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Friday, October 1, 2010

Ethan's 1st day of toddler Pre-School

E has been in daycare off and on for about 2 months. We enrolled him at Kindercare and at first he seemed to really like it but as of late he cries and cries the whole day. Not OK in my book, so I started searching for something that wasn't too time consuming. I really only wanted him there half day 3 days a week for the social aspect and to give me some "mommy time".

I found a local learning center that fit perfectly for us! E was to go to the toddler preschool room 3 days a week for 3 hours each day and I was still playing less than what I paid for 1 day at Kindercare! SWEET!!

They feed him breakfast, do circle time, play outdoors at least once a day, and do lunch.

Me and DH got him ready for his first day of school and I couldn't believe what a little man he looked like with his back pack.

Daddy insisted he have a hot wheel backpack
Ready and waiting to take off!!
 And I'm off....
 Walking with dada to the car. Oh how big he's getting!!
 Just after pick-up. He LOVED it :)
I just love when he wears the back-pack! Hehehe

Thursday, September 30, 2010

21 things you didn't know about me

Gotta love Lisa P and her blog posts! Another great one to check out and that I am stealing :P Hehehee

1. I'm 4'10 which legally makes me a midget

2. Yes I have implants, judge if you must, but I did it to make myself feel better not for a man. But they don't look fake :D (not sure if thats good or bad lol)

3. My mom took me to the Phillipines when I was a few months old and left me there with my aunt. I didn't come back to the states til I was 1. To this day I don't know the WHOLE story.

4. My FAVORITE movie of all time is Bad Boys 2. I could watch that all day long and laugh and laugh and laugh!

5. Me and Chris have broken up between 10-12 times. Again, judge if you must. We we're young, made stupid mistakes, and learned from them.

6. I have been pregnant 3 times. I'm a mommy to one beautiful, rambunctious baby big boy, and 2 angels in heaven that mommy misses more than words can describe.

7. My bed is my haven and I am a WITCH about it. I buy super soft sheets, like 1000 thread count when I can, and have 5-6 pillows just for myself :P Just try and steal one in the middle of the night and see what happens lol.

8. I make piles of things around the house. Drives DH up a wall. But I sort through mail and make a pile, gather E's toys and make a pile, gather up all my crap and make a pile....you get the picture.

9. I am the youngest of 3 girls. I have two half sisters from my dad's first marriage. There is a 10 year and 7 year age difference.

10. I am currently studying to be an RN. This is my SECOND time in school :/ I got to the very last pre-req in AZ and freaked out and quit :( Now that we have E I am more motivated that I imagined to power through it and graduate.

11. I am a work-a-holic. I used to do 60-70 hour work weeks before I got pregnant with Ethan. Once he was born I cried and cried when DH said it was time to get back to work. I eased myself in and worked one day a week. Now I am back up to working 40-50 hours a week. Thankfully I get to bring him with some hours.

12. I'm a spoiled brat. I like nice things, and I am not going to care what people think about it. Unfortunately my parents bought me basically anything I wanted when I was younger and the habit stuck. I work(ed) very hard to buy the things I want and thankfully have a hubby that will entertain my shopping habit...most days ;P

13. Along with #12 I am a purse whore and own close to 25 bags. Most of them being Coach.

14. I lived in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, IL til I was 18. Moved to AZ and lived there til I was 25. Now we are in WA. Although I like it here, I miss my life in AZ.

15. My friends in AZ are about as close to family as you can get without the blood. I love them just as much as I love my sisters. They've seen it ALL. The good, the bad, and the ugly....and still are my friends lol.

16. I waited til I was 19 to lose my "v" card. And it was to DH...

17. I had a cheerleading scholarship in college. I only lasted my freshman year before it became too much physically.

18. Highschool was hell. I hated it. I don't ever want to go back and loathe thinking about it.

19. I am terrified of being THAT mom and/or having THAT kid. Although I am pretty sure I will end up being both cause E has a habit of knowing my fears and publicly humiliating me.

20. Weight is my biggest battle. I have struggled my whole life. Now that I have E it seems like it is harder than it ever has been but one day I WILL lose it.

21. Being a mother to Ethan is the best thing that could have ever happened to me. It has been a long and rough road but looking at the sweet face every day makes it all worth while. He is the reason I am here.

Holy Moly!

I am seriously lacking on my blog posts!!! Things are so GO GO GO these days I barely have time to even log on lol.

But LOTS of post to come and I'm even gonna date them ahead of time so I don't forget lol :P

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Thank goodness this week's over!

It has just been one of THOSE weeks!

We returned from AZ on Monday at noon, and I swear hit the ground running!! As soon as we got home at 1 I started feeding E lunch so he could nap and at 1:30 I got a call from an Adult Family Home I met with before we left and they HIRED me..WOO HOO! Then I put the monster down for a nap. Did ALL the laundry from our trip, sorted Ethan's birthday presents (promise I'll post about that this week), cleaned out the suitcases, breathed (lol), then ate dinner, got ready for class and left for school. I'm tired just typing it haha.

The next day I started my training for work. Great facility, nice residents, overall looks like a nice place to be. I really hope this works! We've got plans that require us to be saving money big time and I need to do my part with it as well.

Wednesday was a mini-family fair day. Me, DH, E, SIL, and her friends daughter treked to the fair for some good food and animal time. The kids LOVED the petting zoo. E was especially into the sheep...and the fence haha. He kept banging on the fence yelling and drew quite the crowd laughing at how cute he was :) It started pouring so we took the kiddos home and the BOTH fell asleep in the car...score! Then it was time to shower and class again.

Thursday was supposed to be a relaxing day but more running around, doing errands, etc.

Friday E went back to daycare (ugh another post will be about how unhappy I am with them!) so mommy could finish some errands, study and get ready for another day of training.

Saturday I had my Dementia test which I'm pretty sure I bombed. It was SO much harder than I anticipated but worse case scenario I do a re-take :/ Then we went to D's 2nd birthday party, some shopping with the g/c Paw-Paw bought E, then home for dinner/bed and mommy to go to a Brown Bag Party ;D. I came home to DH making dinner for me while we watched some FB games then bedtime for the grown-ups!

Sunday I thought I could breathe for a bit but I was wrong. I woke up feeling sick again, so I napped as much as I could, then cleaned, and off to work.

Hoping this week is a bit easier lol...

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Happy Birthday to my baby boy!

A year ago today I gained the best title in the world....MOMMA!

Happy Birthday Ethan Nicholas! Momma loves you to the moon and back <3

09.04.09

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Ethan's 1st Birthday Bonanza!

I can't believe in 2.5 weeks my little peanut is gonna be a 1 year old!!! ::tears flowing::

Cause he is spoiled rotten, and his momma loves him to the moon and back we're throwing a HUGE birthday for him. I agree that I am going overboard, but your first born only turns one once right???

Here's what we got so far:
Jungle Crawl thats 45 feet long!!!
Ball pit for the little ones...and Daddy lol
I <3 this cake SO much...but I don't think we're gonna find anyone to make it like this so I may be going basic on it. Me and DH are still figuring this one out.
The invites I made :) So proud of myself! Thanks Lisa P for help on the wording! DH loved it but needed to "tweek" it aka be a man and pretend like he did something to help make it lol. 

We ordered these plates(and napkins) from Oriental Trading Co:

And ordered this stuff from OTC for the goody bags:
 Bags:
Animals:
Bubbles:

We're still looking for a few more items to put in the goody bags cause the bags we got we're HUGE. I just hate filling them with crap that will annoy parents.

All that's left now is the ballons, food, and cake!

Can't wait for the big day to get here and celebrate our little man! I'll make sure to post pics of the party after we recover :)

Friday, August 13, 2010

Ethan's 1 year old pics!

I'm about 3 weeks EARLY on these...for once in my life...but I wanted some done for his invites (that will be my next post).

I found this awesome photographer out here, which was a miracle cause I have hated every other one I met in WA, and I really liked her work! She's my WA equivalence to Shelly Ivy :)

So here's a few of my fav so far....

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

E and his new Buzz Lightyear PJ's! Can't believe he is getting so big already :( 


Getting ready for bed...pondering what toy he should snuggle with perhaps??? 

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Health Update

My Weightloss Wednesday has been put on hold for a while now cause my health seems to not be where it should be :( My Blood Pressure at my last doc visit was 150/90 which is WAY high for me, and with that I had gained 10-12lbs in less than two weeks and it was NOT from eating junk food.

I think with everything that has been going on with my wrist-they think it may be some nerve damage-that I am stressed beyond words and my body isn't taking all of it well.

I go back to the Doc on tuesday so I am hoping I will have better news then!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Wordless Wednesday



He has this lion that a friend gave me that he LOVES!! I think we have a future football player on our hands cause he constantly is tackling it :) Notice the zillion of toys behind him, not even close to what he actually has....yeah not spoiled one bit.....lol