Party Pictures

Superhero Students in Action

Overall the party was a success

I would do it again in a heartbeat

no matter how much I bitched and moaned

Colton had a blast

His buddies from school were still talking about it today

That's what counts

Happy Birthday to my sweet Colton

Can't believe he's 4

now if he would learn the alphabet

and stop pooping his pants

Spidey's Superhero Academy

Then party is over

We I survived

Colton may not have

He went to bed before 5pm

Let's hope that is for the night and not a nap

The party was a blast

I think I had as much fun as the boys

and I won't lie

I felt pretty good about myself

It was a good mamma moment for me

That being said, not sure if it was worth it

I spent WAY too much money

And way too much time

And of course this morning

moments before the arrival time

I realized I had forgotten a child

I had to scram to add a goodie bag

and extra spot at the table

Usually I make very good lists 

so crap like this doesn't happen

I'm not sure WTH is going on with me lately

So now on to the photos

And I must say that I can take virtually NO credit here

I found just about every idea off of that stupid website pinterest

But at least I can say I made something from there right?

The Decorations:

I made the banner

and Spidey is a wall decal I ordered from Amazon

he will be transferred to Colton's room and the banner will be put away for next year

 A close up of the letters

I think the "N" is upside down

but the glue was already on

They're 4, they barely know the alphabet right?

 Colton was so happy when he saw this Spiderman

I got the biggest hug and loving ever

That makes it worth while

 My pride and joy was this wreath

And you better bet your bum I will break this baby out for 4th of July

Take off Spiderman and throw on a flag

It is made with cupcake liners

My sister and worked on this together

The Spiderman face on the wreath was the invitation I made

That might have been the only idea that was actually mine

 I did Colton's name for decor

Tomorrow I am going to hang them in his room

I painted some letters I got at Hobby Lobby 

and then glued comic book pages on the front

So cute and easy

Might make some for the other brothers

During the middle of writing this post my Sweet Colton woke up in tears 

I had to take him to the clinic

He has a nasty ear infection

I dropped him off so Mark could lay him down while I waited for his medicine

By the time I got home he was sleeping so hard he would not wake up to take it

Hope he makes through the night with out waking up in too much pain

Tomorrow I will post on the "Academy" portion of the party

Where Have I Gone Wrong

My sweet sweet Colton

My middle child

with the terrible terrible three's

I know it's hard to imagine

the child

with this face

walking around without a halo

but it happens

And it's my fault

It's always the mom's fault right

I see my attitude in him

When you tell him no

for the 42nd time in a row

to stop________

(fill in the blank)

he will scream  

and stomp

and hit

it's pretty

REAL PRETTY

I'm frustrated

he's frustrated

I yell

he yells

I don't know what to do with him

I get the attitude

I totally get it

Connor is older

He gets everything new

has friends and cooler toys

Christian is the baby

He gets lots of attention

and holding and rocking

Colton gets the hand-me-downs

and the "in a minute"s

I would be mad too

So yesterday I gave him his own room

Connor and Colton have bunk beds

sharing a room obviously

Christian has his own room

We have a 4th bedroom

but it is on a the bottom level 

of our 3 level house

(all the other bedrooms are on 3)

so someone has to share

for the next few years

anyway...

I did some serious furniture moving

I moved the crib to Connor's room

and Colton's bed to his 

VERY OWN ROOM

I haven't moved the clothes yet

figured I would test this for a few weeks first

Last night he slept well

He seems pretty excited about his space

I'm thinking this might just be a good idea

Then this afternoon

I told him to go upstairs and change his clothes

(because he peed)

and he locked me out of the house

We had just been coming in from the garage

so I had my keys

then he's upstairs slamming doors

My "way" is not working anymore

I don't know what else to do

He OBVIOUSLY needs attention

do I put him in more school

do I put Christian in MDO 

so I can have more time with Colton

more 1 on 1 dates

but how to fit that in

I am at a loss

All I know 

what I am doing now

is NOT working

Not in the Mood

To blog that is

Can you tell?

I've been sort of absent

Trying to read but no interest in writing

After taking a little break over Christmas 

It's hard to get back into the swing of it

Then with our lovely school schedule

Finding time during the day is difficult

And I am back to being drained by the time the boys are down at 7pm

My brain is mush

Thinking is a big task

Uploading pictures and typing a post....

even BIGGER

So....where to start?

How about with Christian

My baby boy has been sick for almost a month now

I have waisted over $100 on medicine and doctor visits

There seems to be nothing the doctors can do

But the snot keeps coming 

and coming

and coming

I don't know why it bothers me so bad

I am not a doctor or medicine kind of person

I have to be 1 foot in the grave before I will see a doctor

But I really thought my boy was sick and needed some help

Yet I got none

Doctors suck!

On a lighter note

Christian got tooth #6

It just barely broke the gum

So now maybe that will help the snots

And he is trying to walk

2 or 3 steps here or there

I have not been rushing him

I am trying to keep him baby as long as I can

Plus once they're walking

holy moly

With him being sick, all he wants to do is nurse

Kind of makes the weening hard

How do you tell a sick baby no?

On to Colton.....

For any readers who have not had the pleasure

of meeting my middlest in person-

He is so freaking cute!
However, he is putting me in potty training
HELL
Today he did go all day with out an accident
So tomorrow he will probably have 4 and poop twice
That's how it goes
He just doesn't seem to care


And Connor...
4 (and a half)
with an attitude of a 14 year old
He is reading
or has the stories memorized
not sure which
but either way I am super proud
He won't eat anything unless it comes with a happy meal toy
And is yelling a lot
Oh gosh, wonder where he learned that?
whoops




Can't forget Mark...
He painted the wet bar today
And I must say, I'm pretty impressed
It looks great!
He also wins HOTY award
He bought me a new washer and dryer today
I had to be a total bitch all weekend to get it
Now I have to eat, sleep, and dream laundry

Finally me...
I'm tired
Chris has been waking up at night, several times
Today I couldn't fall back to sleep
Hopefully I will sleep well tonight
I redboxed SATC2 last night
I had a solo girls night
It was good
Tomorrow is a new week and I am looking forward to it
Gonna work on all my "deeds"
you know-
working out, eating good, cleaning, laundry
all the fun stuff
No school tomorrow though
YAY!
I actually prefer no school days
how sad is that
Still seriously considering taking Colton out of his Monday school


Here's to a better mood
toodles

Colton Lee

December 27, 2007

7:59am

Best Day of My Life

well one of two at that point

God blessed me with my Colton Lee

He amazes me more and more 

EVERY.

SINGLE.

DAY.

Seriously

I'm not just saying that

This is the learning phase

Buckling himself up

Snapping his pants

Pooping in the potty

Picking up his toys

Putting together a puzzle

I am so excited to experience the 3's with him

(anything is better than his 2's)

I love this little guy for

 his smile

 his loving hugs

the way he picks his nose

and then hands me his booger

and his hair

(he got the good hair)

He is the best big and little brother

Now if only I could get him to sleep past 5am

things would be great

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

COLTON

Doctor Reports

Had to go to the doctor today

Me

(well not me, but I drove)

Christian

and 

Spider Man

 Christian insisted on squeezing into the photo himself

So first....

let me address the spidey issue

We eat, sleep, and breathe super heros at my house lately

The Batman costume we had for Halloween does not really fit

But good thing this 2 year old SM costume is still in 1 piece

It is worn daily

And often all day long

EVERY WHERE 

ALL DAY

It doesn't bother me

I think it's rather cute

Mark disagrees

He doesn't really think it should be worn in public

You have to pick your battles

I always say

And clothing is not one fight I choose to have

At least now I know what I think my little man will be receiving for his birthday

that's right....

new costumes

So on to the well check ups

Colton's-3 year

Christian's 1 year

Both are healthy and mostly happy

I can't remember exact numbers

only a few hours later

and this dumbass doctor doesn't write it down for you

(more on that subject in a bit)

Colton was 31-ish pounds?

and 35 inches tall?

I do remember saying 

"you're almost 3 feet tall"

My short boys

Barely in the 20th percentile

Whatever the hell those mean anyway

Got him some new cream for his eczema

poor baby

And he did suggest some benedryl at night if he has been itchy

Score!

Gave him some of the pink liquid already tonight

He should be asleep

with in 5 more minutes

Christian was 20 pounds 

and 29 inches

or so I'm guessing

He looked great

But had to get 4 shots

But my trooper

Cries for all of 8 seconds

until I say to him

"it's all over"

And that was it

He was done

Last time he didn't even cry

I really do thank God every day for my healthy boys

My non sleeping, still boob eating, crazy talking, web slinging, fighting over toys

BOYS

Wouldn't trade 'em for anything

(But I would really really love 1 night's sleep)

Ok so on to the doctor subject

I am not sold on this pediatrician I found here

When we first moved here

I got a couple of names from some moms off of "mamasource"

He was actually the only one who would meet with me

Seriously

no one would meet you first unless you are prego

WTH?

He seemed really nice

I mean he is nice, it's not like he's some a-hole

But we come from the BEST doctor

EVER

Seriously

If you live in DFW, any where

he is worth the drive

Dr. Berkowitz of 

Pediatric Specialist of Plano

In fact

I am thinking of making the 4 hour drive myself

Is that stupid

Keep him for well check ups

And find someone here for when the boys are sick?

Is that not letting go of Texas?

Or not embracing OK?

Anyway....

This new doctor

His office is all electronic

He does not walk in with a file

There is no taking notes

He is typing

ANNOYING

And he does not give near a thorough exam

I had to ask him to check Christian's balls

He had a cyst when he was a few months old

And the urologist said it could come back

But that our pediatrician would check it and know

Well, you can't know if you don't check

Dr. B always checked that sort of thing anyway

Obviously

he found the cyst

But today I had to ask

New dr would have known 

had he read Chris' file

The file I paid $25 to have copied

And then gave to him

needless to say

I did not hand over Colton's file

I came in with my list of questions

Like I always do

Because I have to write everything down

Or my little mind tends to forget

Nothing major

Silly things like

How can I get this 12 month old to sleep all night

or 

how can I get this almost 3 year old to 

NOT come into my room at night

The questions you know the answer to 

But love to hear it from a pro

So you know what he says to me

"It'll get better"

If I wanted an answer like that

I would have talked to the hubs

HA

If I had taken that same list into Dr. B's office

I would have left with a plethora of information

Lots of new ideas to try

and a 

"call me in a week if this doesn't work"

Dr. B talks to the kids

For a 3 year check up

He would have been asking

what color is this, how high can you count

NOTHING

that's what I got out of new dr

So I hate to keep taking the boys to new people

I guess I really lucked out with Dr. B

But with in 2 minutes of interviewing him when I was prego

I knew he was the one

I also new with in our first appointment

for Chris' 9 month checkup

that new dr was NOT the one

But I gave him another try

Now I really know

So there is my doctor rant

I feel better now!

On a funnier note

Here is our SC visit photo

We look like such a happy family huh?

He hates being away from me

I secretly like it

Guess where I went today

Go ahead say it out loud

You know the answer

That's right

TARGET

I needed diapers and cheese

$75 later

WTH?

$30 covered my 2 needed items

I grabbed very few grocery items to get us through the next couple of days

It costs an arm and freaking leg to eat

Next year I WILL get this under control

That's all I've got for now

Toodles

Boy Talk

This is going to be a new segment

Obviously entitled

"BOY TALK"

It is going to be a way for me to keep record

of the lovelies my boys say

to me and to each other

It may not all be funny

or entertaining to you

But

it's not really about you now is it?

Con-mommy, this house smells like old lady
(nice because he is referring to our house)

At the dinner table:
Colton-I put dis poopy in de potty?
me-what? (as Mark and I eye each other, thinking did we hear this right)
Colton-I put dis poopy in de potty?
me-sure
And he comes around the table holding his poop
Mark and I can't stop laughing long enough to help the poor kid
Hey, at least he cleans up after himself


In the car driving home from the grocery store
Just me and Connor
He is rambling something about a hospital
And before I can get the answer to his bazaar question out of my mouth
He has moved on
Connor-I'm not gonna have a mommy and kids
Me-you're not
Con-no
Me-Well don't you want a wife?
Con-Well you can just come over
Me-umm, ok. But don't you want kids?
Con-no. What do you call someone with out a wife or kids
Me-A bachelor
Con-OH ok, well I guess I will have a wife and 4 boys and 4 girls. Did you know that makes 8?
Me-Yeah, good math. But that's alot of kids
Con-Ok, I'll just have 2 boys and 2 girls. That makes 4
Me-OK
Con-And I might not live next door. I might just live down the street in one of those houses with a pool
Me-Well we can get a pool put in
Con-Well I don't know how to make a pool
Me-Well we can hire someone to build it
Con-OK then I can live next door to you

WOW! I am glad that that is settled!!!!

Happy Saturday

Just a Quick Update

Good news

for sure not chicken pox

Bad news

still no idea what it is

Christian still is covered in bumps

 and I mean there are well over 50

yes I have tried counting

 but they are fading

I am beginning to wonder if it is some sort of weird bug bites

 I think this because they look like that

big and red

and they are not on his stomach or back

which is always covered by a onsie

So today I am washing everything in HOT water

He still has diarrhea-5 days now

Maybe it is related 

or not?

who knows

But that shit stinks!!!!

LITERALLY

Still not in a major posting mood

Dont' know why

But I am definitely making my poster today

Kid for sale

Free kid

Kid with $20 in his pocket

Movie Night and A Day of Dates

Decided to have family movie night on Friday

I had recorded Ratatouille and we had yet to watch it

So we picked up a pizza 

and popped some popcorn

and had a good night

Hello Cheek-y

My sweet, precious Colton is certainly in the 

TERRIBLE 2'S

Between that and the new baby brother

and daddy being gone for 6 months and

the move here

and our lack of a schedule during summer....

he is not sleeping well and biting

and just being a holy terror

So I thought a little one on one time would be nice

I gave him 3 choices

the dinosaur museum, putt-putt, or the zoo

and in that order

I was really pushing the (indoor) museum

But my boy choose the zoo

We enjoyed the water feature in the children's section 

just the 2 of us

barefoot and holding hands thru the running stream

We saw some other mommy's and babies

Then we went to visit our gorilla Big Mamma

There she is looking sad as usual

Wonder why we call everyone "Big Mamma"?

Anyway, the zoo keeper was there taking her notes on the gorillas activities

And we got to learn some little tidbits about our friend

BM is actually 47 or 48 years old and came from Africa

She is the mother of 8 and nursed all her babies

That explains the droopy boobs and sad face

She is the grandmother of the youngest one (6) in their living area

Gorillas in captivity live to around 50

She had her last baby at 41, which is very late in Gorilla years

The zookeeper also said Big Mamma was a very good name for her

So there is your animal lesson for the day folks!!!

WTH

Who took all the leaves from the bottom branches

So our time together at the zoo was nice

and HOT

and short

We headed to Chic-fil-A for lunch and were still home by noonish for nap

That afternoon Mark and Connor went to the movies

and then they camped out in the basement that night

As much as I love family time and always want to encourage group activities

The boys really thrive when they are seperated

Perhaps I have treated them more like twins than I should have?

If you ask Colton how old he is

He will tell you 4

And he believes it

Sunday we all went to try the "best" Mexican restaurant in town

We don't typically go to non-fast food places with all of us

Not that our boys are bad

They use table manners and we try to time it right

But it is often a beating

I know some of you other moms know what I am talking about

As the mom, you don't really get to enjoy the food or being served

You have to keep knives out of the way

or drinks from being spilled

or feed babies

or make sure food gets into the right tummies

But it was GREAT food

and everyone was truly on their best behavior

The best part....

it is literally right down the street

Well worth the effort

So there was my weekend

Life with Boys

is fun

(most of the time)