What I Did Yesterday...

Wake up, make breakfast, get the babies up, diaper changes, breakfast, breathing treatments, change kids clothes, browse through children's luggage and toys at CSN Stores for Christmas presents, play with the babies, do our letters, diaper change, breathing treatments, lunch prep, lunch, nap.....well, for the babies anyway.

Wait, aren't you bored listening to my day?  I am.  HAHA!

Anyway, I found this super adorable suitcase at CSN Stores!  I can't believe how cute it is.  :)

The babies have been doing great with their breathing treatments, and they love their medicine!  Both sign or ask for more after they have polished off their medicine dropper.  HAHA.  I think that is totally weird.  I HATED taking medicine when I was a child, they must be making them taste better.  I just remember this nasty chalky liquid, yuck!

I have replied to every single one of my button requests, at least once, so right now I am doing a lot of customization and edits.  :)

I also worked on coupon organization, and I am loving what I came up with.  No, it is not a super orginal idea....but, I will share it with you soon.  :)

Remember when I mentioned their are a lot of giveaways coming up in the next few weeks?  Well, stay tuned a great one is coming up next.  :)  Plus, don't miss a upcoming CSN Review.

How was your day?  Have you and your family managed to not get sick so far this flu season?  I hope so.  :)

The Long Weekend

This Labor Day weekend wasn't much of a vacation for us.

Z worked both Saturday and Monday (yeah for overtime!), which meant I was home with our kiddos....doing my normal everyday stuff.

We did get to enjoy our evenings though.  We rented 2 movies from Redbox:  When In Rome, and The Bounty Hunter.  Both of which are great movies, however my favorite was When In Rome.  It is a super cute, and classic, chick flick.  Totally up my alley.

Anyway, we had a family reunion at a park across the river for Zach's side of the family.  Our kids had a pretty good time, however they were exhausted by the early afternoon.  Jack hadn't fallen asleep until 1am the night before (yes, I know.  He is crazy.  I have no idea what is going on with his sleep schedule.), and they had to be woken up in order to get to the reunion on time.  They both did really well for being so exhausted.

What did you and your family do over the holiday weekend?  Did you get an opportunity to relax?  I hope so!

Enjoy My Silly Son!

May Weekend

First of all, I shouldn't have waited so long to blog.  I have so much to say.  This might be a LONG post.

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We had a fantastic weekend.  It was a little busy, but overall a lot of fun.

Friday we went to the mall and got Ms. Ady's ears pierced.  She did wonderfully.   No tears!

While we where at the mall Jackers had his first soft pretzel, and he is in love.  :)

Of course, while we were there I couldn't resist a little shopping.  How can you not shop while at a mall?!?!

After how couple hour trip through the mall, we went to TGI Friday's to see our favorite waitress Brittanie.  It was a blast.

However, we forgot our leftovers in the car.  We were seriously disappointed.  :(

After dinner we picked up the Teenager for a little sleepover.  He just likes to come over and eat our food.

Okay....so on to Saturday.  Zachy had to work, unfortunately.  But, the Teenager and I had a blast with the kiddos....and watching the history channel.  :)

Then in the evening I ran to go grocery shopping, before coming home to enjoy the evening.

Sunday was a pretty chill day for us.  We spent some time outside, loving the warmish weather.  And, of course, we did laundry.  Because that is what we do every. single. Sunday.

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And that brings us to today, where we took the kiddos in for their wellness check up.

Both are as healthy as can be!

Ady weighs 17lbs, and Jack is 30lbs.

I found it funny that both of my kids are exactly the weight.  No .2 or .3...just 17.0 lbs.

I find the funniest things entertaining.

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Do you celebrate half birthdays?  I do, I know I am weird.

But, both of my kiddos celebrated half birthdays over the weekend. Jack is 1.5 years old and Ady is .5 years old.  :)

We got Jackers a basketball hoop.  Which he loves!  (Ady got her ears pierced, in case you were wondering what we got her)

Especially when Uncle Timmy shoots hoops with him.

Z and the Teenager played "knee ball" while Jack was giggling away.  Watching them get rug burn.  He was probably thinking, "when will they ever learn?".

I will post some pics and videos of the basketball hoop soon.  I used a different camera, and need to find the cord.  :)

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 That's all for now.  Hope you enjoy reading about my super exciting life!

Ramblin' Mommy

Do you love or hate these random blog posts?

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Ugh.  Z just called me to let me know that he will be working on Saturday.

I hate when he has to work the weekend.  Then he gets grumpy because he doesn't have a day off, because Sunday is laundry day.

Oh well.  He has Monday off....so, hopefully that will be sufficient.

Good new though, it is all over time.  Yippee.  I love big pay checks.

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We put our kids to bed, at the same time and in the same room, last night!  They both did great!

Ms. Ady still has to sleep on her pack n' play pad (we have it under her sheet)...but, at least she is sleeping in her own crib, and in her own room.

What person would want to sleep on wood with a little bit of padding vs. a comfy mattress.  My daughter that is who.  Weirdo.  (said in the most endearing way possible)  ;o)

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I am sure many of you have had two teething little ones at the same time....right?

How do you do it?

I am about 90% sure that Ady is teething, and there are many time throughout the day I could lose it.

Jackers is whining, and Ady is screaming in pain (seriously, you'd think she broke a leg or something) to the point I can't even think!

But, after some Tylenol and Orajel everyone is fine.  At least for now.

Currently, they are both napping (not in the same room unfortunately), and I am enjoying the peace and quiet....well, and blogging of course.

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Does anyone else know their UPS guy (or girl) by their first name?

Ours name is Troy, and he been around since I was a kid.

It is an on-going joke in our family that my sister, Lauren, is actually his daughter because she looks totally different than the rest of us.

Well, not totally different.  She was just born with (and still had) darker hair than the rest of us.

Anyway.  Troy stops by our home about 3-4 times a week, and I wish it was because of an on-line shopping habit (just because that would be so much more fun!).  But, it is just alarm parts for Z's job.

BORING!

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Anyway.  That's what is going on in my life.  How about you?

My Baby Girl

On Sunday my baby girl with be 6 months old.

I am in denial.


Over the weekend, my Mom suggested we raise up her walker because she can more than touch flat footed, I didn't want to.


There is no way that she is big enough to be on level two of the walker.


Nope, not a chance.


But, sadly. She is.


My Ady is growing up.


I am afraid to blink because whenever I do she gets older.

Do you know of a magic pill which slows down growth?

My baby is quickly turning into a toddler, and I can hardly stand it.


Time for another one! ;o)

Yeah, right. Wishful thinking.

Daily Life

Happy Mother's Day! Sorry I am a day late, life is crazy busy around here. :) Did you have a wonderful day?

Mother's Day for me was perfect! I couldn't have asked for a better day. Well, I could....but, that would be askin' a lot.

My babies got me a mother and child ring and necklace, and I love it! I have been wearing the ring since the day I got it, and am anxiously awaking an occasion to wear the necklace. :)
Z made me muffins for breakfast, changed almost all the diapers, and spent more time watching the children (alone) than he normally does.

What would have made it better is if someones nearly 18 month old baby boy would say MAMA! Can you tell I am a little bitter about this? Ugh! Lol. He better say Mama next year. Silly little boy.

Then, after the kiddos were in bed. Z and I went outside to enjoy a cigar. Well, he enjoyed it. I just smoked one to show him I could. It wasn't my favorite thing in the world, but a million times better than cigarettes. YUCK!

I used to smoke those in my late teens, and they are just nasty. Don't know why I did it.

I do, occasionally, miss it, like when I have some sort of alcoholic beverage...but, not enough to jeopardize my health or my families health for it. Blah!

Today is my wonderful husbands birthday! He is 25! We are creepin' up there. Haha.

The kiddos and I got him a new t.v. for his birthday....mostly because his wish for father's day is to lay in his bed and watch t.v. all day. Haha. It probably won't be all day, but he can at least spend the morning cuddled up with a blanket with a remote in his hand. ;o)He is also starting to get into cigars, thanks to a couple men in our lives (thanks guys!). So, I am thinking of getting him something cigar related for Father's Day. Who knows. I hate buying him gifts. Everything he wants is so expensive!

Did you know the U.S.S. Reagan only has to be refueled once every 50 years. I found that very interesting. When the kiddos are awake during the day I try to watch something educational (unless it is 6 o'clock, then I am watching E! News...guilty pleasure for sure), because I need the background noise. So today, it was on the History channel. You can learn a lot while feeding your almost 6 month old a bottle!

Well, I have babbled on long enough. And I am sure you are REALLY bored. Haha. If you made it through this post, you are a saint!

SO BIG!

As many of you know, we have been trying to put Ady to bed in her own crib....in the kids' room. (Have no idea what I am talking about? You are missing out, follow me on Twitter @jenniferovery) But, it has not been going so well.

I was hesitant to even try because I would absolutely hate to have both kiddos up in the middle of the night, but Ady has been sleeping so well we thought we would give it a try Tuesday night.

Tuesday = HUGE FAILURE. Ady cried the whole time, and kept waking Jackers up. So, she got her way and slept in our bedroom (in a pack n' play).

Wednesday = A little better. We got both of the kids asleep, but Ms. Ady woke up around 11. We laid her down in her pack n' play, and she slept through the night.

Thursday = Perfect! Or so we thought. We got both of the kids asleep, with NO ISSUES! But, at 2:15am Ady woke up....for no reason. I rocked her, changed her diaper, gave her a bottle, and she drifted off to sleep around 3:30am. But, she was up again at 5:30am and 6:30am.

This Mama is tired.

I am not sure I have the energy to try it again tonight, but we will have to see. Do any of you have any tricks for getting a 5 month old to sleep through the night? She sleeps fabulously, by herself, in our bedroom...but, not in her bedroom.

Moving on.....

Jack is usually the shy, silent type. But, we have been trying to encourage his speech as much as possible. He will sign more (which also means please....be careful when you are teaching this to your kiddos :)) all day long, but rarely says anything other than "da". Well, he babbles....but, I have no clue as to what he is saying.

So, today. Instead of just giving him a goldfish cracker. I made him say cracker. He whined for about 20 minutes about not getting the cracker easily....but then he said it! YEAH! Go Jackers :). Cracker is a more difficult word than Mama, right? Hmm....stubborn, eh, sweet, little boy!

I am sorry about the video. It was shot with my phone, and I didn't even think to rotate the phone. Oh well...you get the idea. I am so proud of my little baby boy!

In other Jacker's news. He is officially off the bottle! It has been 9 days since his last bottle, and he seems to be doing fine.

I am a little concerned that he isn't getting enough calcium...because he really dislikes drinking milk from a sippy cup (or regular cup). But, I have been upping his cheese/yogurt intake to hopefully compensate for the decrease in milk consumption. It will all work out in the end, any maybe I will eventually get him to drink milk out of a sippy.

Well, that's what new in my life as a SAHM. What about you?

What a Face!

What a little stud! Haha. Like I have said before, I wish I had a camera on me all the time to capture his little moments...so, I am so thrilled to be able to catch a few shots like this one. ;o)

Wanna Kiss Mom?

Recently, Jackson has been making all sorts of crazy faces.......and I have to say that this is one of my favorites. It totally looks like he wants to give you a kiss.

But, this is how he looks most of the time....such a little ham (he does look a little sleepy though) ;o)