Gobble Gobble Santa

I know, I know......but here I am with some pictures! Doesn't that make up for the fact that I haven't blogged this month?

We had a great Thanksgiving! And I hope you all had a good one too! Requay walked around the majority of the day saying "Gobble Gobble" and when we called to wish my parents a Happy Thanksgiving, she said, "Happy Gobble Gobble!" We had a typical Thanksgiving as usual, you know where we eat and eat and eat and then take a break and eat some more! Awww.....Turkey Day!

I decided that on "Black Friday" (day after Thanksgiving) I would try to get some good deals on stuff for Christmas! So by 4am I was waiting in the Toys 'R' Us line waiting for Optimus Prime. Of course when the doors opened at 5am, they were all gone, but I did find one!! That's for Jonah by the way and I think it may be from Santa so shhhhh....... I did manage to save us about $150 on gifts and such so I think it was a good idea to get up at 3am! (I actually felt like a real Mom, standing in the cold, drinking my coffee, waiting for the door to some store to open all for the smile of my baby's faces!) I LOVE IT!!

We attempted to take Christmas pictures yesterday, but the kids weren't really cooperating, well let me rephrase that....Requay wasn't very cooperative when it came time to smile! Just look at these Santa pictures we took...they're actually quite funny, especially if you look at them one right after another!

I figured I had to get them all so that I could scrap them and show Requay how uncooperative she was trying to take pictures with Santa!

Well, I better go for now cause I'm about to go home for the day! Sure was hard for us to get going this morning!

Well, I'll try to put more pics and more words on my next blog....so until then, happy reading!!

Trick-or-Treat!

Hello all to my regular blog readers....well we had our Halloween last night, but before I go any further, I want to warn everyone that what you may see may be a little frightful and may not be appropriate for children under the age of 1! So I caution you to read on at your own risk.......

Scared? I know me too! We had an AWESOME time last night going trick-or-treating!! I was able to get off work early to go get the kiddos and get them ready....that helped tons! So as soon as we got home, Jason called and said that he had just gotten another service call downtown and would be heading that way to fix a light tower and didn't know when he might be home with traffic and all.....SO, I decided to go ahead and bath the kiddos so that we wouldn't have to do it when we got in late. We took a bath and I got the kids dressed in their costumes!

Jonah's costume wasn't too bad because he was "Venom" from Spider-Man 3 and just had to slip on his costume over his clothes......I did however, have to clean a few Cheetos stains off of it first from their party at school--not too bad though! He was pretty scary with his mask on and all!! Here he is posing in a common Spider-Man stance.......scary!

And as for Baby Girl, well her costume just needed to be slipped on over her clothes too, but it also needed to be safety pinned together in the back to keep it up where it's supposed to be! (It was a little too big, but cute!) She got to wear her new black shoes, which she was quite happy

about and I had to put a bow in her hair so that people wouldn't think she was just a cute little boy!

I had to lay Baby Girl down on the grass to get the full Spider effect! (and to see all her legs!) She wasn't too excited about it but she laid down long enough for me to get a quick shot! I don't think she fully understood the whole Halloween thing and was just going along because her big brother was doing it too!

We decided that as long as Jason was downtown working, that we would head to the outlet mall because they were handing out candy from the various stores--safe and good treats! I believe we have more than enough just with the mall, but we always hit a few houses as well...so we went there!

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So we got to the mall and started at the Disney store with stickers and made it the whole way around the mall!! It was nice and the kids loaded up on the goodies! They also got other things like stickers and cookies and coupons! They weren't as excited about the coupons as they were about the candy, but 20 % off is pretty good! So as we journeyed our way around the mall, we stopped to play on the little "rides" they had and took some pictures too!

Sorry it came out kinda fuzzy, but neither one of them wanted to slow down long enough for me to get a good shot! They were pretty excited to "ride the bus!"

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We went to visit Ms. Rhonda's house next, Jonah's first caretaker when he was an itty bitty little guy! She took good care of him and we still go visit her and her family every Halloween--it was good to see her! (She gave the kids extra candy.) And then we went to a friend/co-workers house that we usually go to even when she says that this is the last year she's handing out candy! (Guess she wants us to start using the back door or something?) When we got to her house, Baby Girl was getting used to saying "tic tee"--translation? "Trick or Treat" duh! Well Kelly put the bowl of goodies down to her level and she just kept grabbing candy after candy and putting in her little pink Halloween bag! And then she'd say "tank u"--I'm you already know that one! (Thank you!) But it was so funny because she'd walk a few steps away and then turn around like she was at a new house and say "tic tee" again and ask for more candy!! And Kelly, being the super candy-hander-outer, would drop the bowl back down to her level so she could get some candy! Kelly was pretty much out of candy by the time we finally left!! Thanks Kelly!!! :o)

So after hitting both houses, we went to pick up Daddy! Baby Girl just kept calling him and calling him--she missed her Daddy! We went to the First Baptist Church where they were having a little Halloween thing there with games for the little guys (you got candy for prizes!) And then in their gym, they had moonwalks!! (You know those bouncy jumpy things--the kids love them!)

Well, after all that, we were pretty wiped out and hungry--so we decided to just go home, eat dinner, get our pj's on and go to bed! Whew....what a night! Here are a couple more pics we took....

Hope you all weren't too terribly scared.....we had a wonderful Halloween!

We're so blessed to be so fortunate!

Happy Halloween!

Well, no Halloween pictures yet, but we'll surely take some tonight to share with you tomorrow!

Jonah wore his Halloween t-shirt with shorts to school today because after all the pants we just got him this past weekend, he didn't want to wear any of them today! He's gotten SO picky in his clothes! Wranglers is about the only thing he likes these days and I was only able to find 1 pair at the resale stores...guess we'll have to keep checking back with all those stores! FUN!! And as for Baby Girl, well she wore her Halloween shirt with her black Halloween pants!! I found these cute little black pants at the resale store with little pumpkins and candy corns at the bottom of one leg--perfect for Halloween! (I get so excited about the great deals I find at these resale stores!!)


Jonah took his costume with him to school today because he told me last night on the way home, very excitedly, that his teacher, Miss Angie, had told them that they could wear their costumes to school....Jonah was super excited to be able to show off his costume as well as his new shoes! In fact, on Monday when he didn't go to school, he wanted me to take him just so he could show his friends his new shoes! Crazy little man! Anyway, the kids are having a Halloween party this afternoon at school....that should be loads of candy, I mean fun!

So what are our plans for trick-or-treating tonight? Well, we usually just hit the few houses that we know around us and usually we get more than enough candy to last us for a while! I think they're also having something at the high school for the little kids too, so we may check that out as well. Not too sure how long we'll be out because tonight's a "school night" and we stay on the go on school nights normally, so attempting to add other stuff is quite a juggle!


We watched "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" last night--classics--oh what good memories! I used to watch all those Charlie Brown cartoons when I was little too and Jonah thought that Snoopy pretending to be the Red Barron and flying an airplane from the top of his doghouse was just the funniest! He also mentioned that there was another little boy, Linus, that sucked his thumb too! Yes, we're still messing with that whole trying to get him to stop sucking his thumb thing! He knows he shouldn't, but it's such a habit for him now that sometimes his thumb ends up in his mouth and he doesn't even realize it. He still likes his cotton balls though!

Well, I should probably try to do some work today......so until tomorrow, hope you all have a safe and happy Halloween!!

Home Run.........kinda!

Well, we had our "double header" this past weekend and on Sunday's game, Jonah his a HOME RUN!!! Well, it kinda was a home run because you see in t-ball games, the last batter runs all the way!! So call what you want, but me, being Jonah's Mom--I'm calling it a home run!! He also ran into the little boy on 2nd base cause he wasn't running fast enough....the little boy fell on his face and Jonah kept running...he ran all the way to home base before that other little boy made it to 3rd base!! Little slugger!

And well Requay cheered her big brother on wearing her cheerleader outfit! At one point in the game, she was actually out on the field with Jonah.....sippy cup of milk in one arm, cheerleader outfit on, and in baseball stance like her brother!

This is them after the game....Baby Girl is enjoying Jonah's snack! (She's alot like her Mommy!)

Jonah had a dental check-up yesterday so he got to stay at home with Mom all day! He was such a good little boy! His check-up went very well--no cavities!! And he got a new toothbrush, a tattoo, and a cool car! He was pretty excited....he likes going cause his dentist has TV's on the ceiling for him to watch while he's lying there! And then they put on earphones to hear the TV and cool shades over his eyes to block out the light that the dentist uses! I hope he always feels that way about the dentist!

Well, not too much else going on over here--we did go get some warm clothes for the kids and went Halloween costume shopping! Here is a scary picture for all of you....don't be too scared!

Enjoy.....the kids and their "scary faces!" EEEKKK and BOOOO!

Friday Already

Another week down and next week is Halloween! I asked Jonah what he wanted to be for Halloween the other day and he said, "I guess we can go look at the store or something." Apparently he has no idea what he wants to be now and would like to keep his options open! He is just getting too smart!!

We do need to go get some "winter" clothes, well at least some pants for the kids. Jonah wore shorts to school today because he didn't want any of the four pair of pants I had out for him! He has gotten really picky! He'd wear his Wranglers every day if he could....and if they didn't have holes in the knees! So he wore his long-sleeve "Cars" shirt with shorts and took his big winter coat in case he got cold! The teachers at his school probably think that I'm crazy for dressing my baby like that! And as for Baby Girl's winter apparel, well, she has a few of those wonderful hand-me-downs that we love so much, but you know girls--we could always use more!! So we're going shopping this weekend--to the resale stores of course!

Since it's been getting cold, Baby Girl has started doing this little thing when she is cold.....she'll say "brrrrr" and then close her fists real tight up by her side and shake a little like she's shivering! (She can thank her Mommy for that!) It's so cute! I wish I could take pictures of her many facial expressions and the little things she does! She's so funny!!

We had t-ball pictures last night instead of practice....guess what you'll be getting soon! Anyway, none of the parents got the email about the pictures until yesterday morning--SO, the most of the team wasn't there and some kids didn't even have their uniforms! It was horrible!! I, fortunately, was able to get my email so we went home to get Jonah's uniform to take pictures in, but I felt horrible for the kids and the parents too that had not gotten the email. (Our coach isn't as good as last year's coach!) We did the best we could in such a short amount of time....we'll probably try to take a better group picture after or before one of our games sometime. We have kind of a double header this weekend with t-ball....we have a game Saturday morning and then another one Sunday afternoon! Two games in the same weekend...the kids will think it's a double header for sure! We'll see how they go!

Jonah, unfortunately, was unable to put a quarter in his "Bed Time Jar" this morning because he was up until almost midnight reading books and playing with his cars. Jason and I were working on bills (ick) and Jonah would come in and say......"I was asleep but then I heard a noise and it woke me up." I've put Jonah's Spider-Man alarm clock right by his little head and he won't wake up for it, so I'm thinking he may have been stretching the truth a bit!

Well, other than our "double header" t-ball games this weekend, we don't really have too much else going on for the weekend. We definitely need to get some warmer clothing for the kiddos, but other than that, nothing special. Hope you all have a great and blessed weekend! Blog ya later!

The Negotiation Process

You know as you grow up, you learn how negotiation is an important part of life.

Jonah receives an allowance of $1 every 2 weeks and with his last allowance money he bought a Spider Man alarm clock. Which by the way is missing a head now, but anyway.....So Jason decided that Jonah could earn another dollar if he went to bed without fussing for a whole week! Well, Jonah comes back with "how bout $3". Jason and I couldn't help but laugh because at 4 years old, he is attempting to negotiate his way into a higher pay bracket! Smart Kid! Well, Jason was as surprised as I was and I suggested that he get a quarter every morning if he goes to bed without hassle and without fussing the night before! Wish we'd of thought of this a long time ago because last night, we set his Spider Man alarm clock to go off at 9:00 pm and as soon as Jonah heard it ringing, he turned off the TV, got his glass of water and headed off to bed!!! I tucked him and he went to bed and Jason and I got to spend time together earlier than 11 o'clock at night!! I couldn't believe it.....I mean who knew?!

This morning, I went to get Baby Girl up out of bed and I started "getting her patitas (little feet in Spanish)" and she would just laugh and move to a corner of her crib. But after a while, she started pretending to be "getting me" and she would wiggle her little fingers on my pansa (tummy in Spanish) and I would shriek like she was really getting me! She thought it was funny!

And, well we're still messing with Baby Girl's diaper rash, but it is getting much better! (Keep her little bum in your prayers still!) She is so funny with her facial expressions that I can't help but laugh at her! She has so many expressions and sometimes she's a bit dramatic with them. (Lord only knows where she gets that from!) Tonight while she was eating dinner, she kept thinking she heard a dog and she would stop eating, open her eyes wide open, and open her little mouth--her mouth looked like the mouth off of the "Scream" movie. It was SO funny! And then she would bark like the dog too! :o)

Well, it's already Wednesday and we have t-ball practice tomorrow......so until next time, happy reading and good-night!

"I Love you Too Much"

Lucky you! You get to read about my kiddos two days in a row! And lucky for you also, Meg sent some pictures that she took of my babies!!

Last night I was putting Jonah to bed and tucking him in, as well as I can tuck someone in on a mat beside my bed, and I was hugging him and he was hugging me and sometimes he'll hug me REAL tight and I'll tell him that it's too tight of a hug. So when he gave me my tight hug last night, I told him that I couldn't breath and even started talking funny like he had taken all the air out of me and he told me that he had to hug me that tight--he said, "It's because I love you too much!" I love it!!

And I put Baby Girl to bed and we have this routine in the evenings where she tells her "Bubba" good-night and then we go to her Daddy and give him kisses and then I'll tell her to tell her Daddy good-night and she'll say "nite" and then I'll tell her to tell her Daddy love you and she'll say "uv you" and then I'll tell her to tell her Daddy that she'll see him in the morning and she'll say "moring"......she doesn't talk that good but when I tell her what to say, you can definitely make it out!

Last Saturday, October 20, was my Mom's birthday and so we of course had to call Lita for her happy birthday! Jonah sang happy birthday to her and Baby Girl told her word by word "Happy" " Birthday" "Lita". She likes talking on the phone and sometimes I'll catch her with my cell phone up to her little ear holding it with her shoulder and just blabbering! It's too cute...and probably a little glimpse of the future!

This morning while attempting to get out of the house for school and work, Baby Girl felt it was necessary to take her babies to school too! So here is this teeny tiny little girl with 4 babies that are almost as big as her walking out to the truck on a cool morning--nice! She could barely see where she was going, she had so many babies. She's so cute though because she has to have all her babies in bed with her at night when she goes to bed. They include, Pooh Bear, Piggie, Other Piggie, Bunny, and 2 baby dolls!! Sometimes I wonder if she'll have room in her crib for herself to sleep! :o)


Well, that's all I got so far......keep my babies in your prayers that they stay healthy and grow up to be everything God has in store for them!




Oh and I hope you enjoy the pics....they're in their Halloween shirts!

The Weekend and the Best Monday!

The weekend is over and here we go to start a new week again....is time flying by or what?! It's already gonna be "the holidays"!!

Jonah had t-ball game #2 on Saturday. It went by pretty quick because the other team only had like 5 or 6 players and I know one left in the middle of the game because he was crying and his mother was getting on to him about how he needed to decide whether he wanted to play t-ball or cry on the field! These are some hard core t-ball parents! So that only left like 4 or 5 players on the other team. And since we don't keep score, the games kinda go a bit fast with fewer players! I think though that Jonah is ready to move up to the "hard stuff".....he seems to be bored out on the field with all those kids who are just learning how to play. I guess I'll be checking out other leagues for him to join and see how he likes that.

And where was Requay during her big brother's t-ball game you might ask.....well, she kept herself quite busy bringing me rocks of various sizes! At one point, she took off, but she's so tiny it didn't take long for her Daddy to catch up to her! (She thought she was going fast!)

We didn't do much after the t-ball game except normal routine things around the house like cleaning and napping and stuff! We went to church Saturday night because we had a pretty full day scheduled for Sunday (more after these messages). Requay and I went to church by ourselves. Jonah needed a nap and was fu-u-u-u-u-ssy and just fighting everything like crazy....so instead of making me crazy in Jesus' house, we decided that it would be best for all involved for Jonah to stay home and take a nap!

So what did we do Sunday you ask? Well, you know we've been looking for a house, so we continued our house hunt! We saw a lot of nice properties and it's really interesting how people choose to decorate the inside of their houses! We didn't find any houses we just had to have, so we decided we'd just keep on looking.....God's got a nice piece of land and house just waiting for us--I know it!! (But if you would like to say your own little prayer that God leads us to "the home of our dreams" that would be just fine by us! Thanks for the prayers!!)

On to not so exciting stuff......We've been dealing with fighting a real bad diaper rash that Baby Sister has, so I decided that I would keep the kids at home with me on Monday so that I could make sure she stayed dry. And boy were they excited when they heard that Aunt Meg, Baby Katy and Baby Allen were coming!! (Meg is my best friend from the 7th grade! Hi Meg!)

Meg called Monday morning to see if we had any "plans"....and of course we didn't have any after that call! So we decided, unanimously, that instead of cleaning house and running errands on a typical Monday, we would LOVE to play with Baby Katy and Allen! The kids play really well together and Meg and I started tag teaming them! Like Meg told Katy to eat her food and Katy just ignored her (normal) and then I told her the same thing and she picked up some fries (not normal). So Meg and I enjoyed playing that game with the kids and catching up on everything that had been going on in our lives since the last time we saw each other! I'm pretty sure the kids played non-stop and Meg and I talked non-stop! The only times we had to stop talking was when there was a kid who needed a diaper change or to be fed! It's so nice to share "Mom war stories" with each other! And I'm not the only Mom who considers the french fry one of the world's best food groups for kids!! :o)

So I guess all in all, we had a productive and exciting fun-filled weekend! I think the kids would agree with me when I say that the best part of our weekend was getting to play with Baby Katy and Allen....oh and catching up with Aunt Meg!!

Well, I better say good-night for now....tomorrow's a "school day" and we'll be getting up early in the cold morning, so until I find some more "free time".....happy reading and good-night!

Just the Weekend

Well, we had our first t-ball game this past Saturday! I don't know if any of you have ever been to a t-ball game before, but they are the most hilarious sports out there!! Jonah did pretty well, he hit the ball straight from the t at first bat and sent it flying into the outfield. He then ran to first base while the other team dog piled onto the ball! It was a perfect hit and a perfect run!!

What's so funny you may ask? Well, there was this little girl we were watching on the other team that kept playing with her hair throughout the game.....she didn't run after the ball and her hat was so low she had to look up just to see in front of her..... and then there was this other little boy whose Mom was running with him and at one point, I believe that she became more excited about the game than the kid because she was running much faster than the little boy and as she's holding his hand running to home base, he falls and she continues running....dragging the kid!!! It was SO funny......Baby Girl shared her Captain Crunch cereal with the cows that were on the other side of the fence. Oh and every now and then, she would cheer for her big brother!

We didn't do much Saturday......except watch as the Aggies got beat.....(I know Sara, I know) But at least we scored!! We went to look for some properties after the game was over--to try and cheer us up after that bad game....we didn't find anything though! Oh well, we have to keep our faith up that God will show us the right property and for Jason's sake, at the right price too!

There was no Jesus school this weekend because our church was having a women's retreat so I decided to get up early and go to the early mass and left the kids asleep.....WOW.....so much is said at church when you actually get to listen!! We went to look at more property on Sunday with our real estate agent and one of the pieces we looked at....Jonah said that he had found dinosaur tracks on!! Pretty amazing stuff.....especially since they looked more like tire tracks, but whatever. (He's been seeing "Jurassic Park.")

And let's see....last night, Jason walked in to our bedroom and Requay was laying in our bed, under the covers, eating chips out of a bowl! I took a picture and will try to get in on here.....we had to dust out all the chip crumbs after that! She just looked as relaxed as she could be there in our bed.

Requay has been singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" alot lately! And I guess they do hand symbols with it at her school cause she'll tap her little thumb with her first finger and hold them up above her head! She really only knows the twinkle twinkle little star part, and she doesn't say those exact words, but you know what she's saying especially when she uses her little hands to sing with!! Requay also likes to dance.....she will dance to whatever music she hears.....it could be the radio in the truck or just a song from a commercial and she'll start dancing! Her little legs start pumping up and down, her head starts bouncing, and her little hands are in a little fist like hold so she can dance! Guess I should try to get her into ballet or dance or something!!

Well, no plans yet for Halloween.....I mean as far as costumes go. I think Requay will be a ladybug and Jonah had talked about being Batman.....but we'll see if he changes his mind before then! Until later....happy reading!

We're Back!

Hello...Yes, I know I haven't written in a while and as much as I would like to say that the reason that I haven't written is because my kiddos have done absolutely nothing cute or worth writing about.....I can't! They have done so much, but we've been so busy--get ready for some good bathroom blog reading!


OK, so let's see.....Jonah started t-ball last week! We have our first game this weekend against the "Orioles"....should be a good game cause we're both 0-0! Jonah has a year of t-ball experience "under his belt" so he knew where to run and how to hit the ball! He's like a pro! And well, Baby Girl goes and cheers her brother at his practices! We had our first practice last week and Jason was out on the field helping Jonah and typically she'll take her Mommy over her Daddy but on THAT particular day......"Da-Da, Da-Da, Da-Da!" She HAD to be with her Daddy and she couldn't.....she was crying and walking out to him with her little arms stretched out like he was leaving forever or something! It was so funny...she's so dramatic sometimes....wonder where she gets that from?!


Requay has taken to biting when she is trying to "get her way".....she usually only bites her brother since that is her only defense against him. And when we get on to her, she puckers her little bottom lip out and gives you those sweet little eyes and it takes an act of God not to smile at her and just hug her....but she can't be biting! I remember when I was little, about 5 years old, I stayed with some friends of ours and Timmy, their son, bit me really really hard that I'm pretty sure other people probably thought I was being abused! Anyway, Timmy's Mom wanted me to bite him back to try to teach him not to bite, well, being the good little girl that I was, I knew better than to bite, so I didn't and wouldn't bite Timmy. So his Mom bit him--HARD!! I'm pretty sure it was harder than my bite! Timmy never bit me again.....

Anyway, Jonah came home one day singing songs....I don't think he really knows all the words to the songs, but he was trying! One of them was about how he was "going on a bear hunt" and the other was "Cause I'm in the Lord's Army"....these both have hand and foot symbols to go with them, but I don't know them and I don't believe Jonah knows them either, but he tries anyway! It amazes me how much they learn when your not even teaching them! The other day even Baby Girl was singing...not that she's talking where you can understand her, but still, you could definitely make out what she was singing! One of them sounded like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and then her ABC's....wait I think those are the same tunes....whatever--my baby knows 2 songs!

Jonah started "Jesus school" again.....my church has Pre-School Worship on Sunday mornings during church so Baby Girl and I go drop him off and then we get some "alone, girl time"....well it sounds good anyway! Pretty much, I've realized that this "girl time" that Baby Girl and I get to spend with each other is so much more work cause Jonah's not there to entertain her so she wants to be held, and she wants to run around, and she wants to stand on the pews, and she especially likes standing on the little kneelers and twist her waist so that her little dresses will umbrella out! She likes that alot! So I may not get alot out of mass because I'm wrestling with Requay, but at least He knows I am there and that I'm trying my best! God help me..... :o)

As for Jason and I, well, my suburban is broke--it doesn't like starting in the mornings and that is a pretty important time to me--AND the air conditioner went out a while back so we've been riding with the "4 self controlled air conditioners" down (the windows). Well, we were doing that until I got fed up with the truck and had to get a crash course in how to drive my husband's 4-wheel drive diesel standard truck!! I know.....me in a huge truck! I take my step ladder with me wherever I go just so I can get in that monster! I'm getting much better driving it though....I haven't broken that one yet....had never driven standard before now! Wish me luck......

And my kickball and marathon days have come to a halt.....I messed up my calf muscle playing kickball--although I prefer to call it a "sports related injury"....I tend to get less smirks and laughs that way--so anyway, I am now in physical therapy to help it heal.....it REALLY stinks that I don't get to run, but hopefully I'll still be good to go for the marathon in February! Keep me leg in your prayers!

Well, I mentioned this may be a long one.....I'm gonna try to stay better "connected" with my loyal blog readers from now on! Promise!! So until later.....happy potty reading!

It's Me

I'm on a roll with this whole blogging thing! (I won't speak too soon though.)

Well, I'm not really sure what's going on with Jonah, but last night when I went to pick the kids up from school, he told me he had a good day without me even having to ask him how his day was or anything! He told me that he wanted to go back the next day....that's good, I guess. And I guess Baby Girl had a good day at school too cause she didn't say otherwise.....heehee!

So I got the kids some balloons that were like 15 cents on clearance at HEB.....nice! They had been wanting to play with balloons, so I just got them some cheap ones that they could "POP" and it wouldn't matter, not that popped cheap balloons are in that big of a demand, but still. So anyway, the kids have been playing with these balloons for past couple of nights religiously! They love them! So, I guess if I can entertain my kids with cheap balloons, all the better for Jason and I!

Last night when I was taking a shower, Jonah walked into the bathroom. All I heard was the door open and the potty lid open. I asked, knowing it was either Jason or Jonah cause Baby Girl was already asleep and there were only two other "potty trained" people in the house, I asked, "who's there?" And this little person's voice, aka: Jonah, said "me." So I asked, "who's 'me'?" And he said, "me Mommy." So again I asked, "me Mommy who?" So he finally replied, "me, Jonah Willis Pace!" THEN I knew exactly who it was......heehee. :o) I love having fun with the kids like that!!

Not too sure that I mentioned that I had gotten hurt at our last kickball game. First of all, I hurt my finger somehow when I was trying to get the ball and it started bleeding...not too concerned about that cause it's feeling much better now. But, I hurt my calf after attempting to make the home run kick out the field Saturday! I guess my calf cramped up when I went to kick the ball and I started running to first base and it pulled the muscle or something, but I only made it half way to first base and stopped in the dug out cause the pain was more than I could handle! So, needless to say, I haven't been able to run this past week. :o( I've been nursing it...wrapping it, iceing it, elevating it, and praying that it will feel better.....it still hurts a little today, but I can at least put pressure on it. I'm not ready to run on it though, but maybe this weekend!

Well, until later, happy reading to all my dedicated readers out there!

Just the Way God Made It

It's Tuesday already and boy are we tired! We spent much of the weekend looking at properties and didn't even find one!! Jason and I had "off" yesterday so that we could spend a nice meal without it getting cold first or having to wipe hands or go to the potty as soon as our meal arrives.....awww, so nice to eat my meal WARM! Jason and I had a good day, we went to our favorite Italian restaurant and then met our realtor to look at more properties......I know you all know how romantic Jason is, but that's what I wanted to do for our Anniversary!

When we went to get the kiddos, Jonah said that he wanted to go to school every Monday! I'm not really sure what happened that was so good to him yesterday, but as long as he wants to keep going to school, that's fine by us! We took the kids to eat dinner and Jonah ate and ate and ate some more! He must be growing.....

And Baby Girl, well, she fussed and "complained" the majority of the meal! She's so clingy with her Mommy! She HAS to know where I am at ALL times...if she even loses sight of me, she'll start crying! Of course, I do the same thing with her and chocolate, so I guess that's where she gets it from!

Jonah started "Jesus school" this weekend...it's a Pre-school Worship class for 3-5 year olds. They teach them little lessons, make crafts and get to eat a snack, while the Mommies and Baby Sister's go to church. Jonah LOVES it! He always starts at the same tables though.....the snack tables! He learns alot in there and came home saying that he loved God! So, at least I know he has God in his heart! Sometimes....I don't know if I've told yall this story before or not....but sometimes when he sees rays of sunlight shining through the clouds, he'll say, "look Mommy, there's God!" I kinda told him that those rays were God sending his love down on everyone, so he thinks that too! It's just too cute when he says it because when he's sitting on his sister or talking back to his Mommy or Daddy (and yes he does talk back despite what you all think, he may "see" God but sometimes, the little devil in him sneaks a peek out!) it makes me think that we are actually doing this whole "raising of kids" thing right!

And I absolutely LOVE to use this on the kids......sometimes Jonah will ask a question that you can't really explain unless it's some kind of scientific answer that neither I nor you could answer and we were like rocket brainiacs.....and I'll tell him, "that's just the way God made it, Sweetie!" And he TOTALLY accepts that answer! It's kinda a "catch all answer" for all those questions that we really don't need an answer for!

Well, better go for now, gotta go get my babies! Blog ya later!

Happy Anniversary!

Well, it's been 7 years since Jason and I said our "I do's".....and we have much to be thankful for! We have great kids, good jobs, great friends, and supportive families! So enough about us, I mean after all, you didn't log in today to read about Jason and I....so on to more cute stuff--OUR KIDS!

I wish you could all be like little flies in our house sometimes because our kids do the cutest and funniest things! It's just random little things and there are too many to blog or even to explain for that matter! So I'm just giving you the "highlights"......

Requay is talking SO much these days and is doing SO much more than Jonah was doing at this age. I'm sure it's because of Jonah that Requay finds the need to want to "read" something while sitting on her little potty or throws balls in the house even though it's rule to NOT throw balls in the house! Our kids are just growing up so fast and unless I have my laptop right there when things are happening, I tend to forget.....sorry, I'm gonna do my best though!

Requay saw me typing and felt the need to type something herself.....See I told yall she was talking more and more these days!

l, m m b hhh11111111111 t5tddddnfsw

This morning Requay was in the bathroom and Jason walked in to see what she was up to and Requay shut the door, or she attempted to shut the door, but Jason's foot was in the way and it didn't close, so Requay told Jason "moooo" which of course, meant "moooove"! Demanding little thing she is!

We went to look at houses on our Anniversary....how romantic, but I'd rather find a house! Well, one of the places we went to see was just land, but there was an above ground well on it. Jason went to go "check it out" and Jonah was looking out the window saying, "that's not a well, wells are blue and big," and live in the water....Jonah thought Jason was saying "whale" but it was actually "well"! It did kinda sound like whale though! It was funny!!

Well, I better post this blog before all the info in it gets too old! So, until a later blog.....so long!

Well, both of my babies are up now so I

"ATTACKED!"

WOW--2 DAYS OF BLOGGING IN A ROW!!! You should all be excited!

Ok, so I should really be working and if my supervisor, John, asks--tell him I'm working! I guess I just got so excited about putting pictures of the kiddos on the blog, that I felt the desire to blog some more!

Last night when I went to get the kids, I had to sign an "incident report" because Requay had a scratch on her little cheek (the one on her face). The report was too funny--it said that Requay was playing with a toy and another child took it away from her so Requay tried to get it back, but the other child--this is the direct quote as stated on the incident report--the other child "attacked Requay, scratching her on her right cheek." How aggressive are these kids these days in daycare and am I gonna have to put Baby Girl in some kind of self-defense class or what! I barely even noticed the scratch but I thought it was funny reading the report. :o)

And Jonah, well, he's doing well! He keeps asking to play "Membory"--that's "Memory" to you and I. He's been playing it randomly when he can get away with playing it without his baby sister messing everything up! He is getting so big and I can't believe that next year he will already be starting school!! These past four years just completely f-l-e-w by!! My baby's gonna be in kindergarten next year--I don't want to talk about it, I'll start crying........

Here's a cute little pic for yall to enjoy......Baby Girl was just WIPED OUT!!

Cheesy Pictures!

Well, I think I've officially become a bad "Mother Blogger"! It's been so long since I've been on here and I'd like to say that my babies have done absolutely nothing in the past week, but you and I know better than that! So let me think......

Let me back up to last weekend (I know it's fixing to be this weekend already), but we had a FULL weekend! I had a 3:00 pm kickball game on Saturday, September 8, 2007, and then my friend Angela came into town for a women's two person race on Sunday. We stayed up late Saturday night and then were out for our "adventure race" first thing Sunday morning! We did better than we expected for our first race like this....it was a run, water/raft part, run and obstacle course and we did it in 56 minutes! Yeah, it sounds impressive but there were teams that did the whole thing in 32 minutes!! So after the race, we raced home and ate lunch and then the family and I went to take pictures at my church--we were getting a free 8x10 picture--and really that's all we got cause the kiddos were not cooperating with the photographer so we didn't buy any other pics! Oh well, we'll plan the holiday photos now!

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention, my friend Nita.....she got Baby Girl a "Get Well" gift for last week's little EMS ambulance trip she took--it was a huge thing of cheese balls!! It was actually bigger than Baby Girl herself! I didn't know cheese balls were sold by the "barrel"! The kiddos and Jason have already enjoyed over half of that huge thing already!

(I hope the pics came out ok....I'm still working on figuring this whole blog and picture thing out!)

Till I have more time....more bloggin' later!

Happy Labor Day!

Ok, so now that I have caught everyone up on Baby Girl, back to the cute stuff and the long weekend!

We didn't have any big plans or anything for the Labor Day Weekend, we did have our family reunion down south, but we weren't able to make it and it was probably a good thing with Jason being sick the majority of last week (oh yeah, Jason got sick last Sunday and stayed in bed until Wednesday morning when he forced himself to get up and go to work) and then Baby Girl having to make that trip to the hospital and all! And it was overcast and predicted to rain the majority of the weekend, so we planned on catching up on things around the house! We ran errands most of the day Saturday and I'm pretty sure we spent the day in the truck, but we got alot done! The boys got their hair cut, Requay and I went "shopping" at the thrift store near the barber shop, we ate at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant, we went to Academy and to Half Price Books--they were having an awesome sale! (Oh and I did go running Saturday morning--it was so nice and cool outside that I didn't want to come home!)

On Sunday, the kids and I went to church and Baby Girl was a little terror in church! She didn't listen to a word that Father said I'm sure of it! I cleaned house Sunday, Jason entered stuff into the computer and the kids managed to mess up whatever I had just cleaned! :o) And then we headed off for pizza and to get some much needed stuff from Walmart (well, I really thought I needed all that stuff!) We didn't get home until late and decided that we would "sleep in" today, Monday! Usually sleeping in for us, it like 8:00 am or maybe sometimes 8:30 am! Well, today we got to sleep until almost 10:00 am!!! (I had woken up around 9 though just to make sure my babies were still breathing cause it's so not like them!)

We haven't done much today, we were going to go to the lake, but there's an 80% chance of rain today, so we'll probably just try to go watch a movie instead! We'll see and I'll catch ya up on more later. So until then, hope you all have a good Labor Day Weekend!

Emergency...Gotta Go!

It's been such a long time since I've blogged, you were all probably thinking I had given up on the whole blogging thing, but no such luck--yall will have to continue reading about all the cute things my babies do and sadly, without pictures! I'm trying to work on getting some pics, maybe this weekend I'll borrow a camera for purposes of blogging!

So anyway, down to business! Gosh there's been so much that I don't even know where to start! Well, Requay is repeating most everything that we tell her too now, I'll tell her, "tell Daddy good-night" and she'll say "nite-nite" and then I'll tell her "tell Daddy I love you" and she'll say "uv u" and usually when you ask her to repeat something she gets her point across! She's so cute trying to talk and all! She's also gotten into this little thing about putting on extra clothes or shoes, the other night she had her PJ's on and then proceeded to put on a pair of Jonah's little undies. The only problem was, not just that she had them on over her PJ's, but that she had both legs in one leg hole of Jonah's undies! She could barely walk!! It was funny! She'll also put on shoes, hers, Jonah's, mine, Jason's, whoever's shoes are there! So sometimes, she'll walk up to you in Jonah's spider-man shoes or my slip on sandals like there's nothing going on and like she's saying, "hey, what's up?" It's especially funny to watch her attempt to walk in shoes that do not fit her little feet........

[ I started blogging all of this Friday morning and then about 7:40am, the daycare called me and told me that Baby Girl had gotten hurt and had gone unconscious and that they had called EMS. Well, that's all I heard and told them that I'd be on my way, so I just took off without looking back or without finishing my blog! So, I'll finish the fun part of the blogging another time and let you know about Requay.]

So, the daycare called and off I went, I called Jason on my way (oh I also called my manager to tell him that I had just left and hadn't told anyone except my best neighbor, Nita) so I told Jason that I was on my way to the daycare because Baby Sister had fallen and EMS was there, well, as I was talking to Jason the EMS driver beeped in (my cell has call waiting--isn't that cool!) and told me that Requay had been loaded into the ambulance and they were on their way to the new children's hospital and to meet them there. They said that Baby Girl was doing fine and that I could call as many times as I wanted until I saw her. So I called Jason and told him to meet us at the hospital. I was frantic and worried because even though the EMS driver told me that she was fine, I still needed to see for myself and wanted to be there with her!

Well, Jason and I must have driven like maniacs because we got there before the ambulance.....of course, we were closer to the hospital than the ambulance and we drive faster than the ambulance driver (hee hee), so we waited for the ambulance to arrive at the hospital. When the ambulance got to the hospital, I got to hold my scared little baby! She seemed ok but just a little shaken up not knowing who these EMS people were or why she was not at school. The doctors looked her over and they ran a cat scan on her cute little head to make sure there was no bleeding. Everything came back fine and we were released from the hospital a little before lunch. Whew.....what a relief!

Oh, so what exactly happened to Baby Sister that caused us to miss work and make a trip to the hospital? Well, apparently another little girl, Elizabeth according to Jonah, pushed Requay off of a chair and Requay fell back hitting her head on the tile floor and that caused her to go unconscious! Jason and I have both talked to the director since this happened, and we understand that accidents happen; however, this little girl was asked to not return to the daycare, so apparently, this little incident wasn't the first!

Requay is doing fine now, she did have a little knot and bruise on her forehead but it's long gone now, but we went home after the whole hospital ordeal and her and I rested the afternoon away! We were "desausted!"

The Man of the House

It's Saturday afternoon and it has been an eventful day! The kids and I met Jason at my kickball game this afternoon--Jason is on call this weekend and had 3 service calls before breakfast already! My game was at 1:30pm and it was freaky HOT!! We didn't win, but we did much better than we had....we improve at each game! Oh and I made a double header? No, well I'm not too sure what they call it, but I caught the ball and made 2 outs!! I didn't even realize what I had done until someone told me.....I'm still learning the game! It was apparently a good play.....Good Defense "Sassy Sapphires!"

After the game, we headed home and Jason headed for more service calls. Jason told Jonah to be good and to listen to his Mommy because he was going to be "the man of the house." Well, Jonah then said, "That means I get to watch whatever I want to and hold the remote because I'm the man of the house!" I started laughing and just went with it.....it was too cute to tell him otherwise. As for Baby Girl, she was asleep before we even made it around the block! She was "DESAUSTED!"

We don't have too big of plans for the rest of the weekend, church and nursery (I volunteered to help out in the nursery at church this Sunday.) But luckily, I can take the kiddos with me in case Jason gets a service call. Well, until later........blog at'cha later!

Why Can't we Be Friends?

Well it's already Friday and I'm just now getting to blog.....Man the week just flew by!

There were a couple of things I wanted to let you know about the kids and what they did.....so here goes. On Monday, the kids and I were at home so I proceeded to paint my nails. Well, Baby Girl saw me doing that and she plopped her little self down next to me with her little feet out in front of her..... she was obviously asking for a pedicure, in her own little way! So after I finished with the first coat on my nails, I painted Baby Girl's little toes....it didn't take much nail polish cause her little toesies are so tiny. I painted them and then told her to blow on them to help them dry.... well, she did in fact blow on them, but as she was blowing, she was touching her little toes to her little mouth and spitting as she was blowing! (Not exactly the kind of pedicure you'd pay money for!) So, now there was a little less paint on her little toes and little more paint on her little mouth and of course a little spit all over her hands, feet, legs and face! It was too cute!! So I'm thinking she may be a little girly girl.....we'll see!

And as for Jonah, well, the other night at dinner I told him that I had a song in my head that wouldn't go away and told him it was that song from the "Bridge to Terabithia" that goes "Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Blah blah blah blah blah blah......" ok so I don't know the whole song but Jonah knew exactly what song I was talking about and immediately started to talk about the time when we were at Baby Katy's 2nd birthday party! (Any time I mention that song, he tells me in detail about this!) He says, "Member that time when we were at Baby Katy's and we were in the pool and we were singing that song and then I threw that red ball to you and it went over your head and you didn't catch it...Member that Mommy, that was funny!" As if I could remember the color of the ball we were throwing 2 months ago!! I guess you could say that it was a birthday to remember!

I can remember the birthday, but I can't remember anything else my kiddos did that was cute, so I'm sure that there was absolutely nothing else this past week worth blogging about.........yeah right! Well, not that I could remember anyway, but I'll keep thinking and get back to bloggin' later! So until my brain freeze thaws.....happy reading and have a good weekend!

Sat and Sun

Hellooooo!! It's already Sunday....we had a JAM packed Saturday and the kids and I are just "furlaxing" (relaxing) as Jonah would put it!

Saturday:
We got up early because I had a kickball game at 9am (we did much better than our last game, but we still lost....oh well, we're getting better and better as the weeks go by!) Jason and the kids dropped me off for the game and they went to run some errands. After the game, we headed to run more errands and ate lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant (if you don't know which one I'm talking about then we must not have taken you there before...come visit and we will!) We rushed home and we out the door again heading to a "meeting" that Jason and I have signed up for (dealing with improvement and real estate.) The kids get to go too because they provide free childcare, so they played with the abundance of toys and didn't look back to even say good-bye! After the meeting, we came home, ate dinner, Jason and Jonah went to pick up a gate that Jason is putting out at his Mom's, and Baby Girl and I took a bath (well she took a bath, I gave the bath.) Baby Girl was pretty wiped out and about 8:00 or 8:15 she was more than ready for bed! When Jason and Jonah got back with their gate, I headed out to HEB for diapers and milk....and than to DQ for blizzards! Jason, Jonah and I ate our blizzards and watched "Cheaper by the Dozen" (I got it on sale for $1.96!) And no it doesn't have Queen Latifah in it.....JASON!! So about 10:30 we "hit the sack" and it didn't take any of us long to start in with the zzzzzzzz's!!

Sunday:
Jason and I were up early again this morning because Jason was heading out to his Mom's to put the gate in and I got up to be the good wife and make him breakfast! OK, so it was just one of those warm up in the microwave croissant sandwiches, but still, I sent him off with a "hot" meal! (And as per Jonah, "I warm up things good" Mom) I got a chance to "furlax" alone this morning (oh, so sweet!) The kids finally woke up around 9:00 (:o) and we got dressed for church! I had given Jonah some Benedryl before church because he had this rash thing going on and so by church time, he was ready for bed! He slept through the whole mass.....Baby Girl on the other hand, well let's just say that she was not "feeling God" at all---she was a MESS!! We came home, ate lunch and started on the house because it was a bigger MESS!!! (Still working on that one as I blog.)

Not much else going on.......so unless I think of something else the kids did that was worth blogging, or we head to the mailbox or the park, we're pretty much in for the day as well as done for the day! More bloggin' later......

TGIF

YIPPEE FOR FRIDAYS!!!

Another week done, the month of August is fixing to come to a close, school is fixing to start, it's less than a month from me and Jason's anniversary (I know, Dad, that's not proper English, but I didn't know how to word it or punctuate it--sorry), and before we know it, it will be Christmas again! Whew....where is this year going!!??

Well, I had kickball last night so Jason did the whole "parent" thing, and by that I mean, had to pick up the kids, feed the kids (although he did forget to feed Jonah, but in Jason's defense, Jonah said he wasn't hungry), bath the kids, and get the kids ready for bed. But he's so nice to me cause when I got home from kickball, he had just let them prune up like raisins in the tub so that I could bath them with soap and shampoo. Jason hurt his back at work sometime earlier this week and it hurts him to bend over to bath the kids.....so I got to spend some time with the kids before they had to go to bed! I was all excited because we got to talk about our days!

Jonah said that his day was not good because they didn't get to play in the water--it was raining--but he did say that they got to eat pizza and he ate a lot! (At least we're getting our money's worth!) Jonah is trying to understand numbers right now and when he starts describing something in numbers, it becomes a number like, (and this is exactly how he says it) "eight, one hundred, forty six thousand, sixty two" and this is like the number of slices of pizza he ate, or the distance to get to his Lito/Lita's house, or even the number of books he has....just anything he uses numbers with is like that! I don't know, but it's A LOT that's for sure!!

So I measured the kids the other night......oh my gosh, they are growing like cute little weeds in a hay field! Jonah measured 44 inches tall and Baby Girl measured 31 1/2 inches tall!!! My babies are getting big. :o(

Last night, since I have officially weaned Baby Girl from breastfeeding :o( she now just gets "rocked" to sleep. So I'll take her to her room, turn on her Winnie the Pooh that plays "Rock 'a' Bye Baby" and just hold her until she becomes so sleepy that she wants to be comfortable and put in her crib. She'll rub her little sleepy eyes and turn her little head back and forth on my shoulder and holds tightly on to me with her little hands patting my back.....I LOVE IT.....And I just pray that God never lets me forget moments like those!!!


Well, after my last "tentative weekend plan" blog in which nothing went like I'd blogged, I've decided not to tell anyone what our plans are for this weekend cause it's supposed to rain so our plans are kinda up in the air at this point. So until I get to blog again, I hope that every one's weekends are super fabulous!!

Stink Ray

Yippee! Already Thursday, which means one more day until the weekend!! I'm super tired because at 4:30 this morning (yes AM) Requay decided that it was a good time to wake up....but not only was it a good time to wake up, but it was also a good time to play! So I got up with her and she "read" some books. By the time we were on our way to school, she was doing the whole little head bob thing....poor baby was tired! And I left to go to work for my long 10 hour day! Glad it's almost over!!

Last night in the tub, Jonah was attempting to "teach" me how to say "sting ray" the fish....I was messing with him calling it a "stinK ray" and he would say "No Mommy, look at my lips, and say it after me.....'STING.....say it Mommy" so I would repeat after him and say "sting" and then he would say "good job Mommy, now can you say 'RAY?" And I would say something like "fray" or pray" or anything but "ray".......I'm sure he thinks his Mom can't say anything! He finally taught me how to correctly say it though and then he told me that I had done a good job! I felt pretty good about myself for saying it correctly.....wait, I think....what just happened, I KNOW how to speak! Gosh! :o)

Jonah was supposed to have swim day today at school and he had to take $2 for pizza! It rained this morning so I'm not sure if they went ahead and got to play in the water or not. And I have kickball practice this afternoon, if it's not raining that is, so I'll have to catch yall up tomorrow!

So to all my baby's fans.....keep 'a bloggin'!

The Best Day Ever!

I know that I just blogged, but I just had to blog on what Jonah told me when I went to pick the kids up at school this afternoon......

So everyday when I pick up the kids I ask the kids how their day was (you know normal Mom stuff) and usually they (and by "they" I mean Jonah since Baby Girl can't talk too much yet) Jonah says "Fine." So then I ask what they did, and Jonah says "Nothing." So I read somewhere that in order to get your kids to talk to you more, you should ask "What was the best part about your day?" instead of "how was your day?" So I started asking Jonah what the best part about his day was and usually he'll say something like "eating pizza" or "going outside" or something that he did that day, but today he said "when you came to pick us up Mommy!"

And so then we had to get gas, so we didn't run out again, and Jonah eagerly hopped out to "help" me! And next door, or at the pump next to us, was a car with its radio on loudly and kinda thumping and possibly vibrating with the sound of the music. I went to check on Baby Girl, and she was in her carseat, eating a chocolate chip cookie that had managed to somehow migrate to the rest of her face, and jumping the best she could while strapped into her carseat, dancing! Anytime she hears music, she starts doing this little bouncing up and down thing and smiles! She's gonna be our little dancer......she obviously takes after her Mommy! :o)

Ok, well better go and feed my kids.....so happy blog reading!

Cookies!

YIPPEE!!! Something funny happened last night and I actually remember it!!!

Last night I was making chocolate chip cookies cause my friend, Nita was flying out (cookies for her trip) and I told Jonah that the cookies weren't any good....just messing with him.....and I told him that I would probably have to throw all the cookies out! Well, Jonah told me....."Mommy, you can't throw them out, there's people that don't have food or drink in other places!" :o) Yes, that is true, so we had to eat the cookies!! He is SO freakin' smart that I really need to watch what I say! I know I've told him that before when he didn't want to eat.....he reminds me a lot of myself! (eek....look what I made!)

And as for Baby Sister, well she is just so loving that if you hug her, she'll hug you back and pat her little hands on your back.....SO SWEET!! She does that with her "babies" too....two little beanie baby piggies and a little angel bunny. And if they're asleep, she'll put her little finger to her lips and say "Shhhhh.....nite-nite" I just love giving her hugs and kisses! But she's a lot like her Daddy--she's pretty independent! She wants to do everything by herself--a while back she actually climbed INTO her crib!! And now in the mornings when I go to wake her up for school, she starts putting one little leg over the top of the crib side in an attempt to get out on her own. I don't think she realizes how far down that is for a little person like her! So I let her think that she's doing it herself and actually help her down.....that's being a good Mom!

Jonah has been into the movie "Crocodile Dundee" lately....I found it on sale for $1.96!! I HAD to get it!!! So he's been watching that movie before he goes to bed....no telling how many times we've seen the same parts over and over and over again. He'll rewind it to a part that he likes....and we'll have to watch it. At least it's a good movie and not like the Power Rangers, which Jason and I completely DO NOT BELIEVE! (I don't think it's based on ANYTHING true!)

Oh, also, last night, after I had made the cookies, Jonah asked to eat a cookie with some milk. So I got him a little glass of milk (that makes it healthy right?) and he started dipping his cookie into his milk. Well, Baby Sister tried to dip her cookie in her glass of milk too, the only problem was that her milk was in her sippy......with a lid.....that doesn't spill....so it was a bit more difficult for her to try and figure out how to dip her cookies. But don't worry, she figured that she would just dip her cookie in Jonah's milk! Mamo does say to share! :o)

Well, that's about it for today....(I should probably work a little too since I'm still on the clock--shhhhh) So "blog at'cha later!"

Softball and Hot Wings!

Well, I meant to blog more Sunday evening, but I ended up taking a nap....so blogging didn't happen! I guess our Saturday just wiped us all out!

So let me back up to Saturday.....we all woke up early so that we could be at the airport to pick up Martin, we left for the airport and Jason left for service calls! We ended up circling the airport twice not because we were waiting for a plane to arrive or because our "passengers" were running late, but because I was supposed to be on the "lower level" instead of the "upper level"....who knew?! So we made the circle, I mean we went around again so that the kids could look at the planes coming and going!

After we picked Martin up, we headed to the softball tournament! The game had already started when we got there, but we didn't miss much! We got to hang out with Sara and Josh and watch Rubi play....man, those girls throw the ball fast, it looks like they know what they're doing and all! More power to them!!

During the game, the kids played in the dirt, picking up rocks and just getting dirty--good thing they're washable! It was a hot and humid day and we stayed for both of Rubi's games......Sara kept saying that it was a "pool" game, but I looked all over and never saw a pool anywhere, we didn't even bring our swim suits! :o) It was so nice to see Sara and Martin! And it was also nice having the help of our "nanny", Josh!! Requay still went with him anytime he asked....and she would go sit with him or eat with him (yeah we're family all right!)

After Rubi's second game, we headed back home....I drove and the kids snored! They were wiped out!! When we got home, we went over to Mr. Steven's house for hot wings! The kids played and played and played some more....and then were out as soon as we left Mr. Steven's neighborhood!

Whew....a long and busy Saturday! Guess that's why we slept in Sunday and then took a nap! We were "desausted" as Jonah would say! Well, I'd like to say that the kids did nothing else that was too cute not to blog, but then I'd be lying.....I just can't remember. (And this is why they say to blog daily!) So, I guess I'll say good-bye and good-night for now....until tomorrow!

Friday Night Lights

It's Sunday morning already and I haven't run, but I am blogging!

Let's see....so Friday night when I got home from work, Josh and Jonah were still at the house and apparently doing well! We were out of food, but that's ok because we can get more! Josh and Jonah played all day long.....I guess.....anytime I asked what they did, they would both respond with "Nothing." SO, all I have to blog on is what I actually saw.....

When Requay and I got home Friday night, Josh and Jonah went outside to play ball (baseball). Well, I don't think Josh knew that Jonah didn't know how to catch the ball because after a few minutes of playing "catch," Jonah was crying! Apparently Josh threw the ball and it hit Jonah in the face (he is so much like his Mommy). Jonah was fine.....so they decided to put that ball away and play with the kickball instead! That one doesn't hurt as bad if it hits you in the face (I know from experience.) After they played kickball for a while, they went to the park. Jonah rode his bike. I think Jonah liked having a "big brother".....you know a while back, he had asked that the next time we get a new baby, that we get him a "big brother".....Jason and I didn't really know how to respond to that!

Aunt Kimby dropped by on her way back thru and got to see Josh and the kids for a while. She did however get upset when Requay would, happily and without resistance, let Josh hold her, but she wouldn't let her Aunt Kimby hold her. I told Kimberly that maybe it was because Josh didn't smell like icky smoke! :o) After Aunt Kimby left we fed Josh again....Jason went to pick us up hamburgers from this little place that makes the good greasy kind! Poor Josh ate his in like 3 minutes--I knew he was hungry even though when I asked he would tell me "no ma'am". Such a respectful young man.....Good job Sara and Martin! (Oh and before I forget, Sara, I'm gonna need to borrow that book that tells you how to make them that respectful!)

Jonah slept with Josh again in the living room Friday night, but they were both watching their own movies on separate DVD's! Josh was watching "Varsity Blues" on the TV in the living room and Jonah was watching "Robots" on the little portable DVD in the living room with Josh! As long as Josh was in the room, Jonah was right there! I kept expecting Jonah to be dragging his little mat and pillow back into our room where he normally sleeps, but he didn't......he slept both nights away from his Mommy! :o(

All About Josh!

Well, we were planning on heading South because Dad is becoming an acolyte (the step before he officially becomes a deacon!) this weekend, but we had a change of plans. I'm pretty sure Jonah is completely fine with the changes though......

Jonah's godparents, Sara and Martin, planned to be down for a softball tournament that Rubi, their daughter, is playing in, BUT Josh, Rubi's big brother, son of Sara and Martin, and "hero" of Jonah, wasn't gonna be able to make the trip because Sara and Rubi were staying in a hotel with other Moms and daughters of the team! SO, I suggested to Sara that they bring Josh and he could come stay with us until Saturday.

We met Sara and Josh midway and Josh came home with us last night! Jonah and Josh were in the very back seat of the suburban having "guy time" on our way home! Jonah was non-stop talking the whole way home....not really sure if Josh was able to get a word in edgewise! Jonah was SO excited!!! When we got home, Jason, Jonah and Josh played PlayStation (Requay was just too wiped out to stay up with those silly boys playing games...so she went to bed. Well, that and the fact that she got a bit fussy..... we put her to bed.) So anyway, the "boys" were playing games and at one point Jonah came into our bedroom and "tattled" on his Dad--he told me "Daddy isn't letting me play with Josh". It was so funny hearing Jonah "tell" on his Daddy for taking his "Josh time" away! When it was time for bed, Josh and Jonah slept in the living room and the rest of us left the house at our usual time....leaving the sleeping boys in the living room! Snoring! Josh and Jonah stayed home today to "hang out" and play together!

(The day's almost over and I haven't even called to check up on the boys...I figured someone would have already called if something happened. Right?)

And Josh is just THE nicest teenager (not to mention handsome) that I've been around in a long time (not that I hang out with teenagers or anything). Josh didn't mind at all spending time "babysitting" a 4-year old! I just hope that some of Josh's good qualities rub off on Jonah! Think that may be an on-going prayer request!

TENTATIVE PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND:
Friday night: Hang out, Aunt Kimby may drop by and try to run a few miles
Saturday: Be at the airport to pick up Martin around 8 AMish, then drive everyone to where Rubi's games are and spend the day with Sara, Martin, and the girl's softball team!
Sunday: Run a few more miles, go to church and "VEG" for the remainder of the day

So until I get to blog again......Hope all my readers have a great weekend! :o)

Mommy!

I forgot, Requay started calling me "Mommy" instead of "Mamma" and she really puts the emphasis on the "Y" in Mommy and even sometimes will carry the "Y" out longer like "Maaaaammmmmyyyyyyy"....I'm a real Mom now, my babies call me Mommy!!! It's so cute when she calls me that....I absolutely love it! She'll sometimes walk around the house just hollering out at someone, either "Mamma" or "Mommy" (in the way she does by stretching it out) or "Da" or "Nonah" (Jonah) or "Bubba"......Requay has been calling Jonah "Bubba" which is her way of saying "Big Brother". :o)

Going Bananas!

I don't think I'm keeping up quite as well as I had hoped with blogging these days....my days seem to be filled with kickball, running, housework that seems to be never ending, house searching, taking care of kiddos, and attempting at the end of the day to spend a little time with my husband before we're just too exhausted to stay awake anymore....whew!

We had our first kickball game Saturday and lost big time....we're not really sure what we're doing and apparently the other team knew EXACTLY what they were doing! Oh well, we had fun, I got a good workout, and maybe we'll win the next game!? Jonah did get upset because he couldn't sit in the dugout with me during the game, but it was against the rules....he cried and I felt bad for him ;o( After the game we all headed out to Burnet to visit the in-laws....we played kickball there, got eaten by mosquitoes, barbecued, Jason got on his tractor and did some cutting of something in his field, and the kids got filthy dirty! We had a blast!! We totally vegged out on Sunday because we were so tired!

I took the kids to school on Monday because I had to get the oil changed in my truck and waiting in the waiting room for an hour or more with 2 impatient kiddos, is not much fun! So I "took one for the team" and went and sat in their waiting room by myself, alone, nobody bothering me, just me.....awwww.

When I went to pick up the kids, Requay's teacher told me that she had bumped her head on a shelf that she thought she was shorter than....she has this little bruise now on her forehead but she's fine. Requay's teacher also told me that Requay was playing with some "maracas"--Easter eggs filled with beans and then taped closed so they could rattle them and listen to them! The teacher said that Requay had all of them and then started putting them down her shirt, she was wearing a onesie, so they all stopped at the top of her shorts. Her teacher said that Requay looked like she had a bumpy little beer belly with all those eggs down her shirt! :o)

Jonah and I went to kickball practice Monday night and while I tried to catch and kick the ball, all while attempting not to fall or trip, Jonah was making friends with another little boy. They were playing in the dirt, climbing fences, running after balls that went over the fence (there was another field behind ours so he was fine), but all this came to a quick stop when Jonah busted his bottom lip on a metal bench near the field. He's fine, he was just bleeding a little bit and had to drink some blue Powerade to make it feel better!

When Jonah and I got home from our kickball practice, Jason informed me that we needed to eat the bananas that I had just gotten from the store earlier that day because Baby Sister had gotten into them. Jason said that Requay was found taking bites out of each banana (thru the peel) and had already demolished one that she was squishing thru her little fingers! So, if you come over anytime soon, and would like a banana, just keep in mind that they each, all of them, none missed, have little bite marks taken from each of them! :o)

Last night, my sister was passing thru town and stopped to see the kids...they were excited because their Aunt Kimby brought them movies and gifts! At about 10pm Baby Sister just couldn't stay awake anymore, this we can tell by the fussiness that escalates, so she had to say her good-byes to her Aunt Kimby and go to bed....baby was sleepy!!

Oh and I forgot to mention..... on Monday when I went to drop off the kids at school, Miss Nikki, a teacher at the school, was there and she asked me to put Requay in the table with the seats already built in so Requay could have some honey bun. Well, Requay, still cries when her Mommy drops her off, so of course she started crying and stretching her legs outward so that they both wouldn't fit in the chair at the same time. When we (and by we I mean Miss Nikki and I--it took both of us to wrestle her in that chair) got her in the chair and got her buckled in, Miss Nikki took a little of her honey bun and offered it to Requay.....Requay was crying as Miss Nikki was attempting to hand the piece of honey bun to her and Miss Nikki said, "Wow, that's not like Requay to turn down food".....She's her mother's daughter for sure!!

And then this morning when I dropped the kids off, Requay again started crying (It SO breaks my heart to see my babies cry and for me to have to leave them.....I HATE IT!!!) but anyway, Requay was crying and just stood there with her little hands covering her face, where she couldn't see at all. So dramatic!! Oh and just FYI, if she doesn't get her way, she pouts--her little bottom lip pops out as far as I think it will go and she'll sometimes push things in her way, out of her way! Little drama queen with a temper like her Daddy....love you Babe!

Better get to doing something other than blogging, so write more later.........

So Sorry.....

So sorry it's taken me this long to blog anything--I think my "plate is full". I started kickball practice this week so that's keeping me busy since I don't really know anything about kickball! So I'm doing kickball, still training for the half-marathon, we're still looking for a house, and just staying busy with the kids and the housework! Whew......

So, let's see, where to begin....well, this past weekend, my parents came to stay with the kids while Jason and I were able to get a much needed weekend "off"! The kids had a blast, but for some reason, when we got back, Lito and Lita looked like they needed "off" too and the kids were a little more difficult to handle....wonder what's up with that! :o) I think despite the fact that everyone was tired, they still had a good weekend! Anytime with Lito/Lita is fun for the kids! And apparently, as per Mom, Requay was fine, no crying, no whining, nothing, until her Mommy came home and then she didn't want her Lita AT ALL! She's a Mamma's Girl, what can I say. She loves her Mommy! And so far, as of today, we are on day 3 of no more "mo"! I still feel sad and I know she wants it, but it's for the best....I need a break! But with all the weaning going on, it's giving her a chance to bond with her Daddy! Jason has to put her to sleep at night because she will want "mo" from me. :o(

Well, like I said, SO SORRY that I haven't written in a while and now I can't even remember what cute things the kids have done.....wait, maybe they haven't done anything cute or even said anything cute.....whatever, I know I have cute kids and I'm sure they've done SOMETHING CUTE! I'll think on it and blog more when I can remember! Ta-Ta for now......

Lots to say!

So let's see....how long has it been since I've blogged? I meant to blog either Sunday or Monday night but it didn't happen--I was just too exhausted! So we went down South Saturday and took Angela back with us. We (Angela, Jonah, Requay and I) dropped Jason off over at Howard's house (a long time friend of Jason's who has been in ill health lately and Jason goes to help with the horses, fixing fences, or really whatever Howard can't manage on his own) So anyway, we dropped Jason off and the rest of us headed over to Angela's house to play! Well, it would have been great....if we hadn't run out of gas about 50 yards from the gas station!! We "coasted" into the gas station and filled up right quick....like we had any choice in the matter! Jason was supposed to have filled up in one of the little towns on the way down, but everyone fell asleep and Jason didn't think about it...oh well, at least we were close enough to coast!

Angela and I tried our hardest to "tire-out" the kids so that they would sleep, but it didn't work too well. They wanted to stay up and play, so Angela gave her first massage (she's a massage therapist) while her "client" was nursing! How weird is that--Angela said she's NEVER even heard of that! Obviously she hadn't met my little girl who still insists on "mo"! The kids played and played all day and all night! We were exhausted!!

The next day, Sunday, the kids and I woke up, got dressed, picked Jason up, and drove to my Mom and Dad's to meet them at church. Jonah right away went to sit with his Lito/Lita so it was just Requay and I at the back of the church (we were a bit late--oops!)....I left Jason in the truck b/c he was too stinky to go into church, and plus he wanted to sleep. Requay had on this cute purple flower dress that Angela had just "handed down" and it had this little bonnet with it....Baby Girl looked SOOOO sweet and just about everyone passing by had to touch her--didn't want any "ojo"!

After church, we went to eat and then went to see my Mamo (my Mom's Mom, my grandmother, and the kid's great-grandmother) in the nursing home.....I love just sitting there watching her! I like to see all her little wrinkles and delicate hands that look just like my Mom's and touch her soft skin and not really do anything much except look at her trying to take in every little bit of her that I can! Mamo wasn't feeling her best that day so she slept alot, but the kids got to play in her wheelchair--Dad took them for rides and at one point we happened to look around and couldn't find Jonah...but then we heard an imitation "Mozart" playing the piano in the sitting room of the nursing home. And who could have wondered his little way to the piano when all the elderly just want peace and quiet? Yep, Jonah! He was playing a tune for his Mamo!

I got to see my sister while I was there too! I hadn't seen her in a while....it was good to see her! I told her to be good, stay out of trouble, and to help Mom with the housework! Normal "big sister stuff". We had fun sitting and talking. Dad couldn't get enough of the kids and kept kissing them and hugging them!! I think the kids liked it too! It was a really good day but when it was time to leave, Jonah DID NOT want to leave! He wanted his Lito/Lita....he didn't want to give them good-bye hugs or kisses and just wanted to stay there with his Lito/Lita....it was actually quite sad. We left with Jonah's little head down and all sad :o(

Jonah misses his Lito and his Lita so much that he can't get enough of them when he's with them! And he's counting down the days till he sees his Lito/Lita! He's called to talk to them every day...THIS morning he called at about 6:20 AM--he woke them up just to tell them that it was almost time to see them! So sweet......

More blogs later......so long!

First 5K!

So now that we're finished with swim lessons, we were SO incredibly wiped out from the past 2 weeks, that we pretty much just kept our Friday night low key! Kevin and Angela made it into town late and we didn't get to bed until about midnight....and then were up for our first 5K run at 5AM! We did so much better than we expected!! Of course Angela and her long legs completely "over-ran" me by like almost 9 minutes, but I made it at my best time! 3.1 miles in 38 minutes!! I'm so proud of myself and Angela...half marathon here we come!

The kiddos are feeling much better, Requay is still on the antibiotics and doing better and they are both still being medicated for their coughs! For the most part....they are good! They may just need the rest this weekend to fully recover. Can't remember too much b/c I wore myself out with the early morning run...so let me think or rather "sleep" on it for a while and get back to blogging later!

No More "Little Fish"

Well, we wrapped up swim lessons last night....Requay seemed to cry the majority of the time and didn't want to even show her Daddy or her big brother that she can jump in from the side like a big girl...oh well, maybe we'll make it to the pool sometime and she can play and have fun! Jonah on the other hand, couldn't get enough of the water and kept "accidentally" putting his feet in the water! So finally when I realized that Requay wasn't going to swim with me, I told Jonah to JUMP in! He jumped in with a huge splash! And then started sinking.......apparently he's not really ready to jump in without assistance! oops....He had fun though anyway and jumped in another 2 or 3 times, so he was fine! We did take pictures of the kids sporting in their "shades" and relaxing on the lawn chair things they have at the pool....they looked so grown up! So Baby Girl got her certificate AND a sucker....she enjoyed the sucker more than the certificate, but like her teacher said, the certificates are for the parents and the suckers are for the kids! Oh so true!

Jonah was ALL ready to start his class, in fact at one point when Requay and I were toweling off, we started looking for Jonah b/c he was no where to be found! And then I saw him standing in front of the gate to go into the kiddie pool.....he was ready to go! They played for a while in the kiddie pool and then moved into the big pool...I took pics of him getting into the pool using the steps, sitting on the edge of the pool, using a kickboard (Power Rangers--he demanded that one!) and then swimming using his "ice cream scoop" hands! As they were swimming in the big pool, the older class was nearby and I guess they were going off the diving board for the first time b/c they all seemed a little scared to get on the board. There was this one little boy that slowly inched up on the board biting his nails and still trying to decide whether it was ok to jump off or not--the swim teachers were there to catch them so it wasn't like they were going to jump in and then not know what to do--but this one little boy, just didn't want to swim and a couple of times, even started walking backwards to get off the board! It was so funny that at one point I was watching that class and waving like I knew some kid in there or something! (Sorry Jonah) So back to Jonah's class.....the ended their swim lessons going back into the kiddie pool and Jonah got this pair of swim goggles and put them on! He looked so funny in them and we still don't know if he could actually see out of them! And then they also got their (my) certificate and suckers! We had a good experience at swim lessons this year...hopefully we can keep working with them on our own and they can become stronger swimmers than Jason or I!

So it's Friday--TGIF-- it's been a super long week for all of us and I was only at work for 3 days this week! I'm just exhausted though! And tomorrow, Angela and I run our first ever 5K run!! I know we can do it, we've just never been in a "race" situation so say a prayer that we're not the ones bent over puking or more likely falling due to tripping over another runner in front of us! The first of many miles to run! Wish us luck!

PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND: Kevin and Angela are coming up tonight for the 5K in the morning and then Kevin is going to spend the remainder of the weekend with a buddy of his here in Austin and Angela, Jason, the kids, and I will head back south to spend the weekend with Howard, Jason's friend there--he's an older man and Jason helps him around his place fixing fences or working with the horses or whatever needs to be done that Howard can't do--And then hopefully on Sunday, we'll head further south to meet Mom and Dad for church! I'll try to blog this weekend just to keep ya updated as far as our weekend goes.....so for now, have a GREAT weekend and catch'a bloggin' later!

Forgot about Danny and Sandy....

On Tuesday when we were home, we were watching TV and John Travolta (my all time favorite movie star!) was on Regis and Kelly.....I told Jonah that "Danny Zuko" (main character in Grease) was on TV and then Jonah pointed to Kelly Ripa and asked if she was "Sandy"....so we like to watch Grease when we're home by ourselves--Jonah and I watch and Baby Sister dances! What a great life!!

Continued from Yesterday.....

Sorry I didn't finish yesterdays but by the time I realized the time, it was time to go to swim lessons and I had to leave! But back to yesterday.....the kids went back to school on Wednesday and they both have coughs now. Medicating them both now! Such is the life of parents!

So swim lessons went well yesterday, Requay absolutely LOVES standing on the pool edge and jumping in to me!! She comes up all smiles....she's actually one of a few of the kids in her class that jumps off the side and goes underwater! I'm so proud of her....at the end of class, we played "the wheels on the bus go round and round" in the water...she especially likes it when the "windows go up and down" b/c I raise her in the air in and out of the water....she thinks that's fun!

And in Jonah's class, they swam and swam and swam some more, so much that they didn't have time to go play in the kiddie pool after lessons....this was quite sad for all the kids. Today is the last day of lessons and so I have the camera, sunglasses, and swim suits all ready for the big day! And as soon as I figure out how to put pics on this blog thing, I'll show you!

Forgot to mention....on Tuesday, I had a brand new bag of cotton balls for Jonah. (For those of you who don't know Jonah, he loves his cotton balls--they are his "comfort" thing--who knows!) Anyway, he had a new bag that he had pulled one little cotton out of and I told him to make sure he put them away so his sister didn't get them...well, he put them away, but forgot to "zip" them back up so of course, Requay, got into them and started throwing them all over the place! There were little white cotton balls all over the dining room floor--it looked like a bunny had pooped all over :o) So I told Jonah to pick up all the cotton balls and he informed me that he had not made the mess and that baby sister had made the mess and questioned me as to why HE had to pick up the cotton balls. I quickly reminded him that he had been told to close the bag but since he didn't, his sister got into them and had scattered them all over the place! So as Jonah started picking up the cotton balls, Requay began sticking the cotton balls in her mouth! (Reminder: we had cotton candy at Katy's 2nd birthday party at the beginning of the month!) I think she thought the cotton balls were cotton candy and so she was trying to eat them! Then Jonah started crying saying, "Baby Sister's eating my cotton balls!" So I took the cotton balls out of Requay's mouth and she started crying b/c I had taken her "cotton candy" away......kids! :o)

So tonights the last night of swim lessons...and it's "Parent's Night" which means that we can take pictures! And just as soon as I figure out how do it...I'll add them to this blog!

Not much more going on or that I can remember right now....but I'll keep a' thinkin'!!