Early Present

When we where in Chicago my brother showed hubby his RC cars and he fell in love. He's always liked RC cars, but he's always only gotten the "cheap" ones from toys r us or target. I've known about the "big dogs" ones for many years(because of my bro), I just never really elaborated about it. Anywho, since we've been back hubby's been talking about wanting one pretty much everyday. It's really cute he's like a little kid that really wants something for their birthday and that's all they can talk about. Today I "let" him go get his birthday/father's day present early. He was very excited! As soon as we got home and M to nap he was off and "running" to get it all open and charged up.

All Ready to Go

The first thing he wanted me to do was take a picture of it and text my brother so he could show him. My brother's been a huge help to him, hubby's been calling him and asking him all about parts and batteries. It's a really nice car, it can go up to 70mph, but right now hubby has it on Trial til he gets better at the controls. If you watch the video you'll see it's still really fast.

Poor Cody is scared of the thing, he doesn't even want to be outside when it's running. I'm sure at some point we will be getting into the rc racing circuit, but hopefully not for at lest a few months :)!

Outside

Cody

So Yes we have a new addition to our family! Cody, he's a shih tzu/yorkie mix, called a Shorkie. I know I know I got a small dog! He just melted my heart, and the kids. I think he's getting to hubby's too though I'm sure he will not admit it. Even Grandpa loves him! He's just a great puppy, he loves everyone, and so far he's been a dream. He wines a little usually if we have to put him in his crate or carrier, and it's just for a few mins. He's only barked a few times and that was at Noel cuz she jumped on our bed and he wanted to play with her. He does get car sick, so yes it was an interesting trip home. House training is going pretty good I think, I do have to go out and get him a new harness for walking the one we have just doesn't seem to work well, which stinks cuz it matched his collar and leash, but I'll live. I even got him a tag to match them, it's so cute!

Our cute little guyWe HAD to get this toy for him, it's just like the one from Bolt! And it's his fav now go fig!

Right now he's 5.2lbs. I took him to the vet yesterday to make sure he was healthy and to get him on petsmarts vet's health plan-which by the way is a great plan if you have a dog! They say he'll be done growing in 2 months so he'll maybe be 7lbs.

Cody fell asleep and N put his(N's)blanket on him to cover him up. Then got Cody's toys, and Cody put his paw out. When I had to move Cody to the crate, N wanted to give him the blanket even though it meant it was now Codys. To sweet!

Noel and him are quite interesting. At first Noel was scared to death of him, and he just wanted to play with her. Then last night she whacked him cuz he was smelling her butt, and now he still wants to play with her, but he stays about a foot away from her. They are slowly getting closer, but she's still not sure what to make of him. I think they will be great friends some day, Noel just is making sure he knows she's the princess I think lol!

Cody wanting to playThis is how he lays waiting for Noel to play with him

Vacation

Updated with Pictures-wedding pictures are do to the other great bridesmaids
Is was a very busy week home, but it was great! We are so happy to be home in are own beds, but at the same time missing all our family and friends! We started off the week first with a visit from Aunt Cole, which the kids got some belated birthday presents they where very happy and so I so they had more toys to play with. Then it was off to our nephews first Communion party. We didn't get to stay as long as we would have liked since the kids(really all of us) where very tired from our flight. The next day we got to meet up with them again so the kids could play together. Hubby got a special treat of being able to take our nephew to get some video game stuff. Uncle Mike was very happy to drive him and help him pick out what he needed/wanted. N and M had a ball!

On the plane

T showing M which flowers she can pick

N showing us he can meditate...we didn't know till now it was quite cute

Getting ready for bed

Monday our friend Elise came to the hotel with her two little ones. It was great to see them. After that we got to meet up with one of my brother and mine old babysitters which was a real treat for me.

Tony, Melissa, and Me(we didn't even plan the shirts)

Tuesday the kids and I went to my friend Wendy's house for a play date, while hubby went shopping for shoes and pants for the wedding. That only lasted for about an hr when N decided he wanted daddy to the point he was in tears, so daddy came and picked him up and finished his shopping. I found out later that N fell asleep about 15mins after daddt picked him up.

Wednesday we meet up with hubby's grandma. We went to a Lithuanian restaurant and had some great food. The kids got to hang out at Great Grandma P's house for awhile, which they loved. Later that night Sarah came and picked me up and we meet up with 3 of the other bridesmaids to get our nails done. It was a great time with my (then)soon-to-be-sister.

Thursday was just a crazy day! We had to pack everything up, check out of the hotel, run over to Sarah and Tony's place, pick up my dresses, hubby's shirt for the wedding, M's dress for the wedding, and our shoes. Then head to the new hotel, check in, get ready for rehearsal, and then find the church for rehearsal. We made it through with out really feeling to rushed either, and had a great time at rehearsal and the dinner.

Friday.....Wedding day! It was great hubby dropped N and I at Sarah's parents house in the morning, him and M hung out all day til it was time for the wedding. While I got my hair done, and then N and I got ready with the all the bridesmaids and Sarah. It was lots of fun! Then it was wedding time! I lost it as soon as we got to the church, but recovered after I saw my Aunt Karen and Tony. After that I didn't cry at all, though I wouldn't look at my brother the whole ceremony and the bridesmaid behind me keep reminding me "Don't look at your brother" it was funny! It was a beautiful ceremony and a fun reception. Unfortunately the kids died out right after we had our brother/sister dance so I didn't get to go dancing:(!

Before I got the vest, tie, and jacket on. My little stud muffinN in his tux~He was so darn cute

Sarah, me and two of the other bridesmaids(there was 7 of us total)Sarah wearing our mom's ankletTony and Sarah got N(all the kids) camera's for being in the wedding, N LOVES his and he was "taking" pictures the whole time-unfortunately he ran out of film the night before so he's just clicking to nothing in this picture:(Their cake topper~it's just purrfect for themThe New Couple

Saturday, we got up and N got to go down and have breakfast with Uncle Tony and Aunt Sarah. We then packed and headed out to another party. The party was lots of fun, but the best part was we ended up getting a puppy! He's so darn cute and the kids love him exceptionally N. More on him later. We then flew home which are flight was delayed and we didn't get home till well after 1am. Along with that we(ok I) managed to lose our camera on the plane which I'm still so upset with myself about. We called the airlines but they found nothing and we where the last flight of the day, so it's gone. I am upset about the camera cuz I loved it, but I'm just sick to my stomach about all the pictures of the wedding I lost. Thankfully a lot of the bridesmaids got some good ones of N, Sarah, and Tony, but I lost all the ones of M and she looked so darn cute! We ended up running out to best buy and getting a new camera today, cuz well, I don't think they are going to find ours and we have a new puppy I have to have a camera to capture all the moments with the kids!

Our new puppy Cody!

New Toy

I've never been a big coffee drinker, but for the last few years I've been dying for a Tassimo or Keurig. Though I'm not willing to spend $100 dollars on a coffee maker. The thing I love about it is you only have to make one cup at a time! We've had coffee makers usually just cheap ones so we can make it, but I don't cuz you have to at lest make 6 cups for it to work. Then add in measuring(which I some how always screw up), then clean the whole kitten-kaba when your done. It's just not worth the one cup I'll drink. So we've been at a stand still with the whole thing for years. Then this year Keurig came out with a Mini one, it's still about $70 though, I did think about getting it with my birthday money, but opted for some books, I still just couldn't see spending that much. Well, this week I found a great deal on one, and took the plunge! Let me tell you we've only had it for a few days and it was totally worth the money(even $70 worth it). Clean up is a breeze, I just have to toss out the little cup and I'm done! The only "bad" thing is I can't fit my thermos under it, I have to use a regular mug then fill up my thermos with that. Not terrible, just a little pain. Hubby and I went on their website yesterday and got a whole bunch of sample boxes so we can see which coffee(all Vanilla ones), Teas(we get lots of these), and Coco's(mostly for the kids) we like then I can get the regular boxes from my work. There are SOOO many to chose from it's crazy. I can't wait for them to get here!

Isn't it cute! I'm totally in love lol!Well, I better get back to cleaning so I can have a nice clean house to come home to!

Getting Ready

I'm so ready for this week to be over! It's not a bad week in fact it's been a great week so far, I'm just ready for vacation and to be in Chicago. Na's ready too, he's so excited. Even though he's been on a plane about 3 times already, he doesn't remember, so for him it's like his first time! M's pretty excited about the plane too, I think that's about it. It's hard to figure out how much she really understands about new things since she doesn't communicate. N on the other hand is excited to see his cousins again, and BOTH his Uncle Tony's. It's kind of hard having 2 Uncle Tony's, cuz we always have to try and figure out which one his talking about-sometimes he'll make it easy, but not normally. It's either, Lego Uncle Tony(the one that loves Lego's) or little boy Uncle Tony(the one with the cousins). N doesn't make it easy either, he'll go back and forth on us all the time, but it's still so cute.

For the most part we are ready to go, hubby still needs to get packed, but he always waits till the night before. Drives me nuts cuz I have to be packed like a week early, but that's not his MO. Really I think I'm the one in the minority with packing early! All I have left is to finish up the laundry we have now, and clean the house so when we come home I can just relax and only have the laundry from the trip to worry about. Won't that be nice!

Words

I know it's been awhile since I last posted. Nothing has really been going on just life. I've been my normal crazy self before a vacation. This time I've been worse and started earlier, cuz of the wedding I want to make sure I have everything for that then add in everything for a normal vacation. I'm really not sure how hubby has put up with my crazy packing planing for the last few weeks and we still have 2.5 weeks to go! Anyways, on to this post, which is another and main reason I haven't posted. I guess I just wasn't ready to really feel how I was feeling about it til now.

As you all know, M has a speech delay(along with all the other delays she's had I saw it coming). Even though she started with a Speech Therapist a few months ago, she still has only about 10 words and 2 phrases. She's such a smart cookie, she can say "sticker" and "I got it" clear as day, but it's those easy words that she just doesn't get/have. She learned to say "duck" and moo like a cow in the last month which mooing was a huge step for her, the only "sound" she would make was RRROOORRR like a dinosaur. She still doesn't do any other "sounds". Even with her big steps, it's getting even harder for me. There is just one word I want to hear, I haven't even gotten a little taste of it. It's always been a little hard that she didn't say it, but it was ok she was still learning, it would come, right. I mean isn't it one of the first 5 words most kids say?! But now as time is passing and she's learning new words, it's getting harder to hide the fact that it's hurting more and more. I mean it's crazy for me to be so upset that my healthy, wonderful, and totally beautiful little girl just doesn't say Mommy. I think it's starting to hurt more, not only cuz she's learning all these other words, but she can say Daddy(which was her 2nd word and at the moment is what she also calls me), Grandpa(ANPA), brother(other), and Nana. I mean I'm with her every day, every moment! It is very sweet that hubby tries to get her to say mommy, and the therapist tried right before her vacation last week, but still she doesn't budge. It just hurts and I hate to admit that not hearing your child say mommy to you hurts so much, but it does. For 18 months I've been waiting, and still nothing. We go places and it's bad enough when people try to talk to her and they don't get anything but baby talk out of her then they look at her like -what's wrong with her she should know how to talk-, but then they say "is that your mommy?" Most kids would say mommy and point....me I get either just a point to me or daddy and a point. I know it sounds totally silly to most of you, but it's true. It's bittersweet to see your 4yr old trying to get your 2yr old to call you mommy!
And that post is why I haven't posted in awhile, it's been bottled up for awhile, wanting to vent, but truthfully, I just wasn't ready to tell the world how I really felt about it. Isn't it crazy how one word can be so powerful!

Loooong Post

Well, it's been awhile since I last posted. We've been really busy and I've been bad about taking my B-12 vitamins so I've been extra tired/exhausted. Last weekend we had all the cousins down here to visit. The kids LOVED it, mostly N, he had a ball with all of them. M, she's at the age that she likes to play alone a lot so she didn't really play with them much, besides being the youngest. She still loved having her girl cousins around anytime she would see T or Z, she would get all excited and say HI!! it was cute! It was great to spend some time with them all. I miss being a more involved Aunt:(!

The the kids fishing

M playing in the grassM trying to get in the houseA really cute pic of M looking off in the distanceM hitting N cuz he's hugging herM giving him a hug bad to say sorryOk I'll be good of the picture now

Last week was also crazy, but more my own fault. I was so excited about everyone being down here and Easter, that my weekly shopping trip was not very productive. Normally I make a good list and do it all in one shot, maybe having to go out one more time that week to pick up something I missed or a changed meal. Well, that trip I didn't have a list and just got the things I know we needed and ended up having to go to the store pretty much everyday, cuz I keep forgetting things *sigh* it was a pain! Then add in that our Walmart(where I do my grocery shopping) is remodeling so every time I go things have moved so I end up having to walk every isle, and that didn't help in the whole forgetting things either!

This week is much calmer. I also feel great cuz it's almost time to go to Chicago and I feel ready to go, everything is in order!

Some little things that have been going on around here...

Noel had to go to the Vet Monday, she's been losing hair on her ears and getting this weird blood spots(it's like if you stuck her with a needle till she bleed a little). She's gotten them for at lest 2yrs, but we always chalked it up to her and Tigger playing(they sometimes got a little rough with each other). It was always just a little poke spot and was gone within a day and we wouldn't see another one for a few months so we never worried. Well, now that we don't have Tigger anymore, and it's happening, it's something else so we wanted to have it checked. It ends up she's got allergies, and it's worse this time, cuz we have a really bad allergy season down here right now. Go fig! We can find out what it is for $450, but we opted out since it's not hurting her(and the vet agreed, she was really funny about it~it's not hurting her I wouldn't worry).

M "got" her big girl bed. A few posts ago I wrote how we where getting her a twin bed, well that fell through. It was taking a long time to get it, and N kept "stepping" on M when he woke up waking her up, which is not good, the girl is cranky when she doesn't get her sleep(yes just like her mommy)! We ended up just converting her crib to a toddler bed, and she loves it! She even got some new bedding for her birthday, she's very happy. I still have to get a bed shirt for it so I can hide stuff under it, they where just out of it at Target the day we picked it up.

M showing off her new bedding and bed

And last my cute kids!!! With our tax return we got the kids this really nice dual portable dvd player for the car. And we LOVE them. Well, we where able to get cheap plane tickets and a cheap rental car, so we are flying now....but our dvd player doesn't have a built in battery. Yeah I know I was a little upset I didn't even think about looking at that, but we really didn't think the prices where going to go down so much. I had found this cheap dvd player a Walmart and I went to buy it yesterday, and right next to it they had a really nice 9" for only $10 more. So for $90 I got a almost $200 dvd player. I was so excited. I charged it up and put in a movie to make sure it worked(I didn't get the warranty, so I only have 15 days to return to the store with issues). N saw it and was like "the car tv is in the house?" (that's what he calls the other dvd players) So I got out their headphones and let them watch it for awhile...worked for me I didn't have to watch it and make sure it worked, I moved on to the laundry!

Kids watching the new player