Full of fun!

This week is going to be full of fun.

Tyler has gone from crawling all the time, to walking ALL THE TIME! This is all great and all, but means 2 things, 1 I no longer have a baby but a toddler, this really saddens me as Brad is very against having another baby, that I so desperately want! 2 NOTHING and I do mean NOTHING is safe from my toddling man! I am going to really have to be on my A game. However the good news, is that he is completely ADORABLE! When he gets tired he just lays down on the floor to rest for a minute and then gets up and toddles across the room. He is also starting to be more entertained by himself and the surroundings, he still wants me in the same room so he can see me but doesn't have to be within arms reach. YAY!!!!! WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, now if I could only get him out of our bed!

The next truly awesome thing, is that one of my dearest friends is on spring break this week! I can't wait to see her and spend a little time with her with or without the kiddos. She makes me happy! (not to mention she loves to bake as well, she has a cooking blog with some of her girl friends check it out threepeasinthekitchen.blogspot.com)

Then Brad and I may actually get to go out on a date with out kids. Well Maybe, but we are definitely going bowling on friday night, not sure about the child care situation. Brads' co-workers are all getting together outside of the office to have a fun night of mingling, bowling! This should be fun, all the guys seem like a good group of guys. (yes mostly men, as it is a military job) Tyler is as I type tearing apart my hubby's ACU's, he loves the velcro!

Then on thursday morning I am getting my hair did! I'm so excited! Livi has a new color that she thinks that I will love, but has never used, so she needs a guinea pig! Of course I'll do it, after all if I don't like it I can always dye it again! No biggie!

In other news! We have decided to homeschool! We have done lots and lots of research, praying, and thinking about it and have decided this is the best thing for us! I will not be doing this on my own, There is a great program in this area that I can send her to 2 days a week to help me with this. We have a webinar this week and are going to look at the curriculum at an open trunk show, kind of thing on the 24th. I am actually getting really excited about this whole idea! Which is strange because I never thought I would ever be able (or want) to home school!

Next best thing! The Weather is starting to turn around! I'm loving it! Rainy, but at least it is mostly warm!

Sometimes...

Sometimes I wonder how capable I am?

I know I can cook,

I know I'm a relatively good mom,

I know that I love my family,

I know that I used to be really good at my job,

I know that I am a good soldier,

I know that I can cook,

I know that I am a good baker,

Things I don't know,

If I can return to the sound stable person I once was and really want to be again,

If I can homeschool my kids, which I really think I want to do,

If I can ever loose this nasty 40 lbs that seems to be hanging on for dear life,

If I can successfully go back to school and obtain some sort of degree, even if I never go back to work,

If I can regain the friendships that I messed up so many years ago, I miss them terribly

If my body will ever allow itself to fix the problems it has,

If we will ever be able to move to Nashville,

If I will ever be out of debt, Im so very tired of not being able to buy the things I want whenever I want!

If you can't tell, I ran out of diet coke last night, and am 1 going through withdraw, 2 having a very down day, and lastly have a very very fussy clingy child!

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My poor baby!

I feel so bad for Abby, my beautiful, precious, little girl! She complained of her tummy itching on wednesday, and after looking I noticed that she had a rash. So I proceeded to call her school to make sure that nothing was going around her school that she could of caught. There wasn't, so I took her to the doctor, to see what was causing the rash.

Upon getting to the doctor, they looked at her and immediately ruled out chicken pox and a few other rashes. After looking in the dermatology book, she could not find anything that looked like the rash that she had, and decided that Abby was having a reaction from the shots she received two weeks ago and sent us on our way.

Upon returning home, we just continued on with our normal activities, including school since we were told it was nothing contagious. Thursday when she woke up I took her temp, to make sure she had not developed one, which she hadn't and checked her rash, which actually looked better. After school I checked her again and the rash continued to improve, so I stopped worrying about it, until I checked at dinner time. The rash had gone from steadily improving to being worse than the first time I had looked at it. Luckily for Abby she was in no pain, and it only itched a little, but not enough to bug her. I called her doctor since she had told me to call if it got worse, and talked to the ding bat secretary, and she couldn't help, nor have the time to pay attention to my concerns, so I rudely hung up on her and called my mom, who(m) is a nurse practitioner. Mom proceeded to tell me that "there is no rash that is fatal, calm down" so I did

Friday morning the rash had also started to go down (in a weird way it seemed to do this after sleep) so I thought nothing about it until after lunch when it once again had progressed. So we went yet again to the doctor. (FYI its bad when a walk-in-clinic knows you by name! ) Where they had 3 different people look at her, 2 nurse practitioners and 1 doctor. They finally decided that Abby did not have a reaction from her shots, she as a condition called Pityriasis Rosea.

So the research that I have done says that this is a skin condition that is harmless, both to Abby and in not contagious! Apparently they don't know what causes it, there is no medicine to make it go away, and it lasts 4-8 weeks. The rash stays on mostly the chest and back, may go up the neck and down the arms and legs, although with Abby it stops at her bottom, chin and elbows. So basically it just looks horrid! (and itches a bit)

The many faces!

So, my son has more facial expressions than I can tell you, here are just a few of them! I hope you enjoy these pictures!

Tyler " SHE'S GONNA DROP ME!!!!!!"

"MOMMY what is it and why is it bigger than me?"

"Those mean men are trying to dress me up! MAKE IT STOP!"

(if you look close above his eyebrows you will see the devil horns on his forehead)

This is just so sweet, those FAT cheeks! I just want to squeeze and eat them up!

"HAHAHAHA you have no idea where all that skebbi went, he he he"

This is one of my favorites

"I got my eye on you!"

I had to put this one in here, my two boys! I just love em!

"I will pout at you"

Tyler has perfected the art of pouting, I mean he can turn it off and on like a light switch.

"YOU DON'T LOVE ME!"

"Mommy is so comfy"

"Proper use of a pappy"

"I be good boy mommy, I pomise!"

" I told you NO MORE PICTURES, WHO CARES IF YOU ARE PRACTICING!"

"I'm not up to anything, I'm no rascal."

Being an Adult SUCKS!!!!

My hubby told me that I could buy a dutch oven. I've been asking for one for a while. After doing a bunch of research, I finally settled on a Le Creuset 7.25 qt cobalt blue one. I showed it to Brad who then proceeded to say, " are you sure that is big enough?"

me: it should be, why

Brad : I mean there are bigger ones.

me: but they cost more than this one by $50.

Brad: But I want you to have what you need.

me: are you sure

Brad: yes

me: Okay.

So, I did some more research and decided that I would get a 9 qt round one. After narrowing down the ro

und or oval. Which was

more difficult than you would think. An oval one would be good for large roasts, chickens, turkeys, etc. But then I got to thinking "I've been cooking 6-7lb chickens in a 5 qt round crockpot, so I'm sure that a 9 qt round dutch oven will be fine.

Once again asking Brad to make sure that it was okay. I got really excited, and was determined

to get this item, along with a baking dish that was on sale! I eventually wanted the whole collection. After all cobalt blue is my absolute favorite color, although the dijon color is pretty cool too.

I decided that it was time to order my items, and went ahead and set up my cart with said items to be ordered. Then I decided although we just paid off 1 card we have probably 3 more and a medical bill to pay, so I decided that money I was going to buy all this lovely dream with I would pay off some debt. So now I am sad and feeling lonely and depressed (okay not really about the depressed part but the sad part yes) but in the end I know I made the right decision