What are you???

I was over at Jenn's blog yesterday (My Kids Are My World) and found this really cute survey! :)

I'm glad I'm Christmas, becasuse after all that is my most favorite holiday! :) I've always loved Christmas and been so excited about it coming. Every year I think I just get mor and more excited. It is hard for me to fall asleep on Christmas Eve, and once I do fall asleep I'm awake a bunch of times checking the time. And in the morning I have to find all my strength to keep myself from getting up and waking the kids up. It's hard for me to just lay there waiting for them to get up and come get us. :)

This is great you should try it out too! :)

You Are Christmas

More than most people, you are able to find magic in life's small moments. Traditions mean a lot to you, and you tend to be quite nostalgic. You are a giving, kind person who really understands the true meaning of holidays. You inspire others to be as altruistic and caring as you are. What makes you celebrate: Tradition and a generous spirit At holiday get togethers, you do best as: The storyteller. You like to recount memories with everyone. On a holiday, you're the one most likely to: Give a gift to everyone you know

What Holiday Are You?

Baby Daddy...

Hi!! I stole this meme from Jenn at My Kids are My World. :) I thought it was perfect since Trevor's birthday was just yesterday!! It is a meme all about your first born! :) How lovely!



If you want you can go check out Jenn's baby meme, and while you are there you can check out her HOT new ESTY store!! :) It is awesome!! This is the same wonderful friend of mine that made my children those beautiful signs with their names on them, and also made me a beautiful kitchen set of pot holder, trivets, dish clothes and hand towel. She is very talented and crafty!!



Jenn's ESTY store is Purple Elephant Creations



So with out further ado... here is my baby meme:



1. Were you married at the time? nope. but it was okay with my and Bryan. We planned Trevor. It took a long time to get pregnant with him and at that time having a baby was our priority. We had a really great relationship and were together for while. :)

2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? I couldn't believe it!! I was so happy and in shock and so excited!! I looked at the pregnancy test at least 5 times and compared it to the box to make sure I was reading it right. I was over joyed!! I told Bryan while he was in the middle of watching the Super Bowl! :)


3. How old were you? 23 when I got pregnant and 24 when I had Trevor.

4. How did you find out you were pregnant? We had been trying for a long time, finally I went to the doctor and told them. They did some tests and put me on fertility medication and then the third month I was on them I got pregnant!! Pretty much I every month since we started trying I took at least one pregnancy test, they were all false, till that wonderful day!! :)


5. Who did you tell first? Bryan and then we told my mom and dad, and my sister-in-law was there. Then we called other family members!

6. Did you want to find out the sex? yes! Anyone that knows me knows that I cannot wait for surprises!! :)

7. Due date? October 4th

8. Did you deliver early or late? Five days early! He also measured 5 days bigger in sonograms than I was pregnant. His birthday is September 29th

9. Did you have morning sickness? OMG! Yes I sure did. And some times I even had afternoon and evening sickness. lol

10. What did you crave? ICE!! I wanted to drink drink and drink some more and I always wanted ICE!! BK has the best ice around where I live, the girls from work always let me pick where we went for lunch since I was pregnant most days we went to BK but I also mixed it up some b/c I didn't crave BK at all... ugh. I didn't eat very much b/c I always got so full so fast.

11. Who irritated you the most? people that would try to touch me that didn't know me at all. I worked in a dental office and everyone tried to touch me. (now it wouldn't bother me as much... b/c I understand the desire to touch pregnant bellies, but still... gosh!! )

12. What was your first child's sex? Boy!

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? Only 29 lbs.

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope. Nothing that wasn't normal, even if it made me nervous as a first time mom!

15. Where did you give birth? In the back of the truck on the way to the hospital. JK. I did have my water break in the car on the way to the hospital though. BUT thank goodness I made it to the hospital. I gave birth in Orange Regional Medical Center, NY

16. How many hours were you in labor? Hmmm... that is a good question. My water broke some where around 11:20 PM and I had Trevor at 7:10 AM. I had contractions for about an hour before my water broke... but some count labor starting when your water breaks.

17. Who drove you to the hospital? Bryan did, and very, VERY fast I might add. :) My parents followed us there.

18.Who watched? Let's not discuss this... it is a VERY touchy subject for me. But I guess I'll let you know who was there that I WANTED there... my mom and Bryan.

19. Was it vaginal or c-section? vaginal (thank God. I'm a wimp. I could NOT have handled a c-section!!)

20. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? sure as hell did. I had horrible back labor... but if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't take anything. As a matter of fact with the girls I didn't have anything. :)

21. How much did your child weigh? 8 lbs 6 oz & 21 inches long

22. What did you name him/her? Trevor Griffin

23. How old is your first born today? He just turned 5 on Monday!

Goodie Goodie Gumdrops!!

so my lovely blogging buddy Jenn over at My Kids Are My World... left me a comment to go check out her craft blog... My Beautiful Creations and they are really all beautiful and this lady is so talented!! :) Wait till you go over there and check out here site!! She is awesome, well for many reasons she is awesome, but one of them is how talented she is. :)

When you get over there you are going to see these AMAZING, totally cool, BEAUTIFUL, hand~crafted, ORIGINAL, neat, signs!!

AND....

guess what??? I'll tell ya...

Jenn MADE them!!!

AND she made them for... MY KIDS!!! Isn't she the BEST???

Yeah, I think she is too!! :)

thanks again Jenn for the great signs!! I know the kids will LOVE them too!! I can't wait to see what they think of them... I'm going go take pictures of them when I give them to them so you can see how happy they will be. :)

PS... Jenn I stole the pics off your blog... hope that is okay... but I really wanted to show them off... I LOVE them!! :P thanks again.

FREE CRAFTS!!!

Jenn my sister from another mother & father and state also... well not always...but anyway... my lovely and EXTREMELY talented friend Jenn is having a give away on her blog!!! You can click HERE or her name or the word "blog" to go to check it out.\

She is very crafty and talented at many things. She can make beautiful blankets that are just stunning and she can also paint very beautifully as well. She is HOTT with the dremel tool or whatever it is she uses to make her awesome signs with. You just have to go check her out. ;)

Plus besides all this you are going to just love her blog and her kids and her cats and her entire family... once you are there you will be hooked!! And watch out because she does fish... she might just getcha!! ;)

xoxoxox

Whirlwind Weekend!!

For sure!! We had one hell of a weekend!! ugh! I'm so tired but since I haven't posted here for a while I wanted to post about our weekend... also b/c I want to make sure I keep track of all this... I want to try to make a book for the kids about our summer adventures... like a real book with pictures and a story!! Maybe I will make a few about the different things we did... I'm not sure yet... it is just a raw idea still... but anyway... if I blog about it all then I will have some place to come reference when my mind bails out on me and leaves me to fend for myself.

So it all started with Thursday night I went over to my parents house again to visit with my mom and make sure she was feeling well... I was still concerned... and honestly still am. I have called her a few times every day just to check on her... she sounds okay, well actually she didn't sound good at all for a few days b/c she had NO voice... it is just coming back today... thank God... but she said she was feeling okay. I can tell by seeing her that she is a little bit sore... which I hate!! I want her to just be GREAT...but I know that is totally unrealistic... so anyway... I will deal with that since she is up and moving and feeling, I guess, the best that can be expected right now. She is even going into work tomorrow... driving herself... which means no pain meds... so I really hope she is okay. I told her I would drive her and pick her up... but she said she will be okay. I hope so. I can always go to get her if she doesn't feel well and would like to come home and doesn't feel like driving. :) So yeah... I'm still concerned and worried about how she is feeling... but I think that is normal. :)

Then Friday Bryan was home... so that was nice... we don't usually get any extra days with him being off... sometimes he will just work on the holiday just b/c things usually don't happen till later at night.. parties and stuff... but this one he actually stayed home. yay! He even cooked us all breakfast... eggs, sausage and toast!! Whatta good hubby and daddy!! :)

Then I went over to my parents house again to visit and see how my mom was doing... and just check in on everyone... my dad had gotten hit in the face last weekend while trying to fix a strut, he got hit pretty hard, it bruised up his face, and lip and cut him pretty good on his cheek bone... ugh... I was still worrying about him too...

Then I came home and Bryan took a nap... while the kids were napping too... so while that was going on... I got everything packed up for our first Fourth of July party this weekend!! I had to get the kids outfits ready for what they were going to wear there... the girls had new dresses that were sooo cute and Trevor had a new shirt... they all looked so cute in their red, white and blue... BUT I don't think I got any pictures!! DAMMIT!! I will have to dress them all in them again and get some... maybe this week... I can bribe them with candy... they are NOT too fond of pictures lately...ugh!! Oh well... anyway... so I got things ready... and then got the kids up and got them dressed then got Bryan up and we went to the grocery store first to pick up some soda for the party... which WOW the store was packed... it wasn't as bad as my last grocery store experience... which I still have to blog about... that one... well that one will have you peeing in your pants and totally agreeing w/ me about how horrible it is to grocery shop sometimes. lol
**(I promise to post about that grocery store trip this week!! It is good!!)**

Anyway... then we were off the the campground where all the local firemen camp... it is actually the fire departments campground... it is a good deal... $40 a month for a campsite with sewer, electric, cable, water, and I'm not sure what else... but it is fun to go and hang out... Bryan's mom has a camper that she leaves there all summer! Anyway.. the party was okay. Lauren and Brooke HATE fireworks!! They are scared to death of them... Lauren plugs her ears the ENTIRE time... and won't really look at them too much... and Brooke had a DEATH grip on me... which she tightened up every time a firework was set off... poor babies... I hope next year they enjoy them! But we'll see.

We went to the campsite after the fireworks and sat around the campfire for a little while then we packed up some very tired and cranky kiddos... they went from being GREAT to cranky pretty quickly... it was time to go. :)

Came home and threw all of them in bed... dirty feet and all. :)

Got up the next morning and started getting everything ready all over again for another Fourth of July party... this time it was at Bryan's Aunt's house... so I had to bring swimming stuff and extra clothes and the works so there was even more packing involved... and when I pack to go some where for an extended period of time... I pack like we are going on a weekend vacation. lol I have to bring extra clothes for all three kids... and then I need to bring warmer clothes for them for it gets chilly or if they are cold from swimming, and towels and extra clothes for Bryan and I and all this... so there is a LOT of clothes... but you know what... I'm ALWAYS prepared!! ALWAYS!!! :) lol Bryan keeps threatening to just put a dresser in the back of the truck... which seriously would make my life a LOT easier!! :) lol

So we made some zitti with sausage in it... which was YUMMY and off we went... our entire wardrobe change and all!! lol

WE had a great time and got to see some more fireworks... in which the girls didn't enjoy too much again...but I'm really hoping by next year they will be good with them... we'll see. I also want to go to Disney before then... which probably won't happen... but if it does then they will see the fireworks there so maybe they will like them. :) who knows... okay back to the whirlwind weekend...

We didn't leave there until about 11:30 or so at which point I decided that I was definitely going to take the kids and go with Bryan in the morning to a water park... he was going to be down hill mountain biking with Chris... so Heather and I decided to take the kiddos to the water park which is at the same place!! :) yay!! WE SURVIVED!! lol It wasn't too bad... Trevor and Nick were EXCELLENT... they played great together and had a blast... they even listened really well... Lauren was GOOD too! She had a lot of fun!! Brooke was beat... she was so tired and cranky and GLUED to me all day... she had fun at some points but she also cried quite a bit and wasn't too happy... but they all had such a long weekend... that maybe it wasn't the best idea but it worked... and we had a good time! :) All of us... the boys did good riding Bryan crashed once at the end of the day... his last run... but I think it was b/c he was tired out from doing it all day long... but I'm not sure. Thankfully he was okay... he had on all his protective gear... we just need to get him a chest and back protector! :)

And, we stopped for ice cream on the way home at the DQ so that was nice!! :) OH... duh and some where in there we went to Burger King for breakfast before getting to the park and then we went to this great pizza place for lunch and then went back to the park after... for about another hour or so... it was nice. :) I'm sooo tired though from the weekend... and I know I have a busy week ahead of me with cleaning and packing the camper and also catching up on laundry... we have a lot from the weekend and all... and also Lauren and Brooke have been having bed wetting accidents... which I think is b/c they are just so tired when they get into bed... they are sleeping so soundly that they just have no control of wetting... b/c they were doing really good with it... I think we just have to get back on our regular bedtime schedule or at least try, it is hard in the summer... but we are going to work on something... and then they should be okay... neither one of them wants to wear a diaper or pull up to bed... they look at is as punishment... so I don't want to do that... and I don't want to hype up the diaper and pull-up as being sooo cool and fun... so they will wear it... b/c I don't want them to want to wear it all the time again... Brooke was potty trained for a while and did NOT want to wear undies... she only wanted to wear pull-up. Thankfully we have gotten passed that. They have NOT worn one single pull-up or diaper since Father's Day!! :) yay!! yippee!! But, we might need to just at night time. If anyone has any btdt advice or just any suggestions or thoughts on this at all please feel free to comment about it... I'd love any and all input I can get.

Oh so anyway... I went off there about bed wetting and forgot what I was typing about originally. :) duH!! I know I have a lot of laundry and house cleaning this week and also getting the camper cleaned and packed and shopping for while we are away... I want to try to eat as many meals as we can at the campsite not the park... that gets way to expensive for 5 people... plus since my parents are going I'd like to treat them a few times too... they always try to pay for us... ALWAYS!! :) So anyway... I want to get some breakfast, lunch and dinner food planned out and some snacks too... they don't care what you bring into the park... so I'm going to start freezing some water and juices to take camping and into the park so they will be nice n cold to drink while we are strolling around. :)

Also, any thoughts and prayers for Jenn tonight, tomorrow during her surgery and the week to follow for a successful surgery without any surprises and also for a speedy recovery and feeling well, would be greatly appreciated! ~ you can read the post below and link her from there!!

God speed, Jenn!! I'm thinkin' of ya honey!! You're going to do great!! :) xoxoxo

Your thoughts...

Hi ya'll. It is almost 4th of July!! yay!!



I just wanted to wish everyone a great weekend... be safe and have a good time. But while we are all partying and celebrating please keep my mom in your thoughts for a quick and speedy recovery... you can read the posts below for more info and also please keep Jenn in your thoughts and prayers.

You can jump over to her blog... Enjoying the Ride for some info on her. She is going in for a breast reduction on Monday morning. She is nervous, to say the least... and really who wouldn't be? I know I sure as hell would be... especially since I'm only a C cup now... gosh!! lol Just kidding... well I'm not really kidding about any of it... but I would be very nervous as well for all the same reasons Jenn is. Since just going through a surgery with my mom, I totally feel for Jenn, and I'm concerned and nervous for her too. (although I know she will be just fine!)



Jenn is such a sweetie... so if you would please pray for her and her family as she has surgery on Monday that she will be okay through out the day and respond well to everything. All thoughts and well wishes can be left here I will forward them to Jenn or you can go right on over and leave her a comment or two... she doesn't bite, I promise!!



Thank you for all your support!!



xxoo

Friendship Friday ~ edition 3

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Friendship Friday

edition #3

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This blogger I'm doing my FF post on today is a total sweetheart!

She has a great family, including a wonderful husband

and THREE amazing and super cute children!

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Not only does she love her husband and children,

she also loves the color purple,

ELEPHANTS

and to mow her lawn!

(which I happen to truly enjoy and find relaxing and rewarding as well)

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If you are reading this Jenn, and think this all sounds like you...

• total sweetie
• great blogger
• wonderful commenter
• excellent Mommy
• three beautiful children
• a great husband
• love of elephants
• love of all things purple even fishing reel =)
• awesome craft spaces in your NEWLY re-done basement
• crafty
• good friend

YES! I am talking about you!!

You all must go check out Jenn's blog... she is a doll.

You will get a kick out of her posts...

she does WW (wordless wednesday)

TT (thursday thirteen)

and FF (Friendship Friday)

along with every day posts about her life and her family

and some really AWESOME meme's.

If you visit her leave her some comment love!!

She is a great commenter, always dropping in to say hi and check on you...

also always leaving a kind word or two!

Thank you Jenn from Enjoying the Ride for all your support,

from FF to the wonderful comments on my blog!

HUGS!

New Friend!!!

I was blog hopping, which I haven't done in a long time. I have been a complete blog slacker!! But today I'm making up for it, at least some what. I posted some pics and also have been leaving some comments on blogs. I'm trying to play catch up... if I haven't gotten to your blog yet, I promise I will be around, and soon!!

Tonight I found this blog, it belongs to Jenn @ Juggling Life!! You should all go over and check her out!! :)

I've been trying to branch out some... not that I don't LOVE the people already on my blog roll... I most definitely do love you all... and I'm totally addicted to your blogs too. I feel like we are true friends and I probably know more about you then I do my "real life friends" and you most likely know more about me than my "real life friends" too!! :) So a while back I found Stephanie at The Poor Broad w/ Four Daughters! So I'm trying to "show case" each new person I find. :)

I love Jenn's blog and I found a lot in common with her... *** update, b/c I have LOST my mind!! lol I was typing this and not sure what else was going on but some how I lost track of my own words and thoughts... I do love Jenn's blog, and I do find a connection with her!! She doesn't have twin children, but she does have 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. (sorry Jenn. I did have the right blog and the right person, I do love your blog... just loosing my mind here!!) She has a post about her magical day... with her family and it really has inspired me to post about a magical day we all had... I will get to that soon! So there it is... check her out!! You'll love her too!! I think that you will all enjoy her blog as well. And you all already know how I feel about Stephanie's blog... I just love it!!

Anyway... I just thought I would share this info, that is all... for now!

Our crazy family!! : ) Here is some great dancing acts from our family, we really hope you enjoy them... we have put a lot of time, talent and effort into these videos you are about to view. Enjoy!! ~ also please feel free to leave any postive comments for us, again, we worked really hard to do this for everyone's viewing pleasure.

Bryan's video.

Jennifer's video.

Trevor's video.

Lauren's video.

Brooke's video.


So there you have it. Our true talent... unleashed I guess you can say. ;o)

1234567... Things about ME!!

Rules:
1. Link to the people that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. 2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself 3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. 4. Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Hmmm. This will be hard. There isn't anything weird about myself. LOL ;o)

1. I love to eat the skin off of chicken & turkey... cooked of course. It is so crispy and just delicious! Yummy!

2. I used to organize my closet by color... all the same color shirts were together in shade order, ie darkest to lightest or vise~versa... but I would do Bryan's clothes and my clothes that way... now I don't even have a closet.

3. I pick my kids noses when they have "a bat in the cave". LOL Yeah. When my kids have a booger in their sweet little noses, I usually just pick it out... then eat it. JUST KIDDING!!! lol I do pick it BUT I would NEVER eat it. I know this said weird not disgusting. ha!

4. I once at fish cheeks. They were cooked. And actually really tender and yummy! I quite enjoyed them! : )

5. I can one up the fish cheeks.... I once at Fish Eyes!! Yes. Fish EYES. I was out to dinner with some co-workers and bosses and the one dentist was a ol' time fisherman as well, and he asked me if I had ever had fish cheeks or eyes. I said no. He asked if I would like to try them... so I did and they were surprisingly really good. ;o)

6. I always want to stock my house with tons of non-perishable foods, because I'm afraid that one day I will just need it and have no way of getting food for my family. I love to have cans of stuff and pasta, and paper products galore. I would be worse if our grocery bill wasn't so high already, so I try to use up what we have and only buy the essentials.

7. I love the smell of my children's breath still. Even though Trevor is four, his breath is still so sweet, I just love it... and the girls too... they all have that sweet little breath. I just love to kiss them and smell their breath.

Now it is your turn... I'm not going to tag people, but if you would like to do this it is all you. Just leave me a comment that you are doing this and I will check out your blog to read all the interesting facts of you!!

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