Almost October...

I can't believe that it is almost October. This year has flown by. It makes me so sad to think that in 3 months, Colin is going to be a year old. Where has the time gone?? Here is a picture that Eric's mom took of Colin last time she was here. It is one of my favorites.
He looks so happy in every picture I take. However, he is always whiny when the camera isn't around. He seems to be getting a little better now that he is a little more active. He doesn't need me to hold him constantly. I just wish he would start crawling, then he would really love it. Eric and I's anniversary is a week from today, but we are celebrating on Saturday. My mom is coming down on Thursday and staying until Sunday. She is going to watch the kids while Eric and I spend the whole day together. We are going to do his driving experience at 11 on Saturday and then I am not sure what we are going to do after that. We are going to go to Osaka for dinner though. I can't wait, they have the best food. We hardly ever eat there though because it is way too expensive. We ate there on the night we got married though, so I thought it would be nice to go eat there again for our anniversary. We had a pretty busy Saturday this last weekend. I got to work at 5:45 on Saturday, then I filed for about 5 hours, came home, got ready, got the kids ready and we went to my grandpa and his wife's birthday party. I didn't really want to go, but my dad really wanted us to, so we did. I saw alot of my cousins that I haven't seen since I was little. Some of them I would have rather not seen at all.lol I am sorry, but it is true. Some of them were VERY stuckup. The others were nice though. Yesterday was a lazy day for us. Well I mean I did clean the house a little, but we didn't go anywhere at all. Well I have a little guy that is hungry, so I should probably go feed him. He might starve to death if I don't.lol

My birthday

I can't believe I am already 23. I mean of course having two kids, I already feel alot older than I am, but it is weird to think that I am now 23. Today has been a good day so far. Last night Eric came home from work and told me he had to give me my birthday cake eary. Well it turns out he had ordered me a whole lemon cake from The Olive Garden. I love their lemon cake and so does Eric. He actually spent that much money just to get me a cake he knew I would love. Then this morning I woke up and Eric gave me my present from him and the kids. I thought for sure I was going to get the betsey johnson perfume I asked for, but he got me a gift card to old navy instead. Fine by me, now I can buy some new clothes. Then the kids and I headed over to TMA around 10:00 so that I could take Jamie her birthday present and also the cake I made her(I made her a strawberry shortcake). Jamie and I exchanged gifts, she bought me the cutest zip up hoodie. It isn't a thick one though, it will be perfect for when the weather gets a little cooler. She also got me a american express gift card. Sam also gave me my present from her which is a really cute so cal zip up hoodie. Then Jamie, the kids and I headed to The Olive Garden for lunch. We got there right when they opened and we were in and out in less than 45 minutes. Thankfully both the kids were good the whole time. I was a little worried that colin would get fussy because he didn't get to take his long nap this morning. Then we drove Jamie back to the office and came home. It has been a wonderful birthday so far. Although I have to say that no birthday will ever be as good as my birthday last year, that is when Eric asked me to marry him! Tonight Eric is going to order Macayo's for us to have for dinner because that is my favorite and tomorrow Sam, my dad, Jamie and I are all going to The Outback for dinner. Eric is going to stay home with the kids because by that time, Colin will be tired and fussy. After dinner, Sam, Jamie and I are going to go do something fun. We aren't sure what yet, but it will be fun! Andrea, my mom,Tyson and Ryan have to come to town tomorrow for some appointments, so they are going to stop by for a bit. That will be nice to see them for a while. Andrea better bring me a birthday present.lol

Tuesday

I really can't think of a better title at the moment. I am so tired today. The last two nights I have barely gotten any sleep. I was so exhausted from working all weekend. On Saturday I went in and filed most of the day, then on Sunday I spent the whole day cleaning the whole house. On Sunday night I woke up at 4:30 to feed Colin and I could hear him talking for over a half an hour, so I couldn't fall back asleep. Then last night a little before midnight, I heard some guy yelling outside and then I was wide awake for over an hour. I hope tonight I can get some good sleep. I was laying down on the couch a little while ago while colin was napping and Jaidyn was watching her cartoons. Jaidyn never wants me to lay down though, so she kept yelling at me to wake up.lol So I had said before how I wanted to lose 5 lbs before family pictures. Well I got on the treadmill twice and then just stopped doing it. All I have done is eat a bunch of junk for the last couple of weeks. Well I went to weigh myself and I had lost 2 more lbs.lol I don't know how the heck that happened. I eat junk constantly and never work out, but I lost all of the baby weight and haven't gained a pound. I guess I am just lucky. I think most of it is because I carry Colin's chubby butt around all day.lol Anyways, I am hoping to lose the other 3 lbs within the next two months. I am sure I can do it if I really worked at it.

Peace and Quiet

Eric decided this morning that he wanted to take Jaidyn to the park. She hasn't been in a long time and it is really cool in the mornings now (the perfect weather to go to the park). I had some stuff I needed at Target, so I told him he could take Jaidyn to the park and Colin and I would go to Target because I knew by the time we got back from Target, Colin would be ready for a nap. Colin and I went to Target and he was really good the whole time. Sure enough, as soon as we got home, he went down for a nap. I just called Eric and they are still at the park and Jaidyn is having a great time. Well that means I have some peace and quiet for once. I would love to just lay down on the couch and watch some of my recorded episodes of 90210, but I know that I really need to clean the house. I went into work yesterday and I was gone most of the day, by the time I got home, the house looked like a tornado had hit it. Eric never keeps it cleaned up. I never let it get this bad because I am constantly picking up toys all day long, but Eric doesn't, he just lets it get a mess. So I really need to clean up all the toys and sweep and mop. I hate sweeping and mopping,but someone has to do it. I mentioned in my post before that Colin loved sitting on Jaidyn's dora ride. Well here is a picture of him on it, he was really excited!

Boring Friday

Just like usual. We don't ever do much. Friday's are the worst though because all I want is for the day to be over so that Eric will be home all weekend. I swear Friday's always seem like they just drag on. Colin is sitting here next to me on Jaidyn's dora ride on just smiling and laughing. Good thing he likes it because we bought him a spider man ride on for Christmas. He just got done being fussy. I swear he cried and screamed for an hour for no reason and Jaidyn slept through the entire thing. She didn't even move. I don't know how anyone could sleep through that. At least he is happy now. Colin woke up at 5:15 this morning and I thought I could die. That is the second time this week that he has woken up before 5:30. I mean he always wakes up pretty early anyways, but normally not this early. I bet tomorrow he will sleep in later just because I have to wake up early. I am going to get up early and head over to TMA to file. Jamie is going to meet me there at 7:30. I actually look forward to going in and filing. Not only does it get me out of the house all by myself, but it keeps me plenty busy and Jamie stays there with me the whole time and it is just me and her. Not to mention it is extra money! So Jamie and I's birthday is next Thursday and we have been trying to think of something fun to do. Sam asked if we wanted to go out to dinner on Friday so that is a for sure thing. We aren't sure what we are going to do after that though. Eric said he would stay home with the kids while I went out. I asked Jamie if she would want to go gambling and maybe just go walk around somewhere fun like planet hollywood or something.

Is it bed time yet?

For some reason today, I feel so tired. I haven't even done anything to make me feel this way. Of course I can't go to bed this early though because Jaidyn is never ready for bed until between 8:30 and 9:00, sometimes even later than that. I really need to try and get her into a routine of going to bed earlier. Colin went to sleep about an hour ago. He isn't usually in bed that early, but he didn't take a long afternoon nap like he normally does, so he was very tired. My mom sent both Jaidyn and Colin a card in the mail with $5 for each of them today. Jaidyn was so excited. I told her tomorrow we could go to Target and she could buy something with it. When I asked her what she wanted to buy, she told me a new book.lol She loves to look at books. Half the time she doesn't like me to read them to her though. The other day I was reading to her and she actually put her hand over my mouth because she didn't want me to read anymore.lol There is an episode of max and ruby that Jaidyn keeps watching and it has a story about magical beans. Well Eric went to the store on Sunday to get some refried beans and Jaidyn asked where he was. I told her that he went to the store to get beans and she said "magical beans?"lol It was so cute. I am starting to get worried, Colin is almost 8.5 months old and he still has no teeth. I just can't even believe it because jaidyn had her first tooth at about 4 or 5 months. I am starting to feel sad because both the kids are growing up so fast. I mean Colin is going to be a year old in 4 months. Where has the time gone? It seriously feels like he was born just yesterday.

I am exhausted!

I guess it's because I am not used to being on my feet most of the day. This morning Jaidyn had her tumbling class and it didn't go so well. She didn't like it all. I can't say that I blame her. She barely got to do anything. They only had one girl doing the whole class so the whole time, all the kids had to sit there and watch everyone do the stuff and when it did get to Jaidyn's turn, she only got to do it for a few seconds at a time. I felt bad for her because she was so excited when we got there and then when we left, we asked her if she liked it and she said no. Then I kept looking at her in the back seat and she looked so sad the whole way home. So I don't think we will be going back for that. Thankfully the class didn't cost much. I just feel bad because I was really looking forward to Jaidyn being able to do something fun and it turned out to be not so fun for her. Jamie came with me to Jaidyn's tumbling class and on the way home we picked up some food and came home and ate lunch. We bought jaidyn a happy meal which made her feel a little better. After we ate, Jamie and I left to head over to TMA so that I could start doing the filing. Jamie hung out there with me the whole time and just did her homework, that way if I had any questions than she was there to answer them. I mean I know how to do the filing, but I haven't even worked there in over 8 months, so some things have changed a bit. I was there filing for 5 and a half hours. I still have tons to do, but that's ok because I really want to get in as many hours as I can. All the money I make filing, Eric and I are going to use to take Jaidyn to disneyland in December. I would have worked for even longer, but it was already 6 by the time I left there and I really wanted to see Colin before he went to bed since I didn't get to see him much today. Now that Jaidyn doesn't have her tumbling classes anymore, I will probably go in first thing on Saturday mornings and file most of the day. Here is a picture from jaidyn's tumbling class. For some reason they all turned out really dark so you can barely see it. The flash was on, but it seemed really dark in the room.

Well Eric and Jaidyn are watching spiderman downstairs and Colin is asleep, so I think I will take this oppurtunity to go watch one of my own shows upstairs in my bed.

Sick again?

So the other night I woke up really sick in the night and threw up. Well I was finally feeling all better yesterday and then last night about 5 minutes after I layed down in bed, I started to feel really sick. I went and sat in the bathroom for about a half an hour feeling like I was going to die. I finally threw up and felt a little better, but felt exhausted by that time. This morning I have a headache and my throat hurts, but at least my stomach isn't bothering me. I don't know why I keep feeling so sick the last few nights. So I got the pictures back from JCPenney's of the kids. Here are a few of them.



You would never tell by looking at these pictures, that Jaidyn was very naughty that day. So tomorrow I have to go into TMA so that Sam can show me how to set the alarm and lock up since I will be there alone when I go in to file on the weekends. Jaidyn has tumbling class at 10:00 on Saturday morning and it lasts for 45 minutes, so I will probably go in and file after we are all done with that. I am looking forward to it. Eric and I had been planning a trip to Disneyland with his parents in February. Well we feel bad that Jaidyn keeps saying how badly she wants to go. So yesterday I asked Eric if I just saved all the money I made from filing for the next couple of months, if we could use it to take Jaidyn to disneyland in December and still go with his parents in February. I love going when they are all decorated for Christmas and I think Jaidyn would love it too. Surprisingly enough, he said yes. Jamie said she would babysit Colin because we didn't really want to take him with us. So as long as it all works out with Jamie's work, we are going to go to disneyland on a Monday, december 15 and come home the next day. I have never been the week before Christmas. Does anyone know if it is extra crowded at that time??

A new betsey purse

So as I said on my last post that I saw a betsey johnson purse that i really wanted. Well when I got home on Saturday I told Eric how badly I wanted it. I knew he would probably end up letting me get it for my birthday even though he acted like he wasn't going to get it for. Well anyways on Sunday evening he told me that we were going to drive down to the fashion show mall and he was going to buy me that purse and it could be my anniversary present. Our anniversary isn't for another month, but those purses sell quick and they don't make very many of each kind, so he let me get it early before it was gone. So I went down and bought it. Here is a picture of it.


So now I am thinking Eric probably bought me the betsey johnson perfume that I want for my birthday in a few weeks. He told me this would have to be my anniversary present which leads me to believe that he already got me a birthday present and since I asked for the perfume, I am sure that is what I am getting. I told him to blame Jamie for the fact that I have to buy expensive Betsey purses. I used to buy cheap purses from Target that would last me a year and now I have two betsey purses that I have bought within the last 3 months and they have both cost me about $100. I promised him I would make this purse last me all winter long. So last night I woke up at about midnight feeling really sick to my stomach, well I layed awake for about an hour before i went into the bathroom and got sick. From that point on, i was awake the rest of the night. Of course I woke up with a killer headache. Eric had to go into work this morning, but he got off at 11:00 and came home to help with the kids so I could rest a bit. Well of course that didn't happen. I went upstairs to lay down and all I could hear the whole time was Colin crying, then jaidyn came barging into our bedroom and then there was no way I could go to sleep. I still have a bit of a headache, but it isn't near as bad and at least my stomach isn't hurting anymore.

Working again

I got a call from my sister Samantha yesterday and she said they needed to find someone to come and file for them, so she wanted to know if i wanted to do it. She told me she would give me a key and I could come in anytime on the weekend when I have time to do it. Every weekend I will file everything from that week. She said it will take anywhere from 3 hours or more every week. That doesn't seem like much, but they are going to pay me $12 an hour. That is awesome. That will give me at least $100 extra every month, hopefully even more if I can file for more than 3 hours every week. That will help out with buying christmas presents and with paying some of our bills. I told her I had to think about it, but after I thought about it I thought this would be a great oppurtunity. Not only will I make some extra money, but I will be there all alone so I can just listen to music while I file. I used to do the filing a couple of years ago when I was the receptionist, so I pretty much remember how to do most of it. Jamie will have to go over some of it again with me, just to make sure I know exactly what to do. I am actually kind of excited to do it. I will get out of the house by myself every weekend. I really wish I could go file first thing on Saturday mornings, but Jaidyn is starting her tumbling classes a week from yesterday, so I will have to either go file on Saturday afternoons or Sunday morning. I think I will probably just wake up early on Sunday's and go do it then. Another good thing is that Sam told me if I said yes and then didn't like doing it, then I can always just tell her later that I don't want to do it. That is good to know, just in case I don't like it. Yesterday jamie and I went to the fashion show mall and walked around. We found the cutest betsey johnson purse that we both loved, but it is $88. Well I knew Eric would kill me if I bought a purse for that much. I already have a betsey purse I bought a few months ago and it cost over $100. So anyways when we got home I told him about it and how much i wanted it. I have a feeling he might get it for me either for my birthday in a few weeks or for our anniversary that is a month away. I gotta get cleaning the house. It is pretty clean for the most part, but the kitchen needs cleaned up a bit. Eric's family will be coming over at noon for lunch, so I better get a move on it.

A boring week

This week sure has been a boring week compared to last week. Last week we left our house almost everyday. This week we went shopping on Monday and other than that, the kids and I haven't left the house at all. I feel bad, but it is just too hot outside. Plus we have nowhere to go. I can't wait for it to get cooler out so the kids and I can go to the park in the day. Jaidyn loves playing at the park and Colin loves being outside, so the park will be a perfect place to go. This weekend we are having Eric's brother, sister and her husband over for lunch. It is Eric's brothers birthday so we figured we would have everyone over. We are just going to buy a few different deli meats and deli rolls, some chips and then I will make some dip for lunch. We are also going to get him a cake. Jaidyn will be excited to have everyone over. She loves when people come over to visit. It doesn't happen often though. We hardly ever have visitors these days. Jamie used to come over alot after work, but now she has school after work, so she is too busy. I wish we could move to Alamo. Then Jaidyn could see her grandma and Andrea and the boys more often. She would love that. Eric and I have been talking about it alot lately. I keep telling him that Jaidyn starts preschool in a year and that no matter what we will be living in Alamo by then. He knows I am serious when I say she won't go to school down here, but I think he is worried about making the drive back and forth. I don't blame him because I definately don't want him to have to do that, but that is pretty much the only option at this point since there is no work in Alamo for him. Plus he could stay with his brother a few nights a week so he wouldn't have to drive back and forth everyday. I worry if Eric waits too long, then the house we want will be sold. The other day Jaidyn asked me about Santa. She loves Santa and she will talk about him all the time. Well anyways I told her she would need to make a list of what she wanted Santa to bring her for Christmas. So she told me she wanted a teddy bear and ice cream.lol I told her Santa couldn't leave ice cream under our tree because it would melt. Well she doesn't care, she still keeps saying that is what she wants santa to bring her.lol

What a disaster

the pictures turned out to be on Saturday. I was so worried about Colin the whole time and he was actually really good. He smiled big and was sitting there being good the whole time. Jaidyn however, she was such a mess. She wouldn't sit still for the pictures and she ran away from us twice. She ran really far too. I think if there wouldn't have been people around, Eric might have beat her.lol I have never seen him so mad at her before. I was mad too. All I wanted was to get some good pictures of the kids together and I thought for sure the whole time that there wouldn't be any good ones with Jaidyn in them. Well once we were finally able to look at the pictures, there were some good ones of the kids together and even a couple good ones of Jaidyn by herself. I don't know how that happened, but I am so glad that we got some good ones. Eric and I were going to do family pictures in a few months to send out christmas cards, but after Saturday I am not so sure I want to go through that again.lol After we got home from getting pictures done, Eric's whole family came over to visit and have dinner. They were here the whole day and left about 6:00. Jaidyn fell asleep about 5 minutes after they left because she hadn't napped all day and she was down for the night. Colin went to bed about 30 minutes later. So Eric and I were able to rent a movie and watch it without any interruptions. We watched the movie Vantage Point. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but it was ok. Jaidyn has been doing so good sleeping in her own bed. We had to move it right up against our bed so that she could still touch Eric, but at least she is sleeping in her own bed. She has slept in it all week. In a week or so we will slowly start to move her bed away from ours. Yesterday Jamie came over and we went shopping. We went to Mervyn's, Target and JCPenney's. I found some really nice running shoes and a really comfy new comforter for our bed and all of that only cost me $80. I thought that was a great deal. I got both things for almost half off. I used to be so good about using the treadmill, but I haven't used it in a few months. I figured maybe if I bought some new running shoes, that would motivate me to get on there more often. I have a goal to lose 5 lbs before we get family pictures in a couple of months. Today Eric, the kids and I went to the fashion show mall to look around and then we headed over to Town Square. It was pretty hot outside, but I mostly wanted to go to Anchor Blue and Aeropostale and they are right next to each other. I went in to Anchor Blue first and found a pair of jeans and 2 new shirts. So I was pretty happy that i didn't have to go in to anymore stores. Well I think I will try to go get on the treadmill now.