Five hours to be up and still no sleep.

My time its 8 minutes until 1 am. I know your thinking good God almighty woman you have to be up in five and half hours.  That's right I do, I mean how lovely would it be that the kids get up quietly, dress themselves, feed them breakfast.  (which in all honesty mine eat at school if they chose to. I now award me horrible mom of the year because I don't wake up every single morning to fix my kids a breakfast. To be honest they chose to eat at school. )   Oh back to daydreaming,  brush their hair and teeth,  gather/make sure they have everything, and then wake me up when it's time to take them.  So what's keeping me awake you may ask? Well it's honestly a number off things. 1. The major thing is my pinched sciatic nerve.  I had a wreck my senior year of high school and fracture my tailbone. Over the years the bottom of my spine which some refer to as your tailbone has curved and looks like a hook.  Which also puts pressure on my sciatic nerve. My son also when I was pregnant laid on my nerve. (Thank You Son*insert sarcasim*) 

2. Not as major but important. Cluttered mind,stressful mind, and it won't shut off. I'm in the process of "fall purging". I fall clean and purge, nor spring. Don't ask why, it just works for us better. Don't get me wrong I do spring clean as well just not in depth. However, I'm tired of the clutter. But trying to do it all by yourself gets tiresome (no pun intended). But I lay in bed thinking, what I might do next and then bam, I am up writing a blog post. Before u know it, it's late and I'm needing my brain to shut up at least for 5 hours. Instead I will drag tomorrow and get little to nothing done. Which leads me back to square one. Ugh !!!!!

3. On top of all of that I also suffer from insomnia. I am sure ya could figure that out when I said my brain doesn't shut off when it should. No further details to explain. 

Now I will try this whole bed thing one more time. 

Adios Amigos/amigas. 

Diedra 

I Am Back

The summer is ending and school starts up again. I'll explain more in detail about my disappearance and the day in the life that never got posted. However Facebook has a really cool feature now where you can stroll down memory lane. Well I have often wandered when it was I found out/ announced I was pregnant. 

In the picture below you will see that screenshot announcement along with what a difference seven years makes. 

Enjoy. Keep following for more to come. 

Morning Routine

In reality and middle of all the chaos, I don't really have a set routine. My kids are like me and very rarely eat breakfast. (Yes, I make my kids breakfast if they are hungry in the morning!) I as well am human and have ran late in the mornings.   Lately I have been waking up between 6:30 & 7. More toward 6:30, especially on Wednesdays and Thursday's, mainly because my dad switched jobs awhile back and actually has time off during the weeks. Wednesday's and Thursdays and instead of setting a very loud alarm usually my mom will sleep in the other so in the mornings when she has to get up she doesn't disturb him. Therefor I am my mothers alarm but not for long because summer break is right around the corner. Usually once I get the kids dressed, fed if they wanna eat, and out the door by 20 til 8 on mornings they wanna eat breakfast at school. Other mornings we leave 10 minutes until 8. The routines aren't really routine. My blog wouldn't be named Occasionally Chaotic if I was strictly to the T all the time.  

Once the kids are off to school, if I have errands to run, the mornings is when I'll do them. I don't normally have something to do everyday but this week I have. The dentist I went Monday, went and picked up a few items Tuesday, helped my mom today and dance for Ryleigh. Tomorrow is another day but it's an unexpected day for an errand.  Friday is bill day. 

Okay, back to the normal routine. I start laundry. I do sit and watch TV for a bit to finish waking up because let's be serious who in their right mind likes waking up at 6:30 am every morning? Not I, but I am a mom and that's what I do. 

After I get chores done around the house and some outside such as picking up things I see obvious in the yard that needs not be there or just simple cleaning sweaping off the porch. Usually by time the morning is gone it's more up in the air that afternoon. 

Seriously tho, it's end of the school year, dance year is ending, and summer activities and TBALL starting. My life isn't always chaotic just occasionally.  But the coming up morning will catch some photos of what we do. 

Perfect Weekend Get Away

This will be short and simple so I can get back to studing. In reality though my life is simple. The perfect weekend getaway for me would simply be able to go with Ken somewhere without kids as much as we love them, but just go to relax. Nothing fancy, nothing extravagant. Just plain and simple get out of town and enjoy ourselves. 

Valentine's Day!!!

What better time than after one in the morning on Valentine's Day make a post about my Valentine. 

•The handsome fella with me in this picture will be the one and only Ken, my Valentine. We've only been together for 3 years and 3 months but we have celebrated 4 Valentine's Day together. 

In those 4 Valentine's to be quite honest we've never been the mushy gushy send me roses and candy type people. Mainly because our whole relationship I've been a stay at home mom and money has been tight.  The first year he worked and I forgave him, the second year he bought me a rose and gave me one of the kids valentine cards. (Yes he's one of those guys hates spending money on any type of cards.) Last year he took me out to eat because we got a sitter. This year we planned on doing something but out of no where, kind of last minute thing his sister Crystal, niece Aliya, mom Carol, and dad George decided again last minute, Out of a whim, let me do this before I change my mind type thing, decided to come and visit. Which is absolutely great because usually we go up there and it's usually except this year once a year. 

But back to Valentine's, we got our income tax return a few weeks ago. We had done stated at Christmas we'd wait until then to get our Christmas and we did. My Christmas was my Miss Me Jeans. However, for Valentine's he spoiled me. No roses which is fine. I won't be at school so why send them.  

But here is my list to include my Valentine's presents:

•CHI flat iron

• Camo Purse

•Nike Shoes ( only because bub needed new shoes doe school and they had a bit one get one half off clearance. Got two pairs of Nikes for $64 which is good becaue my original price was $98 and Braydens was $59.) 

•my nails done

• New Shirt

Out of all of it I loved them all but my next gift I love the most. 

At WalMart tonight, Ken and I bought each other a card. Remember above he hates buying cards. But he did it because he knew it would make me happy.  We turn them around so we couldn't see each others. When we got home I filled mine out shortly after filling it out I gave it to Ken. I thought, OK maybe he is going to wait until tomorrow. Was I wrong? Yep I was wrong, because when I was getting the kids to bed he filled his card to me out and had it on my pillow. This is the reason why I love this man. The simplicity of the words means a lot because that's how he feels. 

•my pretty nails set and my card. 

• he even wrote more. 

I love you Kenneth Robert. 

Happy Valentine's Everyone. 

Y'all come back ya hear???!!!

Now off to bed, 8 comes early when ya have to get up and go get Girl Scout cookies.   

Facts # 2

I guess in case you are just jumping on board, I should update you so ya aren't lost. My son turns six in just 9 days therefor I am hoping to take a trip down memory lane and remember facts about my pregnancy. Along with Brayden's first 5 years of life. 

I have actually gotten sick again. This time hoping it's not strep throat because my throat had hurt so bad today it felt as if a knife was cutting through it. 

Now on down memory lane. 

Pregnancy Fact # 2: 

• Brayden was a planned c-section. My first pregnancy resulted in an emergency c-section. Therefor my OB felt it was best that Brayden be a planned birth. My due was Feb 28th, 2009. He was born Feb 20th, 2009. 

1st Year-2years of life:

•He was 14 months old when started walking. 

• He didn't like the binki but he finally was fully broke from the bottle at 15 months. 

• Very rambunctious boy. 

• my dad nicknamed him "titty baby"! He was and still is a momma's boy

Stay tuned this week and next to find out more things about my baby boy turning 6. 

Sleeping With Your Partner

First off I am on a role tonight. I have had the privledge of having some awesome topics tonight. 

Second off reroute your mind out of the gutter. I know what the title sounds like but it isn't what you dirty little minds think. 

Now on to the topic of Sleeping With Your Partner. 

The list of frustrations when sleeping with my partner. 

(Come on you fell back into the gutter.)

Frustration # 1.  

• There is an absolute reason why we have a queen size bed. Not only because  he had it before we moved in together. But it's a decent size bed. We have our own sides. My side and his side. However after living together since 6 months in to our relationship. You'd think by now he would stay on his side. Don't get me wrong we all love to sprawl out. But every night, geez I might as well go for the couch. 

Frustration # 2. 

•I love my man with a burning deep down in my soul fiery passion. But if I have to remove his knee out of my ass one more time. He may need knee replacement. 

Frustration # 3

• Although to be wintery months we've had awkwardly awesome weather. Except again it's winter so we have some really cold nights.  Yes we share a cover. Yes it's clear to me that it's freezing cold most nights during the winter months.  Just because your like a lot of men I know and strip down to boxer briefs. Doesn't mean on them extremely blistering cold nights where not even the heater is keeping up does it give you the right to burrito roll your ass up with let me say this right OUR cover. I have a tshirt and pants on. Im still cold being clothed, I can only imagine how you must feel. But give me my cover back and get some clothes on boy before ya get pneumonia. 

Well that's all of the frustrations of Sleeping With Your Partner.

Y'all come back ya hear. Im sure that three frustrations of Sleeping With Your Partner will get bigger over the months and years. 

Goodnight y'all. 

My Countdown Begin Facts

Remember my previous blog that for ten days I will let ya know interesting facts about my pregnancy with the soon to be six year old momma's boy. 

Pregnancy Facts: 

1. My pregnancy with Brayden was nonetheless a breeze. I never had morning sickness but maybe a few times and that was more so toward the end of my pregnancy.  Nothing like My pregnancy with Ryleigh, even tho for the most part with her I had an easy pregnancy until my last three weeks. 

Brayden ( 1 week- 1 year):

 A little background with Ryleigh's first year to help explain and compare Brayden's.  I had post Partum after Ryleigh that eventually turned into post partum Blues. I was miserable. But I also had a lot of help and support from my parents. Being sick and a new mom, during the day my mother worked and I took care of Ryleigh and then my mom got up with Ryleigh at night. All I wanted to do was sleep. 

Now on to Brayden, when I had Brayden. Bless my Mommas  heart she said to me, "Diedra, I am to old for this and you are on your own with this one!!" 

 Granted for the most part at night I was by myself but I did still have help. Remember with boys they have penis' and when changing you must push them down. I learned that just slapping a diaper on a boy that his private goes every which way leaving more room for him to pee out the side of the diaper.  Brayden, though he paid me back for not getting up with Ryleigh in the middle of the night. This child was up every hour on the hour wanting to eat. It got so bad that when my mom got home from work in the afternoon, she tell me to lay down for an hour or so depending on when she got home. Then around six or so I would get up and feed both kids. Get both kids bathed and ready for bed. The blessing there though was after Ryleigh got bathed. She would come lay down with me so I could get her to sleep. But my mom would get Brayden asleep and watch him until she went to bed. Usually I got to sleep from 8 pm to 10 or 11 pm. Some nights longer because she would lay Brayden in his bassinet and he'd sleep until he got up. Finally after he was 4 weeks old the doctor suggested rice cereal because he was giving everyone a run for their money. ( He still does keep coming back to find out more!) pretty much after we got him good on feelings and sleeping, here came teeth. Good God Almighty he was a horrible teether. He teethed from 4 months until he cut his first tooth at 7 months. Finally after that first tooth and some insight from the doctor the rest of his teeth were a breeze. They came in left and right. 

Note for new mothers:  Never forget to move their private downward. That is something I always remind new mothers of boys. But with any sex child, meaning boy or girl, they all teeth. Brayden had a difficult time because I was always taught to use Orgel [spelling wrong I know] but finally after almost 3 months of hardcore teething. I mean long day and nights of pure baby hell because he was in pain. The doctor told me to stop using the topical (on the gum) orgel because it hardens the guns causing it to actually be more painful. Your like me wandering how? Because the tooth is trying to cut and although the orgel numbs the pain for a little while. It hardens the gum making it harder to come thru. Also invest in a vibrating teether. Within 2 days no orgel and the vibrating teether his tooth came thru. 

Asking yourself, what did she use for numbing? 

1. Teething tablets. Yes, I know they now are suppose to be linked to kids having seizures and what not. But seriously if it was that bad do you think they'd still be on the shelves. We mainly used them at night after his night time bottle to help him fall asleep. 

2. On very rough nights where nothing was helping. Go way back in the day where orgel and teething tablets were unheard of. Back in the day mothers and fathers put whiskey on their finger tip and rub the gums. I promise you won't get your child drunk. 

3. Of course Tylenol or Ibuprofen. 

Ending the first year of life: 

Overall Brayden first year wasn't to bad. He crawled at eight months, sat up at six months by himself, he wasn't a binky baby. He liked his bottle tho. Come back later to see how long it took to break him from the bottle. 

Probably wandering......

Most kids walk by age one. How old was Brayden when he walked? 

Come back tomorrow to find out. :)

Goodnight my loves. 

Flu Epidemic...

At least in my household.

Tuesday, I ended up getting so sick with this massive headache in my EYE socket! Not my head my eye socket! I thought I was going to die! I started crying and just overall felt like poop and went home.  Needless to say I woke up Wednesday Morning feeling as if I stood on the train tracks with a train heading my way and smashed right into me.  I went to the doctor and the results are in I have Flu Type B.  I got prescribed Tamiflu and Mucinex. They have helped tremendously but she advice me not to go back to school until Saturday! My daughter woke up Thursday morning and wasn't really able to tell me what was wrong. I was able to figure out she had the stomach flu because chunks went flying everywhere, with me screaming. GO TO THE BATHROOM!  Although, I am sick today which is Thursday. I don't feel as bad as I did yesterday at 8 am. I am trying to get the house cleaned up to lysol everything! :)

I will update everyone on the Flu Epidemic that has taken over my house later on! I hope it is gone by Saturday! Because this stuff is no JOKE!

Busy Busy Past Three Days

As of January 22nd, I went back to school off my leave. I finally told myself that this is something I love to do and wanna grow in doing so.  This day was my first day back and I watch two of the Students whom started when I did do teach back. Guess what tho!! Before class ended she informed us of a test over the muscles. Eeeeek!!! I also had a redo perm.  And I had to dance for my bags. On to January 23rd, we had our muscle test. My instructor was proud because I had been gone two weeks and I only missed 4. She even said outloud that it's pretty sad I had been gone two weeks and made a better grade than some. This day we clean, organized, and I learned the desk. Finally Day three, January 24th, Saturday is a busy day. We had so many people come in that our sign in sheet was packed full.  Being my first Saturday countlessly on the floor. I had five clients, one in whiched rebooked.  First client up was a man that wanted a clipper cut with no guard. Sounds easy, right?! It is but was nerve racking because I wasn't and still ain't comfortable with the clippers.  I then finished him up and got him checked out and He was a gentlemen and tipped me. I had barely enough time before my other client came in which is a dear friend of mine who I done the perm for came in to getting a conditioning treatment. We are working on getting her hair healthy and less dry.  She also take medication and that's when she noticed the change in her hair texture. I was able to get her finished and cleaned up. Then got a little girl for a fringe( bang) cut. She was the sweetest little girl who loved Minnie Mouse.  After finishing her was able to go on lunch which seem to go by fast. Came back off lunch and worked on practical work. Then came out for a fade cut on a boy. Since being my first fade my instructor demonstrated for me. She finished that fade and my lovely boyfriend came in and again done a fade. I done this one more on my own and still not comfortable with the clippers. But it turned out great. 

My busy-ness didn't stop there, by time Igot done with Ken. I cleaned up clocked out and went to my mothers to finish getting my daughter ready for a father daughter dance.  When getting pictures we went to the dance. I took more pictures of course then went and met my mom and walmart. By time we got done there and came home I was completely exhausted. 

 There are two pictures that were taken at the father daughter dance that captures the relationship that Ken and Ry Bug share. I will share with you because it makes my heart melt everytime. 

(They were giving each other bunny ears. Ry was trying to move so Dad couldn't give her any.)

( this one is after the bunny ears settled and daddy was giving his girl hugs. Ry was still cracking up. ) 

By the way, haircut alert. Do you see that fresh cut. 

Melatonin, Both kids.....

That's right both my kids take one 3mg-5mg tablet of melatonin at night.  They both take if though for completely different reasons. 

Let's start with my son...

As an infant my son was a horrible sleeper. He was up everyone hour on the hour wanting a bottle. Finally after a month of no one in my house getting sleep. I consulted with his pediatrician. Rice cereal half to whole teaspoon a feeding because he stayed hungry. At night his bottle got 2-3 teaspoons depending on if he actually took a good nap and are less that day due to actually napping.  By time he was two years, his eating was extremely picky and the sleeping seem to get worse. He could wake up at 5 am, if and when he took naps because by then naps were non existent, he could be up until 1 am the following day. Finally at this point in time the doctor put him on a .5 mg of melatonin which helps tremendously. This is also when we found out he lacked melatonin. During the the summer he doesn't have to take much because he absorbs it from the sun. 

Now onto my daughter she takes melatonin because she was diagnosed in 2012 with juvenile migraines. A lot of her migraines would happen either waking up in the middle of the night, woke up in the morning or roughly after school. Basically it boiled down to she got them not only because she's at that age for hormones to play a part but the main reason is exhaustion. 

Now ya know that two kids can take the same medication for two different reasons. 

Off to bed I go. I go back to school tomorrow after a two week leave!!! 

The Truth Behind Stay Home Moms

The craziest thing happened the other day when I was ready an article on Facebook about the life of a stay at home parent. Reading the article my face smiled with joy. Granted I started school in November and as soon as I graduate plan to work. But then I started reading comments, someone I don't know commented that in general it is usually the mother that stays at home. He is correct but his comment didn't stop there. He said, "Must be nice to keep their fat lazy asses at home all day. That's why they are considered fat lazy bums because they fat, don't do shit, and live off their man." My face began to get red as I could feel the warmth building up, chest began racing, and in general fired me up. I wrote a long post on my personal Facebook, I had a lot to of stay at home moms back me up. I then hid the post because I was already having a bad day and then my sister had to be an ass and make a smartass comment that in the long run done nothing but caused me and her to go at it in a heated argument. Therefore, I'm going to break down the life as a stay at home mom verses a working mom (Since I'm using myself in general, I'm using school instead of work. Which when I go back, we will feel like work considering I'm on the floor.) 

I know I have made single mom post before, in which I need to clean up and/or delete.

Here goes:

The life I lived as a Stay-At-Mom:

During the school year my day starts at 6:30 am, my fat lazy bum butt gets up smokes a cigarette. (yes, I'm a smoker) Sometimes I am extremely exhausted and I to cheat and hit snooze a few times. The latest I get up is 7:20, you know the laziness in me sat the kids clothes out the night before and we live a block away from school.  On them good days I get up at 6:30 am, which is pretty much every week day. I start arguing and fighting with kids not wanting  to get out of bed to get ready for school. That is an everyday thing. Which is hilarious because come Saturday they are up at the crack of dawn. Sometimes as early as 5 on the weekends. Usually I get them dropped off, I come home drink my Mountain Dew while either listening to Cmt, sometimes catch myself watching the Cartoon my son and/or daughter was watching before we headed to school. I then get started on laundry, I usually do a lot of laundry a week but considering the sickness between kids and I we got really behind. Ken makes a joke out of it because he has one pair of underwear he doesn't want to let go that are holey. He says babe I'm down to the hole in my drawers meaning it's time to do laundry. Not only that but it's still winter but coming up on Spring. Therefore as I start going thru clothes that don't fit. I do tend to give myself more work by having to wash them before putting them in the "to small for you" plastic tote. 

I clean up messes from the night before, in the living room and kitchen. 

I may sit down to smoke, eat, and sometimes watch a tv show. Sitting down as a stay at home mom doesn't make you lazy.  Pretty much during the day it's pretty laid back and easy while kids are at school. If the weather isn't fridget outside. I will clean out my car if need be, walk around the yard and pick it up, clean up the porch, warm or not I take out trash if Ken forgot to. Even though he works full time that is the one thing I ask him to do along with pulling the trash cans to the curb on the day they need to be. If it's warmer I do a lot of times. But the cold messes with me. Im very intolerant to it due to thyroid issues. 

Now onto the fun part of my day is when the kids are home from school. The constant getting up to make my son a peanut butter toast Sandwhiches, get my daughter a snack, usually by this time I'm  figuring out supper if I haven't already laid out food. The constant fighting/bickering back and forth. (During the summer it's the constant mom can I go outside, mom stop what your doing take us swimming, mom I'm bored, and mom I'm hungry. The MOM word NEVER ends. On top of siblings rivalry.) 

Oh here comes supper/bath time these two are usually together. In the sense that  more chances than non my son eats a bowl of chicken noodle soup. He's my picky child but doesn't take him long to eat and in the tub he goes. For some reason even though my daughter knows this she always starts stating as soon as I mention bath time/ shower time Bub is going first. Finally once he's in the tub she hushed up. Yes, she is older and has a later time of having to do things. Shower time though is different. She has a different show every night she loves watching from 8-9. I  make her shower before 8 or she argues with me about not taking one. I hope the showering and not wanting to brush her hair is just a phase. It's like hell some days to get her to do either.  

Finally bed time!!!!! Who doesn't enjoy sleeping or bed time? KIDS 

They despise bedtime, why I don't know because there momma sure does enjoy it.  Both my children bed times are different my son is at 7:30-8 my daughter is 9. My son is easy because since he has to take melatonin especially in the winter when he doesn't get out to get any from the sun. By 8, he is usually laying im bed begging five more minutes please. But shortly falls asleep. My daughter takes melatonin as well for different reasons. But she argues with me to take her medicine. She argues that it takes time for it to kick in. By time all the arguing is over its 10 pm. I have to actually sit in the room with her for her to fall asleep. Anywhere between 5 minutes to an hour, I have even fell asleep in there.  The bedtime routine is a struggle in itself. Mainly because both kids are wore out tired fighting to watch the last bit of their show. Brayden so tired he doesn't want to brush his teeth but finally does it. Ry on the other hand refuses to do it until she gets so tired of hearing tell her to she finally does. 

Point being there MOMMY is tired. 

By time I get to bed if I make it to bed. I am exhausted.  I have to wind down.  I have really been trying to blog at night or start on blogs. I check facebook and Pinterest. Finally it's midnight and I crash. Most nights I get woke up by a kid or my bladder. Other reasons is Ken's pushing a kid  on me because I was so exhausted I was out, nothing woke me up or wakes me up during the heavy sleep cycle. Such as my son army crawling through the covers from the bottom. Ry sneaks beside me and I never feel her and I wake up to my arm wrapped around her and the glory of morning breath. 

Stay at home parents most likely mothers. It's not all glitz and glamorous sitting on our asses all day. Granted we do if we have kids full time in school get a chance to nap (I never due because I am such a heavy sleeper. Scared I won't get up in time to go get kids.) yes with full time kids in school if we are sick we can rest. I will say if I'm  on my death bed sickly, that's the only time I take a nap. But in case my alarm doesn't wake me up. I make arrangements for my kids to be picked up by someone. I didn't sit on my ass all day. I may be a heavier woman but my weight has nothing to do with me being lazy. Before categorizing someone know them. Because for a fact I know and those that know me well know my "fatness" is because since I was 12 I have suffered with hypothyroidism/ it's completely inactive. 

Now onto verses working moms. 

Im not going to go into a detail scenario here.  Because although my working right now is full time cosmetology school. The only thing that changes here is during the 8 hours my kids are at school, im at school, their daddy is at work, and I come home an hour after they get to the sitters.  

 Stay at home mom verses full time working mom. There's something in there that never changes. The title of who I am doesn't change, mommy.  Working/schooling or not I still have to cook, clean, laundry, feed, bathe, more laundry, and get kids to bed. While juggling at this time in my life studying, homework, preparing three people for the next morning. My days start at 5:30 sometimes five. 

I have to continue as a mother for my kids and provide and take care of them no matter what I do. I still have to go grocery shopping (usually Ken and the kids go), I still run errands and pay bills. 

Point to take from this blog post is that no matter if I stay home or work. Staying home doesn't make me a fat lazy bum. No woman (manly woman this man referred to) should ever be downgraded for what they do in life. 

If you believe the old ways, woman stayed home and took care of it and kids while men work. Granted in this day in time it takes two incomes. In mine and my fiancé as I sometimes call him because it isn't official yet but it was easier for us because when I did work . I got minim wage driving 30-40 away from home for 15 hours a week. My job hurt us.  I was not only using my check for gas and paying my sister for getting my son off the bus because he was in half day preschool. But I ended up needing more money from Ken's check for gas. 

Therefor know a situation, never downgrade. 

Toothache From Hell

I have never had the best of teeth. Not because I didn't take care of them but because it's a genetic disorder that basically causes your teeth to decay from the inside out. Nothing that Im proud of but hey stuff happens. on top of everything going on I have a toothache from hell. It started about two days ago. Nothing I do eases the pain.  It's the pain you get when you have an abcessed tooth. Yes, it hurts. The one thing I haven't tried is a dear friend of mine suggested I use clove oil. Needless to say our local Walmart was out. 

Any suggestions? 

NYE

Isn't it a true sign you are getting to old for the New Year festivities when you have your kids in bed before 10:00pm and you are shortly following. Well then count me an old fart because I'm sure I'll be in bed before the clock strikes midnight. 

Afterall today has been like any other day besides waking up in a New Year. Kept laundry going, lounged around with the kids, baked funfetti cupcakes that we had since Christmas, and in bed before 10. Sounds like a normal well almost normal chaotic day. Except the only chaos we encountered was the fact that no matter what I cleaned up my kids were soon to destroy again. It's amazing how life changes over the years. 

With all the clutter in my house the next event I can't wait to partake in is income taxes. I'm taking some of the money and buying storage bins for this house. We are a four person family that has a lot of stuff. Still don't figure out how my parents house stayed clean with 4 people mainly just 3 since my sister was out on her own at 16. 

Well quess Im gonna curl up in bed and remind myself in a few hours I'll have to write 2015 on my checks. 

Do you still go out and party? 

Has your New Years Eve plans changed since having kids? 

Hunting Elves

Looks like Anna and Harper are ready to go hunting. We found them white handed on dad's guns. 

Family Traditions

From as far back as I can remember we have always been allowed to open one present early. Also as far back as I can remember I have always opened presents on Christmas Eve. When my kids And I moved out we made it our tradition to open them on Christmas morning at no given time just as soon as we got up. Needless to say my kids were up at the crack off dawn. Duh!?! Who would not be up that early? 

Tonight they opened their gift 

Excuse the order of the pictures for some reason they are backwards.

Brayden got the Mr. Potato head that he wanted. 

Ry got pink Camo shoes. 

Do you have any family traditions? 

We have a few. 

Happy Cutting

Most of those that know me well know I have never even attempted to cutting my hair off. I have gorgeous locks. Well 2015 i am starting out the new year with a swing bob. I went from hair way past my shoulders to hair that doesnt touch the neck of my shirt.