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Some Changes

2011-03-10T22:41:00.000-08:00

So while I was on my hiatus....a few things have changed. Well you all knew that I was on a weight loss journey...it was pretty hard....so while I was busy...I was also loosing weight. It was hard and still a struggle but Im happy right now with it. Here is a before picture....this was at the end of June so 3 months after I had Quinn, but this weight was the weight I was used to being at after I had my babies....not cute. I was unhappy with it.

So this is me now....Ive lost 23 pounds. Started at 160 in June and came down to 136-138...I go back and forth a few pounds. Im happy at the weight Im at....Im 5'8 and I think thats a good weight..Im trying to get to 135 and tone up a bit. The way ive done it is just not eating like Im pregnant! Thats all! And I go for walks at night....I just had to check my eating. I still eat what I want just not all day long! haha

Shes One!

2011-03-10T22:30:00.000-08:00

My baby girl is now one year old!!! Yesterday was the big day! She is the greatest little baby on earth! Shes is calm, but funny as ever. She has quite the personality. She is super funny I tell ya, likes to pretend shes a diva...ok she IS a diva. She uses her attitude to get whatever she wants from her brothers. Shes the best eater....she will eat whatever you give her....hamburgers, hotdogs, pizza, salad, fruit and veggies, she eats it all! Shes almost walking....just scared to take that first step. She climbs on to everything, she has no fear. She loves to bother her brothers and take their toys! She is almost done with bottles, she never used to paci and still sleeps all through the night! She is perfect. You put her in her crib when shes awake at 7pm, she puts her self to sleep and wakes at 730 the next morning....like clock work! SHE IS A THUMBSUCKER!!! Shes the cutest little thumbsucker ever!

So for her bday we went to Chuck E Cheese....I guess it was more for the boys! hehe but we had a good time and are having a little party this saturday for her!

Shes my pretty girl

Silly monster

He won!!!!! Poor daddy lost.

Finishing up the frosting

Yum yum

=)

2011-03-08T16:54:00.001-08:00

Its me.....yes me

2011-02-21T21:35:00.000-08:00

I KNOW!!! Ive been totally missing in action in every way imaginable....I haven't been managing my time too well. =/ Well guess what! I feel a return coming on. At least Ill try! Lets see how I do! For now....Ill leave you with this.......my sweet almost one year old!!!!! ahhhhh...less than a month!

Out and About....

2010-12-12T19:32:00.000-08:00

Caution....long post, with lots of pictures!

So less than a month ago we went on out little (kind of big) family vacation, it was 12 days long. Started off with visiting my family in Santa Fe, New Mexico. That is one of my favorite places to go, you can just forget everything and totally relax. The food there is absolutely amazing.

Quinn and daddy on the plane

Out like a light

Us and all our luggage!

Beautiful Quinn

The boys and Great Grandpa Joe

Quinnie and Great Grandma Rachel

Out playing bingo.....with Grandma Coco (Auntie), Quinnie a mess as always and as happy as can be~

Then after New Mexico we took off to Philadelphia to go visit hubs family for Thanksgiving...the kids were amazing on the flight, people kept telling us how well behaved our children were on the flight. I take pride in raising well behaved children, its a hard job but well worth it!

My sis in law and I takin pics of each other

Being silly

Lovin Uncle Jo Jo

Cousins

Oli and Uncle Jo Jo

Wanting to get closer to baby Lily!!

Sleeping beauty, looks so big next to baby Lily.

ANYTHING goes at Uncle Michaels (no lie)

My fav, action shot

Happy Thanksgiving!! Snowy day.....

Quinnie and Uncle Sammy

Oli, haha, getting smothered by his Aunties

hahaha this cracks me up, they thought they could get a pic of all the grandchildren

2 of my nieces

When the boys spent the night with cousin Cameron

The boys spent the night with cousins, Megan, Morgan and Noah

Everyone loves Uncle Jo Jo

Went to go see the Flyer game, Andrew (Uncle Jo Jo) got us some great seats!

The kids enjoying some Christmas decor at Aunda Linda, as Jack calls her

Hubs and I also went to New York and I will do a separate post as to not make this the longest post in Blogger history!!!!

New York, New York

2010-12-12T19:30:00.000-08:00

Hubs and I made sure to take a day and go to New York!! We went to Manhattan, we have been there before, like 6 years ago but had gone with a lot of people and its no fun when you have bunches of people to appease. So we went just him and I and had an absolute blast! Im not much of a city girl but I LOVED this city!! I told hubs, lets move here!

I HAD to go to the bronx, just so I could say, "im still trishie from the block" I think that song is about the Bronx, if not, then my bad.

Inside the car with my doors locked in the Bronx, I really wish there was a sign that said Welcome To The Bronx......

On the Hudson River

Welcome!!!!

Heyyyy SoHo!!....We did lots and lots of shopping in SoHo, we spent majority of the day there.

Being a nerd coming up from the subway...I had to get the whole experience!

Shopping....

In Little Italy! So fun!

Walkin in Manhattan...

A pic of Little Italy

Wait WHAT!?! You mean I was actually here with someone? I know, all the pictures are of me, but hubs was hesitant to give my camera to strangers to have them take pictures of US. This was the best meal I have EVER had....with a yummy glass of wine!

Beautiful window displays, only in New York

We also went to the Rockefeller Center as they opened the Ice Skating Rink

Beautiful light show on a building

Saks 5th

Buh bye New York!!!!

My Kitchen Make Over

2010-12-08T10:32:00.000-08:00

Well, its been a long time and my kitchen has gone through some stuff. I wanted to wait until it was all done but I dont know if that will ever happen...there are a few more decorating things I want to do.

Heres the before...this is the mess!!! I had things everywhere!! I wanted darker cabinets.....
Here is the after...this was right after...my floors were a bit dusty still, so ignore my dirty floors! Im super happy with the way they came out. The process was hell, but now its done and over with and Im happy!

Not so quick and not so easy......

2010-11-02T20:44:00.001-07:00

Ok heres some pictures just to hold you all over....err, im angry because it looks like maybe a few pictures didnt upload.

Here is Quinnie poo

Being all happy like always

Oliver at grandmas and grandpas. Grandpa leaves the dirt for the boys.

Jack just being cute

haha my disaster of a kitchen, it is ALMOST finished...so you will have a good post soon! This is me stuffing everything everywhere so it didnt all have to be on the counters.

Oli trying to put quinns walker together.

Lovin her walker!

Oli getting angry at Jack for getting near Quinn and the "car"

Jack and his beloved trains

Oliver about to get handled for touching the trains

My princess, miss priss

My best friend about to be married, on her wedding day

A few of the girls, the best dressess

Pictures anyone?

Flower girl...Miss Ava

My Goodness......

2010-10-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

Has it really been a month since my last blog post? Im so sorry! Its just been busy, Quinn is getting bigger and requires more of my time, I mean three small children at home takes up lots of time.

Jack actually started pre-school, he only goes 2 times a week but he loves it.

Quinn is crawling around and just being as cute as ever!

My best friend just got married this past weekend and it was lots of fun and I was a bridesmaid!

My brother is getting married and I was helping them plan the wedding!

I had a birthday yesterday that was filled with everything I needed, cake, family and lots of rest!

My kitchen is STILL in the works of being finished after almost a month! Dont get me started!

Our vacation is coming up so ive been preparing for that!

Hockey is starting up again and so Ive been busy getting the season started!

Ive had friends come over to visit and so that has been fun!

I will try my hardest to post some pictures tomorrow! Miss you all!!!

Some New Things To Come

2010-09-22T13:50:00.000-07:00

What do you think? I got my new Crate & Barrel catalog and fell in love with these pieces...Ive been looking for a bar set, but have been hesitating because I have no clue where to put it and I think I found a place...in the living room, closer to the kitchen under the stair rail, if that makes sense, I will just push my china cabinet back a bit and get rid of the sofa table in the entrance and replace with the bench set. What do you think?

Ok excuse the quality of the picture, I thought taking a picture on my phone would be easier. Here is my cabinet and I would want the bar to the left of it....I would move the cabinet more to the right. The bar IS only 35 inches....so its not huge. What do you think...nah or ya? I dont know.

Here is the whole wall....over to the right is the sofa table and I would get rid of that and put that bench set there and that is smaller and so the cabinet moving over wouldn't be too big a deal. So the whole wall would have 3 pieces on it. Honestly speaking, I was always discontented with the bare wall to the left of the cabinet. Help me please. ***oh and take a gander at that stair railing.....soon it will be the color of my furniture! I had a "wood guy" come and give me an estimate on restaining my whole kitchen and stair railing and he gave us a killer deal, too good to pass up! So that will be happening! Yay!

She is 6 months old

2010-09-18T15:08:00.001-07:00

Quinn Analeigh is now 6 months old!!! She is a growing baby girl and gets prettier and prettier everyday. She is such a perfect baby, so easy. She is as happy as can be. She loves her brothers more than anything and they still love her! haha They all light up when they see each other, Jack is so good at making her laugh. Oli is the cuddler, he will hug her all day long and smother her with his juicy kisses!

Right now she loves to talk....she just babbles and babbles, she cracks her self up. She doesn't crawl but she sure knows how to get around! She rolls and scoots backwards wherever she needs to go.

She enjoys her solids and has started on carrots and LOVES them....she loves them so much she shares the wealth ....with her hair, her cheeks, her clothes.....haha

She still sleeps through the night. She will fall asleep anywhere from 630 pm-730pm....depends on how shes feeling and how her naps where that day. I just lie her in her crib and she puts her self to sleep...YES! I've been longing for a child that would do that!

Right now shes teething and its very very painful for her. Shes not a fun girl when her gums itch! I tell hubs, shes a girl, shes drama what do you expect! I love it. Her and her daddy have a very special relationship....theres not a day that goes by that he doesnt tell her how beautiful and special she is, and she just looks at him and opens her arms to him. I hope they keep that relationship forever.

Does he get a say?

2010-09-18T11:29:00.000-07:00

So, Ive been speaking with friends about different things, the baby, redecorating different stuff like that where people tend to have different opinions about things. I was realizing that my husband and I are really different from a lot of other couples. I guess Im pretty bossy as discovered a few posts back relating to my astrology sign but in these sort of opinionated situations, I've never known anything different other than getting what I want.

So I got Quinns ears pierced....no I didnt ask my husband if I could do it. Shes a girl, its what girls do. Yes I told him that I wanted to get it done and NO I didn't stick around to listen what his opinion of it was....to be quite frank, it really didn't matter. But in all honesty, my husband most likely didnt have an opinion. Speaking to a friend of mine, her husband is dead set against them getting their daughters ears pierced. He says no way jose....

Redecorating.....As my post states last night, I got a wild hair and needed to do something to the bathroom. I asked my husband for money, but I didn't ask what he wants in a bathroom that is his. Although he did tell me he liked his bathroom the way it was, bare bone. I didn't listen because, well, I guess he really didn't care because he handed the money to me anyways.

Now on to something a bit different. Im looking for bedding for our room....not sure if you remember the damask chairs we have....but they are black and white damask chairs in the sitting area in our room. I dont want to do that type of bedding...I want to have a splash of color. I cant think for life of me what to do. Im thinking of red....maybe black bedding, I have no clue. Obiviously a printed pattern is out of the picture. Then I saw a blog where the girl just redid her room, it is so chic and pretty and I thought it would go perfect, take a look, I would just incorporate some black in there.....what do you all think? Anything goes.

Heres a few comforters that I liked...none of which would be appropriate, except for maybe the red, but they are cute to look at, all from Macys.

So anyways.....is this just my relationship that is like this or do most people have this sort of husband gives wife what she wants relationship? For you women that have men that have strong opinions I totally applaud you, because let me tell you, my husband would probably be replaced if he tried to fight me on this stuff (totally kidding)....or am I? haha YES.

Mini Redo

2010-09-17T21:38:00.000-07:00

Today I was doing my weekly bathroom cleanings. I was cleaning our master and we have the big bathroom with shower, tub and sinks with the separate toilet room. This is the bathroom that normally only hubs uses...lately Ive been using it too and I hate that I had never done anything with it. So I was inspired. I decided to ask for $100 and get some stuff for the bathroom to make it a little more comfy. I didnt know what I had in mind, pretty much anything to liven it up....I thought I would know when I saw it!

Ugly, bare, boring bathroom

I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and took all my coupons....they were also having a great clearance sale there too! So I used all my coupons and stayed right on budget! I bought the shelving to store hubs magazines and toilet paper. A toilet paper holder, a picture and a valance and rug. I bought the lid cover but we have over sized lids and it doesnt fit, I have to take it back and get one that fits. But here is the bathroom now!

More life

Because I owe you......

2010-09-17T13:37:00.000-07:00

So this is follow up to my previous post that I will not link back to because Im lazy and I was already not going to do this post but like my title says....I owe you.

I just want to clarify that in no way what so ever am I responsible for any good outcome in this sticky icky not so good for most situation as I now get was kind of implied in again my previous post. I was merely saying that I just dont stress, when most people in this situation would.

Ok so .....lets rewind to last month. Hubs works for a Fortune 50 company and is a Service Center Manager (he runs the Vegas operation). There was word out that BIG NEWS, BIG CHANGES were coming and would be announced in a month. Everyones pants were in bunches with good reason. In the past year hubs has gone through 3 different district managers....the CEO resigned, lots of firings of other managers and such. I've never been worried about hubs jobs. All his managers love him, not because hes lovable, because hes definitely not, and you know this if you've ever met him, but because he gives his all and he gets things done productively, he effects the companies bottom line in a good way. He is always used as examples to everyone in our region. He takes pride in his work, I mean, hey THEY came to him and recruited him, so they already knew he was a big deal. Ok ok...sorry, I just love my husband and all that he is.

So hubs is worried and says "i think there is going to be a merger and Im going to lose my job"...I say "no way, your not gonna lose your job, call Rich (boss man) and ask if your safe" ...hubs "hes on gag order, no ones gonna spill" me, "he may not give you details but im sure he will either say, dont worry or he doesnt know whats going on". Sure enough boss man says, "dont worry".

Fast forward to 2 days ago. Conference calls, web meetings galore...I get a text. Oh FYI...there are several small companies inside the one BIG company hubs works for. ok ok, text "we are merging, no more "my company" (the smaller company hubs works for). My terminal will be gone come January, I told you we were fucked" I write back...."for sure YOU though, did they just say all you guys are gone generally or did they say YOUR NAME and told you that you were gone too?"

Nothing back. He calls, I miss his call. I call, no answer. He texts, Ill call you in a bit, boss man is calling me personally.

Boss man calls and tells hubs that he is his first call he is making after the conference call. They are opening a new merged company for the South of Vegas that hubs will be now running after his building closes in January or he can take a fat ass severance. We were worried that if he was let go and he has only been with this company for 3 years that we would barely get a severance. I guess we forget, big companies take care of people. Ill just say the severance would have been hefty or is hefty if we choose to take it, which we wont, hubs loves his job and this is even bigger opportunity for him.

So no one else knows whats going on...yesterday hubs had to break it to all his employees that they will be merging and may be losing their jobs, which is total crap that they are making him say that with out further information pertaining, either they will or will not lose their job. Not even the big dogs know exactly what is gonna happen, it really changes daily. So he had a script to go by and couldnt veer off. It went better than he expected, thankfully and the security that the company called in to protect hubs were not needed. I kind of laughed at that.

Our friends who hubs just hired a few months ago will also be affected. They just moved here from California for this job and now he may not have it. I feel bad.

Anywho this is my news....could have been bad. Real bad. But wasn't at least not for us. Ok that sounds bad. My heart goes out to the other families that I have gotten to know who are out of jobs.

As a whole 2000 people will be out of jobs nation wide and only 3 are being offered positions with the merged company and hubs is one of them.

One might call it a "gift"

2010-09-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

I've always known.

I've never thought much of it......

Until today.

Major stuff is going on and we are under strict gag order.....until tomorrow. This is huge, life changing/altering kind of stuff for hundreds of people.

_____________________________________

Hubs is a stresser, in a huge way. He stresses about any and everything and nothing can make him feel better but actual, in writing facts about the situation that will make it better. Living with this, being the kind of person I am is..... complicated because I can not relate to what he is going through in these situations.

Me on the other hand. I do not stress. I don't know how. Im not wired that way. My thinking is, it could be worse and it WILL get better. I know I have a choice and being unhappy isnt fun so I make the choice to not be and then I tell myself, God isn't in the business of ruining people and lives, he's in the business of GREATNESS. I'm a trusting person and I put all my trust in God and he has not failed me in my 26 years of life. Also, Im a Scorpio, we are problem solvers not problem criers. I have an issue I figure it out, I don't complain. I was reading my astrology book last night, just to and realized that I am a true to form Scorpio. Here are some excerpts from the book.....

"Scorpio is the sign of beginnings and endings, the sign of life and death, the sign of extremes."

"If your stuck in a difficult situation ...scorpio will be the sign you can call on. A Scorpio who loves you will never let you down. Need a fun lunch date? Call Aquarius. Want a fun night out on the town? Set your sites on Sagittarius. Just murdered your worst enemy and looking for a place to bury the body? Make no mistake: Scorpio is the sign you want to accompany you on that Norman Bates-style ride. "

"For Scorpio, revenge is a dish best served cold and your best bet is to make sure you never get that dinner service."

Even though none of those quotes embody what Im trying to say, they are still intense and get the message that Im not one to mess with. Im passionate and will do anything necessary to get done what needs to be done. I dont sit around and wait for things to happen I make things happen, it kind of excites me to show that I can make things better. So I guess problems/issues are where I excel...rather than worrying and stressing I'm a go getter and I take that problem and smush it!!!

Tomorrow....I will blog and spill.............

Redecorating.....gone crazy.

2010-09-12T14:48:00.000-07:00

Its that time. I need a face lift in a few rooms. Especially my living room. The rooms that will be getting done will be, kitchen, living room and master bedroom. The master still hasnt been finished, so all thats going on in there will be to get it done!

The kitchen, I want to stain the cabinets and the stair rails. We have wanted to do this from the beginning but had to hold back on a few projects. Now its time. Tuesday, we have a carpenter coming for some estimates on that! I want to do a dark wood like the rest of my furniture just for richness!

The big big change will be in the living room. I have had the same decor in my living room for about 6 years now. I have always been happy with it and it never bothered me until now. It still doesnt bother me but I need something new. Im going to re-upholster the couches, put up wainscoting, repaint and all......Ive been searching on line and in mags for inspiration. I want something still cozy but fresh and clean. Here are a few pictures that Ive been looking at.

The first picture is a picture of the wainscoting, the same pattern we did for Quinnies room but I saw a show where they painted it black....I need this! So Im thinking black wainscotting with a white wall above.

Hubs totally digs the purple in this living room....I like it a lot too, so it seems that we may go with purple but incorporate tons of white to brighten it up.

This is pretty too, I love the splash of green

Hubs and I both likes the blue and grey and we both arent even big blue fans, theres another pic of blue too down below

The colors are just so pretty together....the actual decor on walls not too crazy about but this pics are mainly for color combos

I love love this...imagine this with the black wainscoting and splashes of purple.....Yes Im a little over the top but I want rooms to reflect me.

Another room with purple that I love, in this rooms case we would add more black because I have deep black wood furniture

I think I like the freshness of this room with the green, I wouldnt have the tree pillows but I like the color combo....just not sure its me.

Im pretty lucky that my hubs is on board with this huge project! Hes totally open to different color pallets too! He picked the purple room! Im still doing some searching so I anticipate to start this project in the next month possibly, if Im pretty comfortable with what I've chosen as far as colors and fabrics for the couches are concerned.

What do you all think of these ideas....any one have any other color combos that go well together?

Bang Bang.....

2010-09-07T13:55:00.000-07:00

went the earings!!

Baby Quinn got her ears pierced this weekend. It was not planned, I knew I always wanted to do it but everytime I passed the places, I just couldnt bring myself to go in and do it! So this weekend I was at the mall with my momma and I said, ok lets do this! I didnt plan on it so I didnt have my camera! So these are all pictures taken by my mom with my phone. She was such a good girl and just cried at first, then once I picked her up and cuddled, she was all good. Right after we went to go eat and she was all goos and gaas, giggling it up. I think she thinks shes a little diva now, haha she IS!!

posing, not knowing what shes in for, "I got this mom"

Marking her ears

OH NO!!!

Dont be fooled by the rocks that I got, Im still, Im still Quinnie from the block!

Miss Priss

My Rules....

2010-08-30T09:13:00.000-07:00

Most of you probably dont know, but I went to college and graduated at the Fashion Institute. Fashion and style has always been something I was super passionate about. Once I graduated and started working in the industry I realized that this career would not allow me to fulfill my ultimate dream of being a mother. In my head, I always knew that when I had kids, I needed to stay home with them if possible, thats just what I wanted. So shortly before my wedding day, hubs and I decided that I would quit working. Thats my story.

Any who, after hockey season, our office is a total mess and I finally was pushed in to a deep clean of that room. While cleaning, I found my fashion book that we create in school. Its just big binder of anything inspiring, or outfits you love, looks you can never get tired of seeing and anything else you want to add. I hadnt seen that book in over 7 years if you would believe it. While reading it I came across MY personal rules of style. I totally forgot I wrote them down and I was laughing because I still live by those. Amazing to see that I didnt just write them down to write them down, but that I truly believed them and still do!

Heres just a little peek.

I really have always loved this girls style.

Now on to MY RULES OF STYLE.....I thought I would share them, because they are simple to live by and most, all people really should.

My Rules

Always hold out for the perfect fit, ALWAYS. (just because its cute, doesnt mean it will look cute on you if it doesnt fit properly)
Dont ever spend too much on anything overly trendy.
A splash of color is all you need.
Lux accessories always look great with jeans.
Dont repeat outfits exactly - change something, even if its just your lipgloss.
Never over accessorize. (if your wearing busy print, keep it super simple,dont go putting necklaces, head bands, earings, you will look goofy)
Accentuate your assets with clothes that flatter. (dont be afraid of clothes that fit)
Always wear great flattering fabrics.
Simple with a twist will always win. (dont get too crazy with you clothes)
Never wear high waters with heels. (this looks tacky and sloppy)

A lil bit more.....

2010-08-25T17:09:00.001-07:00

A few more pictures!!!!! I was inspired!

Mr. Oliver Stephen, lookin' cute....

Beautiful Jack....badly needing a hair cut.

Quinn and her big beautiful smile with her one tooth!

They love each other....he seriously kisses her all day long.

Quinn tellling her big brother a secret.

How much longer mom??....

Eating cereal for the first time!

Ok Ok...yes I lag

2010-08-24T18:49:00.001-07:00

We've been around and livin la vida loca! I seriously have not just had the energy or drive to blog. I havent even really brought out my camera either. I was in a rut, just hanging with my babes. We've done a few fun things though!

Oli after breakfast

Jackie poo

Quinn at 5 months old

Momma and Oli in our little photoshoot, he loves the camera and yes there were lots more

Quinnie baby

Ladies and Gents

2010-08-13T10:14:00.000-07:00

I will be blogging today! Just gonna spend some quality time with my kiddies for a bit, put them down for a nappy nap and then I will post.

Moms of Toddlers

2010-07-29T07:04:00.000-07:00

One word, ok maybe 2 words. Tommee Tippee. Does your children drink out of the straw cups? Mine do, they have been since I weaned them off the bottle at a year old. They just prefer the straw cups as opposed to the sippy cups. But if your like me and have been buying those straw cups for over 2 years you know one horrible flaw, one promise made that they haven't followed through with, they are most definitely NOT spill proof. First off, get a little pressure underneath one of the regular straw cups and their drink just come up that straw like a volcano you can't control. Then put one of those cups into the hands of an animal like Oliver and liquid is just coming out everywhere! He throws it and you better believe water/milk is coming out, he leaves it laying down and a puddle of drink is accumulating on my floor. I visited the baby cup isle no matter what store I was at, no matter what my list consisted of to see if there was ever anything new. I tried all the brands! The packaging they come in is more exit proof than the cups themselves.

Three weeks ago, I was at Babies R Us and saw a new cup, yes it pretty much looked the same as the other so I hesitated a little, then I saw a brand name I had never seen in the other cups, Tommee Tippee. I knew now, I had to get it and give it a try. First day, no leaks and the first thing that happened when I gave the full cup to Oliver? It was thrown on my wood floors. Not one drop spilled out, I was already impressed. Waiting throughout the day to see if the cups would start spilling over. Nope, nothing. Days went by and still I saw no liquid spilling out anywhere. Another plus of the cup is the straw is actually long enough to get all the liquid in the cups as opposed to the competitors they leave a gap of about 2 inches so the drink is never really finished. Cleaning is easy, again, the competitors have way to many rubber nooks and crannies which make it really hard to clean after a while of use.

They are just a few dollars more for a pack of 2 , but a few dollars is a small price to pay for not spilling milk or juice all over!

So overall I love these cups and would recommend them to any one over all the other cups. I thought I would blog about it because these are lifesavers if your like me and frustrated with leaky cups.

****I was not paid or compensated in any way what so ever by anyone to review this product. These are my own opinions derived from a random buy at the store one day.

Fun Filled

2010-07-26T10:05:00.001-07:00

So Friday night hubs and I had a wonderful date night! It started out with going to BJ's (my favorite) for some dinner. We were actually able to sit at the bar and eat and have a drink, I dont know when the last time we did that was! Then after dinner we headed over to the Thomas and Mack Center to see REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar in concert! It was soooo soooo much fun, we danced and sang the night away and they both sang all their hits which was even better! It was definitely a great night, something to try and strive to do for all future date nights. Next concert, Cher!!! Love her!!!

Getting ready to leave!

Here was Pat and Spider singing together, hubs didnt send me the one of REO Speedwagon =(.

Then Saturday, we went to Laughlin to celebrate birthdays all around. My hubs, my sis inlaws and another friends birthdays are all close so they wanted to do this, so we all got a lake house for the weekend on the Colorado river and it was awesome. Rented jet skiis for the weekend as well. It was a very good time. We actually want to do it again this summer and take more people like my mom and dad and brother and a few others too!

At the house we had our own private dock and "beach".

The kids playing and its all shady!!

Hubs taking Jack out to the water!

Oli is a little confused.

My babe and I...he was so ready for a nap here and knocked out literally minutes after.

Now its our turn to play! Hubs and Chantel took turns driving and made it their mission to throw me off the jet skii, too bad Im much too strong. Then we brought hubs back and her and I took off for a while chasing boats.

Eating a popsicle, while thinking of what to do next.

Hubs putting toys together.

Singing happy birthday to everyone!

Playing some foosball!

Irvine Lake Mud Run - Fight Against Blindness

2010-07-19T08:03:00.000-07:00

So Saturday I went down to California for the IrvineLake Mud Run, my sister inlaw, cousin and I ran for Gavins Groupies for the fight against blindness! This cause hit home because most of you know Jack was supposed to be blind but miraculously he is not but is visually impaired, but hes great!

Anyways, this race was definitely outrageous! It was 3.8 miles, we knew it was a mud run but really had no clue what we were in for. My good friend John is really really good friends with Gavins parents so I had seen his pictures of the first Mud Run they had done, and I kind of knew a little of what to expect, mud wise.

It was out of control fun, tons of food, lots of vendors, misters throughout, KROQ was there, they had a beer gardens and outdoor concerts, Richard Blade was the MC, great times.

So the race starts and it starts with a HUGE hill...already out of control, then we get to hay stacks to climb, then a netted wall and our first mud pit, I lost my shoes in it! So running with muddy socks inside of muddy shoes, excellent. Now we realized this was 3.8 miles of mud pits, walls to climb and obstacles. Towards the end of the 3.8 miles the mud pits got pretty intense, we were going from mud pits to big hills of mud which we had to climb full speed other wise we would slide down because of the mud. Then we had to army crawl through a few mud pits, no choice, there were nets that prevented us from keeping our heads any higher than 3 inches from the pit. Through out the course they had people with water hoses spraying us down and all! It was incredibly difficult but incredibly fun! We are definitely going to be going back for the next one, this time with lots more people by our sides!

Thanks Jen and John for letting us be apart of this great event!

This is the course...walking up to the starting line, they show this, we got real scared!

On our way

The huge team of Gavins Groupies, over 200+ of us, had the course cleared just for us

After the run...we werent nearly as muddy as some of the others, but we were surely beat up

My sister in law and I

It was the best time, so much fun, good food, great people and an even better cause!

A Work In Progress

2010-07-15T07:31:00.000-07:00

I havent really had anything to say lately. Its been hotter than sin here. We've been going to the water park here and playing in the kids little pool and slip n slide! I can not find my SD card to my camera and so I have been missing out on some great pictures! We've been in California alot lately and I go back this weekend for a race with my cousin and sister inlaw. Its a mud run for the Foundation Against Blindness.

Quinnie is 4 months old! Growing like a champ. She is 12lbs 7 ounces, 23 inches long, shes only in the 30%ile but growing consistantly. She is rolllin and spinning and loves playing, she still sleeps like tired unemployed old man. That girls sleeps all day long and all night long in her crib. I was excited to get her started on solids but her super strict doctor told me not to. I have started the on solids at 4 months but I dont want to be lectured and so I will wait and do what the doctor says. Quinn loves her exersaucers, she has the cutest laugh and is as happy as can be, totally content with life. I hope this is a sign of what her personality it. When people are around her, they cant believe how calm and chill she is, even the doctor commented. Night and day from Oliver.

So I dont think its a secret that I am a shopaholic. If I was able to post a picture of my kids closets right now you would be borderline disgusted at how many clothes and toys they have. I have 2 whole drawers filled to the point of not closing of shorts. Not sure how that happened! When the heat started they had no shorts. I can go 3 weeks without washing Quinns laundry, which I know because I just had done that last week, and she still had plenty to wear! I cant help myself, I love shopping! I love clothes. I do need to put myself in check though, this is a little unnecessary. I stopped myself the other day from buying a 3rd exersaucer for Quinn! What goes through my mind when Im even considering this? Im not sure. But from this point on Im making a vow to calm down. Its hard when the Gap gave me 40% coupons!!!!, when I get emails from Lil Swanky about their summer sales and from Tutti Bella as well. So far so good, Ive been tempted! No one needs anything for a very long time. I mean I made a quick run to Kmart for an undershirt real quick and came home with 4 dvds adn a toy for each child, again unnecessary. So here I go........wish me luck. Celine Dion is right though when she says.."Its not what you give them, its how you raise them"....right?

Just a Few Pics

2010-07-05T21:30:00.000-07:00

Picture overload!!! Again, same old thing, been busy!! These are just a few pictures of this weekend....I say a few because there were sooo much more then I have here, even though there are quite a few here! Pictures are always fun though right?

Ready for the day

You can make what you want of this....he loves his food and will eat it how ever he can get it!

Our friend and one of her sons

The boys eating at THEIR table....having fun

Loving the sparklers

NOT loving the fireworks, stayed inside the whole time

Austin and my Jack, great friends making each other laugh

One of our neighbors had the bad fireworks, the kids loved them (except Oli)

Enjoying the show

Monday, lookin cool

She is ALMOST 4 months old!

He loves her like no other

They both do.....

He likes her style

My fun weekend

2010-06-23T20:33:00.000-07:00

This weekend we had the Season Finals for the roller hockey tournament series that I run. This time of the year is too fun, full days of good hockey and great friends. After the games of the day we all go out and have way too much fun. Through the whole 4 days I had about 5-6 hours of sleep. So tired but so worth it. Friday night, we went out with a few of the coaches had some champagne (me) and sat and talked to about 3 am. Saturday night was the craziest. Danielle and I got off early-ish (10pm) and bought some bubbly and went back to the hotel room and starting drinking and playing scrabble! It was too fun! The rules were, no point tracking, if you can explain your word you can use it! Then our good friend/coach joined us and then my cousin joined us! Hubs never has fun with us, he likes to let us do our thing! We played scrabble some more, then Danielle drifted off to bed, then we had a club going on in the room, then Chantel drifted off to bed. Gerry and I are the same age and so then we got crazy! haha....we started playing truth or dare. We played like 5 year olds! We prank called the front desk, went running up and down the halls of the hotel and tried another game of scrabble. Then 4 am came real quick, he had to catch a plane to Florida for Team USA tryouts and missed his plane!!! Luckily he caught the next one AND made the team. I had to be up at 5:30am....that was not a very pretty thing.

Sunday night was pretty low key, small dinner with friends and got a little more sleep but still lots of fun! We are so lucky to be involved in this sport the way we are and have such great friends!

By the way, my mom and mother inlaw had the children that weekend.

Danielle and me

Our scorekeepers!! Jon jon and my cousin!

The three of us!!! Chan, Dan and Trish!!

Home Made Baby Food

2010-06-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

I have been doing much research on making my own baby food.

Every thing I read says its much healthier and much more cost efficient. Not that baby food is too expensive anyways, but I guess it does add up. Im all for this. I mean, I cook all day anyways, why not, whats a few extra dishes if its for the best for my baby girl.

I used to say, oh heck no, I dont have time for that or that seems too hard or time consuming. Not any more.....with 3 children, you have no free time so might as well jam pack your days right!?

Has anyone out there done this with their children? What are your thoughts, any good recipes? Any downfalls?

Ive seen lots of recipes that sound sooo good. Normally I will only eat the store bought vanilla custard, haha nothing else. Why on earth would I want to shove something in my babies mouth that I wouldn't myself eat? No preservatives or additives or any other harmful chemicals.....I am all about this.

We are not quite an all organic eating family. My children are all underweight by nature and I have to beef them up with lots of fats because they prefer to eat strawberries and blueberries and carrots and celery and all that by the carton. They are so active and so they really dont have too much chubs, they are lean mean, crazy machines! In turn if I can get them to eat some fat here and there I have to. Anyways, the point of that paragraph was to say that we are not that organic family, that is not the reason I want to do this, not because it comes natural. Im sure it will be difficult to keep up with it or to even want to do it when the time comes. I will try it out and let every one know how it goes. Quinnie will be 4 months sooner that I want to know!!!!

Wordless Wednesday - Quinn

2010-06-16T08:44:00.000-07:00

I asked for permanent make up, I got it.....

2010-06-10T22:59:00.000-07:00

kinda.

So I know Ive said many times how much I dislike the Chanel liquid liner I have...I really dont like it, not one bit, worse thing ever made.

Then I spoke of getting permanent eye liner. There were mixed reviews there, I was unsure.

So then I went to the mall yesterday and was gonna pick up my trusted ol' MAC liquid liner, I asked for it by just saying black liquid liner, paid and thats it. This morning I go to get it out of the box and was like "oh new packaging!"...then I open it and see, oh not the right one. The one I normally get has a spongy tip so its like a marker, this one is like old school liquid liner with an actual brush at the end. I can do both, so no biggie, I'm up for something new! I put it on and I love it, goes on smooth and easy, looks great, I'm happy.

Come night time, time to wash face and what do you know? This shit is not washing off! I wash with several different face washes and nothing! My mascara and everything else has come off, not the eye liner, I laugh. Yesterday I was talking with my friend and she says she uses baby oil to take her eye make up off. I just saw some under my counter. I try it....it still took a little scrubbing but the baby oil took it off!!! I thought I had maybe fallen asleep during the day and had my liner tattooed on!

Anyways, love the liner! I totally recommend it, just a little difficult to get off which I am A-OK with, better than coming off through out the day which that Chanel one very much did!

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Shes 3 Months Old!!

2010-06-09T16:31:00.001-07:00

Beautiful Baby Quinn Analeigh Rocco is 3 months old today!

March 9 2010 I welcomed my wonderful daughter in to this world!

She is such a great baby, she is so relaxed and calm. She sleeps more than any baby I have ever had. A few weeks ago she started sleeping threw the night and shes in her crib as well! She goes to sleep around 10pm and will wake up around 6am to eat and then go back to sleep until 9 or 10am. Quinn will be an early bloomer, not only is she rolling from side to side, she talks up a storm, on belly time she uses her little legs to scoot her off her mat! ....then she got a tooth!!! Its half way out but its there!! I couldnt believe it, I was so astounded I didnt know what to do, I even thought of taking her to the emergency room!! Yes me, if you have been reading my blog, I dont take my kids to the ER unless they are bleeding or having trouble breathing! I really just didnt know what to do!!! Luckily I came to my senses and realized, its just an early tooth! We say that she got it as a defense mechanism against her crazy brothers....she thought, I better start sprouting teeth incase they decide to take their crazy out on me, Ill be prepared!

She really is the best little baby I could have ever asked for!! The best part is when she wakes up in the morning and I go to her room to get her and she has the biggest smile on her face when she sees me!! Love you baby girl, keep on growing.

Shutter Love Tuesdays

2010-06-08T16:01:00.000-07:00

Today is Shutter Love Tuesday over at the The Trendy Treehouse....the theme this week is stuffed animals and I had the perfect picture!

This is naptime in our house, come one, come all!!!

Im Here, Im Here

2010-06-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

As I am writing this I have such a head ache!

Life has been extremely busy, which is a good thing! Right now is super busy in the roller hockey world....so in turn Im super busy. So when I have free time, I make the most of it with my kids! Not to mention, my computer broke like 2 weeks ago and I barely got a new one. I had went in to Best Buy to get a new one like 2 days after it went bonkers and I only had a limited amount of time to do so and of course the store was super busy, so I left. Then we had to go to California for West Coast Nationals which was super duper fun and busy! We are lucky people to be involved in something like this! I am greatful! So after that we came home and I was exhausted and then I got the stomach flu and now here I am finally with my beautiful computer!!! I got the 15.4" MacBook Pro! I was hesitant on getting a Mac for the sole purpose of having to learn a whole new operating system, so far so good. Not too bad.

Besides being busy with hockey and life, one major mile stone was hit during all the chaos, sweet Olivers 2nd birthday!

My sweet baby! This kid makes life as hard as can be, but he also makes it as fun as can be! He is for sure the best of both worlds. He has been defiant since birth, he is no easy child, just him equals about 3 kids. He is a daredevil, he is a dreamer, he is an intellect (hes figured out just about all the child locks in the house), he IS a lover, he is a flirt, he is a bully, he is a mamas boy, he is a daddys boy, he is a leader, he is a warrior, he is a barbarian, he is our mountain man, he is fearless, he is sweet, he is a baby, he is just about everything balled in to one. You remember when we were small we would mix all different soft drinks to make a "suicide soda"....he is my "suicide baby"...speaking of mixing everything together, he is a fan of "suicide cereal", he loves to mix all the cereals up together and eat that for breakfast!

God has blessed me with the most beautiful child of all, you have not seen a more beautiful boy until you've seen Oliver, I promise you. My Jack is all man and a handsome, good looking, little man, but Oliver is just plain beautiful, he is pretty, its crazy how you can have the cutest children and they are beautiful in their own unique ways. On a side note, his prettiness does not convert over, I've tried dressing him up for fun in clips and headbands....hes not a very appealing Olivia!! =)

God had a smirk on his face when he blessed us with Oliver, I believe he said, if you can handle him, you can handle anything and 2 years later, we are going strong, beaten up a bit, but stronger than ever and still going. Hubs and I talk sometimes about the kind of young adult, teenager Oliver will be, lets just say, we are ready for a bumpy ride! He will probably try and steal Jacks girlfriends and lure Quinns friends. We say that when Quinn is 14 and has her friends stay over, we will probably have to send Oliver to one of his friends houses for the night! He IS a ladies man. He is full of charm, full of charisma and it never stops. He doesnt even need to use words, its all in his eyes. He can make any female melt with a look of his flirty eyes, no lie. He is a wonderer, I often times wonder if he will be the same in his adult life and take the world by storm, traveling everywhere this earth has to offer.

Oliver has a zest for life and it shows, hes always curious, always wondering whats behind each door, outside each window, can never get him to sit still.

He is all boy to the core, he is a meat and potatoes kind of boy, he eats us out of a house, hes always willing to try new food, always the first to want seconds!

As much as he torments his older brother, he also looks up to him, he adores his sister so much he smothers her with his love (in the form of his body, he still doesnt realize she cant hold his weight!)

Hes anything but traditional or conventional, this is not your average child, he comes with a warning in tact and I love him to pieces for it. Im thankful everyday that God gave us this tremendous challenge in Oliver, with him, my hands are full, and like I say, having my hands full is better than having my hands empty, wouldnt you say?

What do you know....thinking about my sweet baby Oliver, my headache disappeared. I love him so.

Permanent Make Up

2010-05-21T16:31:00.000-07:00

What do you all think of permanent make up? Im thinking of doing it! For my eyeliner only. I wear eyeliner every day and unless you go to the gym with me or are a good friend of mine, or my husband and kids, you will not see me with out eyeliner/make up. Doing your eyeliner well takes time....and I use liquid. So this is just a thought has any one had permanent make up? What were your experiences?

I was reading up on it and saw that you can even get permanent blush! I know you can get eyebrows and lipstick, but I never knew about blush. That seems weird to me. I have a few concerns about the eyeliner...not serious concerns. Ok...this is my concern about the blush too, not that I would get blush, but with the eyeliner, is it going to appear faded after you put your eyeshadow on? Like if you just wear a base color for the day, will the light powder make it appear faded. What about concealer...most of us wear concealer, will that "conceal" the liner? Those are my thoughts on the blush too...wont putting your powder or foundation over it hide it? Hmm...and if you wear no make up to places....which for me would only be the gym, would I look like a freak? I would think.

I was also reading to be careful where you get it. The recommended place is a plastic surgeons office. On your eyebrows and eyeliner, if they make a mistake and you need to laser it off, it could most possibly take your brows and lashes off with it! Then if there is a mistake with your blush or lipstick and you need to fix it, the flesh colored ink can turn black with laser removal! Yikes! This is a big thing, and I think may have just talked myself out of it, unless someone totally has the most awesome thing to say about it that I just cant help but not get it!

Wordless Wednesday - It is Wednesday Right?

2010-05-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

She Loves Me, I Made Her Smile.......

Kisses.....

I will hunt you down and find you

2010-05-18T08:45:00.000-07:00

Ok, I can get ghetto, that is no secret, mess with me and its on. Which is why this app. was the perfect app for me to download on my blackberry! I ALWAYS keep my phone on silent, Im not sure why. Maybe its because, I dont like to hear when I get messages or phone calls, I like to be all, "hey wheres my phone", "Oh there it is, and whoa, I have like 6 texts, 4 bbms, 2 miss calls"....I guess I like to feel special, even though all of that is in the time of 3 hours. Anyways, there ARE times when I forget where the heck I put my phone and I can not find it. There are also times like the time recently where I left my phone in the store, Im so lucky that all times that has happened my precious phone has been recovered!

Ok so the friend thats living with us, the one who I picked up from the airport that day I lost my phone in Wally World, told me about this app that can turn your phone on from silent, if you misplaced it. I decided to find out about that. The app is called Wheres My Phone, they have the app for Blackberrys and Droids, I know that for sure, not sure what other phones. Anyways, I was like this is cool, then I read about the upgraded version...now we're talkin'. This app is $3.99 for the life of that app, not monthly or weekly. This app, can GSP your phone if you lost it! Its connected to your email, so you can do all your research through your computer. So, you can find your phone via GPS, you can lock your phone so who ever finds it can not go through your private things, I know your thinking, well how will they know to call you? You can still keep your phone locked but also send an alert that will pop up on the front screen, saying please call.....to return this phone to its owner. AWESOME!...You can also get the phone to call you on another phone, so if you misplaced it, you can hear whats going on to try and find it, or you can hear who has your phone and start yelling "hey, hey you, give me back my phone!"

But I must say, the GPS is my favorite! You better believe, if you have my phone, I will hunt you down and find you and take my phone back. Thats pretty creepy huh? Serves you right for trying to steal someones phone!

Weekends Filled With Fun

2010-05-17T10:24:00.000-07:00

So we had another soccer game this Saturday and I have to say I absolutely love them! I cant wait for Oli to be able to start playing sports too! I never thought I would be a sports mom. To tell you the truth before I had kids, I would see neighbors carting their kids all over to sports and what not every weekend and I would think, that will NEVER be me. I have said that about a lot of things where being a parent is concerned, one of which being that I would NEVER go to amusement parks with my kids. There was a point at the end of last year and beginning of this year in a 6 month period, we went to Disneyland 3 times! Things definitely do change....Im proof of that! I LOVE going to soccer games, bringing treats for all the kids and cheering my little guy on, even though hes running the opposite way of the play, even though hes running hand in hand with another kid on his team chasing a kid from the other team on the other side of the field! Its a blast really!

So Im not gonna bore you with more of the same pics...just a few.

Oli is cheering his bro on! He loves Jacks Little Marc fedora.

Best buds on the field!

Momma and Quinn, watching the game!

After the game....

Oliver, watching the next game wishing it was him!

Then Sunday we went for lunch at the Olive Garden, had a glass of yummy wine, went home put the kids down for a nap, then after nap time we went to Boulder Beach. Its in Boulder City and its part of Lake Mead but in Boulder City. I wanted to go to let the kids run some energy out and just make some memories, theres only so much park runs you can do in a life time so its time to change it up a bit here and there! The kids had a blast!!! Jack did not want to leave and we actually went at the perfect time about 5pmish, every one was leaving and the weather wasn't so hot and we didnt have to pay to get in!

I also got a new lens for my camera. It was a little tricky to get use to, but after lots of playing with it for a few days, I have finally got the hang of it...here are some pictures that I caught, I really love them. I tried to pick a few of my favs but I couldnt...just be happy I was able to narrow it down this much!!!

Lifting boulders!

LOVE THIS PICTURE!

Splashing around.

Picking shells......

Look what I found mom!

Staring out at the lake....

Oliver handing his daddy the shells he found...I love this picture too!

Ok...I love all these pictures!!!

My baby, fell and hurt his hand....

Brother making it feel better!

Just a pretty picture

We have lots of fun planned for next weekend too!!!

All About Me, You, Whoever

2010-05-14T11:31:00.000-07:00

Lately, coming after taking care of my kids, I set my second priority to me! I recently found that taking care of me not only makes me happy but also makes me a joy to be around! Haha...
I recently started going to the gym again, trying to watch what I eat (haha who am I kidding, somewhat though) and caring and actually doing something about the way I look. I tend to just let myself go. Dont get me wrong, we all know, I will always dress nice and do my hair and make up but this goes further than that. Normally I let my hair cuts go and I just let my dye job fade in to the ....whatever its fading in to...I dont know. But not any more! I found an awesome stylist that is in sync with what I want so Im not afraid to get my hair cut any more! I bought my favorite shampoo, Thickening by Bumble & Bumble. For fine hair, it really is the best. I bought also the thickening spray and surf spray, all for more volume and body. Just with an updated head of hair, I feel better already! I love all these products, they make for a great blow out and hair day!

So now to working out. Ive been trying to go to spin class as you all know already. I love it and hate it. I hate getting up in the morning, thats the only part I hate, once Im up and at the gym, its a breeze, the feeling not the class! This class is super intense, it really tests your will to get fit. If you can make it through these classes you can do anything! I have also been doing the belly dancing class (great for hips and belly), zumba (just a latin dance aerobic class), and kick boxing. I spoke with one of the spin instructors and she said that I would want to do spin 3 days a week at the most and then just mix in with some strength training. Thats what Im trying to do! I lost 3 more lbs this week! Its great to feel good.

Im not only working out to lose weight, but also to feel good. When I get back from the gym, I really feel like I can conquer the world. I get more stuff done around the house, Im more tolerant with the kids and most important Im sooo happy. Your mood throughout the day really determines how productive you will be. I love feeling like this and so I try to make it to the gym as often as I can.

Now Im going to get in to skin care....Ive had a few questions about it, so I thought I would blog about it. I make a point to take great care of my skin...just who I am and I learned early. I am by no means a skin care expert or professional this is just little things that I have learned and what I believe.

First and foremost, protect your self from the sun/uv rays, so yes people that means tanning salons. I used to work at a tanning salon in high school and I was the only person that worked there that didnt tan! Luckily Im just not a fan of the tan look on myself either. Ok so spf your skin everyday...dont forget your neck and chest and hands....stay out of the sun as much as possible and stop baking yourself...your not a cookie, or you are, thats on you. Second, always wash your face before bed, NEVER go to sleep with make up on. There are times Im lazy and I keep facial wipes in my nightstand, those nights are few and far between, but they happen, so be prepared. Third, keep your skin hydrated, through plenty of water and cream. Just because your oily doesnt mean you do not wear moisturizer! Your skin is over producing oil because its lacking hydration, so give it some! And yes, hydrate at night! Get a great face scrub, the purpose is to get rid of dead skin cells to generate new ones. New skin is always a plus! Im not a fan of chemical scrubs, I like to feel it. Cosmedicine at Sephora has a reallly good scrub for a great price. Every now and then do a great mask, cleansing, hydrating, oxygen....something good! I also prefer to stay away from heavy make up such as foundation, find a good tinted moisturizer with spf, or just use a good powder! Stop re-applying make up through out the day. I take great care of my skin and there for my make up stays on all day. The only time I re-apply is if Im going some where special at night or what not. But my theory is...through out the day, your face acquires dirt, oil, stuff like that and then you trap all that stuff under more make up...then it has no choice but to sink in to your skin. Again just my theory.

These are my basics...nothing fancy. Nothing too hard to get a great complexion. Great skin = pretty people!

I have done a post about the products I love before so you can reference those Here and if you have any other questions about this post or products I like, feel free to ask!

3 Year Old Soccer & Mothers Day

2010-05-11T12:47:00.000-07:00

So Saturday was Jacks first soccer game! It was sure the funniest thing to watch! Imagine a bunch of 3 & 4 year olds running around with pretty much no clue as to what they are doing! Here are a few pictures....Jack was great , but there were times when he was just chasing butterflies! I love the picture where he is schmoozing the girl from the other team. Distraction....there you go Jack, distract her so your team can score!

Mothers Day was amazing. Saturday I actually went and got my hair cut/colored, my eyebrows threaded and a pedicure/manicure. It was soooo relaxing. That was my present, so I thought! Sunday, I got my Michael Kors perfume, Very Hollywood, smells so good and it came with a cute Michael Kors make up case! I also got a spice rack! haha, hubs didnt like the way I had my spices organized, so he decided to get me a really cool spice rack! I loved it. My mom, dad and cousin came to visit. We had a great day! I hadn't seen my mom in a long time and so I was excited to see her. We didnt get to go do our normal shopping that we love to do together but we still had fun!

My Momma and Oli

Me and My cousin (ignore her bruise)

My daddy

My Kiddies! They love me!

The best mom in the world!

MIA - Random Friday

2010-05-07T16:48:00.000-07:00

I know I have been missing. Its been a busy two weeks with hockey tournaments, back to back! Luckily we arent working this Saturday, making our peeps do it with out us! I have been trying to get on and at least comment on some of my favoritos! Hopefully I will be back this week.

Jack has his first soccer game tomorrow! Yay!

Hubs new hire, long time friend, is living with us for a few weeks until his family comes down at the end of the month.

Quinn is on an awesome schedule, so in turn, we have developed a great schedule that pretty much leaves me no time for much else. Thats ok, because I love spending time with my nutty ones!

I have been going to the gym, pretty religiously. At least 3 times a week (ok so that is not so much religiously) and I feel awesome. Im just trying to get my eating under control. Its so hard to go from pregnant eating (we all know what thats like at 9 months pregnant) to losing weight eating! It doesnt help that my son is a born baker and wants to bake just about every day! I do it because I love it too and because it is "our" thing. So its been super hard to stay away. I made the most unhealthiest and most delicious cookies on earth last week with Jack and only had 2, yay me, but this week, we made a heavenly chocolate cake with chocolate chocolate chip filling and vanilla bean whipped frosting....my sweet spot.

Ive been experimenting with some new, from my head recipes this week, Ive been pretty successful!

Ok, I lost my phone in Walmart of all places! I hate Walmart, if you have been a follower for a while you know this, but there is a really nice Walmart about 15 minutes from me and is sooo worth it, even hubs took a step in side! Anyways, it was just me and Oli and 1 Oliver is equivalent to 5 normal children. So somehow, the last 10 minutes of our trip, my phone disappeared! I looked everywhere, retraced our steps from the last point I remember having it. Kept checking customer service, NOTHING. I wanted to cry. I just got my new Blackberry...with my pretty blingy case. I was like, no effin way anyone from Walmart is going to turn in my beautiful phone! The people that worked there, when I was talking to them were pretty shady, at least the manager on duty was. So I ran to the airport to pick up hubs friend and he text my phone saying, please give me back. Hubs texted and said please return and call his number. Every time hubs phone rang, I jumped to see if it was a 702 number, nope! So I reactivated my old Blackberry and got to business with the phone insurance....while I was on hold, hubs phone rang!!! It was MY phone!!!!, well the people with my phone! You better believe I rushed right over and even gave them $50...hopefully it will encourage them to always be honest like that! I was just so happy! I know its just a phone, but my Blackberry is my life, after my family of course! So I must have done something good to deserve my phone back!

On a weird side note....My friend was dropping her son off at kindergarten and this weird lady who is a nursing student/mom/police wife, went up to my friends car, this person also has a child at the elementary school, and spits on my friends window! Who does that? What do you all think about that? I would love to know!

Potty Training Woes...No More!

2010-05-05T10:31:00.000-07:00

Finally!!!

My super big boy at the ripe age of 3 years and 4 months is finally potty trained!

I seriously thought this day would never come! He refused and refused to potty train....he knew how to do it, but he was a lazy bum! So we decided to just take diapers away and do pull ups only. Then the day after that decision was made and implemented, I was talking with one of Olivers teachers about Jack potty training and she had some very wise words. She first asked, "is he uncomfortable in a dirty diaper?" The answer was heck no, he never has been, he could care less if his diaper was dirty! She said that pull ups are no different then a diaper, they just hold less, but if he wasnt uncomfortable in a diaper there will be no difference in a pull up. She said to just go cold turkey and underwear all the time, we need to make him uncomfortable.
So that was it. Underwear from that point on, he started out pretty well, we kept having to ask him if he had to pee. We had very few accidents. I even was brave enough to venture out in public! He did great! Now a week and a half later, he knows when he has to pee and poop and tells me!! He calls his poops worms! I have no clue where he came up with that, he says "mom Im gonna try and get my worms out". The other day he was watching his favorite movie and he said "mommy, can you pause it, I have to pee!" Im am so proud that he caught on so fast, I could not be happier, it is great to not have to change his diaper.

I couldn't believe that this method worked. We now have started on Oliver! Wish us luck!

Wordless Wednesday - Kinda

2010-04-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

At the Childrens Museum with the boys and my chubba bubba! More museum pics to come!

Not Enough Time In The Day

2010-04-28T07:48:00.000-07:00

So ....I guess I dont need to say this, but obviously I have been beyond busy. We have 2 hockey tournaments to put together. So Ive been working hard here and then busy with the kids. Im so excited for the next tournament...its in Escondido CA and lots of fun! Mother inlaw will have the kids...yay! Yes I have been a bad bloggy friend, Im hoping maybe today I can get my shit together and read some blogs! We will see!

So I know I tweeted about it last week, I havent spoken about it on here, I dont think, my memory is not what it used to be, by a long shot!! Beware, this is me totally bragging about my husband.

So like a week and ahalf ago, hubs company was going around doing surprise audits again on the company. Hubs had a new boss and his boss had told him that he needed to get a 90. Hubs last audit 6 months ago was great, because he had scored an 80 and this was great according to the company, where everyone was scoring in the 60's. Anyways, hubs was totally intimidated not really knowing his new boss and what he was capable of doing if hubs didnt get this 90, keep in mind, everyone in this company is resigning and getting fired due to not performing. Anyways, audit day comes and hubs calls and says, BOSS says if we score a 90 he will take us out to dinner. Throughout the day Im getting updates, "Im at an 85", "its 87.4"..."I think we are going to end up with an 89.1"....oh gees. Then hubs gets home and says..."I got a 90...pick a place to eat!" Mind you, only 3 other terminals have received a 90 in the history of the audit and this is a fortune 500 company with thousands of terminals nationwide.

Now I hear that hubs boss loves him, thinks hes great and tell him that he has big plans for him and wants to run some changes (promotion changes) by him. The manager of the Orange County terminal just quit and hubs tries to ask some questions...is it OC? Boss says "no...your bigger than that", and we cant imagine what it could be, but we know we will talk about it over dinner.

Mean while hubs and I are kind of stressin because quite honestly, we are not ready to move. It just doesnt make sense for our family right now. I mean I love it here and I love my house and Im not ready to leave it yet. But all we are thinking of, is if he doesnt take this promotion, will we be black balled and not offered any other promotions again? We dont know.

So Monday is here and we go to eat at Nobhill Tavern in the MGM, delicious by the way!!! We start talking and his boss is super great! Totally funny making fun of hubs...I have to tell you this little story that made me laugh, but its probably only funny to me because I know what this all looks like. Hubs has a really small, beat down terminal, its not in the nicest area and is just totally beat down when he got there. Hes been doing lots of work to it, new paint, new floors, new landscape, just to make it nicer. So hubs boss hasnt been his boss for what 6 weeks now. He starts off with, "so hubs has been late to conference calls (which hubs denies) and when I call and ask where hes at, they say hes with the painter, with the cement guy, various contractors. So Im coming to Vegas for the first time and hubs is doing all this work everytime I call, I think Im walking in to the Taj Mahal!....totally not the case." Im sorry, this is really hilarious if you could see hubs little rinki dink terminal...its nicer and cleaner, easier on the eye, but far, far, far from the Taj Mahal!

Ok back to business, hubs and boss had been speaking earlier that day Monday, so boss just fills me in. Long story short, boss is ALL about family, he says if its right for your family do it, if not, dont do it. He asked us when we thought it would be right and we said about 2 years. Boss said PERFECT...he said Trish, when YOUR ready, you call me and we will take care of you guys. For now, focus on your family and whats right, dont worry, as long as Im here, you guys can go where you want when your ready! Wow, I was astonished and very happy. He never did tell us what he had lined up for hubs because he said, the main fact was we are not ready and so he didnt want to tell us and have it maybe change our minds. So he did say when raises come along this year, he is working at changing hubs terminal level...that all has to do with pay stuff and try to get him a 7% raise!

Im totally proud of my husband, he is a great worker and going somewhere in this life. All his hard work is paying off. He loves his job and they love him! I feel totally blessed that I dont have a husband who is miserable at his job and has no drive to go anywhere in life. I know of a few people who arent will to take the risk for a shot at success, thats what its all about. Like they say, no guts no glory!

It was a great dinner, with great food, great people and great news! Couldn't ask for more!!!

The Boys' Room - Before & After

2010-04-22T10:18:00.000-07:00

This is the BEFORE, not the before before...because I didnt take pictures before the 2nd bed came in, when there were much more toys and crap in the room! Have a look, Im happy with it and so are the boys.

Make sure to take an extra look at the closet! Im extremely happy with the closet!

AFTER

Under Olivers bed are baskets with Olivers bigger sized cars, one with all Jack train tracks and one with all the potato heads and pieces. We are taking advantage of the space under the beds.

You can see their growth mirrors I made for them....and the bin under Jacks bed has all the puzzles. Excuse all the little pieces of fake food you see floating around their room!

Each night stand has their favorite books!

Im still looking for something to put above this dresser.

These are the boys masterpieces from painting the other day, they are hanging above each of their beds...Jacks is first, then Oli's.

Now, here is the closet that I love! So much more organized!

Getting To Know Me

2010-04-21T13:01:00.000-07:00

1. Mens chests..hairy or hairless?
Ive never had a hairy man...but I don"t think Id mind either way....I would prefer hairless though.

2. How often do you run red lights?
I don't...I try to drive safe as I always travel with precious cargo.

3. If you could raid any celebrity's closet..whose would you raid?
CAMERON DIAZ....for as long as I could remember, she has been my style icon! Who wouldnt want her style/clothes?

4. Would you rather have more followers/friends on Facebook, Twitter, or your Blog?
I would say my blog!

5. What makes you feel sexy?

Cute undergarments

Honey Dew Intimates they are by far my favorite undie. Im a sucker for the rumba style, so girly and sexy. Yes you can wear them with jeans but thats about all unless you want people seeing your ruffle butt! These make me feel sexy paired with a cute bra.

6. I get excited when...........?

My kids are excited

My kids learn something new

My husband is happy

I get to redecorate!
I get to go shopping alone!!

7. Are you the "outdoorsy" type or more "indoorsy"?
This is a difficult question...no doubt Im "indoorsy", I hate the sun, when I say hate I mean that I hate what the sun does to ones skin, I dont like tans, a crowded place is definitely not my thing..BUT, and its a BIG but, I love new adventures with the family, I love family time, I love seeing the look on my families face when we are out having a good time. This is why, shortly, you will soon get to see beach pictures! Err...things I do for my family! What makes them happy, makes me happy.

8. Would you rather have your dream home or a million dollars?

Hmm...I pretty much have close to my dream home. Its everything I wanted and now that I have it, I wish I had a few more bedrooms...who knows why! I would say a million dollars, because my dream home would not cost a million dollars, so I would buy it and then have goodies left over!

Those Liars....

2010-04-19T16:18:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have been wanting to do this post for a while...well like 2 weeks. I havent because I havent really had time to sit down, think and write....just post a lot of pictures, haha.

Anywho, a few weeks ago, I went to the mall because I needed some basic things: Eyeliner, face wash and eye cream. I normally use the MAC liquid eyeliner, Dr. Perricone face wash and I dont really have a favorite eye cream. I dont mind trying new things so the fact that there was a long ass line at MAC at the time didnt bother me, I just went to the next open counter, which was Chanel.

I told her what I needed, she gave me everything. A super important thing in a cleanser is that it takes off all my eye make up! The Laura Mercier cleanser I bought didnt do it and this cream cleanser by Chanel doesnt do it either! Why must they lie? I mean, now I will probably not ever go back to that counter, if another counter I need is busy. Then the liquid eyeliner she sold me sucks too. Its a cool pen one, that you twist up to make eyeliner come out. I dont know how many times I have to twist that thing each morning to get a little bit of liner out! Im not really one to return things, Ill probably put the Chanel cleanser in the guest bathroom.

Again....why the lie? Does this just happen to me or everyone. This is why I love Sephora...they can give you what you need honestly no matter what brand it is.

Our Weekend In Pictures

2010-04-19T13:28:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning, cleaning up and vacuuming before heading to Toys R Us. Obviously I didnt get any pics at Toys R Us because who takes their camera to Toys R Us?

Brother was napping and so Jack and Daddy mowed the lawn, gotta keep everything clean and tidy!
Oliver woke up.
They did a little swinging...had some fun! Waiting for his sandwich, snapping and singing a song!
Went to the park, had a little fun...Jack had to bring Oliver back, he likes to run away!
Trying to fly a kite and playing some ball!
Came home and played with some bubbles!

Sunday morning, had a lazy morning, boys took a nap, woke up from their nap and ate a sandwich! Heres a bad case of bed head!
Getting ready to go to Town Square, for some fun and a little shopping.
Had a little ice cream.
Sat and listened to some music......
Came home and did a little skateboarding......
Love on sister a little............ The END
Quinn wanted in on some pictures finally! Yay, shes awake and as cute as ever!

Painting....

2010-04-16T14:07:00.000-07:00

Today I decided to do a paint day. I had bought some canvases at Michaels a few weeks ago and decided today was a perfect day! Its 83 degrees and beautiful!!! I will show their finished work of art probably next week when I unveil their new room and also because at the end of painting, it got a little hectic and I didnt take a picture and didnt remember until now!

Something For Me

2010-04-14T21:13:00.000-07:00

So what I love about this planned community I live in is that there is activities up the whazoo...for ALL! There is a little paper that is sent out with all the activities. The good thing is that in the community there are several activity centers and they all offer their own thing, I event think its city wide but for sure in our Summerlin community.

Any ways, hubs had picked up some paperwork at the activity center at the park he takes the kids to and was looking through it at home and saw that there was a photography class. He knows Ive been dabbling in it and to be truthful I havent been successful, its a hard thing! So he suggested I take the class! Its perfect too because its at night! So this wanna be photographer will be gettin' some lessons! Hopefully you will all see it reflect in my pictures! Im so excited!

Pizza Night

2010-04-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

So I'm normally not one to post about the food I make, but this stuff was too good and too easy not to post! The other night I was craving pizza and obviously because I made like a gazillion of them. Ok just three but they were not bite size, it was a lot of food! Hubs is a big pizza man and is very picky on the pizza he eats and I'm happy to report that he LOVED all of these! He even went as far to say that we are not ordering pizza any more I am making it now! Any who....

This first one is a calzone, its a ricotta, mozzarella spinach and prosciutto calzone~ so delish!
This little baby is just your run of the mill pepperoni pizza, I made incase hubs didnt like the others!
This is a great vegetarian pizza, its ricotta, mozzarella, arugula with roma tomatoes. Sooo good. No sauce on this guy.
Needless to say, we still have left overs.....

I am SO not down with Mondays

2010-04-12T11:56:00.000-07:00

I wish hubs was home all the time! Ok maybe not all the time, but just when I want him home! Today is my first day all by myself with Quinn and no boys! This weekend we didnt have them either and it allowed us to be super busy getting their room together!

Let me start off with Wednesday...my bff came to visit and we had fun shopping and BBQing! They will be back for Mothers Day with her kids and we have some big plans! Im excited...

The BBQers....our guys are super silly............hubs had just got off work!
My beautiful BBF....bffs since kindergarden!
So Saturday, the boys left to go camping in San Clemente with gramma and grampa! They love camping! We called our babysitter to come and watch Quinn Saturday night so hubs and I could have a little date night!

We went to the Melting Pot! We had never been there and I always wanted to go! It was amazing! We did the Big Night Out, which is tons of food for 2! If you have never been or heard of this place its a fondue place...everything is fondue except for your salads!

We had the cheddar cheese fondue, comes with apples, veggies and bread to dip, then we each had a salad. Our entres, we had lobster tail, shrimp, chili chicken, pork and serloin steak, you cook it yourself in the fondue pot! It was all sooo yummy with all the dipping sauces. For dessert holy moly...we ordered the cookies n cream marshmallow dream....its just chocolate with marshmallow melted in it with crushed up oreo cookies. For dippers they give you strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, cheesecake, brownies, pound cake and rice krispy treats! Delish! I highly recommend it! Here we are on our little date!

Heres a pic of me and Quinn....she missed her mommy!
Sunday, we worked all day on the boys room....you will get before and after pictures once we are done, hopefully by the end of the week!!!!

1 Month Old!

2010-04-09T17:47:00.000-07:00

My baby girl is officially 1 month old today! She has been the sweetest, most precious thing I could ever have imagined! At one month old Im not sure of her specs....her appointment is Monday, I WILL update when we find out how much shes grown. 2 weeks ago she was still 19 1/4 inches and was 6 lbs 15 oz. All she does is sleep all day! This is great! She is breastfeeding well still. She adores her brothers, her eyes light up when they get all up in her grill, she enjoys it! She is staying awake longer and longer but still sleeping quite a bit. She gets the hiccups EVERY DAY! I feel for her! She is still in her littlest clothes but those are starting to get a little snug, but not quite yet! I love shopping for her! We are already best buds, we have a secret silent language, I catch what shes throwing, and visa versa. On March 9 2010 not only was my beautiful daughter born but my best friend for life!

I love you my beautiful Quinnie poo.

Everyone else is doing it...

2010-04-09T08:32:00.001-07:00

So I've been seeing lots of blog posts about weight loss and all that good stuff...not really good stuff though, is it? I mean the end result is, but the getting there is not so much.

So I'm at a stand still with my weight loss. I have 6 more pounds to go to get to my prebaby weight. Even if I lose that 6 lbs I don't think it will be enough because as all moms know, your weight shifts and you look nothing like you did before baby. The scale may say the same number but its just a fasad.

So this is sooo hard for me. I am a BIG sweet/dessert person. I love me some, cake, cookies, chocolate, you name it, if its bad for you, its my favorite. While pregnant, I indulged a little more than I should have because now, my body craves it! My best friend came to visit and we went to The Cheesecake Factory and we were smart. After my delicious dinner we SHARED the red velvet cheesecake AND we didn't even finish it! That is not normal for me but the after thought was a happy one!

Anyways, now I have to get back on track because not only do I need to lose that 6 lbs, but I have an addition goal of another 10 lbs! So total of 16 lbs!

I'm sick of people still thinking I'm pregnant or asking if I'm expecting! Ok its only been 2 people so I may be exaggerating but its still not a fun thing to experience. By the way, why do women of all people have to be the ones that are so rude? Luckily I'm not my mean pregnant self anymore....lucky them.

So now....every Friday, this is my vow, will be my check in day! Im gonna blog about it to hold my self accountable. I have a routine with the kids, Im feeling great post surgery, no excuses!

Wish me luck!

A little of this a little of that!

2010-04-05T12:05:00.000-07:00

I am one tired momma today! We got back from California yesterday evening....after a long fun weekend. Today Im just unpacking what I didnt finish last night, doing laundry, getting the house ready for company on Wednesday and then repacking the kids for their week long camping trip with gramma and grampa. Whatever will I do without them! Just me and Quinn!

Saturday hubs and I worked at the hockey tournament. I had to be up at 3:30 am Sat! Its hard but I love it! Lets just say I was knocked out that night at 8pm! Sunday morning, I woke up to crazy dyed children. The boys were up early coloring Easter eggs with gramma. For Easter we all went to my sis inlaws house! Hubs family and mine all get along and are close so it makes it easy to get together for holidays, we do one big get together. We found out that my parents and hubs parents are going on a cruise together this year!...weird....

Any who heres a few pictures of Sunday. Quinn and Oliver slept through the whole thing so they are not pictured too much!

Mothers Instinct

2010-04-02T13:52:00.000-07:00

This week has been sad for a few people/ blogs I follow and people I know. It has to do with their new babies and not so good diagnoses'.

Theres a blog I follow whose son is blind, I dont beleive he is older than 2 right now. When she was first finding out about his eyes, I related alot to what she was going through because I went through the same things with Jack. Even though our two boys roads went opposite ways I still feel like I know what shes going through up until a certain point. She said something the other day that really struck me and I see it happen, I really do. She spoke about mothers instinct and how we should listen because its there for a reason. This instinct is what pushed her to take her son to the doctors even after he passed all hospital exams (eye sight wise). She just knew something wasnt right, she was right.

What Im getting to, is that so many moms choose to look past possible problems with their children. They live in denial for their own selfish needs. Ive heard some say, "I would never be able to live knowing something was wrong with my baby (normal respons...wait for it..) to think about what people would think or say, I couldnt handle it." What the eff?!?!?! It angers me that there are people out there who care more about what people would say or think than the well being of their children.

I know first hand that its hard to learn that your child will never be the same, never be like the other children, to have a moment sitting in a doctors office getting some of the worst news you could ever imagine getting. But in our case, because we were proactive and chose to learn and deal with it, we may have helped our son, he just had his annual check up at Childrens Hospital and he has remarkable vision for a child with his condition, words from the doctor. He still doesnt need glasses and is doing awesome!! Anyways, when we first found out about Jacks condition we enrolled him in state and county programs to help make sure he stayed on track with his development. Visually impaired children tend to develop slower. He had teachers at Braille institute, we did what ever we could to help him, who cares what anyone says! Jack was way ahead for children his age and I attribute that to being proactive and not just letting things take its course but to making things happen. I know that with alot of different conditions, catching it early can help tremendously!! Ignoring a problem, could end badly and may cause permanent damage.

I just wanted to let parents know that for the most part, we all have each other here for support. There are cruel people out there, but who cares, they are the ones worse off. Denial is normal but can only blind you for so long.

Follow your motherly instincts....they are there for a reason.

Friends....how many of us have them?

2010-04-02T13:12:00.000-07:00

Im pretty excited...have some pretty fun/exciting news!

So anyways this is a few things....Im sooo happy! Ok ok...so the company that hubs works for made cuts due to the economy and we were effected by them. They stopped matching 401k, took away bonuses (so sad) and hubs had got a 3% pay decrease (better than losing his job, right?) and did away with annual raises. So now, the company is doing better than ever before and hubs terminal has doubled in productivity and employees since hes been there! So because the company is out of its rut, it brought back its 401k match, bringing back bonuses and annual pay raises!

So because hubs terminal has doubled, he gets to hire another supervisor. Right now he just has a morning supervisor and uses drivers that he trained, to close down the place. He is hiring a night time supervisor! And he is hiring a really good friend of ours who live in Northern Cali right now. They have been looking for a change, he is a stay at home dad who has been looking for work with no such luck. So hubs is hiring him and him and their family will be moving to Vegas within the month!

We will now have friends here!!!

Fun Weekend!

2010-03-29T13:14:00.000-07:00

This weekend we did a whole lot! Saturday the boys went to the park in the morning with hubs and then they came home and we went SHOPPING!! I love shopping!

Heres a few things purchased! I needed eye cream, face wash and an eye liner. I bought all new brands I havent tried before. All Chanel.
I bought Jack an Easter outfit at a few stores! haha...couldnt make up my mind!
Then we got Oliver an outfit and a cute plain black shirt! Hes cool like that!
Heres some stuff I got for Quinn! Now only if she would grow! Shes starting to! yay!
Here are Quinns first outfits from Neiman Marcus! I was only gonna get one but I couldn't help myself! Would have been more if hubs and boys werent getting impatient! The dark pink and grey dress, I took the picture of the back because its way cute and the reason I bought it!
Then we went and bought Oliver his bed and toured a few furniture places. I found my chest on sale for a great price and so we bought our dresser chest (armois) for our bed room too! They both should come in late this week! Yippee!!

Then Easter came early this Sunday for us! We will be in California next weekend for hockey on Saturday, and Sunday we will hang with family but we still wanted to do an Our Family Easter! So this was our Sunday. I had to go early and pick up one of the presents because they didnt have it at the initial store I went to Saturday. But the boys didnt know because they were at the park with Daddy again. So when they went down for nap time we put everything together for them!

Daddy putting it all together for the kids, they will be so excited when they wake up! Ignore my husband in his lounging outfit. He changed just for the pictures! Ha!

The cottage in all its glory with the rest of their presents! Quinns presents was all the pretty clothes she got!

Still groggy, trying to see whats out there!

Jack got a t-ball and oli a lawn mower!

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Showing off some of his trains!
Then we BBQ'd...eating some chips and guacamole!

Then we have to cap off the wonderful day with a picture of my Quinn! She slept through most of the events of the day!

Its gonna be a big one!

2010-03-26T10:05:00.001-07:00

So mine and hubs 4th Wedding Anniversary is coming up! We have been together for 8 years, will be married for 4 on March 31! I have the perfect gift for him and I know he will love it! I've been known to do this once before but it wasnt a birthday/anniversary gift, it was a just because thing.

Anywho, hubs hates his car. I dont know why, its not bad at all. He had an SUV a few years back but he drove like 40 miles one way to work at the time and with gas in the $4 range or was it high $3's, I dont remember, we were just wasting money, spending about $500 a month on gas alone. So we went out and got him a Honda Hybrid. The best thing! Now he doesnt NEED the car and is miserable in it. He had wanted a Ford Flex since they came out, which would be good because it has lots of room, but so does my Tahoe. So then hes had his heart set on a truck. You always need a truck! I know we do! So Im getting him a truck! Im getting him a brand new Ford F-150 crew cab. I think I'm gonna get him White. Im lucky because my cousin has been in the car business since who knows when (hes my age)and has sold us all our cars except the Honda. Right now Im working with him on hubs Truck! Hubs will be sooo surprised and excited!

Heres a pic....but imagine in white!

We will be in California for our Anniversary, Jack has a doctors appointment with his specialist. Hubs says he has some stuff planned that he wont tell me about! Looks like we both have some surprises up our sleeves! Cant wait!!!

For good measure, here is a picture of my Quinnie Poo...awake at last!

Hardly Wordless Wednesday

2010-03-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

These kids keep me busy....all the while, Quinn is fast asleep!

He learned this from his big brother, Jack was too fast I couldnt get pictures of him!

This was a cry baby moment, he had fallen off the slide! The swing made it all better!
Admiring a plane flying above, he loves airplanes!
This was too cute, my little fireman....hes silly.
My handsome Jack...the nickname his grandpa gave him.

A Sigh Of Relief.....

2010-03-23T14:46:00.000-07:00

When Oliver had his 18 month appointment the doctor (and us) were a bit worried because he doesnt talk as much as he should. Being a mother of one special needs child, my mind got rolling and I brought up the possibility of autism. There are several types of autism and I spoke with a few people with autistic kids and a few friends of ours with children who are autistic and knew that it really didnt fit but thought maybe its a mild form that just affected his speech. The doctor gave us some screenings that he passed with flying colors because I guess the main problem in autistic children are their socializing skills, which Oliver is amazingly social. The doctor set us up with a referral with Early Intervention...its a state funded program that works with children (mainly special needs) to help them develop on track. We are very familiar with them because in California we worked with the Braille Institute and Early Intervention for Jack. I credit the work we did in conjunction with those schools for Jack developing so greatly and being the rare few with his condition who arent blind or close to being blind.

Today was Olivers appointment. Hubs went with him because Quinn had her appointment again. Her doctor wants to see her weekly because (this is normal for my children) she is underweight. My kids (all of them) are underweight and have always been no matter what! Oliver is a fricken garbage disposal and is in the 23 percentile in weight. Jack was the same way. Jack was actually put on a high fat, high caloric diet to gain weight, that was hard, for me, because I always had to make his food differently. Luckily, now his weight has finally normalized and he is 37 lbs of pure muscle! Oliver, I dont know...hes nuts and has no limits on what he eats, but Im not worried because I know as a mom that theres nothing else I can really do aside from giving him 1 more egg on top of the 2 eggs or 2 bowls of cereal he eats for breakfast and thats just ridiculous. So anyways, Quinn eats like shes supposed to and thats all Im worried about.

OK back to Olis appointment...after Quinns appointment I went to meet hubs and Oli at his. They were just finishing up and Oli is perfect! Aside from his lack of speech (by the way, he does say mama, daddy, whats that, Jack, no, yes), they were pleasantly surprised to find that Oliver is way advanced in every other skill! I was very happy about that. They said that normally children with speech delays have delays in the other skills as well which makes it harder for them to learn to speak. Not Oliver. She said, hes probably just a little lazy and that he probably doesnt feel the need to speak but that they will work with him and force it out of him! They also said that everything we are doing with him is perfect! We have tons of puzzles and picture books that we are always working with him on. They said that explains his advanced skills in other areas!

Its been a scary month waiting for this but I knew in my heart nothing was wrong with him because he communicates and listens, understands and learns other things so easily. Thats my great story for the day.

Not much....

2010-03-22T14:19:00.000-07:00

going on here! I don't have much to say but really feel the need to blog for some reason!

The kids are great and are all napping! Quinn is awesome and all she does is sleep! How many pictures can I possibly post of a sleeping baby!? I wont do that to y'all.

I had my doctors appointment today and Im doing great! I really can not believe what difference this c-section was and its because its a different type of c-section. Its absolutely amazing!

So during my c-section the doctor had mentioned that my uterus was very thin and would never have made it through labor, so thank goodness that we opted to just go ahead and do a c-section. So after doc said that, hubs looked at me and told me to shove it! He knew what my next words were going to be and so I listened. I did not want to hear bad news on that great day! So today during my appointment I asked the dreaded question, I had already prepared myself for the dreary news. Luckily....I got the answer I wanted and not the answer I prepared myself for! My question was....because my uterus was so thin, am I able to still have more babies? The answer was yes!!!! He explained that he reinforced my uterus (which I didnt know was possible) and I will be great to have as many babies as I want, I just can't labor them! Im a-ok with that. He recommends waiting 6 months before getting pregnant again! Im a-ok with that as well!

Now some more great news. Im healing great and losing weight like majorly fast! I can not believe it! I dont think I have ever lost baby weight this fast. I have 6 more pounds until I get back to prebaby weight, but all us mommys know that means nothing because our bodies are still all weird and out of wack! But I have been working with my arm weights and trying to strengthen my belly at every moment I get! Its a great feeling! I seem to be losing at this point a pound a day...so lets see how much I can lose. After the 6 lbs I would like to lose another 10...so Im going to stay on track so it doesnt get too difficult.

Today is the first day Im all by my lonesome with all 3 kids! My mother inlaw left this morning! Its been such a great help. First my parents came to help with the kids and house work for a week and then my mother inlaw came! Her and the kids were always at the park or in the back yard or somewhere outside, they had a ball and I was happy because it had been a while since I had the energy to take them out for a good time! Its been great and Im super lucky but now its back to the real world and Im a little frightened! Nap time went ok, putting down 3 kids under the age of 3 was easier than it sounds!

Hubs and I took advantage of the last weekend of help and actually went to a movie yesterday! We saw Shes Out Of My League, very very funny! Would def. recommend it! I also was watching lots of movies while mother inlaw was here! She would make me just take it easy so I got a chance to catch up on movies I hadn't seen! It was very very nice! We actually went out to eat last night as well, I had a margarita with my mother inlaw and it was heaven!!! Since alcohol goes through your milk within an hour of consumption, I did go home and pump it out!

So hopefully, Quinn is more alert next week and Ill have some pictures to share! For now, here a few of the boys and maybe one of Quinn!

What a week!

2010-03-17T19:36:00.000-07:00

I have had a great week! Life has been awesome with my 3 children! I have been MIA, but I KNOW all of you understand! Im just busy making sure all my little lovies know Im here for them. Im bonding and spending mucho time with all of them and getting to know Quinn! She is amazing! Although she sleeps all dang day! She has been awake more often during the day lately. My parents have been here, my mom for a week to help and its been great, she was a great help. I will miss her, she left today! Right now, hubs is picking up mother inlaw from the airport...its her turn to help. She has big plans for her and the boys, cant wait!

Here are a few pictures!

He adores the freekin heck out of her! His world is her! The connection he has formed with her is out of this world!
Jack is starting to warm up to her....Jack just likes to talk about her and make sure she is doing ok, gives her toys and tries to teach her numbers and how to fish! Lately hes been loving on her...but he still wont take pictures! Not Oliver....he is mesmorized by his sister.

Shes Here!!

2010-03-12T12:23:00.000-08:00

Yes, on March 9, 2010 @ 7:57pm Quinn Analeigh Rocco was born weighing in as one of the smallest Roccos at 7lbs 1oz & 19 1/4 inches. She is absolutely perfect!

So the story is as follows:

Tuesday morning I was contracting all morning long, I HAD to give the guys (hubs, Jack and Oliver) their haircuts so, I worked through the contractions. With the contractions I also had some constant pain in my belly which was worrying me. So I called my doctor and he told me to go in to labor and delivery mainly for the pain.

I go into l&d and of course the contractions stop, some uterin irritability shows up but they are not sure why Im having pain. The doctor says to monitor me a little longer. The grumpy nurse goes on lunch and I get a great fresh new nurse. She gets ready to check me (the grumpy nurse had checked me and I was nothing), the new nurse says that my cervix has dropped a little (my cervix is normally super high) and I am dialated to 1cm. All of a sudden, my contractions start back up pretty strong and pretty close together. The doctor calls back just in time while all this great stuff is happening and says to admit me! Yay! I call hubs, he couldnt be there with me in l&d triage with the kids, hes at home. So we have no clue when my c-section will be, I call my mom and tell her to get her buns on the road, she has a 3 hour drive. She was set up to fly in the next day.

Im admitted and in a room (why they kept trying to give me an epidural was beside me, I mean yes I was in labor but I wasnt that desperate, I was definitely gonna wait for the spinal) so hubs is able to come and bring the kids, its about 4pm. We are still not sure when they are going to take us in. Luckily the doctor wanted to finish his office visits (we needed as much time as possible to allow my mom to get in to town to watch the boys). They did say they were going to bump the already schedules c-sections for me (boo), but so far we hadnt heard anything else but needed to be prepared as to what to do with the kids! The wife from hubs employee at work was no longer an option because she was working and so was the employee. I thought about our little babysitter from across the street, I texted her. Another hockey employee that just moved here to Vegas and is always bugging me to be friends with his wife we thought about too, so we put in a call there. Luckily the neighbor texted me back and said she would wait at the house for hubs to get home. Yay! She was our life saver, I finally was at ease knowing that hubs would not miss the delivery of our baby girl! My mom finally got in at 6:30pm, went and picked up the boys, got to the hospital right as they were taking me back. Then the little lady was delivered! The surgery went awesome, this doctor uses a different c-section procedure that is non evasive and boy could I feel the difference! It also took a little longer as well and was well worth the time. They send me to recovery in my room! With the baby! Im so not used to that! The baby was with me the whole time and we were able to be with our family!

It was amazing how great I felt aside from the constant vomiting until 3am even with medication. I didnt have to have any kind of pain medication until a little more than a full 24 hours after the surgery and that was mainly for the pressure and gas pain (I think only other c-section mommas know this pain), but I really havent had any actual incision pain! Its been great! I had great nurses too!

The baby at first sight we thought was Olivers twin! Then she got cleaned and turned into Jacks twin. Shes definitely a little white girl. In the pictures her hair looks dark but in person her hair is a really light brown with blonde highlights, she has really light skin, mostly red right now! hehe I predict she will have brown eyes, who knows now, but its kind of what I think. She is amazing! She latched on right away and is breastfeeding like a pro. She sleeps like a pro too! Its impossible to wake her up to eat...because she will sleep until or even pass a feeding!

Anyways, here are a few pictures....
Just waiting around!
Silly hubs getting ready to go into the OR
Theres our little Quinn! You wouldnt believe the graphic pictures we got! The anesthesiologist took our camera and took pictures of them pulling Quinn out! Holy Moly!
Our baby girl!
Momma and baby!
Just us....the boys didnt want to pose for pictures!
Jack all excited to see Quinn!
Oliver could not stop kissing and petting her!

Oli Balboa, look at his little black eye! Yes he is my crazy one. The funny thing is, one of my kids are always hurt when I go to have a baby! When Oli was born Jack had a slice down his face, well it was already healing, but you could definitely see it in the pictures. Now we present, Oli Balboa! I really have no clue what happened! Its a Grandma thing....More kisses

The cutest kid clothes Ive found....

2010-03-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

I know I've said it before, but with the boys, when they were smaller, it was always difficult for me to find clothing that I liked for them (Im kinda picky). I always went online and ordered. Now with a girl, I've become picky again. Before I knew I was having a girl I always wanted everything I saw in the stores, not so much anymore. But my old die hard sites arent cutting it for me. I found a new site!!!! Its called LilSwanky In maybe a month when actual spring weather starts here in Vegas (I hope) I will definitely be making these purchases.

Heres what I found for the boys!! Im so excited!

Great End To a Great, Relaxing Weekend.

2010-03-08T10:51:00.000-08:00

This Saturday was our day to re-do Quinns closet, just a mini make over because it was pretty simple and we had sooo much stuff and didnt have places to put it! So we decided a little organization would be awesome! We went to Lowes and was a little overwhelmed, with all the stuff they had. Luckily they also had preboxed closets to help you out if you had no clue what to get. They had several different preboxed closet and we just got the ones with shelving because thats all we really needed.

So here is the closet before.

Here it is after! I really like it...the total we spent on this was $160, the preboxed closet was $124 and we used all pieces except one really long shelf. The rest, we bought another rod (and parts to hang it) to make to 2 hanging places for her clothes that would be easy access. I also bought that tie hanger that hanging to hang her bows. We also bought that little beige pull out drawer $24.00...it clips on to the set. It was really easy too. It took us about 2 hours total from beginning to end. The hardest part was trying to find the studs to allow us to hang the main bracket of the shelving (this bracket braces the whole thing), and the studs werent matching up to the holes in the bracket so hubs had to do a little saw work on the metal to make it work.
Here is the other side of the closet. The target bag is full of diapers I never finished using with Oliver, so those will be gone soon!

Sunday, was very relaxing! In the morning I took off to Target without the kids! I just wanted to get some last minute things and stalk up on cereals and snacks and some food in case I go in to labor this week. I also got a little bit of Easter decor but didnt see much. I always have holiday candy out, so this was a must! I really wasnt feeling great and hubs offered to go with me but that was a big NO THANKS!!! Taking everyone to the store is like having 3 little monkeys to look after! They are complete animals when they are together and with just the 2 little ones, they are great with me but I tend to forget things because we all talk so much together! Not to mention, Im really exhausted at this point in the pregnancy. (arent you all so excited for the baby to be here so I can stop complaining?...the feeling is mutual)

I also stocked up on some really cute nail polishes, then walked to Sallys (a store down from Target) and got a few more. Mine seem to disappear all the time. I needed to repaint my toes and fingers for the hospital! I decided to paint my nails this color, Ruby Slippers! I love it! I love the sparkliness! I came home 2 hours later (yes, I really did take my time), the boys were asleep and hubs and I watched Funny People....OH ALMOST FORGOT. Friday night hubs calls and tells me that Hollywood Video is going out of business so after our pizza dinner followed by a frozen yogurt trip, we went and bought 15 dvd's! They were awesome deals....all weekend we've been watching movies while the kids nap! We watched 3 movies throughout the day Sunday...can you say bums, haha ya right, we wish, but it felt good!

Im proud I made dinner both Saturday and Sunday! Yay for me!

We had a really relaxing weekend and now back to the grind! Hubs got to work this morning and found a present on his desk. I was talking to him while he walked into his office. He called me back and a client actually got him a gift because he helped them out so much. I knew exactly who he was talking about because the kids and I were at his office when she was there needing help. She got him a bunch of baby clothes. Hubs is calling corporate to see if he can even accept this gift, hopefully he can! I love presents!

Some really cute stuff

2010-03-05T19:27:00.000-08:00

So being a mom doesnt mean you have to be frumpy, especially being a nursing mom. Here are a few things I have found that would make any nursing mom feel totally sexy. Because lets face it, being a mom to a newborn isnt exactly sexifying (my own word, I think). With all the sleepless nights and baggy eyeballs, this stuff can help you feel a little better!

Here are some super cute pajamas from MoodyMama.com...they have other really cute nursing stuff and maternity stuff. Nursing can be a drag for a few reasons but one of which is how you have to get almost naked to nurse. Ok not almost, Im exaggerating, but you know what I mean. Even if your at home you still want nursing to be as easy as you can make it, because all us nursing mommas know, its not an easy thing by any means. I love these jams, and am going to get them!

These bras are from Amoralia.com, super cute and inexpensive.

These bras are a little more on the pricey side but way way cute, I mean you pay like $30 something for regular nursing bras that for the most part are butt ugly, what would you pay for a super cute one? I would pay some $$ but thats just me, I love cute undergarments, dont ask why, its just a personal thing. So you better believe nursing bras were always cramping my style! These are from CakeLingerie.com, they have a few other styles too.

Now I was moving on to Easter outfits for me.

This one I think I like the best....it looks like it would hide my after baby belly and not to mention it is only like $54!!
This one is just super cute and totally impractical for a mom a few weeks after delivery unless I'm Nicole Richie or Heidi Klum or some ridiculously skinny after baby mom. But its nice to dream. If you like this, this is Calvin Klein and totally affordable at $118.

Just Because

2010-03-05T15:30:00.000-08:00

Sometimes, Im in the mood to show the world what a lovely little whale I have become. Im just playing I know full well, Im hardly a whale, but cant help but feel it. I mean, today I officially hit the 30lb mark. Every week Ive been gaining 3lbs, I cant say Im surprised, I mean, I eat cookies and cookie dough just about every day.

Shhh, dont tell hubs that I ate the rest of the cookie dough today.

Today I got dressed for the doctors and realized that my maternity clothes no longer fit. What a shame, so this is how I left the house.
**No I wasnt about to clean the mirror before I took the picture and posted it, you can deal with it, right?

On a different note. Who uses the Swifter? How about the Shark Steam Cleaner?

So I have a pretty large house and downstairs is about 1500 square feet of wood (faux wood actually) you really cant have real wood in the desert. Im a get on the hands and knees sort of cleaner but since like Thanksgiving, that was the last time that happened, I thought I was going to die when I got up and I had only done half the floors.

So Im a sucker for infomercials, I bought the Shark Steamer.

I really liked it, the cord was pretty long, enough to do on whole room without having to unplug it. Even when you first plug it in to heat up, it was pretty fast, 30 seconds before you can start. I can get away with one tank of water for about 1200 squarefeet. So, pretty convenient. It also cleans really well.

Then I got greedy, I guess you can say, and wanted it easier. I was at target and saw the swifter, just the basic one, you put the cleaning cloth on and you can also use the wet cloth too. I thought that looks super easy, only its not. The dry cloth picks nothing up but a little dust, which I dont have too much of it because I sweep and vacuum the floors very regularly with small children. So my main concern was the crumbs that stack up hourly, which it does not pick up. So I was like, no big deal, Ill keep sweeping even thought that hurts my back and I can barely bend down. So I was like, Ill just stick with the wet cloths to clean the floors. Ya that didnt work so much either...my back was aching after and when kids drop bananas and milk on the floor you need a little scrubbing action, it was impossible to get that stuff up, then I had to change the pads like after 40 seconds because they kept drying out and also streaked the floors (I have black wood). I mean, this contraption just isnt ideal for my floors or my cleaning needs. It may be perfect for others, just not me, which Im very saddend about.

Anyone else try anything that is pretty easy and actually useful?

I found one thing Im totally awesome at,

2010-03-02T18:13:00.000-08:00

scratching furniture. Ruining furniture, staining (or shall I say unstaining) furniture. Im worse than a child.

So Im putting the bedding in the crib today and have to adjust the crib and you bet your panties that I scratched the hell out of that beautiful crib. Oh well.

Here are a few more pictures of the babys, just about finished but needs to be cleaned room.

This is a beautiful sparkly butterfly that came with one of the presents at the baby shower, I hung it on the curtains.

You can really tell, but I hung some really cute white butterfly hangings on the wall, looks really cute when you get the whole picture and can actually see them!
Here is a picture of the beautiful bedding made by SewCreations!
This is a really cute frame I got from my BFF at my baby shower, she really spoiled the baby, you should see the other awesome stuff she got her!
This is a cute outfit I got for Quinn today at Babies R Us....she will probably wear this for Easter, Im thinking.
This is the cutest blanket one of my other friends got for Quinn. It came in the mail yesterday!

And this is boys being boys. Im engulfed in my laundry yesterday (ok dont tell anyone, I was watching tivo) in the bedroom and Im now done folding and go to start putting away. This is what I was greeted with....it was so quite I had figured everyone was asleep, no such luck for this momma. They were in their man cave I guess you would call it or whatever. This is what I get for taking a little time for me...its ok, they are good cleaners! Why is it that the biggest kid of all (hubs) is always the one what crawls away crying...? Ok I didnt say that. Or ask that.

I had other stuff to talk about but my memory has left the building for tonight, maybe I will remember tomorrow!

Weekend round up....and a little more

2010-03-01T15:09:00.000-08:00

Ok well,

We had a hockey tournament this weekend. Lots of fun with lots of hormones, lets just say my employees were not all that happy to work with me this weekend. Not that the nagging I did wasn't warrented, but I was a little more harsh than normal. Im allowed.

It was a fun weekend, I tried not to work as much as normal but sometime duty calls. I wanted to go to my bff's candle party but with all the rain and such it probably wasnt a good idea to drive there. So we actually decided to go to the movies for the first time in along time. We saw the Blindside...I was so about to walk out of that movie because it was sooo freakin darn sad in the begining and I couldnt stop bawling, I seriously thought I was going to go in to labor. Luckily it became happier. It was such a great movie.

Last night on our drive home, Im having lots of contractions, I drink water and try to rest but they werent going away. So as we get in, we go to the hospital and we were freaking out on what we are going to do with the kids if I have to have the baby and that I still havent washed any of her clothes, her room is now a mess littered with baby clothes and such! We finally figured a plan and called my mom and told her to get her stuff ready so that when I call she can just get in her car and drive, she is about 3 hours away. In the mean time, hubs employees wife who has been really kind to us in offering her help with the kids the last few weeks will come to our house and watch the kids until my mom arrives. I find out from the hospital that now all sibblings are allowed in my room with adult supervision at all hours, so that part put us at peace as well.

Ok so we get there and what do you know, my contractions stop! For 2 freakin hours they were 6-7 minutes apart. Now Im just having lots of baby ones. Im fully hydrated and so they monitor the baby a little and let me go home! I was angry, I wish I would have known. haha But now, its been a bit of a wake up. I've been working on washing Quinns clothes all day and packing a bag. The bedding came today, yay! So Im going get that together.

Not only that, Im working on work, we are luckily not working until March 20 (which I will not be at but still have to put together)but still have lots of stuff to do, we got a new site, I found a great photographer that I am working with now, and just lots of loose ends.

At this moment, me and Oliver and eating cookie dough and drinking yoo-hoo (arent we the healthiest), trying not to worry about the stress that is here. I love my bloggy friends and will try and comment and post when I can but just want to let you know, it may not happen as often as I normally do! Wish me luck!

Do You Care Who Sees Your Blog...

2010-02-26T09:11:00.000-08:00

I do.

I guess, to a certain extent.

Strangers, I could care less, friends and family, maybe.

I mean my mom sees my blog, I dont mind, my sister inlaw sees my blog, I dont mind, I have a few real life friends that see my blog, again I dont mind.

Ok, what brought me to this question is that yesterday I got an email saying that someone was looking for my twitter by entering my email address. First I was a little flattered that someone cared enough about me to do searches for me. Second, I didnt know that my twitter is unsearchable by email, I dont know how that came about but kind of greatful it did. So it let me know who and gave me the option to click on their twitter and then follow if I wanted them to know my twitter. I did not do that because I have my blog link on my twitter and obviously he would go there. This person is a hockey contact. I have my facebook which was initially started because all my hockey people were asking me to get one, then it graduated to high school friends and now its full of family as well. I still feel weird getting personal on my face book because of the "work" aspect of it. I wasnt about to deny my family friendship on facebook though. So I feel that my blog is my personal space that I really would rather my "work" life know nothing about. I mean hockey is a BIG part of my life as are the people, but there are somethings I would like to keep private even though they pretty much know it all already. Do you get what I am saying or am I just making no sense at all?

I dont write bad things about people on my blog that I wouldnt say to peoples faces but its just the fact that I want a space that is MINE! I dont want to have to limit myself on what I post or talk about because of who might see it.

Do any of you feel this way or am I just a crazy person for wanting this, or maybe its my hormones, they HAVE been acting up lately.

**You know what I just thought of? If this person is searching my email looking for a twitter account that I may or may not have, they may just have googled me too. In that case, my cover is blown. Sheesh. Hi Chad.

Popular Baby Names In Your Area

2010-02-24T17:38:00.000-08:00

I got this from Spearmint Baby...she posted hers and left the link for all of us to go check in out! So do so...totally cool, at least to me. You can get the most popular baby names in your area from Baby Namescape

Here is the ones in my area......just fun stuff to know! A few are a little shockers.

Girl Names

1. Olivia
2. Makayla
3. Riley
4. Elizabeth
5. Gianna
6. Gracie
7. Alexa
8. Ava
9. Nevaeh
10. Izabella

Boy Names

1. Mason
2. Dominic
3. Noah
4. Benjamin
5. Derek
6. Elijah
7. Jose
8. Jacob
9. Michael
10. Ethan

Sweet

2010-02-23T16:49:00.000-08:00

So today I have been having a horrible day. Just one of those days. I had big drama with the company I run last night and that is what started it I think. I had stuff to do last night, like clean, laundry and such and rather than get that done I was swamped with unnecessary stuff. So today, I am beyond exhausted, have had a pounding headache all day, Ive been on edge. Im playing catch up. Not to mention, getting hoards of emails from crazy people. When your in the customer service industry, you deal with a lot of nut cases. The kids have also been extra crazy today, super whiny and constantly fighting with eachother. Not a good day.

So I did a favor for one of our sponsors and in return he is giving me a sweatshirt! I love stuff. So he wanted to know what size. I was unsure, I mean my other ones by that sponsor are mediums but I was still unsure. I text hubs and ask him...here are his responses....

ME: What size hoodie do I want from Neebs?

Hubs: Extra Small Babe

Hubs: Your little....like Ol.

It made me smile and laugh, which I sooo needed. Then he came home early with Olive Garden. What a guy. He knows just what I need....most of the time! =)

Its Time...

2010-02-23T06:00:00.000-08:00

to look to the future and start on some projects.

You thought I was going to say I was in labor huh? I wish.

So its time to hold myself accountable and get to decorating, well, finish decorating. I know in a previous post I said the master would be next after the babys room, but no, it no longer will be. Here is the order in which things will get done.

1. The boys room, they will now be sharing a room. This is priority because well, Oliver no longer has a room since I gave it to Quinn. Lets be honest, he never even stepped foot into the room but to pull all his clothes out of the drawers anyways. He sleeps in the guest room for now. Jack has a monster sized room and I think it would be a great experience for them to share. So I've set a date. The week of April 12 will be dedicated to redoing the boys room. From now until then I will be keeping my eye out for great buys for the room. I say April 12 because the boys will be camping with Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie, Uncle, Nona and Gramps, so we will have time to do it all that week and have it ready for them when they come home!

2. Wait wait wait, I forgot, #1 is actually Quinns closet. We are going to redo her closet first, like add shelving and organizers and stuff...sorry for the mix up...when? I dont know, obviously before she comes but after this weekend.

3. Master Bedroom, this room is just plain desperate.

4. Master Bathroom, desperate too. Nothing major will be done here. Like no new showers or sinks or anything, maybe faucets, I dont know. Its all ugly gold but I dont want to make it worse because Im not remodeling it, just fixing it up with some much needed decor!

5. I will say the kitchen. Its already a great kitchen but it needs some character.

6. Ugh...Im dreading... The master closet. A total mess. Its large enough to fit a twin bed and a dresser in it, so you can guess the mess that can accrue. We want to organize it and add shelving and all that great stuff. For some reason hubs wants an island in it...uhhh, I dont think so, it would look weird because its really not THAT big. We have so much junk in it, I dont think I wanna go there, but it really needs it. *sigh*

Thats my list, those are my goals, I hope I have some great finished stuff to show you all and I know now that I put it out there, I have to do it! Im getting on it, I promise!

Baby Shower

2010-02-22T11:27:00.000-08:00

Saturday we had my babyshower. It was just a small gathering, I really didn't want anything big since this was my third baby. I also didnt need anything but clothes. So we had a small gathering and it was great! Here are a few pictures!

My mother inlaw catered the whole thing, shes Italian and loves to cook. We also got Olive Garden salads and bread sticks because they were so yummy!

One down fall was that this great bakery that I was raving about, Royalty Bakery, did a really crappy job on the cake and cupcakes. I ordered a bigger cake then they gave me and ordered it with whipped cream frosting because I hate buttercream. They used buttercream. The cupcakes were red velvet with cream cheese frosting and the frosting was just horrible. Luckily my mother inlaw had brought the eclairs and cream puffs and little other desserts that we all ate. Later on, I called the bakery and complained and I took the barely eaten cake and what was left of the cupcakes back and they gave me my money back after they cried about it a little but I dont take that crap! If Im paying for service, you better believe I will get what I want. Ha!...so it worked out, but lets say I will NEVER go back to them again, disappointed though because they used to be so good!

Very greatful to everyone for bringing diapers. Im currently working on both Oliver and Jack to be potty trained!

This is a great quilt that was made by a lady my mom works with, she made me 2 actually but heres a picture of one, I love them!

Heres just a peek at some gifts! I got lots of clothes....I didnt put a picture in of the blankets and everything else, like towels, pacifiers and stuff like that, but just look at all these amazing clothes!
Here is the swing my momma got us. My mom gave this to us Sunday. We have a swing but we are keeping that one down stairs and we need one upstairs! Then when the baby comes we will see what else we actually need. I feel so confused. I cant think of what on earth we will need and I just did this 20 months ago!
Here is Oliver being a ham like his dad, always has to be the center of attention.
Again, Oliver dressed as Olivia. We were going through the clothes the next day and there was a big outfit and so we put it on him! With a bow! It was funny. Hes not sleeping, hes just depressed...haha just kidding, he had fun.
Im so lucky to have amazing friends and family who love us sooo much, like I said it wasnt a big gathering but we received tons of amazing stuff!!!

The Big Day ....!!!!!!!!!!

2010-02-19T13:04:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day!

Not only did I find out when miss Quinn Analeigh will make her debut but I met the best OB doctor in the world!

While at the docs, talking to my friend waiting, I said "Where has he been all my life?" If my hubs job takes us back to California, I am seriously contemplating having our next child in Vegas with this doctor! The blog world is amazing! A fellow blogger who sees this doctor recommended him after reading a ranting blog I wrote about the doctor I was seeing, whom I didnt like to say the least!

I got such a great vibe from this doctor, he has great energy, didn't make me feel rushed like he needed to get to the next patient. He is a very busy doctor though because he is just THAT good. I dont care, I am willing to wait all day in a waiting room for him. Ok, maybe Im a little too excited, but you see, the only OB I've ever liked was the one I had with my first child and she didnt even get to really see him because our insurance changed right as he was born! So this is a great feeling to be this excited about a doctor like this!

So talking with Dr. H, he said that as of now its just a waiting game! She can come any time now! If I go into labor today, they will take her today and not stop my contractions like they did a few weeks ago! Yay!

We spoke of the VBAC and we both decided we should do a c-section again. He was, though, so open to doing a VBAC if I wanted to try, which I loved! But we spoke and he told me that he does a different c-section, its a non envasive procedure where he doesnt take the uterus out to sew it up and uses rubber clasps instead of metal to make recovery that much easier and faster! He said that he knows I will feel a big difference in recovery! I was very comfortable with our decision!

So we are setting the c-section date as early as possible, which will be March 12!!! Yay!! Unless, you know, I start contracting and go in to labor and delivery and they take her out before (cross your fingers)!

Thanks Jaqui, for the great recommendation! Now I need an awesome pediatrician...anyone!?

A few things everyone should know about....

2010-02-18T12:57:00.001-08:00

I have found a few things that I think all women/moms/parents, whoever, should know about and I want to share them with you.

On another blog I read about the Fresh Sugar Rose Tinted Lip Treatment. Ive used just the regular Sugar Lip treatment which was/is amazing, but when I saw you can get a little tint, I had to try it. So on our trip, I stopped in at Sephora and purchased it, I LOVE IT! I actually think this lip treatment runs about $22.50 and also has SPF 15.

This is why I love blogging, because we all share our finds and tips and such. Which leads me to my next find! Another blogger with a new baby at the time was trying out all kinds of diapers to find one she likes the best. My personal favorite has always been Pampers Cruisers, then she told us about the Fisher Price diapers sold only at Babies R Us. I decided to try them out because lets face it, diapers are so expensive. I tried them and I LOVE LOVE them. The boys never leak and the big box in which with Pampers you pay $40.99 you pay $20.99 and also get overnight/travel diapers which keep the kids extra dry. I have had leaks with pampers but they were the best I had found for the boys, these diapers, no leaks ever, I swear, at least for us. Those with diaper wearing children really need to try them.

The next is Bobbi Browns concealers. I have really bad undereye circles and that ain't no lie. I need something that covers really really good. I use these two together. They dont come together but using them together I get the perfect finish. Ones more yellow and ones more pink so you get the best of both coverages. One of them comes with some powder underneath to set the concealer. They both also provide anti aging benefits and protection. To purchase them together your running about $55, not too bad.

The last thing for right now is the best smelling perfume/spray. Im the first to admit Im a perfume junkie. Im always buying perfume because it smells good. I like the heavier scents too, I love Marc Jacobs, once while wearing it, a guy told me, now thats what woman should smell like! I like Juicy Couture, Emporio Armani, Michael Kors, you get the picture. I have a few light ones that I like which would be Lovely and Romance, those are my day time go to's along with Dream from Victoria Secrets. But this one Im about to share is the best I think for any time. It smells so natural and just so pure, kind of like clean laundry mixed with some good smelling body wash. Its called Amazing Grace by Philosophy, its absolutely wonderful. Ive always just carried the small size around with me, everyone that smells it would love it! They came out with a few other versions but the Amazing Grace I think is the best!

I'll Admit.....

2010-02-18T09:07:00.000-08:00

**I keep updating my Randoms as things come to mind, so if you want check back to read about swollen feet, Im just sayin'!

I've been pretty uninspired to blog lately. I think because I feel so behind on my reading, commenting and been super busy. Im trying to catch up, but its a never ending cycle. Not to mention, after coming back from our awesome trip, we all were beat up and seemed to be running on one leg. I've been trying to unpack, do laundry and repack for this weekend, which is my baby shower!

So I will leave you with a few randoms, nothing to make up a full post, but bunches of little things!

I think Im obsessed with sunglasses, I buy them all the time (my new Oliver Peoples), I will wear them a few times and then just leave them somewhere or give them away. Im pretty notorious for giving stuff away, I get it from my daddy.

Im desperately trying to break my Oliver from ME! No not the paci, not the bottle, not a blanky but me!!! He really loves me too much, its a little crazy. But only between the hours of 8pm and 8am! He has to hug me all dang night!!! I know I've said this before but gees!! I still cant lose him, its ok, when hes 16 I will be right there all over him like white on rice, making him give me big kisses good bye before school!

Im so excited about my babyshower, but more excited to eat my cake. I have the best bakery that makes the cakes and I ordered some of my favoritos. White cake with dulce de leche filling and whipped cream frosting and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (obviously).

I have been having the hardest time cooking dinner. I just have no energy at this stage of the game. Although last night I made yummy pulled pork sandwiches....way easy!

Its a good thing I havent been cooking to much, Im soo off my game anyways lately. Yesterday morning I was making my babes some blueberry muffins and accidentally put too much oil thinking it was milk and not even realizing until they were cooking! Pregnancy brain!

I have been inclined to yell at anyone who makes me angry. My mom says shes scared to see me (apparantely I yell at her alot, only when shes a tard).

I watched the Incredibles for the first time yesterday! We've had the movie for a few years but have never watched it. I thought since the kids were sick we would watch it. Well, the kids fell asleep right away and I ended up bring my chores (ironing) to the loft to finish watching it, I was really into the movie I guess.

Im at the point where Im anxious to have this baby so I can get back to the routine of a normal life being able to do things. I get jealous of ladies who arent pregnant and are able to pick up a room full of toys in no time. I wish I could bend down. I wish I could sit on the floor again without being in pain to get up. Most of all I wish I could hold my little baby.

Im also wondering when I plan on washing Quinns clothes, I guess after the shower, makes sense. Good thing I procrastinated, now I feel like I was being efficient.

I realized a few things about friends this past weekend. Good and bad. Im greatful for the great friends I have!

All of hubs family has facebook and he tells me, you want me to get a facebook huh? I said nah (he HATES facebook for some reason, he thinks hes too cool, in his eyes only!), you should get a twitter! He said, Twitter? Why? I said so we can talk to eachother! He said, dont we talk enough over text message, is that now not good enough, I have to have another avenue for you to be able to bug me on? haha....isnt my hubs the best!?

Im irritated with people right now, hockey people. Im trying to put a tournament together and the deadline to register is this sunday and people are already bugging me about if they are playing! I just said, when I know, you will know. Please people just be patient, I can't predict the future!

Im very greatful that hubs bought my new shoes a half size too big and that I didnt return them. Today I attempted to put on my old comfies (diesels...why did they stop making womens), and I couldnt even get my foot in to them! Holy Moly! So now my new Pumas fit me!! Yippiee, for now! Stop growing feet!