Misc

So here I am. 4 weeks past my last blog post. You would think that I would have written in that time, but I just haven't. I have had a lot of things going on since then. A lot of work, a lot of teething boys, and a lot of sewing projects. I have also had a lot of things going on mentally.

It is rough living with other people, especially if those other people are your in laws. Now don't get me wrong, I am very happy that they have let us live with them for almost 6 months now, but it is time to get our own place and be a family again. It is hard to be a true family when you live with someone who babies your husband and then it seems like you have 4 boys instead of 3 and a husband. I want to be able to cook whatever I want to cook for dinner, but instead, I have to make sure that my meal choices are "diabetic approved." I should really use this term lightly. My father in law says that what he eats has to be healthy, but when its not meal time, he eats ice cream, candy, and things that are not good for him. He eats them when others aren't there and it makes me furious! I dont cook too terribly, but he has to be able to say no. He has to have some willpower. He is a grown man and he can make his own choices. But that is a whole other post.


The boys have been pretty challenging lately. We are working on potty training with Joey and that is fun in itself. He will do great one day and do horrible the next day. I don't know how I can do this! And the twins are teething. Not just one tooth or anything, they have gotten 5 and 6 teeth in a month and a half. They are always wanting to be held and I just can't do that. I feel bad as a mom for not wanting/being able to hold my kids all the time. I can't sit still. I have so many other things that have to be done that I can't really stop and hold them all day long. I have noticed that they get very, very fussy when they are hungry. They are doing great feeding themsleves. but at the end of the day, we still give them baby food to fill their bellies up so that they sleep all night. Oh well. Whatever it takes for them to rest well and for mommy and ddaddy to be able to sleep good as well. Joey has been waking up in the middle of the night. The only thing that I can think that he is doing is that he isn't eating much in the evenings. He will only eat when and what he wants to. He is very stubborn. I really try to encourage healthy things for him to eat, but when it comes down to it, I will let him have two yogurts if that is what he will eat. As long as it isn't complete junk, I sometimes give in.
My relationship with Marc isn't alwasy the best either. It is hard I am sure for him to be between his parents (who we are living with) and me. I guess I have expectations that his parents will stay out of my parenting and that they will let me be mom to the boys. This doesn't always happen. And they also don't treat my boys as they do their other grandchildren. I wish this could change, but its up to them to do it. I can't change them or the way they treat my kids. I won't, however, let them treat my kids badly. It's one thing if they treat me badly, but its a while other ballgame if they are doing things that aren't right for my kids. I love them, but my kids come first.
I started sewing for my friend Kadie. She runs a successful coupon blog which can be found here. She makes coupon binders for people and sells them and she wanted something to go over them to make them pretty. That is where I come in. I am about the only person that she knows that can sew, or sew decently, so she asked me to sew them for her. They are so cute! I wish I had a picture to show you, but I don't. She has the fabric and everything shipped to me. All I have to do is to cut the pieces out and sew them together. This might sound easy, but with 3 boys, I don't always get as much done as I would like. I normally sew after the twins go to bed or when they are all napping (which I about pull my hair out when they don't nap at the same time.)
Well thanks for listening to my ramblings. I hope that those two readers that I have can understand where I am coming from...Sooon I hope to have our own place so we don't have to worry about half the stuff I just wrote about...Soon...

I have one of "those" kids?

While growing up, I remember very vividly going to my Aunt's house and her son, who was very close in age to me, was super picky. I remember that everything that he ate was "fish sticks." If they wanted him to eat it, they would just call it fish sticks. No matter what it was. Same thing with his sister. Everything was Bacon. "Emma, just eat your big bacon." That is what I heard every Thanksgiving for years. I told myself that I didn't want my kids to be told that a food was something that it wasn't. Until I had a 2 yr old who doesn't want to eat.

Well he doesn't want to eat it unless its ice cream or pancakes. Well when I started to worry that he wasn't eating enough and not eating things that were nutritious for him, I had to do something. Someone at work told me to call yogurt, ice cream. Well I was hesitant, but I tried it. And it worked! The next day, he asked for pancakes for breakfast. I didn't have any pancake mix, but I had some french toast that I had frozen from a few days before (when I make pancakes or french toast, I make extra and freeze it so that I don't have to make it another morning, or so that Marc will just have to reheat it) and I called it pancakes and it worked! Well I was so happy that he was eating something different. Kids can't live on pancakes alone. So the next day when we were at my mom and dads, I played it up that Joey was eating my dad's "ice cream" and he gobbled it down. Even though its just a small hurdle, its a big win in my book. I just hope that this pickyness doesn't last too long. I don't' have much of an imagination!

Multiples and more...QOTD

What keeps you up at night?
Well honestly that vaires day to day. Most of the time, I am thinking about the next day. Since we stay at my parents house when I have to work more than one day in a row, I pack our bags for at least 2 days. This means clothes, diapers, cloth diapers, pullups, food, self care items that we might need for the next two days. I have to make sure that we have everything because I won't have a car to go get something if I forget. We take the van down, but Marc drops me off at work and then picks me up when I am done.


Other nights I stay awake for other reasons. Mainly when my husband snores and I can't fall asleep. Some nights its that I drank something with caffene in it too late in the night. And very, very rarely I can't sleep because I took too long of a nap. Like I said that happens very rarely (but ultimately bittersweet when it happens.)

Sunday Senses

So a blog that I follow, Unexplained X 2, has a post each Sunday about what your five senses are feeling at the exact moment of the post. Here are mine!

Sight-Snow, snow, and more snow. With more snow on the way! Normally I love snow, but it has to snow the week I decide to start my Couch to 5k training! Guess that will have to wait.
Hear- If I have heard Joey ask, "Mommy, What's that?" once, I have heard him ask it fourty billion times this week. I am glad that he is curious about things, but he is asking about things that he knows what it is. He points to a Toy Story toy and asks what it is. He can almost quote the movie he watches it so much, he doesn't need to ask what it is!!!
Feel-Cold. I haven't changed out of my jammies yet and it is almost noon. It is like 20 degrees outside and the computer is near a window so I am cold.
Taste-The coffee that I had a little bit ago. Maybe I need to shower and brush my teeth ;)
Smell-Pizza. Marc is making homemade pizza (if you can call the pizza you make from the Chef Boyardee box homemade) It smells pretty good right now. Guess that shower will wait until after lunch.

What are you feeling right now? I hope that the day brings everyone a good time! (even to those who have to work on Sundays)

Diary of a Quilter: Vintage Alphabet Quilt

Diary of a Quilter: Vintage Alphabet Quilt This is such an awesome quilt! I so need to make this! I think that my boys would love this and also, my mom would be too. (since she is a teacher and all!) Sooo cute!

Merry and Happy

Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year!



Things at my house have been a bit insane these past weeks. Between working and commuting, I haven't had time for much. I worked Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday last week and when I got home from work on Thursday (I got off early yay!) I ended up taking Johnathan to urgent care and they diagnosed him with RSV and an ear infection. They gave me albuterol, steroids, and antibiotics for him. Poor guy. I took him home and we went to bed!
On Christmas Eve, we went and had brunch with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins at Cracker Barrel. After we went there, we headed back up to Girard to exchange gifts with Marc's Mom, Dad, and his sisters and their families. That was so much fun. Let me tell you. I wish you could hear the sarcasm in my voice right now (well you can't because I am typing lol) Just imagine 7 kids and 8 adults exchanging presents all at the same time. CHAOS! After that was over, Marc and Joey went to Marc's uncle's house for the Starks' side gathering. The twins and I didn't go because they were still feeling awful. I had a few moments to myself and enjoyed some tv with no requests to watch Toy Story.
Christmas morning came and the boys woke up later than normal (which was perfectly fine by me) and we went downstairs and got them their morning bottles and sippy cup and started in on the presents. We didn't get much for the boys this year because we knew that they would be getting a haul from everyone else and because money is tight. Also because we knew that they didn't know any better. They have no idea about presents anyways, so why fuss and fret when they don't understand. We ended up getting ready and heading down to my mom and dads house to celebrate with them. We got there around noon and proceeded to open presents. This year I was all about giving presents that I knew that the people would really like, not just things that they wanted. (except dad. He is the hardest to surprise. He will just tell us what he wants and that is the best thing to get him.) As silly as it sounds, I was most excited to give Jesse his present. When mom and I went to Arcola, I picked up his present in one of the little shops there. I got him a mustard sampler pack. First of all, he LOVES mustard. I don't mean just likes the stuff, I mean he puts it on anything that he can. He also loves peppers. Habniero and jalapeno to be exact. The hotter the better. What better thing to find than some Habinerio and Jalapeno flavored mustard! There were also a few others, like garlic mustard, that he sounded like he would enjoy as well. He even asked where he could get refills! It made me happy to know that I knew my brother well enough to know what he would like and I hope that he realized that I spent time picking out something that would be perfect for him! I also made my mom a cover for her Kindle for Christmas. It wasn't perfect, but she said it didn't have to be. I wanted it to be something that she loved. Something that she knew that I took my time on just for her. I hope she loves it!

Well after opening presents and eating, I realized that Jonah felt very warm and was having some troubles breathing. I figured that he too had RSV and that he needed to be seen at the ER. I called the after hours line for my doctors office and they told us to head to Children's Hospital. We headed in there and mom and dad watched the boys. After a few Albuterol treatments, the test results came back that he did indeed have RSV as well. They sent us home on treatments and with some steroids to help his lungs. So much for a good Christmas! Oh well!

I was supposed to work the day after Christmas, but I realized that I would be so worried about the boys being sick and that Marc would get overwhelmed with everything he had to do for them and more likely than not, they would be pretty cranky, I called in. They had extra people on the schedule at work, so I didn't feel bad by calling in. We headed back to Girard once mom and dad left for church.

We got up there and tried to get things a bit organized despite having so much stuff to put away. We are so blessed to have so much stuff for the boys! We don't have to worry about clothes for a while! And the same for toys! We have way more than we need! We got the boys settled in and things somewhat straightened out and we all tried to rest. I tried to clean a bit around our bedroom, but didn't get very far.

Monday, Marc had to go back to work, so I was alone with the boys. It wasn't a bad day at all. I just tried to keep them comfortable and fed. The day went by pretty fast, and before you knew it, Marc was home and it was time to eat and get the kids ready for bed.

Tuesday I had to call into work again. It wasn't considered a second absence, so I called in. .The boys weren't well enough to go to Ashley's house anyways. I didn't want to risk her getting sick as well. The boys and I just sat around at home and had a low key day. I just prayed that they would get better! The rest of the week was spent with Marc at home just having fun. We played with a lot of their new toys and just enjoyed each other.

Overall, I had a great year. Between the boys being born and the fun that I have had with all of them, I am truely blessed. Things have been a little rocky to say the least, but I know that God has his hand in everything and everything will be ok!

Flower Sugar Giveaway!

Look at this sweet giveaway over here at Retro Mummy! The fat quarters of this material is so sweet! I would love to have this to make a quilt for a sweet little girl! Head on over here to enter!