Tired

that is me. it's been a long week.

We're going to the Farmer's Market in the morning - I can't wait. I need some fresh veggies and fruit in this house.

Now, I'm off to stare at the back of my eyelids - goodnight ;)

Wordless Wednesday

Ahhhhhhh a new toy!

A different kind of adoration

I was 28 years old when our first child was born - felt like I was ready, but scared out of my mind. The first year and a half was a blur because of severe sleep deprivation and a boy who fought and hated sleep like it was the worst thing ever. I loved him (and still do!) dearly - he was such a happy baby. He smiled early and often and loved life. When he was 9 months old, I got pregnant again.


I was 29 years when our second child was born - now, I was scared of having 2 under 2. I had no idea how I was going to handle the sleep deprivation of having 2 small children. Fortunately, Jake was a relatively good sleeper and Will started sleeping through the night when Jake was a month old. Jake turned into an UBER cranky baby at 6 months, but grew out of it quickly. Life started to get "easy" when he was 6 months old and we went about life happily. The pureness of Jake's heart has come out so much in the last 2 years - he is the SWEETEST child on the planet

Our third child was born 2 months before I turned 34 years old. He was the best surprise I could have ever asked for - I was happy with 2 children, but lucky for me, God thought 3 was the perfect number for us. He's now 3 months old and the feelings I have when I look at this child often overwhelm me. Don't get me wrong, I adore my first 2 with every ounce of my being, but there's something different with Henry. I think it's because I'm a more experienced mom, I've had a few years between 2 and 3 and I'm not scared anymore - I don't know. But, I'm so enamoured by this boy - I have the hardest time putting him down and I smell his hair so much, I'm surprised I haven't rubbed it off. I'm constantly touching his feet and just staring at him. He's brought SO MUCH joy to my life. He's been, by far, my most difficult child - he's VERY particular about what he likes and what he doesn't. BUT, he's my best sleeper - the boy is just like his mama - he and I both LOVE to sleep.

My 2 big ones just came upstairs to ask how many hours until we leave to go to the library and seeing their excitement makes my heart sing. I sit here staring at the video monitor, watching my sweet schmoog take a morning siesta and I thank God that he sent Henry to US! I'm blessed to their mama, so very blessed.

It's only 9:49 a.m.

and everyone has been fed! Yay me :)

The biggest boys are in the basement watching Curious George for the 50th time in 2 days and my schmoog is sitting in front of me in his exersaucer, so I'm enjoying my coffee with Chocolate Raspberry creamer today (SO, SO good!) and trying to plan our day.

We're heading to the library this afternoon for a kid's program about bugs - ICK! I'll be hangin' in the back of the room while the kids soak up every ounce of boyness out of this program. Most bugs don't bother me, but if there are any kind of spiders involved, forget it. Spiders make my skin crawl in the worst way and will give me the heebee jeebees for the rest of the day. The big boys are VERY much looking forward to this program. We also need to check out some books for the summer reading program. We're doing this program with some friends and the boys haven't seen their friends in 2 weeks - they've been going through withdrawals. I'm pretty excited to see my friend, too!

The schmoog needs to take a nap and I need to get dressed, do something with this mop on top of my head and put some make up on. Between now and when we leave, I need to do a load of laundry or 10. I also need to move some cookbooks around AND assemble the highchair - that will probably be a Tackle It Tuesday!

I shall post those results when I'm done.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Things are back to normal (relatively speaking...lol) this week, so back comes to menu!

Monday:

grilled salmon, pasta salad and steamed broccoli

Tuesday:

stuffed shells with sauteed zucchini

Wednesday:

grilled chicken salad with breadsticks

Thursday:

french toast with sausage

Friday:

tacos and corncake

Saturday:

hamburgers and hot dogs, baked beans and sliced cucumbers

Sunday:

spaghetti and salad

Oh, oh, oh I got tagged!

How fun - my first meme :) Jodi tagged me!

The rules.
1. Link your tagger and list the rules on the blog.
2. Share 7 facts about your kiddos on your blog…random, weird, funny…whatever you want!
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post
4. Don’t forget to let the tagged people know!



All about my kids!

Will :o)


1. He's a southpaw and can throw a baseball like nobody's business.
2. He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to be outside.


Jake :o)


3. He's a BIG TIME mama's boy <3
4. He has the sweetest heart of any child I've ever met.


Henry :o)


5. He was the perfect surprise!
6. He has the sweetest smile :)
7. He only sleeps well in his crib.

Tagged - you're it!

1. Jen
2. Heather
3. Sandra
4. Mrs. Hub
5. Steph

My biggest boy is screaming his head off right now - only choosing 5 today - gotta run!

Remember those funky purple highlights?

You can't see them :(

I had my spa afternoon yesterday and it was HEAVENLY! I got 4 1/2 hours all to myself (almost 1 of that was spent wandering around Michael's!).

I got a GREAT haircut, but my hair is SO dark (thanks to my Italian/Native American heritage) that the purple highlights are super hard to see. You practically have to be crawling around in my hair to see them - good luck with that...lol

So, I'll try something else next time. I very much enjoyed my time alone, but missed my babies terribly and was happy to be home. My biggest boy had his first sleepover at a friend's house last night and it was a smashing success. I kept the phone beside the bed just in case ;) He's still there now and it's 12:30 in the afternoon! Jake has been enjoying the one on one time and I'm sure will greet his brother with mixed feelings....he'll be happy to have a playmate, but miss his one on one time.

We're off to get Jake's haircut in a few and hopefully pick Will up along the way - I miss him terribly. All of this will happen after the repairman leaves - we're having leaking water issues in the basement and having to sink crazy amounts of money into this house is making my stomach turn a bit.