10-5-10

well 3 weeks from today we get to find out boy/girl. Hopefully peanut will be good and let us see :) Lately I've been getting headaches and just feeling really bloated and gassy :( definitly not good . I hope that it will subside. Also it seems like everything I eat gives me heartburn. which is really lousy, especially since I love really spicy food. So does Nixon so he just has to add hot sauce to his, and I get the bland bland bla bla. I've also lately been really tired and lazy again. When I went to the Dr last week when she felt my stomach she asked how far a long I was I said 16 weeks she said wow you feel like you're a lot further a long than that. She asked if I had had an ultra sound I said yes. She said well those don't lie,she said it might just have to do with the fact that this is my second.

This weekend we went to Sever's on Sat we had a lot of fun, Meeka really liked it we got some really good pics and video Nixon is working on getting it all edited and put together for a little movie :) On Sunday we went to Aamodt's which was a dissapointment then to some other farm down the road which was better than the apple orchard. I know for sure next year we will not be going back to that apple orchard. I really like the one in Delano so we will be going back to that one not this one again. Anyway I think Meeka wants to go outside, she loves playing on her swing set and having fun :) Have to enjoy this weather while we can.

9-24-10

well once again it's been waaay too long since I've posted something,

I now have my energy back so hopefully these posts will get better. I'm now almost 16 weeks, tomorrow will be 16 weeks. I can't believe it, I have my appt on Tuesday to hear baby's heart again, such a cool thing!! Then the end of Oct we get the ultra sound to find out boy/girl. I have a really strong feeling though this one is a boy. Hopefully I'm right. Even though Nixon goes back and forth between boy/girl he just sees Meeka as being so cute, and little boys being so naughty, he kinda wants another girl. Little does he know once those little girls hit 13 it's a totally different story :)

My nausea for the most part is gone, I still get really bloated and gassy, which is no fun and my heartburn is always there every night, kinda as a reminder saying yes I'm still here. I've felt peanut kick yesterday a couple of times, such a cool feeling, I haven't felt him a lot just 2 other times besides yesterday, so I'm waiting. I look at my belly and I'm still not really showing, kinda sad I weigh myself and I'm about right on track about 5 lbs so far so now that I've got my appetite back I'm sure it will start to increase. I can't wait to get a little belly that is the coolest thing!! With Meeka I didn't show until around 5-6 months either and she then was pretty small until the end too. Maybe it's just my frame?? WHo knows.

Things have been good though last week was my first sunday teaching the CTR 5 they are a great group of kids, I really enjoy preparing the lessons and getting ready and teaching them. I've always loved teaching and now I get another chance to do it. I've applied to numberous daycare centers and other teaching jobs and to my luck nothing so this way I still get to be around kids again :) Everyone at church is also very supportive and helpful!! Meeka at church has been so good and such a good girl she's been going into nursery and not even crying which makes everything that much easier!! Nixon has always been supportive and going which is very helpful especially with Meeka. Sometimes you need two people :)

Yesterday I got together with some old highschool friends Maryann which I haven't seen in over 4 years Erin who I haven't seen in over that and Tara, it was good to do lunch with all of them and talk about what's new and chit chat over old times, it'salways good to hear how everyone is doing !! They're all a great group of girls!!well that's all for now Meeka needs me more t

8-20-10

wow so much has gone by, sometimes I'm really good at this stuff and other times well not so much.... let's see Meeka's Birthday was a hit!!! We got everyone to help us chip in and we were able to get her a new swing set. It's really nice, it took Nixon and my uncle 2 and a half days to put the thing together, but Meeka loves it!! I over bought on the food, what's new. I always say better to have to much than not enough. All the grandparents were there, my mom was able to come up with Aalleia, who is now 4 or 5 I believe, she still drives me crazy though. I have to give it to my mom for being able to manage her like she does, I know that she wouldn't last a month in our home. I had my first appt with the dr on 8-3-08. Everything seemed o.k. heart beat was at 170 which is strong and healthy, the baby was 7 weeks 5 days, so right on track. My next appt is 8-31-10 This one I get to talk with my actual Dr. I have a lot of questions this time around. Especially since I will be having a repeat c section and my last one went horrible... I recovered o.k. but I bruised really bad I think back to it and just cringe. I'm a trooper in any situation though so I know that things will be o.k. I'm a lot more at ease now that I know my mom can come out for sure this time around ( by herself) and help out for a month. I was stressing out what we were going to do with Meeka during the whole thing. I didn't know so now I feel a lot better about that.

This pregnancy has been very different than Meeka that is for sure. I"ve had to switch my eating habits already, my diet, and a lot of other things. I'm always bloated and gassy, yuck :( I don't think I'm quite showing yet, which makes me a little nervous. I don't know why but this time around I'm not as excited as I was with Meeka, I'm more scared. I just hope and pray that everything is o.k. with this little one. Maybe because he's giving me such a hard time I'm not sure? I'm just really excited to go to my Dr's I'm hoping that we'll be able to hear the heart beat that will put a lot at ease for me if that's possible. Also like I said I'm not really showing yet so it's still hard for me to believe. I did get ultra sound pics though, so that was pretty cool :) It made things pretty concrete.

There are so many things already that I want to get, a new bassinet, a new swing, we need another crib and bedding. The list goes on and on.... I've been looking on ebay and craigs list to try and save some money cause everyone knows how expensive baby stuff is.. especially on a tight budget like ours ;)

That pretty much sums things up for now. oh I forgot to mention that Meeka got some polly pocket stuff from the neighbor girl, Nixon and I thought it would be a little too much for her since it's so tiny, she won't let the stuff go, it was so cute today for her nap she brought it all into her crib to sleep with her... She always brings a toy with her to sleep and this time she brought her polly pocket stuff. I'm so amazed at how much she understands all the time. She still doesn't talk a lot but she sure does understand and is absolutely adorable!! She just melts my heart.

Thursday week 6

Well,

I can definetly say that this pregnancy is different than Meeka. Meeka I had no troubles with her at all in the beginning as far as uncomfortable or being sick or anything.. I have the WORST times sleeping at night. I stopped drinking water now at 7pm because I was up like 5 times a night going to the bathroom... SUCKS!! so last time I was only up 3 times.... I couldn't go to sleep until 1am, and then I was up every other hour for something or the other, mostly going pee :( I also am just uncomfortable at night trying to sleep, I just have an uncomfortableness in my stomache, lower abdomen. I would say on a scale of 1-10 it's only like a 2 like I said it's just uncomfortable it doesn't hurt... Nixon says that this time around my body knows what it's doing so it's getting all the work done really quick... He's so cute he'll come up and ask me how the little seed was today :) It's about the size of a kidney bean now. His heart is beating now which is really cool... Things happen so quickly, I don't know if this time around is going to go quicker or slower than Meeka. Meeka seemed to go by really fast, so I think that this little guy is gonna take his own sweet time. I keep on calling it a he, I have a feeling that it's going to be a boy, just like the same feeling I knew that meeka was a girl. I wanted a girl first and then a boy. it's kinda funny a few weeks before I knew I was pregnant I had a dream that I was telling everyone at meeka's Birthday that I was pregnant and we were going to have a march baby, also that same week Meeka got out my pre-natal vitamins. and started playing with them.... Kinda like o.k. this is a sign, you are pregnant..... Anyway today I've had the wrost craving for Vietnamese food yumoo!!! So we went to Saigon and got some pho, eggrolls and some sandwiches :) anyway I gotta get going more to come

Sunday good day

Today is our 2nd Sunday as a family going to church... With this as I'm sitting in bed resting I'm thinking of the turn of events in my life so far that has lead to me coming back to church. I've never ever lost my testimony of the church, this is something that I've always had and I know that I always will. I've just lost myself a long the way, lost sight of what is truly important in this life and in this world. I've settled for the here and now and what made me happy instead of what will make me eternally happy. I want to take account of this so I don't forget. My turn of events started I would say in December. I started to become more unhappy at work, more stressed, and really re-thinking if this is what I want to do.. But then I would think to myself I HAVE to, we have bills to pay, credit cards, a daughter to provide for. etc,etc... I started to pray that I would find a job that I could make money from home and be with Meeka, this was my goal. I had always wanted to stay at home and raise her and instill high morals and values into her. I believe that that is so very important in this day and age for children. So I knew that this was where I was suppose to be I just didn't know how I was going to be able to do it. I seriously started looking on line for jobs where I could be at home with her. Then to my dismay or to an answer to my prayers I was let go from my job in January. They paid me for 2 weeks and I collected unemployment from then on. Nixon was so very fortunate to be able to go back and work days for full time and we've been blessed to be able to get medical and dental insurance through his employer (may I add even better than what we had through mine). Since I've been at home I"ve been able to look at all of our bills, I've been able to budget and cut where we don't need. we no longer have cable, we no longer have a land line phone, we only have 1 phone line, our cable bill got cut in half for internet. our garbage bill got cut in half, we are on programs to manage our utility bills, we've changed banks to save on our checking accounts. All of this because I got let go from my job.. Heavenly Father answered my prayers. Every day I look at Meeka and know that I made the right decision. Every once in a while I hear satan try and whisper to me you could go back to work and be making $50,000 you wouldn't have this stress of money in your life, you wouldn't have to cut this or that out , you could have this and that.... I have to tell myself, NO WHAT I WANT IS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME!! MY FAMILY... Through all of this I've learned that this is where I belong, this is where I'm needed, in the home, teaching Meeka raising her to learn about her heavenly father. being an example to her and to Nixon. This has truly been a testimony builder for me of prayer and that Heavenly father truly does know us and knows what is best for us. That he is ultimately in control, that he loves us dearly and when we pray and ask for things that are truly of his will and are what is best for us that he answers those prayers!! My husband and I had been trying for over 8 months to have anther child, when I lost my job I didn't know what to do and was so thankful that I wasn't pregnant heavenly father yes I wanted to have anther child but it was not the right time for us in our lives to have one, I needed to get through this in my life, gain a testimony of prayer and come back again to heavenly father.. I have to say I'm more scared this second time around to have a child. I don't know what is going to come of us in our house, in Nixon's job. I know for a fact now that I can not go back to work and afford to put the children in daycare, nor do I ever want to do that... I know that the Lord will bless us as long as we obey his commandments and repent and follow his will... I know that now is the right time for me to have another child and to bring this blessed life into our family.. I know that if we lean upon the lord that he will uplift us and help us through it. We just need to ensure that we are doing our part!! I wanted to make note of all of this because I feel that it's important for me and for those around me to understand where I am in my life. I love the lord with all my heart and soul, I love my family also. I want the best for them!!

7-8-2010

Well it's good news. I found out this week that I'm pregnant. Hopefully this time around I will keep better track of things, I always wished that I had weekly pics with Meeka so this time we're going to take pics. I"m also going to keep track of the way that I'm feeling and everything now better on here. I figure I'm about 5 weeks a long. Due date of March 10 or so..... My first appt is Aug 3 so we'll find out more in about a month. They don't see you until you're at least 8 weeks a long. It's a feeling of excitement and nerveousness!!! Of course we both want a boy, but a girl would be so much easier. Wouldn't have to buy as much clothing or anything else, with a boy we'd have to start a ll over. Of course I already busted out my maternity clothes, and all of Meeka's old newborn clothes, I separated what could be used for a boy already too. I organized it better by newborn 0-3 3-6 and then 6-12. I couldn't believe how much clothes she use to have!!! It was crazy. So I organized what I have better so far I have all the way up to 4T from my mom in tubs downstairs. It's crazy to think about getting another crib/ bed to put in that room. Thank goodness it's a descent size. Well I'll be posting pics weekly and we'll talk soon.

5-11-2010 Grandpa visits

Well today is tuesday, I had talked to my dad about having a scanner, I want to take some old photos and digitize them, he found it and is bringing it over tonight. I figure as long as he's coming over might as well have dinner. Well Meeka was a little shy at first but then warmed up to him, wanted to show him all her cool stuff, got on his lap showed off her book, her stickers and her building blocks. It was really cute, Unfortunately the scanner didn't work with out computer, but dad got some good spaghetti dinner and dessert afterwards. Then after we put Meeka down we played some wii sports. We had a lot of fun, the wii is pretty fun when you have a few people to play it with. Nixon wants to get the bar games one where there is darts and pool and other things, maybe later. Right now I'm just concerned with paying off all our credit cards. It seems like as soon as we get one paid off something comes up that we need to use it, example my stupid car. I feel like I can't ever get a step ahead of the game. I wish it were that easy. I would love to start planning for baby #2 but I'm sure that once I'm pregnant there will be plenty of time exactly 9 months. little steps like getting sizzles trained will be our saving grace. If he's not trained and we bring another one into the mix I think that's just a recipe for disaster. My brother also called and said that he's found an apt that he likes out in Mound. He needs to go fill out the credit check and references so hopefully he'll pass and finally get out of living with my dad. I honestly think that is the best thing for him. It's not healthy for either one of them to be there. Jeremy needs to grow up, get his own place and be concerned with his own life and let my dad be on his own. THink of himself first for a change and what he wants and needs from his own life. My dad just needs to be on his own, I think only then will he finally maybe realize how important family is when he's by himself. I've been really working with Meeka also lately with her numbers and letters. I don't want her to be slow when it comes to those things. She still doesn't say a lot of words which scares me but that's o.k. I guess. Well that's it for now

5-10-2010 Manic Monday

well today was a manic monday can we say!! Meeka got up too early again I knew it was going to be a hard day, we also got sizzles a kennel and he's trying to sleep in it at night, because Nixon nor I want to sleep with him because he wakes us up at night and it's too uncomfortable. So this morning he was crying early in the morning than Meeka was up. She was up and down sleeping then not sleeping, wanting to go lay in her crib all day long. Nixon got home and he wanted to go use our Khans GC so I got Meeka ready and off we went. She did pretty good at the restraunt. We have avoided going out with her because she has a tendency to throw fits and food and it is just a hassle. But this trip went pretty good. She drank some water from the cup with a straw and blew some bubbles too. It was pretty cute. She ate the noodles and the rice and a little bit of chicken. So it was a good time out. Not much else to post

Mother's Day

well happy mother's day to me :) I think back the past few years and this is a day that I remember more than my actual birthday, it's that much more special to me. A day to celebrate being a mom and raising a beautiful child that I have. My first mother's day when I was pregnant with meeka nixon and I did brunch at Fletchers which is my favorite place ever to have brunch. Last year Nixon did an Awesome collage of all Meeka's baby pics together on the PS3 to like a video thing it was great it made me cry a little bit. Today I got breakfast made for me, then some quiet time to myself, Nixon went out with meeka got me some flowers, a card and a really cool flower ring that I was looking at from Pier1 He said that Meeka held onto it the whole way home and that she really loved it. Once they got home Meeka signed the card and I've been wearing my ring ever since, it's kinda big looking on my finger, but I love the fact that every time I look down at something so beautiful I think of my little beautiful girl :) Even when she's throwing the biggest tantrum in the world!!

I got the opportunity to talk to my dad about a scanner, I want to digitize some old photo's I've been thinking about putting together a movie for my mom for a late mother's day gift. I think that it would be really cool. She's been such a wonderful mom to me and an example. She's always been there for me and a true friend. It's funny now that I have been home with Meeka I call and talk to her every week, just to say hi, check in and say I love her. Once you have your priorities in line, Family first everything seems to just work it's way out. I do hope though that soon we will be able to grow our little family, into a semi little family :) But in due time when the time is right. That's it for today

Saurday I want a re-do

Well today was just an ugh day from the beginning. I swear I think Meeka is teething so she was up at 7am. That for starters is just trouble with her because she doesn't get enough sleep when she gets up that early. I know you're saying 7am early, well for her it is she is just like an alarm almost every day at 8:30 on the dot. So I knew we were in for a bad day. She got up and threw a fit for starters, she didn't want the food we were giving her, yet she was hungry, so we tried yogurt, she threw the yogurt all over herself and nixon, I came over to help give her her medicine, that ended up all over the floor too. Needless to say then breakfast got a little over-done. We struggled through everything, she finally went down for her nap around 11, she slept until almost 2. Which was much needed time for us to clean up and go back for a nap too. Then off we were to the store to get more medicine and look for a couple other things. We got my mother's day pie and gifts early. I wanted some pics developed and framed, so I got to go pick out the frames, They're absolutely beautiful and I love them. Still putting finishing touches on making our house a home :) Meeka took a little snooze in the car and then we were home to have some chicken and potatoes for dinner and crash for the night.

Thursday new toothbrush

Well, today was a pretty yucky day outside, we've had construction workers digging up the front corner of our house to put in a new sewer or sidewalk or something or other so it's been pretty crazy around here lately. I took the time for Meeka and I to do our typical grocery shopping day. Meeka has been teething a little bit lately and I saw the cutest toothbrush at the store so we decided to get it. Oh my goodness does she absolutely love it, it's a hello kitty electric one. Every single day she has been brushing her teeth almost all day long. It's been the funniest ever!! That's our big news for the day today, besides that not much to talk about.

cinco de mayo

yea, cinco de mayo, well I can officially say that yes I do have PMS, I can just feel myself being short and having hardly any patience, especially with Nixon. So hopefully this week will go by quickly. I was looking at bassinets for baby #2 whenever that will be. But I did find one that I really love it's side by the bed bassinet and it's good for up to 6 months. So that gives Meeka even more time to have her room by herself.

Anyway in celebration of today I did enchilladas yummo they were really good. Meeka helped mix the filling of them which was taco turkey, black beans, onions, and cream of mushroom soup. They were really really good. Then after Meeka went to sleep Nixon and I got to watch cougar town and Happy Town, two new shows that I found to be really good, Cougar town is pretty funny while Happy town is a murder mystery sci fi show and it's just completely off the wall creepy. I love it though. I can now watch those shows again now that Nixon is home at night I feel safe and sound once again. Besides that it was pretty much a chil lax type day. Until tomorrow

Sunday 5-2-2010

Well today was going to be a quiet day since the day before was so much running around, I was craving a salad form Sunsets all day, but we settled for Punch pizza and the salad there, We went to Target and bought a new camera, we both wanted one that fit in our pockets, we ended up going because the crib we bought yesterday went on sale and we needed a price adjustment SHA SHING$$$ anyway I'm still thinking about buying another one for baby2 someday, so this way they'll match :) The crib we bought was beautiful!. Well after the target mumbo jumbo we were off to EP for some punch, we got our awesome pizza and salad, then we swung by CAM RAHN for some chinese to go for later. I so wish that we lived in EP it would be the BEST!!! Everything you need is right there!!! anyway after food it was homeward bound for a little bit of fun in the yard . Then off to bed it was.

Saturday Crazy day 5-1-2010

Well today was a crazy day I knew that I wanted to go to the mall and get Meeka some new jammies because she's getting too tall for her 18m ones so she needed to go up to 24 . So it started getting everyone fed and then off to the mall we went. She was such a good girl it was unbelievable. Lately she's been really fussy in public and makes things hard for us to get anything done. We started off going to carters and getting her 3 jammies, I didn't get a lot because I'm not sure how they're gonna fit. then Old Navy to get Nixon some jeans and I wanted to look for some new shirts, I've been really bored with my waredrobe lately it's so bla! So anyway I couldn't find anything so we went next door to charlotte Russe. yes I know that it's a teeny bopper and very trendy store but it doesn't hurt to look, and surprisingly enough I found 2 shirts that were AWESOME and bought some tanks for the summer :) After that it was off to baby gap for meeka and to get her some jeans, they have adjustable waist which now is a MUST for her, she's too skinny for the gymboree stuff and it just falls off of her, so I get her shorts and jeans there now. Afterwards it was up to the top for some well needed food!!! Oh I forgot that we got her some little tennis shoes at gymboree that were clearanced out and ooh soo cute.

Then we got home for a much needed nap and thought that we were just going to rest after that. NOPE, found out that the crib that we have for Meeka was re-called so after she took her nap we took it apart and off to Target to get a new one. We ended up spending more money than the other one cost but this one is Delta, it doesn't have a drop side and is absolutely beautiful!! After all this running around putting the new crib together it was off to the Duran's to watch the fight. By this time it was almost Meeka's bed-time, so I was really scared how she was going to be, we packed the pack and play for her to go to sleep in.

We got to the Duran's got some food and started watching the fight. meeka played really good with her BFF just for about an hour then she wanted to go to sleep. We put her down and she was a good girl all night. I couldn't believe it. We actually had some adult time with our friends. It was amazing!!! After the fight we bundled her up and home we went.

sicker than sick

well, it's been a few days since I've posted, I'll summarize, basically Friday, Sat, Sunday, I was secluded to the bedroom/bathroom. It was horrible I was throwing up and had diahrea all three days, Nixon was such a trooper and went out and got everything that we needed from soup, to TP to pedialite for meeka, I finally haven't felt 100% back to normal until yesterday. I had been still getting stomach aches and headaches so yesterday I had none and it was a good day. We went to the park and had fun with Meeka too.

I got myself a moms day present it's a dish coupon that I purchased so I got like $50 off 4 meals and 2 sides so I'm going to go in on Friday and put them together while Nixon watches meeka for me. I'm really excited. not only do I get to do some good cooking by myself, but it'll be really good food :) some of my fav things. Well hopefully the rest of the week will be good.

Yesterday we dropped my car off to get fixed, to our dismay my warranty was over, I swear I thought it was 100,000 miles but I guess there was an exp date also, so hopefully this will not cost us too much money. We're getting an oil change and it's gonna cost $40 just to look at the front end. I know it's the struts or ball joints or whatever the heck it's called on my car, which last time was around $500 YUCK!!! I so would want to spend that money on a play climber for meeka. anyway not too much fun for now. more to come

thursday earth day.

well I thought of something that would be fun, We bought a lot of seeds at Target, sunflowers, baby's breath and then one of a bunch of wild flowers. I thought that today would be a great day to plant them, considering it's earth day and all. I'll wait for Nixon to get home from work so we can all do it together as a little family. Meeka seems good today, she got up 830 as usually and then asked to go down for her nap around 1130. She's been soo good lately. She asks to go to sleep and to go down for her naps. She's turning into such a big girl. Last night though after she was in bed it took her awhile to go to sleep. I'm sure because she slept most of the day it was hard for her. I know Nixon had a hard time going to sleep. Last night we watched this show called Cougartown, I had heard of it but didn't really think anything of it, oh my word it was really funny, Nixon and I watched them back to back and laughed out loud. It was great! Anyway hopefully we'll post some pics later of the great new flowers growing for earthday.

yucky sick day

well today has started out as no fun. Meeka was up at around 4am as soon as I walked into her room I knew that she had threw up. (poor baby). She was crying of course so I changed her and cleaned off her monkeys, luckily she didn't get any on her blankets , it was just a little spit up. So after that I held her and walked around the house trying to get her to go back to sleep. I took her in my room just to ensure that she was o.k. it's harder for her to sleep there but I feel better about the situation, then again at 5am she was sick, this time I got the brunt of it my shirt was covered with puke and she was crying. So by this time is when Nixon usually wakes up for work. I called him to get up and help me, luckily he got up quickly to come help. I feel so helpless in these situations. after we changed her again and myself things calmed down I asked Nixon to go get her some pedialite at the store and some motrin incase she had a fever. She didn't feel warm but we were out and as long as he was going out I figured he might as well get some. So by this time Meeka was getting settled it was around 7:30 and she finally went to sleep. Nixon called into work so he is home for the day. We all got up around 11am again. I'm so glad she got some good sleep in . After we got up I made some pancakes and sausages. So far she has been her little old self, a little clingy but her spirits seem up and she's walking around and being her normal self. I hope that it was just a little upset stomach and nothing else. She doesn't have a fever or anything else. I'll see how the rest of the day goes, everyone is taking a nap again so hopefully things will be back to normal :)

car-time tuesday

Well so far today has been good. Meeka got up a little late, she threw a fit to go outside, so in her pj's and all it was outside. She loves to go in the car and just play. So that's exactly what we did. For a long time now when we go somewhere Nixon will put her on his lap and have her help him back out of the garage, honk the horn, have fun :) So today that's what she wanted to do. She climbed all over the car, we were in there for over an hour. It was easy and she loved it, getting her out of the car was anther story. So that's our morning so far, more to come later :)

Well I must say that the day just got better once Nixon got home. He took Meeka for a bike ride while I started dinner, he came back moments later to let me know that there was a sandbox down the road on the curb with a free sign on it..... REALLY how awesome is that. I've been looking for one on craigs list for awhile and here one is just down the road for FREE. It needed to be washed up a little bit but Meeka will never know the difference. So anyway there are some cute pics, it was impossible to get her to come in tonight. She went straight to the tub!!! She was a dirty mess. So tonight we're going to watch our netflix movie hopefully it's good, the girl who leapt through time. We've been watching a lot of japenese animation so hopefully this one will be good.

music monday

Well today was an actual good monday :) Meeka and I got a lot done, we had to go grocery shopping early because we ran out of cat food, so off to Walmart we went. It was a quick trip, I wanted to get it done early though, cause sometimes later on in the day she can get fussy. If I went early enough she would still be waking up. So as soon as she was up I dressed her and we were out the door. She was still a little hazy at the store, but still ever so cute!! So we came home had some eggs and sausages had a little playtime and it was down for a good nap. In the meantime I figured out this blogging business with pictures and got some laundry started.

Once daddy got home it was yea!!! Nixon had brought home some speakers from work for Meeka to use with the ipod, she loved it!! She honestly really loves music of all sorts. As soon as we turn on the music on the bookcase she runs over there and starts to dance. It's ever so cute to watch. Well after some play time with the speakers I got to get my work-out on the wii. I really love this I can choose which work-outs I want to do and how much. I usually only do about 20 minutes but I work up a good sweat and it feels GREAT!! So afterwards it was outside for some playtime. Meeka and daddy kicked the ball around. She is great at soccer, it's soo cute to watch her chase the ball around and kick it. She has great soccer skills. She gets the concept that the ball needs to be kicked into the net which is awesome. I think she'll take after her daddy here :) After some soccer daddy thought it was a good idea to have her dig in the garden. Not so good of an idea. Anyway she got covered in dirt and my garden still needs to be dug up. My strawberries are coming up and onions from last year. It's awesome to watch. I love gardening and growing my own veggies and also watching the flowers grow. I use to kill everything but I think I'm slowly getting the hang of it. Anyway after some digging up it was time to come in. You would think it was the end of the world the way she throws a fit. We keep her out as long as possible then take her straight to the bath, which she loves!!! After that some milk and wubbzy and time for bed. She goes down pretty good now. Tonight Jeremy and his boss came and picked up our old t.v. Great condition, just big and it's a tube t.v. not flat. So the thing weighs A TON!!! They came and took it off our hands which I was glad to get rid of!! Afterwards Nixon and I had a little bit of time for some wii again. It was some basketball, I'm so competitive that I kept on beating Nixon, I got up to his record of 24, he didn't even get that :) Anyway after that it was time to hit the hay.

well, as I'm finally getting the hang of this blogging thing :) Hopefully I forgot to add that we went out and got Meeka an easel, one side is dry erase and the other side is chalk board. Well she loves it. I got her washable markers instead of dry erase because they come out of her clothes. I just thought I would add it and show some cute pics :)

weekend 4-19-10

well of course this weekend went extremely too fast!!!. It's been kinda funny lately Nixon has been going to sleep earlier than I have on the weekend of course I have to give him a hard time :) On Sat he has been working quite a bit lately, so I try not to tease him too bad. This weekend on Sat he had to work once again, so it was Meeka and I. I don't mind it, he usually only works a half a day so it isn't bad. Friday night I was craving chinese so we ordered that for dinner, it was AWESOME!! We get delivery from a local place and it usually lasts us about 2 meals for the money which is good. Friday night Meeka decided to get up at 3am I don't know what was going on, but I had to get up walk around with her and then eventually rock her to sleep. Part of me secretly loves it the other part wants my sleep. But then on Sat she woke up and we did some cleaning around the house and waited for daddy to come home.

Sunday was a restful day (not) again Meeka was up at 3am and then I put her to sleep around 4am, She thankfully slept until 9 after that so it was good. Nixon mowed the front of the lawn today, I seriously hate our yard, it seems like every year we rake it try and mow it and take care of it and it still doesn't grow that good and look nice . So I think this year we're kinda giving up on all the hard work, we'll do the basics and that's about it. Lately Meeka has been seriously into stickers, I got some cute pics today of her taking the stickers off and putting them on her face and on her daddy. Oh also lately now when she decides to throw a fit she screams MAMA which is ever so nice let me tell you about it. We stayed at home followed by some left overs for dinner. Meeka went down and then Nixon and I got some good wii time in. We've really enjoyed the wii, I like the pad the most it's more physical exercise, he enjoys archery and tennis. Last night it was basketball, I kept on going on and going until I beat my record of 20. of course Nixon's was 24 but we had a lot of fun doing it. So now this is something the two of us will play. It's also cute to watch Meeka try and run and jump on the pad, hopefully sooner or later she'll get the hang of it. I sometimes hold her and do the workout, which is even harder :) But that was the funfilled weekend of the Madrids.

wii had fun

Last night we went and returned one of our games and bought one that uses the dance pad. We did some jumping games and wack a mole with Meeka. It was soo cute and she enjoyed it. Surprsingly I got quite a work out from it. I had to go to a tank top. So I'm hoping that I'll be able to get some exercise from it and enjoy it all. Afterwards when she went to bed Nixon and I played rabbids it's such a funny game you laugh pretty good!! Meeka didn't wake up through any of it so it was a good time :)

Today is Friday Nixon woke up late again today, he didn't feel good and wanted to call in, but he goes in so early that there is no-one there to call into. So I don't know if he's going to make it through the entire day??? I got a coupon from my mom for 30% off gymboree but it's for full price only I might return some stuff of mine and then re-buy it on-line because none of it was on-sale when I got it. but anyway that's it for now.

my little helper

Well

again it's been awhile since I've been on here, getting better but not perfect. Well I feel that spring has officially sprung here. It's been raining a lot lately which is nice, the dandilions are out in full force. It's pretty cute, Meeka thinks that they're flowers and she goes around picking them.

Yesterday she was my little helper. She saw me sweeping up the kitchen and just had to get in on the fun. It was really cute, she had the dust pan and the little broom and she was going around sweeping the whole house.

I think that she has officially hit the terrible two stages though, she throws a tantrum over everything every day it seems like. She just doesn't have a day where it's o.k. and she doesn't cry. It seems like I have a headache now everyday too which doesn't help the situation.

Last night we got a wii or yesterday, anyway last night we set it up Nixon and I had a lot of fun with it, we've been debating on what to get upstairs, we had a blu-ray, than we were going to get a ps3 and now we have a wii, so hopefully this will work out. I'm excited for it, I'm hoping that Meeka will get into it too and have some fun.

anyway that's it for now until next time

tuesday meltdown mania

Today I would call meltdown mania, I lost track of the meltdowns after 5 or six, it started out with the vicks rub, the screws, then the easter egg baskets, the scriptures, the dried flowers, then the screw she found in the laundry basket, the juice, the book, and well by that time she was tired out and went down for a nap. After crying I think she forgot why she was crying to begin with. So while she got in her nap I got to clean the stove and get in 3 loads of laundry. Yesterday we un-clogged all the sinks so now the washer works much better emptying into the sink and it doesn't back up. well that is so far today we'll see what it holds once Nixon gets home once she is done with her food we'll go outside and get some energy out.

3-29-10 Poop Pee day

Well today was a monday,

and believe me it was a poopee day, literally and figuratively speaking. It started out with me and my benefits, every monday I request benefits, pain in the butt, but oh well Jobs aren't the easiest and this is what I do. Well I noticed on my account that there was an appeal for my decision from my ex-employer. To make a long story short, I had to speak to 5 different people at the state of MN, one from ADP and someone from TVI. No-one seemed to know what was going on, and didn't fully help me with my questions. I supposedly have a hearing with a judge and even though the documents show that TVI wanted to with-draw their appeal. it made no sense at all,so finally someone in appeals had said well just look at your account in a couple of days and it should go away??? Anyway just another way that someone's mistakes can really stress someone else out.

To go onto the day, once Nixon got home we went to the park, Meeka really enjoys this, and loves the slide. It's good for all of us to get out and get some exercise and out and about. Anyway on the way to the park, we came accross our neighbors and Meeka wanted them to come to and she started crying when they didn't. Once we got to the park she had a blast like always and didn't want to leave, it usually takes her meltdown to last 3 blocks, but this time she came across some more kids outside (which is happening more and more with the warm weather) and so she started playing with them and didn't want to leave, then she threw another fit all the way home.

Meeka finally got home we sat down, Nixon was watching some t.v. with Meeka, I thought he was watching her, but wasn't, anyway she has a tendency to put her hand down her bottom, well this time she was poopy and decided to share that with Daddy, she came over and tried to feed him her poop. Got it all over his shirt and I laughed uncontrollably. Anyway we had to clean her up, we got her ready for a bath, then seriously as soon as she got out of the bath, there was a mad dash for her little blue coach and while she was standing there she peed on the floor. It was just one of those days.

3/27/10

well it's been a long time I'm not very good at this whole thing, I keep telling Nixon to remind me to do this at night after Meeka goes to sleep.

This week was an eventful week, I must say I ABSOLUTELY love having Nixon work days, we've been able to go to the park afterwork, go out shopping, or go out to eat, we actually have a normal life and we see each other, good or bad ?? but it was really funny this week on Thu we went to Old Navy because we needed some summer clothes, all of us. So off we went, well lately Meeka has been just a handful in public, I tried going on Wed by myself with her and failed. She threw a fit and we had to leave, so determined not to give up, we went back on thursday and this time with daddy :) Anyway she discovered the escalator. Oh my well we went up and down the escalator about a dozen times, she thought it was some ride, and at this point anything to keep her happy and not throwing a tantrum is game in my book :) The sales associated started laughing at us because we kept on going in circles.

Well we got some good things, then ended up returning them on Friday, because we found better and cheaper at Target. Imagine that... While returning them she was good though.

Saturday was Christians birthday but before that we've been talking about getting Boxee or a blu ray player for upstairs. Well we finally broke down and got one and ordered Netflix. WAY COOL!! oh we also bought like my favorite movie The Princess and the Frog. I think now we've watched it around 4 times. I love the songs and really want to get the soundtrack. It's so cute to see her dance to the music in it.

Afterwards we all came home had a little nap then got ready to go to Buca, it was a good night, great food!! we had some leftovers for dinner today and also Meeka so it was a good day.

I have to remember to add last week we went to an Easter Egg scramble at the Edinborough park here in Edina. This indoor park is soo cool!! It cost $8 and she got to get easter eggs and run around in the park all day. We are definetly going back. She could go in the gym and all over the slides and the park and they had these bouncee gyms too. she had a blast and didn't want to go.

Today was a chill day (sunday) it was really nice NIxon took her for half the day and I got to get some good rest in, it was well needed. Afterwards we all bundled up and went to the park. It wasn't that cold but the wind was a bit. She loves the park down the road from us, actually when we leave she throws a full on fit for about 3 blocks then calms down, she thinks she's a big girl and tries to run around with the other kids, not quite there yet, but she loves being around the other children. She's a little shy at first but then warms up very quickly.

Well that's it for now, hopefully next time won't be as long.

2-16-10

This week has already been going so quick and it's only Tuesday :) Well meeka is now walking a lot more this week, she is starting to walk other places around the house, not just from the coach to the sofa. She also has been playing with her stacking blocks a ton!! She now stands up to put the top one on, it's now just as fun to stack them up as to knock them down. This past weekend we had a ton of fun with our little family. I tried to do valentine cards with her, but she threw a fit and didn't want to ink her fingerprint in the card, so instead we just colored and made heart cupcakes. Which by the way are all gone already, I think we have a little sneaky person who eats them at night when everyone is esleep. I cooked a good dinner and we watched Finding Nemo. All in all it was a great day. Couldn't ask for anything more. That is it for now. More next time :)