Day 1

so here we are in Carlsbad NM.  first third of the trip.  and i have to say, after spending 11 hours in the car, it went MUCH better then expected......
saturday night joe and i spent the night packing and loading and packing and loading.  it went rather well.  the house was clean and the car was packed and we were in bed with our eyelids closed by 11:37 pm.   the alarm rudely went off too early at 4:30 am, we washed our faces, brushed our teeth, and then loaded the babies in- and we on the road by 5:03.  the kids were so awake and SO excited to be on their way to grams and pa's house that when we had to stop for the night here in NM, chunk was near tears because we werent at their house.  sweet?  i would say so!
anyway, the kids were really good!  i think i over packed on snacks though, we have chex mix coming out of our ears!  ugh.  oh well, and then jellybean had a bit of an upset stomach, so we had to make frequent stops at some really random places.  but there were times i had never been so grateful to see a 'hole in the wall gas station' then i was today!  thats ok, she is better now.
chunk was happy to watch movies on the psp, he figured out how to change the movie by just pushing a button, he really is a smart little guy, he is going to give me a run for my money to try and keep up with him!
and then there was poor monkey, all he wanted to do was crawl around!  then, when he wanted to sleep, he just couldnt stay asleep!  he is a really REALLY light sleeper.  so he didnt sleep very well for his naps.  so when we got to the hotel, he went swimming got a bath, and then, he crawled and explored!  it was so exciting, but it is only a hotel room after all, so then he was getting bumped, or he would fall, or something, and he would just cry and cry.  poor guy.  but when he saw his bed, he squealed with delight.  it was really super cute.
and joe and i are just happy they are sleeping. =)  seriously though, they have been good.  we are just tired, its been a LONG week.  but i did NOT pack enough lotion, i think i am going to have to buy some, i forgot how dry the air is over here!.......
oh and i have been taking pictures, we just arent sure where the cord is so that way we could transfer the pictures..... sorry, but i guess we will all have to wait.  =(

Whats going on......

hello there!
wow- i started out with a whole slew of things to say, and now they all just left me.  i hate it when that happens.  this wont be an exciting post, just a small update really, the camera with the Halloween Picture on it, i can't find it right now, i think i know where it is, but 'find small camera' is number 539 on the list of things to do.  so i will have to wait awhile.  sad day cuz they were sooooooo cute!  *sigh*  oh well, good things come to those who wait eh?
anyway- i have a friend that is getting married on saturday, and she has asked me to be the maid of honor, but i think she really ment the wedding planner.  i have so much to do and going on that its crazy!  and then on top of all that, we are getting ready to drive to UT on sunday morning (the day after the wedding) for Thanksgiving.  oi.  i have so much to do for that too!  how i am going to get it all done is beyond me, but it will get done!

here is a picture for you.  chunk thought it would be great if he and monkey wore one of my headbands and danced.  so he put them on- and started to sing and dance while monkey danced in his highchair.  it was soooo cute!  he is such a good big brother, i love watching him help with monkey and play with monkey, and cheer him up or just make him laugh.  i am so blessed to have such happy healthy little boys in my life!

anyway.  there you go!  i have procrastinated too many things now and i MUST start working again! (yuck)

The Bite

so saturday the 24th, we were planning a fun fall slash halloween day.  joseph was going to get some house stuff done, and jerra and i had to go help with my friend Michealla's wedding prep (i am the maid of honor).  well, all was going well that morning, all the kids were fed and playing upstairs while i cleaned a bit, and suddenly monkey was crying intensly (i had been collecting laundry...).  i go out, and he is drooling a MASSIVE amountn of blood.  and it kinda freaked me out.  i hollared loudly for joe, he came, took the monkey to get ice, and i proceeded to hydrogen proxide my carpet to get the blood out.  well upon futher investigation it was discover that he was playing with the leap frog learning table that we have, he was standing and trying to dance.  well- he's not quite stable enough to stand and dance, so he fell, his chin hit while his tongue was sticking out.

yeah the big red jagged line on your right side, that is the cut.  from his new teeth.  there is also a smaller one on the left also, but its not nearly as bad.  his diet consisted of ice chips.  it was so sad!  so he was really understandably pathetic for the rest of the day, and then the kids were very tired and really sensitive, so we didnt think it too wise to go do anything that we planned.  it was sad.  monkey is much better now though.  you can hardly tell that he was hurt!  =D  he does get drool pooled up in the cut area, and then it does come flooding out- gross i know.

anyway, there is monkeys first traumatic experience.  oh and all the red on the bib- that is blood, we waited till after he really stopped bleeding before changing him, that wasy we didnt ruin to many clothes ya know?

Life

hello-
we are here, alive, and happy!  yep we are!  =)
its amazing how different life is with 3 kids, and how it can throw a person off, and how much harder it is to get things done.  there is always something that needs done immediately, or someone needs something immediately, or something!  its so crazy!  but we are settling into a 'normal-crazy'  but i guess since its normal its not really that crazy, just busy.  *sigh*  i like it.
monkey is so happy.  well- relatively happy.  he is working on getting 6 teeth.  its been about a 18 day process, and as of this morning i can feel 4 of them.  so we are getting there.  he is getting happier, and its really cute to watch him feel his teeth with his tongue.  he is getting more and more of a personality and 'verbal' about what is good or bad.  i think its funny when he throws a tantrum, he just gets all wiggly and red.  heehee.  i love it.  oh and he is going to be a..... MONKEY  for halloween!   i know not very orignal, but how could i resist when i found a super cute costume!
chunk is now into Batman and Spiderman, and of course Transformer and dinosaurs.  he loves them all and talks about them all constantly.  he is always trying to fix things and build things and see how things work.  sometimes it makes life slightly difficult.  but its a good thing.  at the end of the year, he will be getting things to encourage building and stuff.  we are excitied for him to get them.  he is also trying to help more, and he really is a good help!  most of the time, he is only 3.  and for halloween he decided to be a tiger because we are the daingerfield tigers!  i have to say i dont think the costume is super cute, but its the one he wanted, so oh well.
jellybean.  she is all girl, and then some!  she is so girly is make me look like a tomboy sometimes!  it kills me sometimes!  she is also so stinkin sensitve, like when we were all sick, i was talkin to joe and said something to the effect of, 'oh, i feel like i could die!  oi!'  and she runs up to me with ginormous tears in her eyes and says "mom, dont die!  i would miss you so much!  i love you too much to die!"  it made me feel really bad!  so now we have to be careful that we dont use the "D" word, or others that relate to it.  but she is going to be a pink fariy princess for halloween- no shocker there!  but she is sweet.

that is all of us (minus monkey) with Izzie, this would be the bittersweet day that we gave her away.  it was a really hard desicion, but we knew it would be best for everyone if we gave her away.  the only reason that i was so ok with this, is the fact that i knew that she was going to a better place.  we gave her to my VT Patricia, and i think the main reason she came to see me, was to see izzie.  ;p  and i have gotten updates, and izzie is doing SOOOOOO good!  she has had hardly any accidents (which was a daily occurance here) and she is so happy.  so i am happy.  it has been kinda sad, cuz lady has been a bit lonelier, but she and ripple are playing lots and we are also seeing more or tiger.  its nice.

anyway- that is us for now!

i am back!.... mostly

so lately i have been feeling rather..... blah.  i have been anti everything.  and i hate being and feeling like that!  i did have my books to keep me company in my self-forced solitutde.  but i think after awhile i got lonely.  which is kinda hard to do with 3 kids, 3 dogs (we were dog sitting my inlaws dog), and 2 cats.  but i felt lonely, all i wanted to do is read about Rand, and Perrin, and Mat.  again.  and eat gummybears.   but there i was reading a 900 page book in a day and a half!  part of this time, i was sick, and then i had sick kids that needed snuggling- and how can you say no to a sad pathetic sick little little boy who comes up to you with water eyes, a runny nose, wrapped in a blanket even though he is all toasty, and in the saddest voice ask to snuggle and watch "Hanny Manny".  ya cant say no!  but i did take my book, and read.  anyway.  i feel better.  mostly.  i hope.  just thought i would share.
and now i have the unmph and the motivation to actually deep DEEP clean my house.  the walls the baseboards (the ones i do have) the windows, the carpet.  EVERYTHING!  again- WAHOO!  i LOVE cleaning.
anyway.  there ya go.  there i am.  this might have been brought on by the feel of FALL in the air, and the fact that chunk and i had some hot chocolate this morning.  : D
so yeah.  just thought i would share.
have a good day!

Fall

i think that Fall is one of my favorite seasons. i get excited for all of them, but i think Fall and Spring are the top 2. here in TX we get these beautiful flowers- SIDER LILIES. i LOVE them. the vibrant red is so great. and for some reason they are just randomly throughout our yard. no real ryhme or reason that i can really see, but they come up, and joseph carefully mows around them, and the kids will pick me some, to bring inside, and i will sit outside and read, and enjoy the beginning of cripness that is a hint of whats to come- the pumkin pie/cookies/bread, the sweaters, HOT CHOCOLATE, planning for Christmas, the kids excitment of all the holidays coming up. i LOVE it!!!!

playing catch up

so i have been busy. i have tried REALLY hard to stay focus and busy. i decided i didnt need to reward myself, that this was my responsibility, and i should just be better. and well- i did well, until night time and i was like i have been great! i am going to watch a Grey's Anatomy! so i am rewarding myself with an episode a night and sometimes a small chocolate treat. sad but true. anyway- my schedule is as follows: wake up at 6:30 (ok i am still working on that because i am NOT a morning person) that way i can get ready before jellybean comes down for me to do her hair. i then do her hair and joe gets the kids breakfast together, i pick up the bathroom mess, and i kiss joe and jellybean bye- he takes her which she loves, and cuz its on the way. i then get monkeys breakfast together, make my oatmeal, feed him, play with him, clean up the kitchen from breakfast, and then i am done by 9:15 by which i put monkey in bed, and i make sure the master bedroom is nice, i start the first load of laundry and then i do my chore for the day, anything from mopping to cleaning bathrooms. in this time i take breaks to play with my chunk and dogs and ripple, but mostly i am transformer helping shoot the bad guys. then i start lunch for monkey at like 11:15, and then chunk and i eat at 12ish, both boys go down for nap/quiet time. this is where i do my pilates, and also where i spend most the time telling chunk to go back to his room cuz its quiet time. he will eventually fall asleep, but only at like 3:30- about when i have to wake them both up to go get jellybean. yes i know she gone along time for a 4 year old, but really, class is in the morning, then lunch, then nap and then play time. i would go get her after lunch, but she naps there, and she wont nap here..... so then its just a matter of how long she wants to play. and yes, she is sooooo tired when she gets home, but she tells me she loves her school everyday. so i am torn. anyway- after i get jellybean, i start dinner, feed max, set the table and we are ready to eat as soon as joey walks in the door. it is then they start getting ready for bed, and then 'snuggle' time, and i feed max and put him in bed by 7:15 and we tuck in thing 1 & 2 in by 7:30. i then make sure everything is ready for tomorrow, the house is picked up and i then go collaspe into my bed and watch my show and then i pass out at like 10:30.

but i LIKE this schedule. i like that i am busy and getting things done. but i do have a confession, i miss reading. desperately. but i dont trust myself to have self control and only read it at appropriate times. *sigh* i want to read, but i am scared. i think i want to wait until my schedule is a little more set as a habit, that way, i think, then i will feel more secure. but we will see. anyway. that has been me lately. i am getting there. i think, i hope i am atleast, but i feel like i am ya know?

now for the fun part, pictures.

here she is the first day of school. (i dont understand this shoulder pose, but she kept doing it). she picked out her outfit, she said she loved it lots cuz it has "pink, purple, flowers AND butterflies mom, its great!"

here is the whole thing! ( it looks blurry to me, and its all blogger that is making it blurry, cuz the origanal is not blurry. sorry) but she loves her school, there are about 10 kids in her class and she loves it. the teachers say she is out going and helpful, and very poliet (yay!) she comes home exhausted, but for the most part very excited to go back the next day. every night when we pick out her outfit for the morning, she talks about the games they might play and the things they might talk about, and what she hopes they do. its really sweet.

here is monkey, he has 2 main experssions. this one, and,

this one. he is such a pleasant boy! he is very happy and sweet, and is so pleasant! ya just want to squeeze him ALL the time cuz he is just so sweet! really i thought that jellybean and chunky boy were happy babies, but not compared to him! its rather shocking how happy and sweet he truely is! i loves to give him kisses, and he has the greatest laugh! it ALWAYS makes me laugh. he LOVES jellybean too. but, now that chunk is home and kinda lonely he plays with monkey some more then before, and now chunky is getting the same look of affection that was origanlly saved for his sister. i love it.

we then i had to take pictures of chunky to make up for taking pictures of jellybean. he would not cooperate! it was like this:

or this,

finally i got this one. such a ham! he definately get it from his dad! :) he is such a great kid. he really is truely well behaved. poor kids has had a rough august. he started the month off with an ear infection. so he was given amoxicillion (sp?). then afterward like 2 days or something he was sick again, so i went to the dr. and it was tonsilitis, so again, he was given amoxicillion again, well, after 10 days he was still feeling gross and he had a temp agian so we go in and its STILL tonsilitis! poor kids, so obviously the amoxicillion didnt work, and so he perscribes a medicine- i go to pick it up and it was $360!!!! ummmm, hello?!?!? so i call the dr. and he perscribes something else, well- chunk starts taking it and i was reading and it says that stomach ache and nauesea can be signs of serious side affects. and he really hated to take the medicine, he said it made him feel yuckier- so, i call the dr. again and we get a different perscription, and this seems to be working better- no side affects. so that is good. but the poor boy has had tonsilitis for like 3 weeks! he has a smaller appitite and everything, he has lost a little over a pound because of it. and you may be wondering why i mention such a small thing such as 1 pound, but seriously this kids needs to GAIN like 5 lbs, not loose them. anway. he is still adjusting to his bestest friend in the whole world being gone. but he is getting there. i have enjoyed having it be us. but he LOVES to go and pick up his sister.

he is rather a cute kids if i do say so myself....... :)

ok you see how happy he is? look in his hand. yes, that is a green pepper. he LOVED this green pepper. he gwaned on that thing for a good 40 minutes! it was crazy! it made him so happy!random i know- but there ya go!

see- he really was eating it! there its the stem, but he tried to eat all parts of it, there are just no pictures to prove it. but we did have one rather weirdly gross green pepper.


well- there ya go. that has been a good catch-up. august we did loads of lake/pool trips. the kids are fishes. they can now paddle themselves places, float, and dive. not bad for 3 and 4 eh? hope ya had a fabulous summer! cuz we sure did!