Afternoon at Grams and Pops

After picking the girls up from Amy's (they spent the night), i decided that its too nice out to stay in. First i took the kids to lunch at Red Robin, its like TGIFridays, but quicker and better. I was a little nervous taking all 3 by myself, but they did great. So proud of myself! LOL

After lunch we went to my parents for some swimming. The girls couldn't wait to get in the pool. I was excited to get Anthony in there. I thought, because he LOVES his bath, he would LOVE the pool. Yeah, not so much. As you can see below, he clinged on to me and screamed and whined until i picked him up.

Next..i tried to just sit him on the grass, NOPE, wanted no part of the grass. COME ON KID, WHAT DO YOU LIKE???? LOL LOL So, in the patio he went w/ me and my mom and had more fun walking around in the patio.

I always try to get Leann to cheese w/ me in the camera...she chooses not to LOL

Brittany will though..

Happy 1st Birthday Anthony

I am posting this a bit early, because on his actual birthday, July 3rd, brian will be bringing him up to my work and since i'm leaving early that day, I thought i'd take him for some ice cream, just us. The girls will be in school that day, they have a 4th of July party.

So..when my girls turned one, it didn't really effect me, maybe because there were 2 and their first year just went really fast, we had a lot going on. With Anthony, i am having a hard time with him turning one, maybe because he is my baby, he's only one and i really spent his first year taking in every little thing he did.

So now, this Thursday he will be officially 1! *TEAR-TING* He's the best little boy i could ask for! Daddy will be working on his birthday, which stinks, but the girls and I will get on our party hats and sing happy birthday to Anthony and let him dig into his cupcake like Mamie let Brittany do for her 1st birthday HAAA.

Happy 1st Birthday Anthony!!

I remember the day all too well..

I was feeling NO PAIN...looked like crap but i love Anthony trying to hide in this picture!

Daddy couldn't soothe him, he wanted food NOW!

And now look at the boy...

He can pick this walker up and walk w/ it!

What a cutie!

And as of this weekend, he took 2 steps with out loosing his balance and was so proud of himself. Uh-oh, now i'm in trouble!

Our first bid PART 2

While i was out at lunch, my realtor called and left me a message that they came back w/ a no. He has a message w/ the listing agent to come back w/ a counter offer. I am waiting for him to call me back to hear more about why they said no and why they didn't counter offer.

I will keep you all posted, again LOL

I Scream, You Scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!

I know, i'm goofy! I love summer time, that means lots of trips to the ice cream place. I feel like i live there in the summer. A few days ago i took the girls for a nice treat to ice cream. They didn't do too bad w/ the mess. See below.

After ice cream, after the sugar rush died down, we now have a melt down. I forget why, but here's brit having a melt down..LOL She wasn't too happy w/ me snapping pictures LOL

Our first bid

Lastnight we met with our realtor and put in a bid on our first place. We "low-balled" them. Its not likely they will go for the offer, but i'd like to see if they come back with a counter offer. We should find out either today or tomorrow whether or not they accept it.

The place we bid on is a 3 bedroom townhome, with an added plus, a family room. It also has an outside deck, very move in ready. As brian calls it, the granny home. The decor is country, very elderly looking. But its all decor, and inexpensive to change.

I'm not panicing, stressing out over this as i usually do with EVERYTHING. I am surprisingly just sitting back and seeing where this goes. What's the worse, they say no, i get my $1000 deposit back and continue our search!

I will keep everyone posted. :)

New Schedule

I'm so excited! Brian bidded on a new schedule and got it! Now, he's off 2 working days a week, which will save us some money with day care. Not sure how much yet, but hey, any little bit helps, right? He is also on a new block, which means new inmates. Before, he was on the "baby raper" block, as they call it. He absolutely hated this block, not just because he has kids of his own, but the easy sentences these jerks got, just furiated brian! Hopefully now, this block he'll be on, will be less stressful and he'll come home a less grumpy brian.

When the sickies come knocking on our door...

Anthony is sick, i think its a combo of teething and a cold. Yesterday, i received the call to come pick him up, he had a small fever of 100. So it begins. I hate when the kiddies are sick, nothing makes them comfortable, they just want to lay on you and whine, i guess that is there way of telling you they feel like dookie butt.

Before we got home, i had a nice little talk w/ the girls about cooperating with mommy and being my big helpers because Anthony was sick and he'd probably want mommy all night. And they did just that, they were my big helpers, they were GENTLE with Anthony, they played quietly, fought not so quietly LOL, and went to bed without making a peep. LOL

Anthony i noticed is the complete opposite of the girls when he gets sick. He wants me all to himself, wants me to carry him wherever i go, don't dare put him down, b/c he'll SCREAM and CRY until you pick him back up for him to just lay on your shoulder. It was cute, i felt so bad for him, b/c he had this ongoing fever all night, he was hot to the touch. So I gave him Tylenol and just let him lay on me.

This morning, his fever broke, THANK GOD, but he's still got that I feel crappy look to him and since brian is home, he layed on brian while i got the girls breakfast. I am not sure yet if he'll be going to school, i'll wait to get a phone call from brian later on this morning.

Poor Anthony :(

Copy Cat

What were you doing ten years ago? Ooh, 10 yrs. ago i was working full time and banking my money to the best that i could to move the heck out of my parents house.

What are five things on your list to do today?
1. Clean the bathroom
2. Buy more milk
3. Do some more home searching
4. Give the kids a bath
5. Get gas

What snacks do you enjoy? My favorite is the honey bbq fritos

What would you do if you were a billionaire? Ooh, definently relocate south to a nice new big house.

What are three of your bad habits?
1. Smoking
2. Biting my nails
3. Stress WAY too much

What are five places you’ve lived?
1. My parent's house
2. Hatboro
3. Back to the parents house
4. Shithole apartments in L-town
5. at work

What are five jobs you’ve had?
1. Boston Market
2. Telemarketer for a day
3. Receptionist
4. AP assistant
5. Assistant

How did you name your blog? Just my last name

Day Care

In my other blog i talked about how i found my son in the nursery room, by himself, in the dark, door shut, sleeping...well fast forward to yesterday, i had a nice talk w/ the director. She thanked me for telling her and was not pleased at all about what happened. She assured me that it won't happen again, and i have to trust that it won't, i believe she doesn't run her day care like this. When asked what the outcome of her talk was w/ the teacher, she told me that the teacher told her she "HAD" to clean. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? The director told the teacher, that if you have to clean, you make sure Anthony is with someone else, you can not leave the room and leave him unattended. The teacher said that she didn't want to bother him sleeping and that is why he was left in there. Again...WTF!?!?!!
The director assured me that this will not happen again, ok, but trust me, i will be keeping my eyes and ears open.

A sunny weekend recap..

Where do i even begin..lets start off with Friday, picking my kids up from school. Walked into the dark closed door nursery, turn the light on to find my son sleeping in the (ENTER CUSS WORD HERE) stroller w/ no teacher in site, they did have the decency to atleast keep him buckled in, i mean, hey, that's all that $350/week can ask for, right? As you can tell i'm still peeved about this, and will soon be chatting with the school director about this, she was on vacation last week, i did bring this up to Nicole, my girls teacher, who wasn't happy about it either and she is too, saying something as well. Now, this weekend was Father's Day and usually at the school, the kids make their parents something for any holiday, i was expecting to see something for brian from the kids, surprising nope, NOTHING. I think Amy was a bit shocked as well, as she's opening up Jenna's locker, and there is her picture to daddy. Nice, huh? So, you can say, i'm disappointed with this school right now. Once i talk to the director and get some answers, i'll let you all know.
Saturday was flag day, and what better way to spend it then at the community park with some family, bikers, and beer! LOL My cousin's band was playing, so since we live so close, my dad, me and the kids went. It was a blast. Below are some pictures.

Groupies...


ERGO groupies again..


This is hysterical, Anthony was in complete SHOCK! This wasn't the ABC's song!


The girls are trying to escape!

Brittany and her poppy!


Total cheesin!


Sunday, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! It was a nice day for daddy and mommy. Daddy got his favorite gift from his girls, a new REMOTE. Well it was the least they could do since they smashed the other remote LOL. He was treated to an afternoon of golf with his dad and brother. All in all his day was nice a relaxing. Aunt Jen took the girls to a birthday party, so i had the afternoon w/ just Anthony and we went to hang out w/ my dad and eat popsicles! LOL

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

A day with Aunt Jennifer

Sunday was the girls special day with Aunt Jen. They were so excited, they couldn't wait for her to come and pick them up and ride around in HER car, not MOMMY'S TRUCK! :) What a treat this was for me and brian, i couldn't figure out what i wanted to clean first and brian kinda took care of Anthony while i cleaned, they watched the baseball game. Bonding, i know :)


So Jen had a very active day with the girls, she took them to lunch, then because it was so hot out, she took them to a friend's house to play in the pool, then over to her aunt's place to again, play in another pool. They had such a blast, brittany passed right out on the way home. Because of their busy day outside, by 8:30pm they were ready to go night-night! Below are some pictures i got from Jen.

Brit just couldn't stay awake any longer LOL

Leann WILL stay awake :)

Thanks Aunt Jen!!

Milk does a body good!

Thanks to Heather, she just gave me a blog idea LOL I must blog about how Anthony will be off of formula this week. YAY! For the past week we've been giving him milk here and there and he likes it, so far, no reactions, so why not. Now, if we can only get him to be comfortable drinking out of a sippy cup, we'll be in business. I am not trying to have him walk around w/ a bottle, the girls didn't do it, and by-golly, either will Anthony.

New seats

We've been saying for a week now that we have to get anthony into an infant toddler seat and move the girls to a booster seat. They are all uncomfortable w/ the seats they have been in for quite some time. So lastnight i got the girls their booster seats, very cute, they are pink/green camouflage. They met the weight requirements, so i got them. Let me just tell you how much easier that is! If they want to go to the store w/ Grammy or Poppy all we have to do is just remove this seat from ours to theirs and they use just the seat belt. Anthony upgraded as well, he's now facing forward and using the infant/toddler seat, no more lugging around that baby car seat, man he was heavy in THAT! Now he can see everything and not strain his neck trying to turn around and see what the girls are seeing.

Happy campers all around

A night at the fair

Friday night was such great weather, i decided to tag along and take the kids to the fair with Amy, Tom, Jenna and Mike, Jen and their newborn son Antonio. It was a lot of fun. The girls and anthony had some funnel cake. Instand sugar high. LOL And got to ride the merry-go-round and this one car ride. Below are some pictures from that night.

Leann literally held the horn button down the entire ride. ..

Below is Jenna and Brittany, they had a blast

Mamie was with the girls on the merry-go-round

Jenna and I on the ride...She did not want me to hold the horse at all, she wanted to ride it all by herself..