TOGETHER

I ventured out today with these 4 little people i adore... it was a SUCCESS! Alot went into this outing: 1. Shower myself not forgetting to brush my teeth 2. Lay out clothes for 3 older ones 3. Give Mae a wash down 4. Get Mae dressed 5. Feed Mae 6. Ensure oldest 2 got dressed 7. Get J dressed 8. Go back and dry my own hair 9. Brush Wyatt's and Jesse teeth (they cannot be trusted) 10. Cleaned the sink in their bathroom as I realized how dirty it is while brushing teeth, whcih lead me to clean the rest of the bathroom. 11. J's hair 12. My hair 45 minutes later then planned we successfully left the house! I had everything I needed for our trip to the library and the grocery store. As I am pulling into the library parking spot, Wyatt says to me...'what are we doing at this library? This is the most boring library! We need to go to the Berea or Strongsville one' Grace chimes in with a 'yeah mom, we do not go to this library' Rookie stay at home mom mistake, taking th...

the noise the fetal monitor makes the feel of the contractions the nervous feeling i get when they stick me the nervous chatter with the epideral guy the happiness when they tell you 'your staying' when the water breaks the excitement when they set up the 'table' the excitement when they set up the baby warmer my baby playlist my blue sports bra the ugly hospital gown the cold packs how hungry i am and the meal after when Todd tells me if it is a girl or boy that first cry that sweet smell holding them close first kissing them watching the nurse weigh them the dead weight of my legs push don't push it is right there wow lots of hair the cry the slime the small little feet and hands the cord the middle of the night in the hospital, I am so tired but cant sleep, just holding them looking at them the shower the pain when they first nurse the contractions that happen still the next day not sleeping the last month flipping side to side all night trying to get comfy waiti...

I am right in the middle of 37 weeks pregnant, and although i am uncomfortable, have cankles, VERY crabby, cant breath, spider veins, my fingers look like sausages, i pee at least 6 times every night, can't sleep, cant get comfortable, am out of clothes, and tons of other ailments, I am trying to embrace it. Mainly because I know this is the last time I will feel this way, as annoying as it is and as much as i am ready for this little person to come out, I am trying to just take it in and remember it all. Part of me is concerned labor will go to quick...and i will miss that anticipation of him or her being born. I want to be able to remember every little detail cause it will be the last one. I already know all the little milestones this new baby will have will break my heart a little bit as I will not have a little newborn again. I am very certain that this is the last one, and feel i have been blessed beyond measure with my little beasts...but I am sad that this phase is almost ov...

I am not sure if that is the correct spelling but I have them.... cankles

Friday was a great day for Wyatt. Sports, a touchy subject, the main reason my kids are active in sports is to keep them active all year long. They play soccer all winter indoors, then move into the summer outdoors. Summer brings softball/baseball, Grace's team is fun to watch, she has great coaches and likes the game, she does well. Wyatt...well...he isnt the picture of an athlete, nor does he have any instincts some kids his age have. He goes to the games, plays in the dirt if he happens to get in the infield, his goal thus far had been to be the dirtiest one, that would be from picking up the dirt and dumping it on himself. It is coach/player pitch and the kids are all 7-9 years old, so he is clearly the youngest and the smallest. (That would be his parents fault, they could not withstand another year of tee ball so bumped him up a division) Anyway...Three games into the season Wyatt still had not gotten a hit, it is pitiful, he goes up there in his too big shirt and too big bat...

I am not a fan of typing in a bunch of separate posts in one day with all different topics. At night when i cant sleep, I think I should just come downstairs and blog...that will bore me to death, my own life! So instead of doing a bunch of past posts i am doing a bullet list of things i should have blogged about, but didn't. Mainly because when I look back in 3 years, when I am trying to remember something maybe this will jog my memory! Relay for Life was last week...great cause, we walked all night (i think we were the only team that did) I believe a total of 100k was raised for American Cancer Society. Relay for Life was great but makes me miss Joel so much the whole weekend I am HUGE My fingers look like sausages and my feet are fat I may soon not be able to refer to the White Trash Pool as the White Trash Pool. The deck is almost finished Brenda & I had flower day!! It is my favorite day of the year. I got some great stuff and made beautiful pots, I need to add some more b...

Although I am late, I wanted to post some pics of J's Sweet but Sassy birthday. Her only request for the party was to have meatballs...so we had meatballs with a LOT of candy! Her cousins were here which was her other request, she wanted Alec at her Birthday. Not that she doesn't love all her cousins, but Alec is the one she talks about all the time. I cant believe she is 3, where is the time going? :( and all the things she says and does. She is SO independent and such a big girl. Here the table is set for her day! two sucker trees! Sweet but Sassy water silverware tied with candy necklaces.