tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041096125229273872024-03-14T02:01:11.247-04:00Y...Not Me!One mom surrounded by boys!Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-42089087445203330902012-03-20T18:18:00.000-04:002012-03-20T18:18:07.209-04:00Bear the Super HeroBear turned two this month and last weekend we had a super fabulous superhero party. I have been prepping for over a month. There may be some residual guilt over cancelling his first birthday party. He still gives me grief about that all the time :)<br />
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So I made capes and little city buildings and big city buildings and a giant London phone booth. I had a spiderman bathroom and the hallway was entirely covered in black wrapping paper and turned into Gotham city at night. All in in I'm pretty proud of the decor. And the actual party went great, we had wonderful, well behaved guests and it was a very low stress day. Best of all Lou's OCD kicked in big time ass soon as the last guest left and he had the whole place cleaned up in about 45 minutes.<br />
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<div align="center">Squish has taken to picking out his own clothes every morning (and about 15 more times throughout the rest of the day) His sense of style is certainly unique.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8u8fd4j3yf0LAO6yZLp4wqBLVq0TLr_n8FiN1ubwz145mH-QYowryfcnb3s_u3Y2CwKhgPpXA6NQ5Fb0fHe_MgSdp-jGcD3dDwx2g5HRWjuve86jqERdq8EoWH8rjcxlCJ3NLdP7cqk/s1600/outfits+-+Copy.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8u8fd4j3yf0LAO6yZLp4wqBLVq0TLr_n8FiN1ubwz145mH-QYowryfcnb3s_u3Y2CwKhgPpXA6NQ5Fb0fHe_MgSdp-jGcD3dDwx2g5HRWjuve86jqERdq8EoWH8rjcxlCJ3NLdP7cqk/s1600/outfits+-+Copy.bmp" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center">We had a wonderful frist Christmas in the new house. Bear was NOT a fan of the mall Santa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPUvavCckdI1wVz-zKd4MhpooMe-oLjiXW062cAS-kzKmAuYXi_dRmatC559Ov3mFrCN9OaUfvYsIHIM1hAfs6GFwDxieFgGGY6Mumm0o0iEKuk1fXUosVvEfjNDTUod2TsVRrD1_OLg/s1600/santa.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPUvavCckdI1wVz-zKd4MhpooMe-oLjiXW062cAS-kzKmAuYXi_dRmatC559Ov3mFrCN9OaUfvYsIHIM1hAfs6GFwDxieFgGGY6Mumm0o0iEKuk1fXUosVvEfjNDTUod2TsVRrD1_OLg/s1600/santa.bmp" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center">The boys were Crazy sick the whole month of January. One or both of them was throwing up every few days. On one of the healthy days they did some sidewalk chalk with Gaggi. Squish drew trashcans next to everyone so they had somewhere to throw up. This is his self portrait...he is vomiting :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-kWYVvyyKuY5lyIAWy9YYKlhXRw-sTug-rXMyXXJesIYSXdXzBBbvBxtfEK9M645zhAt8Yg0JRkBkl-OAjhv_4Bd-FXH_3vyWpuC7_O79lx_9Kjh0NzbQr9arjYQPpYnjo2AtJX5VjU/s1600/sidewalk+chalk.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-kWYVvyyKuY5lyIAWy9YYKlhXRw-sTug-rXMyXXJesIYSXdXzBBbvBxtfEK9M645zhAt8Yg0JRkBkl-OAjhv_4Bd-FXH_3vyWpuC7_O79lx_9Kjh0NzbQr9arjYQPpYnjo2AtJX5VjU/s1600/sidewalk+chalk.bmp" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See....crazy sick. That is my little squish having a CAT scan. They thought he had a blockage but it turns out that he was just severly impacted and seriously backed up. Which is why there was so much vomit. if it couldn't come out one end..... He did lots of antibiotics and laxitives and fruits and veggies. Some people are just joing when they say that thier kid is ful of S@*#. Me....not so much!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little Bear will be two next month. I am preparing for the mother of all super hero birthday parties. Teir may be some mommy guilt working overtime for the fact that I cancelled his first birthday party. These are the invitations that took me 3 days to make. I have been painting cardboard buildings and making superhero capes and masks for all of his little friends to wear. I hope it's going to be well attended.</div><br />
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<div align="center">Obviously lots of other things have happened that will be interspersed in out of order and as after thoughts. </div>Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-420688858673364172011-10-16T13:24:00.000-04:002011-10-16T13:24:14.454-04:00let them eat cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HcsEGz3pj2hWbc4js7Ufjekq7DJzclB6us4NytX98EO26016qSpsY2YDNcIaX7VSTxNLkkh2EHZRWuOBmnXZ9dGbasAMqmQJW_urJBhlsXQv-DsEqnfwq-oANyNv5Vcx8spCAGvLiTg/s1600/cacke1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HcsEGz3pj2hWbc4js7Ufjekq7DJzclB6us4NytX98EO26016qSpsY2YDNcIaX7VSTxNLkkh2EHZRWuOBmnXZ9dGbasAMqmQJW_urJBhlsXQv-DsEqnfwq-oANyNv5Vcx8spCAGvLiTg/s320/cacke1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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Q- What is freckit ball??<br />
A- It's a game where you throw it really, really high.<br />
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Q- Throw what?<br />
A- The freckit ball.<br />
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Q-What does the freckit ball look like?<br />
A- It had two pink stripes and one blue one.<br />
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Q- How big is it?<br />
A- It's really small.<br />
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Q-How many people play?<br />
A- A lot of people.<br />
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Q- How do you know who wins?<br />
A- I win.<br />
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Now he and Lou are in the kitchen playing.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-73247549353545587942011-10-13T15:11:00.000-04:002011-10-13T15:11:43.950-04:00A horrible nightLast night around 5:00 Squish had anther seizure. He told me that his eyes were hurting. I should have checked his temp, but I felt him and he didn't feel warm at all. Then 20 minutes later he fell and started seizing. It was much worse than last time. I called 911 and I had to move him to another room so that I could have them on speaker phone. I needed speaker phone because he stopped breathing and turned blue. I had to do rescue breathing on him and I was scared that I would have to do chest compressions so I needed both hands. I did not have to do compressions on him and he started breathing by the time that the EMTs got here. But he took a lot longer to come back to normal this time. He kept looking at me like he didn't know who I was and he tried to talk but his words were all jumbled. We were at the hospital before he started nodding yes and no to answer questions and it was an hour and a half before he started speaking again. The doctors said that all of that is normal and they didn't do any kind of testing on him. They were very reassuring about his recovery and said that he was doing really great by the time we left the ER and I'm glad to know that it was just a febrile seizure, but nothing about that experience was normal. Last time he has a seizure I had nightmares for weeks and I was scared to be alone with him and every time he acted even a little bit off I was terrified. I hate that all of that is going to start over again now. And I hate that I have actually had to breathe for my child, I hate that I have a tattoo of his little lifeless blue body in my head. And I really hate that this is all likely to happen to my sweet boy again.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-56958342458359010162011-10-09T20:50:00.000-04:002011-10-09T20:50:29.084-04:00This post is not about WibefThis morning Squish was talking to me about husbands and wives. He told me "I wish I would have a wife." I told him that I hoped he would one day and asked him who he thinks might be a good wife. He told me the name of a girl he went to preschool with when we were still down south. He also has a little girlfriend here with the same name so I asked him which one he was talking about. He said he was talking about the one from his school. I reminded him about the other little girl and he said "Yes...but she doesn't really look pretty." <br />
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And so it begins....Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-23207399839519153982011-10-02T21:44:00.000-04:002011-10-02T21:44:55.562-04:00If anyone knows a cuter little Bear than this....I'd like to have a look at him.<br />
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"You better love this school. And we love you."<br />
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I asked Squish what he said back to the preacher<br />
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"Nufin"<br />
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I didn't think this would happen so soon.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-81942299204882481252011-09-28T15:06:00.000-04:002011-09-28T15:06:02.364-04:00Corn Dodgers FarmWe had our first fall outing last weekend. So much fun!<br />
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S- "Mommy, what is this?"<br />
M-"Well, baby...that's a booger."<br />
S-"Whose booger is it?"<br />
(I certainly hope it was his.)<br />
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M- (to Lou) "My tushy hurts"<br />
S' "I'll scratch if for you mommy!"<br />
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also he has taken to just yelling out "poop!" at the most random timesCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-49198336730010670092011-09-23T17:23:00.000-04:002011-09-23T17:23:42.810-04:00Friday Nite Leftovers- I've been doing the master cleanse. I've lost four pounds since Tuesday and I'm cheating. I eat dinner every night because I can't wrap my mind around not eating for several days straight even if I am drinking enough calories to get by.<br />
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-Tonight I'm making <a href="http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/05/31/deep-dish-cookie-pie/">this</a>. I hope after I cook it that it will take a little less like beans. Cause right now, in it's uncooked state, that's pretty much what I'm getting from it.<br />
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-We had to push the closing date back on our house (again) Now it's October 31st, although they say it won't really take that long, we're just pushing it that for to be "better safe than sorry." I have no faith that it won't take that long because "better safe than sorry" is what I heard about the August 25th closing date AND the September 30th closing date.<br />
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- The boys are watching Tangled right now. I've never seen it but I've heard it's really cute. Hoping, thought that Squish will identify with the brooding hero, not the princess. We've had some issues with that already, which I wouldn't mind as an occasional thing...but he almost always goes for the girls part.<br />
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-Maybe I will tell him that he can't be Rapunzel because Wibef is :)<br />
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-I went $100 over on my cell minutes this month, which is shocking because just the other day I was thinking "I really haven't been using my phone much lately. Maybe I should drop back my plan to save some money." Guess I was way wrong about that. I did call the nice folks at Verizon, though, and they changed my plan retroactively so now it's only a $30 mistake. Way better, and Lou probably won't kill me now.<br />
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-I wish that I had not discovered master cleanse and pinterest at the same time. Too many good recipes when I'm not eating.<br />
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For more leftovers go <a href="http://sippycupsarenotforstarbucks.blogspot.com/">Here</a> and wish Danifred congrats for the blue that's headed her wayCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-28884155023611939672011-09-21T11:16:00.000-04:002011-09-21T11:16:58.903-04:00I win! I win!While we were at my parents house Squish and I were playing frisbee in the back yard and having tons of fun. When Pop walked by and said "Throw it to me!" Squish replied "No, I'm playing with my mommy." He has NEVER chosen me. Never. It was awesome.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-12099538888331136512011-09-14T14:14:00.000-04:002011-09-14T14:14:52.545-04:00What's the price for that?Today we went to Target and I told Squish if he was really good he could pick a present from the dollar spot. He chose a big foam ax, and since they were only a buck I got a few. When we were checking out instead of taking his ax, I just had the guy ring the other up twice. As we were leaving Squish yelled out to me "But we didn't pay for my ass, Mommy! We didn't pay for my ass!"<br />
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I love it when my boys do something that makes me hang my head and walk out of a public place.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-91015444197003330972011-09-09T20:21:00.000-04:002011-09-09T20:21:52.646-04:00Friday Nite Leftover- Awhile back at a playdate <a href="http://herewegoajen.com/">Jen</a> mentioned to me that she thinks that we should tell our children "yes" more often. I didn't think too much of it at first and then one day I had a terrible time with Squish. Everything I told him was a HUGE battle. Then it occurred to me...what do I care if he holds his stuffed cat on the way to school instead of leaving it in his backpack? Is it really that big a deal if he wears his stinky cowboy boots for the 10 minutes between lunch and naptime? Is the world going to end if he has a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich AGAIN today?<br />
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- The other day he got up and said "I don't want breakfast, I want a snack" So I came back with "sure baby, how about a cereal and toast snack" Before Jen's comment I would have given him the old "No baby, it's not snack time. It's breakfast time and we're going to eat breakfast." But really, who cares if we call it a snack?<br />
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-This has made life much much easier. When I say no I mean no, but why say no to a bunch of things that don't matter much and have to fight all those extra battles??<br />
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-Also, has anyone else found that your child behaves much better if you pretend they aren't your child? I can't get Squish to clean up to save my life. But Kitty?? Kitty will clean the playroom in 10 minutes flat. And Squish doesn't want to eat anything new or heathy. But the giant monster? He will clear the poor city of chicken finger buildings and broccoli trees til his plate is clean....and then ask for more!<br />
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-I've been doing so well with not eating sweets except for this week. I started my period and you just can't fight that craving...it's chemical.<br />
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- The boys and I are leaving Tuesday to go stay with my parents for a week, which should be nice since that's where my husband lives:)<br />
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-While we're there my mommy is taking me to see Wicked!!! So psyched<br />
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-Levi should be walking in the door any minute now<br />
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for more leftovers head over to <a href="http://sippycupsarenotforstarbucks.blogspot.com/">Danifred's</a> placeCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-26434969694280058492011-09-08T21:01:00.000-04:002011-09-08T21:01:27.033-04:00WuweeThis will matter to noone but me. But that's ok because noone except Jen and Danifred read this, I think. So only 2 people will be bored.<br />
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When Squish was first learning to repeat words I taught him "Love you" but he always said "wuwee!" This is one of the childhood words that we have decided not to grow out of, we still say it to him, even though at 3 years old he can perfectly say "I love you." We like wuwee. Gaggi taught him several signs as he was growing up, one of them was the I love you sign. He couldn't do it and it always ended up as the peace sign, so he would put his two little fingers up and say "wuwee!" <br />
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Now little Bear has learned wuwee. He is so cute and so proud of himself when he says it. And he, too, can not do the I love you sign. His is more like the "ok" sign (I think that's what it is) He curls his little pointer finger down and tucks it at the base of his thumb with the other three fingers sticking straight up.<br />
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I think on their wedding day I will still be telling them wuwee.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-29129783025105669292011-09-07T14:27:00.000-04:002011-09-07T14:27:44.684-04:00Off the marketSo evidently my three year old is no longer the most eligible bachelor on the playground. When I picked him up from preschool today a little girl walked past us and he said "Mommy, that's my favorite girlfriend." I thought it was pretty cute. Then as we were getting his backpack to leave, he pointed to a little pink bag and said "That's her backpack." I asked "who?" he said "My girlfriend."<br />
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On the plus side...she's totally the cutest girl in the classCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-34180790511898806882011-09-04T10:41:00.000-04:002011-09-04T10:41:02.855-04:00Seriously?So just as we are waiting out the last few weeks on the new house and about to spend down our entire savings account on the down payment....Levis engine blows. So now we've got to figure out how to get a new car without financing it because if we finance anything that big it will blow our chances on the loan, and we can't use our savings because that's the down payment. So we're about to have to do some crafty thinking. <br />
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On a positive note, I wanted a wood futon for the boys playroom so I checked on craigslist. I found one in the city we are moving to for about $40. So I e-mailed the lady and asked if she could send me pictures. She did (and I like it, it will need a little touching up, but hey...I love a project) and she also said "I only put a price on it so I wouldn't get tons of calls, but if you want it you can have it for free. Yay!!! Here's my little issue, I want to use fall colors in the room so everything will be dark-ish (maroons, navy, gold, hunter green....) but I want to paint an accent wall a robins egg blue to brighten everything up a bit. The cover on the futon is a navy corduroy and that won't match. I like the corduroy, though so should I rethink the accent wall (which I really love) or recover the futon (and then...what color??)<br />
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Hoping that maybe we will hear something next week, we will be entering week three of the case transfer so I think there is a small chance.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-17886650286889216502011-09-02T15:22:00.000-04:002011-09-02T15:22:51.700-04:00Friday Nite Leftovers-We don't go out to eat often. As a one income family (and that income belonging to a school teacher) we are on a limited budget and when we take the boys to restaurants, by the time I've kept everyone happy and well behaved and cut up their food into bite sized pieces, my food is cold and I've eaten it between picking up sippy cups and running to the potty and I never even realize that I had dinner. So we just don't spend the money when we don't feel like we have gotten the experience that should come from it.<br />
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-Today my father-in-law and sister-in-law planned to go have the pizza hut buffet for lunch so I told them we might meet them there. The boys were so great. Squish used his inside voice and never even tried to get out of his chair. Bear ate like he hadn't seen food in three days. They both interacted with the people who walked past our table. I was pretty proud of them, especially considering that they haven't had much practice at this.<br />
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-Also, the pizza hut buffet is free for kids 3 and under. I didn't eat any thing so our grand total for lunch today $0. Take that limited budget!<br />
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-I've cut out sweets (I used to have dessert AT LEAST once a day...sometimes twice) and I've been working out twice a day. I feel great and I think I look better. But do you want to know how much I've lost ONE STINKING POUND!!! And I've been at this for 3 weeks. Oh well, at least I'm getting healthy.<br />
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-Still no word on the house, the wait continues. I'm still trying to trust God in this and know that His timing is better than mine. Last time we waited on His timing the price of the house dropped 30k so I'm willing to do that. But I sure do wish He would hurry up on his plan.<br />
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-Levi will be here in 5 hours :)<br />
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For more leftovers go see <a href="http://sippycupsarenotforstarbucks.blogspot.com/">Danifred</a>Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-6231563625784439642011-09-01T15:04:00.000-04:002011-09-01T15:04:10.166-04:00British invasionSquish is learning his letters so I tried to teach him this little song that I heard on a leapster toy. "A says A(long a sound" and A says a (short a sound) every letter makes a sound and A says A and a" So I said "repeat me Squish<br />
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me: "A says A"<br />
S: "A says A"<br />
me: and A says a<br />
S: and A says a<br />
me: every letter makes a sound<br />
S: yeah yeah yeah<br />
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I think I've been letting him listen to too many Beatles CDs.Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-27581544545664947592011-08-30T10:02:00.000-04:002011-08-30T10:02:50.131-04:00Crazy hairSquish always has messy hair. I'm trying to grow it out but I should probably just give up that dream, or pass it along to Bear...he got the good hair. Today I thought "maybe if I put some of my calming serum on it, it will lay down and behave"<br />
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</div>Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-63762878014666297882011-08-26T20:12:00.000-04:002011-08-26T20:12:45.824-04:00friday nite leftovers-Yesterday at preschool Squish was put in time out and instead of sitting quietly (yeah right) he threw the time out chair. I was really surprised to hear that, because even though he tends to get a little angry and rough sometimes, it's pretty out of character for him to throw a chair.<br />
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-Today a friend asked him why he threw the chair...his reply :"it was my decision" We all had to keep ourselves from laughing at him.<br />
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-All week I have felt like a terrible mom. I've been angry and short tempered and had no interest in playing with my boys. I know myself and my mental health well enough to know that all of this is getting to me. I have no home, and most of the week no husband. We've been trying for almost a year to buy the house and bricks keep hitting me in the face on that front. So I went to the doctor and got a prescription. I don't usually like to rely on that but sometimes you just need a little help from the world of chemistry.<br />
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-Today I was the kind of mom I want to be.<br />
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-And my boys got along<br />
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Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-87806914864068839692011-08-23T13:48:00.000-04:002011-08-23T13:48:59.296-04:00so much for that dream (again)somehow I accidently posted only a title last time I tried this!<br />
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When I was in high school I worked at a day care center. Around 5:30 all the parents would start coming in to get their little ones. I loved 5:30, not cause the kids were leaving, but because it was so sweet to watch them see their parents coming. Sweet little faces would light up as if the same event had not just happened the very day before. They would scream "mommy!!!" and drop whatever toy they had been fighting to retain possession of, run to their mom and jump in her arms. <br />
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I used to day dream about the day that my own sweet angel would come running to jump in my arms after a long day of separation from the center of their universe.<br />
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For 4 days in a row now....Squish has cried when I walked onto the playground to pick him up from preschool :)Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-36747888067865273632011-08-23T13:43:00.001-04:002011-08-23T13:43:49.130-04:00so much for that dreamCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804109612522927387.post-65487560730289407422011-08-19T21:16:00.000-04:002011-08-19T21:16:24.836-04:00Friday Nite Leftovers-How do you spell the worlds most frustrated scream? I want that to be the title for my blog tonight. <br />
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-We got an e-mail from our agent telling us that as the negotiator was working on our approval letter when he got the notification that the case is being transfered to another negotiator. So now instead of hearing something by the end of the week, we have gone to the bottom of someone else's pile and our closing date has been pushed back to Sept. 30th.<br />
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-arg&%(*U#hleljahe;foiyaorytrjtbl/wkn##'pdugap ru-8=\!!! (I think that might be the spelling for how I feel)<br />
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-On a positive note my wonderful mother-in-law handed me a blank check and told me to go put Squish in school. So on Thursday he started half day preschool at the baptist church. Our relationship has already improved. He just does so much better when he has an outlet and some structure and some kids to play with. He really seems to love it there.<br />
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- I'm still trying to get a vision for all the rooms in the new house, I'm stuck on most of the,. I know what I'm doing in the boys bathroom and in Squish's room and that's about it. I have a pretty good idea on our bedroom but I'm having a super hard time finding a bedspread that I want....at least one that costs less that $500. And I'm NOT spending that on a bedspread.<br />
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For more leftovers go see <a href="http://sippycupsarenotforstarbucks.blogspot.com/">Danifred</a> and the rest of the cool kidsCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766659472438696644noreply@blogger.com4