Another Monday

Ok, so far today things have been crazy!! Both girls have a head cold, go figure!! I have cleaned the whole house, and got my closet cleaned out. That was amazing, and 4 -30 gallon trash bags later it feels clean. I can get in it now, and the clothes are organized. Thank goodness. Now on to the girls closets!! We are going this wkend to get the new hardwoods, and tile for our bathroom and hallway. We are going to begin this remodeling of the house, and of course as all of our projects go will test our marriage as well...ha ha....I got all the outside windows cleaned and inside as well. I really feel like I have accomplished things today. I got all the laundry put away, and am beginning to wonder if I have the starting of OCD!! :-)

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Hopefully while in Ft. Smith we will find a couch and tables that I just can't live without! Of course after this wkend, I know they don't come cheap. As for those who know my husband, he is the cheapest person on EARTH!! If there is a way to do it cheaper he will. Drives me insane!!

Of course this is the problem with him, something he wants...no matter the cost...Something I want...to expensive!!

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Well the girls enjoyed their new years presents, and are having a blast playing with the dolls. We got them the ventriloquists dolls, Mortermer Snerd, Howdy Doody, Charlie and Lester. They are so cute. The girls line them up in their new Dora desk and teach them school. One day maybe they can figure out how to make them talk!

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Diet is going so good! Lost another 2 pounds for a total so far of 13 pounds. Man, if I would have known this before I wouldn't be where I am now. I go back to the doctor in January, and pray he likes the results. I am really getting the results that I have wanted for so long. Size 5-6 here I come!!!

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Well Averrie has officially taken the "call daddy by his first name" to far! We are in wal-mart and we are all three walking together. Sam goes to get something I forgot, and I see a girl that he knows. Averrie then realizes that her daddy is gone, and asks me "Mommy, where is SAM?" I look at the girl, who by this time has a strange look on her face as if to say "WHAT?" You see this is how rumors get started!! So I tell her "she has this problem with calling him by his first name"!!

Embarrassed me, tells Sam this has got to STOP, it makes it look horrible on me LOL!! We have resorted to calling each other mom and dad, hoping this will change what she is doing!

Kids!! What more can I say!!

I get up this morning and begin getting the girls dressed. We had decided to go to Ft. Smith to shop, and so I got them in their usual matching outfits, like I always do when we are going out of town. I had seen Averrie with my cell phone and knew that the key lock was on. So really I did not pay much attention to the fact that she had it.

So I get Aleeyah dressed and begin getting Averrie dressed. I get her onsie on, and then button the bottom. I then put her pants on, the whole time Averrie is crying "mom, my cell phone." I simply tell her that I will find where she put in it a min, but first she needed to get dressed. I finish dressing her and she just keeps on pulling at her pants and saying "my cell phone". Well I pick up the phone and call the cell phone and I had it on vibrate.....
Needless to say, Averrie began vibrating all around the living room ha ha ha ha ha she had put it in her pull up and I had put all her clothes over it...

Kids~~ You never know what they will do next.....

I learned today that a guy I went to school with and his wife lost their baby. I don't know what happened, but she was born today and passed away today. All I can think tonight is the feelings that are going through their minds. Knowing that they have to bury their child!! I have been there and tonight I know exactly what they are going through. The thoughts of why us, the thoughts of why her!! I am not sure what to say to them, but know that support is the best thing. To let them know that I am there. That is all you can do for someone who has buried a child. To know that you will never see their graduation, prom, children, wedding....etc....

You will always think of the day that they left, and wonder what they would be like today. I do it all the time. Thinking that Bethanie would be 9, what would she be like? Would she be good in school? Would she look like her daddy? Or me? No parent should have to bury their children. In a far world, we all believe that the children take care of their old parents, who leave before them. Sometimes that don't happen. Sometimes it does. When it don't we often wonder what went wrong, why it happened to these parents. God is great, and he knows what is best. For us and them. You don't know what could have happened later down the road!! Something serious for instance. We have to leave this in God's eternal plan. So tonight I pray for these two parents, the grandparents and the family. That the Lord may wrap his wonderful arms around them and hold them while they lay Ava down to sleep.

Aleeyah has learned to hula-hoop. So we once again have child proofed the house, for the endless hula-hooping that goes on in the living room. She came running down the hall way yelling last night that she had done it. Sure enough she can move that thing. At four I think that is pretty good, she catches on so quickly.

I am sneaking out to the camper tonight to wrap the girls new years presents. Yes, I said new year presents. If you don't know me or even if you do, I don't celebrate Christmas. So now if you have picked your jaw off the floor let me explain.

My religious beliefs lead to me know that Jesus was born, but we just don't know when. If you look in Jeremiah Chapter 10, you see that he knew about trees 1000's of years BEFORE Jesus was born.

He calls this practice "vain" and tells us not to do it. HMMM, quite interesting.

No, I am not Jehovah Witness, no I am not atheist..I am a christian, who believes in the Lord with my whole heart.

I mean come on, there are people who don't believe in Jesus and they still celebrate christmas!!!!

What are they celebrating it as?? If they don't believe in God, then why would they CELEBRATE his birthday!!

I think my husband said it best "everyone always questions why we don't celebrate, but they never question why they do"!!!

So I have way to much information to type into a blog, and it would not be enough to room to type all the answers to all the questions I get.

As I was saying, I am off to wrap their gifts and probably freeze out there.

Things were SUPER expensive this year. I think it runs with their ages. Aleeyah decided that she wanted this wee-alive panda...yea try 60.00 for a panda. That thing better have gold teeth!!!!

Averrie is not old enough to WANT anything, so she is easier. Get her a couple little people and a Dora movie and we are rocking for days.
Well walmart closes at 6 tonight, and for those of you who know me. That is total devastation on my part LOL. I have to go get a couple of things before it closes..

My mom always told me that I was totally non-sociable when I was a child. Okay how bad could I have been? Well guess what, I have a child just like me!!! I should tell my mom a thousand times I AM SO SO SORRY!!!

Aleeyah is my child that can turn on the attitude like you turn on water. One min she is fine, loving all over you and the next you loose a finger trying to touch her. Who knows if this will go away!!! I guess we can pray lol..

What happens if she does go to school? Oh, I know can you say detention everyday for mouthing!!

They always say that you pay for your raising. Well thanks to Aleeyah I believe that saying to be 100% true. Bless her heart you know she comes by it natural. I had a girl that we know stop me and the girls in Wal-mart.

She talks to Averrie (who is like Sam) and Averrie just smiles and talks to her. She then looks to Aleeyah. Being the mom, and knowing my child...I warn her. "Don't take anything she does personal." She then just says "Aww, Aleeyah don't like me."

Well I inform her, when Aleeyah is in a mood she likes NOONE!!! She won't have anything to do with me or Sam and this can happen like a time bomb!!

The Before Picture

The After Picture....

The trials of motherhood....

I have always been a sleeper. Noon and one o'clock was nothing for me. Well I understood that was going to change when I had children. Of course it did, and I think it has made me an insomniac ha ha. I looked at the clock last night at 1,2,3,4 am. Finally at 4 I decide that I need to get up and check the fire in the wood stove. A thousand things going through my mind. Things that don't matter, but they are still there. As I leave the bed, Aleeyah (who still sleeps with me) wakes up, and begins to cry. I tell her to hush so that she won't wake her sister who is in the toddler bed across the room. TO LATE, a little head pops up and gets out of bed. Four little feet patter behind me all the way down the hall into the living room. Of course this would not have been so bad, if it was not for the fact that Averrie takes at least 2 hours to get back to sleep. Yea, I know insane huh??!! Thankfully last night was Sam's last night for 5 days...5 whole days he will be home. That means SLEEP for me. He watches the girls and if they get up and are not totally screaming for me, he will take care of them. Oh how wonderful, 5 whole days to try to work through this cold I have. Sleep, not sure what it is but I am going to find out this week. Just hoping that you all have a safe holiday season.....