New churches and Jury Duty Doom

I am feeling a sense of doom about this coming week. Thursday I report to jury duty. I thought, hey there is no way that I'm going to be picked. This lady that was in the nursery at the church we tried out today said that she had two at home and a mom that was an invalid and still made her serve. YIIIKKKEES!!!! The only thing I can think of is having steve take one day and maybe work from home, have my folks do one day and then maybe a friend or two. I seriously doubt that mom and dad could take him for a week. God, I don't think I could stand that. I can see it now ..... Judge: "Ma'am, excuse me, juror number 5, you are disrupting the courtroom. Could someone please make Juror number 5 quit crying? Anyway We went to a new church and Logan did okay for a minute or two but soon I could hear him crying. They said he was playing and suddenly started getting upset. I didn't get to hear the sermon. The song leader was half crying and acting kinda weird. One of those hour long song services but only like 2 songs. Ugh. I do like praise songs but two hours worth??? and the leader is way way more into it than anyone. I could see acting that way after the sermon, but before, it's just singing in my opinion. It's praise yes, but i wonder if it's being amplified on purpose. The rest of the singers were kinda straight faces. I bet he gets on their nerves alittle. The sermon was nothing special. It felt like a high school or college class as oposed to a sermon. He had no sense of humor whatsoever. So we will be moving on elsewhere next time. Well you all pray that I don't get selected on Thursday. I am bringing Logan into the courtroom so we'll see.

My men

Logan is becoming such a big boy. He wanted to sit next to steve this morning after they went to the library. He likes just sitting next to you. His posture and actions are so "boy like" They are both sitting on the couch just like this. I colored my hair this morning....dark dark. I like it dark though and so does steve. We don't have much planned except perhaps going to town to exchange some shoes I bought this week and maybe run to the mall and look around. I definitely want to enjoy this sunshine though. I am back on track with ww. I want to thank the encouragement I got from my friends. I needed it. I ate so much crap that I was sick yesterday. I remembered oh yeah that problem went away when I ate healthy food. So it's back on track..and besides today is day one on my plan. Well I gotta do some dishes and get started on my water drinking...Hope you all have a great weekend and let me know what your plans are!  

I'm a BAAAAAD Pussycat

You know that cartoon where they say "If I do it, I get a spankin,.... okay I do it...." that has been the theme of mine for a week. I am definitely stressed, depressed and just grumpy this week. I was up .4 lbs which is amazing for all the days I overate. What did I do after my meeting? McDonalds. I think we are going to go all out today and tomorrow start fresh. Logan slept last night after making him cry it out for 40 minutes. He slept till 8 this morning. I'm even sleepier though cause I finally relaxed and let myself sleep. We are going to have a nice boring weekend and enjoy the rain.

Let the fun begin!!

I was up all night long, after not sleeping much the night before. You'd think I would be tired, but I feel this energy going through me...Like I'm afraid to run out of gas, so i'm super busy. I'm running on caffeine that's for sure. Had to rock the boy twice in the night. Then he woke up at 5. I tried to rock him but he started talking to me. I got a 30 minute nap around 7:30. Then he slept from 11 to 12. I ran to Famous Footwear and bought three pairs of shoes with my gift certificate. Thank you Aunt Darlene! I hope your foot is feeling better. I heard your surgery went okay. Anyway I love getting bargains. Anyway I'm dreading WW tomorrow. I've gone over so so bad. I'm going over tonight too just because. BTW, don't eat a jr burger at sonic thinking you are doing good. It's 9 pts. Yeah at McD's you can it's only 5 or 6, but forget about Sonic. It was really good though. So I'm tempted to use my no weigh in pass cause I really don't want to weigh, but I want the meeting, however it's just me that knows, so maybe it's good to know. I spent alittle time changing my layout and getting new links on there. If you don't want your blog listed, please let me know.

Molars Everywhere!

Irealized why Logan has been a toot both literally and figuratively. He is cutting at least 3 molars. He actually let me feel around in there (as he was trying to bite off my fingers). He woke up at 230 this morning. He has been having alot of diaper rash too with all his diapers. Poor baby. two on top and one on bottom (that I could feel) two are kind of on the side of his gum so i didn't feel it right away. I can't find his pain reliever so i'm going to have to run to the drug store later and pick some up. Now that I know what pain he's in I'm going to help myself. I think Steve was woken up more than usual I saw that he brewed a ton of coffee. I used the remainder to marinade our steaks that we are eating tonight for dinner..(woops that's my secret marinade ingredient!). He's been playing his little piano lately and dancing a little dance...too cute. Well tonight we aren't doing much except watching the rest of Mansfield Park and Lost. It's pretty cool to be married to someone who likes that stuff. I'm posting pictures that my Aunt Marsha sent me from this weekend. I was alittle blue from them mainly cause I didn't think I looked like this. I guess what I see in the mirror is different. I've been terrible today. Craving chocolate and bread. My mad streak is almost over. Oh and I just ate a ton of chocolate and actually i don't want it anymore.

Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Logan is crying now. I can't get him to sleep for some reason. Maybe he needs to cry and get really tired I have no clue. All I know is that I don't have it in me to hold him for hours, I can get him asleep in my arms but he's restless for other reasons. Today was another day in the dulldroms, but not as bad. As for the diet, it was baaad. I went over about 8 pts. I've used all my flex. But that's okay. I can only do my best. "But I guess my best wasn't good enough." Yesterday i cried through Oprah so I know that the fun is about to begin. During my monthly visitor i'm great though. So this too shall pass. I was happy that I have spoken to three of my best friends in the course of two days either on the phone or over the internet. Misty I'm glad you are back in the land of cyberspace. Shannon doesn't read this so it's a great time to dish the dirt...j/k. No she's halfway through her pregnancy with kiddo number 2. Sarah wrote me too. Syd is a few months younger than Logan. It suprises me to hear what all she's doing. She definitely has talking over Logan but it's kinda expected. Funny conversation we had lately about Elmo. Cause you see I live and breath Elmo cause Sesame Street is a daily routine. The guy that does the voice for Elmo was on Oprah recently and Elmo said "I bet you never thought I'd have a brother behind me huh Oprah" cause Kevin Click ? is a 45 yr old African American Man. Well later we were talking about Oprah and how she has these sayings that are soooo corny. Like the "aha moment" or finding your spirit crap. Well for all the african american pioneers Oprah always raises her finger and says "Bla Bla Bla, we speak your name." Steve and I keep saying "Elmo, we speak your name." We crack ourselves up and thats all that matters really. Have I said recently how wonderful my husband is? Well honey you are. Like every couple we have our moments. But you take such good care of us and I melt when I see you love Logan like you do. And we laugh every day about something together and that is so important to me. Plus you are one fine specimine, and I always think it, maybe not always showing it though and I'm sorry. Watched alittle bit of American Idol. I think it's Kelly's time to go. She was bad. I feel so sorry for her though. I always like Paris and Taylor but he did bad tonight, looked cute though. I wonder if Paula was on meds tonight. She is one odd and inconsistent lady I tell you that. I'm off to bed I have a new book. Jennifer Weiner recommended it on her blog. She said if I liked her I'd like this lady. And I can never read a book when Logan is near cause he wants it.

da da da dum!

having a bad day today. I just ate a ton of ww candy...so it's not ww when you eat the whole bag. Migraine, or sinus headache, food cravings and alittle nausea only can mean bad things.

Bulimic Baby

Babies are weird in their own little ways. I don't think some things that babies do are taught by parents. Heres an example. Logan likes to make himself throw up. Usually right after he eats. He is very curious about touching things right now I understand. He likes to feel around in the back of his throat. But you would think that after he makes himself throw up he would quit. He must like it alot cause it's the latest thing. He does it after every meal usually as I'm washing his tray so there's nothing to catch what emerges. Friday night I ran and caught the pieces of half chewed pizza as it came back. Oh the joys of motherhood. We went to Shawnee for my birthday celebration. It was nice to see everyone at once and not have to go travelling to see them all. I only have time to see one set of grandparents usually, and then feel a paing of guilt over not seeing the other one. Logan didn't sleep the entire time so by 4:30 he was cranky. Mom finally got him to sleep and he woke up a different boy. He's so funny. He is saying "oh sheeze" over and over. My mom says he's saying "oh shoot" cause I say it all the time. He probably is but sometimes he adds a sound and we all look at each other thinking "oh no." I love my brother a whole lot and miss him now that he's in Houston but I'm really happy for him that he has a dream job, a nice house. Now he needs to find his dream girl. I'm also proud that he's taking his health into focus now. But we had a good visit with him. He had fun getting to know Logan again. He gets to know him and then a month later has to get to know the new older boy that is so different. Logan takes along time to get to know him. By the end he loves Craig, but it takes awhile. We went to church Sunday in Shawnee. I always feel drawn there when I go. I love so many people there and love the preacher and Steve does too. They love us too which is crazy since we hardly come. I leave there wishing we lived there. I always do. All my family live there and a church we love, but there are some pros to living in T-town. I would miss my friends and I love the parks and the city itself. I think I need to pray about it and get back to where I need to be when it comes to God anyway. I know I wane and wax. I think most of it is due to going to the last church and having it not work out. I feel scared to try another cause I don't getting close to people and not liking the church. The last group was so little and they were all so nice and friendly. And we liked them as people, but it wasn't feeding us and they weren't open to alot of change. We'll have to rotate if we try again so we don't go to two places at a time. I'm not sure if I'm alone in this but I have feminist tendencies while having to cope with being a stay at home mommy. I never said never on the SAHM issue, but I have a real chip on my shoulder about gender roles and subservient attitudes. It's great when both are serving each other though. That's what I was raised with. But I had issues with the last church I went to where the women wear dresses all the time to church. I really take issue when teenagers are at the park and these girls are wearing big hair and dresses playing tennis with boys that are dressed normally. But that was off subject, the preacher wouldn't talk to me it seemed. He developed a friendship with my husband but not with me. Yet at all the dinner things we went to no women would sit with me and talk. I always thought my grandma and grandpa had the man dominant, woman subserviant relationship growing up but now that I've seen changes with them and grown up I know that my grandma was in charge and my grandpa just fronted that he was. 

I'm "tard"

I have made it through my first week being 30, or 20-10 as Misty would say (thanks for trying to make me feel better.) I am so sore this morning from gardening. I seriously don't know how people do it alot. I'm sure that the right tools and not having rock hard soil might help. I had to break up the dirt and I swear I stood on the shovel ten times per hole to even make a dent in the earth. I managed to transfer my jalepeno and banana pepper plants, my oregon early and cherokee purple tomatoes in the dirt. I am having a salsa garden if you haven't already guessed. My garlic and onion have been in for awhile and my garlic is so tall. We have been walking all week so that has made me sore too. We've been alternating 1 1/2 to 2 miles a day. I went to my meeting this morning and I was down 1.8 lbs for a total of 21lbs=10% Yeah me! Yes I'm totally giving away just how much I weighed. Lets just say it was almost 22 lbs...but i was 2 shy. It was a good meeting and I got some free coupons...arghh...cause I bought a few things that i could have used the coupons for. Oh well there's always next month. I did terrible this last weekend as you remember and then for our bbq I did not pack my veggie burger as I intended, but I ate a hot link and a hamburger, plus potato salad and baked beans. I used more than my flex points and still had a loss. The reason? I drank extra water and increased my veggies and fruits. I've decided it's not about goofing on a diet it's about coming back to it. Before when I'd blow a meal I'd tell Steve, "Time to eat I've already blown the day." Now I say, Fish and salad anyone? I hate being on a budget and shopping. This week we were out of trashbags, toilet paper, diapers etc. I hate going to get groceries and not having any groceries you know? Like soy sauce and those things that you use all the time and never notice but when you have to buy alot of those things it is a drag. You could buy $100.00 in condiments & non food alone if you were truly out of them. I'm going to make a grilled turkey sausage pizza today...(we'll see how well I do) or we may order a pizza who knows how I'll feel around 5:00. We are going to Shawnee this weekend for my birthday celebration and to see my brother who is coming in just for it (What up Craig!) Sunday night is Mom's night out. We are going bowling. I haven't been in so long. It should be fun. Hope everyone has an awesome weekend...The weather is going to be great.

Spring is Here!

I have been preoccupied with the cooler weather and just hanging with the boy. After such a hot week last week, I'm enjoying not sweating through my clothes this week. We managed a playdate Wednesday which was fun. Logan kept squealing "Bah" when he threw his ball. He then started running to the door from McDonalds. It's still alittle old for him. I ran to Kohls and was pleasantly surprised to shop in the Misses dept, not the Womens section. They don't make very cute clothes for larger women that's for sure. I couldn't find white pants in the larger section (duh). But I found 7 different ones to choose from in the Misses Section. I made Lebanese Cabbage Rolls last night with stir fry and then we walked 2 miles. So I had tons of points left. I ate them all gladly. Today Steve wants Tacos with "real" meat. I've been using ground turkey in everything I make. I understand what he means but i don't like buying it. Anywhoo...I'm sure that was page turning for you all to read about....this is why I haven't posted in a while. Steve picked up two purple tomato plants and a pepper and a grape tomato plant. I need to go dig in my garden today. I thought I'd wait till after lunch to start. My little garden is coming along. I worry about pollenation though cause i don't have flowers on my tomatoes...but maybe it'll happen once I transfer them. Next week I'm doing the flower beds cause the helicopters should be finished by then. Logan has been smelling his bare feet and saying "shhhh"(shoo) He loves playing that game with me. He's such a fun boy.

Easter Weekend

We had a good weekend. Saturday I went to my aunt and uncle's house in Owasso to see my Grandmother and Grandpa and My Dad's cousin Robert and his wife Darlene. Sunday we went to Guthrie to have a cookout at the Swinney's. It was alot of fun and really hot. All the kids got anxious to hunt easter eggs and it was alittle frantic cause they took all the eggs so I grabbed some off the table and Logan got to gather those. They had money in them, so I replaced them with animal crackers. He had alot of fun I think. I did have to leave him in his playpen some cause he likes to run off. He loved playing with his cousin Ashlynn's earrings. We had a baby shower for my neice Kaydon. She's due around May 5th. She's so young. I can't imagine having a baby when I was 17. She's a real sweet girl though. Something else happened that was awesome. I found a bag of clothes up in the attic Saturday. It had all my summer shorts and tank tops from 3 years ago. It was like going shopping. When I was pregnant and getting too wide for everything, and the start of fall I moved it all to the garage. I had all my undergarments that were practically new. I had two sets of pjs and a swimsuit. It was really cool. I've been doing terrible this weekend on food. I did calculate what I ate though. I know that it's hormonal eating. It hit me after friday. I've been craving everything. Saturday night Steve and I were playing Jeopardy on playstation in the bedroom and we kept talking about eating something. I told him to order a pizza, but it was closed, then he was going to go to Braums for a bag of burgers and he kept saying after the game i'll go. When we were done with the game I came to my senses. I wasn't even hungry I just wanted food. I realized that I felt guilty for eating Bueno, so if i ate lets say 3 or 4 pieces of pizza, the guilt would be even worse. Not to mention that the next day we were going to have a cookout with hotlinks and hamburgers and all the fixings. So I was there to talk myself down from the ledge. I told steve that it didn't help that he was pushing me off of it. (But I love ya anyway babe!) Easter Sunday at the Swinneys might have to change. I felt so sorry for Steve's mom. I don't think we should have it anymore. They spent alot of food and she worked like a dog to get it all done and worked so hard for Kaydon's shower. Most of her grandkids brought friends and ignored everyone in the family. Ate the food, took the easter eggs, then left. Most of the food ran out cause some of the boys loaded up on deviled eggs. Steve's dad didn't get one. And then only one grandkid said thank you to Jo and Cecil. Manners are so uncommon these days. I felt really bad for them. She told Steve that she wasn't going to do it again. I'm pretty glad. I think she should come with us to my aunts next year. Enjoy the pictures below....  

My Birthday Blog

I know I haven't been online for awhile. I can explain. I can only be online for a few hours a day. Where before that was no big deal, now it's a nuisance. I have found online Karaoke. Yes there is a website that you can log onto to and sing any karaoke song, listen to others sing and rate them. It's kinda weird but it's better than going to sing real karaoke and thinking, hmm I wonder if I could sing that one. Anyway Enough of that. Yesterday we woke up and I went to my WW meeting. I gained .6. Which is okay cause I know my body well enough to know this ahead of time. I'm retaining water or something is going on. I'm going to try to load up on more veggies and decrease my salt intake. Anyway after my meeting my men and I went to Pei Wei and I ate my favorite, Spicy Korean Chicken. It was really good as usual. We bought Logan's first Easter Basket. It was the only way since he's really too young for most things. And we picked up this really cute sun hat for him. I thought it was just a khaki hat, till i noticed the snaps on the side...G'day Mate. Croiky! My parents send me a beautiful Bouquet and I was really happy to get something special from them today...oh and the whole giving me life in the first place. I went to Cato and bought 3 shirts and a pair of shorts. I thought about Capris and stuff like that, but it's 95 degrees...i don't feel like wearing thick capris, so i got thin shirts and some more jean shorts. It's really nice to try on things in the regular dept. I can get most of my shirts in the misses dept now...and when in doubt I looked for pants there too. I found some things that were put in the wrong place. It was a good trip. Later Steve and I walked 2 miles. We pushed it up. Now I'm paying for it. My back is so stiff. I think pushing the stroller will do that. Then I finished the night with some ice cream and Cinderella Man. I couldn't stop crying. It was really good but I'm suck a sappy person. I always feel movies too much. Funny Logan story, He says bye bye and waves, but if Steve and I start doing it to him he starts really crying. We think he thinks we are leaving him...It's pretty cute, poor little guy.  

Our Cool Down

Logan is such a funny boy. He was being so corny in his crib. I guess cause it was "new." I don't leave him in his crib alot. We were hot and sweaty after our walk and I needed to take his clothes off and wash them. I got in a 1 mile walk with the boy so it was a weighted walk. Today he said what sounded like Hello from the living room. I'm pretty sure he was playing with my old cell phone.

You Are 28 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

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Jury Duty????

We had a busy night last night. Logan has a terrible diaper rash and "toots" that reek of rotten eggs. Gotta love antibiotics. He is feeling bad today. I gave him some decongestant/pain reliever this morning because he kept rubbing at his ear. He fell asleep in his playpen this morning. I got a summons yesterday for jury duty. I looked up the exemptions and caring for a minor child is one in western oklahoma...lets hope it applies in Sand Springs. They should know that if you don't want to be there you will agree with the majority so you can leave. So really if you don't want to be there, wouldn't that be an exemption. Oh well. We are still debating what to do this weekend. We might go to Shawnee, but we are going next weekend to celebrate my birthday (which is this Friday) because my brother is flying in from Houston. Logan is waking up so we are going to go get some milk and laundry detergent.

ugh...

Just thought I would write a short little update. Night from Hell last night I was up till 2:30. He was screaming at one point and I was crying and saying "I'm sorry." Steve woke up and took him for a minute. At that point I asked him "how much are you going to commit to that cause I could lay down." A little longer I was able to get him to sleep. Took him to the Dr. I know that appts get delayed etc. But I try to get there early, I was there 5 minutes before my appt(4:10). We didn't get seen till 6:00. Logan was throwing a fit...So I'm exhausted and going to go to bed hopefully he will sleep through.. He has a bad ear infection in his right ear so he should feel better soon with his medicine.

Weekend in Shawnee

I got Logan's temperature down alittle Friday night but when he woke up Saturday it was even higher. It's going down with Tylenol and Ibprofen. And I got some Be Kool patches, which actually work. I'll have to use them the next time i have a killer headache. We ended up going to Shawnee. We had dinner at my Grandpa and Grandmother's house. They got new carpet and new furniture. It looked nice. Logan matched his Grandpa Joe and Grandmother Joyce really well so I had to take a picture or two. They don't see him very much but he really likes them. Grandmother made roast and her famous rolls. My Aunt Marsha and Uncle Mike were there too. Logan eventually took a nap on Grandmother. We stayed too long though and my mom was needing to get home. Logan's fever shot right back up after dinner. It was 103.7 but my mom says you subtract 1 if it's taken rectally. I managed to get it back down by bedtime, which unfortunately for me was after midnight. Logan slept all night though till about 8:00. His fever was back...I thought it was teething but he's never been this hot before. When I bathed him this morning he fussed when i dried his ear. And he is pulling on it. So I think it's probably an ear infection or something. You can just tell he doesn't feel up to par. My aunt Jennifer brought her little boy Connor over to my folks this afternoon. He's so cute and just a really good calm baby. She said that she just loves being around him cause he's so calm and sweet. His hair spikes up and won't lay flat and Logan kept patting it and then patting his overalls. It was sweet. Logan pulled Connors hair which made Connor chuckle. They are only 7 months apart. I can see them being good friends when they get older. It's nice to have a friend to play with at family functions. I was the only girl for along time on both sides, except my aunt but she was 4 years older than me. We came home at about 5 ish and i settled into unpacking, and feeding, and the whole usual thing. Steve found a bag of clothes in the attic, unfortunately it wasn't the one with all my summer clothes...I think he threw that one out. I cleaned out alot of stuff when i was pregnant and I'm missing some of my favorite shorts. This load had some of my old work clothes and some shirts I wore to Europe. They are kind of ratty but I need ratty sometimes to hang around the house etc...plus they have some sentimental value cause I did wear them for 31 days straight strapped to my back in some way or another.  

Waddya want, I'm sick!

Well Logan has his first fever. I noticed he was acting really bad after his nap which isn't like him. He kept falling down when he was walking around. I got him to eat some today so he has an appetite. I think it's just teething. The poor guy cuts them all at once and he has some incisors coming in... I went to this big consignor sale today called Just between friends. I was able to get some cute stuff for my neice Kaydon. She is having a baby in May. Logan is saying "Oh Yeah" and trying to repeat what we say. It's really cute. He also likes putting his food on top of his head. He thinks he is doing something soo funny. Well I better get to bed just in case I need to tend to Logan tonight. If his fever is gone we will go to Shawnee to let my mom have some well deserved Grandbaby therapy. 

WW Update

We woke up to a rainy looking day. In fact it did rain and thunder for an hour or so and then the sun came out. After Logan woke up from his afternoon nap we went outside and I walked 2 miles on the Riverpark trails in SS. I'm extra tired from it. I remember the last time I walked with Logan he was about 5 months old. We had some time to waste so I went to K-Mart. They are having really good sales. I almost bought a dress. It actually looked good on me...but where would I wear a dress. Two is all I really need. We looked at all the Elmo toys at K-Mart too. He had fun. The guy on the intercom kept announcing stuff in an English accent. It was really annoying. Then I met Steve and handed off the baby so I could go to my Weight Watchers meeting. Weight Watchers went really well. I have been getting stars every meeting. I lost 1.6 lbs this week which made me get my 20 lb star. Next week I should get my 10% thingy. I think it's funny how we get stickers like we are 5 yr olds. "Yeah I did good, I got a sticker" Like we are having a piano lesson or something. So I ran by McDonalds and picked up burgers for us to eat for dinner. I didn't go over and I still have some extra for tomorrow. Now did it satisfy my craving for a good hamburger? Nope. Logan ate his happy meal. He fell asleep on Steve after dinner for a few minutes. He's so pretty when he sleeps. I think he's pretty all the time though. We watched Narnia on DVD. I'd read the book so long ago I forgot all that happened. It was nice to have no cussing or real killing. I'm so sleepy and sore. I'm gonna call it an early night tonight and relish my almost 2 lb loss...We are going to have a busy weekend. Steve is dropping Logan and I off at my folks while he helps his sister move. He's also going to see his friend Brent and his parents. 

Little Cruisers

We had a really good day today. Logan woke up at 8:30 and we got dressed and ate breakfast. Our friends Misty and Anne-Marie came over for a nice visit. It's so nice to have someone to talk to ...that doesn't speak baby talk! Logan did really well for having to share his toys with someone else. We had a good lunch (B-B-Q Chicken Pizza and Brownies). Then the kids played outside till Logan started getting alittle grumpy. He didn't take a nap till after they left and only for about 1 hour so It should be an early night tonight. Steve came home and we ate dinner and then went walking. The day really flies when you're having fun, and have Daylights Savings Time, I suppose cause it's almost time for Lost. I don't have much else to say except I have WW tomorrow and I'm actually looking forward to it, I expect at least another lb or two, judging by my scales. I always do though. It's my reward for being good on my diet. Having Miss Anne-Marie makes me 1. Look forward to the next 6 months and all that Logan will learn. and 2. Look forward to a few years from now perhaps having a sweet little girl. It's funny how she is so aware of other babies and people and Logan is kind of oblivious at this point. I'm sure it's his age though. I placed an ad online to sell Kali today. I hope I have a bite before the weekend cause I don't want to take her to my folks. 

Ten Days and Counting

Well we had a pretty good day today. My house was clean and I always like starting the day like that. The cable guy came and took away cable. I'm okay as long as we have PBS and I can get a book. We are on day 2 without our bottle which is good, but his sippy at night is soft like a bottle. That may be tricky to move on from... I honestly don't have too much to write about tonight. We played and Logan got in trouble alot for hitting the t.v. I had to order a new check card which you can only do in person. Logan flirted with the teller. He loves women. While we were at Wal-Mart we saw Tracy with her two girls Danielle and Jessica. I can't believe how big they are getting. And both so cute and both so different. I wanted to post one of Logan's pics. He looks sooooo Mauldiny in this picture. I swear sometimes I'm looking at my brother...but then i think it's me. Then tomorrow he'll look like Stephen again. Logan is starting to repeat words that I say. He said yogurt and oh yeah tonight...it was really funny, and he knows when he's funny. He uses it to his advantange most of the time. Like after he hits me he will do a silly dance or laugh. Well the countdown is on. I have 10 days till my birthday. ugh......but I'm also happy about it like every 8 year old should be!!

Looking Back

I know that mommies may look backwards alot as they put away clothes for the baby etc. I had to do that some today which is fine. I cried when he was too big for his swing and jumperoo. I saw some old pictures of him so I thought I would post them. He was so different looking it is crazy. He ate what I fixed for dinner tonight, and drank juice. He's got skinned knees and is a boy all of a sudden. Where did my buddha go? As you can tell I'm alittle baby crazy again...but then i see the picture of me after giving birth...yowza!! All the blood vessels in my face exploded and i had a sunburn....plus my face was swollen with what i can only guess was the beginning of toxemia. So i would like to visit the idea again in say 1 year. 

My Baby outsmarted the Time Change!

Okay so I thought Logan would sleep till at least 8:00 this morning. I hear him talking at 6:00. I was disapointed. We watched Sesame Street all morning. Luckily with the change it's really late for him at night and I'm not hearing a peep from him. We went to Wal-Mart today to get Logan some sandals and shorts and shoelaces. I handed the laces to Steve while I put some shoes back and Steve puts them up. I forgot to get his sippy cups. I really hate Wal-Mart, but what I hate worse is to go back to Wal-Mart. Okay so I did nothing all day except Laundry. Steve let me get a nap but i kept hearing Logan whine and cry. He was hungry and just because we didn't realize it was 5:30 and not 4:30, Logan's stomach knew. I'm struggling with WW this weekend and the reason is simple. I just decreased my points. Why would two pts make that big of a difference? Anyway I think my body is adjusting to it. I ate probably 2lbs of strawberries this weekend by the way. I want to grow one of those hanging strawberry plants. For those of you that don't know. I've been inspired to grow things after my mom bought me a chia herb garden. I know it was silly but it was so fun in its amazing how nature works kind of way. And I had big beautiful Basil plants for awhile till I overwatered it and it grew a fungus and the gnats came and ate them up. Oh well... I'm off to bed it's so late...but it's not. I get so messed up with this.

Dog for Sale

We had a fun, busy, and hot day. Logan woke up at his usual 7:00. The cartoons are alittle old for him on Saturday so I popped in his Sesame Street tape I recorded for him. We ate breakfast and went to about 5 garage sales. There wasn't much to choose from. If Logan was a girl we would have hit paydirt on one....but alas he is not. Logan fell asleep while we were driving and we played tennis for 30 minutes. It was so fun, but I was so wiped out. If we can play just once a week I know I can get into better shape. We came home and Steve painted the last door to our bathroom. I reminded him about the unfinished projects we still have before we start any more. I cleaned the house, minus the kitchen. I didn't mop or anything cause it's a white tile floor and i'd just have to do it again after tomorrow. We played outside for awhile till Kali bit Logan again. Last time it was his head and I didn't see it. This time I saw and he wasn't doing anything but walking to her. So she's as good as gone in Steve's eyes. I wondered if it was a good idea to get her and her owners swore that she was gentle. But I think the baby she was around was not a toddler. She also gets jealous. She'd be great with older kids or people that want a lap dog. So I don't know how I'm going to find her a home but I have to start soon. She growls when Logan gets near her crate, or her food. But he was no where near that... Anyway I made a pretty good recipe tonight called Beef Enchilada Bake. It made twelve dinky servings though which i hate. I was full just not satisfied. I had fat free refried beans and baked corn tortillas and salsa. Then the best part for dessert I had strawberries and ice cream. Its been so hot all day and I wanted to turn on the A/C cause our attic fan isn't working. Steve messed with the switch and it worked when he pushed on it but it quit when he let go. Then he walked away and a minute later it came on. Faulty wiring or Ghost? You decide!! Logan has been asleep for about 2 and 1/2 hours so I'd better go wake him up so he can eat and play with us. He is such a jabbermonkey. Just saying all kinds of stuff and trying to imitate every word I say. I really need to watch what I say. Oh I got some cute pics of Logan sitting in our field of "flowers" it was really cute he stayed out there so long. I wish it really was a field of flowers, I guess it's time to mow.