My Little Man...

So today marks Jax turning 8 weeks... don't get out the party hats yet. This mommy has finally noticed some weight and size change in that lil guy. He is still wearing all of his newborn clothes (I got my monies worth outta those :) ) Aydann has been lil mother hen to him, getting diapers and telling me that "baby brother puked" The potty training is still working out some serious kinks, but she still makes me proud. This last weekend she showed off her ABC ability's to her meema and papa Whittaker. She can offically identify everyone of the letters and even gives an example. My favorite is when she says "Q" for queen" Cracks me up, because you can see her face light up when she does it. Like she has invented something miraculous.

Lil update on Justin's gma, she is still in the ICU, but able to sit up by herself now. I think she will heal better and faster now that her hospital room isn't full of drama and tons of people. I am still praying for her everyday, I know that she has a long hard road ahead of her. I hate to say it but she is my favorite, the first words out of her mouth when she saw me in the hospital where " ah, there's the battle ax" We have a unique reletionship. No holds bar for us. She's crazy but a very caring and special person.

The last 8 weeks have flew by, they have been busy. Some things worrisome others fullfilling. I have learned new things about myself and my family. I am slowly overcombing my "un" ability to say No to people, and I am getting rid of this people pleaser problem I have. It's caused some arguments and some serious anxiety. But I'm getting there. Nothing a little bit of paper, some paint and a Corona can't fix, right.

What do you think?

So I finally have gotten off my hiney, got out my stuff and scrap'd some pages.... FINALLY. These are my first "boy" pages. What do ya think? Not to shabby for being stuck in a rut and having mostly flowers to embelish with. My dining room table looks like it exploded, and I plan on letting most of it stay that way. Justin is on graveyard tonight and tomarrow so I am taking advantage of not having a husband nagging about the disaster. I also finally finished my altered LOVE letters for my bedroom. Well I have lots to say, not now though... Jax is scream'n for his mommy.

Gma June....

Many of you have heard or seen on the news about the accident that occured on Hwy 12 on Thur night. Well Justin and Ryan's gma June was involved in it. We saw her at the hospital today, and even though the situation is horrible and she is really injured she was in "ok" spirits. She is pretty banged up though, a broken hip and leg, the opposite leg is also broken, she has a smashed hand, the other hand is broken and so is her wrist. Both eye sockets and cheek bones were also broken. She will be in the hospital for a very long time and then have to go to a rehab center because she will require 24 hour care. While we were at the hospital we learned more details about the accident, she was unaware that the other travelers were killed and today her kids and the doctor told her. She was very sad but said that she was relieved that the little girl was not hurt. We learned that they waited for an hour and a half for the ambulance and that grandma was twisted in a position that seems unreal and impossible, her femer was protruding from her leg and she lost alot of blood, we were also told that her right eye was sticking out of the socket almost 4 inches. And that her lil dog Tequlia helped comfort that scared little girl. I am sure alot of people have made their own assumtions about what happened, and someone has made bad comments about Grandma. But the reality of it is that accidents happen. Nobody could control what happened but God. Justin and I are praying for Grandma and the family of the people who died, but mostly for their daughter. Tomarrow we will see her again before we head home to Lewiston... Hopefully she will have been moved from the ICU to the medical floor so she can see Jax, she asked for him today when we saw her, but there is a restriction on visitors so she is unable to see some of her grandchildren and all of her great grandchildren. I have learned one thing for sure about her after this, she is much stronger than I am.

6 weeks!!!!

More...

These are a few more pic's from the weekend. I had to wait until my mom emailed them to me. Aydann was play'n peekaboo out the doggie door, and of course being a princess. Also note the new do. Chell wacked my hair and I love it.....

Me and my babies...

The best Mommy's Day....

Well the kids and I are home from a short weekend at my mom and dad's. I had such a good time. My mother's day started out with super yummy coffee and the perfect homemade ableskevers for breakfast, kudo's from my dad. Then we it was time to do some shopping. I spent almost 2 hours in Target getting clothes for the kids and Justin. Man I love that store, but I think that I found one I love even more. I did something for myself yesterday that I hardly ever do. I couldn't find a single shirt or pair of shorts for myself at Target, everything was either was to expensive for me or was to skimpy. ( Hello, my goodies need to stay covered ) So my stepmom suggested that we go across the street to the new Kohls. AHHHH, that place rocks. I got 5 shirts and the cutest crop pants for 30 bucks. And if you know me, I was the happest chic when I left that store. And I certainly didn't get cheap stuff either, it was all name brands. Oh so awesome, just thinking about it makes me feel happy. So after my wonderful afternoon shopping with my kids and my mom we went to Red Robin for dinner and I inhaled the largest plate of chicken parm. Oh so yummy. I think the waiter thought I was a serious pig. After dinner though the kids and I had to head home to L-town. On the way up I noticed a gas station on the Indian Reservation where gas was super cheap so I planned to fill up there on the way home. I paid 3.40 for premium fuel. I was so excited I was almost doing cartwheels in the parking lot. Jaxon slept the entire way and Aydann was content with her movie, although I did have to stop so she could "potty" on the side of the highway. I thought she was just making an excuse to get outta the car. But I was wrong, that lil trooper squated on the grass and did her thing. She was beaming with extreme joy when she was done. I was dying afraid that we were going to be ran over. But still very proud. When I got home my husband had a suprise for Aydann, he got a puppy yesterday for her, ya that will be a whole nother post. Not suppose to be part of my 'perfect' mother's day. But he did have something awesome for me, I got a mini sewing machine and a huge beautiful basket FULL of scrapbooking stuff. So it ended up being the perfect weekend, I got to see my parents and my grandpa who I have missed very much. And most of all that I got to spend quality time with my monkey's. Who I am very thankful for.
I hope everyone else had a good mother's day.....

We off to see the....

Aydann, Jax and I are headed out of town early this afternoon... I can't believe that I am feeling brave enough to travel 2 1/2 hours alone with them both. Aydann I am not worried about, she will watch cartoons the entire way if she doesn't sleep. Jax though, I am going to stuff his belly full of milk and make sure he is dry and happy and the pray very hard he sleeps the whole way.
This lil trip is total last min, I wasn't digging the idea of spending mother's day alone, since my hubby is working all day. I'm going do to CPS for an hour or so until Melissa get's there and then it's off to spend the weekend with my mom...I better stop and get her gift. Man I am so unorganized this year. Happy Mother's Day everyone. See ya next week.

Tag.... (thanks Chell..)

I was tagged by Chell, so here it goes.
What was I doing 10 years ago? : I was a junior in high school. My husband now was friends with my high school sweetheart.

5 Things on my T0-Do List: Make my mom's mother's day card, finish the kids laundry, pack more yard sale stuff, unload the dishwasher, get my hair done later.

5 Snacks I enjoy: coffee, cadbury creme eggs, ice cream, carrots with ranch, cherry poptarts

5 Things I would do if I were a Billionaire: Build an awesome "semi green" house for us, invest and save, save for my children, donate to shriners, pay off my parents and my inlaws houses.

5 Bad Habits: vacuming several times a day, fixing the pillow's on the couch, bugging Justin for debt receipts, fixing the area rug, waiting to know what Justin is ordering from a menu (from a resturant) before I pick what I want. (then I know how much I can spend, pathetic huh. He doesn't know I do this.)

5 places I have lived-Lewiston, Post Falls, Coeur D' Alene, Bonners Ferry,

5 Jobs I've Had: babysitter, Optician, Waitress, Mommy, Wife

I am tagging Jamie, Kristy, and um who ever hasn't done this......

The middle of the week....

It's the middle of the week and I have been feeling "beat up" so I thought I would "lift" Kristy's being thankful idea. So I can keep my self in check, that even though I am SUPER TIRED, I am pretty lucky.

Simply I should just be thankful....

1. I have my second cup of yummy coffee, that my husband made for me bright and early this morning.

2. My kids are clean, happy, and giving me 5 min of quiet time. Thank you PBS...

3. Justin is working overtime on his four days off at Jetco so we can save more.....

4. Jax's birth announcments are "almost' done, seriously if you throw yours away.....

5. Sunday is mother's day... I won't get to see my mom. But I get to spend all day with my lil one's.

6. Tonight is "my" night to dig out my scrapbooking and get some pages done. If the Aydann does nothing but watch Strawberry Shortcake... SO BE IT.

7. I'm getting my hair done of Fri. Thank goodness for Chell and a bowl full of color....

8. I got a rocking coupon from Snapfish..... FREE SHIPPING....

9. I get to spend Sat shopping with my MIL.

See I think I feel better already, Judging by the sound coming from Jax's pants. He ain't feel'n the same now. :)

Love it...

I wanted to add this pic from last weekend... I just love it and can't wait to scrap it.

What's Up?

I know that some people are probably wondering what happened to us, Are we still alive? Ya, we're here. It's been a busy couple of weeks. Jax is 4 weeks old today, still tiny as ever. And still (lucky me) sleeping through the night. A week ago today he went to the dr for his well baby check and to be circumsised. It was pretty nerve racking for me, he screamed of course and it took longer than normal for the bleeding to stop. Dr Ambroson was really awesome as always and even called me at home himself to check on Jax. I think he was wondering if I was still being a basket case or not. Aydann is doing ok, she has taken a real liking to her brother, and gets into a bit of trouble for trying to pick him up and "play ball". Which means she tosses her soft lil ball and him and expects him to catch it. Ya, right. She has regressed a bit on the potty buisness, but I think that she is starting to get back into the grove of things. I hope. Justin's first day back to work is tomarrow and I am a little bummed. We have had some good family time together and I feel like all this extra time together is making us closer. He is all healed up, so the doc said to bad to the wifey and get back to work. With all this sleep Jax is getting you would think that I would feel vibrant and rested, UGH, ya right. My body sure isn't jumping back to being normal very fast. One of the side effects from my faboulus spinal headache is that I get regular headaches a bit more frequent and they are stronger than usual. Nothing a pot of coffee and a case of tylenol can't fix though.

I put some pages in the Asotin County Fair this year. Not much just some random pages in an album that got a 2nd place and then a few other pages that all won ribbons as well. I figure with 2 first place and 4 second place ribbons I will have scored enough money to... well do nothing.. Maybe hit up starbucks. But only if I go alone.... :)

Tonight I am headed to Ladies Night Out with my friends Kalene and Katie, I plan on hitting up Jamie's booth to see if she has any purses in stock that I like. And of course I will see Tami and Kristy. I think Jaxon's letters for his bedroom with be at the CPS booth and a couple of little projects I have done. I just finished the kids' letter's and Ihave had them for over a month now. It's amazing how a newborn can zap all of your scrap'n time out of you.