Funny, Strange, Family Secret.....

This post is more for my kids, future grandkids, great greandkids and so forth....


The other day, I was over at my sisters (Nadja's) house. My parents were there, and my dad told me that if we needed any help with moving he'd come help (said he'd be our negro, only.... you know.) and Nadja and him started laughing, saying, yeah, you can ectually say that , because you actually are one.. I was completly lost, had no idea what they were talking about, so I asked. Who's black? They both looked at me "oh yeah, you were'nt here" great great grandpa Lines was half African American, half Native American. My jaw kind of dropped.. We always knew there was a huge "family secret" but only a coulpe people actually knew. Back when g-pa was alive, being half African American was pretty much an abomination, so it was kept a huge secret. Why it wasn't brought up in the last 50 years, though, I dont know..... My uncle knew, and his dad, but still a secret. So, my great aunt, and her kids went and got their genetics tested, and sure enough (among other things) African American... We always talked about how grandpa looked black, but never did we ever think that he was. We just thought he was a really dark Native American.. Anyways, Danny has had all types of fun calling me racial slurs.. It makes me laugh! He says I can say and do certain things because I'm black now, hahaha! So, now my children will know that their great, great, great, great (is that too many?) grandpa was half African American, and to their future wives and husbands. There is a small chance of having a baby that might not look white...

Our Life as of Late....

Alex "listening" to baby brother
Helping mommy make dinner

These little boys are completly AWESOME!

My belly is quickly getting HUGE!!! (belly at 26 wks, 3 days)

Hhmmmmm.... Where to begin... So, about three months ago we again tried to to get a loan mod on our house (this was the fourth or fith time we've tried to get the bank to work with us...) Still, it was a no go! You'd think they'd rather help somebody keep their house than have another forclosure, but,no... So we will be moving very soon! Right now our house choices are 1.) Trailer down the street for really cheap rent. 2.) One of our good friends has a trailer down in Overdale (inbetween Logandale and Overton) that he's said he'd do a lease option on for us, but with very high interest rate. (we're seriously looking at this option.. We can refi the loan once we are able to) or 3.) My cousins have a house that they are going to be renting out, but they are unsure what they are going to be charging for rent. (bottom of the list, most likely...) It's a little rough on me, being unsure as to exactly when the bank is going to kick us out (preferably before the baby gets here....) and not knowing exactly where we'll be living is kind of stressfull! I like having everything planned out. I guess I'm not very spontaneous, i'm a planner (hahaha!). I'm already out of energy from being pregnant and chasing two crazies around all day. I really need to start packing, I just haven't found the drive yet. I see complete chaos when everything is said and done. I'll either be moving when I'm giant and hugely pregnant, or with a tiny newborn. Either way, I kind of have a hard time seeing it be very easy...

Updates...

Danny has started his new job at the Best Lumber (I dont know what they are calling it now..) in Mesquite. He has a few jobs lined up to be starting up real soon and one job he got while he was at work, at Best Lumber. We are very excited about this! He's been so busy the last week and a half. Most nights he falls asleep on the couch and IF i can wake him up, i can get him to the bed, but most nights he sleeps on the couch because when he's asleep he's in a coma!

Alex and Cam are doing super good! Cam has been a little fussy the last week or two, refusing to eat. I dont know if he's feeling the stress, terrible two's, or if there's actually something wrong. Oh, he's also been sleeping alot... Maybe he's going through a growth spurt? Alex is still Alex, haha! He's getting excited about new baby brother. He talks to him, gives him kisses, puts his ear up to my tummy trying to hear Jonathan cry, the other day he was playing tag with him. He's finally decided that it was fun to help mommy cook, clean, and be a boss... Yeah, he thinks he's the boss... My boys are tons of fun, even though they can sometimes drive me nuts. I am doing good! Just a worn out old lady, so I feel most days. Most days I'm busy with cleaning, laundry, cooking, chasing, running around. It wears and tears at me quite a bit. Somedays all I do is sit on the couch (this is something I do when I dont get enough sleep at night). Sleep..... This baby sits really low on my pevic bone, which causes alot of pelvic "discomfort" and causes me to use the bathroom very often. I wake up about every two to three hours at night to go to the pottie. So, when the baby gets here I'll be all ready for the waking up every hour or what... I'm so excited for another boy! I'm a little nervous about everything, but super excited! Anyhoo.... ENOUGH rambling, hahaha!

New Years Resolutions (or might I say goals)

This year my goals are.....
1.Stop being so ornery!
2.Be a better wife/mother
3. Be a better house keeper! With every kid you add to the mix, it seems to get harder and harder to keep the house clean!! (that and Danny seems to get messier with age...)
4.Learn to cook well! I always go through little "cooking phases" but they never seem to last....
5.Being more patient! (this one is a hard one for me! I'm only patient to a certain degree before I lose my mind!)
6. To lose ALL my baby weight (after he's born of course) with in 3 months of popping the little nugget out!

New Years

So, you know I'm bored when I blog about nothing, hahaha! This year for New Years Eve, we stayed home (as we usually do) and watched a movie. I guess I dont care that much about celebrating a new year. While Danny and I were watching our movie, I fell asleep on the couch (about 10:30) then he woke me up at about 11:30 telling me I'm not supposed to sleep yet. I told his I was just too tired to stay awake and wanted to go to bed, so I did :). He "tried" to wake me up at 12, but I was too tired to even wake up long enough to say happy new year, hahaha! Yeah, I was an awesome date!
Here's to hopefully a better year than 2010! 2010 was much better than 2009 (tons better!) but our little economy still needs much improvement! Hopefully this year brings plentifull (in every way possible) to all!

Christmas 2010

Danny trying to get the Bumble Bee transformer together for Alex

Both kids got bikes, but Alex prefers Cam's

Cam sat there and played with his little learning kitchen the whole time, so i opened his presents.

Danny's just being a dork :-p

Alex helping grandma play the piano while us adults try to sing along to the carols.. Lets just say "12 Days Of Christmas" will never be the same, hahaha!

The tree! It looks like there are alot mre presents than there acutally was... Most of them are stacked ontop of a chair. Thats why they are piled so high.

Danny Singing "O Holy Night". My favorite Christmas song!

Christmas Dinner :)

Cam got to sleep in our bed for a couple hours the morning after Christmas

Alex and Uncle Bob




This year Christmas was really laid back! Christmas Eve we went to the Bradfords for dinner and some "carol singing". Let's just say, it was pretty funny listening to us try to remember all the words to all the songs. When we got home, we put the kids to bed and started on the gift wrapping. We had gotten alot of it done, so we were only up until about 11:30. We go to bed, and are asleep and at about 5:00 a.m., Alex runs into our room. I told him Santa hasn't come yet and he needs to go back to bed. He walks to the door, ran back and says "mom, i'm gonna throw up." . As soon as he says that, he throws up all over the floor! So, we go sit in the hall way while I try to convince him to go back to bed, offered him some saltines. He takes one bite and throws up again. I then gave him some pepto, take him back to our room, put him into bed, a few min later, "mom, i'm gonna throw up.". He climbs onto the floor and throws up all over a towel that was on the floor. He climbes back into bed, (by now its almost 6) and finally falls asleep. We slept until about 7:30 when Cam woke up. We all went into the living room and opened our gifts! I got a new sewing machine! I was so excited! I also got a big Geroge Forman grill, purple android phone (which I love), and some new shoes. Cam got a new bike, little learning kitchen, transformers, cars (from grandma, uncle Bob, Aunt Janis &Uncle Mark) and a shopping cart which he loves to push his monkey around in! Alex got a new bike, transformers, bakughan (how ever you spell that, Uncle Bob) a little nerf "shooter" as he calls it, clothes, Car (Aunt Janis & Uncle Mark) and Danny got the usual socks, underwear, pajama bottoms, boots, coffee maker, coffee, a new farberwear set. Anyhoo, that morning, we went to Nadja and Nathan's for some hootananis :) ate breakfast. Come home Cam and Danny go take a nap while Alex and I stay awake and play with our new toys :) (i spent this time trying to figure out how to use my phone). Later in the evening, my family came over and we had our shrimp boil. Uncle Bob stayed at our house, which the kids loved! They absolutly adore him! At 11:30, I completly crashed! I was pretty exhausted! This year, I've got to say was the best Christmas ever! It was so peacfull!

27 Years!!! AAAHHHHH!!!!

Yesterday was my birthday! I cant believe that I'm already 27 years old! It scares me a little to be so close to 30! I dont think that i've done anything for my birthday since before Alex was born, so it's been 4 years! I usually just stay home and Danny makes me something yummy for dinner, but this year, Danny took me out! I didnt know I'd enjoy it so much! A night without the kidos! First, we went to see Harry Potter, pretty good movie! It was so long, though (even though I knew this going in) and I was so hungry! When we got out I decided I wanted to eat some cajun food. Danny found this little resturaunt on his phone called Lola's, A Louisiana Kitchen. It was a little resturaunt on Charelston. Man was the food good! Even Danny liked it and he's picky about his cajun food! After we ate, Danny took me on a shopping spree to Burlington Coat Factory in Henderson. I've only been there a couple times before, but holy cow! I got some maternity clothes, cute ones, for like $5.00, $6.00, and most expensive, $14.00! I went a little overboard, i have to admit! We got a new bedding set (i'll post pics later..) Alex got some new clothes, Danny some new boots, almost $500.00 later... (I'm serious! we spent sooooo much money!) We went to Walmart to get Alex some transformers for Christmas. When we got there, Danny being a transformers fan him self, we got Alex more than he needed, but Danny was happy! We also got Alex his first bike! I cant wait for him to see it Christmas morning! $100.00 later, we were leaving. Now we have to get Cam a little tricycle because I told Danny that it wasn't fair that Alex get a bike and not Cam. So everytime I think i'm done with the kids' shopping, i'm not... Anyway, I had soooo much fun! I usually hate spending money, especially since it's so tight right now, but, it was a blast! Oh, Danny got me a new baby swing, new pair of pajama's, and the boys got me a new pair of slippers. LOVE IT!!! I got rediculasly spoiled!

It's a Boy!!

It's a boy! I'm trying to upload images, but for some reason it wont work!

Anyway, today was my 20 ultra soud. Baby Jonathan (yes i named him that along time ago!) looks great! Like his big brothers, he measures a week small, but completly healthy! I told Alex that he was going to have another baby brother and he wants a sister. What can you do, though, right? I thought I'd be alittle sad if I found out it was another boy, but the truth is, I'm so excited! I'm not even dissapointed! I went to Babies R Us and got a couple packs of onezies (which were on sale for $4.oo for a 6 pack!) I got me a new diaper bag/back pack. I think it will be more practical! I so can not wait to meet little Jonny Boy! I can just tell he's going to be adorable :)