Wow! What a day! I am having a very bad Mom day! I don't have any patience today and am not sure why. I think maybe I am just so overtired that I am just losing it. After secluding myself inside all day with the kids, at about 5pm, I finally decided to venture out of the house. Marrisa and I took the kids to Damon's for dinner and then to Meijers to get some stuff for Marrisa. Everything was great until just before we left Meijers and Braden started to scream. He screamed the entire way home! I had to drop of Marrisa at home before I could go home and the poor baby screamed the whole way. I felt like such a terrible mother and decided as I was speeding home that from now on, my kids will come first! I really don't care if it is inconvenient for other people....I am the protector for my kids and they HAVE to come first. Luckily when I got home, Trav was willing to put both the kids to bed as I was feeding Braden. So, at least I got some relief from my frustration and can sit a relax a bit tonight.

The day had some fun parts to it, though. I totally loved watching Trav play and dance with the kids to XM radio on the television. It was so sweet to see him interacting with them like that. He also cleaned the living room and it looks beautiful. I hope that I can get him motivated to keep cleaning. He did talk about E-baying some stuff so I hope he is serious and will help me declutter. I am so tired of this house being a mess. It is so hard to keep it neat when there is just so much stuff!

I am still working on Ashton's 2nd Birthday pages. It is so hard to decide on a title. I have to finish these so I can get them posted for the challenge. The end of the month is in two days so I have to get it done. I plan on trying to get at least the journaling figured out after I do this blog. I love scrapping, but it takes me so long to complete my pages. I am such a perfectionist!

Speaking of scrapping, I decided to become a Leaving Prints representative tonight. I contacted a lady from one of my mailing lists and told her I wanted to sign up under her. I am totally geeked as I will get not only the LP discount, but also the discount to my uplines store. I hope that I can use all of this and also make a bit of money from this. A little extra income..at least enough to cover my hobby expenses...would be wonderful!

Well, I will sign off for now. Oh, I have to just jot down a few words that the kids say that I think are so cute...

Ashton - when asked who he is says "Ashton Jon Pilpatrick!" He also says Wiwwy Wonka instead of Willy Wonka. He also sometimes refers to his penis as his tail...not sure where that came from, but he has done it a few times.
Madison - used to say skabetty instead of spaghetti and hossable instead of hospital....Oh, too cute...tonight when I said Madison is my little girl, she looked at me in all seriousness and said, "Mommy, please don't call me little girl. I am not little; I am big!" It totally cracked me up! She is such a 13 year old in a 4 year old body!

What a week!

This week has been a busy one and a tough one with Braden! Last Sunday we went to Shooters for Amber's birthday party. It was fun, though not as good as Tori's I heard as they moved all the games into a tiny room. It was really crowded and didn't have a lot for the little ones. Madison and Ashton did have fun, though, just being with their cousins. We got Amber some craft stuff and she really liked it.

The rest of the week was busy just being us. Wednesday, Madison had a field trip to Butman Fish which was cool, but boy was it a chore to take all three kids! Luckily Tracey held Braden almost the entire time which allowed me to help Madison with her project and keep an eye on Ashton. It was fun, but I don't think I will do too many library trips until Braden is a bit older. I was really sad that I forgot my camera as I wanted to scrap all her field trips. I think I will just get the pics that the helper took and take a few pics of the books she checked out and the library card she got.

Friday, Mom and Dad picked up Madison from school as Braden seemed to be in a pretty bad mood! The poor baby just wanted to be held so much. I hope that this doesn't last long as I can't get a thing done around the house. Oh well, I know they are little for such a short time, but it is frustrating sometimes. We basically lounged around the house and then Marrisa came over. We did go to dinner at Beef O'Brady's which was good. I didn't get to work on any scrapping as Marrisa wanted to go home early to chat with Mike.

Saturday was another day when Braden needed lots of attention. However, I was able to spend some time with the kids playing and doing puzzles. Boy are they great at the Elmo and Princess puzzles! I think it is time to get them a few more! We also went to Mass today and I spent almost the entire Mass in the gathering area with Braden feeding him and letting him sleep. Thank God that Marrisa and Mom and Dad were there to take care of Madison....Ashton was home napping. It is nice only taking 2 kids to Mass....don't need as many hands and can concentrate a bit more.

Well, I am sure that lots of other things happened this week, but I am at a loss. I am going to try to remember to post once a day, but so far I am not doing so good at that. Wish me luck!

Braden actually slept!!!!

Well this morning has been a normal morning! Got Madison ready and off to school and now I am sitting here with Braden sleeping on the Boppy. Ashton is happily playing in the playroom, so life is quiet for once.

The coolest thing happened last night....Braden slept from about 6:15pm until 5:00am and then fell back asleep after eating until 7:30. It made his crankiness for the past few days worth it. I hope this is the beginning of a baby who sleeps through the night each night! I am not sure what that is like since the other never did as babies. Heck, Ashton does now but Madison still wakes up once to go potty and then again usually to climb in bed with us. Oh well, they are little for such a short time.

Now I am just hanging out on the computer, realizing I have not blogged since the first one I did (and I KNOW some funny and memorable things have happened since), so I am resolving to blog each time I sit down at the computer (at this time in life about 2 times a week or so!).

Have a great Wednesday! I am going to try to resist buying any more stuff on the QVC scrapping shows!