end of school year

I set an arbitrary end of school year for Addie. It's Friday. We have had a good school year because I have really cut back on the busy work and just focus on what I think is important. Math mostly, handwriting and writing, and reading whatever she wants. We occasionally read "Story of the World" and we check out non fiction from the library for science or just talk about sciency topics with Mr. Dotson, most ridiculously awesome science teacher ever :)

So I promised her she could once again ( she had them done when she was 5 and screamed every time I tried to clean them so I just ended up pulling them out and letting them close up) get her ears pierced as an end of school year prize.
I looked at her ears and realized one of her old ear holes wasn't totally closed up. So I talked her into letting me poke a needle through it and stick an earring in. No tears either. Then I was like....I dont' want them to use a gun that's supposed to be bad for their ears. So I called a bunch of piercing places and they all said they wouldn't pierce a kid. So then I called Norma Jean. She was on the internet advertised as a piercer. We ventured to her shop which included a large amount of realistic looking baby dolls, a tanning bed, and MANY MANY wigs. Behind me two young guys in suits walked in (I thought they were missionaries but no name tags ) and were like..."We need a wig"
She of course didn't hesitate..."I'll be right with you boys" and she pulled out a hot pink piercing gun....shot an earring into Addie's ear (no sanitizer ) and handled the fellows in need of a wig. I recommended the cotton candy pink wig. They nodded thoughtfully. We walked out 10 dollars poorer but with a happy and gun pierced 7 year old.

two years ago

this was my Addie (in the middle) ......I love Lena's helmet and Dane's spiderman pajama shirt. And looking at old pictures I realized I'm going to miss Addie's silver capped front teeth like crazy. One of those things that you just don't realize it's even happening until it's too late and they are long gone. Addie has best friends in her cousins and that's a blessing. I only had a couple of cousins and we only saw them maybe twice a year. Not that we didn't live it up. We swam in the Holiday Inn pool at Christmas and ate pizza and then spent summer sunning on my grandma's beach and drinking root beer out of emptied out beer cans. These cousin relationships are more day to day....phone calls just to sit on the internet and play a game together, fighting, teasing, chasing, and laughing with inside jokes and crazy plans. All these kids!

he's a lover and a biter

Happy mothers day to you too! I told Addie Harvey is a lover not a fighter and she went...Oh no he's not. He's a lover and a biter. true true. I mostly carry on this blog for my own record keeping as it's not really a blog hot spot.......I just wanted to say how awesome it is to be a mom. I NEVER KNEW. I truly love it and can't imagine anything I'd rather do....except occasionally get a bath without little friends hopping in but I know someday I'll be alone in a bath and being alone is seriously overrated. Every night I just say a prayer of gratitude for the blessing of being surrounded by my sweet little ones.

I feel like this is what life is about...this is it and it is truly awesome. Biters and all.

I see the SUNNNNNN

It is finally sunny and it has boosted my mood tremendously.
We are loading up our kites and blankets and heading to the park.
This month has been one of a bit of spring fever moodiness for all of us.......
we just need to get our hands in some dirt and get some natural rays of light instead of watching Rapunzel on repeat and hanging out in the stinky indoor playground at the Y. Not that the stinky indoor playgruond didn't save my sanity many a day. But it's May 5th no less and that's reason for a FIESTA so it's gonna happen that way gosh darnit.

The happy things in my life lately......

Harvey is still my baby being a snuggly nursing wonder and he is my dreamboat!!

Addie and Eva were caught lying in bed this morning holding hands and whispering about what they were going to surprise me with for Mothers day :)

Danny always knows what to tell me after a dark sunless day to make me laugh and feel happy again........

My sisters are my best friends and I get to go out with them and my mama for a mothers day night out tomorrow.

I read a book called "Hectors search for Happiness" I need to add a rule of happiness...."Too many days without light can make people unhappy"

big week ahead

It's Harvey's 1st birthday!!!! It's been a year and he's still being a little baby wanting me to carry him everywhere (all 27 lbs of him) and not walking...but crawling like a champ and saying "Hi!" "bye" "Addie" "Mama" "dada" "dog" and "ball". yes he's brilliant I know. oh and "butt butt" That's the code for diaper change. Also Danny and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary. Which means I got married ten years ago and I was just a Bubby 20 year old. It's been 10 years of PURE HECK. Jk jk. We are trying to figure out what to do for our day of luuuuuv. We thought about going away somewhere but then we'd have to take Harvey with us and I could just imagine Harvey swimming naked in a heart shaped hot tub the whole weekend. Which we would have to take him because not a night has gone by in this whole year without him putting down at least a gallon of mama milks. So I'd probably try to leave him, he'd scream the whole night, and I'd wake up with mastitis. So We might just have to go to the Danberry and get chipotle. Sounds soooo romantic and fun. Just kidding. I think we're going to take a hot air balloon ride and sing Wind Beneath My Wings and have a picnic in the clouds. Sounds good huh? Also Addie has an apointment in Columbus with someone who basically has a cure for CMT in her back pocket. She is a big researcher at OSU neurologist and she's done all this research with a chemical called Neurotrophin 3. So far it looks really promising and I'm going to tell her "give me that stuff or ELSE!" or I might bribe her with a bucket full of the play doh poop we've all been entertaining ourselves with over the weekend. If you want to find out more about what we are dealing with here google charcot marie tooth or hereditary peripheral neuropathy. Also it's a week of spring break fun so no school for Addie or Danny!!! yahoo.

I have absolutely nothing to say

except Congratulations to my sister Stephanie on her sweet new baby boy Henry!!! He's such a sweetie

He's a bundle of love and since he's the third boy is getting tons of manly attention from all his older brothers. Steph is my hero and she did beautifully with this little guy.

what happened at the mall should stay at the mall

what happened at the mall was Harvey and all the cousins and his sisters were all playing on one of those mat play areas. Also known as e coli and germ central. Harvey being a new crawler and cruiser was enjoying surfing around the playland things. Which involved alot of mouth on mat action. But me being the proud mother of a newly exploring 11 month old thought it was no big deal. Also because he is always either licking or sucking things that shouldn't be sucked on. Like the metal aisle divider thing that is at the library. On the floor sucking on it.
He also enjoys licking the windows whenever he happens to be near one. I can relate being a slightly orally fixated person. I always liked putting my tongue on strange things like the fly swatter and then feeling the other side to feel how bumpy my tongue felt through the little mesh holes. then someone would point out what fly swatters were for and yeah gross.

so that inocuous visit to the mall ended up with my little guy blowing biscuits for a good 5 days.
And a trip to the E.R. because he seemed dehydrated with everything coming out both ends as "they" say. I think it was something called the rota virus. Which they have a vaccine for but I opted not to get it because the old rotavirus vaccine made kids intestines prolapse or something like that and I figured they should have more time checking this one out before I use my kids as guinea pigs.

just as Harvey started to recover I saw Eva sleeping on the couch. My mommy radar started going off and when Eva woke up I asked her "Are you feeling ok?" All she could get out was a "NO!" then puke. that went on for the next 5 days.

So now Eva has finally gone about 36 hours with no puke and oh my gosh. I feel like I just won the lottery.