Long needed update

Okay no I didn't disappear off the face of the earth. We lost our computer. So I am back to update on all the events in our life since October.

We had our Thanksgiving here this year with my mom and dad, brother and fiancee'. We had a wonderful day and it was over before we knew it.

We have all our outside decorated this year. Bigger than last with lights on the side lawn as well as the front.

We have already had a few snow storms this year. It is quite crazy to see snow before Thanksgiving. I can't even remember the last time we had snow on the ground for Christmas. As a child I can't remember a Christmas without snow on the ground. Now it is so not the norm.

Okay what else Colby decided it was time for him to leave karate after 6 years. He decided it was time to try other things. That is what he is doing head on. Austin started basketball so far they are 1-1. Nail biters that is for sure.

I have been seeing more of Rachael and the kids lately that has been really nice. Maybe not so much for her since it is after work. But nice just the same.

All my Christmas shopping minus a couple of things is DONE!! Whoo hoo!!! We had the kids pictures done for the holidays. They came out great as always.

We finally broke down and bought a brand new computer and all in 1 printer. Loving all of it. So nice to be able to work like I should be able too.

Hopefully will post a photo of the boys soon. For those who wanted to see them.

Okay gotta go for now.

What a week

Okay well Julie is back home, the wedding is OVER!!!!

Tracy and I are back to normal. Which I knew would happen once the stinkin wedding was over and done with.

Austin woke up last week in the middle of the night throwing and then Colby came home early from school Thursday sick, then Thursday night at 11:30 pm I woke up sick. Which I certainly did not recoup as fast as the kids. I was down and out. Me in bed before 8:30 pm two nights in a row. Yeah must have been on my death bed. I finally started to feel human yesterday. Which is when Brady came down with this bug. Okay now I think it has made its rounds through everyone we better be done now.

We made homemade glazed doughnuts today and boys carved their pumpkins. The boys went to their very first haunted house last night. They really liked it but it really scared them out of their wits. It was in Barrington, NH, it was a hike but I highly recommend it.

Last weekend we went to Elwood Farms and went through the 4 1/2 acre corn maze and pumpkin picking. Where we also got to go on an awesome hay ride. We then decided to splurge and go to the 99 for lunch.

We have had some really awesome family time lately. Just love this time of year. So many opportunities for inexpensive fun family activities.

Julie is finally here!!!

YEAH!!! My friend Julie finally arrived Saturday night. Brady and I picked her up from the airport at 11:30 pm. It was so awesome to see her. I really missed her. Things worked out better than I expected as far as the time schedule. We stayed up until 2:30 am talking and didn't get up until 9:45 am the next morning even the baby slept in since he went to bed so late. She went to breakfast with Tracy but then came back here and hung out with me until 4 pm when her dad came and got her.

She will be back here Friday to go to the rehearsal dinner with us and spend the night. So I can't wait.

I have decided to be the bigger person with the whole Tracy nonsense. Here is my feeling about this whole thing. She has been my very close friend for 11 years. She has always stood by me and even at one point chose me over her family. So do I allow 11 years to of friendship to go over a few moments of stupity because she is being a bridezilla. No I will see how things go after the wedding and I imagine that things will go back to normal after the fact. I think she got way to concerned with the little details and forgot to look at the big picture and what this wedding is really about. However, it is her wedding and she can have it any way she wants just can't wait for this fiasco to be over so I can just put this behind us. Sadly I will have to think twice before I ever agree to be in anyones wedding again because of this one. I can't believe the nonsense that this monster has become.

Okay well I am going to wrap this up. As I am still getting over this cold. Friday I was up till 3 am and up at 8 am, Saturday picked up my dress, Colby had karate, We went to the Deerfield fair got home around 9:30pm and then went to the airport and picked up Julie and then got to bed at 2:30 am. So it is catching up with me and I am exhausted. I think it may be why this cold is lingering also.

Uh oh Mom's sick

You just know that things are bad when mom goes down for the count. I started to feel kind of bad on Wednesday when I woke up but figured it may just be allergies. Well when I woke up on Thursday a full blown cold. I haven't been this sick in a very long time. Head pounding, so very hot, faucet for a nose and still five little ones running around to care for can we say NOT EASY!!!

Kids were on there own for dinner last night. Then at 7 pm I realize I am supposed to be at Austin's school for open house. UGH!!! I throw some clothes on and run out the door with Brady in his jammies and slippers and Austin. We get there and I realize Jeff has my car which has Brady's stroller in it. Now I have to carry Brady around when I am struggling enough just to stand upright. Okay I stay an hour and can't get out of there fast enough.

I seem to be feeling somewhat better today. I can at least function although, I am still feeling a little under the weather.

Although I did find out that my neighbors dad past away. Oh my heavens I am so sad for them. The wake was yesterday and small family service was today. I will send them a sympathy card tomorrow and possibly call sometime in the next few weeks.

A boy finds extracurricular activities

Okay so our crazy schedule evidently wasn't crazy enough. Colby comes home yesterday with a 4 pg. paper of extracurricular activities that are now being offered at his level. He is so excited and wants to participate so badly. So we carefully balance our already balancing schedule. This is what it now looks like:]

• Monday - School, Karate
• Tuesday - Ulitimate Frisbee this is before school, School, Saxaphone, TSA (a leadership group that works on graphic design, computer applications, structural engineering challenges and bridge building).
• Wednesday School, Karate
• Thursday Ultimate Frisbee before school, School, Art Club
• Friday NOTHING AND NOR WILL THEIR BE SO HELP ME!!!!

Now mind you this does not include Austin yet who will be starting Basketball soon so that will be sandwiched in on Wednesday's. Because if it stays the same as last year it was practice on Wednesday's and games on Saturday's.

Now to recap their is 1 of me. I work 5 days a week. will have to pick up or drop off Colby 4 days a week. Pick up or drop off Austin 2 days a week. All this and still fit in dinner, homework and just family life in general.

Okay wore myself out time to go to work now.

Frustrated/Hurt

Okay well a quick update I have reason to believe that my neighbor past away his daughter and son have been absent from school all week. As we speak I am doing a quick search through the Union Leader Obits.

Can I just say it amazes me at times how the people we think are closest and dearest to our hearts, can also be the cruelest at times. My friend Julie will be flying in this Saturday. She is flying in for Tracy's wedding on Oct. 6th. Well this is the kicker Tracy who only invited Julie because Julie so insisted she wanted to come. So Tracy decides that on Sunday we will all go for breakfast. Well Jeff won't be here so when I e-mail her and tell her I will need to bring the kids along, she e-mails this back to me:
"Hi,
Ok then. After REALLY thinking about it and has much as I love spending time
with my pumpkins if it's good with you then Julie & I will just go. I'll
pick her up at 10am."

Okay so now I get penalized for having children!!!!!!! Go frigin pound sand. When all along I have been the one that has stayed in touch with Julie. Okay can I tell you I feel like spitting teeth. Now after spending $800+ dollars Jeff and I have spent for her wedding in a week from Saturday. I feel like calling her and telling her Jeff and I will no longer be in her stupid wedding.

UGH!!! I can't wait for this stupid wedding to be over so I will have NO reason to speak to her. I am so mad, so hurt and genuinely wondering what the HELL!!! Thought it would make me feel better to vent but NOPE. This is the second time during this whole wedding planning fiasco that she has said something very inappropriate because I have kids. I don't often get so mad but life is just too short for this crap.

Well I can't find anything in the obit's but I wonder if their will be any. I will just keep looking.

It's Monday

Okay the weekend was busy as ever. We went out to dinner Friday night, then Jeff and I ran to the grocery store to get ready for Jeff's end of year softball blowout. Yes that we are hostessing. Okay Saturday we spend all day cooking and getting ready. We probably ended up with at least 30 people here. The final people didn't leave until around 11:30 ish. I was simply exhausted.

However, the amount of food these people all came with probably could have feed a small country. Then everyone left all the food behind for us, along with all their alcohol. Well needless to say invited Steph and the kids over for a cookout tomorrow night to try and get here to help us eat all of this before it spoils.

Sunday night Jeff realizes that his eyeglasses are missing. He NEVER loses his glasses. Oh good lord, this is such an expense right now that we certainly do not need. $200 is about the amount a new eye exam and replacement pair is going to cost. So that is where Jeff is headed to now. UGH!!

Austin has a field trip and open house this week. I have one of my part time daycare kids full time this week. So this adds to the romper room feel. I have to go pick up my dress for the wedding on Saturday at 12 pm, Have my friend Marie pick up Colby for Karate and then grab him from there at 1 pm and then pick up my friend Julie from the airport and 11:32 pm. CRAZY DAY/WEEK.

Okay well need to quickly start dinner because then we are out of here for karate. So talk to you all soon.

A 9 yr olds poor/hurtful choices

I know very weird for two posts in one day. However, needed to vent so here it goes. Okay guess I need to start by giving you a little intro before my story. Our neighbors that live one street over from us have four children the oldest Brittany is 9 and in Austins grade the youngest is in preschool and is 4. Well their dad has been really really sick. He has cancer. I guess this summer he became even worse to the point where he is days away from passing away. So that was the intro to my wanting to crawl in a hole and hide. This afternoon I get a call from Austin's principal telling me that my darling son while not understanding the full severity of their dad, proceeds to go to Brittany and say "SO DID YOUR DAD DIE YET"!!!! Okay what in heavens name do I say to his principal other than MY SON SAID WHAAAAAT!!!! These poor poor people are hanging on by a shoe string and my son has the audacity to say such a mean hateful thing. I will see these people and I have to admit I am related to this fool. I tell her to please tell this family that I am soooooooooo sorry and I will speak to him about this and deal with it.

He walks through the door and I am waiting for him. I explain to him that for all the trouble Colby has been in in his whole life that never was it as serious as the one comment that came out of Austin's mouth. I said to him that what he said was worse than taking a board and slamming her over the head. Because what he did was hurt her heart and that can not be fixed by a simple sorry. I said how would you feel if your dad was dying and someone said that to you. Knowing that you would never see your dad again. Not only did he embarrass himself but our entire family because you know she went home and told her family, friends at school etc. So I can just picture the stares and whispers the next time we are seen out or at the school. The punishment was loss of TV, video games, a very sincere apology letter to the entire family and hopefully just a better understanding of the severity of the hurtfulness words can cause. But I am praying to God that he thinks before he opens his mouth the next time.

Any thoughts of anything else I should say to my boy or do for this poor family.

One can only imagine what I am in for once they are teenagers.

Trying to be better

Okay well since Jeff's accident he is having a bit of trouble with his siatic (sp?)nerve. The pain goes from his butt check to his foot. We finally came to the agonizing decision to sue the gentlemen's insurance company as we just don't know if this could be a forever pain. He has to go make an appt. today to the Neuro spinal institute in Bedford. We will see what they say and hopefully I will be able to update everyone further by the end of the week.

Well as soon as the boys get home the rat race will begin. Monday's are hectic as we need to race to get homework completed, make dinner and get Colby to karate.

Okay well I think that is all that I forgot to update about yesterday.

Sherri

This ones for you Rach :-)

Well let's see my life seems to running in about 3,000 directions. I want to be able to add a few more hours to each day. This way I may be able to complete everything that needs to be done.

We had Austin's party last weekend it turned out to be wonderful. Although it was a little weird without Rach. On Sunday the kids, myself, Laurie, Holly and my Uncle went down to Plimoth Plantation (No not spelt wrong) and the Mayflower. It was AWESOME!!! Even though it was a two hour drive each way. Whew!!! what an exausting weekend.

I took on another daycare child. He is also 2 so that is now 4 2yr olds. So needless to say in the words of Rachael it is romper room over here on a daily basis.

I decided I needed some more jeans so yesterday I ran to Wal-Mart and picked up a size 12. They are huge and I will have to return for the 10. Can you say estatic. I can't remember fitting into a 10 for how many years. Although the brand tends to run really big so I am sure that is a huge part of it. Still made me feel really good.

I went for my dress fitting yesterday. We had company last night. We have another cookout next weekend. I am just not sure when things will slow down. I will say though I am missing some of the old crew. I love all my friends but miss seeing some of my old, friends to the end friends. Rach, Michelle etc. I kind of feel we are growing apart and losing contact other than between blogs or e-mails. Hoping this can change real soon.

Brady is growing leaps and bounds. He is hysterically funny. I often say we don't need entertainment we have Brady. He is such an entity all his own. He demands the spotlight. Where Colby and Austin shy away from it. However, Brady seems to have always been the spotlight. He counts to 3, Can climb up and down stairs, just loves animals, goes in circles till he falls down dizzy, dances quite literally at the sound of any music, he is such a music lover to the core of his being. Watches the bidies at the bird feeder till mommy has had enough holding him.

Okay well this really summarizes our lifes at the moment. I hope everyone is well and is enjoying life.

Talk to you all soon.

Sherri

Migrane from Hell

Yesterday around 5am I woke up sick to my stomach and a headache that wouldn't quit. Well it kept getting worse all day to the point it was a full blown migraine and then I was down for the count. Ugh!!! what a waste of a day.

Well it looks like Colby will be playing the Saxaphone this year. Who knew!!! I really hope he likes it. He also wants to look into taking a cooking and sewing class. Wow he is really packing the schedule. I am just so happy that he is really liking school this year. Here's to hoping it continues.

Sign up for basketball started this week so I will be doing that for Austin. Wow it is looking like my schedule this school year will be just insane, with both the boys so busy this year.

Austin's birthday party will be next weekend and he also wants a seperate kids party this year. So needless to say my weekends will not be getting any easier for at least the next 6 weeks or so.

We just had the bridal shower for Tracy last weekend. The wedding is only a month away. YEAH!!!

Badly needed update

Well the boys have started back to school and somehow we made it through. The boys are going to two seperate schools this year. They both love it. Colby is just loving his new school and all the new kids. He is coming home happy everyday. Yeah!!

Austin got his ear pierced. That was what he wanted and I think he looks very handsome.

On Wednesday, I got a call at 11am that Jeff was in a head on collision on Rte. 28 I man in a truck, with a trailor carrying a backhoe lost control and hit him head on. He took off Jeff's tire careening him across the roadway into a 12' oak tree which landed on his truck. He was removed by the window because it was the only way to get him out. They were originally calling medflight because they didn't think anyone could have survived the crash but Jeff screamed that he was fine and they cancelled it. He walked away with a sprained ankle, and muscle strains in his back and neck. He had an angel watching over him, keeping him safe.

Okay I will write more later. I will talk to you all later.

Today

Well we buried my grandmother today. The rain never came and it was almost like she held it off because she hated it so. It was quite lovely but I have to say I am glad to it is over. This way the healing can begin. I have been battling headaches all week from the stress so I am hoping things will become a little bit more even keel around here for a bit.

We all went out for lunch/dinner afterwards and it was really nice to have everyone there and see what an amazing family we have. We really should treasure these moments as we just don't know how many we will have. Life changes in an instant.

This weekend is going to be so crazy and not looking forward to it. So off I go.

What a sad, very sad weekend.

Well my Saturday started as any other but quickly changed as I got a call from my mom. She said my grandmother was dying and I needed to get to the nursing home as soon as possible. So I dropped Austin off at a birthday party and she offered to keep Colby as well. So I spoke to Jeff and he said he would pick up the boys. So Brady and I headed down to Brentwood to say our good-bye's. We walked in and they had just put her on morphine. She was very frail but knew who we all were and that we were their. She kept saying Brady Brady Brady. Quite slurred and not really with it. But enough to tell us she knew he was there. After Jeff picked up the boys he headed down as well so the boys could also say their good-bye's. One thing that I am all about is being real with my kids and death is a part of life and I think it is important for them to be apart of this as well and not sheltered from it. I think they were greatly for that too.

Anyways she passed away not more than 10 mins after we all left. She waited for the entire family to arrive to say good bye and the minute we left she knew it was time to go. We will not be having a wake as she did not want one. So we will be having a small burial on Tuesday afternoon with only the immediate family as that is the way she would have wanted it.

I am not crying sad as she lived an amazing life and had all her faculties with her until the very end. She lived to see all my boys, my wedding and me grow up to adult hood. She lived before their were cars or electricity. She drove until she was 90 and lived alone until she was 94. Wow what a life she has had. But part of me can't help be a little selfish and say how much I will miss her. She was my favorite of all my grandparents and the one I was the closest too. I am a little lost without her here. I will treasure the amazing memories she has given me over my life and smile whenever I think of her.

I love you Grammy.

A little crazy

Well we are completely in the throughs of getting ready for Brady's first Birthday Party. Of course we are expecting an insane amount of rain. Oh well we will have fun anyway with all of our family and friends to help us celebrate. Yes it has finally arrived my baby is one.

Milestones: He is off the bottle
No more formula
He can crawl/walk
He has 11 teeth(at least that is all I could count before I lost any fingers)
He is 31" tall and weighs 23lbs 11oz's.

What an amazing year. Not a moment am I sorry to have had.

Well mother's day was quiet we bought a brand new grill so I guess that was my gift. Then I headed off to my brother's for a cookout with my mom. Which was very nice.

Of course the minute we spent $200 on a new grill the next day my washer dies. So now we have to save for a new one. I think the flooding from last year finally took it's toll and the drum completely detached from the washer. Onwards and upwards.

Well off I go since the party is no longer outside the inside will need an extra bit of cleaning so off I go.

Weather

Wow okay I feel like I am in a replay of last Mother's Day weekend with all this rain, minus the pregnant belly. We are getting a little water in the basement but so far very minor and very manageable. This weather is more than a little disturbing. Our weather pattern over the last year has definitely warranted a wake up call to global warming. If not we may all be in major trouble in a very short amount of time. We are monitoring the water levels and saying a silent prayer that our water problem doesn't get any worse if not we could be in a heap of trouble with the boys room down their.

Well I hope everyone else is fairing as well.

Not a baby anymore

Well this year has just flown by, it seems just like I just had Brady. Not that he is just around the corner to being a year old. I started the weaning off the bottle today and so far so good. Should be completely off by the end of the week and we are on the last can of formula he will ever have either. Will start introducing whole milk probably next week. Wow what happened to my little newborn. He officially started crawling today today well his form of it. Kind of looks like a contortionist but he is now all over the place and the official babyproofing begins. As he sweetly sleeps at night I quietly whisper stay little just a little longer my baby. Don't be in such a hurry there will be plently of time to be big but only such a short time to be small. As I type this he was playing in his room and I look and there he is peeking around the corner at me laughing that he made it all the way back into the livingroom. Okay well time to go think I am going to go put up the child gate so we don't have any baby accidents.

Talk to you all later.

Stress case

I don't exactly know what is going on lately but normally I think I am pretty even key. However, lately I am such a stress case. My family is driving me insane and my friends are irratating me. I am starting to wonder if it is them or if I am being overly sensitive to something that may or may not be there. I kind of feel like I am being pulled in 1,000 directions and there is only one of me and then I have the other extreme where I feel they don't give a hoot. On top of this my stinkin computer is TICKING me off. Nothing is going the way it is supposed to be going. AARRGGHH!!!

I think I need to just go before I flip out on this computer. It is throughly irrating me this evening.

Okay well talk to you all later

Ewwww Can you say bats

I so forgot to fill you guys all in on this disgusting story. On Saturday we decided with the rainy spring approaching we should fix a leaky cement footing in the basement to avoid any further flooding. So as we are rearranging our mounds of crap that was stored in the basement, Jeff lifts an old TV and finds a bat!! Yes I said bat. It was very much alive and screaming at us. A noise I will probably never forget so we capture it and quickly dispose of it. However as we open the bulked (sp?) door and look up their is another bat perched above the door on the inside. Now we have quite the dilemma how in heavens name do we get it out. We call animal control the don't deal with bats only dogs they tell us. They give us a # for animal critter call them they want $70 for the call and $89 for the removal of the bat. NO WAY!! So Jeff decides to squirt it with the hose to try and get it out. Doesn't work we try and get out the pool pole and net and scoop it out. Nope doesn't work it is attacking anything we go near and with. It is also screaming this sound I have never heard before in my life. I am such a chicken sh*t. We say what do we do now I know lets call Colby. So Colby comes out and as Jeff and I are standing on the deck shaking like leafs. Colby goes in slams the bat and sadly but inevitably what has to happen kills the bat. YEAH COLBY!!! Ewww I have never before had a bat problem and I hope never ever to have this problem again in my life.

The Best Time

Yesterday we had my dad's 60th surprise birthday party. This is one person that you can not easily surprise. But we all got him. He had no idea and it was so so great. There were people there that I had not seen in 10-20 years. What a great time. I just loved to see people that I remember from my childhood and get to introduce them to my husband and children. Most of them were in udder shock by how big the boys were. They had seen them through pictures but never in person. Wow still tired from the day but it will be a day that remains in my memories for a long time to come. What makes it extra special was my dad thought we had all blown his birthday off because of Kelly's wedding. His actual birthday was March 1st and her wedding was March 17th in Florida. So to his surprise my mom decided to due it on April 1st as a huge April fools joke. Surprise we hadn't forgotten.

Well have a great day all.

Yeah!!

I just wanted to write a quick yeah!!! Most of you know Brady started walking around 3 weeks ago. Well he still was unable to pull himself up or do anything while on his tummy. He still wasn't scooting or anything. Well tonight I sat him in his crib and went to make his bottle. When I came back in his room he was standing in his crib holding on to the rail. Well it is finally time to lower his mattress. He finally started this weird kind of scoot around the livingroom in the last 2 days too. So it seems he was okay all along just a little lazy or sheltered by mom maybe because of the hard wood floors.

Okay well have a good night everyone.

Guess really time for an update

Okay wow so much has happened in over a month. Colby had his 10th birthday and it still amazes me everday how big they really are. He had his 10 year check up and is only about 6"'s shorter than me now. What a frightening thought.

We went to Florida for my sister's wedding. What a gorgeous wedding. It was a great trip but over a little to fast. Seems like it was a whirlwind. We had okay weather would have preferred it a little warmer but still better than here. At least we avoided the blizzard. We got to go to Seaworld 2 days, which was awesome as I had never been. Kids got to feed and pet the Dolphins, feed the seals and sealions. What an amazing experience, the shows were incredible.

When I got back one of my close friends was involved in a scary automobile accident. She rolled her car but amazingly got out of it with only a scratch. Another reason why you should always wear your seatbelt.

Then only two days later another very close friend's husband called to tell me Julie's mom had died. Oh how very very sad.

I swear my kids make me gray daily and my friends are trying to quickly jump on board and finish the job. LOL!!!

Colby had his science fair project due on Friday so quite a whirlwind to get it completed and transported to school. He didn't win but proud of him all the same. Then he had a rough patch at school and got himself into some trouble I believe from being so overtired from our trip and all the work he then had to complete to catch up, plus the science project. So needless to say been dealing with that and enforcing his punishment as home. Can I say never ever is this fun.

Well I guess that is the short of everything you may have missed in my life as of late.

Hope everyone has a great day.

:-)

My Crazy Life

When things go wacky they really go wacky. I really couldn't dream the weird things that happen in my life.

Brady has his 9 mo checkup today 29 1/4" and 21.5 pds. He is 80% for height and 60% for weight. So all is well. Great muscle tone. Still has RSV but no worse so it should take its coarse and clear up with out any major complications. BUT.... you all knew it was coming. He seems to have a problem when you lay him on his tummy he seems unable to use his legs to move about. He should be scooting all over the place and doesn't move from the spot you place him in. No matter how bad he may want an item if you hold it out of his reach he can not come get it. He can move in a circle using his torso and arms only not his legs. Even when you are right in front of him to pull him self up so you pick him up, he will only use his arms and torso and not his legs. Yet at the same time he is almost walking everyone seems quite puzzled. So the doctor was going to call Easter Seals to question them. To see if they think he just doesn't have the motivation or if they think something may be wrong with his hips etc. I should here something back hopefully on Monday to see if he needs to go see a specialist or where we go from here.

He is my tallest baby at this age the other two were 29" so he is a quarter of an inch taller and almost a pound lighter than the other boys were. Just thought this was a cool fact.

On Saturday I have to go to my sisters wedding shower. So for the first time in Brady's 9 mo's I have hired a sitter. Megan G. who would have ever thought. I mean I watched her as a baby and watched her grow up. When did all these children get so old. Oh man does that mean I am that old too. UGH!!! When did all this happen when I was sleeping. Time is flying by entirely too fast. I want all these kids to go back to being little again and watch them all grow a little more closely this time and enjoy even the stressful times a little bit more.

Okay getting sappy time to go.

Can you say disaster

Okay that was my entire Tuesday. One big disaster from the moment I awoke and realized it was 7:35 am and the kids and I overslept and now they have missed the bus. I quickly woke them up and raced them to school at which time Brady screamed for almost an hour straight. I have now come the conclusion that I can't wait for Thursday's appointment and call the doctor. In the meantime the car dealership calls and tells me that State farm will not honor the binder until we prepay a month in advance. So now I need to somehow get to the doctors and the insurance company. However, it only gets better when I realize we also need to rent a car dolly to get Jeff's old van to the car dealership for a trade in and also come up with $200 to still pay the dealership for the down payment on the new van.

Well quickly run numbers and we are horribly short on money. I make a call to good ole' mom and ask to borrow some money until Friday. Well now I need to run to Danville on top of everything else. I call Jeff at work as my head is spinning in 300 directions because I have to do all this with 4 kids ages 2 and under. Thank goodness he was able to come home early and help me figure all this out.

I get Brady to the doctors and he has RSV and Bronculitis (sp?). There is absolutely nothing the can do it is viral but pretty serious too. It is all respiratory and we need to keep an eye on his breathing. We also need to avoid the cold as much as possible for the fear of Pneumonia on top of everything else. Great when the get sick man they get sick.

We get back and are ready to go pick up the new car. Well now the car dealership says the financing company has not verified the binder and they are still waiting. Forget this we start heading down anyways and they realize that we have done everything we are supposed to do on our end and release the new car to us. Finally done after all the work we have done to get this van this week but it is finally parked in our driveway even though it took until 8 pm last night.

Today is a nice relaxing day, enjoying ever minute of the snow. Woke up around 2 am and watched to see if the kids had snow and just watched the snow come down quietly in the dark for awhile until heading back off to bed.

Okay talk to you all later.

Just a quick update

Last Austin had basketball so we raced out the door a little later than I would have liked, since I finally convinced him to get a haircut so he doesn't look like a degenerate anymore woohoo. While we were their a lady with a baby as well asks if she can sit down next to me. Sure I say. The boys were quite fascinated with each other. I don't think they have ever seen another baby before. I ask her where her son goes to school (since we have 3 elementary schools in Bedford) she says Memorial. Oh I say so does my son, what is his name she says Shay. Oh my gosh I realize not only do I know him. He is in Austin's class and is Austin's really good friend at school. I tell his mom too funny because her reaction is the same when she finds out I am Austin's mom. So for the rest of the game we just chat back and forth and then she says to you stay home. I say yes she says do you ever want to get together my best friend who used to live across the street just moved and I am getting really tired of talking to the dog. I just laugh.

I am really kind of excited Brady finally has a little friend his age Noah is 5 mo's and Brady is going on 9 mo's well in 4 days. Then Austin will also get to play with his friend Shay too. That rarely happens when you find someone with kids the exact same ages when there was such an age difference in between.

Well Brady is napping I thought he was shaking this cold but really I was tricked because today it seems worse not better. The only good thing is he is scheduled for his 9 mo check up on Thursday so they can check him out then and I won't have to schedule a sick visit.

Next few weeks I am out straight. I will be out and about every day except Friday this week it seems. So will update when I can.

Very Excited

Okay as much as I went kicking and screaming. I finally gave in realizing we have not alternative than to get a new car. So last night we purchased a 2003 Ford Windstar LX. We are picking it up probably Tuesday. It is Forest Green and has duel sliders. Jeff will take over my 98 Windstar and I will get the new one. I have to say though I will miss my old one. I really love it. I think I will learn to love the new one as well though. Payments I believe will be in our budget. Finally we are moving up in the world.

Well still crossing my fingers Brady is on the mend. Seems slightly better today. I really hope this is true. Busy night Colby has a karate seminar from 7:30-9:30 so will be out and about tonight.

Well going to try and call more of my family and friends. Maybe eventually somebody will be home to tell my good news about the car too. I am 0 for 4 at this point.

Can you say slacker

Wow didn't quite realize it had been so long since I updated. I can't believe how busy my schedule is. Usually don't get this busy until the spring.

Last Thursday it was nice I went with Brady and visited Rita. It had been so long since I had been over it was really nice to see her. She hadn't seen Brady since he was about a month old. You can imagine her shock when she saw him he has changed so much.

On Saturday we dropped Colby off at Luke's he went to the Monarchs game with the Manchester Karate Studio and then back over to Luke's for a sleepover. I raced Austin to his game, yeah they won and then went to Rachael's to pick up Dylan for a sleepover. They all had a great time.

Well Jeff's van finally I believe went to car hell. We can only resurrect the car so many times. So it looks like tonight we are going to go car shopping. Most likely I will get a new van and Jeff will take mine. REALLY not looking forward to having to have a car payment again. But we can't be a one car household either.

I guess the only saving grace is it is tax return season. Can't wait to get our return back we so desperately need it.

Brady has another cold UGH!!! I believe it is from Andrew my daycare child. I know none of them can help passing things back and forth but boy does this stink. He has only been healthy for about 2 weeks and it seems every time he gets a cold inevitably it turns into an ear infection. Really crossing my fingers this time.

Okay off for today hope everyone is well.

January 29, 2007

Well here it almost February already. Although are winter has been one of the better ones as far as weather we have ever had I am anxiously awaiting spring. I am getting the winter blues and I can't seem to shake them. The kids are going stir crazy as well due to being inside so much as of late. Which then they get to torture the Mom and they are doing quite a bit of that lately.

We have begun the planning for our Florida trip in March. Let's just say my sister really planned a horrible week to get married. Right over spring break can we say that everything just about doubles over those two weeks. Including the air fare. It is going to cost us $1,700 just for air fare, hotel and car. Guess we are not eating for the week. Not to mention have to pull the kids out of school and anyone who knows me, knows I am not a huge fan of them missing school. However, I really can use the vacation and am looking forward to enjoying so warm Florida weather and enjoying time with my husband and kids.

Getting ready to file taxes. Need to wait for one more W2 and we called and of course they are waiting until the 31st to mail it out. I know they can by law, by why not just get them done early for their employees sake. I can't wait to get that check it should be quite a good one. Wish I could just file already.

Okay well guess that is it for now baby screaming for mom's attention so guess that is my cue.

January 23, 2007

Okay so much for going to bed early last night I am pretty sure it was around 1:30 am before I got to sleep. UGH!!!

You know I always knew children could be cruel. I was also the target of the bullies when I went to elementary school. Somehow it hurts so much more when it is your child being the target and there is just nothing you can do to make it better. After karate last night, Colby and I are talking in the car and all of sudden he just bursts into tears. I get a little concerned and ask him what is wrong. Mom he says why do the kids hate me and pick on the kids that talk to me and make them not talk or play with me too. Okay so my heart aches for him because sadly there is just no easy answer. He does have one really good friend at school that he plays with every day Michaela (sp?) and I am so thankful for her. She doesn't care what anyone else says she has decided that Colby is here very good friend and sticks to her beliefs. Now that is friend all the way. I also tried to tell him when he goes to the new school next year there will be so many new kids that he can make friends with and get away from all of these bullies. Is answer what if there are even more bullies. I also told him that I didn't care what anyone said or did that I and his dad love him very much and no matter what always remember that. I always worry you hear all of these horror stories about the kids that get picked on in school and then commit suicide because of it. I don't think it will ever come to that but then again I don't think those other parents thought there children would do that either. Please I pray that next year gets better for him. He really is a sensitive boy. He comes across gruff but a lot of it comes out of frustration and sadness. I am also so thankful for his 2 other really good friends Dane and Luke. They really are nice boys.

Okay well needed to vent but I have to go now. Talk to you later.

January 22, 2007

Okay watching the Pats play last night was just not good for my system. My stomach hurt, I was all jittery. UGH!! THEY LOST!!! What is the joy in watching the superbowl now. I am very saddened by this.

Nothing really exciting to report. Busy day getting the twins momentarily. Have to go volunteer at the school today and yes I bring Rachel, Logan, and Brady with me. Rush to get homework and dinner done with the boys when they get home from school and then off to karate with Colby.

Hopefully a nice easy day because I am exhausted I feel like I haven't slept in a week. I had a rough night sleeping Saturday night and it really hit me like a ton of bricks today. So hoping against all hope that I am in bed by 9ish but realistically it will most likely be 10ish.

Okay well that is all for now.

January 21, 2007

Well yesterday I bundled the baby up and attempted to go play in the snow. Can anyone say COLD. I mean freezing your skin the minute you walk outside. *Sigh* We managed to give Brady a couple of rides in his new sled and I couldn't take it anymore, back inside I went. Brady seemed to love the ride, giggling at every turn. I even managed to snap two pictures, before my fingers froze off. Very disappointed that it was just too cold to play outside.

Then we went to Austin's basketball game at 6 pm. Once again they lost. However, Austin managed to jam his fingers with the ball quite badly. He seems hardly able to move his pointer finger. Really hoping he didn't break it. Will give it a few days to see if it improves, hard to tell at this point because it is really swollen.

It is so cold again today. I have to go grocery shopping too. I am just not looking forward to it at all. We are so bad skipped church today because I just couldn't get myself to get going very quickly this morning. The thought of going outside really was so unappealing. So I made muffins instead. Bad me, Bad me.

Colby is going ice skating this afternoon with his friend Luke. He is so excited. I was looking at him this morning he went through an enormous growth spurt overnight. I think he may be just about as tall as I am now. I am not sure where it came from, but really thrilled to see it. He was long overdue and he has really slimmed out a bit because of it. Scary to think that in just a few weeks, I will be the mother of a 10 year old. I am too young to have a child so old. LOL!!! Not really but I just wonder where time went. It seems like just yesterday that I was working full time and Rachael was pregnant with Dane and babysitting my little guy. He was so teeny tiny. Boy that didn't last long. Too think then I went on to have 2 more and who knows if we won't try for that fourth.

Okay enough rambling for today.

January 20, 2007

Well what a surprise to wake up to SNOW this morning. Was so excited!!!! even more so than the kids I would say. Got up around 7ish changed Brady and got him dressed and decided that I would make breakfeast for everyone. So I made coffee and chocolate chip pancakes, plain ones for the baby without the syrup of course. I made them a little bigger than sand dollar size and Brady ate four of them. I either thought he may explode or had a bottomless pit.

Well already paid some bills, took a shower. Ready to go except don't have anywhere to go at least not until later this afternoon for Austin's basketball game.

Maybe will go out and play in the snow with the boys in a little bit.

Have a great day.

January 19,2006

Okay well as of Tuesday this week I took on another daycare child temporarily until June. He is not bad by any means but a third 2 year old certainly can't say it is quiet or boring around here. Then add an 8 month old into the mix makes for quite the interesting days.

Did I ever mention how much I really do not care for the age of 8 well it finally came to a head last night. Austin has been pushing Jeff and I's buttons for the last two weeks. Being rude, disrespectful, had to have the last word about anything and everything. Just down right miserable. I was begging to dread 3:45pm when I knew he would be getting off the bus because I knew a battle would soon ensue. Well he pushed it too far last night and Jeff who was at his breaking point really really yelled at him I mean he was scared. He would NEVER lay a hand on him but I think he put the fear of God in him because for the rest of the evening the old well behaved Austin was back. Hopefully the devil child is gone and my handsome, wonderful and funny Austin is back.

I am so excited Rachael if we can manage a time to get together may try and teach me how to digital scrap. So excited. You never turn down an offer like that when it is from someone like Rachael who has more talent in her pinky than anyone on the eastern seaboard. I know I am a suck up but the talant part really is true. She is so amazing.

okay off I go.

P.S. I want more snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to take the kids sledding in the worst way. Who ever thought living on the East Coast that we would have to beg for snow.

January 14, 2006

Well it has been quite the hectic past few days. On Wednesday I had to take Brady and Austin for there second series of flu shots and Colby for his asthma check. All went well and without a hitch. We then rushed home for homework and then to get Colby to karate. Well then came Thursday the baby woke up pretty sick nose running like a faucet, horrible cough. He didn't want to eat just wanted mom to rock him slept most of the day. Austin comes home from school some little degenerate at school rips and I mean rips his hood off his brand new coat he has had for a whole 2 weeks. Well I am so mad I call the school I call his teacher and well as the vice principal at the school. Friday comes Brady is even sicker now refuses his bottle, won't eat sleeps 20 hours of the day, nose and cough are just disgusting. Vice principal calls back about Ausin's coat turns out it was two boys involved in coat incident. They are made to write apology letters and parents will be contacted to be informed they will be responsible for paying to have coat sent to a tailor to have a new zipper sewn on his hood. Good I am thankful for the prompt attention and the solution works for me as well. Saturday I call the doctor for Brady as he is now running a 102 fever still will not eat or take a bottle. Turns out he has a cold (due to flu shot) and now has a double ear infection. Great!!! Go to pharmacy to fill prescription. Insurance denied WHAT!!! turns out Jeff's company switched insurance and didn't tell us. Great now all the doctor's appt's we have had were never covered under old insurance as of January 1st and I need to run around and call everyone with new insurance information when it arrives of course. Aaaargh. Have to call Tracy and see if she can bring Colby to karate as Jeff is working and I don't want to take Brady out. So she agrees and off they go. Jeff gets home and then Tracy, and I take Austin to Basketball where they sadly lose by a landslide. Today so thankful is uneventful Brady on the rebound and we skip church to let him recover. Now as I type this I am on pins and needles watching this patriots game. Well I guess that is all for now.