See ya later August Hello September

August is drawing to a close and I am so ready for it to be over. August was not nice to us this year and I am just plum done! And with the end of August means September is here, which means Fall is here, which is my MOST favorite time of year.

August came in like a player stealing 3rd base but is going out slower than a no hitter. I mean it when I say August hasn't been nice to us. The month itself hasn't been mean to us, but what has happened to us this month is enough to have me crying "Foul" or "Do over".

We've had to replace tires on Bill's truck because he ran over a socket wrench, not knowingly, cause who would run over a socket wrench? So after $1250 was paid out for those, then it was onto injuries.




On our way out of town for our belated anniversary overnight his truck overheated on the mountain pass. Come to find out the radiator cap wasn't on tight enough but it had us worried for a bit.


Next up was our 1st injury in a nut shell is this. Bill wanted to prove me wrong and didn't believe the saying "Mama is always right". Let's just say he does now. By trying to prove me wrong that a car cannot be put into reverse when parked & foot not on brake pedal. So he did it, with our kids in the car = car rolled down our driveway into the street with Bill and I chasing after it. Resulting in Bill hurting his knee getting the car stopped. We meet with the Orthopedic surgeon on Tues to discuss injuries. (looks like a torn meniscus & calf muscles)


Then as if Bill wasn't in enough pain his tooth started hurting. To the dentist he went to discover not 1 but 2 root canals are needed!


Next it was car issues up to bat again. This time the alternator on Bill's truck went out. $120 bucks later, a recharged battery and his truck is back up and running again.


This week we are headed out for our annual Labor Day camping trip with friends. As the end of the month draws near lets hope it takes pity on us and ends quietly.

Once we are back from camping it's time for schedules, swim lessons, ballet class, MOPS, comfort foods, Football and fall weather. I am so ready for fall to come and bring us some normalcy and routine. Bring it on baby, I'm ready!!!

Not Me Monday

Happy Monday Morning and welcome to another edition of Team D Not Me Monday's. Not Me Monday's were started by McMama. Check out her blog to see what everyone else did NOT do this past week.

This week Bill and I did NOT go away and stay overnight in a hotel, our first time since our honeymoon 4yrs ago. We went to Leavenworth and stayed in a small, cute, off the beaten path Motel. It was so quaint...just how I like them.

It was NOT so relaxing and enjoyable making us wish we had another day.

We did NOT order in pizza, watch movies and just lay around the hotel room. Leading Bill to say "You know we could've just done this at home" ........Ummm, yeah right like we would.

The motel room did NOT have the biggest jacuzzi jetted tub that I have ever seen. I did NOT take 2 bubble baths all by myself in a 24hr period.

I did NOT have Bill take a picture of me in one of my bubble baths and I did NOT just post it for everyone to see.

Yesterday, I did NOT find a newborn diaper next to my side of the bed. Micah is 4months old and I couldn't have possibly forgotten about a newborn diaper for 4months, could I have???

This morning I did NOT spill hot coffee on myself while I was sitting on the couch. I did NOT fall asleep and forget I had coffee in my hand. I did NOT wake up suddenly and have to change my pjs and clean up the couch. I do NOT have red marks on my legs from the hot coffee.

I have NOT eaten so much Zucchini this week that I am re-thinking planting a Zucchini plant next year. Who knew that a single zucchini plant could produce so many of these suckers!!

Cloth Diapering 101 - post #2

So today I am going to blog about the diapers I am making for Micah. His diapers aren't all made at this point. But between all the test one's I bought & my friend made he is in cloth diapers about half time. (this results in more washing than normal, but I am just so excited to have him in cloth that I am willing to do a load of diapers every day)

So I am making Micah diapers using a "Trimsy" pocket pattern. It is an average rise but fits skinnier in the legs and the snaps are a bit different. The snaps are located on the wings instead of the waistband like most other diapers.

Diapers are made out of waterproof "PUL" (Polyurethane Laminate) and is a soft, polyester knit fabric laminated with waterproof polyurethane on the back. Then the inside of the diaper is made with Suede cloth material, which wicks moisture away from baby's bottom.

We start the process by cutting out the pattern for each diaper.

All of the diapers cut out & ready for snapping. He will have blue, red, brown, green, and some cute giraffe print ones.

Then we start attaching the snaps to the PUL using a special set of "snapper" tools. Which is kinda of like a hole punch. First, you poke a hole with the very sharp poker tool. Then you poke the snap through the hole with the "snapper" tool. It is a bit awkward at the beginning but you get the hang of it. I messed up and snapped two diapers completely wrong and we had to throw them into the scrap bucket. Once the snaps are on the PUL they are very, very hard to remove. Trust me! I snapped 1 snap wrong & had to cut it off using toe nail clippers.

Some of the diaper covers with snaps on. The green ones are so cute, they have turtle snaps!

This picture does no justice to the cuteness of the turtle snaps

Next post I will show how you make the pocket for the insert & the sewing of the PUL & suede cloth together.

Cloth Diapering 101

This will be my 1st post of many on cloth diapering. Most of my friends have never done it and lately I have been getting a lot of questions about it. So in an effort to share my knowledge & explain the whys of cloth diapering I am going to do several posts on the subject.

My only experience with cloth diapers wasn't a pleasant one. My mom, back in the day used them with my brother. (23+ years ago) I remember the horrible smells, stains & pins...I get chills thinking about them. I cannot remember the number of times I got poked with them.

So the mere thought of using cloth diapers was nothing I had ever dreamed of doing when I had my own children. That is until I got re-acquainted with my friend Stacy. (long story on what happened there) and I saw the cute diaper butts on her girls. I was hooked from that moment on!! And then when I discovered the cost savings it was all over. We were going to do cloth diapers with our next baby, which we all know as Micah.

Bill's first thoughts were "What, you want to do what?" and to say he was thrilled would be an understatement. Even when I explained the cost savings and I showed him how cute the diapers were. He still thought I was crazy. I think I remember he even saying something along the lines of "Sure now that we've polluted the landfills with hundreds of diapers now you want to go green?"

The great thing about Bill is he will let me do my homework, investigate, explore and most times I talk myself out of whatever wild idea I have. Unfortunately, not this time. My homework, investigating and exploring only made me want to do them more. I am sure Bill got tired of hearing about Prefolds, fitted, pockets, Hybrids etc....

After much research & many calls/meetings with Stacy I decided to go her route and make my own. Yes, you are reading that right. Make my own, as in sew them. She had 2 different patterns that she has used with her girls and we settled on a "Trimsy" pattern. Which basically is a smaller diaper in the rise & narrower in the legs for my long & skinny baby boy.

Before I keep going let me explain a few things:

The Rise = the top front of diaper or cover to the top of the back of the cover or diaper is the rise

Prefold = these are like what our mom's used, only they are used inside a diaper cover. And they can be made of cotton, hemp, microfiber or a combination of these fabrics.

AIO (All in one) = they are a cloth diaper and diaper cover all in one piece. Example of an AIO are bumGenius

Hybrids = In a Hybrid Diaper, a reusable, outer cover wraps a disposable soaker pad in the same way diaper covers wrap around cloth diapers, except of course, the internal soaker pad is not reusable. An examples of a Hybrid are Grovia or gDiapers,

Pocket = Pocket Diapers are most similar to the AIO's but instead of the inner absorbent soaker sewn in, pocket diapers have a pocket to 'house' a removable insert. Examples of a pocket diaper is a Fuzzibunz.

Fitted = fitted diapers do not require folding and will typically secure in the front or side with snap or velcro closures. These diapers can grow with your child and usually will fit a child until 35lbs! Most of the major cloth diapering companies sell a fitted diaper.

Research sites:
http://www.diaperjunction.com/
http://www.swaddlebees.com/
http://www.mynewlifeasmom.com/
http://allaboutclothdiapers.com/
**and most of the major brands have great websites with lots of information on their specific diaper**

So I am making pocket diapers and buying my inserts. I have tried the microfiber inserts from Bumgenious and like them. But the "trimsy" pattern I am using will not fit them. I am going to most likely use Swaddlebee's hemp inserts.

We have been using Fuzzibunz (fitted large diaper) on Addie and loving them. These inserts are also made out of microfiber and are working great on her.

My next post I will talk about Micah's diapers, how I am making them and post some pictures of them. Stay tuned.

Not Me Monday - camping style

It's Monday and so that means Not Me Monday over at MckMama's. And it's been awhile since I've done one, so here we go.....

This weekend we did NOT go camping for 24hrs with our friends.

It was NOT my idea to go camping for 24hrs. I mean seriously would I suggest camping with 3 small children for only 24hrs? Didn't we already do this once? What sane mother would do this again?

When we arrived at the campsite & began setting up I did NOT have a little melt down with my hubby in front of our friends.

There was so much dirt that and the girls did NOT get dirty within 5Min's of arriving. And I did NOT spend almost the entire time fretting about all this said dirt.

I did NOT pack 5 outfits for the girls, thinking it was over kill. They did NOT go through every outfit and I did NOT tell Bill "I should've packed more" on our way home.

It did NOT start raining shortly after we arrived & we did NOT set up blue tarps between the trucks to try to combat the rain.

This was NOT the conversation I heard Bill having with the girls yesterday morning as we tried to keep them quiet at 6am.

Bill - "Girls do you know what a clam is?"

Girls - "no"

Bill - "A clam lives in the water and does clammy things while keeping it's mouth shut and is quiet"

Girls - "why?"

Bill - "Because that's what they do"

Bill - "Can you guys do this?" and he demonstrates keeping his mouth shut tightly.

I did NOT give him a hard time for the rest of the day about clams doing "clammy things". Does anyone else know what "clammy things" means? ha,ha ;o)

I did NOT eat waay to much this weekend and am NOT feeling it today.

Seen, Heard, Said Wednesday

Seen: A loving family saying goodbye to their Father, Husband, Brother and Grandfather. It was the most moving memorial service I have ever been too. The worship at the beginning of the service was so beautiful!! Words can describe the honor I felt just being in the room & celebrating this man's life.

Heard: My friend's daughter telling Addie tonight "Don't play with that basket Addie, it's a decoration" - so her mother's daughter.

Ellia to me "But Mama, you don't take naps, you just drink coffee" - when I told her it was nap time.

Said: Ellia heard me reading to Bill out loud a FB friends comment to another friend, and the comment was "Be nice Asian" so Ellia says "Be nice Asian" Bill and I cracked up cause she has no idea what she is saying....it was so funny. (maybe you had to be there, but trust me it was funny)

Seen, Heard, Said

Seen:
A woman breast feeding in public - the baby - a Toddler boy who was running around playing & then ran over for a little snack. He had to be at least 3yrs old. She let him crawl on her lap and lifted up her shirt. I was surprised to say the least.


Heard:
The girls splashing in the tub and laughing. How wonderful that was to hear. They are truly becoming such good little buddies.



Said:
‎"Hey mommy I just put on some chapicick" - Where did you get the chapstick from Ellia. "in my craft bucket" - her chapicick = a glue stick

Shannon Woodward, the pastor's wife that married us & has dedicated our 3 children wrote a beautiful post about our wedding 4yrs ago. Her description of our wedding is just so special & beautitful. So on the eve of our 4yr wedding anniversary I am posting it here. Click on the link & go read it. It brought tears & smiles tonight as I re-read it.

http://windscraps.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_windscraps_archive.html

You know you're a mom of MSC.....part 2

Had so much fun coming up with these and talking about them with others that I am doing it again.......here we go

You know you're a mom of Many Small Children (MSC) when...........................

...You know what time of day it is by what cartoon show is on.

...Or when you've seen every episode of Yo Gabba Gabba and Caiou

...You've traded your favorite radio station in the car for the Little People CD and you listen to it over and over

...You have decided you've polluted the landfills enough and are now using cloth diapers

...You think cloth diapers are so cute and love seeing your daughter running around in them.

...You know you're a mom of MSC when you let your children sleep in their clothes from the day and then when they wake up the next morning look them over and yep, their clean enough for another day.

...I can carry the baby & a full laundry basket upstairs

...you sound like you have Tourette’s when you talk on the phone. “So, Sabrina, do you and the kids want to meet up for–GET DOWN FROM THE COUCH RIGHT NOW–do you guys want to meet us at McDonald’s for–NO, YOU CAN’T!–for lunch at 11:30 as soon as we–DO NOT PUSH YOUR SISTER DOWN OFF THE COUCH, OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER-get finished up here?”

...You and your hubby decide to get intimate & you discover you are leaking breast milk all over him & the bed...now that's a fun time....talk about mood spoiler ;o) Guess that means there wont be any more Team D members running around.

...Your pantry is filled with more snacks for the kids than it is for you. Graham crackers or fishy's anyone?

...You get the kids all put to bed finally, sit on the front porch, he smokes his pipe & you drink an adult beverage and you call it a "date night"

...You don't have any flowers in your flower boxes on the front porch because your child (shall remain anonymous - okay it's the middle child) has picked them all off the stems. But you do have lovely green stems & leaves.

...By 8am in the morning you have had at least 2 cups of coffee and that's a good morning.

...Before your 3rd child the laundry seemed to be manageable but now it is out of control and there are days where all you do is laundry. How can 3 small children create so much laundry??

...Before children you used to think that kids light up shoes weren't cute & said "I will never put my children in those shoes" - you rethink that statement when your child picks out some cute shoes and they are light up. She instantly falls in love with them & will not leave the store without those shoes.

...You find yourself turning into your own mother more and more each day and you wonder how you're mom survived. But surely if she can survive than so can I.

...You have discovered how to turn a double stroller into a stroller that can accommodate 3 children, a diaper bag, lunch bag, folding chair, dog on his leash and your latte. And you successfully make it to the park & back without loosing any of the children.

...While grocery shopping at Costco you find each & every sample lady and manage to feed yourself & the kids lunch and get the groceries bought. Now that is a good shopping trip!!

...You have perfected the garage sale Friday technique....lots of snacks, books & water bottles for the kiddos. And I am happy to report that I now have the ability to get out of the car, dash to the GSale, scan the items & decide if it's worth the browse in less than 5seconds. All before the kids start screaming for me. And let me tell ya, I am a quick garage sale customer now...get in and get out is the motto.

How does our garden grow?

This Spring Ellia kept talking about picking strawberries. So I asked her if she'd like to plant our own so we could pick them. Of course she was all excited. And those strawberries got me to thinking of having our own garden. Last year we grew tomato's and they were so yummy.

So Bill and his dad built me a corner above ground garden in the side yard. They got 2 truckloads of dirt & filled it up and put a little fence up to help keep the dog & kids out of it.

Those strawberries turned into spinach, romaine lettuce, green bell peppers, snap peas, orange bell peppers, peas, tomato's (5 different kinds), zucchini, basil, sage, mint, jalapenos, potato's and pumpkins.

I was worried that our little garden wouldn't grow because we had so much rain and not a lot of sun. But the Lord heard my little garden prayers and brought us sun. Lots and lots of sun the last 2 weeks. And our little garden has started to grow. Today, we picked snap peas, lettuce & spinach. And with dinner we happily ate a salad with some of our garden goodness.

our snap peas are HUGE!


The girls munching away on a snap pea

Our romaine lettuce

Not Me Monday

It's Monday morning and therefore time to report via Not Me Monday.

**I did NOT buy a ticket to see the new movie Eclipse as well as the first two in the movie series. This would've resulted in a 6hr movie marathon with all my girlfriends.

**At the last minute I did NOT decide to attend only the 2ND and the 3rd movie.



**As the night wore on I did NOT find myself in a very serious and painful situation in regards to pumping. I did NOT forget a hand pump at home. I did NOT miss 2 of Micah's feedings during this time. And this did NOT result in me having to go the bathroom and relieve my very sore "milkmaids"



**I did NOT try to aim the stream into the toilet and this did NOT result in spray going everywhere in the stall. It did NOT look like a little boy had gone to the bathroom in the stall when I was done.



**I did NOT still leak all over my shirt by the end of the final movie and have to ride home with a wet shirt. Good thing everyone was tired at 2:30am and didn't notice my wet shirt!



**Yesterday, at the parade I did NOT pull this out of my jean pocket. Ahhh, the life of a mom.







**I am totally against sparklers for little kids, they burn so hot and are very dangerous. I did NOT relent & let the girls do sparklers with daddy yesterday.



**They did NOT have a blast & want to do more....great!

Love and Marriage

Love and marriage,

love and marriage

Go together like a horse and carriage

Dad was told by mother

You can't have one without the other

Bill and I had the song Love and Marriage by Frank Sinatra played as we left the church at our wedding. In 27 short days we will be married for Four years. Wow! It actually seems longer than that. I guess 3 kids in that time will do it to you. Ha!

But I found myself thinking about Love and Marriage today. They truly do go together and you cannot have one without the other. Love is what got us to that altar on July 28Th, 2006. Along with lots of coffee, concerts, sickness, birthdays, holidays, cards and home made Cd's. (Bill used to make me Cd's with special music) The truth is Love isn't always easy. It takes work.

However, Love has kept us going. Love for each other, our family & for the Lord.

In the last 4yrs I have learned that Love is hard. There are days where I feel like I have nothing left to give. I have been sneezed on, slobbered on & touched one too many times by the kids and I have nothing left to give to Bill when he walks through the door. And that kiss he wants when he walks through the door is not as meaningful as it was on July 28Th. Love is hard.

There are days when Bill frustrates me and I just want to scream at him. (sometimes I do) When he forgets his wallet at home. So the girls and I load up in the car, drive downtown and deliver it to him at work. Love is hard.

Or days when we have that argument and one of us walks out of the room. Love is hard.

When the car breaks down on the day you have a dr appointment, your husband wont answer his phone and your kids are screaming - Love is hard.

Love is hard but it goes with Marriage.

And as we approach our anniversary I wouldn't have it any other way.

Not Me Monday

So this past week was busy but there were a few embarrassing things to report via Not Me Monday.

I most certainly did NOT nurse Micah while sitting outside in our side yard while the girls played. Did I mention the neighbors window looks directly down on our yard and could see if they were to look out the window. Did I mention that I did NOT use a cover up and just let it all hang out?

I did NOT help Ellia to pee at the local park behind some tree's b/c there was no bathroom and didn't want to load all the kids into the car to drive down the street to a bathroom. Who would teach their daughter to pee outside? She did NOT later that night take off her pants and pee in the yard & then did NOT proceed to squat and grunt b/c she had to poop too.

This past week I did NOT wear my pj's every day until at least noon and then I did NOT just shower and put them back on at least 2x.

While changing Addie's diaper, I did NOT drop one of the hard poops on the floor when I tried to push the diaper out of the way. I did NOT realize that some had fallen onto the floor until hours later when the girls were playing with a round, hard, brown ball.

I did NOT work out for the first time since having the baby & only make it 5Min's on the elliptical. And my legs were NOT sooo sore for the next 24hrs from only 5Min's. There is no way that I am that out of shape.

This post is NOT full of poop!

We did it!!

We did it, as in the kids and I made it to church today! Three cheers for us...WooHoo!

I had the diaper bag packed last night. I did NOT lay out their clothes but will do that next time.

Bill and I worked great together today in getting the kids and ourselves ready. We even had time to go out to breakfast as a family.

Then Bill helped me get the girls into their Sunday school class. Then he immediately had to tear out of the parking lot to get to work. He might have been 5 Min's late. But isn't he the BEST for helping me get to church & get the girls into class??

Then Micah and I settled into a seat in the very back and worship started. It was sooo wonderful to worship today! I cannot express how much my spirit enjoyed the worship service today. And the band played some really good songs today.

Right before the sermon I had to leave to go and feed Micah. In the nursing mothers room there were at one point 4 moms and all of us had boys! Luckily, our church has a live feed into the mothers room and so we were able to still be part of the service, even though the room is in another building.

I was able to make it back into the service for the rest of it & use the bathroom before picking up the girls. Which I did okay with on my own. I put the diaper bag & car seat into the car and just carried Micah to pick up the girls.

All in all it was a good Sunday service experience for me and mostly done all by myself. I think this can be done, I think it can, I think it can.

You know you're a mom of MSC.....

MckMama did a post this morning titled "You know you're a mom of MSC (many small children) when" And I laughed & laughed. Go read her post but first read my own list:

You know you're a mom of MSC when:

...You are still sleeping with at least 7 pillows from your pregnancy & your baby is 2months old

... When your child comes into your room at 6am and you just pretend she isn't there, hoping she will go back to her room. But she doesn't of course.

... Everywhere you go you hear "Wow, you've got your hands full"

... You often go 2days without a shower & baby powder is your newest hair accessory

... Baby spits up on you & you just leave it there, not paying attention to it till you realize hours later when you are in the grocery store.

... You run out of milk when you are pouring cereal for your kids and you add some water to the bowls.....after all it's non-fat, what's a little more water?

... Peanut Butter & jelly sandwiches are suddenly your favorite and you crave them even at night

... You say "Because I said so" at least 5x an hour

... Your favorite part of the day is nap time and you find yourself watching the clock

... Your wardrobe consists of sweatpants, tee shirts & more sweatpants

... When you recently got ready for a wedding you almost forgot what you looked like in a dress, hair all done up & make up. And were quite surprised at how nice you did look!

... You tell your husband you want to spend some "quality" time with him, you head upstairs, and you promptly fall asleep while he is taking a shower.

... You are often still in your pajamas at 11am and so are the kids

... You let the baby sleep in his clothes from the day before, the next morning assess if there is any spit up on them, find none & leave him in them for the 2ND day in a row.

... Coffee is your drink of choice - all day long

... You suddenly have a new appreciation for wine, since you were pregnant for the last 3 years and forgot how good wine really was.

... You have an ever growing pile of UN-matched socks. They go into washer together but do not come out together. Where do they go??

... You said you'd never allow your MSC to wear crocks. However, that changes when your child gets a pair from Nana & Grandma and they suddenly are all she will wear. And she can put them on herself - a plus!

... You eat the left overs off your children's plates and consider it your lunch

Fathers Day

Today is Father's Day. And because of that I want to honor 2 special men in my life.

The first important man in my life is my husband, Bill. He is such a good dad. Words cannot express how wonderful he is with our kids. He is so gentle and patient with them. He loves spending time with them and hearing all about their day.





This morning, he got up when Ellia got up, she gets up earlier than all of us, and he went to her room & layed on her bed with her. They just hung out in her room, talked & played. On the day he should've got to sleep in, he got up early & spent time with our daughter. That is a good dad!


One things for sure our kids will always know their daddy loves them!!

Special moments that I love about Bill being a dad:

• I love that Bill cried the first time he saw Ellia, his first glimpse at being a daddy.
• I love when he calls the house and asks to talk to them on speaker phone
• I love how the girls & the dog run to greet him each & every night
• How he is always looking to do special things with each of the kids
• He loves tucking them into bed & spending those last few moments of their day with them
• How he loves cuddling with them on the couch
  

The second important man is my dad, Tony. He is the BEST dad in the world. I know lots of people say that but he truly is. We are aren't just father & daughter we are truly friends. My dad taught me all about football, bestowed on me my love of classic cars & rock n roll, old movies and my love of all things blueberry also comes from him. (in fact this morning we had blueberry pancakes & bacon, and when I told my dad what we had for breakfast he said "Damm, that sounds good")

Some of my favorite memories with my dad are the following:

• Going to the REO Speedwagon & U2 concerts and rockin out together
• Watching a Sunday football game together, chillin on the couch & just hanging out
• Walking along the beach in the water in silence and being okay with that
• My dad toasting Bill and mines engagement at a bar on the Jacksonville Beach
• Walking me down the isle at my wedding
• My dad's toast at our wedding reception and him starting to cry
• My dad playing with our girls when he came to visit last Oct. That really was special for me.
  
  

Happy Father's Day!!

Seen, Heard, Said Wednesday

Seen:


Addie eating guacamole. Which by the way Bill and I both do NOT like (unless it's our neighbors). But apparently Addie loves it.









Heard:

Ellia is learning to pray. I tried to post the video, Yes, I recorded her because it is precious to hear her pray & to hear what she prays for. There is a wide range that she prays for, friends, family, Bubba, Addie, her bum bum, her dolls, etc.

However, the other night this was her prayer:

"Dear Jesus, Thank You for my family, my friends, please keep them healfy & safe" - The End, I'm done, Amen"

Said:
Me: "Ellia stop peeking under the stall"

Ellia: "I'm just looking at her shoes mama"

Me: "Well we don't do that honey"


Ellia: "But she has pretty shoes mama"

A girl after her mama's own heart, I love shoes!

Sunday bloody Sunday

*******Update*******
Thanks for all the suggestions, advice & nice comments both on FB and here. I am going to give it a whirl on Sunday and put into place some of the advice given. Will keep you posted how getting 3kids & myself ready & to church goes. Not promising we will be there on time, but just that we will get there.
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I am a huge U2 fan and have seen them in concert 3x. They rock so hard in concert. It's truly an experience to be part of. But this post isn't about U2. However, their song titled Sunday Bloody Sunday came to mind this morning when I got a Facebook message. Although that song isn't about church or missing church, it came to mind as an appropriate title to this post.

Why is it that we have the hardest time getting to church on Sunday's? Before Micah we could be out the door all four of us & at church on time. Bill and I joked that of all days we worked Best on Sunday's as a "team".

Since the late weeks of my pregnancy & Micah's arrival we have only been to church 3x. Yes, 3x! And I could give you a ton of good reasons why and believe you me I have them playing in my head right now. But really it comes down to priorities.

My friend just Facebooked me saying "Missed you yesterday". Ugggh, I had to admit that we just couldn't get there. No real reason, we just decided to stay home. And now I am faced to either missing the next 3 Sunday's or getting the kids ready & off to church all by myself as Bill has to work. And let me tell you, it takes me at least 1.5hrs to get myself & the kids ready with help!

What do I do? Any ideas? Church has always been a priority to Bill and I, but sadly I feel it may be slipping down the list. And I don't like/want that to happen. I truly enjoy being in the Lord's house & Ellia loves going to church. Which is something we want to keep alive in her.

How do you fellow bloggers/friends/family make Church a priority & how do you get your families ready each week?

Not Me Monday

What did I NOT do this week in my crazy world with 3 kids under 3. Well read below and find out. And don't forget to check out MckMama's blog, she created Not Me Mondays as therapy for us mom's. Have fun!




This last week I did NOT run out of milk while feeding the girls cereal and I did NOT add a little water to their bowls of cereal. It's Nonfat milk, a little more water couldn't hurt right?



I did NOT take a clothespin and clip back Addie's hair while she was eating because I was too lazy to run upstairs and get a rubber band.



Yesterday, I did NOT allow the girls to go out in their pj's and raincoats to play while I worked a bit in the yard. They did NOT get soaking wet & muddy. They did enjoy every minute of it.



One day this week when I took a nap, I did NOT sleep with Micah cradled in my arms and I did NOT drool on his head. When I woke up I did NOT see all the wetness in his hair and wonder how the heck he got wet.

Bloggy abuse

I feel so behind in my blogging. I haven't blogged Micah's birth, he turned 1month - 2weeks ago and I still haven't posted a picture, Ellia got a haircut & took her first bus ride, and I want to update my blog but don't know how. And it's not like I have a ton of time on my hands, ya know with the kids, the dog, the house and now my garden.

Did I mention that I am still trying to figure out this 3 kid thing during the day, by myself?

Right now Addie is in the high chair, cause she can be contained there, playing with her place mat since she ate all her dinner. Ellia is dancing around the living room, what she does most days. And our 3rd born, well he's sleeping in his car seat, on the dinning room table where I put him when we came home an hour ago.

Yep, I'm getting this 3 kid thing down!! Never fear I will get some pictures up & do some blogging soon.