Monthly Archives: April 2008

Happy Birthday My Husband

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I just want to say Happy Birthday to my heart and soul. You are an amazing husband and daddy and I know I don’t tell you this as much as I should. I appreciate everything in life that you do for your family and I know that I couldn’t have found a better man than you. I hope that this birthday today was everything that you wished for. You deserve it! Thank you for everything that you do for this family, for loving me unconditionally and for just being you. Thank you for being by far the best Dad I’ve EVER seen in my life. Our babies are so lucky to have you as their daddy. Happy 27th Birthday ~ I love you forever and ever and I know that we will be together as a family for all eternity.

Breakdown of your 27th Birthday ~ You worked unfortunately. You had to be to work @ 3am. Got off at 12pm and got to open up your Xbox 360. It was what you wanted since Grand Theft Auto 4 didn’t come out on the Wii. We went to dinner to your favorite place ~ Tin Tin Buffet – all you can eat Chinese food. Then back to work you went @ 7pm for a store meeting and now you’re home. Drinking a glass of wine and saving your Scooby Doo birthday cake Jayden picked out for you for tomorrow. And that basically sums up your 27th birthday. No club, no partying – just you and your family ~ and I can tell that you actually really enjoyed it that way. I love you so much!

Blessing Weekend

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We had an amazing weekend. Close to a year ago I met a girl named Jen. I met her on a message board that I used to be a part of and we became very close. She’s LDS and actually is why I am back in church. This past weekend her and her husband, David, and their adorable puppy, Lily, drove for 6 hours to come and visit us. It was the first time that we got to meet each other after chatting endless hours online and through text messaging. We had the honor of having her husband bless Ella & Jayden in church on Sunday. The blessings were so special. Gino got to hold Ella while the circle went around them. Ella didn’t scream, which I expected her to do. Jayden’s blessing was done after Sacrament in the Bishop’s office. He was such a little man. I’m really happy that he got blessed, even though it wasn’t until he was 6. I think it’s important.



She’s just full of new things!

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I have to come on here and talk about this so the date is recorded. I was folding laundry in my room and Ella was in there watching Yo Gabba Gabba – freaky show, but she LOVES it – anyways… she sees her baby brush on the floor and the Ella Mission starts. She crawls quickly over to the brush and picks it up, pulls herself up so she’s holding onto my bed and standing. Then I glance over at her and she’s standing there. Unassisted. I was so excited for her I clapped and she got excited and waved and then fell on her butt. 8 Months and 4 Days old and she’s standing on her own. This only means one thing….. walking will be coming soon. And yet another milestone that shows she’s growing much too quickly.

Waving

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This waving thing Ella’s doing is just so cute…. even at 3:15am. Ella woke up at 3:15am and stood up in her crib and started waving to us and saying “HI DADADADA!!!!” I wanted to put the covers over my head and cry, but when I opened my eyes and looked at her she had the cutest smile and her waving was just precious. She loves to wave at everything – and she gets a flirty little smile on her face as she does it. As we speak she’s waving at my wedding pictures. But my question is why is it always Hi Dada? Why can’t it be Hi Mama? It’s just another step in her life that shows she’s growing up, but I love the little personality that is shining through her. I can say one thing – she’s no doubt a Leo.

Lists

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This could qualify under Work’s For Me Wednesday, but I feel like sharing this now. I get stressed out and stressed out really easily. Today I had a table full of papers, a couch full of papers and a weight on my chest that actually hurt. I started out slow and am proud to say there’s no papers on my couch and there’s organized papers on my kitchen table. However, here I sat tonight STILL feeling stressed out. I think it’s the fact that I really have so much to do and it’s scattered in my brain and I’m scared of forgetting important things. So, I did what I love. I wrote a list. It’s a scary list. I have many things that are so important and need to be done yesterday, but still I feel better. I printed it out and it’s hanging on my fridge for me to start in on tomorrow. My goal is to at least accomplish 5 things off of it.

Lists are so wonderful. They really can make you feel so much better.

A Conversation with God

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2 days ago I was racking my brain trying to remember this thing I read that was a baby talking to God before coming to earth. I really wanted to find it, because I wanted to digiscrap it and print it out and frame it to put over Ella’s crib.

I’m a part of a forum w/mom’s who have baby’s w/the same heart condition (or heart conditions like her’s) and I just went there tonight to find that one of the girls posted it. Amazing. Absolutely amazing to me. And this is it…….

A Newborn’s Conversation with God

A baby asked God, ‘They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?’
God said, ‘Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.’

The child further inquired, ‘But tell me, here in heaven I don’t have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.’ God said, ‘Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel’s love and be very happy.’

Again the child asked, ‘And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don’t know the language?’ God said, ‘Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.’

‘And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?’ God said, ‘Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.’

‘Who will protect me?’ God said, ‘Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.’

‘But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.’
God said, ‘Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.’

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, ‘God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.’

God said, ‘You will simply call her, ‘Mom.’

Will this overwhelming feeling go away??

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Do you ever get an overwhelming feeling deep inside, yet you have no clue where it’s coming from? I feel utterly overwhelmed. It might be because I got so far behind on my work and I cannot stand having work to do built up. I’m so tempted to stay up all night sorting through papers and doing things of dire importance, but honestly where is that going to get me? NO WHERE! I’ll be exhausted for tomorrow and then things will only get worse. I think the best thing to do in this situation is…………………………………………………….. TAKE A BATH, RELAX, READ A BOOK & GO TO BED! And that is exactly what I’m going to do.

Tomorrow is a momentous day for me. If you know me you know that no matter how hard I try to keep up on things (housekeeping) I always fail. Even with the wonderful Flylady, she honestly does work, but only if I stick with it. Lately, my work and kids keep me so busy that I don’t even have much time for the Flylady. Tomorrow a house keeper is coming into my home to scrub it down from top to bottom and I’m ecstatic. I met with her today and I absolutely LOVE her! She’s so sweet and Ella even loved her. My goal is to only need her 2 days/week. I think that this overwhelming feeling burrowing inside of me will dwindle away as I put my feet up in a very clean home, with my work done. Yes, tomorrow I’m going full fledged, people. I’m putting in a full 8 hours and at the end of the day I will have a smile on my face and hopefully the best sleep of my life.

In the meantime – Twilight here I come.

Routine Method for Kids

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IT’S WORKS FOR ME WEDNESDAY!!!!!

Thanks to a wonderful blogger I got the most wonderful idea that works! See below as I explain w/pictures….
Above is a poster board and I have one row for Morning To Do and I insert little cards which some samples are below to insert into the pockets. In the morning my son wakes up runs to the chart and picks out the first card. Does that task and then moves it over to the DONE pocket. He has a set for Morning, a set for After School & a set for Before Bed.

Above are some samples of some clipart that I found at www.theideadoor.com GREAT WEBSITE!! And I printed them out on colorful 4×6 cards. There’s even a card that has music notes, which means practice piano.

Above you will find Jayden’s reward chart. He gets a sticker for each set of pockets that he empties. He gets a sticker for the day if he does his homework (which is not in the pocket) and if he gets no x’s (bad marks) at school for the day. Then I leave one last chance for him to earn a sticker which is called Mom’s choice. I usually have him help pick up Ella’s toys or something to do w/her.

So, this totally works for us! I’m really thankful for this wonderful bloggin’ mom who threw this idea out there for me, because it really helps. I love that I can mix the cards up for after school. I try to keep morning & night routines the same, but after school it’s a surprise which cards will be in there.

To find out what works for others head over to Shannon’s Blog.

My Hungry Monster

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Here is how excited Ella gets when given “real” food. If you can’t tell by the picture she now poses when she sees the camera being brought out. She definitely is a Leo…. even more than her mama is.