Just like Daddy

Yesterday we were packing for Daddy's up and coming deployment. If you have ever packed or helped pack for a deployment you know the horrible job this is! If not, well don't worry you are not missing a darn thing. It consists of destroying a room completely within 2.2 seconds and taking 30 minutes to an hour at least to find the floor of said destroyed room.

So Daddy brought all of his gear out to the living room and we started sorting it into piles of what goes into what bag or tough box. Seeing as this is our 4th deployment we have the hang of this and were done in about an hour from start to finish. Should we truly be proud of that?? HMMM I say yes!

While doing this S decided he was hungry so we plopped him in his highchair next to us with dinner since the girls we upstairs playing and we of course were busy packing. He was nice and content until he saw Daddy's helmet and had to be JUST like Daddy so we put it on. This boy loves his Daddy and I can see the military in his future one day though I prefer not to think about that just yet.

Look at this cutie? Don't you wanna just take him home with you? Yeah? Go right on ahead but I can't guarantee you won't wanna bring him right back!

Snaggletooth

V is super excited today! For weeks now she has been coming up to me telling me her tooth was loose but it was never quite loose enough. Today on the other hand she came running downstairs yelling at me that it was ready, really really ready! I sent her in to wake up Daddy to have him check it. Low and behold it was really ready! A few pulls from her and out it came!

For those who don't know I cannot stand loose teeth or pulling teeth! They just make my stomach churn no matter what I do. I can handle them once they have been pulled but the whole process up to that I hate! This makes it super difficult when Daddy is deployed but thank heavens for the In-Laws living close by so they become teeth checkers/puller for me! Pitiful? Yes! I agree but I just can't help it. Maybe one day I will overcome this but I don't think it will be anytime soon.

So without futher ado...here is my snaggletooth of the day!

Wordless Wednesday

This little girl...



Loves to dance...

This little boy....

Had had enough!

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Convention/Competition = Exhausted

We had a super long weekend which consisted of waking up super early on Saturday (0430), waking up 2 sleepy girls (M & my niece), getting the van loaded, waking up S, and driving 1.5 hrs to a dance convention/competition. Oh yeah did I mention that this was 14 hrs of pretty much non-stop dancing for all of these kids?! They started dancing at 0815 and finished the convention at 1530 only to start the competition at 1730. The competition did not end until 2230 and started again at 0800 Sunday morning so to say everyone was exhausted would definitely suffice.

I am so thankful for the fact that this was held at a hotel so Daddy, S and myself could head upstairs and relax. Can you imagine a 20 mth old having to occupy himself in the halls of a hotel for that long?? I may have had to to admit myself in an insane asylum after that!! S did amazingly well considering he was completely out of his element for that long. He loved the crib they had there and I wish we could have brought it home with us!! See picture below to see just how happy he was!

The girls did a wonderful job!! I cannot wait for Nationals in June!! These girls all start out strong but by June they ROCK! Its amazing to see how much they have grown in just a few months. I am so proud of all our dancers.

We were blessed to have V & A be able to stay with Daddy's parents this weekend. Those girls had a blast and did not want to come home! All of the kids love spending time with Grandma and Bebop whenever they can so its definitely nice to have them living so close by.

Yesterday was spent recouping and trying to unpack though not much of that happened b/c A wanted me to spend every waking hour attached to her hip. I guess she missed me more than she let on!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

Still here..oh and still sick!

I finally broke down and went to the Dr. this morning. Guess what she had the nerve to do? Tell me I had bronchitis!!! Doesn't she know the rules that Mommies don't get sick? So anyway I left there feeling a bit defeated and waiting on my prescriptions to be ready for pickup. I love not having to drop off and then turn around and pick up my prescriptions now! This whole electronic thing kicks patootie!

I realize I didn't give an update on S the other day. Well we took him in and the "health powers that be" are not on our side lately b/c poor guy has an upper respiratory infection that is most likely croup. Don't you just love the definite diagnosis the Dr's give these days?? Nope me either. They actually drive me batty. He is doing much better now though. They gave him steroids for the inflammation so that helps him internally. Externally? Well now thats another thing! He goes bonkers for about 1.5 to 2 hours and then just crashes. I guess I should be thankful that he does crash and not go wild like some people on steroids.

I am looking forward to tonight though! We have an FRG meeting/hail & farewell so M gets dropped off at dance (where else!?) and V, A, & S are going to child care. (Don't worry S isn't contagious & neither am I!)It will be great to get out just as adults even if its only for a couple of hours and is technically for Daddy's work.

For now though the kiddos are taking a nap/resting quietly and I am off to find something to wear. I am sure that it will be dirty even though I did all of that laundry! So is the life right? Have a great day!

Wordless Wednesday

ONE ...



HAPPY ...



BOY!

UGH

Dont you just love my title??? I really feel like crud and didnt want to take time thinking couldn't come up with a catchy one to express exactly how I have been feeling so that's what you get!

The sickies have invaded my house and I am DONE! Ok well I think they should be done but for some unknown reason they will just not leave my body. Now they have invaded S as well. He sounds so pitiful with all the congestion, coughing and raspy voice. I am going to take him to the Dr today. With the weather changing from super freezing and snow to nice and sunny we are more concerned about it moving into his chest and causing pneumonia and want to nip it in the bud before it gets too bad. Pneumonia likes to sneak up on the least suspecting person in our house so this wouldn't be the first time!

You may ask why I don't take myself to the doctor right? Well my friends that is because I am the mommy and mommies are not allowed to get sick. Oh wait I think my body may have missed that information! Could someone please come and explain that to it? I would be more than grateful.

In addition to everyone me feeling under the weather lately my poor house was suffering the effects. Thank heavens that Daddy was home the past few days and in the spurts of feeling good we tackled the house with the help of the older girls. Man they can work if they know you need help. Its just those times when you are feeling great they decide not to help. HMM I need to figure that one out!

What does one do when they only feel good for about 10-15 minutes at a time? Why laundry of course! Oh now don't go thinking that I only did 1 or 2 loads of laundry this weekend. Nope I did 7 of them!! The sad thing is that I have probably 3 more to do. (this is me hanging my head in shame) Yep I let it get a bit out of control but its almost all caught up which for me is awesome! Laundry is the bane of my existance. Really we do not get along at all. I think partly because I have to go out in the garage and in the winter its just really cold. Seriously who wants to stand on cold concrete handling wet clothes? Not me! The other reason is this thing called putting laundry away. I dont really mind washing, drying or folding it. Its the putting away I DESPISE! But let me tell you, getting it all put away and my living room not looking like the washing machine vomited all over it was awesome!!

So word to the wise. Even though you may hate putting all that wonderful smelling, freshly washed laundry away go ahead and do it! It may surprise you how much better you will feel. And that my friends is coming from a super sick (hey hey not mentally just physically!) woman this week!