You know how some people...

Okay - you know how some people only post the really perfect good stuff and pictures. Then you think their life is perfect, why can't I be such an amazing mom like that....yah this is NOT one of those posts!

Why not - because this is real life. While I do have an amazing life, hubby, kids, friends, etc. sometimes it just stinks and you get down. So - I vent...that is my output. Todays venting is happening here.

1. I hate Mondays. Bridger has been home all weekend to help me and help the kids get some energy out...then it's bye bye honey.
2. I really wish pregnancy were only 32 weeks instead of 40 weeks long. I'm hungry but I get heartburn when I eat. I can't sleep. My weight gain is steadily increasing more than it should. My prenatals make me sick. I'm already waddling. I have to go to the bathroom about every 30 minutes.
3. I have bad mom syndrome. Yep - patience level is at a negative 800 right now. Hailey is in a diaper right now. That's right...not even a pull-up, a diaper. She did great for how long, then decided to have TWO accidents this morning all over. I got so frustrated and told her she was a baby and stuck her in a diaper. She cried...but I did it anyways. Hello - she is just barely 2 for crying out loud...and kids have accidents. I am so mean. I'm frustrated because I try to do something with my kids (like mommy school, coloring, reading books) but they have so much energy they don't want to sit down and do it....but I can't move around with them because I'm huge and have no energy. SIGH....no wonder they love daddy more than me and have expressed this a lot lately! Yep - they've already watched one hour and 15 minutes of tv today and it's only 1:27 p.m. ...usually I try to limit tv time to 45 min a day. Well - let's just say I'm pretty confident there will be at least another 30 minutes for today. Sigh again...
4. My house is a mess. I don't really care. But I'm pretty sure my hubby is not too happy about it. There is a mountain as tall as Everest of laundry to wash, the entire sink and countertop full of dishes to do, crumbs on the floor, toys all over, and I don't care. I just want to lay down and close my eyes so it all goes away!
5. I was on my way home from Walmart this morning and my cell phone rang. I just glanced at the number quickly and thought...oh it's Bridger calling from his office - UM...NO. It was a work call. I'm in the car driving, my kids screaming in the background, and I don't have my computer in front of me to answer my customers questions about an item on backorder. Yah - I'm pretty confident I won't get that order - I'd go to a different site to order too if I got that!

So now what? Suck it up.... cowboy up... whatever you want to call it. My hubby will be home in about 3 and a half hours. The really bright side - Carson's preschool starts tomorrow! :)

Just because

Just because the grandparents always ask for pictures - we decided to take some silly pictures this morning. Hailey wanted "piggies" in her hair, and Carson likes being in pictures too.

Silly Boy!

Carson is so silly! He was being pretty quiet playing in my room while I was checking email on my laptop. Then I hear a "hi, I'm Bridger" and this is what I find. He loves to dress up in daddy's clothes. My favorite is the voice he uses...he tries to make a deep voice when he says it. Today I finally snapped a picture.

The full ensemble. Houston Astros hat, red polo type shirt (on inside out), orange shorts on backwards, and brown dress shoes. He looks snazzy!



Carson saying, "Hi, I'm Bridger"

Ahhh....I love my kids!

Saturday was a VERY SPECIAL DAY for Miss Hailey! It was her POTTY PARTY DAY! That's right, she got the whole day with mommy, yummy drinks, snacks, potty books, potty movies and loads of fun. Overall she did really well: 15 successes on the potty, 3 good tries, and only 3 accidents. We are hoping she continues to do this well everyday and it doesn't take weeks for the potty training to happen!

Hailey with her Potty Training Chart!


Look at all those stickers for I DID IT!

Hailey got some fairy underwear (tinkerbell and friends) and princess underwear!

I love her tan lines in this photo. You can see her shorts and t-shirt line!

Action shots in the panties!


Classic bum shot!


Books and dolls were a big hit.


I'm such a big girl!

The C-Man sporting his new do! He got to hang out with Daddy ALL DAY LONG!

They went to go see Aliens in the Attic. Carson got a shot by this ad for planet 51. He is so funny!

Big Girl

So Hailey thinks she's a pretty big girl now. Alisha painted her nails and toes this morning and somehow managed to gather up enough hair to make a couple of pigtails. She thoroughly believes she is a princess now and had dry princess Pull Ups on almost all day to prove it. We have been pretty impressed with how well she's potty trained herself since neither of us have put forth much effort in that department lately. It's a good thing Alisha worked hard with Carson or he'd still be in diapers!

Family Taxi

Yeah... that's right. We are officially parents. Not that we weren't before... it just feels a lot more real now that we have a Mormon assault vehicle. Check out the new wheels: