My Lil' Pumpkin

Just a quick pic post ;)

Please Forgive Me

for not blogging in a few days. I have failed the 31 for 21 miserably! I usually blog at night but have been so tired lately. Add to that Ebay ending pretty much all of my 400+ lisitngs because I hadn't revised them yet. Well guess what I have been doing every night..editing & relisting them all. What a royal pain! Ebay & I have a love hate relationship!

I have also been doing something else lately that has been keeping me busy as a bee too. Will share more of that with pics later :)

We are off to the pumpkin patch today with the kiddos. Bill is on vacation this week & today is supposed to be a really nice day, so we kept the girls home & are going to spend the day together. Hopefully will get some good pics!
I will try to be better about blogging ;)

Smile :o)

We had some professional pictures taken recently, thanks to a very talented neighbor of ours Kate She is amazing! I highly recommend her. We had so much fun & I think the pics came out great. Here are some of them..enjoy :)

p.s. Thanks again Kate!!

Does the "List" ever get shorter?

The dreaded "to-do" list..it gets longer everyday! I see no end in sight! I haven't blogged in 2 days BUT I did get somethings on my to-do list done. I am finally painting some walls in this house! Thank you Julie for the motivation! Cleaning, laundry, dishes, kids homework, paying bills, grocery shopping..the list goes on & on. Some days I wish I had nothing to do but then I know I would be bored out of my mind. Maybe there could be more hours in a day?? I would still be tired :)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my Dad!! The best Father & Grandpa anyone could ask for!! We miss you so much & wish we could have been there to celebrate with you! Love you!

Meeting Ben for the first time..sorry Dad, only pics I have on this computer ;)

Just My Luck!

Emma woke early this morning throwing up..needless to say we had to cancel Ben's party :( It is a good thing I know how to procrastinate. I hadn't bought the food or cake yet, so no loss there. Hopefully next weekend & hopefully no one else gets sick..story of my life!

A Night Out

As I left the house tonight, to have a night out with friends playing Bunco, Ben was screaming & the kids were fighting. Ahhh..to get away for a little while was great! I came home to everyone fast asleep. My hubby is the best! I so want to go get Ben & snuggle him but I won't for fear he won't go back to sleep.
I didn't win or lose but had a great time with great friends! Thanks Nora for hosting & your pumpkin cobbler was very good..remind me to get the recipe ;)
See you next month ladies :o)

Big day tomorrow..Ben's Birthday party! Will post some pics then ;)

This Summer...

We didn't do much of anything. We usually make a trip to Florida to visit family & friends, but we didn't make it down there this Summer. We hung out & enjoyed the pool with friends.
Emma had a Birthday in May, she turned 7 & she started the 2nd grade! She is doing good, she loves her teacher this year!


Kaylea also had her Birthday in July, she turned 9 & started the 4th grade! She is doing good too. Her math is getting harder & she is getting a little frustrated but she is dertermined.


Zach is well Zach..lol We didn't put him in preschool this year, but he will be starting Kindergarten next August. It will be my last year to have him home with me :( Trying to enjoy it while it lasts.


Ben is doing awesome! We are a little nervous as the cold/flu season is here but with him being older, hopefully he won't get sick like last year. Fingers crossed!

Long Day!

Laundry, Dishes, Painting & a fussy baby have made for a long day & I am tired! This is my post for today. Hopefully I'll have a more exciting post tomorrow :)

How is it possible..

that it has been a year!?! Wow that went really fast! My baby is growing up so quickly..his stats as of today (yep, took him to the doctor on his birthday & yes he got shots..bad mommy) Weight is 20 lbs 4 ozs! He can sit up by himself, go from sitting to tummy, he can get up on his hands & knees, he army crawls or rolls to get places, can almost go from tummy to sitting up all by himself (he has done this a couple times by himself), says dada, baba, mama (only when he cries) and he has one tooth on the bottom with another getting ready to pop thru any day now!

Ben is such a good baby & can light up a room with his smile. We love him to pieces & are just amazed by him everyday! He is a very determined little guy. Not much is going to hold him back. He is definitely a momma's boy & I love it!

Health wise Ben is doing awesome. He had a 24 hour flu last week but has fully recovered. His respiratory issues are under control. He has pulmicort breathing treatments twice a day, zantac twice a day & singular. It has been working really well for him. Hopefully as he gets bigger, he won't need that much.

Last year at this time I felt like my world had been flipped upside down. So much had happened in a matter of hours. We didn't get to see Ben but for a few minutes & then he was taken to the NICU for just over 24 hours. It was a difficult hospital stay & I have a lot of bad feelings on things that happened, but that is for another post ;) What a difference a year makes!

Here are some pics..

Then
One of the first pics we got of him..


He still has a scar from that nasty scratch he gave himself in the NICU :(


Now
This was today..happy as a clam


Eating his Birthday cupcake :)