Monday!

Ok, so Monday I will be taking the kids for their checkups. Emma's 3 year and Chase's 6 month, poor guy has to get more shoots!! Anyways, while I am there I am gonna have a major talk with the doc. I am gonna tell her that I'm not about to live my life this way and we HAVE to find out what in the heck is going on. I don't want to live the rest of my life not eating while outta my house in fear of getting diarehha and a major upset stomach. I don't want to struggle to make myself do stuff, b/c I don't have the energy to do it. I don't want to continue to eat 2 bowls of cereal every morning and drink Mt. Dew out the ying yang. I'm not settling, I'm gonna find out what in the heck is going on!! If that means blood work, so be it, if it means any kind of scan thing, then so be it! I am too young to feel like this and my kids need a mommy, not a zombie!! I wanna be baking and doing crafts, I don't wanna feel like laying around all day. I am really sick of feeling like this and I'm sorry that I am complaining, but it is getting quite old! So, Monday will be the day that hopefully my doc and I come up with a game plan as to what we are gonna do. So, keep me in mind that we can figure out what in the heck is going on.

What the heck is going on??

Ok, so last week I finished my period on either Monday or Tuesday. To my surprise I started spotting yesterday. How the heck does this happen?? I'm on birth control to help my periods out. I don't understand it and it kinda flipped me out. Plus on top of that, my bowel problems have been reappearing again. Not as often, but more often than what I would like! I really have no clue as to what is going on. I've never started spotting in between periods before, so I don't know why I would be now. Plus, on top of that I have been getting some crazy headaches. I believe they are sinus, but man they kill!! Then yesterday and today I have absolutely no energy!! I mean, none at all! I need to clean my house, but I just feel like laying around and sleeping, but I can't sleep with the little ones here. I don't know what my deal is. I wish I knew what the heck is going on with my body!! I just want to be back to myself, I would say normal but I know that would bring comments. lol But I would like to be back to what is normal for me! Ugh!

Energy. What's that?

Ok, so today I have been in a total funk! I have absolutely NO energy and I am so tired! I just wanna lay down and sleep, but that isn't possible. Plus, when my mom gets off of work she is gonna take the kids so I can go do some much needed grocery shopping (which I still need to prepare a list for). I just don't want to! Weather.com says it is 1 outside, yuck!! Plus, Chase has pink eye right now too. I guess tonight I will try to get the kids down to bed early and myself too!! Tomorrow I will have my nephews back, so I've gotta find some energy somewhere! I need a Mt. Dew!! That is totally my life line!!
On a better note, Emma has used the potty twice today and has had no accidents. So, we are doing good!!! Yippie!!

There is no place like home!

Okay, so all of last week we was in Marathon, Florida (which is in the keys). It was our Christmas present from my mother-in-law. The trip consisted of us, MIL, Brother-in-law and his family. We left on Saturday and didn't get there till Monday. The kids did excellent on the long car ride, I mean really good. We got to hang out outside on Tuesday. Emma loved playing on the beach, Matt walked around in the ocean (which he could go quite far out and still only be knee high) and Chase and I hung out in the pool. Chase and I was just bobbing around in the pool when all of a sudden he became dead weight, yep he fell asleep. It was just too cute. So, inside we went for him to finish his nap. Matt found a sea horse out in the ocean, it was so cool. He was gonna bring it home, but I guess sea horses are most likely not to survive if you take them from the ocean. Wednesday we went to the Dolphin Research Center. It was really cool. We got to watch a dolphin show, it is amazing what kind of stuff they can teach them and how well the dolphins understand what is going on. It was so neat and Emma loved it. Oh yea, by Wednesday it had cooled down to the 60's and was pretty windy so I didn't take Chase out much. Thursday we went to this really neat playground for Emma and Dylan to play. It was HUGE! I had never seen a playground like this before. They really had a great time. BTW, Thursday was also Matt's birthday!! He turned the big 28!! After the playground we went to this place called the Blue Hole. It has alligators and turtles, we only saw one alligator, but it was still neat. We then went back to the house and had supper and cut Matt's birthday cake. Friday morning we got around and headed back towards Ohio. This time the trip wasn't horrible, but Chase was def sick of being in a car!! He cried and threw a fit, but then would get over it. Oh yea, while in Florida Emma's eyes started acting up and getting a little swollen. I put some eye drops in them and they cleared up, well then Chase's started. So, we finally made it home Saturday night, which I am so glad to be back!! Woke up Saturday morning to Chase's eye almost swollen shut, we I called the call a nurse line and they said that it may be due to the fact that he had a blocked tear duct when he was younger, she said to have him seen in 24 hours. Well, we are going to the doc today to find out what is wrong. His eye looks a whole lot better!! But is still a little swollen and a little red. I'm hoping it isn't Conjuctivitis (however you spell it). My brother and his girlfriend and her son have been passing it back and forth. I guess my brother woke up one morning and couldn't open either eye because of the gunk holding it shut. His gf had to get a warm wash rag to clean it off so he could open his eyes. And not only is it nasty, but highly contageous!! I'm so hoping we won't be passing it around the house.
So, back to vacation. I will post pics soon, hopefully!! Florida was nice, but home is always best! Plus, it is just hard to vacation with a baby. All the stuff they require and that drive, next time we will fly!! Well, back to laundry. I think after 6 loads I am almost all caught up....lol!!

Christmas

Christmas was great! This was Chase's first Christmas and our first Christmas as a complete family! It was just awesome. Christmas Eve night I put the kids into their new Christmas jammies and then Emma left a cookie and Christmas milk (that's what she calls Egg Nog) for Santa and a carrot for Rudolf. She was just so excited! She wanted some Christmas milk before bed and we had poured the last of it for Santa so Matt gave her that. Well, come morning Emma woke up and went directly to the plate. She noticed that everything was gone, then she said, "Santa took our cup." LOL!! When Matt gave her that Christmas milk he put the cup in the sink, well Emma noticed that and she thought he took our cup. It was just way too funny! So Matt told her that he probably just put it in the sink where it belonged. Everything went great. Emma opened her presents and also helped Chased. It was great!! I'm blessed.

Oh and other news. Chase has his first tooth poking thru, I just noticed it today. It isn't all the way thru, but it is there and you can feel it.

Sleep...who needs it??

I DO!! I have gotten up 3 times with Chase and then the 4th time, at 5:45am, he decided to stay up. Ugh!! I'm use to on the weekends still getting up with him in the night, but when he gets up for good, Matt gets up and and I sleep in some. Matt had to work all weekend, so I didn't get that this weekend. I am beat!

Let's see, updates.......Emma has started to show some, I repeat some, interest in the potty again. She has used it a few times this past week. Hopefully we are gonna get somewhere this time. In less than a month she will be 3, I just look at her in amazement. I can't believe she is my daughter. I feel like I am still in high school or just freshly out, but this is my 9th year out of high school. Holy flippin cow, 9 years. In just a little over 3 years I will hit the big 3-0. Age doesn't really bother me, seriously, it's just a number. It just blows my mind how fast time has flown by. It feels like just yesterday I was in high school with no "real" concerns. Now I am married with 2 kids and bills out the butt. I'm not complaining, I love my life, but man oh man where did the time go. Anyways, back to updating.

This weekend we have actually done a lot. Friday night we went and go out tree. Yes, in the very cold evening we were venturing out to get a tree. It was freezing and ended up with me and the kids in the van while Matt got the tree, it was just too cold. Then Saturday, mom and I went to a craft show. It was fun, but boy was it packed. Mom and I used to go every Saturday shopping, but now we hardly ever get out together. So, Saturday was a lot of fun. I got some mom and me time, just like we use to. Then once Matt got home he got around and we took the kids to his work Christmas party that they have for the kids. They had Santa, cookie decorating, crafts, tattoos, blow up toys and presents. Emma loved it, it was a lot of fun. She cried when she had to get out of the big blow up toys that she was jumping in. For presents, she got a care bear and Chase got a thing that he can play with during tummy time. They both love it. Speaking of tummy time, I put Chase on his tummy in front of that toy and he started bringing his knees up and trying to push himself closer to the toy. Can you believe it, he is trying to scoot around already. I'm telling ya, time is flying.

Then on came Sunday, me and the kids did absolutely nothing. Matt was at work and we hibernated. I watched a movie that was on tv called Flirting with Forty. It was a really good movie, I actually watched it twice (I have it on my DVR). Then when Matt got off of work we finally decorated our tree, which isn't completely done yet. lol We are slackers. lol Emma didn't want to put her princess decorations on the tree, b/c she wants to play with them. lol

So now it is Monday morning, I'm tired and both of my kids are up and ready to go. My nephews (who I babysit) are asleep on the couch. This is probably gonna be a long and tiring day. Tonight we have Monday night supper, so that means I don't have to cook tonight. Hopefully all the kids will take a nap after lunch and then I can catch a few zzz's. Anyways, I guess I'll try to get motivated and start my day.

Nevermind...

Remember my blog about contributing, well I do contribute. I contribute to my family in many ways every day. Maybe I don't financially, but I do by taking care of them and loving them. Matt doesn't want me to work and I'm happy right here. I told my mom that and she was so happy. She told me how I was a great mom, how my kids are turning out so well. She said Emma is just so smart and loving and Chase will sure to follow the same suit. I knew I wasn't a bad mom, but it's great to hear someone say I'm a great mom. My kids need me here with them. Heck, my nephews need me (I babysit them). My nephew Jr told me that he likes coming here and he don't like being much of anywhere but at home. Grant it there are times when I just wanna scream and pull my hair out, but what stay at home mom doesn't? I love my job and I'm staying right where I am. My place is at home, at home being a mother and a wife and I'm fine with that. I'm blessed, truly blessed!