Friday, Jan. 25, 2007

Gee, look how cute.....I wanted to include a pic of Tate taking some steps being that this has been the highlight of the new year so far. He is toddling all over the place. I feel so proud of him. I love you so much Tate and we are all so happy you are beginning to walk on your own.

(Mom, Me, Tate and Reed, Beach '07) Well, I know now that Dear Old Mom is lurking around reading my blog.....I didn't know she knew what a blog was.....HI MOM...I know you are reading this.....so Big hug and kiss and I love you.

I am pretty sure there is nothing I could write about that hasn't happened to all moms or wives, including my own. Since, I know she is reading this I thought I would say a few things that need to be said everyday.....Thanks Mom for showing me how to be a good mom, being there when I can't a be a good mom, and always reminding me that no one is perfect (no mom either). This will sound wrong, but you were never perfect, never tried to be, but by being that way you showed me that I didn't have to be either. Thanks for all the daily sacrafices and the big ones to (you know what I am talking about)

I know that I am a neat FREAK and can be a bit anal about really silly stuff like dishes in the sink and stuff lying on counters, and I don't know where that came from.....neat would never be a word to describe you. Remember our dining room table in Dickson.....how many times would you say,"That thing is going to get up and walk away!" Even if it could it was way to heavy to move. Actually, I often don't see that as a mother I am a lot like you in any way. I just try my very best to do all I can do to show those toe-headed boys I love them......just like you did for me and "J". I do yell to much......maybe that is what I inherited? I know you say you yelled a lot, but I honestly don't remember it being that excessive. God knows you deserved to yell, we were hellions. I really don't know how you didn't just drop us off at the nearest zoo and be done with it. Anyway, I love you and thanks

Reedisms: Reed says today about his brother......."I'm teaching him to be a dog so he will fetch this and get out of my room". Go Reed......

Daily Bug: Tate lays down in the floor and pretends to be hurt so someone will come over and pick him up pat him and say "it's okay.....ohhhhh poor baby"......it is really cute.

Question from, A Mother's Legacy. Your life story in your own words.

Is there a television show you most enjoy? Well that changes from season to season /year to year and right now with the writer's strike nothing is on anyway.....but my favs would have to be Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Saving Grace, and anything on the HGTV network or TLC( especially What Not to Wear)......all time favorites......Smurfs, Pop-Up Video, Saved by the Bell, Days of Our Lives, Sopranos, West Wing, Dawson's Creek......these really date me don't they......

Tues, Jan. 22, 2007

Here is a picture Reed colored the other day, I thought it was really good for a 4 y/o...but of course I am biased. He really likes to color.....I hope that is normal....b/c he also really likes to play kitchen and crash everything into whatever he can find. So, I guess that last statement shows he is truly male, huh.....plus he can't hear anything I say if the T.V. is on......
So big day for Tate, he took his first steps today. This is a big "step" for him. His PT says he should be walking within the next month, two at the most. We couldn't be more excited....he has had so much trouble with his CP in the area of physical development.....we of course are thrilled. NO, of course, I did not catch this event on camera I was to busy cheering him on....which probably made him fall quicker, but I was so happy. Maybe I get lucky and catch the next steps, the camera is sitting on the desk.

So, I was wondering if the new Coke has no cals/no carbs......what are we drinking exactly.....brown water? I don't drink coke personally, but I have friends who do....and this is their new thing......

I had to leave my spin class early today, b/c the bug got sick at his stomach.....but since then he seems fine.....oh well.

Aunt Flo came to visit today......I am sort of thankful.....I was beginning to wonder if she was going to be late.......not necessarily bad......but not so good either......I am wanting more kiddos, but not right now......to say the least I was glad to have a few more months to think this over.

Reedisms- Reed said today he was going to college, so he needed to eat all his lunch, so he could get big and go......I said that was a great idea, and them he cries and says," but I don't want to grow up right now" So, indecisive

Daily Bug.......oh !the walking definitely.....!!!!

Friday, Janurary 16, 2008

These two pics, are of my boys while traveling back from a friend's house....aren't they cute.....

I just realized that I have still been typing 2007 on everything I have done so far.....go figure! It is Friday, not like that means anything everyday is a weekday for me no matter what!! With the weather being cold, I have had to keep the boys busy with lots of coloring, games, play dough, and yes a lot of T.V. I guess this is okay being that normally we do not watch it during the day. I have been spending so much time reading other blogs, I have gotten very little done in other household areas.....but I just love knowing that I am not alone (nor crazy) in the life and times of mothering. I loved For Better and For Worse today.....http://www.fborfw.com/strip_fix/ so me.....there are days I just want my job back and to have an uninterrupted lunch, and a paycheck, but mostly I want to feel like a real person, not a snot rag or a butt wiper....a real person. Then I remember what it was like when I worked and Reed was little, he was sick all the time and I missed work at least once a week, and I prayed that I could just stay at home and not have to juggle it all. I cried a lot, and begged coach to just let me stay home......so it really pisses me off when he responds to my daily rants of distaste for SAHMomness....with,"you got what you wanted"! NOT the right thing to say at that time......but I get what he means.

Well, here is my daily dose of A Mother's Legacy. Your life story in your own words.

Question 2: Favorite Book and why: Hmmmm? well, my favorite books of all time where the Chronicles of Narnia. I can still remember my 5th grade teacher (Thanks, Ms. Denise Brison I still love reading b/c of you) reading out loud to us after lunch. I don't have a favorite book as an adult, I just love to read anything.......I am a self-proclaimed magazine junkie, b/c these can be quick reads.

Reedism- Singing that Delilah chorus......"ohh what you do to me,,ohh what you do to me" ALL day. Telling me not to worry"it will turn up", while I was searching for the thermometer.

Daily Bug- Tate getting so mad today when he realized that I had put latches on the entertainment center doors.....he kept pointing at me saying, "no, no"

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2007

Welcome to hell......my Mom always says bad luck comes in threes....well I guess my bad luck can't add, b/c it seems like everything is breaking around here and it is not like we have a whole lot of extra cash laying around. Jan. is always such a long month anyway b/c coach gets paid early in December, and then we travel quite a bit, not to mention all the extra groceries for food and items to take to functions......anyway it started with having to buy a new computer, then the transmission on coach's truck (it has already had two....it is really old) then our DVD/VCR player went out, and now our refrigerator/frezzer stopped working yesterday and everything in it ruined while we were gone all day.......I know what luck!!!! Now, we will either have an enormous service bill or we will be putting yet another whopping amount on the old credit card......after I just paid it off. We can never keep our heads above water very long when it comes to money.....I know it could be worse....and I thank the Lord daily for all the wonderful things I do have.....like the credit card to buy those purchases.....but money STRESSES me out to no end. It makes me cranky and worrisome, and mean to everyone. I just hate worrying about money......and I worry constantly.....unlike coach who seems to never worry about anything at all.....which in turns make me want to strangle him.....but without is ying to my yang I would drive myself batty. He keeps me positive and I keep him grounded, so it works most of the time....yes it is a match made in.....well it works what else can I say.
So, need less to say between the money issues, and pre-menstral symptoms I have been a major B.....no everyone. I am sorry, I even took lunch to coach yesterday as a peace offering for yelling at him.....but I got into it with him again last night over that Damn fridge......did I mention money stresses me out.
Moving on.....today was P.J. day at pre-school and Reed was so excited to get to wear p.j.'s to school (or as we call them jammies) it is strange b/c he never wants to wear them at home. I have officially gotten myself back on the weight loss wagon, the holidays really threw me for a loop, and even though I didn't gain anything I haven't lost in about 8 weeks. I lost a few pounds since last week so I feel like I am back in the game and won't have to many relapses. I saw a friend at the gym yesterday, and she is just getting started on her own journey of health.....and I thought wow that was me 7 months ago.....I was actually amazed at how far I have been able to come 1/2 a year. I really never thought I could be successful....but I can actually say I LOVE to work out......I actually crave it like I used to crave food.....don't get me wrong I still like lots of food, but I don't LOVE it anymore......what I love is burning 600+ calories in spin class or running 3 miles. Well, it is time to wrap today's rant up.......gotta go clean and do some laundry.
Funny thing Reed said.......I was asking everyone what they wanted to eat for lunch, and then I asked Tate what he wanted and Reed said,"Mom, Tate can't talk" Well, thank you so much Mr. Obvious......he is just so matter of fact about everything......
Tate is trying to say thank you.....it is so cute.

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2007

Today was preschool day, so Reed was there all A.M. He has had some issues with taking items, AKA stealing seashells from the play room. Coach and I have been pretty hard on him, hoping that we make our point clear.....OUR kids will not steal......my Mom assures me every kid does this, but being a teacher, I know where this can go and it isn't so "insignificant" when they are 14! When I picked him up, he said, "Look in my pockets....nothing, can we call Daddy and tell him I didn't thief anything or pee in my pants".....Damn near broke my heart......I guess we got the point across huh? Then we get in the car, and I tell him how much Tate missed him today, he promtly says I miss him too......there goes that heart again......I think of my brother a lot in those cute moments....He (Jason) has been dead now near nine years, but not many days go by that I don't think of him. Reed, so far, is very much like him in his mannerisms and his tendency to be "wild" and to bounce off the walls. While reading one of the many parents magazines, I was glancing over an article about what people say and what they really mean....like "your child is very active"......meaning my god your child is completely insane and he is making me insane watching him run around......that is my blessed child in a nutshell......I love that kid more than life, but he makes my head spin and those days we are together all day long with no break by the time my husband gets home everything I say I am yelling and my patience is as thin as tissue paper.
Anyway, poor Tate.....I accidentally mashed his little fingers with a chair I was moving, then I was trying to move a toy up and out of the ball pit and busted the poor kid's lip.....he is screaming and Reed keeps saying I didn't do it, I didn't do it.....then while he was taking a well deserved nap, he poops on himself and that of course wakes him up and now no nap....so he is in a terrible mood to say the least.
Ok.....so I found this Hallmark book called, A Mother's Legacy. Your life story in your own words. I am going to give one to my Mom and I got one for my MIL and one for myself of course. I am going to attempt to fill it out before I get old and spend my days in an assisted living home.
Anyway, I thought I could blog about some of the topics too.
Here goes number one.
1. My favorite song and why......well song of all time would be, "The Dance" by Garth Brooks. It was my Dad's favorite song and he asked that it played at his funeral. He died in 1994 of pancreatic cancer. Later when my brother died, this song was playing on a tape he had when the crash occurred (this was told to me by the surviving crash victims). So, it was also played at his funeral......I know,,,..... God that is sooooo morbid.....but it carries such a significance in my life, and I can never hear it without thinking of them.......but also the song tells a great story...The Dance, by Tony Arata
"Looking back on the memory of The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone For a moment all the world was right How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end the way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance Holding you I held everything For a moment wasn't I a king But if I'd only known how the king would fall Hey who's to say you know I might have chanced it all And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end the way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance Yes my life is better left to chance I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance."
My life is so summed up by this song.......I wouldn't trade one thing that has every happened to me, b/c I might not have right now.......
Funny things Reed said......about not "thiefing" anything and not peeing or pooping his pants
Funny things Tate did today......climbing on top of a box, and them promptly falling off while smiling at his accomplishment.

Monday, Jan. 14, 2007

So today is Monday, and like all Mondays I am doing laundry. We went to the gym this morning, and it is actually cold outside. I know this sounds funny, but it has actually been like in the 60-70's the last few weeks. I hate that! I want just a bit of winter, before we all go back to sweating to death.....anyway the boys are playing wonderfully today and so far no fighting or screaming by anyone....even me! I read the comics yesterday and I really love "Baby Blues" and "For Better and For Worse", I guess b/c I can relate so well. In the FBFW comic the mom is working hard on sewing something and the kid keeps asking do you love me, do you love me, and she keeps working ignoring him , and finally the kids says well do you like me, and she screams at him that she would like him to go away, and after he leaves crying she thinks to herself she could have handled that better. I feel this way on a daily basis. I have to admit I do not do well, just finding time to play with my boys, do crafts, etc......I know some may read this and say well if you'd get your ass of this computer you could play with them right now.....well you are exactly right, but most of the time I do not journal/blog during the day so anyone thinking that can truly bite me. No really, I will play blocks, cars, color, do puzzles, but we don't like make make-shift tents or pretend a lot around here, mostly b/c we stay so busy,and I lack an imagination of any sort! I do have original ideas, and when I do them they always turn out bad and a huge mess is made, and them I end up stressed out and now i have to clean more crap up. Why am I like this???? My best friend says it is b/c I am so anal-retentive that my butthole won't let up enough to allow me to make a mess.....i guess there is a whole lot of truth to that....but I am not going to straight up admit it. Well, i do need to make some lunch for the daring duo.....peace

Funny thing Reed has done today.......still holding a grudge against me for not letting him "win" a game of musical chairs in Sunday school yesterday. He cried and apologized for acting ugly and hitting me, then for hours went on and on about how he doesn't want me to teach Sunday School anymore, b/c he wants to win at stuff.

Funny things Tate has done today.....tickling Reed's feet and playing "peepeye" with the shower curtain...only he pulls the curtain back and says "pie" and laughs hysterically.

Saturday, Jan. 11, 07

So, I have practically kept a journal my whole life. I can go back and read about how I felt and who I "loved" in the 5th grade. I have written about my life in great detail and no one has read a word....until now of course. Even when Reed, my oldest was born I actually wrote about his daily life with much love and description. However, now that I have two boys months will go by and I haven't written a word about anything. I am always on the computer, doing some sort of business, so I figured if I am already using it daily I will spend atleast a few minutes everyday sorting it all out for myself in this blog. Today was like any other Saturday, I was in my p.j.s until afternoon. Coach (my hubby) make so much fun of me for doing this, but it is usually the only day that I get to just veg out and do as little as possible. Even my son, asked me today to go put on clothes that is was not nightime anymore. My boys ,like many siblings, fight with one another over every toy in this house. No one wants it, until somebody has it....go figure. This fact drives my husband crazy. I say it is normal, let them work it out but he (and his only child background) have no concept of this. I do step in if I believe bloodshed may occur, due to the fact that I am with them 24/7 these little tats are normal and do not require my constant attention. This is yet another thing that drives my husband crazy. As for Reed, he stayed in trouble all day because we were stuck in the house b/c of the weather. I finally decided we should go to the field house( HUBBY IS A FOOTBALL COACH) and let the boys play on their bike/walker. This is always a hit for everyone, b/c dad can get some work done, the boys play, and Mom gets a workout without having to go all the way to the gym. This is the highlight of the off season for me. Tate the baby, loves to get as dirty as possible in the weight room, but my grandmother always said that every baby had to eat so much dirt to keep worms away......she always has words of wisdom for me that really gross me out. But, neither of mine have had worms, so maybe there is some truth to it. Coach cooked dinner and gave boys a bath (we know what he wants later, hehe) but is was nice to get a break from it for a day. He doesn't do this very often....actually I think that was like the second time ever he has bathed both of them and put their pjs on and cleaned up the bathroom,,,,,,hell he deserves what he wants later just for the effort.
Funny things Reed did today.......Phonectically sounding out the name Rapheal to my in-laws (ninja turtle) which came out "Raph-elle".
Funny things Tate did today.......pointing at me when he knows he is doing something he should not..... guess this is a pre-cursor to telling on himself......maybe he will keep this trait when he is a teenager......