Land of Crazies: 2008

Thursday, December 4

Typical trip to Wal-Mart

So today... wow.

We had 3 diapers left, so I decided that since I would already be out doing and errand for Danny, we would stop by Wal-Mart and pick up diapers and wipes and all those other fun things!

Well, Amy is still recovering from what I am pretty sure was the flu and David was (or so I thought) over his lovely diarrhea problem (sorry I'm a mom I talk about poop). Also, I haven't showered yet and thought my pajama top looked good enough with jeans. So yes as you can guess that is a perfect combination to shop at one of the busiest most frustrating stores to shop at!

So we get all the stuff we need and some stuff we don't really need and I smell something off. I see a lady from church and she wants to say Hi so we stop and chat and she pretends not to notice that I haven't showered and Ema brushed her own hair, Amy is passed out in the back of the cart and David is omitting a foul odor. We say our goodbyes, I vow to myself to always take pjs off before going in public. Then, we head to the check out. I sniff again and sure enough David is smiling a big grin and stinks to high heaven. "Ok, I'll just change him after the cashier is done, oh yea great the baby bag is in the car....It's like 30 degrees out so I can't change him out there. Oh wait I bought diapers and wipes I'm set!"

We pull the buggy over at the rest rooms and I open up my newly purchased items to make good use of them. I take David into the "clean" restrooms and the girls agree to wait patiently outside, (now before you judge I could still see them). The changing thingy at Wal-Mart is conveniently located right in the middle aisle of the woman's room, thereby making it impossible for anyone to enter or leave a stall without the mom changing said baby having to move clear out of the way. Nice. SO I lay down my chubby little bundle of goodness and un-snap his bottoms and then I noticed it.....Oh for the love of all that is good in this world, he has pooped up his back. Not just kinda blew out but this was the diaper blow out to beat all diaper blow outs. It was like one centimeter away from his hair on the back of his head! Yellow poop EVERYWHERE! I pull his 2 layers of poop drenched clothes off and try to change him. All this while moving back and forth allowing people to get to the stalls hearing comments from older ladies about how cute he is and hearing their sentences break off when they realize that he is the one creating that gross smell. All, I can do is smile and try not to turn the deep color maroon I'm sure I was.

SO I stripped my 6 month old baby down to a diaper only put him back in the cart and cover him with his coat ran to the baby aisle and picked up some Batman pjs to throw on him so hypothermia doesn't set in. We check out AGAIN, I grab a 20 oz. Pepsi telling myself I deserve it! We get David dressed and finally out to the van. We load up, everyone gets buckled in. I get in and just sit for a second take a deep breath while assuring myself that this is all worth it. I reach for my beloved Pepsi and twist the cap.......PPPPPFFFFFFFTTTTT.......Yea, never let your 4 year old hold your pop while you load the car up. Also, you probably shouldn't ask her not to shake it because that lets her know that shaking it must be the most fun thing in the world to do.

Tuesday, November 11

Horsey

I always thought I'd marry a cowboy.....

Growing Pains

Despite the fact that I begged and pleaded, David is growing up. He is getting so big lately, if you look closely to the slobbery close up there it is, the proof that he is no longer a newborn. A shiny, sharp little tooth just broke through his sore little gums. I am happy and sad about it! Silly I know.

Who needs flowers?

The girls and I made something pretty for the table. I had them gather pretty rocks and leaves and Amy added in a pine cone, and they filled the jar. I cut some ranches off the bush out front and voila! Not too shabby!

Sunday, November 9

Fall is here 2.0

Yes, fall is here and I knitted David a new hat, and I'm working on Ema's right now (well not right this very moment). You may be thinking "Oh, that Julie how sweet she puts her kids in HOMEMADE hats, how quaint." or "I can't wait to see each and every geeky project she does." or, "Hmmm, I hope she doesn't make me anything homemade!" Ohhh, just you wait!

Fall is here.

Fall is really here now and there will be no more of this :(

Boxes Boxes EVERYWHERE!

We had a ton of boxes left over! The girls made a little box town in the living room. I ended up evicting them and tearing them down, sounds cruel I know but these are the messiest tenants I have ever had!

"Oh yes, Mom this is very funny...No it doesn't look like your a bad mother...just...you have a different kind of sense of humor...ok, just get me out now."

Surprise

Amy was a bit surprised on her birthday!!
I just love the look on her face, ah a Barbie Guitar equalls all is well in the world.

The girls gave us a rock concert!

Wednesday, November 5

Waves of Love

In this sea;

This sea of
Can I have another drink?
Mommy?
Can I have Milk?
Mommy?
Can I have an apple?
Mommy?
Can I sit on your lap?
Mooooommmmy?
Can I go outside?
MMMOOOOOOMMMMMMYYYY?
Can we go to Mcdonald's?
Hey Mommy?
Can you change David's diaper?
Mother!?
Can I see?

This sea of
Cleaning a room, walking in the next
filthy room deflated, but getting started.
Only to look back at the room,
that was just clean 5 minutes ago.
Reading "Green Eggs and Ham", 10 times in a row only to hear
ONE MORE TIME PLEASE!
Finding dirty clothes in the toy boxes,
trash cans, toilets, anywhere but the hamper.
Saying "because I said so", even though you swore you wouldn't.
Swearing even though you swore you wouldn't!

This sea of
Stains
Toys
Dirt
Scrapes
Kisses
Drool
Screams
Homework
Blood
Blankets
Fat Cheeks
Hugs
Laundry
Pinches
Bath Time
Unicorns
Bites
Night lights
Tiny Toys
Pink Ponies
Dusty Shelves
Dirty Dishes
Mermaids
Yucky Dinners
Bottles
Diapers
Spit ups

In this sea
where we live.
Sometimes our head is barely above water, and sometimes we bathe in the sun.
I wonder which days we will remember?

Hello Again!

Hello out there!
It has been a while since my last post!
October has been busy!
Sorry about that. We moved and I had a hard time finding computer stuff. I have located the cord I need to hook the camera to the computer so hopefully I will be able to post pics again soon!
Also, we had Amy's 4th birthday, Danny's 29th birthday and my...3...0...th!!!!! Ahhh!
Plus, Danny and I had our 7 year anniversary.
In the mean time I gave the blog a face lift!
I have been toying with the idea of actually blogging too, not just posting pictures, but I may be too lazy for that :)

Tuesday, August 12

Drooly

Gratuitous drooly, chubby, smiley baby.

David is doomed!

Apparently computer geekiness runs on the male side of the family...

Saturday, August 9

Story Time

Tonight for a change of pace Ema told us a story, we knew it was going to be good when she started it out like this:
"There once was an old woman,
she was fourteen,
her name was Ema,
and she was very young."
The rest of the story was about a lost cat named Tabby, but not Grandma and Grandpa's cat named Tabby you see, it was a different Tabby of course.

Amy told us that last night the fish stickers on her wall were talking to her, so we spent the morning taking the Nemo and Dory possessed stickers down, while assuring her that stickers in fact do NOT talk or eat children.
Wow, I thought I had weird dreams!

Wednesday, August 6

Lookie what David found...

His thumb! It is just too cute not to post! Also who doesn't love a picture of a chubby baby sleeping?

Ema's wearable art TAKE 2

Ema is now sporting the very LATEST fashion!
And the picture of Amy is because she asked..."Where's me?" and I felt guilty andso there she is in all her un-brushed hairiness.

Ema's wearable art

Ema is sporting the newest in 5 year old fashion, a handmade one of a kind finger knitted/crocheted (?) necklace. Daddy pointed out it is Michigan colors so the necklace will be promptly burned! Ema is right now working on a pink and purple version!

Knitting, crocheting and yarning...

So I taught Ema how to do a little something with yarn, because she is always begging me to let her knit or crochet with me. Here are some pictures of her beautiful works of art! Sniff sniff I am so proud...Wait I have to SHARE my YARN???? No No No, Daddy will buy Ema her own yarn!