BLAH

I have a cold, it sucks cause there isn't anything I can take. I can't breathe my nose is stuffy. That's all.

Somebody was tired

The girls are back to sharing rooms again, we thought it only make sense since they sleep in the same room every night anyways. Taylin likes to get really hyper before bed time and can be quite the night owl. Well, Hailey has to read out loud everyday for 10 minutes as part of her homework. I thought well since they are in the same room Hailey could just read to Taylin so they can unwind from the day. Last night Taylin was her loud hyper self. I noticed some time had gone by and it seemed pretty quiet. Hailey came into our room and said come here Taylin fell asleep and I put a blanket on her. We went to see cause we were just in complete shock that she went to bed so easily. Here is what we found:

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

It's now the start of the second full week of school and my girls are already full of excuses. My patience is tested every morning by those 2. If Hailey doesn't get enough sleep she is extremely moody and Taylin, well she wants everything her way. It's suppose to be 90 today and Taylin insisted on wearing some jogging pants with the matching jacket, don't argue or tell her it will be hot cause she will just tell you I DON'T CARE.

So I will start with Hailey and a conversation we had last week. First of all the 9 hours of sleep she got wasn't enough and she wanted to wear a pair of shorts that were WAY too short and I held my ground and wouldn't let her wear them. That just ruined the morning. She kicked and screamed and was a little pain in the butt. So later that night I told her that she needed to pick out what she was going to wear for the next day and to keep in mind that it was going to be hot. She said well then I have nothing to wear. Eric not knowing about what happened earlier in the day told her she had lots of shorts and to just pick something. I explained what had happened and that the shorts were just way too short and that her fingertips were well pass the length of the shorts. (they do have dress codes at her school). Here is her excuse, she said," Well my shorts aren't too short. I can't help it that I have really long arms." I just laughed cause I could have really of used that line growing up.

Then there is Taylin. I got her a folder to put her homework in so it's always in one spot. I checked her back pack on Friday and I didn't see any homework in there. Well yesterday as I was checking her backpack in a seperate pocket all folded up was her homework that she needed to do over the weekend. So she had about 5 minutes before the bus came to write her name about 5 times. Easy right? No this is Taylin who can't concentrate on anything. So about half way through she was getting really bored and she looked at me and said, " I need to go to school how about you stay home and finish my homework for me." I laughed, but she finished it, not the best but it was done. So now she has a folder for her "important" papers to go in. The moral of that story as I was helping her write her name is to name this child with the least amount of letters as possible.

Baboo?

No, Taylin we will not be naming this baby Baboo. Everyday she talks to the baby and calls it Baboo. Where did she get it? I have no idea.

I was tagged

I was tagged by Laura and I thought since this is her first time tagging me I would do it :)

Five things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. Having a nervous break down cause I had just turned 19.
2. Working at Staples in the money room.
3. Looking for an apartment with Eric and Becky. Yes, 10 years later I will admit Eric lived with us.
4. Enjoying my freedom as a young adult
5. Having fun. I can't think of a lot of what I was doing.

Five things on my "To-do" List:
1. Clean my house, not going to happen cause my back hurts.
2. pay bills
3. take Taylin to soccer
4. try and get Taylin to tell me what she did at school. So far the first 5 days have been a secret
5. decide what's for dinner

Lifesavers -
1. The tv for the days I don't feel the greatest
2. Eric
3. JJ
4. mom and dad
5. switching babysitting with Abbie

Five things I would do if I were a Millionaire:
1. Buy a house
2. Put away for the girls college funds
3. put some away for retirement
4. buy my parents a house
5. send my parents on a long vacation, to Hawaii and to Australia

Five places I have lived:
1. Vancouver
2. ogden
3. st.george
4. salinas
5. santa maria

Five jobs I have had:
1. mommy
2. Walmart. I ran the toy department right before I quit.
3. Staples
4. County Seat
5. Good ol' Discovery Research. I am so happy to put that on my resume. Oh wait that was so long ago that it doesn't fit into the last ten years. If it was so long ago why do I still dread that place?

I tag anyone who wants to. Especially those stay at home moms who have nothing else to do while their children are at school, or who have plenty to do but choose to spend the day blog browsing.

Today was the day

Today was the day of my first doctors appt. It was pretty uneventful. I peed in a cup, got weighed and the scale said politely, "one person at a time please." answered a lot of questions, and got my blood drawn. They were so nice and gave me a diaper bag full of goodies. I received another due date, my 3rd so far. I do believe due to the fact that I have to have a c-section this baby will be born the last week of March. I have already gained about 7 pounds not a very good start. I was excited to be pregnant cause I thought with morning sickness and puking my brains out everyday I would lose a few pounds. Huh was I wrong cause I haven't puked once, don't get me wrong I am very EXCITED about not puking you have no idea. I am already feeling like a beached whale as I think I am about to bite the bullet and buy some maternity pants. I am in my very last pair of pants that I can squeeze into. You know how it goes you show faster with each pregnancy and well this is my
5th pregnancy and all. I go back for another appt with my doctor in a few weeks and I am anxious to be out of the 1st trimester. I have to wait until then to dye my roots that have been extremely neglected and the dr will also give me the go ahead to start exercising again or not. I have been told to continue to take it easy until then.

My Little Girl is in Kindergarten

This happens to be my 100th post today and Taylin's first day of Kindergarten. I don't understand how you can have 2 children that are completely opposite of each other. Hailey's first day was perfect. She went to bed early, ate breakfast, let me do her hair, etc. Taylin wouldn't go to bed last night, she only ate 3 bites of her waffle (she really hates eating breakfast), and she wanted me to straighten her fro and complained the whole time I was doing it. But, she was finally ready to go and needed to call her people before she left. She called my mom to tell her she was going to school. She then called my dad and she said," Papa, I am going to school now. I promise to be good and I promise not to beat up anyone today." Then she had her back pack on walking down the stairs singing the kindergartner is on her way down the stairs. Then she yells, "Hurry mommy lets go outside and take a picture by the door like you did for Hailey." I think it's going to be a long year. We took her to school and she walked into the classroom like she owned the place, put her stuff on her chair and started coloring. It was another day tear free and in just about an hour and half we get to go pick her up and hear all about her day.


In other news Taylin had her very first soccer practice. Eric is helping with coaching so I didn't go, I am such a bad mother. Eric told Taylin that she needed to be a little bit more aggressive and try and take the ball away from the other players. Her response was, "well Daddy I don't want to hurt anybody." Oh she cracks me up. Hailey has her first practice tonight and I think my girls will finally realize what power they will have cause they are so tall. Let's hope anyways.

My little 3rd grader

Today was the day that we have waited for all summer (well, not really maybe just the last few weeks). Hailey started the 3rd grade. Taylin starts kindergarten, but not until tomorrow. They have what's called a soft start where a third of the class goes each day. Anyways, back to Hailey. We all were asleep by 9 o'clock last night which is pretty early for all of us. I set my alarm for about 7:45 cause the bus doesn't come until 9:00. I heard her coming into my room this morning to see what time it was. She said it was 6:32 and I told her to go back to bed for about another hour until my alarm went off. She came back in and said I can't go back to sleep I am too excited. So we got up made sure everything was in order and ready for school. Everything was perfect except for the fact that Eric drank the last of the milk yesterday and didn't tell me so we had to come up with something for breakfast. Hailey rode the bus to school and I met her there so I could have her picture taken and make sure she made it to her class. We were both really brave this year as nobody shed a single tear. Taylin did beg for Hailey not to go to school that she didn't want her to go. I think she just didn't want to get stuck at home all day with just her boring ol' mother.

And That's a Wrap

Sadly, today is the last day of summer and the munchkins head back to school tomorrow. We decided to take one last trip down to Lincoln City for some beach fun and back to school shopping. Toby and his family joined us as well, or we joined them who knows. We had a lot of fun pigging out on greasy fatty food, site seeing, visiting the beaches and the 32 degree water was so inviting. There is nothing better than going to the beach in sweats and a sweatshirt. I don't think my children have ever been to the beach in a swimsuit, too cold. We did go to downtown Newport and walked the piers. The group of us walked down the pier to see the huge amount of sea lions plopped on the rocks/docks below. It was so much fun, yeah right. I have a huge fear of the water and walking down the pier and seeing the water below was the start of me panicking. We were looking down at the sea lions and about 5 feet behind us there was nothing to separate you and the water, just something to fall off of. I started breathing really heavy, feeling sweaty and about ran off of the pier. I just couldn't stand there anymore, some were upset we left so soon but I just couldn't do it. Here are some pictures.

Eric and I, tender I know. I also know that my sweats are too hot for words.

He is a dork, but hey at least he smiled.

Eric found a sand crab and everyone had to hold it.

So cute

Eric and his hiked up shorts

A trip to the beach is never complete without a family picture

Hailey was a little upset that Eric took her out a little too far and got her wet. After that anything was ok.