I am resurfacing...

The laptop being missing from downstairs is really having a negative effect on my ability to post on my blog!! On top of that, my Blackberry decided it didn't want to charge anymore so I was stuck with a phone that was out of commission since Friday!! They did 'overnight' a new one but since the thing crapped out on me Friday at 5pm....I was forced to wait until MONDAY!! I forget that I have everything on that thing. It was weird to be so out of touch for three day! I was reminded yet again what life was like without cell phones, handheld/wireless devices, calenders, contacts, memos, etc.

Things are hectic like usual in the most wonderful and entertaining way!! Chino has STILL not stopped barking at the parrot but he doesn't seem to mind much. P and A are getting bigger and loving to play together!! I am just loving the 16 (1/2) month age difference!! I am pushing the 8 month for the pregnancy this Friday!! It has just flown by once again!! A is pushing the 21 month mark on the 29th and I can't believe A was already 5 months old when P was 21 months....Yikes!! The countdown is on for Baby Bow's departure from uterus to world!!! Both the kids are beside themselves with excitement for their new little baby sister...Mom and Dad are beside themselves with excitement too!! Is it possible that this gets more and more exciting each time? I never thought it could get more exciting...Something about the miracle of life, the baby growing, developing, the blessing of it all!!!

Yesterday morning I was trying to get out of the house before 8am (because on top of everything else we have going on, I like to commit to things like taking care of a friend's dogs for the week.....I have to say though, I LOVE her dogs and LOVE spending time with them and more importantly, the dogs and my kids LOVE each other!!) Anyway, I got both kids ready, changed the bird cage, fed him, WASHED MY HANDS, fed the dogs, WASHED MY HANDS, then A decides to drop a load...no big deal!! Changed her WASHED MY HANDS, then Chino throws up...no big deal! Clean it up and WASH MY HANDS...I turn around Chino throws up AGAIN!! Clean it up - WASH MY HANDS.....All before 7:45am!! MAN, my hands are going to be dry as heck by the time winter comes along!! I will take any suggestions on good hand lotion!!! (By the way, there is nothing wrong with Chino, she goes for nice long walks, drinks a ton of water, shoves her face, runs around the house with the kids or torments the bird and vomits..she is still my little love but that is what she does)!!

Until next time my cyber-friends...

P's dream

In the wee-wee hours of the morning (3am to be exact), P woke me up with the BIGGEST smile on his face (he seriously looked like he just saw Santa with a bag full of toys). He said, 'Mommy, I just had a dream and I was at the hospital and I saw Baby Bow when she came out!!' He was so excited. I had to ask him what she looked like because I am so excited to get my eyes on her and he simply said, 'She looked just like Baby Bow Mommy!' Well then, I guess the wait is on....

A new member of the household...

As I stated on my facebook status today, I am starting to feel like I live on Noah's Ark, being stuck in the house because of the rain with three dogs, a parrot, the husband and the kids.....


Parrot???? You may be asking yourself.....YES PARROT!!!


Since R and I started dating in 1995, I told him I had a parrot that lived with my parents but would one day live with us....well last week it happened! My little 'Boss' came to live with us!! P and A are so excited, the dogs will have to adjust (especially our little loving nut Chino), R took it like a champ (although claims he didn't believe me until the parrot was in the front seat on the way to our house that he was really coming to live with us)!


Anyway, Boss has been a part of my life for the last 14 years and I am very happy that the little guy is now living with us. He is so much fun. His exceptional talking skills keep the kids entertained but we will have to work on some of the bad words he has picked up over the years living with my dad!! Just with one parrot alone in the house, I don't know how the heck my mom has done such a FABULOUS job with 3 parrots for the last 14 years (Thanks Mommy)!! P truly is beside himself that Boss really does live at our house now...unlike his dad, he believed me when I kept saying the bird would soon be a member of our household!!


By the way, Chino has done nothing but bark at the bird since he arrived and Boss has done nothing but call her a 'BITCH' and bark back!! Oh how I AM LOVING THE CONFUSION!!!!!

You can just see the excitement in P's eyes...

The kids are so happy their little feathered bro has joined the crew...

Two of the pups are thinking feathered meal - NOT feathered bro...

Finally...A POST!!

Our wireless connection on the laptop is shot so no computer downstairs means no posts.....Getting upstairs to use the desktop does not happen too often.

Last week I woke up early (6:15) to go to Jewel by myself...well, it didn't happen. P woke up and wanted to go with me. I had no problem with having him come with but I have to admit, I was a little excited to explore the aisles of Jewel without having to hear about the 3 year old needs of sugar cereal, toys and anything else he could muster up the thought of 'needing' before 7am. Anyway, he was on his best behavior and followed me around the store without a single complaint.

Needless to say, the store was empty for the most part. I was looking for turkey hotdogs with cheese and asked the lady that was stocking the shelves if they carried them. She had a very short haircut and when she answered she had the voice of a hardcore smoker/drinker (no offense to anyone reading this - - I too have a raspy voice but this was a whole new ballgame). Anyway, P looked at her and asked me a little too loudly if she was a man or a woman. I tried to ignore him but that wasn't a good plan. The question just got louder.

After I recovered from the first loud question and we were several aisles away, a cute old lady walked by us. She was a little taller than P (no kidding) and round in a very cute way. When she walked by she smiled so sweetly and said hello to my lovely (loud) son. Her voice was very high pitched...again, in a very cute way. Two seconds later, my son (that apparently swallowed a microphone) asked if she was a girl or lady. I tried the ignoring thing again but he only got louder...do I ever learn?

Creative play

P is taking a nap and A is enjoying some serious 'private playtime' in the playroom!! I am sitting on the computer and signing P up for some fall sports programs. I looked up at A and she had P's little GI Joe figure and a little pig. She made the GI Joe say, 'you are pretty, you are pretty' to the pig and she moved the pig and made it say back, 'Are you a man?'

I wish my camera/video was not being repaired. It was too funny and too cute!!

Now she has the little pig puppet book with her little hand shoved in there and having the pigs talk to Elmo. 'We love you, we love you, Elmo, oink, oink!!'

HA!! If only my camera were up and running....

Now she is asking me to 'read it' which means her request to read a book is WAY more important than a blog post (plus I am done posting for now)!!

Growing belly

P walked up to me after dinner and put his hand on my belly and told me that Baby Bow has gotten REALLY BIG!! He asked if he could say hello to her and I said yes. He lifted my shirt a bit and said, 'WOW Mommy, Baby Bow really grew. Your belly is big. You better go exercise!!' It was too cute not to post.

When you drop me off at the door...

Okay, I am going to sound like a lazy ungrateful beyatch on this posting but so be it, it is September 1 and 90 degrees, while I am NOT ungrateful by any sense of the word, I admit I am a lazy beyatch when it is this damn hot out!!

I had to run in Home Depot for 3 seconds and grab a paint sample. With P in tow (A was sleeping) R dropped me off at the front door. I swear I thought I told him I would be right back but I admit, despite what I say, that rarely happens when I 'run' in any store. Anyway, we went in, grabbed the samples I was looking for, swung by to look at the Mums and came right out the door.

Hmmmmm.....no husband and sleeping daughter waiting for me in the car. After scanning the lot and looking like I forgot where I parked, I saw him WAY OUT YOUNDER!! WAY OUT!! After huffing and puffing through the heat with P in tow, I FINALLY got to the nice air conditioned car where my lovely husband was waiting!!

So this leaves me with a question about parking lot 'drop off' etiquette...if you drop someone off at the front door, do you not wait in the same damn spot with your hazards on (unless of course a cop comes and tells you to move)??