Cute game!!

Just a quick post about the kids! Camden was having a great time playing with Maeci! I think that she was enjoying herself too!! Hope you all enjoy this as much as I did!!

Early Risers

Last night, I was so excited to have some time to myself once the kids went to bed. Maeci was really tired and she fell asleep at 7:30 on the bed watching cartoons. Camden was in the bed at his normal time of 8:30. So by 8:30, I was trying to figure out what I was going to do. Scott is still gone to Lafayette until late this afternoon so I could watch whatever I wanted. I decided to to some laundry. I folded it all and was done at like 8:45. I sat on the floor and remembered that I had some stuff to do for a baby shower I am helping with. I got my basket out and I weaved the ribbon in and out of it. When I got finished, I tied the bow. It actually looked really good!! I got my hot glue gun and glued the edges of the ribbon down. When I got done, I have to say, I was impressed with myself. Most of you that know me, know I am not a super domestic goddess, although I would like to be. I guess I got carried away being a goddess, because I started wrapping this girl's presents with ribbon and tying up towels with it. When I got done, I was tired but super proud of my now awesome looking basket!! I looked up and it was now 1:45am!!! I finished picking up my stuff and then went to bed. At 5:45am, Camden started crying for his morning bottle. I got up and gave it to him. I quickly laid him back down and jumped back in bed. Maeci promptly came into my room and without saying anything, turned on the light, pulled back my covers, and jumped into the bed. When I asked her what she was doing, she repleid, "my tummy says it's hungry, see listen." She put her tummy to my ear and sure enough, it was growling. I asked her if she could wait like 30 minutes if I gave her some books to read. She said 'mommy do you want me to waste away to nothing?" At that moment, I wanted to say "yes" but against by better judgement, I told her "no, that I would be incredibly sad and that I would take her downstairs to get some food." I looked at the clock...6:02am. I was thinking you have got to be kidding me. So, both of my kids were up and ready to go. I will so be taking a nap with them today!! (Yeah right, I always say that but it never gets done!!)

Crazy week ahead!!

This week is a crazy week for us. Scott is gone to Oklahoma today, Livingston, TX tomorrow, and Lafayette, La on Thursday. I guess that makes me a single mom for the next couple of days. I really don't mind it because I love my kids to death but I after Thursday I will be in need some serious alone time. I am sure that I won't get it because this coming weekend is the Wilson family vacation. We will be going to a Rangers game on Sunday and to Hurricane Harbor on Monday. There will be a total of 11 of us. It should be fun but we will definitely have to be ready to deal with 5 kids under the age of 9. I know you all think we must be crazy and I am sure on Monday night if you ask me that, I will tell you that I was crazy but I am sure that we will have a good time.

Off the Charts!!!

Today is one of those days that parents hate. Well care check-ups for the kids. I hate these days because even though I get to see how the kids are progressing, the get the dreaded shots. When Maeci was a baby, she almost always cried long enough for me to pick her up and then she would go to the car and sleep. Now that she is older, she gets scared and doesn't want to go so I have to practically her out of the car to go see the Doc. So, today I took her and Camden in to the Dr office and sat for about 3 hours from start to finish. Dr. said that Camden is almost off the charts on his weight, height, and yes, his head circumference. I think that the Dr. knew I was worried about his head so he said, "his head is proportional to his body, don't worry mom, its all those brains he has." Once we were done weighing and being examined, Maeci started to try to run out the door. I had to bribe her with whatever she wanted to stay and not make a huge scene. So, Maeci got 5 shots, yes, I said 5. She was such a trooper! She cried but the minute we got to the car, she started talking about all of the things she was going to get at the store. Camden got 3 shots and he wasn't as forgiving. He cried and then cried some more. I gave him his paci and his blanket and he went to sleep just like Maeci used to. I pulled into the Dollar Store parking lot and with in 5 minutes, Maeci had racked up $15.30 in bribery redemption. 2 barbies, some silly putty, and and iron. Not sure what she is going to do with that but that's what she wanted. Well, shot day is over for at least a while. Now my pocketbook and I can recover!!

Van Gogh at Work??

A couple of days ago my mom got Maeci this sidewalk paint by Crayola. It is great because it is 100% washable! Today we went outside and painted for a while on the driveway. Maeci and I were having fun drawing pictures and writing our names. Maeci asked me to draw a picture of Scott so I did. She told me everything to do and of course, I followed her instruction. When I was done with his hair, she said "now draw some flowers in his hand." I looked at her and she said "come on mommy, follow directions." So, of course I obliged her and drew some flowers in Scott's hand. When I finished she said, "that is the most fabulous self-portrait of Daddy I have ever seen..especially the flowers." I kind of laughed and thought to myself, too bad I don't see that more often. No sooner than the words popped in my head, Maeci says "I hope my husband brings me flowers everyday." I started cracking up laughing!! Maeci followed that statement by saying "well, if he doesn't that's ok, he'll just sleep outside with his walking stick!!" I don't know what that was all about but I burst out laughing. She looked at me and smiled. She was sooo proud of herself for making me laugh. I have attached the pics so that you can see the portrait we painted. Camden was just having a good time in the stroller playing with his toys. He is such a good boy!!

4th of July

I know that it is past the 4th of July but I wanted to share the pics that I took of our babies!! They were waiting for the 4th of July parade in my parents subdivision! They were so excited and loved the parade!! They are so cute huh...

Short Vacation

Sunday morning I woke up to Scott saying to me "get up, we have to have the kids at my mom's by 8:30 for Sunday school." I slowly sat up because I realized that Scott had taken on my normal role on Sunday's. You see those of you that know us, know that Scott is not a morning person, so it was very strange for him to be telling me to get up. I said "why are the kids going with your mom today?" He said because we are going somewhere. That statement nearly made me faint. I asked what do you mean...and he said "you and I are going somewhere by ourselves without the kids." He now had my full attention!! He said "start packing your stuff and then I will help you with the kids." He was serious! I immediately felt my heart start pounding at the thought of going somewhere, anywhere, without both of the kids. I was so excited that I started throwing stuff in suitcases and was done packing in like 10 minutes for all of us. I asked him where we were going and he told me he couldn't say, but that the kids were going to Austin to see his sister and her family with his mom. Then it hit me...we were going to be staying overnight without the kids. I haven't been away from Camden one night since he was born and he is 10 months old. It was a much needed break for the both of us. We finally got the kids dropped off and started on our trip. We drove down I-45 to Houston and all the way through the city. At this point, I was about to go crazy because I didn't know where we were going. It finally hit me that there wasn't too many places left and the we must be going to Galveston. After pulling into Galveston, Scott calmly says "we are here!!" When he said that I realized that he had pulled off getting childcare for the kids, booking our hotel, and getting some of the laundry washed without me knowing!! Kudos to you babe!! He actually had some work to do on Pelican Island and his boss suggested that he take me with him. So, we had a wonderful but short vacation that was funded by his boss!! It was so fun and very nice to be alone and have adult coversation with no interuptions!! Thanks sweetie for a well planned and well executed vacation!! It was much needed for the both of us!!

My first post

Well, today is my first post!! We are just hanging out today at home and playing catch up on some cleaning. Maeci is watching a movie and Camden is laying down to take his nap. I wish I could take a nap. I have to go to work tonight so I have to get some laundry done. Sounds like fun huh...