Not much really happened last night after I updated except for GG helping Grandma mop the basement floor which she loved doing. Anything she can do that will help some one she will do! What a little sweetheart. This morning was pretty lazy. J went to get blood work and stuff done. He was already gone and home by the time we got up. Before lunch we took the kids to a park. Then we saw some garage sales so we walked over to one. We ended up buying an umbrella stroller for 2 bucks. It was a good deal. Anyway then at 3:30pm we started our journey to Navy Pier! It only took 2 hours to get there. It should take about 45 minutes. But there was a lot of traffic. We ate at a restaurant that had a live band that played jazz. Monkey was loving it. He was dancing and waving his arms. It was super cute. GG also would start dancing out of the blue. After we ate we looked through some stores. Then we stopped to watch a live performance of Rome and Juliet. After about 30 minutes of that the kids were ready for something else so we went outside and took a ride on the ferris wheel. GG and Monkey really enjoyed that. Then GG and I took a ride on the marry-go-around. We let her choose who would go with her and she chose me. That made me feel pretty good. Then we got ice cream well I got hot chocolate because I was a little cold. It was a really good time. Now we are home and getting things ready for tomorrow's events. Aunt Becky graduating!

It is early today that I am updating but so much has happened already. We got up and went to the zoo. We had so much fun. We took some pictures and finished a roll of film so I should have them about a week from Monday. The kids absolutely loved the zoo. Monkey really liked the monkeys. I think it was because they were the most active animals. He liked the fish too. GG on the other hand liked the big animals. She liked the monkeys too. But I think her favorite was the elephant. I was so happy to see that both the kids had a great time. Monkey ended up falling asleep as we were walking out of the zoo. I could tell he was tired and was fighting it because he didn't want to miss any of the cool animals! Then we went to school to say goodbye to Grandma A. We also had good news to tell her about J's job. He is getting blood work and a chest x-ray tomorrow for his first choice. So yes they still want him after the psych test! Then next week he has to come back for a stress test. If he passes that he goes to the academy July 6. That is in a month. Everything happened so fast. But it doesn't mean that he is hired yet it is just looking really really good. Only time will tell if he gets his first choice job! Now we are hanging out with Becky who graduates tomorrow. Then the Grandparents come home later tonight. If anything exciting happens later today I will hopefully remember to write about it tomorrow!

Here are the events of the day. We got up this morning and as I was making myself breakfast I hear GG saying Mommy I have to go potty. I went to the bathroom where she was standing with her pants pulled down in the position to be put on the potty. The only problem was I didn't get there in time. She couldn't get on the potty and she couldn't hold it until I got there. I felt bad for her because this accident was the first major accident that she has had for about 8 months. Plus, she wouldn't have had the accident if she could of gotten herself on the potty like she does at home. So I am going to move the step stool that is in the kitchen to the bathroom after I am done typing. Well after all of that we took a shower. I know that GG was upset with herself even though there was nothing she could of done. Oh well life goes on right! After we got dressed we drove to my mom's. J was taking the psychological test in downtown so the kids and I spent the day with my mom. I figured it will be the last time I can go to my mom's house cause she is moving to another state. We got to there around 11:45am. We got some food and went to the big park for a picnic. Then I took the kids on the marry-go-round. They loved it. Then we played at the park for a while. I did however see a girl I graduated with at the park she has a little boy that is a year older than GG. Anyway then we spent time with my mom. Well actually Grandpa took GG on errands with him and Uncle Kadin. She had so much fun she talked about it all the way home! Well when she was awake. While I had a brake from GG my friend Marrisa came over to introduce me to her twin boys. They are so cute. Then we had a pizza party for a going away party/birthday party. We left my mom's around 6:45pm and got back to J's parents around 8:30pm. Now we are here and we are getting things ready for the zoo tomorrow and going to bed!

Today was a little cold and it rained this morning so we didn't go to the zoo but we have a rain date on Thursday. It didn't look like rain that day so we are all good. This morning we got up at 9am and got ready then we hit the malls. I got four new shirts for 16 dollars that is with tax included. I am so happy about them they are really cute. I also got a new bra :) Then we just walked around and looked in a bunch of stores. GG had a lot of fun in the Disney store. She also liked Bath and Body Works, because she got to put lotion on. She loves lotion. After spending about two hours or so shopping we went to get food. Then we went back to grandparents house for naps. While the kids slept I watched the movie We Were Soldiers. It was a great movie. J left me for about three hours so he could go play golf with his dad. I am glad that they got to spend good time together. I just wish I didn't have to be stuck alone in a house that isn't mine with two little kids. When they came home we ordered pizza for dinner. While waiting for the pizza we took the kids to the park. GG absolutely loved it. It was all new things for her to do. Monkey also enjoyed swinging and going down the slides. I love the face Monkey makes when sliding. He opens his mouth really wide and twists his tongue. It is very cute. Playing at the park worked up a big appetite in GG. She ate two whole pieces. J and I ate the rest of the pizza with a little help from Grandma. Now Grandma is playing with both kids which is great because I don't have to entertain them. After I post this I am giving both kids a bath. Then we are going to try and get them to go to bed early tonight. We'll see.

Here we are here at J's parents! We got up at 9am and packed up the vehicle and hit the road by 12:30pm. Before we left I got to run some errands by myself. I am still not used to being alone. Anyway the ride here wasn't too bad. It is nice to be out of the car though. GG had a lot of fun looking for airplanes once we got here. We had a huge dinner. It was yummy. We are going to go to the store to get food for our lunches tomorrow at the zoo. We are going to spend the rest of the night just hanging out with the grandparents! I will update again tomorrow after we do some really fun stuff.

Today we did not make it to Church. Last night Monkey was awake from 3:45am to 6:30am. On top of the fact that I didn't go to bed until after 12. It was the first time in a long time that J and I just got to hang out with either one of the little ones. Granted all I did was sit on the couch and watch him play the playstation. But just being where he was and having small talk was great. It is nice to have that sometimes. So my friends Cheryn and Nathan had their baby boy Noah yesterday. What a great surprise. I like not knowing until the baby comes out. I know that there are good things about knowing but in this world there are so few surprises anymore. If I have another baby I am not finding out. The day they do the ultra sound I will make sure J is at work so he can't look when the doctor says not too like he did with Monkey. So if you think about it he is really the cheater. If this doesn't make sense then you need to read his journal. The link is on the left side of this page. Back to what I was saying we went to go see the baby at the hospital today. He was so tiny and cute it made me really want another one. But I think that Monkey is still a little to young maybe a few more months! Then we went to the grocery store to get food for tomorrow. We are going on vacation tomorrow and we won't be back here until Sunday. I am so excited to get out of this town for a little while. We have many plans like going to the zoo and navy pier and many many more. I will hopefully be able to update every night if I am not too tired from the busy day! Tonight for dinner we went to the park for a picnic with Belinda and Ellie. That was a lot of fun. GG came home all dirty from playing. So J and her took a bubble bath to get clean. Now we are getting things ready to leave tomorrow so I should go help.

Today we got up at 10am! Then we got ready. Monkey and I went out and bought some of Becky's graduation present and also some Christmas presents. Then this afternoon when the kids were sleeping I finished Monkey's scrapbook. It is completely up to date! I have also started working on GG's but I have only got half a page done. After dinner tonight we went for a walk and played at the park. Then we went to the river and looked for frogs we saw one big one. Then our next door neighbor Darian showed us her turtle. GG was very excited about it. Monkey didn't really care about it. Well right now J and GG are outside exploring. They went to the forest to look for different animals and plants. He just radioed me and told me that they are going to go watch a ball game. We are trying to wear her out so she goes to bed earlier then 12am. It was a late night last night. Well that is about all for us. Oh yeah GG was talking to me on the radio and she was so cute. I can't believe how fast she is growing up.

Well here it is another day! We got up and had a really laid back morning. Then we had an appointment at 1pm and many errands to run. One errand was an unplanned one. My friend Tammy had her baby this morning and so we stopped in to she her and baby girl (she doesn't have a name yet) and also a girl that works with J had her baby too. So we got to see two babies and one of each gender! Then we came home and the kids took naps while I scrapbooked some more. Then GG played outside with Ryane the neighbor girl. Then we met J at Wendy's for dinner. I didn't feel like cooking cause it was really hot here. Then we came home and we played outside some more. Then there was a tornado watch so we came inside and the other neighbor girl came over and played in the toy room. GG really liked that. Then after she left all three of us jumped into the bath tub to cool ourselves down. It really worked too. Then we played in the toy room some more and talked on the phone a bit and now we are getting ready for bed. Well actually GG is coloring a picture for daddy when he comes home tonight at 11pm. She did also paint today. Well I am tired so I am ending this post.

Today has been an emotionally draining day. Well not actually the whole day just from about 7pm on. I got a phone call from my oldest brother Kevin. He is being deployed overseas. He has a baby girl a day younger than Monkey so she is only 10 months old. I am so sad. I think that I have cried all the tears I have in my body. No wait I have more and here they come. This morning was nice we went to a park and played with Ethan and Kristen. We had a picnic lunch. It was a really nice time. Then we came home to an empty house. The kids took naps and I just watched tv today. I wasn't in the scrapbooking mood. Then I made pizza and we took it out to Ball Fore where J was. We had a picnic dinner too. On the way home I stopped by my friend Gina's. She is having twins! I talked to her for awhile and I guess that she is having a very hard pregnancy. Then we came home to madness. That is when I talked to Kevin, Roberta, Dad, and Mom. So if you are reading this please pray for my brother and his family. Thank you.

Wow! I am really tired. I will explain but first I want to tell you a story that happened yesterday in the bath tub that I forgot to write about. So the kids were in the tub and all of a sudden GG goes, "mommy what is that?" I looked at her and she was grabbing Monkey's penis. I told her that was how he goes pee pee. It completely throw me off. I told her to leave it alone. Of course she grabbed it again and I told her if she touches it he might pee on her. That was enough for her to leave it alone. I told J the story right before we went to bed and he said why didn't you tell her it was a penis. I was so socked at the moment that I just said the first thing that came to my head. "that is how he goes pee pee!" Maybe next time I will be more prepared and can explain it better. Anyway, J was on pager today but he was at the hospital most of the day. I think that he was home about 4 hours out of the 12 hour shift and 2 of them we were still sleeping. So three days with both the kids all day long is really tiring. I know you might be thinking if J gets a job with the police he will be gone everyday. But it will only be 8 hours at a time and not this 12 hour junk. Anyway it was a really windy day out so we spent most of it inside. We did go to the park district to sign up for swim lessons. Then while we grilled the kids played at the park. I did more scrapbooking and I worked on the present for Becky's graduation. It is far from done and she will have to get it after her party probably more like right before she goes to college. Well I am going to go to bed. Oh yeah Monkey fell down two steps today. But that hasn't phased him because now he is trying to crawl up the step stools that GG uses to go to the bathroom. We need to keep the bathroom doors shut but our neighbor smokes and if they are shut too long it stinks in there. Oh well.

Here is another day in our lives. J worked today like I said yesterday. So the kids and I slept in until 9:45am. I think it had to do with the fact that GG was awake most of the night last night. She was crying and saying she was scared. Poor girl. Anyways, when we got ready we went to get the mail and went over to the apartment office. Then we came back and ate lunch then went to see J at work. When we got home it was nap time. While they slept I did some more scrapbooking. I think I have a little less than 4 rolls of film left to do. After the kids woke up we took a walk. It was hot out so I told GG she needed to play in the toy room for a while so I could cool down. The two girls came over and wanted GG to come outside. But I was busy doing stuff and couldn't keep an eye on her so I had them come inside and they played with her and Monkey in the toy room. She was excited to show them all her toys. She even got them to read her books! She loved it. When I was done we all went outside and played for a little bit. It was easy getting GG inside tonight because all the other kids were going in at the same time. I made dinner and then J was home. We finished watching the movie we rented last night. I think that I forgot to mention that we rented a movie. It was J's pick and we got The Transporter. It was a good one so go rent it. Then tonight we ran out to Wal-mart, dropped off the movies (we got two free ones for the kids) and then got some groceries that we needed like; butter and cottage cheese. Now we are getting ready for cops to come on. I think that I am going to go to sleep though. I just need to get Monkey asleep first.

We had an especially long day today. We got up as J was leaving for work at 8:15am. I was not happy to be up that early I wanted to sleep because I was tired from this weekend. We spent a lot of time outside today. I mean a lot of time. We went to see J at work, went to Wal-mart (I got scrapbooking stuff), came home, played at the park, ate lunch, and kids took naps while I scrapbooked. After they woke up we went back outside and played after a little while we got bored so we took a walk. Then I decided to take them to Everly Park. That was a nice change of scenery. Came home and ate dinner. Then back outside we went to play at the park. When kids are at the park GG talks to them through the window. Lately two of the neighbor girls have been asking to take her outside to play. I have let them because Monkey is sleeping and she really wants to be outside. GG loves all the attention she gets from the two girls granting her every wish. I mean they do anything she wants them too. She talks about the girls every night before she goes to sleep which is really cute. Today was long but very fun filled. I am tired though from all the fresh outside air! J is working again tomorrow so it will be me and the two little ones all day tomorrow. Oh yeah Monkey has started this new thing, he will just let go of the furniture and stand for about 5 - 10 seconds before falling. He thinks that it is hilarious. He is going to be my little dare devil. But I also love his shy side. It is so sweet :)

Well here is the run down of our busy day. We got up and got ready for Church. Monkey got dedicated to the Lord today! Before we left for church Sue got a very sad phone call. A family that goes to their church and the mom works with her at the school passed away in a car accident. So if you think about them say a prayer for them. The only survivor was the oldest son. The other three died. That put a little damper on the dedication. My mom and step-dad came with some of my siblings. After church we all came back to our place and had so much food. Our friend Joanna came too. She took pictures for us at church. It was great to have all that family at our place. When everyone left the kids and I took naps while J worked out. Then we played outside before dinner. Which was leftovers! Yummy. J is at the races right now working. After we came in from playing the kids took a bubble bath. That is about all that happened today in a nut shell. In other words we had a wonderful day with family and friends! I hope everyone enjoys the memorial day weekend :) J has to work it tomorrow :(

Today I got up and J's parents got here around 11am. Most of the morning I made food for tomorrow's lunch. We are having: potato salad, cold pasta, deviled eggs, veggie tray, beans and weenies, turkey and ham sandwiches. It should be some good eating! We went to look at furniture with J's parents and then to Wal-mart. Sue and I went to the grocery store to get food for dinner. That was fun. We ate so much food tonight. I am still full and they are all downstairs wanting to eat apple pie. Tonight we took everyone to the driving range. We saw four deer on our way there. Well I still need to do things for tomorrow so I am cutting this short.

The GOOD News first. Jeff got a call this morning from his first choice. That was quick right? He passed the polygraph and now he has to take the psychological test. He is doing that on June 4th at 9am so keep that date in mind and pray for him. Today we went to get all the food for Monkey's dedication lunch. Then I got my haircut while J watched the kids. Then I did more scrapbooking in Monkey's book. I think that I have about 4 more rolls of film to do and I will be caught up with both of their books. J worked at Ball Fore tonight and we went out to give him some dinner. When we got home our neighbor a 14 year old girl asked if she could take GG outside to play. I was a little nervous about it but since the park is right where I could watch her I said ok. I nursed Monkey and watched GG play. When he was done eating I took him outside. When he got too cold I brought him in and GG stayed with the girl for about 20 more minutes. It was a great break. If she does that this summer that will be great! Especially if J is in the academy. Which I hope he will be :) Now it is late and J is home from work. We need to clean up the house a little bit because J's parents are coming tomorrow morning. We are going to have a busy weekend but a very fun one at that! I hope everyone else has a wonderful weekend too.

Well today J got paid from the hospital and let me tell you that I have it all spent. Not physically but all of it needs to go to different things that we need. So needless to say that I really want J to get his first choice job. Anyway, we had a somewhat nice day. J didn't have to work until 3. So we went and ran a bunch of errands as a family which was a lot of fun. I did some more scrapbooking in Monkey's book I am at his 3 month pictures. I am really trying to get his book up to date before his dedication this weekend but I don't think that will happen. Oh yeah we went out to see J at work and played at the park. GG also hit a lot of golf balls. It was cute even though she was cheating! Not much else happened that I can think of so I am going to go so J can get on the net.

I didn't update last night because the in-laws computer was broken. I will start with yesterday first. We got up at my dad's house and drove to J's parents house. He left to take the polygraph and was gone for 5 hours. He ended up getting down town a hour and a half early. Oh well. Then we ordered out Chinese I am not a big fan but I was hungry, so I ate it. They have caller id so when ever it says unknown caller they let GG answer the phone. It was hilarious. One time she told the person that she was watching a movie and told them bye. Then another time she told them she was eating rice. The people on the other end had to be upset that a two year old was answering the phone. But we all thought it was funny. And GG loved answering the phone for them.

Now on to today! We got up and left right after lunch. We came home to a house of no food. So we turned around and went grocery shopping. Being in the car for four and a half hours is boring. Anyway after we got food we ate dinner. When we were finished eating we came up stairs and put away five loads of laundry we did there. Now we are done and I am tired. For some reason Monkey didn't want to sleep very much last night. So I am tired.

We are here at his parents. We got up this morning, packed up everything to go, ran some quick errands and off we went. One of the errands we ran was to the hospital to see my friend Angie, she had a girl. I am so happy for her I know she was really hoping for a girl. Now Mason is a big brother. Baby Laura was smaller than her big brother she weighed 9lbs 2oz and he was 9lbs 15oz. I have two more friends that are due in May so watch for their updates too. Oh yeah GG wanted to bring Laura home with us. Then she kept asking J for a baby sister. It was cute. When we got to my dad and step-mom's house Roberta had dinner ready. It was prefect timing and I was hungry. Then we went out for ice cream. While we were at the ice cream shop GG got her first fat lip. She tripped and fell and bit it. Poor little girl. She asked the man at the counter for a cup of water. He gave her a few dough nut wholes too. I looked at her and just thought how did she grow up so fast. She can order things on her own. It was a nice visit even though it was short. We are getting an antique cedar chest! I think it was Becky's great grandma's or something like that. It is in good shape and we can put our blankets in it. Oh yeah the kids got some cute presents for Easter and from the cruise that Grandma and Grandpa went on. GG got a book, a hat with her name on it, and a carrying bag. The hat and bag were purple her favorite color. Monkey got a cute outfit with a visor and a book about monkeys! Thank you grandma and grandpa. Well it is late and we have an early morning because we have to drive an hour so J can do the polygraph.

This morning when we got ready we left for church. It was just me and the kids because J was on pager and couldn't leave the town. Anyway, GG said the cutest thing in the car. She all of a sudden asked where we were going. I had forgotten to tell her that we were going to church. So I proceeded to tell her we were going to church. She said, "Oooooh yeah I love going to church!" It was the sweetest thing. I am happy that she likes church. When we came home we ate lunch and just hung out before nap time. J and both the kids took naps. I did some more scrapbooking. I have 5 rolls left. I am making progress slowly. Then this afternoon I gave Monkey a bath because he pooped out of his diaper and all over the place. I decided it was bath worthy. After the bath my sister-in-law called to talk about the cousins birthday parties. I guess GG had moved the saucer and neither J or I noticed but Monkey sure did. By the time I found him he was all the way up stairs. I think he was going to get J who was showering. Nothing else really happened today. J left for work at 7pm he will be back in the morning. I hate when he works nights. But if he is going to be a police officer I should get used to it right? Tomorrow we are going to J's parents for his polygraph. It is Tuesday at 1pm so if you think of him at that time say a little (big) prayer for him. I hear that they are really nerve racking. But he knows what to except because he already took one for his second choice and passed it!

First thing I want to tell you something funny Monkey just did. He is on the bed sleeping. Well he woke up for a minute and crawled right into the wall. He hit his head and everything didn't even cry. Then he laid back down and went back to sleep. What a goof. I think he was sleep crawling! This morning we got up and did some cleaning, played at the park, ate lunch and then went over to Belinda and Ellie's house. J was scrapping paint so we brought him lunch. Then we left so that the kids could take naps. While they were sleeping I did another page in Monkey's scrapbook. I am so excited that I am able to get the pages done. I might get caught up sooner then I think. I still have 6 rolls of film left. Anyway, I got a phone call from my friend Crissy. She had Sam he was almost 10lbs. She ended up having him on his due date. I think she is the first person I know that has had the baby the day the doctor said it was due. So he is four days old. It makes me want another one but I am not ready for that emotionally and physically. Right now J is working the races for the hospital so he won't be home until midnight. After dinner we played outside some more then decided to go see if Kailey wanted to play. She is so mean to GG. Here is an example of what she does. While we were there Kailey peed her pants. Then she started yelling at GG telling her that she can't use her potty. GG didn't even need to go. Didn't even say anything about the potty. On the way home from their house GG said, "Kailey is mean to me. Why doesn't she like me." None of her friends have ever acted like that to her. She is so confused. How do I tell her that she is different because she goes to daycare and has to fight for toys all day long. Then she only sees her family for about three hours in the evenings. I had to tell her that Kailey likes her but she was having a bad day (life is more like it). When we got home we played at the park some more. Then we came in and I gave both the kids a bubble bath. Ok I am not happy with GG right now so I am going to write what she did so I can calm down. I gave her two crayons and a coloring book while I type. I just got up to see what she was doing she had colored all over her bed sheet and the frame of the bed. She knows better than to do that. She hasn't colored on anything since we have lived here. I know it is only furniture but it is madding all the same. Ok I am now calmer. I am going to go deal with her bed and her.

We had a very fun filled day today. We got up and went to playgroup and almost everyone was there. Belinda and Ellie even came. Right after playgroup we went to another wake. It was of a 16 year old girl who died of Leukemia. J worked with her dad and step mom. Very sad. Then we went to the grocery store to get somethings. Then we ran out to the hospital to say hi to daddy. Came home ate lunch and the kids took naps. I made deviled eggs while they slept for the New Parent Program picnic. That was at 6pm. Before we went to the picnic we played at our park to kill some time. The picnic was a lot of fun. Our whole playgroup was there plus other friends. GG had a lot of fun playing with her friends and I had fun talking to my friends! J came out after he got off of work at 7pm. We came home and J and the little ones took a bubble bath they were dirty from the picnic. We did a scavenger hunt! GG loved it. Tonight we just hung out after the baths did some playing in the toy room. I don't think that any of my friends have had their babies, yet. I didn't end up getting a hold of Crissy. I did leave a message on her machine. So Crissy if you did call me back I accidentally erased a message from the machine yesterday, I have no idea who it was. If it was you let me know.

Today after we got up we ran a bunch of errands. J got paid today from Ball Fore. He didn't even brake 100. Oh well it was enough to get the things we needed. Then we came home and ate lunch and the kids took naps. J went to work. While the little ones slept I did another page in Monkey's scrapbook. I am doing the pictures that he is two days old! Then we made dinner and took it out to Ball Fore to eat with J. That was nice. Then we went to Joanna's house and hung out for a while. We watched Friends there and GG helped her make pizza. She then had to try it after she had already eaten dinner. Now we are getting ready to watch COPS. Something happened today that was kinda of funny it will take a minute for me to remember. Oh yeah when we were at Joanna's house Monkey managed to get a magnet in his mouth. Joanna got it out as I held him face down. I tried and I think I just panicked good thing Joanna was there! Then he got some dog food in his mouth. YUCK! I got that out. He puts anything in his mouth and he is really fast about it too. Like I said before he is definitely ALL BOY!

This day was kind of a blur. We had a lazy morning from what I can remember. We did take a walk before we ate lunch. Then the kids took naps and I did another page in Monkey's scrapbook. I still have a long time to get caught up but I am doing it one page at a time. Then we played outside until it was time to make dinner. We had pizza, which GG helped make. Then we were under tornado warning. We did watch the last episode of Dawson's Creek. It was sad. Then we read books as a family. Now I am updating and then getting ready for bed. Wow this is a short one. Also I don't know if anyone has had a baby, yet!

J didn't work today which was nice. This morning J went to Ball Fore to do somethings and I took the kids to pay our bill that is due tomorrow. After lunch we all took naps today. Monkey and I slept for two hours. It felt so good to sleep but I woke up with a little headache. I think I slept too much. GG and J slept downstairs and they didn't sleep as long. When we were all up from our naps we took a walk. We went a new way and took the kids on a back road. We showed them a lot of beautiful things God has made. Then after dinner we went out to Ball Fore. As we almost got there it started to rain so we played inside while J hit golf balls. GG wanted to hit some so I took her to him. It was nice because when we got there our friend Joanna was there which we thought she would be because her husband Ted was working. Tonight J went to the YMCA again. He said that last night it really made his back feel better. I was glad to hear that. I just want my husband back to normal. Oh GG said something cute today. At Ball Fore when I took her to J she said, "I like Joanna. Do you like her mommy?" I said, "Yes" and she said, "oh ok!" I can't believe how fast she is growing up in front of my eyes, Monkey too for that matter. Right now Monkey, GG and J are in the bath tub taking a bubble bath. So I could be called away at any minute to get one of them out. As far as I know none of my friends have had their babies. I think that Crissy will be the first she is due first and today is her due date. I think I might give her a call tomorrow if it isn't busy here.

A busy day before we even ate lunch. After we got ready we went to the grocery store for food and then got gas. By the time we got home and put all the food away it was lunchtime. After we ate the kids took naps and I finally started Monkey’s scrapbook. I did two pages! We had prime rib for dinner yummy. Then we took a walk as a family. That was really nice. Then tonight I was sitting in the living room and there was a family outside at the playground. All of a sudden that annoy girl “the neighborhood babysitter” came out and was talking these poor peoples ears off. I thought I would go out and help them out. Then the girl proceeded to tell the mother that I had her number if she wanted it. I told the mother that I didn’t I had thrown it away. I think that she could tell this girl is crazy in the head. What parent in their right mind would let some person watch their children without knowing anything about them? But I guess there are some people who do. I have realized that it is mostly single parents that do things like that. I think it is out of the fact that they have no other choice. J is at the YMCA right now and the kids are playing in the toy room but I have had to go in there a few times already. Actually J just got home and he is going to give GG a bubble bath.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers that read this! I hope you had as wonderful a day as I did. We got up this morning and went to church. I got a flower from the church it was nice. Then we went out to eat at El Ranchorito. We came home and the kids took naps while J and I just relaxed and watch some tv. When the kids got up we went to Wal-mart to take the shorts J got me for mother's day back (they were too big!) That made me feel good because they were size 6. I think that I can finally say I am back to wearing my regular clothes. It only took 9 months!!! Anyway I got two pairs of capri pants. I swore I would never wear them when they first came out. But now they are different. If you remember when they first came out they were really tight on the top and then flared at the bottom. I am so short that they just looked funny. GG has a lot of capris and they look cute on her so I thought I would give them a shot. I tried them on and they actually looked cute so I got them. He also got me stickers for scrapbooking that were so cute for mother's day. We spent a long time in Wal-mart just walking around looking at clothes, trying them on and our friend Joanna came with and she needed stuff too. We had a fun time just looking at things we don't normally look at. I found the cutest letters. When we buy a house (someday) I am going to get them and paint them for the kids rooms. Well now we are getting ready to go to bed. Oh yeah GG pampered me again with the lotion! She also told me happy mother's day about a hundred times. What a little sweetheart. I love being a mom :)

First I want to write about two things that happened yesterday. Monkey got his fourth tooth. And I got GG to rub lotion all over my legs, hands, arms, feet, and back. I love being pampered by my baby girl. She didn't want to stop. But I was really slippery. On to today...we got up and got ready. Then we took a walk and didn't really do anything until J got home. He had to take a patient on a transfer and was home around 4:30pm. Then he turned around and left for the races. GG did the cutest thing as J left for work. The windows were open and she was saying, "Bye bye daddy. I love you daddy. You going to work daddy? You going to take your truck daddy not your scooter? Drive safely daddy." It was hilarious to listen to her. What a little character. GG went over to Belinda's house while I went to a friends graduation party that was at the VFW. Then I came to get her and went to another friends party. Then there was a bunch of tornadoes around here. Some even touched down. So we stayed at the party until the weather cleared up. We are home now. Oh yeah one more major thing happened today. Monkey learned how to climb up the stairs. He was on the first step when J realized he was climbing. So we let him go to see how far he could get. He made it all the way to the top. I couldn't believe that he just went with it. He had been trying to get his knee up on the step but once he figured it out there was no stopping him. Now we have to go get another gate for the bottom of the stairs! He is definitely all boy a little dare devil and stinker :) But we love you just the same our little Monkey-man!

Before anything else I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! So last night GG fell asleep early right? She woke me up at 12:30am to go potty. I am so proud of her. Anyways this morning we went to playgroup. Everyone was there which was great fun! J didn't come with us because he said he was going to get my mother's day present. When we got home he hadn't gone yet. He wanted the kids to help pick it out. So he took the kids. Let me tell you I had no idea what to do all by myself. I sat down and turned on the tv didn't see anything good so I then started to clean. I got a lot done however :) Then we ate together and took a walk. J, of course, got paged to the hospital. So he was gone from 1:30pm to 7:30pm. After the kids took naps we went outside to play at the park. Then we came in to make dinner that we had ready right when daddy got off of work. After we ate we all took showers to cool ourselves off. It was really hot today. Now J and GG are downstairs eating ice cream. Speaking of eating, Monkey is becoming a big mooch like his big sister. Every time I get food they both come over to me mouths wide open. That is all I can think of to write so I am going to sign off.

I love having a toddler. I'll explain. J had to work at 8:30am so while he was getting ready for work he woke GG up at 7:45am. I'll just tell you I wasn't ready to start the day yet. So I got her a bowl of cereal while she went potty. Then I told her to play in her toy room while mommy and Monkey slept. We got to sleep until 9:30am!!! She is such a well behaved little girl :) I asked her what she did while I slept she told me that she read books on the reading chair. After we all got ready we took a walk over to the office, J had borrowed a key and needed to return it but before we took a shower I shut the downstairs bathroom and the door was locked. She told me how to get it unlocked. By this time it was time for lunch and J was coming home from work he only worked until noon. So we ate and hung out and waited for 2pm to come so we could go get J's paycheck! Then the errands began, we went to Wal-mart, the Butternut Store, Ace Hardware and the Bman's house. (it was Nick's first birthday and we had a present for him) I want to say it makes me feel good that strangers think GG is smart for her age. While we were in Wal-mart GG talked to three different woman that we came across. She carried on conversations with them. They would ask her a question and then she would answer it. Each time the lady would say she is really smart for her age. It made me feel good as a parent and also to know that I am not the only one that thinks she is super smart. At least I have confirmation that it isn't all in my head! She really is smart. Tonight after dinner we all went to the laundry mat and a girl from my floor sophomore year was there. She thought the kids were cute I would have to agree. Right now Monkey is trying to bite my arm. What a little stinker. I need to go put him to bed. GG is already sleeping. She fell asleep at around 8:30pm she had a short nap today. Well have a good night everyone.

Today we had a lot of family fun it even started out great with us sleeping until 9:30. (I love not having to get up at a certain time) J was on pager all day but got to stay with us, I love when that happens. He gets paid and gets to stay with us. Anyway after we got ready this morning we took a walk. As we were walking we talked and decided that after the walk we were going to go to Farm King. I wanted to show J the tool benches there. The kids also got to ride on the horse. We haven't really been in that store a whole lot so we just walked around and looked at everything as a family. We have a lot of good Christmas ideas now. We came home and ate lunch then both the kids took early naps. They slept over 2 hours. I couldn't believe it. GG fell asleep in my arms, she hasn't done that in a while. Monkey was sleeping with J until he decided to go up stairs and try and get sleep himself. He gave Monkey to me, it was cute so J took a picture. After dinner we went grocery shopping I think that I like Wednesdays better as a shopping day but J likes Sundays. So that is what we are going to stick with. But the coolest thing happened at the store. A friend of ours that we haven't seen in a while and we were actually just talking about him the other day was at store. It was good to talk to him and find out what is going on with him. It turns out that he is going to North Carolina. He told us to come see him if we ever visit Joe and Virginia. We came home and J went over to Belinda's house to scrap paint. Oh yeah while he was there I saw the biggest raccoon ever. It was the size of a small to medium dog. Then when he came home we had ice cream cones. This was the first time that GG ate one all by herself. She is a little me. As soon as it started to leak out the bottom she bit it. I used to do that all the time and sometimes still do. J wasn't happy about that. She is all cleaned up now. We are going to play in the toy room and maybe read some books! I want to say one last thing. Monkey is all boy. He gets into everything! He even eats dirt or anything he can pick up off the floor. Yuck! Just tonight he stood himself up and then let go of the object. He of course fell on his little butt about 5 seconds later :)

Today I saw 6:45am which hasn't happened in a long time. We got up and went over to Belinda's house to do laundry while J power washed the house. When we got home at around 12ish our friend Matt came over for a graduation lunch. We had pot roast! Yummy. It was sad saying goodbye but we did give him a present that was too cute. We asked GG what we should give him and she said a book. We asked what kind of book. She said, "A Clifford the big red doggie book." so that is what we got him along with two attached picture frames, do you know what I am talking about? In one frame was a picture of Matt and GG the other with a picture of Matt and Monkey. He liked it. As soon as he left we changed and went to a wake for our friends Grandpa. He was a great man. He will be greatly missed by a lot of people. When we went through the line I took GG up to the casket and explained to her that he is playing in heaven with Jesus. She got the biggest smile on her face and she said, "he's playing with Jesus and having fun." I am not really sure if she understood that he is dead but I don't want to shelter my kids from any part of life, for those of you that are thinking why in the world did they take their child to a wake. We got home around 8pm and made dinner, boy was I hungry. I mean we had a big lunch but I was still hungry. Well I am going to hit the bed and probably do a lot of drooling tonight! I am ok with that because it means that I slept good.

Another late day for us. This morning we got up and went over to Julie's house for a play date. She has two boys one a little older than GG and the other two months younger than Monkey. We had a lot of fun and the kids wore Dan, Julie's husband, out! He was running all over the yard with the two older ones. It was quite funny to watch. Then we came home and it was nap time, funny how that works right!?! Then J left for Ball Fore at 2:45pm. Before J left for work Monkey was standing by the entertainment center and sneezed. Well he hit his head on it and now has another bruise on his face. J laughed at him. I thought that was so mean he just hurt himself really bad and he is laughing at him. Anyway after the kids woke up we had dinner then we went out to see J. When we came home we went over to the B's house to see if they wanted to take a walk, which we ended up doing with them. I am so glad that I have decided to keep my babies out of day care. GG is a complete angel next to Kailey. Tonight after J got off of work we went out to Wal-mart to get our friend Matt a present because he is graduating and leaving on Wednesday. We have known him for the last three years and he is a great friend. We are going to miss him. Well I need to go get in bed because tomorrow is going to be a early and long day. As I sit here I am wondering if my friend Crissy had her baby, yet. She is due in 8 days!

Today was a rainy and drab day but that is ok because J got out of working tonight! This is the first day he has had off in a long time. So we got up and went to church this morning. I am so excited that GG is going to get to go to VBS for the first time this summer. They are making an exception because she isn't old enough yet but she is potty trained! The age is 3 years but they have to be potty trained. I am going to do the nursery with Monkey. I am excited because we don't make it to church early enough to go to Sunday school and this way she will get to hear Bible stories and sing song her two favorite things to do. Plus she loves to read the Bible at night before bed so she should have a lot of fun. When we came home our friend Joe and his girlfriend Shannon came over. The boys played playstation and us girls talked and played with the kids! I decided to get on the internet early tonight because the kids are sleeping right now. They are taking a late nap because we had company. GG loves to entertain company! Her newest saying is "okey dokey karaoke" it is hilarious. Monkey is getting another tooth on the bottom it just hasn't broken through yet. And he likes bananas! We aren't doing the shopping today because we just went Thursday and it is raining.

Ok today we got up and did some errands. J worked at the hospital all day so after the errands were done we went to see him. I don't mind J working but being gone two days in a row for 12 hours is a killer. Anyway GG did the sweetest thing today. After she wakes up from her naps we usually cuddle in the recliner. Today as we were cuddling she looked at me and said, "Mommy I love you" then she looked at Monkey who was cuddling with us and said, "I love you too Monkey" then she gave us both hugs and kisses and said "I love my family, they are the best" Talk about melt your heart. I didn't realize that she understood that we were a family. I know I write about family time on here a lot but we don't really say "family time" to her. She amazes me all the time. Then at 5pm we went bowling at the Union with Ethan and Kristen. Actually Kristen and I just let the two kids bowl. They had so much fun and actually bowled two games. We used the bumper lanes! Monkey also had fun watching everyone around him bowl. He is getting so curious about the world around him. I love it that he is getting his own little personality. After bowling we came home and made dinner just in time for J to come home and eat with us as a "family" :) Right now the three of them are in the bath tub taking a bubble bath. J is calling for me so I think that he wants me to come get one of the kids!

Let's see today we got up and went to playgroup. The teacher Angie is pregnant and going to have the baby any day so we all brought her presents it was a total surprise to her. Then we came home and ate lunch then we all three took naps. J was at work he worked from 7am to 7pm. After we got up we played outside at the park. When the little ones were done swinging we decided to go to Wal-mart each of the kids got a toy while we were there. GG got a stroller for her baby dolls (for when we go on walks) and Monkey got a golf set. I also got GG a Christmas present. I have decided that I want to start early so that we can give the kids more presents than last year. They didn't get much because we didn't have money and we had like 20 some people to buy for. Anyway after Wally world we went to Farm King. I want to get Monkey a tool bench for his 1st birthday. Mary told me today at playgroup that Farm King is the only place in this town that she has found tool benches. They actually had three different types too. I have never seen the toy section in Farm King so I walked up and down the aisles. I found a lot of good Christmas ideas. The cool thing about it is that our friend Brad works there and can get us a discount. Rock on! So from here out each paycheck we are going to try and get the kids one present each. We'll see if that works. We have car insurance due in a few months. Tonight after dinner we took a walk and on our walk we ran into Kim and Kailey so they walked with us! GG loved it she got to use her new stroller, she is such a little mommy. She is just too cute with her babies walking them, holding them and nursing them! Speaking of babies today after we woke up from our nap she pointed to my tummy and said, "you have a baby in there too?" (a lot of her friends are having babies so I think she wants another one) I told her no and she asked if I could get one in there. That may take a little convincing of daddy :) I personally would like Monkey to be a little older. That is it for us.

Well here is the craziness from our house. We got up this morning and went over to GG's friends Ethan's house to play and have lunch. It was fun and we got home just in time for nap time, my favorite time of the day! While they slept I did another page in GG's scrapbook. I am hoping to start Monkey's tomorrow but J is working all day so it might not happen. My car started smoking today after J got the oil changed so we took it back. I don't remember what was wrong with it but it is still smoking. Then Kailey came over for dinner and was here until 8:30pm. Two friends for GG in one day so much fun! When Brad picked her up we went to the grocery store we had no food. Also the EMS crew came to visit, before we left for the store. We came home and unloaded the groceries and now we are going to bed. It was a long but very fun day.

Here's the run down of our day. We got up early this morning to go J's doctor's appointment. While J was in with the doctor the kids and I road up and down the elevator. They had these really cool elevators with windows. GG talked to everyone that came on the elevator. It was very cute. Monkey really liked going up and down and he was less scared than GG of going down. We had to get off a few times because it was making me a little sick but we didn't stay off long. It was a great occupier while waiting for J. It went good and they are very hopeful that they can fix the problem. That is good. Then we came home and J called his first choice about the position I guess there are five people ahead of him. So we will see in time what happens with that. Tonight after we ate dinner we went for a walk with Kailey and Kim then played at the park. GG took a bath at their house because she didn't want to go home yet! Then we came home and I gave Monkey a bath and GG stripped down and got in too. (another bath I know) Now it is late and I am really tired because last night J sneezed and blow his nose all night long. It is very loud.

Before I write about our day I want to take a few minutes to write about my wonderful children. I was looking at both of them today and realized I am the most blessed person in the world. Watching GG turn into an incredible young lady that is intelligent, well adjusted, behaved, loved, and happy is the best gift a mother could get. Especially when she tells me she loves me, out of the blue! Sometimes I think that she is two going on twenty the way she talks and acts with not only us but with other people. She is growing up so fast. I am just glad to be able to watch her and guide her through it. And I still don’t know what all this fuss is about the terrible twos?!? Brae does a great job listening to us and very rarely gets in trouble. She is a complete joy and blessing. Then we have our handsome little boy Monkey. He is just the sweetest baby ever, next to GG of course. I love when I pick him up and he hugs me. He has also started giving kisses too. They are really wet and I don’t mind. He does this cute thing where he puts his face as close to mine as he can get. He usually has his little hands on both sides of my face pulling me to him. I can’t wait for him to start communicating like GG does now. But I can already see his personality coming through and let me tell you we are going to be laughing a lot in this house. I can tell he has his father’s sense of humor, which is great because that is one of the many reasons I love J. I think he is going to be just as smart, well adjusted and behaved as GG. But he is a boy and boys do tend to get into more things than little girls so I guess time will tell. I have talked about the kids enough for one night cause I could definitely go on! So GG got up at 9am and spent time with J while Monkey and I slept until 10:15am, that was nice. But we had a very late start this morning with getting ready because our neighbor, the smoker lady, left her water running for over three hours. There was absolutely no hot water. We called the landlord and they had to come over and shut it off. Then we waited for the hot water to come back. GG didn’t take a nap today and I really didn’t push it but I think that she needs to at least rest on the days she doesn’t nap because she was getting a little cranky around 5pm. But she is fine now. We went over to Joanna’s house to see how her presentation went today and then went on to the hospital to have dinner with J. But he was too busy so we ate without him. Now we are home and they are reading books while I am on the net. Next stop is the bed :)

Wow it's late...anyway we got up this morning and got ready to start the day. GG did the smartest thing today. She learned how to put her shoes on without our help. She said she wanted to do it by herself so J handed her the shoe. She couldn't get it on sitting down so she stood up and put it on. No one ever told her to stand up to get it on. What a little smarty. Getting back to the day the first thing we did was go to Wal-mart Monkey was completely out of diapers and we were almost out of toilet paper. Then we went to the grocery store to get a few things Milk being the major emergency. Then we went to the butternut store to get bread. It is so much cheaper there. We came home and it was lunch time. Today GG took a nap until 4:40 a little over two hours of sleep for her. After she woke up we played candy land twice while we waited for J to get home for dinner. After dinner Monkey and I went to my friend Cheryn's baby shower. While we were there J and GG went to the park to play. J dropped us off at the shower so he could have the car (we only have car seats for the car) and take GG places. When he came to pick us up GG informed us she wasn't ready to go home and we asked her where she wanted to go and she said Ted and Joanna's house. So we went there. While we were there we ate sour patch kids and we gave Monkey a taste. He made the funniest face but he still wanted to eat more! I think Monkey is teething again his face has been drenched in drool for the past couple of days. Now we are home and just relaxing watching do I even need to say it? COPS.

What a full and fun filled day we had. This morning we got up and got ready for church. I am so glad that we found a good church here. After church the kids and I went to the grocery store to got stuff to eat for lunch. J had to work right after church so we took the food to Ball Fore and ate it there. While we were there our friend Joanna came and told us that her sister-in-law is having a baby. They don't know the due date yet. Then we came home. When I got here both the kids were sleeping. I brought one in at a time considering I am not super man. When they woke up we went to the park and played. Monkey stayed in the swing most of the time but GG went down the slide along with swinging. Then we came in and got her chalk. We did that for awhile and she wanted to fly her kite. I got it out and it has a whole in it. We'll have to get a new one. Then we came inside because Monkey needed a nap. GG played in the toy room and I put away all of the kids laundry we did at Belinda's and my clothes from this weekend that J did at his parents house. J is now home from work and he and GG are in the shower getting cleaned up. Then we are going to have dinner and go from there. I did want to mention that last night GG was singing the itsy bitsy spider while she was half awake and half asleep. It was cute and funny at the same time.

I am going to start out by saying that my husband is the greatest! We came from the weekend away at 8pm. I was hungry and so was GG. We walked in the house and J had pizza from Domino's ready for us to eat. It was great. While we ate he unloaded the car. As I was eating I noticed that some dishes were hand washed in the sink so I looked in the dishwasher. (we started it before we left Thursday) He unloaded all the clean dishes, too. Then yes he still does more to make my life easier. He went to the gas station to fill my car up because it was low on gas. I love this man! Now about the rest of our day. We got up at Nana's house and packed up the car and ate. Then we left for Rockford. Today is GG's friend Carlie's birthday. Before we left I filled up with gas it was 1.29 :) The car that pulled in behind me was a dad of a friend of mine from high school. It was a little weird seeing him and having kids of my own! It made me wonder if his kids have kids. We are the same age. Carlie's party was fun. The drive home wasn't. Monkey fell asleep and GG woke him up about 45 minutes into the 3 and 1/2 hour drive home. I stopped twice to feed him but that didn't help. So I just let him cry. He did finally fall back asleep and slept the last hour and a half. Now we are home and spending family time well once I get off the computer. Right now we are of course watching COPS!

Another day! We got up and got ready. We went out for lunch which was fun. This afternoon I hit a gold mine in Garage sales. I got Monkey a spring jacket, winter hat and gloves, two pajamas for winter, a shirt for GG, about 15 summer outfits for Monkey, and 10 winter outfits for him. I only spent $1.00. Yes I said one dollar! I am so excited. We played outside today. And now it is after 10pm and time to get the kids to bed. Oh yeah GG didn't take a nap today so she is really tired.

Today, we got up and packed for the trip to my mom's. J got called in to the hospital and was there for about 2 hours. I was so mad. I needed help at home getting things done. Oh well. We left @ 2:20 and got here at 4:55. We made great time. The kids did marvelous in the car. They slept most of the way and when they were awake they entertained each other. GG said some funny things in the car about cows but I am too tired to think what actually she said. Well since we have been here we have gotten to catch up and GG has been having so much fun with her uncles! They treat her like a princess, very cute! Monkey has had fun too but he has gotten a little overwhelmed being in a strange place. We also got to talk to J after his interview. He doesn't think it went as well as his first choice, I guess we will see. That is it for us today I am going to bed!

Here goes. We woke up this morning and got ready. J got paged and took two transfers to Peoria, long day. We just kind of played until it was time to eat lunch. I made GG a cheese sandwich because that was what she wanted. I made myself a salad. She wanted to try a bite. I gave it to her and she spit it out. Then asked for another bite. I told her no because she didn't like it. Meanwhile Monkey had thrown the toy I gave him to play with on the floor. So I bent over to get it and when I looked back at my food GG had my fork and had eaten some lettuce. What a little stinker! I guess she only likes soft lettuce that isn't crunchy. The first bite was a hard piece. Anyway, Monkey had his 9 month doctor's appointment and everything looks great. He weighed in at 20lbs 8oz and is 28 inches long. While we were waiting for the doctor I decided to measure GG. She was 35 inches! Three months ago at her 2 year appointment she was 32 1/4 inches. I can't believe how much she grew in such a short time. We came home and Monkey took a nap. I wanted GG to take one but she wouldn't go to sleep. I was ok with it because she rested on the couch and watched tv. So I went upstairs and did some more scrapbooking. I have one page left and then Monkey! After Monkey woke up we went outside and colored with chalk on the side walk. This annoying lady came over and talked my ear off. She is the "neighborhood babysitter." Well she is never going to watch my kids. Anyway she has no kids of her own and while she was talking to me proceeded to tell GG what she couldn't do. I was like I am standing right here I think I can handle my own child. The thing about it was she wasn't even doing anything wrong! I know best what my child can and cannot do I AM HER MOTHER! Some people. GRR! I am just glad that right after that Belinda got here. No telling what I might have said to her. I invited Belinda over for dinner because her new stove isn't working. It needs a piece that J said he would get for her and like I said he was gone all day. It was great to have the company so it worked for the best :) Belinda left around 6:45pm. As soon as they left GG wanted something to eat. She didn't eat dinner because it was turkey. So I gave her some chips, healthy I know! Next thing I know I look over at her and she is sitting on her chair hands folded, one hand still holding a chip and SLEEPING! So I of course took a picture :) Now we are all sitting here watching Cops, at least we are doing it as a family.

Here we are another day in our lives! We got up this morning at 9:30am two hours after J got home. I felt so bad for him, today was not the day to get any sleep here. The neighbors kids goes to a catholic school and had the day off. So they were outside all day yelling and screaming. There were people at the shooting range all day which is right in our backyard. Also the grounds keeper mowed the yard today. And then of course Monkey kept bonking his head and crying. He got about 4 hours of sleep. Back to our day. We got up, ate, showered and got dressed. When I got GG out of the shower and watched as she dressed herself socks and all. (I think that socks are hard to get on!) She looked at me and said, "You're name is Tonya, but I call you mommy!" I told her she was right. Then I asked her what mommy calls daddy. She said, "You call him Jeff." I was so amazed that she knew that and understood it. I have never met a 2 year old that knew their parents names and still called them mommy and daddy! Everyday she and her brother amaze me by the things they do. If I have learned anything from having two kids it is this: NO TWO KIDS ARE ALIKE! Monkey has done some things physically before GG did and GG did some things before Monkey did. Also they have such different personalities. GG is more bubbly, out going, and super friendly where as Monkey is more laid back, easy going, and takes more to warm up to people. Well at noon I took my stuff into the consignment shop. Came home and got everyone lunch. It is weird now that Monkey is eating oatmeal. One more thing to do before I eat! Then the kids and J (he tried) took naps. I did some more scrapbooking. I have four more pages to do before I get to pictures of Monkey. Then I will be 9 months behind :) Tonight for dinner we went over to Belinda's she also let us do laundry. While we were there GG kept saying, "I want to go outside and look for eggs." I can't believe she remember that from last week. She's too smart for her own good sometimes. Anyway I did the kids laundry because they had no clothes and we are going away for the weekend. J is going to do our clothes at his parents this weekend while he is their for his interview with the second choice place. So if you think about him on Thursday please say a prayer for him. Then at 7pm I went to the LLL (La Leche League) meeting with Monkey. J and GG went to Ball fore to hit golf balls and do a little putt putt. When we came home GG and I went back over to Belinda's to finish the laundry. We came home and J headed back over there to help move a stove and refrigerator. It's a long story! Now it is bed time.

Let's see what did we do today? We got up around 9am and we all got ready. J was on pager today and he only went in once. We had a picture appointment for Monkey at 1pm. When we got home from that the kids took naps along with J. (he also has to work in house tonight from 7pm to 7am) Of course right as he fell asleep is when the pager went off for the only time today! While they slept I did some more scrapbooking. I am really going now. But today at Wal-mart we turned in another roll of film to be developed so just as I start to get caught up we get another roll done! That is about all that was exciting that happened today. J is off tomorrow so who knows what we will do! Oh I have a funny story for you, that J told me. I guess he had a big hole in the butt area of his pants. GG went up to him and said, "daddy you have a hole in your butt! A really big one." She of course was referring to the pants but it was still pretty funny. Since I will not get to sleep much tonight I might do some more scrapbooking. Now I am going to get the little ones to bed.

Happy Easter Everyone! This morning we got up and colored Easter eggs. All of us got so messy with the paint! So we took showers afterwards. I planned on getting messy with the eggs so I thought we should take showers afterwards boy was I right. My fingers still have paint on them and I have been washing them all day. But Easter is only once a year and we all had fun doing it so I don't mind. After we showered we gave the kids their Easter baskets. GG was very excited because it had more candy in it! The girl has been on a sugar high for the past two days. Monkey liked playing with his basket and didn't really care about the things inside of it. Then we went over to the hospital to give our friend Ted (and Joanna) a chocolate Easter bunny. He had to work all day. We also called all the grandparents that are in the US right now to tell them Happy Easter. I think that when I am done on the internet I am going to have GG call Grandma and Grandpa A. and leave a message for them. They are in Italy right now on vacation. Must be nice! For our Easter dinner J made prime ribs and rice it was very yummy. Unfortunately I didn't get to scrapbook today but the day isn't over I might sneak away and do some. We'll see.

I had a very productive day :) We got up and went to Ben's birthday party. Before we left the mail man came to the door with a package for the kids. It was there Easter present from Nana and Grandpa K. GG was thrilled so we called Nana to tell her thank you. Right before we called I let GG have some of the candy and on the phone GG was telling Nana how she bit the candy and chewed it all up. She made movements with the words. It was pretty funny to watch. Monkey got a toy duck! Back to Ben's party...while we were there the kids did a Easter egg hunt and the eggs they got were for there goody bags. I thought it was really a neat idea. Mary gave each of the kids a different color to look for so they all got the same number and toys! We had a lot of fun even though it rained. We came home and the kids took naps while I did some more scrapbooking. I am catching up! I am almost to when Monkey was born :) I think I figured it out to about 6 more pages in GG's before I start Monkey's. I am trying to get all the pictures done so I can show my mom when I go home. She scrapbooks too and we like to look at each others they are nothing a like which makes both of them great! After dinner we went grocery shopping, I know we normally do that on Sunday but with tomorrow being Easter we decided to do it early. We aren't going to church tomorrow because it starts at 6am which would mean that we need to be up at 4:30am, no thank you! I am ok with it because we aren't people who only go to church on Christmas and Easter even though I am sad we aren't going to be able to go. Then tonight I went threw a bunch of stuff to take to the consignment shop on Tuesday. We are trying to keep as little as possible considering we might be moving very soon. J just went to let our friends dog out. The kids are playing in the toy room and being so good. Oh yeah we bought Monkey some oatmeal at the store and gave him some tonight, he loved it. I now feel a little better about leaving him with J for longer periods of time because now he can feed him. Well that was it for us I hope that everyone has a wonderful Easter!

Today we got up and didn't have playgroup today. That was a little weird. Anyway we went and rented movies. I got One Hour Photo and GG got Toy Story. We watched them both and I think that my movie moved a little slower than GG's. It was ok but I wouldn't recommend it. Then J worked at Ball Fore tonight. Oh yeah he got home at 10:45pm last night. Nothing really exciting happened today. We are watching Cops right now and GG was in the toy room when the theme song came on. She came running in here saying, "COPS! COPS!" What a goof ball. I think that my kids are the greatest on the earth. It is awesome to know that no one will ever be like GG or Monkey who are the coolest kids ever! If you are reading this and have kids of your own I am sorry. No seriously if you do and you don't think that about your kids I feel sorry for you.

J worked at the hospital today supposed to work from 9am to 7pm. Well it is now 9:30pm and he still isn't home. I miss him. Anyways, We got up at 9:45am. My kids are the best. They sleep in for me all the time. The earliest they get up is 8:30am and that is if Daddy is making noise. If he is and he wakes them up he then takes care of whichever one is up and lets the rest of us sleep. So by the time we ate, showered and got dressed it was 11:30am. I tried something new this morning. All three of us got in the shower. I think that I like this arrangement. We are going to be showering together on the days daddy is gone! At noon we ate lunch. At 12:30ish we decided to go visit daddy at the hospital. We got home around 2pm. Then the kids took naps. Boy do I love naptime. I don't ever want them to stop taking naps. While they slept I did some scrapbooking. Monkey woke up first at 3:45pm and GG was awake at 4:15pm. At around 5:00pm Kailey came over while her parents went to work. Her normal babysitter canceled on them this morning. It was an easy $10! The girls played great together. I stayed with them in the toy room for about 20 minutes and then Monkey started getting tired. So I took him downstairs to put him to sleep. I turned on the baby monitor in the toy room so I could listen to what they were doing. They sounded so cute. Kailey is 6 months older than GG but they have the same vocabulary! When Monkey fell asleep I took the camera up stairs to take some pictures. They were helping each other put on the baby dolls clothes. I just watched them where they couldn't see me and I was just amazed how they were handling playing with each other so wonderfully. Speaking of the word wonderful. GG this morning asked me what I was doing and I told her I was cleaning. She said, "oh wonderful, Thank you mommy!" It was funny. I love my little girl :) Getting back to the two girls, I will say that I am so glad that GG isn't in a daycare. Kailey was kind of pushy with GG over toys. GG is really good about it too. She tells her no pushing or to stop. She doesn't push back like most kids do. I have noticed that she really only pushes in defense, for instance the kid is going to knock her over she pushes to balance herself. (but sometimes she just falls) It is mostly her boy friends! Kailey's dad said that every morning when he drops her off all the kids fight over toys. She also liked to tattle on GG which was funny because I was right there and GG wasn't even doing anything wrong. For example I was blowing bubble for the girls and Kailey was squealing really high pitched (GG doesn't normally do that) and GG started doing it too. I asked the girls to stop. Kailey did it again and I told her not to do it again. Then GG started laughing and Kailey said she is screaming. I told her that she was laughing and that was ok I just didn't like the high pitched scream and then I demonstrated. She understood and didn't scream again, thank God. Well she left at 8pm. Right before she left she peed in her pants. I forgot what dealing with that was like, GG hasn't had an accident in a really long time. After they left we just waited for J to come home and he still isn't home and it is now 9:54pm. GG is reading books to Monkey right now! Too sweet. Well I am going to end this.

Here is our day...we got up at 9:30am! Ate breakfast and got showered and dressed. J played playstation and I did some scrapbooking. GlamorGirl was laying on the couch watching daddy play and Monkey was sleeping. Then it was time to get our pictures at Wal-mart. So this means that I am now 7 rolls of film behind in scrapbooking, but I am slowing going to catch up. On the way back from Wal-mart J dropped us off at Stacy's house. While we were in the car I asked J a question twice. He then snapped at me. GG said, "daddy you mad at Tonya?" Then J asked her what my name was and she said mommy. Then she said it again, "daddy you mad at mommy?" J said no she just keeps asking me the same question. I said only twice I asked it. Then GG said, "you only ask it twice mommy?" I said, "yes, only twice daddy was just being snappy." She asked J, "you being snappy daddy?" He said, "no mommy is being annoying." She then asked me if I was being annoying. I told her no that daddy was just being crazy. She said, "no you being annoying." Then J told her I was just being silly and that was the end of that. It was hilarious the way she carried on a full conversation with both J and I. We played with Nick (11 months) and Rebecca (7 months) both babies around Monkey's (9 months) age at Stacy's house. GG also had fun with the babies! She keeps telling me she wants me to have another baby but this time a sister. Then we had dinner and J saved Monkey's life. He started chocking on a cheerio. J got it out very fast. I didn't even know what we going on. After dinner we went over to the B's house so GG could play with Kailey. We left there at 9pm. So here we are getting ready for bed. Goodnight :)

Yesterday, Monkey had food for the first time. I gave him some cheerios and he ate about 4 of them. He wasn't too sure if he liked them. This morning we got up and GG and I took my brother to his doctor's appointment. His car hasn't been running right. We came home and ate lunch and then it was time for naps. After there naps our friend Joanna came over while we were outside trying to get GG's kite in the air. It wasn't windy enough today. Then J went to work and Joanna left. I made dinner for GG and I we had cold pasta it was easy and not hot! Then we went over to Belinda and Ellie's house for a Easter egg hunt in the backyard. There was 48 eggs!! GG had a lot of fun finding them but she had even more fun eating the candy in them! After that we went out to see J at work to give him some candy from the Easter egg hunt. We came home and the kids took a bubble bath and then we read books. Now they are playing and I am here. They are both tired as am I. Oh yeah J has a interview with his second choice Thursday and he found out today that he is 3rd on their list. So we'll see what happens.

Well today was another beautiful day we even turned on the AC for a while to cool it off in here. Since yesterday we were so busy having fun and didn't get groceries we went today. J was on pager...we got to the store and about 10 minutes after being there he got paged. From that point on I was a lost puppy wondering around the store trying to think of food ideas by myself. I guess I really like doing the shopping as a family. We did fine though. Came home and got the mail I was happy the electricity bill was under $20! Then we ate lunch and the kids took naps. When they woke up we went swinging at the park. Then J came home while Monkey was taking another nap so he and GlamorGirl went outside and flew the kite. He started up the grill for dinner, just as he put the food on the grill he got paged. So for the first time in my life I grilled steaks. They turned out great...J told me how long to cook them! After dinner we decided to go to the Ball Fore and hit some golf balls at the driving range. It was cute J hit some then GG hit some. While J hit GG was his personal little cheerleader shouting out encouragement! My favorite was when she said, "That was a good one!" She also said, "Good job, daddy!" "yay you hit the ball!" "that went far!" I thought it was sweet that she was so proud of her daddy even though he has a hurt thumb and can't hit the ball that good! Then we came home and had some ice cream now it is time for bed. I hope that everyone has a wonderful night :)

We had a very active day! Got up this morning and went to church, after church Belinda invited us over for lunch. We got home at 2:30pm to have a message on the machine telling us to come over to Joanna and Ted's for a bbq and to hang out with a bunch of EMS people. So J went to work and the kids and I went over to the Ted and Jo's. GG took about a 30 minute nap! She was so funny at the house. J taught her a new thing to say! It goes like this; I got my good looks, my big brain, I'm going places, seeing faces and doing things! She had our friend Joe wrapped around her little finger. When we left there we went to see J at Ball Fore. GG was excited because Joe was there going to hit golf balls he was just waiting for some friends. So he played with her at the park. I forgot to mention this the other day...when we were at Ball Fore Joe was there too and GG got him to go through the tunnel at the park twice! Now Joe isn't a small guy but it was cute to see them play together. GG really likes him and she isn't usually that comfortable with guys. He even offered to babysit for us if we ever needed him too! We might take him up on it because Monkey also seemed to like him. At least he let him hold him without crying! By the time we left Ball Fore it was 6pm. We went home and ate some dinner and then just sat and relaxed at home for the first time today! Now we are getting ready for bed :) Oh yeah Monkey only woke up once crying and I gave him Tylenol and he was fine the rest of the night. I will say that this morning came very early.

I had a miserable night. Monkey cried non-stop from 11pm to 1am, both J and I tried everything! (singing, rocking, standing, nursing, listening to music...etc) Nothing calmed him. J thinks that he was teething but I think there is some else going on too. At 12:30am J went to the hospital to get something for his hurt thumb. Well he was gone I finally got Monkey to sleep at 1am. J came home at 1:15am not even a minute later Monkey was crying again. I decided that one of us needed to get sleep or we would both be too tired to take care of GG. So I told J to go to bed. The rest of the night went something like this. We rocked in the chair until Monkey fell asleep, then I would recline it so I could sleep. Right as I would fall asleep Monkey would start crying again. Then we would do it all over again. It usually took me between 10 and 20 minutes to calm him down. The longest time period he slept was 30 minutes. I was going to wait until 9am to bring him to J but I was so tired that my body was shacking and I was so sick to my stomach that I was dry heaving so we went up at 8:15am. By the time J go up and going with the kids it was 9am so I didn't go to sleep until 9:30ish and slept to about 11:30am. So that was my night and morning. When I got up and ready we ran some errands; we had to drop off film at Wal-mart and made Monkey's 9 month picture appointment. While we were there GG saw the Easter Bunny. She gave her a high five and a hug while she was holding on to me for dear life! Then we paid a bill and went to the hospital again for J's finger. We came home and tried to get the kids to take naps but that wasn't very successful. Right now Monkey is sleeping in my arms and GG is being really quite in the toy room. I am going to go check on her. Well the reason she is quite is because she is sleeping on the reading chair. I would go to sleep too but if I do I won't wake up in time to bring J dinner at work. The rest of the night we are going to take it easy. We have plans to go to ball fore for dinner and maybe play a while then come home bathe and go to bed. I am praying I have a better night tonight. If you think about it please say a prayer for us, that we all sleep good tonight!

A beautiful and fun day here! I got up and got ready while the kids slept. They were so cute, Monkey was holding GlamorGirl! After I was ready I got them up. I told GG what we had to do before we left the house. She is so funny she said, "that sounds like a good plan!" We went to the DUI scenario that was canceled last week. GG loved it and Monkey fell asleep. While we were there GG helped Ted pass out prizes to the high schoolers that answered questions right. Her favorite part though was watching the helicopter land! For a small town it has a lot of family oriented things here. We are never hurting for fun things to do. After the DUI we went to BK to met with our playgroup. We left there at 1:30pm and came home. J was back from the DUI so he spent time with the kids before he had to work at 3pm. While he was playing with them I did some more scrapbooking. I am really going on it now. I knew I just had to throw myself back into it and ideas would start flowing! After the kids woke up from there naps we decided to go see daddy at work. They have a really cool playground and GG can do everything on it with no problems or help, which is wonderful since I don't want to put Monkey on the ground. I actually let Monkey go down the slide (many times) and he loved it. J and I were talking about having his first birthday party at ball fore. The playground will be prefect for his one year old friends. Nothing is decided yet. Then we came home and I made dinner for GG and me by this time it is after 7pm. So after we ate I gave the kids baths (Monkey was crawling all over the tub, the crazy man) this morning I didn't give them one because they were going to be outside most of the day and get dirty. So now they are clean for bed! Right now they are playing in the toy room together. Actually every time GG comes in here Monkey starts crying, then stops when she goes back in there. They play so great together, surprisingly GG is very gentle with Monkey. J is now home from work so I am going to talk to him about tomorrow.

I will start by saying that I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. The first thing J said to me today was, "I was nice yesterday and let you sleep in but today I am mean, get up!" I slept a half an hour yesterday longer than everyone else. So we got up and got ready. GlamorGirl and I went to get the mail. (exciting, I know) We laid GG down early for her nap because we had to be at Mac Aurther at 3pm. We did the schools screening to see if she would be able to go there when she turned three. The lady said she pasted with flying colors for a 27 month old and she even went through some of the 30 month old things, which she could also do. She told me somethings to work on so she would pass when the time came. While we were there I had them do Monkey and he is at a 10 month old stage of development. I'm not really concerned with him right now because it is a while before he goes to school. I forgot that while GG was sleeping I did another page in the scrapbook. Well it isn't completely done I got the pictures cut and in position I just need to glue them down and write. But I did look through the pictures and know what I am going to do with the next six pages. Those should go very fast! After Mac Aurther we came home and soon after daddy was home with his cashed paycheck! We went to Wal-mart to get a ton of things. (I got more scrapbooking stuff!) I will not reveal how much we spent because it was way too much. GG picked out Ben and Carlie's birthday presents. When we came home and started unpacking she pointed at them and said, "Ben's present and Carlie's present!" Another thing that happened today was that Monkey pulled himself up to a standing position all by himself. I have helped in the past but he did it! Yeah :) Soon he will be walking but if it is later that will be fine with me. After dinner we went over to see if Joanna was home and she wasn't so we went to ball fore. J hit a bucket of balls and GG played at the park and colored. Daddy was nicer tonight, he let GG hit one of the balls! She thought that was the coolest. Then he let me hit one. I think that I impressed him with my ability! We are home and it is late. I am going to crawl into bed now and get some sleep because tomorrow we have an early morning. We have to set the alarm!

What a fun and productive day we had. This morning Grace and Julie came over for a play date. Grace is a year younger than GG and six months older then Monkey. All three of them had a lot of fun playing, they even ate the pizza we had for lunch. It seems when GG has a friend over during mealtime she doesn't eat as well but today she did great. GG got a letter in the mail from her friend Ben inviting her to his 2nd birthday party. She was so happy she carried the card around yelling, "the train! the train!" The card had Thomas the Train Engine on the front. Then the kids took naps and I did some scrapbooking. It has been forever since I have done a page. I got one done in an hour. I need to get my creative juices flowing and the pages will go faster. But I still had fun and got to relax at the same time! I had to stop because J had to go to a meeting for his new job at the Park District. So we will get discounted swim lessons this summer. Very cool. Then we grilled out for dinner. I like grilling because there is less dishes to clean. Before we ate dinner I was nursing Monkey and trying to get him to fall asleep. I asked J to lay out a blanket on the floor, which GG helped J do. After they were done she excitedly said, "I made it just for you, Mommy!" She was so happy that she helped make Monkey a bed for his nap. After dinner J and GG made homemade banana bread. It smells so good I can't wait to eat it. It just came out of the oven so we have to wait for it to cool for a while. Oh yea I almost forgot GG went to sleep with no problems at 9:45pm. It was great but Monkey decided that he wanted to play from 11pm to 12am. So I still didn't get to sleep before midnight. I hope tonight goes better and they both go to bed at 10! At least that is what I am shooting for :) One last thing. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA TRAIN!!!!!!!

Well last night was a little better getting GlamorGirl to sleep. She was asleep by 11:45pm 15 minutes earlier! So this morning I tried something new. I let her sleep as long as she wanted to she ended up waking up at 11:30am. From there I made the executive decision that she wasn’t going to get a nap. That was quite a challenge!!! After she got up I got her bathed and dressed because Monkey and I were already done getting ready. Then we headed over to the hospital. We brought daddy some treats for the day. Then we came home and ate lunch at around 1:30pm because we were going to be eating a late dinner when daddy came home at 7:15pm. This afternoon I put Monkey down for his nap and GG and I played games we played candyland three times. Also J's second choice called and said that he will be getting an interview around the end of April or beginning of May. That was good news. Around 6pm when Monkey takes his evening nap GG was getting really tired and climbed up next to me while I was nursing Monkey and almost fell asleep but I stopped her, which wasn’t easy. Needless to say Monkey didn’t get his evening nap because GG was so tired she was crying, “I want to sleep, please!” She made it though and J came home and she was a whole new person. We ate dinner by the time we were done it was 8pm so GG and I jumped in the tub and took a wonderful bubble bath while the boys had fun together. I know this because I could hear them laughing from the bathroom. GG made me the Bubble Queen and she was my Bubble Princess. We were both covered with bubbles. We had fun in the tub. When we got out J went downstairs and got us all some ice cream what a perfect treat after our bubble bath! I was thinking today and I have come to the conclusion that my absolute favorite sound in the whole wide world as of today is the sound of both kid's laughter. I love it. It is music to my ears. I can be in a bad mood and they start laughing at each other and I can’t help but smile at my two little sweethearts. Children are the greatest gifts in the world. Ok I am done. I will let you know how tonight went getting GG to sleep in tomorrow’s post.

one more thing for today, in the shower this morning GlamorGirl started singing, "bad boys bad boys what'cha gonna do what'cha gonna do when comes for you" can you tell she watches COPS?!?

Boy oh Boy did the time change affect GlamorGirl big time. She didn't go to sleep last night until 12am but she did sleep until 9:45am this morning. After GG fell asleep J and I did get to talk which was nice it was just really late. Hopefully she will get back on her schedule tonight. I just want to say that my husband is the best. He got up this morning and went to Belinda and Ellie's house to watch Ellie so we could sleep in. While he was there he did 3 loads of laundry. I love him so much. He is the greatest! At lunch when Belinda came home J came home and then Belinda dropped Ellie off here for the rest of the afternoon. This time Ellie, Monkey, GG and J slept at the same time :) It was nice to have peace and quiet for about an hour or so. Then when Belinda came to pick up Ellie she took us out for dinner. That was great after watching Ellie I was tired and didn't really want to cook. We went to Rocky's were GG ate a whole kids meal. I guess she was hungry. Of course GG made friends with our server and she thought all three of the kids were the happiest babies she has ever seen, I think she liked our table! We don't usually have the server come to our table as much as she did! It might of been cause GG kept calling her name, what a memory she has! Then we came home and my mom called and I got to talk to her for a while. Now we are at the time when J reads to the kids (GG loves reading Bible stories) and I do things on the internet. Then we are going to bed. At least that is the plan!

Remember how I said that we were going to go to church this morning? Well we got up at 10 to 9 only to realize that we didn't change the clocks for daylight saving time. Needless to say there wasn't enough time to get three people ready in 10 minutes. Oh well we WILL get there next week! So we had a lazy day. My maid of honor called today and we got to talk for a long time. She is my longest friend. We have been friends since 5th grade. Anyway after dinner tonight we went grocery shopping. Speaking of dinner J liked my dinner (Virginia) we had turkey, gravy and green beans, but GG didn't eat it so don't feel bad! GG did learn a new word yesterday. It was nipple. Just image this little sweet 2 year old pulling up her shirt and saying this is GG's nipple! I can't tell you the story of how this came about but it did. Tomorrow we are watching Ellie, J is going there in the morning and then Ellie is coming here after lunch. Well it is getting late and I am going to try and get the kids to bed so J and I can talk in peace. That doesn't happen very often. Any one that has little ones knows how true this is :)

I remember what GlamorGirl did yesterday. After I got off the phone with Joanna I told GG that she was coming over. She started screaming, "Joanna is coming over, Yea Joanna is coming over." Then J came home and GG told him, "Joanna is coming home." I thought it was cute. Then this morning when we woke up after telling us all good morning she said, "where is Joanna?" Well today we got up and went to the YMCA for the kiddie carnival. We had a lot of fun walking around booth to booth. They had this booth for getting your kids finger prints, weight, height, current picture and a kit for getting a DNA swap. I loved it because of the fact that I am so paranoid of someone taking them I now feel prepared if it does happen. Which I pray it never does. They had other arts and craft there that GG absolutely loved but her favorite was the parachute she got to run under. We came home and had lunch and they both fell asleep pretty easily for their naps. Then J came home from taking a transfer around 4pm. We grilled out dinner but it was a little cold out so thank you to J for grilling in the cold. We had friends come over for a play date. It was Crissy, Bill and Carlie. The girls played upstairs and us adults talked downstairs with Monkey. As far as I can tell both the girls had a great time playing. We will get to see them in a few weeks for Carlie's birthday so that will be nice. Now we are getting ready for bed. We are going to church tomorrow morning, hopefully. I say that because if J gets paged out it will be hard for me to get them ready on time. But we are planning on it.

Woke up this morning to major rain. It stopped at around 8am and got really nice out. So I got us ready with plans to go to the DUI scenario but it was canceled. So we went to playgroup instead, we were all ready to go. Today we all got to take a nap which was wonderful. GlamorGirl is getting a new molar the doctor told us yesterday. Poor little girl is in pain and doesn't feel good. She did run a small fever today probably from teething. But she is fine now. Then tonight Joanna came over for some homemade pizza. We had a lot of fun playing, talking and watching tv. Now it is late and I am tired. So I am going to go to bed because tomorrow is another early day with the kiddie carnival. GG did something funny today that I was going to share but it has escaped me. If I remember it I will write it tomorrow. Goodnight!

Another early morning for us, we got up and went to playgroup. Then we came home and had lunch. This afternoon the kids had doctor’s appointments. Monkey is completely better! I am so happy for that. GlamorGirl is on some benadryl to clear her up. She shouldn’t be on it that long, maybe a day or two. While we were at the hospital J got his x-rays done again. As we were leaving Life Flight came and both the kids really enjoyed seeing the helicopter land. Monkey liked it better though. GG didn’t like all the wind! By the time we got home it was 3:30pm and shortly after J got paged, we didn’t see him until after 7pm. Tonight the EMS crew came over and hung out for a while. Now we are getting ready to watch ER then we are going to bed. GG is playing in her toy room and just came in here with a toy and said, “I made a fire truck!” She used mostly red blocks too. Goodnight.

Well this morning we got up and went to J's doctor's appointment. We got kicked out of the room because J didn't want us in there anymore. Which was fine because there was two babies in the waiting room which GG played with. This girl loves babies! Then we went out to eat before we made the trip back home. We were going to go shopping but J wasn't in a good mood and just wanted to go home. The doctor didn't tell him anything because the x-rays were too dark. So he has to get them done again then see the doctor with the new ones on April 14. When we got home it was beautiful out so GG and I went to the field across the street and flew her kite again. The boys stayed inside while J played his new game Grand Theft Auto Vice City. After the kite was done we went to the park to swing. Then Monkey started crying so I brought him outside too. He loves being outside just like big sister. J went into work from 5:30 to 7pm covering for a friend there will be some money for sure on the next paycheck. While he was at work we walked over to the Baxter's to see if they wanted to go for a walk but they were going to look at a house. Maybe next time. Then J came home we ate and then the kids and J took a bubble bath then a shower to rinse the bubbles. Then I did some emailing while J read books to the kids. Now I am doing this and I am really tired. Being outside makes me tired. So I am going to get the little ones to bed so I can go to bed. We are going to playgroup tomorrow instead of Friday because J is in the DUI scenario on Friday and we are going to go watch him. Goodnight!

Today was the best! Monkey woke up at 8 and I took him to J and went back to bed with GlamorGirl until 9. While I was sleeping J got him bathed and dressed. So when we got up I ate and J and GG took a shower when I was done eating they came downstairs and ate while I showered. It was so nice to just take care of myself and let J deal with the kids. When I was ready we went to run some errands. We went to the square to do something but the store didn't open until 12 so we had an hour and a half to kill. We went to Chandler Park and the kids played. Then we walked around the square and I got money from the consignment shop $21! Then we went to the pet store after that store we walked back to the car. (parked by the park) J took 4 games in and came out with a new ps2 game and four extra dollars! We made $25 today doing nothing!!!! Next we went to Wally World (wal-mart) and got Monkey some summer clothes (we got 5 outfits) and looked for an Easter dress for GG but didn't find one I liked. On the way home we stopped at the grocery store for lunch food and to Adam's to pick up J's scooter. We were home for lunch and naps. While they napped I took the opportunity to go through their clothes and get out summer clothes and put away winter clothes. Now they are ready to play! I did leave three winter outfits out just incase it gets cold again. It did snow this weekend :) When they woke up there were tons of kids outside playing at the park and so GG wanted to play too, so outside we went. J went to get gas in his scooter and when he came back we got out the kite that we bought GG at Wal-mart today, it was only 88 cents. She absolutely loved it. I am so glad that she likes things that don't cost a lot of money. She does like the big things we buy her like the kitchen, which she loves, but I am ok with her liking the smaller things in life like the 88 cent kite we got her. It is easier on our wallet. Actually you could give her a rock and she would love it. She likes getting things from the people she loves no matter how much they cost. That is a quality in her that I hope she has for the rest of her life. I am getting off track after we put the kite away we went to the grocery store to get food for the week this time. Remember that was the only thing on the agenda today. We came home unpacked and made dinner, which at this time it is already 7:15pm. I can't believe we ate so late. It must be the nice weather. I always find that when it is nice out I don't eat as much, I just drink more fluids. Now it is 9:40pm and I am ready for bed and Monkey is already sleeping. I think that I will leave GG for J to deal with and get myself to bed like Monkey. We have to be out the door tomorrow at 9:30am. So good night everyone, sleep good.