Mothers Day

Mothers day has taken on a new meaning these past couple of years. This year was nice. We had a nice early breakfast out and spent the rest of the day just hanging out as a family. It was my day to not change one diaper. :)

Part 2

Just some more pictures from our trip.

Surprise!!

Two weeks ago Jourdan and I decided to surprise the kids and take them to Disneyland. And by surprise I mean get in the car SURPRISE we are going to Disneyland!! This was the first time in years we had gone with just the 5 of us. In the past we either brought my mom or Jourdan's mom or Uncle Brent or we would meet up with our southern California family. We had so much fun the 5 of us. The weather was great and the crowds were ok. We did participate in the Disney give a day get a day so we were able to get special fast passes for the rides with long lines. It was well worth volunteering to save most likely hours in line. :)

This was Mady's shocked face. Notice Bella not looking very happy well she was under the impression we were going to the Zoo and was not happy (at first) to find out we would not be going to the Zoo. ;)
The restaurant in New Orleans square has some of the best food.

Ewan LOVED the train! I mean LOVED it! Both Casey junior and the big one that goes around the park. :)
He's pretty in love with Buzz also.

Father Daughter Dance 2010

Last month Mady and her Daddy went to their first father daughter dance. For about a month we heard about it 45 times a day. Who was going, what kind of dress they had, would they dance, would daddy act silly, was Haven going?? Needles to say Mady was very excited. So was Jourdan. Getting a chance to spend one on one time with one of our kids is sometimes tough to do so it was exciting that they had the chance. :) Check out his matching pok-a-dot bow tie!

Mady and her best friend Haven! These two girls have a ton of fun together.

Holiday Season

Long Lost Blog!!

Sorry for the serious lack of blogging. I blame it on being a single mom for 5 weeks, the holidays, and pure exhaustion! Other then totally flaking on some blog updates I feel like the 5 weeks Jourdan was gone went really well. Sure I had a couple moments of wanting to bang my head into a wall but I refrained from doing so. (barley) But for the most part all was good. The kids and I had a good time with each other. If it is at all possible I feel like we even got a little closer. I did learn some things about myself while he was gone. I learned that I can do it. It is funny when your spouse is gone you just grin and bear it, get the job done, because nobody else is legally obligated to come over and do the dishes, laundry, cleaning, butt whipping, gift buying, gift wrapping, car pool driver, .............. I also learned that I only shave my legs during the winter for my husband. :) (TMI??) But once we had him back it was great. The kids and I enjoyed having him home for Christmas very very much!

So some holiday pictures. I will start with the day before Christmas eve. My brother and Uncle have started a tradition of going snow boarding that day and they bring home a ton of snow in the back of my bothers truck. All the kids love it! My cousins are the same age as my girls and the 4 of them had a blast! I am hoping Brent and Joe keep up with the tradition even though I got my brother pretty good in the ear with a snow ball and he said he wouldn't. ;) It was totally worth it!

Ewan was pretty confused by the whole thing. After about 10 minutes we had to bring him in because his fingers were frozen!

Field Trip

Last week Bella and I headed to Bishops pumpkin Farm. I had never been before..... WOW! It is huge! It was fun getting to do something with just Bella. Her favorite part was the pig races mine was the apple pie. She did not want to share with me. :)

Bella with possibly the sweetest boy ever, Trey. :)
After this picture was taken the lady commented on how much Bella looks like me.

Camping

Camping at Bodega is always fun. With a 20 month old it is very interesting. :) And dirty. The girls loved making sand angels.

Ewan had sand on his face until we got home. :)
My cousins came with us. Here is Emily hiding from the sun. I wasn't as smart.....

My life in a nutshell......

    * Allergic reactions....... peanut butter is still a no....

     * sick.... to the point of passing out on the couch with all kinds of chaos going on all around. 

    * again SICK ........ passing out kind of sick 

    * Mady was sick also but I didn't want to take any pics of the stomach flu. NOT pretty. I will tell one little bit of the day...... Mady was getting "sick" and I was holding her hair, gaging, Bella walks in and starts gagging, then Ewan walks in and starts laughing. Boys are gorse! He thought the whole thing was cool. 

So that is the reason for the lack of blogging. We are still sick around here. I am going crazy! 

They did it........ Again

Well Ewan ended up in the ER with RSV on Sunday. This is the second time he has had it but it was much worse this time. When we took him in he was having such a hard time breathing and had only slept about 6 hours in 3 days. He was miserable. He is doing a little better today. They sent us home after debating weather or not to keep him over night. We had to give him breathing treatments at the hospital and at home. You would have thought we were trying to torture him. Every time he freaked out! He is finally loosing his voice which is sad but.... a little funny. (I know... bad mom) I took this pic of him as we were getting ready to head out. So he wasn't "hooked" up to anything anymore.  

Bella did it again this weekend. The kid just can't help it. She HAS to draw on herself. I took the bottom pic first after she drew whiskers and said she was a cat. I didn't even notice the forehead until bed time. Mady thought she would help anyone out who didn't know she was a cat. I didn't even take pics of it all but they drew claws on her toes and a tale on her back. Mady had not one spot on her but made sure to mark up her sister. Ugh! I have now taken all markers away until they show me they wont do this again. But really how can you not laugh at that face?