2 month check up

So many of you already know all this but I wanted to post it because like I said before, I have been lacking in the baby book department. It is much faster to come on and type a little blurb then it is to find the time to sit and write.

So Ethan weighed 12 lbs 5 ounces at his check up and was 23 1/2"long. He is in the 75th percentile for his age. We'll see if that lasts though. Emma was always tall and skinny for her age, now she is short and skinny! Guess its better than short and fat! LOL!

Last day of school

Today was Emma's last day of school! I went there at 11:00 today to watch the "crossing of the bridge" ceremony where they actually walked over a real wooden bridge and accepted their diploma for graduating Pre-K 3. Too funny. She will be attending Pre-K 4 there next year because she missed the cut off date for graduation. In a way I am glad about this because I don't think I am ready to let her go all day everyday to kindergarten. At least this way she is only going 3 days a week for 2 1/2 hours a day. Mommy needs one more year to warm up to the all day every day thing. I know I will have to let go sometime but it's hard seeing your first baby get so big! It must be even harder seeing your last baby get so big. I'm sure I will post about that when the time comes!

They were sent home with so many momentos today and they were all so cute. One of which was a big blue piece of construction paper that had little hearts glued to it. And on each heart was the name and "self portrait" of each child in the class. It's so funny to look at a 4 yr olds drawing of themselves. But sadly to say, my self portrait wouldn't be any better looking than Emma's was....I still draw stick figures! Haha! It will be neat to have when all these kids are in high school together! Some of these kids, I'm sure, will be her friends for many many years. I myself miss that. I don't have any friends here yet, and it seems when I do make friends we move, or they move.....ok enough of the pity party...this is supposed to be a happy day!!!

They also sent home a paper with basic skills on it, colors, shapes, numbers, letters etc. that the children were quizzed on throughout the year. They list how old your child was at each testing and it shows you the progress they made throughout the year. I am proud to say that Emma knows and has learned everything she needed to so far. One question that was on the paper that I found interesting was "who is God?" The first time she was asked this she was 3 and she answered "my mom and dad." I feel like this is so true....out of the mouth of babes....
Children get their perception of God through us. Much of our attitudes, actions etc. shape their own relationship and faith in God. It sort of makes you think twice before doing something that may not be 100% right. Even if we don't notice the eyes of our children watch every move we make. They are big sponges and pick up on everything. I just hope that I can be a good example for both of my kids even when I think they aren't watching.

He laughed.....

Ethan laughed today! It was so cute! He had just eaten and fell asleep in my arms (as usual) and he giggled and opened his eye a bit. So I smiled at him and asked "what's so funny?" Obviously not expecting an answer since he is only 2 months old....but he did answer...he giggled again. Too cute! Now if I can get him to do it while he is awake! He must have some pretty funny dreams though! LOL!

I am posting this stuff here because I have been a little lazy about the baby book with him. I don't have much time to sit and write, right now so if worse comes to worse I can print this and place it in his book! Oh, modern mom's!

Some progress

So I tried to start organizing some things today. We had a rough day with Ethan because he didn't want to sleep unless I held him so it made it kind of hard to do much. But I dropped Emma off at school and got some little drawer organizers at the Dollar store so I have 2 of the drawers organized and the pantry cleaned out. That's about all I did...but hey...baby steps right. Laundry is still on my couch and probably won't get done tomorrow either since we have a school picnic tomorrow and I have to go to the mall that's an hour away to get Emma's teachers a gift. That will be an all day project! Thursday we have a "Crossing the Bridge" ceremony from Pre-K 3 to Pre-K 4 so I will be there for 2 1/2 hours during school and then Friday is poor little Ethan's check up with his first round of shots....my poor little guy! In the Navy it seemed intimidating because they had 2 people give all the shots at once, but in reality it was a great idea. In the civilian world it happens one at a time and he has to get 4 or 5 of them. I am really dreading them. Plus I have to do that with Emma I am just praying she will be a good girl! So this may be the end to organizing for the week but I DID do something so we'll see how it goes. Oh yah, and I listed some things on ebay as well so that was productive. And I yelled at a credit card person for lying to me........I hate how they say anything to get you to sign up. This one is for Phil's work and it helps get points when he stays away. We can redeem points for gift cards or free hotel nights and we get more points when using this credit card which we already use one for his nights away so it wasnt' a big deal. But the offer was in my name and they said they could merge the account with his so all the points would rack up faster and now come to find out they can't! Of course they can't ...........I should have known better. Oh well. I am off to shower because I know that will not happend tomorrow morning before the picnic...I still need to go to the grocery store to get hot dog rolls to bring before it all starts.....GEEZ! Well at least I am not bored.

Boy am I on a roll tonight.....

Ok so here are some pics of my house that quite frankly I am very embarrassed to post. But I think the public humilitation will help keep me accountable. Afterall the truth shall set you free....so why pretend that everything is under control and perfect! So these are pics of my downstairs since both the kids are sleeping upstairs I thought it best to just take shots of the downstairs for now. There is clutter everywhere! Notice all the laundry I have to fold.....why in the world do we have this many clothes? This isn't even all of our clothes either....and for some reason I still find the need to buy cute things when I see them. I think I am addicted to clothes shopping!

My kitchen is just a mess.....I try to keep up with the dishes and I do pretty well with that. But our counters are often mucked up with papers and miscellaneous objects. Also notice the pile of toys in the middle of the floor that I was too tired to make Emma pick up, and too tired to do it myself...so there they will sit until tomorrow.

My bathroom very typical....everyone but me showers and leaves their clothes all over the floor, then I have to go back and clean it up. But tonight that is not happening. I need me time...not clean time. Is it really that hard to bring clothes to the hamper? I guess so cause no one ever does it.

And finally a picture of the stairs. That bag has been sitting there for a week.......it's mine....and why I haven't cleaned it out and put it away is beyond me. Something so simple but I just can't seem to do it.

I think my main problem is that I dont know how to organize and declutter so often times things sit and just get worse because the problem is so overwhelming to me. But I am really getting sick of it all. We are overloaded with things we dont really need.

So here's my messy downstairs.......my goodness it's horrible....I really need to get on the ball.

Week One: Dial "G-O-D"

Here is week one from the Clean Heart Challenge copied from www.acleanheart.com

I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1-2 (NKJV)

You know the kind of mess you're in. You know how you feel about it too. But even if no one else knows or can understand, there is Someone who does. You cannot hid from Him. He knows everything. He knows how you got here and the reason why. He knows all the answers. So why not ask? Have you tried? He IS listening. He does hear you cry out to Him. He hears your voice. And He does answer. Maybe not as we would have imagined or in our timing, but He does answer. And here's something you may not have thought of before....He loves to have you need Him. Hear that? He lvoes to have you need Him.

Mayver you've drifted away. Maybe the Lord is breaking you to bring you back. Maybe the Lord jsut needs you to "pick the phone up and call." You need not worry about the long distance charge. He's already paid that with His Son. For you it's free. All you have to do is pick up the phone and dial. There will be no busy signal. he will not put you on hold to answer the other line. You do not have to leave a message. He is there, waiting with great anticipation for it to ring. He will be excited to hear you, and will love to have you need Him. CAll upon Him todays and tomorrow. Call upon Him as long as you live. He has been there before and will be there again.....today, tomorrow, and always.


This is something that I have forgotten over time. We sit in our situations and often feel alone, like no one understands but in reality there IS someone there who understands. If only we would ask we would receive. I don't know how many times I have felt lonely. I am a stay at home mom--which in today's society is a dying breed. No one I know stays home with their children anymore. It's almost frowned upon, like what we do is insignificant because we don't receive a paycheck or that title. At times I know I even belittle myself by saying "oh I JUST stay home with my kids." as if what I do is of no value when in reality we as moms, have the most important job in the world. I am so thankful that I am able to stay home, and in order to do this we do sacrifice a bit with Phil not being home everynight of the week. Are there times when I feel alone.....YES....are there times when my children drive me crazy....YES....are there times I wish that the responsibility wasn't mostly mine....YES....but I wouldn't trade it for anything when I see my son roll over for the first time, or when I catch my daughter singing and dancing and twirling around in her own little world. I couldn't imagaine these moments being missed by myself, and seen by strangers.

I think I often forget to ask God for help with the simple things. I often worry about how we will pay bills, how scary the world is becoming, or how I will even make it through a rough day. But that is what He is here for. And though I dont' know the future He does and He is in control. It's ok to ask God for things as silly as they may seem.......such as decluttering our house and lives. He care about the little things, and He has the answers. If He cares for even the littlest sparrow...how much more does He care for us and our lives?

I need to take a lesson from my son, and be totally trusting and reliant on my heavenly daddy, just as he is totally reliant on myself and my husband. He doesn't have to think if his needs will be met he just cries out even over the most basic of needs.....food, water, clean diapers.....and knows that I will be here to fufill them. God has given me these children and I have to trust that God will supply the means to take care of them. And as I embark on this decluttering challenge I need to remember that I can call out to God for a clean house and He will help direct and guide me through this process. Cause God knows I can't do this alone......I truly am a SLOB!!

Cleaning up and clearing out.

Ok so I am a bit of a slob. I am very disorganized and my house seems to be messy all the time. We have too much stuff and too little space. I came across the Colossal Clutter Clean-Up and am personally going to try to accept this challenge. I feel like I am always behind, and our lives are overfilled with things, which are nice to have, but aren't everything and seem to cause more work, more frustration and more anxiety. This is an 8 week challenge and I hope to stick to it and will blog and update along the way. If anyone would like to join me the whole challenge guidebook can be found at www.cleanheart.com