Wednesday, September 26, 2007

New Car

Not for me, but for the boys.


Although my hubby doesn't think they need it, one of the items I wanted to get them for Christmas was a ride on. We have a little one seater that we got for Peanut when he turned two, but both boys can't fit in it and they fight over it. Imagine my delight when I was just browsing by the ride on vehicles and noticed the Cadillac Escalade on sale for $169! Now I have been pricing these for a while, because I think the boys would love it (and I think they are cool and wish I had one for myself, but that's a whole other story), and they are usually closer to $300. I snatched that thing up quickly, well at least as quickly as I could at a Wal Mart where NOBODY is ever working. We didn't get to pick it up until Monday, because the assembly guy was backed up, so I didn't get to really check it out until today after the boys went down. (YES! Peanut finally took a nap! YEHAW!)


This thing is awesome!






































It has a working radio, kid style cd player and cd to play, cup holder, working doors and seat belts. I want to drive it!


Now I just have to be patient because we have another three months before they get it. We don't have a good place to store it as you can see it is "hidden" in our garage for now. We really need to figure something out it is only a matter of time before Peanut decides he wants to see what's under the sheet.


Tuesday, September 25, 2007

I would never survive as a Single mom

I really don't know how anyone does this on their own. With the hubby out of town frequently I have had my "single mom" stints and can I just say I don't like it. I feel so drained at the end of the day I just want to get the kids in bed and cry. I love my boys, but they can be a handful. I absolutely HATE to yell, but that is the only way I seem to get their attention when they are doing something that they shouldn't. I feel like I spend all day yelling. Then I feel guilty for loosing it. Tonight when we sat down after bath they both cuddled up to me and I felt like the worst mother in the world because not even a half hour earlier I was yelling at them to stop jumping on the couch. At least when the hubby is home I get a few minutes break while I'm doing the dishes. It is like they know he is not here and they let it all loose. I just don't understand, I spend the most time with them ergo I do most of the disciplining, so why is it that they are much better behaved for him?

So to all you single moms out there I give you kudos because I definitely could not do it on my own, you are much stronger women than I.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Autism and Vaccines

So my sister recently sent me a link to an article about Jenny McCarthy. It talks a little about her book about her experiences with Autism. I am not beating up on the book or her segment, what I have issue with is some of the comments that I read. I get so unnerved that people think that just because they read it on the internet it must be true. Here is a comment that I have (although I could not get it posted I thought I would share with you)



Everyone is talking about the Hg levels in vaccines, if your child was born in 2001 or after the vaccine formulas were changed and the Thimerasol was removed. I have researched this on many websites, becaus I too have a child that is developentally delayed and has been tested for Autism. The problem with the internet is you don't know who it is that is writing this stuff. You can find a website validating anythig, the key is you must read EVERYTHING before jumping to conclusions. Here is an exerpt from a reputable site. "By mid-2000, thimerosal-free vaccines against hepatitis B and bacterial meningitis were widely available. A combination vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus is also available today without thimerosal. Measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), chickenpox, inactivated polio, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have never contained thimerosal. Thus, except for some influenza vaccine, none of the vaccines now used to protect preschool children against 12 infectious diseases contain thimerosal as a preservative. Certain flu vaccines and tetanus-diphtheria vaccines (Td) given to children age 7 and older still contain thimerosal as a preservative." There has to be more to it than just blaming the vaccines. I really do not feel that the people that have sworn an oath to heal would put our children in harms way. More money for research must be alocated. There are also studies that could convince you that any amount of television your child watches could cause Autism. Let's all throw out our televisions they are evil......



Ok, off my soapbox

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

OH NO HE DIDN'T

I'm sitting in my living room playing with Peanut and look out the window to see a little boy peeing in my front yard! How rude is that! What nerve he has, I mean we live on the corner it is broad daylight and the bus is coming any minute, which is why he was out there in the first place.

Yes the bus stop is right in front of my house for three different buses! UUUGGGGGHHHHHH!

Friday, September 14, 2007

Sadie's Battle

As some of you know my beagle has been battling lymphoma. She went through Chemo last year and she completed her treatments just before Christmas. It was a great Christmas present to know that she was clear of all the cancer. I did not realize that it could come back! Last month while I was loving on her I noticed her lymph nodes were enlarged again. It has been a battle with the hubby to have her go through the treatments again. His first response when he found out it was cancer again was "I'm not spending thousands more dollars on that dog!", which naturally didn't go over well with me. You see Sadie was my first baby. She sleeps with me like a teddy bear and snuggles with me on the couch. Well after hearing how upset I was he said we would try it for a month and see where we were and if she was responding this time around as the vet recommended. After a month the vet evaluated her and said she is doing great and is responding well to the treatment. I relayed this to hubby and he never responded so I thought that meant we were going to finish all the treatments. When I reminded him to take her in today, he balked and said she was done with treatments and he only agreed to one month. Not at all what I got out of the conversation, but then again he is not a great communicator at times. Now he says we can do one more month and that's it. That will only be half of the treatments. Will this do anything for her? I guess my problem is that she doesn't act like she is sick. She still gets excited and is her normal self. I just have trouble not helping her when there is something we can do for her. I understand he feels it is a lot of money to spend and the money could be spent elsewhere, but my conscious tells me that I can't just sit back and do nothing. Am I being selfish. I know she is a dog, but I still love her. How do I let go?

Am I prolonging the inevitable, probably.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

So proud!

We had to make another visit to the doc today and Sweet pea has yet another ear infection. As bad as that is I came out feeling so happy. First the doc makes comments about how cute my boys are and how their big blue eyes are beautiful, the Sweet pea decided to show his intelligence conversation goes....

Sweet Pea: Pibe, semen, eight, niii, te, eweben, tweb, tirtee......

Doc: Is he counting?

Mom: Yes, he does pretty good but skips 4 and 6 quite often

Doc: Really?? He is way ahead of the game. He is talking so well and to be counting at his age, wow.

Yes I am beaming with pride. My little einstein!

Next step Harvard Law............lol

Monday, September 10, 2007

Vacation

Just got back from our fall vacation. I am wondering if you can call it a vacation with a toddler and preschooler in tow. Don't get me wrong we had a great time. I love watching the boys explore and see new things. The look of wonder just gives me warm fuzzies.

Sweet pea, that's my little one, is not a very good sleeper away from home. I don't know if it is his age or just how he is going to be. We had such a fight to get him to nap or go down at night that it was exhausting. My little Peanut, however went straight to bed every night without a fight quite contrary to home.

We learned a few things that are not really toddler friendly on this trip. The boys are always hitting golf balls around the back yard so we decided to take them miniature golfing, BIG mistake. It took Peanut a few holes before he got the idea and Sweet pea only wanted to hit everyone with the club and throw the balls. It was a LOOOONG 18 holes, but we made it through and I think Peanut enjoyed it.

We did get some quiet time on the balcony listening to the waves crash in, ahhhh it was nice. Now back to the real world and a crazy week.

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