I can remember being young and knowing that I wanted to be a Mom. Being the last of 5 children, two of my older siblings started their families while I was in high school. My Mom watched my oldest sister's children while she worked.
My sister had two children 15 months apart. I lived at home while attending a local college. I would help watch the kids so my Mom could take a break. They were like my real live dolls. So I learned how to take care of children early on.
I was lucky, I met a wonderful man and we were married. A few years later, we decided it was time. Mother nature didn't cooperate very well. We got discouraged as the months passed with no luck. We were finally referred to a reproductive specialist. There were many tests and procedures. I didn't have a plan B for having children. There was no thinking about anything else. Well, after about 9 LONG months we were finally blessed with two little boys. Not an easy pregnancy but how awesome that I got not only one but two babies.
At some point during the next few years, I decided that I needed another baby. We decided to not really try and if it happened then great. Well, it became problem when it didn't just happen. So we went back to our special doctor. And after getting all the prep completed, I ended up pregnant on my own. It was the best feeling in the world.
Mother's day is always a special day for me. I love my job as a Mom. My boys did such a good job at making the morning special. Jay was the first one up and cuddled up next to me to wish me a happy Mother's day. Tee was up next and did the same exact thing. E was the last one up but followed suit. Then it was card/present time. The older boys did coupons at school. Love these! I need to keep these handy. I got lots of cards. I think Tee made 5 on his own. He brought a plant home from school for me also.
Next up was breakfast out. My rule is I don't make meals on Mother's day. Yes, the day did include enjoying two baseball games but they won both. We had dinner out. It was a nice day with minimal Mommy work.
I guess it was a little bit of Mother's day weekend. We went out to dinner with another couple on Saturday evening. I made reservations for a place called Volt a month ago. Yes, reservations are required a month in advance. Why you ask? The restaurant owner was on Top Chef. I don't know much about him, I guess I should have researched prior to going.
The menu was a bit odd. You had to do a 4 or 7 course meal. With the 4 courses, you had a choice in each category. The waiter had to explain just about everything on the menu. It was a bit odd. I am not really even sure what I ate except for the chicken as my main course. Portions were small. It was good. It is certainly not a place you would frequent often, but good for a special occasion. After our dessert, they brought out more desserts for us. And they sent up home with coffee cake muffins.
It was an awesome weekend.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Exhausted
It has been a month since I have last been here. Yes, a month. So much has happened in this month. Let me see if I can catch you up.
14 Years! Yes, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary last month. My husband planned a night away for us. It is unfortunate that we are so busy with kid activities that we left late on Saturday evening and had to come back early on Sunday.
It was a little comical. A little while after we left the house, we got a call that one of our smoke detectors was beeping. I have asked my husband to make it a point to change the batteries every 6 months. We called a neighbor who changed it for us.
We checked into a great bed and breakfast. We did a little walking around. Well, more than a little as my husband made me hoof it to the restaurant for dinner. It worked out because I ate way too much. It was a bit of a walk but a good way to let it digest a bit.
I turned my phone off at night because I didn't want to hear the ding as emails came in. I did happen to look at it in the morning and noticed I had a missed call but did not think about it. Later on I found out that one of the boys opened the door to let the dog out and the alarm went off. So they tried to call the house, then us and then our neighbor. It worked out, thank goodness, the police did not show up.
Next year, yes, there will be a next time, decided to keep him another year, I suggested we do a trip after basketball ends and before baseball starts.
Baseball! We are in full swing. E and Jay have 2 practices a week and a game on Thursdays and a double header on Sundays. Tee has games on Thursdays and Saturdays. Thursdays can be tricky trying to get the older boys to an away game and get back in time for Tee's game. The older boys' team is doing well.
I organized a Flapjack fundraiser for the boy's baseball team. Kudos to Applebee's for giving back to the community. We sell tickets to friends and family....well more friends for us. Our friends come to the restaurant on our assigned day and they get served by one of the boys. Of course, parents have to help in the kitchen with getting food on the plates. It was a nice time and a good way to raise some money.
Auction! My friend and I have worked so hard on planning the auction. There were two parts to the auction. The first one was held at the end of April at the church. We had 50 items to auction. Every item got a bid. Unfortunately, not all "winners" stuck around to pay for their item. I ended up having to track down 21 people. I met some people at the church and others I ended up delivering to their house. It was so much work. It ended up that 3 people did not return my call and we re-auctioned those items.
A week later and just this past Monday was the golf tournament and auction. All went well until we had winds to content with. Trying to set up signs was impossible. We had to move to plan B then plan C. We ended up taping everything down to the table. It was so ridiculous. We had 40 items to auction. Happy to report that every item had a bid. And this time I only had to contact 4 people. I am still in the process of getting payment.
The auctions went really well. We were able to raise $6,700 for the county's only homeless shelter. We were very excited about the outcome. The two of us put a lot of work into this auction.
School! There are 4 weeks left in the school year. I can't believe the boys get out so early in June. It will definitely be longer summer, which sounds nice at the moment but we will see come July. Trevor finishes his last year of preschool around the same time. My little baby is graduating from preschool.
There is so many other things that we have been doing but I will need to update at a different time. I hope to download pictures soon.
14 Years! Yes, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary last month. My husband planned a night away for us. It is unfortunate that we are so busy with kid activities that we left late on Saturday evening and had to come back early on Sunday.
It was a little comical. A little while after we left the house, we got a call that one of our smoke detectors was beeping. I have asked my husband to make it a point to change the batteries every 6 months. We called a neighbor who changed it for us.
We checked into a great bed and breakfast. We did a little walking around. Well, more than a little as my husband made me hoof it to the restaurant for dinner. It worked out because I ate way too much. It was a bit of a walk but a good way to let it digest a bit.
I turned my phone off at night because I didn't want to hear the ding as emails came in. I did happen to look at it in the morning and noticed I had a missed call but did not think about it. Later on I found out that one of the boys opened the door to let the dog out and the alarm went off. So they tried to call the house, then us and then our neighbor. It worked out, thank goodness, the police did not show up.
Next year, yes, there will be a next time, decided to keep him another year, I suggested we do a trip after basketball ends and before baseball starts.
Baseball! We are in full swing. E and Jay have 2 practices a week and a game on Thursdays and a double header on Sundays. Tee has games on Thursdays and Saturdays. Thursdays can be tricky trying to get the older boys to an away game and get back in time for Tee's game. The older boys' team is doing well.
I organized a Flapjack fundraiser for the boy's baseball team. Kudos to Applebee's for giving back to the community. We sell tickets to friends and family....well more friends for us. Our friends come to the restaurant on our assigned day and they get served by one of the boys. Of course, parents have to help in the kitchen with getting food on the plates. It was a nice time and a good way to raise some money.
Auction! My friend and I have worked so hard on planning the auction. There were two parts to the auction. The first one was held at the end of April at the church. We had 50 items to auction. Every item got a bid. Unfortunately, not all "winners" stuck around to pay for their item. I ended up having to track down 21 people. I met some people at the church and others I ended up delivering to their house. It was so much work. It ended up that 3 people did not return my call and we re-auctioned those items.
A week later and just this past Monday was the golf tournament and auction. All went well until we had winds to content with. Trying to set up signs was impossible. We had to move to plan B then plan C. We ended up taping everything down to the table. It was so ridiculous. We had 40 items to auction. Happy to report that every item had a bid. And this time I only had to contact 4 people. I am still in the process of getting payment.
The auctions went really well. We were able to raise $6,700 for the county's only homeless shelter. We were very excited about the outcome. The two of us put a lot of work into this auction.
School! There are 4 weeks left in the school year. I can't believe the boys get out so early in June. It will definitely be longer summer, which sounds nice at the moment but we will see come July. Trevor finishes his last year of preschool around the same time. My little baby is graduating from preschool.
There is so many other things that we have been doing but I will need to update at a different time. I hope to download pictures soon.
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