So where to start? Well things are good at work, I am learning more and more everyday about the accounting and sales stuff. I just did my first power point presentation and I think it was really good. Don't get me wrong I still find time to go on Facebook and check mt Farmville everyday but I get my work done first.

My oldest sister recently got in contact with Zephra and I on Facebook. It was a bit of a shock but in a good way. She is 9 years older than me and I think I look like her. I am slowly learning about her and trying to forge a relationship with her. It is not the instant connection I felt with Zephra but I think that is due to the fact that I have more memories of Zephra than Patty.

The kids are awesome! Jayden tries my nerves most everyday, LOL. I swear he is payback for everything I did growing up. We are still trying to get him to sleep in his own bed, but that is for another post. Terrell is getting so big, he has a friend the same age who lives down the street and they are together all the time. I thought I had a few more years before he abandoned me for his friends. It is amazing to watch him grow and bloom into a young man.

As for the DH things are ok. Not as bad as they once were but not as good as I wish they were.  I guess we are just a work in progress.

Poop Post

Last night while getting Jayden ready to shower he looked at the toilet and said poop. I said yes poo poo goes in there do you want to try? He nodded and I put him on the big pot. He was too cute, trying to push that poo poo out. A little rabbit turd did make it into the toilet and all rejoiced. I am excited because I know this means he gets the idea of what to do on there. This weekend I am going to work at expanding on this, I will be getting the potty insert for the toilet and hoping I can get him to poop on the pot again.


Wow a whole post about poop, never thought that would happen again.

My boys

Jayden in the backyard being cute



Terrell at Mill creek. I just love this picture of him, I can glimpse my big boy but yet I can still see a glimmer of a little boy

Super T

Terrell is running around the house today with his Darth Vader cape on. He is a superhero named what else? Super T. He was named student of the month for February for his class. Mom and Dad are so proud, it means he was the most improved academically. WTG Terrell!


In Jayden news, his vocabulary continues to grow by leaps and bounds. His newest word is happy. He sounds so cute when he says it. He also said grandpa this morning, I am pretty sure my Dad was tickled pink by that.

I leave you with a picture of my rug rats eating ice cream:

dotted post

I have a bunch of random things to share so bullets are the post of the day.

• My sister and I are trying to find a way for me and the boys to visit but damn plane fare is not cheap.
• Terrell is doing well in school
• except for the fact that the last 2 days he has gotten in trouble for pushing other kids
• I took TV away last night but I am not sure why he is doing this
• Jayden is talking up a storm and is coming up with new words everyday
• the latest is see ya
• Tony and I are in a good place right now
• for that I am grateful
• he is drinking less
• I am trying to walk on my treadmill 3 or 4 times a week
• I am not always doing it though
• both boys need new sneakers
• need to find some money for that too
• There is a blood drive at the american legion hall tomorrow
• I am going to go and donate if I can
• I went to my first city council meeting on Monday
• better than any soap opera I have ever seen
• I had one of the worst migraines ever on Sunday
• I finally made an appointment with the neurologist
• of course they can't see me till April

I am pretty sure that is everything.

Sorry for the lack of a post this past week. Christmas was nice, the kids were happy with all the goods and Mom and Dad were too. Got me a super duper new toaster oven. Woot, can't beat that!
The boys got way to much but what else is new? Terrell is really enjoying his new football and Jayden loves all the cars and trucks they got. Jayden has a new word, well that is not really true he has a ton of new words. Cold is the one he uses the most right now and snow. Yesterday when changing his clothes he was flopping around and I asked what was wrong and out popped COLD! It is so funny to hear him talking this much.

Terrell is enjoying his week off of school and has been staying up late and sleeping in. Which means Mom get to sleep in too. Starting on Monday I go on days and will be up at 4:30am and out of the house at 5:15am to get the kids to the sitter and me to work by6. Then off at 2 and rush home to pick both boys up, T from school and J from the sitter. God help me the first couple of weeks are gonna be hard.

I am working for NYE and still debating if I am staying at the hotel after my shift or if I am gonna go home. Guess I need to figure it out soon. What are your new year's plans?

Solutions

I have spoken with the sitter and she is agreeable to watching the kids during the day. She would be able to take Tbone to school for me and then watch Jayden all day. This is such a weight lifted from my shoulders. I actually cried when she told me last night. She is willing to do it for $75.00 a week, which amounts to $15.00 a day. That is awesome but at the same time it is still a lot of money. Tony is looking into our finances to see if we can afford it, little does he know we will find a way even if I need to have no spending money at all. I am hoping we figure this out quickly because I am ready to be home with the boys at night. I want to thank you all for your support, it means a lot to me.

CHRISTMAS PICTURE 2009

18 Month checkup

Jayden had his 18 month check up today. He is 26.2 pounds and 36.6 inches long. He is doing great. He got 4 shots which he was none to happy about at all. He did not even like the doctor touching him today. He screamed each time Dr. P came near him. Poor guy had a traumatizing day to say the least. He is home with Daddy now and hopefully we will not have any reactions to the DPT shot tonight. I thought I would add to his lst of words he says now, in addition to the ones from the last post we also now say:

1. Sponge bob ( yeah I know he is too young to watch TV)
   
2. Foot ball
3. Car
4. dinty ( for his binky)

It is amazing how much bigger his vocabulary is in just a few days time.

Terrell is doing great, he loves school but the whole having an attitude things is getting a little old for me. What the hell I did not expect this out of a 6 year old. Any advice?

My birthday is in a few days and I am so excited because I am getting a new cell phone. I am getting the LG touch. I can't wait to play with it. That is all that is new in my world. What is new in yours?

Words

I just want to write down a list of words that Jayden is saying now.

1. Dada
2. Mama
3. Cat
4. Scarecrow
5. west side ( don't ask, it is a Dad thing)
6. That
7. Down
8. Peees aka Please but he hardly ever says it
9. Bro bro for Terrell
10. No no no
11. uh oh

I know there are more but I can not think of them right now.

A word.....

I am making a serious effort to not get stressed out about things at work. It is hard for me but I am really trying. They just don't pay me enough to give myself an ulcer people. Things still are stressful but I am trying very hard to step back and not worry about them.

Things at home are going well. We are all for the most part settling into a routine of sorts. Terrell loves school and is hyped up about learning how to read. The librarian came into his classroom and read them a short story called Christmas in the big woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. He comes home telling me about it so of course I had to pull out my collection of her books. We have started reading the first one together. It gives me a special thrill to read it with him as it was one of my favorite books growing up. It is a memory I will cherish and I hope he does too. He has been doing great on his first few spelling tests and he makes me proud everyday.

Jayden is just Jayden, the little spawn child. He is into everything but is so cute you can't stay mad. Like today when he spilled my ice coffee and was trying to clean it up with a tiny little paper towel, how freaking cute. He got new sneakers yesterday, light up ones and it is funny to watch him busily looking at his feet watching for the lights. What the hell was I thinking when I bought those?

We have a new family pet too. Tony still will not agree to a dog so we bought a Gerbil. Technically she is Terrell's but he is willing to share a bit. He has named her Sweety and she is really cute. I just wish her little plastic wheel was quieter at night.

More Random stuff

Some much random shit is floating around in my head so I thought what the heck write a blog post. I know how much my one or two readers enjoy reading the randomness that rattles around in my almost empty brain. So here for your reading enjoyment bullets.

• Terrell is loving 1st grade so far
• Jayden is now know as the destroyer
• Jayden has figured out how to take those little plastic outlet covers out of the outlets
• He can also turn the doorknob to the basement door
• Thank god we have a chain lock on the door
• Of course that means if you are down there and someone is upstairs with him they have to lock you in the basement
• So glad we child proofed the house
• Jayden also fell down the front stairs of the house, yes the concrete stairs, I swear I was right there the little guy is quick!
• Terrell is really starting to grow up right before my eyes
• It is making me sad
• This morning when dropping him off at school he kissed me and gave me a hug then said bye Mom see you tomorrow
• I miss my boy
• I HATE HATE HATE working nights
• My sister is close to possibly making her first home sale
• I am so proud of her
• My sister in law is coming to visit in November
• AGAIN
• she was just here in May
• and before that in September
• This is the most she has ever visited
• I need to go check my farm on facebook now so that is all
  

We spent the day today at the pool with my friend Lisa. The kids all had a blast. Jayden took to it like a fish. Terrell never got out unless he had to go to the bathroom or eat. It was so much fun. We just lazed around and hung out, just what I needed.

Let me tell you about my night. I get home and as I am getting out of the car a cop is walking up to my door. I was on the phone with my sister so I hang up and get out. He asks if this is my house I say yes and we go in. At this point I am pretty sure I know why he is hear because you can hear Jayden screaming bloody murder. You see it is summer and the windows in his room were open, Tony put him in his bed asleep. Now normal he will sleep until midnight or later before waking but for some reason he woke up last night early. Tony had take an ambien, forgotten to turn on the baby monitor and had the AC on in our room. He did not hear the baby. I had to prove to the police man that I did not leave my kids home alone while I was at work. I had to actually show him Tony in bed and then wake him up. At first I was not upset because I figure the neighbor was just worried but the more I think about it the more upset I get. He could not have been crying for all that long becase Tony texted me last night at 9:30pm that he was going to bed. This all went down about 11:15. For the love of god does this person not know that kids cry? I hope she doesn't think he is never going to cry or scream again because he is the spawn and screaming is his favorite thing to do.

First Haircut

Before

No Idea what is about to happen

Holy crap what are you doing to me?

After

It is amazing the sun has been shining for about 4 straight days. The children are happy, the mom is happy, all is right with the world. We have been spending some time outside everyday. We go to this park down the street from our house and the kids really like it. Jayden now loves to go down the slide and play on the seesaw. Terrell is making some friends and loves to play with Jayden too. The kids get a free lunch and that is nice. Most of the parents seem really nice too, not at all like the clicky parents in Winthrop. All in all we are really starting to enjoy being in a new area. Terrell is just loving having his own room and his own back yard. He is out there most days. He is also growing a sunflower that is coming along nicely. Pictures of it to come.

Bullets

I just wanted to quickly post some things. Nothing that amounts to a full post so here it is in bullet form.

• Jayden rubs his hair to fall asleep
• He also rubs mine if I am near
• He fell asleep in his bed last night with no tears
• We went to the park down the street from the house
• It was nice
• I knew one person from Terrell's old school
• He introduced me to a few moms
• They do free lunch M-F in the park for all the kids
• Terrell is really loving the new house
• He wants to be in the back yard all the time
• He loves that he gets to ride his bike in the street if Mom or Dad are with him.
• Today he went into Dunkin Donuts all by himself to buy a donut
• He was so proud, it was cute
• Jayden has taken to giving kisses to people
• Big wet slobbery kisses
• I love it!
• I can not believe it is July already
• Will we ever have summer around here?
• Can you tell me what the sun looks like?
• I am starting to forget
  

1 year pictures

1 YEAR

One year ago today at 8:11am Terrell became a big brother. Jayden was very much wanted and loved from the moment we decided to have another baby. Through all the ups and downs of infertility having a little person again is what kept me going. He was 7 pounds 11 ounces and just beautiful. I can not imagine our family without him in it. Terrell loves being the big brother and teaching J all kinds of fun stuff. My husband loves being a Dad and gets special pleasure out of the fact that J prefers him to anyone else. I love being a Mom to 2 boys. The days when they both climb on my lap and cuddle are my favorites. Jayden is so big now, walking all around. Playing with us and laughing like a crazy man. He has 7 teeth now and his 1 year molars are coming in too. It is hard for me to believe that he has been here for a year already, it seems like only yesterday he looked like this:


And now he looks like this:

Walker

We have a walker! Jayden took his first steps on Saturday May 2nd. Mommy, Daddy and big brother are all so proud! to see video look HERE

Accomplishments

Well for the last few days Jayden has been standing up by himself off and on. Today he may have even taken his first step. I am not sure if I should count it or not because it was more like a tumble than a step. What do you guys think?

Terrell was pretty sick the last part of last week and all weekend. He is doing much better now, and no it is not the sw1ne flu. He had something viral and it was bad. 103.5 fevers and lots of sleeping. Of course once I took him to the doctor he started to get better. Isn't that always the way?

My SIL is visiting again. She was just here in September, then we saw her in November during our trip to California. Now she is talking about coming back in June to see the new house. God love her this is the most she has ever visited us.