Happy St. Patricks Day.... Love Nathan

And the rest of the boys too! :)

My Mom's Visit...

First off it was way to short - seriously :( I miss her a ton ... I love watching her with the boys and they love her so much. Sometimes it's sad because she doesn't get to visit a lot ... but the boys act like she's going to be staying forever... and everyday Noah says "are you going home?" and we go "not today" because otherwise it's 100 questions ... but it's always sad when she goes home.
I love the above picture of Calahan - even if he was being a moody pre-teen :(

Anyway ....... we ended up going to a place here called Action City - it's pretty cool... the boys had a ton of fun (we all did) ... they won a TON of tickets and had a blast picking out "prizes" at prize shop that cost maybe 1/3 the cost of what we had to put into the machines to get the tickets. But the important thing is ... the boys had a ton of fun. Calahan got to FINALLY try the rock wall and Noah got "The Annoying Thing" as a prize... now, if you do not KNOW "The Annoying Thing" you MUST google "Crazy Frog - Axel F video" ... you will forever be thankful... heehee..

Lady Bug Tracks

So I was washing bottles the other day and the stem from the water was collecting on the window ... and I noticed a lady bug (which is just funny cuz we still have 3 feet of snow on the ground) ... and then I noticed... the lady bug tracks........

Well I am 12 weeks... a little over, unless you go by the ultrasound "due date" in which case I'm 12 weeks today, but right now I'm sticking with the 20th...... wow........ baby changed a lot from 11 to 12 weeks .. lol... ... I am feeling pretty good still ... it's just weird to not be miserable right now. LOL... I'm so use to pregnancy=miserable... LOLOL. Is this a sign it's a girl, like many of you have suggested? .... eh, we'll see I guess. Only time will tell on that on. I'm not so sure we'll know by Nathan's birthday if it's a boy or girl... my next OB appt is April 11th and I'll be almost 17 weeks then, the amino has been done at 16 weeks both times with Noah and Nathan... so, I was thinking I need to call in and talk to my DRs PA and see if we can just schedule the amino for April 11th also, and that means we won't get the results back until... the EARLIEST ... April 21/22.... Nathan's birthday is April 19. Soooooo .. yeah... it's gonna drive me C-R-A-Z-Y ...... oh well though - huh? I swear I have been feeling the little bug bumping around... oh and for those who have asked, the *baby* has two sites really .... one being my blog I rarely write in.....

http://bearwolfden.blogspot.com/

and then the website like I have set up for Nathan's ...

http://baby2008.aboutmybaby.com/ password is: baby2008

for anyone who wants to see Nathan's who hasn't ... his is ...

http://nathanpatrick.aboutmybaby.com/ password is: 51307

I just updated both of them yesterday morning....

Anyway .......... funny story.... we went to Olive Garden last week (before we found out we'd have no money ... ugh!) ... and it was just Dennis, Nathan and I ... well we tried the big boy highchair (there) for him and he sorta bumped around... but he was eating crackers and bread sticks (at least chewing on them) ... anyway - Dennis had a 5-cheese ziti or something like that ... and Nathan was in his lap... Dennis was dipping some bread in it and Nathan was watching him... and then he dipped the little piece of breadstick he had in it.. lol... anyway he LOVED the sauce on Dennis' food and Dennis gave him some on his finger - and everytime Nathan ate it he would growl - meaning he wanted more... it was so cute. I do have a very bad picture of them on my cell phone...

Now let me tell you about my little Dr. Pepper Bandit... lol... if anyone leaves a can of Dr. Pepper on the floor (like Daddy does) then he goes and steals it..... and a couple days ago, silly Daddy had a can on the floor with some still in it... well, Nathan got a taste and liked it... I watched him... made a little bit of a splash.. but ... he went back for more! LOL...

Nathan... speaking of the little stinker... he fell out of his crib two days ago. This is one of those, I'm a horrible Mommy moments... lol... so we got home from running around today and laid Nathan down for a nap - well he had other ideas and wasn't real pleased with that one. Dennis laid down because he has a bad head cold right now and wanted to sleep a little. That's fine... So I was hoping after Nathan fell asleep I would go join Dennis and take a little nap of my own while the older boys occupied themselves. NOPE ... WRONG... Nathan was fussing, obviously not happy with the situation in any way. Instead of going and rescuing him from the evil crib monster, I went in my room and laid because Dennis for no more then 5 minutes... before hand, stepping in Nathan's doorway and watching him for a good 30 seconds to a minute... he was not moving - just softly whining... so I thought, there might he hope, he may just fall asleep. Poor over tired little boy. So, realizing the crib side was down, I had a moment of ... "oh I should put that up" but didn't ... figuring the sight of me would make him more upset .. and even though he has started to put his little hands on the rails when they are down, he basically has only been doing it to pull himself to the side railings, but not UP .... so... I figured he would be fine... so I walked into the bedroom and laid down next to my hubby... we talked a little... and Nathan started crying a little more... Dennis goes "he's not happy" ... I made some comment about the baby jail... and he laughed. I went to give him a kiss and get up to get Nathan and we heard this "BOOM-THUMP-THUD" and Nathan's crying get more intense. First I said "What was THAT?" and then I thought "OMG DID HE FALL OUT OF HIS CRIB??!!" ... sure enough, he did... I had jumped up 5 seconds after it happened and rushed to his room and Calahan was already carrying him out and I grabbed him. Of course Calahan heard me ask if he did and said he did... needless to say he didn't leave the guilty Mommy's arms for an hour about and didn't sleep until about 7. Good thing Daddy remembers to put it up...

"I'm pregnant.... pregnancy and having brain cells aren't compatible" ... That's what I said to Dennis the other day.... he retorted saying how he hopes it comes back soon because it's one of the main reasons he fell in love with me... lol.. how smart I am. How intellectual I am. I said "I'm sorry, my brain seems to turn to mush when I'm pregnant."

Friday was my first day since last Monday where I had no kids, other then Nathan, who were home sick... and ... I just DIED to get out of the house. I didn't care where, when, who, what... I just wanted O-U-T ..... I was even willing to go to Physical Therapy with Dennis.. yes it's sad, but true. So we ended up doing several things.. one being stopping at Best Buy to look at washers... see I've been limping my washer... the past .. year? I knew something wasn't *right* about it... the tub doesn't drain right. The clothes are still sopping wet when they come out... I'm sure it stresses out my dryer horrible... cuz I can never wring out the clothes enough. We also stopped at Walmart ... and... I don't even remember where else. Who cares... I go out of the house.

So onto random thought number 5013...

Anyone who knows me - truly - knows how much I love Nora Roberts... I am a avid reader .. collector (almost have all her books)... so explain to me why I have been sitting on her latest book for a couple of months now, and haven't got past, the first chapter really? Then there is my other book weakness... romances (or smut novels as I called them in high school) ... with babies on the cover (or even pregnant women work) ... I had over 200 books with those said qualifications. I have a major weakness for a cute baby. Anyway ... I picked up two new ones the other day. I haven't given into that weakness for ... oh - almost 2 years? So... why now? I'm pregnant... and I want to read. SO WHY CAN I NOT READ MY NR BOOK!??!! Sigh.... so my mission... read the book by next weekend. Think it will happen?? Stay tuned......

So Calahan has this friend... we'll call him *S* ... I'm not sure what to think of this kid. Honestly. He's a cute kids, you can see the potential there. But he straddles that line as far as he can, sometimes (more often) stepping over to the black side... and causing trouble... but now and then, you see the pain in this kids eyes. It's sad to doubt it's real and just a game... however I do. He is 10 (maybe 11) years old... anyway *S*'s mom is a single mom ... and called me early in the school season to ask me if when the kids got home from school, the days she worked, if they could hang out here for a little while until she got home... about an hour... I told her no problem. She offered to pay me, I told her not to bother. It's no biggy. *S* will come over and want to play - he likes it over here, which is fine... however, he treats Noah like crap some times... (Noah gets rather jealous when he's left out of the picture) ... Now, Noah does have the tendency to get a little out of control (crying, screaming, showing you his general dissatisfaction with not giving in) .. however he is NOT one to punch, kick, etc... *S* and even Calahan's girlfriend - have been known on occasion to wrestle, punch, kick, slap, hit, etc... they egg on the whole bad half of the situation. In regards to Cal's GF, I know she means well and just sorta gets caught up... however... I don't know about *S* he has a major temper problem. And he lies. Last time he came over (Friday after school) ... they came over (*S*, Cal's GF and her little sister) ... and they went downstairs to play... at 5:30 they were all sent home. All of them. Cal came back with *S* saying that *S* said his mom wasn't home. Fine... come back in for a little while. After a little while, some fighting between *S* and Noah .. Calahan saying he was being mean to Noah... and so I told them to go check to see if she was home yet. They went in the living room... somehow I hear the phone buttons being pressed... and so I guess they are calling. I hear *S* say that there is no answer, after a bit of a tug of war type fighting. After a few minutes - Cal was yelling at *S* and next thing I know - he marched his butt in the living room and called himself. I hear him talking, this is no more then 3 minutes after the first call was made. And then he comes in the kitchen - where I was feeding Nathan - and we were waiting for *S* to leave so we could eat... he goes "His mom is home, she says she's been there for awhile" ..... so Cal goes to walk *S* home... and *S* had already left, after Cal told him his mom was home and called him out on his lie... Cal says he said he hated him ... and so *S* stormed off home without waiting for Cal to get his stuff on. Fine - whatever I guess. Then Cal comes to the table and says "I know he was lying, he demanded the phone the first time I dialed the number for him and he turned off the phone before he put them up to his ear Mom" ... on one hand... I feel bad for the kid. I don't think his home life is exactly stable. He complains about his Mom's abusive boyfriend (so he says) ... and he refuses ADIMATELY to not be home when he is... it almost worries me. I mean *S* hates leaving my house, but usually he just stomps his foot, puts a little begging into it, but after a couple no's he goes home... the ONLY time he has ever fought with me about going home, has been when this guy is around. On the other hand, I almost want to wash my hands of this kid because there is a lot of darkness in him.

So anyway ... my van is fixed, and I got it back today. Dennis ... well there is good news on that front... his back isn't *fine* but it's not as bad as they thought. Seems his back is shaped like it is most likely because of a *birth defect* of sorts... and his back is the way it is to accommodate it... his back just has done what it has needed to in order to survive... I guess. He doesn't need surgery - thank the stars! What else... I'm not sure.. I guess that's it for now...... yesterday I spent ALL DAY cleaning and organizing my room. I hate cleaning - but I really want a clean house! LOL..

Now on my last note... I must discuss BB9/After Dark.... the Big Brother cast is out of control. Okay - I have to say it.... you see stuff on After Dark that no one should see! For example....James' penis... ahhhhhhhhh LOL... Two weeks ago there was a major group orgie ... of sorts... Chelsia and Natalie did a strip tease ... you saw all sorts of stuff (and body parts) .... and then the "fun" moved into the pool and everyone was kissing everyone ... except, Ryan behaved (he was in the pool but he behaved) ... and Shelia, Amanda & Allison watched from the kitchen window. On the show, they make it LOOK like there is possibly something going on with Natalie and Matt... when there ISN'T .... Natty and Matty (laugh) ... well, we'll just say Matty actually runs away from Natty and hides from her... meanwhile, he's kissing on Sharon (while she was HOH with Josh). And the relationship that IS going on in the house, they don't even TOUCH on... Chelsia and James have (I am pretty sure) had sex. James REALLY likes Chelsia and they are constantly kissing on each other. And between Chelsia and James... there is a rumored three some that happened with Allison before she left, because "she would do anything to stay" ... (what else.... racking the brain) ... OH Natalie..... she starts off as the "Stripper" slut in the show, showing her boobs, butt, etc and so on... she talks freely about the abortion she had 4 years ago because she was "too young to deal with it" ... and she has sqirted (no kidding here) breast milk across the room because she still has it. Now I know that once women get it - some don't ever get rid of it... however, if you are not far enough along in your pregnancy!?!?! Breast milk doesn't come in until the end for *most* women... so it makes me wonder if she didn't HAVE the baby and put it up for adoption or something, and would just rather people think she had an abortion for whatever reason. And NOW NOW NOW she is walking around the house talking about how Christian she is and carrying around her bible and spouting off stuff... I just find it rather annoying. And on last nights AD .. I heard that Natalie not only had one, but TWO abortions? Or didn't have the second abortion? Something.. because she was pregnant when she had her boob job done and was pregnant agian (after the abortion) and they wouldn't do the boob job if she was pregnant, so she took someone elses pee in so that she wouldn't test positive? So maybe she m/c because of the surgery? I don't know ... but WTH!?!!?!?! ... Ummm.... Sharon told the whole story about what happened between her and Jacob.... and Ryan explained a couple nights ago that Allison is a professional gambler ... she counts black jack cards...... bought her last house in CASH.....and Josh. .... oh my my my Josh... he's crazy. He puts everyone down, mouths off about their imperfections on looks and fashion, and carries on complete conversations by himself.... for example.... out in the hot tub on last nights AD... talking to each of the house guests and how they were in the game and if he would take them to the end... rolling eyes... and now, you get to vote one of the evicted house guests back in.... mawhahahaha ... its and individual game now... lol..

Calahan & Noah too!

Just had to throw a picture of my older boys in too!!

Nathan vs the Pickle

We've been trying a lot of new foods lately .... this day we had pudding, gerber puffs, grape juice (you can see the line from it around his mouth.. lol) ... and a new food PICKLES.....

Hummm that's kinda good.... now, if I could just get the seeds off my face!

Nathan vs. the Churro

My biggest craving right now is Taco Salad from Taco Johns. Now I realize that "Taco Johns" is not as popular around this country as "Taco Bell" and trust me when I say the Taco Salad is 100% better at Taco Johns. So anyway ... One day - awhile back - when my friend Jess, her baby Noah, and Nathan & I stopped for lunch one day.. I let him nibble on a Churro...... well that started a whole new thing. HE LOVES THEM!!

He doesn't seem to like it laying down either.... the cinnamon and sugar tends to get in the eyes...

A close up of his cinnamon and sugar hand... lol..

I really REALLY have to write more...

So much to say... so little time.. between the constant nausea of pregnancy, the consistent back pain from not being able to get comfortable at night... the exhaustion ... lol..

But like I told the RN yesterday at my first appointment... compared to any of my boys, I don't even feel pregnant right now. It's hard to believe that I'll be 12 weeks tomorrow/Saturday ... and with Nathan, I ended up on moderate bed rest at 16 weeks... I keep thinking about how in a month I could be confined.. LOL... but I don't think I will be... This pregnancy is COMPLETELY different from the rest of them... it could just be the fact that I have Nathan to keep my mind off things. It just feels more "official" I guess... and yesterday, after 11 1/2 weeks... I threw up for the first time! What's up with that!?!?!?

Well in case you don't read my pregnancy blog... everything is great! I haven't gained much weight, my blood pressure (usually a major issue) was good yesterday...

We had a HORRIBLE week last week....... the transmission on my *new* (to me) van busted, Dennis got laid off, and he will probably need back surgery... his back is BAD and his liver count is REALLY high and they aren't sure why... I hate this, I'm scared for him. If he has to have back surgery then he'll be flat for a couple months. So I'll be pregnant, taking care of a baby, 2 other kids, and a laid out hubby.... sounds so fun to me....

We'll find out today I think.... at least part of it... the back part... might be a little bit before the liver part gets figured out.

The other night, when the announcement of Brett Favre's retirement came to light... the 30 minute news was bombared with a "memorial" service (so to speak) of Brett's career ... Dennis turned it on to find out about the election, and all we watched was Brett Favre this and Brett Favre that and highlights from Brett's greatest moments... for the first 10 minutes of the news broadcast... we didn't even watch the sports stuff...

Okay .. I have a lot of stuff going on photography wise... I got a new camera and other stuff BEFORE my transmission went out (now I'm scrambling trying to figure out how to get the money for it) ... I got a couple of "cups" for props... I'll share pictures here in a few ... after I get stuff put up on the photography site...

As for other stuff... let's talk a little TV .. the Big Brother cast is out of control. Okay - I have to say it.... you see stuff on After Dark that no one should see! LOL.... Last week there was a major group orgie ... of sorts... Chelsia and Natalie did a strip tease ... you saw all sorts of stuff (and body parts) .... and then the "fun" moved into the pool and everyone was kissing everyone ... except, Ryan behaved (he was in the pool but he behaved) ... and Shelia, Amanda & Allison watched from the kitchen window. On the show, they make it LOOK like there is possibly something going on with Natalie and Matt... when there ISN'T .... Natty and Matty (laugh) ... well, we'll just say Matty actually runs away from Natty and hides from her... meanwhile, he's kissing on Sharon. And the relationship that IS going on in the house, they don't even TOUCH on... Chelsia and James have (I am pretty sure) had sex. James REALLY likes Chelsia and they are constantly kissing on each other. And between Chelsia and James... there is a rumored three some that happened with Allison before she left, because "she would do anything to stay" ... (what else.... racking the brain) ... OH Natalie..... she starts off as the "Stripper" slut in the show, showing her boobs, butt, etc and so on... she talks freely about the abortion she had 4 years ago because she was "too young to deal with it" ... and she has sqirted (no kidding here) breast milk across the room because she still has it. Now I know that once women get it - some don't ever get rid of it... however, if you are not far enough along in your pregnancy!?!?! Breast milk doesn't come in until the end for *most* women... so it makes me wonder if she didn't HAVE the baby and put it up for adoption or something, and would just rather people think she had an abortion for whatever reason. And NOW NOW NOW she is walking around the house talking about how Christian she is and carrying around her bible and spouting off stuff... I just find it rather annoying. Ummm.... Sharon told the whole story about what happened between her and Jacob.... and Ryan just explained that Allison is a professional gambler ... she counts black jack cards...... bought her last house in CASH..... and now, you get to vote one of the evicted house guests back in.... mawhahahaha ... its and individual game now... lol..

American Idol... eh - I'll talk about that later....

Ghost Hunters is back!!!!!!! WHOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO

Okay enough of TV... The boys have all had their illnesses the past couple weeks. Oye! Nathan got his first ear infection, first pneumonia, first diaper rash AND cut his first TWO teeth all in one week! Noah has had a mysterious fever ... no clue on that one... And Calahan, even though he has had the flu shot, has the flu.

Whatever it is........ I don't want it.

Okay ... I'm going to close off for now... I have photography work to do! OYE!

The Moon .... the moon in the sky....

(this next one is a time exposure - so that's the Earth moving)


Incase you didn't know.... there is a Lunar Eclipse tonight :)

10 months of Nathan....

My lil Nathan turned 10 months old yesterday... it's hard to believe it. He'll be One in 2 short months. We'll be celebrating it in Wisconsin Dells - which should be very fun!! The boys are all excited! We're going with some friends... so it should be a bunch of fun ...

Yesterday he did a little something new.... he sat on his own for a couple moments, and then prop'd up for a couple minutes, and with me giving him slight support behind him for about 5 minutes. He has been trying to make the transition from crawling to sitting but it's hard to do that when you can't sit. LOL...



And looooooooooookie his little toofers!?!!?? Can you see the two of them there, and I think he's getting his third tooth too but it hasn't pop'd through yet...
Well lets not forget about the rest of the family.... I over heard Calahan say "I can sing this song better then Dennis" yesterday. Well it's funny cuz they have that Rock Band game where they can actually have a compition.. lol.. here is a picture of Dennis and Calahan helping out Noah.. lol... Anyway .... Calahan DID beat Dennis by FAR the first round on the song he claimed he could sing better, then they did it one more time, and Dennis won.... then they did a couple other songs.... and as the score stands right now.... it's Dennis - 3 ... Calahan - 2 ..... but we realized last night, Calahan has a good voice, and with some training... who knows.

Well in politics (which I actually hate btw) .... Obama won in WI and so did McCain... did I go out and vote, no ... why? because I don't know who I like. The one person I did like, dropped out of the race, so I've been lost since then. Dennis really likes Obama (he's from IL originally) and he did go and vote for him. I saw some of Huckabee's speech air'd live on local TV while he was in our town and I liked what he had to say... there are some things I don't agree with though .... so I donno. I actually made a joke saying "do we really want a Pres with the last name Huckabee?" .. who knows what will happen I guess. Our city was a little bitter at Clinton because she canceled her local speech because of "time conflicts" and so it really left a bitter taste in the city's mouth. Whooooooooooo knows........ I will be voting when it comes time to do so this November... I just need to know I'm voting for the *right* person...

And on the LAST note of this morning........ Reality TV...... American Idol and Big Brother....

Let's start with American Idol... last night was the guys half of the first round of voting... there are some definite favorites... but my question is this.... what are your thoughts on the fact that several of the people on the show have been signed to contracts before? Part of me think it's unfair.... part of me think they didn't they obviously didn't make it for whatever reason the first time and continue their fight.... but it makes ya wonder. Ya know?

Big Brother........ this show is just messed up! Let me tell you!! Well actually I'm not going to tell you. I am just amazed how messed up this show is.. LOL... I think it is very unfair that they didn't put Jen and Ryan together... and the "Lesbian Alliance!?!" coooooome on, I can't believe they are falling for that!! Allison is such a b.......... (sorry I just don't like her) and her walking around going "Ryan is such a great guy, he is totally the guy I would go for" and blah blah... she's going to try to break up him and Jen, mark my word, if they (Allison and Ryan) continue on the show. It's messed up... Josh is a ticking time bomb I think. There was a HUGE fight that broke out on After Dark a couple nights ago... I'm waiting to see how much of that makes it on the show.... and everyone in the house really dislikes Amanda now... it's just messed up. M E S S E D U P ! ! ! ... lol...

Anyway - gotta go rush get Noah ready for school and out the door! LOL

It's been a long... long ... time...

I suppose I should apoligize for being a horrid blogger.... BAD BAD ME.... (bending over for all who want to take spankin shots) .... (turning around and glaring...) ... geez, it wasn't a REAL offer!

A lot of things have happened.................... first off....

Yep that's right, my baby is 6.... SIX I say... it's unfair. Completely unfair... but amazing all on it's own. To look at him and know that he was given a death sentence before he was even born, just amazes me. He's beaten all the odds, and then some!

February 1st he turned the big SIX ... it was a special day, let me tell you.

Just looking at that child makes me weepy - because his birthday is always a hard time for me. Not because I don't want him to get older, but lets be real... no mother wants their child to grow up sometimes. I have memories of his birth, which was tramatic for me in ways ... but ultimately I got to meet a very very tiny baby ... all one pound twelve ounces of him. Every birthday is a celebration, truly.

In other news, we saw the new petal to our garden. I had a 7 week scan and we saw the heartbeat!!! I'm 9 weeks pregnant now, but here is a picture from that scan (minus all my information of course)
Here is sweet Nathan.... I mean come on, how can you not go "awwwwwww" over this picture!?!
My sweet little Valentine!!
He is FINALLY over 11lbs! He was 11lbs 2oz and 24 1/2 inches at his last weigh in (last week) ... The poor baby had his FIRST ear infection and a touch of pneumonia ... and his first diaper rash........ AND his FIRST TWO TEETH all in one week!! Poor kid :(

In other news - we have new vehicles (well not NEW but new to us) ... and I have a new camera on the way!! :) Plus some other fun stuff. I did want to update though... sorry I haven't done it sooner... I'll try to be better!

Hope everyone had a great Valentines Day!!

I suppose I should announce...

I suppose I should announce why I've been kinda quite lately....

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Well, I recenetly found out that I am..............

Yes that's actaully my test and not some picture I found on some website... LOL... This was after taking 3 others with 2 lines.... Here is Nathan.... he just doesn't know what to think....

What is this??

It means I'm going to be a WHAT!?!?!?!?!

He's 12.... (can I cry now??)

Calahan and Nathan (above) and his cake (below)
Momma being artsy fartsy...
with the candles....
About to blow out the candles...

12 Years ago... I had given birth to a beautiful baby boy... He made me what I am today... He made me a "Mom" ... we went through a lot of firsts together... he is always testing me and preparing me to be a better Mother for his brothers... but he thinks I'm a great mom too, so that's all that really counts. Boy... :: sniff :: I cannot believe he's 12...

"Do Girls Fart??"

If you haven't read my last post .. lol... then you didn't read about my 5 year old (he's almost 6 - wahhhhhhh) ... asking me, all serious... "Mom, do girls fart?" ...

Well... I didn't happen to mention right after he asked that.. he tilted his tiny body a little... and this trumpet sound escaped him and he smiled proudly and said "excuse me!"

I smiled at him.. and said "yes they do, honey... but not like you... you are the Prince of Gas! Course... Daddy Dennis is the king!" ....

He accepted that answer, thought it was a good one... and walked off.. but of course not without one last bubble of stink ... ::sigh::

APPARENTLY .... my son is ENGAGED!?!?!?!

APPARENTLY ....... my son is engaged!! ...

he's doing dishes... and Noah is finishing his dinner... and some how (Dennis and I over hear from the living room - with the TV on) him talking about girls... (so we mute the TV) well actually the line that caught our attention was "That's why men and women have babies, to continue the human race"... he's saying that he has to marry a girl... "It's the way of life for me now, Noah" ... he says... Noah goes "WHY!?!?!?" and Calahan says "I don't know, it just is" ... ROFLMBO.... so then Noah asks him "Are you going to marry Kayla?" and he says "Yeah, maybe...." and there is some silence before he adds "Unless she finds someone else to marry" ...

::: whew :::

For a second there, I thought we were gonna have to take him out to get her an engagment ring!!

HOLY COW... is this boy trying to give me a heart attack before his 12th birthday on Saturday!?!?!?!?

Dennis and I were cracking up though - OMG ... just cracking up!!

And then Noah came out and asked me if girls fart....... ROFLMBO...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! It's hard to believe that it's 2008 already!! Feel like it was just 1996 and I was crabby as hell and 9 months pregnant, over due, and pissed off about it! LOL... Hard to believe that stubborn child who would not leave the womb is going to be 12 on Saturday ... [crying] ....

So did everyone make New Years Resolutions???? I did ... Your typical weight loss, get knocked up for the very last night, spend time with the kids and manage to keep the house in liveable condition ones.. LOL... plus getting at least one romanatic vacation with Dennis and hopefully a family one in there too... and get out on a date with Dennis at least once a month :) As in - no kids, just us... and not just do it for our Anniversary...

We spent New Years Eve by going out to eat as a treat ... and then we took the kids to go see Alvin and the Chipmunks... :) It was a cute movie.. not a *MUST* see thing - in my opinion... but cute :)

I however cannot wait to see 27 Dresses!! Dennis and I might have to go on two date nights this month :)
Noah and Calahan - when the heck did Noah start looking so mature??? WAHHHHHHHHH!!
And our PREEEEEEEECIOUS Nathan!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!!!