HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have fun with the spooks tonight! I'll be posting lots of pics later!

What A Difference A Year Makes

I cannot believe I have a 3 year old!!!! Her birthday at Chuck E Cheese went off without a hitch. A HUGE thanks to my sister, who spent a crapload of money. Sometimes I have to remember she has 3 kids she has to pay for. I went "cheap" for her birthday and like last year, we just all went dutch at Chuck E Cheese. So thanks again sis! I'm so glad you guys got to come. Also to Trudy. I'm so glad you guys could come also! It's not a bad treat once in awhile so thanks again for coming and also, dipping into the fund. :) ha haa.

So here are some pics from last year. Wow.

And this year- HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG 3 YEAR OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS-That fam pic of us makes me look like I have a gigantic gap in my front teeth. I don't. Just FYI. :)

Still Around

I'm still here. I promise I will do better to post. I've been superbly stressed and busy. I really have no reason to complain because there are a few people I can think of that deserve to be stressed. I feel like I'm on a verge of a breakdown, but I'm holding it together for now.

We were going to have a birthday party for Lucy on Saturday. Her birthday is tomorrow and we are going to Chuck E Cheese. Then I was going to have a friend party for her on Saturday. However, we are foregoing that due to various reasons. We decided to just invite family and a few of her playmates to Chuck E Cheese tomorrow night and call it good. Her cousin is going to be coming over on Saturday for a fun sleepover party and Lucy is fine with that instead of her "Shrek" party. She is satisfied with Chuck E Cheese as well. I'm just going to make some Shrek cupcakes to take so she'll think that is her Shrek party. :) I'm such an evil mom! She'll never know the difference. Boo at the Zoo is Saturday so we'll maybe go to that instead.

I'm incredibly indecisive and after driving around for a few hours today in search of Shrek stuff, none was to be found. No party invitations, no pinatas, no party favors, no decor. What happened...??? A few months ago, I saw Shrek stuff everywhere. Now that I need it, it's no where. Shrek must not be the "in" thing anymore. My daughter needs to catch up. Ha ha. So after stressing and stressing, I decided that I was doing the party more for me and MY friends, and decided to just forget it so I wouldn't lose my mind. It seems like such a stupid thing to lose a mind over. But quite honestly, I was about to. My friend Trudy probably thinks I'm nuts as I was tearing up over these stupid party plans. We were trying to figure out what I needed and she was so awesome to come help me decide on a few things. She really can think I'm nuts after this! ha ha But it wasn't just the party. There have been a lot of things going on in our life that is stressful, and it's been hard. So instead of having my daughter suffer with an insane mom for the next few days, I decided to make an executive decision and I said "screw it." :) So onward and forward!

I have a million pictures to post. Well, okay, not a million. That would REALLY be insane. But I will get around to posting them. We went to a birthday party at Planet Kid and I took some cute pictures of the kids. Then Drew had to go and use my camera. I'm sure he deleted some of those pics because those were the most current and I didn't have a chance to put those on my computer. Ugggg. So maybe you'll get Planet Kid pics, maybe you won't. It's a mystery until tomorrow when I get my memory card back from Drew.

I'll be taking a bunch of pics for Lucy's OFFICIAL birthday tomorrow at Chuck E Cheese. I LOVE CEC. Let me tell you how incredible they are. Last year they were so accomodating and they really did some special things for Lucy even though we didnt' book a party through them. I hope they will be as awesome tomorrow. I need to write a letter. Suck up a little. :) Maybe we'll get some free things. ha ha. But seriously, they were incredible and I highly suggest having a party there! Even if you are an adult, go for broke man. Get out there. It's where a kid can be a kid! :) Although the pizza sucks.....but who goes there for the pizza...??? BTW-does anyone remember when it was Show Biz Pizza? Those were the days. I remember having a birthday party there once. "Bob" I think his name was, he kind of creeped me out. His nose was falling off.

Tag, You're It

I've been tagged. I have actually been tagged by numerous "tagging games" so I'm going to try to catch up. Lisa-thanks for the tag girl!!! :) And Julie!

Round #1

7 random/weird things about me:

1. I won't eat food that is the same color as the plate, or bowl. Especially a bowl. Weird, I know. If I'm at a hostesses house for dinner or something, I try really hard to though.

2. I have an INCREDIBLY bad habit of interupting people. :)

3. I try really hard to say no, but I can't. I'm too much of a people pleaser. I'm a peacemaker and I just want everyone to be happy. Hence the reason why I'm overloaded this month. I just can't say no. Except when it comes to drugs. :)

4. I ALWAYS have the TV on. Okay, maybe not always, but about 98.7% of the time. Even if I'm not watching it.

5. I love to read. Once I start a book, I have to finish it. No matter how long it takes me, and no matter how lame the book is. That is why I read all of "Wicked" Lisa, how's that going for you? lol

6. I'm constantly complaining. Sorry about that. Maybe it has a lot to do with me not saying no. Hmmmm....

7. I always sleep in the middle of the bed. Drew is always making fun of me.

Round #2 One Word Answers Only

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket

2. Where is your significant other? Rocking

3. Your hair color? Brown

4. Your mother? AWESOME!

5. Your father? Crazy :)

6. Your favorite thing? Icecream (give me a break, it's one word. lol)

7. Your dream last night? Forgot

8. Your dream/goal? Skinny

9. The room you're in? Kitchen

10. Your hobby? Soccer

11. Your fear? Loss

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Skinny

13. Where were you last night? Betsy's

14. What you're not? Virgin (Drew's answer for me :) haa haa sorry)

15. One of your wish-list items? Money

16. Where you grew up? Boise

17. The last thing you did? Tag

18. What are you wearing? Jeans

19. Your TV? Off (surprisingly)

20. Your pet? Stinkers

21. Your computer? Slow

22. Your mood? Frazzled

23. Missing someone? Nope

24. Your car? Crap

25. Something you're not wearing? Maternity! :) WOO HOO

26. Favorite store? Goodwill

27. Your summer? Fun

28.Love someone? Kids

29. Your favorite color? Pink

30. When is the last time you laughed? Now

31. Last time you cried? Sunday

October Stresses

I've officially renamed the month of October, to STRESS MONTH!!! Seriously. There is so much going on this next few weeks that I want to pull my hair out. It's really my fault, with over booking stuff and such. But come on people. Enough is enough already. I want a break. I need a vacation. I just went on vacation.....but I need a vacation from my vacation. What is worse is that I'm an awful mom an didn't take one single picture on our vacation. We even went to the resort and I still didn't take any. I suck.

So I'm trying to plan Lucy's birthday party. It will be the 25th of Oct. I think I'll have the kiddos paint pumpkins. I'm going to have garbage bags that the kids can "wear" so they don't get paint on their clothes. But I"ll also say in the invite that we'll be doing that, so they can plan to wear some play clothes. Any other brilliant ideas? I have about 500 ideas, but I don't know where to go with it. I thought about doing a Halloween, costume party, but not if they are going to be painting. I'm sure all the parents would love for them to get paint on their costumes. ;) Lucy wants a "Shrek" party. She's obsessed with Shrek and Wow Wow Wubbzy right now. Drew and I are going to take her to Chuck E Cheese for her actual birthday on the 22nd. We'll get a sitter for Kyle and that way, it's Lucy Special Day. Then that night, we'll invite grandparents, and fam to pizza and cake and ice cream. And Sat will be her friend birthday. It's quite a lot if you ask me. But oh well. She's SOOO excited for her birthday and asks everyday when her birthday is. I show her on the calendar and she's counting down the days. So-what do you do for a 3 year olds birthday? Any ideas??? And, does anyone have a space heater I can borrow???

Another thing going on. I'm having a Pampered Chef party the 28th. So in all this craziness, I said yes to have one. Ugg. Oh well. So I'm trying to get prepared for that. And we have preschool going on, and field trips for preschool, and in all this, it's HALLOWEEN!!!!

So why do I do this to myself? Why does everything always happen in one to two weeks. After October is over, I'll be bored until mid November. Then the craziness starts again. And it doesnt' end until January, oh let's say...6th or so. Someone send me a straight jacket and a rubber room.

Save 2nd Base

My friend Sara posted a comment on the Breast Cancer Awareness post. I thought it was pretty funny. Everyone needs to check out. I just looked at it (finally) and I totally am going to buy a shirt. Okay, maybe I won't have the guts to wear it around, but maybe I'll buy the sweats instead. Or the bag. Go check it out! You'll laugh.

save2ndbase.com

Fess Up

Alright-Who voted "Change It" Ha ha. You are outnumbered so it doesn't matter anyway. :)

Halloween Is Going To Suck This Year

Thought this was appropriate! :)

Blog Pause

Hey, just letting those 2 people who read my blog (ha ha, I'm soooo funny) know that I will be paused until probably Sunday or Monday. I'm sure I'll post tonight, but just incase, I'll "see" you next week. Have a wonderful weekend.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Just a reminder that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. So do your self exams, and get your mammograms if you are at that point. My mom is a SURVIVOR!!!!! So I know how important it is to catch it early, and to get those tests done. Especially if it runs in your family. I saw on Oprah the other day that they are really pushing for early detection and having mammograms early if you are high risk. They were talking about 35ish. There are also tests that can be done that insurance does not cover. Especially if you have dense breast tissue, you might need further tests to see if there are any abnormalities. So I hope they push for insurance companies to pay for those necessary tests. Christina Applegate had a double mastectomy. She was 36. Scary.

So be proud to wear pink this month!!!! I know there are a few people who will be remembering some loved ones this month.

Halloween

I'm so excited for October. I love it. It's my favorite month I think. I love Halloween, and the spirit of the season. I love Fall. I love the leaves changing, and the smells and sounds and the crispness of the air. I just love it. I was excited to put Halloween music on my playlist and love my background. So fun!! I love the movies. Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is classic. And all the "scary" movies that come out. Ones that I thought were soooo scary when I was little and now they are kind of goofy funny/scary. I love the music and decorations. I can't wait to start buying stuff after Halloween to start for next year. I've told myself every year that I will buy things half off or 75% off the next few days after Halloween so I can have it for next year. I haven't yet. I will this year. I have a few things but this is one of those Holidays that I actually decorate for, and love to go all out. Our first year in this house, I totally went all out decorating. I had spider webs everywhere. I want to go semi-all out this year. We'll see how far I get. :)

For Halloween, the kids were going to be bees and Drew and I were going to be bee keepers. But now Lucy is totally stuck on being a cat. I don't know where she got the idea from. Infact, I've been saying that a lot. Where she picks up on things. It's amazing how "sponge-y" they are at this age. Anyway, so if I can get her to wear her super cute bee costume, that is still the plan. But if she is still screaming about being a cat, we might have to just give in. I'm trying to get her excited to be a bee. We might have to rent Bee Movie again and see if that does it.

I love taking Lucy trick or treating. She had so much fun last year. She ran from house to house. We invited a couple and their little girl over last year for dinner and trick or treating. I'm such a loser face and I STILL need to give her pictures. Wow, it's almost been a year. And we both have had additions to our families. I need Katie's new address. So if anyone has it, let me know through email.

Here are some pics from last year. We looked awesome. Poor Lucy had to be Scooby Doo. It was sad that I made my little girl a dog. Oh well. I just wanted to be Velma really bad. I've had these stupid orange tights and orange turtle neck forever and finally I thought, let's do it. Let's just be the gang. I was going to have Lucy be Daphne but couldn't find a small enough costume. And I wasn't going to pay 50 bucks for one. So, Scooby it was. I hope she'll forgive me. Drew made a great Shaggy also. :)

So what are you going to be? Do you dress up? What are your kids going to be? What are your favorite Halloween traditions?

And So It Stays

Okay, now I've shown all my friends how really crazy I am. And someone fess up, who voted "It's Okay" ;) lol I did the exact same thing with Lucy. I'm a freak. I'm weird. I admit it. Oh well. Maybe one day, I will have it all together. So Kyle it is. Basically what started this whole thing is that my friend changed the name of her baby. Then I thought about how we only decided on Kyle a week before he was born and then I freaked out. THEN-some stinkin' lady at the store asked me what his name was and I said "Kyle" ofcourse, and she goes "Oh, I know two gay guys that are named Kyle." Seriously...??? Did I not just tell you that my son's name is Kyle. People need to keep that kind of information to themselves. People have no tact I swear. So who cares about her. I know 3 Kyle's that are massively cute, and super cool, and so NOT gay. SO there. I asked Lucy the other day if we should change Kyle's name and she goes "NOOOOOOOO!! Mom, he's SO a Kyle." lol It was kind of funny how she said it. I've never asked her if he was a Kyle, but she probably heard me ask my mom or something. It was cute.

Anyway-so yes, I am nuts. Yes, I'm a dork. Yes, that is all. :)

Name Anxiety

(See poll to the right) I went through the same thing with Lucy. I wasn't sure if I liked her name and even at a year or so, I went through another little "freak out" about her name. I'm doing the same thing with Kyle's name now. It's normal for me, so I'm not too worried. I care WAY too much about what other people think also. When people ask me what my kids names are, I ofcourse tell them. Their response is "Ohhhh, I love the name Lucy. It's sooo cute." And with Kyle, it's "Oh." Most the time. Just "Oh." Maybe it's because it's not a super common name and it's a name people don't hear as often as Jack, or Samuel, or Alex (all names we considered). Maybe people just don't like that name. I know one of my family members (not on my side. :)) wasn't too fond of it. It's a nice normal name to me. I've always liked the name Kyle. I know a few Kyle's who are awesome. But now, I'm freaking out if we should change it. Ugggg. I'm almost hesitant to write this on here because I don't want to change it, but I need to know if it's just a lame name. I look at him, and there are times he's totally a Kyle, and there are times I'm not sure it fits him. I like other names, but I just haven't found any other names that I like better or that I would use on him. At any rate, give a shout out to his name. Help this poor, crazy, anxiety ridden mother. Like I said, I probably won't change it. And I don't even know why I'm asking, because if it turns out that no one likes it, I'm really going to be a mess. I have lost sleep over this. Let me sleep!!!

I also don't know how people make decisions. :) I'm can't make decisions (apparently). I go to McDonalds and sit there staring at the menu for 15 minutes, only to order the same thing every time. So I don't know how people name their kids while they are pregnant and stick with that name. I can't name my kids until they are born. And even then, I can't name them until we are signing out of the hospital. If Drew hadn't said "we aren't leaving the hospital without our kids' named," they would still be baby 1 and baby 2. Seriously. I also think it's a tad too late to change his name now. He's almost 10 weeks. Lucy is very satisfied calling him Kyle. So maybe that is just how it is and I need to get over this whole anxiety thing.

I Spoke Too Soon

My bragging about my son sleeping 6-8 hours every night has jinxed me. The last 2 or so nights, he's been having a very unrestful night. As have we. I'm not sure his problem. We are bad and sometimes during the day, we put him on his tummy. He stays asleep that way for about 2 hours or so. Sometimes 2 1/2 - 3 hours. I don't know what is going on. He's got a bad falling reflex. You know, the reflex where babies are completely asleep and all the sudden their arms and legs flail. It wakes him up every 5 minutes if he's on his back. This is what he's been doing at night. We aren't going to put him on his tummy at night. That just makes me too nervous. I bet once he starts rolling over, he'll be a tummy sleeper. Lucy was. Until then, it will only be about 4 or so total hours of sleep for us. Anyone have any tips? BTW-it could potentially be teething. I know I know, 10 week baby, teething. Whatever. But there is a little white thing on his upper gum It's not sharp, and it's not red. So I highly doubt it's a tooth. But maybe it's the gum that is white before a tooth comes. Lucy teethed super early. I think she had a tooth at 3 1/2 months that was all the way through. So we'll see. I don't know what to do to get this kid sleeping again. All I know is that I need a goodnight sleep.

Scared Of Cars, And Am I Going To Die?

Lucy has been coming into our room at night for the last 3 weeks or so. Why....? She is "scared of the car." Where she got this idea from, I have no idea. One night, she was scared of the truck. Last night she was scared of the purple car. So, I have these crazy conclusions. 1) I've scarred her for life. For when we cross the street or are in a parking lot, I tell her how fast cars can go and they can hurt her. This is most likely the reasoning behind these car fears. 2) Her bedroom is on the side of the house. So maybe she is psychic and some erratic driving car is going to crash through the fence and into her room. Most likely, this is not the reason. But she does say she is scared of the car "in her room." So, she comes into our room to avoid getting run over in her room by a crazy car. 3) She might see headlights coming through her window in her room. I do not think this is the answer, but by all means, every little option counts.

So why is my daughter scared of cars? Was it Momma drilling into her head that we DO NOT cross the street with holding hands, or run around in parking lots??? Is it her incredible forseeing mind? I don't know. Until then, we'll continue to have her in our bed for an hour every night until she falls into a deep sleep so Drew can go take her back to bed. *Sigh*

So, another question. Am I going to die? This is what my almost 3 year old daughter asked me today. Drew and I were talking and I said what a bad headache I had in the front of my head. So Lucy goes "Mom, are you going to die?" I almost cried. It was the saddest thing I've ever heard her say. Where she heard about dying, I don't know either. So, cars and death. It's been a busy day.