So I figured since I am off this morning, that I can finally update this thing. Or at least put something in. I am now working at Academy here in Tyler and it is keeping me super busy. I really despise working, since it keeps me away from my children and my husband. I deeply miss my family. But I can say that it is nice to be getting some new friends that actually live here, but none of them compare to my Dore`. I miss you girl, we really do need to just start calling each other. I hate that I need to read your blog just to see what you have going on in your life. With that said, I can now say that I got my promotion, I am now a cashier team lead. Basically I am an extension of management over the front end of the store, meaning all of the cashiers, and sometimes other team leads in the store. It's entertaining, it enables me to not be quite so much in the public eye and interact with each and every customer in the store, instead I just have a whole heck of a lot more computer and paperwork stuff to deal with.
My kiddos are growing up so fast, grace talks in sentences, and tells us what she wants. She is doing so well with the potty too, but I know that we have a long way to go to get where we need to be with that. I am so excited about Christmas this year its not even funny. I have started getting "santa gifts". So far she is getting a red tricycle and a play cleaning kit... Aside from that she is going to get more movies, and books, and from my parents she is getting a JEEP!!!! Holy crap what are they thinking !?!? who gets a not-quite-two-year-old a freakin JEEP!!!!! And a destructive one at that who hysterically laughs when she hears you say OW!!! I have a sinking feeling that we are all going to be ran over.....poor Abby. I am undecided on what to get for Abigail, she can't really do much right now. She is almost walking, and she pretty much occupies herself. So what do you get a child that is self-entertaining, and plays with all of her sisters toys anyway? Any suggestions....they would be much appreciated.
Alright, well I smell that it is time to get off of here, and go take care of some diaper duty. Now...where did I put the febreeze........
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
wow 2 months....gone
What can I say...two months have already flown by. I guess I could start with the big things that have happened. We as in our little family had our very first family vacation on the beach shores of Galveston, TX. It was fun, I guess. Just doing the same things I do everyday only at the beach. We also took Abigail back to the doctor, this time to a specialist in Plano, and he put her on 2 different inhalers. She goes back in a month. They still don't know what is wrong with her, why she is still coughing, gagging, and not sleeping. He did suggest the possibility that she could have abnormalities with her trachea. So they are going to do an upper GI and a swallow study to see what it might be. We are still waiting for that appt to be set up.
I also haven't talked to my best friend in what feels like a month and today was a BIG milestone in her life. She went back to school today, and put her son in daycare for the first time since he's been alive. I miss her dearly but I am so proud of her for getting her life together and bettering herself for her family. One day I will be there too.
New updates since I last started trying to update this thing. Abigail finally had her swallow study and her upper GI done. She has severe acid reflux, which means that when she reflux's (fluid or stomach acid comes up into her esophagus) so much comes up that her esophagus swells and that allows the fluid to go up to her airway, which then gets into her lungs. That is why she has her chronic cough. We are waiting on a doctor appointment to get her on a new antacid, and she is still on her inhalers, to try and prevent her from getting pnuemonia.
Also, she is trying to learn how to crawl, but she can only seem to go backward, or just push herself forward a couple of inches by thrusting her entire body onto her belly. Miss Grace is now talking in 2-3 word sentences. She is also really getting on board with the whole potty training thing. We have also moved her into a big girl bed. And so far so good. She has only fallen out of it one time. Thank God the mattress is only like 8 inches off the ground.
I also jut had my birthday. It was great, only thing that could have made it better is if my husband were home, but he will be home in less than a week. I will also be starting my job on sunday. That is when orientation is, I am excited but also a little apprehensive, since I have NEVER left my children on a regular basis with anyone, not even their dad. I always have one or both of them with me. This is going to be a big change for me, hell our whole little family. The great thing though, is now we will be able to actually save some money, so Vegas.....here we come!!!! That is as long as Dore` is still planning on getting married.
We have also had several hurricanes reek havoc along the gulf coast, those 2 would be Gustav and Ike....those assholes. Gustav had my entire family in Louisiana evacuate. My grandmother stayed where she was in Alexandria, my aunt and her family from Houma went to my grandmas house. And my aunt with her family who live in baton rouge, came here. Then Ike came.....dun dun dun....that bastard came straight for us...!! The bad thing is there was nowhere for us to go. So we just hunkered down and played lots of scattergories and drank lots of vodka and cranberry.....lol. Oh and we did lots of Wii Fit. Which I am glad to say that I only have 5 lbs to go. Back to Ike..... we really didn't get it really bad here, a little wind and not much rain. The power never went out at my house, and it flickered a few times at my parents house. However the Bolivar Peninsula, and even Bridge City and Orange, TX got it pretty bad. Galveston literally looks like a bomb went off. And BC and Orange had at least 9' of standing water.
Alright enough of this for now, I must go be little miss mommy now. God bless everyone, and I hope yall have a nice day.
I also haven't talked to my best friend in what feels like a month and today was a BIG milestone in her life. She went back to school today, and put her son in daycare for the first time since he's been alive. I miss her dearly but I am so proud of her for getting her life together and bettering herself for her family. One day I will be there too.
New updates since I last started trying to update this thing. Abigail finally had her swallow study and her upper GI done. She has severe acid reflux, which means that when she reflux's (fluid or stomach acid comes up into her esophagus) so much comes up that her esophagus swells and that allows the fluid to go up to her airway, which then gets into her lungs. That is why she has her chronic cough. We are waiting on a doctor appointment to get her on a new antacid, and she is still on her inhalers, to try and prevent her from getting pnuemonia.
Also, she is trying to learn how to crawl, but she can only seem to go backward, or just push herself forward a couple of inches by thrusting her entire body onto her belly. Miss Grace is now talking in 2-3 word sentences. She is also really getting on board with the whole potty training thing. We have also moved her into a big girl bed. And so far so good. She has only fallen out of it one time. Thank God the mattress is only like 8 inches off the ground.
I also jut had my birthday. It was great, only thing that could have made it better is if my husband were home, but he will be home in less than a week. I will also be starting my job on sunday. That is when orientation is, I am excited but also a little apprehensive, since I have NEVER left my children on a regular basis with anyone, not even their dad. I always have one or both of them with me. This is going to be a big change for me, hell our whole little family. The great thing though, is now we will be able to actually save some money, so Vegas.....here we come!!!! That is as long as Dore` is still planning on getting married.
We have also had several hurricanes reek havoc along the gulf coast, those 2 would be Gustav and Ike....those assholes. Gustav had my entire family in Louisiana evacuate. My grandmother stayed where she was in Alexandria, my aunt and her family from Houma went to my grandmas house. And my aunt with her family who live in baton rouge, came here. Then Ike came.....dun dun dun....that bastard came straight for us...!! The bad thing is there was nowhere for us to go. So we just hunkered down and played lots of scattergories and drank lots of vodka and cranberry.....lol. Oh and we did lots of Wii Fit. Which I am glad to say that I only have 5 lbs to go. Back to Ike..... we really didn't get it really bad here, a little wind and not much rain. The power never went out at my house, and it flickered a few times at my parents house. However the Bolivar Peninsula, and even Bridge City and Orange, TX got it pretty bad. Galveston literally looks like a bomb went off. And BC and Orange had at least 9' of standing water.
Alright enough of this for now, I must go be little miss mommy now. God bless everyone, and I hope yall have a nice day.
Monday, June 23, 2008
weeklong update
The last time I wrote in here was a week ago and we had just found out that Abigail possibly has asthma. Well, she was on breathing treatments for a week and a half, and didn't seem to be responding, so she went back to the doctor today. She is now on an antacid out of hopes that maybe her cough is related to acid reflux. Tomorrow we will have an appointment set up with the hospital to have an xray done with barium. But she is gaining weight appropriately, she is up to 15 pounds now. She has also figured out how to roll completely over from her back to her tummy, getting over that arm was a total bitch though.
We have also tried to tackle Grace's potty training road....which we have come to a fork in. She has ,to no surprise, taken the difficult path. We have come to a stalemate. She refuses to go potty now. She sits there for an entire hour and doesn't do anything, so out of fear of her legs falling totally asleep, I put a diaper on her, and f*** me she immediately pees or shits in the diaper, thus creating more work for me. When will she get the hang of it? She knows when she goes to the bathroom that she gets treats and she also knows when she dirties a diaper!!! What gives? Is this just the start of that long bumpy road of daughters making their mothers lives hell! I just don't understand, I thought girls were supposed to be easier to potty train than boys...who knows....those damn books don't know anything. That'll teach me to actually pay attention to what I read in those books. Anyway...we are moving on now.
Me, my mother and my sister-in-law are now taking our weight loss and muscle toning seriously. Me and my mom walk 5 days a week for an hour at the local mall, a total of 5 laps (2 laps=1 mile). So every day we get in 2.5 miles just from walking around the mall. And trust me when you are pushing a stroller the whole time, you feel it in every muscle from your neck to your feet. We have also started doing videos at home. We do a dance video, and cardio videos/wieght training. And I can proudly say that I am now 151 lbs. Not too shabby. I have 15 lbs to go to get to the weight I was before I became pregnant with Grace. That is my goal. I have even gotten a special form of motivation. I have taken a picture of me in bra and panties, and put it on the wall in the bathroom by the scale. We have taken to starting a diet, trying to cut out our fatty items. So we will see in a few weeks whether or not this is working. I am so excited about this. I am going to be busting my ass to get to that weight and to be able to actually look good in a bikini again, since we have a vacation in august that is on a BEACH!!
I also need to tell you how our weekend without the girls went. It was a great weekend for us, but oh so funny. It all started out on a thursday night when we still had the girls. We decided to have everyone over (meaning my family, and my husband best friend) for steaks and taters. That all went off without a hitch, but that night we all decided to have a few drinks. We had Cuervo margaritas, and each batch was much stronger than the last. I hardly felt a thing, because I had 2 babies to take care of. My husband on the other hand, was feeling fan-fuckin-tastic. He had 3 HUGE glasses of margaritas and 4 beers on top of that. He got totally sloshed. He even went to bed at 1. I stayed up to talk to BFF and decided to try to go to bed at around 2:30. Well, before the hubby went to bed he told me to wake him up to fool around some. So when I went in there that is precisely what I did. We start messing around, and I realized that he was still really trashed, so I wasn't go to do this for him, I was just going to worry about me. So I get after it, and all of a sudden he tells me to stop cause his stomach hurts. I said honey, if you think you are going to be sick go to the bathroom. Get out of bed and go to the toilet. I get off of him and lay on my side of the bed to see what he was going to do, then he just shot straight up and started pucking all over himself and into his lap, which is covered with our comforter. I was so upset!!! I told him to get out of bed and go finish at the toilet and then take a shower cause he was covered in puke. He gets out of bed after trying to soak some of the alcohol and steak off of the comforter with a towel, and all he really manages to do is just make the mess bigger. I take the towel outside to shake it out before I can wash it. I come back inside and my husband is trying to shove the comforter into the washin machine. I told him to stop, that it won't fit and I have to get all of the vomit off of it before hand anyway. So I help him into the shower and go outside to shake it out. I come back in, he is still in the shower, I go check on the girls. I come back into our room, and tell him to get out of the shower and he gets very angry with me because I turned the water off. He then informed me to turn the water on or else. I knew that it was the alcohol talking, so I turned the cold water back on, and then he got extremely angry with me, but I wanted him to be angry because I was angry with him. I finally get him out of the shower, after he slid down the wall of the shower and almost passed out. Once I thought he was done vomiting I got him dried off and back into the bed which I had remade with cleans linens.
The next day, we are supposed to bring the girls to meet my in-laws for them to stay with them. Hubby wasn't able to make due to the fact that he was STILL throwing up!! Therefore I made the hour and a half trip alone and dropped them off, which was probably for the best since I cried on my way back home. Come on now, its the first time they have gone somewhere without me, especially that far. I get back home, and my hubby is feeling better. Well enough for us to go wash our cars and to go get some beer and crawfish. We then went back home and went to the movies later that evening. We saw The Happening, decent movie...bad acting. The next day we slept in and just hung out with each other until that night. We went back to the movies and watched Don't Mess With The Zohan. It was funny and stupid all at the same time. Then we left and drove around for a little while. We decided to go to a bar. There is one just down the street from our house that we hadn't ever seen open, let alone people there. But that night it was open and there were people there. We decide to go to that one. When we walk in I notice that there are cages alongside the dance floor. I personally think cages are awesome, but I am a huge dance junkie. When I saw those cages I leaned over to my husband and said "Oh look, there are cages, thats amazing seeing that the only other time I have seen cages in a club, it was a gay club." Well, it looked like any other club, until more and more people started showing up and then we realized that we went on gay night. Which don't get me wrong, we absolutely loved. I was able to let loose and not worry about hubby, and he was able to let loose and not worry about any guys hitting on his wife. We noticed this lesbian couple, because one of them had a really bad ass total back tattoo. We started talking to them and low and behold I was able to find probably the only person in there from Louisiana, and Lafayette of all places. I was so happy to know that I was talking to someone who is from somewhere so close to where I grew up. She immediately knew that I was from LA the moment I started talking. She felt just as at home as I did.
We had such a good time that the next day before going to get the girls, we went and hung out with them and their dogs at the lake. They are a really cool couple, very laid back. We even invited them over for hotdogs, hamburgers, and boudain the next night. So I am happy to say that I now have new friends in this little bitty town in TX. It only took 2 years to get them. However they will never replace my friends in LA. No one quite compares to Louisianaians!! We have got to stick for one another. Unless you have lived there you have no idea what I am talking about, it truly is like a whole other country, with all of its diversities. Well, I think I am done for the night. I hope you all sleep well, and have a blessed day tomorrow.
We have also tried to tackle Grace's potty training road....which we have come to a fork in. She has ,to no surprise, taken the difficult path. We have come to a stalemate. She refuses to go potty now. She sits there for an entire hour and doesn't do anything, so out of fear of her legs falling totally asleep, I put a diaper on her, and f*** me she immediately pees or shits in the diaper, thus creating more work for me. When will she get the hang of it? She knows when she goes to the bathroom that she gets treats and she also knows when she dirties a diaper!!! What gives? Is this just the start of that long bumpy road of daughters making their mothers lives hell! I just don't understand, I thought girls were supposed to be easier to potty train than boys...who knows....those damn books don't know anything. That'll teach me to actually pay attention to what I read in those books. Anyway...we are moving on now.
Me, my mother and my sister-in-law are now taking our weight loss and muscle toning seriously. Me and my mom walk 5 days a week for an hour at the local mall, a total of 5 laps (2 laps=1 mile). So every day we get in 2.5 miles just from walking around the mall. And trust me when you are pushing a stroller the whole time, you feel it in every muscle from your neck to your feet. We have also started doing videos at home. We do a dance video, and cardio videos/wieght training. And I can proudly say that I am now 151 lbs. Not too shabby. I have 15 lbs to go to get to the weight I was before I became pregnant with Grace. That is my goal. I have even gotten a special form of motivation. I have taken a picture of me in bra and panties, and put it on the wall in the bathroom by the scale. We have taken to starting a diet, trying to cut out our fatty items. So we will see in a few weeks whether or not this is working. I am so excited about this. I am going to be busting my ass to get to that weight and to be able to actually look good in a bikini again, since we have a vacation in august that is on a BEACH!!
I also need to tell you how our weekend without the girls went. It was a great weekend for us, but oh so funny. It all started out on a thursday night when we still had the girls. We decided to have everyone over (meaning my family, and my husband best friend) for steaks and taters. That all went off without a hitch, but that night we all decided to have a few drinks. We had Cuervo margaritas, and each batch was much stronger than the last. I hardly felt a thing, because I had 2 babies to take care of. My husband on the other hand, was feeling fan-fuckin-tastic. He had 3 HUGE glasses of margaritas and 4 beers on top of that. He got totally sloshed. He even went to bed at 1. I stayed up to talk to BFF and decided to try to go to bed at around 2:30. Well, before the hubby went to bed he told me to wake him up to fool around some. So when I went in there that is precisely what I did. We start messing around, and I realized that he was still really trashed, so I wasn't go to do this for him, I was just going to worry about me. So I get after it, and all of a sudden he tells me to stop cause his stomach hurts. I said honey, if you think you are going to be sick go to the bathroom. Get out of bed and go to the toilet. I get off of him and lay on my side of the bed to see what he was going to do, then he just shot straight up and started pucking all over himself and into his lap, which is covered with our comforter. I was so upset!!! I told him to get out of bed and go finish at the toilet and then take a shower cause he was covered in puke. He gets out of bed after trying to soak some of the alcohol and steak off of the comforter with a towel, and all he really manages to do is just make the mess bigger. I take the towel outside to shake it out before I can wash it. I come back inside and my husband is trying to shove the comforter into the washin machine. I told him to stop, that it won't fit and I have to get all of the vomit off of it before hand anyway. So I help him into the shower and go outside to shake it out. I come back in, he is still in the shower, I go check on the girls. I come back into our room, and tell him to get out of the shower and he gets very angry with me because I turned the water off. He then informed me to turn the water on or else. I knew that it was the alcohol talking, so I turned the cold water back on, and then he got extremely angry with me, but I wanted him to be angry because I was angry with him. I finally get him out of the shower, after he slid down the wall of the shower and almost passed out. Once I thought he was done vomiting I got him dried off and back into the bed which I had remade with cleans linens.
The next day, we are supposed to bring the girls to meet my in-laws for them to stay with them. Hubby wasn't able to make due to the fact that he was STILL throwing up!! Therefore I made the hour and a half trip alone and dropped them off, which was probably for the best since I cried on my way back home. Come on now, its the first time they have gone somewhere without me, especially that far. I get back home, and my hubby is feeling better. Well enough for us to go wash our cars and to go get some beer and crawfish. We then went back home and went to the movies later that evening. We saw The Happening, decent movie...bad acting. The next day we slept in and just hung out with each other until that night. We went back to the movies and watched Don't Mess With The Zohan. It was funny and stupid all at the same time. Then we left and drove around for a little while. We decided to go to a bar. There is one just down the street from our house that we hadn't ever seen open, let alone people there. But that night it was open and there were people there. We decide to go to that one. When we walk in I notice that there are cages alongside the dance floor. I personally think cages are awesome, but I am a huge dance junkie. When I saw those cages I leaned over to my husband and said "Oh look, there are cages, thats amazing seeing that the only other time I have seen cages in a club, it was a gay club." Well, it looked like any other club, until more and more people started showing up and then we realized that we went on gay night. Which don't get me wrong, we absolutely loved. I was able to let loose and not worry about hubby, and he was able to let loose and not worry about any guys hitting on his wife. We noticed this lesbian couple, because one of them had a really bad ass total back tattoo. We started talking to them and low and behold I was able to find probably the only person in there from Louisiana, and Lafayette of all places. I was so happy to know that I was talking to someone who is from somewhere so close to where I grew up. She immediately knew that I was from LA the moment I started talking. She felt just as at home as I did.
We had such a good time that the next day before going to get the girls, we went and hung out with them and their dogs at the lake. They are a really cool couple, very laid back. We even invited them over for hotdogs, hamburgers, and boudain the next night. So I am happy to say that I now have new friends in this little bitty town in TX. It only took 2 years to get them. However they will never replace my friends in LA. No one quite compares to Louisianaians!! We have got to stick for one another. Unless you have lived there you have no idea what I am talking about, it truly is like a whole other country, with all of its diversities. Well, I think I am done for the night. I hope you all sleep well, and have a blessed day tomorrow.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
So Abby has neither a virus or pneumonia, she has ASTHMA!!! She is on 4 breathing treatments a day. My poor baby, she just can't seem to get well. I am so excited.....this weekend is getting closer and closer. Big, big plans for this weekend!!! And we are grillin steaks tonight....yummy. BTW....Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday to you.....Happy Birthday to Dore`...Happy Birthday to you.....WWOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOO
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Sick baby....Blog tag
Gosh, if it isn't one thing it is another with Abigail. Now she either has a virus or pneumonia. WHY!? Haven't we dealt with enough sickness with her? It seems like as soon as she gets over her other ailments another pops up... I guess that is just the life of a family with two small children. But then, why is it that Grace doesn't get sick as well? Who knows. My husband came home two days early this time. I am in heaven, but as fate would have it..... my Aunt Flo came into town. So it seems that I cannot win for losin. It seems that I have been a bad blogger here lately....for that I am sincerely sorry. I just can't seem to keep up with this everyday like most bloggers. I guess I just wasn't meant to be a great blogger. Now for my blog tag....thank you Dore`.
What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was 12 years old and in the seventh grade. My mother was pregnant with my little brother. I hadn't even had my first real kiss yet.
6 Non-important things/habits/quirks:
1. I love the smell of dogs paws after that have been walking on cement.
2. The day that I had my oldest daughter, a man opened fire outside of the entrance to the hospital in hopes of killing his ex-wife, injuring her and an innocent 60 year old male bystander.
3. I get really turned on seeing dirty sweaty men....but not gross fat men!
4. I desperately miss my Louisiana, but is trying to find land to move back.
5. I have ZERO friends here in Texas. All of my friends are at least 3 hours away. BOO!
6. It absolutely amazes me on a daily basis, how rude people can be, how they have the audacity to say things that they have NO business saying. If I wanted people into my life to criticize me than I would spend more time with my family and in-laws. But I don't, so butt out!!! Not you Dore`, you are my saving grace....thank you.
Five foods I enjoy:
1. Crawfish!! (AMEN!!!)
2. Coke, it tastes like nothing else!!
3. Double stuft Oreos
4. Pot roast
5. Deviled eggs
Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. Buy some land and build our house.
2. Travel to those places that I would otherwise not ever get to see.
3. Have a collection of old cars, and cameras!!!
4. Have a PERSONAL personal trainer!!
5. Invest, and buy my parents a house close to us.
Five places I have lived:
1. Jacob B Loop in Alexandria, LA with my family
2. 2 different apartments on Government St, both with ex's.
3. the house in Williamsburg estates right after we moved to TX, with the family again....
4. Autumn Glen apartments......suck balls!!!
5. where I am now... our lovely mobile mansion!!! But at least we can do whatever we want, and it is BIG enough for what seems like our ever expanding family!!!
What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was 12 years old and in the seventh grade. My mother was pregnant with my little brother. I hadn't even had my first real kiss yet.
6 Non-important things/habits/quirks:
1. I love the smell of dogs paws after that have been walking on cement.
2. The day that I had my oldest daughter, a man opened fire outside of the entrance to the hospital in hopes of killing his ex-wife, injuring her and an innocent 60 year old male bystander.
3. I get really turned on seeing dirty sweaty men....but not gross fat men!
4. I desperately miss my Louisiana, but is trying to find land to move back.
5. I have ZERO friends here in Texas. All of my friends are at least 3 hours away. BOO!
6. It absolutely amazes me on a daily basis, how rude people can be, how they have the audacity to say things that they have NO business saying. If I wanted people into my life to criticize me than I would spend more time with my family and in-laws. But I don't, so butt out!!! Not you Dore`, you are my saving grace....thank you.
Five foods I enjoy:
1. Crawfish!! (AMEN!!!)
2. Coke, it tastes like nothing else!!
3. Double stuft Oreos
4. Pot roast
5. Deviled eggs
Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. Buy some land and build our house.
2. Travel to those places that I would otherwise not ever get to see.
3. Have a collection of old cars, and cameras!!!
4. Have a PERSONAL personal trainer!!
5. Invest, and buy my parents a house close to us.
Five places I have lived:
1. Jacob B Loop in Alexandria, LA with my family
2. 2 different apartments on Government St, both with ex's.
3. the house in Williamsburg estates right after we moved to TX, with the family again....
4. Autumn Glen apartments......suck balls!!!
5. where I am now... our lovely mobile mansion!!! But at least we can do whatever we want, and it is BIG enough for what seems like our ever expanding family!!!
Friday, May 30, 2008
It's so hard!!!
To find time to write these things. It gets more and more difficult everday, with both girls getting older and more demanding. I guess that I should start out with where I left off last time. I am officially an aunt now. Trinity Jade was born May 23, 2008 at 5:53 via c-section. She was 7lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long.
My Gracie is now cutting 4 teeth, her canines!! And Abigail is cutting her bottom two incisors. My girls are growing up so fast. Grace is now 15 months old, and Abby will be 4 months in 6 days. Abigail also got her first round of shots a couple of days ago. She now weighs 13 lbs 10.5 oz and is 23 inches long.
My husband will be working over this hitch for at least one week, possibly both, which sucks. So I might possibly not see him for another month. I also have been over-booked so to speak with my plans for the end of July. I am so irritated about this too. The one time that I have a reason to go and see my good friend for her son's first birthday, my in-laws decide to renew their vows and that they want the girls to be a part of the ceremony. Hopefully, fingers crossed we can duck out of there as soon as possible so that I can make it to her house somewhat in time for the festivities. Either way, we will be there the day after and stay for a couple of days so I can get some adult time, and the girls can get some play time with their "boyfriend". And what a cute little boy he is!!
And for once in my life since having kids, I am actually not stressed out at this moment in time.
I think that is absolutely fabulous. I am so carefree. Yes we still have a ways to go to be completely debt free, but we are making a dent in it with money to spare. We do a little at a time, and it really truly eases the mind. I have also been neglecting my household duties, due to the girls, but tonight will be catch-up night. My philosophy is that its much more important spending quality time with your loved ones, especially your children (teaching, learning, watching, etc.) rather than to spend that time doing the dishes, laundry, vacuuming, etc. After all you never know when your last with that one person may be. So why not cherish the time that you have with them while you can, and not waste it on dishes. Speaking of....I think that I will go play with Abigail while Grace is taking a little nap.
My Gracie is now cutting 4 teeth, her canines!! And Abigail is cutting her bottom two incisors. My girls are growing up so fast. Grace is now 15 months old, and Abby will be 4 months in 6 days. Abigail also got her first round of shots a couple of days ago. She now weighs 13 lbs 10.5 oz and is 23 inches long.
My husband will be working over this hitch for at least one week, possibly both, which sucks. So I might possibly not see him for another month. I also have been over-booked so to speak with my plans for the end of July. I am so irritated about this too. The one time that I have a reason to go and see my good friend for her son's first birthday, my in-laws decide to renew their vows and that they want the girls to be a part of the ceremony. Hopefully, fingers crossed we can duck out of there as soon as possible so that I can make it to her house somewhat in time for the festivities. Either way, we will be there the day after and stay for a couple of days so I can get some adult time, and the girls can get some play time with their "boyfriend". And what a cute little boy he is!!
And for once in my life since having kids, I am actually not stressed out at this moment in time.
I think that is absolutely fabulous. I am so carefree. Yes we still have a ways to go to be completely debt free, but we are making a dent in it with money to spare. We do a little at a time, and it really truly eases the mind. I have also been neglecting my household duties, due to the girls, but tonight will be catch-up night. My philosophy is that its much more important spending quality time with your loved ones, especially your children (teaching, learning, watching, etc.) rather than to spend that time doing the dishes, laundry, vacuuming, etc. After all you never know when your last with that one person may be. So why not cherish the time that you have with them while you can, and not waste it on dishes. Speaking of....I think that I will go play with Abigail while Grace is taking a little nap.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Just keep swimming....
Sorry everyone, but Grace just finished watching Finding Nemo, and that song is permanently imbedded into my brain. Moving on, I must apologize once again for being a bad blogger and falling behind, as someone dear to me has pointed out. It is so hard to find the time, energy and crap to write about. However seeing that I haven't written in a week I think I should have at least one thing to talk about.
Yesterday we took Grace took the park and let her slide for the very first time. We got some video of it including pictures. It was absolutely hilarious, when she was going down she looked scared to death, but once at the bottom and on the ground, she was laughing again. It was good fun. Abigail is cutting two teeth...WOOHOO, the fun begins. She is also laughing out loud now. She gurgles and blows raspberries as well. My husband also got nuetered this week, which wasn't my idea, but he said we didn't it to happen. I am kinda glad cause I am not wanting to be pregnant again anytime soon, but at the same time I am kinda sad cause I won't ever get my little boy. Also, my sister-in-law still hasn't had her baby girl...hopefully thursday will be the day. She is now 10 days late, and absolutely miserable!!!
Grace's potty training is going incredibly well. The only problem is she can't have anything while sitting on it, or have anything within stretching distance to her, cause she will get it and put it in the potty. Not so good for us. This morning she had to have a bath because she had pop tart goo everywhere!!! That girl is so smart. She has associated that if you have something that looks like a phone and has buttons like a phone...i.e. a calculator......that it IS a phone. So she puts it up to her ear and holds it with her shoulder, and walks around the house saying "HI! HEY! HI! HEY!" All day long!!!
Yesterday we took Grace took the park and let her slide for the very first time. We got some video of it including pictures. It was absolutely hilarious, when she was going down she looked scared to death, but once at the bottom and on the ground, she was laughing again. It was good fun. Abigail is cutting two teeth...WOOHOO, the fun begins. She is also laughing out loud now. She gurgles and blows raspberries as well. My husband also got nuetered this week, which wasn't my idea, but he said we didn't it to happen. I am kinda glad cause I am not wanting to be pregnant again anytime soon, but at the same time I am kinda sad cause I won't ever get my little boy. Also, my sister-in-law still hasn't had her baby girl...hopefully thursday will be the day. She is now 10 days late, and absolutely miserable!!!
Grace's potty training is going incredibly well. The only problem is she can't have anything while sitting on it, or have anything within stretching distance to her, cause she will get it and put it in the potty. Not so good for us. This morning she had to have a bath because she had pop tart goo everywhere!!! That girl is so smart. She has associated that if you have something that looks like a phone and has buttons like a phone...i.e. a calculator......that it IS a phone. So she puts it up to her ear and holds it with her shoulder, and walks around the house saying "HI! HEY! HI! HEY!" All day long!!!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Damn Doctors....
Hello, other bloggers, I am sorry I haven't been able to put anything new up recently. My family has been just a tad busy. Last week my mother had received a call from her cousin telling her that her uncle has been put on life support. She is waiting to find out whether he is going to start improving or if the family is going to decide to let him pass peacefully. In either case, my grandmother came into town to help out with my little brother just in case she has to go to a funeral. She (my grandma) is also in town for the arrival of our newest family member....my niece Miss Trinity Jade.
Yesterday was Mother's Day as most everyone knows. It should have been a great day for me, right!? Well not if Grace has anything to do with it. We were getting ready to leave and I put Grace on the top platform of the stairs so that I could shut the door, and I turned around and she was trying to walk off of the platform, which is about 3 ft up if not more. And for a person that isn't even 3 ft tall yet that is a long way down. To keep her from falling I grabbed her by the forearm and it slipped a little until i reached her wrist and that was when I heard a *pop*. She then proceeded to scream and cry in pain. I didn't think anything of it. I thought that maybe her wrist popped and it scared her. So I just put her into the car with her sister and we went to my mother's house. We got there and she was still screaming and crying. We waited about half an hour of her doing this and not using it or moving it. I finally decided to take her to the doctor since I did hear a *pop*. We got there and the doctor who saw her demonstrated on me what might have happened and what he will have to do to fix it. He ordered an x-ray to make sure that it wasn't broken. It turns out that when I grabbed her the pop that I heard was actually her radius (a bone in her forearm that connects to the elbow) popping out of the elbow joint and over the ligament that is supposed to keep it there. It is apparently a pretty common thing in small children. The term for it is "nurse's maid elbow". As soon as he popped it back in she was happy as she could be.
We then went back over to my parents house, where everyone was. I returned with a completely different child. We ate and hung out with everyone and then came back home.
Saturday we also went to rose garden and I took some pictures...some of which i will include in here. And that was our past few days.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
update
Grace's potty is supposed to be here today. I am so excited about it, but am still really dreading it. I am praying that she will catch on quickly, but you can never tell with kiddos. Also, I had to take Abigail back to the doctor yesterday. She felt a warm to me, so I took her temp rectally since she is only 3 months old, and it came up with 106.3!!! I was shocked so i got a different thermometer and did it again. Still came up with that!! I started freakin out. I gave her twice the dosage of motrin and took all of her clothes off of her. We waited about 30 mins then I put her into the car, grabbed Grace up from her nap and put her into the car. Sped over to my moms house so that she could keep Grace. Got there and by that time her temp went down to 99.7. THANK GOD!!! They had ordered all these work up tests....because of last time, but then they decided to check her ears, and she has another ear infection. So she is on an antiobiotic for that, plus ear drops, plus her antibiotic for her thrush. Poor baby, I feel so bad for her, she took after me. We have a long road ahead of us with the doctors appointments with her. Just please continue to keep her in your prayers and maybe it won't be SO bad.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
yesterday, today, tomorrow
Yesterday was one hell of a day for us here in east Texas!! We were under two tornado warnings, and had a funnel cloud pass straight over us...SCARY right?! Well in the midst of all of this a "suspicious package" was found on a park bench in downtown Tyler, which is only 15 mins from here. It was a tubular cardboard package, sealed on both ends with duct tape, zero writing!!! Once again, SCARY! So the bomb squad here was called in, and I am still not really sure what it was, but if it was a bomb, they deactivated (I guess that is the term) it.
Now onto today... Such a fun filled day of shopping for other people. My eldest brother is leaving for training tonight for his new job, and his wife is due to have their first baby in 7 days!!! She is totally freakin out about this. And my brother under me, my elder youngest brother will be turning 21 tomorrow. WOW! How quickly time flys! And on Monday, Abigail will officially be 3 months old!!! I can't believe it.
Also today we ordered Gracie her very own POTTY!! When that comes in hopefully it will be easy to potty train her, and it won't take her years to catch on to it.
I think that that is all I have to say for now.
Now onto today... Such a fun filled day of shopping for other people. My eldest brother is leaving for training tonight for his new job, and his wife is due to have their first baby in 7 days!!! She is totally freakin out about this. And my brother under me, my elder youngest brother will be turning 21 tomorrow. WOW! How quickly time flys! And on Monday, Abigail will officially be 3 months old!!! I can't believe it.
Also today we ordered Gracie her very own POTTY!! When that comes in hopefully it will be easy to potty train her, and it won't take her years to catch on to it.
I think that that is all I have to say for now.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Hello world...theres a song that we're singing
Good morning to all who visit my blog. Last night was much better than the night before. Abigail slept from 11 until 10 this morning. HOORAY!!
However yesterday during the day, neither of the girls wanted to cooperate with me. Meaning, Abigail wasn't happy unless I was holding, which....I don't mind, but how can I possibly get everything that needs to be done and hold her at the same time. I mean even with her baby bjorn you have limited mobility. You can't lean over to get clothes out of the dryer for fear that she is just going to slide right out onto the floor, so therefore you still have one hand on your baby making sure that she doesn't slide out.
And my dear sweet gracie, well, she thought of a new fun game where she goes back to her room, opens the drawers on her dresser and pulls out her clothes and brings them to me one at a time. So finally I had to fuss at her and I told her that I was going to "kick her little booty". Which she then thought I meant business and ran back to her room with all of her clothes and tried to put them back in the drawer and close it before I got back there. She is such a smart little girl. She also brings us wipes, diaper, and booty ointment to change her diaper when she feels that she needs to be changed...LOL. Oh the joys of parenting. Next we get to look forward to potty training. And I have NO idea on how to do this. So if anyone has any suggestions, I am here and listening. Any advice would be appreciated.
However yesterday during the day, neither of the girls wanted to cooperate with me. Meaning, Abigail wasn't happy unless I was holding, which....I don't mind, but how can I possibly get everything that needs to be done and hold her at the same time. I mean even with her baby bjorn you have limited mobility. You can't lean over to get clothes out of the dryer for fear that she is just going to slide right out onto the floor, so therefore you still have one hand on your baby making sure that she doesn't slide out.
And my dear sweet gracie, well, she thought of a new fun game where she goes back to her room, opens the drawers on her dresser and pulls out her clothes and brings them to me one at a time. So finally I had to fuss at her and I told her that I was going to "kick her little booty". Which she then thought I meant business and ran back to her room with all of her clothes and tried to put them back in the drawer and close it before I got back there. She is such a smart little girl. She also brings us wipes, diaper, and booty ointment to change her diaper when she feels that she needs to be changed...LOL. Oh the joys of parenting. Next we get to look forward to potty training. And I have NO idea on how to do this. So if anyone has any suggestions, I am here and listening. Any advice would be appreciated.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
ugh
Ok, so last night my husband left to go to work, which is a 7 hour drive for him. And for some reason Abigail decides to not want to sleep through the night anymore. The whole time he was home just about she slept the whole night, and then all of a sudden....WAAA come-feed-me-crying. I have no clue what that is all about. I am hoping that it is just because she doesn't feel well.
Grace on the other hand slept really late. She slept until 10 this morning, which is not good for her. Once again I don't know what all that is about. So I am thinking that since I don't have anything else to do today, I might try to take a nap with the girls.
Grace on the other hand slept really late. She slept until 10 this morning, which is not good for her. Once again I don't know what all that is about. So I am thinking that since I don't have anything else to do today, I might try to take a nap with the girls.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
My blogging de-flowering
Well, I was informed that I should start doing this, and well I am not the type of person to just not do something. So tonight seemed as good a night as any. I guess I should start out by introducing myself and my family, and telling everyone a little bit about each of us.
My name of course is Hilary, and I am a young mother, and I couldn't be any happier to have this title. It is hard work being a mom and I really don't see how older moms have the energy to keep up with their little ones, but I guess we all do what we have to do. I love photography, it is a passion of mine. I love the outdoors although I burn everytime I go out there. I love every single fattening food that there is and I eat all of it and then complain that i am going to get fat. I had two kids within a year, and yes....I do know what causes that. I am a born and raised Louisiana girl, who was brought to texas...and desperately wants to go back home. I LOVE the LSU Tigers. GEAUX TIGERS!!! I watch every single episode of Grey's Anatomy. I recently got addicted to watching the Biggest Loser...go Ali! I think that that is all that I want to say about me right now....so moving on.
Grace is my oldest daughter, she is 14 months old. She was born on Feb. 28, 2007, and downstairs at the hospital there was a guy that went crazy on his ex-wife nurse and started shooting and they actually shut the er and front entrance down. He killed his ex and injured an elderly man, shooting him in the ankle. He then proceeded in fleeing from the scene where the cops caught him 2 miles down the road. I was in labor for 10.5 hours without any meds (au natural)...and only pushed 3 times...and there she was... my 6.5 lb little girl all covered in goo. One of the happiest moments of my life. On a side note....american idol was on the tv while I was delivering....at 9:53 cst.
Abigail is our youngest daughter, she will be 3 months old on monday. She was born Feb. 5, 2008, at 3:03pm with an epidural (worst headache of my life) and this was Mardi Gras...so I might have a partier on my hands in a few years. She is so young, and she has so many things happen to her. A month ago give or take a few days she was hospitalized for observation while blood cultures and spinal fluid could be grown in their labs to see what was wrong with, why she was running a fever of 101.4. It all started with an ear infection and being put on amoxicillan, fever went away for 24 hours then came back with a vengence. We waited approximately a week, continuing her antibiotics the whole time before taking her back in to see the doctor. They then did every kind of test you could imagine, on a 2 month old!!! I thought that maybe we would be there for only a couple of days 3 at the most, but we ended up staying 7 whole days!! I stayed in that one room for a week straight only leaving once to go down to the cafeteria to get my mother and me some drinks. Talk about cabin fever!! The whole time they couldn't tell us what was going on or what was wrong with her. Finally the results came back and said that there was bacteria growing in her spinal fluid and the fluid that was found is commonly found in tap water. So now, we are home and as a precaution she is strictly on bottled water. I am happy to say that she is better except for a case of thrush which is of course from the iv antibiotics that she received during her hospital stay.
My husband...I will just call him "D" for this....works offshore two weeks at a time. I miss him dearly while he is gone, but thanks to him I don't have to work and can stay home raising our daughters. He likes the same things that I do, but I must say he is more redneck than I am, he is a Texas boy. He is thrilled to have two daddys girls, however he did want to have a little boy that he could take fishing and hunting. He has decided though that we aren't going to have any more children and has taken the necessary steps to keep that from happening.
So with all of the introductions done...I think that I will leave this be for the night and continue in the morning with my daily posts for all to share, expecially my father who is gone for a month at a time overseas and doesn't get to see his granddaughters all that much.
My name of course is Hilary, and I am a young mother, and I couldn't be any happier to have this title. It is hard work being a mom and I really don't see how older moms have the energy to keep up with their little ones, but I guess we all do what we have to do. I love photography, it is a passion of mine. I love the outdoors although I burn everytime I go out there. I love every single fattening food that there is and I eat all of it and then complain that i am going to get fat. I had two kids within a year, and yes....I do know what causes that. I am a born and raised Louisiana girl, who was brought to texas...and desperately wants to go back home. I LOVE the LSU Tigers. GEAUX TIGERS!!! I watch every single episode of Grey's Anatomy. I recently got addicted to watching the Biggest Loser...go Ali! I think that that is all that I want to say about me right now....so moving on.
Grace is my oldest daughter, she is 14 months old. She was born on Feb. 28, 2007, and downstairs at the hospital there was a guy that went crazy on his ex-wife nurse and started shooting and they actually shut the er and front entrance down. He killed his ex and injured an elderly man, shooting him in the ankle. He then proceeded in fleeing from the scene where the cops caught him 2 miles down the road. I was in labor for 10.5 hours without any meds (au natural)...and only pushed 3 times...and there she was... my 6.5 lb little girl all covered in goo. One of the happiest moments of my life. On a side note....american idol was on the tv while I was delivering....at 9:53 cst.
Abigail is our youngest daughter, she will be 3 months old on monday. She was born Feb. 5, 2008, at 3:03pm with an epidural (worst headache of my life) and this was Mardi Gras...so I might have a partier on my hands in a few years. She is so young, and she has so many things happen to her. A month ago give or take a few days she was hospitalized for observation while blood cultures and spinal fluid could be grown in their labs to see what was wrong with, why she was running a fever of 101.4. It all started with an ear infection and being put on amoxicillan, fever went away for 24 hours then came back with a vengence. We waited approximately a week, continuing her antibiotics the whole time before taking her back in to see the doctor. They then did every kind of test you could imagine, on a 2 month old!!! I thought that maybe we would be there for only a couple of days 3 at the most, but we ended up staying 7 whole days!! I stayed in that one room for a week straight only leaving once to go down to the cafeteria to get my mother and me some drinks. Talk about cabin fever!! The whole time they couldn't tell us what was going on or what was wrong with her. Finally the results came back and said that there was bacteria growing in her spinal fluid and the fluid that was found is commonly found in tap water. So now, we are home and as a precaution she is strictly on bottled water. I am happy to say that she is better except for a case of thrush which is of course from the iv antibiotics that she received during her hospital stay.
My husband...I will just call him "D" for this....works offshore two weeks at a time. I miss him dearly while he is gone, but thanks to him I don't have to work and can stay home raising our daughters. He likes the same things that I do, but I must say he is more redneck than I am, he is a Texas boy. He is thrilled to have two daddys girls, however he did want to have a little boy that he could take fishing and hunting. He has decided though that we aren't going to have any more children and has taken the necessary steps to keep that from happening.
So with all of the introductions done...I think that I will leave this be for the night and continue in the morning with my daily posts for all to share, expecially my father who is gone for a month at a time overseas and doesn't get to see his granddaughters all that much.
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