Friday, December 30, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
a quick review of 2011
Another year has just about passed. What a year it was too,
...we started out living at my mom's, our vision of saving money with no house payment quickly turned into being more of a problem due to the fuel bill exceeding our limits. In January I began the process of becoming a surrogate for some friends that wanted a baby. After alot of med's and injections and many sick days implantation took place at the tail end of February. Come March a positive pregnancy blood test came and the journey continued. We decided to move back to Corpus and be closer to everything again so that our fuel bill wouldn't be a burden. So we rented an apartment while a friend rented our house, spending April and part of May there. By mid May we were back in our home and the pregnancy was truckin along. Mark turned "30" and we celebrated with a party at the lake with wonderful friends and family. My mom presented Mark with a trip voucher for Vegas ! Kylie finished up her year in Kindergarten and summer was upon us. We purchased a pool for our backyard where we'd spend all of our outside time and let me tell you, it was the best investment. Kylie turned "6"and we had a pool party at our house. July was just plain hot ! Kylie made company at her dance studio and I was the proudest momma ! We got Maverick all signed up for Pre K 3 at St. Anthony's Catholic school. All the kids supplies and clothes were purchased and packed up for school. Maverick started early August and Kylie 3 weeks later. An over night stay in the hospital happend in August for me for a bladder infection and contractions. When that was done and over with September 9 would change everything. I noticed my feet were way too swollen prompting me to take my bp. It was too high and a call into my dr.'s nurse would send me to the hospital with PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension), which could be deadly. My prescription was a hospital stay till delivery. I was overwhelmed and depression quickly set in at the fact I was in the hospital away from my family and couldn't do a thing about it. Luckily I had a great group of family & friends that would spoil me to keep my spirits up and I am ever so thankful for this. Back at home my family pulled together to keep my kids and hubby from going insane. My Mom moved in to my house and took care of the kids getting them to school and other functions. Maverick had many t-ball games in which I was not present at, which did'nt help my depression. Day after day I heard the same thing from the dr's, "pressures look better but you're stuck here", gee thanks doc ! I think I saw every dr in the practice and every nurse that worked on the floor I was in. I made friends with some of the nurses, ,they'd come in to just chit chat. Back at home things were running well, kids were busy with school and activities, My hubby had a new persepective on my "job" as mommy. My poor son had dr's appt's and blood tests run, and I couldn't be there for this but Mark was. Kylie was sick and I couldn't be there to help her either. I am ever so thankful for those that cared so much about me during this time to help out and keep things running smoothly. My Grandma picked up Maverick from school, one of my best friends picked up Kylie from school and got her to dance practice, my hubby & my mom filled my role, my sister helped when she was needed. I had many visits from many friends at the hospital who brought me food and came to keep me company when they could. To all of you who helped me out during this time, I THANK YOU SINCERELY ! I had many firsts and was spoiled while I stayed in the hospital, I guess it kept me some what sane. October 7 a dr came in and after having some high readings during the night before, she assured me I was still ok. Before she left my room she said this "get your pressure up there so I can deliver you today", & then This day would be the weirdest day thus far in the hospital. At 7am when the day nurses make their first rounds I was surprised to see a good friend that is a nurse in L&D, had been pulled to work Antipartum that day, which she literally never gets put on (& she was assigned to me). I was feeling ok and so excited as that day I was getting my hair done. Someone was coming to me to do my hair in the hospital, I had friends coming to have lunch with me and I had a great friend as my nurse. I couldn't ask for more. Well around 11:30 my friends arrived with food and tons of laughs over memories. During this time I felt relaxed & happy, however my blood pressure would tell different. The CNA came in and took my vitals. My bp was pretty high and she looked at me as if she were scared to see this reading. I told her to go tell the nurse because from my experience here the CNA's would discard a high reading and re-read it. Well being that one of my friends in there was a nurse as well, she decided I guess it was best to not lie this time. The CNA reported my bp to the dr and my nurse and blood work was ordered. Not too much longer I was being told things were off & not looking too good. The dr wanted to monitor me. Well my hair lady had just got there and there were no beds in L&D so I had to wait. My bp was taken again and it was higher than the first reading so as soon as my hair was done I had to go straight to L&D to be put on a monitor. I called the babys mother and told her what was happening so she could get up to the hospital just in case. 10 minutes before my hair was done I started feeling very bad and then was taken straight to the labor floor for monitoring. By this time I'd started getting dizzy, shaking and I was not feeling well at all. I was put on the fetal monitor to check baby, he was doing just fine, my bp was all over the place and the dr that just came on duty was my dr ! I was put on Magnesium Sulfate which would protect my brain from any seizures that could occur due to the high bp. By 6:15pm a c-section had been agreed on, only because I couldn't see staying on the magnesium sulfate for possibly 20 + hours in labor. A c-section was scheduled for 8 pm. I was then prepped and whisked off to the OR. In that time of being prepared my hubby, mom, sister, best friend had arrived to support me and be there when I came out of surgery. Once in the OR a spinal was administered and I was ready for surgery. I remember being very relaxed and that's about it. Then baby was born at 34 weeks 1 day, whisked away to the NICU. It was me and my dr and the room of nurses, surge techs, anesteologist and the pregnancy was over, my bp came down immediately and I was just Callie again. The Dr stiched me up and I was taken to post op for a lil recovery. I was so glad to see that I had people there for me after this. After about an hour I was taken into another room for the night for observation and once again I was alone, in a room. My focus now was to feel better so I could go home where I was needed and wanted again. I'd done my job and it was over. After the night of pain and on and off again sleep I was put in a room in post partum. 24 hours after my c-section I was surprised with a birthday party as my "30th" was just a day away. My mom, sister, kids, husband and a good friend had shown up to celebrate my birthday. I was excited about this. That next day was my birthday ! I was given the option of staying or going home that day. At first I think I was scared to go home but after about an hour I decided I had to get out of that place. I asked to see the baby in the NICU cause I needed to just see him, I hadn't seen him yet. He was so tiny and hooked up to tubes and monitors. A couple of hours later my husband came up & I was going home after a full month of being in the hospital. Things were so different as we drove home where another birthday party was waiting for me. Friends that gave me support through this process were there along with my mom, sister and my beautiful kids. The next couple of weeks were not the best. I found myself alone again and this time a nurse didn't check up on me every few hours, I was literally alone until my family came home. I have to say this round of post partum depression was the worst. I had my follow up appt with my dr after 2 weeks and at 4 weeks went back to work and normalcy. I had to throw myself back into life before the depression completely took over me. Maverick turned "4" and we took him for pizza and go kart racing the weekend before his birthday. The day of we had a lil get together at home and he opened presents. Thanksgiving was wonderful, spent with family and no drama. We found out that we will have another lil baby in the family come May, as our cousins' are expecting thier first. Both kids have done so well in school this semester. Kylie has excelled in dancing and Maverick had a fun time with t-ball. We are now 4 days till Christmas and so ready. New years will be spent with wonderful friends in Magnolia, Texas, once again. This year was definitely a whirlwind of emotions and I'm just glad to be back to normal and back to my family. 2012 will be better than 2011 for sure !
Life as I know it is....full of amazing people and miracles to be thankful for
...we started out living at my mom's, our vision of saving money with no house payment quickly turned into being more of a problem due to the fuel bill exceeding our limits. In January I began the process of becoming a surrogate for some friends that wanted a baby. After alot of med's and injections and many sick days implantation took place at the tail end of February. Come March a positive pregnancy blood test came and the journey continued. We decided to move back to Corpus and be closer to everything again so that our fuel bill wouldn't be a burden. So we rented an apartment while a friend rented our house, spending April and part of May there. By mid May we were back in our home and the pregnancy was truckin along. Mark turned "30" and we celebrated with a party at the lake with wonderful friends and family. My mom presented Mark with a trip voucher for Vegas ! Kylie finished up her year in Kindergarten and summer was upon us. We purchased a pool for our backyard where we'd spend all of our outside time and let me tell you, it was the best investment. Kylie turned "6"and we had a pool party at our house. July was just plain hot ! Kylie made company at her dance studio and I was the proudest momma ! We got Maverick all signed up for Pre K 3 at St. Anthony's Catholic school. All the kids supplies and clothes were purchased and packed up for school. Maverick started early August and Kylie 3 weeks later. An over night stay in the hospital happend in August for me for a bladder infection and contractions. When that was done and over with September 9 would change everything. I noticed my feet were way too swollen prompting me to take my bp. It was too high and a call into my dr.'s nurse would send me to the hospital with PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension), which could be deadly. My prescription was a hospital stay till delivery. I was overwhelmed and depression quickly set in at the fact I was in the hospital away from my family and couldn't do a thing about it. Luckily I had a great group of family & friends that would spoil me to keep my spirits up and I am ever so thankful for this. Back at home my family pulled together to keep my kids and hubby from going insane. My Mom moved in to my house and took care of the kids getting them to school and other functions. Maverick had many t-ball games in which I was not present at, which did'nt help my depression. Day after day I heard the same thing from the dr's, "pressures look better but you're stuck here", gee thanks doc ! I think I saw every dr in the practice and every nurse that worked on the floor I was in. I made friends with some of the nurses, ,they'd come in to just chit chat. Back at home things were running well, kids were busy with school and activities, My hubby had a new persepective on my "job" as mommy. My poor son had dr's appt's and blood tests run, and I couldn't be there for this but Mark was. Kylie was sick and I couldn't be there to help her either. I am ever so thankful for those that cared so much about me during this time to help out and keep things running smoothly. My Grandma picked up Maverick from school, one of my best friends picked up Kylie from school and got her to dance practice, my hubby & my mom filled my role, my sister helped when she was needed. I had many visits from many friends at the hospital who brought me food and came to keep me company when they could. To all of you who helped me out during this time, I THANK YOU SINCERELY ! I had many firsts and was spoiled while I stayed in the hospital, I guess it kept me some what sane. October 7 a dr came in and after having some high readings during the night before, she assured me I was still ok. Before she left my room she said this "get your pressure up there so I can deliver you today", & then This day would be the weirdest day thus far in the hospital. At 7am when the day nurses make their first rounds I was surprised to see a good friend that is a nurse in L&D, had been pulled to work Antipartum that day, which she literally never gets put on (& she was assigned to me). I was feeling ok and so excited as that day I was getting my hair done. Someone was coming to me to do my hair in the hospital, I had friends coming to have lunch with me and I had a great friend as my nurse. I couldn't ask for more. Well around 11:30 my friends arrived with food and tons of laughs over memories. During this time I felt relaxed & happy, however my blood pressure would tell different. The CNA came in and took my vitals. My bp was pretty high and she looked at me as if she were scared to see this reading. I told her to go tell the nurse because from my experience here the CNA's would discard a high reading and re-read it. Well being that one of my friends in there was a nurse as well, she decided I guess it was best to not lie this time. The CNA reported my bp to the dr and my nurse and blood work was ordered. Not too much longer I was being told things were off & not looking too good. The dr wanted to monitor me. Well my hair lady had just got there and there were no beds in L&D so I had to wait. My bp was taken again and it was higher than the first reading so as soon as my hair was done I had to go straight to L&D to be put on a monitor. I called the babys mother and told her what was happening so she could get up to the hospital just in case. 10 minutes before my hair was done I started feeling very bad and then was taken straight to the labor floor for monitoring. By this time I'd started getting dizzy, shaking and I was not feeling well at all. I was put on the fetal monitor to check baby, he was doing just fine, my bp was all over the place and the dr that just came on duty was my dr ! I was put on Magnesium Sulfate which would protect my brain from any seizures that could occur due to the high bp. By 6:15pm a c-section had been agreed on, only because I couldn't see staying on the magnesium sulfate for possibly 20 + hours in labor. A c-section was scheduled for 8 pm. I was then prepped and whisked off to the OR. In that time of being prepared my hubby, mom, sister, best friend had arrived to support me and be there when I came out of surgery. Once in the OR a spinal was administered and I was ready for surgery. I remember being very relaxed and that's about it. Then baby was born at 34 weeks 1 day, whisked away to the NICU. It was me and my dr and the room of nurses, surge techs, anesteologist and the pregnancy was over, my bp came down immediately and I was just Callie again. The Dr stiched me up and I was taken to post op for a lil recovery. I was so glad to see that I had people there for me after this. After about an hour I was taken into another room for the night for observation and once again I was alone, in a room. My focus now was to feel better so I could go home where I was needed and wanted again. I'd done my job and it was over. After the night of pain and on and off again sleep I was put in a room in post partum. 24 hours after my c-section I was surprised with a birthday party as my "30th" was just a day away. My mom, sister, kids, husband and a good friend had shown up to celebrate my birthday. I was excited about this. That next day was my birthday ! I was given the option of staying or going home that day. At first I think I was scared to go home but after about an hour I decided I had to get out of that place. I asked to see the baby in the NICU cause I needed to just see him, I hadn't seen him yet. He was so tiny and hooked up to tubes and monitors. A couple of hours later my husband came up & I was going home after a full month of being in the hospital. Things were so different as we drove home where another birthday party was waiting for me. Friends that gave me support through this process were there along with my mom, sister and my beautiful kids. The next couple of weeks were not the best. I found myself alone again and this time a nurse didn't check up on me every few hours, I was literally alone until my family came home. I have to say this round of post partum depression was the worst. I had my follow up appt with my dr after 2 weeks and at 4 weeks went back to work and normalcy. I had to throw myself back into life before the depression completely took over me. Maverick turned "4" and we took him for pizza and go kart racing the weekend before his birthday. The day of we had a lil get together at home and he opened presents. Thanksgiving was wonderful, spent with family and no drama. We found out that we will have another lil baby in the family come May, as our cousins' are expecting thier first. Both kids have done so well in school this semester. Kylie has excelled in dancing and Maverick had a fun time with t-ball. We are now 4 days till Christmas and so ready. New years will be spent with wonderful friends in Magnolia, Texas, once again. This year was definitely a whirlwind of emotions and I'm just glad to be back to normal and back to my family. 2012 will be better than 2011 for sure !
Life as I know it is....full of amazing people and miracles to be thankful for
Monday, December 19, 2011
Parenting is tough stuff......
what a great weekend we had ! Christmas party with some great people, got to see a friends band play while we all people watched. It amazes me at how little some people feel comfortable wearing out in public, sorta disgusting (as I sit in my jeans, boots, turtle neck long sleeved shirt and cardigan oh and the scarf wrapped nicely around my neck). Some people shouldn't be allowed in public wearing next to nothing. Wrapped all gifts Saturday in my pj's and then had some deer stew at Nana's house.
K has made 2 paper chains for our tree, one from school and one from CCD (sunday school), everyday she takes off a link from each and quickly announces how many days are left till Christmas. ( the dreaded countdown is coming to an end) Today it is 6 days till the big day. This year I can be thankful I'm finished with all of the kids things and I did something different this year as well, I decided to get only necessary things and only 1 toy each. When K was writing her letter to Santa (first time she wrote one, I was proud) I helped her add things she wanted and all this after I already bought them, lol, sneaky momma err Santa. She'll receive everything on her list except the puppy she snuck in there, cause they aren't all toys. At the end of the letter all on her own she wished for the children that don't have much, to please get something this year. She's so amazing....Here's another thing that is new to us, a friend of mine told me about an app I could get on my phone that tracks Santa and each kid could make a list that would be sent to him, as well as watch a video addressed to each of the kids. I just got through watching them, they are pretty awesome. I'm excited to see their faces when I let them watch the vid's tonight.
This past weekend the kids spent 2 nights at their Mamaw's (my mom) and baked all day on saturday, roasted marshmallows, went for a walk and played around. Yesterday (sunday) we baked and my neice came over to help decorate cookies. They always have a blast doing this. K lost her 2nd tooth and was so happy and excited as she placed it under her pillow. This morning she woke up and .....dun dun dun...brought me the tooth and said " mommy the tooth fairy didn't come last night "..good lord I thought I"m terrible for this mishap, I"m so forgetful, I mean seriously the kid has lost only 2 teeth and within months of eachother, and after the busy sunday we had with baking and visits I just plain forgot. I quickly told her "well go put it back under your pillow" She did and then I had to think real quick on how to save this so called " tooth fairy's butt"...I wrote a lil note and snuck the money out of my wallet, hid it in my room so she wouldn't see any of it. When we were leaving this morning to go to work / grandma's I quickly rushed them out the door just so someone would forget something and I'd have to "run back in the house to get it" and put this note and money under her pillow. Low and behold M forgot his bag he was gonna bring to Grandma's so it all worked out, I ran inside after getting them in the jeep, got the note and money, put it where it should have gone last night, grabbed the bag and got outside quick so no questions would arise. The note said :
" Kylie, sorry I was late, I was helping Santa with Christmas stuff. Love Tooth Fairy "
When we were driving K asked how could the tooth fairy not show up, to which I answered, " well honey christmas is just around the corner so she's probably off helping Santa with stuff" to which she actually believed ! Tooth Fairy - 0 Momma - 1....
My lord being a parent is tough stuff, I mean there are so many things to remember and do and say and not say and lead the kids to believe things and so on and on... I feel terrible to forget this major thing in a child's life, but the amount of money for the one tooth lost should make up for it, not to mention the heartfelt note from that fairy herself ! Now with this Christmas app it should definitely put some belief in them for santa.....
I've still got a lot of things to do before this coming weekend of family and food. I always feel so overwhelmed and like I"ve misplaced my head during this of the year, but I love it anyway. Many more things to bake since I forgot baking soda yesterday while I was shopping for ingredients. Not to mention things to make and put together.
It's the most wondeful time of the year !
life as I know it is....just plain busy and full of oops's and strange things....
K has made 2 paper chains for our tree, one from school and one from CCD (sunday school), everyday she takes off a link from each and quickly announces how many days are left till Christmas. ( the dreaded countdown is coming to an end) Today it is 6 days till the big day. This year I can be thankful I'm finished with all of the kids things and I did something different this year as well, I decided to get only necessary things and only 1 toy each. When K was writing her letter to Santa (first time she wrote one, I was proud) I helped her add things she wanted and all this after I already bought them, lol, sneaky momma err Santa. She'll receive everything on her list except the puppy she snuck in there, cause they aren't all toys. At the end of the letter all on her own she wished for the children that don't have much, to please get something this year. She's so amazing....Here's another thing that is new to us, a friend of mine told me about an app I could get on my phone that tracks Santa and each kid could make a list that would be sent to him, as well as watch a video addressed to each of the kids. I just got through watching them, they are pretty awesome. I'm excited to see their faces when I let them watch the vid's tonight.
This past weekend the kids spent 2 nights at their Mamaw's (my mom) and baked all day on saturday, roasted marshmallows, went for a walk and played around. Yesterday (sunday) we baked and my neice came over to help decorate cookies. They always have a blast doing this. K lost her 2nd tooth and was so happy and excited as she placed it under her pillow. This morning she woke up and .....dun dun dun...brought me the tooth and said " mommy the tooth fairy didn't come last night "..good lord I thought I"m terrible for this mishap, I"m so forgetful, I mean seriously the kid has lost only 2 teeth and within months of eachother, and after the busy sunday we had with baking and visits I just plain forgot. I quickly told her "well go put it back under your pillow" She did and then I had to think real quick on how to save this so called " tooth fairy's butt"...I wrote a lil note and snuck the money out of my wallet, hid it in my room so she wouldn't see any of it. When we were leaving this morning to go to work / grandma's I quickly rushed them out the door just so someone would forget something and I'd have to "run back in the house to get it" and put this note and money under her pillow. Low and behold M forgot his bag he was gonna bring to Grandma's so it all worked out, I ran inside after getting them in the jeep, got the note and money, put it where it should have gone last night, grabbed the bag and got outside quick so no questions would arise. The note said :
" Kylie, sorry I was late, I was helping Santa with Christmas stuff. Love Tooth Fairy "
When we were driving K asked how could the tooth fairy not show up, to which I answered, " well honey christmas is just around the corner so she's probably off helping Santa with stuff" to which she actually believed ! Tooth Fairy - 0 Momma - 1....
My lord being a parent is tough stuff, I mean there are so many things to remember and do and say and not say and lead the kids to believe things and so on and on... I feel terrible to forget this major thing in a child's life, but the amount of money for the one tooth lost should make up for it, not to mention the heartfelt note from that fairy herself ! Now with this Christmas app it should definitely put some belief in them for santa.....
I've still got a lot of things to do before this coming weekend of family and food. I always feel so overwhelmed and like I"ve misplaced my head during this of the year, but I love it anyway. Many more things to bake since I forgot baking soda yesterday while I was shopping for ingredients. Not to mention things to make and put together.
It's the most wondeful time of the year !
life as I know it is....just plain busy and full of oops's and strange things....
Friday, December 16, 2011
pictures speak a thousand words / emotions .....
Every year I go insane trying to line up a photographer for christmas card photos , find a matching ensemble for my family and coordinate times and places for these pics to be taken. This year was like every year, except I knew who I wanted to take pics of us & what we would wear and basically where we would take them. They had to be rustic country and be beautiful. We decided on our aunt's barn / pasture (thank you Aunt Linda). She had the perfect set up, rustic country was working for us. We all wore boots ( a have to for country christmas) and posed great poses (thank you Pinterest for your amazing ideas). Our cousin April is breaking into photography and has done a few other shoots so we decided she had to do ours cause we were on the same page as far the entire style. So we met on a crazy windy Sunday (however you can not tell it was that windy from the photos) and let her work her magic. I absolutely love the photos, they are amazing ! Thank you April Lea Photography !
the Noakes family, yeah we're a lil crazy
we will be married 8 years in June, hence the "8" ( another pinterest idea)
my beautiful children on an old tractor
our family
There are of course so many more, but these were some of my faves.
Merry Country Christmas to all !
& life as I know it....includes a bunch of great memories and photos to share
Monday, December 12, 2011
It's Christmas time, time for family memories....
Tis the season to be grateful, happy, giving , loving & eat some good food....Oh and be with family. Whomever they may be..
a quick note on our family, all of them:
In mine and my hubb's life we consider our close friends to be family. We have a very close nit group of friends we discovered just a year and half ago, let me tell you these people are there for anything. We are made up of wonderful caring people all over the great state of Texas ! We started out as a couple of ol' high school buddies getting together to enjoy one of our favorite hobbies, muddin ! Yes the sport of playing in the mudd, dust or what have you while riding four wheelers and side by sides. It was a success the first time we all got together ! It was almost as if we'd been together for many years and even though we do not see eachother but a couple times a year facebook's got our back, so to speak. We talk almost daily on fb and pray for eachother and family on there. Our group is so important to each and every one of us. So to our "FOUR WHEELIN' FAMILY: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SEE YA AT NEW YEARS"
As for family family, well we get together , enjoy the company and go home. I remember as a child growing up and christmas eve was like a t.v. show in our family. My family is fairly large, 16 adults, 14 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and one on the way. Growing up it wasn't as large as it has grown to be today, but none the less it was huge still. Playing games & watching Christmas shows during the day, everyone cooking our Seafood feast in the kitchen, grandkids cleaning up the mess that all the adults had to make, then we'd sit in the den (which seems smaller now that I"m an adult) and sing christmas carols(quite horribly mind you) out of our folders that are stored away all year just to make their appearance every christmas eve. Silent Night was always last to be sung at the request of Grandma. Then the madness would begin ! The guys would hand out all the gifts and we'd open them without hesitation. We didn't sit around and watch eachother open them cause that would obviously take way too long. Then there was tons of excitement to see who got what and of course the wrapping paper fights would begin promptly after the gifts were opened while the big black trash bags are passed around. I"m not sure how Grandma and Grandpa let this go on but it does every year. I remember watching Grandma look around at her family with pride and happiness. 2002 was the hardest Christmas ever as it was the year we lost Grandpa. We all did our best to hold it together that year, but of course there were moments that were Grandpa's favorites and we'd lose it. This year will be the same. Since we had kids I've tried to start our own traditions but when you have so many people to see and everyone wants you here and there it's not easy. I'll make a christmas morning casserole and my hubby and I will watch our children's eyes as they open their gifts. I hope they are excited and know how lucky they are. I know they will wish they got more toys, but this year we decided on the necessities and one toy. I want them to understand what Christmas is all about, being with family. I hope and pray they can have memories to think back on when they are parents making new memories. I don't want them to get all caught up in the receiving of things but to be able to give to less fortunate people as well. They just do not know how good they've got it...
So for now I leave you with this>>... Life as I know it is full of good memories, giving and lot's of food....
a quick note on our family, all of them:
In mine and my hubb's life we consider our close friends to be family. We have a very close nit group of friends we discovered just a year and half ago, let me tell you these people are there for anything. We are made up of wonderful caring people all over the great state of Texas ! We started out as a couple of ol' high school buddies getting together to enjoy one of our favorite hobbies, muddin ! Yes the sport of playing in the mudd, dust or what have you while riding four wheelers and side by sides. It was a success the first time we all got together ! It was almost as if we'd been together for many years and even though we do not see eachother but a couple times a year facebook's got our back, so to speak. We talk almost daily on fb and pray for eachother and family on there. Our group is so important to each and every one of us. So to our "FOUR WHEELIN' FAMILY: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SEE YA AT NEW YEARS"
As for family family, well we get together , enjoy the company and go home. I remember as a child growing up and christmas eve was like a t.v. show in our family. My family is fairly large, 16 adults, 14 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and one on the way. Growing up it wasn't as large as it has grown to be today, but none the less it was huge still. Playing games & watching Christmas shows during the day, everyone cooking our Seafood feast in the kitchen, grandkids cleaning up the mess that all the adults had to make, then we'd sit in the den (which seems smaller now that I"m an adult) and sing christmas carols(quite horribly mind you) out of our folders that are stored away all year just to make their appearance every christmas eve. Silent Night was always last to be sung at the request of Grandma. Then the madness would begin ! The guys would hand out all the gifts and we'd open them without hesitation. We didn't sit around and watch eachother open them cause that would obviously take way too long. Then there was tons of excitement to see who got what and of course the wrapping paper fights would begin promptly after the gifts were opened while the big black trash bags are passed around. I"m not sure how Grandma and Grandpa let this go on but it does every year. I remember watching Grandma look around at her family with pride and happiness. 2002 was the hardest Christmas ever as it was the year we lost Grandpa. We all did our best to hold it together that year, but of course there were moments that were Grandpa's favorites and we'd lose it. This year will be the same. Since we had kids I've tried to start our own traditions but when you have so many people to see and everyone wants you here and there it's not easy. I'll make a christmas morning casserole and my hubby and I will watch our children's eyes as they open their gifts. I hope they are excited and know how lucky they are. I know they will wish they got more toys, but this year we decided on the necessities and one toy. I want them to understand what Christmas is all about, being with family. I hope and pray they can have memories to think back on when they are parents making new memories. I don't want them to get all caught up in the receiving of things but to be able to give to less fortunate people as well. They just do not know how good they've got it...
So for now I leave you with this>>... Life as I know it is full of good memories, giving and lot's of food....
Friday, December 9, 2011
RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM A CRAZY MOMMA
WHERE DO I GET THIS STUFF.....
what's so bad about being immortalized as a beautiful rock hard bloodsucker ? I mean seriously I don't think it'd be that bad to live forever as a beautiful being that will never gain weight, wrinkles or cellulite, as long as you can control yourself like the Cullen's. Bella's got a point ! Live forever and work for what you want and have the time to actually live to enjoy it...Thank you Stephanie Meyers for giving us the gift to dream of being a vampire that can control themselves around humans, live forever beautifully and just be plain perfect !
so true love existed at some time huh ? you know the vow that says "....till death do us part". well they didn't part in death (apparently). wonder who went first ? strange (where do i come up with this stuff)
this is where I wanna be on a cold evening sipping hot cocoa spiked with bailey's , hanging out with great friends and maybe someone playing their guitar acoustic...this is down home country living at it's finest...
ever wake up in the morning and think "wow this is my life?" I do this and then I think could I handle doing the dream job I really want ? I mean I'd lose sleep like crazy as a nurse lol...then I realize I'm living my dream that I dreamt of 10 years ago (well minus the financial struggle), married, children, own my own home that I get to decorate the way I want to , I'm an adult and this is just insane..I"m 30, the age I dreaded being when I was 20, now I'm trying to embrace the age, however it just means I'm one day closer to being "old as dirt" ha...it's crazy how when you're growing up it seems that time just floats by so slow, then when you have kids it starts zooming by like nothing, you can't get that time back...."over think much ?!"
how cool would this be to have a beach house with a bonfire surrounded by good friends ! party time !
I really try to remember this..
wish my hair would grow faster and look this good..
why do we always try to rush things? I'm so guilty of this, we complain that life goes by so fast yet we wish things would hurry...I think I'm gonna try and just take things as they come and NOT wish they'd "hurry up"...well except when I have an appt that I need to hurry to get to....lol
enough randomness for today !
Thursday, December 8, 2011
WANTED: SANITY AND SOME CALM....(read on)
So you know that part in Sex & the City 2 where Miranda and Charolette are in Aubudabi and are talking about being parents, taking a drink everytime they spill about something real about it ? Yeah so now I'm gonna be real and if you take it harshly I"m sorry but I'm sure at some point in your time as a parent the thought crossed your mind cause you're human, right ?....
For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a mommy ! I was in love with the thought of having my own lil baby to take care and be in awe over ,but when I think about it I didn't get passed the awe part of it, you know the real down and dirty parts, the parts that make parenthood the HARDEST JOB ON EARTH !
Let me stress this first, I love my kids more than life and will always put them first and do whatever I possibly can for them !
Now onto the reality of being a mommy ! it all starts with devoting your entire life and body to them from the beginning. With both our kids it took a while to get preggo. With K it took a few months and I was about to get on inferitility help when I discovered I was with child. My hubby had been on an offroad trip the weekend I took the dreaded at home test. I didn't think I was so I didn't pay any mind to it for a few minutes, when I did finally remember I peed on a stick I looked and it was "+" and I was elated. My best friend was the first to know as she saw it laid out that night. When the hubby finally found out he was not a bit excited, which I chock up to him being a man and realizing that his "fun guy days" were over. The birth of our first child was perfect, 5 hours of labor , 4 of which I was crashed out from IV meds, then the pushing was a cinch, 20 mins and she was here, June 22, 05. She was perfect, 10 toes, 10 fingers and beautiful ! She slept, ate and made life with a baby simple. OF COURSE I'D WANT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AWAY ! we tried again for another perfect baby when K was almost a year old, we wanted them close together so they'd be each other's bestie...well little did we know our next one would be the most trying lil booger ever. We tried for 6 months before being put on chlomid, which I was on for 6 more months. Every month was a let down as I peed on that god awful stick. till the day in February 2007 that it came up with 2 lines instead of just 1. Then all hell would break lose. I was sick as a dog, but never puked, at 19 weeks I began having contractions, my fave OB /GYN left for another job and I was passed around till I found a great dr. then at 22 weeks I was put on moderate bed rest "work part time and stay off your feet as much as possible" were my orders. At 24 weeks I was put on full bed rest cause the contrx were not letting up, I was diagnosed with Premature Labor and put on meds that put me into a life of sleep for the next 10 weeks. I was not allowed to do anything but as a mother you know that's impossible. I did a few things between naps during the day. At 34-1/2 weeks I was taken off bedrest cause we'd gotten past the really worrisome part. My contrx didn't let up but I had stuff to get done in such a little bit of time. I was told at 35 weeks to watch out for high bp symptoms: light headedness, swelling, headaches etc. well it wasn't too long before all of those were affecting me. at 36 weeks 6 days, I went into the er with a bp of 146/90 and they admitted me. Granted that's nothing compared to the bp I had with the surrogacy I just went through but it was high enough to get them worried. So they started the pit @ 9ish that morning October 31, 07 and got labor going. at the time of admittance I was only 1cm dilated and had to get to a 3 before I could get any real relief via epidural. So for the next 24 hours I'd only get to a 2 , I don't like iv drugs for labor cause it makes me super loopy so I opted for NO DRUGS ! after about 25 hours of laboring with no drugs and only at a 2 still they decided to let me have the epidural to help me out. I knew once I got the epidural labor would be over quickly and I'd be pushing soon. I was right because an hour later I was pushing and only did so for 15 minutes. After 26 hours of labor, 15 minutes of pushing, November 1, 07, we had our precious son Maverick ! he was definately NOT like his sister, colic from 2-1/2 weeks till 5-1/2 months, like clock work from midnight till 5:30 every single day I was up with a screaming baby with no relief. Cried for no reason, couldn't usually put him down. Now that you know a lil bit of the beginning let's........
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY WHICH IS WHY I'M WRITING THIS:
Like I said I love my kids so much I can't imagine them not in my life but enough is enough ! My very smart and talented daughter Kylie is only 6 but I swear she thinks she's living on her own and making her own decisions. Almost once a week she tells me how she wishes she lived in her own house and had her own stuff and I wasn't there to tell her to clean her room, which is usually how she gets on the subject. I tell her well if you have your own house then I won't be there to clean and cook for you ! At her school they wear uniforms, I thank my lucky stars for this cause it's set in stone, you wear what the school says whether you like it or not, HA well we've been fighting this week every morning cause of the fact she has to wear a uniform, oh well ! She's not even a teen yet and she has the attitude, I DREAD THE TEEN YEARS MORE NOW ! I love her to death but I miss my sanity too...She has drained me of my patience for sure. I got her into dancing and she is soo good at it, I mean she can memorize all kinds of dances perfectly and she made "company" and if you've seen dance movies you know that is a very high honor. I cried when her teacher told me this. She makes such an impact on others, friends, her teachers etc. I just wonder why she can't be the sweet innocent child at home that she seems to be at school..I"m pretty sure her devil horns come out when she leaves school / dance / others houses and comes home. She is however just like ME when I was growing up. I remember the faces I'd make and I can see her make the same ones.
Now for my son, problem child from before conception. We had no name for him till the night before he was born, we played around with many names,more so than we did with K, but we ultimately decided on Maverick ! How fitting this name was for him. It meant "WILD" and yes he is ! We will for sure have problems with this one, we'll know what the inside of the principle's office looks like (probably memorize it), we may even have the principle on speed dial at some point. He's already had us in the er and the dr's office way more than K ever did. He has stuck his fingers in the belt sander, which was our er trip and surgery. He throws fits for nothing, whines like there's no tomorrow and can be sweet all in a 5 minute period. We put him in school early cause he needs it, structure and discipline !
This JOB as many parents call it is the hardest one on earth. I couldn't imagine my life without them but I cherish every break I get. My mornings are horrible and it all starts with their unwillingness to cooperate and stop whinning. then I haul ass to drop them off at school, crank up the tunes in the car and pretend I'm back 6 years ago when I was childless. I can't wait to go to work daily even if it's not my dream job. Which has ultimately been put on the farthest back burner there is. I can't finish school right now, theres no time or money because I'M LIVING MY DREAM OF HAVING CHILDREN ! Sometimes I take an extra few minutes in the shower to cry my eyes out , sometimes I lock myself in my room to get away from the craziness of kids. Don't tell me I'm a bad mom for this either because I'm sure you've done this unless you're an alien and have a control that makes you like the constant crying and whinning of children. For years I thought if I "get away " from my kids then I'm a bad mom, I should spend all of my time with them, after all they are what I wanted ! RIGHT, RIGHT ? ha that's too stressful, I usually welcome chaos, because without it life would be so boring, but here lately I'd love to have some calm to enter my life (immediately, like now)...I used to look at those loud , whiney kids in a restuarant or shopping and think "my god, my kids will never act like that, why can't those parent control their kids", HA I totally get it ! My kids are THOSE KIDS ! Now my hubby and I look at eachother when they are acting up and say "Oh well". I've even actually said out loud (very loud) to other fellow eaters "if you wanted a quiet dinner you shoulda stayed home ", well I thought it was funny. I have taken up the saying " I need a drink" very often, of course I can't take more than one drink since I"m a mom and have to go home and take care of these kids that drvie me insane. I envy those mom's that can just give their child " the look " and the horrid behavior comes to a halt, I on the other hand am a yeller and believe in spanking. that's how I was raised and I'm just fine. If you are the mom that talk to your kids in a calm voice and they actually shut up and listen then I appluade you ! I've tried that and time out, taking away something, not letting them do something etc... doesn't always work ! I know my limits and love my kids so cps is not needed....BOY HAVE TIMES CHANGED !
If you haven't thought any of this at all, EVER, then wow you're super mom, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one !
So LIFE AS I KNOW IT IS AND WILL ALWAYS KNOW IT IS......STRESSED AND CHAOTIC CAUSE I'M A MOM AND I'M RIGHT WHERE I WANTED TO BE WHEN I STARTED THIS ENDEAVOR CALLED PARENTHOOD !
RIGHT ?
For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a mommy ! I was in love with the thought of having my own lil baby to take care and be in awe over ,but when I think about it I didn't get passed the awe part of it, you know the real down and dirty parts, the parts that make parenthood the HARDEST JOB ON EARTH !
Let me stress this first, I love my kids more than life and will always put them first and do whatever I possibly can for them !
Now onto the reality of being a mommy ! it all starts with devoting your entire life and body to them from the beginning. With both our kids it took a while to get preggo. With K it took a few months and I was about to get on inferitility help when I discovered I was with child. My hubby had been on an offroad trip the weekend I took the dreaded at home test. I didn't think I was so I didn't pay any mind to it for a few minutes, when I did finally remember I peed on a stick I looked and it was "+" and I was elated. My best friend was the first to know as she saw it laid out that night. When the hubby finally found out he was not a bit excited, which I chock up to him being a man and realizing that his "fun guy days" were over. The birth of our first child was perfect, 5 hours of labor , 4 of which I was crashed out from IV meds, then the pushing was a cinch, 20 mins and she was here, June 22, 05. She was perfect, 10 toes, 10 fingers and beautiful ! She slept, ate and made life with a baby simple. OF COURSE I'D WANT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AWAY ! we tried again for another perfect baby when K was almost a year old, we wanted them close together so they'd be each other's bestie...well little did we know our next one would be the most trying lil booger ever. We tried for 6 months before being put on chlomid, which I was on for 6 more months. Every month was a let down as I peed on that god awful stick. till the day in February 2007 that it came up with 2 lines instead of just 1. Then all hell would break lose. I was sick as a dog, but never puked, at 19 weeks I began having contractions, my fave OB /GYN left for another job and I was passed around till I found a great dr. then at 22 weeks I was put on moderate bed rest "work part time and stay off your feet as much as possible" were my orders. At 24 weeks I was put on full bed rest cause the contrx were not letting up, I was diagnosed with Premature Labor and put on meds that put me into a life of sleep for the next 10 weeks. I was not allowed to do anything but as a mother you know that's impossible. I did a few things between naps during the day. At 34-1/2 weeks I was taken off bedrest cause we'd gotten past the really worrisome part. My contrx didn't let up but I had stuff to get done in such a little bit of time. I was told at 35 weeks to watch out for high bp symptoms: light headedness, swelling, headaches etc. well it wasn't too long before all of those were affecting me. at 36 weeks 6 days, I went into the er with a bp of 146/90 and they admitted me. Granted that's nothing compared to the bp I had with the surrogacy I just went through but it was high enough to get them worried. So they started the pit @ 9ish that morning October 31, 07 and got labor going. at the time of admittance I was only 1cm dilated and had to get to a 3 before I could get any real relief via epidural. So for the next 24 hours I'd only get to a 2 , I don't like iv drugs for labor cause it makes me super loopy so I opted for NO DRUGS ! after about 25 hours of laboring with no drugs and only at a 2 still they decided to let me have the epidural to help me out. I knew once I got the epidural labor would be over quickly and I'd be pushing soon. I was right because an hour later I was pushing and only did so for 15 minutes. After 26 hours of labor, 15 minutes of pushing, November 1, 07, we had our precious son Maverick ! he was definately NOT like his sister, colic from 2-1/2 weeks till 5-1/2 months, like clock work from midnight till 5:30 every single day I was up with a screaming baby with no relief. Cried for no reason, couldn't usually put him down. Now that you know a lil bit of the beginning let's........
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY WHICH IS WHY I'M WRITING THIS:
Like I said I love my kids so much I can't imagine them not in my life but enough is enough ! My very smart and talented daughter Kylie is only 6 but I swear she thinks she's living on her own and making her own decisions. Almost once a week she tells me how she wishes she lived in her own house and had her own stuff and I wasn't there to tell her to clean her room, which is usually how she gets on the subject. I tell her well if you have your own house then I won't be there to clean and cook for you ! At her school they wear uniforms, I thank my lucky stars for this cause it's set in stone, you wear what the school says whether you like it or not, HA well we've been fighting this week every morning cause of the fact she has to wear a uniform, oh well ! She's not even a teen yet and she has the attitude, I DREAD THE TEEN YEARS MORE NOW ! I love her to death but I miss my sanity too...She has drained me of my patience for sure. I got her into dancing and she is soo good at it, I mean she can memorize all kinds of dances perfectly and she made "company" and if you've seen dance movies you know that is a very high honor. I cried when her teacher told me this. She makes such an impact on others, friends, her teachers etc. I just wonder why she can't be the sweet innocent child at home that she seems to be at school..I"m pretty sure her devil horns come out when she leaves school / dance / others houses and comes home. She is however just like ME when I was growing up. I remember the faces I'd make and I can see her make the same ones.
Now for my son, problem child from before conception. We had no name for him till the night before he was born, we played around with many names,more so than we did with K, but we ultimately decided on Maverick ! How fitting this name was for him. It meant "WILD" and yes he is ! We will for sure have problems with this one, we'll know what the inside of the principle's office looks like (probably memorize it), we may even have the principle on speed dial at some point. He's already had us in the er and the dr's office way more than K ever did. He has stuck his fingers in the belt sander, which was our er trip and surgery. He throws fits for nothing, whines like there's no tomorrow and can be sweet all in a 5 minute period. We put him in school early cause he needs it, structure and discipline !
This JOB as many parents call it is the hardest one on earth. I couldn't imagine my life without them but I cherish every break I get. My mornings are horrible and it all starts with their unwillingness to cooperate and stop whinning. then I haul ass to drop them off at school, crank up the tunes in the car and pretend I'm back 6 years ago when I was childless. I can't wait to go to work daily even if it's not my dream job. Which has ultimately been put on the farthest back burner there is. I can't finish school right now, theres no time or money because I'M LIVING MY DREAM OF HAVING CHILDREN ! Sometimes I take an extra few minutes in the shower to cry my eyes out , sometimes I lock myself in my room to get away from the craziness of kids. Don't tell me I'm a bad mom for this either because I'm sure you've done this unless you're an alien and have a control that makes you like the constant crying and whinning of children. For years I thought if I "get away " from my kids then I'm a bad mom, I should spend all of my time with them, after all they are what I wanted ! RIGHT, RIGHT ? ha that's too stressful, I usually welcome chaos, because without it life would be so boring, but here lately I'd love to have some calm to enter my life (immediately, like now)...I used to look at those loud , whiney kids in a restuarant or shopping and think "my god, my kids will never act like that, why can't those parent control their kids", HA I totally get it ! My kids are THOSE KIDS ! Now my hubby and I look at eachother when they are acting up and say "Oh well". I've even actually said out loud (very loud) to other fellow eaters "if you wanted a quiet dinner you shoulda stayed home ", well I thought it was funny. I have taken up the saying " I need a drink" very often, of course I can't take more than one drink since I"m a mom and have to go home and take care of these kids that drvie me insane. I envy those mom's that can just give their child " the look " and the horrid behavior comes to a halt, I on the other hand am a yeller and believe in spanking. that's how I was raised and I'm just fine. If you are the mom that talk to your kids in a calm voice and they actually shut up and listen then I appluade you ! I've tried that and time out, taking away something, not letting them do something etc... doesn't always work ! I know my limits and love my kids so cps is not needed....BOY HAVE TIMES CHANGED !
If you haven't thought any of this at all, EVER, then wow you're super mom, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one !
So LIFE AS I KNOW IT IS AND WILL ALWAYS KNOW IT IS......STRESSED AND CHAOTIC CAUSE I'M A MOM AND I'M RIGHT WHERE I WANTED TO BE WHEN I STARTED THIS ENDEAVOR CALLED PARENTHOOD !
RIGHT ?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
1st December weekend...
Got the tree decorated and we are ready for the season !
UPDATE:
Maverick went through the skin allergy testing with flying colors, not one negative more than a 2 (degree of allergy) which is nothing to worry about. So what do we do next ? Try a gluten free diet ! as of now he's on a digestion tablet that breaks down gluten that enters his system and we will begin our gluten free diet this week after a trip to HEB Plus' isle of gluten free foods !
Kylie perfromed at the NCYFL (little league football) Superbowl ! the entire Teffany's dance company did amazingly well !
Weight Loss Challenge between me and the hubb is going well...I've lost 2 lbs (which seems to be water weight cause it keeps fluctuating) and he has lost 3 lbs...We have till Christmas day for the final weigh in , however I plan to keep working at losing the spare tire! I've done pretty well I have to say. I haven't had junk to eat in over a week except for the 2 slices of veggie pizza Friday night (which we will call Fat Friday according to my good friend Steph, who lost "twin pregnancy weight" so whatever she does works ). I craved a soda super bad this weekend but didn't give in at all, just chugged my pomegrante green tea ! My goal to is to lose 30lbs, so I"m well on my way ! Will continue walking cause it makes me feel great !
Did some pinterest inspired crafts this weekend, nothing huge but it made me feel good to "make" some things.
so that was life as I know it, this past weekend !
Friday, December 2, 2011
love Friday's except this one
My poor baby boy has been complaining , I mean flat out crying hard, for several months because his tummy hurts. We at first thought nothing of it because it only happend when we told him to do something so we figured he was just trying to get out of doing stuff. Well it has continued at any given time. He's been for an u/s and other tests with no avail. So today we take him for more allergy testing, not looking forward to it at all. He will be spoiled during and after this.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
back at it.....
So of course I didn't keep up with this blog like I thought I could have. Boy has this year been insane. It's almost over and I can't even believe how fast it has come and gone. The kids are a year older, the surrogacy is over and baby boy is doing wonderfully despite the last month of gestation ending early due to pih, both hubby and I turned 30 and I spent my 30th checking out of the hospital after an unscheduled / unplanned c-section at 34 weeks. I was very lucky to have family and a very close friend come to the hospital 20 hours after the c-section to surprise me with a lil bday party and then to come home surrounded by friends and my family for an "at home after a month spent on bedrest in the hospital" / " 30th birthday party". The next 6 weeks were spent in pain and dealing with post partum stuff. Baby spent 2-1/2 weeks in the NICU with great nurses taking care of him. He is now 7 weeks and doing wonderfullly. I am back in normal mode and the kids are back to driving me insane. Thanksgiving was nice, first time in 11 years we didn't drive all over the place and eat too much. We stayed in one place and ate just enough, then sent the kiddos home with their mamaw while we went to see Breaking Dawn together (my second time, hubby's first), then went to check out what all the hype was about with Black Friday festivities beginning at 10pm at WalMart..truly insane ! We walked in and barely made it to electronics then turned around and decided we'd had enough of the view. The hubby is remodeling my mom's bathroom so we spent the next day out there. I spent the day sick with a head cold and curled up on the recliner watching t.v., the next day I spent on my own shopping ! Haven't done that in a long time and it was nice even with the bad traffic. Christmas is around the corner (again) and I have just about finished my shopping, most done online with great deals. I love me a good deal ! Not sure if itll be wonderful for everyone but I've been through more than enough this year to just be able to cherish the waking moments of Christmas cheer with the kids. Kylie wrote her first Santa letter and is so proud of it...she keeps reminding me we need to send it off so it makes it to Santa on time, guess I should get on that. Maverick is being his lil whiney self, is it just a boy thing or what cause I don't remember Kylie being this bad. He is still having tummy issues so we go once again to the dr for more testing (after 4 months of testing) , hopefully they find something or our next step is the gastro dr. One of my bestie's is preggo after months of trying, so happy for her and can't wait to have another baby in the mix. My goal is to keep this up and lose the spare tire I aquired with the surrogacy of course. The hubby and I have made a challenge to see who loses the most weight by Christmas day, we'll see ! As for now, gotta go pick up my lil dancer from dance class (did I mention she made company this year? yeah I'm a proud momma )....
Life as I know it ....still crazy and flyin by too fast !
Life as I know it ....still crazy and flyin by too fast !
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
so much to do , where'd the time go ?
This month is so chock full of stuff and to think it's the shortest month of the year !
Tons of meds to take for the surrogacy.....
lot's of sonograms and dr.'s visits......
Income tax filing & spending ......
Kylie's Spring school pics ......
Valentines day ......
Implantation .......
however from my list it doesn't seem as much, but when I look at my calendar it's a different story.
I have a ton of homework that I can not get my rear in gear to do and that's just not motivating at all. I did however make a very high grade on my first paper, hope I can live up to that with the rest of the papers we have to write.....
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET SOME SNOW ! Again I don't know if I can believe it but the last time I didn't think it would snow we got almost a foot that lingered, so maybe my children will get lucky and see it before we make our way up to the mountains.
Have an invasive sono on Thursday for the surrogacy, not looking forward to it but it has to be done. Kylie knows most of her site words and that makes me so happy ! I might just have to take her to see Justin Bieber's movie next week afterall. Maverick threw a fit for over an hour last night and wouldn't go to sleeep so I fixed him a blanket on the floor next to my bed and he fell asleep. The hubb and I don't see eye to eye on all of our parenting and it's pretty stressful. I can't let my son just scream and cry when I know all he wants is me to lay with him but I get crap for doing that. It's just my mothering !
Gotta get back to reading some info now for school......
Tons of meds to take for the surrogacy.....
lot's of sonograms and dr.'s visits......
Income tax filing & spending ......
Kylie's Spring school pics ......
Valentines day ......
Implantation .......
however from my list it doesn't seem as much, but when I look at my calendar it's a different story.
I have a ton of homework that I can not get my rear in gear to do and that's just not motivating at all. I did however make a very high grade on my first paper, hope I can live up to that with the rest of the papers we have to write.....
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET SOME SNOW ! Again I don't know if I can believe it but the last time I didn't think it would snow we got almost a foot that lingered, so maybe my children will get lucky and see it before we make our way up to the mountains.
Have an invasive sono on Thursday for the surrogacy, not looking forward to it but it has to be done. Kylie knows most of her site words and that makes me so happy ! I might just have to take her to see Justin Bieber's movie next week afterall. Maverick threw a fit for over an hour last night and wouldn't go to sleeep so I fixed him a blanket on the floor next to my bed and he fell asleep. The hubb and I don't see eye to eye on all of our parenting and it's pretty stressful. I can't let my son just scream and cry when I know all he wants is me to lay with him but I get crap for doing that. It's just my mothering !
Gotta get back to reading some info now for school......
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
It has started ...
I knew I wouldn't keep up with this as much as I thought I would, but things are changing and so I will try to at least jump on here once a week or so.....
We have decided to put Maverick (my baby boy) in Pre-K 3 in August. Yep my little boy is gonng start school ! I am getting all the paperwork tomorrow to fill out and get him registered. I"m so nervous but know it'll pay off in the long run as it has with Kylie. He does the day care thing 2 days a week and isn't learning anything so we figure if we're gonna pay the money let's put him in a private school where they start them off young, 5 days a week, full curriculum, interactions with other children, & learning learning learning. Mixed emotions !
This summer will be our most fun filled summer since the kids are older and can actually remember things and learn from our travels. We will be driving 1,500 miles to Colorado Springs and spending time with great family in the mountains. Then off to New Mexico to stay with amazing cousins and see Indian land & more history + shopping.
Our plans include but are not limited to:
- Pikes Peak, snow and mountain tops are just fascinating & the kiddos are so excited
- Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, love the sport and love the history. Alll wrapped into one
- Royal Gorge, the kids love trains and we love the scenery of mountains and rapids, should be great
- Canon City to see the history of the town
- Albuquerque and it's gorgeousness & great people, not to mention the "Road Kill Cafe" if it's still open
- White Sands, enough said there
- The Billy the Kid Museum because it's one of our fave movies & so much history (been there before)
- Huenco Tanks on our way back into Texas, to climb the huge boulders
there are so many other places we will visit but this is just a few main things we'll be wrapped up in !
Kylie is doing so well in school, she amazes me daily ! She has the whole drama queen act down and plays into it quite often though, let's just say she's already acting like a teen and she's only 5. She is learning to read more and more everyday. Yesterday she brought home a short story and read it to me with little mess ups. Can't beleive she is about to be 6 in June ! Wow
I have begun the surrogacy process ! A good friend of mine came to me 2+ years ago and asked me if I'd be interested in being a surrogate for her and her new hubby. I had a million mixed emotions at the time but it had been something I'd been interested in for some time. I had two amazing babies why not help give that to someone else ? So for 2 years I thought about it off & on, until she brought it up again. At this point I got excited and began researching the process and readying myself for it all. My husband was very supportive "Do what you want to do babe, it's your body" is what he told me. He didn't think it would envolve him so much, ha little did he know. We have done blood test, he is scheduled for his this week, I've started pills to ready my body for an assisted reproduction. I am officially the Gestational Carrier for two great people !
I have yet to talk about this to my children and keep wondering when is the perfect time to let them in on the deal. Implantation should be at the end of February so I'm guessing that's when we'll sit and explain this miracle to them.
We will be getting a new roof and siding on our house ! While we are renting it out to a friend, this work will be done and complete when we do move back in. We are so excited to be getting this done, Thank you storm that messed up our roof, without your help this wouldn't be happening !
My Psych 2314 class has started and our first paper is due this week ! No I'm not ready for it but it has to be done so we can be that much closer to our final goal !
LIFE AS I KNOW IT.... HAS BEEN CRAZY LATELY, BUT IT'S WHAT I WANTED & I LOVE IT
We have decided to put Maverick (my baby boy) in Pre-K 3 in August. Yep my little boy is gonng start school ! I am getting all the paperwork tomorrow to fill out and get him registered. I"m so nervous but know it'll pay off in the long run as it has with Kylie. He does the day care thing 2 days a week and isn't learning anything so we figure if we're gonna pay the money let's put him in a private school where they start them off young, 5 days a week, full curriculum, interactions with other children, & learning learning learning. Mixed emotions !
This summer will be our most fun filled summer since the kids are older and can actually remember things and learn from our travels. We will be driving 1,500 miles to Colorado Springs and spending time with great family in the mountains. Then off to New Mexico to stay with amazing cousins and see Indian land & more history + shopping.
Our plans include but are not limited to:
- Pikes Peak, snow and mountain tops are just fascinating & the kiddos are so excited
- Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, love the sport and love the history. Alll wrapped into one
- Royal Gorge, the kids love trains and we love the scenery of mountains and rapids, should be great
- Canon City to see the history of the town
- Albuquerque and it's gorgeousness & great people, not to mention the "Road Kill Cafe" if it's still open
- White Sands, enough said there
- The Billy the Kid Museum because it's one of our fave movies & so much history (been there before)
- Huenco Tanks on our way back into Texas, to climb the huge boulders
there are so many other places we will visit but this is just a few main things we'll be wrapped up in !
Kylie is doing so well in school, she amazes me daily ! She has the whole drama queen act down and plays into it quite often though, let's just say she's already acting like a teen and she's only 5. She is learning to read more and more everyday. Yesterday she brought home a short story and read it to me with little mess ups. Can't beleive she is about to be 6 in June ! Wow
I have begun the surrogacy process ! A good friend of mine came to me 2+ years ago and asked me if I'd be interested in being a surrogate for her and her new hubby. I had a million mixed emotions at the time but it had been something I'd been interested in for some time. I had two amazing babies why not help give that to someone else ? So for 2 years I thought about it off & on, until she brought it up again. At this point I got excited and began researching the process and readying myself for it all. My husband was very supportive "Do what you want to do babe, it's your body" is what he told me. He didn't think it would envolve him so much, ha little did he know. We have done blood test, he is scheduled for his this week, I've started pills to ready my body for an assisted reproduction. I am officially the Gestational Carrier for two great people !
I have yet to talk about this to my children and keep wondering when is the perfect time to let them in on the deal. Implantation should be at the end of February so I'm guessing that's when we'll sit and explain this miracle to them.
We will be getting a new roof and siding on our house ! While we are renting it out to a friend, this work will be done and complete when we do move back in. We are so excited to be getting this done, Thank you storm that messed up our roof, without your help this wouldn't be happening !
My Psych 2314 class has started and our first paper is due this week ! No I'm not ready for it but it has to be done so we can be that much closer to our final goal !
LIFE AS I KNOW IT.... HAS BEEN CRAZY LATELY, BUT IT'S WHAT I WANTED & I LOVE IT
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