Free Give Away May 14, 2011

A while back I decided that I needed to start keeping track of our lives. I missed way too many appointments, stood up play-dates and one day I even forgot to take my son to mother’s day out. Yes, I needed an intervention! I needed to have our schedule somewhere other than in my brain. Anyways, I ordered this Mom Agenda and by the time it came in, Pook had already taught me that the iPhone calendar is the bomb-diggity. Plus, I have a man purse and the planner will not even fit in it, so it serves me no purpose. I have a few friends that love and swear by it, so hopefully this lonely little planner can find a home. I know it’s far past January, but hey it’s still 2011; and I know some of you out there haven’t bought your calendar/planners/whatever keeps your life in order yet. Oh yeah, and if you’re not a Mom, it can still work for you so don’t be shy.

Leave a comment below if you would like to win it and I’ll have one of the kids draw a name from a hat, and then I’ll mail it your way. Happy planners day.

P.S. In case you’re wondering…this thing is not crap, in fact it was petty expensive for a planner. I promise, I wouldn’t send you a piece of junk. Here is the website if you want more information about it.

http://www.momagenda.com/products.cfm?cID=21&pID=90

Mine’s pink though. Pictured below. Brand spankin’ new, in plastic wrap and all.

Happy 1st Birthday To My Bestie, Madelyn January 18, 2011

Love, Lucy Rose

Happy ‘one week late’ Halloween. November 8, 2010

A Good Home Must Be Made, Not Bought September 20, 2010

In less than a week we close on our home and will no longer live in the first house that Pook and I ever bought together. To me it’s more than our first home. It was our first big purchase soon after we wed. It’s the home where we partied in with friends’ pre-kids. It’s the home where Pook and I had numerous pointless arguments. It’s the home where Pook and I learned how to love one another unconditionally. It’s the home where we decided that we wanted to expand our family. It’s the home I used to come home to each day after work and tell Pook how much I would love to be a stay at home Mom. It’s the home where we brought our son to for the first time. It’s the home where I spent each day once I did become a stay at home Mom. It’s the home that we brought our daughter to after her birth. It’s the home where we didn’t have a backyard so our dog had to shit on rock. It’s the home where I learned to cook. It’s the home where I burnt and screwed up tons of meals. It’s the home that I cried in because I knew I sucked at cooking. It’s the home where I accepted the fact that it’s hard for me to provide gourmet meals for my family each night. It’s the home where we had frozen fish sticks for dinner because I couldn’t even cook them like the freaking box said. It’s the home where I constantly worried if my kids were going to fall down the stairs. It’s the home where I fell in love with my children, where they learned to crawl, walk, run, smile and laugh. Most importantly our home was where we all learned how to love.

I just realized that I cried my eyes out the entire time I wrote the paragraph above. Emotional much? I think so! I know I bitched non-stop about living in a three story home, but really though it was manageable and fun with one baby. Once Lucy Rose came along it was just too hard having Cole on the 1st floor with all of us on the 3rd floor. Nonetheless, I am going to miss this house like crazy. I might even miss the annoying bikers that I almost hit each day (there’s a bike shop across the street). Even though I’m sad, I’m also thrilled and can’t wait for the new chapter in our lives and I look forward to making the new house our home. During this last week I’m trying to get as many pictures as possible of the kids in our home … because dude, it’s their first home … and I want them to know what it was like. As you can tell I’m a bit sentimental when it comes to this place. We’ll miss you Blossom Street, please be good to the new owners!

p.s. I’ve always been kind of weird about posting pictures of my house on this blog of mine, because I feel like there is a sense of privacy that I owe to myself and to my family. Hell, now that we’re leaving anyone care to see our crib? Probably not, but I’ll just go ahead and post these pictures anyways so one day I can look back and be all … “Awwwww our first home!”

 

Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.
~John Ed Pearce

 

Courtyard

 

Walking in from the front door … See, Cole’s room?

 

 View from Cole’s room

 

Cole’s room

 

 

Living Room

 

Dining Room

 

Kitchen

 

Lucy Rose’s Room

 

Master

 

Another view of master … I’m really going to miss having his and her closets.

 

My home away from home, the bathtub. If I could I’d take a bath over a shower any day. I will definitly miss having a tub in the master bath.

 

Master bath again.

 

Well guys. that’s it. My home in a nut shell. Better get my butt back to packing while the babies are napping. Anyone that wants to come help pack/move feel free to volunteer. I’ll provide food and booze the whole time you’re here! You know you wanna!!

Moses Photo Session : Sneak Peak August 23, 2010

 

  

Tutus EVERYWHERE! August 14, 2010

Triplets? July 19, 2010

Jen, Ash and I love dressing our little ladies in matching outfits! I know I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again….I adore having such good friends with children the same age as mine. There’s no doubt that the three girls will have a great time growing up together!

Campbell: “Lucy Rose, tell your Mama to wrap it up already! Sure would be nice to have a t.v. in here, or maybe my home away from home, the swing. We all know I love to swing!

Lucy  Rose: “Oh no, don’t do it! I hate being the one shoved in the middle.”

Madelyn: “Hey internet people, I wanted to show off my abs, well, more like my six-pack.”

Campbell – “Dude, y’all are being so annoying. Just sit here and smile so we can get this over with already.”

Lucy Rose – “Oh shit, here she goes again with that damn camera. Hey Madelyn & Campbell, remind me to ask Cole to pull the camera off the table again so it breaks and we won’t have to go through this again.”

Madelyn – “Nice kicks Lucy Rose, but doesn’t your Mama know that you wear them like every other day? Campbell, we must have an intervention and take her shoe shopping later this week.”

This is the best image I got of the three. None are really smiling but at least no one is having a melt down either (ahhhhem Lucy Rose).

I’m still  not 100% comfortable with my new camera, that’s why they suck and are so bright. I sure do miss my old camera, but one of these days I’ll learn how to work this new one better.

Swimmin’ With My Buds July 8, 2010

I think the kiddos enjoyed having their friends in class …. as did us Mom’s.

Rub A Dub Dub, Two Cuties In The Tub July 2, 2010

Cole loves going over to Katelyn’s house for playdates. He enjoys playing outside, and since we don’t have a backyard, it works out great letting the kiddos run around and have a grand ol’ time. Wait I take it back, we do have a “yard” but it’s no bigger that the bathtub pictured below!

When they got done swimming the other day, we tossed the duo in the tub for a scrub down. I can’t wait to show this picture to them in about 18 years.

Ran Across This & Laughed My Ass Off A Little Bit! May 16, 2010

Totally uncalled for!