Leann....LEANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!

Well the title of my blog, simply is me yelling for Leann! Lastnight after dinner, i thought i'd take the kids to get ice cream. Loading Anthony in the truck, then brittany, then i turn around and no leann. Now usually she's already on the other side of the truck waiting or hanging on the door. Not this time. I paniced..no i FREAKED! I was yelling her name, ran back in the house, thinking, wait...did i leave her in the house? I continue to yell for her and she then yells back. Well i run around the corner (towards the main road of the complex) and there she is! PHEWWWW, my heart went back into place and beat normal! She's laughing, jumping up and down...I ran to her, w/ a not so happy face, grabbed her and walked her back to the truck and made it VERY clear that what she did wasn't funny, etc., etc. And for her punishment, she received NO ice cream! HECK NO! You take off like that, you won't get rewarded still!

I think she learned her lesson, i think. Watching brittany and i eat ice cream and a donut (brit had a donut) killed her.

Man! That Leann, gotta watch her!

The joys of a cameraphone

Oh how i love my camera phone. Just a few minutes ago i was taking a break and picture messaging my sister and angela some goofy pics of myself. Now, i usually get funny pictures back from Amy, i never get them from Angela until today. SOOO...why not post these funny pictures. Just because i feel like making people laugh. Enjoy the rest of the afternoon! LOL

What's the matter...stinky feet today? LOL

And Amy...laid up on the couch today...cause she's got a case of the *cough* runs. HAAA And..this is what i get from her.

*whispering* Amy...did you brush your teeth today? HA HA

Just trying to add some humor to the day.

Now i will go back to my studies!

Instructions to the Child You Once Were

I was checking out my friend Joanne's page and came across this post. I thought this was great reading, so i decided to REPOST it. :) Thank Joanne!

1. Be nicer to Mommy – she will always have your back no matter what trouble you are in & will always have good intentions. Listen to what she has to say and let it marinate, you’ll realize she was right.

2. Slow down…don’t try to grow up to fast. When it’s your time, it will be YOUR time! Trust me when I say, you’re really not missing out on anything.

3. Stop trying to fit in with the popular crowd; you are your own person.

4. Some of the people you call your “friends” will stab you in the front with the knife from YOUR kitchen as you watch.

5. Trust me when I say, Just when you think you have it bad – someone else has it worse.
6. Be more optimistic about things, there IS a light at the end of every tunnel even if you have to dig a little harder than most. It’ll make you appreciate it more.

7. Try everything and anything at least once, you might actually like it!Stop judging a book by its cover, pick it up, feel it, and read a few pages – you’ll see that appearances mean nothing.

8. Let Daddy talk even if it’s not interesting, he didn’t have the chance to be “Daddy” when he was in the Navy – let him have his time with you.

9. Think before you speak, your words can be hurtful and they can never be taken back.

10. Physical Love does NOT equal the real thing, when you find it you’ll know it!

11. The grass may be greener on the other side, but what will it cost you?

12. Don’t do what everyone else expects or wants you to do; it’ll hold you back from doing what you really want.

13. Don’t be afraid to say what you want to say, even when you feel like their not listening - they hear you.

14. Most times at the end of the day, family is all you have. I hate to break it to ya, but sometimes family ain’t shit.

15. Enjoy every moment of every day and everyone in your life, don’t stop just b/c they stopped – you never really know what’s in your future and you don’t want to have any regrets.

Almost walking

HOLY COW, Anthony is now becoming more and more braver and taking even MORE steps. I think too, when we clap and say YAAAYYY, he loves it and wants to walk more.

Yesterday i came home from work, did the usual and brian went outside to make a phone call, i walked into the kids bedroom to find Anthony walking from the girls bed to the little play kitchen they have STEPPING OVER the blankets on the floor. I freaked out, clapped, YAYYED and then ran to brian to tell him what Anthony did. Well little did i know..he's been doing that all day LMAO! I almost cried b/c i'm not ready for him to walk yet LOL.

He did it quite a few more times lastnight, even when my mother in-law was over watching the kids for us, she said he walked more.

So, what, i'm thinking by next week, FULL BLOWN WALKING?

SLEEP PLEASE!

When my mother put the "MOTHER'S CURSE" on me, she REALLY cursed me!! I mean really, can Brian and I get a full 7 hours of sleep without being woken up to have a bottle, lay w/ one of the girls in their bed or OURS, 3am screams because my foot is hanging off the bed. Yes, you can say i'm a tad annoyed, mainly b/c I'M SO GOSH DARN TIRED!

By the time the girls reached 1, they were sleeping thru the night, no wake ups. Anthony, COMPLETELY DIFFERANT. I put him to bed by 8:30, if i can, and he'll wake up hungry at 1am, or 2am, then he sometimes wants to stay up and play. AIN'T HAPPENING! LOL Lastnight, i tried something differant, i decided to give him oatmeal about 7:15pm, he was so cranky and tired by 8pm, i just gave him some milk and he passed right out. I prayed that he would sleep thru the night, PLEASE JUST SLEEP!! And he did!! :) Darn right, i'll be trying that again tonight. LOL But.....i still didn't get a full night sleep, because Brittany decided to come in our room oh about 2:30am to get me to lay w/ her..which i didn't, ended up a full on temper tantrum, leading to her passing out on the couch, only to wake up about an hour later to go potty.

Will this ever end? I hope it does, maybe when all the kids have their own rooms? Can i be so lucky? LOL

Now excuse me while i go pour myself another cup of coffee.

Twins-look alike, but don't act alike.

Brian and I took the kids to the park to let them run around, swing, play on the playground to burn off some energy. They had a blast. Anthony loves the swing! Brittany, made a new friend, she called her, "her new hailey" LOL
In the beginning, both Leann and Brittany were playing on the playground, until this cute little 5 yr. old girl comes up and asks to play w/ the girls. How cute! She's helping brittany up the steps, go down the slide, they both are talking up a storm, brittany enjoyed herself. Then this "new hailey" wants to help leann out, yep, not so much, Leann flat out told her NO, I WANT TO SLIDE BY MYSELF. WELLLLLL THEN. I asked leann to be nice to the girl and she was, eventually, Leann let her push her on the swing. LOL

I just find it so funny how i have one outgoing child and one child, not so outgoing, well i should say, not so outgoing w/ strangers LOL

They had so much fun lastnight, i think tonight i'll take them back, burn off some more energy. Maybe i'll be able to capture some pictures too.

Anthony's 1st Birthday

This past weekend we had Anthony's 1st birthday party. It was a great turn out, tons of food. I did not get choked up when we sang happy birthday to him THANKYOUVERYMUCH, but it is still sad that my baby boy, isn't such a baby anymore LOL

All the kids played great together, no fighting! My place was destroyed, a trail of broken chips, pretzels, dip, cake, YICK! But that is all apart of having a party at your home LOL It was a great day. Below are some pictures (in no special order)

DIVED RIGHT IN!

Getting their hats on ready to sing!

Brittany prepping for wing bowl 09! LOL

Favorite toy!!!!

Me and the messy birthday boy!

Sugar high!

He loved this cake!

Should be at the beginning, but not sure how to move all these photos around, but getting ready to sing happy birthday!

End of the night (7pm he passed right out)