Not Me! Monday

MckMama you are so awesome for starting this, I know it always make me feel so much better. Okay, so here goes…

I did not let my neighbor take Cayleigh-Grace next door to visit with his wife when she wouldn’t stop crying yesterday afternoon after her nap, and I definitely needed a break, and I did not take those precious few minutes of peace to run around like a mad woman trying to put my outdoor Christmas decorations up that were still out.

I was not very thankful when he stayed for a few minutes and helped me try to calm her down… and after what seemed like and eternity I did not finally try gas drops, and then all was well with the world again.

I am not totally dreading sending the boys back to school on Tuesday, and I am not wondering why I have sent them to school in the first place, and not just kept them home with me. I am not missing them already and they aren’t even gone yet.

I did not forget to pay my car insurance amid the holiday chaos (which was due December 25), and I also did not totally loose the bill only to realize that it wasn’t paid when I noticed and excess of money in my account… and I do not have to make a special trip by there tomorrow to go and pay it…

I do not have a sweet baby girl who can only seem to nap for 30-45 minutes at a time during the day, with at least 2 hour gaps between her naps.

I also do not have a daughter who literally screeches and has spent the past two days doing it almost nonstop… (I will try to get it on my camera so you can enjoy the screech-e-ness of it all)

I am not getting annoyed with my 5 year old who cannot seem to say a single word without stuttering, but if I tell him not to talk to me without stuttering he can say the sentence perfectly (most of the time)… (if anyone knows any helpful hints on stuttering please leave me a comment)It is so hard to have patience with him...

I did not wait on pins and needles the whole afternoon waiting on my husband to get home from his 4 day Alabama trip.

Finally Comming Home!!!

I could not be happier right now, my sweet husband is finally coming home!! He has been on a hunting trip in Alabama for the past four days. It has definitely been a long few days without him home with us. The boys are really ready to have their Daddy back home too. I am just going through the house cleaning and organizing things that I have been putting off for quite a while now, so when he comes home everything will be clean and tidy.

I know that on my previous post I had said that it was my Anniversary with KS but after looking through some stuff in my "treasure box" I have realized that he was right and today is our actual Anniversary, and he remembered too. When I talked to him yesterday he asked me if I knew what today was... it is so awesome when guys remember stuff like that, and he remembered better than I did.

Well I am going to try something new with the help of one of my best friends "Belle" I am going to try couponing and everything that goes with that. I actually bought two papers today to get the coupons out of them. We will see how it goes, I can be pretty forgetful about stuff so we will see how it goes. Hopefully I will actually remember to use the coupons... wish me luck!

A Day of Anniversaries

*I have been informed by my sweet husband that I was wrong and that our Anniversary is tomorrow the 4th, and since I cannot remember which day is the correct day we will go with him on this one.*

Today is one of those days where you just set back and look over the past years of your life. Today is Kiale and I’s eight year anniversary. This day eight years ago, Kiale and I were getting on a school bus heading to the Cummer Museum for a field trip, he asked if I was sitting with anyone and when I replied no, he asked if he could sit with me and from that moment our lives were changed forever. Needless to say if I had to pick a day of my life where it was forever changed, this would be the day. Six years ago today Kiale purposed... at the place that changed our lives, the museum... well actually a block away from it but it was close enough. It was still magical to me.

Today is also Cayleigh-Grace’s 4 month day. It seems like just yesterday I was waking Kiale... and several other family members up and saying its time, and now here she is 4 months old and absolutely beautiful, with both hands in her mouth chewing away... She really is starting to come into her own now, although I don't think she has changed that much from last month, other than her sleep patterns and she is much more social now. She had stopped "talking" for a couple of weeks, but she has seemed to have found her voice again within the past three days. She is enjoying making all sorts of crazy noises and sounds. She can still only roll over from her stomach onto her back, but she is getting closer to figuring out how to roll from her back onto her stomach, I feel it will only be a week or so and she will have figured that out.

A Bit of the Past...

I was feeling very reminiscent this morning so I figured I would share some past pictures of my boys... hope you enjoy!






Kiale's second Christmas at 15 months old (notice the PJ's) and Colin's first Christmas at 9 months old (same PJ's.)



Kiale and Colin are 18 months apart, but as you can tell from the previous pictures Colin caught up to his brother in size very quickly! They were in the same size diapers by the time Colin was around 6 months old, and the same size clothes once Colin turned 1. Today they both wear the same size and weigh the exact same, the only thing Colin has going against him is that Kiale is about 3 inches taller than Colin.

(Colin's BIRTHday)

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year everyone!! I don't know what you all did but I rang in the New Year with a little shopping therapy. Nothing like a little shopping to make you feel better and to get you a bit on the relaxed side. Dixie (my middle sister) and I (+ my kids) hit the St. Augustine Outlet Mall today. It was wonderful, aside from the chilly and overcast weather, you just cant beat 4 hours of shopping. Especially when all three kids were wonderful and didn't act up a bit. No tantrums, crying, and only a little bit of overly touching stuff. It was a great day.


Had to take this video of Cayleigh-Grace she is trying to get up on her knees... I guess she keeps forgetting she is only almost 4 months old... enjoy!