Some randomness for your enjoyment!

This past week has been horrible! I'm not going to say why, but I will say that it's problems with Matt. Seems to be making it a trend these days. Thank God tomorrow is Friday though! I've spent about 5 hours total today alone organizing lists/coupons for shopping this weekend, not to mention the 6+ hours I spent last week clipping those coupons. Not much really going on around here though, of course there really never is. Shoot, half the time, I don't even want to leave my house anymore! Either way, here's some pics I wanted to share. 

 Little Miss Brooklyn loves drooling/sucking/gnawing on everything and everything she can get near her mouth!

                                                          I'm pretty sure that this is my absolute favorite time of the day. When she nurses, she looks up at me and just stares at me. She rubs my arm and plays with my shirt strap. When it's bedtime, she'll eat till her belly is full then when she knows I'm looking down at her she'll grin real big and let out the cutest laugh ever!

<----- That's the laugh/smile I get right after she eats and knows it's bedtime/nap time!

                                                       Brooklyn and I love being outside this time of day. The breeze is amazing and the temps are just right. And the sky is the prettiest blue!

Matt is actually grounded for the next 2 weeks. He's writing sentences here because he was caught doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing!

                                                     Bri's favorite past-time... Reading!

<------ Coupon binder

                                                                         Side view--->

<-------  Coupons!!!


















The difference 25lbs makes

Picture overload!

Brooklyn is 3 months old! (09/27/11)

Laying with Daddy before bed

Laying with her bubby and sissy! 

Look at my feet!

She loves laughing!

Sometimes she'll fall asleep in the weirdest positions!

We ordered Baby First TV, she loves it, so I play the videos on the computer sometimes and she watches them on the laptop. 

Fall at last!

At 5am this morning the news informed me it was officially Fall! Oh how I love fall weather. I will say that it's too bad we live in Florida though. Fall weather in Florida is NOT the same as Fall weather in Arkansas! I miss the beautiful colors of the leaves when they change colors, all the orange and reds. It's really breathtaking, not to mention the perfect temperatures for just about everything! 
Something else really amazing happened today too... Brooklyn laughed for the first time! It was the cutest thing ever and it was a true laugh, not her raspy laugh that sounds more like a grunt/cough either. I stood her up on my dresser where she could see herself in my big mirror. She loved it. She stood there making faces at herself then just started laughing really hard. Jay got his mom on the phone so she could hear Brooklyn laugh too. I tried to get her to laugh when I had Stella on the phone but I guess she had had enough of the mirror by that time. 
  I have a countdown going on till income taxes! I really can't wait. I finally get my sewing machine. I'm in the process of trying to start up a business too. I have this natural talent of sewing and would at least like to put it to good use. I already have my first order and I made it clear that I wouldn't be ready to start until February. She was okay with that too. I'm not looking to start making a bunch of money right away either. I'm trying to keep a realistic mind about everything. I'm am pretty confident that I can do it though. 
     My "All My Children" ended today. It was sad watching it all this week. I don't think there wasn't a day that I didn't cry. I know that sounds pretty dumb but I've been watching this show since I was in Kindergarten. The last show really sucked though. I hated the way the ended it. I mean come on, who ends a show (completely done, never making another one) with a cliffhanger? Who the hell did J.R. shoot? Was it Marissa or did Erica get in the way and she was shot instead? And who was the second person that David had hidden? So many questions and there will never be any answers. I wonder if we could get lucky and they make a movie with all these answers? That would be pretty awesome. Though I know I could never go see it in theaters, definitely have to wait for that one to go on DVD lol. 
   All the kids are finally in bed and now I'm thinking that I should probably get things picked up and get in bed too. Brooklyn hasn't been sleeping as late at night the last few nights. Last night she woke up after 3 1/2 hours. I can't wait for her to start sleeping 5+ hours again! Goodnight everyone! 

What everyone else has been up to lately...

Jay and I are trying to get the kids to start acting their age. They don't seem to understand that they are growing up and they can't continue acting like the baby all the time. We're pretty sure Matt is going through puberty already. I don't think I need to go into why I believe that lol. All I'm going to say about that is it's just way to early for me to be dealing with that issue! The kids started school a week and a half ago. So far so good. Matt's teacher has been out though due to an emergency eye surgery. I'm trying to get the kids to invite some friends over to stay the night next weekend. Bri has to have someone other than Angelina though because I swear those two act like they are inseparable and she really needs to make other friends as well. Matt just doesn't really get along with many people so I'm really trying to encourage him to make more friends. I even told him to find someone with an Xbox and they can bring their controller over and the boys can play Xbox together. Hopefully he can control his attitude and make some friends. Speaking of his attitude, we have an appointment for the 12th for him to start seeing a psychologist instead of his psychiatrist, we don't really care to much for her! This new one we are seeing is supposed to set up plans for us to work with him better at home as well and not just give him meds. With the onset of puberty, his attitude towards people is getting so much worse. I seriously hope we can get this under control! And soon!

Brooklyn is 2 months (8/27/11)

Our baby girl is 2 months old already. This time seems to be flying... it's almost scary! She learned how to roll over from her belly to her back at 6 1/2 weeks. It was amazing watching her. She would get so frustrated at herself then when she would finally turn over she would be as calm as can be. She's smiling more and I swear she's laughing too. Her smile is so beautiful, especially when you are talking to her and she just looks up at you and grins so big or when she smiles after getting kisses. It just makes me feel so warm inside knowing that I'm making my baby girl happy. She had her 2 month check up/shots last Monday (3 days ago). She's now 9lbs 14oz and 22 1/2 inches long. They gave her that first shot in her thigh and she screamed louder than I've ever heard her scream. I was holding one hand and Jay was holding the other while rubbing her hair, we tried making her feel safe but it just didn't help. As soon as she started crying, so did I. I tried holding it back as much as I could though. When the Dr. laid her on her belly, she got up on her arms with her head and shoulders up and was showing them how big she is. The Dr. said they don't usually start doing that until around 4 months. She's so determined already to do everything. Poor baby doesn't realize she needs to pace herself! I think she wants to grow up faster than she's meant to. I don't want her to grow up yet, I want her to stay my perfect little baby that plays with my shirt and necklace while she's nursing. 

She's growing so fast!

Brooklyn is growing up so fast on me. It's exciting and sad all at the same time! She's only 6 weeks old and already trying to roll over on to her back. It was so exciting to watch. I'm really glad Jay was home to watch her too though. We know he's going to miss so much while he's at work. It was amazing to watch her lay on her back, prop her head up with her arm and start kicking her legs while scooting her butt while trying to turn. It's just so awesome how they know what to do already with out having to be taught. She was getting so mad that she couldn't do it. She'd cry the whole time she was trying to flip but then would be calm as could be when she would stop to take a break. She just amazes me every day!

Weight Loss Plan starts Sunday!

Monday I will finally hit 6 weeks postpartum! I know I probably could have started a weight loss plan sooner than this but I really wanted to wait just to be 100%. Found a site with a week by week (4 week plan) meal plan w/shopping list. Looks like it might get a little pricey but that's okay. I've lost 23lbs by just giving birth and breastfeeding but I would love to lose 45-50 more pounds. I admit that I will need the help too since I've never really known how to do this on my own. I'm holding my head up and not giving up though. I HAVE TO DO THIS! I have to do it for my family and my babies! So I guess the plan for now is to print out the meal plans and figure out how much of each thing I will have to buy. I know I will have to make changes to them since I don't like greek yogurt (found that one out today! That crap tastes like spoiled cream cheese!) and I definitely don't like fish. Speaking of fish, why is fish one of the main things they put in diet plans? Do they not realize that not everyone (me) likes fish!  Guess I better get off here and get these printed off before I end up closing them out!