The princess and the pea

Yesterday Emie decided her wake up time was at 830 instead of her normal 1030. I think it is because she is in a toddler bed and not her crib. No biggie just means I have to cut my morning stuff short. So I get her and she is crabby most of the morning and we watched a movie(which usually calms her down). After the movie she decided to tear apart the house and run around crazy. When nap time came around she was ready to go upstairs but didn't want to go to sleep. She wanted to play and have me in there. So I laid her down and said good night and left. I would hear her play for a min then I would go in there and tell her to lay down. I did this three times till she finally fell asleep for only 1 hour and 45 minutes. Her normal nap is 2-3 hours. So we will see what happens today on the sleep schedule. My hubby and I also bought her a toddler comforter for her bed and it is princesses and she was so excited! Yesterday was full of crabbiness, diaper explosions(  I gave her too many blueberries), screaming kids and crazy dogs. Today I hope for it to be less chaotic. ( I said hope, I know I know it probably won't happen but I can wish). I found this nail polish that is a sticker but real nail polish and you stick it on your fingers and file the access off and i love it. I tried three different brands and only one of them worked. I might buy more of this. There is a picture of it at the top of this. I have to hurry and drink my coffee before little miss princess wakes up.

Fabulous Friday- fun Fun weekend

Here are the things I am grateful this weekend:

• Spending time with my family
• Family birthday party tomorrow so I get to spend time with all of my family
• working on cleaning out the garage more
• washing the cars
• swimming and playing on the trampoline
• maybe going to a movie with the hubby
• sleeping in late
• staying in my PJ's

Looking behind me

I have often caught myself the past week thinking about the past few years and seeing what is different. I no longer live with my mom and have three people in a bedroom( me, my oldest and my youngest). I am happily married with each kid having their own room. I was on unemployment during my pregnancy and before that worked 6-7 days a week. Now I am a stay at home mom who gets to be with her kids 24/7. I had an active social life where I went out after work or on weekends. I barely go out by myself on weekends and I try to have play dates with friends at least twice a week. I do get lonely at times being at home during the day. A lot may have changed but I am grateful for it since it was in the better. Sometimes I do miss the old days of things but I make the best of that moment. I try to keep myself as occupied as I can so I am not too lonely in the daytime. I do a lot with my youngest. I just wish I lived closer to my friends and new more people near me. I also sometimes miss my side of my family. I wish I had a family that was closer to me in the terms of bonding not distance. My family unfortunately is not very close in that sense. They get together every holiday but at the same time they have a tendency to be extremely judgemental and not forgiving of peoples pasts. I long for a real relationship with them and my mom and I try but they can't see past my past or stop being judgemental. They don't try to get to know me or my new family. Instead they judge people and it hurts me. I wasn't sure if I was going to talk about it on here but I decided it maybe someone will see and have good advice. All I have ever wanted was my family to be a family and not an episode of a soap opera. For now I will distance myself from them and have no contact with them until I can see that they want to change and want to be in a real relationship with my family. It is sad for me since I am so family oriented. I just wish they could see what I see. I don't understand why people have to be that way. Life is too short.

Is it nap time yet?

Today I cleaned the house and started washing sheets from the beds. (something I do on Mondays) All before Emie woke up from bed. While I was cleaning the house my oldest called me from school. I called her back and the school  told me should would call back so i made sure my ringer was on high and I didn't miss the call. I went in the shower so that i was dressed and ready for the day. I heard the phone ring and I made a mad dash out of the shower. (Forgot to tell you I have a glass door on my shower) So as I made my mad dash I slammed and scraped the door so hard that I have a long and huge bloody gash on my ankle. I have bandaged the wound but it hasn't stopped bleeding. Hope it doesn't need stitches. Only I would do this to myself. And right on the ankle so every time I walk it hurts more. Oh well sometimes it happens on a Monday. At least all of my cleaning is done and I can enjoy my day with Emie. All she wants to do today is strip lol. So I am still using cloth diapers. I love them for swimming diapers. I love using them because they are so gentle on Emie's bottom. I will be getting more each week they just cost so much to do at one time. I also like using the disposables still. Yesterday we got a toddler bed off of free cycle. It is so nice. It looks as if it wasn't used for very long. The crib Emie is using does turn into a toddler bed but i want the next two babies to use it before we switch it to a toddler bed. I love getting gently used things from free cycle. Such an awesome idea! Lately I have been finding a lot of discounted items on a few of my favorite online sites. I love getting what I need for cheap. I'm frugal. It's hard not to be after being a single mom for so long. Last week I took Emie to see her first movie Rio at the cheap seats. She was behaved for the most part and loved the movie. I was thinking of taking her again this week. Every week I try to set up play dates for her and myself so I can get out of the house at least twice a week. Not sure yet what we will do today...

Baby Houdini

I decided to take emie to a trip to meijers to get more cloth diapers. Yes we are transitioning from disposable to cloth. I tried cloth last week and loved it. I haven't gotten any poop diapers on cloth yet but i think in the long run switching is better for emie since she always has diaper rash and rashes no matter what brand of diaper I use. While driving to Meijers she decides to take her arms out of the car seat. It's not the first she has done it, so I loosened the belt around the arms just a little thinking maybe it was too tight. Didn't matter even when being looser she still got out of it. Any suggestions on how to get her to not get out of it? i was thinking of putting the lap belt around her besides the car seat belt she has on her. Not sure what to do yet....

Manic Monday

I am very tired today. Woke up every hour last night. I woke up at 7 this morning officially to make sure M was doing all of her chores before school. That's right my first born started six grade today! Our district starts early and ends school May 23. Love it!! I straightened her hair (she has naturally wavy hair that other people would die for her, not her she wants to have straight hair) and made her look so pretty. I walked her to her bus stop and watched her go on the bus. Then I jumped in the shower and got ready so that when Emie wakes up I will be ready to do anything I want with her. Now I am just enjoying my coffee (second big cup), taking surveys online that I get paid for to do, catching up on my celebrity gossip and enjoying my me time. I am a little lonely without the company of my 11 year old. But after 3 or so my hubby will be home and then my oldest and then my brother. At night I have a full house, I am just not used to the quiet in the daytime. Haha. I feel accomplished since I cleaned the house Saturday with the help of my family. Laundry is done until Thursday when I do it again. Every Thursday I do the whole house's laundry. I am ambitious lol. I think on my me time during nap time i will read. I really want to read more of this book I have. Plus Mikayla and I are doing a fall reading contest since the summer one ended and she won. I gave her 10 for reading 3 books and beating me. She was so proud. I went to a baby shower yesterday and it was so fun! I have never been to a baby shower. I really hope that I can get pregnant soon and have a boy that my hubby so desperately desires. Not saying I don't want a boy they are just different for me since we have two girls and I am a girl. I get a little  discouraged that I won't get pregnant sometimes since both girls were conceived after one try. But it might be because of my age or the fact I am extremely high rise due to heath issues. Oh well I will keep trying and I am going to make a doctor appointment soon and find out what is going on with my body. But for today I am happy with my life not saying I am not happy any other day. I am just content and I haven't always been that way as an adult. It took a while for me to get to this place. Because of finding the right man, money problems, family issues and personal growth I needed to do but I have overcome all of that and have a good life. Very proud of myself. This is far from the end of my chapter and far from me finishing personal growth. I will always grow and improve myself. OK got to go Emie decided to wake up earlier then her 1030 wake up time and I want to eat before she screams for me.

TGIF

I didn't post last week and have been forgetful on it this week. So here goes.

• I just had a snickers ice cream cone and wasn't too thrilled with it. Too many nuts on the top. I love nuts but it just wasn't the right amount.
• I have a baby shower to go too on Sunday. (I love buying baby stuff!)
• Tomorrow I have to clean out Mikayla's toy box and give or sell the toys I don't want to keep for Emerald and that I am keeping for Mikayla.
• Tomorrow I also have to clean out Mikayla's bins since there is so much clutter in her room. 
• Sometime today I have to finish cleaning the house and put away all the laundry I am doing.
• I had fun today watching the kids ride there bikes.
• It is so nice outside I have all the windows open. 
• I feel accomplished today because of life decisions I have currently made. I will talk more about that in another posting.
• I am going to the in laws for my father in law's bday cake. Can't wait!
• I am hoping to get pregnant very soon. We have been trying and I am trying not to get discouraged.
• I bought one of those nail polishes where you peel off and stick to your nails that are made by sally Henson. (hope they look nice)
• I have been wondering if I should write a book. Always wanted to do that. Would anyone read it?
• I always feel accomplished when bills are paid and house is clean
• I love my life with all my friends, husband and kids to keep me happy.
• I have been learning sign language and teaching Emerald and loving it.
• What are you thankful for on a friday?

TGIF

It's that time of the week again. It's Friday let's break out the 80's music and dance! (We have a rule that we have music on once everyone is awake and enjoy the songs that play. Emie loves to dance)

• I get to enjoy the weekend with my hubby. He comes home tomorrow after being gone for a week on a business trip
• I will talk to my hubby tonight on skype
• Today I am enjoying my day by doing laundry and being lazy.(I am really sleepy today and not motivated to do a lot but relax)
• I will enjoy my pool today with the kiddies
• Tomorrow night the hubby and I will be having a date night. (we haven't done that since valentines day.)
• I can't wait to go to the movies tomorrow night with my hubby with out kids. (i love my kids but i need some adult alone time other than the bedroom j/k)
• trying to decide what movie to see. it has been awhile since i have been to the theater. 
• Monday we are going  to have a family day with the hubby and kids
• one more week till my oldest goes to school
• going to make sure i do some painting and reading during nap time once my oldest goes to school

Weekend Reviews/Manic Monday

Friday I  was looking forward to my hubby working from home since he was out of town for business for two days last week and two days the week before.I enjoy my days with him. Even if he is working on the computer and making calls. Friday was just a relax day. Well it was for me. My hubby, brother and my dad leveled out a part of our backyard so we could put our pool up. We have an inflatable pool that is 12 x 36. So that we all can enjoy the water and play and relax in it. I love it. Its perfect for me. So they worked from 3pm til 8pm. Then Saturday we filled the pool which took most of the day. Then we went to our cousin's birthday party. It was so hot outside but the kids played in a water slide as the adults hid under a canopy. It was so much fun to be with all of my new/second family. I really enjoy all the time I spend with them. Then Sunday I had to say my goodbyes to my hubby (he left for a week to travel to Yale university for work). Then it was pool time for the rest of us. My oldest loves the pool so much she didn't want to leave it. My youngest wanted to play in the pool for a second then she decided the sand box was much more fun. I will post pictures tomorrow. My back yard is a fun hideaway place for me. I love it. I always wanted a backyard with stuff like I have. Usually Mondays I clean the house. I was planning on doing that but time slipped away from me. When my hubby is out of town I have insomnia and can't sleep without him next to me. So I stay up really late till 2 or 4 am. So I stayed up watching my tv shows I download till 2 am last night then I didn't wake up till 9am. I wasn't really motivated to clean. So today I had a lazy day till I had to get things ready for school registration tomorrow. I know I goofed and let time slip by on that too. I got all of my school supplies for my oldest and wow there wasn't a whole lot to get and I got it all at meijers. Score! Now I am relaxing with some mikes hard lemonade flavored peach margarita. I deserve it after having kids behaving really bad today. Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow so I can go into the pool.