Girly Things

Today JJ and I had a date. I realized that when Diva came into our lives he and I haven’t really had alot of mommy/son time. So we went to see a movie “Racing stripes” (very cute, funny good for all ages) after church this morning. I told him he gets this special day because he is such a caring and considerate brother…and let me tell you he is.

Oh and Diva got her first real pair of tennis shoes PINK OF COURSE! She LOVES the shoe store, picks out pretty shoes and brings them to me.

And yes my children caused more comotion at church this morning than last week. She went up for childrens story with brother and was sitting on the teachers lap when her shoe fell off and JJ was making drama “oh NO her shoe fell off, her shoe fell off….didnt you hear me her shoe fell off!!!!! Right in the middle of the story…needless to say she didn’t finish because her shoe fell off! I wanted to die at that moment. Shes really sweet and made sure after church that Diva will be up for story allways. Then of course the Pastor made a big toodoo over it and all eyes were looking at THEIR MOTHER!

Anyway, I sure wish Chris could have been there….he would of enjoyed it. Oh and Honey….your gonna miss the potluck this month…..how’s that make you feel
Seven more days till Super Bowl….GO PATRIOTS!!!!!

Love to all.

Good night

I am happy to anounce that Chris and I are celabrating 10 wonderful years of wedded bliss this September. We have discussed how we would spend it but are arguing NOT with each other but with OURSELVES as to how we celebrate.

Of course our romantic sides say go to Hawaii or Mexico and enjoy each other have a “romantic” vacation………

then the fact that chris is gone so much and he misses the kids…..

then the mommy factor…..i cant leave my kids for any period of time without missing the holy &*^% out of them…

what do we do???

does anyone have a sugestion for us?????

10 years in my mind is BIG!!! needs to be celebrated….especially after ALL that he and I have been thru…..

but somehow….KIDS…seem to wiggle their way into your hearts and lives…..and we have to consider them in your time…..

We have a almost 7 year old (when the time is here) and 18 month old…..

what is a good vacation for us with two kids or do we leave them….

HELP!!!!!!

what would you do in your lives on a BIG anniversary?

let us know…we are totally struggling with this.
neither one of us really want to leave the kids….but we understand the need for our marriage as well……

here we are on last years “family vacation”…..please just tell me any advice you could possibly have……

Here we are another sad Sunday…Daddy is gone at work for two weeks. We had a wonderful week, He got to play “Mr Mom” since I was at work every day. I will have to tell you that he is nothing like the song (pampers melt in a maytag dryer) you know the one by Lonestar. He actually does great. Fixes breakfast and when I came home from work, dinner was cooked and waiting. Diva barely got dressed all week, for some reason he likes to just leave her in her footie jammies….I think its because hes afraid of buttons and such and that quick zipper is easier (she’s really quick to escape I will admit). JJ got his “spend time” which of course means that he and Daddy sat in front of the tv playing video games (whatever, I give up) and we also did some other fun family time like watching some “more grown up” movies with JJ, it’s great that family nights don’t just have to be cartoons anymore and we found out JJ can eat an ENTIRE bag of microwave popcorn by himself!

Then we all went to church this morning (Mimi and Poppa came too). Diva dressed in her Sunday best
She likes to escape our row and go sit with other people in the congregation….of course they let her. With one lady today she went to give her her “baby” (I mean Beloved baby you know the one she has to cary around all the time the one Nanny gave her when she was born the one that she delights in carrying around, barely lets out of her site…..) maybe she thought she was lonely, then when the lady brought it back she snuck under everyones legs to go give it back to her. Then she saw her favorite “Barbara” (absolute Gramma type) and went running to the back of the church where she never came back from…..then she was delivered safely back to my arms after the sermon. Thankfully this is a small church and we know everyone there or it could be kindof scary. Of course another big part of the day was that JJ stayed up for the sermon today instead of going downstairs to the playroom (no easy feat for me since thats the only reason he likes church) but he made it thru and he will do better each week we hope.

Hope everyone is well, I will write more again soon.

Okay, Diva is a year old. We are starting to seriously feel the financial strain of losing 1 income of a normally 2 income family. I feel very blessed that I have been able to be home for my baby’s first year of life and also JJ’s VERY important first year of school. With JJ I went back to work when he was six weeks old, therefore leaving someone else to enjoy his first days in this world. Thankfully then it was a friend I trusted so it was okay…..thankfully now, Its a friend I love dearly. I was called last month to fill in for a while in my old position at Alaska USA….this I believe was an answer to my prayers last month as we were struggling financially. (”Thank you God”, he allways answers our prayers). So here I am, Diva turns 1 and I go back to work. I have worked since fall but never to interfere with JJ’s school schedule and usually a “Mimi” or “Grandma” to watch the girl.
Here Diva at my friends house, and she has a boy, Isaiah, who is two months younger than her. They love each other, but from what I understand compete for her attention….(shes weird, she likes “kids all around her”;) If one wants up the other wants up….if one wants down……well you get it….and add the challenge of feeding two with only one high chair…..don’t know how she does it.

So I have been working 40 hours a week, but its been nice, I missed my old posision and friends from my work. I have negotiated not going in until after I drop JJ off at kindergarten, which is super cool. Poppa was layed off this month and he has been picking JJ up at school. I think he really enjoys it, since he was so busy when Derek and I were kids and didn’t do the school thing. He talked tonight just about observations of elementry school, you know like how the teachers, looked and that he’s become familiar with them…of course all the school knows poppa now, because JJ screams “POPPA!!!!” when he sees he’s there to pick him up, and they recognize my voice when I call to tell them Poppa is picking him up.. . This school is so awsome I absolutly love it! To me this is the kind of town that I love, small, so people know you, you know other parents of kids your kids’ age, and the school is small enough that staff and other parents know you. Who would of thought leaving the TINY Wishkah Valley (which felt like the tinest corner of the world) that we would move to a town just as “tight”. I love the small town thing. I could never be happy in a big city. here is a pic of my handsome boy…

So you can fully understand that I am so glad to be reunited with them when I get done from work….

Oh and by the way, what kind of daycare situation have you ever heard of that has a Latte’ and toast with peanut butter ready for you when you drop of the kid??? I have a one in a million…Thanks Jen….love you!