Ok, so today is day 4 of The Challenge. I haven't been doing that well with my water. I know I haven't been getting in all the water I should be, so today, I am going to do my best!! I just really hope I don't feel bloated or water logged. I really don't like that feeling of water waves in my tummy LOL!! Other than the water, I have done really good with everything else except for the work outs or even walking. I am scared of the outdoors I guess you could say. I have the biggest fear of snakes and I just cannot imagine walking with the kids and see one on the road or something and I would freak out! I know, I need to get over it, but with the snakes being such a big problem last year, I am really fearful of them this year. Heck, you would be scared too if one slithered across your foot in the dark while you were wearing flip-flops. Yeah, now I am totally paranoid!!! But I will do my best to get over it and get a little bit of walking in during the week.
About a month and a half ago we bought the kids some mini power wheels at Wal-Mart when they had them on clearance. Well, David finally got them out and charged their batteries last night!! I think I might take the kids outside to play with them while David's brother and I get some ant poison put out and do some other things around the yard. I just don't do well in the heat, but I shouldn't punish my kids because of it.
Mother's Day is just a few days away. We are going to fix Steaks and stuff for David's mom Saturday evening for her dinner, and then on Sunday, I am going to church with my sister again, and then we are taking my mom out for lunch at Olive Garden!!! Yummy! I guess David is taking me out to eat there too for Mother's Day LOL!!
Other than all that, there really isn't much going on. I do need to find a new home for my little dog. I love him to death, but he just isn't working out. He refuses to potty train, and he is outside alot during the day, and he still does it in the house!!! It really drives me nuts! But I will do my best to find him a great loving home. And Nay-Nay is doing really good. She is such a good little pig! I can't believe that Sunday will be 3 weeks that I have had her. It doesn't even seem that long, but now I don't know what I would do without her. It's just like having a little baby around because she depends on me so much!!! Oh life's little pleasures!
Told ya, it was going to be total randomness!! Maybe more to come later or maybe in a couple days!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Challenge, Day 1
So today David and I started The Challenge. I wasn't quite sure if we were ready for this, but one way to head into something is head first. Yeah, I know, sometimes this method can slap you right in the face, but other times, it seems to be the only way. We really did nothing to plan for this challenge. We didn't even try to watch what we ate, or even cut back just a little. We just sat here and did nothing. Well, that all changed today. And it didn't feel that bad. I will have to admit, cutting the sugar from my coffee is one of the hardest things for me to do. I didn't cut it all out today, but I did reduce it by half!! And with have just half the amount, it tasted as if I didn't have any in there. I questioned myself about it too! Did I really need all this sugar in my coffee these past few months?? Obviously not! So, tomorrow I will do NO sugar in my coffee. Another thing that is hard for me to do is drinking enough water. UGH! I really don't like the taste of water. LOL!! BUT, I bought me some lemons tonight at the store. I love lemon water!! YAY!!! So, I am happy to say that I made it through day one, and ready for day 2. Day by day this will get easier!
Keeping Up......
Ok, so if you have noticed, once again, I have a hard time keeping up with this. Thank Michelle for reminding me! I guess you could say I get too caught up in Facebook and the other things around my house to blog. And then, I end up forgetting so many thing that have happened!!!
Let's just start off by saying that I had a GREAT day yesterday! David had to work, and my sister has been asking me for some time to come to her church. I kept putting it off and not going into town, but I figured that yesterday would be a great time for me to go and see why she was wanting me to visit. Well, now, I can see why!!! It was amazing! Never once did I feel as if I wanted to go to sleep, or the simple fact that I was bored to death and wishing I was back at home in bed. And I never once reached for my phone to check messages in the middle of a service!! The music leaders were awesome!! The atmosphere was amazing! The people treated me as if I was someone that they knew for quite some time. The pastor was great!! He really has a way to keep people's attention. AND, he was wearing sandles!!! How many times to do you go to a church and every one is in their Sunday best?? Well, I don't really dress up much, and I tried to dress up my jeans and nice shirt with a pair of heels. And believe it or not, I felt overdressed!!! For most of my life, every time I have walked into a church on Sunday, the pastor is dressed in a nice suit and dress shoes and looking sharp! It just totally shocked me when I noticed that he was wearing sandles!! LOL Anyways, after service, I was looking around and noticed many people wearing jeans and t-shirts, capri's, shorts, flip flops, jeans with tears or holes in them. It didn't matter!! I don't think I really saw anybody wearing a suit, or wearing a nice Sunday dress. Summer dresses and comfy clothes is all I saw. This totally fits me!!! I am excited, and can't wait for next Sunday!!
Ok, so now for some more interesting news from my household. I am now the proud owner of a baby pot bellied pig!! She is so fun and exciting. She keeps the house flowing!! She is so much like the kids, it isn't even funny. I took her with me yesterday and left her at my mom's while we went to church. Well, after running around for part of the afternoon, we finally made it back to my mom's. She was making cupcakes!! I asked her if she had an extra so I could feed one to Nay-Nay, but she said no. Well, she had to cut some of the pieces off and she said she could have the scraps. We took Nay outside, and my mom brought a couple pieces of the scraps and started feeding them to Nay. Mom couldn't keep up with her, and she started squealing! It was funny!!!! But Mom packed up the rest of the scraps for her and we left to go pick up David.
I went to pick David up from work and he was still working, so I was walking around trying to keep from looking his direction because he was welding. I walked up onto a trailer they had sitting there, and my foot slipped onto a rotten board, and my leg fell through. I tried really hard to get myself out before anyone would notice, but I just couldn't seem to do it! I was scared!! Finally, David took a break from what he was doing, so I yelled at him to come over and help me. He thought I was just sitting there!! Uh, NO!! I fell, I'm stuck! HELP!! So he pulled the board up and I was able to get my leg out! Yay!! I seriously felt really stupid. But, he cleaned it up and wrapped it and gave me an ice pack. It felt ok at the time, but today it is hurting really bad!! Oh well, guess I better watch were I'm going next time.
As for the kids, they are doing great!! Keeping me on my toes everyday!! But I love them! I think I will have them help me fix dinner tonight! Wonder what they will want to make??
Let's just start off by saying that I had a GREAT day yesterday! David had to work, and my sister has been asking me for some time to come to her church. I kept putting it off and not going into town, but I figured that yesterday would be a great time for me to go and see why she was wanting me to visit. Well, now, I can see why!!! It was amazing! Never once did I feel as if I wanted to go to sleep, or the simple fact that I was bored to death and wishing I was back at home in bed. And I never once reached for my phone to check messages in the middle of a service!! The music leaders were awesome!! The atmosphere was amazing! The people treated me as if I was someone that they knew for quite some time. The pastor was great!! He really has a way to keep people's attention. AND, he was wearing sandles!!! How many times to do you go to a church and every one is in their Sunday best?? Well, I don't really dress up much, and I tried to dress up my jeans and nice shirt with a pair of heels. And believe it or not, I felt overdressed!!! For most of my life, every time I have walked into a church on Sunday, the pastor is dressed in a nice suit and dress shoes and looking sharp! It just totally shocked me when I noticed that he was wearing sandles!! LOL Anyways, after service, I was looking around and noticed many people wearing jeans and t-shirts, capri's, shorts, flip flops, jeans with tears or holes in them. It didn't matter!! I don't think I really saw anybody wearing a suit, or wearing a nice Sunday dress. Summer dresses and comfy clothes is all I saw. This totally fits me!!! I am excited, and can't wait for next Sunday!!
Ok, so now for some more interesting news from my household. I am now the proud owner of a baby pot bellied pig!! She is so fun and exciting. She keeps the house flowing!! She is so much like the kids, it isn't even funny. I took her with me yesterday and left her at my mom's while we went to church. Well, after running around for part of the afternoon, we finally made it back to my mom's. She was making cupcakes!! I asked her if she had an extra so I could feed one to Nay-Nay, but she said no. Well, she had to cut some of the pieces off and she said she could have the scraps. We took Nay outside, and my mom brought a couple pieces of the scraps and started feeding them to Nay. Mom couldn't keep up with her, and she started squealing! It was funny!!!! But Mom packed up the rest of the scraps for her and we left to go pick up David.
I went to pick David up from work and he was still working, so I was walking around trying to keep from looking his direction because he was welding. I walked up onto a trailer they had sitting there, and my foot slipped onto a rotten board, and my leg fell through. I tried really hard to get myself out before anyone would notice, but I just couldn't seem to do it! I was scared!! Finally, David took a break from what he was doing, so I yelled at him to come over and help me. He thought I was just sitting there!! Uh, NO!! I fell, I'm stuck! HELP!! So he pulled the board up and I was able to get my leg out! Yay!! I seriously felt really stupid. But, he cleaned it up and wrapped it and gave me an ice pack. It felt ok at the time, but today it is hurting really bad!! Oh well, guess I better watch were I'm going next time.
As for the kids, they are doing great!! Keeping me on my toes everyday!! But I love them! I think I will have them help me fix dinner tonight! Wonder what they will want to make??
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Been awhile..........
Well, I guess it's been 2 months since I have last posted anything!!!! So sorry!!! I seem to get caught up in the everyday life and just forget about this thing. And of course, there has been plenty going on in the last 2 months. I probably wouldn't even be doing this tonight if my sister hadn't advised me that I needed to update it!! Oops!! LOL
Well, lets see. Where can I begin!! I guess I can start where I left off last time, huh?? Well, the house chores are still there, and will forever be there!! I just do my best to get as much done in a day as I can. But sometimes that doesn't happen because I want a break from it all, so I just don't do anything on those days!!! Oh well, I will just catch up another day!!! Anyways, wow, it has been a while!! (Please pardon my randomness throughout this whole thing)
I believe it was in March when our family decided to start doing thing together and making plans for stuff. It started off with just Saturdays with us going out to Trader's Village, or to Canton for the First Monday Trade Days. It was fun and the kids really enjoy getting out of the house and doing something! Shortly after all this started, Sariah started Girl Scouts! She loves it. She meets nearly every Tuesday night at 6:30 at a church not too far from the house. It's pretty nice because it gives her and I time together, and it also gives David and Denim time together! So we call it guy/girl night!!!!! Now that spring is here, and summer soon to follow, there will be plenty of "guy" things for them to do while Sariah and I are gone to have fun with other girls and moms! Of course, I think the Girl Scouts was something both of us needed. I needed to get out of the house more, and meet other mom's and be able to have "friends." And Sariah needed the same thing! Granted, its a slow process for girls to accept other girls, but they are young and they are all still getting to know her, especially since she doesn't go to school with any of them just yet.
So now that we have Tuesdays and Saturdays pretty much planned out, we wanted to do more during the week! But with David having to work, and not really knowing when he will get home, it was kind of hard to plan anything else, until one day when I was cooking dinner, I let the kids watch a movie! They loved it! Well, when David finally came home, he showed up with ice cream for all of us! *DING* We needed a family movie night!! What better night to do that than Friday night! We can stay up a little bit later to watch a movie, and sleep in a little bit on Saturday before we left to do our adventure, as the kids call it. Perfect!!! So, now, every Friday, we will either pick out a movie that we have at home, or David will call and let me know that he is going to stop and get one. We throw a couple bags of pop corn in the microwave and all cuddle up in my bed and watch a movie!!! It's great! I really enjoy family time!
On to April! Not much has happened yet this month. Denim had a diabetic test a little over a week ago. We received the results and they said that everything looked fine. And of course, his shaking in the morning isn't as bad as it used to be either. But it was something that worried me!
Last Monday, the kids and I went to have lunch with Nanny, Papa, and Aunt Chelle. We had a great time!! And the kids are getting so big. Before long, they will be in school and there won't be any kids to join us all the time. But after lunch, Michelle, the kids, and I went and did a little bit of shopping, until David called to tell me he was ready to go home! So he ended our little party, and I headed to pick him up and we went home. I stayed at home the rest of that week until Friday, when we went back into town and had lunch with Nanny, Papa and Ryland! He was out of school for Good Friday! The kids always love spending time together! And it was good to see Mom and dad again.
And that brings us to Easter! We went to Mom's church for their Easter breakfast and Easter Egg hunt for the kids! Denim is still trying to get the whole finding eggs game down, but he did pretty good. I think we have enough candy to last us until Halloween!! After church, we had a great family lunch! Michelle and I set up another Easter Egg hunt for the kids at Mom's. And then had some good family time. It felt really good to laugh as much as we did. Then we had to get ready to go to the last hunt for this Easter hosted by Aunt Chelle's church. Denim was worn out afterwards and slept until dinner time! We ate some good pizza and more good laughs and called it a day!! We were all tired!
And that brings me to today! Not much has happened since Sunday. David is busy at work and the kids and I are keeping busy here at the house with chores and our little exploring walks down the road. But I think those might come to an end soon if I keep seeing snakes on the road!!! I cannot stand them and don't want to take the chance of the kids getting bit by one. So when they start coming out more, we will be finding stuff to do around the yard and in the house! I know, its sad that I shelter my children because of my fears, but I just can't stand the thought of them. I have goosebumps just thinking about it! Yuck!!!
Goodnight All!!!!!! And I will do better about keeping this up!! After all, I did start it to have a place to vent and open up about things!
Thank you, God, for the good things and the bad. Experiencing the bad helps us to appreciate the good.
Have faith that no matter what is thrown your way, you can and will make it through.
Well, lets see. Where can I begin!! I guess I can start where I left off last time, huh?? Well, the house chores are still there, and will forever be there!! I just do my best to get as much done in a day as I can. But sometimes that doesn't happen because I want a break from it all, so I just don't do anything on those days!!! Oh well, I will just catch up another day!!! Anyways, wow, it has been a while!! (Please pardon my randomness throughout this whole thing)
I believe it was in March when our family decided to start doing thing together and making plans for stuff. It started off with just Saturdays with us going out to Trader's Village, or to Canton for the First Monday Trade Days. It was fun and the kids really enjoy getting out of the house and doing something! Shortly after all this started, Sariah started Girl Scouts! She loves it. She meets nearly every Tuesday night at 6:30 at a church not too far from the house. It's pretty nice because it gives her and I time together, and it also gives David and Denim time together! So we call it guy/girl night!!!!! Now that spring is here, and summer soon to follow, there will be plenty of "guy" things for them to do while Sariah and I are gone to have fun with other girls and moms! Of course, I think the Girl Scouts was something both of us needed. I needed to get out of the house more, and meet other mom's and be able to have "friends." And Sariah needed the same thing! Granted, its a slow process for girls to accept other girls, but they are young and they are all still getting to know her, especially since she doesn't go to school with any of them just yet.
So now that we have Tuesdays and Saturdays pretty much planned out, we wanted to do more during the week! But with David having to work, and not really knowing when he will get home, it was kind of hard to plan anything else, until one day when I was cooking dinner, I let the kids watch a movie! They loved it! Well, when David finally came home, he showed up with ice cream for all of us! *DING* We needed a family movie night!! What better night to do that than Friday night! We can stay up a little bit later to watch a movie, and sleep in a little bit on Saturday before we left to do our adventure, as the kids call it. Perfect!!! So, now, every Friday, we will either pick out a movie that we have at home, or David will call and let me know that he is going to stop and get one. We throw a couple bags of pop corn in the microwave and all cuddle up in my bed and watch a movie!!! It's great! I really enjoy family time!
On to April! Not much has happened yet this month. Denim had a diabetic test a little over a week ago. We received the results and they said that everything looked fine. And of course, his shaking in the morning isn't as bad as it used to be either. But it was something that worried me!
Last Monday, the kids and I went to have lunch with Nanny, Papa, and Aunt Chelle. We had a great time!! And the kids are getting so big. Before long, they will be in school and there won't be any kids to join us all the time. But after lunch, Michelle, the kids, and I went and did a little bit of shopping, until David called to tell me he was ready to go home! So he ended our little party, and I headed to pick him up and we went home. I stayed at home the rest of that week until Friday, when we went back into town and had lunch with Nanny, Papa and Ryland! He was out of school for Good Friday! The kids always love spending time together! And it was good to see Mom and dad again.
And that brings us to Easter! We went to Mom's church for their Easter breakfast and Easter Egg hunt for the kids! Denim is still trying to get the whole finding eggs game down, but he did pretty good. I think we have enough candy to last us until Halloween!! After church, we had a great family lunch! Michelle and I set up another Easter Egg hunt for the kids at Mom's. And then had some good family time. It felt really good to laugh as much as we did. Then we had to get ready to go to the last hunt for this Easter hosted by Aunt Chelle's church. Denim was worn out afterwards and slept until dinner time! We ate some good pizza and more good laughs and called it a day!! We were all tired!
And that brings me to today! Not much has happened since Sunday. David is busy at work and the kids and I are keeping busy here at the house with chores and our little exploring walks down the road. But I think those might come to an end soon if I keep seeing snakes on the road!!! I cannot stand them and don't want to take the chance of the kids getting bit by one. So when they start coming out more, we will be finding stuff to do around the yard and in the house! I know, its sad that I shelter my children because of my fears, but I just can't stand the thought of them. I have goosebumps just thinking about it! Yuck!!!
Goodnight All!!!!!! And I will do better about keeping this up!! After all, I did start it to have a place to vent and open up about things!
Thank you, God, for the good things and the bad. Experiencing the bad helps us to appreciate the good.
Have faith that no matter what is thrown your way, you can and will make it through.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Household Chores! Yuck!!!!
Ugh!!! What a day this has turned out to be. I totally hate most of the daily house chores but I know someone has got to do them. It used to be that David would help me with them when he is home, but since he's been staying at work during the week, and home on the weekends, I know he just wants to rest and relax when he gets home. And that is all fine and dandy, but when I've been stuck in the house all week with the 2 kids, I want to do more than just nothing.
So, knowing that I am way behind on my laundry, and David totally messed up my kitchen this weekend when he cooked, I am left to get it all done and ready and have the house cleaned by this weekend so he doesn't come home to a mess. Well, I get up this morning at 6 and decided to go have coffee with his mom. For those of you that don't know, we live in his mom's back yard! Yuck, I know, but things are slowly looking up. Anyways, after coffee with his mom, I started to tackle the huge mound of laundry. When I say huge, I think almost all of my clothes were dirty. How I kept finding clean ones, I don't know!! LOL I seriously try not to let it get this bad. Well, I started one load and it wouldn't go. David unplugged it during the freeze to plug something else in! Grrrrr!! Then, after a little bit, I heard nothing. I go and check and it stopped in the middle of the cycle. So, I open the lid and slam it shut! Wow!!! It started running again. So I had to constantly check the washer. It drove me nuts. When I throw it into the dryer, I let it run its cycle, and it wasn't dry, so I started it again. After an hour, the clothes still weren't dry. So, I started it again!!!! I have yet to check on them because I know I will just kick it!!! What good that would do, I have no idea, but it would make me feel better.
In between checking laundry and such, I have done a few of my dishes and my kitchen is back to a normal running order. I hate a messy kitchen, but I know I have to keep it clean if I want to do anything in there. I love to cook and bake!! But David makes a huge mess and I swear, I think he uses every dish possible that I have to make 1 meal. Crazy!!!
What a day, and its just barely into the latter half of it!
New to this!!!
I am totally new to this whole blogging thing, but I figured it would be a good way to talk about things that are going on, things that are coming up, and just life in general. At times it may seem that I just ramble on about something not so important, but in the end, there is always a method to my madness, as they would say. LOL
Now, a little bit about me and my family!! David and I started dating the fall of 2007. I wasn't in the best of situations at the time, and he rescued me! I soon moved in with him a couple months later. He has taken my kids in as his own and loves them as a dad should. They couldn't be happier. Although I do have two other kids that do not live with me, but are happy where they are, he still loves them and cares for them as well. David and I have just celebrated our 2 full years of being together. It may not have been the best 2 years, but we have made it this far. And because of him, I have been more stable than I have in the past. We may not have the biggest house or the nicest of things, but we are happy and love each other! David had been married twice before he and I started dating. He has 2 other kids, 1 from each marriage, but that is his story. If he wants to share it, I will be happy to let him. Many of his friends had tried to talk him out of starting a relationship with me for the simple fact that none of them knew me!! He butted heads with them and decided to take matters into his own hands and go for it. I am very glad he did. He has a great job that allows him to take time off when he needs to and just make his own hours. There have been many times I just ask him to take the day off to spend with me and the kids. And we would just relax at the house and do nothing!! It was great. Last year, we signed common law marriage papers. Granted, it pretty much says that we are married, but I am still planning on having the wedding of my dreams! He really makes me happy and I couldn't ask for anything better!!
Our children, Sariah 5 and Denim 3, have grown up so much!!! We just celebrated Sariah's 5th birthday this past weekend. It's hard to get her parties together being as she is a New Year baby. But we work around it and she is happy either way. I can't believe that she is growing up this fast! Of course we didn't have a blown out party, but many of the people who love her were there!! She was happy. After she starts school, which will be this year, I am sure her parties will get much bigger! LOL As far as school goes, she is ready!!!! I am not quite ready for her to start, but I know at some point that I have to let her go and get out into the world. Granted, I know she's not packing up and moving out, but this is just the first step of her getting to that point! I am not quite sure I am really ready for this! Of course, she has a mind of her own at times, and we do butt heads alot too, she is a little princess and she knows it!! I really don't know what I would do without her. She's so funny!! After the Black Friday sales, I had bought a new vaccum. It has an adjustable handle on it. Well, when the handle is all the way in, it makes it just right for her to use it to clean her room!! She thought we bought it just for her. (I actually bought it because it was pink) But she helps me out alot just cleaning her room!! Oh how time flies!!
Denim has come a long way in his development. When David and I got together, he wasn't talking, barely crawling and very behind on many of his development skills. Once I moved in with David, he seemed to get better but was throwing major fits. He would throw himself down on the ground and bang his head like it was nothing!! When he looked back at me, he would have a huge knot on his forehead. I hated it!! I didn't know what to do. We started a program called ECI (Early Childhood Intervention). They helped Denim with his speech delay and his delay in motor skills. I had discussed with them the fits he had thrown and they started us with the behavorial therapist. It helped to a point. Doctors said it was just a stage for the terrible 2's. I thought different. But finally, after time, he stopped and he is doing much better. He is talking up a storm and just surprising me with things that he says nearly everyday!!!! It's like alot of people had told me, "He will do it when he is ready." Now we are slowly attempting to start on the potty training, but it's not going that well!! And I don't think he will be starting school this year. But it will give us some one on one time to work on things and maybe get a jump start to Pre-K for him in 2011.
David and I both are big on family time! We live extremely close to his mom and spend quite a bit of time with her. David also helps her out with the cows that she has. He treats them as if they were his pets. And even though my parents live just a little further away, we try to see them a couple times a month, depending on how things are going at home. Sometimes things can get pretty hectic around here! But we just go with the flow and do our best to get things dealt with!
But anyways, I have tons of laundry waiting for me to get it done!! I don't mind doing it, I just don't like the folding and putting it away! And then David cooked dinner on Sunday night and left a huge mess in my kitchen! So I get to clean that up too!!!
Have a great and wonderful day!!!
Alicia
Now, a little bit about me and my family!! David and I started dating the fall of 2007. I wasn't in the best of situations at the time, and he rescued me! I soon moved in with him a couple months later. He has taken my kids in as his own and loves them as a dad should. They couldn't be happier. Although I do have two other kids that do not live with me, but are happy where they are, he still loves them and cares for them as well. David and I have just celebrated our 2 full years of being together. It may not have been the best 2 years, but we have made it this far. And because of him, I have been more stable than I have in the past. We may not have the biggest house or the nicest of things, but we are happy and love each other! David had been married twice before he and I started dating. He has 2 other kids, 1 from each marriage, but that is his story. If he wants to share it, I will be happy to let him. Many of his friends had tried to talk him out of starting a relationship with me for the simple fact that none of them knew me!! He butted heads with them and decided to take matters into his own hands and go for it. I am very glad he did. He has a great job that allows him to take time off when he needs to and just make his own hours. There have been many times I just ask him to take the day off to spend with me and the kids. And we would just relax at the house and do nothing!! It was great. Last year, we signed common law marriage papers. Granted, it pretty much says that we are married, but I am still planning on having the wedding of my dreams! He really makes me happy and I couldn't ask for anything better!!
Our children, Sariah 5 and Denim 3, have grown up so much!!! We just celebrated Sariah's 5th birthday this past weekend. It's hard to get her parties together being as she is a New Year baby. But we work around it and she is happy either way. I can't believe that she is growing up this fast! Of course we didn't have a blown out party, but many of the people who love her were there!! She was happy. After she starts school, which will be this year, I am sure her parties will get much bigger! LOL As far as school goes, she is ready!!!! I am not quite ready for her to start, but I know at some point that I have to let her go and get out into the world. Granted, I know she's not packing up and moving out, but this is just the first step of her getting to that point! I am not quite sure I am really ready for this! Of course, she has a mind of her own at times, and we do butt heads alot too, she is a little princess and she knows it!! I really don't know what I would do without her. She's so funny!! After the Black Friday sales, I had bought a new vaccum. It has an adjustable handle on it. Well, when the handle is all the way in, it makes it just right for her to use it to clean her room!! She thought we bought it just for her. (I actually bought it because it was pink) But she helps me out alot just cleaning her room!! Oh how time flies!!
Denim has come a long way in his development. When David and I got together, he wasn't talking, barely crawling and very behind on many of his development skills. Once I moved in with David, he seemed to get better but was throwing major fits. He would throw himself down on the ground and bang his head like it was nothing!! When he looked back at me, he would have a huge knot on his forehead. I hated it!! I didn't know what to do. We started a program called ECI (Early Childhood Intervention). They helped Denim with his speech delay and his delay in motor skills. I had discussed with them the fits he had thrown and they started us with the behavorial therapist. It helped to a point. Doctors said it was just a stage for the terrible 2's. I thought different. But finally, after time, he stopped and he is doing much better. He is talking up a storm and just surprising me with things that he says nearly everyday!!!! It's like alot of people had told me, "He will do it when he is ready." Now we are slowly attempting to start on the potty training, but it's not going that well!! And I don't think he will be starting school this year. But it will give us some one on one time to work on things and maybe get a jump start to Pre-K for him in 2011.
David and I both are big on family time! We live extremely close to his mom and spend quite a bit of time with her. David also helps her out with the cows that she has. He treats them as if they were his pets. And even though my parents live just a little further away, we try to see them a couple times a month, depending on how things are going at home. Sometimes things can get pretty hectic around here! But we just go with the flow and do our best to get things dealt with!
But anyways, I have tons of laundry waiting for me to get it done!! I don't mind doing it, I just don't like the folding and putting it away! And then David cooked dinner on Sunday night and left a huge mess in my kitchen! So I get to clean that up too!!!
Have a great and wonderful day!!!
Alicia
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