I have not made my new years resolutions yet. I am trying, but I haven't actually sat down with no distractions long enough to actually set them down on paper.
Jacob is now 7 months and crawling! He is standing up while holding on to things, and he is going to walk by 9 months like my other children, I am reasonably sure.
Lizzie bashed her cousin tonight and caused him to get a head injury. Nothing Mom couldn't handle, she just had to go to the hospital to get the stuff to fix it. She is a head strong girl, and doesn't listen very well. I have to start working with her more to get that resolved.
Caleb still hasn't gotten his tooth in yet, but he is still loving school.
I am about to start my first semester back at school. I am going for my BS in aviation logistics, and I will be a pilot when I am done. I was just going to go to pilot school, but I found a BS that has a pilot concentration at one of the schools around here so I will do both. Yeah me!
Sunday, January 9
Monday, December 13
Facebook is easier then my Blog!
Look at Lizzie in the background! She loves to do EVERYTHING Caleb does! And of course play with the picture frames!
It is sad when my blog gets ignored in favor of the easier, faster, and more fun Facebook!
We are all still here. Tyring to decide what to do for the Christmas holiday. Go to Ohio early and have Eric fly up there, or with Eric after school gets out, or a week after Eric has flown up there first.
All my Christmas shopping is done, I just have to wrap them all, and make some goodies and pack those. I am attempting home made peanut Brittle to give as gifts this year. I love Peanut Brittle!
Jacob is 6 months now and has entered the Clingy phase. If he is not being held he is unhappy and crying. If I am not within eye sight he is crying too! It makes for VERY annoying mornings when I have to get up and get Caleb to school in the morning!
Lizzie is still cute and growing. She loves to sleep in a bed instead of her crib so I use that as leverage to get her to do what I want. LOL sometimes it doesn't work like planned! She is smart and using complete sentences! She LOVES Christmas time too. She always says Merry Christmas in the mornings when she sees the tree, and she often says it through the day too!
Caleb is still in school for the next week then he is off for 2! He thinks math is soo easy, and he is reading fairly well. He is in the gifted program and has run into some problems that come with being gifted. But we are working to help him get through them.
Eric is still teaching at Dubiski, He loves it and hopes to work there next year! He got the yearly winter illness and is just now getting over it. It happens every year just like I start coughing every winter. Don't know what it is!
I am doing great! I am going back to school to become a Pilot. There is a 4 yr university that is offering the Aviation Logistics degree which is what I am going to do. So I am registered for my first semester at TCC, my local community college. I still qualify for the pell, so tuition is covered plus some. I am so excited. I was able to find all online classes so I still get to stay home with the kids! Total blessing.
Thursday, November 4
Two Months
Two months isn't bad!!!!
Okay, pictures are of the state fair, all of us on the couch, and at the timeshare in tyler for calebs 7th birthday.
Eric is still teaching at Dubiski, and they keep asking more and more from him. He is now there until 530 on some days. But he still loves it.
I am about to go back to school. I am going to go to TCC and get all my gen. eds before I transfer to UNT for their aviation Bachelor of Science. I will have a 4 yr degree and my pilots license. I am most excited! Which tells me this is the right thing for me to do. I have not ever been excited about going to school before! I start Jan. 18 and I can't wait!
Caleb is in 1st grade. He likes it okay. He loves recess, and he is in the gifted program. He is really good at math, and he is reading pretty well. He is still very outgoing, and will talk to ANYBODY... and EVERYBODY!
Lizzie is 2 and is growing up so fast! She goes on the potty som3etimes, btu she is not quite dedicated to going all the way. I am not that dedicated to try and teach her just yet! LOL She loves to clean which I am so grateful for. And she loves to play and sing and dance. She is a little girl, and EVERYBODY thinks she is sooo cute.
Jacob is almost 5 months. He is sitting up on his own for a while now. I will start him on cereal soon I think. He is a pretty good natured baby still, and is content just being held. He is starting to grab for things especially the food I am eating.
Monday, August 30
Life is good
Soooo ... School has started again, Caleb is in First grade. He loves it too. HE is in the gifted program this year and gets 90 minutes a day of gifted teaching time.
Lizzie is still her loud, full of life self, and she has hit the terrible twos. She gets into everything, and she still finds candy from I don't know where. Anywhere and everywhere that's for sure!
Jacob is growing like a weed. He can hold his head up and is almost ready to start sitting propped up on his own.
Eric has a wonderful job at Dubiski Career Tech academy. They are really the school for him. They are all about helping the student get ready for life after school. They don't hold the kids down they lift them up as high as the kid will go. That is sooo Eric's personality, it is a breath of fresh air for him to teach there.
I am good, still myself. Maybe slightly better at house work, I would like to think so anyway.
But still pretty much the same.
Lizzie is still her loud, full of life self, and she has hit the terrible twos. She gets into everything, and she still finds candy from I don't know where. Anywhere and everywhere that's for sure!
Jacob is growing like a weed. He can hold his head up and is almost ready to start sitting propped up on his own.
Eric has a wonderful job at Dubiski Career Tech academy. They are really the school for him. They are all about helping the student get ready for life after school. They don't hold the kids down they lift them up as high as the kid will go. That is sooo Eric's personality, it is a breath of fresh air for him to teach there.
I am good, still myself. Maybe slightly better at house work, I would like to think so anyway.
But still pretty much the same.
Thursday, June 17
Jacob Alexander Walsh
It has been a long time since I posted of course. Nobody's that surprised I am sure... Lots has been going on though that is FOR SURE!
I am going to document the birth of Jacob for myself most of all and so it might be a little more detailed then some of you want to read about... sorry. So here is the brief version:
Jacob Alexander was born June 10th 2010 at 6:30 PM, after only 2 1/2 hours of labor. I was very surprised and glad it was fast! He was 8 lb 8 oz, 19 1/2 inches long and had long dark hair. I had a successful Vaginal delivery and he was 9 days LATE! I was glad to have him out though.
I went to see a massage Therapist, Wednesday Morning, who does a massage that helps to start labor. At this point I was 8 days late and the doctor was getting anxious about the condition of the baby. He had me coming in every few days to check on the status of the baby via non stress test. So Wednesday morning I went to see Hannah, who was great! She had me lay down on her table, and she had great soft music playing, and she even had me propped up so I would not get uncomfortable. She worked on my feet and then my hands using special pressure points. Poor Eric came with me so I wouldn't have to drive myself. He just sat there for an hour poor guy. At least he had Internet on his phone so he read some newspapers and stuff...
We went home after that as we were pretty tired. That night I had a Primary Presidency meeting and I was able to clock my contractions at 20 mins apart. I wasn't sure if they were real ones or not as they weren't that painful, I could walk and talk through them very easily, and I didn't keep track of them that well so It felt like there were times they stopped. I was able to sleep that night with no interruptions so I don't' know if the contractions were there over night or not.
Thursday Morning I had another non stress test with the doctor. The contractions I was able to time again at about 20 minutes apart but sometimes not that regular, so I was still not sure they were real or not. The non stress test was okay not as good as a couple days ago but the doctor said it was fine. He did want me to go for an ultrasound to check the fluid levels to make sure they were still good. So we had lunch in which I had to drink like 6 cups of water, and drove back to the lab for the ultrasound place. After all the paperwork was filled out they called me back and took some pictures. The radiologist said the fluid levels were good but my placenta was looking aged and had some calcium spots on it. But I was still good for a few more days. I was not going to go past 2 weeks anyway so if this baby didn't come on its own by two weeks I was going to have the c-section. I was hoping the massage would work soon though!
After that we were so close to the mall, and I had a $10 off a $10 purchase so we decided to go walk around some more to see if I could get things going faster. I got a very cute shirt for .42, and then we headed out to the mall. While we walked around my contractions sped up to about 6 minutes apart but they would stop or slow down when I wasn't walking! I was very confused at this point was I in labor or not? Should I go to the hospital or not? We were done with the mall but we said a prayer to know what to do and we both felt like we shouldn't go home just yet. So we drove to a few more stores, and then just decided to go to the hospital to be checked. The worst they could say was I wasn't in labor and to go home. On the way to the hospital in the car my contractions were still at 6 minutes apart even though I wasn't walking around, but they still weren't that strong. I did notice a little increase in strength though.
When I got to the hospital, at 4 PM, I even decided to take the stairs up to the labor and delivery floor. I was still trying to get my labor going! I had to give my whole complicated story to the nurse there, and she said she would check me and had me change into the gown and hooked me up to the machine. You know the one... that tells the whole room, and sometimes even the next room over, the heart beat of the baby. As the nurse was checking me she said I was about a 3 and mostly effaced, but the baby was still pretty high, at that point I heard and felt a pop, and the nurse got a surprised look on her face. She had accidentally broken my water! Apparently my bag was bulgy and just couldn't take that one last check!
At that point my baby was going to be born one way or another soon! Well my labor definitely kicked in at that point. the contractions kicked in and got very much stronger. I also got VERY hot and sweaty! I sweated the tape off my IV and almost lost the IV altogether. The nurse called my doctor who said to give him a call when I was ready to have the c-section! The nerve of that guy! maybe he was joking I don't know, because he did show up for my delivery after all.
Anyway at that point things got moving very fast. My contractions were pretty close and very strong, they transferred me to my birthing room about 20 minutes after my water broke. They checked me when I got all situated and I was at 6, still effaced most of the way and the baby was lower but still not all the way engaged. I had to wait for most of the IV to empty and half the antibiotics as I was Strep Positive before they could give me my epidural, but I was extremely glad when about 30 minutes later they came in and gave it to me. I was sitting up for it and more and more fluid kept coming out. I soaked my entire pad while getting the epidural... I didn't know I had that much fluid still inside!
After I got the epidural I remember feeling a little light headed as the epidural kicked in, and at that point the monitor on the babies heart beat slowed WAYYY down. The nurses kicked into high gear, called for the anesthesiologist and had them give me something, they had me lay on my side, and they attached monitors directly to the babies head. After a minute or two the babies heart rate came back up again. The anesthesiologist came and checked on me a few more times after that but we were good. I remember no pain but a terrible pressure right around the babies head after the epidural kicked in. It was not too painful but I definitely did not feel nothing! After that the nurse checked how close I was and she said I was at 9, still mostly effaced and the baby was still not engaged all the way. She decided to have me push and see if that would bring the baby all the way down and put me at 10. So I got in the position and I pushed once and she said in a surprised voice... Oh, that did it! You are ready! Let me call the doctor!
The Doctor took his sweet time getting to my room... and then when he got there they took my bed apart, and I was ready to start pushing. When I was just laying in the bed I was able to feel the contractions as pressure, but when they put my legs up I was not able to feel them as well. But I was able to feel them a little so I pushed a few times, I remember my pushing this time was not as effective as it was with Lizzie. I was not able to feel my pushing muscles with this epidural like I could with Lizzie's epidural. It was very curious as I later examined the differences between the two epidurals. But I was able to push fairly well, and I only pushed about 4 contractions and little Jacob was born. Eric was able to cut the cord... which he had to cut twice to get all the way through. The nurses took him and did their thing. I did hear them ask what time it was and the nurse replied 6:30. Really! Only 2 and a half hours! It felt like longer then that! They say the more you have the faster things go... well for me it was soooo true!
After all of that I got exactly what I wanted. I had a successful vaginal birth after cesarean. I let my body get ready and my baby to tell me when he was ready to come. I stood up for myself and told my doctor what I wanted to do instead of let him drive my pregnancy. I listened to the Lord, and was patient when He told me to be patient. All that happened, even the delay, did truly happen for a reason. I am very proud of myself and I love my new baby very much. I love ALL My Babies!
Thursday, May 13
Free MISD Activity
So our ISD had a free kids activity night. It was super windy but we had fun. We got free hand clappers and lizzie loved hers.
Caleb got to take a picture with the astronaut!
And play on some bounce houses. Lizzie tried to go in but it was to rough for her. She ended up leaving soon after she got in. I had a picture of her laying down in the bounce house but right as it was snapped apparantly my hair flew in the way and totally ruined the whole thing!
It was rather windy but fun. They even gave us all a hot dog meal for free!
Wednesday, April 21
Misc. Pictures
LIZZIE PLAYING IN A TUB SHE FOUND.
CALEB AT A SCHOOL CARNIVAL. HE LOVED IT!
CAN YOU TELL HE ENJOYED HIMSELF???
LIZZIE HAD A LITTLE FUN TOO!Saturday, April 3
All set up!
I finally feel like I got the computer set up. I hooked up the external hard drive that has most of our early pictures in it. I even downloaded the pictures from my phone! I have not done anything with Tupperware for a while. I feel bad about that, but I did get my hair cut yesterday! I chopped it off for little Alexander just like I did for Lizzie. Time is sneaking up on us fast. Just two more months before he little guy shows up! Eric has his election in the mean time with his work and taks tests for his kids, I have to work, Caleb has to go to school, and we have to fit a major room rearrange in there after the election somewhere but BEFORE the baby is born. It seems like too much to do in such a short time.
Friday, March 19
Old Post that never got posted!
This is an old post I wrote at work but never got the chance to post. Hope you like.
I know it has been a very long time since I last got on. I am dismally sorry. I just have not been able to get on. The laptops have been down, I have been at work, I have been cooking, I have been reading to Caleb. There are Lots of different excuses. Sorry!
To catch up:
Jeanne bought a timeshare, we went to use it the first time and she was offered a good deal and so she bought a second one. We went out there a couple times and enjoyed it. They have a water park we like to go to when they offer us free tickets. They have lots of other free activities we like to do as well.
Lizzie is growing up, she can now say dada, mama, diaper, kitty cat, dog, and of course shoes. She loves to wear them all the time. She is very good about cleaning up too. She found a fork on the floor and wanted to put it away in the drawer! She is almost always smiling, she is so cute. And she knows where the diapers are kept so she goes and gets one when we ask her to.
Caleb had a wonderful party! First they played around until everyone get there. Then we gave them all whips and hats to go around. Then George told the story of Cleopatra heart, the last treasure Indiana Jones needed to get. So they had to go through some obstacles. First was a cart ride down the driveway, then they had to crawl through the cardboard boxes and then find a key in the snake pit (spaghetti) without looking. At This point George was telling them the rest of what they were supposed to do, and Eric pushed the cardboard boulder behind the curtain into the mass of milling kids. One little kid was too close and got ran over, but the rest were able to turn and run from it! They Were so thrilled with that part. It was soo funny watching them all run and scream, and one little kid get run over. Then after they made it back up the driveway and had all settled down they had to jump across some pallets to make it to the swing to be able to swing across the snake pit. They LOVED that part! Then they were able to make it to the sand pit where they dug for their treasure. One big treasure had a lock on it and they all tried their keys to see who got to keep the treasure with Cleopatra’s diamond in it. Of course it was Caleb; don’t tell them it was rigged! But the other kids got their goody bags with coins and good stuff in them so they weren’t too upset.
Then they all got to go back top the table and draw and write about their adventure in their very own Journal we made for them.
The piñata finally made an exhibit! The kids all lined up and each took turns giving one swing at it. I must have made the thing super strong because everybody got three turns and it finally broke enough for the candy to come out. It was a madhouse after that! No one was very nice, but I guess I didn’t expect them to be. Then it was cake and ice cream time. We brought out the punch that had a frozen ice cube in the shape of a big skull. It looked soo cool! And the cake turned out sooo well! Pictures will just have to say it all.
Everyone had a great time! Then we opened presents, and it wasn’t very organized and they all kept helping Caleb open his presents but I figured it was okay. After the presents it was time to wind down, and we turned on the Lego Indiana Jones movie projector. We found lots of mini movies online with Lego Indiana Jones which is very age appropriate. And we projected them onto the front of our house. The kids all kind of disappeared one at a time after that with their parents. But they all LOVED their goodies, whips and hats. I think it is safe to say they all had a great time! We were so tired after that! All told I think we had 12 kids there, with some parents, and lots of family. Looking back at it I am very satisfied. I can’t think of a single way to make it better.
Eric is still teaching at Cedar Hill High School. He likes teaching high school students. He just had his evaluation and he thinks it went over VERY well. This is the big one he can use as a reference to get a better job.
Caleb is still doing well in school. He likes to read and write and is getting way better at it! He has several journals he just loves to write in. He loves to play outside with his friends. He and Eric just slept outside on the trampoline last weekend. They had fun until Caleb got bit by one to many mosquitoes and they came back inside. He battled huge welts from mosquitoes for the next day or two after that. I have to do something about him being allergic to mosquitoes worse then I am!
We went to Chuck E Cheese a while back. It was Lizzie’s first time! We wanted to get the pictures taken on the picture game they have, and we waited till the end to do it. BIG MISTAKE! She was too whiny and ruined every picture. But she did have a blast climbing on their little kid area. And we enjoyed the food of course. I like their Salad bar. But I think George had the most fun with the tokens. He kept wanting more and more! I didn’t play that many games, hardly any really, but I didn’t go for the games. I went for the kids, and the food!
Eric and George are going to Ohio for Thanksgiving break to winterize the house and take down the rotted tree in the back so it doesn’t fall on anything. He is going to miss Thanksgiving down here so we are having ours all together a week early. Tonight! I cooked half of it yesterday. And I will cook the other half tonight. I cooked the cherry cheesecakes early. I am sooo tempted by them. I can taste them now, I just wish it were for real!
As far as me for Thanksgiving. I am having one tonight, one on Tuesday for work potluck, one on Thursday lunch that work is providing, and then one Thursday night. I am going to have LOTS AND LOTS of turkey. Good thing I love it so much! I wonder if I will get sick of it. Probably not!
I know it has been a very long time since I last got on. I am dismally sorry. I just have not been able to get on. The laptops have been down, I have been at work, I have been cooking, I have been reading to Caleb. There are Lots of different excuses. Sorry!
To catch up:
Jeanne bought a timeshare, we went to use it the first time and she was offered a good deal and so she bought a second one. We went out there a couple times and enjoyed it. They have a water park we like to go to when they offer us free tickets. They have lots of other free activities we like to do as well.
Lizzie is growing up, she can now say dada, mama, diaper, kitty cat, dog, and of course shoes. She loves to wear them all the time. She is very good about cleaning up too. She found a fork on the floor and wanted to put it away in the drawer! She is almost always smiling, she is so cute. And she knows where the diapers are kept so she goes and gets one when we ask her to.
Caleb had a wonderful party! First they played around until everyone get there. Then we gave them all whips and hats to go around. Then George told the story of Cleopatra heart, the last treasure Indiana Jones needed to get. So they had to go through some obstacles. First was a cart ride down the driveway, then they had to crawl through the cardboard boxes and then find a key in the snake pit (spaghetti) without looking. At This point George was telling them the rest of what they were supposed to do, and Eric pushed the cardboard boulder behind the curtain into the mass of milling kids. One little kid was too close and got ran over, but the rest were able to turn and run from it! They Were so thrilled with that part. It was soo funny watching them all run and scream, and one little kid get run over. Then after they made it back up the driveway and had all settled down they had to jump across some pallets to make it to the swing to be able to swing across the snake pit. They LOVED that part! Then they were able to make it to the sand pit where they dug for their treasure. One big treasure had a lock on it and they all tried their keys to see who got to keep the treasure with Cleopatra’s diamond in it. Of course it was Caleb; don’t tell them it was rigged! But the other kids got their goody bags with coins and good stuff in them so they weren’t too upset.
Then they all got to go back top the table and draw and write about their adventure in their very own Journal we made for them.
The piñata finally made an exhibit! The kids all lined up and each took turns giving one swing at it. I must have made the thing super strong because everybody got three turns and it finally broke enough for the candy to come out. It was a madhouse after that! No one was very nice, but I guess I didn’t expect them to be. Then it was cake and ice cream time. We brought out the punch that had a frozen ice cube in the shape of a big skull. It looked soo cool! And the cake turned out sooo well! Pictures will just have to say it all.
Everyone had a great time! Then we opened presents, and it wasn’t very organized and they all kept helping Caleb open his presents but I figured it was okay. After the presents it was time to wind down, and we turned on the Lego Indiana Jones movie projector. We found lots of mini movies online with Lego Indiana Jones which is very age appropriate. And we projected them onto the front of our house. The kids all kind of disappeared one at a time after that with their parents. But they all LOVED their goodies, whips and hats. I think it is safe to say they all had a great time! We were so tired after that! All told I think we had 12 kids there, with some parents, and lots of family. Looking back at it I am very satisfied. I can’t think of a single way to make it better.
Eric is still teaching at Cedar Hill High School. He likes teaching high school students. He just had his evaluation and he thinks it went over VERY well. This is the big one he can use as a reference to get a better job.
Caleb is still doing well in school. He likes to read and write and is getting way better at it! He has several journals he just loves to write in. He loves to play outside with his friends. He and Eric just slept outside on the trampoline last weekend. They had fun until Caleb got bit by one to many mosquitoes and they came back inside. He battled huge welts from mosquitoes for the next day or two after that. I have to do something about him being allergic to mosquitoes worse then I am!
We went to Chuck E Cheese a while back. It was Lizzie’s first time! We wanted to get the pictures taken on the picture game they have, and we waited till the end to do it. BIG MISTAKE! She was too whiny and ruined every picture. But she did have a blast climbing on their little kid area. And we enjoyed the food of course. I like their Salad bar. But I think George had the most fun with the tokens. He kept wanting more and more! I didn’t play that many games, hardly any really, but I didn’t go for the games. I went for the kids, and the food!
Eric and George are going to Ohio for Thanksgiving break to winterize the house and take down the rotted tree in the back so it doesn’t fall on anything. He is going to miss Thanksgiving down here so we are having ours all together a week early. Tonight! I cooked half of it yesterday. And I will cook the other half tonight. I cooked the cherry cheesecakes early. I am sooo tempted by them. I can taste them now, I just wish it were for real!
As far as me for Thanksgiving. I am having one tonight, one on Tuesday for work potluck, one on Thursday lunch that work is providing, and then one Thursday night. I am going to have LOTS AND LOTS of turkey. Good thing I love it so much! I wonder if I will get sick of it. Probably not!
Sunday, February 14
2009 Update
The 2009 year has been an interesting year. Time for the 1st annual Walsh Family update
Eric got a job teaching High School Physics. He enjoys working with older students where he can stimulate their interest with his sarcasm. He loves to do cool labs and is an inspiration to the other science teachers.
Jennifer got a job at the Department of Defense where she handles the Issues that involve the Vendors. She loves her job, but can’t wait to get home to the kids at the end of the day. She still bakes a little, and has gotten much better at making her French Bread. She has even made bagels, and pitas, YUM!
Caleb is in Kindergarten this year and loves it! He especially loves recess, and playing with his friends. He likes his teacher Mrs. Day, and even helped to convince her to give the kids stickers! He is so smart and learning to read and write. He has his own journal that he loves to draw and write in. This year for his 6th birthday party he had an Indiana Jones theme party. It was a lot of work, but it was very memorable for all of us!
Elizabeth is growing just like a little Princess. She has a sweet spirit and loves to help out. She will give you anything you ask for, and even pick up and put away things on the floor. She can Say Mama and Dada, Shoes, Diaper, Kitty Kat, and Dog. She loves to play with her Brother and just idolizes him. Anything he does is super funny! She has the sweetest giggle, and is very happy most of the time.
We have one last member of our family we have to write about; too bad he or she will not have anything interesting to say until June 1st, 2010. That’s right! We are expecting our third child! We are excited to add to our family again, especially Caleb. He is most excited that he will no longer have to sit in the very back of the car. This little bundle of joy has already messed up our traveling plans for the summer, but we don’t mind at all. Sorry Rach and Simon!
We Love You All!
Merry Christmas
And of Course
Happy New Year!
Eric got a job teaching High School Physics. He enjoys working with older students where he can stimulate their interest with his sarcasm. He loves to do cool labs and is an inspiration to the other science teachers.
Jennifer got a job at the Department of Defense where she handles the Issues that involve the Vendors. She loves her job, but can’t wait to get home to the kids at the end of the day. She still bakes a little, and has gotten much better at making her French Bread. She has even made bagels, and pitas, YUM!
Caleb is in Kindergarten this year and loves it! He especially loves recess, and playing with his friends. He likes his teacher Mrs. Day, and even helped to convince her to give the kids stickers! He is so smart and learning to read and write. He has his own journal that he loves to draw and write in. This year for his 6th birthday party he had an Indiana Jones theme party. It was a lot of work, but it was very memorable for all of us!
Elizabeth is growing just like a little Princess. She has a sweet spirit and loves to help out. She will give you anything you ask for, and even pick up and put away things on the floor. She can Say Mama and Dada, Shoes, Diaper, Kitty Kat, and Dog. She loves to play with her Brother and just idolizes him. Anything he does is super funny! She has the sweetest giggle, and is very happy most of the time.
We have one last member of our family we have to write about; too bad he or she will not have anything interesting to say until June 1st, 2010. That’s right! We are expecting our third child! We are excited to add to our family again, especially Caleb. He is most excited that he will no longer have to sit in the very back of the car. This little bundle of joy has already messed up our traveling plans for the summer, but we don’t mind at all. Sorry Rach and Simon!
We Love You All!
Merry Christmas
And of Course
Happy New Year!
Saturday, November 21
Finally Got on!
I finally got on at Mom's. So of course it is going to be short, and no pictures. But that's not really different is it?
I had started writing this blog post at work, and it was a good one, but I failed to send it to myself so I could post it at home.
I just wanted to let you know I am still here. I am still alive. I hope to post more. I just can't seem to manage it. I am not very good at organizing my time at home yet.
I had started writing this blog post at work, and it was a good one, but I failed to send it to myself so I could post it at home.
I just wanted to let you know I am still here. I am still alive. I hope to post more. I just can't seem to manage it. I am not very good at organizing my time at home yet.
Friday, October 9
Finally..... well almost
I am finally off of a Saturday schedule and in a Monday- Friday 8-430 schedule. Only problem is to find a replacement for me they will require that I finish working on Saturday for a couple weeks. It is going to be hard to do my job that way since The people I work with will be emailing on Monday and I won't be able to do anything about it until Tuesday. Which means More work piles up. And then when I work On Saturday nobody is going to get my emails until Monday. Oh well. Hopefully it won't be too hard. I have my new desk, and I was trained for 2 days. Hopefully that is enough time. I have the feeling I am going to be asking a lot of questions though. I am going to enjoy my new work a lot more then my last work.
Caleb came home form school sick yesterday. Throwing up and a slight fever. We are trying to keep him away from Lizzie and everyone so no one else catches it. Hopefully it goes away fast. The school would not let him come back for 2 days. Poor Caleb! lol
We go to the fair on Monday! I am sooo excited. I started planning and have lots of things I want to do. We are going to take everyone, and I hope we can stay long enough for us to do everything we want. We are going to bring the wagon/ or a stroller if we can find ours. And I want to pack our lunch, and then just buy snacks. we will see how that works out though.
Lizzie is still fine. She misses Eric and I during the day. She is growing and learning more and more.
Eric is still teaching and loving his job.
We went to the temple last night. It was great! We stopped by the book store and got some more activity books, and then we ate Indian. It was good but a little expensive. We left directly after work, and then by the time we got home, Caleb was in bed, and it was time for us to go to bed too, so I hardly got to see the kids at all.
I am planning hard for Caleb's party. We are doing Indiana Jones theme adventure party. We are making snakes for the snake pit, and personalizing our Hats and whips that I made. Then they are going to use those hats and whips to go through he obstacle course. First enemies, then swing across a ridge on a whip swing (Prehung and tested of course), then they have to feel inside of a rock filled with insects (Spaghetti) to find the key to the treasure chest. After the they have to find a way through the snake pit with their torches (Fake of course, and made by me), and then they have to dodge the rolling rock. Finally they have to use the key to open the lock on the treasure chest after they have dug it up out of our little sand pit. I think it all sounds like sooo much fun. And sooo exhausting!
I am making our own pinata too, and then the cake of course!
I will take lots of pictures. don't' worry!
Caleb came home form school sick yesterday. Throwing up and a slight fever. We are trying to keep him away from Lizzie and everyone so no one else catches it. Hopefully it goes away fast. The school would not let him come back for 2 days. Poor Caleb! lol
We go to the fair on Monday! I am sooo excited. I started planning and have lots of things I want to do. We are going to take everyone, and I hope we can stay long enough for us to do everything we want. We are going to bring the wagon/ or a stroller if we can find ours. And I want to pack our lunch, and then just buy snacks. we will see how that works out though.
Lizzie is still fine. She misses Eric and I during the day. She is growing and learning more and more.
Eric is still teaching and loving his job.
We went to the temple last night. It was great! We stopped by the book store and got some more activity books, and then we ate Indian. It was good but a little expensive. We left directly after work, and then by the time we got home, Caleb was in bed, and it was time for us to go to bed too, so I hardly got to see the kids at all.
I am planning hard for Caleb's party. We are doing Indiana Jones theme adventure party. We are making snakes for the snake pit, and personalizing our Hats and whips that I made. Then they are going to use those hats and whips to go through he obstacle course. First enemies, then swing across a ridge on a whip swing (Prehung and tested of course), then they have to feel inside of a rock filled with insects (Spaghetti) to find the key to the treasure chest. After the they have to find a way through the snake pit with their torches (Fake of course, and made by me), and then they have to dodge the rolling rock. Finally they have to use the key to open the lock on the treasure chest after they have dug it up out of our little sand pit. I think it all sounds like sooo much fun. And sooo exhausting!
I am making our own pinata too, and then the cake of course!
I will take lots of pictures. don't' worry!
Tuesday, September 22
Life
It's been a while. I have been filling up my days to try and get more out of my day and develop a better work ethic.
Life has been just that life. what to say.... what to say.....
trying to plan caleb's birthday.
Lizzie has a few more teeth. Some in the back to, but she is just sooo happy all the time.
I have to go finish making my bagels!
Life has been just that life. what to say.... what to say.....
trying to plan caleb's birthday.
Lizzie has a few more teeth. Some in the back to, but she is just sooo happy all the time.
I have to go finish making my bagels!
Wednesday, August 26
I am surviving
I am just barely surviving.
Caleb loves school which I am sooooo grateful for! I think recess helps a lot to help calm him down in the classroom. Caleb did liek to ride the bus until it was late both days he rode it and now he does not like all the yelling on the bus. I think we are going to stick with it for a little while longer till the bus gets to a normal schedule.
Lizzie loves shoes and music. We had her 1st birthday party on Sunday/ I made a lady bug cake and a leaf shaped cake. It was cute for me and a first time but I could have done better if I had had more time. Of course not because I work, I had to go school clothes shopping, and then have beckys shower all week before the party.
Eric like his classes and teaching. He is in his element now. He got his first check and we had to get new phones. The old ones were broken beyond repair and still had Ohio numbers. So he go the palm pre. and I was goign to get one but I didn't want to pay 199 for a phone so I ended up going with the instinct. It is pretty cool!
I am still working, I am not drowning but I am not really flourishing either. I will just survive.
We are still trying to come up with doing something for our anniversary. No good ideas yet.
Caleb loves school which I am sooooo grateful for! I think recess helps a lot to help calm him down in the classroom. Caleb did liek to ride the bus until it was late both days he rode it and now he does not like all the yelling on the bus. I think we are going to stick with it for a little while longer till the bus gets to a normal schedule.
Lizzie loves shoes and music. We had her 1st birthday party on Sunday/ I made a lady bug cake and a leaf shaped cake. It was cute for me and a first time but I could have done better if I had had more time. Of course not because I work, I had to go school clothes shopping, and then have beckys shower all week before the party.
Eric like his classes and teaching. He is in his element now. He got his first check and we had to get new phones. The old ones were broken beyond repair and still had Ohio numbers. So he go the palm pre. and I was goign to get one but I didn't want to pay 199 for a phone so I ended up going with the instinct. It is pretty cool!
I am still working, I am not drowning but I am not really flourishing either. I will just survive.
We are still trying to come up with doing something for our anniversary. No good ideas yet.
Wednesday, August 12
Sorry
It has been a long time!
A long time with really no free time.
A long time of working.
A long time of getting up early
A long time of missing out of the post kid tv time.
A long time of going to bed early.
A long time of only having 4 hours to spend quality time with both my kids.
A long time of not having time to clean the house.
A long time without my family, immediate and extended.
Just a loooong time. I am tired of working already! I am truly my mothers daughter because Working INTERFERES with my life style!
Not much else going on. I still haven't decided what exactly to do for lizzies first birthday. I think I have decided on a lady bug birthday cake with a second one in the shape of a leaf. I am truly inspired by Ace of Cakes. I Love that show!
A long time with really no free time.
A long time of working.
A long time of getting up early
A long time of missing out of the post kid tv time.
A long time of going to bed early.
A long time of only having 4 hours to spend quality time with both my kids.
A long time of not having time to clean the house.
A long time without my family, immediate and extended.
Just a loooong time. I am tired of working already! I am truly my mothers daughter because Working INTERFERES with my life style!
Not much else going on. I still haven't decided what exactly to do for lizzies first birthday. I think I have decided on a lady bug birthday cake with a second one in the shape of a leaf. I am truly inspired by Ace of Cakes. I Love that show!
Tuesday, July 28
Getting it together
Okay so I am still working on this whole working thing and trying to get it all in order! I definitely do NOT have enough time to do everything I want! It feels like I barely have enough time to spend with the kids before I have to go to bed! But I am thinking I will get used to it and be able to stay up a little later. I am currently used to more sleep and I always have needed more sleep then Eric to feel rested. I was going to get that looked at but I am still looking for a time and place and means to do that.
Okay so on to AAFES. I am a customer service associate. I answer the phones in the catalogue call center. So I Will be placing orders for people, checking status for orders placed already, changing orders, or shipping, or canceling orders, or any number of things that they might call in for.
Right now in training though we look at PowerPoint's, and talk about certain situations, watch these old movies with the phone doctor to make us better on the phone, and practice with someone else on how to order things.
It is training. what else can I say. I am tired, I got up early to straighten my hair. I got up early yesterday to make a trip to CVS before work before all the good deal supplies were gone. Still half of them were gone!
But I did make some good deals yesterday night. I got three crayons for three cents! WOOHOO! I am doing very well on my school supplies list and getting them for free or really cheap! Gotta go to work!
One last thing. Caleb can ride his bike or pedal down the hill of our driveway on his bike. I got pics, but no time to post them now. Lizzie almost turns one! And we almost hit our 7th anniversary!
Okay so on to AAFES. I am a customer service associate. I answer the phones in the catalogue call center. So I Will be placing orders for people, checking status for orders placed already, changing orders, or shipping, or canceling orders, or any number of things that they might call in for.
Right now in training though we look at PowerPoint's, and talk about certain situations, watch these old movies with the phone doctor to make us better on the phone, and practice with someone else on how to order things.
It is training. what else can I say. I am tired, I got up early to straighten my hair. I got up early yesterday to make a trip to CVS before work before all the good deal supplies were gone. Still half of them were gone!
But I did make some good deals yesterday night. I got three crayons for three cents! WOOHOO! I am doing very well on my school supplies list and getting them for free or really cheap! Gotta go to work!
One last thing. Caleb can ride his bike or pedal down the hill of our driveway on his bike. I got pics, but no time to post them now. Lizzie almost turns one! And we almost hit our 7th anniversary!
Wednesday, July 22
Not tomorrow
So it is not tomorrow, and I have been to work for 3 days so far, so sue me for not posting! LOL
I like it so far, it is training.... what else can I say. I am learning a lot and I hope to be kind of good at it by the time training is over. In a week and a half I will start the on the job training portion..... actually helping real live customers. I am a little scared I have no idea what that would be like, but we did some of that kind of thing with a partner today so I am feeling a little better about it.
I was soooo late yesterday. I don't know what kind of accident it was or what but they were routing EVERYONE off the freeway and blocking off cross streets and using the on ramp as an off ramp for the cars still on the freeway. I did call in and tell them I would be late. That was my saving grace I guess.
But Not much else going on. I am going to bed early, and getting up early. And managing to fit in everything else in the 5 hours I have from when I get home till I go to bed. The personalities are starting to come out in the other employees and it is fun.
More updates later.
I like it so far, it is training.... what else can I say. I am learning a lot and I hope to be kind of good at it by the time training is over. In a week and a half I will start the on the job training portion..... actually helping real live customers. I am a little scared I have no idea what that would be like, but we did some of that kind of thing with a partner today so I am feeling a little better about it.
I was soooo late yesterday. I don't know what kind of accident it was or what but they were routing EVERYONE off the freeway and blocking off cross streets and using the on ramp as an off ramp for the cars still on the freeway. I did call in and tell them I would be late. That was my saving grace I guess.
But Not much else going on. I am going to bed early, and getting up early. And managing to fit in everything else in the 5 hours I have from when I get home till I go to bed. The personalities are starting to come out in the other employees and it is fun.
More updates later.
Sunday, July 19
Tomorrow is the Big Day!
I start my new job tomorrow! I am not very excited but I guess I could be if I wanted to! I am officially done at Michael's for now. And I might be staying at aafes for 6 months. If we could do that, continue to live on the amount we have now, and put as much as possible away we might be debt free in 6 months and have enough saved for our trip to Europe next summer! I so hope we have figured in everything Right! I would hate to miss our mark!
So all is well, or will be when the paychecks start coming! We also have to be VERY careful not to overspend our money. It is easy for us to go without for so long and then when we get a little more wiggle room to spend it all on the things we did without for so long! We just have to be careful!
Rach went back to Denmark, I miss her!!! WHAAAAAAAAAA
Beck has about two months left till her little boy comes!
Lizzie is walking all the time now!
Our 7th anniversary is coming up
Lizzie turns one next month!
Caleb starts school on the 24th! ALL DAY! Kindergarten!
This is going to be a little harder with Eric and I both working! We will try and make it work as best we can. But we will finally have good insurance...... I hope.
We are really appreciative of Jeanne and George who will be taking a lot of the slack while Eric and I are both gone.
So all is well, or will be when the paychecks start coming! We also have to be VERY careful not to overspend our money. It is easy for us to go without for so long and then when we get a little more wiggle room to spend it all on the things we did without for so long! We just have to be careful!
Rach went back to Denmark, I miss her!!! WHAAAAAAAAAA
Beck has about two months left till her little boy comes!
Lizzie is walking all the time now!
Our 7th anniversary is coming up
Lizzie turns one next month!
Caleb starts school on the 24th! ALL DAY! Kindergarten!
This is going to be a little harder with Eric and I both working! We will try and make it work as best we can. But we will finally have good insurance...... I hope.
We are really appreciative of Jeanne and George who will be taking a lot of the slack while Eric and I are both gone.
Monday, July 13
Not too Bad!
My feet do not hurt so bad today, after my shift. But I did get some good news. I got the job!! I was hired at AAFES! I start on Monday and I am full time and I get paid more then at Michael's. I am excited! I am sorry to be leaving Michael's I liked the discount. But I did tell them to keep me in mind for seasonal. Cool! I start on Monday!
I got some good deals at Michael's. I searched through their clearance and was able to find some that I could use additional coupons on. And then I used my employee discount on some dollar items for my kids, cool!!!
I am also looking forward to starting the school supplies shopping. I am going to go get some free stuff from CVS later today! I hope they are still there though! Sometimes they run out! Last year I just bought it all in one trip because I had to. This year I am determined to shop the sales and get as much free stuff as I can! I am determined to drastically reduce my costs for supplies this year.
I got some good deals at Michael's. I searched through their clearance and was able to find some that I could use additional coupons on. And then I used my employee discount on some dollar items for my kids, cool!!!
I am also looking forward to starting the school supplies shopping. I am going to go get some free stuff from CVS later today! I hope they are still there though! Sometimes they run out! Last year I just bought it all in one trip because I had to. This year I am determined to shop the sales and get as much free stuff as I can! I am determined to drastically reduce my costs for supplies this year.
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