Thank a Hero

Words cant express the gratitude I have to those who have served and are currently serving. Your selflessness for your country is inspiration. I'm appreciate each and every one of you for what you do and/or have done.

A special Thank You to the important Veterans/Marines in my life:

Dad

Grandpa Kenny

Uncle Mike

Uncle Pete

And a big Good Luck to my Cousin Kenny who heads to

San Diego for Boot Camp in a few days!

Pinterest, Can you be my Wardrobe?

I am a true addict when it comes to Pinterest.. That little place of joy has me sucked in for hours.

So, since I have lost 30lbs.. {Yep! Thirty Pounds..} I am putting together my Ultimate Goal Wardrobe! I want all of the adorable clothes that are on there.. *le sigh* None of my clothes fit me anymore.. They are either too big or still a hair too small. I am trying to hold off until Christmas to buy clothes.

Here are some of my faves!!

{Love the Teal w/ Grey!}

{I love the brightness of the yellow!!}

{This would be perfect for a Christmas Outfit!!}

{Again, I love this yellow!}

{This top is darling!}

{The nude look is very classic!}

{Oh Coral, I love this color!}

{all images are from my Pinterest }

Every year, my family asks me what I want for Christmas, I always tell them to just spend it on the kids.. Not this year baby! Mama Needs Some New Clothes!!

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Parent/Teacher Conferences...

Today we had DJ and Reagan's Parent/Teacher Conference at school. Both kids are doing great!

We will start with DJ:

DJ is a very bright young boy. He knows all of the sounds each letter makes and was told that nobody else in the class has mastered this yet. {proud mama} He is starting to read words and write them out. He does like to go from task to task without picking up, but is working on it in school. We are also working on it with him at home, also. He does have his moments at school about sharing and being disruptive, but what preschooler doesn't?! He likes to rush eating and teeth brushing so he can play, but is slowly getting better at waiting. All in all, he is right on track with everything!

Reagan's turn:

Reagan is a smart little girl too! Her teacher is still trying to get her to fully open up to her when it come to Reagan asking for things and using her words. She is the complete opposite of DJ. She is very quiet when it comes to learning or if she is shy/embarrassed. Her teacher said that, when they are in circle time, she will ask questions and Reagan will look at her but not say anything. You can tell she gets it because of her facial expressions, but she doesn't know how to put what she wants to say into words/sentences. She is still pretty young, so her teacher is not worried at all. Reagan has no problem at all with staying on task {just like mama}. She loves to help in any way she can! She loves to have a "job" at school and gets so sad if she doesn't get one that day. Her favorite's are Song Helper, Teacher Helper and Soap Helper. :)

Both kids still get speech at school two times a week. Reagan will definitely need it again next school year too.

Today was also Picture Day! And in true DJ fashion, He did not want me to touch his hair. So it looks like DJ will have a cow-lick in all of his photos.. He also wanted to wear this hideous Yeti shirt.. Eh Memories, I guess.. Reagan of course wanted to wear her Sleeping Beauty shirt with the tulle flower. Such a girly girl!

I can't wait to see them!! I told the lady that I want to view the pictures before I bought them, just in case! I'm sure they will turn out great! My kids are so photogenic and love to have their pictures taken...

Have a great week!

Sleep, What's that??

I honestly think that the person who invented Day Light Savings, did not have children..

My kids are getting up earlier than before the time change. Allen has been waking up at 5am every morning for the past few days. It's driving me crazy cause I'm usually the one who has to stay up with him, which makes it a very long day.. They want to get up at 5am and play wii or ask for Halloween candy.. What is wrong with my kids?? haha


The past few days have been horrible. Yesterday I woke up with my left cheek looking like it was smuggling a baseball and in excruciating pain. The night before, the kids and i were eating popcorn and i bit down on a kernel and instantly felt pain. So my dad came over and watched the kids while Dave took me to the ER, since nothing was taking the pain away. When we got there, it was like a ghost town.. I saw the ER dr fast. I told them what had happened and he did an exam.

{I feel as bad as I look :( }

Come to find out, My filling came out and my tooth became abscessed. I have never had an abscess tooth, and oh my goodness I never want one again! I told Dave that I would rather go through child birth again, than have a toothache.. No joke! I think the last filling I had done was when I was 12 or 13 years old.. So I got a perscription for antibiotics and pain killers. So now I am just waiting for the dentist office to open so I can make an appt.. Yay..

okay, enough with my poor me post..

This coming up month I will have a fun holiday giveaway and I already have a few blog posts lined up!

I am so ready for Christmas!!!

Happy Ten Months, Allen! {double digits!}

We have hit the double digits! I can not believe that he is ten months already.. Where has the time gone?

In just two short months, I will have a one year old.. *sigh*

I know I say this every month, but it seems like just yesterday we were going into the hospital for my induction. He is growing so fast and learning so much. He hardly ever stops moving and loves to explore anything and everything.

Allen currently weighs  21lbs  8oz and is  30 1/4in long. He is growing like a weed! He is in 12mo clothes and some 18mo tops. He is in size 3 huggies and will probably be there for at least 3 more months. He is an amazing walker and loves to have his freedom. He also plays great by himself with a few toys! Allen is a great napper, when the kids are at school or quiet. He will sleep on average 1 1/2 hours each nap. He usually takes two naps, one in the morning and one in the late afternoon. Night time is a different story. He still wakes up 1-2 times a night for a few ounces and then he is back out. We are trying to break the night feedings, but its pretty hard. He will scream until we either give in or he wakes the other two up.. So we just deal with it..

Allen eats three meals a day plus snacks throughout the day. His favorite foods are all veggies, all fruits, noodles, meat, eggs and my french toast.. He basically eats whatever we eat, just really cut up.. lol He will eat the Gerber Graduates a couple times a week too. His favorite snacks are mum mum's, gold fish, cheerios & puffs. He would eat the yogurt melts, but we noticed that he would have horrible gas. So we are holding off on those for a little bit. He usually has four 8oz bottles during the day and juice or water in sippy cups. He did have his first sucker and peanut butter cup yesterday, courtesy of DJ and Reagan.. He screamed when I took it all away!

- Allen loves to wave at anyone who looks at him, its too funny. He is such a happy little guy! One day Allen was signing "all done" and Dave thought he was just waving at him... hahahaha I laughed so hard!

- Allen now has six teeth! Four on the bottom and two on top. He is getting fussy so I think he might have more teeth coming in.

- He doesn't really crawl anymore. If he is not walking, he is running.. {no joke} He sees Reagan and DJ running around, so he tries to do it too. He is also trying to master jumping in place.. hahaha

- He loves to follow you around and hates to be by himself in a room. He will freak out if he doesn't see myself, the kids or Dave in the same room, or at least in eye sight..

- Whenever he sees the kids doing something funny, he will laugh hysterically. He even laughs at funny parts in cartoons.. This kid is too funny!

- Allen loves to dance and play with his siblings. I will put music on and he will get down! It is by far the cutest thing ever! He can really hold his own when he is playing too. All three will play in the room for hours together :) I love it!

- His favorite toys right now are his blocks, sensory balls, books and his new music table thingy. Oh I cant forget he likes to use Dave and myself as jungle gyms..

- Allen is such a chatterbox1 He will be in his seat in the car and just talking away. His favorite words are Mama, Dada, Papa, Baba, No No, Nun Nun {nummies} and Ball.. When he is tired, its always mamama mamama... ;)

Happy Ten Months, Love Bug!!!