I Might Be a Little Prejudiced, But...

I do think this is one of the cutest kiddos ever.....

Look at this big girl, hardly a baby anymore! All this makes me sad, knowing she's my last...

Here are the promised pics from Sweet Pea's haircut last week. It wasn't a huge haircut, but it made a big difference!

Before...
During...
Now! Pretty stinkin' cute if I do say so myself!

Not to be left out....my other one is darn cute, too!

You Say It's Your Birthday.....

Today, one of my favorite people is celebrating her birthday! She is fortunate enough to have the privilege of preparing a Thanksgiving meal on her birthday! Lucky, lucky girl! Tomorrow, I will have the privilege of hanging out with her! Can't wait! Happy birthday girl!
It's been a busy week at our house! Last week, Sweet Pea had her first haircut, it's adorable! I'll post pictures soon. We made a mad dash north for the weekend, it was great to see everyone, but it's even greater to be home! I say that loosely, ya know....Poor Sweet Pea had a little cough that started on Tuesday, no big deal, right? She slept ok that night, yesterday it seemed to get progressively worse. Last night, she wasn't sleeping, only coughing. I went in to check on her and she was burning up. Her fever was 103.8. Off we go to Acute Kids Urgent Care. She has ANOTHER ear infection. 3 weeks ago today, she was at the pediatrician with an ear infection, a week ago today she had a follow up appointment and everything was fine. Poor baby, looks like she's taking after her brother. We'll be visiting with our pediatrician to see about talking to our favorite ENT....It never ends, does it?
However, in spite of all our mishaps, on this day, I am thankful for many things....my husband, my mostly healthy children, my family, my friends, my life.....
Happy Thanksgiving!

OOOOOOOOOOH Yeah!

One of my favorite bands in the whole world released their new album today. I knew it was coming out today and was secretly hoping it might make it's way into my Christmas stocking. Daddy Dearest was paying attention tonight and he let me know that the album was available to download on Amazon.com for only $3.99, I was so excited. Then, we began to argue about who's computer the downloading would take place on...I won, as usual! So, I have already done the download and now I'm burning my own cd, my car isn't so fancy and doesn't support my MP3 player, like DD's does....(hint, hint).
Now, if only they would release their tour dates.......sigh.....

Thanks!

Thank you to my friend for introducing me to Costco diapers...they rock!

Busy Week!

Next week is gonna be crazy busy, but that's OK with me! Tomorrow, Turkey Butt are going to see some of my student performing in a play. They will be the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz", should be lots of fun! At school, third grade will be in charge of the monthly assembly, so some class time will be devoted to practicing for 'Round-up'. Monday night, Daddy Dearest will be out of town, Wednesday night, TB has Awanas, and Thursday night.....


My friends and I have tickets to see the 12:01 movie....we're meeting at Dave and Buster's in our Team Edward shirts before we go. I am so excited, this is so unlike most of us! Starbucks will be our best friend Friday! If you haven't read these books, you should definitely consider it...totally the best stuff, EVER!! Everyone who starts them falls in love!
Friday evening the lil ones and I are flying to Amarillo for the the weekend. We haven't seen everyone since July, they won't even recognize Sweet Pea, she's changed so much! We'll be back Monday evening so we can spend the actual holiday at home. I love this time of year! So much to do so many memories!!! Good times!
Anyways, ending with some fun, frivolous stuff....

Not Perfect, But a Little Better

Still searching for the perfect background. Hopefully, I'm getting closer and not farther away!

I Know...

My blog header and background don't match....I know it! It's the best I could do right now. I'll work on it again soon!
Daddy Dearest returned today and let's just say that things aren't going the way I had planned for my day. Somehow, during his time away, he scratched his eye. Not a little irritating scratch, but a big "I can't function" scratch. He's been in quite a lot of pain and is unable to drive. I loaded up the kiddos and we headed to the airport to pick him up. Our first stop was Care Now. The doctor said to DD, "That's a helluva scratch you've got there." We headed home with a couple of prescriptions, one being the ever-important Vicodin. Needless to say, DD has spent the day in the dark snoring loudly. I feel really bad for him. He hadn't slept or ate for over 24 hours because he was in so much pain. We have to follow up with the doctor tomorrow and I'm hoping things are healing with all this much needed rest. However, this little turn of events meant that I was unable to get to school and get some work done. It would not have been a good idea to leave the littles here with their father and it's pretty difficult for me to get anything done with my kiddos 'helping'. Remember, I wasn't there last Thursday or Friday, so I'm kinda scared of what I'll be walking in to....
Oh well, such is life....someday, I will get caught up. I'm just not sure when that will be!

Barely Functioning

Sleep patterns still have not returned to normal at this house! I am adapting quite well, but I keep finding myself spacing out and yawning on a more than regular basis....
On the up side, I've gotten to watch lots of old and obscure movies in the middle of the night. One of my favorites is Fear, remember this one??? Mark Wahlberg is yummy in this movie, even as a psycho. I tivo'd it so I can watch it as needed! I also caught one called Little Children with Kate Winslet, very interesting! Pretty in Pink has been on several times and I've watched two weeks of The Young and the Restless.
Please pray for normal sleep at our house, Mamma's gone crazy!

4 am

Since my husband is out of town for 6 days, it's no surprise that the rest of us are sick. Tuesday night, Sweet Pea started to fuss as I was getting ready to go to bed. No fever, just fussing, I gave her some Motrin and put her back to bed. An hour later, she started again. I brought her a drink, rocked her for a few minutes and she was ready to go back down. It's now midnight, I am on the verge of drifting off for the 2nd time tonight and here comes Turkey Butt. He's coughing and he can't sleep. Poor guy! I head downstairs to find the cough syrup (searching for the good stuff, you mommas know what I'm talking about), no dice...only Delsym. I give him the meds, turn on his TV and head back to bed, again. Fast forward to about 4 am, here comes Turkey Butt, AGAIN(I am hearing Rob Thomas, 'It's 3 am I must be lonely). Only this time, he's dressed and had his breakfast. He's ready for school! I have no idea if he slept between 12 am and 4 am! Scary! I put the dog out (she thinks it's time to get up too) convinced him to go back to bed and headed back to bed again for a few more minutes sleep.
Today, I stayed home with my poor babies. We headed to the pediatrician, turns out Sweet Pea has an ear infection and TB has a viral infection. I have no idea what I have! I just know that I'd feel a LOT better if I could take some good drugs for myself! I guess I'll have to suffer through until Sunday when Daddy Dearest comes back. He owes me BIG TIME!

Halloween!

I love Halloween! It's one of my favorite holidays...I think I love it so much because it's a downhill slide until Christmas.
We spent the evening Trick or Treating with some of our favorite friends. Sweet Pea caught on real quick, I look cute and bat my eyes, I get candy...It was funny to see her figure it out! The boys were so quick that SP and I couldn't keep up. We only hit a few houses and she and I headed back to help hand out candy. We really had a great night! Here are a few pics:

Scary Skeleton Pirate

With the mask

An attempt for a picture together

The story of my life....she's never still for longer than 2 seconds...

Daddy Dearest is heading out of town tomorrow until SUNDAY (sucks to be me, huh?). So, I spent this past Saturday in Canton with some of my friends from work. It was crowded, but fun. I hadn't been before, and it was waaaaaay more than I expected, can't wait to go back!
Last night, Sweet Pea was playing with Turkey Butt's vampire teeth, it was pretty funny. I joked to my friends that she was 'Reneesmee', if you've read the Twilight Saga, you'll know what I mean, funny stuff!