"I Gooey"

Catchy little title huh? Well that was Morgan's announcement today. I had told her several times that she was goofy. She proudly walked up to me later and proclaimed "I gooey". It was sooooooo sweet! They were exceptionally wonderfully awesomely awesome today. They played so well together with little or no intervention from mommy which is always nice. I was able to empty the dishwasher, do 4 small loads of laundry, make Kori's bed, vacuum the kitchen floor (well I did that twice but whatever), vacuum Kori's room (well that whole floor), the living room, entry way and two sets of stairs. Man it's nice to feel productive. I also cooked dinner, cleaned up the mess and had all the kiddos cleaned and jammied by 7pm!!! Woo hoo! Look out, momma is on a roll.

I put the trio down at 8:30. At 10:45 Alexis and Morgan finally gave up and went to sleep. They weren't being naughty just having a night-time fun-fest in there. Kamryn hung out with them for a while but about 10:15 she gave up to her need for sleep and left the party. The other two kept on going and didn't disturb her a bit. I am preparing for the day many years down the road when Alexis tells me that she is a stripper. Keeping that girl in clothes could be a full time job. She just loves to take them off. I put her jammy pants on her twice tonight. Morgan decided it would be a good time to take a poop too...those silly kids! They love to poop during what should be nap time or before what should be bedtime. Oh well, at least I noticed it before she was asleep.

Today I went to let the dog out. I was one oh maybe 30 seconds and when I came up I heard Morgan: "Uh oh". Alexis: "Hiiiiiiiiiiii" Kamryn: "Mommy". They were getting into the wipes. They like to wipe their noses with them and then string them all over the place.

When I went to let the dog in and found the cat barf (thanks ever so much Simon...as if I don't deal with enough human body secretions on a daily basis you must add to my mix) I was gone for about 3-4 minutes. I returned to find they had all taken their socks off. Not to mention the movies they got out of the drawer. Leave them alone for a second and they will find something to get into that they aren't supposed to. Thankfully the living room is kid friendly and they are gated in. Whew!

Well I think I'll go curl up with my book for a while before turning in. I was showered before 10pm tonight! Will wonders never cease?

I Have A Problem

The first step is admitting it right? I need to go to Phish (prounounced fish) food eaters anonymous. If you haven't had it you are missing out. It's a Ben & Jerry's ice cream that is TO DIE FOR!!!! It's chocolate ice cream with swirls of marshmallow and caramel in it. Then there are these cute little fudgy cruncy fish swirled throughout. I got a pint yesterday at QuikTrip (sadly it's gone now...sniff, sniff sniff!) and was thrilled to see that since it's their 10-year anniversary for it it's a special surf and turf edition. So in addition to the fudgy fish there were little fudgy cows. Oh yummy yum yum!

See I told you I had a problem!

One of THOSE days...

That describes yesterday! Kori got me up at 3am with tummy woes. She came in bed with Jason and I and tossed and turned and sighed until about 6am before she finally fell back asleep. She stayed home from school and was better by afternoon. She was just nauseous and not feeling great, no puking thank goodness. Kamryn and Alexis were whiney, clinging crying messes all day. Kamryn had two temper tantrums over a book that she kept wanting to take from anyone who had it but her. She didn't want it when it wasn't being played with but the minute that someone else touched it, be prepared for a complete meltdown. **Sigh** Alexis and Kamryn are both teething and I believe that is the root of all the problems.

I can handle fussy kids, don't get me wrong. But add to the fact that I was tired, had a splitting headache, that only made things worse. Then Kori decided she should pester the little ones and that only made things even more awful. Jason had off-duty from 4:30-7:30 and then headed off to his regular overnight shift, so it was just the girls and I. It was one of those nights where I just sat and watched the clock waiting for bedtime. I hate when I have those days. They make me feel like the worse mom on the planet. I hate being "that mom" but it happens. After talking to my mom for a bit, a good cry and a talk with Jason on the phone before bed, I was feeling somewhat better. I fell asleep repeating my "life saving mantra" tomorrow will be better, tomorrow will be better, tomorrow will be better...over and over. That simple chant keeps me going. It gives me hope. That and all the praying I do when I feel a bit overwhelmed. Somedays everything is just an effort to get done. Yesterday was that day. I feel a bit beaten and down, but I put faith in the fact that God chose me to be the mother of these wonderful girls for a reason and I have to keep plugging along, even on the days that's not so easy. I am probably a little harder on myself that I should be, but that's just me.

The whole evening yesterday I had a pit of anxiety in my chest just nagging at me. Today thankfully it's gone and it was a much better day. I even lost track of time and realized it was time to put the kiddos to bed...what a difference a day makes.

Kori was feeling better today and headed off to school. She was missed by her friends and Ms. Phillips so that made her feel good. Her new haircut was noticed too. It really does fit her sassy/spunky personality.

I made doubled hand battered chicken fried steaks tonight, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and biscuits for dinner. It was yummy! Jason was in heaven as it's one of his favorite meals. It makes me feel good to put a nice dinner on the table for my family. Especially following a day like yesterday where I had a hard time finding one good thing to mention about the whole darn day.

The girls are talking so much more! It's a riot! Morgan babbles a lot. She concentrates very hard on what she is telling you...now if I only knew what she was saying. I just make her feel like I get what she's told me and I think it's as important as she does. She is the little mommy of the trio. If one of the others is crying she will try and soothe them in any way possible. Today Alexis was upset and Morgan gave her the magna-doodle in an attempt to distract her and make her feel better. She will often go find the blanket Alexis carries around or Kam's cloth diaper (lovey) that she totes around if they are upset and brings it to them. It melts my heart! She was so good yesterday that I wanted to take her and lock her and I in my bedroom for the rest of the night to hide from the "others".

Kamryn was back to her normal silly self today. No tantrums or screaming fits. Thank goodness!

Alexis was back to freely handing out her many wonderful hugs. She loves to have the ABC's sung to her. She says "A, B" over and over and then sways back and forth. It's an absolute kill.

After whining to Jason last night I took a deep breath and told him that no matter how bad the day had been I wouldn't change one single thing. I am lucky and blessed and I must NEVER forget that...no matter if I feel like running screaming from this house some days.

I havent' mentioned it in a while but I will now. I'M SICK OF THE NIGHT SHIFT JASON IS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM OVER, OVER, OVER IT!!!!!! Okay, I feel better now. It will be one year in February since he put his transfer into the day shift. Now if one of those fossils would move on and make some room for him. :-) Oh a girl can dream huh????

All of that being said, I must bid adieu! I am going to recollect some sanity tonight and do a little reading for 1/2 and hour or so before bed!

Done

The beds have been changed. Furniture dusted. Floors vacuumed. Kitchen and all bathrooms hand mopped. Ceiling fans cleaned. Blinds dusted. I'm tired! It was hard work but it smells so fresh and clean now! With the warmer weather I opened a couple of windows and aired everything out. Too bad it's going to get yucky again!

Kori got her hair cut yesterday. About 4 inches or so. It's just below her shoulders now and after the initial horror for mommy, I must admit she looks so sweet! It totally fits her personality too!

Well I'm keeping it short, I'm pooped. I promise to be more lively and humorous this upcoming week!

WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

My beloved Jayhawks who for so long have sucked so bad at football are the winners of the FedEx Orange Bowl!!!!!!!!!!! YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a great game and I enjoyed watching them win.

Now I can concentrate on the remainder of the basketball season!!!

Like a bad rash...

I am back!

I am going to sum up the week of 12/17 as follows:

Monday 12-17 Kori's 6th birthday. Her special birthday meal request...Burger King! Yuck! Oh well, it was her choice, over anything else out and anything I offered to cook her.

Tuesday 12-18 Giving Alexis a bath and she poops in the tub. She's a dainty little tiny girl. The poop NOT SO MUCH! I'll spare you the gory details, but it scared her and didn't exactly thrill me either.

Wednesday 12-19 Discovered after Kori's holiday party (that I volunteered at) that my keys had fallen out of my purse as I picked it up off the drivers seat with my hands that were super loaded down, and said keys were now locked securely inside my car. Jason had my extra set at his off-duty job all the way across town. My sister came and picked Kori and I up (no Mother of the Year nominations for me for that one!) and we met a buddy of Jason's that was working with him 1/2 way and he gave me my extra set of keys. Man I felt like a goober!

Thursday 12-20 Ran a bunch of pre-Christmas errands with Kori. She was in "one of those moods" that day and I'm certain she was trying to drive me crazy. Like when she proclaimed "Mommy look" to which she pointed out the lovely Picasso-esque "painting" she did on the back of my cloth seats with her wet/muddy/melted snow covered shoes. Grrrrr! Anyway our last errand was to finally mail my very late Christmas cards. Happy to get that task done! Drat I remembered I forgot to return a movie back to the Redbox stand at McDonald's that we had rented the night before. Jason would do it on his way to the gym. "It's on the front seat" I told him. "No it's not" be annoyingly informed me. "Sure it is. I put it there with my....gulp Christmas cards! OH NO!" Yep you guessed it, it was mailed with my cards. I managed to call the post office in question and thankfully they pulled the mail just after I put my cards in and had the movie set aside. Man did I feel like a heel going in to get that. Duh!

Friday 12-21 Took my nephew to the mall. Jason and all the kiddos went too. It was a bit crazy but things went okay and we got some things accomplished. Getting out of the parking lot took us a mere 25-minutes. It was all going good until bam! Rear ended! Great! We had been stopped for about 40 seconds and were just chatting amongst ourselves. Alexis and Morgan decided to fall asleep. Thankfully there was no damage to either car and no one was hurt. Lex and Morgan slept through it all.

Saturday 12-22 Went to the store etc. for last minute Christmas stuff and got caught in a freezing ice storm. Not to mention it was FREEZING! It was supposed to turn to snow but we got more sleet than anything. That put a damper on my evening plans with the Faron's to meet up with Matt and Christy. I was looking so forward to seeing them and getting out for a bit. **Sigh**

Sunday 12-23 Baked the majority of the day. It felt goooooood! I don't do it as much as I used to and it felt so great to be in the kitchen doing it! Jason was awesome with the girls and let me go to down.

In a nutshell that was my crappy week. Things got better from there. Our Christmas was great and very laid back which was nice.

Yikes!

It's been so long since I've blogged I forgot my password!

Alas, this will be a short one. Kori was having trouble falling asleep tonight so I had to go and lay with her for a while. That put my shower later and cut into a bit of my computer time.

I am trying hard to stick with my resolution of going to bed earlier, so I must keep this short.

I will say however that we had a great holiday season and we are all alive and well!

More of our crazy life tomorrow I promise!

(Thanks for missing me Liz! :-) )