A Mom...

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook today and i thought it was great!

Do i work? Uh, yes. I am a Mom! That makes me an alarm clock, cook, maid, a doctor, fashion advisor, waitress, teacher, nanny, nurse, handyman, security officer, photographer, counselor, chauffeur, a lifelong student, and event planner, a person assistant, an ATM, & a comforter. I don't get holidays, sick pay or days off. I work through the DAY & NIGHT. I am on call every hour for the rest of my life.

How true is that!  I know a few people who really think that being a stay at home mom is so easy and simple. That a SAHM does nothing but sit on the couch and play with the kids or sit on the internet all day long.  I have stopped arguing with them because they will never understand!  :)

Here's a few other things i have found on Pinterest too!  

This one is sooo true!!  Love it!

LOL!! I want this to hang on my back door!!  No point in cleaning it all the time!  She actually jumps up there as I'm cleaning it!  So really whats the point!  :)

My Crazy Kinley

This child is a handful!!
She is a climber.  She has learned how to climb her way up on the couch and she loves that!  She thinks she so cool that she did that on her own!  If there's a box around she will climb in it. Even if that means she has to go head first.
Her new things is gloves!  She loves having things go on her hand.  It is so funny!!  Even when you put her clothes on and her hands havent made it out of the hole yet, she cracks up!  She is my sweet Joshie and crazy Reese all in one!!
Josh takes the back of her shirt and pulls it up over her head and her arms get pushed up in the air and she runs around the house with this silly laugh!  I have to get it on video before she hates it!

I love the look on her face!!

I tell ya...she's crazy!!

We put our tv back in the car and she wouldnt stop laughing!  She thought it was so cool!!

My Reesie Girl!

She is going to be starting Pre-K in just a week and a half!  She's gonna be gone 3 days a week.  I cant believe this time is already here.  Not sure what i'm gonna be doing with my time!  :)

Reese has changed so much in the last few months!  Her attitude has gotten so much better and that sweet girl that i know she is shows more and more!  She is the sweetest big sister!  She always wants to hold Kinley and Kinley doesn't want any part of it!!  She LOVES her big brother!  Now that he has started school she is so bored!  I'm trying to keep her entertained but she keeps saying, "after we're done can we PLEASE go pick up bubby?"  So I'm excited for her to start school and makes some new friends!

She is loving her hair right now!  She loves that she can touch it on her back!  Me, personally, i'm ready to chop it off!! :)

The day i have been dreading for the last 5 years!!!

Joshua started Kindergarten on Monday!  I have been dreading this day, and the same time excited for this day!  I cant believe this little man is old enough for me to drop him off outside and walk to his class on his own!  I know he is loving every minute of it!!  This kid LOVES to learn!  I know he is gonna blow his teachers away with his kindness and smarts!

Watching him walk from my car to go inside makes me so proud of him!  I am so thankful for the boy he is becoming.  He is so kind hearted and sweet.  On the way to school this morning he was talking about how something was so beautiful.  It melted my heart to him say that something was beautiful!  I dont care what it was, just hearing those words come out of his mouth pulled at my heart strings!

Joshua Aaron..I am so proud of you, the boy you are, and the man you will become!!  I couldnt ask for anything more from you!  You always amaze me in everything that you do.  I love you so much and look forward to all your accomplishments in school!

BEST FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!

Luke, Joshua and Reese

First tooth..........GONE!!!

Well Joshua officially lost his first tooth!!  The adult tooth actually grew behind his baby teeth.  It took him forever to get that baby tooth out.  He was so nervous that it was gonna hurt him.  I kept showing him videos on youtube how kids used strings to pull out their teeth.  He would run upstairs before the kids would shut the door and the tooth would pop out!!  It was funny!!  Finally i was walking behind him down the stairs and at the bottom of the stairs he says, "What the heck is this?"  In his had his tooth had just fallen out on its own!

This morning while brushing his teeth i noticed the tooth next to it is starting to break the surface.  THIS IS ALL HAPPENING TO FAST FOR ME!!  :)  I want those baby teeth forever!

The tooth fairy left him a cool $2 bill and note!

Another update on Reese

Reese had her neurology appointment a few weeks ago.  It was probably the most uneventful dr appointment i have ever been to.  I was very disappointed!  I guess going in i kind of knew that she was gonna stay on the meds because she had a few seizures in the last couple weeks, so i knew that wasn't going to change.  I wasn't prepared for her to tell me that she has to be on meds for a minimum of 2 years!  That was pretty much the only new information i got.  I guess i just want more answers and there really isn't any. We just talked about the seizures and they are pretty confident that she will grow out of them.  We will need to up her meds as she grows over the next 2 years.  Her dosage is based on her weight and right now they have her on a low dosage just to start out.

We have taken away the Leapster.  She has only asked for it once and we just tell her that we don't know where it is.  We let her play with the iphone, but very rarely.  That doesn't seem to bother her at all when she plays it.  Now we have taken away the tv's in the car.  That seems to be causing her seizures now.  She has had a couple of them in the last few weeks and they are always in the car with the tv on.  I have tried to look up if it has any effect but i cant find anything!  The only thing that i find that has both seizures and portable dvd players is articles about people bringing them with them when they are having an EEG.

Well i think thats pretty much where we are at now!  I will probably call today and tell them about the portable dvd players and they will probably call back with a new dosage for her.  The one and only side effect of this medication is behavioral problems, acting out in aggression.  She did that before so im not sure if its the meds or her!  :)  It can get worse the higher the dosage gets.  Plus she's starting Pre-K in September,  so this should get even more interesting!  :)