Oh My!!!

I have been MIA for a while now. I am SO incredibly behind and I feel horrible for not keeping up with everyones blogs. Almost every single person in our house has been sick during the last week. For the last 3 days the two babies have had it and they're absolutely pitiful. I've gotten it from someone-at this point there's no telling who's passing it to who. It all started with David so we'll just blame him :) On top of that there's been internet problems so half the time that's been down. I hope I've got that fixed now because I think I could just about head over to Charter and start slashing tires :(

I'll be back soon-promise!!!

Christmas Part 2

Once Allie finally woke up on Christmas morning the kids were very happy that they could start opening presents. All I heard until she woke up was begging to open just one single present.

Lucas got a new DSI from his grandmother-he was extremely happy that he had the new one on the market!

My sweet girl with her daddy.

The best thing about watching Jacob open presents is that he has absolute best expressions with every single thing he opens!

Here's Lucas getting his guitar lessons.

Caleb opening his remote control car-his expressions were pretty cool too. As soon as he opened one present he wanted it out of the box and ready to play. He wasn't happy when he couldn't take every single thing out as soon as he opened it.

Allie opening one of her presents-this one was a ride on toy for inside the house. Her brother loved it as much as she did-so much so he got his own for his birthday.

Jacob got a HUGE wrestling ring from his grandparents. He is inlove!!!!!

This was one of the best parts! Lucas and Jacob asked for a WII for Christmas from Santa. We told them everytime they mentioned it that they hadn't been good enough for something like that and it wasn't going to happen. They opened their Santa first thing that morning and when it wasn't the WII they knew it wasn't going to happen. Before Lucas opened this present we told him that there had been a mistake and that we thought Santa was going to bring him something specific but it turned out that he didn't so what we had gotten him was going to have to be returned. He looked so sad as he opened it-it was a Wii nunchuk.

Then came this present-it was to both boys so they both got to open it. It was their WII and let's just say they were more than excited!!!!!! Best expressions ever!

Here's my picture that I wrote about yesterday. It's got the kids pictures on the bottom with their handprints as the background. Then the bubbles are what the kids thought we were dreaming of for Christmas. David a blue motorcycle and me a pink jeep. I'm in love with this picture!!!!!! Everything was handmade!

Christmas Part 1

I figured I need to get around to blogging about Christmas at some point. I am going to break it up into a couple of posts though or there would be TONS of pictures on here. The one above is from Christmas Eve at my dad's house. We go over there every Christmas Eve and have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.

Here's Caleb watching Santa. This is one of their favorite things to do on Christmas Eve. We saw him stopping in several places that I had never even heard of before. Such a busy man!

I posted this one of Jacob on Christmas Eve because for some reason I don't have one of him with his Santa present. My dad and mom got him a fighter/wrestler for his Christmas Eve present. I've fought it all I can but he's just a fighting boy. I used to be so against all that but he loves it so what's a mom to do.

This is one of my favorite gifts!!!! I'll cherish it forever! My cousin is here for a while and he is one of those awesome artistic types. He worked on this with the kids and made it for us for Christmas. I need to take a picture of the front of it tomorrow so I can show you-it's one of my prized possessions though!

Here's the tree before we went to bed on Christmas Eve. We were up until about 230.

Here's Lucas with his Santa present. He's wanted a guitar for a very long time so he finally got his wish!

My dad and mom got him lessons-those started this week.

Caleb got a workshop from Santa! He is absolutely in love with it as is everyone else in our house apparently. He wasn't very interested in any other presents after he saw this!

Allie slept until after Santa/stockings and breakfast on Christmas morning. She didn't get up until after 9. I got her on video with her Santa but for some reason there aren't any pictures of her with it at the very beginning. More to come tomorrow.....

Too Complicated

I can't count the number of toys that we've put together in this house with four kids in the last 9 years. Caleb got this for Christmas-where I got this idea I don't know but we just put it together yesterday. It took me a complete hour to put together this toy. I've put together toys 4 times this size that were simpler-I've never in my life seen anything with so many pieces and such horrible instructions. Get ready to spend some time on this one if it's in your near future. Anybody else have this toy already and have the same problem or was it just a bad day for me?

Wordless Wednesday

Updates

Wow! The internet has been up for an entire day-for the first time in multiple days that is. I am in complete shock! There is no telling how long it will last though-the cable people are scheduled to come out Thursday so up until then it's pretty much hit and miss.

I feel like I've been wrung out today. It is bitter cold here-well bitter cold for the south that is. The high is only in the mid thirties and it's in the teens overnight. People in the south live in the south so we don't have to deal with the bitter cold :) so we're all complaining.

I've been doing laundry all day long nonstop to catch up. I found that by doing little things throughout the day that I usually do at night makes things much easier since I don't have to worry about it now. Lucas had his first basketball game tonight so that made the day even more complicated than a normal day. I think complicated is how my days go lately though. David had to work late and since he worked late that puts him at a late meeting tonight so I had homework/dinner/basketball/baths/bedtime with four kids by myself. Makes for an interesting day.

I've had several people email me and ask how I'm doing and how David is doing so I thought I'd update tonight alittle. First off I can't tell all of you what your support has meant to me. When I started blogging I had absolutely no idea the bond and support network that I would find out here. I have found true friends that I know will be there for me and I could never tell you all how much you mean to me.

David is doing well. He passed 30 days on Sunday(yesterday). He has started a new job and is enjoying it. He's back where he was before his previous job and I believe he's happy to be back with some of the same people he worked with before. He is still going to his daily meetings and doing his reading and seems very positive about the future.

I am proud that he didn't let the relapse get and keep him down. I know that he could have easily just given up and I have to say that knowing that he's trying means something. On the other hand 30 days seems so small considering where we came from. It just doesn't seem like much at this point to me. My days are still long and I have more bad days than good days. It is a constant struggle. My nerves are completely shot and I have multiple panic attacks a day even when on my meds. I am still extremely angry and upset though I try to push those feelings to the back and not deal with them right now. If I'm busy it's easier to deal because I don't think. I am going to find an al anon group to go to but right now it's about finding one that will fit in my schedule. I am also looking for a counselor though I haven't found one yet. I don't know what the future holds-I know that I want to be with my family. I want for things to be good again and I want to trust. Honestly right now I can't imagine the day when I can fully trust him again though. I think 20 years down the road if I call him and he doesn't answer the first time I call I will doubt. I don't know if I want to live like that-I don't know if I can live like that. It's hard and it's difficult to explain the feelings.

So that's where we are now-I'm looking for peace in the midst of all the chaos. Right now I'm thankful for my family and for those that are here for me and supportive. I know I could be alone with noone so I am trying to remember that I'm blessed!

Ugh!

My internets been messed up all weekend. They're supposed to come out Thursday to fix it and then I get up this morning and it's working. Who knows for how long though. I have tons to do for kids schools in case it goes back down so back to that for now. If it stays up I'll post later on-then again it could be Thursday before I see you all again :)