Christmas Shopping 101

Well it's always fun to shop, but the wrapping is what I love to do.I take my time and make sure all the pictures and seams line up and it is folded perfectly, BUT this year is gotten outta hand. I just got done wrapping all my kids gifts and I counted them up to make sure they were all within a close amount of each other, when I was finished I couldn't believe that I had bought sooooo much stuff. Here's what I ended up with. "A"- 25, "E"-21 & "J"-19. That's way to many things to get from your parents and Santa, plus they are still getting from all there other family members. I have come up with a plan though, I am going through their toys and getting rid of 90% of them. I will donate them to some charity. If anyone know of kids who could use some toys let me know. I thought that I could save them till spring then have a yard sale, but then I realized that I would never end up having one and then I would have stored all the toys for no reason. I mean we buy all year round, so it never seems like it's that much but there comes a time when we as parents need to put a limit on the number of gifts we buy our kids. I think that next year we are going to go with like 5 gifts from us and 5 from Santa. When they are older and start asking for more expensive things then we will put a dollar amount not a gift amount. I cant believe that there is soo many gifts, really! What are we going to do when it comes time to put them all under the tree??? I just am kinda ashamed of myself I guess. There are so many kids out there that don't get a Christmas and here we are getting so much stuff that our kids wont even play with half of it, I'm sure.

My Baby Girl

She is just soooo freaking cute. Maybe she will be a singer one day....I said maybe!

A Day in the Life...

Sometimes I feel like I am doing the same thing over and over again. I mean I love my life but I just feel like I already know whats going to happen tomorrow, the same thing that happened today. lol. I always start my day by getting my babies ready for daycare. I am always rushing to get them there so I can get to work on time. I think that I need to start waking up 45mins earlier so that I can start my day off on the right foot, and not be sooo rushed. On the weekends it's different because I don't work, so I have the kids to myself because my hubby works most weekends. Like today, I got up to "E" screaming that she needed some toilet paper to wipe her butt. I know that might seem like OMG! She is very cute in the way she does it, now most kids would stay on the pot and yell from the bathroom, not my "E" she got off and came down the hallway, panties at her feet and all and yelled right in my ear that she needed toilet paper. This is how it went....
E- "mommy you forgot to put a new roll of paper in the bathroom"
Me- "sorry"
E- "well hows am I gonna wipe my butt?"
Me- "I'm coming now"
When I get to the bathroom I find that not only had she pooped in the toilet, she had poop on the seat and the floor. Now time and time again I have told her that she needs to stay on the pot and just call me and I will come help her but she just cant seem to grasp that yet. So there was poop on the floor and her leg. Bahahahaa. It started my day off right, then I get my baby boy up and he too was poopie!!! He has pooped two times today. My lord if I had a dollar for every time my kids went poop I'd be one rich momma. I think maybe I need to reed them something to bind them up for a day or two. ~~Mommy~~

Busy December

Why is it that December has soooo much going on?? I mean really, on top of Christmas day, we have to go to everyones house and do there Christmas parties and plus "A's" birthday is in December so we also have a Birthday party to plan. It is hard enough to find a time when everyone is free but things are getting so hectic. So far in December this is what we already have planned, and I am sure I am forgetting some of the things.
Ok... First to start the month off we have the Birthday Party on Dec. 11th ( wow I cant believe she will be 9, seems like yesterday she was that 2yr old little girl I met and fell head over heals with.) Then on Dec 12th we have a Family Christmas with the Yancer Clan. Should be fun but busy. on Dec 14th I have a doctor appt. and on the 16th "J" has a appt with the Genetic Specialist. Moving on to Dec 18 is the Family Christmas with the Horn Clan. I know!!! Also we get "A" this year on Christmas morning so she will be here Christmas Eve to spend the night, also Christmas Eve is when the Mother in Law does her Christmas with us and the kids at our house. Then on Christmas morning all hell will break loose when the kids come tearing down the stairs to see what Santa left for them. Plus on Dec 26th is my Family's Christmas get together...I dont know if we could squeeze anything else in.

Our Tree 2010

My Christmas WISH list...

Well this Christmas I am not asking for much, just the following would be nice...  (not really anything that people can get me, it's stuff I need to work on for myself) I would like to start a diet and STICK with it. lol I just have like 40lbs that I would like to lose. Ya know all that after baby weight that you just cant seem to lose. I would also like to stop drinking pop, I keep trying and I just cant seem to kick the habit. I don't really have it in the house, but when I am out and about and at work I always seem to find myself picking one up. I mean come on I stoped smoking, I'm pretty sure that I can stop drinking pop. Right? and I want to find time to work on me, I am doing a pretty good job working on my anger and yelling habits, but I still find myself getting so upset over the small things that should not matter. Also I wanna control the way I speak to "E", often I find myself yelling or "talking loud" to her and I know that no matter what she does she does not need to be yelled at. I love her to much to have her grow up being yelled at like I did. I don't want her to have all the built up anger in her as an adult as I do. Sooo that's what I want for Christmas, Not to much just stuff I need to work on. ~~Mommy~~

The Apple of my Eye... My look alike

First Time...

Ok, This might not go over so well, being my first time so bare with me. I tend to babble about nothing and my spelling is not always the best, I tend to type to fast and my fingers kinda go where they want. BUT on that note, I am starting this blog like I said so I can keep my family and frends up to date with what is going on in our lives. Lets see... Like is said I (well me and the Husband) have 3 Beautiful kids. I am also trying to keep there names outta my blog so I will just call them A, E, and J, they are the most wonderful things that have happened to me in all my life. Even though "A" is not mine by birth I still include her as my first child. She lives with her mom and stays with us everyother weekend so as you can imagine we have a pretty full house. "E" is my "first" born child. She is such a ham. You never and I menan NEVER know that is going to come out of her mouth at any given time. E can be such a sweetheart and then turn on you in a blink of an eye. I wouldnt change her for the world, she is my little firecracker. "J" is the baby. He looks just like his daddy, and is soooo very special to me. I must say he came into my life for a reason. J keeps me grounded, and he has shown me that all the little "problems" in life are not important. He is our Special child, only God knows why he gave me J, I think it was to show me and the Husband that we need to really slow down and enjoy our lives with our Children and to not worry about all the small stuff. Now when I say that J is Special, I mean theat he has something that we are not sure what to call yet.... key word is yet. He has been to lots of Doctors and they are not sure. I mean dont get me wrong, he is very healthy and can walk and babble but something is just not right and no matter what the outcome is I will love him just the same. My husband says that I am making J a sissy but I cant help it he is my Baby!!!! so now that you know a little about my kids, I will tell you about me and my Hubby. We met while working at Rally's in Adrian, and I wouldnt call it love at first sight, but we hit it off well and then 3 weeks later got married. Thats right I siad 3 WEEKS later! wehave been married ever since, it's been 6 years and we are still going strong. Now we have had our share of fights and hard times but we always seem to work through our problems and it makes us stronger I think. well I think that I have went on and on about everything and nothing so I will go for now. feel free to post comments and I will try to respond to them. ~~Mommy~~