Kids Are Funny

 Getting into mommy's closet and wearing her stuff and making a big mess 

- just wait Bobby....I will embarrass you one day!

 Nice tan line Brooklyn...That tan is with no sunscreen (yes bad mommy) but she tans in like 5 minutes just like her Daddy.  She definitely has some of the native american showing through on her skin tone...

 Playing a game with the kids - encouraged them to first draw what they see, then to try and draw stuff for mommy to guess. In the picture below Bobby drew those stick figures which I didnt think was half bad for a 4 year old. (But I have nothing to compare it)

 Brooklyn drawing circles or "o's" and she says. She is quite good with holding a pen.

 Bobby said this last picture below was a person in a boat. Hard to tell but the boat was pretty good, the person doesnt look to bad either.  The kids loved playing on the white board.  

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Yesterday was the 2nd of 3 weddings.  Two weddings in less than a week - yikes!  This wedding was at Milagro Winery in "Ramona", more like almost Santa Ysabel.  It was a relaxing wedding, the groom was pretty funny, and his mom is equally as silly.  The location was all outdoors but had plenty of shade - thank goodness!  Yesterday was H-O-T! At just about 28 weeks (officially on Tuesday) I was feeling ok.  Thankfully there were plenty of cool places to sit, and lots of water floating around.  It was again another nice time spent with Derek...

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We went to our 1st wedding of the summer, 1 of 3 weddings for this summer.  Was such a pretty location, small and intimate here in San Diego.  One of the best parts of this wedding was the big leather couches in the room that I could park my nearly 7 month pregnant butt on throughout the night lol...  Breathtaking views at the location.  Numerous people commented on Derek's bowtie - he was quite happy with his fashion statement, and then for me, most people could hardly tell I was pregnant by my outfit which made me feel good since I've been feeling like a beluga whale lately.  We had a great time over the weekend...

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was ok. The kids caught some bad bug about 2/3 weeks ago - bad sore throat/neck aches with a fevers, then turned into a bad cold/congestion.  It hit me early last week, and I am "dying", I'm pregnant and basically cant take anything for this stupid virus!  In the beginning I felt like I was swallowing knives. It was sooooo hard to swallow, so painful. I cried a few nights out of pain. Tylenol was NO RELIEF.  And then if/when it did finally work, it would really truly only last 3.5 hours. Miserable.  Now I'm congested and coughing at night so I'm not sleeping again because of congestion, but I would take congestion over that nasty sore throat anyday.  In addition to that, BOTH OF MY EYES HAD A LIGHT CASE OF PINK EYE. Gross I know.  My doctor tested for strep throat the other day, I doubt this is what I have but he had to be sure.  

My Mother's Day gift blew me away. Derek surprised me with a really thoughtful present.  Even the card he purchased was so thoughtful and sincere.  I dont know how I'm going to return the love on Father's Day and his birthday.  He's the best husband ever.

A few other pictures are above - this is what the kids normally do in the first few hours of the day while I do homework or stuff for our business, go for a run, or clean up the house in the morning.  Seems a little crazy but hey I at least (1) have to clean the couches/vacuum the cushions and (2) it keeps them safe (sorta) and happy.

Rylee

Its kind of a long story why, but we had to put our very first dog down, Rylee, on Friday (5/3/2013).

She had been suffering from cancer on her front pad for nearly a year, it was to the point where there were times I would question how much longer she had; putting her down was somewhat forced and I think thats why its even more upsetting.  The cancer had taken over the entire front pad, smelled liked road kill, and she had lost 40lbs.  It was probably close to the end of her time here on earth, but losing a loved one always feels too soon.

Rylee was a gift from Derek to me after about 6 months we had been living in our current house.  I had begged like an annoying little kid for a long time for a dog. She was an awesome puppy because unlike most puppies she RARELY chewed anything up. I mean I think I may have caught her less than 5 times chewing on something she wasnt supposed to. She was so mellow. So loving.  Dont get me wrong, she had her high energy times, but compared to the average dog, she was a relaxed dog. I taught her to do the typical tricks: sit, speak, lay down.  She was my first dog.  

There were many things Rylee was around for, she was a dear part of our lives for 8 &1/2 years.  I miss her so much.  Its so hard to believe she is gone.  I walk around the house and so much of these walls are filled with memories of her.

 Derek's family has a sister of hers, Kacie (pictured above) and when I hear her bark I hear Rylee.  

She is dearly missed. She was a beloved companion to me and Derek.  She holds a very special place in my heart.  She was very sick with cancer so it was truly a matter of time, it just felt unfair to have to do it now.  I know she is resting above and running around on all 4's again....

Hamster Wheel

You know those lame license plate covers that say "I'm not spoiled my husband just loves me" I think I belong in that club now.  I hated reading those things and thought how stupid, but now, I get it......

Derek gave me the ok to purchase a treadmill yesterday, so duhhhhhhh, of course I did. We are the proud new owners of this puppy pictured below, I'm so excited to use it (I think Derek is too). I haven't ran since December (plus pregnancy made me feel so yucky).  I quit the gym the other day (after Derek said once I quit the gym we could make this investment).  While I do miss the friends I made at the gym, I went there religiously just to use the treadmill - sorta dumb if you think about it. Now with 3 kids, on lock down at home... staying at home, I can get a run in whenever I feel like it and then tackle the rest of the junk that awaits my attention all in the comfort of my hot messy garage with my 2 dogs staring me down and my kids coloring on the walls lol...

This thing is going to get a beating...I can hardly wait

Our new Life Fitness T3 Hamster Wheel

Aside from that, I'm 21 or 22 weeks pregnant at this point (to be honest I have lost count and dont care all that much, my due date is the end of summer).  I feel great for the most part, and this pregnancy aside from the first few weeks of nausea in the beginning has been the easiest despite the fact I am chasing 2 other rugrats.  I've put on a solid 15 lbs and I'm trying to keep the scale my friend - not to mention all the pressure us pregnant moms hear that basically we should only put on 15lbs for the ENTIRE PREGNANCY! Ridiculous...a male must have made that claim because thats just silly....

School has been getting the best of me lately.  Swamped with homework, I neglect so much to keep somewhat on pace and havent had much of a social life (not that I have much of one anyway since I'm the kids' babysitter).  Kids have been doing pretty good - I try to devote 2 days of the week to get them out of the house and moving.

We just inherited my in-laws old trampoline.  We have to replace the mat but other than that the thing is in working order.  Kids are going to be so happy when we have that in the backyard.

Cant believe its the end of April already...enjoy your week...

Easter Weekend 2013

Friday before Easter we colored eggs. Brooklyn had to have all of her eggs pink. Bobby's blue. The kids had fun. We had about 16 eggs to color.  It was fun.

The Saturday before Easter me and the kids along with my brother and his kids spent an entire afternoon at a nice 4s Ranch Park (which by the way these parks are like the Cadillacs of parks) and soaked up the sunshine.  The kids were wiped out from the day in the sun at the park that they slept from 630pm at night until 7 the next day which made it nice for the Easter Bunny to set up his stuff and relax.

The Easter Bunny left the kids a new bucket for playing in the sand, a few eggs with some candy and a new toy.

Easter was nice for us. Went to church in the morning which I love so much these days because the worship team/music is a rock concert and just fills us with love and joy, I love the music.  Then made our way to my sister's house in Scripps Ranch.  Ate an early dinner I guess you could call it, then went to Derek's parents house to visit with family over there for a little while.  Again, the kids were tired from a really long day and were tucked in bed early.

We've been on the go for nearly a week straight because of the holiday, and we have a regular babysitter that helped me a little bit this last week just so I could go run some errands alone. She's been great. Yesterday Bobby came down with a 101-102 fever and felt awful.  Today he woke up still with flushed red cheeks but no fever - hopefully he gets to feeling 100% soon.

Our little routine lately has turned into us spending a few hours at home in the morning so I can get chores done, water garden, workout, do some homework or tend to whatever the Company needs done, then we walk to Collier Park and spend some time there playing.  I notice now that we do this (walking to Collier Park) on a regular basis, we are burning lots of energy and are nice and tired by day's end so crawling into bed is easy.  Its kind of getting hard on me to keep up activities that require a lot of hauling of junk - my back has been killing me this pregnancy.