What We've Been Up To

ME

Recently a friend invited me to see Twilight and I thought...it would be fun to go see a movie on a girls night...even though I was the only one who had not read the book. The movie was slow at first, but got better and better and so I borrowed the book and started reading. Even though I knew what was coming it did not keep me from speeding through the book in a day. Then I ran all over town looking for New Moon to try and read it. After I got it FINALLY a day later, I plowed through it in a day and 1/2. It was much harder to read b/c Edward was gone and she was SO DEPRESSED! But the last 200+ pages were great. Next, I had Eclipse in my hands and I could not put it down. I honestly thought it was neck and neck with Twilight itself. Now I am almost done with Breaking dawn and wondering what in the heck I will do with myself when I am done. I guess the laundry, clean, pay attention to my kids...you know the stuff I am suppose to be doing! :-)

Little Brad & Gabi

I have the most hilarious kids. The other day, I was making dinner for someone and trying to get everything done and realized that it was almost noon and I had not eaten all day. The kids had breakfast, but I was sure they were hungry. Gabi wanted a hot dog and Brad said, he was not hungry. I made Gabi lunch and then myself something to eat and sat down. You know as soon as that happens it over. Immediately, Brad says, 'mom, I want a hot dog'! So I am hungry, 23 weeks pregnant, tired and moody and go into a rant about how, I am not a fetch and go girl! That I need to eat too and they should stop asking me for something every 2 minutes. (I know very effective parenting, right?!?!)

I get up make Brad a hot dog and as soon as I get him that and the ketchup the oven timer goes off. So instead of sitting to eat, I go tend that that. At this point, Gabi screams, I want ketchup too! Being lazy, I say 'Brad give your sister some ketchup' and he says, 'Okay, But I am getting sick and tired of being the ketchup man'! I just stood at the oven laughing quietly...once he was done, he said, 'mom, I did it, but I am really sick of being the ketchup man'. I managed to get out a thank you and thought...I love being a mom.

Gabi the other day was throwing a tantrum and it had lasted most of the morning from not wanting to walk down the stairs to wanting more milk, but not wanting to walk 2ft to get her sippy cup. I had enough and put her in the recliner and told her that she was being very rude and to stop.

I walked back into the kitchen and I assume, she thought I was out of ear shot because I heard her say, 'no mom, your rude!'

Also, the other day, Brad and Gabi were in the bath and I was on the computer in the room connected to the bathroom and I hear them dumping water on the floor...I was not happy. So I went in there and spat them both on the hinny and said they knew better and to keep the water in the tub. I was looking at each of them and ask if they understood and Gabi puts her fist in my face and say's, 'I'm gonna punch you in the face' and I said, 'Excuse Me, what did you just say' to which she replied, 'I don't know' and smiled the sweetest smile. I think Big Brad gets too carried away with what he says when he rough houses with the kids, we certainly don't bring up punching people in the face!

Big Brad

I wanted to put lights up this year outside since we have sort of house for the first time in our marriage. Big Brad was not excited at all. We bought the lights and we were all excited! Brad comes home, say's okay lets do this. He gets out on the roof and says....hey get me the lights and the clips...I was like...what did you do other than walk out on the roof. He waits patiently for the supplies to do this and then begins working on hanging our lights. He has me and the kids running around getting extension cords and then outside to help him determine if they are straight. After getting one line done...I realized since our roof peaks into a triangle over the garage and Brad would have to dangle on the roof our efforts would be dangerous and so we aborted the mission. Brad had to undo what he had done, dropping the line to me below him and then he crawled in the house and so our Christmas light adventure was short lived and will have to wait until we are better equipped to do it safely.

Brad has been so put out with my obsessive reading and I know he is happy I am on the last book in the series so I will stop reading all the time.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are getting ready for Christmas. Reading your blogs and seeing all the fun things your families are doing is so much fun and it makes being away from everyone after 4 fun filled years in dental school much easier.