A day of TV and sleep.

Keane is playing catch up on his sleep.   That means that I get to play catch up on all of my trashy television!

Forget the housework and laundry - Honey BOo Boo is on!!!

Our almost 9 month old!!

Keane turns 9 months in a few more weeks.   It has gone by SO FAST.    I wish it would slow down.

He's such a great kiddo.   He's smiley and a pretty even tempered kid.

I just wish he could get the sleeping thing down and realize that sleep is a good thing!

No sleep training for us!

WE just can't do it.   Last night we tried.   We have the bed set up, Shawna purchased a $30 bumper, and $100 crib set.  

It's brand spankin' new.  

The boy hates it.

Guess he's going to be in our bed til he's 18.

Florida!

We had actually reserved a time share in Daytona Beach this week but it looks like we won't be going since we're going to CANCUN, Baby!!! We figured by the time we got our airfare and everything in order that we'd probably end up spending just as much to go to an all-inclusive in Mexico. I have a friend who has used tampa limo and was able to go on some great tours around the area though. So next year if we end up going back to Florida....I'm going to do that!

TGIF

This has been one hell of a week. Graem has been sick with the stomach bug and we have been to the local ER via ambulance AND the local convienient care. UGH. I hope that we never have to deal with that again. She's doing better now. We are all on Vitamin C and probiotics before getting our stomachs out of whack in Mexico!

Long time, no post.

I must say that having three kids is kicking my ass! I'm exhausted!! All of the time. Any extra time I do have is either doing laundry, taking a shower, or watching a little television. In just a few short days we will be leaving to go to Cancun, Mexico! I really can't wait. So excited.

Lost.

Before Emmy was born Shawna lost tons of weight. The doctor had prescribed her Xenical and Phentarmine. They worked perfect. Probably the reason why she was able to get pregnant with Emmy. I just found out that they offer the same medication at http://www.shoppharmacycounter.com/t-phentermine.aspx I've thought about getting on something too to help with the weight loss. I remember when I was younger hearing older people say how it's hard to lose weight when you are older. Now I believe them!

School's out for the summer!

Today is Graem's last day of school. Shawna has a few weeks of camp planned but for the most part they are hanging out for the summer and the kids are going to mama daycare! Once again Emmy is sick. She keeps getting the daycare sickness everytime she goes! It's frustrating because I feel like she's not at daycare more than she is. We are still on the wait list at ICSD and I really hope she gets in. We've waited long enough and I feel like we need to give her daycare a good notice if she won't be attending in the fall.

Just what I needed...

With Father's Day (my Mother's Day) around the corner I'm pretty excited! I came across my gift in the garage. TOOLS! It's great how each year I get a good stash of tools. At some point I'm going to have to resort to less fun things such as, hasps!

Brits love the queen!

I'm watching the special concert for the queen. I can't believe how much these British folks love their queen! We'd never in a million years do this for a president. God bless the queen!

Time to invest!

I've been trying to do research and figure out a way to invest our money. One thing that I've seen recently is fixed annuities. It's a good way to insure that your money is secure. Since we're still young in investment terms we can be a little more daring but it's also important to diversify things and have a steady medium low earning product. I'm still doing my homework and I will have til next April to figure this all out!

Scrub-a-dub

I have two shirts of my dads. One is a Life is good shirt that has holes all in it. The other is one of my dad's scrub top that he used to perform surgery in. It's a nice little memory and when the time is right I'll pass it on to the girls. They can wear it and play dress up doctor. I've worn it a few times because it's downright comfortable!

4.5 months

It's almost Mother's day! Tonight we went out to celebrate at hibachi and it was delicious. Tonight we're watching one of those stupid Buddy dog movies. But...we're here. Together. A family.

Vroom Vroom

I miss the days of motorcycles. We had such a good time and there's nothing like riding your bike and feeling the bugs hit your helmet. I don't think I'd ever get a motorcycle while the kids were small. Where would I put the carseats? Our friend has a scooter and that might be more our speed! Then there's the maintenance... The last time we had bikes we were always making repairs. The bikes were over 15 years old but still?! The one thing I would never do is cheap out on tires. I've heard that the pirelli motorcycle tires are the top-notch tire to get.

Wood stove?

I really want a wood burning fireplace insert. We burn a lot of wood in our fire place and it'd be great if we could actually use it as a wood source. The problem is - they're expensive! The last time we looked they were around $4,000 installed. Then there's the fact that we just installed a new furnace last year! We had an energy audit a few weeks ago and they made some suggestions like more insulation. I know this should probably be done first. What's the point of producing more heat when it's just going to leak out the roof!

The basement.

At some point I think the basement is really going to be our go-to room. Even though we are doing an addition I think the kids will need a place to do homework and hang out with friends. We have painted the basement walls and floor but I think that it would really make the room if we had basement flooring. Every once in a while we will have a little water in the basement so it needs to be durable and easy to clean.

Diapers!

We have only purchased a few packages of diapers since Keane was born. We 95% of the time use cloth diapers. Right now we are trying to finish up some size 1 diapers that we had purchased. It's weird having disposable because they really don't do as good of a job as the cloth diapers we use. Shawna's got it down too. She was able to buy cloth diapers for Keane, use them, and sell them for just as much as she bought them for. FOr a few pair she even made money on them!

Baby contraptions.

It's funny how each kid has their own baby gear that works for them. Graem loved the bouncy chair. Emmy did not. Keane did not. Emmy liked the exersauser. Graem did not. Keane has yet to try it. Keane LOVES the swing! Funny enough, it was the same swing we had when Graem and Emmy were babies. However, it was given to us by a friend because ended up getting rid of all things baby when Emmy was born. This time we are purging for good! It's sad. Real sad.

Pump you up.

My brother has an amazing ability to grow muscle. I don't understand if it's a male thing or what. He does work out but it seems like he can diet for a few weeks and look slim and trim. I go to the gym a few times a week and I'm still fat. I have friends who have had testoripped results that really speak for themselves! I'm still at the point where I want to try it naturally with better diet and exercise. But there might come a time when I'm willing to walk on the dark side!

MOnday...

UGH! I swear the weekends are going way too fast. Especially, when you have three sick kids, not much sleep, and tons of laundry on Monday morning. I'm dragging today and sure could use a nap.