Walking Girl

YEA For Me

I have made my first large business purchase today. I have been searching and searching for my stroller. I am just too impatien. :( Costs me in the end sometimes.

I have been trying to find some baby website for my big sis lately and stumbled across this country moose kids website. I love it. so many cool things on there. So I found my stroller and I get a Military discount with it. :0) Yea. It will be here soon. I cant wait. There was another one i really wanted it just wasnt in my budget :( thats ok. This will work just great. So excited.

The Big Girl in the House

Diana Hit a Milestone this weekend. She has been tootling around for a few weeks trying to walk. I had left for about 4 hours yesterday and When I came home she was full blown walking. My hubby said she had not crawled once yesterday while I was gone. I thought he was just exaggerating but no she really was walking. For the rest of the day all she did was walk. Pretty steadily. She looks like a drunken princess but shes on her feet: ::) It was so exciting and overwhelming for us all at once. Shes transitioning from a baby into a toddler. :( Where did this year go?? Daddy said last night "shes growing rapidly on us now baby " I think daddy is a little sad:( . Our little girl is growing up. Deano loves it though. he is running all over the house having her chase him. Hes such a big boy. LOL he shuts his door to his bedroom now so she cant get in there. He loves his baby sister so much. Its going to be fun from here on out watching them together.

Our Walking Princess

Our Princess Is getting there :) More Videos to come. I have to get to bed.

You got to love craiglist

I have been searching all day for a stroller on craigslist. I have finally found one about 3 hours away. Dirt cheap 75.00. There was a garage sale and i figured it would not sell so I emailed. I am so excited as they usually retail almost 400 to 450 for a basic quad. I have a friend who has family a few miles away so they will go check it out for me. So in my search I found a few more things. :) I was in the consignment shop today looking for a few more good pack n plays. I didnt find one ;( . Thats ok. I found a cozy coupe. I stuck Diana in it and she loved it . It was way too much. It was 50.00 . So just a few min ago I logged into killeens craigslist and found a pink cozy coup for 10.00 what a steel. :) Then Earlier today I found a swing. Just a little one with two swings and it will strap them in. I am so excited. :) Daddy said we can go pick it up tomorrow after I get done with my 10 O clocker :).

I am so excited . She is going to love her swing and it was only 15.00 . I am a craigslist Junkie :)

Looking for the Right Stroller

As my business seems to be growing I am starting to look for a new stroller. I have a double but an really looking for a triple to even a quad. We love our nature walks and its getting a little hard on me pushing two and strapping one to me. I can do it but hate to sweat when im working . LOL. It must show when one father pick up his child he always asks so how many kids did you have today. LOL. I must look worn out :) So i have put ads up on craigslist in a few cities looking for a triple stroller and then last night I thought well heck why not a quad. It would just make it easier. There are some days I have at least 4. Never intended it to be but I have found some super great families that are a great fit for the children. Diana loves being around all of them:)

There are running strollers , side by side, Hugh enormous quad strollers, it goes on and on.
I will keep my my double stroller , but I thinks its time to invest in a slightly bigger one. At some point in the day I have an over lap of 3-4 and I don't like to be stuck in the house and its hard to get the little man off the bus. I would love to have something comfortable for the babies.

We will see what we come up with. Once we get moved into our new permanent home I would love to expand and keep my business growing. I would love to turn the lower half of the house into my business. Having a great stroller will be good in the long run :)

Filler Up

Well Hot Dog. I filled my gas tank up from empty for 25.00. Thats awesom. The prices finally fell to 2.29 here. Its about time:) We take my car everwhere to save on gas as the Truck is a guzzler. Hopefully the prices will stay low for Thanksgiving weekend as my little car can't pull the ATV's behind us :)

Bully on the School Bus

My little boy home home from school the other day and was very sad getting off the bus. He said his friend D pinched him on the face. He had marks all over his face and they are still there. Yesterday he got off the bus and was sitting in the front seat. When he got off his little face was so sad. I asked him how his day was and he said i was on green today mommy. I asked him why he looked so sad he said D bit him in the tummy. He lifted up his shirt and there in the middle was his skin raised and blood coming from it. I was mad and came home cleaned it off put a band aid on it and called the bus director. He said that if the bus driver moved him to the front than that should take care of it and that it was a permanent thing. I talked to a few mothers yesterday who said I should have taken Deano over to the little boys house and show his mother what he had done. I was not sure if that was what i was suppose to do . I dont want to be a complaining mother but they just cant do that to my baby. When i took Deano to the bus stop today i asked the bus driver if he knows that dean is getting hurt by the other boy and he said well no. Deano doesn't tell me. HE said that He gets on to dean for doing something but had no idea that someone was actually hurting dean. WELL NO CRAP MR BUS DRIVER.
I am so sick of these Adults that have our children in their care. they are quick to judge and punish but do not try to figure out what started the situation in the first place. Dean has been getting into trouble for defending himself and nothing is being done to the ones who are hurting them. I think this was my last straw from now on. If someone else lays a hand on him and its not taken care of they will get a long loud earful from me. What the Heck is wrong with these people. And some kids dont stick up for themselves . Just like dean yesterday. Someone bites him draws blood dean did something back i assume from what the driver tells me but then dean is the one punished with out question and then put in the front by himself. So now hes sitting there hurting physically, and now emotionally hurting because he did nothing wrong( in his eyes but protect himself and hes being punished) No one on his side to help him. ITs like he was left all alone . I am having a fit and it kills me that he has to go though this.

Important Dates today

Happy Anniversay to my big sis today. Shes been married for 3 years now. She has been with her hubby though for 9 years. Heres to another 50 + Sissy. Today Is also My Grandma Alice's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA Alice. We miss you all.

Happy Birthday

Today would be Grandma Mercedes 85Th birthday. We lost our dear grandma in January of 2006. She battled heart disease. diabetes, and kidney failure for years. She fell and broke her hip and never recovered. I miss you every day grandma. I love you HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hitting the Tred

Well sad to say its time to hit the treadmill once again. I have about 5 lbs I would like to see g0 or at least tone up. My final straw was my husband standing behind me and jiggling my rear. I love it he says. Gross I say nice and jiggly. He say i love your sexy baby making hips. UMM was that a comment or a hit. To me it was enough. LOL . put that togther and my step daughter is now wearing my sweaters I am ready set off to the tred I go. Hitting 30 is so different from hitting 20. things just don't bounce back into place. My big sister had always said once she hit 30 it was harder to lose the weight. I wasn't going to believe that, I had my own methods. Poohy on that I guess you have to implement them to make them work. LOL. I have reached my pre pregnancy weight minus a few lbs but I have to ton ton ton. Who has the time. :) I finally broke down the treadmill on Sunday and made out my schedule. Someone needs to invent a machine that does an hour work out in like 5 min because well all know that mommies only about 5 min for themselves a day :)

Baby J's Shower

The weeks have been ticking down and there is only 114 more days to the arrival of baby J.
I got her invite today to the baby shower. It was so very cute I cried all the way from the mail box to the house. I am so sadden that Diana and I will not be able to attend. I have thought a hundred different ways that it could be possible but I just cant make it work. Its been hard for us living so far away and we have missed the whole pregnancy. I would love to be there to see my big sis getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Little Deano loves to look at her pictures on the computer. I have to say when My Hubby's time is up in the MT I am off to Ohio. hopefully he follows :) Its just too hard being so far away when you are use to being so close to everyone.

What a weekend

We had such a fun filled weekend. We are all exhuasted. We took Abby home yesterday. So sad to see her go. Dean did his usual shyness thing at the end and didnt hug her good bye. As soon as he got into the car it was I dont want Abby to go. ;( We'll see here in a few weeks.

It was a long car ride with Daddy in the car with us. He's such a bear when diana fusses in the car. I dont find the fussing its Daddy I wanted to throw out of the car LOL. Hes not a good traveler with kids now a days. :) We still love him. Hey mom I sure could use that trunk Dad used.

Children Learn What They Live

For Years I have preached Children Learn What They Live. I have come across this Poem That is Identical to what I ramble on about all the time. I had recently gotten a few books from the book store on Parenting and children ect ect and this is one I came across. Its phenomenal book I think every parent, grandparent, teacher, aunt , uncle, brother, sister should have one.



Children Learn What They Live

If children live with criticism , they learn to condemn.

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.

If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.

If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.

If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.

If children live with jealousy, the learn to feel envy.

If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.

If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.

If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.

If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.

If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.

If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.

If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.

If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.

If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.

If children live with fairness, they learn justice.

If children live with kindness and consideration , they learn respect.

If Children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.

If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.





I will be framing several copies of this poem and placing in though out our home to be a constant reminder of what we do for our children on a daily basis. The bathroom is a great place for it to be for my husband. Right in front of the commode. On the mirror, in the kitchen , in the garage working space when we get frustrated, ect ect .

Too Sweet

Our children have been so sweet with each other the past few days. Its like they are not our. LOL. They have spent most of their time playing house, reading to each other and pretty much doing everything together. Abby is trying to help Dean read and is very encouraging of his art work. They have been complimenting each other very well. Diana has just been trying to catch up. She says Abby's Name when ever she sees her. This morning I was vacuming and Abby set diana down on a bean bag chair. Abby left the room and diana crawled down. She got halfways across the room to me and then spat she took a nasty spill onto her face on the hard wooden floor. She split open her upper lip pretty well and I could not tell if her teeth got loose or what. Our poor little Abby came in crying says its all my fault I should not have walked aways :O) . Shes so sweet even thought it was not her fault she was very sad :(
Dean and Abby decided to get out the battery powered 4 wheeler out today. It needs a new battery and A new charger as we have lost it in the move. Dean Sat on top of the four wheeler and Abby pulled him around with a bungee cord. LOL. It was the sweetest yet funniest thing.
We were sitting at lunch today and Abby said. I don't want to go home tomorrow. Aw. Poor thing . I know its Sad. She said I'm going to be sad. We will miss you too Abby.
Diana walked today across rooms, down the side walk, though out rack room shoes. LOL. It was amazing . Dean and Abby chased her through out the store. It was a bit crazy but it was so neat to see them all interacting like that having a blast. It sure will be quiet here tomorrow night. Right now they are out here playing basket ball together, riding scooters, ect ect. They are getting along so well. Dean just said you crazy girl I have to run and get big muscles, and Abby said Ok i have to get hyper for Ashlyn. I like to jump on her. Dean told her ok lets practice together. :)

Much needed bonding Time

We have had such a good few days here with the kids. Its nice to have Abby here again. She loves to play with the babies. I have had a few drop in children this week and that has kept Abby bush :). I have made sure to schedule them around time that Abby and I are not too busy. Today is Daddy's last day off until his SD tomorrow and I told Abby that I would take her shopping just her and I again so we had to get an early start before Daddy got up. LOL. Thanks to Deano he got us going a little earlier that I thought this morning. We missed the bus this morning so we had to take him to school. I felt like an idiot because I had never done it before. Usually the bus takes him every morning so I did not know how to drop him off or where to do it. We got it squared away. So we are off and ready to shop shortly after 745 this am. :) We ended or morning at the book store. Abby looked a little overwhelmed with all the books and choices she had to make. I was a little nervous of the books she was choosing.

As children get older every family has their own opinion of what is appropriate at each age. She had picked up a Hannah Montana book and I was like OMG that's too old for her eyes to be reading. She watches the tv show I just didn't know about actually reading it. I thought this was a decision her mother could help me make. I guess if its ok with her then its ok with me. I did not want to discourage Abby or disappoint her so The best thing I could think of was asking her mother :) Abby got the book. On the way home she started reading it out loud and Diana just stared at Abby smiling. It was so cute.

Abby and Diana have been able to spend some quality time together. Its been good for both. The next time we have Abby will be Thanksgiving and I know Diana will be completely walking on her own by then. Daddy and Abby are out now spending their much needed time together as well. Its been very hard to Abby to understand the concept of a Blended Family. Its not just Daddy and Abby anymore. There are the 5 of us. We treat each one of the children the same. some times its very difficult as Abby is a very emotional little girl and you don't want to hurt her feeling. She is having a hard time understanding the SD and why he has to be gone for a full day and sleep a little the next. Yes it does not seem fair. LOL It doesn't seem fair to us so I really see hows it seems unfair to her. Last night Daddy and Abby went out to get movies just the two and it was Deans turn not to understand why I wanted him to stay home with mommy. LOL. We get if from both ends.

It seems every visit lately there is a talk that Abby needs to have. There is a way that my husband and I like to handle the whole other family of hers. We have made it clear that there is no talking bad about the others ect ect. Some how it gets brought up though every time and we have to deal with it Gently. Making sure to give our point and our views and how we handle the situation and why things are done the way they are. We feel that she is not able or old enough to hear the your daddy this and your daddy that ect ect ect from her other side of the family. It hurts her. She takes it in and bottles it in and that hurts. It hurts us for her having to hear it and then repeat it. We have made our agreement not to talk bad about the other side of her family but sometimes the story needs to be set straight from us. Yes Daddy should call a bit ... more . None the less he is her daddy. She should not have to hear mean things. It hurts us to here the things that she is told and shes crying. Sometimes as adults we forget that we are dealing with little people with little emotions and say things that are going to benefit us at that point and neglect the fact of what its doing to our children. Abby had lots of questions about things she's heard and statements she needed to make. And we tried to handle them one by one and help her though it. We will never be able to protect what she hears when shes some place else but we can help her when shes here and she has question or comments of statements that shes heard elsewhere. She is 7 and it seems like she has had to be grown up way beyond 7. I do not know why any parent would let their ugly feelings out and not protect their children until they are old enough and mature enough and emotionally stable enough to understand everything.

A blended family is not so easy at time. :) I finally bought 3 books today on how to make it work a bit easier and to communicate with our children when they have difficult questions or sny comments on things they have heard. Every Visit with her is a great time to bond with her. We wish we could see her more often so her mind could be a little rest assured but things are not just that way. We love her and all of our children and we have a life time of special times together. I hope as we build and grow as a Family it gets easier. last night at the dinner table Abby said My mommy said .......is a better dad then daddy is. Well sure. Her soon to be step daddy will be a bigger supporter in her life as she lives with him. he is there everyday almost 320 some days of the year. , It stinks and we know Gils missed out on a lot, hes not there, ect ect. So we had to reason with our 7 year old on why her Step daddy is a BIG part of her life and Daddy misses it. We get it. We understand it but why should a 7 year old have to know or hear it. Its the selfishness of immature parents who feel they can though their thoughts and feelings on their young children and make them understand and digest it. I think we all have been there one day or another wanting to tell them some secrete that we think they should know but yet come to the realization its wrong to hurt our already hurting children.

Every bonding experience we get with our children means the worlds to us. We love them all .

We are getting Close

Our baby girl is getting closer to becoming an independent walker. She has walked from couch to couch, from person to person and from object to object. We predict by the end of this weekend she will be full blown walking. She has been trying very very hard to walk to everything on her own. Such a big big girl Mommy is going to cry.

I must be getting Old

We have been so busy today. Its mid week and I am exhausted. Our routine has been the same and I dont know what the deal is. I need a long Nap. With Daddy on the staff duty rotation its taking a toll on me.
I was excited to spend some girl time with Abby today so I made sure we got a good nights sleep. I wanted to take her shopping and to help me find birthday presents for her sister. I feel really bad that Abby can not be here for her birthday. In order to get Abby for her birthday we would have to go get her on Halloween night. I told Abby I wish we could be we will not interfear with Trick or Treating. She is so sweet she said " its ok jenn i want to be here for my sister's birthday I dont have to trick o treat" . She is alway so sweet. I told her I know she does and I wish we could. I have thought of Many possibilities even getting her friday night , having the kids dressed and ready and stop somewhere on the way and let them trick o treat. I know it would be ok with us but we cant ruin her other baby sisters halloween.
I took Abby to Toys R Us today. Boy was that fun. At one point I didn't know who i was shopping for :) By the time we left Abby made sure we had something for everyone . shes so sweet. Then I took her over to Ross's. She has been begging for her own PJ's for our house and A robe for Some time now so I wanted to hook her up. She was excited. I failed though I forgot the slippers. :( Daddy will have to do that tomorrow. He was on staff duty today so she'll have him all to herself tomorrow. He snuck home for dinner tonight so he could spend sometime with her. She needed to get her new Hanna Montana closet thing set up and her bratz dolls opened and ready to go, ect ect. She had a long list for him today:)
Hopefully he can get some shut eye tonight at work as he has a fun filled day planned for the two tomorrow.
We had such a long day with the babies, and shopping, and putting everything away it was darn near 730 when we ate dinner. I am exhausted. I was just now able to sit still. I must be getting older. I don't think i can keep going. Tomorrows another day right? I think I have had so many ideas in my head on what I want to do with Abby when shes here Its all catching up with me and stressing me out. Trying to cram so much in into a limited time slot.

What a nice drive

We took a drive last night to go get Abby. It was not a bad drive up. One straight way. I think i can even do it without using the GPS system. I know I will have to anyways as the GPS takes us completely the other way.
The kids were so happy to see Abby. Diana did not stop staring and Smiling at Abby for a long time. She got out of the car before we took off and walked around with her big sissy holding her hand. It was good for both Abby and Diana. We never know how the drive will be with The kids. Either they bicker a little or sleep. Last night they surprised us. All the way home the radio was off. Abby and Dean talked the whole 2 1/2 hours home. They talked about everything, Abby's new school, her friends, deans school, his friends, the birthday party, pictures Abby had seen of the kids, ect ect. They talked about just everything. It was so cute. They were so good together.
Dean started to tell the stories of all our fire ants here. He tells Abby how Diana got bit 22 times a few weeks ago " She didn't even cry Abby" he says. Abby says shes tough just like Daddy. Dean says Not me.... We must have laughed and laughed.
It was such a nice drive home . The kids kept us laughing all night long.

Can we keep her?

Last night Dean looked at daddy and said Dad can we keep her? Keep who he asked? Diana. Can we keep her. I thought Gil was going to laugh so hard he'd fall on the floor. Kids just say the funniest things.

Home away from home

Gils little Girl comes home for her Fall break today. We are all very excited for her to be here. Dean got her new baby doll she got right before she left all ready for her in the car to take to her. It was sweet. He is always saying. I miss Abby. No matter how much they disagree they like each other. We are so happy to have Abby here with us.
We do not get to see her much as we live far in two different states. With two blended families its hard. She is allowed to be here for one weekend a month but it has not happened that way so far.

Gil gets nervous every time he sees her. I know she does too. I am sure its hard leaving her mommy and her sister even for a few day to come have a little fun here too. Its always nice though that Daddy puts some time aside for just Abby and Daddy every time she is here. They need that time to reconnect. Even if its just time away shopping its their time.

We cant wait to see her. Diana has changed so much in the past two months it will be great for the two of them to spend some quality time together while dean is at school this week.

Spots

Its been a rough few days in the Cox house with sickies. I had the flubug tuesday. That was horrible. Then I got rid of that by wed to pick up a Scratchy throat Thursday Night. It seems to come in pairs with us. Get rid of one, gain another.
My husband went to kiss me Friday night and I said oh just on the cheek I have a soar throat. So do I he says. Well goodie goodie. No one kiss the babies:) Every day its getting progressively worse. Feverish, stuffy nose ect. Yesterday I felt horrible all day. Daddy was on staff duty so there was no helping me out :(. Diana slept horrible all night so that made it a little bit more difficult. Deano woke up this morning saying his head hurt. Oh no not the babies.
My husband just came home from staff duty he said baby tell me what your throat looks like. I was like um ok here take a looksy. He said oh ok. Well mine has SPOTS. OMG. You all me know I go into freak mode. You have Strep I'm sure of it. So off to bed he goes because well hes been up since yesterday. I think the best thing for us to do is go to the urga care center all together. Get it knocked out at once. I do no want any spots and dont want them either but we all should be on an antibiotic so Abby does not get our iciness when she comes tomorrow. The last time she was suppose to be here we had the flu.

Our Princess

As our little princess gets a bit bigger I get a little sadder at times and Happy all in one. Is that possible? She's growing from baby to toddler just way to fast. As we approach her first birthday we reflect of the past year of her life. We have come along way. She was a peanut when she was born. It seemed as if she would stay that way forever.
Daddy left almost 4 weeks after she was born for School for 6 1/2 months. I wanted to keep her little forever so he would not miss a thing. From her first coo, to her first roll, the first crawl, the first table food Ect. She just kept getting big.

We have finally hit all milestones for the first year and then some. Our little princess has been on all solid foods for the past few months now and we have taken her formula away with in the past week as she has been on milk for at least 2 months as well.

We have now started the beginning stages of her walking. On Saturday she walked 10 steps to Daddy. Last night she attempted to walk from the coffee table to the couch. She is such a big girl. I want to say wait don't do that and keep her little forever but i know she need to flower and go.

Over the past week she has been playing more with Abby's baby dolls. She feeds them, trys to put the bibs on, puts the Binky in her baby's mouth, Put the baby doll in her old car seat ect ect. Now she is all about sitting in the baby's rocker all by herself. She is so big. Sometimes a bit to big as she has fallen backwards out of it.

Last night we purchased her first princess chair. I remember all Dean's first big boy stuff.

We got Diana her very own Princess Chair. I chalked it up to its safer for her so she wont flip anymore. Well that was my excuse. What a big girl she has become.

YEAH DEAN's Home

Diana sure does love 6:55 in the am and 2:30 pm. These are the times her brother comes home. As soon as the bus turns the corner about two blocks up shes clapping for him.
She loves her brother. I cant wait for the day for her to run to him when he walks off the bus. She can stand the hole two blocks as the bus comes down the street.

Little Mommy

Diana has become quiet the little mommy over the past few days. She like to rock her baby and cuddle her. As I was making Deans cake yesterday I would dip a spoon in the frosting for her to eat. At one point Diana took the spoon a crawled away. I went into the living room and there was her baby doll all blue LOL. She fed her ear and her hair. LOL. Shes such a good little mommy.

BATMAN Birthday Party.

Dean's 5 Year old Birthday was so much fun. He had a good time with his friends. They decorated pumpkins, played a superman game blind folded, jumped in the jumper, and broke the pinata. They ran and played for a few hours. I know they all went home and crashed. Myles and Diana kept up with everyone real well. :) Cant wait for next year ;).

The Cake

What an emotional haul it was making Dean's Birthday Cake. Its something I have been wanting to do for at least a month now for him. I had a cake lady make the white butter cream frosting up for me as I knew after trying that I could not do it. I picked up the frosting Thursday and started to bake the cake. Then another, and another and another. All three of the four cakes came out with a big hump from left to right. I was so frustrated. I called Becca my last resort. Becca is a fabulous chef, baker ect. I don't know how she does it but in know shes a clone of the cooking channel. She told me to put the batter in the pan and then slam it on the counter. I did 10 TIMES. This batch was going to work. Then she determined I was cooking it on the wrong shelf. Oh yes I was baking it on the bottom. So this cake came out fabulous. Thanks Becca.

So I was tired and thought well its done , I will let it cool and take it out of the pan in the morning. Wrong again. It stuck to the pan. Its now 730am and I am balling on the way to HEB. I was so frustrated. I just wanted to make this cake for Dean. So I was headed to get a few boxes of cake to try it a few more times. I got there and went to the bakery. I asked them If they could just make a plain naked cake for me no frosting, nothing. So they did.

I was so happy I went home to make my cake.

I had my frosting color dye and my tools and I was ready. I did a great job I thought. Dean loved it.

It was a long Haul But I DID IT.

DEANS BIRTHDAY

I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT . MY BABY IS 5. Where did the years go. He is getting so big so fast.
I let him open one present this morning before school. Its was his batman house. He even let Diana help. So cute. His party is not until tomorrow but I thought he should have something today. It was nice. Daddy came home especially early today so he could see Dean before school. Daddy has staff duty again today and will not be back until tomorrow morning.
I will run around all day today getting ready for his party. So nervous. Having other parents and their kids here and entertaining. :) Its not like i Don't do this everyday, but these are new people. Its hard to entertain and relax .
I have planned a batman game, pin the tail on the donkey ( of course), we have a bounce around coming, decorating a pumpkin(thank you Trisha). :)
I am a little bit nervous though. I am making Deans batman Cave birthday cake and I was having this Baker make his frosting (apparently i am so retarded i can not do it myself). I called her the other day and we finished all the specifics. She said she would stay in touch but i had not really heard from her. I sent and email last night and then i just left her a message. I think i am just about in Panic Mode. I do not want a frosting out of the can . That's not a birthday cake.
If ANYONE has any suggestions please send them my way.
Well I guess I should get started babies are down and I have tons to do :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAN

Mommy Little Helper

My little Diana is the sweetest little helper durning the day with its just her and I. She loves baby Joshua. I think i know what I am going to get her for her birthday now. NO MOTHER not another Baby, But baby carseat, stroller, hight chair ect. :) She is so loving and kind, that little angel or mine.

So Precious

Last night i snuck into Deans Room and carried him back to mine. I like to snuggle with him when Daddy is away. I woke up this morning and diana and dean were basically sleeping nose to nose. They were so sweet just sleeping there so peacefully. I tried to get a picture of it then diana moved. It was too funny . She rolled and her bum was right in his face then she let out her usual good morning nosie. Then you heard. DIANA>

What a Blessing

As we all know I am not really the baker. I can make a mean bananan split dessert, cho. Fudge and well i think thats it. I am the worlds worst baker. Oh yes even my cupcakes are just too brown. Deans Birthday Party is Friday evening and I wanted to make him his birthday cake. I have been so excited. I have been practicing the Frosting. I just cant get it. So today I called this lady that makes cakes and asked her if she could just make the frosting. I really Want to do his cake. So a white buttercream frosting it is . :) She was very nice and then offered to help me on my baking skills . I think i might have to take her up on it.

Our Baby Girl

I am looking to find Diana just the right birthday present. I am going to need help on this so if anyone has ideas let me know. I am looking for some thing very girlie. She is in love with this baby. She loves to rock him in his chair and help take care of him. So i am trying to get idea.
While I am looking at girlie stuff daddy is looking for a mini quad. OK Daddy HOLD ON. That's something she does not need. If anyone has any bright ideas please pass them on. Its so hard working all the time now. Even though i am home its so hard to get out there and scope out the stores.

Diana took her first four steps tonight

Diana took four steps tonight. They were clear as day. We tried to get it on video but it was not the same . :) We are getting closer

Its finally here

Yes . Diana's car seat is finally here. Mommy was so excited. I practically ran over Daddy to put it together. I had so many plans last night i canceled them to get it in the car just right. That darn thing took forever. It was pretty hard. I didn't think it should have been but it was.
We ventured out today for the first time in her BIG GIRL Car Seat. She loved it.

Our Day

Boy what a busy day it was for us. Dean, Marshall, Myles,Diana and Joshua were here. The most important part of the day was Marshall and Dean Dressing up as their favorite. Super Heros. This is one thing they do every time they are together. We made puppets, rode bikes , made cookies, watched Iron Man, played in the ball pit, made forts, had water balloon fights, ran races, finger painted, and colored outside with chalk. Well, some of us ate the chalk. Hmmmmmmm who could that have been.

Dean loves when Marshall comes over . I have hired someone to come and pick Marshall up from school everyday and bring him here. Amy, Marshall's mom, hates that he is in the armed services YMCA afterschool program. Because of that, I am paying her mileage so that everyone is in a better mindframe. Amy and I have been trying to figure it out for a while. I had to find someone to be here with the kids when i have vacation or a day off or need to take Myles and Diana somewhere.

Amy came over today to meet Marshall and Dean. They seemed to like her. Diana is warming up to her too. She does not necessarily need to, however, because I will never be leaving Diana with her. Daddy does not want anyone else to watch her :) He's pretty protective of his little girl. He is such a good Daddy:).

Diana and Myles like having their older siblings here today. It was a special treat for them.