The Good The Bad And The Ugly...

So lately I've been busy which is why all my posts have been combined into one. I don't like it but that's the way it is for now.

The Good

I GOT MY BIRCHBOX!!

There's something about this little box of awesomeness that makes me do the happy dance. Yes I know, I need a life...





The Bad

As I've said in a previous post, if #2 falls and hurts himself then I would have to hurt my husband. I may have even said that I would shank him. Yeah I said it. And I meant it, but then on Thursday #2 fell pretty hard and I wasn't around a sharp enough object to shank the hubs with. That and I'd probably go to jail. I figured the hubs would feel bad enough and that was good enough for me :) My poor baby went over a jump and because of how he wasn't standing or was standing (still not sure) his feet flew out from under him and he was laying on the bike, when he landed his hand was stuck full throttle. Thankfully the fence wasn't attached at the bottom and he slid through the fence right behind his bike (again thankfully he was behind the bike) and into the trash can. He cried for a bit and said it scared him. Then he blamed his dad and let me hold him like I did the day he was born. Then I heard the best words ever, he said he wanted to sell his bike! About 20 minutes later he was back on and had already changed his mind. Booo! I can't wait for his armor vest to get her. I won't worry about his insides so much because it's the same vests bull riders wear. A lot of the motocross guys wear them now to protect their organs.

Here he is with a scratch under his eye. His goggles rubbed him so hard he got a little rash. He was upset because he didn't get a black eye...??



The Ugly

So then the next day we were out front letting the kids play. I told them it was time to go in so I could start dinner. #2 and 3 started fighting over a scooter and then #3 was crying. She was holding her chin so I knew something was up. I pulled her arms away and there was blood all over. ACK! I don't do well with blood but for some reason it didn't bother me. All of a sudden it was hectic. Blood all over the bathroom counter, in the sink and all over our hands. #2 and 3 were blaming each other and the hubs was getting band aids. WTH?!?! So we got her cleaned up and dropped #1 and 2 off with our neighbors and went straight to the hospital to get some stitches.

Really, two days in a row? Now #1 feared for day three. She was convinced something was going to happen to her!

So here were are at the hospital. I don't have very many pics because the hubs was embarrassed that I was snapping away. What? the nurse said I could...

My other poor baby...


Getting checked in.


She's exhausted. Poor thing doesn't know what's coming. Here she has the numbing gel on.


Watching Sponge Bobby with dad while we wait for the stitches...


That's all I got that day. I was about to snap another pic when the hubs gave me the look. Fine. I had to help hold her down anyway while he got all light headed and had to go sit down. Normally that would have been me but for some reason I couldn't stop watching. I watched them inject her with something that was supposed to numb her (and didn't on one side, ouch!) and I watched as he gave her three stitches. He probably could have put four and I almost said something but last time I questioned a Dr. I got a weird look...

24 hours later.


And I'm happy to report that we broke the curse. #1 didn't get injured the next day :) I made sure we never stepped foot outside.

Birchbox, Baseball, Cheer and Babysitting

So last weekend was our third weekend in a row of cheer competitions. I'm so over it...and we still have another month of it left. Saturday was CRAZY. We babysat my friends two kids Friday night and we had to get everyone up in time for #2's baseball pictures at 8:30. After that we had another kiddo to watch for a couple hours so we dropped the other two off with their big brother and ran back to the field to watch half of #2's baseball game. Only half because I then had to run back home to get #1 ready for her cheer competition. Her cheer team did GREAT!! They got 2nd place out of 6! Then yesterday evening my friends two kiddos came back over and spent the night last night. Nothing like fun playdates to break up the day. One kiddo is a month younger than #2 and the other is 14, both boys. #2 loves playing with them. The only bad thing is when they leave I have to hear #1 and 2 talk about how they wish their brother could come play with them. Don't think that's ever gonna happen kids. Poor #2 even told me that he wants a new big brother that he can play with since his doesn't want to. Sore subject. Moving along...

I am pretty darn excited for this weekend. We are doing absolutely NOTHING! Not a single game or competition! My husband's cousin and family are going to come out and camp! Yay!

Any Birchbox fans out there? I ordered it at the end of February and I am still waiting. I got an email on the 8th saying it has been shipped but still no box. I ordered the three month gift for my mother in law the same time I ordered mine and she got hers weeks ago! Don't these people know how excited I am?! I am sooo looking forward to seeing what I get and all this waiting around is starting to kill me!

#2, 3 and 1.


#2 My little catcher!


#1 Middle stunt, left kiddo. Don't mess with her, she lifts cheerleaders...not wimpy weights!

Five Days of Chaos

So like I said in a previous post, we went to Viva Las Vegas for our anniversary and #1's cheer competition. Our anniversary was on a Thursday so we thought we'd go up early and celebrate our anniversary with no kids and since his mom was going to Vegas to watch the competition too, she was going to bring our kids up with her and her husband on Friday. Perfect! We were SUPER excited to go back to where we got married 10 years ago. Sounds awesome right? Well, it didn't work out that way.

Long story short, we got in trouble (yes, in trouble at 32 and 35 years old) by the hubs' step dad because I forgot to RSVP to his granddaughters birthday party at a pizza place. I was busy spending time with my daughter on her birthday weekend and packing for Vegas and forgot! For some reason he wanted us to apologize to HIM. Not gonna happen. So we didn't want to leave our kids with someone that gave us one word answers because he was so angry with us.

So Vegas and kids do NOT go together...at all. Especially when you spend 5 days in Vegas with kids. We had our anniversary dinner with the kids. It was supposed to be the two of us at a nice restaurant. Instead across from us were 3 bouncing kids that like to fight. Now I would have never brought the kids to Vegas if it wasn't for #1's cheer competition. She had a 2 day competition and man was it crazy. They ended up getting 5th place out of 7. We all thought they did great but this year the girls are starting to understand 5th place from 1st. This season they've earned either 2nd or 3rd place so to get 5th this time was not fun for them.

Day 1




Day 2
Warm ups in the freezing cold...



Three girls doing cartwheels, #1 is the first one :)


Three thumbs up!


While in Vegas we decided to take the kids (that should have been with a sitter...) to the Shark Reef in Mandalay Bay.
I apologize for the blurry pics. My camera was making me mad.







Blurry, but it was funny because they were scared of the glass bottom.


Then I got #1 to jump on it. I told #2 to do the same thing and he said, "No way!" and ran to Daddy...baby.




Other than all the drama and dealing with kids in Vegas, we had a good time. My MIL watched them for 3 hours one night so the hubs and I could gamble together instead of taking shifts.

Not So Secret, Secrets

So the last time I did a post it was #1's birthday then three days later it was our 10th wedding anniversary! The hubs tried to surprise me with a beautiful ring that he was going to give me while we were in Vegas for our anniversary/cheer competition but everything got ruined. Well not ruined but it didn't work out the way he wanted it to. Mainly because he always seems to tell the kids what he's doing and then they blab it to me. Hello? Kids can't keep secrets! But I pretty much knew what he was doing before that. He told me he wanted to get me something nice for our anniversary and showed me a few normal rings and after looking at the prices of them I told him absolutely not! Then I told my cousin and she told me that he was thinking about a ring with black diamonds. So what he was showing me was not what he was getting. He was just feeling me out. Once he knew that I knew he said forget it it's ruined. Then I was bummed. So about a week later he got the mail and he showed me how he had it all planned out. He told a company to send him a ring sizing thingy and he was going to act like he didn't know why we got that in the mail and then have me try it out so he could find my size. I was pretty impressed. So then about a week ago he told me that I wasn't allowed to look at the bank account for a week. Thats hard for me because I always look at it. He said he was going to take the kids for a couple hours while I got my hair done and then I could relax without them. Fine with me! Then later on that day they came back and we (#1,2 and me) were sitting in the kitchen.

#2-Mom we got hot chocolate on the way to L.A. today. (L.A. is known for their jewelry stores, that was my first clue)
#1- What are you talking about, we didn't go to L.A.
#2-Yeah we did remember, L.A. is short for Los Angeles.

Awesome.

Then a couple days before our anniversary #3 told me..."We went to L.A. to get you a pwetty wing." Ha! I told my husband and he laughed at first. Then got upset that everyone ruined his surprise. I told him it was his fault and he should know not to tell them ANYTHING! So then he gave it to me early! It was just like the ring he wanted to get me that was suuuper expensive. He took a picture of it and sent it to a jeweler who then made a more affordable-but-still-too-expensive-cause-I'm-super-cheap-and would-never-spend-that-much-on-myself, price. But sometimes I have to let things slide. I get so caught up "saving for a rainy day" and all he wanted to do was get me something nice for our 10th anniversary. I have to admit, I deserve it! So here it is...

A band of black diamonds with a normal diamond on top.


I absolutely love it! It's so different. I told him that he can just keep adding a band of black diamonds every year. I won't mind :)

Nine

So nine years ago yesterday something amazing happened. The hubs and I became parents to a tiny baby girl! #1 was born! We were all alone living in Memphis Tn. so he could move up at work faster. Far far away from California with no family around. She was so beautiful with dark hair and little strands of blonde all over. She was such a good baby and cried only when she was getting a bath. Thankfully she was good to me, a new mom that knew nothing about taking care of a baby. I can't believe she was born nine years ago. I know, we all say it but it's true, time goes by SO fast. It's hard for me to believe that in only nine more years she will be an adult! I sure hope the next nine don't go by as fast.

So here we are with a beautiful young lady that loves to laugh, sing and cheer. She is so helpful around the house and just loves being around us. I'm sure in a couple years that will change and she will only want to be locked up alone in her room or with friends and it's going to kill me. So I'm enjoying it all now!

Opening her presents first thing in the morning!!!...


These two were DYING to help her open her gifts!


Her favorite gift, Adele cd!


Nine!


Then off to a three hour cheer practice! Her team qualified for Viva Las Vegas this weekend!!

Her team put her in the middle and sang Happy Birthday to her!