Hearburn

Goodness-i always thought heartburn was for old people. I remember being a child and my dad complaining about heartburn and i always thought he was just a little bit sick. LOL--No matter what i eat-i get it. It hurts and yet the second the baby comes out the heartburn vanishes. So strange--and they say it's all because of the babies hair?! That sounds absolutely crazy..

Samantha slept through the night last night-praise GOD almighty!!! She actually was pleasant today and let me get a lot of stuff done. She just loves to go sit in my sock pile or knock a big pile of folded laundry down--that has to be my favorite. I felt like i achieved so much now that my 5 loads (yes ladies-haven't done it in 3 days) was folded and put away. I felt like i needed to be rewarded with a massage.

My son Aidan is so funny. He just comes up with the craziest talks. This should make you laugh. He's sitting on his dads lap last week and out of no where he asks Daddy 'Why do we poop?' So Joe explained that our food turns to poop. Our drinks turn to pee. Keep in mind-i'm not in the room and i have no idea what they are doing/talking about. I enter the living room and my son says to me--Mom, did you know that our food turns to poop? And the poop comes out of our butts. He then proceeds to tell me that our drinks turn into pee and the pee comes out of our penises....and that i do it, daddy does it, samantha, grandma/etc the list goes on.

I about died laughing but he has felt the need to tell our whole family/friends--EVERYONE the process of poop! I couldn't help but share with you guys that. What a week/day.

11:15pm at night

OK, that picture was tonight after an exhausting day to show you my belly ladies. yeah-i know total buddha belly---belly button and all. That sucker popped out at 3 months...what's up with that?! goodnight ladies.

Saturday-my week of being super mom...lol

Ahhh!! Just when things start to cool down things get out of control crazy. I think this week was the craziest week of my life. We decided to sell our guest bedroom set and get the room ready for samantha's big girl bed set. We found the coolest (or so i think) bedroom set. It's a pink leather twin bed, pink end table, pink mirror, pink leather dresser and trunk. OK-let's get something straight-i hate the color pink on me. I look retarded. Joe absolutely hates pastel pink. The second my daughter came out she looked cute in everything and suddenly pink grew on me tremendously. We saw this set last weekend and i thought my heart was going to stop while furniture shopping. I couldn't even hold the excitement in. All i could think about was how bad i wanted a cool bedroom set when i was kid. My dad did what he could do to get us by and i appreciate that but samantha is definitely the queen of urbandale. No girl has this palace. You want to know what the cutest thing is? We went shopping for the bedding set and her dad picked it out. I was touched that he picked out a set that was girly with dragon flys. It was adorable and may not have been my first preference but it touched my heart in such a way that the set is perfect. I will post pictures soon so you guys can see and gush like i do--hopefully. LOL

We got aidan bunk beds. He is in bunk bed heaven. He absolutely loves his room and let me tell you how much i hate the daggon latter. Samantha climbs up that thing so fast i might put myself into labor just watching her. Dear god in heaven it's so exhausting.

So this week we cleared out 2 bedroom sets and got the kids what they needed. The new baby is taking over samantha's old room. Oh, did i mention joe and i came to a CRAZY agreement?! He gets to name the baby boy, i get to name the next baby!!! Does anyone know how to try fora girl? Not that i'm considering trying yet but i would like to know!!! I want to be done with our last baby by the time i'm 30. Yes, i'm 28 in may so this next baby will come soon after and my life will be crazy until i'm 30 but i don't care. It's going to be 2 years of madness!!! And no i'm not close to 30 yet. I like to think that i'm pushing 28, not 30. That is 2 years and 2 months away. Gosh, i hate getting older, the thought makes me mad. I was just 17 the other day and graduated HS...and i still think that was a few years ago but it was 11 years ago. Dear lord-where does time go. I absolutely loved being 20-25. It's gone too fast and makes me mad. GRRR. Oh...what do you ladies think of these names. These are joe's top names he picks: Boston, Van, Colsen....
ok i'm not cool with any of those names. I like the name Ryder. It was set in my head and this poor baby thinks his name is ryder. He's going to be so confused. Joe originally wanted rocky..what do you think of that?! be honest....i'm beginning to think i should name this one and he can name the next....

Anyways, this week. I sold a lot of stuff on craigslist and got it out of my house. Youguys should try that. I'm WAY obsessed with ebay and that thing. It's so much fun plus i absolutely love to shop. What girl doesn't?! ..... Samantha is on her 6th day of antibiotics. She has a double ear infection and thrush. It's been a rough week of me holding her nonstop with her wining constantly. Besides that she had 2 more teeth break through gums this week. I'm glad the hell is all in one week and not over the course of the next month. Maybe god is doing this so she is sleeping through the night before this new baby comes. It's been rough...my arm had a rash from holding her so much. On top of that i have the most sensitive skin ever. Noone really knows how bad i have it. The water in iowa makes my skin flake and fall off. Most detergents i've been allergic too andmy skin is peeling off of my arms from folding laundry/etc. I was so focused this week on having the bedrooms perfect and organized that i have 4 loads of laundry to fold upstairs (i'm sorry-5 because one is in the dryer) and i'm sitting here blogging. LOL My priorities...i guess....

I pray this week goes better.

Oh, best part of my week besides the bedroom sets. We got the 2008 chrysler town and country totally decked out. The kids have dual dvd players, swivel seats, a table pops out of the floor, navigation, heated, you name it, we have it. For those of you know that me well, i'm pretty frugal. My first car i had for 7 years and yes my sister is still driving that lovely maroon honda civic. Then i bought that used jeep cherokee and have had that for 5 years and now i finally get my new car!! We are so excited, its the best family purchase we made besides our beautifulhome. Oh, we got our wooden blinds up today and it looks amazing..I can't wait to post some pics....

ok, off to play cards....i'll post sooner then later...let you know how sam is doing.....and catch up...hope someone out there gets excited over the little retarded things like i do.

Sunday-date night

Sunday was our date night before living in california for the past 5 weeks. Joe was there just under 6 months. Thank god that journey is over. I loved california but no place compares to home sweet home. It's 18 degrees here and that bites bad. We celebrated collin's bday today-he is 15. Aidan absolutely loves his older brothers. It was a fun day. A sinus infection feels so much worse with kids. My eyeballs have felt like they've been floating all day and the pressure around my face---and not to mention my nose running--plus sams nose running all day. I think i'm going to go on probiotics. Any mom's out there on these? My sister in law swears by it. I'm so sick of being sick and when my kids are sick too i'm nearly miserable.

We had date night tonight. We saw 10000 bc which was really good. I had no idea what was even playing because i'm so used to a kid movie playing now but it was really good. Go see it if you can.

Kids are starting to finally do better. I just pray they get better before i do. If samantha has any near the pain i do, my heart goes out to her. She is just the most precious little girl on the face of this earth. She has the best smile and personality--even when she is sick she is lovey dovey. I couldn't ask for anything more. She is just so joyful to be around. Aidan has been a complete sweetheart with her excluding the times he finds the need to parent her or discovers his toy in her hands. Other then that, they are great.

I'm exhausted and now have so much stuff to list on ebay it's ridiculous. I need to make room in my house for baby #3.

My life as a Mom

You know, it's kinda funny. All of my friends have been blogging. I read there daily lives and what they go through and i realize a blog is exactly what i need...even if it's to say it to this silly computer because Joe isn't around or it's to understand your children better. I realize by writing these things down and reading my friends blogs i can learn from what we are all doing as parents. Thanks Megan and Keri. You have totally encouraged me without knowing to do this.

Being a mom is so hard. Sleepless nights are tough. For some reason god blessed me with beautiful kids that do not like to sleep through the night from 0-12 months. Samantha just started sleeping through the night at 12 months and then the molers came. That was pretty brutal and nearly knocked me out cold for a week. I could barely get up in the mornings and barely keep my eyes open at 8pm. Joe had us move to california until his contract ended with his job. It was easy to adjust to pacific time yet coming back has been BRUTAL! My kids are going to bed at 9:45pm and waking up at 10am. Dear lord. The morning is great, by night time i'm beat and all i can think about is how bad my back really hurts from being preggo. I love my kids, they are my joy. Every day i can't believe how lucky i am to have the sweetest little girl in the entire universe and to have such a loveable boy who just loves to be loved. I absolutely love my life and wouldn't trade it for any of you other mommy's. I'm sure you all feel the same.

I'm really enjoying this 13 month old little girl. She exhausted me the first year but she has an amazing personality that you just cannot resist. She really does talk to me and conversate yet i have no idea what she is saying. She keeps smiles on everyone's faces here.

Anyhow, it's about my bedtime 11:45pm and i'm ebayed out. I hope my blog keeps you entertained as you will see my life with 3 under the age of 4. Yes, i think i'm crazy at times but i can't wait to be 30 years old, have 4 kids and be done. God, i cannot wait---i can wait on the age of 30 though. That can take it's time.