It looks like a toy store threw up in my living room. And it's making me twitchy.
Amelia's birthday toys are still out. All over the place. I've been using her toy basket to block off her escape route to the kitchen. I never thought I would be okay with riding toys in my living room. And now I have 2 in here. And so many toys that make noise! There should be better volume controls on these things. (Are you listening Fisher Price, Playskool, VTech?)
Jason has acquired an XBox 360. Apparently it was having RROD issues. So Jason brings it home, takes it apart, cleans it up, and there we go. But until it's back to where it needs to be performance wise, I have cords and controllers on his little side.
Poor Amelia had her 1 year check up today. 3 shots and a finger stick. And of course Jason has to close today. But he got up and went with us this morning. That really helps. I hate seeing them get shots and I don't handle it well at all. So Jason steps in and helps out on those days.
I can't wait for the girls pictures to be in next week. Now to figure out where to put them! We put pictures up all in the living room and now I think we're going to have to rearrange some. It's such a hard life having cute kids. There's never enough wall space.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
My baby is 1
I'm still not so sure how I feel about this...
Amelia is 1.
She's standing on her own.
She's trying to walk.
She's starting to talk.
I miss my baby. Not that I want to go through the middle of the night feedings and the complete helplessness again...
It's just that she's it. No more to follow. (At least that's the plan.)
Her party went off somewhat smoothly.
We had to invite the hoodlum kids next door. It's rude not to. But what pissed me off is when THEY started inviting people. To MY kid's party. And then when everyone left, they came back and asked for "candy bags." NO.
But Amelia did so good. Even though she missed part of her nap, she was happy and smiling. She had a blast with the smash cake. Until she rubbed icing in her eyes.
I've been so lucky. Every birthday party we've had has had fantastic weather. And yesterday, middle of February, we had 70 degree weather.
It was interesting having a party at my house though. Never done that. They're usually at Mom's. And of course, we still have the nasty green kitchen and bathroom paint (with the oh so lovely coordinating stripes in the kitchen), the torn up floor in the kitchen, the stained up bathroom floor, the rips in the carpet. But that's okay. Not like we caused that. They just haven't gotten around to ripping apart our house yet. And Jason got to show off his toys. So I know he loved that.
Amelia got some pretty good stuff. Push toys, riding toys, books, clothes, sunglasses...
I'm so excited so many people drove all the way out. We did miss our friends who weren't able to make it. But with so much crud going around, it's okay. We understand and would rather the crud stay there than migrate to us.
Amelia is 1.
She's standing on her own.
She's trying to walk.
She's starting to talk.
I miss my baby. Not that I want to go through the middle of the night feedings and the complete helplessness again...
It's just that she's it. No more to follow. (At least that's the plan.)
Her party went off somewhat smoothly.
We had to invite the hoodlum kids next door. It's rude not to. But what pissed me off is when THEY started inviting people. To MY kid's party. And then when everyone left, they came back and asked for "candy bags." NO.
But Amelia did so good. Even though she missed part of her nap, she was happy and smiling. She had a blast with the smash cake. Until she rubbed icing in her eyes.
I've been so lucky. Every birthday party we've had has had fantastic weather. And yesterday, middle of February, we had 70 degree weather.
It was interesting having a party at my house though. Never done that. They're usually at Mom's. And of course, we still have the nasty green kitchen and bathroom paint (with the oh so lovely coordinating stripes in the kitchen), the torn up floor in the kitchen, the stained up bathroom floor, the rips in the carpet. But that's okay. Not like we caused that. They just haven't gotten around to ripping apart our house yet. And Jason got to show off his toys. So I know he loved that.
Amelia got some pretty good stuff. Push toys, riding toys, books, clothes, sunglasses...
I'm so excited so many people drove all the way out. We did miss our friends who weren't able to make it. But with so much crud going around, it's okay. We understand and would rather the crud stay there than migrate to us.
Monday, February 14, 2011
I think he's lost his mind...
So Jason and I have had a somewhat rocky past. No denying that. So when he decided to start buying me gifts for Valentine's Day this year, he decided that he had lots of years he had to make up for. (His words.)
Our first year, he had to work so he brought home beer and take-out Applebee's because by the time he got off work Audrey was asleep.
The next, we were split up briefly. (So I went out to dinner with Jennifer!)
The next (last year), I really don't remember. Give me a break. It was 4 days before Amelia was born. And it had snowed. I had lots of other things on my mind. I do remember we spent part of the day with Rickey and Donnie. (Only because I have pictures of Jason, Audrey, and Rickey playing in the snow.)
This year I have ended up with:
Socks
Anti-stress wrap
White pearl necklace
Silver and marcasite necklace
...and a set of colored pearls. Necklace, bracelet, and earrings.
On top of just getting a new car, new tv, and a new dining room table (that will be delivered tomorrow!!).
I love him dearly. But he's lost his mind. I don't need all that! Especially since I didn't think we were really doing anything.
But what a guy. I'm not exactly complaining though. I know I'm damn lucky. And he told me he does NOT buy jewelry...
Our first year, he had to work so he brought home beer and take-out Applebee's because by the time he got off work Audrey was asleep.
The next, we were split up briefly. (So I went out to dinner with Jennifer!)
The next (last year), I really don't remember. Give me a break. It was 4 days before Amelia was born. And it had snowed. I had lots of other things on my mind. I do remember we spent part of the day with Rickey and Donnie. (Only because I have pictures of Jason, Audrey, and Rickey playing in the snow.)
This year I have ended up with:
Socks
Anti-stress wrap
White pearl necklace
Silver and marcasite necklace
...and a set of colored pearls. Necklace, bracelet, and earrings.
On top of just getting a new car, new tv, and a new dining room table (that will be delivered tomorrow!!).
I love him dearly. But he's lost his mind. I don't need all that! Especially since I didn't think we were really doing anything.
But what a guy. I'm not exactly complaining though. I know I'm damn lucky. And he told me he does NOT buy jewelry...
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Valentine's Day!
So I got my Valentine's Day presents early.
First off, it really surprised me. I wasn't expecting much of anything. Jason has to work. I just got a new car. We just got a new tv and accessories (I guess that's what you call it. I call it lots of crap with way too many remotes. 4 remotes are required to watch tv now.). We ordered a new dining room table. With all that, how can I really rightfully expect anything.
Second, Jason always told me "I don't buy jewelry." Please remember that for our anniversary/Mother's Day I got a diamond necklace.
Third, he went through the hassle of getting his friend to order one of my presents so I wouldn't find it. Which means he planned this out and put thought into it.
I got:
Spa socks with shea and peppermint
Anti-stress wrap with lavender and chamomile that can go in the microwave
Pearl necklace
Silver and marcasite heart necklace
And he "doesn't buy jewelry"... Just goes to show who's the important one...
Oh. And here's another shocking thing. He bought Audrey clothes! And they fit! (She's built like me so she's hard to buy for.)
Amelia got toys... Kind of hard to buy "special" gifts for a 1 year old. As long as they have lights and make noise, she's happy.
First off, it really surprised me. I wasn't expecting much of anything. Jason has to work. I just got a new car. We just got a new tv and accessories (I guess that's what you call it. I call it lots of crap with way too many remotes. 4 remotes are required to watch tv now.). We ordered a new dining room table. With all that, how can I really rightfully expect anything.
Second, Jason always told me "I don't buy jewelry." Please remember that for our anniversary/Mother's Day I got a diamond necklace.
Third, he went through the hassle of getting his friend to order one of my presents so I wouldn't find it. Which means he planned this out and put thought into it.
I got:
Spa socks with shea and peppermint
Anti-stress wrap with lavender and chamomile that can go in the microwave
Pearl necklace
Silver and marcasite heart necklace
And he "doesn't buy jewelry"... Just goes to show who's the important one...
Oh. And here's another shocking thing. He bought Audrey clothes! And they fit! (She's built like me so she's hard to buy for.)
Amelia got toys... Kind of hard to buy "special" gifts for a 1 year old. As long as they have lights and make noise, she's happy.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Playing Catch Up
So I'm really behind in all of this. I left off with Audrey starting school. Months ago.
Audrey started school. We had a love/hate relationship with it. But after months of it turning into me paying for 3 hours a day of baby-sitting, we're back to home schooling. They never went back to bump her up even though they said they were going to and that she was perfectly qualified to be in the upper class.
Amelia started crawling. Jason had me a birthday cake specially made. We were sitting in the floor eating it and Amelia acted like she wanted some. So I told her to come over and I'd give her a bite. Even at 6 months old, she knew there was nothing wrong with some chocolate. (I did give her a very tiny bite. Shhhh...)
September was pretty uneventful. I think. At least nothing that I can remember. I'll come back to it if I do.
October...
Audrey's birthday party. Wow. So year before we invited EVERYONE. No one showed up. So we decided to limit it to just a few kids that Audrey picked. And it pissed EVERYONE off. Do people have nothing better to do? It was a cute theme though. Olivia the Piglet. How can you not love Olivia? Justin and his girlfriend came out. Interesting. Audrey was paranoid for about a month after they left. And I'll leave it at that.
I got to upgrade my phone. This is a huge deal if you know the issues I've had with phones. Jason gave me his upgrade (yea Jason!) and he got me the Epic 4G. How long now and I still don't know how to use parts of it? But it's made life much easier on all of us. I'm especially loving the apps for kids and the free books.
My mom got some free tickets to the Gwinnett Gladiators. The girls and I headed down for a game. Amelia LOVED it. But so far we've discovered that she, and Audrey, love all sports.
Halloween was fun. We hung out the night before with some of Jason's family for chili and video games and letting Audrey and her cousin play. Halloween itself was spent at my parent's church for Trunk or Treat. Audrey was a ladybug ballerina and Amelia was Tigger. Face painting, hay rides, and Amanda and her boys came out.
For November...
We got to move. Jason's friends bought some properties and we got to move in to the townhouse. Jason's maintenance man. Not a bad place. 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, laundry room, huge kitchen/dining room. 1700+ sq. ft. The kitchen is painted a horrible green. With darker green stripes. And the tile in the kitchen has definitely seen better days (decades?). Eventually they'll get to that. At least it's just cosmetic and I can imagine it looking differently.
Thanksgiving came and went. Once again, we hung out at Jason's family's. Amelia ate her weight in Thanksgiving dinner.
Black Friday!! Mom came up and we went shopping. Shopping, shopping, shopping. And we were back home around 9 am. But I got pretty much everything done that day. Scored some major deals.
December was a long month. I thought it would never end.
Jason's dad died. I'm not sure it's still even really hit any of us. Poor Audrey though. Rickey was her buddy. And he was the first person I met out of Jason's family that accepted me from day 1. And that was probably July or August of 2007. Fantastic man. You really couldn't help but like him.
Met Jason's mother.
Audrey started reading on her own. Like books. With more words than pictures.
Christmas season was eventful.
We took all 3 kids to Jasper for the Berry Party. I love that family.
Christmas Eve was spent at Grandma Gloria's. Audrey and Amelia got those ever so precious Pillow Pets. Audrey's is the Lady Bug and Amelia's is a Bumble Bee. Amelia will not sleep unless she sleeps on it.
Christmas Day... Morning at home opening presents. Afternoon at Karla's opening presents. Night at my parent's opening presents. Audrey spent almost a week with them. It did snow Christmas Day. Pretty freakin' cool.
New Year's Eve we were old people and stayed home. I have no idea of what even happened. That's how uneventful it was.
January came. And it snowed. We had so much snow! We actually got snowed in for a bit. Thank goodness Jason has the Trooper.
That's pretty much all I can think of for January.
And now we're in February.
We've updated lots of stuff around the house. We finally have a tv that Jason's proud of and thrilled to have. And that we can watch "darker" shows on and be able to see what's going on. Jason put most of my pictures on the walls. We do still have to put the pictures up the stairs. But the living room and area before the kitchen is a good start. It's starting to really feel like home.
We sold the van. It went to a good family who really needs it.
I made a huge dent in the boxes that are stored in the dining room.
We bought me a Chrysler Pacifica Touring. This is a nicer car than I probably thought I'd ever have. It's used but is in great shape. Jason is so proud of it and to have me drive it. And that means so much. And it's also nice to know that he trusts me enough to let me have something like this. It really is such a cool car. And you can definitely see that Mercedes had a hand in it. Makes me dislike GM even more.
And now we're to today.
We're getting ready for Amelia's first birthday. Her party is on the 19th and it's Pooh themed. I'm a little sad. But I can't wait.
Audrey is getting signed up for real GA Pre-K. The school is fantastic. Literacy coaches and more. We're also putting her into spring soccer. Once school starts, she'll also be starting ballet. I'm so thankful she has Jason as an influence.
Hopefully I can remember how to do pictures on here and I'll just do a post of highlights from the past few months to go with this one.
Audrey started school. We had a love/hate relationship with it. But after months of it turning into me paying for 3 hours a day of baby-sitting, we're back to home schooling. They never went back to bump her up even though they said they were going to and that she was perfectly qualified to be in the upper class.
Amelia started crawling. Jason had me a birthday cake specially made. We were sitting in the floor eating it and Amelia acted like she wanted some. So I told her to come over and I'd give her a bite. Even at 6 months old, she knew there was nothing wrong with some chocolate. (I did give her a very tiny bite. Shhhh...)
September was pretty uneventful. I think. At least nothing that I can remember. I'll come back to it if I do.
October...
Audrey's birthday party. Wow. So year before we invited EVERYONE. No one showed up. So we decided to limit it to just a few kids that Audrey picked. And it pissed EVERYONE off. Do people have nothing better to do? It was a cute theme though. Olivia the Piglet. How can you not love Olivia? Justin and his girlfriend came out. Interesting. Audrey was paranoid for about a month after they left. And I'll leave it at that.
I got to upgrade my phone. This is a huge deal if you know the issues I've had with phones. Jason gave me his upgrade (yea Jason!) and he got me the Epic 4G. How long now and I still don't know how to use parts of it? But it's made life much easier on all of us. I'm especially loving the apps for kids and the free books.
My mom got some free tickets to the Gwinnett Gladiators. The girls and I headed down for a game. Amelia LOVED it. But so far we've discovered that she, and Audrey, love all sports.
Halloween was fun. We hung out the night before with some of Jason's family for chili and video games and letting Audrey and her cousin play. Halloween itself was spent at my parent's church for Trunk or Treat. Audrey was a ladybug ballerina and Amelia was Tigger. Face painting, hay rides, and Amanda and her boys came out.
For November...
We got to move. Jason's friends bought some properties and we got to move in to the townhouse. Jason's maintenance man. Not a bad place. 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, laundry room, huge kitchen/dining room. 1700+ sq. ft. The kitchen is painted a horrible green. With darker green stripes. And the tile in the kitchen has definitely seen better days (decades?). Eventually they'll get to that. At least it's just cosmetic and I can imagine it looking differently.
Thanksgiving came and went. Once again, we hung out at Jason's family's. Amelia ate her weight in Thanksgiving dinner.
Black Friday!! Mom came up and we went shopping. Shopping, shopping, shopping. And we were back home around 9 am. But I got pretty much everything done that day. Scored some major deals.
December was a long month. I thought it would never end.
Jason's dad died. I'm not sure it's still even really hit any of us. Poor Audrey though. Rickey was her buddy. And he was the first person I met out of Jason's family that accepted me from day 1. And that was probably July or August of 2007. Fantastic man. You really couldn't help but like him.
Met Jason's mother.
Audrey started reading on her own. Like books. With more words than pictures.
Christmas season was eventful.
We took all 3 kids to Jasper for the Berry Party. I love that family.
Christmas Eve was spent at Grandma Gloria's. Audrey and Amelia got those ever so precious Pillow Pets. Audrey's is the Lady Bug and Amelia's is a Bumble Bee. Amelia will not sleep unless she sleeps on it.
Christmas Day... Morning at home opening presents. Afternoon at Karla's opening presents. Night at my parent's opening presents. Audrey spent almost a week with them. It did snow Christmas Day. Pretty freakin' cool.
New Year's Eve we were old people and stayed home. I have no idea of what even happened. That's how uneventful it was.
January came. And it snowed. We had so much snow! We actually got snowed in for a bit. Thank goodness Jason has the Trooper.
That's pretty much all I can think of for January.
And now we're in February.
We've updated lots of stuff around the house. We finally have a tv that Jason's proud of and thrilled to have. And that we can watch "darker" shows on and be able to see what's going on. Jason put most of my pictures on the walls. We do still have to put the pictures up the stairs. But the living room and area before the kitchen is a good start. It's starting to really feel like home.
We sold the van. It went to a good family who really needs it.
I made a huge dent in the boxes that are stored in the dining room.
We bought me a Chrysler Pacifica Touring. This is a nicer car than I probably thought I'd ever have. It's used but is in great shape. Jason is so proud of it and to have me drive it. And that means so much. And it's also nice to know that he trusts me enough to let me have something like this. It really is such a cool car. And you can definitely see that Mercedes had a hand in it. Makes me dislike GM even more.
And now we're to today.
We're getting ready for Amelia's first birthday. Her party is on the 19th and it's Pooh themed. I'm a little sad. But I can't wait.
Audrey is getting signed up for real GA Pre-K. The school is fantastic. Literacy coaches and more. We're also putting her into spring soccer. Once school starts, she'll also be starting ballet. I'm so thankful she has Jason as an influence.
Hopefully I can remember how to do pictures on here and I'll just do a post of highlights from the past few months to go with this one.
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