Mom fail

Not my first and most likely not my last. Serena lost her her tooth yesterday while she was at school. She got to go to the nurse and get a cute little tooth shaped container to put her tooth in to bring home. My girl was so proud. This was the 2nd of her 2 front teeth. She was so excited for the tooth fairy to come. Mama cringe. I only had one dollar and some change to put under her pillow. That's ok, we are still recovering from recession and that tooth fairy does have to come to our house quite often as we have a lot of little mouths losing teeth. Anyway....

We had a fun evening at home playing and reading new books. We even took a walk. Serena helped me give baby p his bath and then took her bath. It was bed time and mom was tired too. So shortly after the kids went to sleep, I went to bed and passed out! 4am..Payton wakes up and as I am half asleep feeding him I remember that the tooth fairy needs to come. Ummm I put that baby to bed and stumbled back to my room. Fast forward to 6am. I am halfway through my shower when I remember once again that the tooth fairy has yet to come.

I was going to sneak down and get it down real quick when I notice that Serena is awake and laying on the couch. She asked if it was morning time yet and I said no to stay ther and try to sleep. I went to get some "laundry" from downstairs and did what needed to be done.

When I got back upstairs Rena was still awake and told me the fairy hadnt been here yet. I suggested she was running late and would probably be there soon.......

I leave before everyone else is up and ready, but Tim said Rena had her dollar in hand. I think I may have pulled it off! Definitly will remember to do it sooner next time. That was close.

Weekend ReCap

I know I know. It Wednesday. And I am slow to update. I have been a busy lady. Remember when I posted about working part time and staying home with the kids? Yeah so that is not what is happening at the minute. My full time employer is too short handed and sked if I could stay on for a while. So me the gluten for punishment said yes. This is one of my biggest flaws. It is so hard for me to say no. So now we no longer have a baby sitter, she got notice when I gave notice! I am working all week this week, will be off next week for spring break. Then I am going to try 2 days a week at my day job and 2 nights a week and one weekend day at my other job. Ugh. Craziness. Oh my sweet mama is going to watch the baby when I do work. Thanks mom!

Oh wow. That was way off track. Back to the weekend. Friday night Tim worked so I was home with 3 kiddos. I think we went to the store to get a few things for the weekend and then just played. Sad that I don't remember that far back! Saturday we had some gorgeous weather and we stayed outside all weekend. I got some new flowers planted. I took some pics and will post those soon.

Saturday night we had my neices stay the night. Whats 2 more kids? Ha. They all had a great time. We went to the local flea market Sunday morning. That always makes for some good exercise and fun people watching. I did find some table I would like to buy and re paint. If they are there next week they are mine!!

I also had Monday off and my sister in law was in town. I wish we had more than one day together here and there. We always have fun. She took some great pictures and I will see if she can post them for me.

We have some fun things planned for Spring Break and I can't wait. Hopefully the weather stays nice.

Our big wonderful family

I don't have a recent picture of all of us together. Sad I know. This is 4 out of the 6 kids taken around Christmas 2010. Before baby Payton was even thought about! We have a blended family, but I think it still counts as a big family since together we have 6 children. We have them all together occasionally. And let me tell you, those are the best moments in our family. I love a house full of happy children. We all get a long pretty good and have some great times together. Now there are times when kids will be kids and there is arguing and what not. But the craziness of it all I love!

If I didn't have to go through pregnancy and a c-section to have kids I would love to have more. I know I know......CRAZY. But the kids keep me young. Maybe adoption will be in our future?!!!

This weekend we only have 4 out of the 6 as some of the older kids have other stuff going on. We have planned a day outside planting flowers and playing in the mud. You better believe I plan on taking some pictures. Have a wonderful weekend.

"In the Spring, at the end of the day you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood

Straight A's!!!!

My oldest son Jaxon got straight A's on his report card. For the 3rd straight quarter in a row!! This mama could not be more proud!! He is such a good child. He is so sweet and smart. He is in the advanced program at his school. How he got this smart, I dont know. He gets things. I mean like adult things that I dont think he will understand. And then he can explain them in a way that his little sister can understand. How cool is that? Yep I am pretty proud. If he gets straight A's for the whole year I am going to have to do something spectacular for him! I am thinking of things to do.

My latest obsession

Grabbed this pic from google. Its the Hunger Games nail polish line from China Glaze. OMG I am obsessed. All of these colors are freakin adorable. My step daughter Layne has bought a lot of these. And I have bought a few also. We are sharing them. I think we have like 8 or 9 of the colors. I said we were obsessed! I think I like them because they are not all pink and purely girl colors. That and I am over the top about the books. Don't get me started about the movie. This is worse than Twilight obsession folks. Have you all read the books? Going to see the movie?

I have read all 3 of the books while I was pregnant. They are supposed to be for young adults. But once I started reading, I could.not.stop! The movie comes out this weekend and if Layne was not out of town you know we would be seeing it. We have plans to see it next weekend. We got Layne a gift card for Christmas just for this reason!

When we first got the nail polish, I painted everyone of my nails a different color. They all go together so well I thought it looked kinda cool. I am a total nerd I know. While on the topic of nail polish....I got some that smells like coconuts when it dries. I have not tried it yet but I am anxious to see how a nail polish can smell good!

Very random post but I am stupid excited about going to see a movie with my oldest step daughter!

Changes

I have some awesome news! I am so very excited.....As of next week I will only be working one job! This means that I will be at home during the day with my sweet baby boy Payton. Also I will be there to get the big kids ready to go in the morning and be there when they get off the bus. I am thrilled beyond belief. This is a decision that took a while to come too. Tim and I took a look at the budget and came up with a plan that will work for me to stay home during the day. We will actually be saving a butt load of money in daycare. I will still work as a massage therapist some evenings and on the weekends.

Payton had surgery a month ago and has been doing pretty good for the most part. He has had 2 UTI's sonce surgery. These are not fun. When he gets them he runs a fever and just does not feel good. We are in the middle of one right now. He does not sleep well with these surprise surprise. I think with me being home, we will have a better schedule and this will help his sleeping. A mother can only hope right?!

I am a sleep deprived maniac right now. Have any of you ever been so tired you feel like you are drunk? I feel this way today. And for the last 5 days.

So yay for me and staying home with the kiddos!

Monday

Oh Monday how I have come to not like you. Its not just the beginning of the week, it's a long day for me. I work both jobs on Mondays and dont get home till after 10pm. Today feels a little worse because we (Payton and I) did not get much sleep last night. The little man was up just about every 2 hours last night. I think he is teething and the laying flat is not feeling good for him. If I elevate the head of his bed he rolls down and wakes up! We need to find something to help. I can not continue to function and work 2 jobs on 4 hours or less of sleep.

I need a mattress in my office. And an hour long lunch/nap break! Hope everyone else's Mondays are going good.

Just hangin out!! We had a story night. Tim was at work and we all go tin comfy clothes, put a bunch of blankets on the floor and told stories. But not just any stories. Jaxon would start then Rena would pick it up, then I would go. We did this in a circle for about a half an hour! Oh the places we went!! We were on a ship in Hawaii, on an iceburg in Alaska. We ended up in an orange orchard in Florida! It was so fun and the kids have such great imaginations. If we can't go to these places for real, this is definitly how I want to do it!

Payton has recovered from surgery. You would never know he had anything done. Such a strong little boy. He leaks through everything. So we have come up with a solution. We put a poise pad around his little waist and then his diaper on normal. Works for us!! We go back to the dr in April to look at his kidney and see when his next surgery will be!

Life as a stepmother

Good afternoon. I am linking with another blogger, Kelly's Corner, to share about being a step mother. This I can tell you is something that came easy to me Thank goodness! Tim and I first started dating 4 years ago. We had a lot in common. We both had children from previous relationships. I am going to be honest about a few things on here! Sorry ahead of time if I offend anyone!
At first we just saw each other on the nights when we did not have our kids. As things got more serious between us we slowly introduced ourselves to the others children. I think it was easier for Tim as my children were pretty young (Jaxon was 5 and Rena was 2). They instantly loved him. Of course there have been issues along the way. Tim had a hard time adjusting to someone else's kids living in his house more than his own kids do. I had a hard having Tim tell me how I should handle their disipline.

Tim's kids are a little bit of a different story. We only have Layne on a regular basis. We get to see Campbell some but I dont feel like it is ever enough. Then there is Cole. Who I have only met one time. The kiddo turned 4 last year and Tim hasnt seen him since he was 2. We are in a battle right now and are getting things figured out. Soon Cole will be at the house on weekends! So Layne and I get a long pretty well. She is a great kid. It took some time for her and I to adjust. She was used to having him to herself when she came over and I was barging in on their time. Not only me but me and the kids. It is better now but there are still hard times.

I read something somewhere and after I did it helped me a lot. God put love in your heart for your biological kids. You knew from the positive pregnancy test that you would love this child like no one you have ever loved before. God did not put that same love in your heart for your step children. This is a love that has to grow on its own. I remember that anytime I think about how it took Tim time to adjust to my kids.

I think we have all adjusted well and make the best out of our situation. I love Tim's kids. And he loves mine. We all grow and change and readjust together.