Update Day 2

Okay so another night has passed and I thought that the world would want to know what happened on day two of the adventure of being a single parent.

Well I have to say my opinion of the daycare… didn’t change… sadly enough… now I’m just scratching my head… let me explain.

So on Tuesday when I picked up the girls there was an Express Employee that was just hired on at the daycare. She’s a SUPER sweet lady and I was kind of glad actually. B/c I figured since we already have a rapport from Express that if anything ‘funny’ was going on at the daycare she would tell me about it right? Well I called her by name we talked about how the girls were during the day and she goes ‘do you have a sister?” and I was like no… I don’t… and she goes “you have a look a like I’m telling you” and I was like REALLY other then ME that’s cool. Well when it was time to leave I told her that I would see her tomorrow and she goes “oh it was nice meeting you” and I thought “good lord she doesn’t know who I am” LOL

So on Wednesday when I picked up the girls I said “Elizabeth you aren’t sure where you know me from do you?” and she goes “well I was going to tell you yesterday that there is a girl at a staffing company that looks JUST like you” and I go “Elizabeth that’s ME!” I told her that she knows me from Express. And she was like “well you look so different LOL” Elizabeth is really sweet, a little slow but sweet I think she will do REALLY well with the kids actually, they are just her speed.

Well the director was standing around and was listening and talking when he could… and he goes “you work at Express in Crawfordsville?” and I was like “hum no I work in Lafayette” (then I was thinking… okay we had this conversation about me moving the girls to a Lafayette Daycare b/c I didn’t want to drive them to Crawfordsville every morning b/c I work in LAFAYETTE, hence why they are at this new place) So then he decided to follow me out asking me about Express and asking if we get PT work in so I was like “great just what I need, to be hounded by TWO people trying to get a job” (sigh) But after the two encounters I have to tell you I feel on a whole different planet then the workers at this daycare… it’s kind of scary. So this is why my opinion hasn’t changed. Of course they still have all their clothes when I picked them up and they seemed to eat their lunches really well… so there are positives I guess (sigh) Lord Give me the strength

Well last night was pretty uneventful to be honest with you. We had dinner got the some laundry and dishes done. Maya decided to follow me around the house saying “I want up” and I kept telling her no mommy is busy. So about 7:25 I got done with the chores I played with the girls on the floor for awhile… they mostly just climbed on me while I just laid there… then once I got off the floor Lehna goes “will you play with us?” and I was just like… Lehna I was just playing with you one the floor… apparently it wasn’t enough… not enough hours in the day I guess. (sigh)

So Maya decided that she really didn’t WANT to sleep last night… she got me up 5 times last night… just the whinny cry thing were she’s not totally awake but it’s enough to where you have to either give her a pass, change her diaper, give her a bottle, or just pat her back to soothe her back to sleep b/c if not in 5 seconds she’s going to be up SCREAMING… (sigh) why this kid won’t sleep through the night… I mean she’s almost 2 for goodness sakes… I was SMART I would have given her Tylenol after the first time… but I didn’t, didn’t even think about it. So if this happens again tonight....I will know what to do … she’s been really chewing hard on her passes so I have a feeling she is getting some more teeth in… So this morning when it was time to wake up she goes “sleep mama sleep” and I told her that’s what you should have done last NIGHT! So by the time I fussed with her she was in a terrible mood and cried the entire time getting her ready this morning… I gave her Tylenol and that seemed to calm her down quite a bit. So that was nice. She slept all the way to daycare… when I dropped her off I told the Director that she was in a horrible mood so he picked her up and she seemed to like that and so hopefully things will be okay.

So I have to tell you ever since I have been on my own I have had to seriously go to the store every day… it’s supper annoying b/c there isn’t anything on the way besides CVS or Walgreens and I hate getting the kids in and out of the car seats out of the car… so it’s supper annoying!!! The first day I didn’t have any form of lunch for the girls for daycare… then yesterday I noticed that Maya only had like 5 diapers left so I had to stop… the this morning I noticed that we don’t have very much milk left… I mean seriously when this ENDS… I have decided that I REFUSE to go to the store again today to get anything… so I should have enough to get through the evening and tomorrow I’ll probably have to go and get some but seriously… when does it END!

I don’t know why I’m so negative right now. I am just in kind of a different world and maybe I’m fighting change, adjusting to the situation, frustrated that nothing is happening with my job search and wrapped that up with a bunch of self pity, its’ a pretty sad package. I had a pow wow with Jackie last night and it did help but at one point she did ask “so are you going to see Marge soon?” LOL so I guess that’s my sign maybe I’m not totally balanced. I guess I should feel grateful for what I have and just leave it at that, but mercy me I want so much more. See there is where the self pity is coming in… Sick isn’t it? So I will get through this I know I will I’m a SURIVIOR and a strong one in that. I know a lot of women do this… I mean millions of women do this… I don’t desire a rally many other women don’t get a rally and a parade of how great they are… but let me tell you this is definitely a new perspective on life. I need to just be grateful. So hopefully as I continue down this path for awhile I won’t offend too many by my constant whines and complaints but remember this is my journal of MY life and if you are offended then stop reading it b/c I’m going to whine and I’m going to complain… that’s part of who I AM… I VENT… and let EVERYONE know just how I feel. I don’t hold anything in even when it’s embarrassing and horrible, I am NOT a keeper never have been probably will never be. So cheers to the journey.

Update

Well I am going to try to update this thing MUCH more often b/c Tait is reading this for his update since he’s living in WI right now. So here we go… Well this past weekend we went to Landyn’s Bday party the boy is now 5 years old! Can you believe it? It doesn’t seem like he should be 5 already BUT he is. We had a birthday party at Chuckie Cheese now in my previous blog I commented that Lehna cried when we told her we were going to Chuckie Cheese b/c Lehna doesn’t like the mouse… Well we went off to Chuckie Cheese and everything was okay for about 10 seconds THEN Lehna SAW THE MOUSE! Lehna cried and cried abut seeing Chuckie… she clung to me and wouldn’t let go b/c she was so afraid. She kept asking to go home b/c she was so afraid of him. It was great fun for all those around us. So Maya and Tait went around playing the different games. Maya has the heart of a lion seriously NOTHING scares this kid. So she kept playing and having a good time. Well Lehna would just sit in the corner and just look around with big OWL eyes waiting for him to appear. After awhile she kind of relaxed and when the pizza got there she ate and just sat.

Tait was getting tired with Maya b/c she kept running and climbing and such. Maya LOVED being able to see Deklyn they would hug one another and say to one another “come on, or let go” it was really cute. They kept going back to the Dance Dance Revolution thing and just jumping on the floor, I only put a token in it once so they could dance, but they were more interested in just jumping and climbing on it.

So after awhile I went back to the table to see if we could get Lehna up and playing. I told her we would go to the very corner and as we walked she was basically clinging to my side for fear that we would see the mouse. We went back and played a couple of games and slowly she started to relax and had a good time, but the time it was time to go she was standing off playing and didn’t need to hold anyone hand, so she had a good time, at the end. Both girls were ready to go by the time we got in the car Maya was totally asleep before we even let the parking lot and Lehna followed shortly after. So at least they were worn out.

So I thought that since Lehna had fun at the end of the day she would want to go again. Well in the middle of the night Lehna woke up crying and I asked her what the problem was and she goes “I just want to go home, I don’t want to be around that mouse” So she had a night mare and she will tell you quite clearly that she doesn’t EVER want to go back to Chuckie Cheese again. So I guess her 4th Birthday won’t be held there.

So after chuckie Cheese on Sunday we went to church then took the girls to Tait’s grandmother and Helen, Tanna, and Tara watched them over night for us so we could go to WI b/c of the job interview on Monday. Well my job interview was at 2:30 so I thought that I could spend the morning looking for jobs and just kind of relaxing and getting psyched up. Well at 7:40 they called and asked if they could interview me earlier… they basically said you either come at 10:30 or we reschedule… well I was taking time off of work to come all the way to interview so I told them that I would be there at 10:30. Now the interview was in Madison, WI which was 2 hours away from where I was staying. So that was the FASTEST shower I have EVER taken. I just kept telling myself “I Hope I don’t get lost, b/c I have no margin of error” So I got the place with 30 minutes to spare so that was good and waited for the interview. The interview went okay. I would say that it probably wasn’t my best work but you know it’s hard to build a rapport with someone when she keeps saying “do you have any questions?” I barely got to talk about my professional placements she didn’t really seem interested in that. She was more interested in my past job experiences like working with Kroger and such instead of my more recent doing the job they are interviewing for experience. So that was disappointing. She kind of explained what they expect from their staffing supervisors and quite frankly I don’t think I want the job. I mean they are required to do outside sales and cold calls and etc and seriously I HATE that kind of stuff. I don’t mind Inside Sales but outside… NO THANK YOU… So I think that was a bust, darn it. So we’ll see what happens. I have another interview with another staffing company on Thursday that is over the phone. So we’ll see what happens with that. I just sucks that this is going to be the fourth interview and I have YET to get an offer… what the heck is going on? I still have a second interview set with the Racine Express in March but we’ll see what happens before that. I hope that I get something else before that time. (sigh)

I have to tell you it’s really hard to stay positive with all of this and really hard to not beat myself up with my thoughts. I guess that the right job just isn’t in the mix for me yet. But man it’s really hard to stay upbeat. I have told Tait a number of times that I do really not like myself right now. Which is kind of sad but seriously it’s hard. It’s just so hard not to feel so down about it.

The girls seem to be adjusting with the new arrangement, I mean it’s only day 2 and so far… they seem to be okay. Lehna was really happy when I picked her up from daycare and said “mommy I learned a lot today” then I asked her follow up question like “what did you learn” and her response “I don’t know” LOL she’s so cute. I also learned that the new daycare doesn’t provide lunch for the kids. SURPRISE! I am like ‘seriously why are we paying you this among of money if you are only providing snack and breakfast?’ I told Tait that so far I’m not impressed. I told him that we’ll have to see what happens the rest of the week but on the first day Lehna had a green shirt on when I dropped her off. When I picked her up she was in a white shirt and her back up clothes were missing. I asked three different people where her clothes were and no one seemed to know. So they told me that they would look for it and ask around. Well they found it it was by the kitchen door… I mean was someone going to take it home with them? I don’t know so not very impressed so far. Hopefully this will be a passing fluke and by the end of the week I will feel good and not so “shaky” about all of this. I am going to call the two women that expressed interested in doing some home daycare for awhile for me. I seriously am contemplating doing a home daycare… even though that is kind of scary but they are women from the Lafayette wards so we’ll see what happens. Maybe they will provide lunch for the kids… geeze!!!

So last night the girls were really good I put Maya to bed by 8:00 and Lehna was in bed by 8:15 I think that they need to go to bed earlier b/c they are getting up sooooo early. So hopefully the earlier bedtimes will mean happier morning times. Lehna asks everyday if she is going to see Daddy today and I keep telling her 3 more days or 2 more days. So I’m thinking about doing a number chart or something for her where she can move the thing over ever day… maybe that will help…

But that is life right now. Just getting adjusted. So keep me in your prayers hopefully it will all work itself out. I hope!!!

New Update

Welcome to another update… tis that time again.

Well life is kind of in a cloud right now. We got some news from our realtor that ISN’T GOOD… basically we don’t have a lot of options of what to do about our house except… not sell and stay in Indiana, foreclose, short sell, or rent… neither option I want… so I don’t know. We are “sleeping” on it right now to try to decide what to do… I don’t want to do any of the situations… and b/c of it I’m not sleeping. So so much for sleeping on it. Hopefully a way will be provided… I freaking hope.

So that’s what’s going on there… On the up side I do have a job interview on Monday. So hopefully that will go well. I hope… I am kind of nervous about it… it’s for a different company, similar job but different company much bigger. So we’ll see what happens. Hopefully I will stay relaxed and knock them dead.

Let me see what else is going on. Lehna and Maya start their new daycare on Tuesday instead of Monday, just slight change in plans b/c of job interview. So that will be okay and that will mean the first week at their daycare they will only have 4 days. You know that will be fun  I hope that next week goes okay. Tait goes north and I stay here… I know there are a lot of women that do this the single mom thing… I’m just not really looking forward to it, but we’ll see what happens.

Big plans for the weekend. Not so much. Landyn’s Birthday party is Saturday and we told Lehna it was going to be at Chuckie Cheese and she cried… which I thought was kind of funny. But she is afraid of the mouse… well the guy in the mouse suit. She’s not a fan… so she might not be ready for Disney World… LOL

Oh Lehna did earn her self a BIG time out last night. We were getting ready for bed and I go Lehna it’s bed time and she goes “oh man I was just about to tell you about my Fing dream” and I was like ‘OH NO YOU DIDN’T LITTLE GIRL” and put her in time out… I didn’t get crazy b/c I didn’t want her to think it was funny. I mean we kind of snicker when she says like Darn and Heck… but this one… I don’t want her dropping at Church!!! LOL So after she came out of time out I asked her why she was put in time out and she goes “b/c I said fing” LOL and I said yes and that is a word that you CANNOT say… LOL crack me up. Tait goes “do you think there is a kid at daycare with a potty mouth or do you think it’s from us?” and I was like “hua yeah…” LOL I know some people love it when little kids cuss but mercy me… I didn’t expect the f bomb. So I will be removing that work from my vocab for awhile…

On Sunday Tait and I are going to head up to Wisconsin. Helen is going to watch them and then after the interview I’m going to pick them up and get them home. I figure on Monday I will probably have to drive a good solid 12 hours… so that will be a LONG day… But such is the price for success.

But that is what’s going on around here… nothing too exciting.

Hopefully I will take pictures and then put them up next week from the bday party.

An Update With PICTURES!

Here’s another update.

This past weekend we went up to Wisconsin b/c I had a job interview for the same company I work with here but it’s just north… Well I interviewed… I don’t think I did very well the guy was really hot then cold… at one point we talked about setting up another meeting with his GM when I’m up there next… then at the very end he said “well you have all the skill necessary and I think you would do well, I just wish I was hiring” So I don’t know what the heck that supposed to mean… I mean I thought I did well… apparently not… sooooo on Monday I meet with the people for the job center in Wisconsin and well I took the clerical written test at the beginning of Jan and my test results STILL aren’t in… and probably will be another 2 weeks or so… and so I took the clerical testing and meet with one of the ladies there… she tells me that my typing is the fastest she has seen in 2 years (so yeah for me) but she said that after I get the written results it could be another 2 months before a department contacts me… so YEAH… So basically it was a bust. I’m still applying to companies like CRAZY but I’m not finding anything… I mean seriously nothing… I don’t know it’s all so up in the air right now.

On the home front. Jackie my darling sister in law has volunteered herself to help me around our house this weekend to get the house ready… I know I keep saying that… but since I stayed on till Monday this past week I wasn’t able to get everything ready for the realtor and to be honest with you I need to her to REALLY positive and if she sees my house in it’s “current” state she is NOT going to be positive… and that’s not what I need… I need positive vibes… So she is coming next week… at least that is the plan.

The girls were great all weekend. Helen and Tim really enjoyed seeing them. We meet up with Terry and mom on Saturday at Discovery World and that was a really cool place… I really enjoy it. So we went there and had lunch with tem and then they gave us the girls’ Christmas gifts… now Lehna was sooo cute… she goes ‘today is my luckiest day, I got to see Nana and Papal & I got presents’ she is so candid. Well Lehna and Maya totally enjoyed their gifts… Maya LOVES baby dolls… loves hem and mom got her a really pretty doll well Maya after she saw it was a doll ripped open the plastic on the doll and kept repeating “baby, baby, baby” it was very cute!!! Lehna got a Hannah Montana doll that sings a song that is REALLY loud… and you can’t really hear what she says… and she got a microphone… she LOVES it… she’s such a ham anyways.. .this just added more fuel to her fire. Maya also got a Dora book and coloring book and she LOVES Dora so it was a good match for her. So thank you mom & Terry they loved it.

Well one stress has been lifted “well sort of” okay so the girls have been going to daycare in Crawfordsville and Tait had been picking them up and dropping tem off the whole thing… well Tait is going to be leaving on the 16th and well… I work 7-4 so getting them to daycare has really been a major concern for me… b/c I didn’t think that getting them up and AT day care by 6 am and then get myself to work by 7 was going to be possible I mean picking them up in time would work… but then that would be like 11 hours of them at daycare… I thought would be horrible… totally horrible… So I was able to find a daycare in Lafayette that is going to match what we are currently paying... b/c daycare are SOOOOO much more expensive here then they are in Crawfordsville I was really starting to get stressed about it. So this was a good relief for me… now I have seen the daycare it’s VERY VERY small… I MEAN REALLY small…. SO I am glad this is a temporary thing… B/c I don’t think long term they could stay here… I mean the current daycare is so much bigger and better so it’s going to be interesting… but we’ll see what happens… all I have is time right now… so I will adjust to the time…


The girls are getting prepared for all the new changes that are going to be happening to them. I’m really worried about them. I am really concerned on how they are going to react to a new day care and ten having Tait gone. It’s going to be pretty stressful for the next couple of months. I think it will be good for Tait and me but it’s still stressful. I hope all goes well. But I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us and I put faith that we will all be happy in the end. I take great faith in that.



Well Young Women’s we had our New Beginnings plan and let me tell you it was very much a success. What we did was we had the parents try to “earn their medallion” the reason for this was… we tried to illustrate to the parents that in order to earn their necklace it takes a lot of work and it’s time consuming… and I think it went really well. I made personal progress books with each value with two different options, that took a lot of time, but I think it really went over well so that makes me feel good. I don’t know what’s going to happen once Tait goes north… I mean I am supposed to be there once a month for the activity but I’m worried b/c of the kids and what am I going to do with them… but I’m sure that an answer will come to me eventually. I really want to keep my calling but we’ll see what happens.

That’s life right now… just getting ready for change and preparing everyone for it. It’s going to be really hard without Tait but I know that again God will provide, and hopefully provide us a way. So my loving relatives… if I call you b/c I have been with the girls for 9 days straight and I’m ready to climb the walls… please help okay… LOL J/k I’m sure I’ll be fine J Hopefully it gets warm FAST so we can spend a lot of time at the park.

Breaking News!

Okay so like I totally suck… I was going to make sure that I updated every week… and well last week....didn’t get it done… so this week I’m going to update double…

So this is a year for change definitely! Tait accepted a new job in Milwaukee. He starts in February. I am very excited for him. He is going to live with his parents for awhile until I can get a job up there. We are getting ready to list our house next week, and get things moving in that direction. I have an interview set up for Jan 30th and I’m hoping that I get the job. Things are going pretty quickly with the move so far but it’s still kind of early.

I know this probably out of left field for some of you guys but I knew that we would be changing something this year and this is what it’s going to be for now. I’m excited about a new place to live and a new job. I hope that I get the job on the 30th but if I don’t then I will continue to work in Lafayette UNTIL I get a job OR sell my house. So hopefully that will be soon. Now the girls well until I get a job they will live with me and I will take them to and from daycare you know the whole thing. I’m nervous b/c where the daycare IS compared to where I work but hopefully I won’t have to worry about that b/c I’ll get a job and move right after Tait moves. I think we are going to rent a house that’s what I would like to do and hopefully we can build a little savings and pay things down and off while we are living “apart”. I’m nervous about living apart but I think that it’s not going to hurt anything. I hope that the girls are okay with the shift, I mean I’m really going to shake their world quite a bit. Tait will come home for the weekends and such but hopefully we won’t be apart for very long.

Lehna got her hair cut. She kept asking me over and over to get her hair cut and I finally said FINE and took her. It’s super cute on her. So I will post pictures. I didn’t get Maya’s hair cut only b/c I want it to be longer when we get it cut it costs 10 bucks to do four snips so I like it to long all over so it makes it worth it… and if get in her eyes I’ll just pull it back into a little rubber band b/c that always is supper cute. She should be getting her hair in faster… I mean Lehna’s hair took FREAKING FORVER to grow out but by the time she was two she had quite a head full of hair… Maya’s hair is coming along it still has a way to go… but it is coming.

So quite the excitement is what’s going on, I’m planning on spending quite a bit of my time this weekend packing things up and decluttering my house… doesn’t that sound like fun. I’m very worried about getting it “sell ready” but I feel like God is making this easy for us so far and if this is where we are supposed to be then we will be provided for. I have asked for the path so hopefully I’m reading all the signs correctly.

Christmas Review

Okay so I’m a little out of order but heck whatever… LOL

So Christmas was a ton of fun for me this year. Lehna was so cool. She was really excited about Santa and the whole works… it was really cool. We had made Christmas cookies and had them for the girls to give to Santa, Santa even wrote them a note that they didn’t care about… I even said “Look Santa wrote you a letter” Lehna looked at me... shrugged her shoulders and went on… she didn’t care at all… LOL but that was okay... maybe the letter from Santa WAS a little much… LOL

Lehna and Maya got so much stuff… we tried to keep it as “little” as possible and I even said “5 things a piece only!” Well… that didn’t quite happen but it was fun anyways… Lehna LOVES Hannah Montana so she got several items Hannah Montana related… she also LOVES anything princess related so was VERY excited to see 5 princess Barbie’s and 5 princess outfits for her to wear… (They came together in one box so there fore TWO separate toys) Maya is VERY into Dora and BABIES so she was very excited to get a brand new Dora dolly complete with the baby girl and baby boy her twin brother and sister now why Dora has a carrying pouch for the babies AND a baby bottle in hand her the MOTHER doesn’t… I don’t know, but she loves it… and Dora talks so how can you go wrong? It was really a good Christmas. It was just so nice to see the girls light up and unwrapped Christmas gifts. Lehna was so excited she helped Maya unwrap her’s Maya didn’t care… she was too busy trying to get the babies out of the boxes… LOL

After we had Christmas at our house then we to Peru for Christmas it was a lot of fun we got some good gifts, in the big Christmas exchange. I was able to come away with two Purdue seat cushions and a Purdue cooler, which will be way nice for Purdue football season. I can’t remember what Tait got but I am sure it was just as nice. It was nice to be able to see family and hang out.

Then we went home and rested… a day… then on Saturday we went to Tait’s side of the family to his cousin’s house and it was really fun. I managed to give Maya a BIG goose egg as I was trying to prevent her from going up the steps so I felt like a horrible beast… But other than that it was nice. It was so nice to spread out. Tait’s grandparents usually host and it’s usually so crowed and you have to basically sit… or you won’t have a seat LOL but it was nice to be able to have multiple places to sit and stretch around so thank you for opening your home up.

The rest of the weekend was nice and relaxing it was nice just to be able to have time with the girls. Then it was back to work on Monday. Which we have been so slow b/c so many of our companies has been on shut down, so it was just dead. We didn’t do anything remarkably special on New Year’s to be honest we all fell asleep at 9:30… and we HAPPEN to get a drunk dial at 10 til midnight (from a stranger) and Tait and I watched the ball drop. I have to say this was the first year since I’ve seen Dick Clark from his stroke and it was kind of sad… I was kind of sad… but other than that… that was the holiday season. A lot of time was spent with family and I always enjoy that.

This weekend we are planning on visiting Tait’s parents… it should be fun. I have heard that I am an aunt again. Sarah had her baby today! She had a Boy Max (but I don’t know what his middle name is yet) He weighed 8 lbs 6 ozs I think… and was like 22 inches long. Jackie and I are going to go see him at lunch tomorrow so HAPPY BABY! So I don’t think we will see my parents this weekend b/c they will be HERE… LOL so that’s pretty funny. Maybe other weekend. I can’t wait until I have vacation time again… it will be nice to have another 3 day weekend just b/c I can… you know… but that won’t come until the END of the month… so that is sad L

Well that’s all that’s going on I will add pictures soon so you can see our tree and such…

The Year for Change!

Do you ever ask yourself when a good time for change is? I know that some people would say that they hate change… that change is a horrible bad thing. I think I can say personally I normally feel this way. I sometimes get into moods in which I want everything to be the same, that any kind of change is bad and it will feel uncomfortable and I’m a creature of habit so let’s just leave it the same. Well I have to say that I am craving change so bad it’s almost blinding. I always think that the “other side of the fence” is easier. I guess you can say that I’m always looking for the easier path and I have to say that there have been some major things happening in my “personal” life that I am READY for change.

So I have deemed this year a year for change. I’m already starting to change my appearance. I have lost a total of around 30 lbs. I still have another 40 to go and then I think I’ll be looking awesome. I chopped off my hair. I decided that I would try something new. I like it it’s cute. I’ll have Tait take a picture of it so everyone can see it J so I’m just ready for changes. It’s crazy just how much I want change.

I am going to go through all my old clutter and start getting ready for changes. I need to open my self up and really just give things away. I can’t decide if I should keep all the old baby items like crib, jump a roo, changing table, etc. I don’t know if I’m done having kids but I just haven’t really decided yet. So I’ll probably hold on to them a little longer but I don’t know for how much longer. I am ready to get the rest of the carpet up in my house and paint. It’s a horrible shade of pink and the horrible pink carpet sure doesn’t help. I’m ready for change. Let’s bring it own.

This year is really going to be exciting. I hope I can keep the enthusiasm and the optimism going. I have had a heck of a year. My entire family ahs had a hard year and I’m so glad that 2008 is over. It’s time to bring in the new and man I have some big plans. I want to be happy. I crave for happiness right now and I’m going to take things one day at a time. I not going to break off more then I can change but I’m tired of feeling so “down” all the time. I am ready to have the fire back in my step (if that makes any sense). So look out world… b/c I’m coming. I’m a strong woman. I have been told this countless times and it’s time that I finally start believe it. I want to stop feeling like a doormat I am not that kind of person. I’m stronger than that, so here we go. Ready to start, ready to get a move on, here we go.

Update

Well it IS time for another update.

It’s been awhile… but tis the season I guess…

Well Lehna and Maya had their first Christmas Program. It was really cute. I am glad that this daycare does do something like this b/c their old daycare always had a summer program so this was kind of neat to see them in their Christmas Program. Maya was SUPER cute. When she came into the room she goes “Mama” really loud and everyone laughed… when she walked by me she tried to walk over to me but they steered her down the aisle to the front of the room. She stood on the stage and they played a slide show and rang jingle bells it was very very cute. She also had antlers on her head. She was in MANY pictures for the slide show a lot of the pictures she had things on her head or was making funny faces it was really cute. I video recorded it. Of course when I watch it it will probably be like being on a rollercoaster… b/c I had to zoom REALLY closely and I was far back so getting to see her all the way was difficult. But she was SUPER cute! Lehna was also super CUTE… when she came in… Maya goes really loudly “Sissy!” and then when she got up there… Lehna waved to me and goes “mommy” it was very cute and I of course waved back… Lehna did the songs she actually did all the hand motions and everything it was really cute. Lehna has been singing these songs for a couple of weeks but I didn’t know they were the songs they were going to perform for the program. They weren’t very long but it was certainly very cute. Tait recorded Lehna’s part b/c I had Maya on my lap and she was EVERYWHERE on my lap… She didn’t want to sit still.

Maya in all her cuteness (notice her holiday smile) LOL

Another picture of Maya and her class

Lehna Singing
After the different groups the kids went back to sit with their families and it was like 8 p.m and Lehna and Maya both were tired of sitting…they were DEFINTELY ready to go home… Lehna saw in the lobby they had cookies and she cried to go out there and get a cookie… well not really cry just whined… I felt bad b/c she was so loud… That was really difficult to hold her still when she was pushing against me… by the time the whole thing was over I was READY to be home. I think the girls were too.

So we went home and the girls got to shake out their crazies… Maya and I were so tired. Maya fell asleep on me about 8:30 and I was out like 8:31 I was so tired… I couldn’t believe it… I hadn’t even taken off my work clothes. So by the time I got to bed I was definitely ready to snooze the night away. This has been my last early week so I don’t know if it has just been catching up with me or what…

Well some exciting news. Lehna wrote Santa a letter this weekend and surprise Santa wrote back to her on Tuesday. She was SOOOO excited to read the letter. I read it too she and she ran through the house with it in her hand saying “daddy daddy Santa wrote me a letter” it was really a cool moment. Maya also got a letter from Santa… but she didn’t respond nearly as excited as Lehna… She basically tried to take the paper out of my hand and write on it… I think maybe she’s going to be a writer… this kid could write for HOURS with a pen and paper… and it could be on little pieces of paper it entertains her for HOURS! It’s really quite amazing…

I am so excited on Saturday we are going to finish/start Christmas shopping. I know it’s nothing like waiting to the last minute… but I can’t wait. Trent is going to come and watch our girls and we are going to go to Lafayette to finish. There are several things that I am hoping to land but we’ll see what I come up with…

Well I have to say I lost another pound this week. I am so slacking with my exercise… I think I did the 40 minute twice this week and the 20 minute just once this week… I feel like a slacker when I do that 40 minute… although I’m getting faster at the 40 minute and it is only taking me like 25-35 minutes, which is SUPER NICE… I need to continue to work out so I can continue to loose. Of course my stress level definitely helps b/c I don’t have a need to want to eat… which is strange b/c in the past I have always been an emotional eater… I don’t know b/c it’s b/c this stress is so different… who knows… Life will continue.

Well that’s all I have right now in the world me us… Hope all of you have a safe weekend… the weather is kind of touchy these days!

Update...

So I need to update… It’s really hard to update right now b/c of all the crap that is going on right now. So I’m not going to go into much detail b/c honestly… I don’t think that I want to remember this later when I’m going back and rereading this one day. I will say that Tait and I are having some problems. We are dealing with them together we are both seeing a marriage and family therapist and that are it. We are working through them and hopefully by the time we get to the end of this journey we will be much stronger then we have ever been.

As far as what’s going on in our family. Lehna and Maya are growing minute by minute. Lehna has really started to be a protector for Maya, any time Maya is upset and crying Lehna is right there trying to make her feel better. It’s a really cool trait to see that my oldest has for my youngest and I hope that it continues. Maya has become Lehna’s little side companion. I can’t wait until Maya can really “play” with Lehna, they try the best they can but Maya really doesn’t know what to do… and just usually follows Lehna’s foot steps basically just doing copy cat. Lehna sometimes gets upset especially when Maya grabs that doll that she is playing with or whatever but for the most part Lehna is pretty tolerant of her little sister.

We moved Maya into the booster seat for dinner. We had her in the high chair for a long time but Maya really didn’t like it and when we pushed that tray part on it it trapped Maya too much and she kind of revolted and cried… so the Booster seat is where she sits now. It’s funny at dinner time both girls are so different. Depending on the day will depend on who will be the best eater. I used to be able to depend on Maya being the best eater but recently Lehna has really been a better eater. Maybe Lehna is going through a growing spurt and needs to food to help her grow or something… who knows.

As far as the holidays it was more stressful then normal. Tait and I went to his family in Williamsport then I went to Peru to see my side of the family. I thought about taking the girls with me but then I thought it would be an easier trip for me if I just went by myself. It was nice being able to see family. I was disappointed b/c I was really hoping we would play games and return to normal but we didn’t. I was surprised that there wasn’t very many people there I expected to see more but I’m sure I’ll see them for Christmas. I love Christmas I just love it b/c everyone is just so happy.

On Friday of Thanksgiving we had a pretty low key day I didn’t even go shopping we took the kids to Indianapolis to see Tait’s Aunt and Uncle and Tait’s’ parents stayed over night and took our kids for the even and Tait and I spend some much needed time together one on one. It was really nice. One Saturday Helen and Tim brought our kids back to us and we had lunch and Tait’s dad fixed our dryer… well it now makes a new noise but that’s okay at least he tried. Then on Sunday we didn’t do much of anything besides putting up our Christmas tree. Putting up our tree didn’t take very long it probably took us like maybe 20 minutes total to put it up. It was really crazy how quickly we put it up. This was help from Maya and Lehna too. Lehna really was a big help she would put all the ornaments up in one spot. Maya tried a couple of times but she was more interested in taking them off verses putting them up so after telling her to no touch a couple of times… she got bored and walked away. It was fun to let Lehna help put up the tree I think she really liked it. Now at night she is kind of strange b/c I thought she would really like the tree turned on and light up… but about 8 p.m. every night she announces that the tree needs to be turned off and she walks over and pushes the button to turn of the tree… it’s kind of strange but I think she likes to push the button on the floor.

For the most part that is what’s going on…

Purdue Sports anyone?

So I have to say that I’m WAY excited about this Saturday! This weekend we have the Purdue Football game IU vs. Purdue at Noon. So Tait and I will be in attendance with that. I happened to win tickets to the Men’s basketball game on Saturday evening for Coppin State (have no idea) but it’s a sold out game and I have tickets and the basketball team is GOOOOOOD! So we are going to that! So I have both Football AND basketball THEN after that Tait and I are going to go to La Costa which is an Italian restaurant here in Lafayette. I’m SOOOOOO EXCITED! Tait’s parents are coming down to watch the girls overnight so we will have an entire day of KID FREE! I’m so very excited. I LOVE my children…. But I love having breaks too. I think this will be a good time for Tait and I too b/c it’s a break for us to get out and enjoy sports and be with one another. I can’t wait.

So I have to say the past two weeks I have lost NO weight… I haven’t gained but I haven’t lost so it’s okay… but still sad L I was hoping to be at 30 lbs by Thanksgiving… I’m only 4 lbs away so maybe if I exercise EVERY day and stop eating like a horse for the next couple of days I can do it… Wish me luck! Tait lost 4 lbs last week so he’s catching up to me! Men loose weight SOOOO much faster than woman anyways… I mean it’s not fair we have to be pregnant with the children gain then lose in a 11 month period of time… then have some “left over” THEN Men can just snap their fingers and lose weight and women don’t have that luxury… Of course I think part of my problem is my exercising has been dismissal this week AND my eating has been on HIGH gear… I hate stress… I eat… (sigh)

Overall we have been doing pretty well at our home. We have hit some major pot holes but we are working through it. The girls are doing really well. Maya is still chatting away. We don’t always know what she’s saying but she is doing much better at talking. Lehna is growing and growing and growing. It’s hard to keep her jeans right now. She doesn’t fit in 5 & 6 in the hips and thighs but 6x’s don’t fit her in the length… so she has had lots of jeans that have been hemmed but we will have to lower when the times comes. Hopefully she will keep her current jeans for awhile they are bigger on her but the regular 6’s you could tell after ONE wash you knew that she wouldn’t be able to fit her again… It’s crazy!!!! I broke out the 2T’s for Maya last night. Mostly b/c her 24 month clothes are all short sleeve and warm weather clothing. And since it’s pretty cold around here right now… they said it’s 10-20 degrees lower then normal, but it Indiana for you.

Well the election is over. I did do my civic duty and I voted. I didn’t know where I was supposed to go but I found out (they changed it from the last time we could vote) so I voted and so it should be an interesting change. I am kind of excited about having a democrat back in the white house… not that I’m a Democrat nor am I a Republican I sit somewhere in the middle. I just am glad that we are going to have a new face in there hopefully he will bring new ideas and we will progress forward making a better tomorrow. LOL well that’s the idea anyways.

So in my car I have been listening to the Messiah. I have to say I like to try to remember my parts and sing while I’m driving down the road. It’s very relaxing. I of course probably look like a total IDIOT but I don’t care b/c its fun. I know it’s not Thanksgiving and it is Christmas music but it just puts me in a good place when I listen to it. I am thinking about adding some more Christmas music to my car so I can sing more as I go back and forth to work everyday. I have given up my daily chats on my cell phone I only talk to Jackie randomly and it usually isn’t very long before her signal goes out… sooooooo I have to do something in the car for 35 minutes!!!

So let’s see what else is going on. Thanksgiving is next week. I’m very excited about it. I can’t wait to eat turkey and I think perogies (I’m assuming grandma is helping make those) I hope to not gain a ton of weight but a few pounds won’t totally kill me. You know what I mean. I want to enjoy myself… but not overdo it. J See it’s this type of mentality that hasn’t let me loose any weight for the past TWO WEEKS! (sigh)

Well that’s all that’s going one… do you like my background? Yeah it’s groovy… the website was I got my background apparently is having bandwidth problems I’m hoping the fix the problem soon… I mean as much as I love the bandwidth warning on my screen… Jackie is supposed to change the background sometime soon… sooooo all will be well.

Okay well that’s all I have for now…

Have a great Thanksgiving if I don’t see you over the holiday!

Two Week Update!

Well it is time for another update.

I have two weekends to write about so let’s get too it.
Two weekends ago the girls and I took a brief visit to Wisconsin. We went to see my mom and Terry and to visit a few sites when we were up there. We went to this place call the Discovery Zone. It was a little museum type thing but it was full of activities for the girls to do. We happened to be there the weekend that Star Wars had some displays. There were lots of men in star trooper outfits, there were a few RTD2 machines that were controlled by Remote controls, Jedi’s were running around. It was a neat display. There were actual costumes that were on display for everyone to look at, which I liked that. Lehna didn’t want to be down on the ground at all in the room. She kind of freaked out around the robots and the star troopers. Maya didn’t look too impressed either by the cool robots but I liked it. It’s like a big “machine” type of museum so it really hands on it was kind of cool. They had this HUGE ship that is mounted from the ceiling and you get to go in and crawl around on it. This was really cool. Lehna wanted NOTHING to do with going on the bottom level where the crew slept. The end of the museum was this REALLY COOL AQUAIUM. I really liked that. Lehna seemed to too we would point out the fish and Lehna would go “look mommy, look at this first” so it was really cool. That was definitely the best part of the Discovery Zone.

Then this past weekend we went to Williamsport for Tick or Treating. We went on Halloween to take them around. That was pretty fun. Lehna wasn’t shy at all this year… she didn’t like scary masks, but neither did Maya… not a fan either of them. Both of them would try to climb up in your arms when we saw them. I was really surprised about the lack of lights that were on around Williamsport. The kids got TONS of candy but I just was surprised about how many houses that didn’t have lights on it were a little surprising. Lehna went as a princess and Maya was a leopard, (she didn’t wear the ears, and the nose and whiskers was whipped away in moments after application) but she was cute. By the end Maya had gotten the hang of it. She was holding out her bag and saying her version of Trick or Treat. It as a good evening Helen and Tim kept Maya and Lehna over night and Tait and I went on a date. There wasn’t anything playing at the movies we wanted to see so we went out to eat then got a movie and game to play. The next morning Tait and I went out for breakfast and we headed back to Williamsport to spend some time with his family. It was a nice visit. I didn’t get a chance to visit his grandmother so I felt bad about that. The girls were able to see her and Tait went over to her house for a brief visit to watch the Notre Dame Game in which ND was beaten YEAH!!!! Purdue actually won this weekend so that was a good thing. I mean when you have to of the lowest playing teams in the Big Ten and play one another it is exciting… at least they were equally matched… LOL

Then on Sunday we had Helen, Tanna, Deklyn, and Landyn come over for some hot dogs on the fire and smores. It was a nice afternoon. I was woke up so early on Sunday and went to the grocery store I think that if I’m going to do lots of grocery shopping that is DEFINTELY the time to go… the store was totally empty and that was wonderful! I hate pushing through people at the grocery store.

Good news I did go down in weight over past two weeks. I am down 25 lbs! YEAH my first big landmark. I actually had someone comment on it this weekend… which always makes me feel good! I also measured myself and I believe I’m down 14 inches overall. I lost 5 inches in my hips alone so I’m really excited… I definitely can tell in my clothing. My butt does feel smaller and my tummy smaller too (not gone just smaller) so small steps to victory I guess. My diet was HORRIBLE this weekend so hopefully I won’t stretch my tummy back out again… that would be REALLY SAD if I did that. I have to say we did the Winsor Pilates last week and man the horrible lady gets you in these HORRIBLELY HARD positions and then talks for a few minutes it SUCKS! But the exercises she gave are just like the ones from the Core Pilates we have been doing so I was excited about that at least they are the same exercises. I’m going to have to start getting some more cardio today. I was reading an article that said that the more you increase your cardio the more your metabolism increases and I defiantly want that. So I’m going to do that. I just have to get on… (Sigh) It’s really had with two kids and a household to run… but I know we can get the goal accomplished. I want to have lost 104 lbs in a year… so far I am up to month 2 and so far I’m about a ¼ of the way there… only ¾ more to go… then I will be really happy. Keep me in your prayers man b/c I’m going to need all the help I can get.

That is pretty much all the update news that I have. Enjoy your week!

Hear Ye Hear Ye!

Tis time for another update. I know you are all excited.

I have to tell you it has been busy around our home right now. Last week flew by with such speed it was amazing.

I do have to take a moment to brag about my husband. Last week when I went to Young Women for Personal Progress Night Lehna came up to me and told me that they were going to cut out hearts. So then Tait quickly said “Lehna you aren’t supposed to tell her” It was VERY sweet, so I figured that they were going to do some kind of “project” when I was at Young Women’s well when I came home. Tait had hung hearts from the ceiling with different sayings on them that went from the front door clear back to our bedroom door. The message basically said “Sometimes I forget to tell you all the reasons why I love you, so tonight I wanted to remind you” Then when I opened the door there was 61 different hearts hanging from the ceiling with different reasons as to why Tait loves me. It was so very nice. One of the most rewarding parts was Lehna and Maya just watching my reaction. Lehna was jumping up and down and laughing going “does this make you happy mommy?” It was VERY sweet. Maya was just waving her arms probably b/c Lehna was so excited, but it was very nice. It was a nice gesture that Tait did for me. Lehna of course helped Tait cut out the hearts and colored on some for me it was so nice. I saved all the hearts so I could put them in my special scrapbook. I took a pictures of it too.

Hearts

We also managed to work outside getting our bushes and side “garden” back into some shape. I had weeds so tall in that flower bed they were past the window! I don’t go on that side of the house very often so that’s why it looked so horrible.

Well another week had come to a close and I didn’t get this up before it became stale so it’s an update w/in an update! Yeah!

So this past week really didn’t go by very quickly. Tait had the day off on Monday so he asked me if I would take the day off so we could spend some time together. So I did. We went to play golf at the Turkey Run Golf course and it was really a challenging course. I’m glad we had a cart, we talked about walking but BOY my feet would have been hurting if we would have done that there were a TON of hills. I don’t think that my feet would have been able to play all 18 holes! We had a really nice time though. We had lunch downtown Crawfordsville and then picked up the girls early from daycare (long enough for them to have a nap of course) then we had an early dinner. It was really a nice day. But that made the week crawl by I think it’s b/c I only had to work 4 days.

So this weekend we went to the covered bridge festival. It’s a HUGE festival in Parke County. Well we went to Rockville and let me tell you I was a bit disappointed. I just kept thinking “this is what people get so excited about every year?” there was lots of booths and stuff for you to by like crafts and painted wooden lawn ornaments but we didn’t need anything like that. So we walked up and down the streets for awhile and we saw this booth for hamburgers for 2.75 a piece… so I thought that sounded like a deal since everything else was more expensive. Well let me tell you it WASN’T A DEAL! It was horrible… So after that we were even more disappointed. Well Tait said that there was a police officer who recommended us going down to Bridgetown b/c it was a lot of fun. So Tait and I thought what the heck we mine as well try that town out. So we drove down a little farther south and wow let me tell you it was MUCH BETTER. It was really PACKED with people and you walked across this really big covered bridge and you walked into like this village full of little booths and such. It was really quite a cool thing. there were TONS of food booths I mean you could get anything from Homemade Ice cream to Chinese food. It was really amazing. There wasn’t any like games or anything like that just tons of food booths. It was really cool. We got Lehna some chocolate Ice cream and we got some Kettle corn and then we shared some butterfly potatoes but Maya knocked over half of them on the ground so we didn’t have too many of them… and then we shared a Funnel cake it was really good. It was really packed and they had pebble gravel making it hard to push a stroller through but we had a good time. We probably walked for about 3 hours and Tait and I agree we stayed about a ½ too long by the time we got to the car Lehna was done listening and Maya was ready for her nap. It was really a great time though. I told Tait next year let’s by pass Rockville and go straight there! So I definitely recommend the Covered Bridge Festival. I had never been there and we have lived in this area for 5 ½ years!

Bridgetown Covered Bridge

Family Picture

Lehna Posing

Maya Posing

Maya and Mommy (after eating chocolate)

Tait and Maya

Lehna looking rather shy
Some really cool news! I lost another 5 lbs this week! (this was on Friday before the festival) so I am only 3 lbs away from hitting on of my MAJOR landmarks… I have lost a total 21 lbs! I have decided to add my weight loss ticker on the screen as you can see on the right. I have decided that maybe making it public knowledge that will help me stay motivated. I wasn’t too good on the exercise bus on Sunday we walked and I tried to remember all the palaties exercises but I couldn’t remember half of them… so that kind of sucked. So this is the start of the new week I’m getting back on the fitness bus and hopefully hitting my first landmark! Keep me in your thoughts b/c I’m going to need some happy thoughts!!!!

Let me see what else is going one right now. That is really all right now. We don’t have any big plans yet for this weekend but it’s Monday so who knows what will happen between now and Friday.

New UPDATE!

Okay so this update isn’t two weeks old like my old update it. See I get distracted and then my information just gets old I hate that… so I don’t like “wasting” already written stuff I don’t even care if it’s old stuff… you know.

I’m putting random pictures in here… okay… so enjoy them.

So I regress again. So I wanted to update you that man that new diet really worked well last week… I seriously lost 8 lbs in one week! Can you believe it?! I was so excited. So that brings my total up to 16 lbs. I can tell in my clothes my jeans especially they are loser still not falling off yet… but getting better. Tait also continues to lose he has lost 5 more lbs so that’s really exciting stuff! He has also been doing the diet for 1200 or less, only b/c he eats what I eat… so he is going on a calorie cut too. I have to say that getting the zero calorie foods in the freg has helped TREMODOUSLY so at dinner when there is nothing on my plate I can have a salad with lettuce, carrots, radish you know… makes it seem like I’m eating a LOT more… so it’s a good thing J So hopefully this week will be another good week… I hope J

So this weekend was really fun. On Saturday we moved furniture around I know that doesn’t sound like fun to most people but for me… yep it made my day really fun. We moved the futon around in the Playroom and that made SOOOO much more space in there so after we did that. I moved all the toy boxes back to the playroom. The girls really like this room. They were in the room all weekend especially Lehna. She sat on the futon and colored and watched TV in there. We put all the books on the bookshelf again so Lehna kept bringing me books for me to read to her. It was really a nice day. We couldn’t get three tubs back in the room so I moved the window seat from the girls closest in the front room and we are now using the chest as a toy chest. It works and now there are no more toys in the front room. It was really nice. Then after we did that I rearranged stuff in the girl’s closet and I found more room in there by doing that. It looks really nice I have my seasons mixed up usually you don’t clean until Spring but you know I have never done things the easy way. Then on Saturday night the girls went to one of the families from church’s house and Tait went to the Priesthood broadcast and all the women went and painted a house. I know that sounds kind of strange, but it was fun about 7 women went to one of the members house and we painted it. They are getting it ready to become a Senior Home of sorts and so they had 3 bedrooms and a laundry room to paint so we did that. It was fun we got done in like 2 hours so after we got done we went and picked up the kids and went home. It was fun painting… made me want to paint my living room actually. But it’s getting colder so I will probably need to wait until spring.

On Sunday we didn’t have church b/c of General Conference and us DVRd that so we could watch it without the children distracting us. So with our free time we headed to the pumpkin patch to get pumpkins to carve. The girls were really funny. We told Lehna she could get any pumpkin she wanted and she would touch a few and go “I want this one” then walk to another one and go “I want this one” so it was kind of interesting. After we looked at a few pumpkins and took a couple of pictures. We walked through the corn maze and it again isn’t very Maze like… I mean it’s not like you had paths to choose from it was basically just a circle… I don’t know. We walked through and then ended up at the end of the nature trail so we decided to walk down the nature trail Lehna kept saying “we are going away from the pumpkin patch” and we told her that we would go back to it… it was very cute… Maya had a sucker and she was REALLY REALLY sticky and she kept getting stuck to the hay and grass so after the “walk” we went to the car to wipe her down with wipes. After that we got them to pick out pumpkins. Lehna wanted this HUGE pumpkin and Maya we picked her out for her a small pumpkin.

Lehna Posing

Maya Posing

After we got the pumpkins back to the patch we gutted them and carved them. Lehna was hilarious when it came to the scooping the stuff out… I had pretty much gotten mine and Maya’s done and Lehna looked in her’s and goes “ewwww I’m not going to touch that stuff” it was hilarious. So I gave her a spoon and let me tell you it wasn’t very helpful. But she did “try” to get it out… she then told me that she needed help and I scooped the majority of it out then she decided I was helping “too much” and started to cry so I told her that everything was loose enough for her to just scope out and so she used the spoon and I suggested to her it would be easier to use her hands and the little girl did it… she used her hands and scooped it out. Maya was just going round and round walking around to each of us looking at what we were doing… it was very cute. When it came down to craving the pumpkins I cut my face in there and Tait carved his face in his face it was quite hilarious. Then he carved Maya’s in. Lehna was drawing her face on her pumpkin and Maya was TRYING to help but Lehna really didn’t see it that way. There was a lot of “Maya no don’t do that, Maya stop touching that, Maya NOOOOOOOO” This was Lehna complaining about Maya… oh just love that sisterly love. LOL Then after that we put the pumpkins out for display and we lit them after it got dark. It was a very exciting day.

More Pumpkin Smiles

Finish Projects

Maya Big Pretty Smile
It really was a pleasant weekend we got a lot of things done but we did have a good time. That was all I have to update today. Hopefully next week I will be adding more good news about the weight loss I HOPE! Keep your fingers crossed J

Attempt One to get the girls together on a picture

Attemp two to get the girls together

RANDOM PICTURE

Maya eating pudding

Lehna in her Ballernia Dress

Maya on Important Phone Call

Princess Lehna

Two week old update (I know it's old but it's written soooooo)

Well it is time for another update.

This past week went okay, I wouldn’t say it was a bad weekend just an okay weekend. I did go to the doctor and unfotuntately he didn’t have any answers which was disappointment. They said that I’m totally normal as far as my labs nothing that is shooting signs for ‘hey we have a problem’ so as strange as it sounds it was DISAPPOINTING. I was hoping they would say you have this wrong with you let me give you this and Ureka all fixed, but it’s a good thing that there isn’t anything wrong with me.

So he said I could see an endocrinologist b/c they have some drugs that they might prescribe. So I think I’m going to use that as a last resort and I’m not there yet. He asked me how I felt about surgery and I told him that I’m not into it. I told him that I really don’t want that to be an option and he said that’s cool he just wanted to see if it was at all on the radar screen. So well see… I guess I’ll just have to work harder. I talked to my other doctor my girl doctor and he actually have me a diet of 1200 calories per day… which isn’t a lot he said it will feel like I’m starving… so YEAH ME! But I think I’m going to try it… give it a whorl for a month and see what happens. I mean what’s the worst that can happen I lose 50 lbs… wouldn’t that be GREAT! I would be so happy… but one day at a time.

So I started my new diet on Sunday. So far… it’s only Monday morning… so good. So keep me in your thoughts. I researched a bunch of zero calorie foods and I put them in my freg this weekend. So I will be eating a BUNCH of celery but heck if that’s what it takes I will just become a HUGE rabbit.

So let’s get on to happier things. Tait meet one of his first goals so YEAH TAIT! I’m very happy for him he has really done a good job losing! Yeah!

This weekend we did have a few people come over to our house Kris, Jackie, Evan, Zach, and then my family we all watched the Purdue game and it was a disappointment. It was very sad. We had a good time though. We played Trivia Pursuit b/c I have had some hankerings to play some games and we did that… that helped. I miss having game nights that was always fun when Dad and Teresa would come down and we would all play games and eat fun food… I miss those days… but I regress.

This is my update from two weeks ago… short and sweet I’m preparing a bigger update… so enjoy for now.

Zoobley Zoo

Well the Beast Lehna has finally developed…

Last week when Tait went to pick up Lehna and Maya from daycare the teacher pulled Tait aside and told him that Lehna was HORRIBLE all day long. She then proceeded to tell Tait that Lehna was put in time out for calling the teacher a bad name and then while she was in time out… she then proceeded to THROW CHAIRS at the teacher demanding that her daddy come pick her up.

YIKES does this sound like a story that MY parents would have told people! Well Tait said in the car ride home Lehna was HORRIBLE she didn’t listen ran away from him… it was just a bad day for Little Miss Lehna.

Well when she got home she has stopped crying and we put her in her room in her bed for about a ½ hour to kind of “reflect” and I went in and told her how disappointed I was in her for not listening. So during that time I found out “what happened” to her during the day. This is Lehna’s side of the story.

She said that she was put in time out b/c she called Ms. Angie a poopy diaper. She said that when she was in time out the rest of the children got ice cream and she said that she wasn’t allowed to have any b/c she was in time out so she got ANGRY b/c she didn’t get any and started to throw the chairs b/c she was mad that the teacher didn’t give her any and did demand for her daddy to come pick her up.

So it also turns out that the day before a little girl in Lehna’s class got really mad and started to throw chairs… they said that she DEMANDED for her daddy to come pick her up and they said that she was bad enough that they did have to come pick her up… So Lehna was in fact copy catting that girl. So that is good news… I never found out if the ice cream part of the story was true but I’m sure she did call the teacher a poopy diaper right now Poopy is kind of her “word” of choice.

So we had to bibe her. We told her that if she is good the rest of the week then on Saturday we would take her bowling. Well she was excellent the rest of the week and we took her bowling on Saturday. It was really fun we played just one game… we did the whole 2 games before and that was a WAIST Lehna was just so done. But she lasted until frame 8 and then she started running around and stuff, but it was fun. Then we played some games and stuff in the arcade which was pretty fun. Lehna did trip on the step and hurt her head but other than that it was a pretty fun activity.

This week we told her if she is good then we will get her a Dora Birthday Movie… but she changed her mind and decided that she wants Sleeping Beauty BUT we found out that isn’t going to be released until October 7th. So we told her we would get her another movie of her choice on Friday. BUT then last night happened.

Lehna and Maya went to bed pretty easily last night. Maya was totally zonked by 8:30 after of course a screaming fit that lasted like 15 minutes (she was VERY tired). Then Lehna went right into her room. Lehna was pretty quiet and then as I was lying in bed I could hear her wrestling around, so I had to go investigate.

When I went into her room the little stinker had pulled all of her clothes out of her drawers and took ALL the toys and diapers and such off of the baby changing table. And piled them in a huge MOUND in the middle of the floor she even pulled off her blankets of her bed and piled them under the floor. So I told her very firmly (mind you I can’t yell b/c Maya is in the same room sleeping) that I was very disappointed in her and that she has a major mess to clean up tomorrow after daycare. She gave me attitude… which just DRIVES ME CRAZY and I put her back in her bed turned off the TV and soon she fell asleep, but mercy me is there a mess to clean up. Tait told her that she wasn’t going to get a movie unless she helped pick up the mess. Which NEVER goes well… she also stands along the side and says she’s not going to help…

I haven’t quite figure out when she does that how to make her start helping… without pulling her arms to hold things… which I don’t think would be very successful… but usually if she does that I just ignore her… thinking that reverse psychology will work… IT NEVER WORKS… isn’t that sad L so if anyone has any suggests on how to get my young three year old motivated when she’s being a young beast… please let me know.

Tait and I have decided we are going to do the bribing thing for awhile so far at DAYCARE she has gotten really good remarks about her behavior and how well she is doing. At home… not so much, but I really just care how she is with other people. I mean I realize that at home she is always going to be worse b/c we are her parents so she’s going to challenge us more… you know what I mean.

Maya has been given some really good compliments from daycare. They said that she is the best speaker in the class. Which she does have a large vocab but she still is kind of hard to understand. She knows the word Thank you really well. Also please she knows well. You really have to listen to what she is saying but you can normally pick out the words she is saying. She knows Bottle REALLY well… I need to hide them I think pretty soon b/c she is a BIG bottle baby. I mean she’s 18 months old… it’s time. But she really does speak well. They said she also is really well behaved, so that’s good am glad that she is good. Of course at home she throws HUGE fits. This past weekend she threw herself on the ground and started kicking the floor… it was an interesting site to say the least. So I know that she still gets frustrated… It’s mainly when we tell her No to something she wants… she normally “wants” to climb on chairs and on the table… things that are VERY unsafe… the silly girl.

This past weekend another exciting thing was that Maya was now old enough to go into Nursery at Church. So Tait and I were able to sit peacefully in Sunday school and also in our separate meetings afterwards it was so wonderful. They said that Lehna was SOOOO helpful with Maya they said she would show Maya were all the toys were and that type of thing. It was really very nice. Lehna keeps asking me if she is going to go back to nursery next week and I keep telling her yes. It’s very cute how protective she is over Maya. Maya I know loves her big sister. They are always playing together and Lehna gives Maya her suckers all the time usually unused but still really sweet. I am glad that they seem to have a good relationship in that way. Well so far anyways.

This is an update within an update… you know me I start and update get distracted then have to start a new one… this one I’m just including old news with new b/c you know I’m just really too lazy to rewrite the whole darn thing again.

So what’s the news around our home this week?

Well Lehna has managed to “earn” bowling & a movie for behaving at daycare. This past week she was so good I took her to Wal-Mart and told her she could pick out any movie she wanted (in the kid section of course) and the little girl picked up this Barbie Movie and said “this is the movie I want, it has princesses” Well you can’t argue with that and that’s the movie we went with… it was ONLY $5 bucks! So what can I say she has cheap taste? So this week I decided to make the ‘prize’ a bit smaller and I told her that if on Friday if she gets good reports I would take her to the store and she can pick out any color of nail polish and we will paint her nails and toes, she’s VERY into this. So we have talked about it all weekend long and she can’t wait! So like I said she has CHEAP taste LOL.

This past weekend we headed down and over to Williamsport. Tait’s parents were in town and we had tickets to the football game so they watched the girls on Saturday and we went and had tailgating and football. It was a ton of fun good game too. Since the game was sooooo early we brought breakfast items. Its was a good time. My coworker had extra tickets so we went up and sat where his season tickets were and they were really awesome seats so that was really fun. After the game we went back down to Williamsport and visited with Tait’s grandmother and Aunts and Uncles it was good time.

Then on Sunday we skipped church and headed back down to Williamsport b/c there was a festival going on and they were having dinner and such. It was really good they made Ham and Beans so we were very AUROMATIC afterwards but it was really fun. The parade was also really nice they gave out SO much candy every person in the parade had candy so we sat with a bunch of kids so they threw out gobs and gobs of it. We let both Maya and Lehna eat their fill of it on Sunday then I put it “up” for now. Lehna asked where it was yesterday but I told her it was put away for now. I would have given her some but it was like 8:30 at night and knew she probably wouldn’t go to sleep, if she would have had sugar that late.

Well Tait and I are still working on our weight loss. I am still hovering at 8 lbs and nothing more. It’s sad. I’m actually going to see the doctor on Friday to see if my blood work is normal b/c maybe there’s a reason why I’m not loosing. I am hoping that there is a solution wouldn’t that be great. So we’ll see what happens. I am still walking everyday; we did start to increase the amount now we are starting to walk every day for 45 minutes to help get things moving a bit faster. It’s nice to have to walk together with the girls. Lehna likes it when we are near the side walk b/c then she gets to walk along side us on the side walk… yes we walk in the streets but it’s not a booming metropolis so it’s fine.

Tait is really close to one of his goals… he is going to probably hit it this week… and he will be at 32 lbs lost. So I’m so very proud of him. None of his clothes fit him so I had to get him smaller belts to help hold up his pants. I also went through his smaller clothes that I had packed away and pulled out his 2xl shirts and XL shirts and rotated them into his closet. I didn’t remove anything yet... but it’s coming. I don’t really want to go out and spend 300 bucks on more clothes for him though until he kind of tapers off a bit. He really is doing well and I’m just so proud of him. I hope he doesn’t hit a plateau any time soon. My clothes are still fitting darn them. I can really tell in my lower baby belly (I have two you know, upper and lower, each child left their own special gift) b/c my clothes are looser through there but nothing dramatic. I want to buy smaller belts b/c my clothes won’t stay up… but again… not so much. So I’m going to still keep working and eventually the darn stuff will come off. I am considering doing weight watchers but I’m really worried that that will not help b/c I KNOW I don’t diet… and I will do it for about a week and a half then go back to old habits b/c I’m just that lazy. So we’ll see what happens.

Maya is in this HUGE climbing stage so every vacant chair she wants to climb up on and go from chair to chair like a crazed monkey. She’s cute but it is challenging.

I am getting ready to make a huge movement in their room to get them all set for a brand new set up to put the girls in the same room still but put Maya in a bigger bed. I’m excited about it I just need to have time to go through the room and move stuff to the garage. So fun fun J I went through Maya’s clothes this weekend and removed all of the too small and moved bigger ones into her closet that took a while… I need to go through Lehna’s and I was going to… but after I got done with Maya’s I was so done going through clothes it wasn’t even funny. So I will save Lehna’s clothes for another day but she is going to probably need “bigger” shirts for fall time b/c I think that she is growing faster then her clothes will allow.

Okay that is all I have for now.

News from the Zoo

So I managed to go an entire month without updating… bad blogger bad…

But the good part IS Jackie and I were able to come up with a new “theme” for my fabulous blog… and it’s true… I truly live at the Wagner Zoo! Thank you Jackie. There are days in which no zookeeper in their life would work at this zoo b/c the animals are so moody… Tonight has been a rough night so maybe this isn’t the best night to blog… but heck I’ll give it a shot.

So let me begin. The beginning of August was really good. I was able to have a very romantic 5-year anniversary with Tait. We had a babysitter for 24 hours and Tait and I rented a Jacuzzi in the room… talk about fabulous… I want one of them for my house… So we enjoyed that quite a bit and went swimming and out to eat… it was a nice “relaxing” BREAK.

For Tait’s birthday this year we were VERY informal. We had a nice quite dinner at home. Tait didn’t want a party or anything he just wanted to enjoy his “girls” is what he told me. So we got an ice cream cake and southwestern chicken… pretty fabulous.

Then the end of August… well things got a little interesting out our home. Well it mainly involved the vehicle at our home.

As I was driving to work one morning, I noticed a shape in the roadway… well at first I thought it was a Styrofoam cup and there was a car in the other lane so I really couldn’t avoid the cup… and ran over it… little did I know that this “cup” was actually a HUGE concrete chuck of the roadside… and I SMACKED it HARD! I mean it hit my car… rattled around a bit underneath it and then it rolled out… and I was like “holy crap what the hell was that” well… I then put it all together very quickly… that it was a rock that I hit… so I got to work… and I got under my car and it totally smashed my oil pan to crap… soooo I was now leaking oil. So GREATNESS! This was the Corsica a car that I have had, then was then used by Jackie and Marcus, then was used by Trent, then was used once again by use… it is like the rotating car. It was a 1994 Corsica… so it was quite an old car… Well I called the police to make a report… I don’t know what else to do… and the police officer I have to say was QUITE a jerk face… I don’t know if he just thought I was ridiculous for making a report or what… but I didn’t know what to do… I was REALLY angry b/c there was a freaking piece of the road in the middle of the road… and I just happened to hit it and there was nothing I could do… quite crappy. Well after we took the car to the car place to get it fixed… I called my insurance company and more bad news that car didn’t have comprehensive or collision… it only has liability… soon the car WE would have to fix. More then upset is how I felt about it.

Well we got the car fixed b/c we knew that it was going to have to last at least until March b/c the SUV wasn’t paid off until then… well so we pressed forward… well… then all kinds of things started to happen. The transmission was starting to act up… it would kind of forget to shift… the car place said it sounded like that there was a problem with the timing belt or something like that… have no idea not a car person… soooo we decided that we couldn’t just continue in this car b/c it wasn’t dependable… I was really afraid to drive the car to Lafayette everyday. So we went car shopping.

So finding a new car was really fun for me b/c unlike last time when we got the van and even though Tait kind of left the decision to me, even though he was going to be driving it all the time I know that this CAR I WOULD be driving all the time. So it was a different experience. We went to this place in Lafayette after looking on line and kind of window shopping… they had a 2005 Certified Toyota Corolla. It drove soooooooo nice. We drove it around it was really a great car. So we bought it. It is lovely. I love being able to get in my car everyday and have a working AC and be able to go someone at lunch and have the car start and not have to worry about the car dying in the middle of an intersection every day… what a relief. So now we have TWO new cars… yeah for us. So we should be car happy for awhile. And the good news is the Corsica AND SUV are gone… YEAH! The SUV was such a burden this is really a great thing that we have now. It’s really fabulous.

So now it’s starting September and things are getting back into the school routine… I mean even though our kids are in school yet… daycare switches curriculum and Lehna comes home now talking about different letters and counting in Spanish and stuff, compared to the summer where she comes home and talks about which movies that she has seen. Which you know summer they relax and I understand you know…

So Tait and I looked into registering Lehna for Dance classes we actually told Lehna that we were going to register for classes but when I went to the studio to register Lehna they said that she was going to be in the “creative movement classes” which is the kinderdance classes… but what the means is she won’t be in the end of the year program… which kind of sucks… so we decided to keep Lehna out for a year, and wait until next year when she’ll be in the program at the end of the year… so keep that day open… lol.

Maya is growing and growing… she has really started taking off verbally… she was at the doctor’s yesterday for another ear infection and the doctor said that Maya is really ahead of where she’s supposed to be so that is good. She says phrases things like “I want more”, “Thank you”, “Bottle”, “Lemha, (which sounds like a combination of mommy and lama) it’s hard to explain, “Hold baby” “Molly Dog” she also counts to five after you say the words (so its more of a parrot thing verses her KNOWING the words) she also is learning where her nose, eyes, hair, tongue, tummy, knees, you all the body parts are… It’s so strange when you have one kid you teach all of these things too… then when you have a second kid you kind of “forget” that you have to teach the second one all of the same things you just taught your first kid… I don’t know it’s hard to explain. She is really doing well though. She still takes a bottle and pass… basically I AM NOT in a hurry to break these yet… passes am as serious as bottles to me… bottles I want to start anytime… but I’m not quite ready yet… Lehna was really easy but Maya I think it going to be hard… b/c Maya KNOWS what a bottle is, where the are, and how to get them… and she throws a HUGE fit when she doesn’t get them and to save my sanity… I’m not ready yet… I know that is ONLY going to make it that much harder later… I just am in no hurry to break it yet, at daycare bottles are totally gone… so it’s just at home that we are still doing it. The doctor really didn’t seem too concerned yet… so we are going to just pass.

Well some big news or I should say “skinny news” Tait and I have been working on loosing weight… Tait have to say has been doing a GREAT job. He has lost 28 lbs. so far in the past 6-8 weeks approximately. I have lost 8 but then I gained some back then lost some… so my total is like 5 lbs.… My body moves so slow… I have lost “roundness” but not really lbs. yet… we have been weight lifting and walking every since day. Tait really changed his diet and that’s where a lot of his weight started to come off. I didn’t really start changing my diet until like ohhhh two weeks ago… so that’s why mine has been up and down… I don’t believe in dieting b/c I know when I “diet” I don’t follow it so I have been educating myself on calories, excerise, reading labels… all kinds of education that I never did before. And it’s really changed… but I really didn’t get serious until like two weeks ago… when I saw how much weight Tait was losing I definitely wanted to get on the bus! So I’m very proud of Tait he is looking really good. I will have to get a new picture of him up…

Well that’s all that pretty much what’s happening right now. Hopefully I will update again soon. This week is the first Purdue football game… so I can’t wait for that… and we will be tailgating on top of that…

Talk to you all later and thanks for reading about us.