Not Me Monday

It's been a while since I've participated in Not Me Monday. Heck what am I saying..it's been a while since I've done anything pertaining to blogging. I'm trying to work my way back into it..those of you that have gotten behind before know how overwhelming it can be to catch up with everyone.

Now for my Not Me's..let's see if I can get back into this.

I did not take one of Caleb's Christmas presents that he didn't open and rewrap it for his birthday. I mean heck...I did not buy him so many things that by the end he wasn't even interested in opening anymore.

I did not take cupcakes from his birthday and get rid of them by simply licking frosting off the top. I know it's the New Year and I am absolutely focusing on eating healthier and losing the rest of my baby weight this year.

I did not buy 2 bags of peanut butter m & m's this weekend at target and eat both bags within 24 hours.

I do not HEART target...and I definitely could not spend the entire day there if given the chance.

I do not still have Christmas presents piled up in the living room that haven't been put away yet. We don't buy so much for Christmas for our kids that it takes us days..heck it's been a week now to get everything put away.

Whew..that was kinda fun!!! I have to say that I have missed all of you terribly and am so excited(no I did not say dreading ;) catching up with all of you!!!! So beware I'm coming..I'll be catching up with everyone during the week...please don't be mad..I will get around to commenting..I'm just going to take it one blog at a time right now. Now go ahead and head over to MckMama's and check out some more Not Me Monday fun!

New Look for the New Year

I haven't been around lately so this week is going to be catch up for me on my blog and everyone elses. My goal is to post everyday while trying to catch up with all of you throughout the week. Although I haven't been around I have missed bloggy world trememdously.

To start the new year off I have a brand new look!!! Thanks to Amanda who crafted my new look for my blog I finally have that old bland template off of my page :) Thank you so much Amanda!!!! If any of you out there are looking for a new look right now head over to Amanda's page and leave her a comment to see if she might be interested in working on it. She isn't doing them full time yet I don't believe but I do think she likes alittle project now and then. She was amazing at keeping in touch with me and anything I asked she was more than happy to oblige(which wasn't always easy I'm sure) :) I just love this girl!!

Alive and Breathing

I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted. Things have been so hectic around here it seems like I've been going in circles day in and day out. I hope to get caught up on blogs in the next couple of days and get started back posting also. Jacob has been sick for the last couple of days. He started with a headache on Christmas Eve and has been running a fever since then. We took him to the doctor yesterday and he has strep throat so he's on meds now. Of course you all know how I feel about meds..if you don't then click here for background. It was torture on Christmas day..I felt horrible for him and many times just wanted to wrap everything up for him all over again. Hoping he starts feeling better soon! So we're here and I'm going to try and catch up with everyone very soon. I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Not here

I'm still here but just don't have it in me to blog right now. I'm going to catch up with everyone this weekend and get my comments rolling again :) Have tons of pictures but just not up to talking about it today..hopefully tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great Saturday!

It's here!

This is where Allie's hands can be found 98% of the time right now. Yesterday her first tooth broke through. You can rub your finger against her gum now and feel it(well you personally can't but you get the drift) :) She did amazingly well getting that first tooth out...I am shocked how happy and sweet she is...I am so incredibly blessed to be a part of her life. Seriously...when she wasn't sleeping well it occured to me one morning that she might be close to getting her first tooth so I looked and could see that it was almost there. Up until two days ago I didn't even realize it was so close. When I saw it...I begged her to hold it in..I mean it..I really did!!! I pleaded with her to please stay little longer and to just keep that tooth to herself for a while longer..I just wasn't ready for it..hell what I am saying..I'm still not ready for it! It's getting here though. You still can't look in her mouth and visibly see anything yet but I can feel it and of course she knows it's there. Hopefully she isn't showing me that she really isn't going to listen when she gets older :)



I still haven't caught up on everyones blogs yet. I wasn't even on the computer at all yesterday. I really am going to try and get caught up very soon so please forgive me for not commenting right now. I'm trying to get things together but some days right now it's just more than I can handle.

Behind the Horses Ass

Whew..what a last few days it's been. I have to say I felt alittle lost yesterday. I got up in the morning and sat down to check my email and the phone and computer wasn't working. The phone finally came back on about lunchtime but I couldn't get the internet to work until last night. I have a ton of catching up to do with everyone so I'll try to get that done today and/or tonight hopefully. I'm trying to get things organized and cleaned up for Christmas. I like to go through toys before Christmas so that we can clean out stuff they haven't played with for a while in order to make room for more stuff they won't play with since they get so much stuff :)

Thank all of you for your comments and uplifting words to my post the other day..you have no idea how much I have leaned on those in the past couple of days. It's been rough but I'm still here and he's still trying so I suppose that says something. I really can't explain to someone who has never gone through it how incredibly tiring and difficult it is. There have been more moments than I can count that I have had enough and I just don't want to continue anymore but I do and we have another day. It's a constant struggle every second of everyday right now but I want for all of you to know how much your words mean to me!

Not Me Monday

It's time for Not Me Monday again! Head over to MckMama's and check out what it's all about.

I did not put our Christmas tree up a week ago and take 7 days to finish decorating it.

I did not allow the kids to put a few decorations on above said tree and then proceed to move them around to where I wanted them. I know that Christmas is for the kids and I am not one of those "people" whose tree has to be just right.

I did not have to do lists each and everyday last week and I most definitely did not accomplish anything on them.

When Caleb woke up at 730 on Sunday morning I did not go in his room and tell him to go back to sleep since it was a rare occasion that noone was up and I had been up with Allie all night and just didn't feel like getting up yet.

I did not go to Ihop on Saturday morning and change Allie's diaper in my lap while we were waiting to be seated. Seriously who uses those nasty changing tables anymore? Can we say germs? YUCK!

I did not forget everything I was going to put in this Not Me Monday post!