in a place with Jesus where she can sing and dance all she wants, probably wearing cute clothes and beautiful sparkly shoes.

I can “Believe for Boey” that someday each one of us can join Jenessa Nicole “Boey” Byers in a place of joy and happiness if we just believe in her Jesus.

I invite you to join me and “Believe for Boey.”

Saturday

We have spent most of the day playing Rock Star. i learned to play the guitar, and the drums on this game. i am not very good at wither but I will practice. The kids enjoyed the sunny weather and played outside. H is enjoying riding her bike she got for Christmas. L loves to drive her corvette she got for her birthday. They were having alot of fun! G is a joy as always. He has the cutest giggle and he is very ticklish. I am reminded today how precious our children are. If any of you saw the St. Judes comercials during the holidays the one with Bernie Mac. The cute little girl who says she likes his hat and he says you cant have my hat. Her name is Maddie, and she passed away this morning at 3:20am. I have followed her story for a while now a couple of years at least. I was so sure she was going to beat this horrible disease her on earth, but she is healed now. Although it isnt here she is Flying high, running in Heaven she is healed. Please pray for her family If you can stop by her site and pffer them your prayers. I know this must be hard for them. I hate to get so attached to these children who I have never met and then they pass I feel so let down that they couldnt be healed here on earth. I felt like I knew her, as I have with a few others. Please say a prayer for her, and for Ethan, Emily, And . Emily. These children are all battling for thier lives right now as are so many. Please keep them in your thoughts. Well I will end for tonight. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come....................................

Happy Friday!

This will be a short blog, I am tired. But I thought I would blog to wind down form the day before bed. We had a busy day. We went to Lowes to take back a curtain rod and exchange it, then we got this game called Rock Band ,We met Hubby for lunch. Stopped by the Ped to drop off money I owed them, then got G's Singulair, then off to get H. Poor Ghad about a 45 min nap all day he usually sleeps 2-2 1/2 hours and he was so good. We went to the store after we got H, then home to clean up a little. When hubby got home we played Rock Band for like 3 hours I was the singer. LOL But it was fun. He is still playing it now going on like 5 hours later. I think he likes it. LOL The girls are loving the beds! Anyway I am off to bed, till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them today is gone and tomorrow may never come......................