Wordless Wednesday

Lucas' New Digs

In order to get Allie in her own room we had to do some rearranging around our house. We originally had 4 bedrooms but were going to have to either combine all 3 boys or combine Allie with a boy which I didn't like at all. We finally figured out that we could add a wall in a new addition and make Lucas his own room. My mom graciously offered to do it for Lucas' birthday and he was very excited about it! After a week of living in constant mess and dust the wall was up and then all the other work began. We had to move Lucas in his new room and Caleb's stuff in with Jacob. Then we started on Allie's new room. Everything is still a work in progress and I'm beginning to wonder when it will all be done but the kids are all enjoying their new digs!!!!

This was an often occurance in the days before the sheetrock got up. They thought it was the coolest thing to play in the new room. Here's Caleb reading Bob the Builder to Allie.

Here's a look at Lucas' new suite :)

Wait...Do you see that....It's pink!

I can't believe it. It's here!!!! I have pink walls in my house. YIPPEE Allie finally has her own room and that room has the long awaited pink walls. It took me a while to pick the actual color that I wanted but I am so happy with the outcome. It isn't decorated yet but her bed is in there and it's a work in progress...now we just have to finish it. I find myself walking by and standing in awe that we actually have a pink room in our house. It's just amazing to me!

Last night I didn't sleep well at all...it was the first night since she was born that she didn't sleep in our room. Actually it was the first night in 35 months that we haven't had a child in our room...scary,huh? I went to bed last night and actually read with the light on....it was surreal! She slept until 5 before she woke up and came in our room...it was awfully comfy after she was in there with us again. It's going to take some getting used to with her being gone...next step is to get her to go to sleep on her own without being rocked and fed...that'll come with time.

For the time begin....WE HAVE A PINK ROOM!

H1N1

Our school district held H1N1 clinics this past week for elementary aged kids. They started on Tuesday and held 4 separate clincs and each school was assigned to a certain one. They held them from 3 until 8 each day and you were supposed to go on your assigned day with your waiver to get the vaccination. I am particularly worried about H1N1 because of the fact that I have Caleb and Allie at home. With Lucas and Jacob being in school and around sick kids on an almost daily basis it worries me what they will bring home and pass onto the younger ones around here. We all know that all parents don't keep their kids home when they're sick. I have not been able to get Caleb and Allie one yet because younger siblings weren't able to get them at the school clinics..only students were eligible.

And let me tell you...it was absolutely INSANE! The kids got out of school at 230 so we headed directly over to the clinic because I was supposed to have Jacob at a birthday party at 430 on Friday afternoon. When we initially got there everyone was parking their cars and crossing the street to stand in an insanely long line. I parked and got all four kids out of the car and crossed the busy street while two schools were in the middle of dismissing and got in line only to be told that we needed to get back in our cars and get in line. I headed back across the street with four kids and put them all back in the car and got in line the way that they told us we were supposed to. Of course not everyone got out of line to begin with. We then had to be routed all around the school and parked in several large fields only to get back out of the car with 4 kids and stand in one of 3 obnoxiously long lines. I stood in line for 2 hours with 4 kids and felt like I was going to pass out by the time I got out of there. There were well over 2000 people at the single clinic that we attended. We were 40 minutes late to the party but eventually made it and of course we got the shots! I dread the booster coming up in 4 weeks!

Animal Fanatic

Allie absolutely loves animals!!! Cats or Dogs..small or large she doesn't care. She will let them lick her all over and just sit and laugh. I've never seen someone that was so fond of these little ones. These are two of my parents dogs and Allie just loves them! They're little lickers and she loves when they come up and try to give her kisses all over her face. At home she constantly tries to play with our dog,Bandit. Most of the time he gets aggravated at her...he'll sit and growl telling her to leave him alone but of course she doesn't do it. He doesn't do more than growl bless his heart..he just puts up with her before realizing she won't stop until he gives her kisses :) This little girl might just be a veterinarian or something!

Wordless Wednesday One Day Late

Blessed

I've been extremely blessed in my life to have wonderful supportive parents. Although I haven't always realized it in the moment,especially when I was younger,they were always there for me. I've been blessed to have not only a wonderful mom and dad but to also have a select few others that have made an astronomical difference in my life.

One of those is my stepmom...Mom to me...she's been around since before I was one and although I'll admit that growing up with divorced parents wasn't the easiest thing I've come to cherish her. When I was younger we disagreed more than we agreed on things...we had more to argue about than we did in common but in the end it brought us closer together. After all these years I've found a best friend...someone that is there for me regardless...someone that treats my children like gold and loves my family as much as I do. She has taken my into her heart and never treated me any different than if I were her own blood....there is absolutely no difference been her and my biological parents...she is my Mom as much as my biological mom is my mom and my dad is my dad. What a true blessing in life.

When we were over at my dad's a couple of weeks ago she was outside playing with Caleb and Allie...I got some great pictures of her playing with Allie....I could never repay her for everything she's brought into my life and for the friendship that she's given me. She has fibromyalgia and even though she knows after she plays with them and holds them on their command that she'll probably not be able to move the next day it never stops her from getting on the ground and playing with them.