Williams Family

2011-11-11T08:57:00.000-08:00

So It has been forever since I have been on here. I have been crazy busy and just getting use to life with 3 kids. It has been pretty tough but it is finally getting easier. I think it was so hard because we moved and were remodeling with a newborn who turned into a crawler and into a toddler all while doing the remodel. We have slowed down on the remodeling and Jude has started playing and playing hard by himself. : ) I have enjoyed getting to take more pictures and being creative again.

Cade and Lane are doing very well in school. I'm so proud of them. Cade has only 1 B and the rest A's. He recently got saved. Wahooo! And this Sunday he gets baptized. I'm so excited! He has doing so well about helping me around the house. He has a huge heart and likes to get prizes for his brothers with his own money.

And Lane is at the top of his class. In Kindergarten he is already reading!! I can't believe how much he knows. I do have to give his teacher credit because she is amazing (Mrs. Midgett)! He loves reading, he is a fantastic big brother. Jude just adores him! He makes us laugh and he gets so shy at times.

Jude like I said is playing really well on his own. He loves horses! He loves to rough house with his big brothers. He isnt potty trained yet but he does pee in the potty at least once a day. I'm not pushing him because I have learned with the other two you just encourage and when they are ready it will be alot easier on me and on him. He isn't 3 yet so there isn't any need for me to stress about it. He melts my heart.

Chad is doing well. He gets bored because he is stuck on the house all day. But he had been deer hunting. He got his deer for this year. That was special because we all came out to check it out. That meant a lot to Chad. And the boys thought it was cool. I have a picture with chad and his boys but for some reason can't find it right now.

Gus... well he is just large. : ) He is such a good dog. The most annoying thing about him is his size. : ) But that is the worst thing I can say about him. He asks to go outside and is so great with the boys especially Jude. Yes they are using him as a pillow

Jude actually crawled up there and fell asleep.

And he keeps Chad company at work. : )

So we are doing well just staying very busy. : )

2010-04-30T21:09:00.000-07:00

Today was a pretty good day, even though I was woken up at 6;30 on a non school day. I made chocolate gravy and sausage gravy and of course biscuits. It was busy. Some ladies and I met up at the activity center and put Team Kaci fliers on windshields. then we ate at the rotary bbq. After lunch I went to Calley's. Had a feeling she needed some help. She did. She has been doing a lot and just want her to know that I'm here to help and it isn't all on her shoulders. We had several people pick up their shirts and lots of cookies dropped off. We will be handing out cookies to Kaci supporters as a small thank you. We have put them in individual bags tied with ribbon, which has been some work now. : ) Am thankful for the amount of cookies we got. I left Calleys in time to deliver a shirt, get supper on the table (crockpot meal), visit with glenna, and take part of supper to friends. We then loaded up and went to the carnival. I love watching the boys be so happy. they had a blast. the Mulls, Sassins were there. When they left we found tate, ryan and mya. The boys had a ball!!! we then decided everyone was hungry so we went to walmart and got stuff for nachos. : ) Went by braums and got some ice cream (chad wanted rocky road) and came home. Ate nachos and now all the boys are asleep. Well jude is asleep on me so i hope he stays asleep.

Chads eye started hurting really bad after we got home. So he went to bed. Bret still isn't certan what is going on. He is going to check it on sunday again.

Tomorrow is a busy day we have parade, set up booth, friend cookout, go work booth, come home, eat supper and then rodeo. So I'm going to bed. : )

2010-04-29T22:39:00.001-07:00

Life is so busy! There is so many things that I wish I could get control of so life would go smoother. I have not had time to upload pictures so i haven't written on here.

Since moving to the new house life is crazy. Of course just moving is a huge deal. Lots of boxes! Well we got back at remodeling. I have figured out that we have been remodeling for 2 yrs now. There has been a few months off but dang!! Utter chaos! I can't seem to get a handle on your everyday things. Heck since moving to Guymon I can't seem to get caught up on chores around the house. I just look back living in Arkansas. My house was always clean and not talking about toys the boys are playing with but just clean. With a quick picking up those toys it would be spotless. I'm ready to be that type of house keeper again. I'm in a house that is total opposite. So needless to say I'm ready to finish this house so we can be normal in a normal house!

Another craziness is Chad working from home. Oh how I love having him here, but we have ran in to a huge problem. I have to keep the boys quiet when chad is on the phone, which is the majority of the time. And trying to keep 3 boys happy and quiet is like trying to stop a train going full speed. It is very very very stressful! And I have reached my limit. We have invested on a better head gear but with me running around yesterday and today we haven't been able to try it out. Don't think I'm blaming Chad, I know it is unprofessional for kids to be heard on the other end. But it is hard not to get a little anger built up. I hope that the earphones work because I feel the next option is building a building in the back (which may not bring back a money return that we would want).

I think if these to things could be solved then there is a huge chance that I could get a handle on house keeping, being a mom of 3 boys, paying bills and so much more.

Life is just crazy right now. It is like an emotional rollercoaster. I know that there is always going to be something in life that a person wants to change and I think with growing up I can handle circumstances better.

I have a dear friend that has a brain tumor. Her family is wonderful. I know that nobody is perfect but I look at Kaci and she is the most perfect person I know. She would prob. not like me saying that and def. wouldn't take the compliment. : ) Her and Ryan are amazing people. They have shared their journey with the world and most importantly their amazing Faith. I know I have grown closer to God through all of this. This community has amazed me on how we have all come together to help the Ronnes. It is all of our fight! I love you kaci and just know in my heart of heart that God will heal you. I know that she is in God's hands and that brings comfort to me.

Chads eye has been hurting for a few days now. It has just gotten worse so he went to our eye dr today. He said that it looks like a cut (a good one) but chad is going back tomorrow for the dr. to look again. Chad has been putting drops in his eye all day today so hopefully the dr can tell for sure what is going on. Chad is in a lot of pain. His eye is very sensitive to light so tonight I asked him if he wanted to wear an eye patch. Cade jumped up and went and got his pirate eye patch. Chad put it on and said it helped a lot but it was pretty funny. Hopefully he will get to feeling better soon.

Cade started tball today. He has been playing soccer. Our last game is next weekend. The team is doing really well. I think we might be in second. Cade does have his good and bad days. Overall I think he is pretty good. He has made 3 goals and have blocked several. Cade is doing well in school and is reading words really well. As for his kindergarten year it just hasn't been what I imagined it being. It has been a tough and frustrating year. Cade has started taking out the trash. He gets paid $5 every sunday. He has decided he is saving up for a nintendo dsi. He is doing very well and I'm very proud of him.

Lane is also doing well in school. He knows all his shapes, colors, number recognition, patters, ext.. He is having trouble with letter recognition. So Chad and I have decided to have him repeat pre-k. Since he is so young I think it would be the best for him in the future. I have talked to him about it and he understands. He sees all he classmates playing soccer and says mom I'm really young huh. : ) He is so sweet and tells me he loves me a lot! He is so funny and suprises me on his wittyness. He has a way of making all those little girls flock around him.

Jude oh Jude! He is walking all over the place. He loves being outside and walking on the sidewalk. I love it when he is walking and wants to hold my hand. He is a little comedian and very smart. He loves kisses on his neck. I can be holding him and he will lean back that is his way to tell me to kiss him. He loves baths. Jude is starting to prefer daddy over me. Which is sad in a way, but it is just starting and he still needs me. He loves to "go visit" daddy at work. Loves fruit but I'm having a tough time feeding him people food.

Chad has gotten the master bath and bedroom finished. We have both bedrooms painted. Chad is currently putting wood floors in cade and lanes room. it is taking a little while since his eye. He does a really great job and I'm very proud of him. Just wish that there could be like 10 of him to finish the house really fast (but of course that would be feeding and taking care of all 10 which would send me to a nut house). LOL

Better go for now. Just wanted to give a little bit of what has been going on. Not sure when I will right again.

2009-12-09T07:56:00.001-08:00

wow - can you say way behind?

So trying to think of where to start. We finished the house on circle drive. Chads step dad came and helped us finish. We were feeling pretty overwhelmed and so thankful that he came. When he was here chad found out he had a hernia so he had surgery the next day! So glad for the help that i have, because it was a very stressful time with getting the house done, 3 kids, husband to take care of and all his duties. We all made it through. we are moved into the new house. Still not organized but we are getting there.

Halloween 09 - The boys dressed up as Alvin and the chipmunks. Gary gave me the idea and I ran with it. I must say they were so dang cute!!! We went to the fall carnival and played games and the boys loved the cake walk! Then halloween night chads mom came with me and we took the boys trick or treating.

Cade was also diagnosed with thrush. Poor baby!! His mouth was horrible but we got it taken care of.

Cade is 6!! I can't believe it! What a great kid he is! He is so smart and is prob. going to be some kind of architect/engineering guy or a video game junkie. : ) He loves building things!! He got several bionicals and legos for his bday which he masters very quickly. I made him a skateboard cake and had some of his friends over for a party. It was a fast planned party (like an hour). We got cade mario kart and i must say it is addicting!! we are all hooked! it is funny because just gets frustrated when cade beats him. : ) I'm not to shabby either. Cade is very sincere. Somebody asked me one time who is the better babysitter for jude. My answer was Lane if you want to keep jude happy and laughing but Cade if you want to keep him safe.

Thanksgiving - We had thanksgiving at my house but with Glennas cooking with Rick, glenna, allyssa and her kids, and dana and her kids. It was really great food and great company. Plus it made me get busy on getting some stuff situated in the house.

For thanksgiving day we went to colorado springs to chads moms. Food was great as usual and it was a relaxing time. Jude did get sick but at least we were there where i could take care of him and the other boys taken care of by the grandparents. : ) chad and i also got to go out and do some shopping for christmas. Black friday was fun. Bill got up with me early and I got what i wanted except for my bike. We got a camera for cade and a basketball goal for lane. : ) I"m so excited!!! A few days later (after getting home ) i made a walmart trip for groceries and there in the front was the bike!! so i snatched it up!! wahoo, even got extra's on black friday - a cricket expression! so excited to use it. Happy birthday to me. : )

We have all of our christmas stuff out which i love! Rick brought over some wood and so we got to build a fire!! we have a fire burning a lot. The cashier at walmart said "i smell something like a campfire" i started laughing and said that is prob. me!!!

Cade had his christmas program last night. He made me laugh. He wanted to do everything right so his face was total concentration. Makes me wonder if that is how chad was. : ) I could see chad up there in cade.

Jude is 10 mths today!!! oh wow how time passes!!!

a little about him
-size 3 diapers
-6mth pants but 12 mth onsies
-he can make baskets with his basketball goal
-loves playing with balls
-loves getting into the cabinet and anything else he shouldn't get into. : )
-walks while holding on to things
-he has stood alone for a few seconds but then realizes it and sits down
-loves food - cheese and bananas, cereal bars
-getting better with sippy cup
-does this nod thing that is hilarious
-boucies on his butt
-still loves the kitty
-likes to look for things
-starting to become a daddys boy, he loves being around daddy
-nursing about 4 or 5 times in a 24 hr period.

He is such a funny little guy. I'm so lucky to have my boys!!

Since I wrote about the other two I should write about Lane. He is getting better on his letters at school. He really enjoys going. He has been awesome at picking up stuff that he gets out. Loves loves loves going across the street to grandpa and gigi's. I think he would stay over there all the time if I would let him. Chad taught him how to start a fire in the fireplace - of course he doesn't do the lighter part but he can build it to have it ready. : )

I'm continuing to lose weight. Had to start back on my diet and excercise. Yes i get to workout again and man have i been sore!!

Chad has healed from his surgery and i love being around him. : )

So i can't post any pictures because chad is working and it messes up with his connection but at least i'm up to date!

2009-09-13T08:46:00.000-07:00

There has been some funny moments in the last few weeks. We were remodeling the laundry room and i really needed to get some clothes washed so we went to the furnish's house (me, lane and jude). Lane and Bryson were outside catching grasshoppers and would come in to show heidi and i their catch. Heidi missed a big catch so the boys came in to show her. She said you guys are - lane interrupts with "amazing" with the face expression of a confident boy. : ) It was really funny. She then wispers to me, "I was going to say having great teamwork".

Cade - I was dropping him off at school and I said ok Bubs have a great day at school, and he says "mom sometime I want you to walk me to my class sometime." he has always wanted to go by himself. So I said, Ok, I didn't know, I got out and we walked hand in hand to his class and he gave me a kiss at the door. : )

I was dropping Cade off and a little girl was running to their class. Of course that is a challege to beat her. Cade takes off and beats her to their door. He opens the door and lets her go first. : ) Very proud momma!!! That is def. the teachings of his daddy.

Lane has been telling Jude a lot that he loves him. sweet.

Just a few pictures from the last couple of weeks. Both big boys wanted to take a bath with Jude. My happy boy

Soooooo.... Jude turned 7 months old!! Can you believe it!!!! It has flown by! My sister in law writes what all my neice is doing by a month so I want to do that. : ) I think it is pretty nice to know.

1. Still wearing 0-3 mth shorts and pants are getting a little short so we have moved to 3-6 mth, but they are a little big.

2. NO. 2 diapers
3.He is crawling all over the place - has it mastered.
4. His favorite "play area" is the entertainment center. He thinks it is just for him.
5. He pulls himself up to standing all the time.
6. Just discovered the plants. He likes to eat the leaves - and as of last night the dirt!
7. He says dadda when he is happy. He def. has daddy melting in his hands. He says mom but only when he is upset.

8. He enjoys looking outside - especially to find the kitty.
9. Developed his first fever. He had it for 3 days and still isn't up to par. But he is getting better.
10. Loves hair!
11. Loves taking baths/showers
12. Has one of the best smiles in the world - Cade and Lane have some awesome smiles too. : )13. Has the most pathetic cry. He does have some meltdowns that just seem like he is in some major pain.14. Still love nursing him- I feed him about 8 times in a 24 hour period.
15. He loves his brothers

Lane got his 4 year old shots. He told cade that he was going to take them "like a man". And sure enough he did. The last (3 in all) shot hurt the most but he stayed strong. We walked out and he was holding his arm. I told him that we would get him some tylenol and i think ice cream would help it feel better. "YEAH!" So here is Lane with his Jr. sundae with M&ms.

Chad wanted to take a picture of us because he said we were twins. I didn't plan it, just happend.

The sold sign was finally put out in front of the new house. So of course I had to get a picture. I took a few before this one but forgot to put the card in. Jude was happy in those. : ) We got the laundry room finished except for one door. The sassins actually picked us up one yesterday when they went to lowes, so i'm hoping today i will have that painted and ready for chad to hang it. Chad has been working on the boys room. The floor is done, trim is almost up, window frame is almost finished. So today their room should be done!!! We worked on the shed yesterday. Chad hung some trim - and i painted it, fixed the door and I painted it. So we are now waiting on new skirting to go around the bottom. Then that will be done. There are a few touch ups to do but the major things are done!!!!

I have bunco at my house tomorrow. So on friday I cleaned the house and decluttered as much as I could. When chad gets done with the boys room I can finish the decluttering.

Lots and lots of picture taking lately. I have orders to do, pictures to finish and pictures to take. Very busy right now!!! I'm so thankful that I can borrow my inlaws awesome backyard!!!

Better get off, jude is asleep and now it is time for a walmart run! wahoo.

Jude and his hotrod

2009-09-02T08:02:00.000-07:00

Here is Jude and his hotrod, not even 7 mths old and already wanting to walk!! Crazy!! hope the video works!! grrr!

2009-09-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

Wow, can you say behind?! I have been pretty busy with pictures lately. I have had a senior, family, and newborn. I have been trying to get the pictures done. I'm almost caught up in time to do a dogs picture and another senior.

Big news - Lane turned 4!!! I can't believe it. As I think everyone knows Lily and Lane share a birthday. So since Lane got last years bday weekend, Lily got it this year. Aunt Sally made Lane feel very special. Thanks Aunt Sally! She and Lily made him his own cake. : ) We did it on his bday morning. It was extra special because Uncle Billy, Aunt Christa and the boys came.

Happy Birthday My sweet Lane!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Miss Priss!!! I love you sweet pea!

Here is siblings with their kids. Yes half of the kids are mine. LOL! : ) Love my family!!

When we got home on Sunday, We did presents with daddy.

Also that night Chad told me about a house I had called about a few weeks ago. It was sold when the sign went out in the lawn. We heard the people who bought it got a great deal. Well Chad saw the sold sign was off so i called about it.

Yep We bought it. It is a remodeling job! We are pretty excited about it. Def. working hard to get our house done so we can put it on the market. Then we get to start all over. : )

Chad got Lane a rocket for his birthday so on Monday we went and shot it off. Grandpa and Gigi came to join the fun. It was really cool and would have been an awesome evening if it wasn't for the mosqitos!!

This weekend we had Lanes bday party!

Lane's rocket cake - theme monsters vs aliens

We didn't have it where I had planned but that is ok. We still had a good time. There was a huge misunderstanding on the first location.

Here are all the kids who came, plus baby jordyn who was sleeping in her mommas arms.

Do you think he is happy? : )

The kids played hard, ate ice cream and cake, opened presents, did the pinata. The kids had a blast. Thanks for everyone who came to make Lanes bday a special one. Thanks Rick and Glenna for the decorations!!

Saturday morning Beta Sigma Phi had our beginning meeting. Just wanted to share the group minus a few ladies!

Just wanted to share some snap shots. Here is Jude right before a bath. Just thought it was really cute. He LOVES bath time. When he gets in the bathroom and realizes what is fixing to happen he squils! It is really cute!
This is the first time Lane and Jude has taken a real bath together. : )

This was tonight. Jude was playing in the hallway. He is crawling up on his knees now. He does still do the army crawl. He sits up really good, loves food, and can pull him self to standing on anything that will let him. He has started walking with his "hot rod". We will be taken videos soon of this. The video camera is dead right now.

I took a picture of me blowing on Judes cheek. He has a great smile!!

Me and my baby

Cade had checked out a book yesterday from the school library about puppets. So tonight the boys made some puppets. We haven't got to do a puppet show yet because lanes will need all night for all the glue to dry! : )

The boys are doing great in school. They are awesome on their bikes. Lane has some pretty crazy crashes but he continues to get better. This weekend would have been a hospital visit if it wasn't for a bike helmet. : ( glad i wasn't there to see it happen!!

Things are crazy here trying to get the house done and life thrown in there. It is hard to stay caught up on here.There will be more pictures that i will send through shutterfly. I better go so i can get cade and lane to bed.

2009-08-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of lane and cade riding their bikes without training wheels. : )
I'm trying to think of all the things that has happend. I will start with school. The boys started school and so far it is going really well. Cade of course Loves it! Lane is liking the learning part but says no one will play with him. He says when he goes to play with them they walk away. We have been asking him what are some of the names of his classmates are. He hasn't been sad so I'm not too worried. He has learned the letter a. He is so excited about that! : ) Cade walk himself to class every morning but he always turns around and gives me a big smile and wave. This morning he blew me a kiss. When we dropped lane off he was a lovey too. Gave all of us kisses. : )

As for Jude, He is loving food!! His favorites are pears, squash, sweet potatoes, bananas. his favorite of all wagon wheels! He eats breakfast and dinner. Jude is all over the place. He is doing his army crawl but is venturing out on his knees and even did the bear crawl a little today! He loves the freedom. Of course we have to watch him more and make sure things are picked up. When I say he is all over I mean that. Today he went from the living room, to the boys room down the hallway until I picked him up. He will search for me if I don't come to him when he is crying for me. He loves paper things.

He loves water!! Loves it. We have started giving him a bath in the big tub. We put just a little water in it and he goes to town. sitting up splashing, laying on his belly, or even on his back kicking his feet. I do have videos but haven't had time to post them. He gets really excited when you start the water. He took a shower with me yesterday. Loved it!! He has been really vocal lately. Oh his new trick, when you pat his mouth he will make noises and does the "indian call". It is really cute! We went his 6 mth check up this am. He weighs 13 lbs 12.5 oz and 26 1/2 inches long! Long and skinny. I need to look up percentile. For some reason they don't tell you at this dr. office. He had to get two shots. He screamed when the needle was in. but when it was over I held him tight and it didn't take long for him to calm down.

chad had a bday. he turned 32. Work was a little stressful that day but I think we made it special. His dad took him out for lunch. We got him a wii fit, made him strawberry pies (which didn't turn out that great - i don't know - the boys pretty much did it all themselves) and we took him out to eat. it was a fun evening.

I have been taking lots of pictures!! They come in groups. I will go and not have any and then I get bombarded!! the other weekend I took sr pictures of a girl from liberal. I later found out on the way back to liberal they got in a terrible car wreck. My senior is ok bumps, bruises, scratches, but her dad was medivac to wichita. Broke his leg and crushed his ankle. I talk to my sr's sister and she said her dad had surgery on his leg and his moving it really well and was thinking that last wednesday he would have surgery on his ankle. not sure if he did or not. Pretty scary!

My friend keidi went into labor today!! I'm so excited!! Last night we had a storm and i had a feeling this morning I would find out she was in the hospital. I text her earlier and still haven't received anything back. I'm guessing Jordyn is here just haven't had time to call. I'm anxious!!!

so DANG frustrated!!!

2009-08-04T19:58:00.000-07:00

The videos aren't very good (below). I have deleted reloaded them about 4 times now. for some reason the sound is off and in judes video it just stops!!! i have no clue what is wrong!!! GGGRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

Exciting news today

2009-08-03T20:42:00.000-07:00

There was lots of excitement today in the Williams Household first off:

YES!! JUDE IS CRAWLING!! Chad and I looked at dates from when cade and Lane crawled. Cade was 6 1/2 mths and Lane was 5 1/2 mths. Actually on the timeline Jude crawled 5 days after Lane did!! We thought that was a pretty cool fact!

Next:

The boys finally got their training wheels off!! Cade is doing great, Lane is too but he has some practice to do. I'm so proud of them both!!!

Jude - A - Bug

2009-07-28T19:47:00.000-07:00

My sweet Jude is growing up!!

Jude and Lane share a special bond. Lane was def. meant to be this little babies big bro!

Judes fav. sleeping position

Wahoo in the highchair

Sweetness!

Me and my babies!

OOOHH, I have a spoon! He sure does love food!

First time in the highchair

Ready mom

Lane and Jude playing peek a boo

First real baby food - sweet potatoes

Now your talking MOM!!

I was just feeding him one meal a day - supper. Well one afternoon we all sat down to eat lunch. Jude was in his highchair. He played for a little bit and got really fussy. I got him out and couldn't get him to calm down. I realized that everytime my fork came close to him he would stop grouching. Yes, he was telling me he needed to eat! So we are doing breakfast and supper. He loves food.

He has found his toes!!

Starting to get stronger. So close to sitting on his own!!

Cade feeding Jude for the first time and Jude eating Carrots for the first time!

Lane got a turn

The boys won't be feeding him very often - MESSY!!

Jude has now eaten sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, pears. The peas were really funny to watch. He would make a yucky face and even shivered a few times. Now that he has had it more he doesn't hate them as much! : )

We recently went to Colorado and visited Granny and Peep. We had a great trip and Jude got to meet his great grandparents. Peep and Jude

Granny and Jude

Jude is also rolling and scooting all over the floor. He is trying to crawl. He will get up and rock. He doesn't sleep very much - which is difficult at times. He has realized when I leave the room. But that look on his face just melts my heart when he knows I'm going to get him. Rick said this weekend that no matter how made Jude is he can always squeeze out a smile. He smiles so much. : ) He is still nursing really well, except the little stinker likes to pinch! OUCH!! He is always moving (except when sleeping). He is such a blessing to not only me but the whole family. Actually he brings smiles to everyone who meets him.

kitchen reveal

2009-07-21T20:28:00.003-07:00

The big kitchen reveal. There are still a few things left to do but overall it is done! I posted before and after pictures. It is very pretty now. I must say that my husband is pretty awesome!! He worked so hard, and I have to say that it paid off!! Let us know what you think!!

Entryway Before - paneling and wall on the right

Entry way - Now! No wall

Kitchen - Before - notice carpet!!

2009-07-01T21:10:00.000-07:00

It has been a long week for remodeling! I haven't been to workout in about a week now. I'm def. having withdrawls! I have decided not to go since this is a good hour chad can work on the kitchen. It has been difficult trying to be creative in our meals. There are only so many restaurants here. : ) I think we are all getting tired of eating out all the time. Chad even mentioned last night that he missed my cooking. : ) I didn't go to girls night out on friday. Instead I stayed home until chad said the tile was ready to lay. I know I'm ready for it to be done and I'm not even doing much of the work. Chad is doing a great job! He is putting everything he has into it and it is starting to catch up in the sleeping area. The kitchen is going to look sharp when it is done.

We have been doing our park, free lunch and home routine all this week. On Monday and tuesday the boys did some workbooks when we got home. Cade started doing addition. He is doing really well. Lanes was a workbook on color and shapes which he already knows but is just keeping him on it.

Yesterday the big boys and I went to walmart. We had to get a few things and I decided to get them new flip flops. They love wearing them, especially Lane, but their old ones are too small. Guess what - Lane and Cade are now officially in the same size shoe!!!! CRAZY!!!

Jude - he has been laughing more. Sunday night Chad finally got him to laugh. It was a laugh I haven't heard yet. Pretty cute. Then Monday Lane got him to laugh. It wasn't on purpose. Lane was actually whining in the back seat, Jude thought it was pretty funny. Cade was feeling left out, he was really wanting to make Jude laugh. Tuesday night I did something that made him laugh so I told Cade to do it. It worked! So we have all made him laugh. Today we put him in the swimming pool for the first time. I did take pictures but they are on the video camera. He seemed to like it except for the sun. That was making him mad. : ) He is so darn sweet! His happiest time is when he first wakes up. When he wakes up around 5 ish I usually bring him to bed with me. So it is fun to wake up to a happy baby. It is a special time. Since we got back from wichita Jude started waking up every 3 hours but the last few night he started to get a little better for me. 8 p.m. is his night time, he wakes up about 3 hours later and then again around 5 a.m. Then it is back to 3 hours during the day. He is still skinny, but does have one roll on each thigh. I have figured out he has a long torso. He wears 3-6 mths in onsies or one pieces (but is quickly getting too long for those) but in shorts and pants he is still in 0-3 mths. His waist is so skinny. When the kitchen gets done I'm going to start him back on cereal. It is just to hard to have to worry about how to clean everything. He is still showing signs of teething but no tooth. Which I'm fine with.

i talked to my mom tonight. So glad to hear her voice. If only she realized how much I love and need her!! She said that she still has days she doesn't feel good but she is getting better. She has gained 3 lbs!!! YEAH!!! Doesn't sound like a lot but I'm proud and so excited!!! We are going to go visit them later this month. The boys are excited! My lil bro just bought his first house!! Yeah Lee! It looks really nice - brand new! I'm excited to see everyone and to see his house.

i better get off here. i know there is prob. things i'm forgetting but i'm too tired to think anymore. : )

2009-06-23T14:23:00.001-07:00

I don't remember much about last week. Chad started on the kitchen so it has been a chore just to figure out how to live without it. : ) The boys and I took a rode trip to wichita this weekend.

Mamaw and Jude

Chad stayed behind to get the kitchen ready to install cabinets. My cousin got married in florida and was having a reception. We drove up there on thursday and Jude did not like the trip!! He cried for about 3 1/2 hours. I did stop at a park to feed him while I watched the boys play on the playground. Then we stopped and ate at McDonalds. Jude fell asleep and we hurried to the car to try and get some peace while driving. : ) The visit was really nice. I love spending time with family. My sister came on friday night with Lily. It was nice to spend time with mamaw and sally. The reception was out at my aunts house.

Aunt Lenita and Sally

It went really well. It was super hot though! My aunt rented a moonwalk so the kids were on that all day long. We left around midnight to go back to mamaws house. When we got to mamaws she was wide awake and wanting to talk. : ) Sally and I took showers and visited with mamaw until 2 a.m.

On Wednesday night sally calls and tells me that she just got off the phone with my aunt and that my great uncle from california - Uncle Dean - was going to be there! It was a suprise for my cousin. I was so excited!!!!! We don't get to see him much so I was happy that I was going to be able to make it when he was close. I know it was a suprise for Alvin but it was just as special for everyone else. : ) I LOVE YOU UNCLE DEAN!!!

Me and Uncle Dean (it was really humid and hot so my hair looks like dog poop!)

Sunday morning we had a big breakfast - chocolate gravy was of course part of that meal.

the kids and mamaw fixing chocolate gravy

I in the afternoon and got home around 7:30. The boys made chad a few things for fathers day. Cade made him a book and lane painted a car and of course they made him cards. They also made a card for grandpa was we went over there for a little bit. They just got back from utah and man were there pictures awesome!!

Chad got the kitchen ready to hang cabinets and last night (monday) I helped him hang up the top ones. WAHOOO!!!

i have been really busy lately - trying to get caught up on the house stuff - which am doing pretty good, and trying to get pictures done. I'm getting several people wanting to take pictures and not very many weekends to do it. Lots of things planned. : ) well i better get off here. All three boys are sleeping - very rare statement!!!

2009-06-14T07:12:00.000-07:00

What a week. Chad left on Monday and drove to arkansas. He worked from the office for the week. When he got there he realized he forgot his hanging clothes!! AGAIN!! He did that when we took a trip to OKC. LOL! He seemed to have a good time but he was ready to get home.

Calley, Josh and taylor came over on Monday and Wednesday and watched the boys for an hour so I could go excercise. It was so sweet of them to do that for me!! To top it off the trash was taken out and dishes were done!!So sweet!! Thank you guys!! They said Jude clung to Josh.

We continued our routine to park and eat at the school. The boys seem to be enjoying that. Thursday they went to MDO. Heidi came by and picked them up. Jude and I went and got my hair done. I have been wanting to get it done for awhile now. So I thought why not. Lets see what happens. Jude did really good. It was not stressful at all. I was going to get my toes done too but they place didn't have any openings. I went and picked up the boys. we went and got snowcones, dropped something off at Glennas and then went to walmart to return a shirt. When we got there I asked the boys if they wanted to get their haircut. They both needed one, but lane was so shaggy. Chad has been meaning to cut it but he stays pretty busy with the kitchen. : ) so I reeled them in but offering a prize and they got to pick the prize. I told them the things they could pick from (under a dollar!). They ate it up and got their haircuts!! : )

Taken this morning so his hair isn't fixed. But he looks so cute!

We came home and fed Jude and then we went for a walk/boys rode bikes. Calley met us up there. Lane got really tired and fell off his bike a few times so he was ready to go home before i wanted to be done but at least I got some kind of workout in. I wore Jude so that helped with the intensity.

Chad got home on friday - we were really happy to see him. I got to go to girls night out (only for an hour, they were going to the show and it just didn't work out with jude for me to go).

Saturday - start on the kitchen again. We got a late start. Jude and I slept until 10!!! Chad tore down the big cabinet which also has the oven in it. I told him to go ahead and do that so he could do all the patch jobs that will need to be done. He started sheetrocking the holes. The boys played outside, and I tried to get pictures done. Jude did not sleep all day. everytime i would lay him down he would wake up!! Supper we did pizza. After supper I fed Jude and we decided to do cereal for him. so i pumped to mix it with his cereal. Oh when i went to pump - I turned on the pump and a spider almost got on my finger!!! yuck! Anyway chad saved the day. We were all excited to feed jude cereal. Even though it was pretty much breastmilk in a spoon. : ) He seemed to enjoy it.

I also sprayed bugspray in every room but Judes and chads bathroom. I need to do that today. I'm so tired of bugs!!! I'm so tired of the spiders!!!

I'm also going to mow the lawn today so I can spray outside around the house.

Some Jude Pictures

He has gotten to be a pro at flippin. This is his favorite way to sleep!! So DARN CUTE!!

The next pictues are from this morning. He has gotten so strong with his neck. He is no longer a newborn. : ( : ) bittersweet! he loves to play!!

2009-06-10T17:03:00.000-07:00

This one is Jude and his trick of stretching. He has done the "superman" stretch since we got home from the hospital. He loves to stretch it out. It is funny because all i had to do to get him to stretch is raise his arms and say "stretch it out". He doesn't do it as much as he use to. it is def. a memory I would love to remember.

Cades preschool graduation video

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Cades preschool graduation

2009-06-10T14:39:00.000-07:00

here is a video from about a month ago. I caught the boys playing in the bathtub.

2009-06-10T13:06:00.000-07:00

Here is a video I took of Jude today. He weighs 12 lbs 8.5 oz and is 24 1/2 inches long. Actually I think he is a little longer. : )

This video was last week. He rolled over for me. I don't know why the quality is so bad. I'm learning the whole process of getting the video from camera to computer to you tube. Bare with me.

2009-06-09T23:44:00.000-07:00

My Baby is 4 months old today!!! Can you believe that it has already been 4 months! He is getting so big!!! We are going to the doctor tomorrow and will post how much he weighs. He is starting to get chubby. : ) I love it!
He loves sucking on his hand. He will not take a pacifier or a bottle. Chad still needs to work with him on that.

He blows rasberries all the time. He can roll over. Oh and he is more vocal. : )

He is so handsome!!!

I love you my bubs!!!

2009-06-08T22:05:00.000-07:00

Tuesday Cade helped make a dessert! He loves whip cream!!

Wednesday ..Happy anniversary to me and chad! We have been married for 9 years now!! We didn't have anything planned. Our gifts is our new tv that we got the other weekend.

Steppin up in this world!!

my mom also had her radioactive iodine thing done for her thyroid. The whole procedure was really fast. I really don't know how she is doing now. I have tried to call her but no answer. The doctor had said that she would prob. feel really sick the day after, i heard that she was. Lee talked to her the other day and said she sounded really good. I hope to talk to her soon.

I had my ortho appt. on thursday. i was hoping to get rid of wearing rubber bands - nope! they are even right up front so they are easily seen! : ( oh well gotta do what i gotta do! My doctor said that I should have my braces off by christmas! Lets hope!!

I also decided on a fast decision trip to go to my sisters. Rick had called chad thursday morning and asked if he wanted to go camping last weekend so i said I'm going to my sisters. : ) It was my first trip with all three boys by myself. It wasn't so bad. The ride there was great. We had to stop and hour outside of ponca so i could feed my little man. The boys were awesome during that stop! When we got to Sally's, Uncle Jerry was waiting. I think he was pretty excited to meet Jude. I think he held him most of our visit. Lee Jay and Caci came to ponca to see us. It was their first time to meet Jude too. I'm glad I got to see them. I have missed my family! The kids had a blast -water balloons, sprinkler, bubbles, squirt guns, and uncle lee!! We had a great time and the boys were awesome except for going to sleep at night! : ) but that is understandable. Jude did really well. He pretty much slept with me. The ride home was total opposite of the ride there. Jude cried the majority of the time! It was a long trip back home. When we got home chad was already home from camping. He and Rick had a great time. Chad has really enjoyed being able to do stuff with his dad.

Lane 3 1/2 years, Lily 2 1/2 years, Jude 3 1/2 mths, Cade 5 1/2 years

My Handsome boys

Uncle Lee and his 5th nephew!!

Yeah water balloons - check out Aunt sally in the next one!!

Monday...The start of vacation bible school at the lutheran church. We got up and I took them to vbs. I was really excited for them. They had a great week. They really enjoyed going and Lane could even tell me some stories they learned about!! Everyday after VBS (except on thursday) a bunch of us met up at the school and the kids ate lunch. They have really enjoyed that and I don't have to worry about what I'm going to feed them or the clean up!! Thursday was Mdo so after VBS the kids went there.

The boys also started a library reading program on Mondays. The first Monday was a horrible day for me. The lunch room was loud with the sound of 50 million kids and then I took the boys to the reading program it is held at a building at the rodeo grounds. It was chaos!! I stayed because I didn't feel comfortable leaving the boys. Needless to say that was so hard on my nerves. By that evening I was numb. I told chad that I might just have a break down. I never did but man it was a hard day.

Thursday I had a dentist appt. Everything looked good. There is a couple of things that need to be fixed but can't until my braces are off. Which I already knew that.

Friday... Calley has been wanting to watch all 3 boys so chad and I could go on a date. It had been since the beginning of Jan. since our last date, and calley watched them then!! So we took her up on it. Chad and I went to naifehs and used some of my gift card I got in december. The food was really good. Afterwards we went to walmart. It was really windy outside so we couldn't go for a walk. We walked around walmart and calley called. Jude was ready for me. : ) We showed up and she had him calmed down. I guess he had a hard time. Calley said he cried for about 20 minutes after I left and she finally got him to sleep for an hour. She still wants to watch him though. :) When we were loading up in the car Cade said "dad how was your date?" It was so funny because he sounded like a buddy. :)

Finally got the exercauser out on Friday - Judes new favorite thing!!! WAHOO! Getting some chubbiness!!!

Saturday...The boys went with grandpa and gigi to go fishing. They were so excited!! I had pictures in a backyard I didn't know. I was a little nervous because of that and the wind. When I showed up the little girl was not in a good mood. We finally got her to have fun and got some cute pictures. Chad got started on taking down the cabinets! He had already had the floor done. So when I got home I started putting things in boxes. Oh man!! He worked all day and got the top cabinets out. We went and got the boys around 6 pm. While the boys were at rick and glennas cade stepped on some insect with a stinger! His poor foot is still swollen. I have been watching it to make sure everything is ok. I have been giving him benadryl and tonight before bed I put some cortisone on it. When we got home from dropping them off chad jumped in the shower to go to poker night and I ordered pizza. Hey you should have seen the kitchen!! I cleaned up the kitchen while waiting on the pizza to get done. I stayed up late cleaning and organizing. I finally got some stuff done in the laundry room!! I actually didn't get to bed until chad came home which was around 1:30a.m.

What a MESS!!! All I kept saying to myself and chad saying to me was "new kitchen, new kitchen, new kitchen..."

Sunday... I had another photo shoot. This time it was in rick and glenna's backyard. It was of 2 kids. It was a lazy day when I got home. No major things happend. i did go do my grocery shopping and chad and big boys went and flew kites.

Monday...We (calley, heidi and I) have decided to do park in the morning and then go to lunch at the school. We are trying to keep the kids busy. So today we went to the park, went and ate, we came home - I ate and fed jude, took boys to library reading program. It was so much better today. The boys didn't want me to leave so I stayed there with them. We handed in their folder with books they have read this week. The kids get "money" to get stuff from the programs "store". So Cade has been wanting to read books everytime I turn around. It has been some special time though. : ) They both got some stuff from the "store". After the program we went to walmart. I forgot a few things so we went to go get them. When we got home I got busy cleaning up a little. Josh, Calley and taylor came over to watch the boys for me while i went and workout. : ) how sweet is that!!! Not only did they come over here but calley did my dishes and josh took out the trash!! I say come over more. : ) LOL!! Thanks guys - your the best!! We got some 3D chalk at walmart - that was cool. The boys talked calley into letting them do it. I fixed supper and got some pictures ready to order. The boys went to bed late but that is ok. We were just taking it easy. Oh I made a dessert tonight. YUMMY!! i better get off here and wake up jude to feed him. : )

The boys have been really sweet by saying thank you mom for making my lunch, or thank you dad for taking us to fly kites.

2009-05-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

Sunday... After lunch I took a nap. I was so tired. Jude was my wake up call, which was ok, it was a nice nap. When I got up Chad had our new entertainment center and tv up. i went and worked out with Heidi. Man was it hot!! We poured sweat!!! When I got back I concentrated on clearing out the living room. Finally got around to taking a shower before bed.

Monday...I had planned to workout with heidi and diana but the furnish's made a last minute decision to go to liberal. That was fine with me. Chad and I decided to have a picnic. So we went to sonic got lunch, found a picnic table across the street from sunset. After lunch we walked to sunset. Chad walked back to get the car. I fed Jude while Chad and the big boys did the paddleboats. Jude and I got to watch them. After they were done we went and got snowcones (i didn't but everyone else did). when we got home i started on a grocery list. I got to go to walmart by myself!!! It was nice. I got there before the rain started, which i was glad. Because it poured!! When I was done it was sprinkling again which i was glad for. : ) i didn't get too wet. we undloaded the car and i fixed egg sandwiches for supper. It was 8 p.m. and the boys were hungry. I replanted my house plants and cleaned up a little. I did chads hair and then went to bed. It was a great day spent with my family! We sure needed that!!

I did weigh in this morning and lost a pound! Wish it was more but happy it is a pound!

Tuesday... Jude slept 6 hours last night!! Too bad i didn't go to bed until 2 hours after he went down. : ( Chad and I woke up around 9. Still pretty nice. : ) My plan was to feed jude at noon and then go get my hair done. but chad was itching to get out. so he went for a hike. He said he would be back in a few hours. So i'm trying to decide how i'm going to do this. It takes a few hours for hair and then i have my workout tonight. Oh chad is off today, he took a vacation day. : ) OOOOHH i got into a smaller pant size and they are too tight. : ) wahoo!!

Last night I got jude a chew toy that vibrates. I had gotten the other two one when they were teething and they loved it. so last night I washed it and told chad to try it. Jude LOVES it!! it is pretty funny to watch him with it. Well i better go. jude is feeling lonely and i wanted to make a dessert for later (low fat but yummy).

2009-05-24T09:56:00.001-07:00

Sunday morning... I didn't go to bed until 4 a.m. Chad got home and we researched fiddleback spiders. It isn't it - i'm relieved but still don't want any spiders around! Chad tried to find the one in judes room but it moved somewhere else - creepy. i can't believe how I'm being but for some reason I just can't handle it. I have researched spiders this morning and can't find the one I saw. Which is good since all the ones i could find on the web listed poisonous ones. Chad said he would spray today!!

I got up around 8:30. Mr. Jude was ready to get up. So I'm pretty tired today. Chad and Cade is putting our tv stand together and then we will put up the tv. wahoo!!!

I talked to heidi today. I think we are going to workout together. we both cheated yesterday!! : ) Got to it sometime! : )

2009-05-23T23:53:00.000-07:00

Sunday...chad finished hanging up trim/crown. I can't really remember what else happend.

Monday...I took boys to school and came home. I painted the living room (it just needed one more coat of paint) and finished painting trim. I also did some spot painting around the house. The living room is finished!!

I also got an order of pictures in so i got orders ready.

I weighed in this morning and had lost 2 lbs in week!!

Tuesday...Took boys to school and dropped off picture orders. After school we stopped by keidi's house. We stayed and visited alittle bit. Then the boys dropped off pictures to heidi and calley.

I watched american idol.

I practiced with Jude rolling over. he actually did one all by himself.

Wednesday...Lane went to the park with his class. By one mom I was told that him and bryson was the only two that listened and obeyed her - : ) and by a grandma I was told that Lane was so cute!!

Boys played a lot outside.

Thursday...Boys went to school. Lanes last day! I did my workout and took a shower. I went and picked boys from school (including bryson) and took them to Mother's day out. Jude was hungry was he fussed and cried the entire time but we still had fun in the car. We found a silly game to play. Chad went and ate lunch with Josh. I stayed home. Heidi picked up boys for me. Boys played outside and chad and I watched american idol. He also went and got his haircut and workout.

Friday... JUDE LAUGHED!!! I have been trying so hard!! Chad was in the bathtub and I was just playing with Jude and got him to laugh. I ran Jude into the bathroom and did it for chad! I'm glad chad got to hear it. We had a playdate planned for after cade got out of school. i went and picked up misty and the girls, and then went to go get cade. i was a little late picking him up from his last day of school. we went to the park. For some reason all the boys except for Jude was fussy!!! they had fun but i don't know what the deal was. After supper we had a family trip to walmart. i can't tell you when the last time we all went to walmart. We went to go get snowcones but the stands were already closed so we went to braums and got a sherbert freeze. I only ate half of the small and gave the rest to chad. i finished making banana pancakes and cleaned up the kitchen. The boys played hard outside and then came in and went to bed. Chad and I did meaurements of the kitchen.

Today Chad and I have been together 11 years!! (started dating)

Saturday...We woke up this morning, dropped cade and lane at grandpa and gigi's and headed to amarillo. We went to lowe's and got the order for our cabinets ready. Chad has a few meaurements to check before we actually place the order (tomorrow!) We looked around at appliances and tile and got prices and ideas. Then we headed to walmart. We bought a new tv and stand!! Our anniversary is coming up, plus mothers day, and fathers day. So that is the gift for all that. We went and ate at a mexican restaurant. I have been craving a coke all week and finally got one!!! Jude was awesome all day. He did get cranky when we were eating but we got through it. He has been slobbery all day too. At supper he just wanted to knaw on something. Yep - signs of teething! : ( He is only 3 months! He isn't suppose to start that! Plus teeth are scary (all the nursing moms know why!! LOL) The trip home was a good one. Chad and I had a really great day. We got the boys from rick and glennas. They had burgers made when we got there so the boys ate supper. we dropped chad off at the poker game and came home. Lane played out front for a little bit and cade fell asleep in the car. I couldn't get him to wake up so i left him in there and stood on the front porch talking to lee jay while he slept. Lane came in before cade woke up. When I got in I wasn't sure where lane was but ended up finding him in the living room floor with a blanket over his head. He was sound asleep. Cade stayed up with me. I finally got cade dressed and teeth brushed and went to bed. Cade layed in bed with me. we talked for a little bit. i asked him if he had fun today and he said "really fun!". : ) I fell asleep.

Two and half hours later jude woke up to eat. I fed him on one side and when he was almost done I saw a spider crawling on my nursing pads on his shelf!!! It looked like a fiddleback!! i saw one just like that the other day in the bathroom. I made chad go in there an kill it. I asked him if it was a fiddleback and he looked at it, killed it and didn't say anything!! So it has been an hour and half since this happend. Chad still isn't home from cards, the spider is still alive because i can't do it, jude is in the living room floor on the elmo couch where I'm watching him closely and I can't go to sleep. I have cried and almost lost it. I'm scared of fiddlebacks and am so worried that one of the boys is going to get bit! a friend of mine got bit by one and was sick for a long time. Can you imagine if a little guy got one!! So I'm too freaked to do anything. I'm wanting to do research on them right now but am worried I really can't sleep. I'm really tired and really wished chad would get home. I'm either going to do research tonight or tomorrow and chad is spraying this house!! i just can't do fiddlebacks!! It is actually sunday at this point in time. (2:21 a.m.)

Things we do: I play a lot with Jude during the day. He really needs alot of attention. He still loves to watch your tongue. Right now, clicking of the tongue is pretty neat to him. He still loves it when someone talks to him. He gets lots of sweet remarks from people passing us anywhere we are, and I mean lots. Today and older lady was walking down the aisle we were at at walmart, without stopping she just reached out touched his foot while smiling.

The boys have been playing a lot outside. Cade loves playing with the girls next door. Their new thing is playing up front. They don't get to do it all the time and they have to ask permission. They know to stay in our yard. Chad and I are still trying to warm up to the idea but need to let some freedom (not much!)

I have been working out and eating healthy. I'm counting calories but am not hard core. Nursing moms are suppose to eat 1800 calories a day. I have been counting around 1000 BUT I don't count every little thing. And when I'm really hungry I will eat a bowl of cereal or something. I don't starve myself.

Chad has been working out. He is looks really good. He has been gaining weight (we are opposite). He hurt himself on thursday AGAIN!! I don't know what his deal is!

it is really hard for me to get on here everyday and if i wait a whole week I forget things that has happend throughout the week!! i guess i'm going to get off here, it isn't like I can sleep though!!!

2009-05-16T13:35:00.000-07:00

This week was a good week. Monday night was Cades graduation (already posted on that.)

The boys painted on Tuesday. I worked out, chad worked out. Oh and I got to go eat with Calley!! That was nice, except for the waitress who kept interupting to talk about jude or her grandkids.

Thursday, i worked out with heidi and we even ate lunch together. she got the boys from mdo for me. i fed jude and then worked like crazy cleaning. feels good to have clean house. rick came over for a little bit and played with the bos outside.

friday we went to the park. oh the boys let me sleep in!!! nice!!! after the park we went to walmart. the boys needed new underwear and socks.

Friday evening hude finally put himself to sleep. Shortly after the boys came running inside!!!

Mom take my picture with jude.

Lane trying to calm him down. he did go back to sleep and slept for awhile. the boys got a bath and posed in their new underwear for me.

The hulk underwear.

Cade made us retake the picture because you couldnt see lanes design!!

Saturday...i got to sleep in. grandpa came over to help chad with the trim

i got ate breakfast, fed jude then it was time to start on lunch. i made lunch for everyone. the boys played on the computer until it was lunch time. i made hamburgers for lunch and had tomatoes and avacodoes to go on them. chad and i were asking lane if he wanted some "guacamole" on his burger. Lane said no and someone asked if he didn't like it. cade said "lane will eat the crap out of guacamole!" I was stunned but about spit my food across the table from laughing so hard!! then we told him a different way he should say it and that it isn't nice to say crap (even though momma says it).the neighbor girls came over and asked "can your boys come play". so after lunch we went over ground rules and they went and played in the front. it was their first time. I watched them pretty close. they had a ball!!!

it really isn't a great picture of them playing with the girls but i didn't want to embarrase them so i snapped it really fast.

Rick said he enjoyed coming over, he got to spend time with his grandkids! He put jude to sleep and played with him which was nice for me. Thanks Rick for helping Chad!!!

The trim still isnt done but chad is still working. i think he will get all of it up that he can just need to finish with filling in holes and touch up paint, oh and caulking.

Chad has poker night tonight and i still need to exercise!!

Stuff... so i have been feeling discouraged because my little man is still only sleeping two hours at a time. last night he did really well but geeze when does it change!! also he can't put himself to sleep. so i'm on a mission to teach him. it is way to hard on me to give him all of my attention. i need to spread it out. we have tried to give him a bottle and he will not take it. calley is going to let me borrow some bottles to see if they will work. i hope so. i love breastfeeding and it is a blessing to do it. I don't want to go to formula just want to be able to leave and jude can still be fed if i want to be gone a little longer.

i have been feeling some anxiety and just pretty down on myself. it is just a phase and i know it will get better. i have been eating better, exercising. hopefully the weight will be taken away. it is just hard to give all 4 boys the attention they need but then again who gives me the attention i need?

The boys have been really good this week. so sweet and listening to me! can't beat that!! School is out on the 22nd. i really need to come up with some activities for them to do. I am going to enroll them in the luteran vacation bible school. it is the first week in june. i think the boys will really enjoy it.

funny story... cade has been bringing home papers for different sports signup. we have decided not to start him until next year. this week he brought home a swim team paper. he asked me what it was so i told him, and told him it could go in the trash. he said "your never going to sign me up for anything! i already know how to swim (which he doesn't) and play tball!!!" it was hard not to laugh.

colorado trip

2009-05-16T13:07:00.001-07:00

Last week we left for Colorado Springs. We needed and wanted to make a trip up there to see Nana and Papa Bill. We got there on thursday evening. Jude playing Friday morning. Glenda had permission from the neighbors that we could play in their backyard. They have a trampoline and swings. We thought that would be fun so we headed over there.

PUT YOUR TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH LANE!!!

Nana wearing Jude

Don't break the egg!! Cade was the egg and was easily broken. I think Chad and I were just as excited as the boys were about jumping on the trampoline.

Me and my doodle bud

After the trampoline we went back to Nana's house. They had a hula hoop and had fun playing with it.

The boys also colored. Nana and Papa both had to work so we just hung around the house.

"Mom take my picture with Jude"

On Saturday we woke up to an awesome breakfast of belgian strawberry waffles and strawberry syrup, topped with homemade whip cream and some sausage. YUMMY!! We got ready for the day and headed to Focus on the Family. It was a neat place. They had a kid zone with awesome paintings on the wall. Not paintings in frame a mural. beautiful. They also have a 3 story slide which Lane wasn't tall enough for. Cade was until they switched people and then was told he wasn't. At least he got to do it. They had a ball! We got home and ate lunch. Later on Glenda and I went to JcPenney and Sams. It was nice to get out even if I had to bring Jude. When we got home we ate hotdogs and got ready for bed.

Sunday we got up and stayed most of Mother's Day. We ate brisket with all the fixins and headed home. We had a really nice time and I ate way too much. It is hard not to eat very much when you have the food they cook!!! The trip back home was a nice ride. All the boys were really good. Thanks Glenda and Bill for everything!!

Playing a game of Chums on Sunday.

2009-05-11T20:51:00.000-07:00

Jude is 3 months old!! Here are a few pictures we took this weekend. There will be more pictures from our trip to colorado, just need to get them all together.

He is getting so long. His 0-3 month outfits are all too short!!!

Cade had his preschool graduation tonight. The theme was Hollywood. I teared up. They had a slideshow which wasn't the greatest but the song "let them be little" was playing. we have that song on both the boys first year dvds. It just brought me back to baby cade. Now he is going into kindergarten. He will be in school all day! I can't believe how much he has grown. He is such a terrific kid. He sure does make me look like I'm doing a wonderful job raising him. : ) He did really well singing his class's song! Very proud of him.

He got most scientific!! SMARTY!

He said his favorite part was being on stage. : )

Cade and Miss Taylor (his girl!) - Isn't she so dang cute!!!!

He was waiting to get dimissed. What a poser!!

Got a picture on some of the decoration

I had asked cade before graduation if i could get some pictures of him afterwards (we were going to get some with the hat but forgot). He did all the posing I just snapped the picture. : )

I love you CADE RYAN!!! You're the BEST!!!

2009-05-05T08:39:00.000-07:00

Saturday...We got up and got ready for the day. We went to the parade. It was really fun and Jude was really good. Check out calleys blog to see some pictures. i don't have any from the parade (i was wearing jude and had asked chad to take some but it didn't get done). After the parade we came home, the boys changed their boots to tennis shoes. It was cold and misty outside but we were all determined to have a great day. I fed Jude and we headed to the furnish's. Lots of good food there. We ate, visited, the guys played cards, chad lost : (, came home. i got pictures in so i got those all ready and then we played croquet. it was really fun. it was the best part of the whole day, doing something fun with the family.

Sunday...Heidi and I went to the craft fair - not too impressing and then I came home and we ate lunch. We went to the rodeo (an hour late). It was fun. The boys favorite part was the bull riding. we came home and the boys and chad started cleaning the yard. i have been so embarrased!! Our yard has looked so trashy!! it is hard with all the renovating. But chad and the boys picked it up and chad mowed! yes chad mowed!! LOL!! The yard looks really nice now - as nice as it can be right now. While chad was mowing I had customers come get their pictures - yeah pay day, and then i went to sonic and got supper. after supper we did some more croquet. Fun times.

Monday...Took the boys to school and then went to the store. I had to feed Jude in the parking lot. Did my shopping. Got the urge to buy some material. Really want to start sewing. I got some for Jude and of course Lily. I know what material for the boys but didn't know how much to get. It was time to get the boys after school. Right when it was time to get them it started pouring rain!!! I got soaked. We got home, unloaded the car, cade and lane helped, and i changed clothes. Not much else happend. at 5 i went and picked up heidi. i started my workout at the ymca! Man!! It was nice - hard work but felt good. I came home, we ate and chad left to go do his workout. I took a shower washed the boys, fed jude, got boys in bed, got jude in bed, pumped and went to bed.

Tuesday... Took boys to school. chad had to get up at 3 a.m. and go to work. He worked until 9:30. He is in bed right now. I did something with my hair, started laundry (SOOOO MUCH) and fed jude, balaced check book. Here i am. It is time to go get the boys now. : ) Jude is finally asleep. : ( Hate waking him up!!!

2009-05-01T21:58:00.001-07:00

Sunday...we spent the day at home. the boys let me sleep in. which is really needed these days. chad went out of town with his dad and got home around 5 ish. we all ran out to greet him. i could tell he loved that. i met my neighbor. i have been meaning to go talk to her but haven't found the time. she wanted to see jude so we visited a little while. when i got back in the house supper was almost done - worked out perfectly.

Monday...I did picture orders and finished judes body part collage. i messed up on the other one and had to redo it. i paid bills, laundry, house, post office for chad - all the fun stuff! i also realized that judes car seat wasn't right. i fixed it and ordered some latches to have on hand. thats scary but it is def. in there right now!!

Tuesday...Gosh i should remember what happend! i do know that night jude didn't sleep so well. or was that monday night? LOL!! the days just blur together. he was up every hour and i mean every hour. 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 3:30, 4, 5, 7:30 (had to wake him up to take boys to school!!!) i was pretty tired all day. I did end up taking a nap around 5. I tried at 4 but the boys kept coming in and jude woke up 20 minutes after laying down.

wednesday...i went to the store by myself. i asked chad if he could watch the boys on his lunch break so i could run to walmart. wow, it was pretty nice - sucks i had to spend that hour getting groceries!! we went to rick and glennas tonight. the boys had fun running around the backyard, and chad and i visited with rick. glenna went and ate supper with her sister so we didn't get to see her much. but when she got back she got some snuggle time in with jude.

thursday...cade got to dress up like a cowboy today for school. so cute!! mdo - calley had told me she would get lane and take him to mdo, i told her that i needed to get out anyway. I needed to run by walmart (forgot a few things) and go by the post office. Heidi called and volunteered too. I told her i would take bryson since i was out anyway. did my errands, got to school in time to feed jude (waiting for cade), took cade to mdo. I came home, ate, fed jude and vegged. I picked all the boys up and we drove around for a little bit. heidi was working out so i thought i would buy her sometime not to worry about bryson. we drove by the rodeo grounds to look at the horses (pioneer days!), carnival and cade & lane wanted to show bryson papa and gigi's house. : ) I dropped bryson off and came home. Today is my nephew owens 2 nd bday - happy birthday owen!!! can't believe he is two!! i got to talk to him on the phone. SSSOOO CUTE!! I miss them!!! tonight was carnival night. we ate supper and headed to the carnival. the boys had a blast. Cades favorite rides was the mirror maze and the pirate slide (not really rides) and Lanes was the dragon roller coaster. we met up with calley and her crew. destiny and zaine rode some rides with them. they also had a few friends that were there that rode with them. it was fun! the boys were cranky when we got home though!!!

friday...cade didn't have school today so i got to sleep in!! wahoo. Cade, lane and I stayed in our pjs all day long!! i made some stuff for the bbq tomorrow (macaroni salad, grannys orange dream and lemon bars). I also made some bread. calley brought over my pampered chef stuff - wahoo! it was nice to visit a little. chad got off work and kept saying so your still in your pjs. we got dressed and left the house. i had a few things to drop off at houses and then we went to mr. burger drive through. the boys fell asleep, so we drove home and ate dinner in the driveway. not anything exciting. i have been pretty moody lately. wish i could change how things went around here, and how i have been - especially to chad, cade and lane. not feeling like a very loving wife or mother. they all deserve better (just in a hole right now, who knows tomorrow might be better). tomorrow is the parade and cookout over at the furnishs. i'm pretty excited to be around friends. the boys get to wear their cowboy boots and hats! i remember pioneer days growing up. I wore boots and jeans all week long!! it was fun to do all the activites and go to the rodeo. oh the days to be skinny and looking good in my jeans!

I have been doing pretty good with what i have been eating. i'm pretty proud of the control. i still eat some special things but overall watch the calorie intake. everything that i made for the picnic is made with reduced or fat free stuff. my plan is to start working out on monday. i'm going to go to the ymca with heidi. i really need to start fixing myself. i think it would help with making me feel better and stress level. Just being out of the house for an hour to do something for me will be nice. i told chad and he said he is behind me 100%. he def. can tell a difference in me when i'm feeling good. We tried to give jude another bottle earlier this week. jude at 1 oz and then wasn't taking anymore from it. chad tried then i tried - hated wasting that milk! but as soon as i started nursing him he was fine.

well i better go it is 12:30 a.m. it is hard to go to bed when you finally get alone time!! i need to take a shower! i will just take a fast one in the morning.

2009-04-24T21:56:00.001-07:00

Thursday...i got the boys to mdo and got home. wasn't long the mail came and yeah my pictures came in!!! Chad was on lunch so we had to run back to walmart (the medicine i got for chad had been opened) and then i had to drop him back at work. I went to taco bell and got us lunch. i had a fun conversation with my sister. : ) i came home ate, fed jude, and started getting orders ready to go out. i went and got the boys and promised them the day before that we would get snowcones. they were pretty excited. we came home and i finished getting pictures ready to go out. Emailed my clients to let them know. One of them picked the pictures up around 5 so that i excellent. the boys got ready for bed. they have been really good. I stayed up finishing up some stuff. I finally got papers filed!!!! I got shutterfly pictures started (i send out pictures every month on shutterfly to share with family and friends), took a shower, fed jude, pumped and went to bed around 1:30 a.m. I started Jude off in his bed but the next feeding i brought him to bed and fed him whenever.

Friday...woke up and cade got ready for school. lane is use to staying home on fridays while i take cade to school. i did have to explain to him that he couldn't stay but could wear his pjs. : ) we got home and i eventually got ready for the day. we went and got cade and ran some errands. I told them if they were good for me during the errands they could have mcdonalds. We went to the bank, post office, shirt place (lanes lil bro shirt was peeling off). the boys were really good!!! so i got them mcd's. I was proud of myself because i didn't order anything for me. instead i got home and had a healthy, low calorie meal! I finished posting shutterfly pictures and sent them out, got a picture order ready to order. lane has been saving his money and wanted to get a toy from walmart. so we loaded up in the car to walmart. they didn't have what he wanted so instead he got a big bouncy ball which was only a few dollars. They have been super good today so we went and got snowcones. they already knew what they wanted. : ) cade said when we were leaving "tomorrow I'm going to get fireball!". And the snowcone addiction begins!!! : ) We came home, i fed jude, the boys changed into swimming trunks and we headed to the sassins. Today is baby tay's 2nd bday. The party was really fun. The boys had a great time, and i love being around everyone. Calley was creative and made a cow and horse cakes. taylor is into cows right now so it was cow/country theme (cute). We stayed for awhile, were the last ones to leave. it is hard to leave, of course jude was ready to go to sleep and the boys were wrestling so it was easier to get home tonight. : ) we got home, i gave them a bath and wiped jude down with a soapy washcloth, dressed jude, gave boys a bowl of cereal, brushed teeth, boys went to bed and jude finally went to sleep. man am i tired!! i took a shower and now ready to go to sleep. jude will prob. be waking up soon to eat but i'm not staying up to wait. who knows when it will actually be!!

thankful for ... great friends, loving family, my three baby boys, loving husband, the roof over my head, reliable car, a moody kitty, food in the cabinets, bed to sleep in, loving God, - oh the list goes on!!!

2009-04-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

Monday... Man was I busy!! I ran errands, caught up on pictures and orders, bills!! Glad to get that all done.

Tuesday...I went to the store and decided we were having a family clean evening. Turns out it was a Cade and Momma clean evening. Lane fell asleep and daddy used jude as an excuse. well he went and looked for heidi's dog (one of the boys opened their gate) then lifted weights. he did clean his bathroom when he got home. We went to Brysons and played for a long time today. I took my laptop to get kambree' pictures done. I did!! here are some of my favs.

i made supper and lane konked out at 6! they played hard!!! Heidi made a yummy snack for us. jude slept for 5 hrs!!!!

Wed...When lane woke up i gave him a bath and we had a good morning getting ready for school. jude was so tired today. I took jude to go get his shots. :( he screamed when she was giving it to him. he stopped when she was done,had no tears and even smiled at me. i picked the boys up from school and they were in great moods. i invited bryson over to do water balloons. they were so excited, we waited for rylee to wake up from her nap. the boys just took it easy. jude has pretty much slept all day. he only played for alittle bit. :( poor baby!!! bryson finally made it. :) They had so much fun! i loved watching them and hearing the excitement.

I made supper and the boys got in the bath. they were down by 7:30!! i decided to see how jude would do with a bottle. Chad was hesitant to do it. but i explained to him it is just one bottle we aren't going to do it every night. he really needs to get introduced so i can have somewhat of a life. i really want to start working out at the YMCA so this is a chance for me to do that. He said ok, i just don't want anything to mess up you breastfeeding. You worked so hard to do it. i told him it would be ok. so here is chads first time to feed him and judes first time with a bottle.

jude did awesome. and yes i teared up but then chad distracted me. I was pumping at the same time. Jude ate 3 oz and I pumped 5 oz!

We took this picture the other day. it was in between feedings. don't you just love his smile?

Thursday... Well we got up and i took cade to school. Another great morning!! today is mdo so i'm trying to get jude fed to get lane there. then i'm going to walmart and then get cade. My pictures should come in today. So i have that and i need to file our bills away (get them off the table!!) chad hasn't been feeling very good. his allergies are bad. have been since we left for okc. he is going to be leaving with his dad today. hope he doesn't over do it! better get going!!

2009-04-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

We finally went on a family vacation. We wanted to do something fun and just spend time with eachother. We went to Oklahoma City and stayed downtown. But on the way to OKC chad realizes he left his hanging clothes on the bed. So he only had what he had on!! I did pack his underwear and socks so he at least had those. When we got into town on Wednesday we hung out at the hotel (that didn't have an inside pool!!) until Genea got off work. Zac, Genea, Aiden and my group walked to bricktown and ate at the spaghetti warehouse. It was a really great visit. After we ate we took the boys to the park. They had a ball. Cade did the monkey bars all by himself!! He amazed me! He also fell from the monkey bars and messed up his face a little. They all seemed to have fun, but it was time to go back to the hotel. My boys were getting fussy and kept getting hurt - man were they winey!!! Zac looked really good, better than what I was expecting. At the end of the night you could tell he had enough. : ) He was just so tired. I'm so glad we got to hook up with them!!!

Thursday we decided to go to the zoo. The weather was going to be the nicest. I was pretty excited to see the elephants. When we went to the tulsa zoo they didn't have any. So we got to where the elephants should be and the sign said that they were in tulsa!!! Oh well. I really like the night animals and of course the monkeys. The orangatan was showing off for us. I really like looking at all the animals but the orangatan and the gorillas just had a sad look on their face. : ( poor little guys.

Lane assured me that this turtle wasnt real and it couldn't bite him. I would say lanes favorite animal was the bear.

Amazed by the baby monkey (cade's age) he was so cute!!

Cade had to get on every statue and get his picture taken! Cade says his favorite was the rhino

Leaving the zoo - Chad and his kangroo pouch. LOL!! It was a perfect day for the zoo. Not very hot. We did miss out on some of the animals and the dinosaur exhibit. I KNOW!! they didn't have very good signs on where the exhibit was and it was time to go when the boys (lane) got really fussy. After the zoo we decided to go eat at ted's (mexican). we got directions to one close to our hotel. the thing is on the way back from the zoo chad missed his exit so we thought we could get there another way - and hour and a half later we were finally eating!! LOL!! YUMMMY!!! We were enjoying our meal and cade dropped his corndog! oh man things went down hill from there. he through a fit!! I MEAN A FIT!! Chad had to take him to the car. it was embarrasing and ridiculus. we were thinking about taking him to sonic and getting him a corndog but then the fit came and NOPE! After ted's we went to the mall. Chad really needed to find a shirt!! LOL! i didn't find anything and chad found 1 shirt. The boys werent so good, running all over the place!! we went old navy. Chad and the boys went in while i fed jude. I could tell chad wasn't finding anything there. When they walked out lane darted to the road and almost got hit by a car!! That kid just does not listen - you can spank, be calm and explain still he doesn't understand! Chad got in the car and cade and i ran into old navy - couldn't seem to break down a buy few shirts and pants for me. i did get some new flip flops. we then went to babies r us and got some things for jude with a gift card he received. We got him a bumbo and swimming trunks with a hat to match. We went back to the hotel pretty frustrated with the boys and thinking we might not like this family trip stuff. LOL!!!

The boys loved unlocking the door. We had to take turns doing it.

Friday we decided we would go to the science museum and incredible pizza. When we got to the museum i figured there is no way we can make it to IP for lunch. When we got to the museum, paid and inside we noticed all the kids!! there were tons of kids running all over (field trips). Lane was pretty overwhelmed at first. cade was ready to do things but there were kids just being rude! just keeping reading it gets better. : )

Astro Cade

Cades favorite thing the echo tube

We decided to go into the shipwreck room, i figured there wouldn't be as many kids since you have to pay more. I was right!

Lane in the hurricane tube. he got out before it was done!

Cades turn. he stayed in it the whole time.

I was excited to show cade the stering wheel of a boat. see the kid in the back, cade finally got in and this kid booted him away!!! ggrrrrrrr! i was pretty fed up with the rude kids and cranky lane. but it was time for the movie so we got some popcorn and went to it. It was cute and i got to feed jude. Lane was happy since he got popcorn.

After the show lane was a totally different kid. In a better mood and all the schools had left!!! we had such a great time!!!!

the big fish tank was one of lanes favorite things. he just kept looking.

This fish reminded me of lane. i had to take a picture of it!! LOL!!!

jude taking a nap!

the mirror maze was so much fun. the boys really loved this! i don't know how many times they went through it!!

We finished looking at most of the stuff and decided it was time for the big tree house!!!

all my boys fixing to chunk balls down.

After the museum chad and decided not to do incredible pizza. we spent enough money at the museum and the boys burned some energy and had a blast. We of course didn't mention anything to the boys. We left the museum and went back to the hotel. we walked to bricktown and ate at zio's. yummy!! they had a great deal. we got 2 big bowls of spaghetti and meatballs, and fett. alfredo with chicken for $20! we all enjoyed it. the sad part was that there were a lot leftover and we couldn't take it with us!! it would have lasted another meal!! : ( we went to the park and played for a little bit. cade was wanting to do more of the monkey bars and lane enjoyed the firemans pole. we didn't stay long because it was windy and cold. we walked back - the boys were so good!! We had to take turns at the corners pushing the walk buttons. Oh lane say the horses pulling carts and he was pretty excited. we went back to the hotel. I'm so glad we don't live in an apartment. i feel sorry for our neighbors - we are a loud family. we tried so hard to keep everyone quiet but you know. : )

we colored and watched tv. this is about the time cade realized we didn't go to incredible pizza. but he wasn't too upset.

happy jude!

we got up the next morning (saturday) and just took our time getting things together. We went and at a chili's and drove home. we check out a lake on the way that chad has been wanting to see. wasn't much but killed his curosity. i was glad to get home!! we all have stuffy noses, coughs.

Jude and his bumbo!

Here are some pictures that i took today of my 2 month old baby!!!

I have been trying to get picture orders ready and get pictures done!! chad left and said he would be back in a few hours ( it has been 6!) Lane just woke up from a nap and they are watching tv. just got jude down. : )

overall we had a good trip. the fussiness is just part of the age and i know i'm cracking down on things the next few weeks. cade keeps saying he wants to do it again. but chad and i are thinking not anytime soon!! : )

Jude 2 months

2009-04-15T07:51:00.000-07:00

Jude had his two month appt. today. He weighs 10lbs 10 oz and is 23 inches long. : ) He is growing too fast. He is already getting to long for his 0 - 3 mths stuff. He was suppose to get shots today but I scheduled it for next week since we are going out of town today. I didn't want him to feel yucky the whole trip. The doctor agreed. : ) Just wanted to update you on my baby boy!!

2009-04-14T22:08:00.000-07:00

Sunday... I was awoke by some footsteps coming into my room. Cade wispers "momma the easter bunny is here." LOL!! I got up and walked with the boys in the living room. Lane turned on the lights and the first thing they saw was Judes easter stuff. they were so amazed how jude got one. I had to finally say "what did you guys get". LOL! Cade had left out cupcake and milk for the easter bunny, so he checked to see if he ate it. He was excited to see that it was all gone. Lane said mom the easter bunny ate his cupcake, but he didn't throw his trash away! LOL!! I made breakfast, cleaned up, hid easter eggs inside (rainy and cold), took pictures of the boys - since i hadn't done that yet, took a shower, made a special lunch, talked to the boys about the real reason of easter (had been talking to them all week about Jesus), cleaned up that, of course fed jude through the day, then it was time to go to rick and glennas. Glenna had an egg hunt planned for the kids. Glennas daughters and their kids were there. It was a good visit and i had a great time. the egg hunt was wet and cold but the boys enjoyed it. Glenna made chicken salad - YUM!! i have been wanting some for a long time now. : ) thanks glenna!! We came home and went to bed.

the boys were not very good today. we have been having problems with them obeying!!

Monday...I slept in and the boys were awesome!! They were awesome all day!! I did some laundry. heidi called and asked if we would go to the park. So we met them there and the boys got to play for awhile. Heidi needed to get back home so i told her i would bring bryson when they started getting tired. they did NOT want to go. : ) they were having a good time. I came home and chad and cade helped me make supper. : ) made me feel good. Chad took the riding lawn mower over to his dads and took cade and lane, so jude and i got some snuggle time. : ) i don't get to do that with him very often.

My mom went to the doctor to take one more test before they got rid of the thyroid, but when she got there they told her she had to wait 6weeks before they could do the test!!! REALLY!!! Last week they told her she would be getting the procedure done in 2 wks and that she would be better in 6 wks!! Makes me really mad!!! I'm wanting my mom to feel better NOW!!!!

Tuesday... Got up and took the boys to school. we were just a little late this morning. Heidi called when i got back and said she would go get the boys from school and take them back to her house. she fed them lunch and took them to the park. the boys said that calley and her crew were there too. they had such a great day and were so happy. lane took a nap not long after they got home. THANK YOU HEIDI!!! it was so nice! i did some laundry - for some reason we still had a lot to get ready for our family trip. I didn't do a whole lot except spend time with jude, relaxed, and went by walmart to get stuff for the trip. i really needed it. felt like how mdo use to feel like before i had to run all over the place. after chad got off work he started cleaning out the pilot. Man the boys are messy!! i went out and helped wipe it down. i came in took care of crying jude, made supper, we ate, chad came home and ate. The boys were still being good, they got in the tub and i got them in bed. Jude was really cranky. i could not get him to go to sleep and knew it wasn't time to nurse. I finally got him asleep and cade came in the room and woke him up, then the phone rang. when i finally laid him down he was awake like 5 minutes later. didn't get much done while chad was lifting. i fed jude and now we are all packed except for a few pairs of pants that are in the dryer. wahoo. i do need to try and wipe down the kitchen before we leave. i already took care of the kitty and we are good to go. it is 12:26 a.m.!! holy cow!!! i better get to bed. i know jude will be waking up soon!!!

what a beautiful day today!!!

2009-04-11T21:10:00.000-07:00

wow it has been a week since i have written on here.

Tuesday... I enrolled lane in preschool for next year. we are going to see how he does. i didn't want to but chad said what would it hurt - give him a chance. this is true so I enrolled him. chad watched all three boys while i went down there. it took about 1 and half hours to get it done. i met calley up there and we stood in line together. it was nice to visit with her and not to have to stand there by myself. : ) I came home and had to go back up there for sorority for an hour. chad had the afternoon off because he had to get up at 3 a.m. and work until 10:30 a.m. He took a nap and then took over the boys.

thursday... was mdo and it was windy!! i got my braces tightened! the soreness began : ( april 1st was 1 year since i got my braces on. : ) yeah!!! - about 10 more months! I dropped jude off at heidis while i went to my appointment (first time to leave him somewhere). i was nervous that he was going to be fussy. when i got there he was konked out. so i went and got cade and took him to mdo. when i got back to heidis jude was still konked out. he finally woke up and i came home and fed him. then i got to eat. i didn't get much done because it was time to go get the boys. calley had a pampered chef party that evening. it was nice to get out even though i took jude. calley and keidi took turns holding him. i love pampered chef!!! i'm having a party and hope people come.

Jude also turned 2 months old!! he is getting so big.

Friday...boys out of school, driving me crazy. they were so energetic! I wanted to sleep in but that didn't workout too well because the older boys kept fighting. oh well. we made carrot cake cupcakes and they got to decorate them, i made breakfast burritos to put in the freezer and some in the fridge - (for easy breakfast). heidi, bryson, and rylee came over for a little bit. they hadn't been over her in a while. i had a freak attack later on about the clutter and all boys not picking up there stuff!! they just expect me to do it and i can't keep up! i had an idea for supper but couldn't find the recipe so chad said lets go out to eat. fine with me as long as the boys were going to be good. i was in a funk before we went but got in a good mood. we had a nice dinner, food was good, boys were good. we decided to go by grandpa and gigi's house. it has been awhile since i have seen them. it was a great visit. i prob. talked glennas head off! sorry glenna. : ) we stayed until 10!! sorry again for staying so long.

Saturday...what a night. jude actually let me sleep for 3 hours at a time!!! holy cow!! he has been eating pretty fast too. i actually have time to do things right now. i hope he keeps it up. chad left this morning to go antler hunting. the rest of us slept in -very nice. i got up and got ready for the day. the nazarene church had an easter egg hunt so the boys and i got ready and went to that. i thought we were going to be late. we made it and played some games inside. we found heidi and bryson and hung out with them. the boys had fun. it was cold outside and the hunt didn't last very long - which was good. after the hunt we left, grabbed mcD's and came home. i worked on pictures (orders and collages). Chad got home. he got bored and took a nap, the boys played in the rain, and i fed jude and did pictures. I made supper - which was really good and cleaned up the kitchen. The boys colored eggs. they had soooooo much fun. lane talked non stop!! there were lots of oooohhhhss and aaahhhhsssss. the boys had fun playing with all the colors. they of course showed me everytime they pulled out and expected a "cool" "pretty" "awesome" "ooohh" or "aaahh" : ) i did take pictures just don't feel like downloading them. the boys got ready for bed and chad left (card night). lane went to sleep easy but cade stayed up for a little bit. he wasn't ready for bed. he kept saying he was afraid that there was going to be monsters in his dream. we called uncle lee to put some happy thoughts in his head but he didn't answer so we called aunt sally. you could tell he felt better. he still stayed up for a little bit. i made pacifier attachers and started some laundry. cade finally went to be so i got out easter bunny stuff. oh cade left a carrot cake cupcake and a glass of milk for the easter bunny - his idea. i got the eggs filled and am ready for jude to wake up so i can feed him and go to bed (it has been almost 3 hours since i put him down).

i better check on jude and switch out laundry.

we are taking a family trip next week. just for us! we are so excited.

WIND IS CRAZY!!

2009-04-04T19:48:00.000-07:00

today was a good day. i didn't get to sleep in like i wanted but it was ok. chad helped me get ready for my photoshoot so that helped my stress level out. i fixed cinnamon toast for breakfast which is always a big hit with cade and lane. chad posted some videos on my blog. my clients showed up at noon. it was a big group but they were fun. it was really laid back. i have taken part of their pictures before so they were comfortable around me. it took about 2 hours to take the pictures. jude did really good for chad. after i took pictures i ate and we thought of what we could do. it was really windy so we thought about doing another tumbleweed race. but then decided we should call the sassins. we got there around 3 and stayed until 8:30!!! you get sucked in when you go to the sassins. i don't know what it is but you just want to stay a little longer. : ) we had a great time. the boys did some good playing. i got to visit with calley (been too long). Josh made us his famous pizza. i have one word for it - awesome!!! chad said he believes it is the best pizza he has ever had! cade at two big pieces!! calley and i made a low fat dessert that was a HUGE hit with the kids. i really miss hanging out with them!! now we are at home. the boys did a great job getting ready for bed. this is the most calm night in a long time!! i just got feeding jude and fixing to go get my stinky self in the shower. i'm hoping jude will have a good sleep period for me tonight. : ) i'm pretty tired! chad and i stayed up until 12:30 last night. we watched a movie - SCARY!!! i like scary movies but i hate them!! i know lee but i'm too tense through the whole thing and then have stupid dreams!!!! i would prefer not to watch them very often. : ) i hope tomorrow we have another great day. i do have another set of pictures to take and then maybe it will be a beautiful day!! oh i'm taking kambree's (jimmy and keidi) pictures tomorrow but she doesn't really count cause she is so easy. she loves me so much she comes in smiling and stays that way. : ) i better go change a diaper and get that shower. ooohhh, no kids to bother me!! maybe i can actually relax. : )

The Great Tumbleweed Race

2009-04-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

What better to do on a windy day in the Panhandle!

The video is really fun, but kinda long, so you might consider watching the fist 2 minutes, then using the red time bar at the bottom of the video to fast forward to about 6 minutes in and watch the exciting finish.
For best viewing, double click the video, then click the HD button.

Jude Smile Video

2009-04-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

Shot this video of Jude this morning...His smiles brightened our day, hope they do the same for you!
For best viewing, double click the video then click the HD button.

2009-04-03T12:30:00.000-07:00

Guymon snow

Jude playing in the floor.

Cades first gift to a girlfriend!! He was so proud! And she loved it and even wrote a thank you note!

Thursday... wow was i overwhelmed! it was just one of those days. i was tired and the whole routine started over again. took cade to school, finally calmed jude down and he slept so lane and i redid their room. Here is Lane on their bunk beds.

I took lane to mdo then went by walmart. I had to go by walmart and get an outlet connector thing for the boys room. I showed up at cades school early which gave me time to feed jude. i took cade to mdo and then came home. chad wanted to go out to eat so we went to mazzios. jude was cranky (has been the last few days). so i didn't really enjoy lunch like i wish i could have. i was a little rushed. it is hard to eat fast when you have to hold a baby.i came home and finished up judes collage.

I picked up boys and got home. i fixed supper which wasn't good. chad told me i should make the collage another way - which really made me angry because i put time in it - time is what i don't have!! Jude was fussy still but chad got him calmed down. I rushed through cleaning. it needed to be done soooo bad!! so got most the house done. chad left and i was left with the boys. still not in a good mood, the night ended up in me bawling and warn out.

Friday...Pet peeve, having to get up when jude is still sleeping!! we were snuggling and chad walked in and told me that i had 5 minutes before i needed to leave to take cade to school. the good news is that cade was all ready for school. : ) Here is a picture of jude asleep in his swing. you have to watch him because he falls to the side. : )

Lane, jude and i snuggled on the couch which was nice. but then i had to go get cade. we have had a good day so far. we at lunch, then i showed cade how he could play with jude. Sticking your tongue in and out. jude smiles and then gets his tongue going. very cute. wasn't long that jude needed a diaper change so i told cade that jude wanted him to change his diaper. : )

Cade being a helper he jumped to it. it was poop so i cleaned him off but taught cade how to do the diaper.

Jude was pretty happy in the floor so we got camera happy. Cade took some of these.

Playing the tongue game

doing some excersises and he found my finger!!

2009-04-01T21:05:00.001-07:00

we made it back from wichita safely. didn't run into any bad spots. the boys were really good on the road!! which made it really nice.

i'm waaaayyyyy behind on housework!! i'm tired of the clutter but how do you stop it from happening. seems like as soon as i pick something up someone put something else down.

Monday... I found out why my mom isn't in the best health. She went to the doctor and found out she has hyperthyroidism. she goes next week to see a specialist. they will decide then how they are going to take care of it. hyper thyroid makes a person lose weight, heart races and many things that for some reason i can't think of!! when they take care of this she should gain 20lbs!! YIPPPPEEEEE!!!! i'm so excited for her to get "fat". : ) I LOVE YOU MOM!!! the doctor also found a nodule on her thyroid. they will do a biopsie on it next week. 10 percent of nodules are cancerous and is least common in hyperthyroid. I also learned that thyroid cancer is slow moving, therefore easier to treat and most of them are NOT life threatening. I'm pretty confident that it isn't cancer. I'm so glad that she went to the doctor!! she has been heavy on my heart and my mind. no matter what she may think - her kids still NEED HER!! it just makes me so happy that we are figuring out what is wrong and kicking it in the butt!! : )

tuesday chad and i decided we would take the boys to the movies. thought it would be fun for the family. do it on the weekday, less people at the show, easier to feed jude if needed. so all day we were all excited to go. after supper i asked the boys to pick up toys (we do everynight before bed). guess what they were not listening. we told them and told them. finally chad made the call to tell them we weren't going to the movies. : ( bummer!! it needed to be done to teach the boys but man i was sad!! maybe next week. Cade was heartbroken. i don't know if lane even soaks in punishment or not. so we did something different. lane fell asleep on his bed. i did my walking tape (finally started!!) chad decided to take jude and go to his dads. this is the first time jude has been out of the house without me. : ( I was glad i was working out to help with the stress of that. i took a shower and cade put the dishes away and we got some snuggle time. chad came back home a couple hours later. i was pretty antsy!! i was ready to have my baby back. he did say that he had a really good visit. glenna finally got some good snuggle time with jude. : )

Wednesday... I found out that a friend of some of the youth from our church in arkansas has a brain tumor at the base of the brain stem. : ( they did surgery today and removed it but had to put him in a coma. I think he just graduated from high school last year!! I pray that God heals him.

I also found out some other bad/good news. my best friend genea - her husband zac was in a car wreck about 2 wks ago. some guy hit him going 45 miles per hour and he was stopped. He got bad whip lash, concussion and a bruise on his brain!!! he has been going to therapy and now can move his neck 45 degrees each way (couldn't move it at all after the wreck.) a bruise on the brain has symptoms of brain damage. He gets dizzy, bad headaches, forgets - messed up short term memory, irritable. she said he is def. not zac right now. : (. the good news is that he will heal (could take up to 6 mths) and he is still with us!!! I ask for everyone that reads this to please pray for Zac, Genea, and Aiden. Genea has a lot on her shoulders - so much i didn't mention. She really needs some strength right now!

Chad and I got the boys a bunk bed today. we have been talking about it so i did it. I also got a good deals on mattresses. They are really excited about their big boy beds!! Chad is putting them together right now (11:24 p.m) He is close to being done. the boys are on the couch tonight but will wake up to big beds in their rooms. they are big!! it is only a twin size but man!! my boys are not going to get that big!! : ) LOL!

better go chad just said the beds are done. plus i need to get to bed!!!

2009-03-28T16:05:00.000-07:00

having a rough day. LOL!
My handsome boys!!

Trying to fool him into thinking i'm holding him. LOL! Worked for a little bit

Chad knew I wanted to go to wichita really bad. This was the only weekend for over a month that we would be able to make it. I really wanted to show my family Jude as a newborn. : ) So with the blizzard warning Chad decided to ask off on Friday and bring me up here thursday evening. So we made it no problem. We have had a good time. Just lounging and visiting, can't beat that. : ) Heard Guymon got about 9 inches of snow!! Kind of sad that I missed out on an exciting thing in guymon. LOL!! I have really enjoyed being here. We were going to leave today (saturday) but the highway was closed. So we are going to leave out in the morning. Works out because my aunt and uncle will be by soon. We are all doing well. Oh chad pinched a nerve in his neck, so he is stiff! bummer!

Lane and Jude

Cade and Jude

The boys playing cards with mamaw the great!

Jude and Mamaw the great!

My cousin Ashley and Jude

Chad told me to take this picture. I'm glad i did.

My computer nerds!

2009-03-25T19:40:00.000-07:00

It is hard to keep up with this thing. : )

I'm feeling so much better. My clogged duct is now unclogged!! WAHOOO!! I don't want that to happen again!! Seriously don't women go through enough pain!!!

Things are going pretty good. I still need to spend more time with cade and lane during the day. it is just hard. They are doing pretty good. Lane has been doing better on being more independent again. Cade has been fussy lately. night time is not fun. chad will help get them bathed and in pjs but then he leaves to go workout. i'm left with a baby that wants to eat, boys that want to play, read books, eat... last night they were not listening to me so i took away the ninendo for today. i thought they would be better tonight. NOPE!! but it is some of my fault too. tonight i was finishing up a clients pictures that i took almost two weeks ago. i did finish but was stressed out. i was holding a sleeping jude (cause he doesn't sleep during the day unless he is being held and if you lay him down he cries (unless it is his "happy time")). The boys were running around the garage with all my lighting up!! Stressful!! We read books and then they were doing everything they could not to go to bed. i blew up and i think they know i mean business!! they haven't been taking me serious since i had jude. i'm back and i mean business!!! so i need to do better with spending time with them and keep on them until i have my awesome awesome boys back. : ) It has been tough with chad going all the time. every weeknight he leaves to go lift (which is great for him to be able to do that, and i wish i could). It is just hard because supper needs to be fixed before a certain time so he can eat before working out and not get sick. so it is hectic between 4:30-9! my turn will come where i can leave and go workout. i can't wait!! chad is looking really good!! i will have to try and get a picture of him. i'm sure he will let me, he knows what he looks like. :) actually all the guys who are doing it that i have seen are looking really good! i'm proud of them. now i just need to get in shape so chad who looks awesome doesn't have a fat wife. : )

jude...i love him, i love all my boys. he was eating every 3 hours for a few days and now he is back to every other hour. oh well, baby boy needs to eat. this is what i'm willing to do to be able to nurse him. it is all worth it even though it can be frustrating. he is filling out and that makes me proud. : ) it makes misisng out on all the things i would like to do. i have been trying to make my life as normal as possible. Going out and finding a place to feed him. yesterday we went to walmart and i had to feed him before we went in. it was funny because heidi pulled up and looked puzzled. (i was in the back and big boys up front. she came over to see what was going on. LOL! i figured several people prob. thought i just left them in the car. I would never do that!! i can still do the same things i did just need to make sure i can feed him. Now i haven't done girls night out yet or any of my other functions. i'm going to start bunco and sorority back up. which will be good for me. jude has been able to focus so much better, he smiles and still does his grunting. he is getting so big and i can't believe how fast it is going. my sister in law just put in her blog how she couldn't believe how fast it is going with bailey. i haven't gotten all the newborn pics that i wanted. : (

we are planning to go to wichita this weekend but there is suppose to be a stupid snowstorm!! i really want to go and this is the only weekend for awhile that i can go!! it makes me so mad and sad. i want them to see jude before he gets too big!! : (

oh, so i went to my 6 week check up. i had been going over the story over and over in my head on how i was going to tell my doctor. guess what - he wasnt even there!!! i just wanted to laugh!! i saw the nurse practiner - who i had seen for most of my pregnancy. I told her the story. she couldn't believe it. she said to call up to the hospital and do a follow up.

well i can't think of anything else right now. better go get ready for bed!!

2009-03-22T14:15:00.001-07:00

friday i started feeling worse. i cleaned up a little bit and then everything went pretty bad. i got really cold, horrible headache and weak.

jude slept really good friday into saturday morning. i actually got 2 hrs to sleep in between!!

saturday...felt a better, except for the horrible headache. i took a nap and slept for an hour (didn't seem like that long - which isn't long when you are breastfeeding!) when i woke up my headache was so much better. we went for a walk at the lake. i was feeling weird like i took drowsy medicine. but i haven't been eating very well lately. we ran into the furnish's at visited for a little while. chad dropped me and the boys off at home (so i could feed jude) and he went and got braums for lunch. it didn't taste very good to me. i think my taste buds were off because the ketchup was gross too. not anything exciting happening here. oh i took some pictures of jude and wanted to do some of all three but the little man got fussy, and was fussy for awhile. daddy finally got him to calm down.

sunday.. chad went antler hunting again today. he left this morning around 9 and won't be back until late. he was going to take cade but that is too much for him. so yes i have all three boys. needless to say it is 4 and i'm just eating lunch. we are still in pjs and i really need a shower!!!

tomorrow i have my 6 wk checkup. i'm nervous to talk to the doc about the whole birthing experience. wish i could have talked to him earlier about it!! better finish eating. i'm starving!!!

2009-03-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

yesterday heidi and all the little boys loaded up and went to amarillo to jump n jive. i thought it would be a good idea since it was spring breaks. A couple of friends and their kids showed up. We had a really good time. The boys were all really great in the car. they were so excited that lane and bryson would not be quite. so we played 123 hush puppies and the winner got a cookie. GREAT GAME!!! jude slept the whole way there. everyone was hungry when we got there. they ate and then found their friends. we left about 5:30 and i dropped heidi off at once upon a child. then drove around the lot. we grabbed food and headed back. the boys were good on the way home - they slept! when i got home i carried everyone in - chad pulled a muscle!!! it was a great day except for the clogged milk duct that developed! OUCH!!!!

islept on and off untill 12. i was and everyone else was starving. i'm stiil tired, feel weak and cold and am in a little pain!! i'm going to get off brush my teeth and lay down!!!

2009-03-18T17:28:00.000-07:00

St. Pattys day - all greened out

So yesterday i was exhausted!! i was feeling weird too. I was light headed, really tired! The last few days i have been SSSSOOOO hungry!! I had just told heidi that i didn't have the hungry problem and then boom it hits!! i'm going to stop telling her stuff because when i say everything is good and i have had a certain problem it happens!! LOL!! I'm trying to think of good snacks and good meals to eat. i have too or i'm going to gain instead of lose weight.

Last night or I guess early this morning jude was crying his hurting cry. poor baby with gas. guess i'm not going to eat bbq for awhile. : ( chad got up with him and helped me from 5 to when we got him settled down. Needless to say the one night chad didn't get good sleep, he slept in. LOL!! i think it is funny. i slept too!

Today, i fed jude, cleaned house, fixed meals, got on to boys, made cookies with boys. the big boys played good today but man when it came to picking up!! It is 7:30 and jude is a little fussy, doing his hurt cry again so i gave him some gas drops. so far he is doing good. he has had some good awake happy time today. i need to video tape him - so much fun!! oh today i had a friend stop by that i haven't seen in like 8 years!!! she didn't stay long but said she would come by on friday. the boys are getting ready for bed - hopefully they will be down by 8!! They are pretty fussy!! oh one more thing our tv is going down hill. you can't watch a dvd because the hook up is all messed up! : ( that stinks!!! i'm going now!!

the boys "playing" with Jude. They covered him with stuffed animals - not his face though. : )

2009-03-17T09:52:00.000-07:00

Jude smiling on his blanket from the seabaughs

3 musketeers

Jude in his first tie. : ) I took this on Sunday.

The cowboy yo yos are coming back to life!! I KNOW!! Calley called me up one day and said she wanted to give cowboy yoyo another try. She didn't realized how much work we put into it until Sunday. The sassins came over to talk business. I think she was pretty amazed on how much we thought about and did. She is in charge of marketing. : ) I'm glad it is getting another try and glad there is someone who is really excited about it. : )

My girls (Calley, Keidi, Diana, Heidi) did another special thing for me!! They brought a basket full of stress relief massage oil, lotion, scrub and a mist for my pillow!! Let me tell you that stuff will be gone pretty fast. : ) Thank you girls!! You do know you are spoiling me and that means ever month someone has to bring me a meal. : ) You girls are the best!!

On Saturday I needed out. So we grabbed taco bell and went driving. Chad took me a too a new spot to hike. It was fun to be all together.

Oh yesterday I recieived a package (when I say I, I mean Jude) from a friend of mine in arkansas (becky). We were leaving to go to the park but I had to open it before we went. She is really creative so i was excited to see what was inside! She made him this awesome, beautiful turtle quilt!! It is her own everything!! Becky - thank you!! I love it!! She also knitted a little sign with a turtle on it and put it in a frame. I know exactly where I'm going to put it, just need to do it!! I had to give her a call as soon as I got to the park. It has been so long since I had talked to her. I MISS HER!! I especially need her to kick my butt with working out so I can look as good as I did in arkansas!!!

Jude is still a good little baby. He has been cranky the last few days. I think it is due to gas. : ( I don't know what I'm eating to cause it. He is still eating all the time!!

Lane is still cranky. He says he can't do anything and throws himself on the ground. Which doesn't get him a positive reaction from him. We are slowly getting there and I need to make sure and give him more attention. I need to do that with cade too.

Cade is doing well. We had teacher conference this morning. Cade is doing awesome!! He report card is great and his teacher said he is ready for kindergarten! : ( : ) Really kindergarten?! I can't believe it. She also said if she could clone any kid it would be cade. : ) He is such a great kid! He has been saving his money from doing chores and got to buy his skateboard. He has been wanting it for sooooo long. I was worried that he wouldn't stick with it and learn how do it. he got it on sunday and he has been riding it a lot. and he is getting really good!! He told me yesterday that he wanted another baby!! GEEZE!! : ) Glad he loves jude though. there was soccer sign ups this past week. We thought about putting cade in it but decided not too. We don't want him to start to early in sports but not too late either. He can start next year. I think that will be good for him. I have thought about signing him up for karate at the ymca. the time is weird though. we will see.

I better get off here. I know I rambled but that is what i do. I'm sure i forgot to mention something in here. : )

2009-03-12T17:27:00.000-07:00

Jude 1 month

My Boys

finally!!

2009-03-12T16:54:00.000-07:00

First of all i found out some excellent news today!! a friend of mines ex husband was finally convicted and sentenced for molesting their 18 mth girl!! it has been a year now and it finally happend. Those babies are safe from him!! And when he does get out they will be old enough to protect themselves and decide on the relationship they want with him. I'm so relieved and excited!

Another final is jude finally lost his umbilical cord on wednesday morning! i know he is a month old!! he finally decided to let it go. His belly button is really deep and i know that played apart in it because i was doing a good job with the alcohol swabbing. Last night the boys got to take a bath with jude. Judes first real bath. : )

Jude is staying a wake longer during the day. He is smiling and is such a joy. Oh he snorts and likes to grunt when he gets mad. : ) he still eats ALL THE TIME!!

Heidi was great today. She took lane to mdo for me, picked cade up and took him to mdo, cleaned my stovetop, did high lights for me, got lunch, picked up boys and brought them home after mdo!!! she is awesome!! : ) love you girl.

last night keidi and heidi fixed us supper. we had hamburger stew, cornbread and the best banana pudding ever!! it was all good and everyone ate it. there was just a little stew left. thanks girls!!!

This morning i took cade to school and left lane and jude at home. i was debating on leaving jude because it was close to feeding time, and i knew chad would have a hard time with calming him and working. i was talking to the boys about it and lane said "mom, i will watch him". how cute! i did leave him here in the swing. when i got home jude was happy with a pacifier in his swing and lane was sitting close by him. : ) he said jude started crying so he gave him his pacifier. don't worry he is really gentle with him. before we had left cade was giving lane instruction on how to care for jude. : ) they love him so much. this baby is blessed with two wonderful big brothers. : ) and lane gives him at least 50 kisses a day!!!

rick called tonight and wanted the boys for a little bit so chad took them over. jude and i are the only ones home. it is nice to have time with no one else but i haven't got to really talk to him since he got back from arkansas and i think i fell asleep when we were talking. : ( i miss him. it is antler season so he has been gone a lot. plus with him working out. : (

i better go jump in the bathtub while jude is happy. i need to get some sleep so i need to be ready when he goes down!! : )

2009-03-10T15:12:00.000-07:00

cade and jude relaxing

we are doing pretty good. i have gotten the boys to school this week (only the second day - lol), i have been a little late dropping cade off. lane is getting pretty hard to deal with in the morning. Well he is getting pretty hard to deal with anytime of the day. we will all get the hang of it.

needing to vent- yesterday a lady at walmart told me that jude was spoiled. she was serious about it and looked away when she said it! the reason is, is because i carried him until he fell asleep and then put him in his seat. First of all he is 4 weeks old, second of all - if i want to enjoy him and spoil him right now that is my decision!! This could be my last baby so i'm going to enjoy him!! I got to enjoy cade and lane i didn't get too so much because i was worried about the spoiled factor. And i missed out big time with him!! so i'm not going to do the same thing!!

jude won't sleep in his crib or anywhere for very long!! anytime i put him down it doesn't take long for him to wake up and cry for me. i do let him cry a little but he is still learning things and i want him to know i'm right here. when he gets older i will be harder on him but until then i guess i'm going to deal with it. at night i will put him in his crib (the last few nights) and he wakes up when i put him down, i pat him until he is asleep and he wakes up not long after i leave the room. chad did put him in his crib around 7 and he did stay asleep until 11 p.m.!! but he was super tired from being up so long yesterday during the day. I did that on purpose. today he has been snoozing but didn't get very good sleep early this morning due to gas. oh on the upside he is starting to make little noises!! cute cute cute!!

i forgot to mention that the first week jude was here cade learned his phone number at school. we have been practicing and lane knows it now. : ) i will tell lane to say it and he says "my phone number is ... .... it is so cute!! Cade also knows our address, town and state. they are growing up too fast!! another reason why i'm just enjoying!!

the boys and i went and dropped off some stuff to the girls today. just a little something to say thank you for everything they have and keep doing for us. the boys love dropping things off. i let them take it to the door themselves and they have so much fun. it is fun to watch them too!!!

i better get off here and fix supper while jude is fed!!

2009-03-07T18:13:00.000-08:00

First of all - wow the people i have in my life!! : ) i have felt so special having family coming up and not only visiting but helping out so much!! Then my friends! they are awesome!! Last night was girls night out and i didn't go, prob. won't go to different function for a little while (due to not getting much sleep at night and getting to be ASAP). Anyway Diana, heidi and keidi came to me. : ) Not only did they come to visit they brought ice cream!! I really enjoyed them! : ) Thank you to all my girls (including you too calley) for making me feel so darn special!!!

My sister and lily left today. Before they left we took pictures. : ) wasn't so bad but didn't get exactly what i wanted. I will take what we can with 4 kids under 5!! Thanks sally for coming and making meals, cleaning and helping with the boys.

After sally left chad and the big boys went to walmart. Chad has been wanting a smoker and finally broke down and got one. The boys walked in carrying tulips for me. Cade had pink ones and lane had purple ones. they are really pretty and looking springish! After chad put the smoker together he took out the trash, started and put away some laundry, unloaded and loaded the dishwasher! not only all that he has asked me several times if i needed anything!! Feeling like a princess and loving my boys!!

so last night i put pictures of jude up. tonight lane finally noticed them. he said "aaaawwww it is baby jude" and then he saw bailey and said "it is bailey". it was cute because he kept saying awwww. : ) between lane and lily jude has gotten tons of kisses!! Cade said that he wants another baby!!! he said "mom when you have another baby, a baby girl we can call her baby girl number 4". i told him I'm not sure if we will have another baby and he said "why?, i want another baby". So that answers the number one question "how do the boys like the new baby?"

well jude is alseep and it is 8:28. better go get ready for bed just in case he is doing his 5 hr sleep!!

2009-03-05T18:34:00.000-08:00

Some pictures that sally has taken.

bathtime

lily and boys

i love this picture. LOL!

another long night. : ) i just have to say jude is worth it. : )

today was a nice day. i slept in a little and sally got cade ready for school and took him. I woke up and fed jude and then got ready to take lane and lily to mdo. we went and got bryson dropped them off. bryson stayed right by lily to make sure she was ok. it was cute. after that we went to the postoffice and walmart. i was late getting cade from school. oops!! i didn't mean too. we took cade to mdo.

we came home and i fed jude. heidi came over and we all went and ate at larissa's. it was a nice get away. jude was really good and we talked and talked and talked!! When we left it was time to go get the kiddos. When we showed up lily was so excited! she had a fun day. calley said that lane pushed lily for a long time in the swing and cade helped taylor. there was also some confrontation but overall i think they had a great day. we got home and i fed jude. We put in movie. The kids stayed calmed. While i fed jude i filled out envelopes for his baby announcement that i will be getting soon.

chad grilled pork chops for supper. it was good and i ate it an hour after it was done. i gave the kids a bath before supper while sally made the sides. After i got the kids out i took a shower. i got to read books to the kids tonight. it has been awhile. : (

i have been pretty good. not having very many breakdowns. i was telling heidi today that i have been doing good and not feeling overly tired. well guess what?! when we got home from getting the kids i got so tired - i feel exhausted today!! and i had a small yelling breakdown. oops! i know i have been doing good because i have had help. this is the last week someone will be here to help. i know - all my girls are saying we are right here. : ) i know you are! : ) and that is what makes me feel better.

oh lane was all kissy with jude today. and he told aunt sally that she couldn't take jude home with her. : )

i better get going. i'm tired, jude is asleep for a little bit - better not say that need to look at the chart to see when he last ate. : ) better get teeth brushed and lay down.

2009-03-04T12:38:00.000-08:00

WAY BEHIND!!!

I haven't had anytime to really get on the computer. Imagine that!! : )

Mom and Gary came last week when chad went to arkansas for the year beginning meeting. I'm so glad they came!!! I'm not quite there to do it all myself. There visit was a really good one. Gary is so good with the boys! And man did they play!! They made me tired just watching. Mom was a desingated jude holder and made the meals. Which a huge help!

The mornings have been hard for me. Jude went about 3 days in a row sleeping for 5 hour time period (which i think it was all cades prayer for jude to sleep so momma could) and then wanting to eat 2 hours after that (which is one hour after feeding!) but that all went down hill! he went back to eating every two hours (which is again one hour between feedings). I was starting to really get to me at night. One night sally came and intervene so i could have a breakdown. that morning chad got the boys ready for school and took them. Sally held jude and i got to sleep. : ) So last night cade said a prayer that jude would do good during the night time for me. Guess what?! Yep he did good. It wasn't a 5 hour but 3 hours. I fed him and he woke up an hour later but it was because he needed to be burped and help out a little gas. i went to sleep with the clock saying 4 and rocking him to waking up with him snoozing and the clock saying 6 a.m.!! Needless to say breastfeeding is going great!!

Jude has been a handful during the day. He isn't a fussy baby, he just wants to feel loved. Doesn't want to be put down. Which makes it hard to get anything done. It does seem like this week he is doing so much better getting put down. he has a pretty good awake time and doesn't mind the bouncy seat. He smiles!! I'm not even kidding. He can't smile on demand but he does it. He loves his face stroked (sometimes i will try to untuck his bottom lip while he is eating and he smiles). Sometimes when you talk to him he smiles. Yes gas does make him smile but it isn't always gas. Last week he developed his first tear. : ( He also weighed 7 lbs 10 oz last week at his appt. today he weighed in at 8lbs 3oz!!! hehehehe!!

The boys are still doing very well with Jude. Cade has to give him a hug and a kiss everynight before bed. Lane is the sensitive one and shares his blanket and wants to make sure he is ok. Lily always wants to kiss him!! LOL!!

So Sally is here this week. I was nervous with Lily coming but it hasn't been bad at all. Sally has helped so much. she helps with everything, even makes sure I drink enough water. : ) she made meals and keeps the house as picked up a possible. Lily loves the wizard of oz so on monday we watched the wizard of oz and yesterday we drove to liberal to dorothys house. We were not sure how cade and lane would like it, but they enjoyed it. Lily LOVED it!!! It was a good trip until we got home and lane threw up in the car!! I'm glad we were just a block away!! He didn't have a fever but sally and i got everything cleaned up, including him. I lysoled the house. Lane never ran a fever. I still kept him home from school today just to make sure. He is fine. I don't know what the deal is with throwing up from time to time. I'm glad there is no fever!!

Today we went to the park. Calley called and said it was going to get really windy so we were trying to beat the wind. we didn't make it. talk about a windy day!!! we are in for the day!!!

I'm nervous!! this is the last week that i will have help at the house. i knew coming into this that it was going to be tough. i just haven't been able to get the hang of things yet. i know that i will eventually get there just again, not there. i don't know how to balance everything right now. i feel like we are too hard on cade and expect way too much out of him and not very much from lane. i know when jude doesn't eat as often it will get better. better feed jude!

2009-02-24T13:10:00.000-08:00

laner's

cade

jude - 2wks

2 WEEKS

2009-02-24T12:19:00.000-08:00

Wow time flies!!

Friday Jude got his circumsicion. : ( poor baby!! We called and made an appt. at 9:45 a.m. and was told to be checked in and ready by 9:45. Guess who had to wait an hour?!?!? Yep you guessed it!! REALLY!!! it was scheduled!!! grrrr!! Everything went good. Jude was starving when he got done!! Everything is healing very well. We got a scare on sunday. I changed his diaper and the gauze was bloody, really bloody! But it stopped so everything turned out to be fine. We think it rubbed on the swing. : ( poor baby!!! When things go wrong with your kids you start to feel like a failing parent. The only reason I didn't want to move to guymon was medical! and here we are with a rough delivery experience and a bleeding penis!! I don't blame knudsen (doctor) for the bleeding penis but I am made that we had to wait almost 2 wks before we could get it done!! Really - you are suppose to be able to trust your doctor and when you can't what do you do?

We went for a family adventure on saturday. We drove to optima lake (not much of the lake part) and went hiking. It was nice to get out and be together. Cade really wanted to take me to sonic for lunch. LOL!! Said he wanted to make me happy. : ) LOL!!!

Also on saturday I made a trip to walmart by myself. i needed some clothes!!! i got a few pairs a pants and a few shirts. something that i can somewhat feel good in. Still feeling fat - i know just had a baby, but still feel this way. Can't wait until I can start working out - not sure when i will have time!!

Breastfeeding - TWO WEEKS IN!!! WOW!! We are doing it!!! WAHOOOOOOO!!!! I have wanted this so bad since cade!!! Makes me tear up!!!!! I'm so glad that i have my support team!!! I know that is the reason we are successful!!! : ) Calley made me some hooter hiders that i love!!! I'm a breastfeeding mother that lives my life. If i'm out and jude needs to eat, i have a hooter hider to be able to feed him!! Today I fed him while waiting on lane to get out of school and for lunch we got daddy out of the house for a picnic at the park. and guess who else needed to eat and ate!! Yep Mr. Jude Gavin. : )

Two week appointment... today Jude had his first appointment. He weighed in at 7lbs 10 oz. We have to go back next week just for a weighing. Chad is kind of worried that he isn't getting enough from me but I'm not worried. Especially after getting reassured from Heidi. Jude is going to the bathroom normal. I have to change his diaper between each feeding - always poopy. Plus he seems satisfied. he eats a lot and i know i have milk.

the big boys are still doing well with jude. they love him. they don't always want to do stuff with him but they like to help me. Yesterday they got to show their teachers their new lil bro.

Monday was the first day back to work for chad and me. I got the boys off and at school on time. : ) WAHOO!!! jude was kind of a turd though. LOL!! he just wanted to sleep in!! REALLY - sleeping good when i can't!! that is not right. : ) The day went pretty good. Lane, Jude and I all took a nap on the couch. Cade helped me clean the house. Sorority girls brought over supper (heidi, diana, mona) - pot roast, mashed taters, fruit and brownies!! yummy!!! Then it was time for bath. I got them in the bath, judes wash down. There was a few spats between the big boys - which really stress me out!! And all this while chad was still at work!! he had to work until 8 p.m!! Not what we were wanting for our first days back!!

Mom and gary are coming today!! I'm so excited!! got the house picked up except for the boys room and i need to do some laundry. I shouldn't be on this but needed to get updated!

Chad leaves for arkansas tomorrow. : ( He will be back sometime on friday. well i better go and get some stuff done. just realized i have a lot to do!!! : )

2009-02-19T13:13:00.000-08:00

Snug as a bug

The babies - bailey 7wks, jude 5 days old

Miss Bailey

Fell asleep in the carrier. He loves this thing!!

Two peas in a pod!!

Took this last night! Nice and cozy!

i wanted to get some pictures posted. I should just do it in a slideshow but that is ok.

Yesterday I forgot to mention that we ventured out into the world!! Chad, Jude and I went to walmart. I know we shouldn't take a 1 week to walmart. but i put him in the carrier which he is all covered up. i didn't touch anything at walmart. We were in the clear and then the last person we saw wanted to see him and she TOUCHED HIM!!!! WHY!!!???? It is an unspoken rule not to touch a small baby!!! And she worked at walmart AND I didn't even know HER!!! After walmart we went by the bank and went and got the big boys from school. It was nice to get out but took awhile before we could leave. : )

Chad also got the fat clothes box out of the shed for me. I DON"T HAVE ANYTHING!!! There are only size 18 pants (which I'm happy to say are too big for me) and then size 10. UMMM def. not there yet. I have no pants but maternity and that isn't fun!!! So if you are reading this and have some fat clothes you are no longer wearing I would be greatful. : ) I shouldn't need them too long. : ) the shirts are old fashion. darn it!!

I think we are going for a walk. Our first family walk. : ) I will write more later.

1 week down

2009-02-18T18:43:00.000-08:00

i got through the 1st week of breastfeeding!!!guess what? still going strong!!! don't get me wrong, i'm still sore but have found a way to get jude to go actually 2 hrs between which has helped. I feel confident but still scared that it all might take a bad turn! will things start hurting more? The books and other people say after 3 weeks then your good to go. i would like to thing we a good to go just need to get over the soreness. seems like the soreness isn't as bad. I still get the toe curling pain when he first latches on but after about 5 or 6 sucks it is gone. he also tucks in his bottom lip when he latches on and i can't seem to get it to pop out.

jude loves to be held, loves to be patted on his butt, loves the baby carrier that i wear, i think he kind of enjoys his face washed, loves eating, enjoys his pacifier, hates the qtip/alcohol on his bellybutton. i wasn't going to use the pacifier but it hasn't messed up on his latch at all. It helps him with his gas and just to calm him down. he just wants to suck and using the pacifier helps me not get as sore. I keep watching him on the latch and it really hasn't influenced that any so i figured he is just fine. Oh friday he gets his circumcision. : ( poor baby!!! i'm so angry that we have had to wait this long!!! makes me want to cry!! the one thing i have enjoyed most is when he grabs ahold of my finger. it is like i see a light shine through his eyes. i love the snuggle time - but seems to get less and less. And of course i love his little noises.

cade and lane have been doing very well. the other night cade said he wanted to talk to me (he was trying to do everything in his power not to have to go to bed) I said ok bud what is it. "mom, if you need me when i'm sleeping to help with jude wake me up, i will burp him or fart him." So sweet but how funny is "fart him"!!!! So far there isn't any jealousy towards jude. they love him so much. I know they get sad because i don't get to spend very much time with them right now. I'm trying harder. Like tonight i read lane a book while i fed jude. Lane held and turned the pages. He enjoyed it - i had to read it 3 times!!! I have to admit the longer it goes like this the more i miss the time I had with them. I know it won't be long when I'm in a corner crying because of the time I'm missing out on them. Chad has been really good with them and they have enjoyed time with him. it is bittersweet for me. i was there world, they were momma boys and now they are doing fine without me. I will get the hang of life again and juggling all my boys and things will be better. but for now we are going through a learning period. The boys, especially Cade, has been really good with helping me with the house. They do little things that help out so much!

i'm doing good. still healing in places but not in much pain. i have been getting groggy between feedings but other than that doing well with sleep. i did take a nap today. I try to sleep a little bit in the morning and then im fine until around 8. That is when i'm ready for bed.

chad starts work next week!!! eeeeeekkkkkk!!! The only thing i'm worried about is getting cade and lane ready for school, jude fed, and the boys dropped off at school. it is mainly the feeding. I never know what judes schedule is. again it is a learning process, it won't be long i will have the hang of it.

people coming... my dad might come this weekend, my mom and gary will come next week and my sister will come the week after. My brother and fiancee will come sometime i just don't know when yet.

i better go. it is almost time for mr. man to eat again. better get what i can done on here!!!

a week already!!!

2009-02-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

Wow!! I couldn't imagine being in love with the third baby as much as i am. I crave his cuddles and sad when it has been too long without holding him. He is a sweet boy that wants to eat ALL THE TIME!!

Breastfeeding is going well, still a little sore but nothing too bad. We concentrate on the latch on and he does a great job. the only thing is that he needs to spread out his eating a little bit!! LOL!! One week down and two more to go (the big trial period). i have gotten discourage this past week but I had my breastfeeding support group here to cheer me on and reassure me. Thanks girls!!!

Getting up at night hasn't been too bad. Last night I was pretty groggy when I woke up but have been doing pretty well.

Caption of the week: Chads mom got here on tuesday and stayed until sunday. she was a huge help and the boys really enjoyed her. Bill had made some food that was of course awesome as usual. We all really enjoyed it. Thanks bill for the recipes for suppers that glenda fixed. she did a great job. and i still need to go those recipes from you. : )

We have the best friends in the world. We got three flower bouquets from furnish's, sassin's and seabaughs. They are still looking pretty!! We had supper from diana, desserts from keidi and michelle, gifts for all three boys, visits from josh, calley, taylor, bret, heidi. Trev, Janet and bailey came in to see us. It has been really nice. This week we already have meals lined up for people to bring. WOW!! What a big help a dinner is!!!

The boys have been SO GOOD!! I'm so thankful. They are enjoying playing with eachother, doing puzzles and games. Daddy took them antler hunting yesterday. They really had fun. Cade saw an antler face "skull". LOL!! Chad has been so good with them. Making them feel special. I'm donig the best i can with giving them attention. Jude is happiest when I'm holding him so it is hard to do much with feeding so much too.

This week it is just us. I'm glad that we can have time all together before chad has to go back to work. I think my dad might come this weekend but won't know until tomorrow. So back to chad going back to work - oh man!! that is going to be a challenge getting the boys all ready for school and getting them to school. With not knowing when jude will eat next. We will get the hang of it and we have gotten friends ready to help out as soon as i ask. : )

I'm feeling pretty good. Starting to heal up and not feeling too sleep deprived. I usually try to take one nap a day. If i don't that is when anything and everything will make me cry. Got to love hormones and lack of sleep. : ) Still happy and feeling blessed!!

we have pictures i just don't feel like uploading them. I know weird!!! i will try and post some sometime. : )

2009-02-11T12:11:00.001-08:00

Monday... My day started out at 12:50 a.m. I woke up with bad heartburn and took some tums. I realized that contractions had started! They were 6 minutes apart so i just layed their and timed them for an hour before waking up chad. When I realized ok we should prob. get ready to go, we called Rick and told him to take his time but it was getting close to go to the hospital. Chad and I got ready to go and got last minute things done and even things that weren't a big deal. : ) Rick showed up and was so happy. It was fun just seeing him all excited. We left for the hospital and the contractions were 5 minutes apart. The ride was pretty good. Contractions weren't too bad so it was calm going. There were a bunch of jack rabbits out. It had stormed earlier on but it had stopped by then which i was glad for. We got to the hospital right behind to other women who were in labor. Contractions were 4 minutes apart by now. We got up stairs being the 3rd and final laboring couple. I was laboring much faster then the other two so they started getting everything ready. When the nurse checked me I was only a 1 with 80 effaced. Contractions were coming faster and stronger but wasn't registering on the monitor so I don't think the nurse believed me. I asked about the epidural several times and she kept telling me I needed to progress and get admitted. About 5 a.m. my water broke on its own. There I'm admitted! Chad went and told the nurse. We then asked her when I could get that epidural (i was a 4) she had started an iv and told me i had to finish that bag!!! At this point I'm getting nervous and having an idea that I'm not going to get it. We then found out that my doctor is out of town for a week!!! Nice of him to let me know that!!! So instead of knowing my birthing plan and having been on the same page with my doctor I'm on new ground, i don't know them, they don't know me. We informed the nurse that after my water breaks I go fast. Guess what, she didn't take me seriously. Contractions were strong and I would have never gotten through them if it wasn't for chad talking me through them. I would start to freak out if he wasn't right right there. I told him that i need the edpidural now so he left the room and told the nurse. She came in checked me and said I was a seven and she didn't think we had time for an epidural. You should have seen chad!! He was MAD!!! We had been there since 3 a.m. and they had plety of time!!!! She ran out of the room to page the doctor and i told chad I had to push and i couldn't stop it. so he went running out there saying "she is pushing and I can't stop her." All the nurses came running in, The main nurse (not the one that we had been seeing) was trying to get her glove on and telling me not to push - really have they ever felt that feeling, there is no stopping!! finally she said push him out - i did one more push and he came slipping out!! the doctor came walking in when they were cleaning him up and I was fixing to do the afterbirth. He was pretty surprised!! I think the most painful was after the afterbirth when the doctor was fixing me up - i won't go into detail on that!! But OH MY GOSH!!!!!!

Jude Gavin Williams was born at 6:59 a.m. on Monday Feb. 9, 2009. He was 8lbs 21 inches. He is healthy and such a great baby!! Needless to say I'm in love with 4 guys!!! Never thought that could be possible!! Here is a video that chad made.

Rick brought the boys up to the hospital and I loved their reaction. They were pretty happy to see him. They both were ready to be big brothers. Rick did an awesome job getting them ready to see him, with fun stories. Calley and heidi (not together) came up to the hospital. it was really good to see them. we got several calls.

We got home Tuesday around noon. Everything is going great! rick and the boys were already here when we got home. I took a shower, then rick left, and chad took cade and lane to the dentist. they made there appointment. : ) Everything went great there. We just need to concentrate on the back teeth but they said their teeth looked great. The dentist said not to worry about cades teeth/mouth until his permanent teeth come in. When they were gone I feed jude and then we took a nap. Chads mom came in about 4 p.m. Lane was so excited! he prob. overwhelmed nana. LOL!! Diana brought chicken spaghetti, salad and garlic bread for supper. YUMMY! Thank you so much!! Everyone enjoyed it!! Heidi brought over strawberry cake - yummy!! Cade ate two big pieces!! The boys got baths and ready for bed. I read them books and they fell asleep beside me. We all got ready for bed and layed down. Of course as soon as I layed down my little man was wanting to eat. : ) here we go!! I got an hour sleep between each feeding. We are getting better and better at latching on. I did try to use a nipple shield last night but he wasn't having it!! I'm sore but i think we will be ok. I do have pain when he first latches on in then it goes away. the nurse (an awesome one that we had) told me that I will be sore and it is ok. So we have been concentrating on latching on because we don't want any cracks!!!

Today has been good. I got jude feed before the boys woke up. So i decided to wake them up by kissing all over them. cade was pretty happy and lane walked over to me on cades bed and just squezed my neck. Did i tell you they are huge!!! rick what did you feed them!!! they were both ready to hold jude before school. lane was all concerned about him. Daddy and nana took them to school. I feed jude and then went to bed. I slept really good, of course only for an hour. : ) i have been up since (2:54). the boys got home from school and have been really good. they sure do love their baby. we are all having some down time right now.

as for me - i'm happy and thankful that we are all together. We have been blessed with a third really good baby!! And i must say chad and i make pretty babies. : ) I'm feeling good just a little sore and my breast are a little sore. I have been really hungry and thirsty. : ) just enjoying life and the awesome people who surround me.

thank you to everyone who called, sent emails, flowers, food and food to come. I have appreciated everything!!! Life is good but most importantly God is great!!!

2009-02-08T19:17:00.000-08:00

Saturday...We did get that nap in! the boys and I fell asleep on the couch. Ckad actually ended up leaving, i woke up when he left. the bad thing was i was stuck on the couch with no remote watching the bee movie all over again!! i finally got up and started getting my chores done. chad came home from doing some shopping. he got some clothes and a pair of shoes for him. we then ate supper - leftovers!! i got the boys bathed and ready for bed. the bad thing at that point was cade was balling saying he wanted me, he wanted to sleep in momma's bed. I don't know where and why he is acting like this. i decided to let them get some books and come lay in my bed. they could sleep in there until daddy came to bed. chad was watching a movie so i knew it would be awhile before he came to bed. I was ready ready to sleep.

Sunday... i slept until 9 a.m. i got up and lane helped me fixed cinnamon toast. we finally made it like daddy does!! it was funny because as soon as i told the boys breakfast time they were at the table so fast. and that was one of the quietest meal time. they ate so fast. cade said "thank you mom for making me cinnamon toast". he has been really good about that. I got clothes down for them and told them to go outside and play because they were hyper!! they went outside, chad got up, and i took a shower (and soaked in the bath). When i got out I did a few things and layed on the couch. i felt exhausted. i fell asleep for a little bit. when i woke up, i made lunch, and then we went to baby tylers bday party. he is so darn cute. after the party we came home and i decided we were eating pizza for supper. so i ordered it and went and got it. we ate, chad and boys took a bath, we picked up toys, and made root beer floats. yummy!!! we watched teen wolf and the boys burned some energy. when it was time for bed cade started his crying. so i just had to be firm with both of them. I told them all the special things we have been doing. and that if they keep acting like this we won't want to do special things with them. needless to say they are asleep with no problem.

so the baby has been so active tonight. normally he moves around about 10p.m. but he has been moving a lot and doing something that is painful.

hedi and calley both called to check up on me today. heidi still thinks it will be on the 10th, calley just had a feeling it would be today. josh is wanting me to wait because he is out of town - he has been there when both boys have been born and doesn't want to miss out on this one. : ) keidi called to see if i would make it to bunco tomorrow. i told her i would be there as long as this baby doesn't come. chad has been saying that it will happen tonight (has said that like the past 3 nights). cade is saying on friday.

i wanted to go for a walk today but it was yucky outside. i do need to go to walmart tomorrow. I'm not getting a lot of food. i have a few meals and we will just go from there. but maybe i can do some good walking at walmart. LOl!!

ok i'm going to go and relax before bed. LOL!! is tonight the night?

2009-02-07T13:02:00.000-08:00

Friday...I woke up not wanting too. Took cade to school and came back home and slept until 11!! I went and got cade, fixed lunch, did a few things (shower and bath), layed on the couch with cade and we fell asleep. Lane fell asleep on the floor. Woke up around 3:30 and painted rocks with the boys. I cleaned up a little. chad went and worked out of he got off work and i called glenda to see about plans. She is planning on coming wednesday, of course if the baby comes before then she will come. Rick and glenna came over with supper. glenna made chicken and noodles, brought rolls, veggie tray and dessert!!! yummy!! and we got to keep leftovers!! can't beat that. We played games with the boys and went to bed.

Saturday...I woke up about 9:30 and fixed breakfast. I made waffles, eggs, sausauge, defrosted some blueberries. It was all pretty good. I cleaned up and got in the shower and then sat in a warm bathtub. I got out, got dressed and felt really tired. started some laundry and layed on the couch. i could have easily fell asleep but the boys kept waking me up. we decided to leave and go do something. we went to cades school to play on the playground. he was pretty excited to show lane all the playground equipment. They had a fun time. chad and i walked around a little bit and teeter tottered with the boys. when it was getting close to time to go cade was walking on the teeter totter and fell and hit his privates. OUCH!! He left in pain. Poor guy. we went by sonic and came home. diana came by to get a recipe and now here i am. we are fixing to put the bee movie in and hopefully everyone will fall asleep.

4 more days until the due date. chad says he isn't thinking like that. it is more any day now. i have been feeling really tired and lots and lots of pressure!!

2009-02-05T18:38:00.000-08:00

Thursday...I first want to say what a nice day. I had to get up early and take a shower. Got Cade to school and Lane to Heidi's house. Heidi took lane to Mdo for me since I had an appointment at 9:40 and chad wanted to come with me. It was a nice drive to liberal. I took little cat naps all the way there. : ) We waited an hour and then was in the room with him for less than 5 minutes. He didn't check me. I know i have gotten bigger, blood pressure good, baby heart beat good. Thats it! My next appt. is Feb. 12!! i hope i don't make it!! We drove back and ate at subway. I think everyone did today. Heidi said her and a friend did, tyler did, josh was making orders there, and bret ate there! thats funny. I have been pretty swollen lately. My right hand is getting worse and worse about falling asleep and it is hard to get it back to reality!! I came home at sat down for a little bit and then went to my pedicure appt.(thanks calley for putting the idea in my head) That was nice. My feet feel so much better!!! Well they are still swollen and achy but they look good and feel smooth. : ) The lady called someone to ask about the spot that is not suppose to be rubbed on a pregnant women. it supposely will make you go into labor. I told her it was ok. There was only 6 days till due date. It was fun to joke around about it. After pedicure i went by sonic (happy hour) and picked up to route 44 waters and brought one home to chad. i then went and picked up the boys at mdo. Calley you have been looking so pretty lately!! I visited for a little bit and then heidi and i decided to let the boys play on the playground for a little bit. they had fun. we got home and lane and i cuddled on the couch - i fell asleep, and cade played a computer game out in the garage with daddy. Well daddy didn't play but he had company. I think they have both enjoyed being together. I woke up and started picking up a little. Started dinner. Rick called, he called last night too to check up on me. he said he was going to call everynight. : ) Him and glenna are sweet. : ) Rick came by to get a package that was sent here. I finished supper. I fixed hamburgers, french fries. I cut up tomatoes and avacados to put on them. we really enjoyed them. I cleaned up and chad got ready to go workout. cade was really wanting to go with him so I let him. he had to get ready for bed first - teeth and all. He did and wanted to wear his shorts pjs and wear pants over them (like daddy does - except chad doesn't wear pjs just shorts) : ) It was cute. I fixed him a water bottle to have for his "workout". he was excited!! he promised me he would go straight to bed. Lane wanted to go but i told him next time that this time was cade and daddys "date". He said ok and i told him he could pick out a movie. So he is watching a movie. I have put my load of laundry in the dryer, did some bills and check book, put some mail out, and am ready for bed. : ) i do have to put some clothes away but it won't take long. It has been a good day.

2009-02-04T18:57:00.000-08:00

wednesday...i went to get a pedicure and they were full. but i go tomorrow at 1!! I had to go by walmart again!!! and i went by walls to check things out. Calley told me they had sketchers in their for $20! They had them but way way too big for the boys. : ( darn it. I have my doctors appt. at 9:40 a.m. Hopefully it will be the last one. : ) Today was a good day. I decided I was going to be patient and let the boys, especially lane how much i love him. We did a project together - which lane didn't do for very long. But cade and I enjoyed it. I made cookies for my meeting tonight which they are tasty. i took a shower while the boys played a game and then we picked out a movie. I popped popcorn and put them in cool popcorn boxes. While watching the movie we did valentines cards. We got those all done. Of course lane konked out but that is ok. : ) I put them in their bags so they will not get left out for valentines party. Cade played some games on the computer and I went and layed down for 30 minutes. There was no whining, no fighting - it was so nice. I got up from my nap got ready for my meeting tonight and went to heidi's to make the spaghetti. It turned out really good. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. We had a cookie exchange. I didn't know realize what we were doing until we were there. we drew a number and the number that was on the dessert is the one you got. I didn't make mine look all pretty. I just put the in a plastic container. : ( I got intiated tonight. I'm officially a beta sigma phi. I was pinned for the first time ever!! LOL!! It was pretty corny but cool to be apart of. I really like the group of ladies. Chad had the boys bathed and in pjs tonight. He took them to the guyrage (workout) and I just picked the boys up. Heidi rode with me so it wasn't a big deal at all. Plus cade has been wanting to go over there for awhile. When I walked in cade was lifting some weights. : ) When we got home he said he needed to excercise. LOL!! They were in bed by 9 and i started my nightly routine - started the dishwasher, load of laundry and picking up. I'm trying to keep it picked up but my trash guys aren't doing a great job. I have two full loads in the kitchen. : ( Guess i better get those by the backdoor, seems like the only way to get them to take it out. heck i'm just happy the boys were ready for bed except for their teeth. chad even read them some books. : ) i better get off here, i have a thank you card to write and clean clothes to put away. hopefully i will read a little bit. chad will be home soon. it takes him a little bit to settle down so i think i will have time - if i don't konk out!! : )

2009-02-04T07:18:00.001-08:00

Monday... So monday morning was awesome. I picked lane up from school and his teacher said he was tired. so i asked him if he was tired and he puckered out his lips and had some tears fall. I picked him up and loved on him. Told him we could go to walmart so he could pick out valentine cards for his class. So that is what we did. It cheered him up but turned into one of those kids at walmart!!! I wanted to pull his pants down and spank his butt in walmart!!!! Needless to say that was the whole day!! Yep all the way to bedtime. I was so stressed out that I had a headache and I wanted to throw up!!

Tuesday...It was a good morning. We got up and around and went to the book fair. The boys got to pick out a book. Everyone was happy, no whining, no fighting, just as it should be. After dropping them off I had to run by walmart!! I was doing so good but keep thinking of things i need to try to make things easier if i have the baby. After walmart I went and borrowed calleys printer. I had to print off all my tax stuff so I could file and send somethings off. WAHOOOOOO I"M DONE WITH TAXES!!!! Thanks calley!!!! I went and got the boys. when we got home kevin was here visiting with chad. He had dropped off a cd with my baby shower pictures on them. I fixed lunch and decided to start cleaning. the bathrooms are done, dusted living room, picked up babies room (wouldn't think I would have to clean it but the boys play in there), sweeped the floors, and cade vaccummed under the couches (they get so dirty even though i do it every week!) Cade did such a great job!! What a helper. We went by the post office and then I took the boys to the park for a little bit. they had a fun time and it was really nice. We came home the boys got cleaned up and so did I. We left to take boys by the sassins house and we went on a date. : ) Thanks again calley!!! We went and ate a cj's - good as usual. Chad and I had a good conversation. Then we went riding around looking for deer. Chad was prob. ready for me to shut up at this point. LOL!!! Then we came home and relaxed and watched american idol. I started feeling bad - head cold feeling. Plus this baby was trying to move into places he shouldn't!!! We had to fight but I won. : ) I dropped chad off at the guyrage and went to pick up the boys. I was not pleased with how they acted when i was there and let them know that on the way home. I was calm and all of a sudden my blood pressure popped right out of my head!!! I don't know what happend!! Lane is going through this phase and i hope he gets out soon!!! I had a break down and cade loved on me. Lane continued to wine and cry about every little thing. They got in the bathtub and played for a little bit. I put clothes away, washed boys and got them in bed. I started a load of laundry and got to through them in the dryer right when chad was getting home. I layed in bed - still not feeling good and started to read a book (breastfeeding). I fell asleep pretty fast. The night was not very good. I was in pain everytime I need to move. Man my pelvic!! I have to move a lot because my hands go numb. It was one of those nights that you look at the clock everytime you wake up hoping it is almost morning.

Wednesday...We are all tired today. The boys did pretty good this morning. Lane was a little whiny but it was manageable. I dropped them off and had to go by walmart!! yes i know!! i found out yesterday that my group for sorority has to host the meeting - which means bring supper. So heidi and I decided on spaghetti. i went and got that and a few things like milk just so we don't run out. I'm fixing to go by walls and thinking hard on going to shear perfection to get a pedicure!! I'm hoping today we can just take it easy maybe even take a nap!!!

random pictures

2009-02-02T08:29:00.000-08:00

Picture chad took of me while I was cleaning up the boys room. This was around 35wks. Baby Shower

My Girls How cute is this?!

Caci, Sally, me and Christa

Genea and I

Trip to Trevs house to see Miss Bailey

Random shots through the week

Nintendo junkie

Lane Learning how to put bottles together. He had so much fun with these. He did get mad at me when I took his picture. : )

We made ice cream sundaes. I let the boys put whatever they wanted to on it!!

Bad boys, bad boys watcha gonna do!

Last night in the bathtub - mohawk boys

2009-02-02T07:06:00.000-08:00

We didn't do much on friday. I did get rylee's pictures done and did some stuff around the house. Saturday was relaxing. Chad and I slept until 10!!! I have been so tired lately. The boys were so good!! I could here them playing. We got up and ate. Chad left for a little bit and the boys and I got ready for the day. Cade and I went on a date. I have been telling him that we would before the baby came. We went to the show and got big rootbeers and a big popcorn. We watched hotel for dogs. I thought it was a very cute movie. I'm not sure what cade thought. I actually teared up, but if you haven't seen it, it is about siblings and family!! : ) When we walked out of the movies daddy and lane were waiting outside. Chad was going pheasant hunting with his dad. So the boys and i rode around for a little bit. Cade got cranky with Lane and eventually he fell asleep. I decided to take them to the park. It was a nice day. So we went to tot park and the boys had a blast! We stayed about an hour and came home. We put ratoulle in and snuggled together. Chad came home, took a shower and it wasn't long he was out the door again to go play cards. Lane fell asleep fast!! He didn't even eat supper. I thought cade was asleep so i went to the garage and started on allyssa's pictures. cade came out and talked to me while I did those. He fell asleep in a chair out there.

Sunday...I woke up at 5:50 a.m. - call of the bathroom and couldn't really go to sleep after that. I did sleep for like 40 minutes and then heard some horses running through the house so I got up. The boys were playing really nice with eachother. I fixed them cereal and jumped in the shower. I like taking showers as soon as i get up, especially these days. Helps my joints wake up. I fixed me a breakfast burrito. It was another lazy day. We fixed some cookies but they didn't turn out as good as they usually do. They are still good though. I have to remake them. We are doing a cookie exchange for sorority on wednesday. I had ran out of an ingredient and thought I would try it anyway. Cade had picked up his room before I even got up, he organized his nintendo games, made lanes bed (but not his because it was too messed up). : ) I think he knew it was that time to get a dollar for picking up. : ) He was ready to take out the piled up trash. There was a bunch of boxes and stuff that hasn't been taken out for awhile. He did that all by himself without even griping. chad said it was a proud day for him. because it is closer to chad not having to take out the trash!! LOL!! lane wouldn't help so he didn't get his dollar. : ( i think i'm going to have to give him some change throughout the week for things he picks up. He doesn't seem to care about the end result but he should know that i'm proud when he picks up. Since cade did all the trash we suprised him with another dollar. He was pretty excited! he has $7 saved up. : ) We went by walmart to get a few snack things for the super bowl. i watched most of the game but i was in and out with doing laundry and picking up. I washed bottles so I had to clean out a cabinet to put them in. The game was good and there was some good commercials. I think dorriotos did a pretty good job. Before the boys went to bed they picked out their school clothes. They both wanted to wear the collared shirts i made them this summer. I had to fix cades shirt and then iron both of them. Lane went to bed but cade stayed up because he was so excited to wear that shirt, wanted to make sure i got it done. he also watched the end of the game with us. it was funny because he was doing everything chad was doing. we were wanting cardinals to win. I wanted them to win because it was there first super bowl. It was pretty exciting.

Monday...Cade did an awesome job this morning. He woke up and said hi mom, went into the living room and got dressed. I knew he would get dressed fast because he was so excited to wear that shirt. He went and said hi to dad and asked him to fix his hair and started eating by 7:10.
Lane had a hard time getting up so cade was sweet big brother and giving lane so much attention. lane just ate it up. He asked lane what he wanted for breakfast and told me and helped him get dressed. lane and i had a race on getting our shoes on and cade just cheered him on and even helped. So this morning was a happy morning. Lane and I looked at cade book fair after we dropped cade off. we are going to take cade in their in the morning before school. They have a family night tomorrow but we got an offer that can't be turned down. Calley wants to watch the boys so chad and I can go on a date before the baby comes. the best night is on tuesday and we snatched it up!!! : ) i took lane too school and came home and took a shower. i think i'm going by calleys this morning to use her printer. I'm about to throw mine against the wall. it is maybe a year old but should be messing up as much as it has been!!! today is my grocery day but i don't think i will go. i might go this afternoon. lane needs to pick out his valentines cards for school. i do need to do some dusting, mopping and bathroom duty today. I know cade will help me dust. : )

last month was dental awareness month or something like that. so throughout the weeks they talked about brushing their teeth. Cade has been so good to get the plaque and sugar guys out of his mouth! And has gotten lane excited about it. Cade is even sure to tell me what has sugar in it and what to do if you can't brush your teeth afterwards. : ) The other night we had a battle. We had to take vitamins to beat the bad guys in our bodies, brush our teeth to beat plaque and sugar guys, wash hands and face to beat the germs!! They had so much fun and we conquered!!! : ) LOL!!

Oh before I go. There are 9 days left until the due date!!! Let me know when you think he will come. I have no clue, i have lots of braxton hicks, the doctor hasn't told me anything - because he isn't sure. So you are up to date on how i'm doing, take your guess.

Guesses so far:

Heidi - 10th - but doesn't really have a feeling just seems like a good number
Chad - 11th - due date
Me - 12th - no reasoning behind it
Sally - 14th - valentines day/ mamaw's bday

we can also do guesses on weight!! Cade was 7lbs 12oz and lane was 9lbs 3oz.

guesses:

Me - 8lbs 10 oz - : ) i have no clue!!!
Chad - 8lbs 4 oz

Email me with your guesses!!!

2009-01-30T07:27:00.000-08:00

Thursday...I got up and ready for my appt. Got cade to school and drove to Liberal. I got there 30 minutes before my appt so I took a little cat nap in the car. The pager went off so many times the night before - chad and I were tired!! I went in alittle early to the office and waited for awhile. When it was finally my turn I still waiting in the room forever. Knudsen came in and I don't know anything. I know the babies head is where he needs to be (which i have known that). He had a medical student with him and she measured me and did the heartbeat (which she listened to four heartbeats and that was it!! how can you tell the heartbeat of the baby that way!! he didn't check me, which i think is weird since i have 12 days left!!! He has been really vague about everything!! Glad this isn't my first rodeo - I would be lost!! I guess I just got really spoiled with my doctors in arkansas. Sure do miss them!!! I got to guymon just in time to get cade and take him to mdo. when I got home chad took me out to lunch. : ) His idea, which made me feel special.

chad told me at lunch that lane made him feel stupid at mothers day out. They walked in (chads first time to drop him off) and Lane was doing everything that needed to be done. chad said ok bud lets go in the room, lane looked at him with this "duh face" and said I have to take off my coat! LOL!!

i layed down for a little bit before i had to go get the boys. When we got home cade played nintendo and lane and i snuggled for a little bit. He was laying with his head in the couch and said he saw a lizard that was alive. I didn't see anything but i'm sure he saw something. The rest of the night he stayed away from the couch!! LOL!!

I fixed breakfast for supper. which is always a hit as long as i have sausage gravy and biscuits! Cade was excited. When i was making it chad and cade played hard with the nerf gun and marshmallow blaster!!! After supper i cleaned up and got ready to take pictures. Allyssa and the kids got here a little after 7. It is always good to visit and see them!! Tylers pictures turned out cute.

When they left I finished getting the boys ready for bed. (chad had given them a bath and pjs before allyssa came over. He left to go work out) They were hungry so they ate and then brushed teeth and went to bed. They were cranky!!!!!

After they were down I did my load of laundry, started dishwasher, and fixed rylee's pictures. I'm almost done with those. : )

Chad and i went to be around 11. we have been going to be a little late. I just stay up until chad is ready.

Friday...Took cade to school and dropped maternity clothes off to keidi. I was ready to make some room in my house!! : ) Now i'm at home. Lane just got done eating and I need to jump in the shower. i need to fold clothes, finish rylee's pictures and start on allyssa's pics. going to go get clean!!!

did i mention i'm ready for this baby to come. : )

2009-01-28T20:17:00.000-08:00

Today, I rolled out of bed got the boys up and around. Dropped them off at school and went to walmart to get a few things. Really i just got a few things. : ) I have been really good about only going once a week. Every once in awhile i have to go and get something i forgot or didn't know i needed. I came home took a shower and got some business out of the way. Went and picked up the boys and had to run by the post office and bank. Glad to get that out of the way. : ) When we got home I fixed lunch - I was starving!! We ate and put on a movie. Cade was cranky - and didn't get a sticker today!!! he said he couldn't remember what he did. ggggrrrrr!! i don't know what his deal is!! Chad went to the bedroom to try and get a good nap in - dang pager at night, so the boys and i put on a movie and snuggled on the couch. Cade was really still and good. Lane was at first and then grandpa came over on his lunch break. I fell asleep a few times but lane kept waking me up. After nap I got up and started going through maternity stuff to get them ready for keidi, reloaded toilet paper in the bathrooms, got kleenex and wipes out of the shed to bring into the house (thanks mom and gary!!!) Chad got the much needed filter cleaned and put up the nails for the babys name to hang. i wish i could have it hanging!! i got the maternity clothes done except i'm thinking i had three buckets of clothes but only finding two so i think that there may be only two. pregnancy sure messes with your head!! i have them by the door to take by the mulls. Of course I still have some. Oh my aunt lenita and uncle norman sent the boys christmas presents today - marshmallow guns!! they love them and of course chad does too!! I fixed pizza for supper, cleaned up, put away clean dishes and put the dirty in the dishwasher. I have been trying hard to keep the house somewhat clean. I know i can't keep it perfect but I will do my best without driving myself crazy (that is how i'm feeling right now). I had to go to a sorority thing tonight for new pledges. It wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. came home and chad went and lifted. He had the boys bathed and in pjs. i was pretty happy!!! They finished getting ready for bed, shot their marshmallow blasters a few times and we read books. After getting them in bed cade tried the crying bid for me to come in so he wouldn't have to go to sleep. fake fake fake!! i just told him i will take away ninentdo tomorrow if he doesn't stop, and guess what, yep he stopped! I ordered some pictures, picked up,ate some oatmeal, got ready for bed, got a load of laundry washed and dried.

Tomorrow I have a dr's appt. So chad is taking lane to mdo. i think lane is excited about it. Plus he gets to show daddy how big he is by showing daddy where to go. : ) I will be back to get cade from school and take him to mdo. I have their lunches all ready so i don't have to worry about it in the morning.

we started a new thing before bed. We pick out clothes for the next day and lay them out. It doesn't take long to do this in the morning. but with me being close to delivery and with the history of going into labor at night, I want it to be easy for the boys and grandpa to get ready for the day.

I am hoping Glenda will be here when I do go into labor. she made it with the other two. I think she feels it. : ) I know she did with cade. Remember glenda - your stomach was hurting really bad the day before i had him? : )

So we are working with cade. He is so polite by saying please and thank you to me, but when it comes to chad he isn't so good. chad fixes cades hair in the morning and I guess hasn't been very nice. he will walk in put the stuff on the next, do some grunts and walk out. this morning he did very well though. Chad talked to him about it yesterday and so I worked with him this morning. we will see how tomorrow morning works out.

i'm going to get off here. i keep getting braxton hicks which have been getting stronger, and it is pretty uncomfortable. plus i need to get to bed. need to wake up early in the morning, shower and get ready for my appointment!!!

missing my pa

2009-01-27T11:19:00.000-08:00

Last night I got the boys packed, letter written for rick and glenna if chads mom isn't here of directions and schedules. Wrote the list that hangs by the door to make sure we grab. I washed the bedding for the bassinet that I borrowed from heidi and washed a load of clothes. Cade helped me with supper. we made spaghetti and some bread. I told him i wanted him to make it and he disappeared and showed up in the kitchen wearing his chef cade hat that nana made him. it was cute. he likes to wear that when he is cooking. : ) he does a great job helping me in the kitchen. Now if i can just get them to clean up afterwards. : ) chad went lifting earlier than usual last night and didn't get home until after 10. : ( oh well he needs time away. I got the boys in the bathtub and did some last minute pick up. Got them in bed around 9. That is when i finished the packing. oh chad also put holes in the letters that will be hanging up in the babies room. Now we need to put the nails in the wall. that is chads deal because i can't do anything straight.

Tuesday... Pretty soft snow outside. the only thing that isn't so pretty is when you step in that snow with dirt underneath it all sticks to your feet and it is all over the pilot!! i woke up this morning and didn't want too. chad asked me if i had a hard night. Not anything out of the ordinary that I know of - wasn't good. I took the boys to school and came home, got in bed. I slept from 8:30 to 10:20. I did set a timer for 30 minutes and then 10 minutes and so on so it was interupted a little. I needed it though. i got up and took a shower - then got the boys. I fixed lunch when we got home and haven't done much since. I ate some cookies. : ) I'm ready for another nap. Cade is sitting beside me doing a shape puzzle book that gigi gave us. he is loving it. the hard part is making sure we don't lose the pieces. i think we are missing a few of the shapes but i taught cade how to use other shapes to create another shape.

I have been missing my pa lately. I talked to mamaw yesterday and teared up when we were talking about pa and then chad was sitting by me earlier with the laptop pulling up video's from cmt. he played "waiting on a woman" by brad paisley. it reminds me of pa and mamaw so much. i always tear up when I hear it but this time it all came out. i love and miss you pa!!

I have been waiting for a laptop bag to come in but other than that i think i'm done packing and getting ready for the baby. i do have to get some pictures mailed and if i make it to walmart again. the rest of the stuff isn't that big of a deal if i get done or not. i think i just need to take it easy and get some rest when i can.

Update on the kitty...She has been taking her antibiotics and has been doing very well. This morning she didn't want to take her medicine but with chad holding her i got her to take it. She is def. feeling better. starting to become her moody self again. : ) she has been really cozy though. she always comes and sits in my lap when i'm on the couch with a blanket. She usually ends up at my feet at night. the last few night she has curled up by my belly. chad kicked her off last night so she slept on the couch. LOL! she better enjoy it, because when the baby comes she will be outside more.

i better get off the kitty came and jumped on me. she is laying at the top of my stomach and on my arm so it is hard to type and breath cause she is so fat!! : )

dropped?

2009-01-26T13:47:00.000-08:00

sunday... i didn't feel very well sunday morning so I layed down for a little bit. when chad left to go pheasant hunting with his dad I got up and around. I cleaned up a little. Laundry, cleaned bathroom, wiped down kitchen picked it up, did wood floors - sweeped and mopped), made some muffins. heidi came over around 5 and we took a few pics of rylee. when she left i ate a little bit of supper not really in the mood. Got the boys ready for bed and sat down to look at books with them. they were in bed by 8:30. I was pretty tired but i stayed up with chad and watched the x games. it was pretty cool. i woke up at 2:30 a.m. and had to turn the heat down - i have been burning up and night but this time chad was too!

Monday... At about 6:30 this morning i had a pretty good cramp going on (just like a menstrual cramp). I got up and took a shower. The cramp stayed. I think he has dropped. I went by for heidi to see if she noticed, she said not really. i feel different and the cramp and pressure remains. i did my monday morning grocery shopping. The boys went to school today and had a good day - except cade didn't get a sticker because he stuck his tongue out at a kid!! he rarely gets in trouble. When i picked them up it was snowing pretty good - man is it COLD!!! we got home and noticed I got the numbers i needed to finish my tax return. finished it up and when i went to file it said they need to finish a file or has updated and will let me know when i can file!! what the heck. We ate lunch, did some valentines cards, cade played outside. i started a load of laundry and just trying to keep up with everyday things. I payed some bills and am ready to go lay down on the couch with my boys.

2009-01-25T08:04:00.000-08:00

Friday... i did do laundry but didn't fold any, i tried to take a nap but again was woken up, i started feeling sick, Lane is all better, cade i think is better. I didn't do a whole lot just layed down to try to feel better. i fixed supper and went over to heidis for a soroity social. We also drew the winner for the super bowl tickets. none of my people won. : ( i wasn't going to stay very long but ended up staying until midnight. it was really fun.

Saturday...I woke up and got ready for our suprise trip for keidi's 30th bday. We picked up keidi last and had the party blowers and a tierra for her to wear. We went to lots of different places and got some good stuff. I didn't find what I was out to find but oh well. We went and ate at olive garden. i love their salad and breadsticks!!! we shopped then got ice creams, shopped and then at at the food court. i ate arbys and it wasn't as good as i wanted it to be but it wasn't horrible. Before leaving town diana and heidi wanted to go by starbucks. we got home around 11:30 pm. i was pretty tired. chad was working when i got home and went to bed around midnight. he has the pager and actually woke up at 2:30 a.m. and didn't get to bed until 5 a.m. poor guy.

Sunday... i woke up not wanting to wake up. i was so stiff. so i took a shower and got dressed. i was suppose to take pictures today of my little man tyler. But allyssa called when i was in the shower and said they were feeling good and wasn't sure if they were contagious. i called her back and we are going to try in a few days. so i ate breakfast and i think i'm going to try and take a nap. I'm so tired!! I'm going to take rylee's pictures around 5 p.m. chad is still sleeping. we are trying to be quiet so he can get some rest. today i need to pick up, wash laundry and put aways clothes, wipe down bathrooms, living room. i'm going to close my eyes now

Toothpick

2009-01-23T06:56:00.000-08:00

Thursday...I woke up at 5:30 a.m. because the baby told me he was out of room and i should empty my bladder. then at 6:30 Cade screamed I have to go poop. Since he has diaherra i jumped up and helped him that talked with him. I jumped in the shower really quick since he was still using the bathroom. When i got dressed I gave cade some yogurt and then he wanted cereal. So we ate breakfast and then I called him in sick. i had about 2 hours before I had to leave and go to my doctors appt. so i layed down with cade while he watched tv. Lane woke up and came and snuggled with us. I took a little snooze and then finished getting ready. I drove to Liberal for my first appointment with dr. knudsen who will be delivering boyd #3.

the appt. went by fast of course. He didn't check me this time but will start doing that next week. Measurements, blood pressure and heartbeat were all great. I don't know what the heartbeat was because he just put a + on the chart. I asked him if he thought this one could be as big as lane. He talked about all sorts of stuff and said "I think the big question your trying to ask is inducing before your due date". I said absolutely not. I'm all for going into labor myself. I was just wondering if he would be 9 lbs. he said he isn't big on inducing unless it is necessary - so we are on the same page. Anyway to finally get to the answer he said that there are a lot of factors that involve in the size of the baby but with the info he has (which is the weight I gained during the second trimester) that he would say yes he will be 9 lbs BUT he wouldn't bet a quarter on it. : ) He said he wasn't really worried about the delivery or anything because my blood sugar is good and the delivery went smooth with lane. I got back on the 29th (which will be 1 1/2 weeks until due date!!)

I got gas (cheaper in liberal than guymon) and drove back to guymon. I went by walmart to get some stuff for the BRAT diet for Cade. Then went by the vet to see about our kitty since we haven't heard anything. When I walked in she said kitty still hasn't peed!! Dang kitty, i know she is scared so she prob. hadn't eaten either (which is ok for fat so). I got to take her home with antibiotics because she was pretty sure it was a urinary tract infection because of what i described. Right before we got home she gave a urnine sample. So i let her out of her cage (outside), called the vet and they said yes bring it up if i could. so chad put it in a cup and cleaned out the cage while i took the sample up. when i got back home i gave her a bath to get all the pee off her so she could relax. She didn't like the bath but it wasn't too bad giving it too her. I didn't hear anything until 4:30 from the vet. She does have a UTI and no stones which is good. Kitty and I are so happy that she is back home!!! didn't realize how much i do love her. : )

After giving the kitty a bath I made grilled cheese and soup for lunch. The boys played and I started cleaning. I had to clean up lunch, wipe down kitchen, clean bathroom again, wipe down remotes and phones with clorox wipes and lysol everything. I sweeped the floors and sat on the couch to write in my pregancy journal. the boys played outside - another beautiful day!! The kitty just layed on her chair outside and soaked in the sun. I did get up and make some muffins (cranberry - orange boxed). they turned out pretty good. chad even liked them!!!! I picked up the boys room a little and put some stuff in pile for them to pick up. They came in and layed down. Chad had rented a movie from walmart the night before for the boys (horton who) so i put that in and we all layed down. Lane and I fell asleep but of course I got woke up because for some reason I can't get a nap in!! so i got up and started supper. We had baked potatoes, brisket and mixed veggies. I sat down with lane between cooking times and then finished up supper. we ate, i cleaned up, did the DANG TRASH!!, and cut some cheese and summer sausage for a snack. This is where the toothpick comes into play. I was talking to my sister on the phone and fixing to cut the sausage when I scooted my foot while moving and a toothpick stabbed into my foot!!! talk about painful!! Chad pulled it out and the boys rushed to go get some spray to put on it (they got so worried about me). It hurt so bad. Chad told me to sit down and put my feet up (they were really swollen to begin with). It did help to do that but dang still hurt. cade sprayed the stuff on it and told me "momma it will sting a little bit" he told me that several times. Then later on he said "momma I'm sorry you got hurt". Lane was concerned too. He was actually going to pull it out but i didn't let him. : ) My sweet boys. I called my sister to let her know i was ok.

I got the bath ready for cade after he drank some pedialyte (having trouble getting him to drink). Did some laundry, wiped down kitchen, got boys ready for bed (vitamins and brush teeth) cade wanted to play nintendo for a little so i told them they could and then it was bedtime. I got some grapes and a big thing of water and came and sat down to watch a movie with chad. We put in stepbrothers. thought it would be funny but dang the language is horrible. needless to say we turned it off and put doc hollywood in. chad tucked the boys in and then we finished watching the movie.

chad has been lifting and trying to gain some weight. He has been getting pretty sore. Last night he was pretty stiff. I told him i didn't want to hear about the soreness, tiredness. : ) I'm glad he started doing that. Makes him feel better, he gets out of the house and blow off stress on the weights. : ) The guys are going to start to p90x. I want to do that someday. Chad is a little worried that he won't be able to gain any weight since he sneezes and blows off any fat he has. I told him it would be good for his energy. he needs to do some kind of activity other than lifting to just help with over all health.

The baby sure was making me uncomfortable last night (when we were watching a movie). He kept protruding out of my side. Turkey. : )

Lane is now well!! No more fever!!! WAHOOOOOOO!!!!!

Friday...I slept pretty good. Did wake up at 3:30 a.m. for a bathroom stop and then back too sleep. cade woke up and said he was hungry so I told him to eat some yogurt. I got up around 8:30 and called cade in sick to school. So far he is doing well but didn't want to chance it. we ate breakfast and now I'm catching up on here.

Todays agenda... make cade drink lots of fluid, eat BRAT diet, finish laundry, get an oil change and do the everyday things that need to be done.

2009-01-21T18:41:00.000-08:00

wednesday...Woke up this morning got cade going, lane settled on the couch, breakfast and called the vet. i took cade to school and dropped off the kitty. i didn't know how hard it is to leave her!! they told me to come back around 1 p.m. that should give them enough time to get a urine sample. i came home and started!! I lysoled the whole house, and started washing sheets, blankets, pillows. lane was doing pretty good all morning. i didn't give him any medicine but could tell he had a low grade temp. He played really well. right before i left to get cade, lane got really tired and got the chills. So i layed him on the couch. i went and got cade, went to walmart, went by to get the kitty. Found out she still hadn't peed so they are keeping her overnight. The vet is pretty positive that she does have a urinary tract infection. They still wanted a urine sample to figure out the right antibiotic for her. Poor baby girl!! cade and i went to braums and got lunch. by the time we got home lane was waking up from a nap and was HOT! Took his temp 103!!! so i gave him some medicine and his milk shake and he perked right up. he didn't eat anything but did drink the whole strawberry shake. the boys watched a movie and then i kicked them outside. it was beautiful beautiful day!! I continued to do house stuff while they played outside (washing and fixing somethings that needed to be done. when chad got off work we walked to the park. Cade rode his bike but lane had to walk because we couldn't find his helmet (that belongs in the wagon that he didn't put away). He took it really well though. we walked to the park, cade rode his bike at the tennis court, dad and lane played with a small basketball, and i walked around the tennis court. the boys ( all 3) played a few games and then we walked back home. i started on supper (quesadillas) and cade washed grapes. dad played ninetendo (he is addicted - big time!!) and Lane took bath. After supper cade and i jumped in the shower, daddy rested before lifting weights and lane fell asleep. I woke lane up and gave him some motrin - he was burning up. Chad is lifting and is going to go by walmart to get cade some children pepto and yogurt. thats right cade has an upset stomach and seems to get little breaks before having to go back. : ( I don't think he will be going to school or mothers day out tomorrow. i really don't want this sickness to stay around. that is why i cleaned good today!!

so i had a credit card company call me today saying that i opened an account in 99 and have an outstanding balance of $600!! i ended up talking to a superviser (they were both nice and i kept it cool and pleasant) and come to find out they have the wrong laura williams! which i knew that but glad they know that! it would be on my credit report if i hadn't paid a credit card since 99 which i have excellent credit.

Tomorrow is the 22nd. chad was wanting me to go into labor then. : ) wanting to keep all 3 kids bdays on the 22nd. don't think it will happen. : ) I have an appt. tomorrow morning. i'm hoping he can give me an estimate on the size of this baby. also my braxton hicks are getting stronger, i have to take deep breaths through them. Today I got to good ones that i had to breath through. i also added another important person to give me support in breastfeeding. my sister in law has accomplished breastfeeding with miss bailey. she said to call her anytime no matter what time (cause she might just already be up). i have an awesome support team for me, very knowledgeable women. I'm excited and ready to achieve this!!!

lets hope the boys and the kitty get better soon and things slow down a little!! wow!!!

2009-01-20T18:28:00.000-08:00

Monday...we went to go play with bryson and when we got there lane looked horrible. we checked his tempture. It was 102 so lane and i left and cade stayed there. Poor lane!!! i gave him some medicine and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep. I worked on pictures until heidi called and I went and picked up cade. Lane was doing fine when i got home. he ate supper really well. but it didn't take long for him to go down hill. his tempture got up to 104. i gave him medicine, put a wash cloth on his head, took his shirt off and gave him cold water to drink. His tempture lowered so we put him in his bed. He slept really well. he did wake up at 1:30 a.m. to go to the bathroom and put his shirt back on.

Tuesday... He had a low grade temp. he drank a bunch of water and threw it up on the way to go to the bathroom. i cleaned him up and put him on the couch with some cartoons. I got cade ready and eating. Lane was really thirsty and wanted some milk but i wasn't ready to try that. so i gave him some gingerale and told him to drink it slow. I waited for a little while gave him some tylenol. He seemed fine so got him some breakfast and milk. He was fine all day. he fell asleep around 3. when he woke up he had 102 temp and just wanted me. I gave him some motrin and he has been fine since. As for my day... stressful. i have been trying to get a set of pictures done and just can't seem to get it done. Cade was cranky today and didn't want to go outside (beautiful day) because the neighbors cat was in the backyard and our cat was trying to show it who's house it was. Cade cried bacause he didn't want our cat to get hurt. so he came in and did puzzles. oh the boys did do sidewalk paint but quickly showed me they can't be trusted to only paint on the sidewalk. i also got pictures in today and forgot to order pictures in 3 different orders!!! still not done with the set of pictures!! went to fix quesadillas and we didn't have enough cheese (thought we had a whole bag), couldn't fix anything else I had because i didn't have everything because i forgot it at the store!!! frustrating day to me!!!! i have a headache and ready for peace and quiet - with no talk of nintendo!! i missed the ingauration but looked it up online and saw bits of it. i have started laundry because we have too much and i'm just ready to slow things down. i better get off just put boys down and they won't stop calling for me. GGGGGRRRRR!!!! ready to be left alone for the night!!

oh did i mention someone called at 6:45 this morning!! they called this afternoon and it rang one time and then this evening. I answered it and it was some hispanic asking me who i was and if i spoke spanish. i told him no, he said i have question but don't know english. he continued to try and talk to me and ask me about someone or something and that some person gave him my number. i told him i didn't know what he was talking about that he had the wrong number. he finally hung up. weird!!

2009-01-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

Saturday...I slept in until 9:30. Lane was so sweet. I heard that the tv was barely up. He was being so quiet. I heard two doors shut and i looked up, he had shut my door so i could sleep. : ) sweetness. i decided to get up though. we put some biscuits in the oven and took a shower. We ate and decided to go to zaines basketball game at noon. so we went there and I think lane really enjoyed watching the game. towards the end he even got into it. "go get it in!" After the game we went and cleaned out the lhs. got trash out, vaccuumed and washed it. It still needs to be wiped down. we came home at lunch and layed down. I started to take a nap but got woken up. we just hung out here and vegged, played a few games. lane fell asleep around 11 pm. and i stayed up. I watched roadhouse for the first time. My mom told me when I was little that i couldn't watch that movie. it took me until i was 29 to finally see it. Hope that is ok mom. : ) LOL!! I'm sure glad I didn't see it when i was younger!!! I went to bed around 3.

Sunday...I got to sleep in again. I got up put a breakfast casserole in and took a shower. we ate and i had to lay down. i wasn't feeling well. I fell asleep and took a little nap with lane snuggled with me. glenna stopped by to visit for a little bit. when she left i decided to finally clean out the fridge/freezer. ooohhh, was it grosss. i got it all wiped down and old stuff thrown away. lane helped a little bit and pooped out on me. i cleaned out a cabinet and got rid of a bunch of stuff and organized it the best I could and redid the container cabinet. i feel better now. : ) I got the hospital bag started. there is just few things i need to get together and then i will be done. I decided to take lane to sunset and feed the ducks. he loved it!!! he was talking to them and we didn't have to deal with geese until we were leaving. keidi and Kambree were walking and they stopped and visited and the kids went and played. that was fun. after the park we went to the store. i figured since the boys are out of school on monday that i better do my shopping now. we did shopping, went by sonic and when we got home my boys were here. Lane and i raced in to see who could give the first hugs. He beat me on cade but i beat him on daddy. : ) it was a nice evening.

Monday... I slept until 8:30. cade came in and said he was hungry. he was up before lane. which surprised me. lane and i had gotten apple fritters at walmart so i told him he could get one. but he kept coming in so i knew he wanted me to get up. : ) i ate and and watched a little tv. the boys have been playing hard this morning. i think they are pretty glad to be back together. : ) i'm going to jump in the shower, change out laundry, make the beds, fix lunch and the boys are going to play with bryson. when we get back the plan is lane take a nap, and cade play games while i get my pictures done!!! i really need to do that. i should have pictures coming in today or tomorrow. i'm wanting to get that done ASAP!!! i need to call genea sometime and ask her about my cat. she is acting pretty weird and has been for a few weeks now. guess i better go get started. : )

2009-01-16T18:40:00.000-08:00

Thursday... did my normal mdo day but got errands ran. I dropped Lane off, went by post office and mailed off my thank you cards, went to bank. I deposited a check and asked about getting interest on my mortgage. guess what they couldn't give me anything. i have to wait until they mail it out and they have until the 30th. GEEZE!! i wanted to have them done on not worry about taxes. oh well, most of it is done anyway. After the bank i went by carols embordiery and asked about cost to make shirts. I came home for a little bit and went and got cade from school. i dropped him off at mdo. chad had gotten invited to lunch with the guys. i asked if i could come and then decided not too. I felt like i was in the way. so i called heidi up and she said she would go with me. at first i thought no i will stay home and get stuff done. Then decided "come on laura you don't always have to be doing something!!" Heidi came by and got me and we went to larissa's. They were really busy. It was a good time as usual. after lunch i went by walmart. i needed to get a couple of cards, hospital stuff, gauze for baby boy, a gift card for a baby present. When I left it was time to go pick up boys. calley said all the kids cried and none of them took naps. doesn't sound like a fun day. lane got hurt again. he like to play with some motorcycle they have, but every time he skins up his face. this time he was pushing it and ran over a toy, resulting in him flippin over and landing on his face. last time the motorcyle ran over his face. crazy kid!!! we went by carols and dropped off shirts to get them made and went by mazzios to get a gift card for a friend that just had back surgery. we came home. I don't think i did much when we got home. I sat down with lane and he took a nap. I knew he was tired. allyssa had called earlier during the day and asked if we had anymore cowboy yoyo's. she was wanting some new ones because hers was really old. when chad got off work he looked for the huge box with them in it. it was fun to remember those days. josh would have enjoyed it too. bill had done some pretty neat stuff for them. i called allyssa and she and jonathan came by. she was surprised of all the yoyo's we had. we visited for a little while, which was fun. i really like to be around her and the kids. no to my surprise - the girl who owed me money didn't come by. for supper i just did pot pies in the microwave. the boys took baths and cade finished packing to go "on his vacation".

Friday.. Cade crawled into bed with us this morning. said he had a nightmare. i took a shower, and fixed breakfast. cade was almost late to school this morning. after dropping him off i came home and got dressed for the day. lane and i actually raced - and he won. i don't really remember what else i did. i went and got cade and he was so happy to see me. man, i love my kids!! we came home and found out they werent going to be leaving until later. so chad fixed sandwiches (we have been getting submarine type bread and making awesome sandwiches with the fixins!!) i tried to find good riddles for chad and rick on the trip but only found stupid ones which i still printed out. the computer froze up so i stopped looking. after lunch chad went and washed, vaccumed out the pilot. it wasn't that dirty because i keep it picked up but he wanted to do it. after he got back cade and i went and did some errands. we went by calleys and got a wii game that we let them borrow (chad wanted to take it), bank (because the client came by this afternoon and gave me a check!), went by myrenes flower shop and sent out a bouquet, went by becky moores house and came home. by the time we got back grandpa was ready to head out of town. we said bye. : ( i'm going to miss my guys!!

Lane and i ate a snack and laid down. I fell asleep and wasn't out for long when the doorbell rang!! the neighbor kids were at the door. i didn't even answer it!! gggrrrrr! sally called not long after so i talked to her for a little bit. lane fell asleep and the door bell rang two more times (different times). same kids were at the door. they have been making me mad lately. they play in the front yard and are always doing something that one of them can get hurt. that is a liability to me! plus they don't care about manners or anything like that. they are pretty much on their own with no supervision and i'm pretty sure their dad doesn't even know where or what they are doing. Lane slept for about 3 hours!! when he woke up it was about 6:15 or so. we got ready and went on our date!! i asked lane earlier where he wanted to eat and he said "not mcdonalds". so i started naming foods and he really wanted quacamole. So we went and ate at larissa's and got a large side of guac. you should have seen that kid eat it!! he loved it! we split a burrito dinner and he really enjoyed that. after we ate we went by walmart. he has been wanting a new toothbrush, so he picked one out and really wanted some grapes. we got ice cream too. we got home, put pjs on, washed hands and cleaned the grapes. so now we are eating grapes (lane is on his 3rd bowl - they are small bowls), drinking water and watching a movie (polar express).

the shirts didn't get done so hopefully we will get a call tomorrow. i really need to get pictures done this weekend. i was going to do them tonight but I'm going to pass. maybe tomorrow when lane goes to bed (not nap because i'm taking one with him!) i just want to take it easy and spend some special time with lane. i'm excited for cade and daddy. i hope they have a good time. today cade said he was sad because he was going to miss me. he wanted me to go with them. i told him i couldn't and he said he knew that because the baby is coming soon. so i told him that just me and him would go on a date before the baby is born. he said "only adults go on dates". I said no we could go on a date. So hopefully there will be something good showing at the movies. i do have some sweet boys. lane tells me and chad everynight and before we leave somewhere that he loves us thiiiiiiiissssss much stretching his arms out. he def. lets us know he loves us. : )

i got the babies bag packed for the hospital. i will prob. work on our bag tomorrow. we will see. : ) i do need to pick up a little around here.

man grapes are GOOOOODDDD!! they have def. hit the spot the whole pregnancy. good idea lane!! i'm going to finish them up, brush my teeth and snuggle with my little guy. : )

2009-01-15T06:37:00.001-08:00

Wednesday evening and Thursday morning...I got a lot done yesterday!! Cade helped me fix supper which was fun. He had fun and at it all! I started on our taxes and I talked to chad about papers I couldn't find and found them!! He didn't have a clue but he can calm me down a little so I can think. : ) Taxes are almost done! just need to get mortgage info from the bank. I'm going by there this morning. I also got thank you cards written! So when I drop Lane off for MDO I'm going by post office and bank. Hopefully I can get taxes done today. : ) I need and want to pack the hospital bags and fill out business paperwork. I'm making a walmart list for things I need for my hospital bag. This weekend I can do that or maybe even tomorrow. Chad is leaving town on friday. He might take Cade with him ( I don't know yet). Oh I need to go by a house and get some money for the super bowl ticket drawing. She bought 20!! WAHOO!!

Oh and that client got ahold of me yesterday. She said she would bring the money by this evening. We will see and I hope she follows through. People want me to feel sorry for them but I'm getting cold hearted. Seems like a lot of excuses why they can't pay me. Do people do that at walmart when they want something "oh can i just take this and pay you back?" NO!! So why do it for me. It is something they planned to do and then they know how long it will be before pictures come in and how much. be prepared!! This is my soapbox. I have had sympathy, I have had understanding but when you get the run around after working hard - it changes!!

Off my soapbox and ready to get some stuff done!!

SO MUCH TO DO!

2009-01-14T13:08:00.000-08:00

Tuesday... Got up, got ready, got boys ready, ate, started laundry. Got boys to school and came home. Throughout the whole day (7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.) the washer and dryer were running!! Yes about 10 loads or so!! I KNOW!! I finished washing up all the babies stuff (bedding, new clothes, car seat, swing, bouncey seat cover - you name it, it is washed) and also got caught up on laundry. I did a few loads of dishes. Washed all baby toys. Cleaned house (dusted only in living room, but other than that everything else is clean). Boys were really good today. They played hard (playing did not including watching tv or ninentdo!). They used their imagination and had a ball. I fixed supper and played geo trax. Chad gave the boys a bath and I finished putting clothes away and picking up toys. WOW what a day!!! To top it off chad asked how taxes were going!!! Really!!

Wednesday...Boys to school, came home and worked on photography stuff. Got an order ready and ordered. Sent off prices to the customers. Made and invoice for a customer that has hosed me out of $345!!!! I'm so mad!! I'm staying after them and yes they already have the pictures!! I thought i could trust them since I knew them!!! NEVER AGAIN!! It is people like them that make people so hard hearted!!! I also did check book, bills and started on taxes. Guess what can't find some stuff I need and wasn't even thinking that I needed!! I have NO clue where all the info is!!! That was a year ago and now i'm pregnant with no brain!!!!!! maybe chad will know where it is (yeah right!! wishful thinking), or maybe just talking to him will help me remember. I'm ready for it to calm down!!! The good thing is that for the most part the house still looks nice. : ) That doesn't happen very often. oh i also worked on a set of pictures but didn't get it done. I'm going to finish working on them tomorrow. Since the main computer is out in the garage that is where I went. It was nice being in there with chad even though we didn't say much. just being around eachother (corny i know!!) my stomach is messed up today. but that didn't stop me from eating chocolate gravy on toast for a snack. Hey sounded good and I'm already fat!! Might as well enjoy eating what I want too cause in 9 1/2 wks I will be working hard to lose it all. I need to start on thank you cards. well i guess i better go. need to start on supper!!! does the craziness ever end?! (if it did I would prob. be lost) LOL!

oh and i read that calley is all caught up on her dvds for the year!! you stink. I'm behind a few years!!!! need to weed through the folders. i have way too many pictures!! : ) surprise surprise!!

2009-01-12T19:21:00.000-08:00

Friday...I did some cleaning and got some things done that I wanted to before the baby gets here. Sally, Lily, Lee and Caci got here around 3. i was pretty tired from cleaning all day. we went by walmart then came home and I fixed supper. I fixed fiesta and it was a big hit. Billy, Christa and boys got here around midnight or so. i was pretty tired so i went to bed right after they got here.

Saturday...the kids woke up about 7. they were so excited to see eachother! and when i say woke up they were awake! : ) I got up and took a shower. After my shower I fixed breakfast with the help of caci and christa. I made chocolate gravy, white gravy, biscuits, eggs, and bacon. We all took our time and got ready for the shower. It was way less stressful than i thought it would be. We got ready and didn't have to rush. We got to the shower and it was really nice. The cake was really cute!!! Diana made a diaper cake. I def. felt special. I had all my girls their except for Lindsey. I was glad that genea made it. : ) There was a good turn out and the games were fun. And man did this baby get a lot of stuff! I'm really thankful for the people in my life. Thank you girls for the wonderful baby shower!!! Chad brought the boys, actually all the kids except for owen up to the shower by himself. the boys got some gifts from the girls. They were really reserved at the shower but the last few days they have really enjoyed the new stuff. After the shower we came home and genea stopped by. We visited for awhile and I got to see aiden. he is so dang cute!! We ordered pizza and had a wii party. : ) billy brought his wii fit - which was so much fun. I got the highest score on the ski jump but of course chad and lee had to try like 500 times until they finally beat the score! Lee jay was the queen at hula hoop!! That was SO funny to watch!!

This is the only picture I have of the baby shower

Sunday...I got up around 8 (everyone slept until then, except for caci who was already showered). I fixed breakfast and then everyone started packing up. They left at 10. I would say the weekend was a success!! i really enjoyed having my family here and getting to spend time with all the siblings together. : ) it really meant a lot that they all showed up. i picked up a lot which was getting on everyones nerves but i just needed to keep things that way so i didn't feel crammed. i couldn't help it. It did make it easier for everyone to find their stuff and not leave anything behind. Oh i did find one dart of will's but that is pretty good for all the stuff we had. After everyone was gone i got the babies new stuff out and then decided to lay down. My hands were really tingling and swollen. I came and layed down and chad even snuggled with me. Wasn't long that both boys came in and we all snuggled. I fell asleep and I guess chad did too. All i remember is chad and the boys leaving and hearing the bathtub water turn on. When I woke up, chad was fixing lunch. I took a shower and then went and ate lunch. We all got ready and went to kambree's 2nd bday party. the boys had a blast. they had one of those blow up jumping things there. We came home and vegged. we actually didn't eat supper until 8 pm.!! which was breakfast stuff. We got the boys ready for bed and everyone went to sleep.

Monday...Normal monday - took boys to school and did grocery shopping. I came home and chad heard me pull up and unloaded the car for me. I put everything away and then went to the babies room to start getting it really ready. I decided to keep all the cute outfits the baby got. I weeded through his closet and got the faded worn out stuff and put them in a box. I'm excited to dress him in new stuff. : ) I started washing his new clothes, towels, washcloths, bibs and blankets. I have things somewhat organized on shelf. I need to wash crib stuff tomorrow and iron the crib skirt. I had my doctors appt today. the boys stayed home with chad while i went. Man was it windy!!!! horrible horrible horrible! My appt. went well. I got the swab test. The babies heart rate was 148 and he is def. head down. She wasn't worried about the swelling because my blood pressure is good. I went and pre admitted at the hospital, went by walmart to get paint for trim (our walmart didn't have it - suprise) and went by sonic. I was ready to get home!! I put away some clothes and kept the laundry going. i also played a little ninetendo. I was pretty tired today. My hands were tingly. I went to bunco at 6:30 and won the biggest loser!! : ) which is fun because i still won money. : ) I got home around 9. Chad and the boys had just got home from lifting weights. They had a bath and pjs on. so i got them there vitamins and brushed their teeth. they were really good about going straight to bed.: )

lane has been cranky and mouthy lately. I'm pretty sick of it. he better straighten up!! cade has been sweet. i want to spend more time with them tomorrow. i miss them.

i'm hoping tomorrow I get some stuff done in the babies room. I want to clean the car seat too. I need to work on pictures and picture order, and clean up a little around here. but i might decide to forget some of that and take a nap!!! : )

2009-01-08T20:22:00.000-08:00

Wednesday...I got the stuff done that I said I would. Cade helped me move stuff to the bathroom. tonight i had sorority. I got a birthday present from my beta buddy. They are house shoes that you warm in the microwave. I also got a gift card from the sorotity for the baby and 3 outfits and a onesie from one of the ladies!!! I'm blown away!!!

Thursday...Oh Cade oh cade oh cade... can you say CRANKY!!!!!! He woke up crying about everything and anything!! Lane woke up turned on cartoons, got dressed, i gave him breakfast, fixed his hair and he did it with an awesome attitude. Except telling cade he beat him which only made cade cry. LOL!! Lane gets to stay at home in the mornings on thursday and friday - his only day he gets to watch super why. So on the way to school cade and i had a talk. I came home and layed down for a little bit. i was so tired. i took lane to mdo and went to walmart. i had to get some stuff for this weekend and my company. : ) by the time i was done it was time to go get cade. i dropped him off at mdo and went to mr burger to get lunch for chad and I. i have been wanting their salad but it wasn't as tasty and usual. still ate is happily though. While having no kids i took my time and wrapped some presents started de cluttering. I went and got the boys and told them to go outside and start picking up the yard. It was so nice I didn't want them inside. I knew they wouldn't pick up. They will only do that if chad or i are out there to help them. It is pretty overwheleming!! Cade did pick up his room for me. I cleaned the kitchen really good (it isn't perfect but so much better), vaccummed, cleaned fan, and just again just trying to get clutter gone. I was in and out of the garage trying to get it ready for 5:30. I had clients coming to do pictures. I had supper ready around 5. Chad and the boys picked up the yard - looks so much better but still trailor trash!!! I just wanted it picked up for this weekend so we can boot kids outside. : ) Billy, christa and boys might come. : ) they might stay with me but i don't know yet. billy will call me in the morning. don't worry everyone i'm not stressing. : ) I got done with pictures 6:00 and got the boys in the shower. I wanted them ready for bed so by 8 they were asleep. Cade has been wanting to play nintendo so i told him get ready for bed and he could play. he played it for a little bit and it stopped working. chad figured out what was wrong but we still had a talk about taking care of his stuff!!! that is one thing that makes me angry. I got the boys in bed a little after 8 but it didn't take long for them to fall asleep. I messed with a picture and decided I'm going to wait until after this weekend. I came and sat with chad in the living room to watch the last party of the football game. haven't really been able to relax because chad is stressing out. oh i have my new house shoes on. i warmed them in the microwave (my feet were pretty cold) aaaahhh talk about fast. My feet warmed up fast!! they are hard to walk in.

janet has been posting pictures of my niece so if you have time check out how beautiful she is.

i'm hoping that tomorrow we can move the desk and stuff to the garage. i don't know if it will happen though. sally, lily, lee and caci should be here around 2 ish tomorrow. : ) i need to go get ready for bed. i'm tired. chad is all bummed!! that sucks that ou has losed the game!!! i def. won't lose any sleep over it though. : )

2009-01-07T06:29:00.000-08:00

Tuesday...The glass company called before I was to go get the boys. So I picked that up and brought it home. I went and got the boys and went by walmart. Opened the pictures in the car - again big disappointment. I really need to show them what printed off on my printer and theirs. Their's looks pretty horrible!! Got home a did a few things - including lunch and laid down with lane. We put on a movie and did a veg time. Lane and I fell asleep and woke up and then cade fell asleep. I don't think he should take naps cause when he woke up - GROUCHY!!! I picked up the house, did some laundry, moved the overflowing trash to the laundry room, and started fixing supper. Keidi came over with Kambree's bday invitation. That little girl is so special!! I love her!! the sassins came over. Josh and Chad worked on computer stuff for me, calley and i visited and the kids played. It was nice. I'm sure not so nice for chad and josh. but i'm excited because I'm ready for the next step to get that computer out!! : ) the boys took a bath and went to bed. cade has been procrastinating, getting up and down out of bed. Saying he can't sleep but he just got use to staying up with me. i fell asleep on the couch while chad watched tv.

Wedn...I wanted to sleep. chad had to wake me up this morning and I had to wake both boys up. We all wanted to sleep. The boys did pretty good getting ready. I took them to school and came home. decided i need to do my blog, take a shower, do some computer stuff and put stuff into the bathroom and get organized!! : )

2009-01-06T07:27:00.000-08:00

Sunday...We didn't do much. Chad went pheasant hunting. And we relaxed and spent time together. It was a really nice day.

Monday...First day back at school. Lane didn't want to go and cried when I dropped him off! : ( But of course he was fine when I picked him up. I did my monday grocery shopping. When I got home I ordered glass for our medicine cabinet. I worked on some pictures to get them ready to order and it soon it was time to pick up the boys. We came home. lane and I fell asleep on the couch and cade watched a movie. When we woke up the boys played with the glow station. And I started getting ready to take pictures! Finally!! Here are some that we took.

I started working on the pictuers as soon as we were done and went to bed about 12. My camcorder came in last night!! Haven't been able to play with it yet since it needed to be charged. I'm so excited!!

Tuesday...So far took the boys to schoo. Lane did so much better!! I came home and started deciding on what pictures I want to put in a frame in the babies room. I got caught up in Myspace and my blog so still doing that!! I made a picture order for walmart. Hopefully they print off good. I have had problems with our walmart photo studio. the pictures print way too dark so i never know how the picture should look before it goes in there. Lets hope they are good. I will be printing all of them for an album but from my company. : ) I'm hoping the glass place calls today. Would like to get that bathroom completely done. I think chad is going to start hanging up trim and crown molding. that will be nice. I don't know what all is going to happen today. : ) we will see!!

today is my birthday!!

2009-01-03T17:37:00.000-08:00

The day was a good day. We did have a cranky cranky Lane. The morning started off with chad massaging my hands and back. Can't beat the that!! I fell asleep and woke up about 10 a.m.!! The boys came in and wished me a happy birthday. I got up and chad was making cinnamon toast for breakfast. : ) He makes the best ever!! We ate breakfast and then Chad showed me my birthday present online (it didn't make it on time, which wasn't his fault). It is a camcorder!!! I'm so excited!! I have been wanting a new one. My mom and sister called this morning. It is always somewhat sad day when I don't get to celebrate our birthday together. Mom said one of these days we are going to have to plan to spend the day on our birthday. Miss Lily left a message on my answering machine. She sang happy birthday. I love her so much!! We got ready for the day and left. We went to drop off the oblanders texture gun by their house. They were needing it. Man has that thing been nice!! We then went and ate at mazzio's. We were hoping to go to the park or something but it got chilly and windy. We went by walmart and I got some shampoo and stuff and the boys went and picked out my birthday present and got stuff to make my cake. When we got home they made my cake and chad brought in the medicine cabinet inside so we could work on it. I'm almost done with painting the doors. One door needs one more coat of paint. then i'm going to spray paint a clear coat on it. Then we need to flip it over and do a light coat around the corners of the front. I should actually get it done painted tonight so tomorrow we can do the front of the doors and put it together. Monday I will call and get mirrors cut to put on it!! I'm excited! I put walmart stuff away, moved the boys and my stuff to our new bathroom, put away dishes, folded some clothes. When we got back Calley had called and wished me a happy birthday. My dad and brother called around 5. We blew out birthday candles (cade had been wanting to since it was frosted, so i let them help me blow the candles out). Cake and ice cream was supper. : ) Rick called and wished me a happy birthday. I picked up the house and tried to make it look somewhat nice. : ) I got to hang up pictures in the bathroom. Now all i have left is the medicine cabinet, clock, shower curtain to hang into shower (i washed it) and the silver hooks that i have somewhere in the bathroom box. It really is almost completely done. Glenda called and wished me a happy birthday. Chad went to his poker night tonight. He was debating on going since it was my birthday but i told him it was just fine. Rick and Glenna came by to visit. Always good to have them come by. They brought me a pretty cool present and a card. And I got to show off the bathroom. : ) Grandpa got the boys all hyped up but when they left they were settled down again. They are watching a movie, i'm fixing to get something to eat and get pjs on. It has been a great day. I have felt special and loved!! Thank you to my family and friends! I love you!!

2009-01-02T20:46:00.001-08:00

Friday...Chad was off today which has been nice. monday is going to be bittersweet! : ) Life starts all over again. no more sleeping in for awhile. Guess what!??? The bathroom is finished except for the medicine cabinet!!! WAHOOOOO! Tomorrow I'm going to finish painting the medicine cabinet and put it all back together. I do need to order the new mirrors to put on it. i hope it turns out because i really want to keep it. i love the space!!! Last night I got the bathroom stuff and got to put it in there today!! chad even likes it!! WAHOO!! I have the towels all washed just need to get them out of the dryer. : ) - so today that is what we did was finish the bathroom and medicine cabinet. it has been hard for me to get things done that i want to get done because the boys need help or chad needs help with something.

chad and i went on a date tonight!! i know, i forgot what a date was!! it has been way too long. the furnish's watched the boys. we went and ate a naifeh's (i got a gift certificate for christmas), and went to the movies. we watched marley and me. yes i cried!! i was embarrased but it is sad. after the movie we stopped by walmart and got spray paint and bread. I was painting the medicine cabinet with a paintbrush and it is taking forever so i'm finishing it up with spray paint. i enjoyed spending time with my husband. : )

we went to pick up the boys. seems like they had a good night. nothing out of the ordinary happend. Heidi said she gave them all baths and the boys loved it. they are bath deprived! tomorrow they can take the first bath in the bathtub. : ) Cade said that he had fun. he said he ate all his corndog and heidi felt his muscles. LOL!! when we got home (lane was asleep when we picked him up) cade and i ate some ice cream and he konked out. chad is watching tv with the kitty cuddled up with him. he will never admit it but he loves her so much!! i need to get off here and wash my face and brush my teeth.

2009-01-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

THURSDAY...Today I cleaned, sanded and painted trim in the bathroom. there is a few touch up i need to do. Chad put up all the accesories (toilet paper roll, towel holders). He still needs to get a few of the plumbing done and will get that done tomorrow cause he needs stuff from lumber mart. I also cleaned up a little. Lanes closet had to be emptied so chad could get to a pipe so today i put the closet back together, picked up babies room, put away 2 loads of laundry. I laid down around 5 because i was tired and my feet were hurting. Lane laid down with me and fell asleep. I got up at 5:30 and got ready for girls night out!! It was a birthday supper for me and diana (5th of jan). It was really fun and I got lots of cool stuff!!! I have the best friends ever!! After dinner we went to walmart. I know, but it was fun. I got decorative stuff for the new bathroom and then the girls got stuff for cade and lane for the baby shower. : ) they are so sweet and the boys are getting some pretty awesome stuff! We spent an hour and a half in there. I dropped them off after we left. It has been a fun evening. I got home and showed chad and Cade my goodies (lane is still sleeping, he never woke up from his nap!)

The boys had fun today. They did dinosaur puzzles and went outside and played. They played for awhile outside.

I'm feeling so relieved to get the bathroom all finished up. I know chad is too. can't wait to move onto the next thing!! Lets get this place looking good!! : ) Get rid of the clutter!! : )

2009-01-01T09:32:00.001-08:00

Wednesday...i finally fell asleep at 8 a.m. and the boys woke up a few minutes later. : ) I slept off an on for an hour. calley called and said she would like to borrow cade for the morning. zaine got a wii and needed a partner to play. she hung up and called right back and said destiny and zaine were fighting over him so they need lane too. : ) Heidi called right when i got off and said to bring the boys over. : ) Two friends in one day wanting my kids. : ) They had read my blog and knew i needed some rest. : ) I have the best friends EVER!! Calley came by and got the boys and I started working on pictures. It took me the rest of the morning and some of the afternoon to get them done but i did. it was nice not to have to worry about the boys. I went to walmart to pick up some stuff for later that evening and went and got the boys. we stopped by lumber mart so i can do my project on fixing the old medicine cabinet. when i got home i fixed some cornbread and the beans were done. chad and i were starving and the beans we awesome!!! lane ate a little bit of it - they had eaten over at the sassins. i did have to finish the pictures and then i cleaned up the kitchen. cade made some brownies and then i fixed some cheese dip, and spinach dip. we got our pjs on, picked up pizza and went to the sassins. It was a fun night. And guess what we made it until midnight!!! i thought i would by 8!!!

Thursday... HAPPY NEW YEAR...I woke up at 7 to go to the bathroom and then went back too sleep. chad got up and closed the door to keep out the sound for me. but a closed door doesn't keep boys out. : ) cade came in at 10 and held my hand. i opened my eyes and he said "momma you crying", i said no bubba i was sleeping, he smiled and said oh. It was sweet that he was worried about me. lane came in and i decided to get up. i fixed me some toast and sat on the couch. cade looked at me and said " i didn't get any lunch". made me feel bad they did eat cereal bar but that is always just a snack. they forget they have a dad to do things for them too. LOL!! i couldn't eat all my toast so cade ate it and then they both got cereal in a cup. they played the wii for a little bit and then really wanted to do the poppers i got for them last night. so they are finishing them off right now. i'm still really tired and didn't feel too good this morning. i might have to run to walmart but i'm taking it easy today. chad is still working on the bathroom. maybe today is the day. : ) i'm going to work on the medicine cabinet and maybe sand and paint the trim in the bathroom. That can be calming. oh i got some tums yesterday and they have been helping with the heartburn that I get all the time. I had acid reflux with the boys but not really heartburn. This guy is making sure to let me know he is different. :) Little turkey!! I guess I'm going to go jump in the shower and loosen up some joints, brush my teeth and get started on my relaxing day. : )

can't sleep

2008-12-31T04:30:00.000-08:00

Tuesday evening...Chad worked on the bathroom when he got off work. A 30 minute job took hours and still needs one more piece. poor guy!! i painted trim outside and then came inside and sanded and painted the trim in the hallway and finished painting the door frame of a closet. While I was doing that I put frozen raviolis in the oven. we ate, i cleaned up, i started soaking beans for ham and beans tomorrow. I took a shower and started laundry (ended about 10p.m.). I was pretty tired!! My body is really sore! the boys were exhausted. lane has been falling asleep around 6 every evening. you don't even know he is going down until it is too late. Last night he slept until 9 p.m woke up ate supper and fell asleep at 10:30. Cade was so tired that everything just hurt his feelings. They have been doing for good with getting ready for bed and picking up toys before bed time. I have some motivation for them too. if they go 7 days with doing their chores (they help with putting away dishes and taking out the trash) then they get a dollar to put in an envelope. They can save their money and buy whatever they want at walmart. I haven't been doing well with giving them small prizes at home. Seems like they are still motivated to do their chores. I need to start doing little prizes for no whining or fighting!!

So i went to bed around midnight. And at 4 a.m. the timer on the fridge was going off. Thanks boys!! After that I couln't go back to sleep! I tried for about an hour and my stomach was hurting and i just couldn't fall asleep. I got up at a bowl of cereal which seemed to help. I got the beans going - maybe we can eat them for lunch. I don't know though, it will be around 1:30 or 2. It is 6:43 and i'm starting to get tired again. which is a bad thing. the boys will prob. wake up around 7:30 and chad is off so he will be sleeping. I will prob. fall asleep feel crappy when the boys wake up and then go to sleep when chad gets up. he is going to put a full day in on the bathroom. he said he will be 100 percent done with the bathroom. I need to try and restore the medicine cabinet. chad doesn't want to use it but it has a lot of space that I like and dang it that is what we need. plus we need the mirror to stick out from the wall because the cabinet comes out too far to be able to see your face upclose to do eyebrows and stuff. Especially with my big belly. hopefully i can restore it. i also need to finish up pictures!! i haven't been able to get to them and my clients are anxious to see them. oh man oh man oh man. so much to do in so little time!!

so chad and i had the middle name picked out for the baby and have decided to change it. IT IS SO HARD!! he really wants a name that i just can't do. so he decided i can pick the middle name since he did the first name. the thing is, he will have to agree so it isn't like i'm picking by myself. That is another reason i couldn't sleep. i just kept having names go through my head. i'm really wanting a family name to use but haven't found one that i really like with his name.

so since it is so early all that is on is infomercials and guess what it is all about excercise. makes me ready to go. but dang it is hard work. there are two of them that i have watched that seem interesting. P90X - which seems to be for skinner women to sculpt - they only had one woman who was big that lost weight. all the other ones are skinny to begin with. now i'm watching chalean extreme which seems more for bigger women to lose weight, more like me. i'm not quite motivate but i will be in 12 wks. i love being pregnant but that is different then just being big. it is miserable not to be able to do things so i'm always eager to lose the weight so i can move around. i don't need to worry about this right now though. there are more things to worry about right now.

can you tell that i can't get my mind to stop!!! Stop MIND!! : ) i'm going now. : )

2008-12-30T13:43:00.000-08:00

monday... Rick came over around lunch time and waned the boys. they love going with grandpa. so it was just chad and i for my appointment. it was a nice drive to talk a little and then just enjoy soaking up the sun and piece of quiet. on the way there i made list. List to pack for baby, dad, and me, and bag for boys just in case grandpa and gigi needs to come over and get them (still need to talk to you guys about that. ), also made a phone list and a chart for when the baby comes home. now i just need to type the chart and phone list, and print them out. We were on time to our appointment and as usual didn't have to wait very long. I LOVE THAT!! I'm actually seeing the nurse practinor instead of the doctor (i will start seeing him when i start my once a week appointments). Everything is looking good. I have gained 33 lbs!! Guess i can't worry about that anymore just need to start my head into losing it in 12 wks! : ) The babies head is down and his heartbeat is 150. I have one more 2 wk appt and then after that it is every week!! He will be here soon!! When we got back into town I went to get a big route 44 water from sonic, tried to get a gift certificate from the movies (for my mailman) and then I went and got the boys. They were up in the storage barn throwing golf balls in grandpa's "pool". they were having fun. I got them all loaded and went to wash the car. the terror began!! I could not believe how the boys were acting!! HORRIBLE!! I got the car washed and vaccuumed then we came home. they had to clean their rooms and hopefully redeem themselves. I was so stressed that I tried to lay down for a little bit but the boys kept coming in. So i decided I needed to get out, didn't want to cook cause I knew the work I had to get done when i got home. Got home and lane fell asleep so cade and I ate supper while chad started the grouting in the bathroom. After I was done eating and started on the bathroom. It is hard work!! Didn't seem to take as long as i thought it was going too, but i'm glad cause i was exhausted! this morning i was so sore!!

Tuesday...i wanted to sleep all day!! and it was hard to move. I knew i needed to go to the store today. : ( not really in the mood. and i had to return lilys christmas present that i have had for a while because she got it from one of her grandmas!! gggrrrrr!! I got ready to go, the boys got ready and we left. I got warn out at walmart. they wanted to ride on the cart and i'm so tired that i finally had to say boys i really need you to help me. plus i had several braxton hicks contractions when i was there. they didn't bother me with the boys but this one, i just feel like i can't breath and my stomach is going to pop. I got the stuff we needed and found the one thing lily really wants. By the time we left it was time to meet friends at the park. we hadn't eaten so i ran by sonic and then came home to put cold stuff away. when i walked in chad said " i just want to warn you first" - which means a huge mess is on the other side of the door!!! i am glad he does that because i would prob. explode with no warning. so this morning he put the cabinet in the bathroom and there are two drawers that aren't working right - which makes me mad because it is brand new and not cheap) then he was putting the shower head on and the pipe broke!! the good news is he can go through a closet to repair it and not have to go through the tile we just finished. so the mess is everything in that closet, which isn't too bad - but still sucks. the boys and i met heidi, bryson, rylee, davida and gage and the lutheran school. it was nice to be outdoors and to have some time to destress from walmart. we left around 3:30. I don't know if the boys are really being terrors or if I have no patience right now with them. man, i need a break just for a little bit!! we are at home and i need to do some laundry (suprise suprise), pick up kitchen and decide what to fix for supper. fun fun. chad walked through here not too long ago with the toilet!! we are so ready to have this bathroom done. hopefully tomorrow he can have everything done and seal the tile. He worked today but is off for the rest of the week since he worked all day on sunday.

oh so chad had ordered my bday present and has had a tough time with the company. they called him and he finally got back with them after several days of trying - they wanted to know if he wanted more stuff to go with it (it is something electronic). he said no he was fine with what it had. a few days later he got an email saying it was on backorder!! so today he called asking as a new customer if they had it in stock, they said yes, and then when he went on to tell them the story they changed theres saying they only had the package ones (trying to get him to buy more) so he cancelled his order while fuming!! he was so mad. So he ordered today from walmart.com. He is so angry because I won't get it in time and that the company treated him like that. but finished all his rage with he was still really excited for me about the gift. poor guy!! working hard on the house and doing his best to make this a happy birthday for me. i love him!!!

i better go start on my chores!! guess i have two boys to either help me or kick them outside so i don't have to listen to the fighting!! i do love my boys!! : )

2008-12-29T09:43:00.000-08:00

Friday night... we got with our friends. Collin and shawnda freeman were in town so we did a gathering. it was fun to get together. they played cards afterwards. The boys fell asleep on me while daddy played cards.

Saturday... i was suppose to take pictures but they got cancelled. So chad and I did some work on the bathroom. I also did laundry and cleaned up a bit. We got the bathroom primed and painted and cleaned off the tile. I was pretty exhausted so we didn't do anymore. I fixed supper and cleaned up and that is our day.

Sunday... Chad had to work today 8 to 5:44!! I saw him of a total of 6 minutes. : ( He was missed. I woke up at 8:30 and fed the boys. I went to go make my bed and decided to lay down. I didn't wake up until noon!!! I think the painting wore me out!! I just layed around. I fixed lunch and dinner, cleaned up, started some laundry and thats it. we did play a few games of go fish. lane fell asleep on my leg while we played. Chad put him to bed. Then Cade, chad and i cuddled on the couch. That didn't last long. Cade and I were out pretty fast.

Monday... Woke up, ate breakfast, took a shower, boys picked out their clothes and got dressed. They got lighting mcqueen and mater socks for christmas. I have had to keep them washed because they LOVE them!! They got sweatshirts too and LOVE them! today i have a drs. appt. at 2:15. The boys are coming with me and I think chad is coming too. He told me last night that he feels less involved in this pregnancy. : ( I don't know what to do to get him involved. i know i can get him to move the desk out of the babies room. : ) LOL!! So we have a first name but haven't decided on a middle name for this little guy. the name chad really wants i don't want at all. He did decide on the first name so he told me i could decide on the middle name. Of course there are some names I can't use even though it would be really meaningful!!! It is a hard decision!! I have 6 weeks to decide!!!

my birthday is coming up and chad and the boys are pretty excited. i guess i have a pretty awesome present on the way. I like to have a birthday but I do miss my mom a whole lot on it (since we share birthdays). I love being with her on our birthday but the older I get the less we are together.

better go so i can finish getting ready and feed my boys!! : )

2008-12-27T13:03:00.000-08:00

My new niece!!

Bailey Marie Williams
Born Dec 26 at 4:18 pm
7 lbs 14 oz

(Trever and Janet's Baby)

2008-12-26T15:16:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve... We didn't do much. Just took it easy. I got somethings organized, laundry put away. We told Cade when he woke in the morning he had to come to our room and say merry christmas.

Christmas Day...I tossed and turned, i was so excited for the boys to come wake me up. cade came in and asked to get in my bed. he layed there quietly. so i started telling daddy that this boy was way too calm. Lane woke up shortly after and cames in to the bedroom. We got the camera, peed and then went into the living room. The boys were pretty happy. Chad got me stocking stuffers and I got him some too. so after the boys went through all their santa stuff we went through our stocking. then we started doing our presents! That was fun to watch them open them up. The boys and chad got me a necklace!! it is really pretty. The boys wanted to get daddy a wii game so we did. not sure chad likes it or not. i wish i could do better for him. never can seem to hit the nail on the head. the boys all played and i fixed french banana pancakes, which turned out pretty darn good! We got lots of phone calls, and we made some. I cleaned up and straightened up the living room. Then got ready to go to grandpa and gigi's house. that was relaxing and fun. We had white chili (which is SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOO good) and snack foods. We played are you smarter than a 5th grader. Rick and I were on a team and we were doing really well until we picked a 1st grader question!!!! LOL!! Then of course we played some wii. We got home around 7:30p.m. I had a message from my dad so I called him back to wish him a merry christmas. We heard from all of our parents except from my mom. : ( that is pretty hurtful. But other than that we had a pretty fun day.

Friday... I slept in, chad went pheasant hunting and the boys played. I also did some bills which always makes me mad until I'm done. I hate doing that!! LOL! I started laundry and later on went to get some out of the dryer and guess what forgot to turn it on.!! So i'm still waiting to get it done!! LOL!! Chad textured the bathroom today!!!! WAHOOO!! i'm so excited!! tomorrow we could paint!! We still need to grout and then start putting everything in!! I can't hardly stand it!! : ) I put the christmas stuff up. I know the day after christmas. I'm always eager to get it up but then after christmas I'm ready to take it down and get things back in their spots! Well all the bins are waiting by the backdoor for my muscles to take it to the shed. : ) we have a new neice as i have already wrote about but am so excited I wanted to mention her again!! The boys are going to grandpa and gigi's for a little bit tonight. we have a few friends in town so we are meeting them at hunnys to visit. I'm excited to get out with no kids!!! man do i need a little break. i better go and get ready for a few hours of adult time!!!

WAHOO!!

2008-12-26T15:09:00.000-08:00

Miss Bailey Marie Williams is here!! she got here about 4 p.m. today!! She is 7lbs 14 oz and 19 1z2 inches long. Bailey has a full head of yellow-reddish hair! Mom and baby are doing well!! Janet when in about 10:30 last night and got the epideral around 7:30 a.m. I'm so happy she is here and everyone is healthy!!

2008-12-24T19:32:00.000-08:00

Tuesday...I went to walmart 3 times today!!! I KNOW!! i have been trying to go only once a week. For those who know me that would be a huge improvement and help save money. LOL! I didn't go to the store on my regular grocery day because it was way to windy and cold. I'm glad I waited!! I got the boys all ready and we went and dropped off MDO teacher presents. They finally came in!! The boys have been enjoying going up to the doors of the people we need to drop things off too. They fight over who will be the first one to do it. I let them deliver the packages. I bribed the boys today. If they would get their hair cut at walmart and be good boys they get a happy meal. It has been a pain to cut their hair at home and we have been so busy so I decided to get them trimmed up. Don't worry I didn't let them cut Lanes too short. It is shorter than I wanted but it is good. Anyway we got to walmart and signed them up. We shopped for an hour and half and the still didn't get called. So after we checked out we went by there and they were still the same number!! When I asked how long she said she was in the middle of a color (which all color is, is sitting and waiting, don't know why she couldn't do it then!). We went ahead and got happy meals and came home to eat. We had enough time to eat when we got a call saying they were ready for the boys. So we went back, and got right in. I'm glad they waited for us. I would have been mad!! It didn't take long and the boys were excellent!!! After we were done we had to return and get another head piece for chad and decided to get kambree's bday gift. the boys helped me pick it out. I wasn't sure about it and crystal landess walked by when I was telling someone that i didn't know what to get a girl. She showed me her idea which was cade wanted to get for kambree in the first place. While we were looking we found a new planet heroe. Cade was really excited and said that he would save up his chore money to get it. then i remembered that mamaw, and granny and peep sent the boys money for christmas. So we picked out those gifts. Cade stayed right on budget even a little lower. Lanes was $5 dollars more than what he had but that is about what cade was under so it worked out. plus i don't mind putting in money for lane because it seems like he gets the raw end of the deal when it comes to presents. He is just hard to get for. But he found two things he really wanted which is rare!! We came home and i fixed BLTs and tomatoe soup. Chad wanted to take the boys to walmart to get my christmas gift and guess what I needed to pick up a few things that i forgot!! So i went my separate way and got my stuff and waited on them. it was nice to be by myself for a little while. LOL!!

Wednesday...We didn't go anywhere. The boys stayed in their pjs. I woke up took a shower and put my pjs back on. The boys did fight like crazy!! they have been lately. But I think Chad might have put a stop to it today. Hopefully they won't so much. I fixed some pictures, wrapped the last presents that i needed too, did laundry - including boys bedding, we made cookies for santa and us, i cleaned that up and made a nice dinner. Tomorrow we are going over to rick and glennas and I know i won't want too or have time to make the dinner then. So I decided to do it tonight. I made Ham, green beans casserole, fried potatoes and rolls. the ham was a huge hit. The boys both had a couple of servings of ham. I know cade liked it but he is big on eating protein for his muscles so I think that is the main reason. Lane had seconds and cade couldn't let Lanes muscles get bigger. LOL!! I cleaned that up, boys jumped in the shower, we cleaned up toys, I highlighted chads hair and we watched a movie. The boys were asleep by 8:30! When they were down I pulled out stuff from santa and got chads stocking ready. He also got mine ready. I'm proud of him for getting me stocking stuff. that is always fun. You don't have to spend a lot of money, you just get fun stuff. plus it is that is thought of me that means the most!! I think this is the first year he has done that. I'm excited for tomorrow. Just being able to watch the boys. it is so much fun!! Oh today cade was saying how santa was coming and bringing presents and I said, yes but what is christmas really about, without any hesitation he said "it is jesus's birthday". : ) Later on Lane had walked into the kitchen (before supper) and said is santa here yet? i said know he doesn't come until later. He said "he will come and eat supper and..." I said no baby he comes when you are sleeping and then leaves. "Oh". : ) I'm going to my french banana pancakes in the morning. I have never made them but thought I would try something different. I think they will be good.

Still haven't heard anything from janet. I'm pretty anxious waiting for that baby to arrive. : )

i think i'm going to get off here and rest. It is almost ten and i know the boys will be up in the morning! I told cade he needed to come into my room first. Last year he ran in and slapped me on the forehead and ran off!! LOL! He was way too excited!! Lane slept in!