I told ya so!

See, no one missed the lack of posts, because I seriously think no one ever comes to my blog...except for maybe Kami, since she has been the only one to comment lately! Thanks for caring Kami :) If anyone else comes here, please leave a comment, so I know if I should bother updating. :P

Today is Kelsey's last day of drivers ed class! One less thing to have to drive her to lol. She has one more week of her earth science class then no more school crap till August. Well...except for flag practice. But no more waking up early for anything woohoo.

Nothing new has happened since my last post really. Dog is still in a cast, and the last time she went to the vets the dude said it could take up to 4 months for it to be healed. Are you kidding me??

Its been really hot out lately, so our days have been spent outside playing in Bree's little pool, or her playing in her new (used) sandbox with pink sand, or enjoying the air conditioning inside! As usual, I've taken lots of pics lately...I'll post some at the end of this post, and a video too! Thrilled eh?

Jilly was at her dads all last week, and will be this week too. I miss her lots. BUT I don't miss the fighting between her and Kelsey. Or the constant eating all day and messes, and going in and out a gazillion times a day, and watching all the reruns on Nick & Disney. Aubrey really misses her "ninny" that is how she says Jilly.

Today Bill took Kels to school for her last day of drivers ed, and he let her drive his truck! EEK! I hope Kels did well. Bill said on his way out, if he dies, he is going to haunt me forever LOL.

Just a question for you, and an odd one at that...why does blue foods (koolaid, juice, fruit snacks, yogurt etc) make green poop? Wouldn't ya think it'd make blue poop? Just something to ponder...

Something random: McD's $1 large fountain pops rock my world!

LOL bizarre post today eh? Because I'm in a weird mood and really don't have much to talk about...strange for me isn't it? So, I'll post some pics here now to bore you with...

Aubrey trying to be an ostrich by putting her head in the sand:


Tiny bubbles:


Jilly the poser:


Slip & slide fun:








Aubrey in her new suit:


Funny face:


Here is a link to see a video of Bree & the bug, since I'm not sure how to post the actual video here...
http://vimeo.com/5368957

There, now that I've probably bored you to death, I'll say...
TOODLES!

Camera Happy!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVVVVEEEE my digital camera. (Although I'd like a better one that takes pics faster, but I enjoy what I have until then lol) Anyone that knows me knows I take tons of pics of my girls, mostly Bree because I'm with her all day while the others are out and about. I try to have my camera with me whenever we are playing outside, so I can just click away. I take hundreds of pics when I do this, some are cute, some not so much...but those can be deleted! :)

Yesterday we were outside and of course I had the camera. While Bree didn't cooperate very much, Little Miss Poser Jilly did! Then Kelsey joined in and posed too. I took about 250 pics lol. I put 80 onto photobucket. I can link you if you want to view them, let me know. For now I'll just show you a few. Enjoy!








Whatcha think?

Bree's waking up, so time to say....Toodles!

Proud of Jillian!

On Thursday, Jilly, Kels and myself went for haircuts. Jilly had been talking about wanting her hair a little shorter. I showed her a picture of a cute hairstyle, thinking no way would she go for it, but she surprised me and did! She ended up getting 10+ inchs cut off, and had it donated to Locks of Love. I'm so proud of her. She looks pretty cute with shorter hair too. Here is a before and some after pics.






Cute eh?

Toodles!

Still here! Been MIA.

I know I know, it's been FOREVER since I've posted here on my blog. Since no one ever really reads it I didn't think it would be a big deal to blow it off...then one thing lead to another and months went by...oops. Sorry :)

I'm going to blame some of my being MIA to Facebook! I joined it, after mom told me about it...and now I'm on it way to often...which means I've been neglecting my blog and myspace. I enjoy Facebook's status msgs, it keeps me "In the know" of what is up with my friends and family. I HATE all the dumb quizes on Facebook though. I really don't care what 80's song my friend is, or what color someone should wear etc.

A lot has gone on around here since ummm October since my last post (wow, it has been a LONG time!). Let me fill you in on some things.

In November, my brother remarried to a real nice woman, her name is Beth. She and I have become pretty close, its nice. Robb & Beth are now expecting their first baby together, due November 11th.


In December, I turned the big 4-0. Whoopdeefrickindoo. Enough said. Also, Aubrey turned 1! The weekend before her birthday we had a party for her with a Winter ONEderland theme to it. There were snowflakes hanging from the ceiling all throughout the house, and clear Christmas lights, it was rather pretty. She of course had a great time and after a little coaxing she enjoyed her cake too. Then on her actual birthday on Dec. 19, we had snow, so she experienced her sled for the first time (and loved it!) and we had another little cake for her that day. It was nice. I can't believe how fast she is growing up!





In Feb. Kelsey turned 15, I know, scary, right?! She had a few friends over for pizza and cake. She wanted a cake that looked like her iPod.


March brought Bill's birthday. He's turning into a cranky old fart :) But I love him anyways. He didn't want any cake or anything, so no pics to show of his day.

In April, our dog Moo managed to break her leg, in 2 places. Not sure how she did it, she was out in the fenced in yard by herself. We heard a loud screaching cry and found her cowarded down with her back leg just dangling limply. Thankfully Bill was home early that day and he was able to take her to the Aurora Animal Hospital. Its now June and Moo is STILL sporting her cast. She has gotten out of it several times and she is costing us a buttload of money. She has to have weekly vet visits as well...one day she brought home some fleas with her...oh fun! Now she, and the 2 cats ...and the carpet...have fleas.


May brought several family birthdays. My dad turned 66, and I made him 6 cakes, 1 for that day, the rest to put in the freezer for whenever he was in the mood. Dad LOVES cake...with lots of frosting! May also brought the end of Kelsey's freshman year. She did pretty decent in school, mostly A's & B's.

Now its June. Things have been busy so far. Jilly finished school. Kelsey started drivers ed class and driving. Kelsey also had practices and tryouts for the Flag Corps at school (she made the team yay!). So I've been very busy being mom taxi. Some days I am taking Kels back and forth to school 3 times! It's getting OLD FAST.

I've also been working on being a weaner! LOL On May 16 I decided it was time to work on this, Aubrey had her last daytime boobfest at 10a.m. as she went down for a nap and has not had a daytime feeding since. I found a crazy method, that suits crazy ole me...I put bandaids on my boobs! When she asked for booby, I told her I had "owies". She asked to see them numerous times, and each time she'd pat them, say "nice" and then give them a kiss lol. She was trying to make mommy's "owies" better like I do for hers. I found it sweet, in a weird sort of way :) Aubrey does still get boob if she wakes up during the night (which she always does) but we are making progress. Once Kels is done with drivers ed, and we don't have to get up early for anything I'm going to give her the sippy cup if she wakes at night...let the screaming begin.

There is something else I'd like to talk about, but I am unable to at this time because the person its about has not given me permission to share. Hopefully soon, as I'd like to share my thoughts/feelings on it.

That should about catch you up on the latest here. Nothing overly exciting eh? I have tons of pics I'd like to share, but don't want to overload here. If anyone is interested in seeing more pics, leave me a comment, and I'll link ya so you can view them...most are of Aubrey of course because she is my most willing model. Here are a few of my favorites...


















Ok I'll stop lol. I could go on and on and on....

Signing off for now...Toodles!

Yo...

I'm still around. Don't post here much because I don't know that anyone actually reads it! If you do read it, leave me a comment so I know I have some followers...Please.

The weather this weekend has been wonderful so far. It sure doesn't feel very Octoberish...we better enjoy it while we can!

The girls are doing well in school thankfully. Kelsey went to homecoming last weekend and had fun. Jilly is having fun being a crazy wild drama queen 3rd grader.

Zach starts a new job at the end of the month, he'll be working at Petsmart in Yorkville. He is really excited about it.

Aubrey is crawling, and pulling herself up to standing. Soon she'll be running ;) Now if I could only get her to sleep at night I'll be a happy camper. She currently wakes anywhere from 3-9 times a night! Makes for a tired and cranky mommy.

Bill's working 2 jobs trying to keep us afloat. I offered to work but he says no, I need to be with Aubrey. While I'm sad he has to be so tired working 2 jobs, I am also thankful I can be with Aubrey...that is where I belong.

As for me...been busy chasing Aubrey, keeping house although looking at it you'd not think I'm doing very well LOL the kids mess it faster then I can keep it clean. I've also been spending some time on scrapblog making cool things, its fun to be creative.

Oh the pictures above...the first is Aubrey wearing her lamb outfit...although it looks bunnyish to me. The second one is Aubrey after "feeding" herself some Trix yogurt. I hope you enjoyed them.

Toodles.

Bah and HaHaHa

First the Bah:

Aubrey has an ear infection in both ears. She got put on antibiotics Tuesday, and since has been crabbier! She is also still tugging at her ears, and her nose is running again, she was also up every 2 hrs last night.

Now the HaHaHa:

It was storming this morning. I dropped Jilly off at school. Instead of her saying "Bye mom, love you" she said... "If we have a tornado, save my black shoes!" LOL spoken by a true diva...

Update

Hello!

I know, I haven't updated in a bit...Sorry!

Zach turned 18 on Aug. 14, I can't believe my son is an adult now! EEK. Aubrey turns 8 months on Aug. 19, and Jilly turns 8 years old on Aug. 23...whats with all the 8's? And its the 8th month of 08! :) I think thats pretty cool...I have a thing for numbers (just not math).

Bill was off work a few days. He had a fender bender on his way out to lunch the other day, so they sent him out for a drug test (it happened as he was leaving work), and had him off on paid leave until they got the results back. He of course passed it. The dickheads at RRD called at 11 p.m. Thursday night to tell him. Why didn't they call at a decent hour, the jerks woke me up!!

Kelsey started school yesterday and her day went pretty good. She is a freshman now, wow! She's been pretty moody lately, moreso then usual...I think its because she has the hots for a boy...yikes!

Jilly's had a long boring week. Her BFF Jackie was in the hospital most of the week. So Jilly was driving me and Kelsey nuts. I was very glad when Jackie got home and was able to play again, Thank you Jackie!! :)

Aubrey is still as cute as ever :) I took some pics and posted them at the top here... She isn't crawling yet, which in a way bums me out but then again it doesn't, because I don't have to worry about hiding the cat food and litter box just yet lol. She tries to pull herself up, usually by grabbing my boobs when I'm sitting on the floor with her. OUCH.

As for me, not much is new...still fat and sassy. I've been having some pain in my foot lately, like the back of my foot, above my heel. For a while it hurt to even touch there. Going up and down stairs was horrible. Yesterday when I went upstairs I noticed with each step I took my foot made a clicking/popping noise...that doesn't sound like a good thing. Oh well..

Thats it for now...

Toodles.