Happy Birthday My sweet girl

13 years ago today one of the most wonderful things happened to me....my first daughter was born 5 weeks early. Coming into the world at 5 lb 5 oz and a tiny 19 inches.

She has always been a blessing, a good baby a great kid and now turning into a beautiful teenager.

Man did I say teenager??!!

She is driven to do well in school and I am so proud and know one day she will one day reach her goals.

She is a true gift from god.

Happy birthday sweetie

(will post more pics once I scan some)

catch up

wow time goes by so fast...and I am so behind on my blog again.

I have to confess ..I am a bad mommy :)
My 4 year old has never, (well car trips and the odd pass out) gone to sleep without mommy laying with her or cuddling her. I have watched many of nanny 911 shows and the nanny to know this is not good parent behavior.
Being my last baby I know I held on tight to her babyhood but finally since her conception mommy is ready to let let grow up.

We started last night at 7:20. Daddy brushed teeth and read stories then to her room she went. I'm pretty sure she cried almost the whole time. Muttering and talking. The words"I am leaving and never, never ,never coming back " uttered from her lips. Man I need to monitor her t.v more...lmao

She went pee 6 times, said she needed water 4 and came out 5 times...but each time (except the pee requests, took her) I calmly walked her back to her room.

3 hours later....she fell asleep on her own!! woooooopeeeeeeeee....did I say wooopeeeee???!!!!

Tonight again, stories and she is in her room, no crying so far, but she is playing which I prob. shouldn't allow.....but she's in her room!

Well see how long it takes to get this habit planted.
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WEIGHT UPDATE

It has been almost two months and I am still in the process of shrinking my self....19 lbs down.....32 in total.....from a 14 to a 9
I feel better fitting all my pre prego clothing(even though I want to be smaller then that)
Very very flabby...horrified at the aging skin attached to my soggy bod...but working on it. What I can fix by exercising I will the rest I will try other means. Funny how quick our body can change but how slow it is to see ourselves different. Still a work in progress but I am getting there :)

bye bye bootie!

I have been trying really hard to loose so weight finally....I have been afraid to share as always in the back of me head..I am thinking what if I fail?
Day 4, I am proud to say I have not cheated...not one little bit. Even sitting at second cup with friends yesterday, the chocolate cake infront of my friend didn't really temp me. I sat and sipped my tea.
5 lbs down!!!!!!! doesn't seem like much when I look at my self standing nakie in the mirror before my shower...but it's 5 lbs less then last week so 20 in total....2o to go.....baby steps.
Just need to work out more now.

My morning started off weird. I started to eat my breakfast, almost done...and my stomach began to feel funny, hurt...then bang...I was running to the bathroom and evrything came up. I feel better now, off but better...but I'm afraid to eat...and I am left with broken blood vessels all around my eyes...talk about power puking!

Well off to play groovy girls with v.j...man she need a friend...lol

Virginia's B-day!

March 12th 2004 ..I fell in love for the first time ....AGAIN

At 6 lb 6 oz my little one came in to the world.

The birth of my 4th child came at such a good time in my life.

A unique and strong willed girl from day one, she has affectionately been called the "demon child"... guess it willl come in handly one day :)

Her big brother giving her first bath

supper out with the family mmmm dessert!!

It's my birthday and I'll....

yesterday actually was my b-day. For turning 28...o.k 38 it wasn't that bad.
Phones calls and messages ,e-mails from well wishers picked up my day. Nice to know you are special enough for someone to do that!
That night we went for supper at Olive Garden, if you could ignore the whining of the 15 year old who complained...oh sorry commented on the wait, the smell, the people the food prices it was great...lol
Love their food...son did too...first time in a year he walked out with a doggy bag! Where do boys put all that food?!
Teenagers can be quite the interesting humans, one min he makes me want to pull my hair out the next laughing my guts out with his sense of humor.
Going out to the van hubby says"help your mom"(because my hands were full of take out containers) the smart ass then grabs my arm and escorts me to the van like a senior citizen, telling me over and over to watch my step....lmao.
The only thing missing was a big fat enormous chocolate cake...whaaaa....where's mommy when I need her :)

( I got my cake thanks to my good friend Kristen!!! will return the love on her b-day!!!)

Voodoo curse

or a klutz?
lol O.k I have to have a sense of humour here!
2 days before Christmas of 2006 I am getting out of my brothers truck , it's very high up, My foot hits some black ice and boom down on my butt! I crack my tailbone. For anyone who has had this injury knows my pain, for those who have been blessed to never had this happen let me fill you in.... I can't stand, sit, lay, cough, sneeze or breathe without pain....do you know how hard it is to find one of those blow up rings on x-mas eve?
It has been 14 months and still not healed yet.
Then October....I was working on the riverboat and at La senza. During a shift on the boat some ying yang didn't clean water up off the floor...guess who found it, yup down on my hip. Now I wasn't really bad It hurt but still went to the other job where I was working putting stock away.I some how jarred the injury when I lifted a crate and the full extent of the injury kicked in. I couldn't walk for three days and back pain left me crippled for 3 months.
Now this is humorous, the catering company had a staff party. It so happened to be a week after my injury and I was able to walk with like a penguin and with the help of muscle relaxers and pain meds. Like a complete dip I started to drink white wine....did you know you shouldn't mix those three things together?? duhhhh 2 hours after the start of the party I became very intimate with my friends toilet...soooo embarrassing! Oh did I mention I will never drink white wine again!~
O.k this gets better...about 6 weeks ago I was getting up from the chair and at the same time my son was bent over petting the dog he stood and turned...and smack our heads collided, he was fine, but mom had a concussion!...laughing yet?6 weeks of nausea and dizziness I head back to the doctor and a CT scan is booked.
Today was my scan, I debate cancelling it as i have been feeling much better. Then an hour before going I go to grab the vacuum and the handle connection pulls away from the main part and smacks me hard right in the nose...F@ck!!!!!! thank god it didn't break it....so off to the CT I go, maybe I do have brain damage, or someone has a voodoo doll of me!bubble wrap time I think! :)

Guess my bum ring makes a pretty good hat!

Winter fun

Friday brought such a wonderful break to the cold winter we have been having.

V.J was so excited to get dressed and head out into all the fresh untouched snow in our back yard. A gentel warning before heading out"stay away from yellow snow!", yes we have a dog and yes when it was -57 with the windchill, it was lucky I got him to pee outside.

I couldn't wait to get the camera out and take pictures of joy on her face. Oh to be a kid again!

I can't believe how incredible the sunshine felt on me! Mmmmmmmm sunshine, nice to see my friend again! V.J went out twice that day and begged for a third!

First time out, happy, happy!

Big sis get's in the fun! Throwing snow at mom.....(excuse the crap in the background)

Going out with big bro....please keep in mind when you see the snowman..sorry snow WOMAN, he's 15...lol

The finished product! The carrots didn't last long! Between Hercules stealing the nipples and V.J the face...poor snowman :(Doncha just love the snow!!!!