Okay Okay Already!

Last night... The missionaries jumped our fence, to come and make another appointment to come teach Samuel.. Now that is determination. haha... I know... I know what is needed of me... and I know my prayers are being answered.. and Its time to straighten up and do what I need to be doing...

Something happened the other day... It was Monday, and the kids were getting back into school. But they were having a hard time.. Samuel and I were arguing and I was feeling like giving up.. Betty comes into the room humming "I am a child of God" and something clicked.. Samuel calmed down started doing his work with giving me gruff.. all my feelings of anxiety and irritation went away, and we had a great rest of the afternoon. Today I decided to put this to the test and I loaded in a primary music cd.. and sure enough there has been no upset, no grouching, no complaining. Just peaceful playing and working... its been nice... way nice...
Oh yeah and then I had them clean the living room.. Aidan and Betty were of course at each otheres throats, tattling, screeching, crying... The whole bit... Told Samuel to unpause the music.....Silence... Working togetherness.. Cleaning... I tell ya... This will be a new trend in this house hold... Because even mom feels calm and peaceful..

Okay Okay Already! I get it! I am up to speed... But I will most likely need some more promptings and nudges in the right directions.. so keep 'em coming

No caffeine

and this....

= A two hour nap haha..

Thank goodness for a great husband, who looked after the other three.

While I snuggled my sicky baby girl <3

Update coming soon

I have a couple things to blog about.. But for some reason this week I have lost all drive to do anything.. So those updates will come as soon as the real Shiloh returns..

But I wanted to share this.. Because it is just too cute not to share :)

It is a little light in color, but this is a picture of our family Betty drew today.

Wait count again...

There are 6 people in our family

and 7 in this picture.

I asked her who the 7th person was and she replied

"That's Hailey. Her mommy dropped her off at our house, cause she had to work"

haha 

I think someone misses her little cousin. <3

Secretly Loving..

That we have to go to Tucson almost every two weeks (if not every week haha.) There is just something about it. Its new and exciting and FUN. haha.. And that is just the South side! I haven't even really been on the North side, unless you count driving by on the freeway. So I think I pretty much have Paul convinced that we actually drive around Tucson when we go back up on the 31st.

I will admit, I was pretty upset about this appointment this last time. It was with the clinics pediatrician. He had no idea why we were seeing him, and that made me wonder the same thing =p.. He examined the boys and then was suggesting people we should see...People who we had already seen, and/or were scheduled to see already.. Kinda very frustrating! Then the social worker came in, and told us a bunch of stuff that we already got told when we were there two weeks ago. FRUSTRATING! But... Since there wasn't much to discuss, we got out of there at 2pm.. So we actually got to enjoy a day in Tucson.

The boys had to put on gowns... They were absolutely mortified.... 

I of course thought it was hilarious haha..

We went to the hobby store for Paul. He was in hog heaven. Then we went to harbor freight. Samuel wanted to go to a park, but by time we had got done at harbor freight and then eating, it was already 4pm.
 Boston Market is ohhhh soooo goooodddd......

We had to go to Costco still, and when we were driving there we saw a Toys R Us. So we told the kids if they were good at Costco we would go to Toys R Us.. The kids (and the parents) LOVED IT!

Now let me get serious on ya for a minute... I don't really believe in soulmates.. but definitely kindred spirits.. Sometime before we were sent here.. Paul and Jackson made a packed... Best Friends Forever...
This kid may not look much like hims daddy... But man does he have his personality.... The minute I saw Jackson with a car and heard him making car noises... I knew that Jack was not sent here for me, but for Paul <3

Now look at these pictures and tell me everything I just said was a lie.......

I think Jackson found his dream car

This picture is priceless!

This little guy is definitely his daddies little boy <3

We had a great time, and I cannot wait until the 31st to go up again! We have a pretty good gap between Aidan's appointment and Samuel's appointment. so I am hoping we can find something really fun to do.

Jack Found A New Way Around

One of my favorite times of the year....

Paul's birthday and St.Patrick's Day. I love spoiling Paul on his birthday, and doing fun crafts with my kids for St.Patrick's Day. I love sharing traditions with them and telling them about leprechauns.

This week has been filled with school school and more school. But I am proud to say that Samuel is finally caught up and after Paul gets home from work tonight Aidan will be also.. Poor Jack-Jack has been having some MAJOR cabin fever....

This is him trying to climb out the living room window.. haha poor guy

That day we took a good 30minute outside break.

And he was feeling much better.

On St.Patrick's Day I was going to dye our milk green as usual. But sad day when I realized we have no food coloring.. Who doesn't have food coloring??? Seriously! But I made up for it, by spraying all of their hair green :) (Except Aidan of course, because he is apposed to anything "Punk"-ish.. much to his daddies happiness haha) 

Aren't they the cutest ever? I truly am blessed.

Paul had to work in the morning that day, but after he got home, we headed over to Poppies and Miranda's for a yummy St.Patrick's Day feast.. and It was GOOOOOOOOOD.

So good that the next day Aidan told me "Aunt Randa should come over and cook for us" haha what a stink!
Oh and as we are leaving Mirandas that night.. I am telling her how Jackson barely says anything really. At the time Noah was pretending there was food in his fingers and Jackson was pretend eating it... and Just as I finish the sentence "Yeah he doesn't really say anything" what do you think he does... "All Done" lol My kids always do that too me! I swear they just want everyone to think I am crazy.  

Paul's birthday went pretty good too. We just took it easy. I cooked him some blueberry muffins. He said they were good, I didn't get to have any.. Sad day haha. Then the kids gave him his cards, Betty picked out a the cutest card, it was all about "Daddies Little Girl" and then She wrote "I love you, Love Betty" in it. She is really picking up on the writing thing. Everyday she will just sit and write her name over and over on our white board, and then she will just write random letters. The boys then wrote in their card, I think it is so great they can all write now, except Jack of course. But we did the usual tradition of putting the hand print then I just let him scribble all over the page. After that we headed to take our trailer full of junk to the Salvation Army and then we went to drop it off at Miranda's. We said we were thinking of going to the library and they decided to come with. I don't think Jack has ever had so much fun in his life. He was just going going going the whole time. Running up and down the aisle and into everything. It was all great until he saw a kid pull a book off the shelf, and that was about the time we decided it was time to go haha. After that Miranda invited us back to the house for birthday dinner and cake. (Yes we are very spoiled down here) We had low carb spaghetti! It was really good. But filling. Then we had chocolate cake haha.. Yes I realize that probably defeated the whole process of having the low carb spaghetti, but as far I know, birthday cake is exempt from any calories or carbs bahaha. Jackson of course was being the clown that he is, made everyone bust up laughing. He is terrified of this wooden pig that Miranda has, and so Olivia was chasing him with it and he does a little "O" face and starts shrieking and shaking his hands, it was hilarious.

 Then we came home and Paul played his new game.. and I cleaned the carpets in the living room. Now its back to the spring cleaning. and I think I may get rid of some more stuff..

OH! and I wanted to share this with everyone, just incase some of my mommy friends out there were not aware of these....

I found these at Dollar Tree

Haha took me a few minutes to remember what that place was called. The name has been changed so many times! My kids love these plates! and you get two in every package. I don't know if they have any new ones, but we have Tigers, Koalas, Pandas, Dogs, Monkeys, Pigs, and Hippos. They are great! My kids think they are the zoopals ones. Just thought I would share :)

The coyotes are making their nightly visit

The dogs will not stop barking... That usually means the coyotes are out for their nightly visit. Zoey always comes in with her hair raised into a mohawk. Scared to death. They can't get into our yard, unless they jump the fence. So I don't worry to much about her.  haha

Anyways lol how was that as a blog entrance. I couldn't think of what else to say.

So today we spent the day getting back into our routine, and thankfully the "listening" button got turned back on!

Samuel made it through 3 language arts lessons (where I made a few grammar mistakes and had Paul laughing because my 2nd grader was editing my work) and an Art lesson on weaving.. He had to do a weaving thing with paper...

Here is his finished product:

Aidan did pretty good too. He did two lessons of Language Arts. We read this book:

Its a very cute story about a grandma taking the girls out to get new coats. When they get to the bus stop the bus was taking a long time to get there, so Grandma teaches them a song her granny use to sing to her. Which is of course wheels on the bus. After they got done singing it they had missed the bus.. So how do they get home? Well you will just have to figure that out for your self. 

Just now I realized that I should have recorded Aidan reading his book dang it! It was called "Pigs" He did really good with reading it. I will have to get video of him doing it tomorrow I guess.

But here he is writing the word he learned today...

Everytime I make a video or take a picture

They beg me to put it on the blog haha

Because they know all their cousins will see it.

ps.. Aidan brought me the letter J today

and told me what it was!

I was so happy I almost cried.

We also learned about George Washington today.

And I was quite shocked when I showed Aidan the picture I had printed out 

and he says

"Its George Washington. Our president!"

After the lesson, I then realized that he thought he was still our president.

So I pulled up a few pictures of Obama and explained to him

That Washington was our first president and that he was dead now.

And Obama was our current President.

Tomorrow we learn about Abe Lincoln.

Betty didn't really do much. Other than distract today haha. 

She played outside with Aidan for most the morning

while I did school with Samuel.

And for some reason my kids have become obsessed with iCarly.

Are they even old enough to understand that show? 

geez

Jackson was a holy terror, that did his usual tearing everything out.

Oh and he tried to write on the whiteboard with a regular marker.

Which I wish I had gotten a picture of,

because the kid was holding the marker the correct way!

He then spilled a diet pepsi all over some papers I needed.

Tried to drink what was left in the Motrin bottle while I was giving it to Betty.

Luckily there was hardly anything left, so I don't think he even got a drop.

Did I mention this was all within 30seconds.

I hate those moments where you feel like you need 90hands

just to keep up with one kid!

This is the St. Patricks Day craft we did today..

I think they turned out way super cute and I cannot wait

to hang them in our window..

They are hand print leprechauns!

How stinking cute are they?

The one right out in front is Samuels

Then starting from the right up top is

Aidan, Jackson and Betty.

Well the kids are all in bed. I am now just waiting for Paul to get home from work.

Talking to my cousin Merinda on facebook.

I love facebook. I know a lot of people don't.

But I really feel like I have been able to reconnect with so many 

of my relatives that I had lost contact with over the years.

Or never had much contact with and now I speak to almost daily.

I also like facebook because I have gained a lot of new friendship

Like all my WTE mommies! 

I will end this blog with this...

Jackson sitting on Aidan's lap watching tv.

Too Cute!

Wow this kids got personality

 Jackson's fake laugh

Just your typical Saturday I s'pose..

Today we got our butts in gear and cleaned our yard and porch. The wind storms here are crazy, so we had all sorts of stuff stuck in our "Thorn Trees" lol (Seriously all through our yard are these trees with HUGE thorns in them, that are sharp enough to poke through your shoe!) Things get done so fast with our kiddos helping out. It only took like an hour to get everything cleaned up and straightened. Then Paul pulled out the Castle blocks that Miranda gave to the kids, and set it up around Bettys kitchen on our front porch. I didn't get a picture but it is quite a site haha. After that we had lunch and headed out to get Jackson some milk. And can I just tell you that its really annoying when people park their shopping carts in the middle of the Aisle and then acted annoyed when you say "Ahem.. Excuse me" as politely as possible. Grr any who! After our adventure at the store, we headed home and and got dinner ready and the kids played in the castle. It has been really quiet around my house today :)

So I really slacked on my exercise this past week. I feel horrible! I haven't gained anything, but as you have noticed I haven't lost anything either... sad day :(  I think it was mostly because you can only do an exercise video for so long before you just get sick of seeing the persons face lol. This caused me to slack off. I just wasn't sure what to do, we can't afford to get me a treadmill right now. I can't go to the park and walk the trail, because I would have to take all 4 kids, and then I wouldn't be able to walk as fast as I want and need too. We don't exactly live in a neighborhood where you can walk around (Its all dirt roads and nothing circles back lol) My solution?  I do laps around the outside of our house haha! I seriously put on my iPod and  for 20mins, I do laps around the yard. I would love to be able to walk around the whole yard, but as I wrote above we have these killer thorn trees. It works for now though. It gets me out of the house. And its something I can do while Paul is at work. I will just do it when Jack is down for his nap. The older kids can play outside while and that way if there is any problems or Jack wakes up, They can tell me! I am sure my neighbors think I am nuts, but you know what... The weight has got to go!

I tried to get video of Jackson trying to sit on a stool yesterday, it was so funny to watch him. He tries to back up to it. Then he would sit, twice he missed and sat down on the floor it was hilarious. Everytime he made it on to the stool he would sit and bounce up and down and cheer for himself. Then sometimes he tries to sit on it by mounting it like you would a bike. That is even funnier. Someday I will get video of some of the crazy stuff he does. Like when he does the dance "walk like an Egyptian" which is really funny, and its special to me, because my dad use to do that all the time, and I have no clue where Jackson learned it from.

 

look at this picture of Jackson!

This was taken last March at Sabreanna's house.

That little bike thing is a plant holder lol.

Oh how I love that kid!

Found Jacksons Halloween Costume For This Year

Is this not the cutest!? haha

My older kids wear it all the time

and Today I was picking it up and noticed it was

18-24months.

So we tried it on..

And I think we have a winner for Halloween!

Two Days of getting out of the house!

Yesterday Aidan was working on the letter K... So we made him the King of K for the day..

We thought that Samuel had cub scouts, I got the kids all ready to go. We headed out and dropped Betty, Jack and Aidan off at Miranda's. But when we got to the church, we were the only Cub Scouts. We thought maybe we were early so we hung around and took some pictures..

 After we found out there was no Cub Scouts, we headed over to visit with Miranda and her kids until Daddy got off work. One of my favorite past times :)

The kids were of course ready to go by like 8pm because its their bed time, but Miranda and I were talking about our diet. I kept telling Betty, in just a minute, and she goes "You keep saying that but then you just keep talking and talking" It was so funny. She is such a drama queen.

Then today I met up with a new friend I made :) Rachel and her two kids at the park. The kids seem to really enjoy running around, and I enjoyed getting to talk to another Adult! I was going to take some pictures, but then realized I have Jackson, the eat everything in sight boy haha. He really wore himself out though..

 

I had to wake him when it was time to go get Paul from work.. 2hrs later!

When we got home he really wanted a Popsicle with his sister, so I put him in his chair..

Aidan lives in this cat suit. It is a struggle to get him to take it off..

What a character!

Today is the 8 year anniversary of my Moms passing. It seems fresh this year for some reason.

Maybe because 8 years is a long time to go with out talking or being able to hug or kiss her.

We miss her deeply.

I've been trying to keep my positive and celebrate my accomplishments as a mom.

I painted Betty's and my nails matching colors. 

Then we all finger painted (except Aidan.. of course haha)
We made finger painted rainbows with pots of gold!
I think they turned out WAY cute..

This is mine and Betty's finished product.

annnd this is Samuel's

I had a lot of fun with my little ones today. :)
Sometimes it really Rocks being a mom<3

Love the day to day

Life as we know it is SLOOOOWLY getting back to normal. With Paul working again, we are finally falling into a routine, that is working for everyone! As funny as that sounds. As soon as he leaves for work, I start school with the boys. Daddy comes home for lunch, and then after he leaves back to work, we do our chores and finish up school. Then its basically a free for all, until about an hour before Daddy is supposed to come home, that is when we clean up again (not quite like the Schow Family Shuffle- lol That is for you Miranda), so he can come home to a nice clean and stress free house.  Our kids are calmer, because they know what to expect of the day, and my house is cleaner because I am not doing it all by myself. I have 3 really great helpers!(We actually had to scrounge up a load of laundry the other day to get Pauls work clothes washed, because we had NO dirty laundry. This has not happened to me since I was like 16!)
 Today was Pauls first day off that we were actually going to be home for most the day. Being the great husband he is, he helped me cook breakfast, and being the great dad that he is, he then did the boys Math with them. All in all a pretty relaxing Morning. After we finally got ready for the day (showered and dressed haha) We headed out to get stuff for dinner. I decided to make deviled eggs for the first time in my life. So after Texting Miranda about what she uses and how much. I set off on my own adventure of making them. I realized at the end we didn't have any paprika, so instead we substituted it for Old Bay (Its a seafood seasoning, but we pretty much put it on everything haha) They were so DELICIOUS! And at Wal-Mart I discovered a whole section of Atkins yumminess! Things to make it feel like I am cheating, when I am not! I got these really good caramel fudge bars, that taste like Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies. Now I know that those are not the best, but I LOVE THEM. My sister use to put them in my lunch for me all the time when I was little, so I think its the nostalgia thing I get from eating them. Anyways, the bars we got me taste just like those. So I was in heaven... And they are only 3 carbs!

Then at Target. I looked temptation right in the eye, and said NO! At the register... There sat my Mini Cadbury Eggs... Paul handed me a bag... I looked at the carbs and said NO WAY JOSE! And slapped those puppies right back up on the shelf... 28 freaking carbs! I don't remember for how many, (Probably 3 because that is usually the way it goes) but I wouldn't be able to eat the rest of the day!! I am so proud of myself! Those are like my most favorite candies in the world. I can eat a whole bag in a day. and I said NO!

Skinny Me: 1     Fat Me: 0

Booya Suck On That Fat Me! lol

That was pretty much how our whole day went. It was a great day and I look forward to more of Pauls days off haha..So now all the kiddos have been passed out for like a half hour, and Paul and I have been enjoying some us time.Oh yeah and did I mention I lost 8lbs! haha.. Paul teased me today about something, that he can have "The Real Thing" and I said... Thats okay... I lost 8lbs... I can go with out "The Real Thing"

I hate posting with out a picture..

So heres one from Sunday.

Jacksons favorite chew toys.. 

Betty's Princess Pollys.

Week 2!

So my stats for week one were:

183lbs Neck: 14 Waist:39 Hips:41

My stats for Today.. Week Two.......

175lbs Neck: 14 Waist: 35 Hips: 39

all I have to say is....

GO ME!!!!

It's time for another first

I think its time for Jacksons first hair cut haha...

Have to take the bad...With Good...

Today is trying (and somewhat suceeding) to be one of those days that you wonder why you even got up that morning. The little things are what are just piling up, so I am keeping a list over the day, and we will see who prevails!

So far today...
The Bad...

1. Aidan started crying and throwing a fit when I mention that we were doing school today..
2. None of the friggin magnets will hold any of the papers up on the fridge today...(never had a problem until TODAY!)
3. My phone which has some service in parts of the house.. has decided today to have NO SERVICE ANYWHERE! I've been having to talk on freaking speaker phone if I want to get anything done!
4.  Picked up 3 different pens to write down a phone number and none of them would work!
5. Jackson cries to get out of his crib and then cries to get put back in!? He has done this three times now...
6. I have a yucky cold sore coming on :(

The Good...

1. Lost another pound!
2. Get to eat all my yummy delicious diet food today!
3. Aidan has picked up the letter J! So now we are down to him only missing 5 letters.
4. CRS called and made a Speech Therapy Appointment for Aidan!
5. All the kids went outside to play while Jackson napped.. The house is almost silent...ahhhh.. 
6. Samuel made it through 3 language arts lessons and a Math Unit Test!
7. Got to see my hunnybear on his lunch break <3
8. Watched Jackson play with his dump truck all day.. love it!
9. Got invited for a play date at the park!

I could go on and on with the good, but I don't want to bore you haha But really sometimes it really helps to take the time during the day and list it out. The good usually always outweighs the bad.. Atleast with the little things :)

To Anxious To Wait!!!!

So my actually weigh in is tomorrow, BUT I am way to excited today and had to share this......

 

And that is just since Tuesday!

And I can really tell the difference.

Especially in my tummy area.

 and my hips

I was all checking myself out in the mirror today
Paul thought was getting a kick out of it haha

Although today I am kicking myself because of my splurge yesterday.

I could be at 7lbs lost :( 

haha and That is a big deal!

Only 4 more pounds and I will have a 10lbs loss

and I get to get myself a little "sumphin sumphin"

(I am buying myself some new tank tops for under my shirts booya!)

We made it to Church!

8am church that is! Yes we were a little late, but we made it! And! It never fails, whenever Paul and I have not been to church in awhile, the first Sunday we make it back, it is ALWAYS fast Sunday.. Isn't that funny! The kids did great in Sacrament. Other then Aidan and Betty pulling the potty card. Does anyone else have kids who think that they need to see the inside of every public bathroom they come into vicinity of? Then Aidan and Betty switched brains, so when Primary came around, I had to go sit in Primary with Betty, when its usually Aidan who cries and doesn't want to go. Don't you just hate that? Any who, I finally convinced her when it was time for her class, that she needed to go alone... Well not so much as convinced her as tricked her. I went to class with her, and as soon as they handed out the snack, I told her I needed to go change Jackson. Really I was escaping! lol I got to go to Relief Society for almost the whole thing, but about 5mins or so before it was to end, Jackson started having issues. There are quite a few babies in our RS and so Jackson sat on the floor for most of it playing with them. Then he got tired of that, and that is when we had to leave. Aidan, Samuel and Betty made it through there classes, and Betty didn't even notice I had not come back from changing Jackson. ;) I was sad that I didn't get to go to class with Paul, but other than that it was a great day!

And I cheated on my diet! But I couldn't help it! We had a visitor, and she brought chocolate chip banana bread! How could I not have a piece... or two... But I am going to let Leslie Sansone kick those calories out of me tonight... So it will be like it never happened.. right? lol...

Today I didn't have to...

Mop the kitchen and bathroom floors

Take out the garbage

Wash the windows

Wipe Down the walls

Wipe down cupboard doors

Wipe down the bedroom and bathroom doors

Clean off the table and chairs

Do any of my kids laundry

Why you ask? 

Well its not because I just didn't do them... 

They got done all right...

Aidan mopped the kitchen and bathroom floors 

(Did a superb job I might add, I don't think I am even that pristine about it about it haha)

Samuel took out the garbage with help from Aidan and Betty

Betty and Samuel washed the windows and window seals

Aidan and Betty wiped down all the walls

Samuel wiped down the cupboard, fridge and oven doors.

Aidan wiped down the bedroom and bathroom doors

Betty cleaned off the table and chairs.

and Samuel got 3 loads of laundry through the washer and dryer today!

Not to mention before all that

They cleaned their rooms

and made their beds

The house looks great!

I love my kiddos ♥ 

And I love that they WANT to help.

no one cried, no one pouted

Everyone just did their jobs

There was one request though

and that was for some music.

haha

Aidan even had a "Little Critter" moment haha

Where all his chores were done

But Samuel and Betty were still finishing up theirs

So he took the dirty washcloth we used to wipe up a mess off the floor

and he re-wiped down the kitchen table.

Then after I told him not to do that, because we don't want the germs from the floor 

on the table where we eat.

Then holding a different soaking wet washcloth, asked if he could wipe down the bookcase

I said no, not with that

and I look up and he is wiping down the TV with said wash cloth!

Haha..

After that, I found him a quick job to do, while Betty and Sam finished up.

Childrens Clinic in Tucson=LONG DAY!

I forgot how great the medical care here is. (Well in Tucson lol) Samuel and Aidan get sent up to this place called CRS. Its a children's clinic, where instead of having a Pulmonary Doc, a GI Doc, and a Neurologist, physical therapist, that you see separately and who don't speak or share information with each other. We have them all in one spot, where before they see us, they all gather together and share information on us! Its really great. Sam and Aidan are of course doing great. There were no new concerns with the boys. Samuel has to get an insert for his right foot, because he basically walks on the pad that is under your big toe. This is causing his tendon in his ankle to be really tight, which is why he has such a hard time walking. So we will be doing stretches that the PT showed us on his foot every night, and he should get his insert sometime in April. Aidan is going to be getting a speech evaluation, and both of the boys will be getting a sleep study done to re-evaluate their need for CPAP. Dr.Miller(our neurologist) thinks they would be better off with BiPAP. (I am not going into full details on what these mean, if you are that curious you can google them haha) That also will probably be happening late April, or May sometime. Dr.Miller also said that they were doing great, and he would start off by seeing us every 6months. Which usually he does every 3months, but he knows how well we do with our boys, and that if we have any problems we will call him. :) Hows that for a parental ego boost? He also gave us his CELL NUMBER!? haha. I thought that was just amazing. I have never had a doctor give, ESPECIALLY a specialist give me their personal contact info. He is amazing I dare say.. I was a little sad though... Because he doesn't wear his red bowties anymore :( haha.  They also hooked us with the MDA, and now Samuel and Aidan will be attending the MDA summer camp! It is a 5 day stay about 5 hours away from here! They will be able to do horse back riding, adaptive sports, swimming, etc. and at the end they have a dance, and they get all dressed up and the boys ask the girls to the dance. HOW CUTE IS THAT? They will have their very own camp counselor with them 24/7. We asked that they be in the same group this year, just because it is their first time, and they seriously spend 24/7 together. I just think that it would be way to hard, to be away from mom and dad, and each other, in a new place, all at once. There is also a real medical staff on site. Its clear in June but I am so nervous! I have never been away from my boys for that long, not to mention trusting them with someone other than family! :( But I think it will be so good for them. The appointment was 2hrs long..yeah crazy! Not to mention the 1hr drive up.

The kids did so well. I was really pleased :)

 

I love Betty in this picture, she is so funny!

 The kids, doing some meditation to get their sillies out haha

Okay so this is a Low Carb Six Dollar Burger

From Carls Jr.

You don't even know how happy I was to see it haha

I have been on the Atkins Diet since Tuesday

And I HAVE DONE SO WELL!

I have lost 4lbs already.

I can only have 20carbs a day.

Which means I am only allowed to eat

certain meats, fish, salads and vegetables.

Only so much of those a day

and I can have all the diet soda I want because it has no carbs!

I have had no sugar and no junk since Tuesday!

So I was sad when I thought I might have to cheat on my diet

Being in Tucson, and just wanting to grab something on our way home

Didn't give me a whole lot of options

As I sat and looked at the menu

I was really struggling to decide to either just wait til we got home

or totally blow all my progress and feel guilty

Then I saw that on the menu

It was totally one of those Angels singing moments haha

And 

IT WAS DELICIOUS!

not to mention filling

I was full for the rest of the night.

AND

THE
BEST
PART

IT WAS ONLY 6Carbs!

Whats a day like with Jackson you ask?

 

 Here he is tearing all the stuff out of his brothers desk, and eating it. 

Including the nasty old corn dog stick he apparently hid  in there haha

This is an everyday occurence... 

Jackson dumps all of Betty's crayons out

I tell Betty to pick up her crayons

He will hurry and sit on them 

and start pulling them back out of the box

Faster than she can put them away

This was 2 seconds after I pulled him out of the tub

and put his new diaper on

 

I put his clean diaper on, got up from the floor

and sat on the couch

Then I hear Betty yelling from my bathroom

That Jackson was in the cupboard..

HE IS FAST!

Paul texted me about some fish, so I went to see if it was on my "Can Eat List" haha

This is what I found.....

Whenever any of the kids lay on the floor
Jackson thinks they are laying down to be
his personal couch
Before this, I caught him sitting on Samuel's face
But I couldn't get to my phone fast enough to take a picture

This is Jackson throwing a fit because his brother was in the bath
and he was not..
This is only half a fit haha
And sorry its sideways
I forgot to hold my phone the other way

But after all that...
Its the end of the day and
You get this....

I love this little man like no tomorrow.
I could not imagine my life with out him
or any of my kiddos for that matter

♥