Goodbye 2014

Now we say goodbye to 2015. Here's how we ended this year. The boys visited with Santa. Danger asked him for a scooter (apparently he was on the Nice List cuz he got one!) And it was the Colonel's first time seeing the Man in Red. No tears, just chilling. Maybe it was cuz his strong, brave big brother was there. 

I *love* to see my boys together. I love the smiles, I love seeing how much they love one another. I see how much Shark loves being a dad and how much the boys love him and each other. 

We went to Santa's Village to look at the lights. Danger LOVED it. I swear, he ran around in circles, around the trees for about 15 minutes. 

I get to wrestle with these boys all day. Some days it's good, some days it's bad. But I generally enjoy it. :) I like being their momma. These silly boys are so cute and fun. 

We took the train down to the airport to catch our flight to WI. It was stressful but it was such a relief to not pay for parking. 

My cuties on the plane. They loved watching the workers outside the plane, loading our luggage, the plane being towed to the runway. They loved it. 

Shark, Danger and my old man out looking for a practice arrow. Danger LOVED hanging out with grandpa and dad. 

Danger doodled on the white board. This is a picture of him. 

Colonel looking hopeful at the snow outside. It was a white Christmas. 

And what's a trip to WI with a hospital visit for Mom? Just my heart freaking out again. It lasted about a day and then was gone. 

Aunt G getting cuddles from Danger. 

Colonel just chilling at brunch. 

Saying goodbye to grandma at the airport. 

Family photo 2014!

Making pizza for our New Year's. We held ours on Tuesday because dad had to work on the 31st. We went all out with fondue, pizza, sparkle juice and games. 

It's been a wonderful 2014. Colonel joined our family, Danger started preschool, and is now potty trained. It has been awesome and amazing. 

I am so excited for 2015! Bring it on. 

And this week

Well this week has been the same as other weeks I suppose. The beginning at least.

Shark and I went on a double date on Tuesday. It was really nice for us to go on a date. Lately our dates have had a 3rd wheel. It's not that we can't find someone to watch Danger, it's just that lately our dates have been sort of spur of the moment. We just sorta get in the car and go. 

Then Wednesday, The Headache hit me. It was the worst headache I've had since before the heart surgery! I haven't had a bad one like this in a long long time!! Thursday I went to the chiropractor and the crick in my neck went away, but the headache stayed. Today (Saturday) is day 4 of this blasted headache. Day 4 of the aura, of the lightheaded ness, of the dizzy spells, of the pain. Ugh. I can tell you, after I went to the chiropractor, the pain changed. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it went from an external pain that can be fixed to an internal pain that I just have to deal with. I've been dealing with headaches for a long long time. Thank goodness I have a flexible schedule and am able to just hang out on the couch with Danger. 

Friday I went to drop off stuff at the DI, then ran to Walmart, and I ended up parking next to a friend of mine! So we hung for a while that day. Her youngest son is 2 months older than Danger. I decided I needed something else to do so I thought I'd make some "calm down bottles" I found on Pinterest. 

The pink and purple don't have the stickers off yet, and I have to use goo-gone to get the sticker residue off the blue and green. I took SmartWater bottles, bought way more glitter than I'll ever need, and some tacky gel glue. I used hot water, poured the glue in first to mix it in, then dumped copious amounts of glitter in. Then, since super glue didn't keep the lid secure I used Gorilla glue. They last for about 3 minutes. 

I've been working on Christmas presents, wedding presents and baby gifts. My sister is getting married next week. (I KNOW!!!) And so I've been working on getting something together for them.  Danger and I are flying back to WI for the reception. It'll be his first time on an airplane. He's going to sit on my lap, he won't be 2 yet, so he'll be free. We're bringing a portable DVD player and plenty of fruit snacks. Grandma and grandpa are so excited to see him. 

This kid is why I can never find my cans of food!

Peace love and cheesy grins!

Me - 16 weeks. 

mean girls

Ok, so lately I've noticed girls are meaner.

From the sorority email heard around the web, to the female sports writer totally hashing on a NBA cheerleader.

It's bad enough I have ME telling myself I don't look good, I'm not in shape. (So the in shape part is so true!!) I'm pretty sure shirt sizes have gone down... cuz I used to be a medium in most shirts, but I have now gone up to the large in most shirts. (I also understand, a L shirt just means it's larger than the medium, it has NO reflection on me and my size.... but sometimes it sucks to see that big L on the back of my shirt....)

And I am so thankful I'm not in high school, or even college anymore, because I don't want to deal with all that peer pressure and peer criticism. I'm so grateful to be out of there, and only have the friends who I like and want, and who want to be around me and like me!

I'm a little terrified for my kids. I'm scared for them growing up in this world - where boys are mean and girls are meaner. I don't want them to be bullies and I don't want them to be bullied.

I want my kids to strong and confident. I want my kids to stand up for others and themselves. I will try my hardest to raise them with confidence and kindness.

Danger has started defending himself. He leads with his fist lately. And I'm just a little worried about my little boxing kid.

But then there are times where he does the goofiest things and doesn't seem to care in the slightest!

 We were watching Elmo before bed. Elmo = Baby Crack

 Kisses for dad!

 Chilling watching Incredibles

 Donuts?! I LOVE donuts!

 Look how tall I am

 Bandit, you are so comfy!

Me and Shark!

I love my goofy boy!

Thursday WHOA

Ok, so I know, I didn't post yesterday during his nap. I have a reason, not an excuse.

I was driving.

Shark's car died yesterday morning on his way to work.

I was driving down to pick him up and get things sorted out with the car.

And in order to get down there by the time he was off work : I had to leave at 4. So Danger slept in the car. While I battled traffic.

Now this is the Focus. The Focus that has done this before, has died, has fallen apart.... Yeah....

But this car is beat up. Shark drives it an hour to work and then an hour home 3 to 4 days a week. So yeah, if I had to do that, I'd die every now and then.

I'm tired of this car, but in reality, this car has been a trooper. It's been a blessing to us. We've had it for over a year and a half. It's a champ.

So I really am grateful for this car.

But I'm hoping Shark gets his motorcycle working again.

Anyways - so my nerves were shot yesterday.

I tried to take a tow dolly down - but I have never towed anything. Ever. So it freaked me out, and I was already nervous about driving down in traffic. So add a bouncy noisy dolly on top of a headache and rush hour traffic - and I was done before I even got started. I ended up calling the insurance company and taking the dolly back. The insurance company was kinda helpful. We at least got the car towed to a service center and off the road. But it's still far away, so Shark is getting a trailer today to tow it home.

It's just been kind of a big headache. Shark and I have both been in a mood lately.... It's been kinda crazy.

It always seems like, as soon as things start to work out, that's when everything falls apart.

Now, I know, it's not everything that's fallen apart, it's just the car thing. But it has potential to mess up all of our budget plans, and money plans. And we all know, once the budget is messed up, nothing else can flow properly.

So yeah - it's been that kind of day/days.

Here's to silver linings. :)

10 on 10 January

So I've decided I need a little bit of a "pick me up" because I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately with Danger. So I've decided to participate in 10 on 10 with a bit of sunshine.

Here's my 10... or close to 10..

 Started the day smiling and playing.

 Messed his diaper, his clothes, his blanket, his socks!

 Fell asleep after eating!

 Still congested so we Vicks-ed him and bubbled him -- he hates being bubbled!

 2 month Dr appointment today! 23 inches, 11 lbs 1.5 oz!

 Yes we were there for an hour, he got his shots today. :'(

 Sleeping in the carseat after we got home, I left him in it until he woke up on his own.

 I basically do a load of laundry each day - today's load was...well....loaded! {sorry, I needed a chuckle}

 He hung out in his swing, and napped all afternoon {Bandit did NOT bark at the mailman today!! yaya!} Danger woke up around 4:30 and screamed and screamed and screamed.

Finally, I ran out to the store and got him some baby Tylenol, and after crying for a LONG long LONG time, he is sleeping!

And Shark is heading over to Texas Roadhouse for our dinner. We got a giftcard for Christmas, we were going to go and eat cuz I have coupons {it WAS my birthday last week} but we decided to get it to-go cuz Danger seriously cried for an hour....

It was a crazy day, but {when I remembered to take them} the pictures ended up being fun. I also realized I'm way more boring than I ever thought.... I'm linking up to ten on ten January 2012!