Tuesday, October 4, 2011


Beautiful sunset here today, at one point the sun was a big red ball of fire - just beautiful.  And my favorite tree down the street is changing to a bright yellow ball of beauty.
I hate early morning calls reminding me that I have appointments at 7:10 am the next day.  I have no clue why this wasn't in my phone calendar, the appointment was made six months ago.  Gwen has a dental cleaning tomorrow morning and I totally forgot.  So I have to drag all of the kids but Bella to the dentists office and hope that we can get Olivia to school on time.  Grrrr....

The other day Trent and Livy asked why some of the leaves on our big tree were turning yellow and so I told them about fall.  I told them that in Fall the leaves 'fall' off the trees.  Well yesterday the evening got windy and it was time for the kids to go out and play.  About ten minutes after they walked out the door I hear little hands banging on the door and hollering 'mommy, mommy' . Well when I opened the door all I hear is mommy it's fall, it's fall. The leaves are fallin'"  And there were two very excited little ones relaying this message to me because after all, the leaves were in fact 'falling' to the ground.  It was one of those moments that really makes my day!

I finally got the call from Wal Mart today.  I have a job interview on Thursday!  I hate interviews and never really do go on them, but I am looking forward to this.  I need the money.  I am hoping to have a great Christmas for my kids this year.  Last year was really below par in gifts I gave to them and in spirit.  It was our first Christmas after financial troubles hit.  Besides, I love working retail at Christmas time!!!!!

I was moving my computer today and Lily decided she wanted it and grabbed it.  Well, it kinda fell on her head. The corner of it got her eye so now she has a small red cut under her left eye.  Poor baby cried like crazy, but in the end she was just fine.

Yesterday I was walking around saying something I haven't said in a long time. WTMFH  (What the motherfucking hell).  I went to the health district to get Lily and Trent their flu shots.  I had been told that if they had any form of medicaid (full or supplemental) that they would get free shots.  Well turns out, that was a crock of shit and I had to pay 38 dollars for their shots.  38 dollars I really couldn't spare.  I can get re-imbursed by the insurance company, but I wish someone had told me this.  I still would have gotten them done, but I wouldn't have gone out on my weekly date with DH and used that money for the shots instead.  Sometimes I think the local government (Yeah Casper, WY govt.) have their heads up their bums all the time. At least  my two kiddos are vaccinated now. (Lily still has to get a booster in a month) but I feel much better now. The flu is already starting to go around here.

Today was only the second day ever that I was able to make lunch without Lily screaming the whole time.  She was sitting in the living room watching me or standing in the living room at one of her play stations watching me but she wasn't freaking out because I wasn't right there with her... I must say, I SO SO SO LOVE THAT LILY IS CRAWLING AND PULLING UP ON THINGS.  She is finally becoming independent. That's all for now.  This momma is tired and I am going to try a no cry sleep solution to get Lily to sleep without waking up twenty times a night because she doesn't have boob in her mouth. (She won't take a paci) They say it takes a lot of patience, but I am ready for it because my back is really killing me all the time because of how I have to sleep with her in one position all night.  If I move, she wakes up for her boob and she won't stay in her crib either.  Blech, we will conquer this!!!!!  ~LATER LATER ALLIGATOR~




Monday, October 3, 2011

Okay, so the grunting so far has been unproductive.  I will take that opportunity to post some pics and videos. The pics are of the different play stations I set up for her and the first video of course is of her crawling. :) The second video is of her crawling and her sisters torturing her in the process - kinda funny in a mean sort of way. :p





Sorry no update the last couple of days.  We've been busy baby proofiing!  Once she decided she wanted to go she went..............................  Crazy little baby. ;)  We baby proofed the living/dining/kitchen and set up 'stations' for Lily to play in.   1. A red storage tote w/lid that we use as a coffee table with toys on it (She likes to pull herself up on it too). 2. Toys in front of the end table that she likes to pull herself up on. 3. An old clothes basket filled with toys that she can play with (tipped on it's side for easier access) and 4.stuff on the end table that she can play with when she is sitting on the couch with me. She basically has fun crawling from station to station and playing with whatever hits her fancy and then she will crawl over to me to get hugs, snuggles, boob and then she is back to playing. We also have a rug and a foam play mat down for her to play on. I am really enjoying the freedom(and so is she). I know she is safe and having fun and she still has her mommy time. I think I worry less about her now than when she would sit on me all the time and almost fall off of me, the couch, etc. It is great watching her discover and learn new things and become more familiar with her surroundings. And 2 out of 5 times that I have to go into the dining room/kitchen, she doesn't freak out (she can still see me because all the rooms are connected.) like she used to becuase she is feeling more independent.

We discovered a few cute things Lily loves to do over the weekend.  She likes to sit on my bed and gently bonk her head on the wall.  It is so funny to watch her.  She does it, rubs her head on the wall, looks around and then does it all over again.  It is so cute.  She also likes to sit between Tim and I and bring out hands together.  She seems to love it when we hold hands.  Too cute.

My camera...my precious lifeline - halfway decent camera was flippin found yesterday!!!!!!!!!  Gwen got the febreeze off of the top of the fridge and there it was.  We had looked up there like a hundred times.  I have no clue why we never saw it before.  But of course it has been about fourteen hours and I have already gone through a set of batteries ;)  Of course taking videos of a now mobile baby is so so much fun!  And boy do those damn videos sap the battery power!

I must say my living room is looking great.  Now we just have to bring the bedrooms and bathrooms up to that standard before Gwen and I start work and don't have time to get caught up on chores we are behind on.  I don't anticipate Gwen's orientation being before Saturday.  I am still waiting for my call.  They have been so busy that they haven't done any hiring work.  That will teach the personnel manager to be out for three days. (poor thing must have been really sick and I hope she is feeling better)!

I get to take Lily and Trent to the health district for their flu shots today at 1:30.  I hate them getting shots, but I want them to stay healhty and with all of the crap that the kids bring home from school I will definitely be getting them their shots!  After this all of us will have had our flu shots (although Lily will need a booster in a month.)

Not looking forward to all of the cleaning to be done.  The girls will work on their room and I will be working on the kitchen today.  It is supposed to get nasty by the end of the week so I will be cleaning the furnace area too.  Fall is coming and then soon after Winter will be here. (I know, I know, I'm not stupid. I know fall is technically here, but we have been in the 80's near 90 in the next couple of days, so fall isn't here for me.) The leaves are finally turning colors though and they are beautiful.  We have a lot of  yellow here, a few orange.  But I do wish we had more oranges and reds here.  But still beautiful.  I'm not complaining.  I grew up in a place where all the seasons are the same color!!!!

Uh oh baby grunting = baby poooping = stinky mess = time to change diaper.  ~SMELL YA NEXT TIME~