Stretch

My new love is watching a baby stretch. 

Sleeping baby

There is nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby on me. It is hard to get up. I won't get to do this forever. She is my snuggle girl. 

Can you tell I love it?!?

8pm

Going to bed at 8pm. That is what kind of day I had. Praying tomorrow will be better than today. 

Thinking about my cuties in their Halloween outfits as I fall asleep. My Snow White and my lion.

Big boy

We are visiting my parents and I worry about potty training with my boy. I don't have to worry anymore. I couldn't get up because I was nursing my daughter. My son told me he needed to go potty. However, his potty seat was downstairs. I coached him and he confidently went downstairs, brought his seat back up, went potty, flushed, and washed his hands. The only thing we haven't mastered yet? Wiping. Ha! Afterwards,  he closed my door "so we could go to sleep." He got back into bed by himself and is falling asleep now. 

(My parents weren't home at the time)

Thank you, Daniel Tiger. "Flush and wash and be on your way." 

And, thank you, Jesus, for my independent and responsible boy. 

Phone Call

I got a phone call from Jamaica! It was my awesome hubby on his mission trip. It was so nice to hear his voice and to hear he was having a wonderful time. I am so happy he is serving the Lord with the talents he is given through the medical field. He said he can't wait to go back with me. He has only been there one day. I can't wait to hear more about it! I miss my big bear. :)

Finally sleeping

After 4 hours of sleep a night for a week, I slept from 8:50-5:50. My sweet girl was tired from a fun day of traveling. :-) 

However, with that much sleep comes a nursing dilemma. I was digging around to find a clean tshirt and grabbed my hubby's. I was relieved to find it because I miss him and it smells like him. It is comforting to wear it because I won't be able to talk to him until next Saturday. 

Dog

4am. I am nursing my child. I hear something on our back deck. I thought someone was trying to steal something or break in our home. It ended up being a puppy with a long chain around its neck. I guess he is a rebel on a "night adventure." Why do animals think our back deck is their new home? Ug. Please stop barking and whining on my deck. And, quit protecting my stairs like a Roman guard. This is not your home. :-)

4 months

I met Nora Mae at her birth in South Carolina four months ago. I was able to hold her again tonight. It was heavenly to get smiles from my best friend's daughter. 

Tomorrow, we will have a photoshoot of Nora and her amazing parents! And, Norah Kate and Nora Mae together. Yes!!!

Aldi Complaint

I LOVE Aldi, but had to write them to let them know what happened at our store this morning. No pleased. And, not cool, Thomas!

I shopped at our local Aldi store  (store #29) 30 minutes ago. I arrived at the cashier/register and unloaded my groceries on the belt. At the end, I asked if Thomas (cashier) could give me two $10 bills for my $20 I had in my wallet. He was "rushed" to get to the next person as I know being in retail that you are timed to get everyone through the line as quickly as possible. Then, he proceeded to BLINDLY CLICK THE DEBIT CARD PAD/MACHINE without asking or consulting with me on what I had asked him to do...and double check. Then, my card was processed for $20 extra dollars onto my bill. He asked the manager if he could refund me and give me my $20 back on my card and he said "no." That made my bill $96! I have a VERY tight budget with my groceries, which is why I shop at Aldi. I have two small children  and thought it would just be easy to get change from the cashier. I will rethink that option from now on. However, I am HIGHLY disappointed at the fact that he was not trained to NEVER touch the screen without consulting with the customer. What if he would have accidentally hit the $40 or $60 option???  PLUS, they should have been able to put my $20 back on my card. I DID NOT ask to have that taken out of my account. Please contact this store and go over policies with them as it makes me upset to even shop there due to the stress that I received there today.

Coffee

It is going to be a two cup coffee morning. There is a lot to do before our babysitter comes tonight. And, my best friend is coming tomorrow! 

Our Nora(h)s

My best friend and I both named our daughters "Nora(h)." She named her daughter Nora Mae and I named my daughter Norah Kate. Our Nora(h)s get to meet on Wednesday. I am very excited! 

I feel a photo session coming on....

Sneaky Jack

A little boy (that snores) decided to sleep with me at 2am-ish. I went to bed at 11, so I was out cold. However, he likes to excitedly yell "ice cream" and "playground" in his sleep. He is sleeping so well. Not moving him now. :-) 

So happy I have a snoring 6"4' hubby to sleep next to tonight. :-)

"No Soup For You"

My son decided to get up while I was nursing my daughter to show me how much soup he had eaten in his bowl. However, I couldn't get him to stop in his tracks and he fell on a bag and soup went all over the kitchen and himself. Thank goodness it was not hot soup anymore and a bath was next on the agenda for the evening. There was soup on the walls, table legs, chairs, floor, and his face and hair, etc. I think that will be the last time we have to tell to stay seated while we are at dinner.

And, I wish I would have captured it on video for AFV. We could have paid off our schooling loans.

Costochondritis

I was diagnosed with it the first week of October and now the spot under my ribs is twitching like your eye would if you were tired. This is the weirdest thing I have experienced in a while. Thank goodness it doesn't hurt. 

So happy my parents are coming this weekend so I may have a little break and rest. 

Update

We ended up not going to the museum, but there will be more opportunities to go again. 

Jack didn't seemed to bothered that we didn't go either. He loved looking at the scarecrows downtown. 

What a day...

Ended my day with a Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha and some chocolate chip cookies. I think I will be able to accomplish some things tonight and for once do not believe the caffeine will bother me. 

There is no time to breathe during my day with my kiddos. Looking forward to my date this Saturday with my hubs! 

yes or no

We are trying to decide if we should go to Atlanta for the free day at the Children's Museum tomorrow. Many factors are being taken into consideration. I guess we will wait and see how tomorrow unfolds.
Tomorrow will work itself out, so I guess I will go to sleep and rest before Miss Ladd wakes up for her nightly feeding.

Blessed

I am so blessed. I have a faithful husband, gorgeous and healthy children, a beautiful home, and I am fortunate enough to stay home and enjoy my blessings. 

Through my "I just wanna sleep and wear normal clothes" attitude. I will remember how blessed I am to stay at home and to be able to be with my kiddos. 

9-6

Thank you, Jesus! Sleep, glorious, sleep!

Squeaky Clean

My house is REALLY clean now. And, my washing machine is tired. 

Yep, life is full of adventures.

Hands

She found her hands today. No pacifier? No biggie.

GNO

I am excited about my much needed GNO tonight. I hope Daddy will survive his first bedtime routine with two kiddos. 

Rain

I usually am not a fan of rain, but it is very welcomed today as my yard needs some water. I enjoyed waking up to hear it as it was "making music" as Jack said.

Sting

I gave Jackson hand sanitizer in the car after our trip to Walmart yesterday, forgetting he had a cut on his hand. 

Mom fail of the day. 

Perfume

That moment you realize (4AM) that your daughter spit up on you at 6pm and you never changed your shirt. 

Bedtime routine by myself leads to crashing hard after getting them to bed. 

My son screamed for our hour (new thing) trying to fight going to sleep while my 8 week old girl sat and sucked on her paci cheerfully. Thank goodness one of my children likes to relax and chill. 

One more bedtime routine by myself, and I get a break....