Together 24

Do you have your Valentine's Cards yet?

2012-01-25T10:51:00.000-08:00

I know we don't yet, but Tiny Prints has lots of options that we can choose from! We normally go with the generic Valentine's that they sell in any drug store but Tiny Prints offers way too may cute and different options to go that route this year.
Make sure you check our their Valentines Cards as well as their Valentines Day Greeting Cards.

My son, Nugget, is almost 3 and this is his first year in preschool which means its his first years of holiday parties. That is so exciting to me! I just love making little goody bags for all the little ones in his class. I think this card called To Infinity would be the perfect one for him to pass out to his little friends. It fits him perfectly! Having his little Nugget face as a space ranger is just perfect since he's obsessed with that well known space ranger, Buzz Lightyear!

My daughter, Noodle, just turned 8 so she's an old pro at holiday school parties. She always has the hardest time deciding on what kind of Valentines to give but I think Tiny Prints has just the perfect one for her. The card, Love and Peace, is right up her alley. The girl is obsessed with anything that has peace signs. I sometimes think she was born in the wrong decade she loves them so much!

Here's another option that would be good for either of my kiddos to hand out. What kiddo doesn't love a good maze? This A-Maze-Ing Valentine offers them just that!

What I love the most about Tiny Prints and their cards is the personalization you can do! I went ahead and designed this card, Sweet and Simple using my absolute most favorite picture of my kiddos, courtesy of Kristen Pace Photography.

I think this will be the one I send out to everyone! I just love it!!!!!!

Make sure you head on over to Tiny Prints to check out their selection of Valentine's Day cards!! Once you check out their cards, head on over and Like them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/tinyprints) and follow them on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/TinyPrints). And of course, Tiny Prints is on Pinterest, too, so make sure you go follow all their boards (http://pinterest.com/tiny_prints/)!

Tis the Season for Christmas Cards...

2011-11-13T18:10:00.000-08:00

and this year I'll be getting our cards from Tiny Prints. They have such great options! Holiday cards, Christmas cards, ones with photos, ones without photos, tri-fold ones and even ornament ones that can be hung on the tree! What makes them even better is the personalization that's available. Who doesn't like adding their own little touch to make them more personable!?!

As I was looking through their selection, I could tell I would have a hard time choosing which one we would use this year. I loved so many!

Here's a Tri-fold option that I love. I love the bright colors, what it says and that it offers space for 3 pictures: one of Noodle, one of Nugget and either one of Newby or one of our whole family!

Here's an Ornament option that I love too! "Happy Everything" it says so that no one is left out! And it, too, has room for more than one picture. What a great little keepsake it could be for our family members and friends' Christmas trees. I really like that

I've just noticed that I'm leaning towards maybe an aqua and red color scheme this year. I just love those two colors together.

Ok, here's one last option: The Flip Card! These are so fun and different!

Well, those are just three of the options that I love! I think I'm going to have a very hard time deciding which one! I think, first, though I ought to decide when and where we'll have our Christmas pictures done. I'll need some fantastic pictures to fill any one of these Tiny Prints fantastic options!!!

Not only does Tiny Prints do Christmas and Holiday card, they also have a wide selection of
Birth Annoucements

Birthday Invitations
,

Address Labels and much more.

Also if you are a blogger and want to receive 50 Tiny Prints Christmas cards in exchange for a review, you can go here to sign up:

http://blog.tinyprints.com/feature-tiny-prints-christmas-cards/

Keep checking back to see which option I picked.

**I was offered 50 free holiday cards in exchange for this post. The opinions, however, are my own.

Better Days are on their way!

2011-08-22T18:18:00.000-07:00

So a few posts ago, I hoped for Better Days for our family in 2011 and they are finally on their way! Of course, we've gone through a lot to get to these better days!

The Hubs finally got a promotion at work but unfortunately, it came with dealing with a boss that was a real piece and horribly long hours that kept him from seeing the kids a lot of the time. Well, that job is now history and he has been given a better opportunity with more potential at another company. We are super excited! The hours are much more family friendly, the pay is better for less hours, as well as less responsibility and drama. I think he'll have more opportunities for advancement with this company too! The best part is he's taking over a week off to spend time with us before starting the new job! Yay for Family Time!!

Nugget is having lots of better days these days too! His face is completely clear except for the occasional and minor break out from some environmental change or food sensitivity. A few months ago, he went through allergy testing torture and we learned he had a Tree Nut allergy. It hasn't affected him too badly! He didn't eat nuts often before anyway. We just recently got a Trader Joe's in town and found him some Sunflower Seed Butter that makes a great sandwich! He loves it! The allergist also gave us a new ointment that couldn't be used on babies less than 2 yrs. old and it did the trick. Within days, his face started clearing! It's been amazing!! He looks like a different baby! Here's a very recent picture! Last time we had some professionally done at Christmas, there was lots of editing to clear up his face. Not this time!!!

And I've saved the best for last! Our Better Days are bringing baby #3 in February!! We are so excited! I'm just out of my first trimester and hoping that my second brings better days with less nausea, morning sickness and just plain miserableness! Of my three pregnancies, this has definitely been the most difficult for me! I just feel way more pregnant than I actually am and with that, can only imagine what it will be like the further along I get! The kids are getting used to the idea of another baby. Noodle's excited sporadically! She really wants this one to be a girl and I think until she knows for sure what it is, she doesn't want to show her excitement! We've discussed with her how we have no control over what this baby will be and that God will give us what he thinks our family needs! So for her, let's hope He thinks we need a girl! Nugget's just 2 1/2 and he doesn't quite understand. He loves babies but when you ask him if he wants Mommy to have one, he emphatically says, "NO!" At his age too, we've had to explain to him that he has to be more gentle with Mommy's belly since there's a baby in there! He thinks the baby is in my belly button, it's so cute! He also has been telling people he has a baby in his belly, which we think is really, really cute! That's how we've told a few people our news!
Me: Nugget, What's in your belly?
Nugget: A baby's in my belly
Me: Who else has a baby in their belly?
Nugget: Mommy!
The older people have really gotten a kick out of that!
So this one is due Feb. 25th which means if all things go as planned (which we know rarely happens), we'll stay Together 24. My Dr. has already said we can schedule my c-section for Feb 24th so this baby with be a 24 too! It will also share a birthday with Nugget if it comes that day! What an exciting 3rd Bday Present for him!

Just a last random picture that's just cute not to share! My favorite pic from our last session with the amazing Kristen Pace! I plan on getting it as big as I can because I love it that much! Hope you love it too!

Well, Here's to Better Days for us and all of you too!

Until next time...

Chattanooga Mini Vacay!

2011-05-20T09:32:00.000-07:00

I know that I've been MIA for a while now but life has been crazy hectic and I've been in an extreme funk!

My funk is slowly starting to die and I think it's because I know summer is a week and a half away. It does help that we just got back from a mini vacay in Chattanooga. The Hubs' cousin was getting married so we jumped at the chance to take a few extra days to do fun things with the fam. The best part was that the Hubs actually got to take a few days off and go with us!! That's a rarity these days!

So we left Friday night and got in at like 1:30 in the morning. Saturday we woke up, ate breakfast at the hotel, took the kids to the indoor pool for a bit then headed to Rachel's wedding. It was a great wedding even though the weather wasn't great. It took place at the General Lee Woods Inn and it was a gogeous backdrop. Congrats to Rachel and Nathan!

Sunday, we ate breakfast at the hotel then headed to Creative Discovery with the kiddos. It was a great children's museum! Nugget could have stayed at the water table forever! Noodle even had fun!
After the children's museum, we headed to the Hubs' Uncle's house! Now I have to say that I am not a mountain person AT ALL and their house was literally perched on the side of one! The road to get there was winding back and forth with a great big drop off down the passengers side of course. Needless to say, the visit with them was nice but this girl won't be going back there anytime soon.

Monday morning we got up, packed up and started our trip home. We stopped on the way in Ringold, GA which just recently was devasted by tornadoes. We were able to see lots of damage when we stopped off to eat at Cracker Barrel. It was so sad! Tornadoes scare me to pieces and to see the aftermath and how random it was firsthand, made it even more scary! I pray for all the people affected by those devasting storms and hope their lives get back to normal soon and that they don't have to experience anything like that again!

On the way home, we stopped off at the Georgia Aquarium to break up our trip a little. I have to say that the place is AMA-ZA-ZING! It definitely puts the SC Aquarium in Charleston to shame. We got to see penguins, whale sharks, sea turtles and my favorite Beluga whales! The kids had a blast and enjoyed every minute of it but I think we may have enjoyed it more than they did!

A Whole Lotta Changing going on!!

2011-02-02T18:29:00.000-08:00

As my last post said, we're are hoping for better days in 2011 and I think to do that a whole lotta things have got to change!

First thing that has changed is my job status! I am back to Full Time Mommy Status and I'm loving it!!! A little over a week ago, I quit my job! I have mixed emotions of the whole thing however! I loved working when I worked a lot but being that it was a PRN position, the work was far from steady! Over Christmas, I worked for a whole month and I was actually starting to enjoy it! I missed spending Christmas break with the kiddos but it was nice to have adult interaction and to be contributing to the household. However, at the same time, I HATED being away from the kiddos and I felt like I was doing everything on top of working! That did not work for me! If I was going to be working, I wanted help from the Hubs around the house! That did not happen! It was left all to me! Well, the month of steady work ended and they told me they could use me somewhere else. They asked me to look at my schedule, let them know what days I was available and then I could work those days. That is just what I did! I looked at my schedule, needed a week off to gather my thoughts, take care of errands, organize and throw Noodle's 7th Bday Party and just chill. There was no urgency indicated when they told me I could work. It was very nonchalant however it was apparently urgent. That week I needed off was disappointing to them causing a meeting with my boss. That meeting was a week and a half ago! I go in hoping they were going to offer me the full time position they wanted me to cover for but instead I got condescension. They talked to me like I was a child about how I wasn't "available" enough! I just worked everyday for a month even though my child got sent home from school twice with a fever of 102+, my son got a Staph infection in his nose, I got Strep throat from a patient, I was made to get a flu shot which later resulted in me getting sick. I gave my all and went beyond the duty of a regular PRN person I can promise you. So with their rudeness, I quit! No one treats me like a child when just a week early, I was being praised for what a good job I did and how patient I was with the children.

Second thing thats changing: Hubs has had several interviews in the last week! After some severe changes at his current job, his old position re-opened so he interviewed for it! We're hoping that since he's done the job before and the person that caused his demotion is no longer with the company, that he will be back to his old job with his old pay very soon. There are of course mixed emotions with it because what if in a few months, he's right back where he is now. How do we know the promotion will be a permanent one? I am extremely frustrated with the way they've treated him so I'm torn of how I feel. But in case that doesn't pan out, he's had two interviews with another company. The hours would be much better and the pay would have to be better because at this point, anywhere would pay better than what he currently makes. Having two interviews has to be a good sign, right? Hopefully, we'll be hearing something from them very soon! (Don't you love how I say "we" when it's really all up to my husband!)

Third thing that's changed: Noodle turned 7 which I also mention in my last post but we finally had her birthday party! Having her a birthday party is always a stressful thing because we never know when to have it! Her birthday is Christmas Eve so we can't have it on her actual Birthday. We can't have it around Christmas because everyone too busy, So we've been waiting until after the first of the year after everything has settled down but still haven't had good luck with her little friends showing up. This causes me great stress! Every parent wants their child to have the best birthday and in the child's eyes, the more friends the better! After lots of stress and work, her party ended up being lots of fun. More little girls showed up that we thought would even though there were only 3. The 3 that showed up were Noodle's best friends though so it worked out nicely. She had a Hello Kitty themed Tea Party. They decorated Princess crowns, made their own bottle cap necklaces with Hello Kitty images, decorated their own cupcakes and ate lots of yummy finger foods. I worked really hard on the decor and favors. I worked on Hello Kitty cake pops for days. Nana and I made tissue paper flowers. Nana made Olivia a special dress. We just knew it was going to be hideous with the fabric Noodle picked but it ended up being way cute!!! So here are some pictures!

Well, I think that is all for now.

Until next time...

A Hodge Podge of Holidays, Birthdays and Better Days!

2011-01-02T16:33:00.000-08:00

Since I've been M.I.A for a few, this post is most definitely as the title describes.

As for the Holidays part...did everyone have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year? I sure hope do because I know we surely did! I was nice and more relaxing than our usual Holiday season and we enjoyed every minute of it. We've been celebrating Christmas for the last week. We did our house and my mom's side Christmas Day, we did Hubs' family yesterday and we did Christmas with my Dad today! It was nice to have them all stretched out since we normally cover them all Christmas Eve and Day!

As for the Birthdays part...we celebrated Noodle's 7th Birthday! I can hardly believe my precious little baby is 7! She has grown up so fast!For her birthday, she got her very own digital camera. She was so excited! She loves taking pictures but needed her own camera since we no longer have a reg. digital camera and there's no way she's playing with my SLR! She took it everywhere with us that night! After church on Christmas Eve, we went to the local Japanese restaurant to celebrate! She loves Japanese and sushi! She also pestered us the whole dinner about them coming to sing for her and when they got there, she refused to get up and dance. So I had to get up and dance with her! It was a good time!

Here's a picture of her when she was just a couple of days old!

How I loved her squishy little cheeks!

And here she is now at 7! She's becoming quite the little lady!

She's got a fashion sense that's all her own. She's into anything that's peace signs, hearts or rock-n-roll. I'm pretty sure she's got Beiber Fever and she love singing along loudly to Taylor Swift, Katy Perry or anything else on the radio for that matter! She's a great reader and her cursive is neater than mine! Her abilities continue to blow me away daily! She's a great big sister to Nugget and most days he calls for her more than he calls for me! Along with all those wonderful things about her, we struggle daily with talking back, being ungrateful and her just being 7! But we love her dearly!

Now lastly for the Better Days part...we're hoping 2011 is full of them! I'm pretty sure 2010 had it out for us. We weren't dealt the best hand in 2010 so we're hoping 2011's hand is full of better opportunities. We're looking forward to what is to come this year!
We're hoping for a new job with better pay for the Hubs since his current job has been the bearer of most of our hardships in 2010! I'm hoping for his new job for selfish reasons too! I want to be a full time SAHM like I've always been until this year. The working world is not for me! This is the first year that I haven't been able to spend time with Noodle over Christmas break and it had killed me. My job is only PRN and lucky for me, they've needed me the whole time she was on break! I love being at home with the kiddos way too much. They continue to amaze me every single day and I don't want to miss one moment! To go along with the hopes of being able to quit my paying job, I hope to start my own business of craftiness, maybe an Etsy store! I got a Silhouette for Christmas and can't wait to use it! I'm hoping to turn my Onesies I've been making into something better and to start making lots of other things to sell!!
I'm secretly hoping to add to our clan. Of course, this depends highly on if Hubs gets a new job. Of course baby's cost money and we have been struggling in that area for the last 6 months or so. I'm hoping that we'll get back on our feet and that baby #3 will become a possibility rather than just a dream!
I'm hoping that 2011 will be a great year health wise for my whole family but most importantly my precious baby Nugget. 2010 has been such a hard year on him with his eczema. He has a rare form for children but all that I have read says that it last between 18 months to 2 years. Well we're going on not quite 18 months and we're hoping we're near the end of this adventure! As of today, he's looking amazing! Now if you would have asked me how he was last week, my story would have been different! His body was doing amazing but his poor face was not! See, he's prone to infections and his face is the first place that gets it since it's always exposed! I hope 2011 consists of less flares, less antibiotics and more management! Today our management routine consists of Aveeno Oatmeal Baths, Aveeno Oatmeal Baby Wash, Aveeno Oatmeal Moisturizer, Hydrocortisone Valerate and Altabax ointments for his face, and Zyrtec for the itching. I know it sounds like a lot but as long as those are all and it doesn't include an antibiotic or steroid, it's a good thing!

Well, I hope 2011 bring you all great things! That's enough rambling for me for one night!

until next time...

Day 18 of the 30 Day B.C

2010-12-23T12:25:00.000-08:00

So I totally missed days 11 thru 17 but I've been crazy busy and crazy sick. I only work when needed and it just so happens that I'm need for a whole month so I've been working. I'm not used to working everyday so I have a hard time getting everything done that I want to. On top of working, a couple of day ago I started feeling bad and it just got worse from them. Yesterday when I woke up running a fever of over 100, I figured I needed to go to the doctor. So I have Strep Throat and have practically been quarantined to my bedroom so I don't get anyone else sick. Today is the first day I've felt better all week!

So here is Day 18: My wedding!
It was almost 3 years ago that I married my best friend. We got married in my mother-in-law's church. It's a great little church and our guest practically filled the whole thing! It was still decorated for Christmas with the trees and poinsettias. I seems like yesterday but also like longer than 3 years ago. When I get back on my own computer, I'll add some of my favorite pictures.
I'm on my daughter's Christmas present, setting it up and charging it so it's all ready for her to play with Christmas morning.

Hope every has a very Merry Christmas!

until next time...

Our Christmas Card

2010-12-19T07:41:00.001-08:00

We are very excited about our Christmas cards this year. We had a great photographer take this great picture. You'd never know that it was absolutely freezing the day we took out pictures. Living in the south, we aren't quite used to cold weather. This day it didn't get out of the 30s which is quite rare here. The wind was whipping like crazy too.

I was excited to find a card that coordinated with our picture perfectly. I just love how the whole thing turned out!

Mod Sparkles Holiday Card

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The best part about all of it was that I just had to pay shipping. Shutterfly was nice enough to offer us bloggers 50 free cards if we blogged about their cards and I did just that.

I can't wait to see the finished project when it arrives!

Day Eleven of the 30 Day B.C

2010-12-16T18:49:00.000-08:00

Day 11: A photo of me recently.

Now I'm not going to be as recent at Amanda over at My Life as a Wife, but this picture is from Monday so I'd say that is recent. Its not just of me though. Remember those family pictures I was so super excited about, well this picture is from those. It's one of the four that the lovely Kristen Pace let me preview. I have to say that I'm in love and can't wait to see the rest!

until tomorrow...

Days Nine and Ten of 30 Day B.C Together!

2010-12-15T17:23:00.000-08:00

Well I was really slack yesterday and totally forgot about Day 9 so here it is: A picture I took!

I just took this last week. Owen only went near Santa because Olivia did and we only got this one shot after that he scooted right off her lap and started crying! At least we got the one!

Day 10: A picture of myself 10 years ago!

Well that would be a picture of me at the age of 17 and I don't have any of those on my computer. That was before we put all our pictures on the computer, that was before everyone used Digital! So unfortunately I don't have anything for day 10!

Hoping I can do better for Day 11!

until tomorrow...

Day Eight of the 30 Day B.C

2010-12-13T17:24:00.000-08:00

Day 8: A picture that makes me sad/mad

Who has pictures that make them sad? I know I surely don't pipe up to take pictures of sad moments but I do have one picture that makes me sad everytime I see it. It only exists for documentation purposes!

Here is my poor Nugget pre-Dr.S., the best dermatologist we've seen! He went from looking like this

to looking like this

in the matter of a week!

The first one makes me sad because he looked like even after seeing a dermatologist who's only answer was constant steroid use and after seeing an Urgent Care doctor because his eyes has swollen shut who's only answer was more steroids and a shot or Cortizone! Neither the old derm. or the urgent care doctor helped! It took a whole other doctor to help him. He sees her regularly and steroids are not the answer. He unfortunately gets many secondary infections so a combo of antibiotics, strong hydrocortizone creams and oatmeal baths make my baby better.

I'll be back very soon with lots of pictures that make me very very happy. That being pictures from our family shoot today with Kristen Pace. I must say, I've only seen a few sneak peaks and I can't wait to see the rest!

until tomorrow...

Exciting Day!!

2010-12-13T08:02:00.000-08:00

Today is a very exciting day for several reasons;

1. The Hubbs has a job interview!!!! That is the best news we've had in a long time. We both (me mostly) have been searching like crazy for him a new job. A few months back he got a life changing demotion that came with a 50% pay cut! It killed me! It killed us! Our relationship has been tried for sure and we've been struggling! Not only in our relationship but in every other day possible. This interview needs to go well! Him getting this job will be the long awaited answer to our prayers! I'm so nervous for him! This is his first interview with this company and it's with the VP of the Company. How nerve wracking is that? This company has much better hours that he works now as they close at 5:30 Mon-Fri and at 4 on Sat. Even better is that they are closed every Sunday! His current job has him working long days (I'm talking 12-13hrs) and they close at 9 which makes him getting home normally after 10 because he very rarely opens!
Pray that this is direction Frank is supposed to be going and that his interview will go well!

2. We have family pictures today! I am so excited. I love getting our coordinating outfits together and I can hardly wait to see what the finish products will look like. It is however very cold today and our pictures are outside. I'm hoping it won't affect the outcome of our pictures too badly! We decided to go with a new photographer this time. I saw her pictures and fell in love. They were just what I wanted! She was running a special too which helped me make my decision. We don't get professional pictures done that often because of Nugget's face always been flared up so I went out on a limb even scheduling them. Luckily, he's looking pretty good today. He's been on Aveeno Oatmeal overload as we've found their products to make the biggest difference for him! He's gotten an oatmeal bath, washed in oatmeal wash and rubbed down with oatmeal lotion. Anyway, back to pictures. I'm super excited. Nana made Noodle a new skirt and I made her a new headband. I may make them both some shirts today but I'm still not sure!

Those are the two things I'm most excited about. Now on the other hand, I am not excited about this being my only day off this week. I start working tomorrow for a month and that sucks. I've gotten so used to being a stay-at-home mom that I'm dreading working. I work everyday that Noddle's on break from school and this is the first that has every happened. If Hubbs get this new job, that will all change. I'll get to quit my job and go back to staying at home full time. Anyway, I've just been working as needed but it seems that the only time I'm needed is when Noodle's out of school. That is not what I signed up for. The only good thing to come out of it is the money I will make. They pay me pretty decent per hour so the paychecks will be nice. I think we're going to take the money at take all the kids to Disney World. My sister and her son would be going with us so it'd be great fun. Disney World was one of the two things Noodle asked for for Christmas too so it should make it even better.

Anyway, hope everyone has an exciting day! I know I will!

until later...

Day Seven of 30 Day B.C

2010-12-12T15:46:00.000-08:00

Day 7: A photo that makes you smile!

I have lots of those! It's going to be hard to chose just one!

This one makes me smile because it was one of the first in a long time where Owen's face was clear. It's the little things that make me happy. I wish he could be clear all the time!

This one makes me smile because it was our first family vacation!

Olivia in her hat alone is why this one makes me smile!

Check out Amanda over at My Life as a Wife if you want to join in on the Blog Challenge. Also the picture that makes her smile is a pretty good one!

until tomorrow...

Day Six of 30 Day B.C

2010-12-11T19:35:00.000-08:00

Today is Day Six of the 30 Day Blog Challenge that Amanda over at My Life as a Wife is doing!

Day Six is 20 Favorite Things!

This shouldn't be too hard so here goes it:
(They are just in random order!)

1. My two wonderful kids, Noodle and Nugget. How could they not be?

2. Sweatshirts

3. Sheets right out of the dryer

4. Russell Stover's Chocolate Covered Marshmellow Santas

5. Cheesecake

6. Flip Flops

7. Any Flats

8. Red and Turquoise together

9. Kisses from the Hubbs (They are the foot popping kind!)

10. My Camera

11. Pictures of my Kids (speaking of...here are some)

12. Blogging

13. Crafting

14. Painting

15. Shopping

16. Just Dance esp. with Noodle

17. Mr. Pibb

18. When Hubbs Drives

19. Sushi! Yummo!

20. Christmas Eve Church Service

until tomorrow...

Day 5 of 30 Day B.C

2010-12-10T10:47:00.000-08:00

Day 5: Favorite Quote

When I saw that today was going to be my favorite quote, I got a little worried. I"m not the kind of person who remembers all kinds of famous quotes so this one is hard for me. So I started searching and found one that I love.

"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love." ~Dr. Seuss

This describe mine and Hubbs relationship to a T. We are both weird but our weirds fit together perfectly. We make the perfect couple for us!

There is another quote that comes from the movie Juno that I love. The Hubbs and I watched that movie and loved it. It is so funny and has some great one liners! Our favorite is "That ain't no etch-a-sketch, that's one doodle that can't be undid Homeskillet!" As we were watching the movie, I told him that's how I would tell him when I was pregnant since this was back before Nugget. When I finally got pregnant with Nugget, I was so excited to be able to tell him about our "doodle"!

Anyway, there are the two quotes that I love. Maybe one day I'll have an actually favorite quote but until then, these will do.

until tomorrow...

Day Four of 30 Day B.C

2010-12-09T11:32:00.000-08:00

Day Four: Favorite Book

Well, I am very sad to say that I cannot remember the last book I read therefore I don't have a favorite book. When I was little I really love Sarah, Plain and Tall and all the Shel Silverstein books like Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Runny Babbit. I did try listening to Time Traveler's Wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the parts I got to listen to.

Here's one of Shel Silverstein's poem. Not only did I love them but now my kids love them too!
One Inch Tall

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.
The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.
A crumb of cake would be a feast
And last you seven days at least,
A flea would be a frightening beast
If you were one inch tall.

If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door,
And it would take about a month to get down to the store.
A bit of fluff would be your bed,
You'd swing upon a spider's thread,
And wear a thimble on your head
If you were one inch tall.

You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.
You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb.
You'd run from people's feet in fright,
To move a pen would take all night,
(This poem took fourteen years to write--
'Cause I'm just one inch tall).

until tomorrow...

Day Three of 30 Day B.C

2010-12-08T13:55:00.000-08:00

Day Three: Favorite Television Program

Well this time of year my favorite TV program is The Sing Off. This is the second season and by far, it's my favorite show on. I just wish it last longer! It just started on the 6th and only has like 5 more shows. If you haven't seen it, you have to check it out. It comes on NBC tonight at 8. It's a singing competition for nothing but a capella groups. Last season my favorite was the Beelzebubs (I'm guessing I spelled that right) and this season, my favorite, so far after just one episode, are the Whiffenpoofs. They are the a capella group from Yale. They were great! You should check it out too!

Any other time, I love any of the CSIs.

Big Bang Theory! I love Sheldon! Bazinga!

Of the new shows that just started this season, I'm loving Chase! It is SO good. When the new season started, the Hubbs really loved the new Hawaii 5-0.

Bad new for him: He works late on Mondays and kept missing it.

Good new for me: I didn't have to watch it because I wasn't a fan so I found something else.

Chase was that show. Now I have him watching it and he even thinks its better than Hawaii 5-0!

and I love how funny Mike and Molly is! I don't care what that Marie Claire writer says! I love the show and fat people (being that I'm not a stick anyway)

I loved Melissa McCarthy on Gilmore Girls as Suki and now I love her even more as Molly on this show!

and last but definitely not least, GLEE! I'm a total GLEEK! I esp. love the episode with Gweneth Paltrow! I love, love, loved the Singing in the Rain/Umbrella number at the end. It's got to be my most favorite performance of the show so far. I even made the song my ringtone!

Well that about sums it up!
If you want to join in on the 30 Day Blog Challenge, check it out Amanda's blog over at My Life as a Wife.

until tomorrow...

Day Two of 30 Day Challenge

2010-12-07T15:28:00.000-08:00

Day Two: Favorite Movie. Like I said yesterday, picking my favorite movie is much easier than picking my favorite song since I'm not much of a movie watcher. The Hubbs, now he's a movie watcher. He can stay up til the wee hours watching movie after movie. As soon as I get comfortable with him on the couch, I'm out. I usually last about 15 minutes max! Anyway, I'm getting off track.

My favorite movie would have to be P.S. I Love You! I love everything about that movie. I love Hillary Swank, I love Gerard Butler, I love the whole movie, did I mention I love Gerard Butler!?!

I do have a few others that come in right after that one.

2. Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist

When we didn't have cable, I got this movie out of RedBox and must have watched it all day one day. Over and Over! I loved it everytime!

3. Mary Poppins

When I was little, we rented this movie and when it came time to return it, I wouldn't let it go. I watched it so many times, I wore out the tape!

4. Dirty Dancing

I used to have this poster hanging in my room. I would pretend all the time that I was Baby and that my bed was the stage and I would jump off and run to Johnny for the lift. I know I'm a dork!

5. Untamed Heart

I loved me some Christian Slater in this movie. I've seen this movie a bunch and I cry every single time.

So What's your Favorite Movie? Join in on the 30 Day Blog Challenge and let us know. I'm following in Amanda's footsteps over at My Life as a Wife.

until tomorrow...

30 Day Blog Challenge

2010-12-06T19:05:00.000-08:00

20 Topics in 30 Days, I think I'm in! I'm always looking for something new to do with my blog and this sounds right up my alley. I"m following in Amanda's footsteps over at My Life as a Wife and passing the next 30 days with this Challenge.

Day One: Favorite Song! What a hard one! I don't know how I could ever narrow it down to just one. I love such a wide variety of music from 80s to Country to Classical to Opera. I really love it all. Not only do I love it all, there are so many songs that have meaning to me or that I connect to making this so much harder.

I love "Better Together" by Jack Johnson because it's the song Hubbs and I had are first dance to at our wedding. It is definitely always better when we are together and we love doing nothing together!

I love love love "The Prayer" sung by Josh Groban and Charlotte Church! I love to listen to it in the car and belt it out as loud as possible like I can sing!

"Way you Love me" by Faith Hill, that's another I love to sing loudly too! Oh, and there's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", "Jessie's Girl", anything by Michael Buble, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi or Boyz II Men.

The longer I sit here and think over it, the longer my list gets. So I'm gonna leave it as those and I'll be back tomorrow for Day Two of the 30 Day Challenge with Favorite Movie. I have all night to think about it but that list will be much shorter as I am not much of a movie watch.

Make sure you come back tomorrow and if you want to join in on the challenge, check here for the list of topics of at My Life as a Wife!

until tomorrow...

Fawk you Friday!

2010-12-03T18:33:00.000-08:00

Yay for Fawk you Friday! Who doesn't need a chance to throw out a few Fawk you's to all those people places and things? I do! So here goes:

Fawk You to the lovely lady on the phone that called me a dumbass while I was at work today. Being a Pool person I float around ofter among 5 different locations, so therefore I don't really know anyone. This lovely lady called asking for someone I did not know and after telling her that I'm just covering for the regular person so I don't know who that is or how to reach them, she asked for me to find out those things and called me a dumbass! So after finding out that the person wasn't there, she asked to speak to anyone else. Being the dumbass she thought I was, I nicely and politely transferred her to anyone! Anyone being somebody not in my dept that couldn't help her at all!!!! I mean I had to live up to her Dumbass expectations!

Fawk you to Toys r Us for not making it apparent that the Buy Any Dance Wii game and get another Wii game for $5 sale ended yesterday. I went there today hoping to get myself Just Dance 2 and another game for Noodle for Christmas and found the sale had ended. Now its buy a DS game get one for $5. I don't need two DS games!

One more very nondescript Fawk You to a person who will remain nameless because of being the worst at something that means a lot to me. I know that doesn't give you guys any information but it makes me feel better because I know who it is and I needed to get it out there for no other reason that than!

Hope everyone has a Happy Friday and a Happy Weekend.

until next time...

First Friendly Friday Follow in Forever!

2010-12-02T19:46:00.000-08:00

How many F words do you think I can fit in one title?

I'm super excited to be participating in my first friendly Friday follow in forever. I'll be back in the swing of things before you know it!

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I am BAAACCCCKKKK!!!! Yippee!!!

2010-12-02T18:29:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the very fast cable man, I'm back! Oh how I have missed blogging!!!

We have been cable and Internet free for months now! I do not think I would have survived if it wasn't for my Android phone and lovely Antenna TV! I was still able to follow all of your lovely blogs but blogging from my phone took way too much time! Besides, adding pictures was nearly impossible and what's a blog without pictures. I have so many things that I haven't been able to write about and tons more pictures that haven't been shared.

I am looking forward to catching up and blogging everyday now. I am looking forward to reading all the blogs I follow in full size being able to see how the pretty blog designs!

Hopefully I will still have some followers! Thank you for sticking around even though I have been gone forever! I promise I will be here for awhile now with lots to share! Especially with the holidays coming, family pictures with Kristen Pace, birthdays and anniversaries!

until next time...

Tis the Season for 50 free cards from Shutterfly!

2010-11-20T18:00:00.000-08:00

Just for blogging about Shutterfly and their wonderful selection of Christmas and Holiday cards, you can get 50 free cards. That is perfect for someone that loves pictures and cards as much as I do. I always love this time of year when all the Christmas cards start arriving in the mail. It's always fun to see how the kids have grown from year to year or read the yearly letter that fills us in on what's been going on.

Normally, I'm the one that designs and makes my Christmas cards but when I started looking through Shutterfly's selection of cards, I decided that they could do it for me this year. There are so many that I just absolutely love that I think I'm going to have a hard time narrowing it down to just one.

If we wanted to go with a Family Letter style, I would go with this one. I love the color combination!

I'll definitely need one for more than one picture because I'll never be able to narrow it down to just one! These are great options!

Not only do they have a card that will suite all your holiday needs, they also have invitations that will suite all you holiday needs! My sister and I are thinking of doing a Cookie Swap and wouldn't this just be the perfect invitation!

or this one for just a fun Holiday party!

After seeing just the few of the ones that I love, I know you'll want to look through them yourself and pick out one or thirty. If you want to sign up to get your very own 50 card for free just by blogging, you can do that here.

Happy Choosing. I know I'm going to have a very hard time!

Thanksgiving...a little early!

2010-11-17T14:50:00.001-08:00

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So many new things...

2010-09-12T17:04:00.000-07:00

Being without a working computer and without internet at my house, it's been very hard to keep this thing up and running. There's so much that has been going on. Sp many new things to share!

Noodlehas started 1st grade! Its very exciting. She was going to be going to a new school but with the unexpected change in a financial situation, I was very happy that I did not burn any bridges with her old school. I wanted too but for some reason kept from doing so and boy, am I glad that I did. She was having lots of anxiety about going to a new school anyway that led to lots of bed wetting. She's much happier being back at her old school with her old friends and the bed wetting has ended! YAY! I must say that I'm not old enough to have a 1st grader!!! Oh, she's also lost another tooth. This time on top. We're still waiting for one of the bottom to fall out. It's been loose for months and doesn't seem to be held in by anything but we can't get it out. She goes to have some teeth filled in a week or two and the dentist said if it was still in, he'd pull it while she was out!

I have started my new job. I'm going on my third week and everyday I have a new emotion that goes with it! I'm happy to be out of the house for some adult interaction but at the same time, I'm sad to being leaving my children's responsibility on someone else. That has been a chore in and of itself!!!! I'm hoping that this job will quickly lead to a full time one so that I can stick Nugget in full time daycare and not constantly have to be worrying about where he's going to go so I can work.

I've been dabbling in decorating onesies for my friends who are having babies. I regularly make shirts for Noodle but like making them for other people. I'm also trying to broaden my ideas away from just girly shirts since Nugget isn't a girl and needs something "boyly" as I say! I've made a really cute one with a rocket for my nephew but of course I don't have any pictures of it! I'm hoping to get really good at it and start selling them!!Here are a few that I have made for friends:

Nugget's eczema journey is still an ongoing one! I feel like we're seeing the dermatologist every 2 weeks with what seems like no progress at all! It's very frustrating. Well, at his last visit, she finally decided to do an ImmuCap test which tests for allergies through a bloodtest. Nugget went to an allergist back in Jan. but his skin tests showed nothing. He wasn't allergic to anything. I found that very hard to believe. He had reactions to milk and what we though was wheat but come to find out he's not allergic to them. The bloodtest found that he is allergic to cats and he has high sensitivity to walnuts and peanut and a mild sensitivity to soy. It has me thinking that his eczema can't possibly be in response to a food allergy. He's cleared up several times with the help of an antibiotic but if it were due to his food allergy, he wouldn't have cleared because he's never been off soy! Soy is in EVERYTHING!!! He has another appt. this week. We'll see how that goes!

So I guess that's about it! I'm sure I'll think of something else but until then...

Busy, busy

2010-08-17T07:59:00.001-07:00

We were so crazy busy over the weekend! We had lots of family in town so we spent lots of time with them. The kids had lots of fun with all the cousins they don't see often enough and the parents tried tuning out all chaos. Imagine 6 kids, ages 11mths, 18mths, 2, 4, 6 and 9. That equals lots of noise, lots of toys and apparently lots of kettle corn. We discovered this weekend that Nugget LOVES kettle corn. It's always great to find something that he loves since his diet is restricted to dairy free and gluten free! (Side note• Nugget is looking amazing! We may have found the perfect combo...an antibiotic, oral steroids and wheat free but I'll write more on that later) So after two full days of family craziness, we are exhausted! It was so great to see everyone though!
Yesterday we went to JCPenney to have the kids pictures made. I feel so slack because we have not had their pictured professionally made in almost a year. Its seems like Nugget's face starting getting worse right after our last pictures and we've been struggling with it ever since. Well, until now! Here are just a few of my favorites!

Alright. enjoy those because I know I have. I love my two beautiful babies! Tomorrow Noodle starts first grade! I can hardly believe it! Nugget is half way to being two and I can't believe that either. They need to grow slower!
Til next time...

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I may be back

2010-08-12T06:40:00.001-07:00

I just got Blogger-droid for my phone so I may be back. I dont know how I feel yet about it but it send like it will be pretty easy. Now all I have to do is figure out how to include pictures and I think I'll be set. I kinda miss blogging all the time.

So not too much has been going on. Hubbs has been on a few interviews but hasn't heard anything back. His last one was yesterday so I how he hears back from it because its a normal Monday thru Friday with normal hours (something we've never experienced together). I have also been on several interviews. I figured now was a better time that any to put my Bachelors to use. Well it's worked out so far. I got offered a job yesterday and I took it. Its only a PRN position but its in the field I'd like to continue in Psychiatry! I'll be a patient rep. for the Psychiatric Nursing Programs at the local med. univ. I'm kinda excited about it

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Bad Blogger but Good reason

2010-07-20T13:55:00.000-07:00

I hate to say it but I've been a bad blogger and I probably will be for awhile. My computer died AGAIN! This past week has been full of unfortunate events. My husbands work ordeal, my computer died, Nugget got an infection in the eczema near his ankle and his ankel swelled, and I'm sure there are more that I just can't think of. So until my computer is fixed, my blogs will be random and few and far between.

I would like to say Thank You to Cheryl for my great Christmas in July gift. I love it! She made me a beautiful clutch and when I have time to add a picture I will!!!
I also have a job interview this week which I'm super excited about. Its at the local Med.U in Pschiatry for a Patient Rep. so I hope I get it! Its right up my alley having a Psych. Degree and working at a private behavioral health facility!!! Wish me luck!
Nugget seems to be clearing up FINALLY AGAIN! He's on another round of antibiotics thats the same as what cleared him up last time and the wheat free seems to make him less itchy! Hoping this all continues.

So I've had a few positives in the last week but the negatives unfortunately have outweighed them by at least double! Here's to better day ahead!

Hope everyone's having a great summer!
Be back full time soon!!

Can't Catch A Break

2010-07-14T18:47:00.000-07:00

It seems as though ever since Nugget was born, we can't catch a brek or at least when we think we have, we get slapped in the face with another piece of bad news. Well today I got a big ole slap in the face when my husband gave me his news. He's been demoted AGAIN!!!!!! About this same time last year, this same company demoted him and literally cut his pay in half! It was nowhere near enough to live off so he had to find a new job. So in July last year he left this company and went to a new one that was more money (or so we thought) but it didn't have insurance. The owner made it sound like a big money maker so the insurance wasn't a biggie. We got private insurance for the kids only. Well the money wasn't as good and we were struggling. He was with that company until January when he was asked to come back to the old company for way more money. How could he pass it up? He'd be making the money he was before his first demotion and we'd all have insurance again! Woo Hoo! Things we looking back up. The hours he was working sucked but he was hourly and getting lots of overtime. His boss is a straight up ASS but if it weren't for him, I don't think my husband would have been asked back. Well that ASS has gone and turned on him and gotten him demoted AGAIN!!!!! He's apparently not doing his job well enough and not selling enough. Who's selling enough in this economy? My husbands a hard worker and it always trying to keep everyone else he works with happy but apparently that's not enough. This demotion also come with a pay cut to where there's no way in HELL we'll be able to live.
I literally have felt sick since he's told me. I've cried. And now I feel like I'm in a bad dream waiting for someone to pinch me so that I can wake up. When will we just be able to live without worrying how the bills are going to get paid or if we'll have insurance. We have to have insurance. We have kids, one of whom goes to the doctor constantly. Nugget is always under medical treatment for something, mainly his eczema. I just don't know what we're going to do!
Before finding out this lovely news, I had started looking for a job. With my husband working tons of hours, I've been left with doing everything else and I've honestly just become tired of it. The house, the kids, the errands are all my responsibility. Now I know what you're thinking..you stay home with the kids so its your job to do all these things and I totally understand that but we used to share all the house stuff. Well since he's never here, there's no sharing anything. The kids sometime go days without seeing him. I'm just tired! It's too hot to spend too long outside, the kids are going crazy staying inside, I'm going crazy with neverending laundry, cooking and cleaning and I want something new. I want something new outside of the house. I want to start making money that can go towards savings or towards a vacation or towards something that I want! I can't remember the last time I bought something just for me. I'm always putting everyone else first. I guess really getting a job would be something for me. something selfish. Getting a job means Noodle has to go to afterschool, Nugget has to go to daycare and I'll still most likely be doing everything in the house when I get home but at least for 8-9 hours a day, those things won't be my responsibility. For 8-9 hours a day, I'll be around other adults. I long for daily adult interaction!
With all that being said, I'm really actually quite torn. I want to make my own money, I want to contribute, I don't want all the responsibility to fall on my husband. At the same time though I don't want to pay someone else to raise my children. Daycare is expensive! Daycare won't take care of my children like I can. I don't want Nugget to have to go to daycare, I don't want Noodle to have to school to afterschool. I don't want to have to possible depend on others to help me with the kids.
I'm done! I'm rambling and I'm going to bed! To cry!

Nugget's going Wheat-free!

2010-07-10T16:27:00.000-07:00

Upon doing lots of research, we've decided that Nugget's going to go wheat free for a week. With Nugget's struggle with eczema, I am constantly researching causes. We've tried all kinds of medications, oral and topical, we've seen two dermatologists, he's been allergy tested and yet he still has severe eczema. Well just this week, I'm thinking I may have found a very likely source: WHEAT! Although Nugget has been allergy tested, he was not tested for a wheat allergy. His allergy testing also didn't show an allergy to milk but he can't touch the stuff! It causes a flare up everytime! So I started doing some research on wheat allergies and found that eczema is a symptom along with swelling around the eyes. Nugget's eyelids and around are also swollen! Everything Nugget eats has wheat in it and when I say everything, I mean everything! I've noticed that he's always extra itchy after eating and have often wondered if it was something else that he was eating that I had not thought of! I also found that wheat is a source of PABA, a common ingredient in sunscreens. Nugget has flare ups with all sunscreens that are not PABA free! Well that's too many coinky-dinkies for me!

So starting Monday, Nugget's going wheat free for a week. I hit up Earthfare and Whole Foods today to check out wheat free options for him and was surprised at how many there were. Even more surprised at how crazy expensive they are! I got a glimpse of that when we started looking for cheese alternatives for him. He loves grilled cheese but it doesn't not love his skin! He flares up with every one but I felt it was mean to deprive him of something he loved so much. Our solution was Vegan Cheese which he loves! I don't blame him though, the stuff is better than regular old American cheese! We left the stores with lots of options for Nugget! Here's a list of some of our exciting wheat free purchases!

Cinnamon raisin bread
Waffles
Animal crackers
chocolate chip cookies
Ian's chicken nuggets
Ian's fish sticks
Pirate's Booty=veggie and barbeque
Ian's Mac and No Cheese (which I'm super excited about!!!)
Non dairy cheese sticks

I think that's it but I may be wrong. I'm super excited to see if this helps him any. I'm tired of nothing working and my poor baby suffering!
I'll post again afterwards to let you know how it went!

Tag Along Tuesday

2010-06-29T09:32:00.000-07:00

Another Tag Along Tues. brought to you by Twee Poppets! I haven't done one in a couple of weeks so I figured I should do one this week!

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Another 24th passes

2010-06-25T06:26:00.000-07:00

So if you didn't know already, the reason my blog is title Together 24 is because everyone in our little family has a birthday on the 24th of some month, Hubbs in Aug, Noodle in Dec., Nugget in Feb. and me in July.

Well yesterday was June 24th and we had lots to celebrate. Yesterday was Noodle's 1/2 birthday! She's not officially 1/2 way to being 7 and she can't seem to stop talking about turning 7. She's so excited! When the Hubbs and I got married, his side of the family started celebrating her 1/2 birthday so she didn't feel like she got jipped. With her being on Christmas Eve, they wanted to make sure she got birthday presents that were separate from her Christmast presents. So to celebrate, last night we went to Fonduely Yours with Nana. It was the first time going there for all of us. We had such a great time and left completely stuffed. We had some cheese fondue with bread, apples and some veggies. We had a variety of meats and veggies to cook up. Then to finish things up, we had some chocolate fondue with cake, marshmallows, bananas, apples and a few other things. Man, was it yummy! My favorites were the stuffed mushrooms and the chocolate covered marshmallows!

Yesterday, Nugget also turned 16 months. He's developing such a little personality and its too funny!
At his last checkup which was about 3 wks ago, he was 23 lbs and 29.75 inches. He's a little peanut compared to Noodle!
He talks nonstop but we have no idea what he's saying.
He says a few words here and there but definitely only talks on his own terms. When he actually wants to, he can say "dog" "Mama" "Dada" "Olivia" "uh-oh" "meow" "cookie" and a few others I'm sure that I can't think of right now. He's very verbal when he gets mad and it almost sounds like he's cursing at you. Which we know is not the case since we don't curse in front of him!
He walking all over the place and becoming quite the explorer/climber. He's so cute because he walks with his little belly poking out! He climbs in and out of his seat where he eats and in and out the back of his tonka dump truck.
He's just recently started doing "Itsy, Bitsy Spider" with his little fingers! It's so cute!
He's also eats non-stop! We're starting to think that he's a bottomless pit. We're not quite sure where he puts all of it.
His eczema is still not completely under control and its set off very easily! He's not on any dairy and seems to be allergic to mango. Luckily he isn't old enough to miss the dairy. We've done as much as we can to make sure he still gets things like cheese and yogurt, just vegan cheese and soy yogurt. He loves soy milk too!
He just today recognized himself in the mirror. It was so cute. He looked in the mirror and then touched his face because he saw that there was something on it. He's in the midst of a flare up so his face isn't looking that great and he has several scabby spots. He noticed them this time though when he looked in the mirror.

So another 24th passes meaning we're 8 months closer to the terrible twos, 6 months closer to Christmas and to Noodle turning 7, 2 months away from Hubbs turning 29 and 1 month away from my 27th birthday!

Fawk You Friday!

2010-06-25T05:54:00.000-07:00

So it seems as though there in a reoccuring theme for my Fawk You Friday!

With that being said,

Fawk you to my husband's boss-the giant jerk who came back from vacation after having two weekends and the whole week between those two weekends to take away all of my husband's days off this week. My husband worked his ass off while the boss was gone and he gets rewarded by having to work something like 10 days straight without a day off. I'm not talking about your usual 8-5 workdays, I'm talking he has to be to work at 6:30am and doesn't get off til 9pm. There should be some kind of law against that!
Fawk you to my husband's boss who by taking away all of Hubbs' days off caused him to not be able to go to Noodle's 1/2 birthday dinner at Fonduely Yours! He was originally suppose to be off yesterday so he was going to get to go. I hate it that he missed out because it was so much fun and was a first for all of us except for him! He misses out on so many family functions and moments. I mean wasn't it bad enough that he had to work on Father's day this past weekend because you took two weekends in a row off?
Fawk you to my house- I'm tired of cleaning you, its been long enough and you're old enough, that you should know how to clean yourself!

I think thats all!

5 Question Friday!

2010-06-24T20:22:00.000-07:00

So I've been a horrible blogger. Being that it is summer, I've been busy trying to occupy them so I haven't felt like linking up for blog parties and we haven't really done anything exciting worth blogging about. I'll get back into the swing of things soon, I hope!

Until then, here's another 5 Question Friday! brought to you by Mama M!

1. Do you know how to play a musical instrument?

Why yes I do! I started playing the piano when I was either in second and third grade and continued until at least my freshman year in high school. I should have continued with it longer but I hated recitals. I love playing for myself but I absolutely hate playing in front of anyone. So I quit! I have a piano that's at my grandparents and I can't wait til we have room for it in our own place so I can play when its just me!

2. What is your pet peeve while driving?

Those people that never go the speed limit and those people who always want to speed and ride your ass when you get in the way of their speeding. I'm not a big fan of driving so I probably have more pet peeve while being a passenger than while driving!

3. Would you rather have a housekeeper or unlimited spa services? I'd rather have a housekeeper because I hate cleaning and it seems like its a never ending process around here with Hurricane Noodle that I swear comes behind me to destroy what I just cleaned! Besides, if I had a housekeeper, then I wouldn't be spending all my time cleaning which means I'd have more "me" time to use spa services.

4. Is there a song that you hear that will take you back to the moment, like a junior high or high school dance? Oh man, there's a ton of those! Gettin Jiggy with It takes me back to a ninth grade dance, Da Dip, Cotton Eye Joe, Water Runs Dry, the list could go on....all take me back to the dances they used to have at the Citadel. Every summer, the Citadel had a summer camp for boys and they always had dances on Friday or Saturdays for girls to come to and they were so much fun!

5. What song best represents your life right now? Hmmm...that's a hard one! I don't know if I've thought about that recently. I'm really loving Jewel's song, "Stay Here Forever" I just love the lyrics and remind me of the simpler times before the kids.

'Cause if you wanna go

Baby, let's go

If you wanna rock,

I'm ready to roll

And if you wanna slow down,

We can slow down together

If you wanna walk,

Baby, let's walk

Have a little kiss,

Have a little talk

We don't gotta leave at all

We can stay here forever

Lay here forever,

Great Father's Day present

2010-06-21T08:41:00.000-07:00

This is just an example. I haven't been able to put his real present together yet because Noodle has been with her dad for the weekend. Me being the procrastinator that I am, just decided Sat. morning that this is what I wanted to do for Hubbs but Noodle left early Sat. morning to go to her dads so I didn't have the chance to take pictures that included her. Nugget would only sit still long enough to take two pictures which is why the D pictures are the same. I'm hoping he'll cooperate a lot better once Noodle gets home!

Anyway, here it is! I can't wait to do one with both the kids!

Happy Father's Day!

2010-06-20T08:08:00.000-07:00

I've been a horrible blogger lately so I figured today's a great day to get back to it.

Happy Father's Day to the wonderful father my husband is!!!!
I knew he was going to be a great day from very early on! When Hubbs and I met, Noodle was not quite 2. One of the first times we went out to eat and Noodle was with us, I had to leave her at the table for a minute to run to the bathroom and I just knew she was going to scream. Her mommy was leaving her at a table with 4 or 5 people she didn't know like she knew her mommy and Frank was the one right next to her and she knew him the least. When I came back from the bathroom, she wasn't screaming but instead, she was laughing at Frank who was entertaining her with the little booklet they put your check in at restaurants! He didn't have to do that but he did and she loved it. That's when I knew he would be a great dad.
Well, that was almost 5 years ago and now, he's shown me that he's not only a great stepdad to Noodle but a great dad to Nugget! Nugget shows me that every single day. He's a straight up daddy's boy. If Hubbs is home, Noodle won't have anything to do with me and I think Hubbs wouldn't have it any other way. Heck, I don't think I'd have it any other way! I love that Frank not only does the fun stuff with Noodle, but he also does the nasty parts that come with Noodle, like the smelliest diapers you could ever imagine!
So Happy Father's Day Babe! I'm sorry you are stuck at work today!

Happy Father's Day to all the other dads out there too! I hope all you other moms are as lucky as I am to have a great dad in your husband!

First Monday of Summer!

2010-06-07T20:18:00.000-07:00

So today's the first Monday of summer and I'm hoping that the

rest of the days of summer are as great as today was!

Nood started Cheerleading Camp at my old high school.

Nug and I visited with some friends while she was at camp.

We picked Liv up from cheerleading camp.

It was quiet time when we got home so Nugget took a nap

while Noodle watched The Tooth Fairy and played in her room.

That meant I got to do whatever I wanted! WooHoo!

After quiet time, we went to play in the Sprinkler Pad at the Park.

Noodle loved it, Nugget wasn't so sure!

Picked up French Toast Sticks from Sonic for dinner

Noodle surprisingly asked to take a shower as soon as we walked in the door!
Nugget ate his french toast sticks along with some strawberries.

After bathing and eating, Noodle practiced some of her cheers for us.

I cracked up at Nugget clapping, stomping and shaking his butt along with her!

Both kids were in bed by 7:30

YAY for "ME" TIME!!!!

Here are some pictures from the park today!

Getting to Know you!

2010-06-06T20:22:00.000-07:00

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you! brought to you by MannLand5. 1. If a person has a booger in their nose. and you can see it, do you tell them?
Absolutely! Because if I had a booger that they could see, I'd want them to tell me! Common courtesy people!

2. What are you passionate about?
My kids. They are my life and have made me who I am!

3. How long have you been blogging?
Since Nov. or Dec. of 2009. That's not very long and I didn't do it often when I first started!

4. What is your favorite "summer" drink?
I love me some pink lemonade during the summer or just some sweet tea. What can I say? I'm a true southern girl!

5. What is your favorite type of music?I like alot but my favorite would be more of a genre that a type. I love me some 80s and 90s. My husband has satellite radio is his truck with stations that play strictly those and I'm so jealous!!

6. Something I do before I go to bed is......?get on the computer and blog. It's practically the only time I have without the kids swarming around!

7. My Summer vacation plans are...?nothing really. Spend lots of time with both kids since Liv's out of school. Maybe do some fun crafts, go to the beach or waterpark and just chill!

8. My favorite must have, can't live without, beauty product is? I don't really have one. I'm not big on beauty products. I only wear makeup on special occasions and that only consists of some mineral makeup, bronzer and mascara.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Holy iPad Batman!

2010-06-04T20:47:00.000-07:00

Yes I said it...an iPad!!!!

I want one,

I need one,

I've just gotta have it!

So I entered to win one over at Mom to Bed by 8!

You can enter too just head on over to Mom to Bed by 8!!!

Lots of luck to all that enter!!!!

I want one and you will too! SodaStream giveaway!

2010-06-04T12:57:00.000-07:00

MidgetMomma is giving away a Soda Stream and I want it! You will too once you see what it is! You see a Soda Stream lets you make you own Soda at home along with Sparkling water and energy drinks! Its eco-friendly because you don't have all those soda cans and bottles that go to waste. Also the soda you get to make are better for you because they have less sugar and calories than regular sodas.

Doesn't that sound exciting? Doesn't it make you want one!?! Well if you want the chance to win one, head on over to MidgetMomma and enter her giveaway for one! The giveaway ends tomorrow that's Saturday June 5th. So hurry on over!

Fawk You Friday!!!!!!!!!

2010-06-04T08:19:00.000-07:00

My very very first Fawk You Friday!!! I'm kind of excited about getting to vent and give a big fawk you to those that need it!

Fawk You to my husband's job who feels that its necessary to extend there hours due to the time change. So now instead of him no getting home untl after 9 when they closed at 8, he will now most likely be getting home after 10 since they will now be closing at 9. Who really needs to get their car worked on at 9 o'clock at night? I mean Really?

You know, I think that may be my only fawk you for today! I guess that's a good thing!

This just in...as the day has continued I've gotten another one!!!!!!!!
Fawk You principal of my daughter's school and the damn residency verification. I'm sorry my tax receipt shows 6% instead of 4% but when we refinanced they changed the rate on us and we have yet to get it set back to the 4% where its supposed to be. However, it has the same address on it that it has had on it for the previos two years. As for the other information you need, I already turned it in and now you're saying its unacceptable! How is it that I used the same forms of identifaction the previous two years but now my car taxes bill is not acceptable. FAWK YOU KIM!!!! If I didn't know any better, I would think that you were trying to make us leave the school. Well guess what, we're in that process because your school is too full of hippie liberals for my taste. If you're going to teach my child about the presidential candidate, teach her about all of them not just Obama. If you're going to teach my child about holidays, teach her about all of them not just Hanukah and Earth Day!

Have a fabulous Friday!!!

Five Question Friday!

2010-06-04T08:02:00.000-07:00

Another Five Question Friday brought to you by MamaM!

Rules for Five Question Friday: Copy and paste the following questions to your blog. Answer them, then c'mon back to link up! I would love it if you'd link back to me, Mama M., but that's not a requirement!

If you don't have a blog, but still would like to play along, feel free to leave your answers in the comments of this post or any blog along the blog hop way!

Oh, and the biggest rule? Have fun!! ;)

Questions for Friday, June 4th:
1. If you could go back to college would you change your major? Or, if you were to go to college right now...what major would you choose?
That's a hard one for me because there are so many things that I'm interested in. I wouldn't do Psychology even though that's what my degree is in. I think I would either do nursing or graphic design. I know, two totally different fields.

2. What do you love most about your home?
That it's mine. I own it! I bought it in 2006 when I was 23 and I love that I was able to do that. Now its where we watch our family grow.

3. What types of books do you like to read (if you like to read at all)?
I'm not a big fan of reading books but I do love listening to them. My MIL gets books and puts them on her iPod so I get them from her. So far I really enjoy it! I can just connect up my iPod in the car and listen while I'm driving. Olivia doesn't enjoy it too much but Owen doesn't seem to mind!

4. What is the grossest thing you've ever eaten?
I don't know! I can't really think of anything. The grossest thing that I won't eat is Green Peppers and that's because I have a horribly gross story that goes with it that I will spare you! I hate the taste and most importantly the smell of them! YUCK!!!!!!!

5. If you HAD to be a character on a TV show, whom would you be?
Hmmm...maybe Meredith Grey. She gets to be married to a beautiful man, Derek Sheppard and she's a doctor so that doesn't sound too bad either.

Teachers' Gifts!

2010-06-04T07:36:00.000-07:00

Normally I'm the mom that forgets all about Teachers' gifts. Luckily, I have a great grandmother who always remembers them and picks something up. Well, this year, since it was Noodel's last year in this class, I wanted to make sure I got all her teachers something. She goes to a montessori school so she's been in the same class for three years and now she'll be moving from the primary class to the lower elementary class.

I decided that I wanted to make them all something so that it was a little more personal. I made them each a frame, personalized some hand sanitizer and made some clothes pin magnets. I love Mod Podge and everything you can do with it. I also got them each a little basket to stick all the stuff in!

So here are some pictures of what I made. I didn't get a picture of the final present all put together in the basket however!

I just used plain wooden frames that I got for $1 and made them pretty with scrapbook paper, beads and felt. Of course, I used Mod Podge as my glue!

I got these hand sanitizers also for $1 and I'd much rather have personalized ones than plain ones. Again, I used Mod Podge, scrapbook paper and ribbon. I also used the Mod Podge with glitter. My paper was two sided so it gave the sanitizer a pink tint.

These magnets I made with clothes pins, magnet strips and either paper or ribbon. I just attached the paper/ribbon with Mod Podge. The green polka dotted one has a bead that I hot glued on.

Follow Friday!

2010-06-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

It's another Friendly Friday Follow brought to you by Toddler Awesome!

It's a way to find new followers and new blogs to follow!

Hope everyones having a Fabulous Friday!

W is for Wednesday and...

2010-06-02T06:49:00.000-07:00

Weddings!

I love all things wedding! I loved planning our wedding. I loved talking about weddings. I love going to weddings. So this week I pick weddings for my other 'W' word.

Here's how it works. If you want to join in just copy the question into your own blog, answer and post. Come back here and let me know you joined in so I can read what you wrote about!

What are your 3 favorite things about weddings? This can be your three favorite things that happened at you own wedding or just three of your favorite things about weddings in general!

So here are my three favorite things from my wedding!

1. Hubbs' vows to Noodle! When we start laying out our ceremony, we decided to include vows to Noodle! I had Nood preHubbs, so he wasn't just marrying me, he was marrying her too! I knew from the beginning that he was a great man because he accepted me even though I had a child and he loved that child as much as he loved me and treated her as his own from practically day one! So during our ceremony, after we said our vows to each other, Frank said his vows to Noodle. He vowed to love her as if she were his but also vowed to not try to fill the spot that was her fathers. He would have his own special place in her heart like she had in his! Like we exchanged rings with our vows, He gave her a necklace. The necklace has three hearts: one for me, one for him and the middle one for her. The middle one had her name engraved on it! I am so lucky to have found a man who loved me and my child!

2.Our cake! I loved, loved, loved our cake! When picking out our cake, I didn't want the usual white cake! I decided to go with a cake that Publix had listed under Groom's cakes. Our colors were brown and red and the cake had a layer that was chocolate coated on top with it running down the side. It was supposed to come with chocolate cover strawberries on it but instead, we put the strawberries as filling in the layer with the chocolater coating. It tasted like a big chocolate covered strawberry and was wonderful! I just wish I got more of it! Here's a picture of it from the site.

3. Planning it on a much smaller budget that most weddings are planned! Since this was my second wedding, we had to pay for a lot of it ourselves. I planned everything on aboutan $8000 budget and loved every minute of it! It wasn't stressful to me but fun to see what all I could get. I also did a lot of things myself. I made the favors, the inviations, and the programs. We splurged on food and photography which took up most of our budget but those are some of the most important things to have. You want to make sure your guests have yummy food and you want to have great pictures to remember the day by for years and years!

I'm going to have to try to add pictures later. For some reason it won't upload any right now and I don't really have the time to keep messing with it at the moment.

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has to share! I love weddings!

until next time...
candice

Ergo Baby Carrier Giveway by The Ethertons!

2010-05-28T14:14:00.000-07:00

The Ethertons have a great giveaway going for an Ergo Baby Carrier!

It looks like it would be a great thing to have! It holds your child up to 40lbs. note Ergo recommends 40lbs but it has been tested up to 90 lbs. You will need an extra insert for babies under 4 months old.
you can wear your baby on your front or on your back. It is easy to use and very convenient. It is also easy to store. It doesn't take up a lot of space. It could easily fit in a diaper bag when not in use.

My favorite thing is that it comes with a hood. This is a sleeping hood to keep it darker around baby and protect baby while he or she is sleeping. I am sure it also helps protect babies when its raining if your say trying to get from the store to your car and from the sun if you are outdoors for an extended period.

This one has to be my favorite!

So make sure you head over to The Ethertons and enter!

Friday Follow

2010-05-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

Friendly Friday Follow

I always love getting new followers and finding new blogs to follow!

Happy Friday!!!

5 Question Friday!

2010-05-28T05:59:00.000-07:00

It's FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!and you know what that means...Another 5 Question Friday brought to you by My Little Life

Rules for Five Question Friday: Copy and paste the following questions to your blog post, answer them, then c'mon back to link up! If it floats your boat, you can even grab the blog hop code! I would love it if you'd link back to me, Mama M., but that's not a requirement! ;)

If you don't have a blog, but want to play along...feel free to answer the questions in the comments of my blog, or any blog along the way!

1. Is there something you've always wanted to try but just can't muster up the courage to actually do yet? I want to start some kind of crafty business! I love doing any kind of crafts and I'd love to make money off of them. I also want to do it so I can continue to stay home with the kiddos but still make money to contribute to our house!

2. If you had $100 handed to you in cash without your significant other knowing about it, what would you spend it on? Supplies to make anything crafty! Thats something I don't normally just go out and buy!

3. What was your favorite piece of playground equipment as a child? The merry go round! I don't think they really even put those on playgrounds anymore though!

4. Do you prefer a sweet or hearty breakfast?I'm not a big breakfast person at all! I guess I'd have to say I like a good combo of both. If I eat breakfast its either cereal or a steak biscuit but I do like donuts when I get to have them!

5. Are you a Neat Freak or a Messy Bessy? Boy how I'd love to be a neat freak but I'm far from it! I guess you could say I'm a wannabe neat freak stuck in a messy bessy mom's body. The majority of the mess I'm surrounded by is kid stuff and clothes. Those are both things that no one in our house lacks!

So there you have it! My five question Friday!
So glad today is Friday and that we have a long weekend! Looking forward to the Children's Day Festival on Saturday and Shrek 4 on Monday!

Thursday Five!

2010-05-27T09:02:00.000-07:00

It's Thursday Five..Where we get to look back on our week and and come up with 5 things that have made us..

Happy

Joyful

Excited

Jubilant

Grateful

Whatever you want..just no bad stuff..

Some weeks are harder..and we might have to dig deeper..but I guarantee you will find 5 things!

*To play..write your Thursday Five post..then come back here and link up*

So here's my 5:

1. My daughter went yesterday to test to get into a new private Christian school and I am so grateful that I am able to give her that opportunity! She is so bright and beautiful and I want her to be in a school with a great Christian environment that will challenge her mentally and let her grow spiritually!

2. It makes me happy to hear that Owen is learning new words. All of a sudden, he's starting to say more and more words. Just within the last week he's learned Night Night, stinky and cheese! He's such a talker and I can't wait to see what he'll learn to say next or to be able actually understand everything he says!

3. I am excited that Olivia has a end of the year performance and graduation tonight. I always love seeing her perform and this year I get the added bonus of her graduating from 5K!

4. I'm looking forward to our three day weekend. I can't wait to take the kids to the Children's Day Festival with Spoleto! I think they will enjoy it! I know Olivia went a couple of years ago and had a blast! We also have plans to go see the new Shrek movie on Mon. since Liv doesn't have school! I think I'm more excited that she is!

5. I'm just excited to have my computer back. I was without it for 5 months. Can you believe it? I certainly can't! I don't know how I ever went that long without being able to facebook, blog or check my emails whenever I wanted. I actually had to plan those things in my day and I'm excited that I don't have to plan it anymore. I can just do it!

There's my Thursday Five. What's yours?

Happy Thursday!!!!

W is for Wednesday and...

2010-05-26T08:23:00.000-07:00

Words!

So each week on Wednesday I've decided I'm going to give you "W is for Wednesday and..." What comes after the "and" will change every week and there will be a question that relates! I'd love to see everyone join in and hear how you'd answer the question. If you want, you can copy and paste into your own blog or you can leave it as a comment! Hope everyone's having a Wonderful Wednesday!

This week I choose "W is for Wednesday and Words"

If you could pick 3 "words" to describe yourself, what would they be and why?

1. Mommy- I know thats obvious but I put it because it makes me who I am! When I was younger, I never wanted kids! I wanted to focus on myself and my career but all that changed when I had Noodle. She has made me a better person. Then I had Nugget and I realized that being a mommy is what I'm supposed to be! I love the rewards that come with being a mom! I get to watch my two beauiful children grow up and experience new things everyday. Being a mom means that I am shaping the future with my children. I just hope that I can shape them into well- mannered, loving children who go on to be great sucessful adults!

2. Competitive- I never really thought of myself as competetive until recently. I want to be the best in all that I do. I guess that's also a little bit of perfectionism coming out in me too! While playing Wii the other day with my husband, we were just doing a 3 pointer contest and I so badly want to beat him! I so badly wanted to get a perfect score! I got pure joy when I did beat him but I've yet to get a perfect score. Even though for the next two days, everytime Nugget went down for a nap, I certainly tried too!

3.Unorganized- Completely! I wish that I wasn't but I am! Always have been! Well I guess its more of an Organized Chaos! I know where things are but I'm the only one! I want to be organized so that everything has its place and that I'm not the only one that knows where that place is! Its something that I'm working on!

I look forward to hearing what three words you think describe yourself.
Come back next week to see what else "W" is for!

Another....Follow Me Back Tuesday

2010-05-25T15:56:00.000-07:00

So it's only Tuesday and I've been going blog crazy. I think I may have to find a bloggers anonymous meeting!
With that being said, I'm doing another blog to find great new blogs for me to follow and great new followers to follow me! So I'm now a Boobie Chaser!

How it Works

1. Add your blog to the list ( only have to add once )

2. Grab our NEW button & the link code to post on your blog.

3. Follow all 4 hostesses above & then as many other blogs as you would like.

4. After you follow a new blog make sure you leave them a comment letting them know that you are now a follower so that they can follow you back. Don't forget to return follows!

Tag-Along Tuesday!!!! along with Post It Note Tuesday

2010-05-25T05:47:00.000-07:00

My very first

Brought to you by Twee Poppets

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If you can, please follow the blogs in the three slots before you (e.g., if you're number 20, follow numbers 19, 18, and 17). This is not mandatory, but it will help ensure that everyone who signs up gets a few new followers!

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When you get a new follower through Tuesday Tag-Along, be sure to follow them back! It's just common courtesy. :)

The weekly Tuesday Tag-Along MckLinky opens every Monday night at 8:59pm Pacific Standard Time (that's 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time), and the TTA blog post will be posted well in advance of that time. The MckLinky will be open to add your blog until 11:59pm Tuesday night. You then have all week long to visit blogs and return follows!

There is a new list every week. The link you enter one week will not carry over to the next week's MckLinky. Please link up again each week to join in the fun!

Tuesday Tag-Along Blog Hopper of the Week:

Each week, one blog will be chosen randomly from all the links, and that lucky blog will be placed in the desirable second slot for the following week's MckLinky!

As my title says, it's also Post It Note Tuesday. Man, is Tuesday busy! Top 2 Tuesday, Tag-Along Tuesday and Post-It Note Tuesday! It's ok cuz I love it! I love blogging, finding new blogs to follow and hopefully getting new people to follow mine!

New to Post It Note Tuesday ??

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With all that, here are my post-its!

Now go visit some other Post It Noters... try to visit the 2 above your name at least and leave a great comment

Top Two (Early) Tuesday

2010-05-24T17:18:00.000-07:00

It's that time...time for

a little early!

Top 2 Tuesday is brought to you by The Undomestic Momma.

This weeks its Top 2 Dates.

1. I would have to say my most favorite was mine and Frank's first date. It wasn't necessarily what we did but what it was the beginning of- our life together. Our first date had to be the best date I've ever been on because we were both just so comfortable with each other. It wasn't awkward like most first date. There were no awkward silences, no . We talked about everything like we'd known each other forever. We went to dinner at the Mustard Seed. I love that place. It has such a great quaint romantic atmosphere at night! After dinner, we went for a walk on the Battery, where we continued to talk. We ended up holding hands was we strolled along. After leaving the Battery, we stopped by his mom's house (she wasn't here of course) so he could take care of some business (romantic, right?). While he was in the bathroom, I looked at all the pictures his mom had up of him. Most of them were from when he was in high school. He was such a dork but hey, what can I say? He's my dork now and I love him! When he came out, he kind of caught me of guard by walking up behind me. He wrapped his arms around me and kind of rested his chin on my shoulder while I continued looking at the pictures. It was at that moment that I knew he was different. I knew I wanted to see him again to see where it would go. Little did I know 5 years later that we'd be married and he'd be the wonderful stepdad to Olivia and dad to Owen! He took me home afte that and walked me to the door. We said our good-byes and when he went in for the kiss, I cheeked him! A girl never kisses on the first date! We were pretty much inseperable after that!

2.Hmmm...that's a hard one! I'm going to consider our honerymoon as one very long date making it my second favorite! With me having Olivia already when I met Frank, we didn't really get a whole bunch of just "me and Frank" time. I mean we did but our honeymoon was the first time we'd gone away together, just us, for more than a night. We went on a cruise to Key West and Cozumel. In Key West, we were able to just walk the streets, shop, and leisurely eat! It was so nice. On the ship, we were able to sleep when we wanted and eat when we wanted. It was nice to just BE with Frank! When I'm with him, we don't necessarily have to do anything. We just like to BE together! In Cozumel, we went on excursion in MiniJeeps to go snorkeling! Although I despise snorkeling, I enjoyed the MiniJeep ride with Frank. It was so much fun taking in the beautiful scenery and laughing at our MiniJeep that scared the couple behind us evertime it backfired! It was so hard to come back!

Beautiful Yellow!

2010-05-24T16:06:00.000-07:00

So I've decided to participate in this weeks photo contest over at iheartfaces

This week's theme is "Yellow" It took me a while to find a picture with yellow. Yellow isn't necessarily one of my favorite colors. My kids don't wear yellow, I don't wear yellow. The closest thing to yellow in my pictures in Nugget's hair and at this point, that's evern more white that yellow! But after searching, I found a great picture that fits the "Yellow" theme!

My Noodle flower! She's bright, beautiful and most importantly YELLOW! This is from the Flowertown Festival this part March! I just love it and hope you will too!

Seems to be a Manic Monday!

2010-05-24T08:48:00.000-07:00

I don't know what's going on but it's early and today's already been rather crazy.
I should have known when I went in to get Noodle up for school and she didn't budge that it was going to be a great day. Of course by "great" I'm totally being sarcastic. How come no one has developed a font specifically used for sarcasm. Anyway, when she finally woke up, she cried over what I picked for her to wear, didn't want anything but PB&J out of all the things I offered to put in her lunch and then she started to cry. The crying didn't stop either. She cried over brushing her teeth, cried that she didn't want to go to school, cried because she was too tired, cried when I told her she had to go to school, cried when I told her she didn't get to spend the night with M&B if she didn't go to school, cried when I asked her to change her shirt because the one she finally put on was dirty. I finally just sent her to her room with the intent of just letting her stay home. With all the crying, I assumed she had a long and exhausting weekend over at her dad's, which isn't unusual. After calming down she came the the top of the stairs, "Mommy, do I get to spend the night with M&B tonight?" Let the water works begin AGAIN! I had already told her no school, no M&B. It wasn't too late for her to make it school so she finished getting ready and we headed to school.
Surprisely we actually made it on time and she was happy when she finally got out of the car. I think it's because she knew since she was going to school she'd get to spend the night with M&B(her great grandparents).
Well, it didn't get any better from there. As soon as I pulled back out onto the main road, Nugget started screaming! Not him too! And then after half the ride home, he just stopped! But unfortunately it didn't end there. Once inside the house, he started again. He cried until I got breakfast fixed, cried when I wouldn't let him hold my phone, cried when I changed his diaper and as I sit here and type this, he's in his crib crying! It's naptime for him and for the last three day, Nugget and naptime just don't mix. What happened to my good little sleeper who went down at 10 and slept until at least 1? Where did he go? I want him back. This napping for an hour thing is not my friend. I can't get anything done! Naptime was when I took the time to straighten up the mess he made with his toys or to do some laundry or just catch my breath. No nap means no downtime. I need the downtime!
All the craziness and I almost forgot that today is the last Monday of the school year! Well, techinically it is. Next Monday is Memorial Day so Nood doesn't have school but she does have it Tues.-Thursday! I'm super excited and ready for summer. Nugget's big enough to take to the beach, Noodle's going to a few camps, and it'll be nice to have both kids able to spend time together. I am so thankful that my children love to be with each other! I know it surprising. The whole time I was pregnant with Nugget I just knew Noodle was going to hate him when he got here but she doesn't. She's like a second mommy for him. If she wakes up before he does, she goes and gets him out of bed. She lets him climb all over her when she's on the floor. Cute part is that we can tell Nuuget loves her too! He gets so excited when she walks in the room. When we go to pick her up in the afternoon, as soon as they open the door to put Liv in the car, he yelling Hey at her and giggling. It so cute. I just hope that their relationship stays a good one and that as they grow, their relationship grows closer!
I think that's enough for now. I think I'm pretty much done with the rambling.
Hoping that this Manic Monday will turn into something much less manic!
Oh, once last thing but definitely not the least important! Happy 15 Months to Nugg! I can't believe he's that old already. They grow up too fast!

Getting to Know you, well actually Me!

2010-05-23T14:47:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Keely over at MannLand5, I've discovered "Getting to Know You"! I'm pretty new to blogging and am always looking for new things to write about so this is a great thing to start.

1. Do you have a fetish?
I have a flip flop/shoes in general fetish! I just can't get enough of them. After having each baby, my feet grew and I was so sad when I had to get rid of all my fabulous shoes. Now I'm in the process of replenishing them which isn't as easy since my feet got wider and it's hard to find shoes that are cute and comfortable. That's where the flip flop fetish comes in handy because they are easy to find!!

2. Do you sing in the shower? Not only do I sing in the shower but I sing in the car, in the living room, to my babies. For that matter I'm always humming and am known to burst out in song whenever it hits me!

3. Who was your first crush? I did chased this boy Michael around the playground when I was in five year old kindergarten so I guess he would be my first crush! If not him, then it would definitely have to be Uncle Jesse on Full House! Have Mercy!!! I was so in love with him in first grade! Or it could have been Donnie from New Kids on the Block. I had his doll. His face was on my pillow! I was so in love with him too!

4. What do you think is the best manly trait a guy could have?

Being a great support physically, emotionally and financially! A man who can provide for his family and at the same time give them all the love and attention they need is a great man! My husband is a great man!

5. Do you sleep naked?

I have two kids one of whom could waltz in the room anytime she wanted so no I don't sleep naked. Well not totally anyway!

6. What do you do when (you think) no one is looking? I almost always readjust my pants. I feel like I'm constanly pulling them up or straightening them out and I hate doing it when anyones looking. It's just not appropriate!

7. What's the first thing you do when you go online?
Sadly its check Facebook followed by checking my emails then blogging.

8. Summer is.....?

wonderful! I love the summer! I love going to the beach, spending extra time with Livi since she's out of school, taking her to Summer Camps, and taking the kids on mini day vacays.

It's another 5 Question Friday!!!

2010-05-21T09:02:00.000-07:00

It's FRIDAY!!!!!!!and you know what that means...Mama M has brought me and all you another 5 Question Friday. If you want to participate just copy the questions and answer them to your own blog!

1. Do you have an iPhone and, if so, how do you get apps and what are your favorites? I do not have an iPhone nor do I know if I want one. I've seen how all the people I know that have one are slightly addicted and I don't know if I want to become that! Do you really need to be able to do internet, facebook, twitter and what not all day everyday from anywhere? I don't really think so!

2. What is your fondest memory of K-3rd grade? Playing house and barbies! I remember specifically pretending with my friends that we were all the people from Full House too. I loved that show back then!

3. What makes you cringe at the thought of touching? any soggy food completely grosses me out. Owen's really bad a spitting out his food or sucking on a Graham cracker until is icky! GROSS!

4. If you could have any celebrity show up on your doorstep who would it be and why?
Ellen DeGeneres. I just love her show. She's so funny! If she's showing up on my doorstep that probably means she's got something great to give me too which is a bonus! She's always surprising people on their doorsteps with something that will help them out whether it be money or a new car!

5. What would you say is your best physical feature? Probably my eyes. I get lots of compliments on how pretty and blue they are. I guess that's a good best feature to have since no matter how fat I get, my eyes will never change!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

Thirty One Gifts Giveaway courtesy of the Undomestic Momma

2010-05-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

Undomestic Momma is bringing us a great Thirty One Gifts giveaway!

One reader will receive this cute personalized lunch tote!

So check it out! Thirty One gifts has a bunch a really cute things!

To Enter go to visit the Undomestic Momma and follow her entry rules!

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1st entry: visit Thirty One Gifts and tell me what your fav thing is

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*please leave a separate comment for each entry..I know its a pain but it is way easier to enter into random.org to choose the winner!

Neat Giveaway..Check it out!!

2010-05-20T18:47:00.000-07:00

I have another giveaway to share with you!!!!!

All Riled Up is doing a great giveaway of a custom Hilabeans Frame! They are so cute!!! You can check them all out at Hilabeans Frames!

If you win, you will be able to choose a frame color and letter color from the following choices: dark red, black, chocolate brown, white navy... and a background from these choices: brown alligator, black and white zebra, black on black zebra, gold and black polka dots, gold and cream damask, and leopard!

You'll have until May 24th to enter. All Riled Up has all the ways you can enter! Make sure you make it by there!

I've come to realize....

2010-05-20T18:19:00.000-07:00

I’ve come to realize that my body image is a tad dismorphic. I'm probably more comfortable with myself than I should be. I think it's because I swear I don't look as fat in the mirror as I do when I see myself in pictures. I'm come to accept that I've had two babies and weigh much more than I used to and m body shape will most likely never go back to what is what pre-baby. I am ok with that today!

I’ve come to realize that my job is being the best mother I can be to my two wonderful children and that's the more important job I could have. I may not make any money but I get so much more out of staying at home with them and it's worth more than any money I could earn. My children are my life, without them I don't know what I would do and I know that I would not be the person I am today.
I’ve come to realize that when I’m driving I am doing one of my least favorite things. I have always said that one day I want to have enough money so that I can pay someone to drive me around. I do not like to drive. However, I do enjoy blaring the radio and singing at the top of my lungs like I'm the best singer in the world and I can't do that if I'm not driving!
I’ve come to realize that I need more "me" time. I can't remember the last time I did anything for myself. I want to be able to do whatever I want for just one day ever now and them so I don't get burnt out on always doing everything for everyone else.
I’ve come to realize that I have lost the days of irresponsibility. They will never be found again! I guess I'm ok with it since growing up and becoming responsible is part of life! However growing up and being responsible are two different things because I sure do know a bunch of people who are responsible but definitely aren't grown up!
I’ve come to realize that I hate when I ask a certain someone to do something and he takes so long to get to it that I might as well have done it myself. Well, actually I normally do end up doing it. Take today for example: Certain someone was playing his video game when I asked him to get Olivia's shower ready. I was in the middle of cooking dinner but he surely did take 20 minutes to pause the game and go start her shower. Then while the kids and I were making dinner, he was still playing his game. I asked him to get Olivia some more food since I had just sat down and he just ignored me completely! I ended up doing it anyway!
I’ve come to realize that if I’m drunk someone must be keeping both my children so that Frank and I could go out. It also means that I drank quicker than Frank because he always seems to get drunk before I do then I have to be the "responsible one."
I’ve come to realize that money doesn't last long. As soo as we get it, we have to turn around and pay bills. Oh well!
I’ve come to realize that certain people will never change no matter how much you hope that they will. I've grown up and put the days full of high schoolish drama behind me but most people I know have not! I've also come to realize that it's really hard to find those people that will be great longtime friends.
I’ve come to realize that I’ll always remember the day of the Sofa Super Store fire..June 17, 2007. Frank and I were right by there when it started and we had no idea how bad it would turn out! We lost 9 brave firefighters that night. My dad is a firefighter and he was there that night. He was there to pull out those men who lost their lives trying to save others. I am thankful that he was there to help but even more thankful that he made it out alive!
I’ve come to realize that my sibling(s) and I are not as close as we should be. My sister, Heather, recently moved far away and my half sister, Kellen, I just don't see enough. Heather and I had a close relationship until she moved away and one day, I hope that it can be as close as it was before the move. Kellen has grown into a little teenager with a witty sense of humor and a love for anything Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. She even has fan pages for them that she runs!
I’ve come to realize that my mom and I will always have our ups and downs but we'll always be there for each other. She loves me and I love her, isn't that what's most important in the end anyway?
I’ve come to realize that my cell phone needs to be upgraded to something way more hi-tech and fancy! I also feel lost without it!
I’ve come to realize that when I woke up this morning, I had only been asleep for 5 hours which is not enough for me to function on. I also realized that when I woke up this morning that Olivia only has 8 more days of school which mean only 8 more days of waking up early! I am thankful both of my kiddos like to sleep in when they can!
I’ve come to realize that last night before I went to sleep, I was sucked into the computer for way too long! We just got our computer back fixed after it breaking in January. Do you know how hard it is to not be able to just get on and check your email real quick when you want? I was lost with it out too!
I’ve come to realize that right now I am exhausted after a long day with very little sleep, frustrated with my husband but excited to see the Grey's Anatomy finale!
I’ve come to realize that my dad is being the best dad he knows how to be. Its not the best but he's trying! I know one day he learn how to be the dad I've always hoped he would be. However I do appreciate him for being a firefighter for so long and am thankful that nothing bad ever happened to him!
I’ve come to realize that when I get on Facebook, I spend way to much time on it! It's so easy to get sucked in looking at what everyone is up to or the latest picture they've added. Being without a computer at home for so long though has made it a little easier for me to not spend so much time on it!
I’ve come to realize that today is one week before my baby girl graduates from kindergarten. Next year, Livi will be in first grade and I can hardly believe it. She's grown up too fast into a beautiful and smart little girl! Besides, I'm not old enough to have a child going into first grade!
I’ve come to realize that tomorrow is Friday! I like Fridays!
I’ve come to realize that I really want to have our house on the market and sold quickly so that we can get a house with a yard. This is something we have been working on but we suffer from TMSS (Too Much Stuff Syndrome) We've gotten rid of so much already but it surely feels like its a never ended process!
I’ve come to realize that the person mostly likely to repost this is probably no one. I know I only have 3 followers but I enjoy blogging even if no one reads it!
I’ve come to realize that life is always full of the unexpected. From one day to the next, I never know what will happen or what funny thing Olivia say or Owen will do!
I’ve come to realize that this weekend should be fun. Owen and I have Josh's first birthday party to go to and I want to make some floor pillows for the kids playroom!
I’ve realized the best music to listen to when I am upset is Boyz II Men. I know it's totally old school but I love me some Boyz II Men. "Although we've come to the end of the road, still I cant let go. Its unnatural. You belong to me, I belong to you"
I've come to realize that my friends, my true friends, are few! It's so hard to
find real friends that won't talk about you behind your bad, get offended by your advice or act like their still in high school! With real friends, you can go months without talking or seeing each other but then pick right up where you left off like no time has passed at all! I am grateful for the few true friends I have!

I’ve come to realize that this year has gone by way to fast! Owen turned 1, learnen to walk and has become an adventuresome mischief maker. Olivia is graduating from 5 year old kindergarten, learned to tie her shoe in a day and has become a great reader!
I’ve come to realize that my husband is my best friend and one of the loves of my life (the other two are Olivia and Owen). Even though we have our ups and downs, I know he loves me like no one else does. He's always there for me and he encourages me in all that I do. He's a great stepdad to my daughter, a wonderful father to our son and a understanding supporter who lets me be lucky enough to stay home with the kids!
I’ve come to realize that maybe I should get a paying job outside of the house so that I can meet other people that aren't necessarily moms and start contributing to the household!
I’ve come to realize that I love the life that I have. A wonderful husband, two beautiful children, a house that we can call our own, and the means to keep it! What else could I ask for!
I’ve come to realize that I don’t understand why some people worry about all the petty stuff. There's so much more to life than the petty stuff to worry about.
I’ve come to realize my past has made me who I am and I wouldn't change one part of it!
I’ve come to realize that parties that I attend are all childrens birthday parties. Wild crazy drunken parties are a thing of the past but I'm ok with that!
I’ve come to realize that my life is full of love, support, and blessing..lots of blessings!

5 Question Friday!

2010-05-14T18:38:00.000-07:00

Another 5 question Friday brought to you by Mama M. If you want to join in, just copy, paste and answer in your blog! If you don't have a blog you can answer them in a comment!

1. Take your pick...date night, girls night out, or night out alone? Date night! Between the hubby working all the time and having our wonderful two kids, I've almost forgot what those are like. Date nights are important for keeping a relationship fresh I think! I love spending quality time with my hubs!

2. Can you touch your nose with your tongue? Yes I can but just barely! Of course I had to try it first before I could answer!

3. What is your favorite flower and why? Yellow roses. I just really like them, no real reason why though!

4. If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself? Make sure you get married for the right reasons. That's probably the biggest mistake I've ever made. I got pregnant and then got married. Even though we talked about getting married before I got pregnant, I probably wouldn't have followed through with it if I didn't get pregnant. I got married the first time for all the wrong reasons. I made the mistake but learned from it and it has made me who I am. I wouldn't be where I am either. Having Olivia changed me for the better and being in a horrible first marriage made me realize the real reasons to get married. Now I have a great husband who is a wonderful stepfather to Olivia, a wonderful father to Owen and my best friend! I couldn't ask for a better husband!

5. If you won the lottery, what is the very first thing you would do? I would pay off all my debts! Then I would buy a new house! Then I would save all the rest! It would be nice to be debt free and financially stable!

Cute Things in Giveaway!

2010-05-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

I'm a followeer of The Undomestic Momma and she's doing a great giveaway.
You can check it out here:The Undomestic Momma Giveaway!
It's a $25 gift card to Paisley Pineapple that's got some really really cute things! Shopping cart covers, nap mat covers and duffle bags! All Way Cute!

Check it out and enter!!!

5 Question Friday

2010-04-30T12:53:00.000-07:00

I'm hoping I can actually keep up with this and do it every Friday!
The questions were brought to you by My Little Life and Mama M!

1. If you could, would you go back to high school?

Absolutely not!!

I'm a totally different person than I was when I was in high school and I don't really see the need to go back and be that person again. I didn't really enjoy high school that much so why would I want to go back and experience it all over again!

2. If a genie appeared and granted you two wishes, what would they be? (And, no saying "more wishes".)
My first wish would be that we all live happily ever after. I want my kids to have the best life possible. My second wish would be for enough money to pay off my current house, buy a new one and live comfortably for the rest of our lives.

3. What kids show do you secretly like?

That's actually a hard one. I probably watch more Kid TV than I do grown-up tv. I like the Backyardigans! They are so cute!

4. What is your beverage of choice? Mr. Pibb, Mt. Dew or sweet tea. I can't choose just one!

5. What is something that you would change about yourself (or are working to change in yourself)?
I want to be more patient. More patient with my kids, more patient with my husband and his job, and more patient with people in general. It's something I'm working on! I would also like to be much smaller than I am now. That's a constant work in progress!!!

til next time...

My Beautiful Boy!

2010-04-28T15:16:00.000-07:00

Its official!! Owen's back to his clear beautiful self (not that he wasn't still beautiful all swollen and bumpy)! I am so thankful for Dr.S who is a miracle worker! She prescribed just the right things and his face cleared up almost immediately. Now its my job to keep him moisterized and medicated which I plan on doing religiously! I don't want my baby boy to have to suffer again!
So here's a picture from today at the park!

Here are some other ones from yesterday too! The kids love to go to the park. I'm so proud of the young girl Olivia's becoming. She's a wonderful big sister to Owen. She helped him up the stairs, crawled with him in the tunnel and even fussed at the kids that were bigger than him for being too rough around him! I am thankful for my two beautiful children!!

Til next time...

Nugget's Eczema Journey!

2010-04-25T15:10:00.000-07:00

For the last 5 or six months, Nugget has been struggling with severe eczema. It started flaring up badly when he was about 9 months old. His pediatrician tried treating it with just a simple steriod cream that didn't work. When the pediatrician couldn't treat him, he sent Nugg to see a dermaroligist hoping she could help. Back in January, Nugg went to see the dermatologist. She sdiagnosed him with a severe form of eczema that waa more rare in children. She put him on oral steriods as well as several topical steroids to treat it and also sent him to an allergist to see if the eczeam was the result of him being allergic to something. At the allergist, we found nothing! He wasn't allergic to a single thing. Deep down inside, I wished he was so that treating his eczema would become more simple! He was young enough that he wouldn't miss milk if he was allergic to it but he wasn't! Nothing!!! So after finding that he wasn't allergic to anything, the derm. put him on another longer oral steriod taper. It was for two months rather than two weeks like the last one. With the two week taper, his face cleared up drastically and so did his body but as soon as it was over his face flared back up almost instantly. This two month taper seemed to have absolutely no effect on him!!
I was starting to get really frustrated! Poor Nuggie was starting to get frustrated! He itched like crazy!!! It had gotten to the point where he had to wear socks on his hands all the time to keep from scratching! No baby should have to live like that! His skin didn't seem to be getting any worse so that was good but then Easter morning, poor Nugget woke up with his left eye swollen shut! His steriod dose was upped starting another month long taper! I assumed the pollen wasn't helping because nothing else had changed. We went on a short vacation where he seemed to get a little better. I figured it was because our hotel room was extremely humid but who knows. When we got back, the next morning, he woke up with both eye swollen. His derm. had given me her nurses line so I called and left a message stating clearly that I thought he needed to be seen immediately since he was only getting worse. Being that this was the direct nurses line, I assumed it meant that I would get through to someone much quicker! Boy, was I wrong! After several hours, I still had not heard back from them and he was not getting any better so I took him to the regular doctor. They had no idea what was causing him to flare up so bad but they gave him a shot of Cortizone and hoped that it would help! Finally, 8 hours after calling, I heard back from the derm.'s nurse, who was quite rude with me. When she asked how he was doing, I proceeded to tell her that he was doing better no thanks to them to which she replied, "Well you did put a call in to Dr. L didn't you?" Yes I did hours ago!!!!! I wasn't just going to sit around while he wasn't getting any better and wait on you guys to call me back! My message said it was important but apparently that didn't matter. Then she asked me if he still needed to be seen. When I told her yes beacause Dr. L's treatment wasn't helping, she told me it would be a week before he could be seen. Now what if there were no other doctors that would treat him because he was under the care of a dermatologist already? What it was really an emergency and he was having some reaction to the meds she had put him on? She was in no hurry to see him or fix it!! I was VERY dissappointed! The shot of Cortizone the doctor gave him seemed to help and I told his derm.'s nurse, we wouldn't be needing their services! I knew that the next week, he had his one year check up and there I would ask to be referred to another dermatologist!
April 13- Nuggie went in for his one year checkup! He's growing too fast! He weighed 23 pounds and was almost 30 inches long. The doc was not happy with his face so he referred us to a new dermatologist! If this second opinion didn't help, he said we'd go for a third! I liked that! Whatever it takes to get my baby's face all better and to stop his crazy itching. We actually got an appt. with the new derm. rather quickly too!
April 20- Hubbs and I took Nugget to see his new derm. Dr. S. When she walked in, I literally had to refrain from gasping! She looked crazy! You know how some really smart people look a little crazy because they are so smart they just don't fit it? I'm seriously hoping that's the case with her! Well, she said that she thought he had a secondary skin infection on top of his eczema so that's what she was going to treat! She put him on two new ointments: one for his face and one for his body plus she gave him a med for the itching, an antibiotic for the infection and told me to keep him on the rest of his steriod taper! She wanted to see him back in a week!

Well, today is Sunday and he looks amazing! It took forever to get all his meds so he's just started the ointments for his face and body. He's been on the steriods, the antibiotic and anti-itch meds since Tuesday night! After just one application of the meds on his face, it looks So much better. Its not all red and inflamed! Dr. S just might not be as crazy as she looks. I've been taking some pictures to kind of document his progress or regress. It really varies from day to day! He woke up this morning with no inflammation or crustiness as we call it! I'm hoping its really the meds and not just some fluke!

This was a picture before we even went to the derm. It was taken April 17.

This is what he looked like on Wed. April 21! The poor thing! He looks just horrible!

This was him yesterday. April 24. This was before he'd gotten any of his ointments We had a time getting them because Dr. S wanted two meds mixed for his face and two meds mixed for his body but his insurance compnay wouldn't pay for it that way! So we had to get three different meds because that's the way they would pay for it! I hate insurace companies sometimes!

This is what he looks like today! I know the pictures not as close up as the others but you can tell that he's nowhere near as red and he's much less crusty!

He goes back to the derm. on Tues. April 27. I'm hoping that his face stays like this and that it will just continue to get better and better until its clear. I mean he still a handsome baby with his flared face but I've almost forgotten what he looks like all clear!

Mini Vacay to Tybee Island, GA

2010-04-07T19:06:00.000-07:00

Hubbs' Uncle and his family were coming for a visit over spring break and part of their visit was going to be in spent in Tybee Island so we decided to go down for a couple of days to join them. They live in Seattle so we don't get to see them very often. The last time was at our wedding and Noodle just fell madly in love with J, Uncle's daughter. So when we found out they were coming, we had to see them. If not Noodel may have had a hissy fit! From the day Noodle found out, J and D were coming that's all we've heard about. "Mommy, when are they going to be here?" "Mommy, are they here yet?"

It was so nice to take a family vacation! Hubbs actually got three days off including Easter Sunday which is a very rare occurence. So we left Easter Sunday after family lunch! We had lots of fun hanging out. We ate, beached, "dumpster dived," fished, climbed the Tybee lighthouse and ate some more! It was a good time!

"Dumpster diving" was not actually that but actually going on a dolphin tour. Dumpster diving became our codeword! About a month before our trip, we started discussing going on a Boat ride to see dolphin because we knew it was something that Noodle would thoroughly enjoy! Well, we didn't want her to know about it so while talking we spelled out dolphin so she could not understand. She, of course, asked what I just spelled and to keep her from constantly asking I came up with "dumpster diving" because it too started with a "d." That seemed to satisfy her curiosity! However, over the course of the next month the codeword turned into an eloborate trip to actually go dumpster diving in her mind, to the point where I thought she was actually going to be dissappointed when we didn't go! Well, after we arrived to Tybee she saw signs about dolphin tours and then started repeatedly asking if we could go to that so I knew that she would not be dissappointed but excited that all along it was something she really wanted to do. On our dolphin adventure, Noodle got to see at least 20 frolicking dolphins! She had a blast!
On the otherhand, at the lighthouse, she did not! We learned Noodle is scared to death of heights! She comes by it honestly though! On our honeymoon, Hubbs and I climbed the lighthouse in Key West. I did just fine climbing it, it was coming down that was the problem! The stairs were open so I could see ALL the way down and that totally freaked me out! Nood experience the same thing! She was a champ until about 2./3 of the way up, then she started to panic! Once to the top, she cried and refused to come down. She had no choice, at this point it was the only way! So I took her by her hand and led her down. As Hubbs called it, it was "the blind leading the blind" The whole time I was leading her down, my hands were shaking and my legs were very close to being jello, but we made it. Now Noodle can say that she climbed a lighthouse and it will probably be the last time for both of us!

Here are just a few pictures from our mini vacay. I have learned that I take way too many pictures and there's no way to share every single one of them!

2010-04-04T14:27:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pictures from the Egg Drop on Saturday. Noodle loves the idea of and Egg Hunt but just isn't pushy enough to enjoy them. When it started all the other kids ran to gather as many eggs as possible while she just stood there and cried because they were in her way. She was just too nice to push past them! She was sad that she only got like 10 eggs while all the other kids had baskets full! Maybe one day she'll be pushy enough to get a bunch. But then again, maybe her not being pushy is a good thing!

After the Egg Drop, we went over to my mom's house for an Egg Hunt there. Of course, Noodle did much better because she only had two others to compete with, her cousin Bubby, and Nugget (who doesn't really count because he's not walking and we had to take him to find the eggs.)

Unfortunately on Easter Sunday, we did not make it to church. Nugget woke up with his left eye almost completely swollen shut from his eczema. He must have rubbed it all night in his sleep and irritated it! So Easter Sunday morning was spent in Doctor's Care by the house to make sure that nothing else was wrong. He's had bad flare-ups before but nothing where his eyes were affected. The doctor put him on another steriod taper upping the dose that he was on. He only had two more weeks of the taper he was on then so now we get to start all over! Whatever will work and hopefully this will!

So we did make it to the family Easter dinner which was held at a buffet this year. No one felt like cooking encluding me.

Here are two pictures of my mom's grandkids. Noodle and Nugget and my sister, Sissy's son, Bubby. It's so hard to get all three of them to look.

Enjoyed Family dinner. Now we're on our way to Tybee Island, GA for a mini vacay. Be back in a couple of days with lots of pictures to post!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!!!

2010-04-01T19:25:00.001-07:00

My baby's growing up so fast. Nugget has learned two new words today- cookie and pancake. He's getting braver when it comes to walking too! So thankful for my babies!

Enjoying the Beautiful weather

2010-03-30T18:44:00.000-07:00

It's been so nice outside that we've just had to take advantage of it. Going to the park as much as possible! Here are some of the latest pictures that I've taken while there.

Owen just loves swinging!

He's also trying to hard to walk and loves to get down at the park to try there too! He started to take a few steps and then down he went!

Olivia has gotten very brave! She's taken to spinning on the spinning thingy,climbing and jumping off the big rock, or going down the slide every way but the right way! She's cautious whereas Owen has no fear!

We also went to the Flowetown Festival. It was so nice outside. Not too hot and not too chilly. Here's Livi posing as a beautiful flower. Overall we were a little dissappointed in the festival. There just didn't seem to be as many crafts as usual but there were a ton more commercial vendors.

Long Time No Blog

2010-03-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

I feel like a horrible blogger. I'm pretty sure as of now I don't have any real followers. But as of now, I'm thinking that's a good thing since I have not posted anything in months. Things have been crazy so I have not blogged in forever. Our laptop crashed in Jan. taking all of our pictures from Oct. to Dec. with it. We haven't had any internet in the house to use our desktop anyways.So right now, I'm making a point to hopefully blog everyday from now on. I want to be able to write down what we're, how we're all feeling, how Nugget and Noodle are changing and growing so that I can look back on it and say, "Ah, I remember when!" To make this a little more possible, I can post from my phone. That should hopefully make things a little easier!

There's so much that has happened in the last 4 months too! We had Christmas and New Years. Noodle turned 6 with a Circus themed birthday! Nugget turned 1 in Feb, hasn't started walking yet but is cutting 6 teeth all at once. Nugget's been on and off of steroids for his horrible eczema. Hubbs went back to TK which has been a great and needed change! And as for me, I'm still staying at home with both the kiddos and enjoying every minute of it. Watching them learn new things, teaching them new things, listening to new words from Nugget and random tidbits from Nood.

Now it's March, almost April and Easter is upon us. Today we joined Nana at her church for Palm Sunday for and Easter Egg Hunt and luncheon. We have Spring Break to look forward too as well as the Egg Drop, a Mini Family Vacay, and a visit from our West Coast cousins!
I will be back to post pics and tell all about it this time, I promise!!

til next time...

What a great weekend!

2009-11-23T13:27:00.001-08:00

We had such a great weekend, a great busy weekend!

It started Friday night with Game Night at Nana's Church. We had so much fun eating grilled cheese sandwiches and soup and playing games. Noodle played Pictureka and Pick up Stix with the other kids and Frank and I got sucked into playing Jenga! The best part was Nugget rolling around in his walker, having a great time entertaining everyone. Well, and Frank actually being off earlier enough to join us and make it a family night!

Saturday, Noodle had a neat birthday party to go to at James Island County park. It was a Neverland party and all the kids cames dressed as their favorite character from Peter Pan. Noodle dressed up in her Tinkerbell costume and had a great time. She got to pelt Capt. Hook (birthday boy's dad all dressed up) with balloon cannonballs that Smee (the granddad) handed out! Birthday boy was Peter Pan himself, his mom was the crocodile and his grandmother was an indian. Instead of presents, each child brought a book to trade with their friends for a new one, which I thought was a great idea. Cuts back on all the unneeded toys one can get as birthday presents!

After the party, we met up with Nana, had lunch with her and got manis! Noodle also got her very first pedicure in the kid-sized chair. She was definitely pampered! While sitting with her feet soakin in the water that changed colors (probably her favorite part), she got to watch Shrek! Her nails and toenails are beautiful now! Noodle was a very busy girl Saturday! After all that, she had her cheerleading sleepover!

Sunday was a great day of just relaxing! We did some eating, some shopping and some sleeping! It was great! We went to brunch at Ruby Tuesday which I have to recommend! We got biscuits, parfaits, our entree and then mini choc. chip cookies. Hubbs and I left there overly stuff but it was so good! Relaxing at the house was a nice change of pace. It was so cute too because Nugget and Hubbs ended up passing out in the bed together. I love my boys!

Well, today's Monday and our great weekend is now over but we have lots to look forward to! Noodle has Feast day tomorrow at school then she's out til next Monday. We have Little gym with Nugget on Wed. and Thanksgiving with our families on Thurs. Noodle also has a big weekend coming up as she's going to see Miley Cyrus with her Sissy (that's what she calls her aunt). Better her than me, that's all I have to say. I feel bad for them because it's in Columbia on the same day as the Clemson/Carolina game! However, I'll be looking forward to watching the Clemson/Carolina game from home while they brave the chaos in Cola! We also have family pictures for Christmas on Sunday so that should be fun!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Til next time....

My first

2009-11-18T11:06:00.000-08:00

Well, today is the day I decided to start blogging. Being a stay at home mom, I only have one little person to talk to throughout the day and that's my precious little boy. Seeming that he's only a baby, there's only so much I can talk to him about since he doesn't talk back. I figured this would be a great way to share and vent the happening in my life. I hope that I can find enough things to share about and don't do too much venting!

You may be wondering why I chose to name my blog Together 24. The three most important people in my life and myself all have that number in common. Nugget, my son, was due March 1st but when the doctors decided it would be best for me to have him via c-section when I was 39 weeks, I asked if I could have Feb. 24 since it was in my 39th week and it would make my whold little family all have birthdays on the 24. That makes that we were all born on the 24th of a month. My birthday is July 24, my husband known here as Hubbs, is on Aug. 24; my daughter, Noodle, is on Dec. 24 and Nugget's is Feb. 24. We didn't originally plan it to happen that way but think it's neat that it worked out that way.

Well, that's all for my first blog. I'll be back eventually to share what's going on with me and my family.

Til next time...