Today was a really nice day!! It was my first day off since July 4th! But rememeber I won't discuss work! haha! We started with a trip to Target. We were supposed to go to straight to the park but after turning the house upside down looking for Aidan's shoes I gave in and just decided to go buy some (more...i hope Mat doesnt read this! lol maybe he won't notice the new shoes...)!! Well of course they were rearranging their shoe dept for the fall line, so no luck there!! This was frustrating because I can't just "run" in and out of stores to try to find something I need. Not to even mention the ordeal we go thru just to get out of the house in the morning, but I have to get out the double stroller, assemble all the parts (because they don't all fold down with the stroller), unbuckle one child out of the car seat and into the stroller, unbuckle the other child out of his carseat while keeping an eye on the child in the stroller to make sure he hasn't rolled himself into the street, rebuckle 2nd child into the stroller. Make sure I have diaper bag, purse, two juice cups, snacks and bribes for the tantrums Aidan will throw and enough for Asher when he gets upset because Aidan has something and he doesn't! BUT I LOVE THIS PART!!! I love complaing about this because I truely love my job so much!!! But back to my story! So no go with the shoes so I buy a bath toy instead. As we wait in line the millionth person asked me, "Awwww they are so cute are they twins?" TWINS?!! Are people blind!! I didnt even have them dressed alike today! One is 10 months old and drooling buckets full and the other may be 2 and a half but the size of a 3 or 4 year old!! So next stop is Shoe Carnival. It was close and they had some light up sandals on clearance in his size so I paid and left. Next stop the park. Now I hate this park because it's all the "perfect moms" with the "perfect strollers" and their "perfect play groups". It's near landfall (which is the country club of wilmington) so these moms do nothing but spend their husbands money all day! lol So we did the park thing and I got to use our new camcorder because our old one has been broken for a while, so I'm trying to tape every move they make now! Of course Asher starts screaming like he has never been on a swing before and Aidan starts yelling "No picture mommy, no picture! Turn it off!" But the weather was great and the kids had fun! Also as we were leaving I saw one of the "perfect moms" literally dragging her 2 year old to the car and I felt normal again! Asher is walking now! He pretty much has stopped crawling and walks everywhere! He is such a sweet and loving baby! ALWAYS loves to give kisses and hugs!! He LOVES playing with his brother!! It's so fun to watch them interact with one another! Asher has learned to start fights with Aidan. He'll walk over to where Aidan is playing and either sit or fall on him (I think that comes from Aidan always doing it to Asher). Aidan better watch out because Asher is going to kick his butt in about a year! I was trying to prepare dinner tonight when Asher got into the pantry and got a hold of the broom. Aidan comes in and says "No Ashie, not a toy! Don't touch! You go play with blocks! Mommy get him a ball". I LOVE IT! It was too adorable! Another Aidan moment was when I was vacuuming upstairs . I stuck both the kids in the crib to stablize them so I could vacuum real quick without anyone trying to bite the cord or unplug it! I went into our room to vacuum and came out and saw Aidan had picked up Asher and was trying his BEST to throw him over the rail!!! My kids really are good, it's just the bad stories are always SO much more interesting!!! lol Overall it was a great day! Had some great family time, did laundry, went tanning (my 20minutes of peace), cleaned the house, put up the laundry and changed all the sheets. Tomorrow by 10am there will be 2 new loads of laundry, dishes in the sink, breakfast all over the floor, no clean bottles, crumb filled sheets, 2 dirty diapers and something will be broken but Hey it's just another day! ;-)

I am in awe right now. I love the reason I breathe, eat and sleep....my precious children! Asher just walked across the whole length of the room (now a new record) with 2 pieces of laundry he had just pulled out of the basket, handed one to me then laid his head on my lap and gave me a kiss!!! It was a moment I wanted bottle up and replay forever!! This is a few minutes after Aidan looked at me and said "come cuddle with me mommy!" Times like this I think I want another child but then I check our bank account and remember why I don't! lol! Aidan is into disciplining Asher. Yesterday Christy's mom was soooo sweet enough to keep the kids while i went into work (see how one person's actions affect so many people and she doesnt even know the have of it! and you all know who i'm talking about!) and she told me some great stories about Aidan. Asher would be doing something he wasn't supposed too and Aidan would say "tell him tell him!" and "ooooh no no no no"! And Aidan would correct her if she didnt say it correctly! Today we made a stop at the bank and we went in so Aidan could get a lollipop. Well for the second time he goes "I want lollipop mommy but no haircut mommy no haircut!!" Yes we bribe our child with lollipops in order for Mathew to cut his hair. Poor child will be scarred for life! His hair is so coarse we keep it shaved and Asher's is long and fine like mine so I dare not shave his head!! OK well I have to wrap this up because Asher keeps trying to push the buttons on the keyboard! Have a wonderful evening!

My Sweet 2 year old came out to play today!

Smiles! Aidan had his first Kindermusik class today! I think I was more excited than he was! Sara and Rylee so graciously had Asher over to play, so Aidan and I can have some one on one time! Oh I loved it! I don't remember the last time it was just me and Aidan (and here my feelings regret come crashing in....he doesnt feel loved enough, he is acting out becuase he feels as if I don't give him enough attention, am I necglecting to fulfill any of his needs?!) Then I come back down to earth and look at how happy of a child he is and think I'll just worry about it tomorrow! At first he was shy and just sat back and took everything in! Then just moments later he was right there in the middle of everyone singing, dancing, and playing his drums. This was his favorite part! "Mommy I had fun drums" he keeps saying! So the 1st free class turned into 70 dollars with of six more weeks! Ashie (as our family refers to him thanks to his big brother...i was just thinking today how it's funny that to some family things seem natural and everyone outside of your circle it just seems plain nutty! I mean if you were in Walmart and heard someone called their child Ashie you would laugh!!! but to us it's his name! lol) has now successfully pulled out every single pot I have under my counters. He was content with just one and now every last one of them has to come out. My calm sweet child has now started the shrieking. Loud high pitch scream. No matter if he is happy sad glad or mad! It's great! I don't see how we are not evicted from our apartment yet lol! He did walk from the coffee table into the kitchen today which was his greatest distance yet! Mat had to go to the ER the other night. He has an inflamation in his lung and may possibly have shingles (which is the adult form of chicken pox) But he seems to be doing better! The pain is less severe or the hydrocodine has kicked in..not sure which lol! Well I must go make my grocery list and vacuum and watch general hospital!

"Before I was a Mom: I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night. Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests,or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep. Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy. Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

Entering the blogging world!

Well, I've decided to enter the world of "blogging" for a couple of reasons. This way I can always look back and see what my kids were doing and saying at what ages. I can look back and laugh at all the things i'm not laughing at now. It's relaxing "me" time during naptime. Also I can share with my friends and family how much the kids have grown. I got this idea from my dear friends Rachel! (Just wanted to give you shout out there! ;-))
Ahhhh...germs. Right now Aidan, Asher and myself are sneezing, coughing and blowing are noses every minute of every hour! Of course Mathew has not gotten it....yet! He thinks he sweats it all out during the day at work. Lucky for me...he is still well! I can deal with a 10 month old and a 2 year hands down.....but when Mathew gets sick....i'm moving out! Aidan is a big boy and can blow his nose...like for real blow his nose lol! We no longer have to hold him down and come at him with the "blue nose sucky thing"....what are those called anyway!? It's been a very slow day because I feel so bad. We took a trip to walmart today for infant cold medicine, children's cold medicine and mommy's size cold medicine and of course lotion covered Kleenex's. Then back home to dope up and take naps. So I guess it's pretty uneventful blog. Though Aidan said the cutest thing today! He wanted me to read Go Dog Go for the 4th time when I said, "Aidan, Mommy's throat hurts really bad and I can't read anymore." He then got up kissed my neck and said "Better? Yes? ok Read Book". With a break in my heart, there we went for rounds 4 and 5! Tonight we are keeping our nephew so I'm sure lots to talk about tomorrow with 3 kids under 5! I also made a vow not to talk about work in my blogs because I don't think they allow the type of language I would be using when I discuss work! So off to 5 minute showerland I go. I hear Asher is awake so hopefully he can play for 5 minutes while I run a razor up one leg! Maybe I'll get to do the other tomorrow! ;-)