It's a Girl!!

 I think it is now safe to say that we are finally having a GIRL!!

I'm so excited but scared also, that she might turn into a boy,LOL! The boys Alex and Cam (Jonathon's too young to really know what's going on) are so excited!! They can't stop talking about "baby sister" (who does not have a name yet.). I'm serously so excited!! I can gardly stand it! I wish I could just go on a shopping spree and buy all things pink! Anyhoo. We are so excitde and can't wait to meet our little girl :)

Not So Much News...

I went to the dr the other day. He did a quick peek to see if he could see if Baby Bradford was a girl or a boy. He asked me if I wanted to know what I was having, OF COURSE I DO! He looked around for a bit then started giggling. I asked if it was a boy he said "no, I think it's another girl"

(he gets my sisters and I confused with eachother... I dont think we look alike at all, though). I remind him that I'm the one with three boys and no girls. He then says "even better! Time to buy some pink!" I just kind said "really? a girl? I was convinced it was another boy.." He then said he was "pretty sure it's a girl, about %85 sure, so you'll have to  let me know if I was right after your big ultra sound". So we're about %85 sure it's a girl, but it could be a boy.. With Cam he told me he was %95 sure he was a girl, but he turned out to be a boy on the big u/s. He told me he thought Jonathon was a boy but wasn't completly sure and he was right about that. So, we'll just have to wait and see! I'm still convinced it's a boy. My babies dont like to cooperate for early u/s. They like to remain a mystery! I'm really hoping he's right about this one! I would love to have a daughter, but boys are fun, too...

Oh Baby Baby

So, last Thursday I was supposed to go to the doctor. I did what I usually do, waited for Alex to get out of school, pick him up then drive to Vegas. We got about half way there and traffic stopped! I waited until about 4:15 (my appointment was at 4:20) and I knew there was no way I was going to make it before 5:00. Traffic was moving about 5 mph and I was no where near vegas or my dr's office. So i recheduled for Monday turned around ordered a pizza from Walley's and drove home! I was so annoyed! I could've found out the sex of the baby, but now it'll wait until Monday... I have a hunch that this baby is a boy. No, I'm not the lest bit worried, nor would I be the least bit upset if it is a boy. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it either way! A daughter would be great, but I just dont think it's in the cards... Here are some of my favorite names...

Boy-

Brandon

Landon

Jackson

Stephen

Lennon

Girls-

Elyse

Elsa

Lilly

Mary (after Danny's grandma)

 For middle names I'd use either Verna (g-ma Bowler) or Leona (g-ma Markosek)

I dont even know what we'd give a boy's middle name... We've used most of the "family" names. Maybe just make one up? Or use Leon?? Who knows.... There you have it! Hopefully Monday I'll have a sex and I can start really planning!

Proud of my Boy

I just have to let everybody know how proud of Alex I am! When he started kindergarten I knew that he'd struggle at first. He's not real used to that kind of structure. We put him in music class last year to get some structure, but his teacher pretty much let him do whatever he wanted. If he didnt feel like participating she didnt make him. If he felt like running around, she let him. It was a total bust! So, when he started school I was so nervous! I knew he'd be great once he got used to the structure, but I also knew it would take some time. I serously expected to get called in for parent/teacher conference the first day of school! I didn't and have yet to. I do know that he was a little rough at first. He was used to his  music class teacher letting him do whatever he wanted, so I figured he'd think the same of his school teacher. I know it was a lot of work, but Mrs. Hammons has tamed the wild in him! I think she is amazing! He just needed a teacher with patience and a lot of sructure, and she's both. She is one of the most structured teacher ever! It's been amazing for Alex! I was so nervous! I'm very pleased with the progress he's made!

On another note... Last night Lara, her kids, Nadja, her kids, my mom,  Alex and I went to see ParaNorman. I've never taken Alex to the movies (not counting the time Danny and I were on vacation and took him to see Knocked Up. He was only 5 months old at the time), because he's a little hyper. He's mellowed out so much with age, but he still has quite a bit of energy! So, I take him to the movies, we had Bob and Davis on one side of the theatre, Tara, Diddy Bear, and Allie in the  middle of the theatre, and Mattingly, and Alex on the other side while us adults sat up in the middle of the theatre so we could keep an eye on all the kids. All the kids were so good! Diddy fell a sleep, Alex sat the whole time and probably drove Mattingly nuts! I dont like watching movies with him because watching movies with him is like playing 1,000 questions! I could hear his questions, but they were far away and directed toward Mattingly, lol! "Why aren't they just nice to Norman?", "Mom! Where are the zombies?!", and my favorite... "What are you guys laughing at??" The movie aws funny, but like most animated movies now a days, the humor is more directed toward adults. He couldn't understand why we were laughing. It was fun and now we all have a date to go see "Hotel Transylvania" when it comes out. Should be fun!

Craigslist Fraud!!

Donald Paquette


Craigslist fraud

Submitted by Wirehairs on Fri, 2011/09/23 - 11:08am in Con-artists

Donald Paquette

1339 S SHERRILL ST, Anaheim, CA, 92804



Phone: Not given SCAM REPORT:Respond to this report!

File a Dispute! Victim of this company?

File a Report! Person pretends to be overseas/military, and buys something from you on Craigslist, sending you a fake PayPal payment, and then wants you to send money via Western Union to a "shipping company" before the funds are "released



I thought I would share my recent Craigslist experience (no, that didnt happen to me, though he tried.) We've had pretty good experiences adopting out our pets on Craigslist, so we decided to rehome Sally this way. I get this email from somebody claiming to be geting the PET (as he says it) for his wife. He says he lives in Michigan, but has a home in California where he'd be shipping Sally to. I said ok, that's cool but I'm not paying for shipping or ANYTHING! He said he'd cover the costs of shipping and the dog's rehoming fee and whatnot. I thought this was awesome!I gave him my adress and he sent me a check. This is where it starts getting fishy... He sends me the shipping money and wants me to western union the money to his shipping agent, Donald Paquette. I thought this was very odd, but I was just kind of like "lets see where this goes.." I get the check Firday, deposit it let him know I had the check in the bank and he says "ok, I need you to pull out the money TOMORROW and western union it to shipping, then we'll pick up the PET on Sunday afternoon after church?" I said "no, sorry that doesnt work. The soonest I can get anything out is Monday, but I know there's a processing wait on the check, so nothing can happen until I know the money is safe.". He starts getting pushy.. Says," ok, can you just western union the shipper $300.00?" me: "no, sorry I cant do anything until I know the money is clear".  My box is full of messages. He tells me it's a cashiers check, which is instant cash. And I need to western union the money to him no later than Monday 10:30 am! I haven't replied to him. I looked up the so said shipper on google and I found several reports of fraud!In my case he's pretending to be Angela Edwards. angelaedwards555@gmail.com. I have no idea where the check came from, but I'm positive it's forged. I'm getting in touch with my bank in the morning and i'm investigating this HOMO!! I'm so mad! I'm gonna make sure this person ends up in jail, because that is where he belongs! Thank goodness I'm not out anything, but quite a few people have lost a lot of money due to this dip stick! I'm thankful for my google everybody addiction, LOL! I even google my own name.. I'm just not exciting enough to have anything come up!

This is Me Coming Clean...

First of all, I hate the blogger format I refused to switch, but it just switched me. I dont like it...
Secondly- we have to get rid of my dogs. My sister and brother in law took Delilah and this makes me happy, but I dont know where Sally is going to end up. I've had a love hate relationship with her lately, but I'm still going to miss her. Yesterday they climbed our fence went over to the neighbors house dug up their entire front yard (they'd fertilized and seeded just on Sunday) then they shredded their chickens. Not kill, shredded! I'm so mad, because now we have to get rid of both and this makes the kids and I very sad! Why do they have to be so stupid! Anyways... Someday when we have a better fenced yard, we will get another dog! Just one, though. Keeping two big dogs is extremly expensive! I dont to small dogs. I find them irritating.
Last, but not least.. Drum roll please!! We are expecting another baby! I'm now over the "scary" part of pregnancy (even though it never stops being scary to me!) but I'm now somewhat comfortable enough to share the news! I just barely told ny kids today. On the way to my dr.. LOL! Alex said "seriously? Seriously?! I'm so excited! It better be a baby girl! I dont want another Cameron or Jonny Cakes" LOL! Those were his exact words... I told him we'll have to be happy with whatever we get because sometimes in life, we dont get to make choices. I personally think it's going to be another boy. My dr laughed at me when I told him this and then he told me he'd pray for me, lol! It's nice that he has a sense of humor!
Anyhoo! That is all for our exciting lives..

 Oh wait!! Our old house hasn't forclosed on so we decided to do a shprtsale and there is an offer on it! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!

Kidergarten

 Alex was so nervous and overwhelmed

 He didn't quite know what to do or think

 Danny giving Alex a pep talk

 Mom, what are you doing here?

All ready for his first day of school!

Alex started school this year. His first day went a little like this... We got up around 9:30 a.m.. Alex was so excited, it's all he could talk about! He was all grown up and going to school!I fed the kids breakfast, played for a short time, then fed the kids lunch. After lunch it was time to get Alex ready for school and get myself and all the kids ready for the day. By this time it was time to go outside to wait for the bus. While waiting I had a really hard time keeping it together! Alex kept saying "I know you're gonna miss me mom, but sometimes you just have to let me go.". This just made me tear up more! i couldn't believe how big he'd gotten! His bus got here and I was so busy crying my eye's out that I didnt even get a picture of him climbing on the bus for the first time. I serously cried, hard, for 20 minutes! We then went to the school to show him where to go, and I cried some more. By the time the bus had shown up I was calm and finally had a hold of myself! We waited forever for the bus to show up then we sat and watched the kids play in the blistering heat, then once the teachers called all the kids in we left.

I can homestly say that I wish kindergarten was full day. I thought i'd have a rough time, but he's not gone long enough for my to get anything done, lol! It would be cool if he was gone all day. I still have a lot of anxiety about him riding the bus. The second week of school, he got off the bus, almost in tears, saying that there was a little girl calling him garbage and obviosly it hurt his feelings! I talked to his bus driver and she exactly who the girl was because a lot of parents had complained about her being a bully. Thank goodness that it has stopped and he's having a good time! Learning lots, making friends. I'm happy for my little man. I'm very proud of him and love him so much! Everything is good!