Unintentional Broken Promises...

I know I made a promise to keep my blogging up to date atleast weekly but this time it was NOT my fault.  The 'husband' was surfing for porn, when he should have been watching the kids, and got a nasty virus on my computer.  Can I tell you how excited I was to see naked women doing God only knows what the next morning?  YUCK!!!  So that is the reasoning behind my loooong absense, I finally got around to removing the STD and while I was using my phone for everything internet related I couldn't bring myself to use it to blog...I'm certain my eyes would've gone crossed. 

A brief rundown on what you've missed.  McCreepy is no longer a problem, he's still creepy and I have to see him but atleast I don't have to talk to him and I've got a few people running interference for me.  Brayden's birthday is just around the corner and I have yet to plan anything but that's no surprise since I forget even my own birthday.  He's started t-ball this past weekend and in his words he's "awesome" and who am I to discourage that?  Landon is still my quirky Landon.  I don't even have to words for him, he's been making me laugh more than I can possibly imagine.  I'm working on getting him into his VPK program for the fall but I keep forgetting whoops.  I've decided to hold him back for kindergarten for now although I haven't talked to the husband about it yet so he may disagree but I don't think he will.  He's much more immature than Brayden was at this age and since he's got a late July birthday I believe he'd do much better as the older kid in school.  I'm sure it'll give him an edge when it comes to sports and academics not to mention I have tiny children and an extra year of growing couldn't hurt!  Now my little Kylan, he's probably the laziest baby I've ever seen but thankfully he's got such a sweet disposition that I don't even care.  He is doing his own version of crawling that I can best describe as an inch worm.  He never has eaten baby food but I can't blame him because its gross.  He's loving ALL table food.  I haven't found a meal that he hasn't enjoyed from BBQ to house salads he loves it all.  He's saying "DaDa", "MaMa" and "NighNigh" when he's sleepy.  I'm almost certain he's saying "Hey" instead of Hi but I need to pay better attention to be sure.

So mix in a few colds and stomach bugs and that's been our lives for the last few months.  M and I are working through the legal things now so hopefully everything will be overwith soon.  And I'll try to get some new pictures up but I need to find my camera chager first, I know as soon as I buy another it'll show up and I refuse to give Canon the satisfaction.  Oh, and I have purple hair now...in places.

That is all.

To My Future Daughters in Law...

You should just start to thank me now.  I have set the bar amazingly low for you. 

These boys are easily tricked into eating and enjoying almost anything I put in front of them. 

They think homemade spaghetti sauce takes days to make and a hot dogs and mac n cheese is gourmet.

They love to hear me sing to them even though I'm pretty sure I can hear the glass breaking through out the house.

I'm the most beautiful woman they've ever seen, especially when I've just woken up and not had my coffee.

They think my "circles" are HUGE!! haha!

So, my future daughters in law love, start to count your blessings right now.  No matter what you do these boys are going to worship the ground you walk on just for loving them!  I don't ever want to hear those terrible mother in law stories coming from you!!

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Better Late than Never...

We had a blast for Halloween.  I had the boys so I got to enjoy all the sweet silliness.  We wanted to go to a Harvest Festival but Matt got electrocuted that's another story-haha so that didn't happen.  The kids and I went to my dad's house for an AMAZING BBQ and then trick or treating.  They were so excited about their costumes.

Brayden was Woody

Landon was Buzz Light Year

Kylan was Thing One

Yes, he's rocking his goodmama ONE diaper.

How cute are my boys??

I don't even have to ask about this one but I will post a brag picture of the most ADORABLE baby on the planet!

My Little Runaway

Landon decided yesterday that he was taking a trip. Apparently all that's needed is Handy Manny and his tool box.

He quickly came back once he found a "treasure"

I never did find out what the "treasure" was but he did get his hands thoroughly washed.

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Quikie Update on Life

So I haven't updated on the Matt situation lately mainly because there hasn't been much to update. I told him that I don't think its possible to work on our marriage if we're living in separate places. While I'm not completely comfortable with living in the same house with him, I also know that the more that he's away and I'm carrying the load of full time parent on my own is only going to make me resent him even more and I don't like or want to be an angry and bitter person. His response was that he doesn't want to move everything back here just to have to move it all out if things don't work out. *eye roll* I take that as he's expecting things to fail without really trying especially since there isn't a single thing at his apartment that I need or even want!! Except maybe some of my bake ware that he swiped!! In a different turn of events, while I've lived cable free for the last several months he's decided that he can't live without it and ordered cable for MY house where he isn't even living?? Random? Yeah it is. I'm hoping for a holiday family time with him and all the boys to get some time to talk one on one, preferably during nap time when the kids can't hear...So that's my "drama" update.

Now, onto my more normal life updates.....

Brayden is thoroughly enjoying kindergarten and is finally adjusting to the loooong days. I'm loving the times that he's gone. My stress level has gone down tremendously and everyday at 3pm I start to get excited to pick him up. I love that I actually have a chance to miss him!! I miss him terribly but its a sweet reunion that I get to have daily. He's making new friends and is always appreciating his time home with all of us now. And he "conveniently" forgets his lunchbox at school so he an eat lunch room food. I think its gross but he doesn't.

Landon has been a sad little puppy lately. He's missing his buddy and it shows. He's even gone back to taking a mini morning nap since his favorite playmate is gone all day. He's doing well with potty training. School starting was a minor set back, he was peeing left and right for no reason in his undies, but he's getting back to normal. Funny side note of accidents, poor guy had an accident at church on Thursday night so they changed him into the shorts that were in the bag. I'm pleased to announce that my darling 3 year old can still fit comfortably into 3-6 month shorts!!

Kylan, my sweet little surprise, has been rolling himself over a bit more frequently now. Not just because he's pissed that I didn't pick him up quick enough. Belly to back and back to belly...he's growing up way too fast. I've been trying to avoid solids at all costs with him since I didn't see the need to start. He sleeps great but now, even after a very full nursing session, he's smacking is lips and wanting to eat more. This makes me so sad. I didn't want to start any food until he was six months old and not because of food allergies since they don't run in our families and I haven't adjusted my diet one bit and he's been fine but because I really REALLY don't want to clean that poop out of my diapers.

For me, nothing to report. I'm thankful that all the hours at work have picked up and I'm also taking a class this semester. I haven't taken one in well over three years when I was pregnant with Landon. Not only do I get to work on my on walk with my Maker but I also get real grown up conversation and at least a two hour break from all my kiddies one night a week. So needed and necessary!! I'm also helping my MIL to organize her craft room and in return she's teaching me how to sew. I'm pretty psyched about it, I've been wanting to learn for a long time.

PSF ~Good Clean Fun~

After peeing in the bed, not while sleeping just decided to do it, I figured the safest place for Landon to play would be in the bath tub while I organized his room. I hear giggling and talking so I decided to go and check. Experience tells me this could only be a bad thing....

He found his reflection in the faucet and was making faces at himself.

The Face



He realized he was caught being silly.

Just a tad of embarassement.

Before I could even make lunch for him he was passed out on the couch. At least if he pees here its only on the towel. I did cover him up but after the picture.

Oh the fun we have while Brayden is at school all day.

What a sweet, naked, boy.

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Reason #286 to Stop Breastfeeding

The day started off perfect. My kids were happy and playing mostly great together. Of course that dreaded part of the day when everyone wants to eat at the same time rolls around. No problem, Kylan can fuss a couple minutes and then I can quickly set the big kids up with lunch. To make it even easier I decided to go the leftovers route. Everyone is seated with food, drinks napkins and anything else that may be needed. Time to give Kylan his much desired attention and food. Only about 15 minutes pass and I hear the uncontrollable giggling coming from the kitchen...I begin to beg Kylan to rush up his nursing session so I can asess the damages.

This is what I was left with. If you can't tell right off the bat what it is, its RICE! Hundreds of grains of rice covering my kitchen. It was a real treat cleaning all that up. Just to ease your mind, I don't just feed my children rice at meal times. I don't run a prison camp here although they may tell you otherwise. They ate all the meat and veggies and left the rice. I don't blame them really but I could've done without it covering my entire kitchen.

Potty Training

I can easily say that I dislike potty training with an immense passion. I thought I hated it with Brayden but he trained (day and night) within three days well before his 3rd birthday. Landon, my sweet little boy who marches to the beat of his own drum, was an entirely different story. First sign he was ready was of course right before Kylan arrived...I was NOT ready to potty train while 8-9 months pregnant but gave it a go anyway since it would be nice to only have one set of diapers to change, didn't happen. We tried right after Kylan was born because he kept hopping on the toilet ready to go, unsuccessful again. I finally resigned myself to the fact that Landon was destined to wear depends through his high school and college days because I had officially hung up my potty training hat. In a last stitch effort I bought a package of pull-ups (I know paper panties...YUCK!) from Walmart for $7 to see if the disappearing dragons would do the trick. We are officially on our second pull-up and it still has yet to see the slightest drop of pee or poo. I'm SO excited for him! Landon is so proud to put his big boy "wonderwear" on after he wakes up dry from sleeping, he even woke me up in the middle of the night to inform me that he needed to go potty. While waking in the middle of the night is not ideal especially considering the baby doesn't even wake up anymore I'll take so long as I don't have to clean up toddler turds out of diapers anymore! The only downside is that now I must get rid of all his cloth diapers. Its very bittersweet but on the other hand I can use that money to buy more cute fluff for Kylan!! YAY!! If you're interested in beefing up your diaper stash just let me know, I've got a lot of great stuff for medium/large sizes! I'm only keeping two faves for Kylan.

Birthdays

Brayden and Landon both had birthdays recently...some more recent than others (sorry B). I can't believe how fast the time is passing. My "babies" have turned 5 and 3!! How did this happen? Wasn't it just yesterday that I was bringing them home from the hospital? And to think that one of these days it'll be Kylan who's getting so big...it makes my heartache to see them growing up although I can't wait for the next stages.

Brayden's birthday was shared (at Easter time *blush*) with Presley and Tyce. We all had a blast and B was so excited to spend time with the whole family...oh and he liked the Star Wars toys too. Landon shared his birthday with McKenna and we all had a blast at the pool. Its so great to just have family parties and relax in the water and sun. Not that 8 kids isn't a party all in itself, I couldn't imagine trying to throw one even bigger for family AND friends! Sorry friends and other side of the family we just went the simple route this year.

Brayden's birthday cake.

Brayden showing off his Star Wars toys.

Brayden and his favorite cousin Cade.
Landon with cake face, he's so funny!

Cake time!!