Elyse is One!!

I can't believe it's been a year since this little girl joined our family! She is such a sweet little girl! She loves everybody (tho she does have stranger danger issues). She is a total daddy's girl, but when she is hurt, scared, sick, or sleepy, she wants her momma! This day is so clear in my mind. One year ago, I was sitting in a hospital, waiting to be wheeled up to labor and delivery. Right in this very hour. I remember there being sick people EVERYWHERE and I was getting impatient! I did NOT want to catch whatever they had! I was about to have a baby!! We waited in the E.R. waiting area for about an  hour and a half because the nurse thought we'd left (I know, right??!). I guess we weren't in plain sight. I was staying away from all the illness, so I guess we were kind of hiding. I was wheeled up, got into my sexy hospital gown, started triage, got hooked up to monitors, got an IV then the nurse comes in and said Dr. S and Dr. M were there and ready! Waiting on me!! When does that ever happen??!! Then everything started happening fast! My phone was dead from all the phone calls and text messages i'd been making and receiving during the day. I got on my IPad and sent my sister a Facebook message to tell her it was happening A.S.A.P. so they should all hurry!! I got wheeled back to my O.R. and I was in there forever!! Dr. M and Dr. S were there the whole time, making me laugh my butt off! I got my anesthesia and about 20 min later, she was here! Tiny and cute, safe and sound. I later found out that she was born just in time to save her life. The placenta had died and she would've, too. This first year has been quite a trip! Long hospital stay because of a bladder infection at seven weeks old. Illness after illness.. This poor little girl is quite the little trooper!!! She is always so happy and rarely complains. Even when she's not feeling her best. Tonight we celebrate with pizza! As you can see, she quite fancies it!! Tomorrow when daddy is here we'll have a nice little shin-dig. Cake and ice cream!! Yum yum! I sure do love this sweet little Princess!!! She is so much fun!!

Doodles Is Five!!!

Cam turned five on Feb 27. I'm lame and am just getting to posting! I have pics, but they are on my camera, and I'm on my Ipad. He had preschool on his birthday, which made it easy for last minute shopping and cleaning for his party!! Two hours with only one kid running around! It makes it easier, trust me!! We had all the cousins, and grandparents come over. We sang happy birthday. We had cake and ice cream. It was a good time!! I am having a hard time with him being five! this means I will have TWO kids in school next year. This FREAKS me out!!! It means I only have two more kids before they are all in school! I'm sure there will be a time when I'm glad all my kids are in school, but for now, I can't wrap my head around that! I'm not cool with it! 

I sure do love my little Doodle Bug! He is such a sweet little boy, with such a strong personality! I'm one lucky momma to have such amazing kids!

Heavy on the Mind...

Danny has decided to apply for LVMPD!! He put in his application a week or so ago. It seems only natural. Everybody in his family is either a cop or in construction. Since building has pretty much come to a halt, he's been working at Lloist (Chem Lime) for the last two and a half years. He hates  his job!! He said he'll continue to work there if he doesn't get on with LVMPD. But, we're hoping for LVMPD!! With that being said.. One of my Facebook friends posted a video the other week. It was a cop in Florida, I think, who had stopped a truck. He had drugs pulled out of the truck one guy leaning against the truck, another still in the truck. The police officer told the guy who was standing outside of the truck to take off his jacket and put his hands back onto the truck. The guy kind of resisted, but started to take off his jacket. While this was happening, the guy still in the truck started to get out. The cop yelling for him to stay in the truck, the guy keeps coming. The officer draws his gun, and the guy starts shooting the officer in the chest, over and over again. Then the guy who was leaned against the car grabs his gun an starts shooting over and over again! The cop was probably shot around 30+ times.. All caught on his car-cam. I know this doesn't happen everyday, but it does happen!! It terrifies me!! After seeing this video, Danny becoming a cop and possibly getting shot to death has been heavy on my mind a lot lately. I've of course always had a just-in-case plan, but I do NOT like to think about the possibility of him passing away. We ARE supposed to grow old together, and die together like in "The Notebook" (haha cheesy, I know..) But, this is my plan! (I type with tears in my eyes...) The thought "what would I do?" comes to mind all the time. Who would take care of the kids and I? Who would watch the kids if I had to go work full time? How would I even face the day? How could I come home to an "empty" home everyday? Am I strong enough to get through something like that? So many things run through my mind... Being a cop, you could get killed! KILLED!! I know his job now has some risks, being a contractor has risks, but NONE of them are being SHOT! I freak out if he's a few minutes late getting home from work. I worry about him falling asleep and crashing his car. I worry everyday that he's not home. I worry too much! I guess that I just worry too much.... I also worry about what Danny would do if I died young. Who he'd remarry to. Would I approve of her raising my kids? Would she love my family as much as I do? Of course I'd have no say, but, hopefully he'd make the right decision!! Hopefully he'd find an amazing babysitter. And so on...  Anyways... I hate the subject of death. I've dealt with many deaths, but they're usually grandparents, aunts, uncles. A few cousins, but none recent. Friends. Friends of friends.. It all just sucks!! I just wanted to get this all out of my head! I don't like thinking about it. Hopefully it'll go away now that I've "written" it all down...

Alex is Seven!

Last Saturday, February 1, Alex turned seven!! He's had the "most epic two days!" (his words). Friday after he got home from school and Danny received a text from Alex's friends mom. (They're in our ward, she didn't have my number, our house phone is broken and is now a toy. Her husband had Danny's number. Just had to clarify...). His friend Brock wanted Alex to play over at his house. Alex was SO excited!! I dropped Alex off and he stayed for almost two hours, without me! Most parents are probably like, "So what? Big deal..." For Alex, this is a HUGE deal!! He's attached to me by the hip! He worries when I'm not around. It was AMAZING for him to play for a couple hours, at his friends house! I got a text from Marquessa (Brock's mom) saying that she was bringing Alex home because he told her he was ready. When she dropped Alex off we invited Marquessa and Brock over for cake and ice cream Saturday afternoon. We usually just have a small family get together. Our house is too small to hold a bunch of people. The cousins (on my side) were all here. Aunts and uncles were here. Sister from another mother was here with her kids. Last, but not least. Brock and Marquessa were here! It was fun. We had cake and ice cream. Stupid me didn't get enough balloons for every single child (ghasp!)  Lara's older three took a balloon, Brock took a balloon, and I had two. Needless to say, my kids fought over the balloons for three days (until the balloons lost air).  Note to self: buy enough balloons for EVERY SINGLE kid! Lesson learned. Alex opened his presents. Brock gave Alex art supplies! Alex's favorite thing in the world is to draw and write books! Grandma gave him $5!! I got him "Cloudy With a Chance of Meat Balls 2", Mine Craft (on his nabi), and Danny got him a "skate board". We have long hallways of laminate flooring in our house. I've had fun riding the "skate board" through our house.  Who says your too old to play with your kids' scooter? Not I!
We've watched "Cloudy With a Change of Meat Balls" only about 12 times this past week.. "Free Birds" is now out on dvd-blu ray. Guess what Cam's getting for his birthday??!!! It's in a few weeks, so that is what he gets! He can not wait for his birthday! He asked if Brock could come to his party, too. I told him if Brock can, he's invited! Gotta LOVE "birthday season!!" ! That's it for now. I'm so lucky to have my amazing, healthy kids! I love them all so much!

Everything and Stuff

This weekend (the  24th) Danny and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary (woohoo!!). We went to Mesquite and we saw "Lone Survivor", then after we went to dinner at The Panda Garden. Our waiter was terrible!! We went birthday shopping for Alex, then came home.
We've all been battling a terrible chest/sinus cold thingy... We've all had such terrible coughs!! It has not been fun! My nephew was diagnosed with influenza recently. It terrifies me! I do NOT want any of my kids to come down with it, but I'm super worried about Elyse, since she is only 10 months old. I HATE illness!!! I'd like to just keep my children in a plastic bubble this time of year. I know keeping them from all illness would do nothing for their immune systems, but it's frustrating for me!
Lice is going around the Elementary school. I got a letter stating that somebody in Alex's class had lice. They checked all the kids and said that they should continue to be checked for the next two weeks.  I'm not cool with lice.. If one kid gets it, it's a matter of time before the entire family and or school gets it. It's disgusting!! (no, Alex does not have it.)
Soon, our family "Birthday Season" will be in full force! You know how there's a holiday season that consists of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years? Well, we have "Birthday Season" it start's with Alex- on Feb. 1. then Cam- Feb. 27, then Elyse- March 13, then last but not least, Jonny- April 11. We really did try to spread them out, but it didn't end up that way. We are happy that we have all our little munchkins, even if their birthdays are super close to each other!! It gets expensive, being  a couple months after Christmas, but it's cool!
For today- we are ditching church.. We all still have coughs and runny noses. I think that the "sickness" part is over with, but our coughs and constant nose blowing is quite annoying!
Life has been pretty uneventful. Doing the day to day thing. Life is good!! I can't complain too much!

Happy New Year!!

2013 has brought us so much!! Our last baby, and first daughter was born. Pregnancy with her was interesting... Kidney stones, blood thinner shots, Rogham shots (with every pregnancy.), gestational diabetes... It was fun!! Ending up in the hospital when she was seven weeks old for a nasty bladder infection!! We found out she had VUR. I'm so over it... And, I swear. Everything that goes around, she catches!! All my kids do. It gets frustrating. I'm sick of having sick kids! Back to the good- Like I said. Sweet Elyse was born. Alex finished kindergarten and started the first grade. We are so lucky that both teachers were/are amazing!! Cam started preschool. He LOVES Mrs. Myrna and the "white" teacher (referring to her blonde hair). Jonathon refuses to nap in his room, so Elyse does. I pretty much let him sleep where he lays down for naps, I know I'm horrible. Jonathon is Mommy's good little helper! Elyse thinks she rules the house. She is little Queeny in the making! It doesn't help that she is completely spoiled! Danny got a promotion at work (forever ago) and is the Kiln assistant. I still don't know exactly what that entails, but he assists the kiln! LOL! Though he loves  his schedule, it's not my favorite.. He works four days, then three off. Work three days, then two off. Work three days, then three off. Work four days, then seven off. He gets two weekends off a month. It feels like I NEVER see him on his work days. As for me. I try my hardest to keep this house somewhat livable. My kids are slobs. It's hard when they are so young. Alex gets tired of doing everything. Cam is A.D.D. like his mother. He gets side tracked very easily. Jonathon will put something away, just to pick it up three seconds later to play with it. I'm convinced that he likes everything out where he can see it. Elyse is a baby, clean is not in her vocabulary. I'm sure my hubby gets tired of coming home to toys everywhere. I'm tired of it, too. I have tried to train my kids to keep their toys in their rooms. I have failed. I have not made any stupid resolutions this year. I never stick to them EVER! I just hope that I can become the person/mother/wife I strive to be. Although, I do hope that I can sleep train Elyse. She has been so spoiled up to this point. Hearing her or any of my babies cry, makes me nervous. When they get big, it doesn't bother me, but infants!! I can't stand it. She sleeps in Danny's and my room. It's the only place available, unless we put her in Jonny's room. Then they'd both cry all night. I want her sleeping better before I move her, but it's hard to let her cry when she's right next to your bed! I've sadly contemplated moving her crib into my closet, just so I wouldn't have to hear her cry. My mommy guilt kicks in and I pick her up. I know it only takes a couple days of crying before they just stop, but it's hard for me. I have visions of my babies dying. It'll happen. I will sleep all night again! I'm so thankful for everything that I have.  I am very lucky! I'm looking forward to, hopefully, an amazing year this year.

We Need a Little Christmas!!

Okay, so I've had a really hard time getting into the Christmas spirit, this year. I have no reason to not be excited! Danny worked his tail off so we'd have enough money to buy presents. But, still. I've not really "felt" it this year. I really want Christmas to be about Jesus' birthday, not about presents. I'm trying to teach the kids that it's not all about Santa, reindeer, and presents. I told them that if it weren't for the birth of Jesus, there would be no reason to celebrate. There'd be no Santa or presents. I guess it frustrates me. I do get it, though. When I was little it was all about presents, and who got what, and more, ect.. I love the imagination of little kids. I wish I could go back to the time when I believed in Santa, leprechauns, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, and so on. I love to see the excitement in their eyes. Especially on Christmas morning when they see all the presents for the first time. It does bring joy to my heart, but it's just so much. I know there will be a time when they get the true meaning of Christmas, and that it's not because of Santa and presents. Christmas is just such a selfish holiday. it's all about the "I wants". I get a list of "I want" all year round. I want this, I want that. Mom, can I get that for Christmas? I know it'll possibly be this way their entire lives. The truth is, is we already have so much. So much to be thankful for. It seems like that is never enough. We cant be thankful for the toys we have,. The toy that have been sitting in the bottom of our toy box's for the past year. We don't care that we've lost interest in them. We want more, because it's never enough. I'm not wanting to be a "lame" mom who doesn't get her kids presents to teach them a lesson. I just don't want to give them everything they want. I do want them to learn. I do want them to be humble, and thankful. Someday they will see, I'm sure. There's more to life than presents.