Family Life

So...I'm a huge slacker, what is else new.

I've come to decide that not many people blog anymore.  Most people either do nothing or facebook.  I tend to be on the side of nothing.  When I'm home, I'm home and don't want to be in front of the computer but with my family doing a project or playing with dear Tori (who is growing like a weed).

We have been busy as of late working on our deck in the backyard and just spending time with each other.  Good news...our deck is almost done.  We have 1 plank left to lay (after some minor adjustments to our exhaust vents) and all our railings.  Possibly this week we'll start building the railings after we decide where to put the posts.


We're just about finished with a bout of crappiness at our house.  Tori got hand-foot-mouth disease from daycare who in turn gave it to her daddy!  Yes, this is a child illness and my grown husband got it...such luck I know.  The week prior to Tori getting sick I had my foot shaved, which "hopefully" I can lose the boot on Friday and wear normal shoes on both feet!!

Work is going good and busy for both parties. After two months of day care I've come to realize day care is expensive!!  Basically they get one of my checks each month which isn't that great because I'm not even breaking even.  I thought we'd be able to at least break even with me going back FT vs PT at work and the cost of day care, but WOW, was I wrong.  So I have the cost of it lurking over me and how we can juggle costs.

I swear Tori is in love with our back door neighbor's son.  Anytime she see's him she HAS to go outside...its so cute!  But in Tori news, her hair is getting long enough to do pigtails with, not yet a pony tail but its getting there.  She is running everywhere I swear and mimicks everything.  She says words but I never remember what they are.  She does know a few words in sign language so she can let us know if she wants more to eat or drink.

She really is a wonderful girl and we are so lucky to have her!  A few recent pictures

I'm a Slacker, but for a good reason

So I'm a HUGE slacker but I do have a good reasoning for it.  Actually a couple of reasons. 

1. I've been getting little sleep
2. I've been instructed by the doc t =o stay away from stairs & sadly downstairs is where the computer is 3. I'm typing one handed & getting somewhat fast at it...not entirely accurate but faster
AND finally
4. Did I mention I gave birth recently to a beauty?  Granted its been a bit since she came, but still she's here isn't that enough?

So, here's the scoop.  I started having contractions in the early hours of 7th.  I honestly didn't think they were real contractions, granted it hurt enough that I cried AND they were coming every 5 minutes or so by the time hubby was ready to go to work.  Unfortunately for me Hubs forced me to go to the hospital...just in case he said, I'd rather hear they were false contractions before going into work.

Crappy for me they weren't false, but the upside, can I say it? I'm gonna anyway...Epidurals are wonderful!!! 

We got to the hospital about 9am, Doc came & broke my water at 11am, she appeared at 3:19pm.  Mind you, when Doc first checked us out he did give the option of going home, but promptly added that I'd be back later because she's coming no matter what.  If I stayed the upside was I could get the epidural faster...so of course we chose to stay.  Granted we came with only a bag, no cameras aside from our phones.  That was how sure I was that this was not the day she would be arriving.

So, in a nutshell we have a new wee one!!!  She weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, 20 inches long and has (according to the doc & nurses) LONG eyelashes and LONG red hair.

Once I figure out how to do a slide show I'll post more pictures of her.

Coincidences Made My Weekend

This weekend I had a run-in with coincidences. Very odd for me but I was so happy for it.

So I went to Ikea with my friends, I rarely if ever go there. While we were walking to the check-out area I'm not sure who saw who first, but I ran into...wait for it...My sweet cousins wife and lovely daughter! Not to forget the lovely wife's mother. It was so awesome for me as I always mean to visit one of these Fridays, since I work at home on Fridays. But I always fail in that endeavor and stay home.

Then the very next day I run into the cousin who's precious other half I ran into on Friday. At the grocery store of all places!! Mind you I don't shop too often at Albertsons, but to see his whole family within 24 hours of each other was such a blast for me!

The oddest part is they're from up North so it was a very pleasant coincidence to run into them in my own hometown! It helps that lovely wife's mother lives in my hometown too!!

Lost Creek!!

Last weekend we went to Lost Creek with the Boes Folks, it was so much fun! We ran into one of our cousins and her family. They let us fish with them and shoot their guns. Jayden was so fun and patient with all my questions regarding shooting.

Kol and I have come up with a definite we'll always go to Lost Creek on the 3rd Saturday of each month. The invite for any who want to join us will be open...if by chance we can go more often then we will. But definitely every 3rd Saturday as long as our vehicle can make it into the site and cross the creek.

Until we meet again...enjoy some of the pictures from our journey there...Kol even caught fish in the creek! He said that’s the first time he's ever caught fish at Lost Creek.

Pretty Flowers:

If you look closely you can see the car left in the creek to help support the walls by one of the Granda's on Mom's side.

The bosses talking and some fishing too

The fish Kol caught then let free (he caught it a couple of times too)

Pretty Butterfly!

And of course the boys shooting

Slowly Sinking In

I appreciate the nights when I'm just held. Lovely hubby did just that with me last night. Letting me know its okay to "let it out" other words to cry, that I don't have to be strong for him, he's strong for both of us, along with telling me bottling things in is not a good thing

Just the sound of his voice broke the barrier I had put up for protection and the tears just started coming. Even when I told him I'd get the ugly cry. We've all had the ugly cry, where your face scrunches up so much you can't tell where anything is. My ugly cry includes the whole face and neck going splotchy red and I can't get enough air in my lungs.

No fret though, it'll happen again. I have a hard time letting myself lose control for too long. I just want everything normal again. No more crying or easily frustrated, just normal with no worries in the world . Hubby says eventually it will come with time. But I'm not being very patient waiting to be all right.