Christmas is almost here, sadness, and family drama

I felt so proud of myself. I was prepared for Emma's Birthday. I was not so prepared on thanksgiving but made it through. I am so happy cause I did all my christmas shopping for the kiddos in September though I put it all in lay-a-way until black friday.  It was done. All I have to do is wrap it. I recently was given the opportunity to buy Kailey a 4-wheeler, a 50cc pink girls 4-wheeler. I started thinking BIRTHDAY cause I had done went all out for christmas.

One thing is Kailey has never gotten anything out side of christmas and her birthday. The worst part is that they are so close together. We had never taken her to the store to get her toys, we never have to fight with her about the toy isle, and that is why we made the rule no toys unless it is a birthday or a holiday. We didn't want to have that child. COME ON you all know someone with that kid that you go into walmart and they are kicking and screaming about the toys and if you do take them over there they are whaleing about how you didn't let them have one... we are not going there.

I hope Kailey likes the 4-wheeler, cause Terry Smith has it right now and he is making sure it is in tip top running order cause these people had it and their daughter rode it 4 times when they bought it for her for like 5 min and then it sat in their heated/aired garage until I bought it. So I was thankful not only for the price but with the fact that it was all nice and new looking. I am now looking at atv type helmets that are cool and will match.

I hope that all goes well for our Christmas this year. After Christmas like literally a day or two later I am traveling to take the kids to see their paternal grandma and grandpa. So everyone keep me in your prayers as I travel to do so. It is tough traveling with 2 kiddos by yourself. Buddy refuses to go cause he says her house is too crowded. But honestly it is your family they will always make room. We are not moving in with them.

Currently she has our niece and 2 nephews (5, 8, and 1) living with her and granny Jean lives with her now to. It is a 3 bedroom house and she does want to see the girls so she will make room for us to stay. We would stay in a hotel but it is about an hour away... so it is kind of hard to want to do that.

So I hate seeing sad things in the news. Some times the human race just seems to amaze me. I know everyone has seen or heard about the CT elementary school shooting. It is awful some man who has no children chose to go into this elementary school and kill 20 children and 6 people he didn't even know. I cant get it off my mind though it doesn't help to think about it.

I wish that all schools had armed guards at all doors. There should be no child afraid to go to school for fear of being shot especially in kindergarten and first grade! I have never held a grudge against a small child. There is no excuse for children to die no matter what country they live in, no matter for what reason.. There is never a good enough reason for a child to be slaughtered.

I hope to get on here and add my christmas card and my latest pictures of my kiddos tomorrow.

Birthday Party and Turkey deep frying lol

We had Emma's birthday party over the weekend last weekend. My friend Melissa came and brought her daughter Kristen. My friend Crystal and her man Adam came they had no children this weekend cause this was her child free weekend. My cousin Erin and her husband Wes came and they brought Alexis, Garret and Emily. It was fun cause Melissa painted faces. We kept it low key. My parents came as well.

So here is a video of Emma and her cake ;-). She Daintily picked at it as if it was going to make a mess :-(.

 

Here is Emma with her presents she was slightly sleepy and a bit overwhelmed

 

 

Here are some pics of the face painting and the fun stuff

 

 

 

 

 

So I took the week of thanksgiving off. On Monday I took Emma to the doctor, because on Saturday she slept almost all day except for her party which she was tired through. She had a runny nose but has been teething so I thought maybe that was why.

 

We got to the doctor at about 3pm. I had called my mother to pick Kailey up at the bus stop. I told the doctors of her continuous sleep, and they checked her for diabetes, they strap a bag to her downstairs and had her pee in to the bag to check for this, she was not happy. Then they took blood which she did very well she sat there and let Mrs. Brandy poke her finger and they took her blood that way. Her Iron was low, her white blood cell count was high. Since Emma was already scheduled for a Routine 1 year checkup in 2 more days we were coming back anyway so they said they would follow up with us then.

 

Tuesday I met my two good co-worker friends out for lunch. This was Emma's actual birthday, she was tired, but we went to Gondolier to eat with Amanda, and Melissa anyway. They brought Emma a large piece of 5 layer cake, this cake was some kind of Chocolate, redvelvet, white cake, and fudge cake all in one. It was seriously 5 LAYERS of different cake. Emma enjoyed it. She even shared some with her pants.

 

Wednesday Kailey was out of school. Emma was had her one year checkup. So it was up early in the morning to go out to the doctor. Dr. Moose sent her to the hospital to get blood work (like more indepth bloodwork) to make sure nothing bad is going on with her because she is on like day 5 of a sleeping spree. She is hardly up she wants to sleep and when she is awake she plays or follows me whinning wanting to be picked up... she has never been this way, when she follows me whinning she wants to go back to sleep... she is tired. So now we wait for Monday, that is when the results will be back on her blood work.

 

Thursday of course TURKEY DAY. I had started cooking yesterday, I made the chickin and dumplings and pinto beans and they had been cooking since about 5pm. I got Emily (my favorite niece) a present for her birthday which is none other than turkey day this year. She was born on Thanksgiving, and I think this is the first year since her birth that her birthday fell on thanksgiving. Since we aren't going to get to see her today because they spend the holidays with my cousins husbands family... I gave her, her present yesterday.

 

I rented movies from the red box but Buddy went to bed and I was up till 3am watching them. Thanksgiving day is gonna be rough. Like every year (even the year I had Emma) I have to cook everything. My grandparents were supposed to come over but they stopped by and my grandmother made excuses. I started cooking at 8am. Buddy started to put the deep fryer together at 9, but it was messed up so I took it to walmart and one of their fellas put it together, I bring it back home and it was malfunctioning big time. So I ran to the store and bought another and had them assemble this one. This one didn't work well either (this years turkey deep fryers were an off name brand for the same price as the good kind but for some reason no one sold the good kind) We finally got the last one to work appropriately for the massive Birds we were ready to deep fry.

 

I have never oven cooked a Turkey in the oven. I am not sure why, the first year that Buddy and I had thanksgiving together was the year I was pregnant with Kailey. We deep fried our first bird because Buddy's mom and step dad had gotten the deep fryer but they were too afraid to use it so we decided to and we have never went back. Just because you can cook a bird within an hour depending on size. It cooks a bird at 3min per pound. We had 2 18 lbers so we had to do each at an hour.

 

Great great birds best juicy tasting ever. Either way I had made like 10 different sides. My mother and father were supposed to come down and my mother was supposed to help cook, but around the time I finished everything and was setting up all the tables and everything my father calls says my mother is sick and he is just coming down. So he comes down as we are sitting at the table.

 

We all eat and then I make my grandparents, and my mother a plate of food. I sent a crock pot of beans next door to my grandpa, I make some of the best homade soup (pinto) beans. I also sent a large butter bowl of Chicken and Dumplings next door. I enjoyed getting to see my grandparents for a bit but was aggrivated they didn't come because my grandmother acts like their is no place better than her chair at home in front of the TV... my papaw really wanted to come over here.. he came got out of his car and sat down and you could tell he wanted to stay but my grandmother didn't want to.

 

I wish that we had more family and that at least once every few years we could go somewhere else to eat... not everyone come here and I cook every last thing and we have all sorts of stress and disrupt at my house.

 

So here are some pics of my little miss Emma eating her thanksgiving meal... this is her first real thanksgiving, last year she was just a few days old so this year she got to feed herself.

 

 

 

 

This morning I woke up early and ran to Kmart, I had to pick up all the presents I put in to lay-a-way. I got two huge black contractors bags full of childrens toys. I think my girls got 12 things apeace. I hope they love their toys. I am so happy that we can provide for them. I don't think Kailey got all she wanted, but she should like what she got. She has never gotten upset for not getting exactly what she wants...I am proud to say she was raised right. Her birthday comes right after christmas so I am not too concerned that just leaves some good things for her to get at her birthday party.

 

In a week I will go put all of her birthday presents in lay-a-way and her birthday will be taken care of. I am so happy. I also ran the turkey deep fryer back to Wal-Mart you know the malfunctioning one that shot flames straight up in the air and about fried more than a turkey.

 

Well that is all for now I am watching the change up, and then I am going to bed gotta get up for Zumba in the morning.



Halloween and Other festivities lol

So Halloween was great. I had fun my cousin Erin braided Kaileys hair and Emma wore her costume for the most part. She enjoyed Halloween as far as I could tell. I didn't get many pictures because lets face it Lugging around a 1-year-old and keeping up with a 6-year-old it is not so easy lol.

I enjoyed it though either way and although I hate not getting a lot of pictures of my little lion on halloween it was worth all of it and we enjoyed our time together as a family collecting candy lol.



This is from Left to right Garret, Emily, Alexis, and Kailey.

 

So at the first of the month we went to see the Steelers lose to the titans. It was a sad outcome for our team but I enjoyed getting to go out. I did not however enjoy the 2am - 4am ride home, and buddy didn't enjoy the having to get up 2 hours after we got home to be a work. I don't think we will EVER do another Thursday night football game again, but that is only because of work and stuff. I am so glad we didn't take Kailey after all cause she would have been disapointed and been late for school. lol.

Here are some pics from our ADULT night out. (as most know adult night doesn't happen alot for this couple so don't be hating that most of the pics have adult stuff going on in them). This was our first night out together in a long time. The first time we have ever let Emma spend the night away, aswell.



 

Andrea and Chuck cheesin to someones phone



Amy, Andrea, and Chuck being silly

Ian and Andrea



Ian (andrea's boyfriend) some guy and buddy

Im taking pictures because everyone else is buzzed and I am sober lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Hurricanes I aint skeered

So they have evacuated north eastern area's I have friends who live there.  I am concerned for them. They both seem to be in relatively "safer" areas. But still we all know that things can happen and go wrong. Also I think it should be against the law to not evacuate pets. I am sorry but we have animal shelters that will fine you and even take your rights away to own one if you mistreat, do not feed, or do not properly shelter your pets. But now you can just abandon them during a hurricane and they will be fine... um no... the reason you are being evacuated is because conditions are going to get bad where you may not be able to sustain life...apparently it is the same for your dog, bird, cat whatever.

I am just pissed that pets have rights unless it is a natural disaster then screw your pets and leave them to starve and drown!

OK so the girls and I got our pics made over the weekend last weekend. It was so much fun and I hope to get to stick with this photographer. She made it worth our while. I will add pictures below.

Emma is now officially a "walker" (no not walking dead but walking baby) she can now walk if she wants to it is funny seeing her walk she will fall on her butt and then hop across the floor on her knees and then get up and walk some more.

I can not seem to catch this on video... um maybe my timing is off.

Tonight is Halloween. Hope we have a great safe trip. It seems like it is going to be cold :-(

Also Buddy and I were offered to take in a 2 year old little boy. I finally talked to him about it last night and he said no. He said we do not have the space for him in our home and he would Love to do it otherwise. So maybe one day but not anytime soon apparently.