two thousand twelve

-We moved into our house!
-Had my bridal shower
-Took up boxing
-Did sleep training & CIO with Harper. Thankfully it worked!
-Spencer surprised me with my dream wedding ring
-Went to the Dells with my family before our wedding
-Got married on February 14th, 2012!
-Had our wedding reception on February 18th
-I got pregnant!
-Alikah turned 3!
-Harper turned 1!
-Harper learned to sit, crawl, and walk
-We finally announce we were (5 months!) pregnant with a boy on June 29th
-We spent a lot of time at the park and the beach, swimming, talking walks, going to the library..
-We spent the 4th of July Up North
-Spencer got a great new job
-I went to court with M's parents
-Harper got stitches :(
-My cousin Stefanie got married and Alikah was their flower girl
-Alikah started preschool!
-Boden Bob was born on October 13th
-He came home from the NICU on October 23rd
-Gina came home from the Philippines for Christmas and got to meet the boys!
-Got matching sister tattoos
-I got a Canon Rebel ;)

(Ill add more if I think of any! Or remind me if you know Im missing something!)

im really tired

Last night Spencer & I started watching Bridesmaids in bed and then we were reminded that the DVD played sucks. We turned it off 15 minutes in and went to bed. I started where we left off at the same time I started writing this and now its been over an hour and Im still just sitting here.

-A radio in Harper's bedroom is always on a country, so obviously he always goes to sleep with country. Anyway this morning I had country playing on Pandora and Harp stopped playing, crawled over and got his bottle and blanket and laid down all adorable like. IT WAS SO CUTE.

-Spencer did laundry last night and one of my fuckin Victorias Secret Incredible bras fell apart. I was just sitting with it on my lap, staring at it and thinking "What the fuck?"
 Alikah asks me for juice and when I got up she says, "Well arent you gonna fix your boob thing?"

-We found a beehive above our porch right when we moved here and just forgot about it. No bees. Well today we went outside to play and when I opened the door to Stabler's room I immediately saw 5 bees hanging out on the screen door. I got the kids set up and killed them all and then watched them for awhile, killed a few more, and discovered another beehive.
SO it getting nice out + all the flowers blooming = all the bees are coming out. YA!!!

-We came in for a quick lunch then decided to walk to the park. There were a few other kids there so Alikah had a blast of course. "My friends are here!!" Harper warmed up to the swing a little bit, but parks still suck for him because all he wants to do is eat all the pebbles and sticks etc etc so I can never set him down.

-On the walk to the park we passed an older man and we all said hi and as soon as we are past him Alikah goes, "He was nice! AND OLD!"

-I dont know anything about one of our neighbors besides: they have an American flag hanging in one of their windows, their grass is insanely tall, one time we watched their 2 sons smash the garage windows for fun, and they had an old van parked in the backyard for a few days. Anyway, today when we were outside I noticed the flag was down. I noticed this because their was a huge fucking python crawling all over the window. It was so....unexpected? Once I showed Alikah shes like, "CAN IT COME OUTSIDE?!!" Ha. ha. ha. The more I find out about this family the more I like them.

When I finally tried to get a picture it was sleeping. Its all curled up on the bottom there.

Spencer was supposed to work until midnight tonight but he just emailed me and said hes going to sleep out there tonight. Neat. I could have went to bed 2 hours ago. Fun.
The movie ended a few minutes ago. It was okay but over rated.
Yep.
Goodnight.

11 Things

rules {because there is always rules}:
1. post these rules
2. post a photo of yourself & eleven random facts about you
3. answer the questions given to you in the tagger's post
4. create eleven new questions and tag new people to answer them
5. go to their blog and let them know they have been taggedEleven Facts About Me:
1. I tip-toe a lot.
2. I have 2 kids, I want around 6 total.
3. We are adopting in 10 or so years.
4. My dream house is a log cabin on a lake. On a bunch of acres for my husband.
5. I have no idea how many times Ive been arrested.
6. Im generally easy-going and laid back.
7. I believe in past and future lives. The idea of physical ghosts freaks me out though.
8. I love pictures, photo albums, scrapbooks...
9. I cant see for shit without my contacts or glasses.
10. I dont drive. I stopped a few months ago and am too scared to start again.
11. I have "disorders." They fuckin suck.

Eleven Answers:
1- If you could live anywhere where would it be? I love where we live now. I would not mind living in South Africa or the Caribbean either.
2- You can only wear one kind of shoes for the rest of your life... what kind would it be? Plain flats.
3- Something you do daily, that you'd rather not do? Blow my nose.
4- What sites do you visit daily on line? Gmail, Facebook, random blogs from my bookmarks.
5- Where is the "dumping zone," in your house? The kitchen table thanks to Spencer.
6- Favorite thing to make in the kitchen? Pastas? Sandwiches?
7- Do you hope to make your blog a business? Nope
10- What do you do to stay fit? Eating. Running, boxing. The kids.
8- What are you afraid of? Too much! The dark is one of my worst.
9- How do you feel about toilet seat covers? No opinion haha.
11- Would you get plastic surgery? Where? Too funny I actually had this as one of my 11 things! "I'm eventually getting plastic surgery. If money didnt matter and my husband would let me I would get a LOT :)"

I will tag Amber. Just one for now.
Im breaking the rules.
Answer the same questions :)

3 year old questions

Ive seen ideas like this around. Starting this birthday, every year Ill ask her these same questions for her scrapbooks.Alikah Lee - Three Years Old
1. What is your favorite color? Ummm green.
2. What is your favorite toy? Umm, hmmm, blocks.
3. What is your favorite fruit? Kiwis
4. What is your favorite tv show? Super Why
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Noodles
6. What is your favorite thing to wear? Shoes
7. What is your favorite game? Playing Catch
8. What is your favorite snack? Kiwis
9. What is your favorite animal? A cat
10. What is your favorite song? Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
11. What is your favorite book? "Just the Flower One" (Its a word book.)
12. Who is your best friend? Stabler and You
13. What is your favorite cereal? Coco Pops
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Slide
15. What is your favorite drink? Rootbeer
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Nunu and milk
18. What do you want to be when you grow up? A dinosaur
19. Who is your favorite person? My uncle Lukey
20. What is your favorite place? The fair!
*Mom Comment: I think most of these are pretty accurate, except for the favorite book. Plus, a lot of them change daily!*

1. What is something Mommy/Daddy always says to you?
"No coloring on the floor." / This question is hard!

2. What makes Mommy/Daddy happy?
Going potty! / Laugh.
*Mom Comment: To clarify! She means when SHE goes potty, not me haha*

3. What makes M/D sad?
I dont know? / Nothing

4. How does M/D make you laugh?
Tickle!

5. How old is M/D?
22 / 24

6. How tall is M/D?
Large / *Points to cieling*
*Thanks hunnie*

7. What is M/D really good at?
Ticklng.

8. What is M/D not very good at?
Hitting Stabler / No answer for Daddy
*Hm. I think Im pretty good at hitting the cat.*

9. What do you and M/D do together?
Play outside

10. How are you and M/D different?
Nothing / By different colors and hes a boy

What makes Harper happy?
Gigigigigigiiii

What makes Harper sad?
Falling!

Who is Harpers best friend?
*Points to self*

dinosaur jail

Since Friday...
-Wolfgang, Mark & Lisa's dog, jumped out of their truck and ran all over the parking lot when they came to pick up Alikah. It is the worst parking lot I have ever seen, and we were all pretty sure he was going to get hit. Mark and Spencer chased him, a bunch of people got out of their cars to help, and they did end up catching him.

-We ran into Wal-Mart after they left, came back out....and the car was dead. So we had to wait for AAA to come save us. Thankfully his battery was fine, it just spazzed out.

*My internet is being dumb and I cant add pictures. I will asap.-Alikah loved her Easter basket. Her Harajuku jacket & shoes are her favorites (besides the candy of course.) Shes worn them everyday. She also really likes this little duck thing that she could color and put stickers on. She named him Pee. Yup.Jellyfish and mermaids. Some of her favs.-Spencer's parents stopped over Monday to see the kids and give them some gifts from Spencer's grandma and a wedding card for us.

-Our old apartment was trying to sue us for $3,000. It was mostly bullshit (example: new floor in the bathroom because of curling iron burns. Uh, have you seen my hair? I dont even OWN a fuckin curling iron...Oh and January rent and late fees. Really? Because we moved out in December.) After talking to an attorney on Monday we got it down to under $600. Good enough.

-Yesterday I knocked our salt shaker (my new elephant from Pier 1 :() off the counter and it broke. No big deal except for it landed right in between Harper's legs. If it would have fallen 1-2 inches back, it would have been right on his head. Thankfully it was ceramic, not glass, so it didnt shatter all over him and I just grabbed him and put him in the playroom while I cleaned it up.

-The minute we picked Alikah up on Sunday she told me something that I did not want to hear. I emailed Lisa. She emailed me back a half-assed answer. Then last night Spencer took Alikah to the library to return our books and she said something even more messed up. The more I thought about it the more upset I got. After talking about it, we have decided what were going to do and whats done is done but I am disgusted with them all. Absolutely ridiculous.

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us the chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough."

ANYWAY!!
Harper has his check up next Tuesday so I will probably do his 10 month update then.
Alikah will be 3 in exactly one week! She is so so excited. For her actual birthday I think we are just doing a cupcake/cake. All her presents, etc, will be on Sunday at her cook-out.
Shes distracting me right now by yelling that she is putting her dinosaurs in jail for the rest of there lives...

*Update: I am a dumbass. I hit a cord turning the TV early in the morning when I was still a zombie. Only took me about 8 hours to put 2 and 2 together and realize it was the internet connection. It was still half-way in so the internet was sorta working but extremely slow. I totally broke it, but dont worry, I have it held back in with the TV stand for now.

List!

-Harper has been sitting all day! Funny how that happens the day after I write that he never does...guess he changed his mind over night :)
-Ive been slacking on pictures. My cameras kind of been annoying me lately. It might be something as little as changing the setting its on but I havent even tried. I need to though.
Friday: Alikah went to Nonna's last weekend. We didnt do much. It was really nice out so we went for a long walk and ended up in a neighborhood behind ours. You cant even see it from the main road. Newer houses, especially farther back. One is for sale and we love it but of course itll be gone by the time we decide to buy a house. BUT we are glad we looked because now we know we will definitely stay in town when we do move. We cooked out and ate on the patio both nights, too.
Sunday: We picked up Alikah and went to Wal-Mart. (Wal-Mart is our meeting point.) Bought some brownies.
Monday: I finally cleaned/worked on our bedroom a little. I am never in our room unless I am sleeping. So stuff has been piling up but I always forget about it until I go in there at 11PM. We made the brownies. They were gone by the next day.Tuesday: HA. Like a week ago I told Spencer, "Make sure you at least have pants on him (for bed) because he can probably get his diapers off now." Spencer put him to bed Monday night. I got up with him Tuesday. Yep, he was naked and his bed was soaked with pee. No one listens to me....
But we had planned on doing laundry anyways so it worked out. Hmmm then after afternoon naps we walked to the library. We got there at 5:55...it closed at 6. Theres a church/school a block away so we ended up stopping at the playground for awhile. Alikah loved that they had a huge sandbox.
Wednesday: We walked to the library. Got books for Alikah, two movies (Clifford and Lilo & Stitch), and I got Life by Keith Richards. Its good so far, I tried to read more today when the kids were playing outside but Harper kept eating leaves and sticks so I had to stop :]Alikah's Birthday!
We are having a cookout at our house. April 22nd, so exactly a month from now. So far my parents, Luke, Heather and Joey. Maybe Spencer's parents.
It is weird to say she'll be 3, but at the same time Im never like "Omg I cant believe shes 3!" Shes just so damn smart I feel like shes already 7 or something.

I think I want to make it a yearly thing to go camping for her birthday from now on. She would love it. Us and the kids and then whoever else wanted to come. Actually we'd all love it.

I need coffee.

new "a day"

A DAY before Harper was born I did an A Day entry. I am finally getting around to a new one. Again, we really dont have a schedule. Maybe we will get one now, but especially before with all the wedding planning, we were back in Waukesha for the day/weekend so often it was impossible. And it changes a lot depending on if Spencer is home or not.

7:30 AM- Harper (usually) wakes up between 7-8. I change him and bring him downstairs. Make coffee and feed him breakfast. Sometimes he does good but sometimes Stablers sitting right next to his highchair so he just wants to talk to him the whole time.
8:30 AM - Alikah wakes up at 8:30 or 9. She comes down and watches TV. Harper usually has his first nap around 9. While he sleeps I usually do stuff online while Alikah wakes up, etc. *Alikah eats whenever she asks. We dont give her food unless she tells us shes hungry because otherwise she takes one bite then it gets thrown away. Today she wanted a PopTart right away, but other days she wont eat til lunch time.
10:30 AM - Harpers most likely awake. They play together in the playroom. I clean or put away laundry...lately Ive been working on Thank Yous but Im almost done with those.
Noon - Lunch. Alikahs most common: Noodles. Hot dogs. Chicken Nuggets. If Spencer is home this is when we'd go the library or laundromat, etc.
2:30 PM - Nap time. I try to get both of them down for this nap at the same time. I put Harper down and then read to Alikah and she naps.
3:00 PM - While they sleep I do whatever I want (Nothing) or need to do (Clean, Shower). If its Tuesday I watch SVU of course.
3:30 PM - Harper wakes up.
4:30/5 PM - Alikah wakes up. If Spencers home, this is when we would go to the grocery store.
6:00 PM - Harper takes a short nap.
7:00 PM - If Spencer is working, he comes home around 7 and gets Harper up. We usually eat dinner around 7. I do dishes.
8:30 PM - We just started putting Harper to bed a little later. If he makes it until 8:30, thats great!
9:30/10:00 PM - I read to Alikah and put her to bed. She stays awake for at least an hour in her room.
Once the kids are in bed Spencer and I just relax and hang out. Sometimes I take a bath. We go to bed anytime from 11-1 AM.

*All the times that arent mentioned are different everyday. Playing, coloring, Barbies, playing outside, walks. Once it is nicer, we will be able to walk to the library or parks.

I am so freakin tired today.

I got the dining room cleared out. But now there is piles of stuff in every other room. But at least they made it to the right rooms.
Spencer and Harper have been gone all day. Hes bringing me home a sub. I excited.
I just drank more coffee and it did nothing. I will have to make some more.
I should have napped with Alikah. Oh well.I love this stuff. Even Spencer loves it.
I am totally procrastinating.

trying to keep track

Thursday 12/22 - Bringing boxes to the house with Heather, cleaning a little bit. Hopefully gym tonight.
Friday 12/23 - Back to house.(Cable set up between 1-3?) Make cookies and get gifts ready.
Christmas Eve - My aunts and Aunty Andy's, sleeping over at my parents house after.
Christmas - Open presents with whole family. Go to Jared&Holly's in Madison. Drop Alikah off at Nona's on the way home.

To-Do:
Get Fridge!! [x] Found one!
Register Mazda so we can get it up to the house.
Change mailing address.
If time - order pictures from Walgreens.
Call Dr.s office (refill at Harper's appt)
Harper's 6 months post.
Shower faucet.

January 5th - Baptism class for the kids.

This will be updated and changed a lot in the next 2-3 weeks haha