White Trash Weekend

In reality not really........but it sure does sound like it....

Saturday I spent half the day packing up my gigantic family for a 3 hour outing.

While packing up to go to my cousins wedding shower BBQ, I had to argue with Jesse over why it is okay for Janee to wear a tank top and it is NOT OKAY for him to wear a wife beater.

Really?

So we headed off to the BBQ. upon arrival we realize my not often seen Uncle is there with his wife, who is a charactor.

I will spare all history and drama but lets just say she decided to go nuts for no reason loudly and call my mom an idiot...nothing says "Congrats on your upcoming nuptuals!!" like a fight and some name calling!

Seriously if J and I are left to represent and are considered the "sane" ones? What do we have left?

So we left the BBQ and finished it up and J & D's house for some good old Coors Lights and some shit talking as well as laughs.

Sunday, even though all 4 kids are sick, B still had time to bust out his new train tent! Thanks Grandma! I am not sure why I thought that this tent would solve the problem of us constantly having a tent built in our living room. Seriously, try to sit on our couch and wait for Janee to screech at you that it isn't fair your ruining their tent. Anywho, apparent the train tent is not enough...but it adds to this bullshit. You honestly cant get across our living room....



By the way: Notice the 3 year old playing cars in the background ignoring the tent completely while the 12 year old crawls around inside.....



But it was all okay when Mike told me he would take me on a shopping spree. Seriously, the economy must be turning around because our favorite outlet mall is open again and anyone who knows me knows I have a soft spot in my heart for this place....Including Mike. Come one! How jealous are you that He told me he would get me ANYTHING I wanted?

So off we all went to the precast concrete place down our "road" to go through the trash pile.



Before:





After:



Not to shabby! For a trash pile.

And bonus points for Jesse looking all kinds of embarassed while loading up the concrete trash into the truck for me while I am paying him with the poker money he lost. :)

And this one is special for you Grandma G!!!:

I really do Love my Husband

The weekend

Was semi eventful...now that the J's are off track, I am considering the whole week a weekend.

The kids started off night 1 by playing poker. Jesse is now in debt $55.00 and Janee $30.00. This works out well because I want to pool up this year. The pool that has been stored in a pile in the back of Jesse's truck for two years now.

What better people to hire right? So 65 fights later, here is the progress:


There surprisingly were only 2 small holes, and it was actually quite clean.

Brody got a bike. I went to Walmart and they had little boy bikes for $25.00. He hopped right on and has been riding ever since.....minus some helmet debocles.






Brody also took to reading to Harlee.........



Now that the weather is warmer the snakes come out........



And finally the geat finger paint fest of 2010....




Next post will be my new laundry room pictures......

Seriously?

Can someone please tell me why the drive up ATM has a note on the screen saying "This machine offers assistance for the visualy impaired"? And............it is a touch screen.

??

Just sayin'

Car Seat Sleep or Crib...

Last night was ridiculous as well. Not only was she up like a 2 week old, but from 5:30am she cried until about 7:30 regardless of what I tried.

Now I am wondering if her stomach is still an issue and I should stick her back in the car seat for sleep for another couple weeks....

On a brighter note, I am 11 pounds lighter, and fitting into the clothes I wore to Stagecoach last year...which was 2 weeks after findiug out I was pregnant. This is great-ish news because it is 80 degrees and it was either shrink into shorts I own, or buy fatter sizes. Luckily, that is working out so far.

I have to cut this short because my kid just opened the door and took off without asking!

Nevermind

Friday was a fluke.

The hours got progressivly worse.

last night she was up 3 times to eat! WTF? For weeks consistantly, she would go to sleep at 8, wake up at 3:30, and go back down till 6-6:30.

Last night I layed her down at 8, she woke up at 1:30, 3:30, 5:00 and 7. Seriously?

At least I she sleeps in her crib so that is kind of almost one thing off the list, pending we dont regress with that too.

Today, however she has mowed down 30 oz already which is 10 more than usual for this time...so I am holding my hopes high for tonight.

I will update with weekend pictures on another post. When I am not totally exhausted and sleep deprived as if I have a newborn.

The night

Well she woke up at 3am to eat, which is her normal time. But this was super excellent since she went down an hour earlier than usual.

So she chugged 4 oz, and I laid her back down. She waited about 10 minutes before screaming. I went in, rubber her belly for 3 seconds before she stopped crying, and then she fell asleep.

a.m.a.z.i.n.g.

This was so out of charactor for her. I hope it lasts!

She didnt wake up till 7:30 this morning either, and she usually wakes up at 5 for another bottle.


I also have my last end of pregnancy symptom starting up. This is one of the most heinous I think. The hair loss. Disgusting.

Seriously.