HELP!!!!!

Does anyone have an old cell phone that uses a sim card? My phone isn't letting other people hear me when i talk and we don't have a land line so I'm pretty much COMPLETELY cut off from communicating with people! I can hear things just fine but you won't be able to hear me. I think Devin is the culprit. Anyways please let me know and I'll somehow get in touch with you. I'll make you any dessert you want if you have one to donate to a poor single mom!

Climbers

I was pretty impressed by the kids today at the park. I had no idea Caroline loved to climb so much and I think she's pretty good. Maybe this is common for a 3 1/2 yr old, probably but still its cool to me.

This is how high she got up all by herself. She was so proud of herself and kept saying, "I'm being so braver today!" It was really cute.

Not to be outdone by his big sister Devin also had to find something to climb and conquer.

He was also impressed by himself as well.

As for me I'm amazed that I've lasted this long and can't for Shawn's mom to come in tomorrow. I'm exhausted. I have no desire to clean, cook, exercise or really do anything by the time naptime rolls around, so its become my naptime too. I'd write more but I"m about to throw the keyboard across the room b/c Devin somehow jammed the space key and made it VERY difficult to use. I need a nap!

What Cuties!

Today was a great day to be a mom. My kids behaved really well (other than jumping off furniture at a friends house) and said and did some pretty adorable stuff. First in the morning Devin saw Caroline getting dressed and ready for the day. Wanting to be just like his big sister Devin decided it was also time to get dress and ran into his room searched through his shirts grabbed the same shirt he saw Caroline wearing and ran up to me and said, "on, on." It was really cute and I"m pretty sure Caroline was flattered. Later on we were headed out the door and Caroline commented that my shirt looked beautiful (it doesn't take much to be beautiful it was an old polo shirt) and asked if she looked pretty too. I told her that of course she did and then Caroline said some of the nicest things I've ever heard. She said,"I just want to be like you." All in all a great day for everyone. I love days like this. I just thought I'd document it for the wonderful years ahead when she tells me she hates me, at least for now she likes me.

One Month To Go!!!

Well Shawn should be back in one month from today! This first month has gone by pretty quick and I hope the next one goes by just as fast. I have had so many people help me out with the kids its really been wonderful! Several people have invited us over for dinner or to hang out and I even had one person watch the kids so I could go grocery shopping all by myself. I must say I really appreciate the pity! I"m taking everyone up on their offers and its been really fun. Its still kind of a roller-coaster of emotions. Some days my kids can do no wrong and the next I want to crawl in bed and sleep (I"m not depressed just really tired) and then the next day everything they do bugs me. Its crazy. I'm also planning on having a few people over for dinner b/c I'm realizing that we don't really eat a lot when Shawn's gone so I really need to get some people over to eat! Anyways that's what's going on here! We're having a good time but really miss our daddy/husband.

Mrs. Fix It

So I had a horrible experience the night I got home from Utah. I was climbing into bed, pulled on the string to turn off the light on the ceiling fan and leave the fan on and nothing happened. Call me dramatic but I cried a little. All I wanted was to go to sleep in a nice cold bed and listen to the hum of the fan. Well a few nights have passed and I've had enough. So this morning I decided to attempt to try and fix the problem. I had no clue what I was doing but thought I may as well try or continue to go without the nice hum and coldness that I love for another month. To my surprise I fixed it! I have absolutely no clue what I did but oh well. I pulled on a few things and moved stuff around and it seems to have fixed the problem. The only thing is when I tried to put the screws back in it didn't work so for now our ceiling fan is showing off all its parts (as you can see above.) I don't care I"m glad I got lucky and can now look forward to a nice cold night of sleep. Shawn you'd be proud of me!

Project #1

So here is my first project I've decided to do while Shawn is away. If you can't tell its a nursing cover. I decided I was tired of having blankets being kicked off of me and spending $40 on one isn't really in our budget, so I made one. I really like it. Definitely worth the 2 hours spent on it, and I"m slower than molasses when it come to making things. It only cost about $12 to make and I have enough stuff to make another. I"m really excited about all my projects, next up a Cinderella dress for Caroline's Halloween costume. I'm pretty sure its going to kick my butt. Luckily I have a friend who is an excellent seamstress and can help me along the way. If in a week I post an entry filled with profanity you can guess it isn't going well. We'll see how I do! I also need to make chaps and a vest for Devin's cowboy costume, a Christmas dress for Caroline, pj dress, Halloween bags, and maybe some stockings. I know I may only get the costumes done but I it's really nice to have something to keep me busy. This may be a boring blog for a while but not much else is going on.

There's no place like home (this is really long)

Too bad it doesn't really feel like home since Shawn won't be here for a while. The trip was great! The flight up was alright but from here to Phoenix I would have loved to have more space. I will never forgive the woman in front of me who pushed her seat back so I had about 2in. to move around me. Not fun. Thankfully once we landed the next leg of the trip we had our very own row! I probably would have cried otherwise. We started off the week with a trip to the zoo. I was pleasantly surprised, it was actually pretty cool although I prefer to have a moat between my kids and a 500lb tiger. Caroline loved getting ice cream and riding on the merry go round. Devin really liked that part too, so much in fact that he threw the biggest fit I've ever seen when it stopped. At least we were outside, all I remember is getting slapped in the face. Luckily Grandma Funk came to the rescue and got him some much needed milk. We also got to see Shady that night. It was fun to see her cute apartment and little belly. The kids tolerated going to shop for fabric and were very happy to get a shake and play at the playground. The next day we went up to Muller Park and for some reason the kids thought throwing rocks into the creek was the coolest thing. Caroline did that for about an hour and then Devin ruined the fun and whined the ENTIRE time. Later we went to the Faggs (for those who don't know that'd be my grandparents) and Caroline and Devin finally discovered that food actually grows outside and not doesn't just magically appear in the store. After two days with no naps we decided to take it easy on Wednesday so Caroline could take a nap so we just went shopping and played at the park. Although it was our forth day there it was only about the second day to see Shawn so it was really nice to relax with him. Thursday Grandpa and Aunt Sandra came into town and we went down to Provo Canyon to see Shannie (Shawn's sister) and her family at a cabin that backed up to the Provo River. It was beautiful! Friday we went to Idaho for a reception, and literally found out where the middle of nowhere is. In case you were wondering almost anywhere in Idaho is the middle of nowhere, but more specifically Thatcher, Idaho is 3 houses and 100 cows. It was really pretty but Shawn and I also discovered that we are definitely city people. Wow, are we city people. We had to turn around 3 times because we couldn't find the DIRT road we were supposed to take to get to our location. Saturday we enjoyed a quite morning with a breakfast with Shawn's family and got ready for the wedding. The wedding and reception were great and the only complaint about the kids was that Devin started crying right in the middle of the prayer for the food. Nice. We topped off the night with some Neilsons frozen custard. Yummy! Unfortunately we didn't get any wedding cake so I didn't feel too guilty. Ok so maybe a little b/c I think I ate ice cream every night I was there. Sunday was a very eventful day. We got a call in our room that was a little disturbing. Someone saw Shawn's school bag (filled with books and notes on patients) and thought it had a laptop in it or so we think and broke our window to our car and stole it! Yes in the middle of a Sunday afternoon in Bountiful Utah someone broke into our car. At least they didn't get anything, unless someone was really desperate for a book on orthopaedics. What's funny is that the only things we've ever had stolen have been in Utah not in the ghetto we live in Houston. Kind of ironic. Anyways we got to pretend to be white trash and be one of those people we make fun of and duct tape a trash bag to our window b/c no car places were open on Sunday. We left yesterday and after causally making it to the airport what I thought was in plenty of time to make our plane I was surprised to find out that we missed our flight. The lady at the desk then informed me that the next flight was 3 hours and we would have to switch planes in ST. LOUIS and arrive in Houston at 9:10 that night. I couldn't take it anymore, I just started to cry. It was awful. I really didn't want to go home in the first place seeing as I have 6 weeks alone to look forward to. I had no intention spending the day on a plane 7 months pregnant with two kids and arriving at Hobby (which seriously is in the ghetto) late at night. To my surprise the kids were AWESOME! After drugging Devin he took a great nap and the last leg of our trip we had an entire row to ourselves. I love them, they really were champs. We didn't get to our car until about 10:30 but were so happy to be home. We had a great time and I realized how wonderful my in-laws are. I seriously married into the nicest family ever. Shawn's mom took us where ever we wanted to go and spoiled me and the kids rotten! Thanks again for everything Sheri! Honestly I"m a little sad to be home but luckily I found that sewing patterns were on sale for a dollar so I've got plenty to keep me busy! It was so nice to get to see Shawn and have lots of company and help with the kids. Only 1 month and one week to go!

Utah Review in Pictures

Shawn and the kids on the way to the reception.

Caroline, Shawn and Aunt Lisa at the reception.

Devin trying not to cause too much trouble.

And I guess I'll post a picture of the bride and groom since they're the reason we were there.

Utah PIctures

Visiting Aunt Shady for a few minutes.

Hanging out at the zoo.

Caroline stopped for a few minutes to let me snap a picture of her. She's also holding her beloved lotion and notepad from her older cousins.

Devin spending the evening searching though the diaper bag looking for stuff to play with.

More Utah Pictures

Devin enjoying a sampling of the fruit from Grandpa's garden.

Caroline looking for rocks to throw into the stream.

The only smile Devin made that whole morning, he was CRANKY!

Caroline playing on the rope swing down in Provo Canyon.

1 More Day!!!!!!

Only one more day until we will be off to Utah! I'm finally getting everything done and making checklist after checklist of things that need to get done or packed until we leave. Even with all the double and triple checking I'm sure I"m going to forget something but hopefully this way I"ll just forget less. We are really excited to see Shawn and hang out with his family and see a some of my family too. I"ll try to post while I"m gone but don't count on it. I"m sure I'll have plenty of stories to blog about when I get back! I"m a little nervous about the flight but with a movie, food, toys and some Benedryl hopefully I won't swear off flying of the rest of my life! Wish me luck!

Aunt Poodle's Visit

Today was a sad day in our house. Aunt Poodle is on her way back to D.C. and we miss her already. We had SO much fun and laughed a lot! Some of the highlights of her trip. Playing at the beach, getting buried in the sand, having sand building competition which I TOTALLY won with my dome (not really it was sad) and getting 1/2 price Sonic slushes on the way home. We also made some really yummy treats like, pecan bars (very good) lemon-buttermilk sorbet (fabulous) and grilled peaches with marscapone cheese and honey (not my favorite.) We also tried doing P90x from her memory which was really fun and I'm sore today and we didn't even do the full workout. I also discovered I"m way funnier than I ever thought because Poodle laughed at me a lot when I had no idea I was being funny it was great. We had so much fun and are really sad she's gone. Shawn will be home for a day tomorrow so we're focusing on that to stay happy! Here are a few other pics from her visit.

I decided to be daring and post this picture, only because you can't see my entire bottom half, so its not too bad.

Here are Poodle and the kids. Caroline was really sad and Devin of course had no clue what was going on, but he finally warmed up to her the last two days.

Here's another cute picture of Caroline with her favorite Poodle. We loved having her visit and I'm really going to miss getting foot rubs, having help with cleaning and taking naps in the middle of the day, but mostly just laughing all the time. Thank you SO much for coming we can't wait to see you at Thanksgiving!

Papa

I think we may have discovered Devin's new best friend. Well not really new, but I"m surprised he remembers him. Grandpa Funk, is all Devin sees these days. Yesterday while at my sisters for dinner Devin walked up to her father-in-law and said, "papa." I had no clue why he thought he was a grandpa and then realized that he thought it was his grandpa. They have the same build and bald so naturally Devin thought it was Grandpa Funk. Today he saw another tall balding man and said, "papa." Its really pretty funny. I didn't think he would remember him since we haven't seen him in over a month but I"m sure he'll be thrilled when he sees the real "papa" in a few days. One thing is for sure, Grandpa Funk sure made lasting impression on our little boy.