What Do I Do?

Do I go back or start blogging forward? It's been a crazy couple of weeks.

Please learn from me...when you have an unbearable throbbing on the right side of your head a week, don't wait until you have a burning fever and are almost immobile. Go to the doctor! I kept popping hand fulls of ibuprofen and hoping it would miraculously clear up. Stupid!

I've obviously done the bare minimum to keep this place from totally collapsing. Laundry wasn't one of them! I've washed some loads but that's all I could muster. Now, I have this sitting on my living room couch, these are only the clean clothes. Plus, about 800 miles of dirty tile floors and a dirty house. Ugh. I might die.

LOVE

On this day we celebrate Mother's I thank you both for picking me to be yours. You make me so happy. The moment you were born and I saw your amazing faces, I thought to myself I could not love you anymore than I did at that moment. I was wrong. I love you more and more everyday.

This is for my sweet Mama who looks down on me from heaven. Her very favorite flower is the Sweet Pea. I love you and wish you were here with me.

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They didn't have you where I come from

Never knew the best was yet to come

Life began when I saw your face

And I hear your laugh like a serenade

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How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

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I slip in bed when you're asleep

To hold you close and feel your breath on me

Tomorrow there'll be so much to do

So tonight I'll drift in a dream with you

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How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

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As you wander through this troubled world

In search of all things beautiful

You can close your eyes when you're miles away

And hear my voice like a serenade

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How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

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How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

San Diego

It's been two weeks since our trip to San Diego and I'm now posting pictures...that's alright. We had the best time staying at Family Samson Hotel, they were great. The kids had fun and more importantly the adults had fun!

We witnessed some amazing things: a baby gorilla that seemed to want Aaron to pick him up, a hippo swimming laps, a 5 day old giraffe, rhinos snuggling and so much more. Noelle was totally fascinated with the elephants. The first two came walking by and she said, Look at the Mommy elephant and the Daddy elephant. Where's the Noelle elephant?" As the third one came by she jumped up and down squealing, "There's the Noelle elephant!"

We got a GREAT deal on season passes for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park - we can't wait to go back!

If It's Not One Thing...

Much to our excitement a few months ago we realized that we did not owe much more on my student loan and by July/August it would be paid off. Awesome! Then we realized Noelle would be starting preschool in September and that bill would take the place of the student loan payment. Stink! We'll actually be paying $18 more per month. Double Stink!

It's impossible to get ahead!

Then I got a letter in the mail from UHEEA pretty much stating, "As our thanks for never having a late payment, we're forgiving the rest of your loan. See ya!"

So we do get a few months free, Aaron told me not get any ideas. :)

Big Girl Chair

With Noelle I couldn't wait for her to grow so could we play with all our gadgets and toys. This poor baby is getting the shaft, I don't realize she is old enough, I guess! This morning I finally got smart and realized that when I'm in the kitchen she can sit in the chair and be right next to me. I suppose I can get the exersaucer and bath seat out for her, too. She can mostly sit up unassisted so, duh! She's happy most anywhere there are other people so when I have to get things done and put her in the swing it only lasts until she realizes no one's directly in front of her. Here's to hoping this will make things easier. All the racket in the background are my two other kids playing Wii Fit.

She also loves her little gym and gets so excited grabbing and kicking that she gets herself turned around and trapped in the side. Then she gets all bent and starts screaming for help. It's adorable.

Hot Diggity Dog!

I used to pride myself on the fact that Noelle had such a sophisticated palate. She would not touch a hot dog with a 10-foot pole. That's changed since Berry Smoothie's have become a Saturday ritual, she now loves Hot Dogs, too. Darn that Costco Food Court.

MMMMMM...I've waited all week for this!

All Done!

Sister

Noelle: "Mama! I loooove sister! She's my sweetie."

Allergies???

I thought seasonal allergies do not show up until after the first year, especially is breastfed babies but it's exactly what Madeleine seems to have. This is the forth time it's happened. She starts sneezing, her eyes drain and her nose runs. It's really bad the first day and then tapers off only to start again a week or two later. Plus, she spits up more because of all mucus in her tummy. My poor girl is miserable! If the drooling is not enough....every orifice on the girls face is producing liquid.

I love that every time she is in the swing she puts her left foot up on the bar. Always.

Ooops...sorry Madeleine

I love it when I download the pictures off the camera and I find little surprises from Noelle.

Later! Pictures from our weekend in San Diego. The Zoo was SO FUN!

5 Months

Sorry for sounding like a broken record but, 5 MONTHS!?!?

They say time flies when you're having fun, guess I'm having a blast. Little Miss Madeleine Gracie-Girl is growing so fast, is so giggly, grabs any and everything she can and is turning into a blabber mouth. I remember Noelle having a lot of drool when she was teething but that was nothing compared to this poor girl, it even runs down my arms when I'm holding her.


Last Saturday we were at Auntie's house going through old pictures, we found an old family video and turned it on. There were some funny, funny things and we both were cracking up, then we realized Madeleine was, too. Oh, how I wished we'd could have gotten it on video! We both stopped looked at each other and this baby was in stitches....head thrown back, wide open mouth laughing. I guess she was just picking up on the vibe. When she realized we'd stopped she broke into tears, I guess she was sad the fun was over.