tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49570899989892980542011-11-13T22:49:15.545-08:00Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-29615588661792594122011-11-13T15:29:00.001-08:002011-11-13T15:30:39.634-08:00

My baby will be 10 months old on the 19th of November. Sometimes I sit back and think, do I really have 3 boys? How crazy! It's also amazing to me how much my parenting style has changed throughout the tears from child #1 to child #3. With Camron I had no experience with babies or children... At all. I could count on one hand how many times I baby-sat small children. I'm the oldest of 5 siblings

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The last time I posted was on August 22nd! Here we are almost 3 months later... Geez. I thought I'd be better at keeping up with my blog since I got my iPhone, but apparently life still gets too busy around here. How do you blogging moms do it all?!Anyway, I never finished posting about my Brady boy and his hospital stay...He was there for just over a week in July. It started with a trip to the

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July 17th, 2011 - From the ER Brady was admitted to the hospital. We went straight into getting x-rays of his abdomen and then an ultra sound. Brady was still under the influence of the morphine so he was feeling pretty good...Unfortunately neither the x-ray nor the ultrasound were showing the doctors what they needed to see. They were worried about 2 different conditions. They were looking for

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On july 7th my son started complaining of a tummyache. After not getting any better after 7 days I called my son's pediatrician and made an appointment. Friday, July 15th I took Brady in to get checked out. I knew something wasn't right and I wanted to get him some relief.. 7 days of screaming out in pain is no fun for anyone. At the appointment they weighed him, took his height and temp. The

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Brady has been sick for the past week... And it's been awful here at home. I hate it when my kids are sick and there's nothing I can do for them to make it better. Today I brought him to the doctor because he hasn't improved at all. His doc seems to think it's the stomach flu. All she prescribed for him was Zantac. I hope it helps settle his stomach.... He's lost weight from not being able to

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Happy 4th of July!

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Last night was the first time since having Josiah that Josh and I got to go on a REAL date! It felt so good to be able to walk around without a huge diaper bag, stroller, baby carrier and worrying about where my kids were at all times. I actually got to take a grown up purse with me! :)We went down to SeaWorld (yay for annual passes!) and walked hand in hand looking at and doing all the stuff we

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-51807409845469401392011-06-27T09:05:00.001-07:002011-06-27T09:05:43.217-07:00

Josh and I jumped on the iPhone train a week or two ago... And I just found this pretty neat app called BloggerPlus. I'm hoping that with this app I'll be able to keep up with my blog once again! I'm very rarely on my computer any more unless it's to work on my Etsy stores. We'll see how this goes. :)I never did get around to posting josiah's birth story... He's already 5 months old! Isn't it

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-76142336941893694552011-01-28T12:48:00.000-08:002011-01-28T12:50:12.421-08:00

Our baby boy (Josiah) was born on January 19th, 2011 at 1:45pm. :) He was 7lbs 12oz and 20" long. It was an amazing birth experience and way better than I had even hoped for. I'll be getting around to posting the birth story soon! :) For now we're just enjoying our newest member of the family. Josiah at 9 days old - January 28th, 2011

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Tomorrow (January 12th) my baby turns 2 years old! It's not that big of a shock to me that he's actually two years old though... He's acted like a two year old for several months now. Unfortunately for me he never really wanted to be a baby. :( He's always been doing things pretty advanced for his age. When he was just a few months old he started refusing a pacifier. He started sitting up at 5

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-34233593663468252992011-01-02T07:25:00.000-08:002011-01-02T07:29:57.990-08:00

Why am I freaking out? Well, it's probably because I have so little time and still so much to do before Baby Josiah arrives! It could be that I've never waited this long before getting everything prepared. It might also be that I've never had 2 kids, a husband and 2 dogs to take care of as well as my own household to run. This is definitely new territory to me. It might seem strange to those of

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I've already posted my birth story for Camron so I won't repeat it.This year I decided to post a few pictures of my handsome little boy growing up.Enjoy! 2 Days old and in the NICU 6 months old at Balboa Park with Mama and Nana 6 months at Balboa Park 12 months old - Christmas 2007 20 months old - Living at Nana's house Almost 2 years old and right after his very first haircut! Proud big brother

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Tomorrow my oldest little boy is turning 4 years old! I can't believe it.. Not that it didn't seem like a lifetime ago that I gave birth to him... Because it really does feel like more than 4 years have passed by. I just can't believe that he's that old! Only 1 and a half more years til he starts Kindergarten. Four years ago it was really hard to imagine him at this age. He and I have been

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-43477547119122835352010-12-04T14:54:00.000-08:002010-12-04T14:54:40.953-08:00

Because I'm really feeling ready to have this baby. Not that I'm actually ready for the baby, but the end of this pregnancy has been really hard on me so far. I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow (12/5/10) and I just can't imagine going another 5-8 weeks. So what's bothering me you ask? Well... Insomnia - For about the past month I haven't been able to sleep well at all and it's getting worse. Last month I

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-69613866906453933842010-11-18T07:53:00.000-08:002010-11-18T07:53:56.842-08:00

Last night I received an e-mail from someone on Etsy telling me that one of my purses made it on a Treasury List! This might not be a big deal to some, but to me it made my whole day. To be hand picked from thousands of undiscovered (meaning I've had zero sales so far) shops and added to this list is a huge honor for me. Not sure if a sale will actually come of this, but still... any kind of good

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I know I'm such an awful blogger these days... I've been so busy and I never seem to get the chance to sit down to type things out. Let's see, in the past month my hubby and I had our one year anniversary. We took a two week road trip to St. Louis, MO and back. And I've started yet another online business. Since I've already written about my oh-so-wonderful husband in my last post I'll get

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With our one year anniversary fast approaching (October 16th) I've been thinking a lot about how much my life has changed... Not just this past year, but the past several. I've got to say, this has certainly been one of the best! I'm happy and most importantly my kids are happy. I cannot express in words how much I appreciate my husband and our new life together. I am so thankful for everything

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So this is me at 20 weeks along... I'm now at almost 23 weeks and pretty much looking the same. Baby Josiah is kicking around like crazy. I swear he thinks he's a ninja and he's trying to kick his way out! This baby seems to be a lot more active in my belly than the last 2.... Or maybe I've just forgotten what it was like when they still have lots of room to swim around. As far as weight gain

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-3095685613764471182010-09-01T21:49:00.000-07:002010-09-01T21:49:49.053-07:00

18 weeks 1 day in this picture! No more pregnancy surveys... at least this week. Just wanted to give a lil update that baby and I are doing great! I've only gained 2lbs since the beginning of the pregnancy and baby is growing beautifully. I had an ultrasound this past Monday and I found out for sure that we're having another BOY! Yikes, what am I going to do with 3 boys?!  Actually, to be

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-89105462318324251012010-08-18T11:53:00.000-07:002010-08-18T14:58:56.490-07:00

How far along? 16 Weeks Baby is the size of an: Avocado! Total weight gain: Still don't know! I have an OB appointment on Friday though... so the day of truth is coming. :) Maternity clothes? Oh yeah. Maternity clothes all the way. So much more comfy! Stretch marks? Same as last week... no new ones. Sleep: Still normal. Still having really weird dreams. Best moment this week: Feeling the

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I knew that you didn't really care when you went 18 months without seeing the boys (Brady was 2 days old and Camron had just turned 2) and had only called me about 5 times... and not to talk to them or even ask about them, but to talk to me about child support. You would make excuses about not having enough money to fly out here. Or your one legitimate excuse about being deployed to Japan for 6

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How far along? 15 Weeks Baby is the size of a: Naval Orange! Average size: 5 inches and 3.5 oz. Total weight gain: Honestly, I have no idea yet. We don't have a scale here at home... I should really work on getting one. I've been doing a lot of walking lately though and I'm hoping that I haven't gained too much. Maternity clothes? Nothing fit right! Regular clothes are too tight and maternity

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The other day when I was browsing blogs I came across this pregnancy survey that a fellow mommy-to-be had on her blog. I thought it was a cute idea to help me document my 3rd pregnancy. Now that I'm out of the "danger zone" aka the first trimester I'm feeling better about this pregnancy. So here we go.... How far along? 13 weeks (Baby 3 at 12 wk 6 day ultrasound.) Baby is the size of a:

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Ok, so maybe I don't... unless it comes to cleaning. (Keep reading, I'll explain.) It's one my main jobs in life (along with being a mom & cook of course) and I hate cleaning. I only do it because #1, I hate having a dirty house and #2, I kinda have to because let's be honest, no one else is going to do it around here. For about the past 2 months I've been doing what I could in between my bouts

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WE'RE HAVING A BABY!! About a week ago I took this pregnancy test and found out that Josh and I are having baby # 3 in roughly 9 months... Due end of January/early February. We were so surprised that it happened on the first try. I kept telling Josh that it will probably be a good 6 months before I actually get pregnant. His response? No, we're doing it this month. No questions asked. Don't know

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I haven't lived with my ex for almost two years... I don't even have a joint bank account with Josh (who is really good with money by the way!) and yet I still get a sinking feeling every time I check my bank account. I hate it. I'm the only one who spends money on that account. I know exactly how much is in there... So why do I dread checking it? I literally get a sick feeling in the pit of my

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When you find out that you're going to have your first baby you do like most women do and get prepared.... by reading books, magazines, internet articles. By taking parenting classes. By talking to your mom or your friends who have already had kids.... Then your baby arrives. Everything you read about, talked about and learned about goes out the window. It becomes a learn as you go type of

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-74493028009606496292010-05-08T12:51:00.000-07:002010-05-08T12:53:14.049-07:00

The older I get the more I realize how important family is... So when Josh came home and told me that his mom was giving us 8 tickets to 2 Padres game for a Thursday and Friday night game we knew just who we wanted to bring! My Grandma and Grandpa Looney! (yes, Looney is their real last name.) Grandpa is a HUGE Padres fan. Ever since I can remember he'd be listening to the game on his little

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-38573575815371770292010-05-05T09:18:00.000-07:002010-05-05T09:18:00.196-07:00

I've been thinking about making some Lasagna for awhile now. There were a couple things stopping me from making it: 1) I've only made it once before... and that was several years ago.and2) It takes FOREVER since you have to cook the noodles AND the meat and then bake it. So yesterday afternoon I search the net for an easier lasagna recipe that I could try out. The one I found and used came from

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-6261791787535074322010-05-04T10:33:00.000-07:002010-05-04T10:35:06.941-07:00

For the past several weeks I've been keeping busy with researching my family tree. I think I'm starting to drive Josh a little crazy with it. I've done some research in the past (around 2003 maybe?) and I didn't find much further than my great great grandparents. I had always been told that my family hasn't been in America for very long so I figured that I wouldn't be able to find much... I was

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-28848848175854901742010-04-08T11:58:00.000-07:002010-04-08T11:59:37.776-07:00

I've been meaning to post some of the yummy recipes I've been trying out lately. I think I've only actually posted one in this blog... and that was several months ago. When I get around to it I'll also post the chicken enchilada recipe I tried last week. So here's what we tried last night. :) Single Skillet Chicken and Shells I found this recipe on whatsfordinner.net and I modified it just a

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The boys are sleeping and so is Josh. I should be sleeping too, but it's only 9:30 and I'm not tired enough to sleep. Too much on my mind tonight. I still have so much to get done and only 3 weeks to do it in. Today Josh decided that he wanted to move into our new house tonight. It was the only day that his buddy Ash could help him with all the big stuff. So he's exhausted from moving all

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-71418784441045212582010-03-21T18:14:00.000-07:002010-03-21T18:16:15.524-07:00

A few weeks ago Josh went on a trip to Saint Louis, MO. He was there for a job interview... and unfortunately he didn't get the job. No biggie... We've decided that with the economy the way that it is and with the HVAC industry being in it's slow time of year we're going to be putting our St. Louis plans on hold. Just for the time being. This Summer when business starts picking back up we'll

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I have a little one sitting on my lap so I'm gonna have to keep this short. About an hour ago I dropped Josh off at the airport... He's on his way to Saint Louis for a job interview!!! About a week and a half ago I sent a cover letter and Josh's resume to a company that is hiring for a maintenance tech in this historic high rise apartment building. (Really ritzy and nice looking.) They wanted

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-41310996160275670222010-02-23T10:32:00.000-08:002010-02-23T10:32:05.393-08:00

The job search isn't going too well. Josh heard back from several companies, but they weren't offering him the pay and benefits he'd like. He makes pretty good money here (with some awesome benefits) in San Diego and they're offering him jobs for $12 and $15 per hour with little to no benefits. That's a huge pay cut and I can understand why he doesn't want to do it.... Even if it all balances out

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-88093447746097883672010-02-11T11:32:00.000-08:002010-02-11T11:32:34.140-08:00

I feel like Josh's secretary. Not even joking. For the past week I've been searching out every.single.HVAC.company I could find in the Saint Louis area. I've been googling them. I've searched yellowpages.com. I've been checking craigslist for HVAC job listings. Searching Yahoo Hot Jobs. I've even been reading posts in a forum called HVAC-Talk (completely BORING!). I know waaaaaay too much about

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Kind of. I think I'll be taking a little mini-blogging break for awhile. I'm sure I'll be back, but for now almost all of my free time is being spent preparing for our move to Saint Louis. Right now Josh and I are sending out his resume to HVAC companies in the area. So far we're not having much luck... As soon as he can land a good job then we're outta here! We were approved for the townhouse

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-1070425930121741902010-02-01T08:43:00.001-08:002010-02-01T09:30:16.517-08:00

I was 19 when I first got married... When Ronnie and I got our first apartment together my mom was really excited... Not because I was actually leaving, but because I could now take all of the crap I had been storing at her house with me! One day shortly after I moved out she decided to clean out my old room and pack everything up in some big plastic tubs. The very next day she unloaded them all

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I know I've been a bit MIA from the blogsphere this past week... That's only because I've been super busy doing some research on what we will be calling our new home. Remember when I mentioned moving to Saint Louis, Missouri awhile back? (No? Ok, well I did... lol) Josh and I have been talking about moving to Saint Louis for awhile now.... And now, it's actually starting to become a reality!

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-26207387210284482542010-01-23T20:29:00.000-08:002010-01-23T20:29:45.407-08:00

 Well, in San Diego county at least. :) Today Josh and I took the boys to go see snow for the very first time. We drove about 40 minutes east of where we live to the little town of Julian, California. Since we've been having some pretty crazy weather here in Southern California this past week we figured that it probably snowed in Julian. Today the forecast predicted pretty clear skies.... So off

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I feel like I'm stuck in a rut... Hmm... Actually, I don't think that's what it is. I think it's more like I'm just really, really bored. Not so much with my life, but with myself. Clear as mud? Thought so. I think I'm just bored with my routine. I need some variety in my life. I need to get back into my hobbies and probably make some new friends/reconnect with old ones. I used to think of

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-27556338630083072732010-01-19T07:52:00.000-08:002010-01-19T07:58:46.361-08:00

I decided to join in on the fun...       That's it for now... . Click the note below to link up and play along with SupahMommy !

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That is basically the question that one of my blog readers wants me to ask myself. Should I be writing about the issues that are going on in my family right now? ...Sharing it with the public blogging community?  (And also with the people I know in real life... Which by the way, very few IRL friends and family know about this blog.) My response is this: While I appreciate each and every comment

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-20354009900282331152010-01-17T08:58:00.000-08:002010-01-18T11:25:56.939-08:00

My mom and step dad got back together last night. I don't really know what to think of this... She's told me that she never wanted any of this to happen in the first place. She didn't want to get a divorce. He kept telling her that it was over and that divorce was the only way. Friday morning she did what she thought she had to do in order to protect herself and that was to file for divorce...

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We're probably going to be super busy this weekend (Chargers are playing on Sunday!) and I'm not going to have time to blog. I don't normally post anything on the weekends anyway... so this is a super special treat! Tonight (Friday) I went over to my old friend Alyssa's apartment to pick up our photo session CD. I've been anxiously waiting to get this CD for about a month now. :) I'm soooo

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Guess who I got a phone call from about 45 minutes ago? Yup, the woman who was supposed to meet me at the park yesterday. When I answered the phone she sounded a little ticked off. Her: "Um, so today we were supposed to meet at the park. What happened to you?" She sounded rather snotty which put me in an instant bad mood. Me: "Actually I was there... yesterday. You said Thursday at 10:30... So

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It's been a busy week for us. I can't even remember the last time I spent the entire day at home. My kitchen and apartment are evidence of this. Dishes piling up. Beds left unmade. Floors haven't been vacuumed. I should actually be doing all of that instead of sitting here on my couch typing this out. I don't feel like getting up at the moment. I'm taking a mommy break while the kids are being

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-71276824720639518802010-01-13T14:02:00.000-08:002010-01-18T11:26:53.085-08:00

Today was my mom's court hearing for her restraining order. Long story short, the judge granted a 6 month temporary restraining order and an order for H (my step dad) to return her personal belongings by January 21st. (Like her driver's license, social security card, birth certificate, jewelry etc... Yeah, he took all of it.) The judge did make a change to the order saying that there can be

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My baby boy turns ONE today! My gosh, I can hardly believe how big he's grown in these 12 months. At 5 months old he was sitting up and got his first tooth. At 6-7 months he was crawling. Eight months old he was standing. Nine months old he started walking. Now he's a year old and already thinks he can do all the things his big brother does.  I didn't have this blog when he was born, but I did

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They really do. I can't help it... I just can't stand the general public. They're slow. They say stupid things. They go way to fast and cut you off on the freeway. They don't use blinkers. They're rude and pushy. I could go on and on, but I won't because I'm sure you get the picture. I don't usually talk like this... I've just been in an awful mood lately. It could be because it's just that

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I've been meaning to write about our new puppy for about a week and a half now. Her name is Harley, she's a Llewellin Setter, she's about 8-9 weeks old right now and she's driving me absolutely INSANE! It's like having a newborn baby in overdrive... minus the nice neat diaper to hold in the mess. We ended up with her because Josh just couldn't resist her cute wittle puppy dog eyes. I didn't

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For Christmas and our birthdays Josh and I got 6 movie tickets. Last night my mom watched the boys for us so  we could go out on a date to see a movie. (We haven't been on a date since before we got married.) We ended up seeing Nine... I really didn't care for it. I'm just not in to musicals and especially musicals with an awful story line. Anyway, we still enjoyed ourselves. We spent waaay too

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I am so glad that 2009 is over and done with. Don't get me wrong, there were many happy times... but there were some bad times too. It's amazing to me how much things have changed in just 12 months. I had a baby. I got divorced. I got married. Geez... It takes most people many years to accomplish all of that. 2010 has the potential to be a great year for all of us. I'm looking forward to this

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-90744531936617358762009-12-29T14:24:00.000-08:002009-12-29T14:30:48.340-08:00

I don't have much time right now, but just wanted to update this about the situation with my mom. Yesterday she was granted a restraining order, a kick out order and an order to get her car back. With a little detective work we figured out that he was staying with his sister. Little more detective work and we found out where she lived. With one quick move by my brother and brother-in-law, my step

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I just want things to go back to normal! Especially for my mom, sister, brother-in-law, niece and brother. Things have been so messed up and up in the air since Christmas Eve... I have so much on my mind that I don't even remember what I wrote about in my last post. Just bare with me if I end up repeating myself.I'm pretty sure I mentioned what happened on Christmas eve. I suppose I'll give a

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Unfortunately my mom is going through a really hard time right now. I won't post about all the details just yet, but on Christmas Eve my step dad asked my mom for a divorce. He couldn't even wait until after the annual family Christmas party to do it. We were all gathered around their living room. Enjoying the meal that my brother-in-law cooked. Laughing, talking... My mom told everyone that Hans

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Hope you all are having a very merry Christmas and enjoying this day with your loved ones. We'll be spending it with our family and friends... Lots of places to go today! Lots of yummy food to eat! Merry Christmas!

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Yup, we're all sick over here.... Sooooo NOT fun! If I ever find out who gave this 24 hour flu to us is gonna pay... BIG time! Seriously, this sucks. It all started very late on Tuesday night with Brady throwing up. Think - baby exorcist. It was that scary. I've never had a vomitting child before so this was all new to me. Welcome to being a mother. At first we thought it could have been from

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(Me at about 7 months pregnant with Camron. Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen lol.) Picture taken by Visions of Mai Three years ago today my first baby was born into this world. Even though I had been stuck at 3-4cm for over 2 weeks I went a week overdue. At my 41 week appointment I BEGGED my doctor to let me be induced. I had been so uncomfortable for weeks. I was scheduled to go in at

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Every year ever since I can remember my paternal grandparents have thrown a Christmas party the weekend before Christmas. I can remember when I was little the excitement I had leading up to the day. Picking out my special Christmas dress with my Grandma. (Because I was ALWAYS over there during school breaks.) I remember being at the Christmas party with my sister, brother and cousins playing

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Yay! My first award... an award I have to work for, but still. ;) It's nice to be thought of so I'll play along. Thanks to Monique over at A day in the life of a Surferwife for giving this to me. So the rules to this are pretty simple. I'm supposed to list 10 things that make me happy and then I pass this award on to 10 blogs that brighten my day. (As I searched through my reading list I

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This morning I was woken up WAAAYYY too early. (Thanks Brady for getting me up at 5am.) Normally I loath being up that early, but this morning I quickly got over myself when I came across this blog. If you're in to digital scrapbooking or have just been around the blogosphere at all you've probably seen the button for kevinandamanda.com. I've seen the button around for awhile, but this morning

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-91022366135344242972009-12-16T06:12:00.000-08:002009-12-16T06:12:00.426-08:00

...I just felt like sharing. :) I don't post too many pics of just my boys because there's a few people who like to take them and use without my permission.... However, they are just too stinkin' cute not to share sometimes! (I took these yesterday. 12/15/09) Camron turns 3 on the 23rd of December and Brady turns 1 year on the 12th of January.

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Today is Josh's birthday and he's not too happy about turning a year older. He keeps joking around that he's officially an old man now. Now don't get offended if you happen to be older... but he turned 26 this year. LOL. I know that's not old, but he's freaking out just a little. For the next two and a half weeks I'm gonna have to tease him about it. (After the 2nd I won't be able to because I'll

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For as long as I can remember I've only ever had one really close friend at a time. I've never been one to have a bunch of friends that I hang out with. I think the biggest group I ever hung out with was when I was in high school. Even then I was only close to one or two of them at a time. I can even name each one of my best friends from kindergarten on. Stephanie (kindergarten), Desiree (1st),

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-32153092803092798942009-12-11T12:15:00.000-08:002009-12-11T12:15:13.778-08:00

My oldest son's third birthday is coming up on the 23rd of December.  My youngest will be one on the 12th of January. Our family and a few friends keep asking me what I'm planning to do. When I tell them that we're going to have cake and ice cream at home they sound disappointed and ask me why I'm not throwing either one a party. Well... quite frankly, I don't believe in throwing little kids huge

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-15923320194677982112009-12-10T12:50:00.000-08:002009-12-10T12:50:40.141-08:00

Before Josh and I got married and moved in together I hadn't lived in an apartment in about 4 years. I forgot how much I hate apartment living! Noisy neighbors. Paper thin walls. People smoking right underneath your window. No hot water when you need it. Electric stoves that don't work right. Awful appliances that look like their from the 80s. I could go on and on... It's definitely not worth the

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My boys are still pretty young, but today we I made a birthday/Christmas chain to count down the days. They made a huge mess helped out as best as a 10 month old and almost 3 year old can. I don't think they really knew what we were doing, but they thought it was fun to play with the strips of red, green and gold paper... along with the markers and glue stick I had out. The chain that we I made

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A few months ago I joined this awesome community of bloggers who know that The Secret is in the Sauce... or rather... the comments. Just wanted to give a shout out to all of my SITStas and wish everyone a Happy Merry SITSmas to all! Can you believe we only have 2 more weekends to go Christmas shopping?! I know I still have some shopping to do. I keep thinking I have all this time, but I still

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We've been so busy all weekend that I haven't had a chance to post anything in about 3 days! The day after the exploding casserole incident we went to Lowes and bought our Christmas tree. While we were there we also picked up this really cute toy tool set for Camron. (He's been following daddy around the house, helping him baby-proof the cabinets... pretending my nail polish is a screw driver.) I

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I completely ruined dinner last night, almost severely injured myself in the process and messed up our other plans for the evening. Josh was on his way home when he called me. My wedding ring was back from being sized and he said we should go pick it up... and maybe get a Christmas tree while we were out. I was excited about doing both. I've been waiting for a couple weeks for my ring and I

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It seems like our family has been non-stop since we got married. As of right now, I don't see any signs of it slowing down. I'm not complaining really... It keeps life interesting. The month of December and January is no different.December 4th - Sea World's members only night. We want to go get the special ornament that they're passing out that night.December 5th - Family pictures! An old friend

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-77029672391197865592009-12-01T08:32:00.000-08:002009-12-01T09:33:05.790-08:00

There must be a sign somewhere in my apartment that says Clothing Optional... Every time I turn around my almost-three-year-old is naked. He just learned that he can remove his own clothing and it's driving me nuts! I'll get him ready for bed and 5 minutes later he comes up to me saying, "Mommy I'm naked!" Yes, son, I can see that. I get him dressed for the day... about an hour later with

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It's been a long standing tradition of mine to head out in the wee hours of the cold... and I mean COLD!... morning to fight the crowds on the day known as Black Friday. This year was not really different. I was determined to get out there yet again and see what kind of good deals I could score. The difference this year is that I have 2 kids to shop for now. In the past I was all about the DVDs

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Thanksgiving is tomorrow! I'm pretty excited because we get to spend time with family that we don't get to see everyday.It's always been a family... ok MY... tradition to go over to my Grandparent's house for the holidays. Ever since I was a child we spent every year doing the same thing. When I was married to Ron he never argued with me about where to go because his family is spread out over

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-89411947853642479252009-11-23T08:33:00.000-08:002009-11-29T10:54:21.072-08:00

You can now read the rest of this over on my old blog: The Divorced Mom. I will not be posting anything about my previous marriage in this one.I've been doing some reading over at the blog, The Quest For T. Lately she's been writing about the affair that she had during her marriage to her ex-husband. Reading her words has really made me think about my own situation and what I went through during

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Sunday mornings in our household are the craziest!Temper tantrums. Crying. Fighting. Complete Chaos.I don't even know how they end up that way. We all get up at the same time we do every other day of the week... Ok, with the exception of Josh. We go through the same morning routine that we always do. Breakfast. Take the dog out to potty. Showers. Baths. Get ready for the day. The difference is

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-92216187792857124262009-11-20T09:06:00.000-08:002009-11-20T09:21:32.316-08:00

Last night I wasn't sure what to make for dinner. It's getting close to grocery shopping day and I'm running out of food. I have to make a lot of what ever I cook because Josh eats a lot and we're also having my best friend's husband stay with us for a few weeks.I remembered a recipe from this book I have called, 5 Ingredients or Less. It's called Asian Beef and Noodle. It's pretty good when

Mommy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236093483266637261noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957089998989298054.post-69724705003670173592009-11-19T10:42:00.000-08:002009-11-19T12:18:32.680-08:00

Josh and I broke down and adopted a dog about a week and a half ago. Her name is Bella and she's a 2-3 year old Chihuahua mix. We don't know much about her past other than her previous owner adopted her from the Santa Ana SPCA. She only had Bella since February 2009. She says she just didn't have time to spend with her any more and felt bad for keeping her locked up in the house alone all day. (

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I was formally known as the Divorced Mom. Since I'm no longer a divorced mommy (as of October 16th, 2009.) I felt like it was time to change blog names. I plan to leave up my old blog, but it will no longer be updated. From now on I'll be posting everything in here. I chose the name Happily At Home because I'm a stay at home wife & mommy and this is where I'm happiest. Being at home, spending

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