Gooooooooooood mornin'

Woke up to found I won my first ever E-bay auction.   Sam's birthday pressie is now taken care of.     I saved some money on it.  He's getting a Leapster.  (The video-game version of LeapPad)    It wasn't a get-rich-quick scheme but every penny helps right?? LOL

We got this because its educational and he LOOOOVES noise makers LOL.   

Rainee's birthday present is being delivered today.    Her birthday is technically Monday but we'll be celebrating it this weekend.    She's getting 2 yards of sand.  ROFL    She loooooooooves dirt.   So one big sand box coming up.    Of course this is actually a toy for everybody but she won't care.    And I can just imagine how much sand we'll be sweeping out of the house from now on.

But the sandbox was my favorite toy for years.   So I'm excited we're finally managing it.   We're having it deliver and its only costing $70.   I thought that was pretty dang good all things considered.   Of course the kids getting to watch the dump truck dump will be "truely" exciting.  *grin*

Don't worry I'll take pictures.  hehehe

Feeling a bit better today.   About half way through yesterday I started loosing the shakes.   This does NOT hurt my feelings.

Just sent the kids to get the toys away from where the sand is gonna be dumped.  They've actually had pea-gravel there for quite a few years.   That was Sam's birthday pressie from my mom when he turned 2 LOL.   But its almost gone and sand is more fun.   If not waaaay dirtier.

Now if it would only clear up so they can spend a huge amount of time in it today without getting rained on.   Oh well we DO need the rain.

Other then that life happens.  *snicker*

Good morning

Its a day.

Yesterday I spent most of the day in bed.   I woke up feeling okay...and then just rather lost it.   Rob took a sick day while I slept.   I do this dizzy, shakey can't move off the bed thing sometimes when I'm pregnant.  Yesterday was my first day of that.  (joy)    I'm somewhat better today (I'm upright)   But not completely.

Of course the fact that I have no food in my stomache compliments of loosing everything in it a couple hours ago isn't helping.  I'm thinking of pleading with DH to go to Subway.  Subway sounds good.    Of course it probably won't when I go inside.

Don't ya wish you were pregnant??    Oh well its the first time I've really lost it this pregnancy.   So I guess it had to come sometime.   Up until now I've just wished I could puke.    Oversharing I know.

DH has agreed.  OF course he has.   He hates watching me sick while I'm preggers.  He's a good DH and spoils me rotten.   REminds myself of so the next time my hormones rage I don't scream at him for nothing. 

Okies I'm outa here.  Be back with food in my tummy I hope......

Gooooooood mornin

My kids actually went to bed last night without nearly as much fuss as normal.

Of course then the kitty decided to try to sleep with Rainee.   Rainee does NOT like that.   And woke up screaming.   Okay mommy goes gets baby.   Its a good thing her oxy's off.   We're currently without an alarm as its on back-order.  (the probe to make it work).   So mommy fixes oxy, comforts baby.   She's sleepy.   Put her back in bed.   Devil-cat decides that crib makes a lovely scratching post.   Baby wakes up again and starts saying no! no! (crying)

Mommy considers catsup for a midnite snack.   Back to the beginning.   Nurse, cuddle.   DH gets home (11 pm)  he tries to find said devil-cat to prevent reoccurence...it has bolted (smart cat)   We all eventually get settled again.   And devil cat doesn't reappear until 4:30 am at which point she wakes Rainee AGAIN!   But this time Rainee goes back to sleep without intervention.

Note to self.   Leopard out of bedroom area.  BEFORE bedtime.  *growls*   If it didn't work for a living (keeping our mice population down)   Would consider eatin it or sumfin.  

Other then that yesterday was a quiet day.  I just laid low.  Okay I just plain laid.   I was on the couch an inordinate amount of time making up for the "lots of Easter"  we did the day before. 

Rainee's birthday presents came in the mail yesterday from Amazon.   So thats set.  Now I just need to make the call for the sand.  Or beg Rob to do it.  I HAAAAATE using the telephone.    She's getting sand (for a sandbox)   and two tonka trucks.  It woulda been one...but they had a buy one get one free offer.  *grin*

Okies gonna go lay down for awhile in my nice quiet bed until Rob has to go to work.    What can I say I'm pregnant and have the energy of a large slug. 

Oh yes one last thought.  If you ever get the opportunity to see Photographing Fairies....DON"T.    I can't believe I kept watching it.....I can't believe how truely stupid it was.   Oh my gosh don't get me started on stupidity. 

             

Five easter beauties in their easter finery.  I know cowboy boots and shorts.  Its the fashion statement of the decade.  (bwahahahahahahahaha)

Ironically enough RAinee's was the last dress I picked out (about 2 months ago)   And I liked it the least when I did...but it was my favorite on.   She just looked so beautiful in it.    

I'm VERY bumbed by this picture.   Isaiah my 17 year old brother took it....he needs to learn how.     But alas its the only one of all of us.   So we'll tolerate its almost cutting Rainee's head off.........

           

We of course had to do easter eggs.   I spent most of my time with Rainee...and barely saw the boys.  But they all had a ton of fun and that was the important thing.  *grin*

The wee ones got a couple minute headstart.   To get the eggs hid in plain open sight.   And then the big ones got to find the ones my dad hid...and he's mean when he hides em ROFL.

We had a extra family show up (invited)  so the eggs didn't equal as many as normal...but that meant less candy and that was fine with me.   The kids didn't seem to care.   They still got WAAAAAAAAAAAY too much.

   After the first couple "help" Rainee find them she actually got pretty good at just plain seeing them.  And she found the one buried in the leaves just above the one she's already picking up.  I was impressed considering she's not two yet.  *grin*

And here's the Princess...wow she's startin' to look grown up.  Sccccarey stuff their.

   Yup she'd been samping the wares already.  *cackles*   She had a lot of fun.  Although got tirrrred by the end of the day.   Kaylin is STILL not quite up to snuff.    But I guess I'll humour the doctor some more..... *sigh*

 

This I have to say is my favorite easter picture.   Because my brother whose struggled a lot was doing soooooooo well yesterday.   And my boys LOVED playin with their big brother.  HE entertained and played with the little kids all afternoon.  Its been so long since he was willing to do that.    He was the one who made sure Mari found his eggs.   And took pride in the job he did and rightly so.     Oh and Mari was underneath the blonde rather squished.  bwahahahahaha

Oh and one last picture.  *grin*   Rainee played and played and played.   And then about 3:30 she was having a fine time digging in the ash of the fire pit.   IT was out.   I didn't care her dress was already toast.   But my 50's something aunt was horrified and told her no-no.   Rainee like all two year olds doesn't like that word.  *snicker*   And melted.

She came over and I did a quick nurse and thought she had fallen asleep.   Instead she said "All done!"  let go and rested her head on my leg for a moment........45 minutes it was still there.   She was a tired baby.  *grin*

I know....I look like a slob there.  *snicker*  I guess we call this a reality picture.    Oh and notice the half-finished easter egg at her feet.   A baby who falls asleep when candy is still around is TRUELY tired.  *giggles*

Okies then.   Its only taken me an hour to get these up.   Gonna finish my breaky, and see what mischief I can cause.......

 

breathes.

It was a lovely day.

Honest.  *grin*

Beautiful, kids had fun.   Not too much candy.

Didn't get much out of the mornin' service....but then thats normal with Rainee as a daughter.        Some day in the far away future I'll get to hear a sermon again....maybe.

Kids were thrilled with it all.

Had several random funny's happen.   But my personal favorite of the day happened to Rob.   Daddy supervised baths while mommy took a nap after the sunrise service, before morning service.    This is fairly normal.

We went to church, sermon, worship band, cantata.   All normal.   Half way through the sermon.  Kaylin whispers something to daddy.   Daddy didn't hear it and leaned closer and asked her to repeat it. 

"DAddy, I forgot to wash my privates."  bwahahahaha.   Okay then just what daddy needed to know during the sermon.   Poor guy.   He'll stop blushing at some point.

Zeria was very concerned about easter today.   And wanted to know when we were gonna celebrate it (in the middle of the sunrise service.)   (This is easter, we're at grandma's at the sunrise service, thats part of easter.   We'll go home get our Sunday clothes on get dressed go hear the choir sing...that's also part of easter.    And then we'll come back to grandma's for easter dinner, and the easter egg hunt."   Zeria looks at me solemnly.  "Thats a LOT of Easter."

She's right it is. 

*giggles*

Have lots of lovely pictures.    Even have them resized.   But its 8:44 in the evening and I'm ready for bed.  I'll upload them tomorrow.  

Blogged a blog.   Posted it.   Made it private about 30 minutes later.   Not because I'm ashamed of what was on it.   Just cause I felt like it.

I have a issue I need to deal with.   And I'm starting to be able to put a name on it.   But unsure where its going from there.   I am praying.

I went out and watered my flowers tonight.   About half my roses have leaves now.  I'm getting excited.  *grin*  I don't think my cilantro is gonna make it....something about the dog walking on it one too many times....and digging it up once.   Have to try again on that one probably. 

Bought myself a reclining lawn chair yesterday.   Planning on spending most of my life on it ROFL.    Its very very comfortable.   And enables me to be out with my kids without being in pain.   All for $7 at Walmart.

 

Afternoon.

Did my second-to-last dentist appointment today.  And stayed off-line until 1.   Mostly cause I came home and slept 3 hours.   Now DH and the three youngest are sleeping.  

Tonight we have a birthday party to go to.  (My youngest niece is turning 1).  Have to admit I'm not entirely thrilled about going....but my sister would be offended for life if we didn't.   She already has a complex cause we told her we didn't want to celebrate Easter in conjunction with katie's birthday.   And we didn't want to look for eggs.   We're so rude.    (sarcasm oozes)

I'm definitely feeling pregnant these days.     Although the nausea thankfully hasn't been all day...just in waves off and on throughout the day.    And the never ending wretched coughing.  

and all of the thoughts that were in my head just disappeared.   Weeeeeeeeeee  I'm so dense.

I'm alive....

It just doesn't feel like it.    About half way through yesterday I just started feeling pregnant.   (translated miserable)   I guess it just took awhile for my hormones to knock me flat.  :-p

Today I woke up with full intentions of doing my "mommy time."   I did it...but was just dragging.  Its very pathetic when your too tired to enjoy your free time.   Came home early and went to bed.    Slept from 10-1:30.   Would still be sleeping except I KNEW I had to wake up so DH could sleep...he has to work tonight.

Soooooooo  if I type something strange somewhere...just shake your head and say silly preggie lady. 

Had several "serious" things I rather wanted to blog about.  Not sure if I can wrap my brain around cognative thought.

The biggest was a comment my brother made on Sunday.   He said that a co-workers wife "just" did kids, so she had "lots" of time to run errands.  I lifted my eyebrow at him for a moment.   So did she ROFL.   "No, I mean that she stays home so she can do the things the kids need.  Its a compliment.   I LIKE the fact that she doesn't work."  he said desperately trying to dig himself out of a rather large whole.    And then he proceeded to say his boss believes that women should be proud of being sahm's and be allowed to put that as a superb part of their resume.    His boss is the head of the ER department at our local hospital.

Anyhow the comments were a reminder of the worthy job I'm doing...even if we did have to watch him dig himself out of a hole...which btw I always enjoy watching anyhow *eg*

So often we ponder should we go back to work for finances, "me", or many other things.   But then we are left with our parents, daycare, a sitter, or the public school doing the lions share of the child-rearing.   I don't want that for my family.   And I'm glad that Rob has made it a priority NOT to happen.  One of the first questions he asked me when we married was "Will you quit your job to stay home? "   and I cheered LOL.

Oh yes we make sacrifices to keep our lifestyle this way.   And our kids live without.   But they don't know it.  ROFL   And God has blessed us, and enabled us to be incredibly frugal with what we have.    I read other blogs and often feel guilty about what he's allowed us to do.   But also thankful that he has.

And as much as I vent over exhaustion etc.  I'm doing the job God called *me* to do, and I won't give that up without some kicking or screaming.

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Oh yes, this is absolutely NOT meant to slam anybody else that has had to make other choices.   And is NOT up for debate.   Every family make's their own choices.  For me I have the right to be proud of the ones I got to make.  And thankful that we have the ability to live this way. 

Morning. 

Headed on a mission to find some horehound candy this morning.   Like each of my pregnancies this one is dominated by a cough that won't stop.   I cough 'til I puke.  I cough and my lungs hurt and I cough and cough and cough.  *growls*

Last time the only thing that worked was the horehound candy.  And I can't find it

So headed to the natural food store before DH goes to work to *pray* they have it there.  If they don't have the candy hopefully they have the tea and I have a recipe to make it...though I'd really rather not. 

Other then that its a beautiful day with no plans.    Except to enjoy it.

I did all my rather exhausting errands yesterday.  Today I want to do as little as possible. 

Life was wonderful this weekend.

Lots of sun.   Went to my favorite beach.  Rainee was a good traveller.   And enjoyed nice fellowship at church.  I like it when things fall together and give you a bit of a life break. 

Pictures?  Oh but of course.

Driftwood at Rialto.   Soooooooooooooooo purdy.

             

The kids had a lot of fun climbing all over stuff.   And their was even a old hide-out that somebody else had built that they played in.  *grin*   And it was warm.   We rarely get out their and have the sun follow us.  *giggles*   So we could sit and play rather then say yup its pretty, now show me the hot chocolate!

I had some camera problems.  So a couple of my pictures didn't turn out quite like they were 'sposed to.   So not as many as I was hoping.   But nonetheless ya get the idea. 

   This one just makes me giggle.    Personality oozin' out of that boy.  ROFL

This particular piece of driftwood was a lovely balance beam.   Kaylin walked it all...but then needed help gettin' down.  *giggles*    She was the most energetic and cheerful she's been in quite awhile.

 

           

Of course as a result her and daddy went wave chasin'.   And a wave was faster and taller then her.  And knocked her over forcing her to do three flips before daddy rescued her.   She was not impressed.  And informed us.  "I don't like this beach, and I never want to come again."   We laughed at her.   And she of coursed changed her mind rather quickly.  *snicker*   As a result however we left shortly thereafter 'cause she was frickin' cold.  The Pacific in Washington is all of 42 degrees ya know. 

We got her in a nice warm change of clothes and had a beautiful drive home along Lake Crescent.  NO pictures...but trust me it was gorgeous. 

Oh and here's our wave runners just before they became umm wave splashin'. 

                      

We stopped and ate lunch at Granny's a funky little restaurant that had mini-goats, horses, chickens, and a dog we got to "visit" afterwards.   The kids loved this.   Rainee kept running back and forth amongst the goats sayin' "doggie! doggie! doggie!"   Well they were about the same size, and hairy.  LOL

After that we headed home I had a nice nap.   And we just played in the lawn.   Weather was just lovely.  I had left dinner sitting out on the counter for Rob to put in...but he forgetted.   Cause he took the kids hikin'.   So *dang*  he had to take us to Lynn's CAboose (a drive-up) place about ten minutes from our house (the closest food LOL)   So we did that and went home.  Kids slept good.  *grin*

Today was church, and I ended up playing for communion.   And we stayed for potluck, something we haven't been doing.  It was a nice relaxing time.   And I'm glad we did.   Even if the food of choice today was hot dogs.  ROFL.   Their were a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOT of hot dogs their today.  Though they had all the fixin's, onions, chili etc.   So it made it more palatable.  *grin*

And tonight we *gasp* made it to evening service.   Evening service is our contemporary worship.  And I love it.   But it was one of the things that went with Rainee and my exhaustion.     I have missed it terribly and asked Rob if we could try to start going again.  (It had been my choice to miss)   So we made it.  And oh I hadn't realized how much I had missed it.   Theirs less people in the evening, the crowd is more intimate, and the fellowship sweet.   I can't miss it anymore.

So then I realized.  I gave up Awana, and Bible Study.   And these were good choices.   If we replace these with potluck (which is once a month)   And evening service, which my kids LOVE we've made a good swap.   Evening service draws us together as a family.   And encourages family.   Awana for all its good things...does not.     I think that God has led us into a good place.   

Of course life will be hard again tomorrow ROFL.   But ya know what the last two days were peace...and those are something to treasure.

On a side-note.   Rainee's apnea has been BAD since we got back from California.  And I think I've put some pieces together.   The three months before California we had finally gotten her after almost two years into a consistent nap.    Well that was blown away in Cali, and I haven't regained it back.    I'm thinking she is overtired and so forgets even more then usual to breathe.   Her oxy is back up to 1 to 1.5 liters.   So nap has just become a priority again.  

May it work.

God is good.

All the time.

All the time.

God is good. 

 

 

 

Coolies.  Had a lot of fun at the waterfront.

Also had entertainment.  *cackles madly*   A lady who seemed quite normal when she first got out of her car went and stood right at the water.   And either was doing Tai-Chi,  Yoga?  or some sort of silent Indian dance.   Rob's personal vote was she was off her rocker.  He had been at the dentist when she got out...so didn't see her being "normal"

Anyhow she did some sort of elaborate ritual was actually rather beautiful to watch.    Except of course she was on a public beach with my kids building a sand castle less then ten feet from her.    Zeria wanted to go ask her what she was doing.   And couldn't figure out why I discouraged that.   She was at it for an hour...and still doing it when we left.      Definitely intriguing.

Met the rudest sort of mommy there too.   A boy about 8 or so was out with his grandparents.  He was fairly obviously autistic or something similar.   My kids have grown up with an autistic boy up at the lake.   And just played around him.   Shoot they play with my nephew.   Anyhow they asked no rude questions, and just played.   Well the play place is in the shape of a ship.   And he was up at the top steering.   And a 2.5 year old boy wanted his turn.   He didn't understand the concept of turns.   And personally I thought the wee one coulda found something to do. 

But the grandpa decided it was time for Jeremy to share.  And there was a small tustle over this.   Jeremy didn't want to share.   And his grandpa had to pry his hands very gently off the wheel and then had him sit and take a short time out.   It was all done with as much grace as possible.  

But the mother of the 2.5 year old absolutely freaked.  "LETS GET OUT OF HERE!"  she announces in this loud stage voice which can be heard all over the playground.   Totally implying she was freaked out.   And  I'm just staring at her thinking "GET A LIFE!"  LOL     So the 2.5 year old and his parents left...and we continued to play with Jeremy.    Who all in all was fairly well mannered all things considered.   Very much proud of my kids for being good in that regards.  

Do people not realize how obnoxious they sound when they act like that??  (probably not!)

After Rob got done with the cleaning.   HE took Zeria for a "longer" bike ride (about a mile)   And then we went to the bagel shop.   A customer, and the waitress complimented us for our kids manners.   That was rather cool.   Especially considering I had set next to Samuel and was quite ready to strangle him for kicking me all the way through the meal.  *snicker*   Oh that and him tearing his bagle into about ten pieces.  Is he too old to be doing that???  Rob and I couldn't decide.    (He's almost 6)     He's always been our messiest eater anyhow.    Opinions appreciated.

So that was our relaxing day. 

We won't mention mommy umm loosing it with daddy at the beginning of the outing.   It was over with fairly shortly.     Its just amazing to me how oblivious my husband is to details.  I HATE peanutbutter.  The absolute only thing I EVER eat it on is waffles.   So we stopped at the mom and pop grocery store and I asked him to run in and buy the .25 cent crackers.

Now we've been doing this for 5 years.   And each time I buy the Nacho Cheeze brand ones.   Their quite nummy.   So I assumed he could read my mind.

He couldn't.

He bought the generic crackers.  (.39 so more money)   And peanut butter.  Peanut butter is ewwwwwwwwwwwwy!

I looked at the bag and said ewwwwwwww you bought the generic.  I wanted the nacho cheeze.  "Oh, I'm sorry."   He said.  "I'll go get the right kind for you."   And before I could say forget it he goes in.

And buys the generic cheeze.   (bangs head on  steering wheel)

He's a good guy, he tries hard...but details, they just allude him somehow.