Updates on life

Some updates on what's going on with family.  My little boy is now potty trained...


ALL day long.  It's been weeks now and just tiny little oh oh's but for the last week for sure there has been NO accidents at all.  I do still put a diaper on at night and he has NOT been dry at night but he's is only 2 1/2 so that's to be expected.

 My oldest son is still at driving camp and this is his last week.

 I really miss him, I didn't get to see him this last weekend :( So it will be two weeks straight...I have never been without him this long...EVER before and it's driving me nuts that he's not a texter (he is deaf so it's his only form of communication). 


He will text me a few times in the night sometimes not at all!  And that is so a huge sign that he is ready to be independent and its sad :(



My daughter was here last night with her friend and they went to visit her aunt (my sister) I'm glad that she can go there and have fun with them because it's better then spending time with the wrong friends ya know. They play cards and just have fun.  Speaking of having fun...we bought this new game called rummikub and is it ever fun!



Cory and I played two games last night after Nick went to bed.  We had fun...and it's even fun with two players.

Weight watchers is going to be on Friday this week because were leaving for vacation on Fri (same day we pick up our son from camp) we are heading to door county for some fun.  We got a condo over there through our MIL.  Can't wait to see it...they are usually pretty nice.  Now we just have to find someone to house sit for us..I'm hoping my sister will but she doesn't want to do it alone.  She lives in an apt building and it's ok living alone there since there are inside entrances...staying out here in the middle of no where is not on her agenda.


 She says..."you have bears out there!"  Well, ya but our little ol black bears are not going to hurt ya! Plus she had a bear at her house too, right in town! lol That's different tho. 

Well, thats about it for now, I hope everyone is doing well today :)

Never run out of bird seed!

And this is why I will never run out of bird seed.

Isn't this just the cutest thing you can witness! The only other thing better to witness in the wild would be a fawn nursing!~ lol
This mommy was just SO gentle about placing the food in her baby's mouth after finding just the right food, I was just in aww and quietly walked to grab my camera...they stood there eating for about 10 min this morning...it was just awesome watching it. 










Ok Diet wise...well my online BFF and I have decided to have a perfect day today (well as perfect as we can anyhow) and so far I am doing really well. I had an egg with toast this morning and not sure what lunch will be but it's going to be something healthy...will post what that is later today.  I think dinner tonight is going to be chili,cheese,sourcream chicken (MY FAV) and then popcorn for a snack with a diet coke. 

Other then that..not much going on today really...very happy to have Cory back home now. I finally slept really well!  I always wake up in the middle of the night when I'm alone here.  Will be back later to update :)

Here is a left over video of Miss Jenna trying to tell me something VERY important!  She was just so talkative that day :) It was so fun having a baby here for a few hours again.  AND I got to give her back :) This is a VERY short video because I pressed the WRONG button!  I was so mad cuz shegot so much more talkative and I missed it. It thought I was recording when i had actually stopped it. 

A rant~!

It's so weird not being able to call my niece now, they are all moved into their new house and she has no phone or internet right now until the 8th.

  She cant' even check out the new pics and video I have posted yet lol.  Today seems so quiet without Brady and Jenna here.  It's just Nick and I and I'm about to start shampooing my carpet. I was going to do it last night but instead we went to see the fireworks but I was so ticked off about them.  Here is what happened:



 First, Nick and I are on our way home from visiting my niece (it's around 8pm) and we were going to go home first and then go watch the fire works (supposedly the best in the state) the traffic was crazy on the way home...about a mile and 1/2 before my exit we are a complete stop! It took 1/2 hour just to get off the exit and onto my road for home! We go let the dogs out change Nick and off we went.  I realize that I am almost OUT of gas so I thought ok I will stop and get gas and wash my windshield since we watch them from the van.  CAN'T get to my freaking gas station!  The cops would not let me turn onto the ONLY way left (all other roads are blocked off) to the gas station (our freaking town was jam packed and it's a very small town) Thousands of people showed up for the "best fire works in the state" Well, that's fine and dandy but let me get some GAS so I don't run out with my baby and have to walk home~!  I finally just stayed in the turn lane and the cops came over (after waving me furiously on..I didn't budge lol)  And said MAAM do you not see me waving you to the high way.  umm..ya but I don't want to go on the highway I want to get some GAS.  I told him I am on empty and need to get gas so I can get my baby home~! he says "do you live here?" I say "ya" so he finally let me through.  GEEZ ok so after trying to find my way through ALL the parked cars in the gas station parking lot I finally got my gas!  THEN,we got there (to our spot)  at 9pm  (it was dark) usually they start right about then. We got a terrific spot and realize OH crap...forgot to wash my windshield! Oh well we will have to live! so we waited...and waited...and waited...and waited.  It's now 10pm (really dark now)  and so I thought, ok we will wait 15 more min and then there were some low ones but nothing great at all.  Five more min pass and there were a few more low ones with some booms.  Then nothing,  Nick is getting very impatient so I decide...screw it were going home...maybe that was it..I did hear that they were going to be very low this year because the neighbors are complaining that there were sparks all over their yards.  So at 10:30 we leave...by now Nick is asking to go home.  As we were almost home they STARTED!  I could see them ok from our road so we pulled over on our road and watched most of them.  THEY WERE GOOD!~ I was so ticked that I lost our perfect spot!  Ya know when the paper says they will start at dusk...START THEM AT DUSK! GRRR  Kids can not wait for hours!~  There were already lines of cars at 8pm already.  And here I thought we were going to be late because we got there at 9pm!~  Ok rant done! lol

Anyway, diet is going very well today again...nick and I are just hanging out and cleaning today until daddy gets home.  We miss him a lot! 

Only Jenna and I now

The boys are sleeping (they both went down really well...Brady did better then Nick actually cuz grandma was here so Nick wanted grandma, so he did cry for like a min) and it's time to enjoy Jenna now.  She woke up just a while ago and I got some pics.  She was just smiling away at me but I by the time I snapped the pic she was almost DONE!  I'm to SLOW~!  Anyway, weight watchers today:  It went ok...didn't lose anything but I didn't gain. In reality I think I would have gained last week when we missed and this week I would have lost it again so I guess I did lose something this week but it just doesn't show it on my WW passport.  I have another good video that I will post later but right now I am going to play with the baby :) If you did not see the last couple entries..check them out...got lots of pics. Ok Jenna is being so good I thought I would add the pics and video right now quick.

While changing Jenna the boys made off to the bathroom and decided to wash their well...everything!  lol Here is a pic of Brady after Nick soaped him up a bit. He got most of it off by the time I got there tho...




Next, Brady is throwing things and Nick didn't like that lol.









And here's Jenna:









Lunch time:



After lunch activity:

Ok, I did it! (figured out how to add movies) I'm so excited that I figured that out for myself :)  Hubby will be so happy that I don't have to bother him with it!  I am adding pics here and the movie should be last.

Here is the purple people eater: 


Here is Brady chasing what you ask??



Nick with the ball that's what! lol







And here is the cat very annoyed by the boys as you can see. 


Trying to download a movie..first time I'v tried this myself so we will see if it works.  Usually I have hubby do it :)The kids have been so funny today.  Time is actually going by really fast because they have been a blast to just sit and watch lol.  The baby is STILL sleeping..I held her to feed here and that was it!  She has been just snoozing through all the screaming and yelling from the boys.  I hope the video works so you can hear brady laugh. He's got such a cute laugh.  There are also more pics from the day too below.

Babysitting day today.

I'm babysitting two of my nieces kids and were having fun :)  The baby is sleeping...she fell asleep right after she ate.  She only ate 2 oz and then she started dozing off.  Not much wakes her either...the boys are screaming and it doesn't faze her at all! lol  She's so cute!  I will take pics of her when she wakes up.  I HOPE she wakes up while I have her! Nick is cracking Brady up because grandma gave him a purple people eater singing stuffed animal and Nick was dancing to it and Brady could not stop laughing.  It was cute.  I'm trying to snap pictures but there moving around so darn much! lol  They are getting their exercise that's for sure!  They are now running around my tile island.  Here are some pics so far. I have to download the purple people eater pics yet and will post them in a bit.

When Brady first got here it was funny..he got out of the car ok but then when we got in the house he just started CRYING!!  I'm thinking OH no he wants grandma and mommy...he looked around the house and cryed a bit more...I'm trying to get Jenna her food cuz she's crying and wanting fed...so I picked up Brady and asked him if he wanted to go back home by mommy and grandma and he says "no" in his tiny little voice.  I asked do you want to stay here and play with Nick.  He says YA and then he got down and has been fine ever since.  It was a funny little cry...not "real" but just a "where the heck is my grandma and mommy" cuz I"m usually with them not here by myself! lol  But he's been smiles ever since.  THis pic is when he first got here and he's testing the waters yet and being shy.



5 MIN LATER: He gets in the action now



Here he's cracking up at Nick cuz he's got the Purple people eater doll and dancing to it. What a cutie huh?!





Nick wants to kiss Brady: 

Good Morning!

Good Morning everyone! Here is a little of what I got to witness when I woke up this morning. Isn't he beautiful!


 I have just had a terrific last few days and my diet (for once) is going right on.  That A-ha moment has really got me on the right track...I hope it last and I continue to feel motivated and energized.  I cleaned the whole basement last night and did dishes, laundry, and cleaned up around upstairs.  My back had been hurting so I wasn't able to clean as much as normal and yesterday was the first day it didn't hurt real bad.  Every day it gets a little better.  So I got lots of exercise running up and down the stairs (made sure I took one thing up at a time) with things that needed to go up.  And I got my house cleaned up at the same time :)  Although my knee is still bothering me but I'm sure that after some of this weight comes off it will feel a lot better.  Anyone else have knee problems as an overweight person and then it got better as you lost??  I sure hope it gets better otherwise it's off to the doctor.  My knee has hurt before and then it did improve with time.
Well, today hubby leaves for two days so I hope my daughter takes me up on my begging and stays here with me while he's gone. I figured it would be a good chance to just get to talk and catch up too.  She's not sure yet what days she has to work.  I don't want her to have to drive back and forth when she can't afford the gas money.

 Although it may be worth giving her some money for gas...i hate staying out here alone at night. Every little noise freaks me out!  I'm glad that I have the inlaws next door!  Even tho they are not real close...they are close enough to run over within a min if I need them too.  I'm going to go for now and get a chapter of Harry Potter in.


 I'm reading the first book and I love it!  I didn't read them before because I can't stand to wait for new books! lol  Just like Series. Hate watching them until the whole season is out so I can get them all at once.  Will be back on later to update :)

Here is a little picture from last night.

Kitty's

Well, we had visitors last night...my daughter and her two kitties.  Her and her boyfriend are staying with his sister until they find a place and they couldn't keep the kitties there anymore so they had to stay here last night and today she took them to a friends aunts house for a while.  It was nice of her to take them for Alex. I can't afford to take them in long term seeing that they were not at the vets yet and I know they have ear mites. I don't want that spread around to my animals.  They are all heathy right now and I like it that way!  Anyway, here are some pics...and Kallie, Alex said you can have one and maybe both if your interested in two?!  lol  So check out the pics and let me know if your still interested ok. 





I would take this one (below) if I could...she loved me and was just purrring away!  The other is a he and he's really nice too but I just bonded with the white one and white is my fav color kitty!








Here is Max all sad because he had to go outdoors while kitties were in here.  They were scared to death of him.





Here he is lounging out...Is he spoiled or what?!