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Welcome to the Video World Lauren

I got a new Flip Camera today. No frills or bells. Just something plain and simple that I need! Now I can save everything to the computer and not have to search for a 2 inch tape floating around this messy house, if I want to watch a home video! This is a test one. Be prepared for more to come!

A New Things Kinda Day!

Carseat: Aidan got a "big boy" carseat now! He is so much more comfy in it! He loves it so much! He keeps saying how he loves his new carseat and is it for Aidan? "It's not Ashie's carseat? It's mine?" It's a Graco Nautlis! After Mathew installed it, he shook it and the car shook instead! It's a really great carseat and I feel so much more safer because he was def growing out of his old one!

Park: We went as a family today to the park and bundled the kids up to take a short walk. It was nice to get out of the house and let the kids play! They played on the playground until their fingers started to turn blue so we headed home! (not really but the sun was going down so it was cold).

New House Stuff: I started buying things for our new place. Only 2 more weeks till we move!!! I got a jungle animals shower curtain and monkey curtain rings for the boys bathroom. Their bathroom is jungle animal themed right now but we have those annoying sliding doors so I never bought a curtain. I'm excited to have our own bathroom again. Right now we have 2 bathrooms but the boys tub is only used to throw dirty towels or clean out nasty stuff in. So we have to rake all the bath toys out of our way if we want to take showers!

Eyes: Yes both of them, Aidan has pink eye in both eyes! Poor baby! To the doctor we go tomorrow! Which yes means Ashie's is right around the corner! I guess more bring hulled up in the house for a few days! Mat's response: Oh my gosh, I am not touching the kids till they get over it!!! I'm sorry but I'm not. I can't get it and miss work!!!! Thanks honey thanks for the support! ;-) LOL

NKOTB: Oh yeah that's right, who's coming with me???!!!

Bad Day

It's just been a bad day overall!! So these are some pics I took this afternoon and tonight. I just wanted to share them with everyone.

So to sum up my bad day I must vent to someone. I went to do my taxes and came home to more holes in the celing and water drizzling down from it. This is because my boyfriend "didn't fall asleep on the couch" while he was with the boys and they flooded the upstairs bathroom by stuffing wads and wads of toliet paper in the toliet and flushed it repeatedly. Somehow everything I ever did wrong was brought up and turned into my fault...Then Mat's sister called, he handed the phone to me, "Hey look we are driving up today and I wanted to know if Mat can go out with us tonight?"

Thanks, thanks alot for including me, thanks for asking if we could find a sitter so we can all go out, gosh Lauren I know you are with the kids 24/7 and sure would like a break...let's all go out. No it was Mat come out with us.

And what did Mat do? Did he say "hey I'll try to find us a sitter or I'll ask my mom so we can go out"? No of course not! Did he stay at home with his wife because it wouldn't be fair for him to go out and have fun and me ALWAYS GETTING STUCK AT HOME. Nope. Did he do ANYTHING to make this situation better for me? Nota. This will somehow get turned aruond on me. Just watch.

I didn't wanna go anyway. Thats not the point. So anyone wanna come over? I'm baking a pity party cake!! ;-)

1st Dentist Visit

And we survived it! The office was great! The receptionist were wonderful and the hygienists very kid friendly. The dentist on the other hand, I wanted to ask him why is he in this field? Very distinct, impersonal, "get in get out" attitude. Now on the other hand he works with screaming brats all day, it's Friday and it's 3:30pm. But here's how our visit went!

Mat came with me because they suggested two people come (for two kids). I went with Asher and Mathew with Aidan. I layed down on the chair and Asher laid on top of me. Of course he cried. Brought "monk monk" but he didn't help much. He was scared with the new experience but the hygienists talked to him the whole time. All they did was brush his teeth and give him fluoride. The dentist came in and looked at his teeth for all of 30 seconds. He got a clean bill of health as he sat up and said through the sobs "All done?".

Aidan did great! This is all what Daddy told me! I asked him before we left did he remember EVERYTHING they told him because I want to know every detail because I'll go back and ask them to tell me!! LOL. Aidan was very cooperative! They brushed his teeth, put fluoride on them, took Xrays, counted his teeth and wiggled all of them. Mat said he did great cooperating with everything that they told him to do! He also got to lay on Daddy lap (so no threat of leaving your child back there alone Rachel! At this one at least they have notices everywhere to stay with your child at all times). I'm so proud of my big boy! He came out just a beaming but I think the experience was also a little new to him because he said as we left "No more demtis mama?" Also the dentist told Mat "He doesn't eat a lot of candy does he?" HAHAHAHAHAHAAH He doesn't eat a lot of candy but sweet stuff! And I'm not perfect on the brushing either so I thank Cheese for the good check up. The boy eats more cheese than anyone I know!!! I've heard that cleans your teeth. They also said next time they will put sealants on some of his teeth just to prevent cavities!

So whew that's over with!! At least for another 6 months!

Finger Painting 101

First of all I'm happy to report that my real Aidan is back!! The fun-loving, caring, compassionate little boy is back. For the first time in a really long time, I cooked an entire dinner and Aidan and Asher sat in the toy room reading books to each other the ENTIRE time. Usually me cooking dinner consists of, the boys running around like wild monkeys, Aidan hitting (pushing, running over, jumping on, etc) Asher, me putting Aidan in time out, going back to cooking only to hear Ashers cries because Aidan has tormented him yet again!! All the while I am scrambling to try to find Super Nanny's number! ;-) But today was a GREAT day! Even when Asher went to bed Aidan and I played like we were at the beach, read lots of books uninterrupted, cooked and ate goobs of (fake) food. Usually before his bedtime is lots of crying, whining, throwing, and tantrum throwing! He has even gone down to nap and bed with no fight!

It was too blustery cold today to play outside so I bought some finger paints and poster board from my second home....oh I mean from Walmart. The boys had a BLAST doing it!! I've included some pictures! Ashie painted with everything but his hand including his butt, his feet, arms and elbows! But it was fun having them do a craft that they could both equally enjoy!!

Prayer

Tonight just take time out to pray! Pray for the babies who come into the world struggling. Prayer for their parents. Pray for the sick children out there and the healthy! I came across a blog tonight that sparked this urgency of prayer in me. A family is pregnant with a son who has spina bifida and T18. Unexpectantly the mother has gone into labor (I'm not sure how many weeks she is). The husband is out of town on buisness and desparatley trying to get back! The baby may live an hour or may live a few days.

Ring Around the Rosies Sallese Family Style

This is Asher's most fav game ever!! "wing wond, wing wond", he says. So we get up to play. We hold hands, Asher lets go of Aidans hand, Aidan cries out for him to take his hand back, Ashie screams no and tries to run away, Mommy gets in the middle of the two, in the middle of the game Ashie tries to hold Aidans hand again, hell break loose again, we all fall down, but Ashie is still standing, Aidan runs over to him and does a football tackle to knock him down, daddy yells, aidan yells, ashie yells, and finally mommy is yelling at everyone. Ring Around the Rosies.

Little bit of everything!

So, I'm in my "I want another baby phase". This phase comes and goes. Thanks to IUD this cannot happen for at least another 4 years! Wahoo! Also EDUCATION is slowly turning me away from baby number 3! I was reading my Parents magazine on different college savings programs for the kids. By the time our kids are college bound school will cost between 140,000 and 470,000. Better buck up on those football skills boys! lol This scares me too death! I've also been researching private schools for K-12. I'll have to work 3 jobs to do it but hell it would so be worth it!

So now I have to brag! Tonight, Aidan was doing something wrong so I started the counting...I said 1, Asher says twooo, freee, so I kept going I said four, he says fii. Then I did it a bunch of ways different ways and he always got the numbers right up until 5! One time when I said 6 he said nii (nine?). I WAS SOOO EXCITED! And he wasn't feeding off my excitement. He was playing with those pop together blocks and saying his numbers as he tried to push them in! He just acted as if this was nothing! Aww I love him, couldn't he stay this age FOREVER!!

Aidan on the other hand, is he 18 yet???!! I am having the worst problem with him! First he was mean to Ashie then he switched to great and helpful, now I feel like I yell at him 24/7!!! I feel like I've tried everything! After time out, and a talking too on what he did wrong, he gets up and walks right over to his brother and takes away a toy or starts beating on him! I'm sure it's an attention thing but it's driving me to my wits end!! I seriuosly think it's time for preschool or some type of regular interaction with other kids on a regular basis!!!

The rest of NC is getting snow, while we are singing rain rain go away! No I'm kidding I know how much we need this rain! Well I must go clean up, scrapbook, exercise....umm play some more on the net ;-)

PS: Any mom's reading this: The Children's Place is having an AMAZING sale! The stuff online is even better but I got a Sweater for Ashie and 3 pairs of socks for 5.32 today!!!

Quote

"The walks and talks we have with
our two-year-olds in red boots have
a great deal to do with the values
they will cherish as adults."
(Edith F. Hunter)

Way behind!

I feel like I've fallen behind in my blogging! Nothing much new to report today just ramblings!

We sign our lease for our new place tommorrow! Wahoo! I'm excited! Just ready to get moved out/in! Though that won't be for another month! I'm kinda at a lull for packing! Now it's just the stuff we use all the time! I know most of it I could pack but "just in case" lol! There are only two things I dread about this house 1. well water and 2. NO DISHWASHER!! I stick everything I can in my dishwasher! I also have a phobia about using sponges. I guess I need to get over it quick huh? I just think it's so nasty to clean something with something I've already cleaned dirty things with! Paper plates it is!

Aidan spent the night with his Grandma last night! Ashie throughly enjoyed his alone time with mommy and daddy! Though he frequently went to the bottom of the stairs and screamed "Ai-daaaaan!" When we went to pick Aidan up Ashie ran right over to him and rubbed his head and said "HI!". While Aidan was away we went to Sears to check out some washer and dryers. After that we went to Roc-o-la to eat because not cooking and cleaning out weighed not spending money! lol! We were shocked and happy to learn that Mat's boss paid for our dinner! What a treat! Now what does she want from him lol!

Speaking of Mat...and men. I noticed a trend lately of how men do not really understand how important ages are at such a young age. Just something kinda funny I observed! Mat was speaking to someone on the phone and said that his boys were 3 and 2 years old! Ok so aidan is close to 3 but NOT YET!! I don't want him to be any older than he is! And hell Ashie....ain't anywhere close to 2 yrs lol! What was he thinking! Then at church, I was keeping children's church. A man brought his little boy in and I asked how old he was. The man said 19 months. His mother was talking with me later and said the boy was 17 months...big difference man! They do so much month by month. I don't know why I'm talking about this...just an observation.

Aidan is taking suuch a grown up role lately. Helping around the house, running "Daddy errands", helping me with Asher, eating alll his food at every meal, directing me what is right and what is wrong! My MIL will be sending me videos she has downloaded of the boys so I should have those sometime this week!

Asher on the other hand...is very mychevious! Always testing us, cutting his eyes, testing some more, throwing food at meal time, and more testing! He is finally saying "Wuv wou" all the time!! And of course everything is "eady, set, go". If he is getting in trouble and we count to three we say "One" and he says "Twoooo". And I fall out laughing! It's so hard to punish this child!! He is a talker!! He always asks where everyone is! He goes through everyone's name and then says "Huh?" after I explain it to me, as he does EVERYTHING I explain to him!

What's in a name?

Aidan is all about some names! He wants to know EVERYONE's name! "Mom what's her name?" "Hey, what's your name?" He loves to hear first and last names! He just learned his full name, and mine and daddy's. So recently it's been "that's not Daddy, that's Mathew!".

My sweet little good boy has turned bad! LOL! Ashie's new word is "FINE"! EVerytime he cocks an attitude it's "FINE" followed by throwing something! This is usually happening at meal time. He is going through one of those phases were he wants to eat NOTHING! He covers his eyes when we get mad at him and peeks through his fingers, making that devilish grin face! At this age he needs to know discipline but HE's SO DARN CUTE!! LoL! It's so hard to really get mad!!!

One of my MOPS mom's her second child last night. AT the last MOPS meeting they prayed for speedy, painless birth. Wed night she noticed some spotting and told her hubbie they needed to head over to the hospital (she's at 40weeks). The neighbor came over to watch her other child and she went to pee one last time before going to the hosiptal. She felt the baby's head!! She screamed for her husband, he lowered her onto the floor, her water broke and out came the baby! See prayers really do work!! lol!

Funny comments

Aidan's language just gets better by the day! His comments really crack me up! Today after Ashie hit him he came to me and said "Mommy Ashie broke my brain!" After Daddy tried to get off the phone with Aidan today he exclaims "Daddy, wait, I have to tell you sumfin!"

Aidan and Ashie are lost without one another. I love it! I know Aidan has been really mean to Ashie lately but it seems to be subsiding. Whenever they are apart the other one constantly talks about the other. Today Mat took Aidan with him to Wal-mart and Ashie constantly said "Aidan?" "Aidan?" Then he lays down on the floor drinking his sippee cup until Aidan burst through the door. Ashie pops up and screams "AIDAN" and they give each other the most precious hugs and kisses.

I remember when I first got preggo with Ashie and I stood in the shower bawling my eyes out. The hormones had kicked in by this point and I was so upset that Aidan wouldn't feel loved, or I wouldn't have enough time to teach him things because of the baby and he wouldn't be as smart, or he would hate me for not feeling loved enough. Yeah THAT all went out the window after Asher was born and I learned to juggle them both. Now I'm like I can't imagine Aidan without Asher! By the way Asher is about a month and a half shy of being Aidan's age when I had Asher and now I look back and think OMG WHAT WAS I THINKING lol!!

We've been doing some packing today since Mat had the day off! I don't wnat to be so overwhelmed since I will prob be doing most of the moving in/out and cleaning myself!! So we are doing a little bit everyday!! I don't want to jinx anything but hell I think we've got a place. We just have to go sign the lease!! I'm sooo excited. It isn't a WHOLE lot bigger than what we have now but it's something we want and can afford and has almost an acre of land. It's in the country and in a great neighborhood! It also has 2 sheds with electricty so that's where Mat will be living!! lol!

First Movie!

Yai-Yai and La-La took Aidan to his first movie! They saw Alvin and the Chipmunks! They said he enjoyed it and sat for the whole thing, just getting up to pee twice! How exciting! He then spent the night with them. Yai-Yai said that he woke up at 5:45am and said "OK I all done sleeping". He also was getting ready to feed their cats and said "Hey boy! You hungry boy? I gonna feed you boy!" Such grown up language now a days! I asked him to clean up his toys and he says "Ummm how bout later?" lol!

While Aidan was away we took Asher to Fit for Fun! He had a great time! He has such a different personality when it's just him and me! But he frequently asked for Aidan which melts my heart!! Aidan has started to be so mean to Asher lately! So we are working on why we are mean to Ashie and what we can do instead of hitting him. Though Aidan tells on himself and is VERY honest with me about what he does lol!

The pictures I've included are 1) not the 1,000 of dollars worth of toys but the Huggies box that Asher had hours of fun in! 2) Playing at fit for fun!

Goodbye Gletto!

We put in our 60 day notice (yes this craphole requires a 60day!) So I got less than 2 months to find a new place. We have one in mind so cross your fingers but I'm not getting my hopes up! I'm so ready for more room and a yard!

I think we may actually have this thing called winter now! I had to put on a jacket to take out the trash. But no frets I'll be back in my Rainbows by Friday ;-) We had a good New Year. Mat got sent home from work early which was a nice surprise!

I'm hardcore scrapbooking now! Well I finshed my first page lol. I love to scrapbook but it stresses me out so bad!! Everything...must...be ..perfect. Even though I know it's not! But I want to do the boys books before they get to old and I forget things! Speaking of I have what I told Rachel is "the mommy brain". For example, we were at Golden Corral with our nephew and I asked him what flavor of ice cream he wanted he told me and I turned around to get it and just stared at the machine. I totally forgot what he just told me. I went to Walmart today and left nipples boiling on the stove (this is the 5th time I've done this). Luckily Mat was home but he didnt catch it in time enough to save our apt from the wonderful smell of rubber.

Yes I was boiling nipples because my child is STILL on the bottle. Now some of you may be gasping...bad teeth, dental probs...etc. I know I know. But here's my explanation. First he only takes it at night. Second I tried everything, rocking him to sleep, pacifiers, nothing but screaming. I know the longer I put it off the harder its going to be but I have a plan. When we move and don't have neighbors on the other side of the wall, I'll just let him scream it out. Our neighbors recently got a noise complaint so I dont want that happening to us!!! We are loud enough as it is! Maybe we will have a Bye Bye Bottle Party and make it a big deal how good it is that he is giving away his bottle! (like people do with pacifiers) For now I'll add it to my "To Do Later List"