Bad day

As I sit here waiting for my doctor who is perpetually behind schedule I thought I would take the chance to complain a little (which I seem to do a lot of lately, especially on Facebook).

Last night I ate too much. My mom took requests from everyone and so we had a shmorgesbord of random and delicious food. My belly rebelled against me all night.

We got home late and mike had to rush off to work a night shift so I got the kids to bed and decided to try to go to bed early. Please note that early for me is any time before 2 am these days. Well I forgot I had turned off the furnace earlier in the day to film a food storage video in our basement. I woke up freezing all night but couldn't muster up the energy to turn the heat on. At some point in the night I also developed a raging sore throat to add to my misery.

Combine the cold sleep and sore throat with a dream that I swear lasted all night long about my dog bubba having his legs ripped off and me carrying him in my arms all night trying to find a vet. I feel like I slept for maybe 5 minutes at best.

I awoke to an alarm at 7:30 because I had to be to the doctor in Orem by 9. Of course this is the ONE day that both kids sleep in. I got Lexi up and dressed and asked her to go wake up Mikey. She came back up and said "I can't find him on the top OR the bottom bunk" which of course sent me into a pregnant woman panic as I ran downstairs to look for him. He must have been cold too because he was completely nestled under the covers and hidden from view.

We rushed out the door with poptarts in hand and I got to do the most pleasant glucose test where you drink the nasty orange drink and then sit there for an hour. After the hour was up I got one of the nastiest and most painful blood draws ever. On a good note she got it on the first try instead of the 8th like last time.

I then proceded to go over to my doctor's office for a checkup. I thought for sure being at 10:30 am would avoid being behind schedule ...

And yet here I sit with only my iPhone for company, feeling starving, wanting a diet coke, and watching the time get late enough that Mikey will be late for preschool. Which pretty much foils my entire purpose of doing the appointment this early and doing the glucose test beforehand.

So I'm doing what any good mom and/or mom to be would do and blogging about it from my iPhone.

And THAT my friends is why I'm having a bad day!

-- Posted From My iPhone

Mikey's love notes

Five year old boys love their mommies. And I am saving all the proof. Here are a few highlights:

I found that one taped on the door when I got home one day. He worked on it himself while his dad took a nap.

Every day at preschool he chooses the "writing center" just so he can write me nice things.

I got this note attached to a delicious breakfast in bed.

I don't know who this one was made for but it sure wasn't me!

My boy loves me!

B is for Bojito

I do a little preschool with Lexi twice a week with some other families in our ward with kids her age. Yesterday was my turn to teach. I was reading a bug alphabet book (which was a real hit with the 3 year olds) and I got to the "B" page which looked like this:





I asked if any kids knew what that bug was. Lexi emphatically declared "That is a B for Bojito!!!" Just to be clear bojito is said with an entirely Hispanic accent with the j sounding like an h. And it actually means mosquito. And this picture is really a bumblebee.

There were so many things wrong with her declaration that I just burst into a pregnant belly laugh. Once I wiped my tears away I nicely told her "Yes Lexi, bojito does start with a b sound. Good job Loo Loo."

Things that make me smile today

A partially painted bathroom

A piano practicing session with no complaining

Making homemade Easter grass out of wheat

Today is a good day so far :)

Lexi: angel or monster?

I didn't know that girls marked their territory too ...


When I asked her WHY she would do this to her brand new little chair she defiantly responded, "That way I will know which chair is MINE!"


But who can't forgive this sweet little thing?

Updates?

So Julie clued me in to this sweet iPhone app that let's you quickly and easily update your blog. I've been posting fun stuff on facebook but it sort of gets lost there. So I'm going to attempt to do it on here and see if we can have a better family journal :)

I want to capture and remember the fun little day to day things about the kids and our life. So here goes nothing!

Here is us today :)






And here is Mike's problem (I mean project) for the day:

Business

That is supposed to be BUSY-NESS, not business. I haven't posted since August ... ok ya I totally suck. I do actually post on Facebook with news tidbits here and there, but they get lost in the shuffle so I will try to do a quick recap on WHY I haven't posted.

Food Storage
As you can see by the badge on my sidebar, I was working on a crazy food storage challenge. You can read more about the challenge in our Mormon Times article (yes we were featured in the newspaper ... SWEET!) It took a lot of energy to plan and prepare, and even more energy to actually live through the challenge. It definitely taught me a lot about what I am still lacking in terms of preparedness ... and inspired me to volunteer to lead a food storage relief society group in my ward. Eek. I'll let you know how THAT goes. We are also going to be featured on the Studio 5 tv show next week so we have had a lot to do getting ready for that! AND we re-did our network site entirely. Wow. Busy.

Hockey
Hockey season is upon me. That is always crazy business ... read BUSY-NESS. I run the Provo Blades women's hockey team and this year we have close to 30 girls signed up, running a B and a C team, website revamped, lost our coach from last year, and the list goes on. The beginning of the year is always tough getting things organized and games lined up. It's almost to the fun part now. Yay. I've also been continuing my role as the BYU Hockey Webmaster. JOY! I revamped the website in hopes that it would be easier for a new person to take over ... but alas no new people have jumped at the chance.

Preschool
Mikey has started going to preschool over at the elementary school by our house. He goes 4 days a week for 3 hours and he is just absolutely in his element there. I volunteered to co-op in the classroom for 14 days of the year, which means I get to swap babysitting with other mom's in the preschool for their co-op days as well. These leads to a lot of busy days either in school or with extra kids. But it's a lot of fun! I felt sad for Lexi because she REALLY wanted to do preschool too. So I am participating in a little home-based preschool with some of the other ladies in my ward. We do this twice a week and rotate houses. Again, very fun, but definitely makes life busier. If you want to see some pics from Mikey's first day at school you can check out my Facebook Photo Album. Both kids were so freaking cute.


BUSINESS
Ok this part truly is business but it's also BUSY-NESS. I spent most of the summer working for my dad helping with web and marketing work for his company Soleil LifeSciences. The last month included some heavy duty hours working on a new site for their Cold & Flu product at http://Sun-Dew.com I'm proud of the site and their product is amazing by the way. So you should go buy some. Right now.

Aside from all of that, our van is still broken after our Canada fiasco, and we recently discovered a leak in our icemaker that is causing some drama in our freezer. But we are all healthy and relatively happy and Lexi is FINALLY potty-trained (hallelujah!) so things could be worse :)

Hopefully I can give you some funny updates on the kids soon. They are so hilarious lately. But for now I'm on to some more busy-ness. Julie is making me declutter our blog ....