The Front Yard

When you buy an older house there is usually a lot of things you have to fix up here and there. When you buy an older house that has sat empty for two years and is a fixer upper already there is even more things you find here and there that have to be fixed or replaced. When you buy an older fixer upper house that has been empty for two years AND had previous owners who were crazy and when they did fix stuff they did the cheapest, worst, what were they thinking job, you have even more stuff that you find that has to be fixed or replaced. whew! I am tired just writing all that. Anyhow, it is Dan's dream house. Or at least was his dream house. He has spent this last week fixing a ton of stuff and now I am wondering if his dream of having a fixer upper house that he could transform into his own dream house is starting to fade.

So, Dan took out the water softener that was broken. We decided not to fix it or put in a new one. But all the water in the house had been replumed (is that a word?lol) to go through the softener. So Dan had to redo the plumbing. I guess since the Plumbing was old, when Dan redid it some of the pipes started leaking and broke and then we had a big leak. My father-in-law came out and helped Dan and they dug up the front yard and fixed the plumbing and put in some new stuff. I didn't get any pictures of that though. Since the front yard was all dug up Dan decided to check out the sprinklers. Well, it turned out they all needed to be fixed and a lot of them needed new heads. So Dan spent a few days working on that also.

Then Dan decided since he had the front yard now completely tore up he would work on the planter out front too. Whoever installed it was not very smart. They have the brick come out to a point in the driveway. So I keep running it over when I back out. Plus it just looks funny. So Dan is gonna take down all the bricks and redo the planter and make that corner just grass. It will look way better.

There was this gigantic bush there. Here is a picture of it: Believe it or not it actually got a lot bigger in the last 6 months we have been living here. But you can also see that corner I am talking about. Anyhow, Dan cut down all the branches off the bush then tried to dig it out. But after about 10 minutes of digging he said forget it. There is an easier way to get it out.

The funniest thing is anyone who knows Dan would laugh. But not be surprised. lol. This is so typical Dan. :o) He hooked it up with a tow strap and yanked it out with his truck. I have to admit. It was a lot faster, less labor, and very creative.

For all my Riverside Peeps

FYI- If you don't know what to cook for dinner tomorrow (Wednesday April 29th) Then head down to Sizzlers on Clay street. 20% of your bill goes to benefit Avalon's school. Its a huge fundraiser for them. Click here and scroll down for the little coupon you have to give to them when you order to make sure the school gets credit. Thanks!! :o)

Happy Birthday Dan

My New Hair Color

Avalon

When Avalon got home today and saw the pictures I took of Nolan she asked if she could put on her Thanksgiving dress and could I take some pictures of her. I said sure I will try. :o) First I started out over by the sliding glass door because I thought light wise that would be a good idea. Well, I was wrong. But I still like this picture for some reason. So then I realized the light was on the wrong side. So I had her go stand over by the couch. But her face is just washed out in these ones. So that is not good either. So, while I was trying to figure out where she could stand, she was standing next to the wall. So I thought I will try right there. Perfect!!! But it is a tiny little walkway right there and not much room to take pictures in. See? Either the kitchen showed or the couch showed. So then we went into my room to take pictures. That is where I took the pictures of Logan. But, the room is not big and there is not a lot of room to move around. But then I get this picture. And I love it!!But most of my pictures came out like this:

I don't know why I have such a hard time focusing. On the camera it looks in focus. But then I put it up on the computer and is way off. Maybe my eyes are messed up. I don't know. But, I am just gonna keep practicing till I figure it out. :o)

Logan

I don't know which one i like better. These are all the same picture. Just edited different. And I have no idea what I am doing when I edit. lol. I am trying to still learn how to use the program. :o) I guess I should have tried to take these a few weeks ago. He does not really fit in there anymore. haha! This is the basket we keep in the living room that holds all his diapers and wipes and what not. I was about to restock it when i thought, hey, I will try and see if I can take Logan's picture in it.

Heat

at least someone around here is enjoying the heat. Avalon told me today I don't take any pictures of her anymore. awe. :o( So sad. So, I am going to be trying to post more pictures of my other kids. lol. It's just hard because Avalon is in school all day and Nolan does not like getting his picture taken. And look at Logan. He loves it. See his little smile?

Grocery Shopping

You know how they say you should never go grocery shopping when you are hungry? Well, you also should not go when it is hot. Because I just went to the store for this:

But came out with:

Dishwasher Soap

2 bags of Popsicles

2 gallons of ice cream

1 case of water

But, at least I also updated our recycle bags. Ours were Vons ones. And I know it does not matter. But I always felt bad going into Stater Bros with Vons bags. And today the bags were buy one get one free and they were donating proceeds to Earth Day and these ones looked cute. :o) So, really it's a good thing I bought all the stuff I did. So then i had an excuse to buy more bags. :o)

Happy Anniversary

To my wonderful sister Vicki and my super amazing brother-in-law. Happy Anniversary you guys!! I bought a big gigantic jar of Costco size mayo just to honor this special day. :o) Love you guys!!

6 Years ago

Happy 6 years of being married to each other anniversary!!! ;o) What an amazing 6 years of marriage we have had.

This was the last picture I have with me and both of my grandmothers. Both of them have since passed away. I am so glad I have this photo.

Easter Day

I just don't feel like writing a post. lol. We had an awesome Easter with great food!!! What else is there to say. he he he. Here are some pictures.

Irvine Railroad EGGstravaganza

Last Friday we went with our friends the Eaglins to Irvine Railroads EGGstravaganza. Avalon and Nolan were in Heaven. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Palm Trees

This weekend we had our palm trees cute down. I have always wondered how they did it. I honestly thought they would cut it at the bottom and let it fall over like on Ax Men. lol. But nope. This is how:

Here he is climbing up the tree

And this is after he cut all the leaves off

And then they cut off big chunks and throw them down to the ground.

Then the guys on the ground put it in the machine and mulch it up

Then they grind up the stump

And I don't know why but Dan did not take a picture of it all gone. And now the truck is parked over it. But, you can't even tell there was ever a tree there. It's just gone.

Our "New" Car

Check out Dan's new truck. Our next project for the next 10 years. lol. A 1969 Chevy

Happy Easter

taking pictures

So, I have been practicing trying to take pictures with the lens Vicki bought and is letting me use. It's a 50mm 1.8. WoW!! What a difference from the kit lens. First of all you can't zoom in or out. So, that actually was not that hard for me to get used to. The hard part for me to get used to was the fact that it seemed like the lens was always zoomed in. I had to get used to standing really far back to get a lot of pictures.

So, since it is so close I have a ton of close ups. Then, I have been trying to work with changing the aperture. Which is harder then I thought. When I try to make the aperture larger and use the light meter I get a lot of blurry pictures. Like the one of Avalon and Logan. I am so upset. Every picture I took came out blurry. But when I took a picture with the auto feature then it just didn't look the same.

I need to practice taking more pictures outside. lol. At least that is what I think. Most of the time I am taking pictures in the house at nighttime. It's the only time I have to practice. But, I am thinking that is that hardest time to learn lighting and shutter speed and everything. At least that is what I tell myself is the reason I suck so bad. hahaha!!

So, here are some pictures I have taken. Personally, I don't really see that I am getting any better. Other then I have not used the auto feature at all in the last month. :o)

Good Friday

Dan: Why is it called Good Friday?

Me: I have no idea.


Avalon: Because it was such a good day. DUH!!!!


Dan: Why was it a good day? Jesus died? DUH!!!!!


Avalon: He died on the cross so that we can go to Heaven when we die and won't get in trouble with God every time we make a mistake. As long as we realize we made a mistake and we are sorry and try to be better people then God will still let us go to Heaven. So what could be better then that Dad?


Dan: oh. I was just asking. Geeze.


Part of our requirements for Avalon's school is that we have to complete 25 service hours for each school year. I have to get all 25 of my hours in this month. lol. Because starting May 1st the service hours go towards next school year. On Tuesday I volunteered to hand out all the cookie dough that we had ordered through the last fundraiser.The other person helping me was Mrs. Simmons. She is Avalon's religious studies teacher. This was the first time I got to meet her. As soon as she found out that I was Avalon's mom she started telling me all kinds of great stories about Avalon. During religion class Avalon asks the most questions and knows the most answers and always comes up with things that Mrs. Simmons had never even thought of. She said Avalon asks a lot of really tough questions that even Mrs. Simmons sometimes has a hard time answering. And that it really excites her because it has been a long time since she has had a student, much less a kindergartner, stump her and really make her think. She also told me Avalon has a way of explaining the lesson to some of the other students in a way that they understand that the teacher had never even thought of. Everyone is so proud of Avalon and how well she is doing in school. :o) Every teacher I come across and every mom I meet knows Avalon and they never run out of nice things to say about her.

Baby Pool

Sorry it took me so long to post this. Here is who won the baby pool. Or at least who was the closest anyways.

Angie, my sister-in-law won the date. She guessed Tuesday, March 17th 2009 at 8:21 am. So she was the closest. Only 4 hours off. Not bad at all. :o)

And my mom Kathy won the weight. She was the closest with a guess of 8 pounds 8 ounces. Only one ounce off. Impressive!!

You guys win a night with the kids. Oh wait.... You already cashed that in. hahaa!! :o)

3 kids

Already I have had a lot of people asking me "so? how is it? how's 3 kids?" I know a few people who are now pregnant with their 3rd kid. One of them is my cousin in Chicago. Avalon and her first are 7 days apart. Nolan and her 2nd are less then a year apart I think? And now she is pregnant with her 3rd. My answer? I have no idea. lol. I don't have 3 kids yet. I have 2 kids and a newborn. Which I am thinking is totally different. :o)

It's not so bad taking care of all 3 kids. I would say 75% of the time I have all 3 kids by myself. Dan is either at work or home sleeping and we are all gone somewhere. That is not so bad. As long as Avalon and Nolan are behaving and listening and not fighting, taking care of all the kids is easy. It's the other stuff that is super hard to do. I am hoping once Logan gets older then it will be easier. Right now it's just trying to figure out a schedule that works. I am pretty much running around like a crazy person the last 3 weeks.

This is my typical day. Plus throw Dan in there randomly. lol. He is not really a part of our schedule because we never know when he will or will not be home. Of course this is only 4 days a week. Usually the other 3 days we have a ton of stuff to do then it is totally different.

4:30am - Wake up and feed Logan

5:00am - get Logan dressed and settled down.

6:00am - Get Avalon's school clothes ready and make lunches

6:30 am - wake up Avalon and get her in the shower

7:00 am - feed Avalon breakfast and wake up Nolan

7:30am - Get everyone dressed and loaded up into the car

8:00am - drop Avalon off at school

8:30am - come back home and feed Logan

9:00am - make breakfast for me and Nolan

9:30am - Stick Nolan in the shower. Then get him dressed again

10:00am - I get in shower and finally get dressed

11:00am - Try to take Nolan somewhere. To the park, on a walk, or even just playing out in the backyard.

12:00pm - Feed Logan

12:30pm - Make lunch for me and Nolan.

1:00pm to 2:45pm - Put Nolan down for a nap or quiet time. This is when i try to clean up the whole house. Usually Logan is being all cranky and wants to keep snacking every 5 minutes. Then falls asleep. Only to wake up as soon as I lay him down. Cry hysterically. Then snack for 5 minutes until he falls asleep. Repeat process.

2:45pm - Pick up Avalon from school.

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Help Avalon with her homework and play with Nolan at the same time. Figure out what to make for dinner.

4:00pm- wash and dry a load of laundry and hang up and put away laundry still sitting on the couch from the day before.

5:30pm - Make dinner

6:00 pm - eat dinner while trying to feed Logan at the same time

7:00pm - get kids in their pj's. And every other day give Logan a bath.

7:30pm - read Nolan bedtime stories

8:00pm- read Avalon bedtime stories.

8:30pm- make sure both kids are tucked in and in bed and going to sleep.

9:00pm - feed Logan and watch tv.

10:00pm- Usually this is when I can check all my emails and myspace and facebook and read all my blogs or read gossip sites or news. lol. And usually I will try to also wash another load of clothes.

11:00pm - try to go to bed

12:00am - wake up and feed Logan then go back to bed.

4:00am - wake up and feed Logan and start day all over.

Thursdays are even more hectic because we have to be at the library by 10:00am then we have to be home by 12:30 so that I can get to Avalon's school by 1pm to teach centers in her class. But, that is our funniest day for Nolan and Avalon.

Also in their I have to go to the bank. Go grocery shopping. Go to Doctors appointments and dentist appointments. Run to the post office. Go to Target or Walmart or CVS. Go to the gas station. This is when I start getting overwhelmed. Because Logan wants to eat every 3 hours and where ever I am I have to stop and feed him which usually puts me behind schedule then I start running late then I start getting upset. Plus I feel like all day long I am picking up toys, sweeping the floor, washing dishes. Every time I get 5 seconds to do nothing I usually spend it cleaning the house.

Of course when Dan is home and awake he usually does all the house cleaning. :o) And the yard work and wash the cars and work out in the garage. Thank god I have my BlackBerry. Because i can facebook and twitter from their while I am feeding Logan. So, that is why you see me twitter so much. lol. Because it's really the only thing I can do most of the day I am stuck in the chair feeding Logan.

I have had only two days so far where I have totally lost it and pretty much cried all day long that I can't do this anymore by myself. And those days were last week when I was sick and had not gotten any sleep at all because Logan kept me up all night or Avalon and Nolan woke me up or the barking dogs next door that do nothing but bark all night long. And Dan had worked 2 shifts in 24 hours. He literally was home only 6 hours, sleeping, then went right back to work. So, I would say that is pretty good. :o) Thank goodness I have some very understanding friends who all were super nice when I flaked out on the over and over last week at the last minute.

I know my biggest problem right now is spoiling Logan. If that is what you would call it. Every time I put him down he cries. I know I just need to let him cry it out for a while and then he will stop. But I have such a hard time doing it when he is so little. I was the same with Avalon and Nolan. When they got 3 months old I didn't care anymore and would let them cry it out. But right now, every time Logan cries or gets fussy I go right back over and pick him up and soothe him. But at the same time, I know that in a few short weeks I will be back at work and someone else will be getting to spend the day with him and someone else will be the one soothing him. So why not take advantage of the time I get to be home with him now. :o)

When Dan gets home some mornings I will go back to bed for a few hours and Dan will stay up with Logan and Nolan and take Avalon to school. Of course Dan has no problem letting Logan cry it out or get fussy when Dan knows he has a clean diaper and he just ate so its not like he is hungry. So, Logan is fine doing tummy time on the floor or sitting in the bouncer or swing with Dan. It's like he already knows there is no point because Daddy is not going to come and pick him up over every tiny little cry. lol.

I do feel a ton of guilt when I will make Nolan stay home for a few days in a row because I am just too tired to take him anywhere. I guess really where I need the most help is with Nolan. Someone to come over every now and then and take him to the park for me or somewhere fun. But, everyone else is busy too. So, that is something I still have to do. If I keep Nolan home to many days in a row, like when I was sick, he was horrible and cranky and threw tantrums and cried all the time that I only care about Logan and not him. So, I am back to trying to take him out somewhere for an hour or two everyday and he is perfect all day long.

Sop, that's where I am at right now. Once Logan gets older we will see if it gets easier or harder.

3 weeks

Ok, what has happened with my kids and family in the last 3 weeks that i have not blogged? Humm.... lol. I have a bunch of random stuff and none of it will be in order. lol.

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Saturday I took Avalon to her very first classmate\school friend birthday party. I was totally nervous because I did not want to be the only one from school that showed up. But was also nervous because I had never met any of the other moms either. And Avalon was kinda friends with this boy but they didn't really hang out all the time together either. We totally got lost when we got there because it was in a rural area and none of the houses had street numbers and there was no sign of a birthday party from the street. Finally I saw someone outside and asked them which house was the one we were looking for and they told me. Avalon had a blast. They had a jump house and tons of kiddie food. And Avalon's favorite thing was that they had a swing set. A HUGE one. about 5 other kids from school showed up too so all the kids had a blast. Plus there was about 15 kids there that were cousins or neighbors. But, I got to meet 5 other moms for the first time. They of course all knew each other. Three of them have twins and are all in this twin moms club. And also all 5 of them have been at all the fundraisers and school parties together and everything since the beginning of the year. But they were so friendly and super nice and it was nice finally getting to meet some of the other moms. Although, I did feel a little weird at first because all the other moms were in their late 30's early 40's. So I thought great, what are we gonna talk about? But they were really nice and made me feel really comfortable. And all we all ended up talking about the whole time was school and our kids anyways. :o) So i was nervous for nothing. But, anyone that knows me and knows how super shy I am knows this was a HUGE step for me. Usually when I am around people I don't know I actually start having horrible panic attacks because I am that shy. It sucks.

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Friday afternoon I took Avalon and Nolan to go see Monsters Vs. Aliens. Dan was supposed to go but got called into work. And even though he tried and tried to talk the kids into waiting another day so he could go it didn't work. All week they knew we were going on Friday and they had been looking forward to it. We actually were even using it to bribe them. They spent the week cleaning their rooms and doing chores and being nice to each other all so they could go to the movies on Friday. So Dan felt bad and said that I should still take them. We saw it in 3D. Which I don't know if it is because I am older now and not a kid. Or because i wear glasses so I had to wear the 3D glasses over my regular glasses. Or if it was just the 3D glasses. But about 15 minutes into the movie I got so sick. I thought I was going to throw up. I had to keep taking the glasses off for a few minutes then put them back on. Avalon watched the whole movie with hers on and loved it. She thought it was sooo cool. Nolan watched about 20 minutes and then watched the rest of the movie with his glasses off.

I also could not believe Nolan sat through the whole movie quietly. That is the first time ever. Usually Dan ends up taking him out into the hall during the movie because Nolan is jumping all around everywhere and talking super loud and getting all squirmy and bothering people. So, I was super proud of Nolan and I hope he now is at the age where we can actually take him to movies. He is so excited to go see Transformers 2 and Wolverine. I think he will actually sit through those movies too.

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Avalon and Nolan are doing really good with Logan still. They totally smother him any chance they get. Dan and I are constantly having to tell them to leave Logan alone when he is sleeping. They are always hugging and kissing him and rubbing his head. They sing to him and read him stories before bedtime every night. And they are always telling Logan how much they love him. It's so cute. Also anytime Logan gets upset or cries within seconds Nolan and Avalon are right there trying to calm him down. And they always tell me Logan is crying because he wants his brother and sister. There has been little bouts of jealously. But not very much. And i would be surprised if there wasn't any at all. Mostly with Avalon she gets upset that she has to go to school and cant stay home with Logan every day. With Nolan it is more we cant go to all the parks and fun stuff for as long as we used to. I try not to tell him " No we cant do blah blah blah because Logan is too little right now" or stuff like that. But he hears a lot of " Come on, it's time to go. I need to get Logan home he's tired\hungry\etc." Last week we all were sick and this weekend Logan was sick. And Nolan had house fever. He just wanted to get out of the house so bad. But i kept telling him no because Logan was sick or I was sick. So, last week Nolan had a really and week of acting out.

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At centers last Thursday, for the first time since i have been there, I saw Avalon get in trouble 3 times at school. ack! lol. I was a little embarrassed because she is always so good and then she was acting up on the day I was there right in front of me. lol. First she got in trouble for talking o her friend while the teacher was giving instructions. Then she got in trouble because her and one of her friends were fighting over who was gonna sit in a certain chair. Then she got in trouble again because at the end of the day we were all playing Simon Says and she was out but she refused to go sit down and threw a big fit! lol. I guess she was just having a bad day. The teacher kept telling em she never acts like this. And i kept telling the teacher the same thing.

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I have a doctors appointment with my OBGYN tomorrow because I pulled a muscle or something in my stomach the first day I was home. And it hasn't gotten any better in the last three weeks. So he wants me to come in so he can examine me. Every time I sit down or stand up I get a stabbing like sharp pain in my stomach. I remember the exact second that I am pretty sure I got it. The first night I was home. I leaned over to give Nolan a kiss goodnight. His bed sits up really high. So when I lean over the mattress is a little higher then waist high. As I leaned over i got this super sharp pain in my stomach. And, it's been there ever since.

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Last week my niece Haley was on spring break. So Vicki and Ryan and Haley came down and spent a whole day with us. It was so much fun because it's been awhile since we actually got to see Haley more then 30 minutes. Usually she is leaving as soon as we see her. So Avalon and Nolan were so excited. And Haley was super excited to get to finally see Logan. Vicki went and bought all the kids matching outfits and we went and got family pictures taken. I know, I know. More pictures. lol. But they came out super cute. And now Avalon, Nolan, and Logan have matching outfits to wear on Easter. lol. We had so much fun and are looking forward to going up to Vicki's really soon and spending more time with them.

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Next Thursday is Avalon's first day of Cheerleading practice. I am hoping this squad is a lot nicer and a lot better for Avalon then the one in Corona. Avalon is so excited. So, be ready to see a lot more cheerleading pictures. I am still trying to find something to put Nolan in. Since he has been out of school he has gone back to where he wont play with any other kids anymore. He just plays all by himself and gets really upset if Avalon plays with someone else instead of him. Except of course with his regular friends. He still plays with them. He asks for Brady and Aiden almost everyday. Its so cute. But before he would go up and play with new friends at the playground. Now if someone tries to talk to him he just walks away. I heard once he turns 4 we can put him in Karate. So, we might sign him up for that. That should get a lot of his energy out I hope.

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Every month I make a new "sandwich" for Avalon for school. I started doing it last October. I made her Pumpkin and Ghost shaped sandwiches. November was turkeys. December was Santa Clause, Stockings, and Christmas trees. And so on. This month I am making her little rabbit shaped sandwiches. ___________________________________________________________________

I am trying to stop being so lazy and start working out to lose my 30 pounds I gained while pregnant. My goal is to lose it before I go back to work. But really I think that is unrealistic since I got back to work in 8 weeks. That is like 4 pounds a week. But, I am going to go to 24 hour fitness tomorrow and see if we still get a deal through Dan's work. Otherwise the YWCA by my house has a fitness program for $40.00 a month. Monday for an hour you do a yoga class, Wednesday for an hour is a Pilate's class, and Friday for an hour is a aerobics class. But first i have to see if I can since I pulled that muscle. I need to check with my doctor because I don't want to make it worse. However, Sunday and today I did the elliptical machine for 20 minutes. I didn't do any resistance. lol. But still. I think that was a good start.

I am finding it really hard to get myself motivated to work out because I am soooo tired. And it's not even really Logan that is keeping me up at night. I mean he is still getting up every 3 hours to eat but then he goes right back down to sleep. I just am having a hard time sleeping.

But, I only have two pairs of pants that fit me right now. My maternity ones are way to big and my pre-pregnancy jeans are 2 sizes to small right now. And I don't want to have to go out and buy new clothes for work. I want to fit the clothes I already have. So, we will see what happens.

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The pediatrician we were assigned at the hospital when Logan was born was kinda a jerk. He examined Logan and he was really nice and very polite. Then he asked me if this was my first. I said no, this is my 3rd. He looked at my chart and said but your only 28. I said yea I know and kinda laughed. He told me to take it easy now. God only gave me two hands for a reason. And then he laughed. Since when is 3 kids a lot of kids?

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Every time Dan goes to Home Depot or Lowes he brings the kids back their own new tool so that they can help him work in the garage or around the house. The kids think it's the coolest thing ever! They both need their own tool box now. :o) They have measuring tapes, pliers, screwdrivers and hammers. And the coolest thing is they are real tools the kids can work with and they are tiny little tools. Just the perfect size for them. And they all cost under $1

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I know there is like 100 other things I wanted to post about. But already I forgot. I guess I should write it down so that when I do actually have time on the computer then I will having something worth writing about. :o) So, that's it for now.

Ice Cream

One thing we never saw when we lived in Orange was an ice cream man. Never. Maybe Orange County did not allow them? But since moving back to riverside we get to let the kids buy ice cream once a week or so.

As a kid I always looked forward to when my mom would give us money for the ice cream man. I can't imagine growing up without getting to buy ice cream from a van that plays loud music up and down the street. Lol
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Birth Story

Logan will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. Which means it has been pretty much 3 weeks since i wrote a post. lol.

First, almost everyone already knows this. But, when Logan was born, my water never broke. I was 6 cm and i really was not having horrible pain. I mean it hurt. But really not all that bad. But, my water had not broke yet. And since i was GBS positive (which I was not with Avalon or Nolan, and I don't really understand how i got it this time? Or really what it is?) they did not want to break it till they were ready. I had to have 2 doses of antibiotics and then wait an hour then I could go into labor. Well, that is what would have been the most ideal situation. Obviously if Logan wanted to come he would. lol. Most of my pain i felt in my hip. Which was really weird. I would go back and forth telling people. I think I am having contractions to no it cant be because this does not feel like contractions and its in my hip. Also it was so random. 5 minutes apart. 45 minutes apart. 20 minutes apart. So I really thought I was not having contractions. SO I was super surprised when we went to the hospital and they said I was at a 6. The nurse told me if I had waited until i had consistent contractions 5 minutes apart, I never would have made it out my front door. Logan would have been born at home. lol. So, I am glad that I had an appointment because otherwise I never would have gone in.

So, when i first got there the hooked me up and gave me my first dose of antibiotics. I totally had to pee. But the doctor said the only thing right now stopping Logan from being born was that my super very full bladder was almost blocking him from dropping down. So if they let me go pee Logan would drop and i would go into labor. So, they also would not break my water for this same reason. Then I had to wait an hour after the first dose of antibiotics was done before I could get the second dose. Well, I was having random pain from my contractions. I was feeling every 4th or 5th contraction. The nurse said because of where Logan was and the fact that my water had not broke yet was the reason I was not feeling every contraction. Plus I had pain from needing to pee so bad. So when 2 hours went by and I still had not been given my second dose of antibiotics I was getting really upset. lol. They kept telling me that as soon as I had my second dose they would break my water and Logan would be born. So, I wanted to hurry up and get it over with.

Finally after 3 hours the nurse came back and gave me my second dose of antibiotics. Also I had an IV going. Which just made me have to pee even more. It was almost worst pain then the contractions. An hour after the last of the antibiotic was in then the nurse came back and said they could go ahead and empty my bladder now since I had been given both doses and an hour had past. So, she hooked me up to a catheter and emptied my bladder. After about 5 minutes she came back to take out the catheter and she goes OMG!! hello! Do not say that. Of course Dan was gone getting lunch since he thought we still had a few more hours. Which is what happens to him every time. He should know better by now. Anyways, the nurse goes OMG!! and then hits the nurse call button. I am totally freaking out. I asked her if everything was OK? She said that my water bag was already hanging out. That as soon as my bladder had emptied Logan had shot right down just like she thought. And so she had to call the doctor ASAP. Who by the way, told her not to let me push and to wait for him. He was right in the middle of a tubal and would be right up. If the nurse could hold me off he would buy them all lunch. Which just made all my nurses laugh.

The nurse I had was in training sorta. She had been a L&D nurse for 10 years. Then had been off the last 5 years and was just returning to nursing again. I don't know how long she had been back. But she called in her trainer nurse. And then 2 other nurses came in and said don't push. But don't worry. They knew how to deliver if the doctor did not make it. In 5 minutes the doctor came up. By then half the water bag was out. He told me to push. Then Logan's head came out and the doctor finally cut open the water bag and told me to push again. And then out came Logan. 3 pushes total in about 5 minutes. Oh, and Dan made it back up before the doctor came up. I was so worried he wasn't gonna make it. As soon as he was born they gave him to me. And he was dark purple. But crying. And they didn't seem to care. I kept asking if it was OK that he was purple. But no one ever answered me. But after about 10 minutes or less he was totally a normal color.

This time they had me hold him for an hour and then took his weight and measurements and washed him up. The nurse said it has been shown that the babies are healthier or something if you hold them skin to skin for the first hour.

And that is my birth story of Logan. I was only in labor for 6 hours. Which was not bad at all. And because my water never broke it really wasn't too bad. Again, don't get me wrong. It hurt! And i did get an epidural. But it was no where near what Avalon and Nolan's were. And FYI, this is mostly for Vicki. You always here people are in labor for 18 hours 36 hours, 72 hours. And we always wondered when do you start counting being in labor? From they very first contraction you have? or from when you reach 10 cm? Well, I asked my doctor. And he said they count Labor starting at 6cm. So, with Avalon I was in labor for 3 1/2 hours and Nolan I was in Labor for 3 hours and Logan 6 hours. If you go by that.

Dessert

Guess what we made the other night for dessert? Now I am just wondering since it was strawberries is it considered a healthy dessert? Or because of the gallon of whip cream Avalon put on all them is it considered unhealthy? lol

Opps!

I made a BIG mistake yesterday. I went to go visit my coworker Kathy. And I did not have Logan with me. Since I was only gone for an hour Logan stayed home with Dan. So, since it was my first time going out without Logan and going to see my friend\coworker I treated us to Starbucks. :o) I had a Carmel Machiato (sp?). BIG MISTAKE!!! I never went to sleep last night because I was up all night with poor Logan who was cranky all night because he had horrible gas. lol. That poor kid was grunting and farting all night long. Then, finally fell asleep at 7am. When it was time to get Avalon up and ready fro school. So, lesson learned. No more Starbucks for me. boo :o(

Logan's Newborn Pics

Public Service Announcment

FYI, when your kids go to Catholic School, just remember you cant listen to songs to All American Rejects "I hope it gives you hell" or else your child will announce to the entire class on the day you are there volunteering that you make her listen to songs with bad words and God is upset. And she will do it on the only day the principal is there observing the class. :o)

More Family Pictures

I don't know why it scanned so dark. But they are super cute!!

New Lens

My sister Vicki bought herself a new lens for her camera. But, she wasn't really liking it very much. So she lent it to me to practice with to see if I liked it better. So, I spent about an hour today taking 500 pictures of the kids. lol. The funny part is I don't know if its cause it is a different lens, but my lighting is all way off again. So, most of my pictures are too light or too dark. Plus I guess I am doing something wrong because when Logan moves at all then his hands are all blurry in almost every picture. I thought I got a few good ones that were in focus only to pull them up on the computer and they were out of focus!! errr!! More practice. :o) I seem to do way better outside in natural light then inside my house. We only get light in the house through the living room glass door. But it always seems to wash everything out. I guess I need to do it at a different time maybe and see if I can get better lighting. I don't know. I definitely am not picking up on it as fast as some other people. :o) But I am trying. trying to get used to the fact the the new lens does not zoom. So I actually have to step closer or step back further. But I read that this type of lens will give you crisper pictures. So, we will see. Once we are all done being sick I will try to practice taking some better pictures.
He does NOT like waiting to be feed. He wants it the second he wakes up!! Pronto!! :o) (see what I mean about my lighting being off? This was the best one I got)

Too Cute

I don't seem to have time to actually write a real post lately. So you have to settle for pictures. :o) Everyone in the house is tired, exhausted, and totally sick. Except Logan. He is so far not sick yet. Thank goodness. And definitely not tired since he is still sleeping most of the day. Too bad Nolan would not smile in this picture

First Family Pictures