Almost time...

Three weeks. Three [short] weeks until the hopeful arrival of my bundle of Joy! It's hard to believe that 9 months have gone by already. It's so funny how when you're young you can't wait to be older. The time seemed to drag by. Then you grow up and you realize time moves a lot faster. And when you have kids, it literally just zooms by. I long to go back sometimes. Not to before kids, but just rewind to the beginning of kids and try to enjoy it as much as possible. Not that I didn't, because I did, thus baby #3. ;-) I love being a mom, I love babies. Three year olds, not so much. Kidding!!! I never knew for sure if we were going to even have a #3 baby, so I feel very blessed that God provided this opportunity to us and I plan on savoring every moment I can. I have enjoyed this pregnancy and for the most part it's been problem free and very easy (minus the one week of hell from sciatica nerve pain). But then again, the first two were pretty simple too.



I can't wait to see my baby girl's face. Who will she look like? My oldest son is the spitting image of his father, and the middle one favors me a lot. What color hair and eyes will she have? B has brown hair and green/hazel eyes, EO has blond hair and the most beautiful blue eyes. There is a good chance she could be a red head. There's red on all sides of the family. That would be kind of funny if we had three kids that were three completely different combinations. I suppose it's entirely possible. I'm really hoping her personality is really easy going. At least the first year. ha ha ha... Oh, the anticipation! I can't wait, and now I really don't have to wait that much longer. My schedule is pretty busy, so hopefully my time spent waiting will be full of fun and adventure. Certainly, tomorrow night. Spending the evening with some of my bestest friends for dinner and a movie. On little last hurrah kid free kind of night. Can't wait!



I must rant about my lovely dog. Using the term lovely real loose here. Okay, this might be TMI, but he won't stop chewing up my underwear!!! He demolished TWO pairs just LAST NIGHT! I am about out of underwear now! In the past couple of weeks he's managed to ruin like 6 pair. Then the two last night. Like I want to run out and get underwear now?!! AND it's not my fault that he's gaining access to them. I am really good about putting my dirty clothes in the basket, but it has holes in the side of it that are probably the size of a 50cent piece. He some how pulls them through the holes. BUT someone keeps leaving the door to the bathroom open and it's NOT ME! If you know me, you know I'm super anal about doors being shut. I can't stand for a cupboard to be left open, or not shut evenly. I have to have the bathroom and closet doors shut in our room, especially when it's time for bed. I hate it when my husband doesn't clear out the microwave and it's flashing some random message. {okay enough of my pet peeves} You get the point. I'm not responsible! So... I guess this is just one way to clean out your underwear drawer... you can come have Roscoe visit for a week. You'll definitely be down a few pairs. :P

Oh, and a few words about American Idol. I wasn't surprised to see Matt go home. For a second I really wondered if it was going to be Adam. You know, one of those OMG-Can't-Believe-It things that would have everyone talking for days... I read in TV Guide that next year is to be Simon's last year. He assures that the show will go on with out him. He also predicts that Danny will be the winner this season....per usual, I just wanted to punch Paula in the face over and over. They really need to ditch her!!! OH! I never watched the season that Taylor Hicks won...so I don't know much about him. After last nights performance, I can see I'm not missing much. So is he a country artist?? what-ever!

AI

So I never bothered to watch the last weeks American Idol after all the lame reviews. But here I sit this week through the torture. So far though, I guess it hasn't been too much. *OMG, this Burger King commercial is awful!!!!*

Lil- I like this song, I'm Every Woman. Let's see...she does look cute, I like the long hair. So far she hasn't sang very many words... Hmmmm...eh. I agree with Randy. Ouch, Kara was a bit harsh. Zip it Paula. Simon does not look amused. Yeah, buh-bye.

Kris-Is that dirt on his face??? Er, stick to the baby face! This version makes me think of China Grove. I don't care for it, but at least he made it his own. WTH is Paula talking about?!

Danny- EW & F-September. EW, the facial hair reminds me of George Michael. Sort of seems to be shouting the song to me. If Kara says he's on pitch, then he must have been on pitch. OMG, I totally agree with Simon, no "star" power on the stage for that song.

Alison-Hot Stuff. I love how she knows who she is and is consistent week after week with it. Hot stuff she is!! Although, she always seems a bit angry. Wow, I think Paula agreed with me.

Adam- If I Can't Have You. Nice. Pulled back a little for him. Seemed very short. Oh, Paula, sit down! Most memorable? I don't know about that Kara. IS PAULA CRYING?!!! oh, I could just punch her in the face. I like how Adam always gives credit where credit is due. Definitely seems very genuine.

Matt-staying Alive. Nice dance moves. Hard to do while singing... I hate those hats he wears. I suppose I'm just old. HOT...except the end note was a little weird for me. Where does Paula come up with all these coments. She must lay awake at night thinking of them.

Anoop's last? Oh, that means he must be the best of the night... we shall see.

Good grief... I have to pee again!! I swear I am going like every 5 minutes. So annoying!

Anoop--Oh, I think he got an eyebrow wax. Finally! What song is this? I didn't hear Ryan say... Ouch. Don't think he was the best of the night... Randy has said the same thing to every single contestant tonight!!! Yes, we get it they can all sing... I think Paula wants to take him home. ooooh, mediocre? maybe. Worst? No way..Beat it was the worst!!

Hmmm... dunno. It seems for sure that Lil will be going home. As for the other??! Hard to say.

Surprise!

My dear hubby came home last night with a surprise for me. A new flat screen HD Tv for our bedroom. We had this dinosaur RCA in there that my husband had as a teen. The remote didn't work half the time and the tv itself made a strange high pitched humming sound. We would like to have the new one hang on the wall eventually, but for now we moved his dresser so it could sit on top of that. Which, was a good thing because now there will be a bit more room for the bassinet to go in there. Now I just need a fridge in there. ha ha The nice surprise for my husband was that his new boss gave him an extra $500. I guess that is a good sign that the new boss is happy with my husbands first week of work there! =) Go B!

Well, I hear the monkey awake... better cut this short!

Hope you have a great weekend!

Happy Easter, a day late...

Hi! Happy Easter everyone! A day late, I know. But the good part of that is that I was too busy yesterday to even turn on my computer. We woke up and of course the kids came barreling down the stairs to see what the Bunny left. The Bunny was generous this year and left them each a two-wheel bike. Oh, and some candy of course. After they found all their eggs, I whipped up a quick breakfast of monkey bread, fruit salad, and scrambled eggs. I like monkey bread, but for some reason I can NEVER get the middles to come out cooked through all the way. So my husband & I picked around the edges of it and pitched the rest. We got ready for church and to my delight, my mother had accepted my invitation to join us, she got her about 9. We went off to church and it was really good. Although, I was dying to sit after the first song. Sciatica nerve, still aching. :( But Pastor was really good and my mom really enjoyed it. I've been wanting to ask her to go with us for quite some time, and I'm glad I finally did. I think she'll come back. Woo hoo! After church my mom went home and we went to my mother-in-laws for the remainder of the day. I love going there, the kids just want to hang with her & grandpa so we get a nice break. It was half way decent outside, so they spent a lot of time outside hunting for eggs and walking the trails and riding their bikes. We finally headed for home around 7:30. What a long few days we had.... Today back to the grind, which was not really what I had in mind. ;)


Today is Eo's birthday. He's 3. I guess he's not thrilled about it, every time we mention it he acts all shy and covers his face. Geez...I understand that when you turn 3-0, but 3? Gosh, he's starting early... We didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl while I was pregnant with him, I wanted my girl bad and had sort of talked myself into the fact that it was. But I knew deep in my heart he was a boy and was not at all surprised when my husband said, "It's a boy!" However, we hadn't settled on a name for a boy yet, so he didn't officially get a name for like 24 hours. His birth was one of my most proud accomplishments. I labored and delivered him without any pain medications what-so-ever. It was very liberating and powerful. I achieved my goal and was very proud for that. I look forward to accomplishing that goal again in a few weeks. =) Eo was such an easy baby we called him EZ. However, right now I would say he's the complete opposite of easy. I know, this too shall pass. Happy Birthday my baby boy! You make your mama proud.

Okay, while on our little vacay to Cincy, we hit the water park. I had a revelation there. I know these words will probably come back to haunt me, but I don't want my daughter to ever wear a bikini. I know... I know that it is probably super cute to put one on a baby or toddler, but if you start letting them do it from the get go, at what point can you pull back? I don't think you can, so if you never start then you have more leverage. I was just amazed at how awful most of these suits are. I saw like a 4 year old in one that had skulls all over it, which I have nothing against really, but what kind of message is that sending? Most of them even for little, little girls were these triangle top things. Um, hello?! Worst of all the tweens and teen girls who were sporting the bikinis and flaunting it all... all the old men were ogling over. Ick! I want my daughter to have respect for her body and flaunting all that skin in public ~I just don't think is appropriate. Lord Help Me. =)

Overwhelmed...

I was supposed to come home from our mini-get away relaxed and refreshed, right? However, I am feeling quite overwhelemed by everything all of a sudden.

Our quick trip to Cincinnati was really good. The kids really had a good time and we enjoyed making them happy. Ben & I got to appreciate the good eats that you can only get in Cincy and the kids rocked on at the water park and aquarium. I must say the water park was no where near as nice as Great Wolf Lodge and the aquarium could have been a little bit nicer, but over all it was all good. =)

I was unable to watch American Idol while we were down there. For some reason, we could not find the local Fox station and amidst the search, I stumbled upon Charlie Brown's Easter special and all channel flipping ceased, as my boys loooooove Snoopy. I did watch it when I got home and over all found the majority of it boring. I have read that people's tivo's cut out at the end, and so did my DVR. I think the show just actually ran long...because I never get cut out at the end. Maybe Paula shouldn't blow so much hot air... anyhoo... Not sad to see what-ever-his-name is go. Wow. Is he that forgettable? I can't even think of his name...chalk it up to pregnancy brain I guess.

Speaking of pregnancy brain...ugh! That is my problem today. I'm a mess. It's been a problem for a couple of days. On the way down to Cincy, I was bawling to some country song. Then I was reading some magazine article about not knowing if your 'done' having kids... I was a wreck. I couldn't even let a tear roll down my cheek though, for fear my husband would ask me what the heck was wrong. Having to tell him that I was crying about "not knowing" would have put him through the roof!! I know he's "DONE". He's been done. It's so crazy for me to even think that I might not be done~ what business do I have even contemplating a fourth when the third isn't even born yet?!!!! It's totally insane, totally pregnancy hormones. OBVIOUSLY! No sane person would be thinking about #4 when #3 is 6 weeks away from being born. *sigh* On our last night in Cincy, my sciatica nerve flared up. I was doing okay, the drive home was totally fine. However Friday when I got up, it was in full force. I had to do some errands in the morning and then spent the rest of the day on the couch with 3 pillows, blankets, and begging my kids to get me a drink or let the dog out. Thank goodness B was a great help. This pain is literally a pain in the rear end. Shooting pain. If I'm still, it's all good. I can lay or sit and have no issue. It's as soon as I move around or lean forward at all that the pain shoots in my rear. So, now having to deal with it for the past few days, It's starting to get me down. I really have had no complaints this entire pregnancy, but now this. I suffered this pain in my first pregnancy, but I think it was earlier on. Not this late in the game. The thought of having to endure this for 6 more weeks is not a good thing for me. I don't like just sitting, especially when it seems like so much has to be done before the baby comes. Did I mention that we have plans every single weekend this month AND next!? AND that my mother-in-law is going to be gone for like 10 days coming up--so that means I have an extra dog to deal with and no babysitter. AND my husband starts his new job on Monday, and I really don't know what to expect from that.

Just a lot going on.

I'm feeling better though now. I have a stack of magazines I think I will indulge in and put my pajamas back on for the balance of the day.

Hope you have a great Easter.

A Shout Out to My Friend Amy!

My friend Amy made me this A-W-E-S-O-M-E scrapbook in anticipation of my baby girl. I've scrapped a little here and there, and enjoy it but it's very time consuming. Amy is what I'd consider a professional scrapper! The quality of her work is amazing! =)

PLEASE, please check her out at www.YourCustomScrapbook.com

Idol Recap of Top 9

Idol night. Woo-hoo. I just realized something too--hopefully by the time this show ends, the night of the grand finale, I'll be holding my baby girl in my arms instead of my belly. Yee Haw!

Oh dear, Why is Paula wearing a prom dress, AGAIN?!

an Usher song by Anoop...hmmm. Neat MJ jacket, way better than the dorky tie and sweater getup though. Eh, I don't think this song shows any range. I really preferred him in a slower jam. The fast ones just come off so dorky.

Megan--Oh Gawd! Bob Marley?!?! Is this any surprise? She's putting the nails in her coffin, I hope anyway. Eh. Ick. Talk about standing at the bus stop?!?!!! This girl has no confidence! Thank God it's over. Ah yes, a chair that would help out her awful body language, but probably not the awful voice.

I think they pay people to boo what the judges say...

Danny-What Hurts The Most (rascal flatts)- I have a hard time listening to any RF song ever since my Grandma died, because I automatically associate it with the RF song played at her funeral. That being said, I managed to sit through his performance. How many different pairs of glasses does this kid have?! I felt like he sang it with a lot of emotion, which was good. I liked it. Though sometimes when they take a song sung by a band it is a little weird for me.

Allison-Don't Speak. I love this song. Let's see... Not so sure about her wild hair but I bet Gwen would approve and I think it's bringing youth to her image. I liked it. She made it her own in a good way. Not blown away though. I think Gwen would have totally dug the out fit. I didn't think anything of it, I'm surprised the judges gave her such a hard time. I really liked the beginning with the guitar.

Scott-Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel- Do you think he looks like Kirk Cameron a la Growing Pains era?!! LoL! Well, at least an attempt is being made to look a little cooler. I've been sort of over this guy for the past few weeks, but I think he did very well and it's his best song yet. Very nice. BUT.... I don't see him being the right market for this audience.

Matt--You Found Me, The Fray-- Whew! He must have read my blog comments from last weeks show about his terrible outfit. He looks MUCH better this week. I loved how he was surrounded by people while performing the song, way cool stage presence. I thought it totally was awesome! I might even download this one. Rock on!!!
Wait...what?! Oh Paula, shut up. I can't stand anything that comes out of her mouth. OMG! I can't believe it! All bad reviews!!! No way!! Not fair!! I totally agree that it showed versatility!! Poor Matt! I hope America agreed with me!

Lil--Celine--I Surrender-- I don't even know what to say. Oh that sounds good-BORING! Too Safe! No charisma. She's lost something... I hope she finds it soon.

Adam--Play that Funky Music--Oh dear. Current record? Let's see.....
Um! Children watch this show!! Enough thrusting young man! I swear, he's channeling Elvis again this week. I don't know, probably could be a hit today, but I wouldn't buy it. I do agree with Kara, I do look forward to see what this kid is going to do next. There is no denying his talent and creativity.

Kris--Ain't no Sunshine--Last person usually knocks it out of the park. Will Kris? He plays Piano??!! Wow! HOT! HOT! HOT!! Ooooh, Kara can count tonight. Woo hoo! Best of the night for sure!

My Bottom 3-
Anoop, Megan & I guess Lil. I like her, but she's had weeks of wrong songs now...