So much…So fast…So cute…

So I had big intentions two nights ago about what was going to happen yesterday. But that didn’t really work. In all reality I felt exhausted and slept all morning. And then Hubby asked me to watch House and Bones that we had on the DVR and since he was actually going to let me cuddle with him on the couch (we haven’t done that in over a year) I had to say yes. Then my plan was to run out for a bit and get some running around done then come home to make supper as planned. But the battery in my car died and I had to get Hubby to come get me, and since I wasn’t done my running around yet, I agreed to go get the kids with him, and we’d all do the rest of my running around.

Clutter Control Club: Nothing much accomplished. I did read day #4 but I didn’t do anything with it unfortunatly. Hubby did a quick tidy of the living room when he found out that my step-dad and brother were coming to help get my car going.

Meal Planning: We didn’t follow menu planning at all yesterday. We had post-poned breakfast supper to yesterday. But when the kids got home they were determined they wanted cerial. They looked so exhausted that I knew if I didn’t give them something now, they’d be too tired to eat. So cerial it was for them (that counts as breakfast doesn’t it?) And later at night when I finally decided I was hungry (10pm) I made us some quick blt’s. So we missed the menu planning again yesterday. Tonight is Pizza Night. I am sure DH will make sure I don’t miss that one…lol

Budgeting: Still not much progress. Hubby’s parents have agreed to assist us with two big pills for our xmas present. So that has this year land taxes and our building inspection paid for. And we’ve got an escro account set up to assist us with next years land taxes. So that’s a start I guess. I pulled out the money to pay for our Mortgage/Line of Credit/Intrest/Esscro yesterday. I will put it in the proper account today. And I have the rest of the daycare money. So what’s left in the bank needs to get us until I get paid next friday. I am hoping with menu planning we won’t need much more then milk for the kids, and maybe some pop for us. I know pop isn’t good. It’s my one bad habbit.

Today was doctors appointments for the kiddo’s and me. The kids are seeming to be doing well. Hunter got his one year needles. And the twins are good now until they are three for their next check up. Hunters back at 18 months for another set of needles. Me on the other hand, I have a horrible viral infection. I am off work for minimum of a week but he said to be prepared for up to a month. Depending on when the coughing starts. He said the coughing should start and once I finish coughing up phlem I shouldn’t be contagous anymore. Oh what a time to be stuck out of work. Oh well still lots at home I can be catching up on.

clutter control club - I am all caught up. just need to take some before pictures of the entry way tomorrrow and we’re good to go.

Budgeting - still havn’t made a budget but did a daily one of $50 gas, $40 food $20 walmart. And we spent less then that so I’m happy!

Meal Planning - tonight was supposed to be breakfast supper. But since DH wasn’t hungry and I can’t swallow much, we gave the kids left overs. So it wasn’t sticking to the plan. But at least we wern’t making a totally different meal. Just using what was already in the house.

Well I woke up yesterday feeling horrible. We’re not sure if it’s a bad cold or if its pneumonia.  I am planning on making it to the doctor today to find out for sure. I ended up taking some NyQuill as soon as I got home from taking the kiddo’s to daycare and sleeping all day. But wow the sleep was nice. So here’s my update for yesterday:

Clutter Control Club: I honestly havn’t even read the email yet. I am hoping to read it later today and catch up. If not, I do have all weekend to catch up.

Meal Planning: Yesterday was left overs night. We had no problem sticking to that…lol. It was nice to have something easy set on a sick day so all I had to do was warm it up.

Budgetting: Didn’t set anything up. But that being said, neither Brad nor I spent anything either. That should count for something.

Today we’re talking the kiddo’s to their dr appointments. Hunter is supposed to be getting his needles, but he woke up with a cold (or whatever I have) but no coughing. So I’m not sure if he’ll get his or not. He was sick with an ear infection for last appointment, so we postponed them once already. Oh well, no big deal. As for the twins, it is just a general check up. They also have the cold (or whatever I have) with the cough. So hopefully everything is ok with them. Although it did spike calebs asthma so we’ll have to get him a new inhaler. So far, Brad’s not sick *knock on wood*. I’m sure he’ll get it. But hopefully I will be feeling a bit better before he gets sick. Well I’m off to take some DayQuill and get on my way with our day into the City (Brandon).

Things are going well here today. Saturday we agreed it was ‘eat out’ nigh. We went out with my cousin Brie, and old roomate Chris, as well as my dad for supper with the kids. Then my dad came with me, Brad, and the kids to the santa parade. They loved it. It was a nighttime one again this year. So it was a lot of lights, which was just great for the kids. I didn’t get any pics of the actuall parade itself, but I did get some of the little bundles.

Caleb, Hunter, Seth keeping warm in the blankets. This lasted all of 3 minutes lol

Caleb, Hunter, and Seth - getting ready to dash from under the blanket.

Caleb all bundled up and keeping warm

Caleb patiently waiting

Seth - all warm and cozy

Hunter - yes he’s awake, warm, and watching (he always has his eyes pretty much closed for pictures. LOL)

As for the menu planning, tonight is Chicken and Noodle caserole. It makes a lot of dishes but it is very yummy which is so worth it in my mind. We didn’t follow the menu plan last night. The kids scattered their naps and nothing really worked out as planned. So they got a treat - pizza pops. And Brad and I just self helped ourselves. I even managed to bake two batches of cookies. One was chocolate chip which turned out absolutly amazing. The other was sugar cookies. And I don’t know I think me and sugar cookies have a thing against each other. They never really turned out as planned.

For the clutter control club today was working on our sparkle kit. Although I didn’t manage to narrow everything down to one kit. I did manage to get everything (other then toilet bowl cleaner - that is staying in our only bathroom) into one location. Now the goal is to start finishing up all the partial bottles so we can narrow it down more. I even managed to put a dent into laundry mountain!! We have set a goal of 4 loads a day. That should help us keep up on our daily laundry and help us catch up on all the other stuff we’re way behind on. Two loads have already gone through and when I’m done writing here, the third load is ready to go in. And we’ve managed to get two loads through the dishwasher. As soon as it’s done the kids trays are going in for a good cleansing.

As for budgeting, I didn’t really get very far on that yet. But I did manage to put money on a credit card bill as soon as it showed up today. I’m good at paying them, but I think this is the first time I have ever paid a bill the day it showed up. As well we called to get life insurance set up - now just waiting for the paperwork on that to come in the mail. And we called to renew house insurance - and just waiting for that paperwork to come via fax. So I guess its a good start.

And on top of all this I have had some “me” time to watch ’save the last dance’ (great movie by the way’ and do a bit of gaming. So all in all - it’s a great day here.

Today is Night #1 of the Menu Planning. We had Kraft Pizza. I know it would have been cheaper to make the dough myself, but let’s do this whole idea one step at a time. It seems to be a hit here. The kids are on their second helping with no end in site!

As for cleaning, well my house is still a disaster. The clutter control club starts Monday. Hopefully I can work with it and make my house my tidier.

We haven’t put a lot of thought into our budget as of yet. But we did take some of the money we had yesterday and paid bills plus got some xmas shopping done. It’s a step in the right direction.

 I am not feeling that great. It’s almost like a cold. But not really. I have a sore throat and ears, and really tired. But other then that no symptoms. Oh well I am sure I will survive. I sleep extra when I can (yes that 3.5 hour nap today was necessary). And I’m trying to take in more fluids. So hopefully this isn’t one of those ones that has to get worse before they get better.

Dh is doing well. No complaints that I’m aware of. I’m sure somedays I could complain about him lol. But things have been good latley.

 As for the kids. Hunter is very proud of his ability to walk and get into that much more. (Why was I wanting him walking so bad again? LOL). Calebs getting more words everyday. And Seth has an additude of a 16 year old - oh the joys. We have been in touch with Child Development Clinic and their reports are getting sent out today in regards to Caleb and Seth. So we should hear soon what the next step is for Caleb either next week or the week after.

I think that’s it for now. Off to clean up my pizza monsters.

Things have piled up one thing on top of another. So I have decided to under go some changes in order to regain control. I’m going to try to get back into my blogging, I have started the Clutter Control Club again, and I want to get a budget working, as well we are going to go back to meal planning and hopefully make it last a bit longer. I am not expecting things to happen overnight, as everything is a work in process…but one step at a time. Everyone is doing well. Hunter is walking! I so miss my little babies. I have been accepted through qualifications for the fire team. Now needing to wait until the end of the month to see if I get approved in further. Here’s a couple updated pics:

Mommy and Caleb

Mommy And Hunter

Seth

Daddy and Roo

Well again time has gotten a head of me. It has seemed to have been doing that a lot to me latley. We just spent some time at the park today it was so much fun. Here are some pics to enjoy the day with us:
The kids have really seemed to enjoy it.
I am getting used to being back down to casual at work. Thing are actually starting to get done around the house. And Brad is getting better. We have a diagnosis. And the best thing I can say is he is getting better!

Wow it’s been a while since I posted. It seems as though life has gotten ahead of me again. And somehow I have managed to miss a full month of blogging. So time for some updates.

Brads test results finally came back he does not have West Nile. They are believing all of his symptoms were the begining sings that his depression was worsening. And yes, Brads depression has been getting worse. He’s had a few doctors appointments. A mental health assesment (after a rush trip to ER due to suicidal thoughts) He is now meeting with a counselor out here and plans to continue meeting with her once a week for the next little while. She has managed to get him a referal into our regional psychiatrist for next week. So I am hoping that goes over well. She has also recommended that he does not return to work until meeting with the psyciatrist and going from there. And somewhere through all of this he is to get a referal to our privince’s ADHD Specialist in hopes to get a full assesment done. He had a partial assesment done 9 years ago to find they feel he has ADHD but nothing went further then that. So hopefully this specialist can help as the lady who did his mental assesment feels that his inability to control his ADHD as much as he would like could be a major contributation to his depression. Oh this is so confusing. So next week he meets with his GP, counsellor, and psychiatrist. (How do I keep all this straight?) So that’s Brad’s update. Now onto the Kids.

Caleb is doing well. He has become a little bit of a rough one. We are working on it although it isn’t seeming to improve any. He is finally adjusting to the new daycare. I really don’t think he likes it much. But he’s starting to get used to it. I am hoping we can get all the kids transfered into Souris Daycare soon. But last time I checked wait list was still 8-10  months. His language is coming. Still very low. But coming. He has a Development Clinic Meeting on Tuesday. We are kind of excited for that. There will be a main specialist in from Winnipeg who will do a full developmental assesment as well as watch for any signs of learning challenges coming his way. We do not feel he has any obvious challenges. But becuase ADHD runs in the family, there is a possibility there. He was refered to this clinic along with Seth as they were classified as ‘high needs’ due to being so premature. They were to be assesed before their first birthday but due to the lovely communication systems our medial programs hold the referal didn’t get put in until last christms. And now we are finally getting in to the clinic.

Seth is doing really good. His language skills are through the roof. And as nice as that is, the copy-cat stage is also here. We must learn to watch what we say as he has no problem repeating it for us when we least expect it. He has also turned into a miniture teen-ager. I am told this is terrible two’s. But wow does he have an additue. I have allready been told on more then one occasion “I DON’T WANT TO’ as an answer to a request. Oh these should be a few fun years ahead. And to think this is only an eye opener into teenage years….what have I gotten myself into? Seth will also be meeting with the specialist at the Development Clinic on Tuesday.
And of course Hunter. He turned one in August. He’s no longer a baby Wow do I ever miss the baby days. He has adjusted well to the entire move. He seems to be the most easy going to change which is also nice. Still not walking yet. He creeps along furniture and crawls everywhere. I don’t mind that he’s not walking as I can keep better track of him that way. LOL. His talking is coming. He has ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ down pat when he wants to. But he’s stll not to kean on this whole talking idea.

And that leaves me. Things are going ok for me. My depression has been a bit more obvious as I have had a lot on my shoulders latley. I am also really longing for another baby…and obviously this is not the time to talk to Brad about it. But I’ve been managing to keep it under control. Work is going ok. I am done my new position as of September 18th. (Yes done already) Someone who has the full education for my position has requested it. And becuase I am an underfill, they were granted their request. That’s ok. I’ll still be able to get hours. And having some time off to help keep things under control at home isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But ya otherwise things are going good!

Wow what a day. DH is still sick. He’s getting worse each day. We are sure it is West Nile. We go to see the DR on Friday to see if the results are back. So we had just finished doing some major packing as we move in two days. And off goes my pager. It sounds like nothing serious…but I’m on my way. Adrenelin running. As always. Talking with partner on route all the things we need to think of on our way. All the different scenerios. On a couple kids get looked over they seem to be ok as well. Go look closer at the scene. OMG my kids were withing 5 feet of everything and where are they? Are they ok? I am reasurred they are doing good. They are in the back. They are not hurt. Ok back to work. Mommy time needs to wait. Time for transport. Get everyone necessary to hospital. Now its time to be a mom. Back to daycare see my kids, and here come the tears. They are OK. All in all No One was hurt. Shoken up a bit yes. But no actuall injurys. It’s going to be night of cuddles around here. I don’t wish this on anyone. Yes it is my job. And yes I would do it again. It’s just a reminder that you can never say I Love you enough.

I’m giving up. That’s it I’m done. Anything that can go wrong with the wedding has. Mind you we have been able to pull everything together. But if you look back at in MIL has planned the whole thing. And I HATE 99% of the decisions. But w/e. And now Brad may have West Nile. He’s really sick. My dress was ruined and needed to be re-built…I’m so tired of wedding stuff.