Another day in this thing called life...

Wow, it is already Thanksgiving tomorrow! This month has just flown by. So many things going on, working, day care, packing up the diaper bag, packing up the pump bag, loading the car, bundling E up (since it's gotten colder out), transfering bases, keeping track of who has/who needs the base... how does any mom stay sane? I am loosing my mind. I'm not kidding. I am so over tired, exhausted, run down and pooped out (can we say it in any other way?) It is so bad that the other night I washed my face, got ready for bed and spent 10 minutes searching for my glasses... had I left them in the bathroom? on the nightstand? on the coffee table? in the kitchen? I had no idea where they were. Then I realized the were ON MY NOSE! Not even on my head, but on my NOSE!!! How ridiculous. Crazy.

E and I both have a cold again... which sucks. That probably doesn't help with the tiredness either. I hear there is some nasty flu going around... hope that stays away from us!

Work has been a challenge lately. So many more people work there now, it is much more stressful and other people there seem to be so on edge and belittling sometimes that is SO hard to be there some days. But, gotta keep the $$ coming in, so no choice there. I realized today that my day care lady earns more $$ per day with 2 children than I do at my job (after I take out the $25 I pay her each day). I could stay home with E and have 2 other kids and probably make more $$. That is Sooooooooooooo tempting... then I could sorta be the stay at home mom I'd love to be!

We're thinking about putting the house up for sale. We'll see how that goes though, kind of a bad time of year... plus the gossip around here would be hell to deal with... plus G just got on the city council and he'd kind of excited about that... so who knows?!

Ok, gonna pack some more stuff up for the Salvation Army... cleaning house feels SO DANG GOOD. I'm in the mood to get rid of stuff. Greg's thrilled :)

Take care ya'll and have a wonderful Turkey day!! Gobble 'til you wobble! Then snooze :)

K

Winter in MN

Couldn't we just skip this, this year??

It's been to long...

Sorry for not blogging in the past two weeks! Time is just flying by and we have been so busy. Halloween night went really bad, we put her in her chicken costume and she cried the entire 10 minutes she was in it. So the pictures posted today are from today when we dressed her up so that grandma m could at least see her in the costume!! She looks like a cute little chicken :) She didn't mind the costume at all today. But we did it in the a.m. when she is the happiest.

We received a Jumperoo the other day as an early x-mas present for E. It came from grandpa r and grandma j. E loves it, she gets in there and holds on for dear life and just JUMPS away. It is hilarious. Sometimes she jumps so hard that she gives herself the hiccups! We've gotten some good laughs with this toy. It makes noises, plays music and lights up the more they jump, it encourages her to keep going! She loves it and we certainly love toys that give us a nice little break, hee, hee :)


I think her face is SO FUNNY in this picture!!
E has learned how to patty cake! It is so cute and she just thinks its the coolest thing when we look at her and say "patty cake a patty cake a bakers man" she starts clapping and smiling... its so fun that she is getting to the stage where she learns new things and responds to us with smiles and giggles. Here she is patty caking!

Oh my gosh, we are watching an episode of Intervention. What Alcoholism can do to a person is AMAZING! This lady is crazy. We love this show. It's on the A&E channel on Sunday nights. Sunday nights are our favorite TV nights. We watch Extreme Makeover - Home Edition, Desperate Housewives and then Intervention or Brothers & Sisters. Sunday nights Rock. Especially when my hubby is home with me to watch them. Soon enough, sista... just be patient, I know.

I can't believe the holidays are already around the corner. I am so excited to celebrate this year with E. I can't wait to see her open presents, although she'll have no idea what she's doing... it'll still be really cute. Lots of pics will be posted... :) I also am really excited to eat a great Thanksgiving meal! YUM. I can't wait. I am also NOT going out the night before Thanksgiving, which is a huge night around here to go out... so that I can taste my food the next day. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. I have to bring green beans. Just my style since I don't cook, at all!

Here's a few more cute pics. Playing with her favorite toy... ms. dinasour.






Hope you all have a great week and if we don't get back before next Thursdays... have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

BOO! or should I say... MOO!

We did a little Halloween preview on Saturday for G's auntieV. She came down to visit and we dressed E up in her first Halloween costume and took some cute pictures! The outfit came from his aunt! She looks so dang cute! The first picture shown was at the end of our picture taking spree, you can tell she was getting a bit annoyed! We'll have another costume tomorrow night. We'll be making the rounds to my parents, my aunt C's house, my friend sock monkey's house and the nursing home to see my grandma. I'll post the pics of that costume after tomorrow night... you'll have to wait and see what she is... I guarantee you will laugh... you'll have to check back! Take care and everyone have a safe and Happy Halloween!

p.s. i've decided to stop signing my "K" at the end of each entry since G doesn't write much anymore. If he adds anything I'll make sure he signs his "G" otherwise just assume it's me!

Sad times...

It had been a rough week. Have been home sick all week. Went to work yesterday, G called in sick again. E hasn't been sleeping good at all. She takes a short a.m. nap and then doesn't take one at all in the evening. Then it is a bear to get her to bed at night. Plus she's been getting up at like 3 to eat and again by 6. I just really want some sleep. Ya know when you are sick... you stay home and get better... well let me tell you life has changed. Now I stay home sick with a 6 month old, not so much the atmosphere for getting better. Then add a sick hubby on top of it, you catch my drift?!

On Thursday a.m. I got a phone call from my friend MR and she let me know that our other friend MD's 17 year old brother had decided to end his life. What an absolutely horrible thing to have to go through as a family. What's left of the crew in RW went to the house that night and offered our support to the family. It is just such a sucky thing and I don't understand it at all. So my being sick and complaining about E and my sick hubby are really put into perspective at that point. It is just so important that we appreciate each other every day. Don't take anyone you love for granted because you just never know if you will see them tomorrow. It is just so sad.

So to ALL our friends and family. We love you all. Take care.

G, K & E

Snotty noses

Being sick is no fun. It started Saturday with E being kinda fussy, sneezing, coughing and having a runny nose. Sunday was mostly the same. Then Monday a.m. at about 3:30 I woke up with a soar throat like I'd never felt before. Called in sick for work and layed in bed til E woke up. We left G sleeping (he'd just gotten home from work at 6:30 a.m.) and went downstairs for the day. Well I was SO tired I called my parents begging them to take E for a few hours so I could sleep. THANK GOD for them and my sister. Kt came out to get her around 10:30. And did I ever sleep good from about 11:30 to 2:30. Mom and dad brought her home around 3:30 when G got up. I had a temp of about 99.4 and G woke up feeling like crap to. So now it's Tuesday, G had mandatory training today (or we all would've been home sick) and I'm still feeling ishy, worse than yesterday. Higher temp (100.2) and lots of sneezing and stuffy nose, but no more sore throat thank god! E and G are already in bed and it isn't even 7:00!! I really should be up there to, I'll get there eventually, but this peace and quiet that I'm having to myself right now never happens and I wanna fight the sleep as long as I'm getting it!

Spoke to soon, E is up, I just took a break to go get her. She's happy as can be (notice the pics) apparently I thought she was down for the night... she thought it was only a nap. So much for G having daddy duty tonight and me getting to relax... I guess there's alway tomorrow. Anyone have any idea why she has had one rosy cheeck for over a week now? (you can kinda tell in the pics) I'd love it if anyone had any theories! Take care and night. K

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Bath Time!

E is our cute little girl with a mohawk... she grows hair no where on her head but on the top in the middle and straight back. It is hilarious. Her hair is so thin (like her moms) that it doesn't lay down, it stands striaght up! She finally likes her bathtime and plays with her ducky and keys. There's nothing better than Johnson and Johnson nightime bath soap in the purple bottle. Smells soooooo yummy! K