REAL Housewives

Real housewives never have time to blog! A good title for this would probably be "long time no talk" but wasnt that the last title? I HAVE to get better at this blogging thing! My mom wrote in diaries when we were young, and when we became older she allowed us to read them. There are things I read that I never want to read again in my mother's diary, but it was still cool to be able to look back. So I dont want to blog in the same way my mother did but some G rated memories might be nice.

Lately I have been thinking that someone should do a show about Really Real Housewives and hire me to be on it. Although I seriously doubt it would be as popular as the already existing "Real Housewives", but it may be interesting just the same. Like today I had 30 cents off 20 gallons of gas (thank you Winn-Dixie!) so while going to get our locally grown grass-fed organic beef meat (from a slaughter house) I tried to run all the gas out of my car so that I could get the full savings. I ended up having to stop half way to get $4 worth of gas (a little over a gallon) so that I could make it. On the way back I gunned it a few times to burn out the gas so that I could get my full 20 gallons. Well Sage (the new addition) cried about 90%/1 hour of the trip and my brain was fried. I tried to call a few friends to make my trip faster, no success, finally I got Michael on the phone as soon as Sage hears my voice he goes from whining to all out wailing. So that made my nerves even more frazzled. I knew Sage was hungry, he started getting really mad at 3 hours (from his previous feeding) 0n the dot. As I was driving I remember a funny little tidbit that Whoopie said on The View. She was saying that one of the benefits of having a child in your old age (mid 50's) was that you could take your boob like a lasso and toss it to the child. If only.... ANYWAYS, I get to the gas station, set up the gas to pumping while feeding Sage in the front seat. 10 min later the car is full, at 19.1 gallons! So close! I tried to squeeze in the full 20 gallons but gave up at 19.5 gallons. Oh well..better luck next time...

I get to my mother in laws (who so GRACIOUSLY was watching Ness) we split up the meat. I know that Ness has to poop, as he is due. But there are about 4000000 false alarms before the real thing (one of my least favorite times of the day). We get home, I start unloading the meat and Ness says he has to poop, I ignore him, he stops, he says it again, ignore, stop, says he has to poop again, this time more frantically. I see him pinching his legs together (this is a tell-tale sign) so I grab him and run to the potty as fast as I can. Of course Im not fast enough, poop starts to make it's appearance, I hold him upside down hoping it wont fall on the ground. Well hes heavier than I had estimated, his rear end hits the couch, and of course, the poop falls to the floor. And again, of course, there is Pokey, ready for a "snack". I yell at pokey, Ness is still dropping pooplets, put Ness down tell him to go to the potty, make sure Pokey stays clear of the poop.....shew! I was able to pick up the poop, no stains or residue....Ness finishes up his pee on the potty.
See? They need to hire me! Oh the "exciting" things I could bring to their show!!!

So an update? Well Sage was born a little over 6 months ago. He is a super sweet baby. He always has a smile and every time I see him I want to squeeze him. He is not as easy of a baby as Ness was, he has a stubborn streak and feels the need to have mama near him very often. He is sleeping 9 hours straight then 3ish. So one feeding, I know that that is great, but its hard to forget that at this age Ness was sleeping 12 solid hours. Both of our little boys require bedtimes though and naps in their own bed. My fault I'm sure, but this mama needs quiet time too!!

Ness has just started to really notice Sage, by notice I mean sitting on his belly and bouncing (he does have a pillow-like belly). He has started to hurt him more than I would like. Yesterday he was in time-out about 4 times before he would say he was sorry to Sage for hurting him. Then the rest of the day he kept saying he was sorry to Sage, guess he wanted to be on the safe side.

Ness is day-time potty trained and no longer wears diapers during the day (except nap time). We will tackle the night/naps much later. But now he can really only hold it for about an hour. I was taking his diaper off at naps but he would sleep an hour and then pee on himself; one hour is not enough sleep for him.

Ness also has finally started talking. Better late than never!!

So I was just distracted by a friend coming over and totally lost my train of thought.

More soon, I promise! Some pictures to hold you over? (they are in backwards order..I never remember to do them right...)
My 6 month old sunshine. Isnt he a cutie pie?
HUG him!!
Big smiles!
Family jet-ski ride (Ness- wanna ride da ka key!)
Ness is to cool for school.
Ahhh! Cuteness! His eyes are beautiful like his daddy's
Faces of Ness. Silly eyes.
Cheese head!
Sage-before haircut.
Trampoline with cousins!
Brotherly love.
Family pic.
My baby boy is 2!!! He was very excited to be sung Happy Birthday to.
Cousin in the car that our neighbors gave us.
This is how we found him one morning....dont know what he did that night...
(before potty-training was complete) At least SOMEONE was using the potty!
My sweet Sage. About 1 hour after birth.
Sage only minutes/seconds old. Best feeling in the world. Born after a very text-book 12 hour labor, no pain killers! Totally natural! I was/are pretty darn proud of myself.
Join us right back here soon! ;)

Man! Im a bad blogger!

We have done lots of thing since I last blogged...Thanksgiving and Christmas have come and gone, they were VERY busy (as always). So maybe that is a good excuse for not blogging?
I still dont have much time today. But I wanted to give you an album and a few videos, the pictures say what we have been up too. Click on the link and it will take you to our facebook album. Let me know if you cant see them.
Before Christmas:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2834622&id=23442110&l=8fb0363d67
Christmas:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2847623&id=23442110&l=bf74c95b78
January:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2853093&id=23442110&l=d5c0cfaa0d

Enjoy!

Baby #2 is "baking" nicely. He seems to be growing like a little weed and I now only have 8 weeks until my due date! Yikes! Time is FLYING! I really hope I can blog again before he comes..because if I dont it will be downright sad!

Ness is also growing like crazy. Not so much in height and weight but his intelligence amazes us every day! We have nothing to compare him to though so..ya know... He can now say: Da (for daddy), Guck (truck), Duck, Ball, Book, Mama (but he refuses to call me mama), Sit (when he wants to sit on something or be held), hat (he says "hat" and then always puts on his dad's hat..he runs around with the to-big hat) and he has other words that he uses for things, we know what he wants but have no idea what he is saying...
He also currently obsessed with books, he has his favorites, and we must read them 7 times a day. The animal book is the one he loves the most. And thats where he learned how to answer the question "What does the ____ say?". He can do it for duck, dog, cat, and sometimes horse. And if he sees a duck he goes crazy and says "Duck" "waak waak"..its rather cute. I am not sure what animals to teach him next..maybe cow? Hes just like a little sponge, its almost scary.
He is starting to learn to feed himself. He is doing pretty good. I think he enjoys it. But I have to watch him when hes done because then he realizes hes dirty and starts to "clean up" which means he brushes it all on the floor...including dishes, but we are trying to stop him from doing this..hes doing better.

Anyways, heres some videos with my new FLIP camera!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We took Ness to play at the Mall which is his favorite place to play. It doesnt matter how tired he is he runs around and plays with the other kids.
Last week (or the week before?) was Thanksgiving. We had so much fun! Ness did super, slept VERY well (he was really worn out) and had lots of fun. We were gone almost a whole week but he didnt seem to mind. We got to see almost ALL of our family and I think that overall it was a A plus! This is the first Thanksgiving (in a while) where we went to Leesville/DeRidder for Thanksgiving (usually we go for Christmas), and it was fun for a change.
Above Poppy is giving Ness and Natalie a ride in the wheel barrow. Ness got to do a lot of things for the first time.
Below is a VERY tired one-nap baby. This was when we first got to my parents. He had taken one early nap and then was awake the whole trip (didnt cry!), this was after bath and before bedtime. And it was the only time the whole week that he had trouble getting to sleep...it was more than likely from him being over-tired.
Big Cheese in Leesville. I am not sure why he thought this moldy deer was so fun..but he really did.
The Thornton's! This was the best picture we got of the family (actually the ONLY decent one) and my belly/everything looks HUGE...
I just think that this is a very funny family picture. Especially how happy Ness looks to be holding a random dog...and if you look closely you can see our wild mutt in the background eating Turkey innards.
Ness and Aunt Ashley.
The whole crew!
Ness flies through the air! We had a very fun walk in the woods. Ness really enjoyed it. We saw a HUGE rat, and when Michael screamed the rat got so scared he ran into a metal post. Then we saw a snake that wouldn't run away but did lunge at us once....after all that is when Ness flew in the air...
Below is Ness with Poppy and a Jack in the box, which is a toy that he REALLY liked (those always scared me).
Cousins! Minus baby Bronwen (to little for bathing with big kids) and two babies in Utero. Next Thanksgiving there wont be enough room for the 7 cousins....all within 4 years!
My parents Christmas Picture. It turned out pretty well considering how many kids are involved. Ness is smiling because right before I snapped the picture we all clapped and fake laughed...all of the others were just confused by that...guess Ness is used to having weird parents....
Ness and Daddy had SO much fun on the trampoline.
He laughed the entire time.
So overall it was fun! We cant wait for Christmas. We are REALLY hoping to stay in the Baton Rouge area (minus the maybe trip to Winnsboro)...but we will see how that goes. Our cute little house is all decorated (pictures next time) and looks SOOO cozy! Our Christmas tree is up and Ness really enjoys looking at the lights. I love this time of year. And after Christmas our dear friends that we spent A LOT of time with in Japan are coming to visit from Ohio for a week! And David Barnes will be here too! ALSO Michael is going to use up his vacation days and take a week off! Cant wait!
Baby #2 still has no name, although I can clearly feel that he is growing. His movements are less like bubbles and more like shoves and punches. I still cant feel his body parts through my skin when I press on my belly; I think he's still small enough to hide. According to the baby growth chart he is around 1.5 pounds and almost 10 inches long. This pregnancy is FLYING by..yikes! I am now 25 weeks. We are getting more nervous and more excited, when we are rigging up Ness's sleep spot at different houses we say "HOW IN THE WORLD are we going to do this for two babies???) Oh well, people have had more kids and survived so I guess we will too!


Time for CUTE-NESSSSS!

November already!?

Hello all! Isnt this weather wonderful? Above is Ness with his "girlfriend" Evie. They have been able to hang out together since they were practically newborns, but they are just finally starting to play together. Its fun to watch them. They will also BOTH be getting new siblings at the SAME time (due date is separated just a few days). Evie gets a sister, Ness gets a brother. Evie's mom and I talked about switching our babies since she wanted a boy and I thought a girl would be fun but then we decided that our kids look QUITE a bit like us and people may notice...hehe.
Uh OHH. Ness and Daddy playing games! Ness literally sat on Mikes lap for 10 min (until I took him to take a bath) with that remote! Anyone that knows Ness knows that sitting still is not something he EVER does...so sort of scary right?
My helper! I was making shepards pie and got him to "clean" the spoon..yum!
Cheese face!
This is my homemade sushi! It wasnt bad at all.
I cant believe how big Ness is getting...sniff sniff. He was eating peanut butter (his fav) and carrots.
Ness enjoying taking apart Pumpkin Man and Pumpkin Boy....Pokey and Ness played quite a while like this...it was fun.

So how is everything else..hmmm... I am now 5 months pregnant! Its amazing, and it has FLOWN by. Next week is Thanksgiving, next month is Christmas! Yikes! After all the Christmas/New Years stuff is over I will have 2.5 months to get ready for #2, man...time goes by way to fast. We have been busy around here as usual. We have stayed home quite a bit due to sewing and stuff..but this week we went to a few activities (bible study, play date, park), and that was nice. I am caught up with my sewing and that feels good. I know once Thanksgiving is over I will be busy again but its nice for a few days off.
Oh, my sister let us borrow her video monitor and it is the BEST thing! We use it to "spy" on Ness while he is sleeping. It is really cool, especially since I dont think I have ever got to actually watch him sleep. He moves constantly but never cries. And we thought he was taking 2 naps a day...we realize now that he takes one nap and for the other he "plays"/rolls around/kicks his legs/changes pacifiers but never makes a peep! It is kind of a stress reliever bc now we can look at the screen to see if he is awake (if we need to go somewhere or something). It is really fun to watch...we may have to consider getting one for baby #2...I feel like life would have been a ton easier had I had this all along.....

Anyways, of course I will leave you with some SUPER cute-Ness

SUPERMAN!

Sooo..this was Halloween week! We did trick or treating, went to the fair, and all sorts of fun stuff! I also made Ness's Thanksgiving and Christmas outfits (the christmas one has pants but I didnt get a picture). I am VERY proud of the turkey...VERY proud...so proud I may make him start wearing it now! For the christmas one I thought about getting "Merry Christmas" monogrammed on the bottom, I will see today how much that costs (when I go to get a bag monogrammed).
Ness trick or treating from a guy in a robe . He just doesnt understand why they are giving him candy..although he does like to eat the candy (dont worry, we limit it big time). He feel on his face in the very beginning which threw of the "air" of the entire trip but it was still fun. The neighborhood was PACKED with kids. Next year will be more fun for Ness I am sure though.
Getting ready to head out, check out charlies costume! I made it for pokey, but we forgot pokey...so charlie wore it long enough for the picture...it kept falling.
SUPERMAN! He was being goofy (imagine that) and let me get this picture which I LOVE.
The start of his "muscle" face.
This is at the fair. They had a really nice petting zoo (although it may not have been nice a few days into the fair..lol). Ness enjoyed petting the goats.
Sheep! (right?)
And he LOVED the carousel, after he rode it and would see it again he would point to go back. And just as we were going back they closed it for a little while...sad. Maybe next year!?



We are enjoying life with a 15 month old/aka Ness. He is so funny sometimes, and I am learning that he has no problem being the center of attention and might actually enjoy it. He is also passive, if a friend takes away a toy, he finds another. Non-aggressive and super silly. And he is still tactile, LOVES to play with small things, just pick them up, put them back. He is not destructive, and although he "reads" books all day he has never torn one up. Sweet kid.

Speaking of sweet kids...we went to have our ultrasound last week and we found out its ANOTHER BOY! I was shocked out of my mind, I made her check again and again. This little boy didnt give us any good shots though (ness was giving cute pictures) and made it difficult to see all his little parts. I thought I might be a little sad, but really I am excited. I dont have to buy ANYTHING and I Ness will get a new bed-set (that I make) and room for christmas (we plan to paint it and decorate). The new baby will used Ness's old set. We found another bed on craigslist for $125, its just as nice as Ness's and his was $400! We also found a $125 stroller for $15! I cleaned it up and it will look like new! AND it holds a carseat, that is the best feature, I always wished that I had a stroller to hold Ness's carseat...there were times we would strap it on with bungee cords (not the proudest moment as parents..lol). But I am glad I waited, bc had I bought a single I would have just had to buy a double a few months later.
Anyways! I think I need to eat some breakfast before the family wakes up and demands food.
Adios!


I leave you with Cute-Nesses for everyone!