Today

Today is much better then yesterday. I struggled yesterday just to make it through the simple things in life. Today I woke up and made up my mind that I couldn't have another day like that. And it worked. My kids worked with me which helped OH SO MUCH! We went to the Library, to the mall with the carousel, and then home again for lunch and naps. My hubby is taking care of the insurance issue that caught me so off guard day before yesterday and set me up for a crummy day yesterday. I am so thankful that I have the smiliest (sp?) baby that I have ever seen!

I am precariously balanced on a thin ledge right now and feel as if I am being pulled on both sides. Only God, and Kaitlyns smiles are sustaining me right now.

Fun times

Well I had projectile vomit coming from the littlest family member before 8 am this morning. What a great way to start the day. She seems to be doing okay now, as she has eaten again and then went to sleep. It was totally unexpected as Kaitlyn has never thrown up before and her spit-up only constituted a little more then a quarter sized amount before.

I know just what anyone wants to read about is vomit or spit-up. Oh the fun times had by stay at home moms.

Cassidy has been her usually bucket of joy this morning (not) because one of her canine teeth is coming in and her teeth move so slowly. Each tooth usually gives us 3-4 weeks of H***! Lovely, I'm thinking another week and a half of fussiness...HELP! lol! And this is the first of the FOUR canine teeth. Looking like a really long summer. I also want to get her in her toddler bed and potty trained this summer too. Hahaha I think I have lost my mind. She really is having a time lately. She has like six bug bites on her legs, though they don't see m to actually bother her and a rash behind one of her knees. Thank Goodness she has her two year check-up tomorrow. Wait, that means we will add shots on top of all this other stuff...YAY!

So where do I go to sign up for extra patience?

Oh and I just remembered that both the bigger kids have a dentist appointment Friday. At least I will have help then. So I am not doing anything today as the rest of the week will be hectic and then Next week is swim lessons! At least those will be mostly fun.

Accomplishments

I just opened the mail from yesterday that my hubby set aside and what did I see? My ten year High School Class Reunion invitation! Wow…it will be ten years in June 22nd! TEN YEARS!! I knew it was coming up but the reality of it just slapped me in the face when I opened it up. I have been thinking a lot lately about my accomplishments since high school and it really depends on what you consider success. I think that I personally need to reevaluate what I consider success. I know that most of my family and friends wouldn’t consider what I have done to be anything near what they wanted for me. I know that they want what’s best for me and that they are all well intentioned but it hurts to feel like a failure to so many. So I decided that I would list my accomplishments as I see them! My successes, of which I am proud of even if not what I or anyone else had planned for me.

I got my Associate’s degree.
I got married
I have had three beautiful and healthy children
I have renewed my faith in the Lord
I have stayed married for 4 ½ years (may not sound like much but I don’t think there were too many people that thought we would make it this long)

I guess that doesn’t sound like much, and I can honestly say that I hope that the next ten years will lend more accomplishments, but I am still proud of where I am and what I am doing. I am raising the next generation and trying to teach them values and manners and things that are few and far between in a lot of kids these days. I want them to be successful in their own endeavors but I also want them to realize that they are free to choose what those endeavors are. That they need to be good people and that anything they choose to be is in their grasp. I pray daily that if I can only accomplish one thing, that raising them the right way is it! That I do Him proud! I hope that everyone can see their own accomplishments and be proud of themselves no matter where they are in their life.

Where have two years gone?

Yes, I know the answer to that question in my mind but my heart is having a hard time with it. My little girl turns TWO today. TWO!

Two years ago today @ 2:31pm my little girl made her way into this world. Me, with no pain meds other then a shot of Nubain (sp?) looked down and thought that there was something wrong. Her face was purple and I kept asking, "Is she okay?". They assured me that she was but I waited, terrified until finally she let out a cry. The doc explained that she was purple because she came out so fast that her face raked across my pelvic bone causing bruising and the cord had been around her neck. But she was FINE!!! When my hubby brought her to me I saw something else. She already had him wrapped around her little finger and that hasn't changed! My 7lb 11oz, 20 inch long baby is 28 pounds and 33 inches tall and I love her so very much!!!!

I am sitting here thinking about the upcoming weeks. There is so much going on and it is all going to happen so fast that I feel the need to ponder it now before it's gone. My baby, who will be my last barring a miracle, just turned 3 months old. My little girl is turning 2 years old in 3 days and my boy, my sweet sweet boy is turning 4 in a little more then a month and a half. Where did the time go? I look at Kaitlyn and I know that in the blink of an eye she will be where they are and that makes me sad. I know that with her I am enjoying her being a baby, whereas with my two oldest I was so busy wishing their babyness away that I feel like I missed it. I realize that I have taken so much for granted and now I am just trying to make each day count and not doing a great job at it. ;)

I promise to take lots of pics of her highness on her birthday Thursday and at her party Sunday evening. Unlike at her first birthday party where I was such a louse that I forgot to take pics. I will regret that for a long long time!! But I won't make that mistake again. I have become the picture queen lately anyway cause I realize that my memory is so bad that if I don't take a picture of it then I won't remember it!!! And to quote a song...I don't wanna miss a thing!!!




Speaking of which...there is my smiley baby now! lol!

Busy, Busy, Busy!

06/01/09 Today is cleaning day...Hence why I am on here trying to delay the inevitable! ;)
06/02/09 Tomorrow- Riley has his evaluation for 4K @ 10am
06/04/09 Thursday- Cassidy's 2nd Birthday...I can't believe she is turning two already!!!
06/05/09 Friday- Possibly dinner with Toby's dad and stepmom???
06/06/09 Sunday- Church, Cassidy's Birthday party
06/11/09 Thursday- Cassidy's 2 year check up @8am
06/12/09 Friday- Riley and Cassidy have a dentist appointment @ 9:30am
06/14/09 Sunday- Church
06/15-19/09 Monday-Friday- Riley and Cassidy have swim lessons @ 11am for an hour!!!
06/29/09 Monday- Kaitlyn has her 4 month check-up @ 11am


This may not sound like much to you mom's who have it all together, but for this mom who sometimes can't remember to pay bills that are due every month, this is a lot! lol! Now I really do have to go cause once the kids finish their lunch and Cassie is down for her nap I have no excuse to keep me from cleaning as long as Kaitlyn stays asleep! lol!