Is it me or is Ellen looking more and more like a guy?

Before you send me hate mail or post comments, I absolutely love Ellen Degeneres....but, she is looking decidedly more like a dude. Everytime I catch her show (and by catch I mean its on in the background while I am running from laundry-to dishes-to vacuuming...) she is wearing a flannel shirt, and, her hair is boy short. I have to wonder, just because you are a lesbian does that mean you have short hair and wear man clothes? Or, is it because her partner is ultra-feminine she plays the 'masculine' role? I'm not trying to be demeaning, I just don't get it. Ellen is a very pretty lady, and I don't understand this whole look she has going on.


Today has gone well so far. The past 2 days, not so much. Owen has been in his "mood". Yesterday I had to put him in his room for 20 minutes and let him scream. We also put him to bed at 6:30 pm. Not sure what was going on, but it sure wasn't fun. The bad days are so much worse now that he is doing better. I was used to it before...and when he gets like that now, I'm not as prepared to handle it. This morning though, we went to chick-fil-a with my moms group and he did fabulous. He really listened to me and when it was time to go, he left without protest.

Levi is pointing at everything now. He loves to point at babies and says "baba baba". I think he will walk soon. He can stand on his own.

I'm conflicted....do we get the flu shot? The CDC makes it sound like everyone's life is in grave danger if you don't get one...but I don't want another foreign substance in my children's bodies, or mine for that matter....ugh...

 

Happy 6 year wedding anniversary

Happy Anniversary babe!  Wow, 6 years ago right now we were getting married in Maui...we were mau-ied...ha ha.  We had such a beautiful, blessed wedding day...an absolute perfect way to start our lives together.  I remember asking someone I worked with before we we got married (he had been married 20 some years), "What is the biggest piece of advice you have for married couples".  I of course thought he would say things about being patient, respecting each other, etc.  Instead, he said simply "pick the right one".  I picked the right one.  We definately don't always see eye to eye, and I know I can be a pain, but I know that we will be together until we are old and gray, and I'm still saying "You love my stinky ass".  (Although it may not be funny at that point when you have to change my depends).  Your my best friend, and I'm so lucky to be able to share my life with you.  scratch-scratch 

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Wow, I can't believe it has been a week since I have posted anything. A lot has happened this past week. We have gotten right back into a nice routine since returning from vacation. I usually have bad post-vacation depression, but I haven't this time. I am glad to be home and back to the daily routine of our lives. I've been feeling so thankful for the little things in our lives lately. I've been "stopping to smell the roses". I think it has a lot with Owen doing so much better. And he IS doing phenomenal! We went to the park today and he literally talked the entire way there. He was saying meaningful, relevant sentences. This is the same boy who would only put 2 words together at the beginning of the summer. He loves school, and I think he is really thriving on the whole routine aspect.


Levi is doing good too, boy does he know what he wants though! He was drinking his bottle today, and when it came to the end he threw it across the room and starting screaming! It was so funny...he was so mad! (its funny for a 10 month old, not a 3 year old). He is pointing at things, and loves playing with Owen. Oh, and today he imitated me clapping 2 blocks together. Its so amazing to see a baby start to just come alive in front of you, to stop being just a human being and really come alive.

We went to the park today and all played on the slides. Owen would tell me what slide to go down with Levi. When we got home, he told daddy "mommy go on pink slide, I go on green slide". So he was totally able to recollect what he did earlier in the day.

Hmmm...anything else going on? I feel like there is so much, like time just goes by in a blink of an eye. Our housecleaner comes every 2 weeks, and every time, without fail, Barclay says "wasn't she just here?". Does anyone else feel just utterly exhausted at the end of the day? By 9 pm, its difficult to force my body to move. I have been getting up in the morning to work out, though I need to work out more cause I gained 4 lbs on vacation! That put me back on my weight watcher goal, hopefully I can loose it all this week!

I'm very tired, I have to go to bed, sorry I don't have more interested things to write about. I did 5 loads of laundry today if you are interested in that....

Oh, thanks for the killer pot roast grandma.....yuuuuuuumy!

Oh, Oh...one last thing. Charter came today to install HD :-)

We are home...

A quick congrats to my good friend Aimee Musil...she has welcomed little Miss Abby, born 9/8. Congrats Aimee, John, and big brother Ryan!! Yeah babies!


Back to the real world! We are home from an awesome vacation. The 1st couple of days were a little suspect...the clientele a little questionable and a TON of kids. We either drank too much to notice after awhile or people cleared out after a couple of days. We actually came back refreshed and relaxed, when does that ever happen on vacation??

Today we had an apt with a DAN doctor (Defeat Autism Now) for Owen. It went great! We talked to the doctor for 2 hours! She was so kind, understanding, and knowledgeable. She did some initial tests on Owen and he showed severe sensitivities to gluten, casein, and...chocolate! So we are totally on the right track with the GFCF diet, but poor guy...now we have to cut out chocolate! He has been talking so much, today I asked for one of his french fries, and he responded "Whats the magic word??"! LOL He seems less toddler and more little boy now. I'm so proud of him! I did almost have to beat down a 10 year old though...before the apt I was sitting in the waiting room. Daddy was in the lobby walking with Owen up and down the stairs. He just kept going up-down-up-down...this little girl walked in petting her fake cat and sat down. She told her mom "that little boy in the lobby is wierd...". The mom just rolled her eyes at me, and said nothing. Of course, my mama bear wanted to come out and say something like "really? why dont you go back to petting your fake black cat".

Levi has all of a sudden just exploded with cool new tricks! He does "so big" (raises arms up), waves, shakes head to no-no-no, crawls like a madman, pulls himself up on everything, and does the "elephant walk". He still pretty much says "dada" all the time :-)

I surrender

My body is waving the white flag of surrender. I have eaten, drank, and sunned more in the week than the past 2 years. It's been great, but we are very ready to come home. We just had a fabulous dinner of beach grilled lobster tails. A great way to cap off the trip. See you tomorrow sweet boys! We miss you like fippin crazy!

Jamaica Day ?? I forgot what day it is...

Sitting in lobby drinking coffee while Barclay in room sleeping. I will try to take pict and post but probably won't work. Today got bfast, went to beach and pool, and tried to drink our stay's money worth. I am actually sick of piña colodas. Wonderfully relaxing. Tomorrow we may go out on a boat. Hard to type on iPhone so I will close.

In Jamaica

There are a lot of elderly folks...kids....smokers...pushy sales Rastafarians...very.large.individuals. I forget my issues with buffet style eating and that isn't working so well here.  But it is very pretty and so far great weather.  We have been eating,drinking, and sleeping.  We miss our boys!!! 
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Headed to Jamaica!

Tomorrow morning...4:30 am....we wake up and head to the airport. We are super excited, well, I am at least. Barclay is moping around like a sick puppy dog tonight because he is sad to leave his kids. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to miss them too but this sad shit has gotta go...we are going to be on a beach in 24 hours!! Yes, I'm talking to you hunny as you read this over my shoulder.

Do airlines charge for bags these days? Do they charge for bags that weigh more than say a vehicle? I have an entire suitcase full of shoes. Yes, I do. I have over packed. This is our first vacation in a really long time and I have clearly forgotten how to travel light.

Okay, you all must go and see our family picts that our friend Donnell did for us. She is a very talented photographer. She also did our friend Aimee's picts. Go to www.donnellprobst.com

One more thing, if you are reading this and thinking of breaking into our house cause we are on vacation, grandma is actually here with the kids and we have random people coming over to check in on them as well. Barclay didn't want me to write about leaving because of stories of houses being vandalized while people are gone. Our house isn't going to be empty...and we have a very mean and ferocious dog...