Do You Wanna Play

I got this neat lil game from a friend. She gave me the letter T so we will see how well I do.

Rules: If you want to play, leave a comment on this post, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place. When people comment on your list, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on...

1) Television - What did people do before it?!?! I mean with out shows like LOST, House and Bones what did they do to entertain themselves. And reality TV shows....how great they are.

2) Telephone - Well Cell Phones really. What can't you do with it? I love having the internet with me at all times, being able to call people where ever I am, and......

3) Texting - With averaging around 2000 a month I must say I LOVE that feature of my phone. It is such an easy way of quick communication.

4) Technology - Well without it no texting, no Facebook at the easy of my fingertips with my phone, no blogging!

5) Teaching - Really enjoyed being an EA at the school where I taught such great kids. But now I get to teach my own kiddos!! So fun watching Ikers learn new things all the time. I think his head might explode with all the new things he keeps learning. He even loves to 'play' school.

6) Toddlers - Well I can't really say that I love all toddlers. Just my own really....and sometimes that questionable.

7) Tea - Not just any tea but Sweet Tea.....from McDonalds or better yet Chick Fil A

8) Typing - How would I update people on the current happenings of my life? Or how would I ever be able to text?!?

9) Turtles - They are my favorite animals. Used to have some as pets. Now I hope to get two turtle tattoos with each of my kids names worked into the shell. And that leads me to number 10....

10) Tattoos - Yes I know that they are GREAT!!! I don't want crazy amounts but I do want more.

Recycling

So I am not what they call Green or anything. Not even close. However, I am all about recycling. I try to recycle every little think that I can. When ever I empty something I am always asking whomever is by me if I can recycle what I just emptied. Like are dryer sheets recycable...are they paper? Even Ike gets into recycling. He loves putting the stuff in the correct bins. I love it!!! But you know what gets me.....that Winona, and from what I know about recycling (which isn't much), doesn't recycle half the things that products are put in! Plastics being my big complaint.

Quilon is now eating food and well I don't make my own baby food....that would require me to grow my own veggies and own a food processor. And well I don't have/do either. So I buy Quilons food. And did you know that those stupid plastic containers aren't recyclable. So I will spend the little extra money to buy the glass jar ones.

But it just irks me that companies still use plastics that aren't as commonly recycled by most cities. Mind you I do get that some things can't all be in the same containers cuz of what they are made up and what not. But I am trying to do my one little duty at saving our earth and I can't do it so well half the time!!!

Frustrations.....

So I am trying to change my Blogs look. But it is so frustrating. I have no clue what I am doing. I googled Blogger Templates and found tons of different ones. So hard to choose. However some of them didn't fit all the stuff correctly like the date. And do you think I know how to fix that.....yeah right! Well I have finally picked this new look. Yet there are "links" that go nowhere....why you ask.....well I have no clue how to do anything to it! I need help with my blog!!!!

We have hot water again and it is AMAZING!!!!

I enjoy hot water so much. And am ever so thankful I live where hot water is readily available! Well most of the times anyways :)

Hot Water

Have you ever been with out hot water....and I'm not talking no hot water because you are in a foreign country or camping or anything like that. I am talking no hot water cuz the water heater is broken and not fixed hot water. Well IT SUCKS!!!

I never realized how much I use hot water on a daily basis. For starters I really like hot showers and I mean hot hot water that turns you red....hot water. Then in case you didn't know I have two little ones that need hot water for things like baths, bottles, washing hands. Washing hands in cold water is as good as a rain parka in a hurricane. Its no good! I even heated water on the stove to do some dishes the other day. I felt like I should have no electricity and use a wood stove. It is the 21st century and well that is how I live. And it is a good thing I do live in the 21st century because I have a working microwave to heat bottles in. And water too for that matter.

And back to the washing hands thing.....Ike is 3. He is messy and gross and 3 years old. Hot water is a must for him.

I got to take a somewhat warm shower today at home but it wasn't HOT. Oh how I long for hot water just running out of the faucets continuously. Well not really cuz that is not really a smart idea but I think you get the point.

Ike got a camera for Christmas this year. It is a digital camera that you look at the screen and take a picture of whatever you see. Well Ike insits that he has to look thru the eye holes. Well as you can see of the picture of him taking pictures he tends to look down. So the pictures he takes are great. They mostly are of peoples feet or what Ike sees at eye level. And well a 3 year olds eye level isn't anything great to look at.....so needless to say good pictures that come from the photo taker Ike are very few and far between!


Look at those pearly whites!!! So far there are two in there but more are coming. The poor guy is still drooling like crazy all over me! I am not a fan of wearing baby droll ALL the time. I think that Q is getting his top teeth in now....his gums are so swollen. But he is still happy as can be!

Quilon has been introduced to Guitar Hero.....and he enjoys it just like his brother does.

Sleep Training.....

So we are totally sick of having to wake up with children in the night.
Sleep Training time.

Quilon was doing so well at sleeping threw the night and then I don't really know what happened and he doesn't anymore. We decided that it was time to let Quilon Cry it Out. Also not so fun but has been working extremely well so far.

Because Ike and Q share a room we found it best to remove Ike from the room until Q understands how to sleep. Where did Ike go to sleep you ask.....why none other than our room!!! How exciting that is for Seth and I. NOT!!!!

We made a make shift bed in the corner for Ike to sleep on. He was so excited about it. When I showed him his bed he came up to me hugged me and said Thank You Mommy!
So heart warming....yet he has no clue how unwelcome he really is.

Quilon has been sleeping so well at night now. He still fusses some when he is laid down but for only a few minutes. And we will go up there after about 5 minutes to just pat his back and then he usually will fall to sleep. He is such an easy baby.....I have gotten lucky.

Ike will be returning to his real bedroom this weekend....Praise The Lord!

So this afternoon Ike was helping me put the dishes away from the dishwasher....a typical chore for him to do. He usually will take all the bottles and put them back together for me. I went to tend to the baby seeing how we left him in the other room and Quilon was now upset to be all alone. I told ike to finsih the bottles then we would put them way when he is done.


Conversation that followed me leaving:
Ike "Mama dese boddles are killin me!"

Me "What do you mean they are killin you?"

Ike "They just not working out"

Me "Well they just have to be put together buddy"

Ike "Yeah but they killin me they won't go togeder!"
"They are just killin me! I can't do it."


Needless to say he obviously hears what I say. I often tell him he is Killin Me with his crazy doings. Oh how little ears pick up on so much. I must watch what I say.

Bed oh Bed

I am not really sure what all to say right now. I am sitting here at work watching the minutes go by slower than ever. I have an hour and a half before I can go home. Tonight has just been really uneventful here at the hospital. Well I guess that is good thing.....I mean being in the hospital isn't a good thing unless your popin out a baby. And even in some cases that isn't all that great for people. But I have had nothing tonight...no pages, no phone calls, no people!!! I am board to tears right now. Not that I want people to be sick or hurt, well I guess I kind of due then there might be some excitment for me. I am so looking forward to my bed!!!!

What else is new with me..............

Oh I hurt my back again. While I was preggo with Q my back went all crazy on me and I had to end up going to physical therapy where this lady laid hands on me to heal me. Well the other day I was carrying that 20lb baby of mine up stairs for his nap and BANG my back went all crazy on me again. This time the chiropractor is helping out lots. Well that and some serious pain meds. So I am looking forward to my bed because this chair isn't comffy like my bed is and it kind of hurts my back. But not my bed!!!

I don't think that there really is anything else going on with me right now. I am planing on going grocery shopping today. I haven't been in like over a month. I really wasn't home most of December to cook so I didn't need to go. But now that January is almost half over I figured it is about time to get some food for our house. Plus I haven't cooked lately and I kind of miss that.

Did I mention that I am looking forward to my bed.....bed oh bed where are you. Why am I not laying on you???

Ike Allen

Quilon Paul

Home Sweet Home

AHHHH!!! I am home!!! It has been a really crazy two weeks. With great sadness and and happiness all together.

My Grandmother passed away on Thursday December 18th. So we had some emotional and crazy busy days ahead of us as we had to try to get as much done as possible.

We flew home on Monday and on Friday (the day after Christmas) my sister was getting married!!!! What a beautiful wedding it was...and so much fun!

Sunday my mom, dad, Quilon, and I all headed back to Alabama to clean out my Grandmothers apartment. That was some what emotional and fun in an odd way. We found boxes upon boxes of photos, plastic bags stuffed in the randomest places, and tissues in anything with a pocket!

Friday I flew home!!! I was so ready to be home.....it had been over two weeks since I slept in my own bed! It was great.

Quilon was such a good lil traveler. He only fussed whem hungry but who doesn't. He got his first two teeth in while gone. Both on the bottom. He is getting ready to defend himself from his brother. Quilon is almost able to crawl too. Once again getting ready to defend/run from Ikers.

I missed Seth and Ikers more than I ever could have thought. Mind you the week I was at my parents for my sisters wedding it didn't really seem like I saw them that much. So when I saw them last night it was so GREAT!!!!

It is good to be home again.........