Wheeewww!

So I am still needed! She didn't want to walk in alone. lol I took her in and she looked so tiny in her great big ole desk. She looked a little nervous or scared. I couldn't really tell which but she was sad I could tell. Its so hard watching your baby grow up. I am excited for her and all the new and exciting things she is going to get to experience and try. Just a little bittersweet. It was just she and I for so long. Just us girls. When I brought her home from the hospital I couldn't believe someone actually let me take this 5 lbs baby home. I really thought they had to be crazy! I screamed at my mom all the way home bc she was just driving crazy! Driving 20 in a 30 was just to fast! lol I thought my car seat was in right bc a cop installed it but it wasn't lol. I didn't know that yet. Just watching her grow up and being there for every minute! I feel so blessed that my mom helped support me back then so I could stay home with Caroline. She has turned into such a sweet, loving, SASSY, girl. I am so proud. Ok i am going to sign off and have a moment....lol

The rest of tuesday 12

11. I was just informed by my new kindergartener that she can walk herself in the door tomorrow bc she is a big girl. Granted I can pull up and watch her bc her door is right there so I can see her walk in but thats just way to much! She is way to mature now. Everyone else is going to walk in alone she said. Wow.

12. There will be tears tomorrow.

Tuesday 12

1. Caroline had a wonderful day. She loved her teacher and said he was so fun!! She can't wait to go back tomorrow! I am so glad that she has another great role male influence in her life besides Scotty and my father in law and my brother in laws. Someone that isn't family. He is great! 

2. I have major heartburn! Like nonstop all day heartburn and a dull headache. It really sucks. 

3. Tomorrow we are keeping baby Lincoln which should be fun as usual!! He is my friends baby and I love him like family. Being super cute doesn't hurt either!! :)

4. Its going to rain for the next 9 days! I am not sure what is up with this summer but its not like any other summer I can remember!

5. I am so excited that our family is expanding I always wanted to have a big family bc mine is so small so I am really excited about it getting so big and all these babies!!

6. I am really trying to be good about what I have been eating since I gained 100 lbs with Caroline and 65 with Hunter lol. I lost it all but it was HARD work! I definitely don't want to do that again!

7. Laundry..... lots of it.

8. Been reading a lot of good books! Just finished the Hedge Fund Wives which was great!

9. As you can see I am having a hard time focusing lol.

10. This is going to be a short 12 bc I just can't even focus! The pregnancy hormones have just made me a total dingbat!! 

My Big Girl.....

Today was Caroline's first day of school. She went in like an old pro! I am so glad we went to kindercamp bc she wasn't nervous and scared. She just said I am so tired! lol She isn't used to the early waking. I am just amazed at how much she has grown up. I am getting ready to sign her up for fall activities like tennis, horseback riding, and gymnastics. It seems like just yesterday she was going to her 1st day of MDO. 

Hunter is going to miss her so much!

So yesterday my other sister in law called me and she is pregnant too! lol We have almost the same due date and we have the same dr and are going to deliver in the same hospital lol! There will be 3 babies all born in a 5 month span in our family! How crazy!! I am excited for the kids to have such a big family and lots of kids their age!

I hope everyone has a good day!! I will post later after I hear about the first day!! :)

Relaxing weekend

We are having a pretty relaxing weekend. Last night we went and played 12 holes of golf. I scored a 54 on 9 holes so I was REALLY proud bc I just started playing again. The weather was perfect too! We watched 7 pounds last night. It was so slow the hubby konked out! lol Today I went grocery shopping with Hunter and I will not be doing that anymore. He ate his way through the whole store and screamed. It was bad. I had to laugh though! The hubby has been working on his outdoor back porch project all day. Tonight we are going to Bonefish Grill  and then to the movies. He is going golfing tomorrow and I am going to read and relax all day!! I can't wait! 

Next week is Caroline's first day of school. I am so excited for her bc her teacher is just so amazing. He is hilarious and totally laid back. His classroom isn't all cutesy like all the girls rooms but he really offers so much that I don't even care. This is exactly what she needed for her 1st year!! Hunter is going to be lonely! He starts MDO in September and I am going to be lonely! But he only goes 2 days a week so not that bad!

I have been obsessively taking pregnancy tests lol. My last dr said you can tell that your hcg is raising bc the tests get darker and darker. I was embarrassingly caught yesterday by a friend buying more. lol THis is it though. I swear! Hope everyone has a great weekend! I am going to chill with the fam!!

Preggers!

I made shirts today for the kids to wear to my inlaws. I will post pics. I have literally taken like 15 pregnancy tests. I can't stop. lol I begged the hubby at 10 to let me go get 1 so he could watch it too. He was like ummm thats dorky. But I got my way!!!

 

C had her kindergarten test today. Her teacher is AMAZING! He is not your typical teacher. He wears overalls and does everything a little different than most teachers do it. I love him! I am so excited for Caroline to have him!! Her first day is next week. I am so sad and excited to see her go! But she needs this!! Hunter will be so lonely!

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!!

I am........

PREGNANT!!!!!! Really early. Only 4 weeks but we are so excited I can't keep it in!!!! Pray for us to have a healthy baby! :) Thanks for all your guys support!!!!

What a day, what a day!

I am beat. I have had kind of a stressful night and I am ready to get in the bath and soak. Today was good though. hunter and I hung out and I got his little pool out. He loves water. he wouldn't get out. He is such a goofball. he is always doing cute stuff and goofy stuff. He is a constant source of humor! Today we found out who Caroline's new teacher is for kindergarten. I can't believe in a week she starts school full time. I am going to miss her! But her teacher is awesome! I requested him to the principal. The principal was mine when i was a kid and she is friends with my mom. My mother in law used to teach at Northfield so she knew Caroline's teacher and they are buddies so I am just feeling more reassured everyday! I am so glad we are at Siegel bc we have so many friends there and my mother in law knows like every teacher there so that makes it better! I am excited to be on the PTO and be her room mother!! She has her first slumber party tomorrow. I can't believe how grown up she is. 

My hubby came home tonight with a new lcd tv. He said it was for the back porch so I can watch football out there. How sweet. lol I was worried it would get stolen but its bolted to the house. We have a really busy weekend. Tomorrow I have the Duck Derby with Junior League. So if anyone wants to come we will be there working! Its to raise money for the Child Advocacy Center in Murfreesboro. There are going to be some great prizes and lots for the kiddos to do!! Buy your ducks here!! www.duckrace.com/murfreesboro  

Hope everyone has a great weekend! 

Groceries!

Are getting so expensive soon it will be a luxury to eat. lol I read that the average family of 4 spends 800 a month. I spend about 125 a week at the store. I go to Walmart and Kroger. I buy all my dry foods at walmart like breakfast bars etc. I buy all my veggies and meat at Kroger. That doesn't include paper towels and cleaning supplies. I used to buy lots of snack foods and cokes but I never buy chips anymore or cookies and stuff like that. If we have cookies I make them homemade and if I get chips they are baked. I get goldfish and pretzels but when my kids eat lunch they usually just eat a sandwich and fruit or yogurt. I really just buy dinner for 6 nights and then things like breakfast bars and fruit snacks. We eat pretty healthy for the most part. I just can't believe how much these things cost now! I have some people in a group I am in and they spend 50 or so a week at the store and I have no idea how they can eat off that! Thankfully there are all these online coupon websites and grocery store deals. I am not as savvy as some of my friends! ;)

I found this website. You can calculate your income and see how you would fare somewhere else. Pretty interesting.

Anyway. I am keeping my friends baby today. He is only a few weeks old! He is so cute and I am so excited to get to keep him! I will take some pics and post some later! He is a cutey!!! 

http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html

Tuesday 12

A little late but I didn't get to finish writing it.

1. I am making the best chocolate cake I think I ever had. And the crazy thing is, it has mayo in it. I got it out of Southern Living cookbook magazine I got. My mother in law is a really bad cook and she always puts mayo in her cakes. granted hers aren't ever homemade and are just box cakes plus mayo. YUCK!  I always tease my hubby about this. Well I will never admit that I just did but it was seriously the best. I made chocolate icing and it was the most amazing icing I have ever had. So amazing that I literally just ate a cup of solid icing. 

2. I am working on my sugar addiction. I wake up in the morning and drink my diet coke and some kind of fat free sugary candy and then I get sick. I do it everyday. I have to stop. Its bad. I get all shaky and want to pass out. Not a great way to start your day!

3. we are making a menu every week now so we can stick to our food budget. I love it. It makes my life so much easier! tonight we are having kabobs, grilled potatoes, and corn salad. Plus we are eating better minus the icing. Which I will just put out of site out of mind and pretend I didn't eat.

4. I can't believe Caroline is about to start kindergarten. It has gone by way to fast. I am so sad she will be gone. But its going to be great for her and I could already see changes in her shyness just from 3 weeks of summer camp. I am excited for her to make some new friends and learn all these new exciting things.

5. We put this really cute bookshelf in Hunters room. He loves it. I am already starting to plan his 2nd birthday. I like to plan in advance lol. He has been a huge snacker. He goes to the pantry everyday and says I wannasnack. And he does this about 10 times a day no joke!

6. I am obsessed with getting pregnant. I look at my chart everyday and there is no change lol. In a week or so I can take my 1st test. I know it might not happen this month and it could take a few months but the pressure is intense! lol Only bc I want it so bad and I don't want much more age gap between kids. Caroline is already 5 and a half and hunter is only a year and half. My hubby doesn't really get the whole ovulating thing and kinda thought every time this month I could get pg lol. Goofball! But I know it will happen soon so I am trying not to get antsy!

7. I really want to cut my hair. The hubby hates my hair short and said I am to young to cut my hair all short and get a "style". Its just so hot. And my head gets so sweaty!!

8. I want a new oven. Mine is a couple years old but i want a convection oven. I would love 2 so I can use both at once but no room for 2 lol. I just use mine so much its all worn out looking. 

9. I have been wondering all day when people tell you something over and over are they trying to convince you or themselves????

10. I hate to even go there but I know most of you know C dad is my x. I have to vent. Well just a little! The guy is such a disgusting looser! I have said it before but he has bounced so many checks to me and hasn't paid any of her health insurance or health bills. He has run out of gas with C in the car more than once! He has no home, no car, and really nothing going for him at all. He is 30 and is a loser now and so probably will always be a loser. his mom and dad are deadbeats so I expected him to be one too. And yes I know I heard from most of you what do you see in him he isn't even that cute! Well you were all right! So anyway. 

11. On that note, I really love my hubby. He is the best and he is such a good father and husband. I am really lucky. He improves everyday a little more. Training is going very well with him. ;)

12. I am off to start dinner and to NOT eat chocolate cake. Really. I won't eat any!!

In case you didn't know how babies were made.... read this post!!

Today we were sitting in Hunters room and Caroline said she wants me to have a baby soon. She said how long will it be. I told her it would be after her 6th bday. Out of curiosity I said how do babies get in my belly? Not that I would tell her bc she is so innocent I don't even go there yet. She told me that Daddy Scotty puts an egg in my brain in the scarf (scar) I have. Oh yeah I am actually asleep when the hubby puts the egg in my brain. Then it drifts down a tube in my head to stomach in the ocean. Then it swims around and it crawls out the scarf(scar) on my stomach. Wow. I am not quite sure where she came up with that one! lol But apparently we are doing it all wrong!!  

We are back!

I wish we were still there!! We had a great time at Lake Tansi. Its so relaxing there. We are going to take the kids in a few weeks. Our cabin was right on the water. It was so nice to be alone and have some time for us! I need some more! lol

I can't unglue myself from the Michael Jackson stuff. Its so sad. I cried so hard when his little girl spoke. I hope they can settle something soon for those kids so they can have some peace. 

Caroline starts school in like 2 weeks. I am getting so nervous about it. I have been dreaming about it. I am so used to her being here. :( I feel bad for her bc Hunter has been such a punk pinching her and hitting. And she is so sweet. She never says anything. Its pitiful. I am sure its bad to say but I almost want to tell her to pinch his little butt back! lol They love each other so much but he can definitely be a big ole pest!

Anyway I am going to do some laundry and watch Debbie Rowe on 20/20! Hope everyone is having a great week!!

Happy 4th!!

I hope everyone had a great 4th! We had a pretty good one. During the day the hubby and I got a lot done around the house. I seriously cooked all day. I made a flag cake, homemade mac & cheese, grilled potato salad, a corn salad, chocolate chip cookies, deviled eggs, and something else I can't even think bc I swear I am still tried! We went over to my in laws with the whole family and some friends that came also. It was a nice time. Unfortunately it rained though. We got to do some fireworks then it poured down! But we needed that rain really bad so I won't complain to much! 

I have been taking quite a few pictures the last few weeks and have some more sessions coming up. We are taking our trip just the 2 of us this week. I am really excited about that. We don't get to much alone time so I am definitely going to take advantage of that! We are officially trying to get pregnant now. I am getting anxious about it already. I already called my obgyn lol. I would hate to be a Dr of mine! She told me bc I was healthy, we have an very active personal life ;) and bc I was thin ( GOD love her! ) it should only take about 3 months on average. So now I am really stressing myself bc I know its going to jinx me bc she said that! The hubby is laughing at me bc i am taking like 6 different vitamins a day. I hope its soon though. I am really excited about it! So we will see! Baby dust my way please!!!!!

Yesterday Steve Mcnair was killed in Nashville. the hubby is so sad bc he was one of his favorites ever! Pray for his wife and small children that they can somehow find peace in all this mess! 

I am posting a pic of my flag cake. Its messy in the pic but hey I was cooking for 7 hours solid!! And my sweet kiddos who were being very sweet and loving on each other.

Cats to good homes!!!!

Any takers? I really think I might kill my cats. Almost every day this week they have brought me a bird half alive. I have take n 2 in and tried to save them. 1 of those birds I fed every 2hrs and it died. Last night they brought us 2 baby birds that have barely any feathers. Its really pissing me off. They are these little tiny birds and they suffer. I can't figure out to get my cats to stop. I read its supposed to be a gift but I don't want it! Its just so awful. If anyone has any ideas on how to get them to stop I will welcome any advice!!!

Yesterday the hubby and I went to eat at Longhorn. It was nice to meet for lunch like grownups lol. He is off tomorrow thru Wednesday. Lord help me! lol We are taking a little trip next week. I am excited for the alone time since we don't have very much of it. Well I am out of here! I hope everyone  has a great day!