..."I love those days"

Brookelyn-Grace showing me her teeth! Ha ha!

I seriously dislike Mondays! I think everyone calls us on Mondays! I have been so busy today!!! The weekend was great! Friday Jeremy got rained out from working Walker's Jamboree game so we got to spend time together :) We were going to order a movie from Directv but ended up staying on the phone arguing with a woman that couldn't even speak English! She wanted to charge us 5 dollars just for sending the movie to us, when our Directv was messing up. I ended up having to talk to their supervisor. He removed the fee, plus the movie. I seriously can not stand to call a company or any business at that and not be able to understand the person. I seriously don't understand that. That should be a huge requirement when hiring somone..1.) MUST SPEAK ENGLISH...Ha Ha! Saturday Jeremy, BG & I meet up with Jonathan, Crystal & there three kids + their new addition, Lillian, She is beautiful! :) Jonathan is Jeremy's brother that is home for a short while from Afghanistan. I love Crystal! She is just as sweet as can be! I could talk to that girl all day! After lunch I took Brookelyn-Grace to see her Meme & Grandpop, then we headed to Wal-Mart to get groceries. Brookelyn-Grace & I had a great mommy & baby day! I love those days! We have the best time ever! I love that little monkey! I wish everyday could be mommy & baby days! Saturday night Jeremy and I spent a quite, relaxing day at home together. :) We have sooo needed that! Sunday Jeremy worked all day and night! (He is a WORKER!) I love it too! ;) I did make a homemade Chicken Pot Pie that he went crazy over! :) I've been trying to cook more here lately, but I just don't think it's something I'm going to be able to keep up. Ha Ha I'm trying to stay interested in it! Ha ha. I get really bored easily, and cooking is just BLAH! Ha Ha I also love watching Jeremy play with Brookelyn-Grace! He does this with her everyday!!! He makes her laugh so hard that she has tears coming out of her eyes! I just love to watch them too together! It just makes me feel so good to know that he cares so much about her! They are like BEST BUDDIES! :)

Potty Time...What A Big Girl!

Brookelyn-Grace does not sleep with me at night, but she always ends up in the bed with me by morning. What can I say? She's a spoiled mommy's baby. :) She has been saying "uh oh" for sometime now, but this morning it just sounded adorable! She was wollering all in the bed this morning and ended up dropping her pacy at the top of the bed, which sent it to the floor. She looked at me, pointed to the headboard and said "uh oh". It was just so sweet!!! Well then we got up and got our showers & baths. I put Brookelyn-Grace on the couch with her cereal and milk while she watched her favorite cartoon ever, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. While I'm in the bathroom doing my make-up I hear the garage door, like someone is coming in. I immediately think that someone is coming in on Brookelyn-Grace and I so I run out of the bathroom to get Brookelyn-Grace and find her at the garage door. She is on her tip toes, shoes in her hand turning the door knob. She's been able to reach the door knob for sometime now, but just has never actually learned to turn it. So I tell her it's not bye, bye time yet Monkey. Ha ha I thought that, that was so adorably sweet! Then we get ready for "tooth brush time" She loves watching me brush my teeth. She thinks its so funny! She also loves to have her teeth brushed too. I've been using this thimble toothbrush and Orajel toothpaste since she got her first tooth, but now she is in this biting stage. It takes me about 5 minutes to brush her teeth because she always wants to bite down, which results in pain for me! Ha ha So I looked through her baby stuff today and found her toddler toothbrush that came with a nail clipping kit I got from Wal-Mart. So we attempted to use the new toothbrush this morning. She loved it! I think because it's like mommy's. I think I'm going to go to Wal-Mart tonight and get her a princess toothbrush! :) She will love it! OMG this is so funny! Let me just tell you what happened last night! She has this new obsession with the toilet. I can so see it now...her throwing stuff in there...omg...So last night I was peeing and she was in bathroom with me. I get done, wipe, and get up. Before I could close the lid or flush she already had her hands in the toilet. I thought I would die! I grabbed her up so fast that I kind of scared her a little. I washed her hands I know for at least about 5 minutes! Ha ha Afterwards I laughed about it, but at first I thought how gross!!!! After that incident I thought okay she now has an obsession with the toilet so I need to show her what it's all about. So this morning I teeteed, wiped and then said okay it's your turn. I took her diaper off and placed her on the potty. I held her there for about 30 seconds and took her off. She immediately wanted back up. I was thinking, wow what have I done! Ha ha. So after the third time that I placed her on the potty she actually used it! I was pulling her back off and she teeteed all over the seat, me & floor but she did teetee in the potty. YAHH! I think I'll buy her a potty tonight! Ha ha I have never seen a child that loves the things that she does! Ha ha She loves to have her teeth brushed, hair brushed and told her how pretty she is while your brushing both. Haha She will smile the funniest smile! She'll snarls up her noes and fake laugh. It is so adorable! She also loves to look at herself in the mirror. I have this body length mirror in my bedroom and she will look at herself, laugh and then kiss the baby! Ha ha She loves kissing her reflection in the mirror. She is just so funny to watch! She also loves shoes! It does not matter who's they are! She will walk around the house with my shoes on, her shoes on, or even attempt to wear Jeremy's big ole shoes! Ha ha She is just so prissy too! She loves to wear dresses, dress shoes and her hair bows! I don't let her wear her hair bows to daycare though, because she gets them so dirty and usually looses them. So we just wear those at home or when we go out. She also loves to wash her hands! Everytime we go out to eat or she's eating at home as soon as she is done eating she is ready to wash her hands. The people that watch her always say that she has such a big personality! She is seriously going to be just like me! I am so picky about everything!!! She so acts just like me! Ha ha I love it! She is just so stinking funny!

Thursday's 13!

1. I am so blessed with Brookelyn-Grace! She is such a good baby! I could not ask for anymore in my life! I am truly so thankful to the good Lord above for her! She is amazing! 2. This is my bathroom after Brookelyn-Grace plays in the morning! She loves going through the drawers while I'm in the shower. Ha ha

3. Brookelyn-Grace and Jeremy have become the best of buds! They are so funny together!

4. My painting turned looks great in Brookelyn-Grace's bathroom. I didn't want to do a theme so I went with an elegant & classy look!

5. This is Hannah's bedroom. They have bedding, but I just have not taken a picture yet.

6. This is Parker's room. Still no picture of the bedding. I will post soon! They love their new rooms!

7. I think Brookelyn-Grace is starting to get scared of things. Sometimes she will walk into room and come running out of them looking behind her and whining.

8. She is such a mommy's baby! She thinks that she has to be held all the time! I do contribute to this though because every time she cries I pick her up! I can't help it though, it breaks my heart to hear her cry!

9. I love everything about my life! It's amazing at the change that has occurred! I guess everything happens for a reason! I am so blessed!

10. I am so ready for Destin! We are going to have so much fun! After we jam out all the way there HA HA we are going to check in the room and head to the pool! Then it's massage time! Yes that's right! We are going to already have it scheduled! Ha ha We both so need a massage! Then were hitting the golf course! We both love us some golf! It's scary how much a like we really are!

11. I love being in LOVE!

12. I can not wait until FRIDAY!!! I so need the weekend! ;)

13. It is 3:48 and I am so ready for 4:30!!!! I can not wait to go get BGT!

The Amazing Things You Do

This weekend was great! Thursday Jeremy and I went by the furniture place and made our order on the kiddies bedroom suits final. Paid in cash! They are going to be super excited to see them! They have no clue! Friday I got off work and headed to pick up Brookelyn-Grace. I missed Jeremy because he had to work a side job. I got Brookelyn-Grace home, fed and bathed. She has been going to bed around 7:30-8:00, which kills me because I feel like I have no time with her! Well as I am laying her down and snuggling up to her my dad calls. He had just got back from a two week bike ride to (wherever he goes every year! Ha ha) Him and all his buddies went sight seeing to Los Vegas, the Grand Canyon...ect...ect... They do it every year and at least travel through 10-15 states. He has probably rode his bike through every state! Well anyway he called and wanted us to come eat with him at Brangus. So I packed up my oh so tired baby and headed to Jasper. She did good at the restaurant, she always does, but she started to get tired so we decided to head back home.

By the time we made it home Jeremy was already there :) Brookelyn-Grace had already fallen asleep before we got home so we put her to bed. A car ride knocks her out! Jeremy and I were both overly exhausted so we called it a night. Saturday Jeremy worked and it was just me and my little mini me. We have the best time together! She woke me up touching my eyelids & pointing at the door :) She is just getting so big! I put her in her high chair, turned on Mikey Mouse Clubhouse and started her breakfast. After breakfast she was still tired so we laid in the recliner together for about twenty minutes, then she was good to go! We played in her ball pit, bedroom and bathroom. She loves the bathroom! HA HA She loves going through the drawers, taking things out and then putting them back in. Mom/Meme has been on me all week about letting her come to her house and play, so I decided to let Meme watch her while Jeremy and I did something alone Saturday night. We went to Brangus to eat and then Jeremy got excited about cleaning my car and of course I was all for it! Ha ha That just means that I don't have to do it! Ha ha Then we were off for some us time :) Well we are so much a like its crazy! We kept naming off all these things we could do and nothing really seemed appealing to us. Ha ha So I was like okay just say what you want to do and I will do the same. We both had the same answer, movie night alone @ home! :) Great minds think a like! We just stay so darn busy during the week that its actually nice to relax at home, cuddled up on the couch & watch a good movie! After a while we were missing Brookelyn-Grace so we headed to Meme's to get her :) Sunday of course Jeremy worked. That's all that man does is work, work, work! That is one of his great qualities! Keith picked Brookelyn-Grace up at eleven so that they could spend some Dada & baby time for his birthday :) After dropping her off I headed to tan. Got to be all tanned up for Jill's wedding!

Oh and went I went to try on Jill's bridesmaid's dress and it was HUGE on me! The lady was like WOW! You could have went with two sizes smaller! Everyone has been telling me how my baby weight has been coming off, but I guess I just was not paying attention. But I noticed it very well that day! I am almost there. I would say another month or two and I'll be back in my size 2 & 4 jeans..yah! It seems like it has taken me forever to lose my weight from Brookelyn-Grace, but in reality it has not been that long. Well Brookelyn-Grace is 13 months now. My doctor told me for an average woman it would take at least 12 months. Well I was not able to even diet until Brookelyn-Grace was almost 4 months because I had such a bad pregnancy with almost dying that I had to basically be on bed rest until Brookelyn-Grace was 3 months. I was still oh so sick during those months & my doctor told me no dieting. So I have been dieting for only 9 months, which means I will be back to my normal weight before the 12 month mark! Yah me!!!

So back to the weekend. So after the tanning bed I went to Wal-Mart & bought grocery's. Had to stock up on snacks for the kiddies :) I only spent $160.oo & got enough cooking grocery's (like my lingo ha ha) to last for at least three weeks. I am such a thrifty shopper! Then I headed home to meet Jeremy and we headed to Crystal's so he could cut her grass. I love hanging out with that girl! She is so super sweet and we could yap each other's heads off all day! Ha ha I got to see the beautiful, Lillian! She is so super sweet! I brought her some really cute headbands that Brookelyn-Grace use to wear. They were cute on her!!!! Well she made them look cute! Ha ha I got to feed her and changed her while Mommy cooked, which brought back tons of memories of when Brookelyn-Grace was a newborn! It gave me bad baby fever!!!! (but only for Brookelyn-Grace to go back that small! Not meaning I want another! So let's not get excited and start rumors! Ha ha) While we were there I got to see Jeremy and Jonathan talk online on the computer. They are so funny together! I seriously will haft to like wear depends when I finally get to see them together LOL!!! Crystal has such a beautiful little family!!! I seriously about cried when Crystal was holding Lillian up to the computer for Jonathan to see her. I know that has to be hard on her and the kids! She is a heck of a woman, but he will be home soon & I know she is super, super excited!!!

Well after our trip to Hayden we headed back to Jasper and got Brookelyn-Grace and then went home! Brookelyn-Grace was already a sleep but as soon as Jeremy put her in the bed she was up, which means she was sleeping in the bed! HA HA She is a big mommy's baby and has to be right there with me 24-7! I am just thankful that she has a handful of other people she goes too or she would look like a siamese twin connected to me all the time! Ha ha Brookelyn-Grace tossed and turned all night long. I think I may have got 3 hrs of sleep. Her belly was gassy all night. I felt so sorry for her! I rocked her almost all night. When you rock her with a gassy belly it kind of soothes her. So when that alarm clock went off this morning I wanted to cry! I got out of bed went to the bathroom and got ready. When I came out Jeremy had breakfast fixed for me with orange juice and my coffee sitting at the table!

He is a wonderful man! He does the most amazing things for me! He is such a blessing!!! I think it's so funny how when I tell people about how great he is & the things he does they are like what? Jeremy did that? Your lying?! HA HA He tells me all the time that he has never done these things before, not for anyone. That seriously blows my mind because he is so great at making me happy! He tells me all the time that the more he can do; means the less I have to do! That is just super sweet! Now I hope you do not think that I am just lazy and don't do anything. It's not that at all, but he will go straight home from work just to get things done so I don't have to do them. I'm so independent and use to doing things on my own, that sometimes I will have to almost beat him to let me do anything for myself! & I've even had people tell me or make comments like, "That's just a cover up. That's not the real Jeremy". Here is my outlook on that. I am a big girl! If those things just up and disappeared...(lets just say this..If you know me, then you know that I wouldn't put up with or deal with anything like that) Secondly people do change. Just because you do something one way doesn't mean that you will continue to do those things forever! I mean seriously think back to your teen years. Did you do drugs? Party? Sneak out?...now let me ask you this...As an adult do you still do those things? I hope the answer is no. Jeremy is a wonderful man, dad, & best friend! He is a super great guy! His kiddies are so crazy about him!!! Parker thinks he hung the moon! Ha ha He adores his children, and would do absolutely anything for them. He is wonderful to Brookelyn-Grace! He does amazing things for her! Things that I do not even ask him to do! He is truly God sent!

Oreo Cookies!

I learned a very valuable lesson this morning.....Here is my story.....

I'll start this story out with mine and Brookelyn-Grace's normal morning routine. Well the morning started out good. Brookelyn-Grace and I woke up at 6:30, got out of the bed and headed to bathroom. I get a shower as soon as I get up while Brookelyn-Grace plunders through the bathroom drawers, pulling out my pony tail holders, headbands, brushes and just about everything her little hands can reach. As soon as I am done with my shower I run her bathwater. She plays in the bath while I put my make-up on. When she starts to get antsy I then come over and bathe her. After that we head to her bedroom and get her clothes on. Then I fix her breakfast, sit her on the couch and turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She watches her show while I blow dry my hair and finish up getting ready. Then of course she has to go to my closet with me and help me dress. She will always pick up clothes and hand them too me. She really thinks she's dressing mommy. It's so adorable! Then I clean up the bathroom, which is usually a disaster, and then get everything ready to walk-out the door. While I was getting ready this morning in the bathroom she would keep pulling at her feet. It took me a little while to realize what she was doing. She was trying to sit Indian style! It was so cute! I would haft to fix her feet for her and then when they would fall she would say; "Mama" and then I was right back fixing them again :) So were ready to walk out the door and I decide to grab a granola bar from the "snack cabinet", that's what we call the cabinet that we keep the junk food in, while I was getting my granola bar Brookelyn-Grace started pointing to the Oreo Cookies. So I was thinking, what's it going to hurt? She's going to daycare and it's not going to be a big deal if she is super hyper, she'll play it out. So I grab an Oreo and put it in a zip-lock bag. I get her in the car, buckled up and ready to go. Then I do my morning routine, run in the house grab a drink, turn off the t.v and lock the door behind me. I get in the car and hand Brookelyn-Grace her Oreo. I'm not really paying much attention to her. She's eating her Oreo and watching Aladdin. She loves watching movies in the car & she loves Aladdin! So where about to be at daycare and I look in the rear view mirror. She has black cookie all over her hands and mouth. It was like she knew what I was going to say! I said; "No Brookelyn-Grace! Don't do it"! Before I could complete the sentence she started rubbing her eyes, hair & ears! I was so frustrated that I just had to laugh! So I get out at the babysitters and she is covered! She even has it on her feet! She looks like she has not had a bath in years, & it looks likes she's been playing in a strip-pit all morning. Ha Ha. So I wipe her off the best I can and take her in. I feel like I need to explain the situation, it was that bad! Ha ha. So what I learned this morning....Do not give an Oreo Cookie to a child in a car! Ha ha

I should have got a picture this morning! Dang it! It was adorable though!

A LOT TO SAY ON WEDNESDAY!

Okay so I need some guidance on this one. Brookelyn-Grace has started this new thing where she will ball up her fist and hit. It is driving me crazy! You can kind of tell that someone has taught her this, but I do not know who? She does go to daycare with a lot of older kids so she could have picked it up there. I have no clue how to stop this other than saying no, no. It works, but it slips her mind a lot and she will do it again.

I also feel like I am always having to get onto her. I am always saying no, no and having to smack her hand, which does not work at all! I have now converted to smacking her leg, like if I'm holding her, which seems to be doing the trick. She is so stubborn, just like I was! My mom came and visited yesterday, and during her visit Brookelyn-Grace showed her mean side! She has this hand-me down Thomas the Train riding toy that my aunt Barbara gave her. I hate it, and Brookelyn-Grace loves it! (Ha Ha) Brookelyn-Grace goes over to get on the toy with her baby doll in hand. She put the baby on first, then attempts to get on the toy while still holding the baby steady against in the seat of the toy. I can tell that she is having a hard time, so I walk over and place her on the toy. You would have thought that I took the toy away! She threw a MAJOR fit! She started jumping up and down, slinging her arms and waving them all around. She then put her hand on her leg and sighed! I could not contain myself! I died out laughing! I thought it was the funniest thing I had ever seen! These fits are becoming more and more evident. So I have no clue how to handle these temper tantrums!

While me and my mom are discussing her "LITTLE/BIG attitude," she tells me that I remind her of Brookelyn-Grace when I was a child. She told me from age 3-11 when I would get in trouble with my dad that I would say; "I don't care how many times you whoop me you will NOT make me cry" emphasis on the "NOT" (Ha Ha)! My mom said that I was the most stubborn child that she had ever meet, even up into my early teens! She said they had to quite whooping me at age 11 because I wouldn't cry and because whooping did not even phase me. Wow I have my hands full! (Ha ha) I guess that old saying is true...."You pay for your raising!"

Well on the good side Mom did visit us yesterday. I love when she comes out to the house :) We always have a good time! Mom brought Brookelyn-Grace a push-up popsicle, which she absolutely loved! She ate every single bite!!!! She looked like a duck after eating it..Here is the pic..Brookelyn-Grace loves playing with her Meme! Mom does everything with her! It doesn't matter if she's too big for the toy or not! (Ha ha) Exhibit A: & yes my child is nakey! It's her favorite thing to do!

I also have two great video's but for some reason I cant get them to show up when I add them to my computer. Still working on that one.

Well in other news Jeremy and I went to look at bedroom suits for the kiddies yesterday. We found some really great deals & saved so much! We are getting two bedroom suits for 1,100.00, and this includes queen mattresses! Yes I am just that good! Oh and these are not just knock off bedroom suits, these are Ashley!!! So we are super pumped! The kids have no clue & were going make it a surprise!!!! There going to be so excited!!!! Parker's is adorable! It's the dark wood with metal in the headboard. Hard to explain, but I should have pics up soon. His looks like a little bachelor pad bedroom suit! Real clean & expensive looking! Now Hannah's bedroom suit is made for a "Princess!" It is adorable! It either a off white or a white bedroom suit. It has real granite counter tops on the night stand, dresser and the posting of the bed. It's also hard to explain, but like I said I'll have pics soon! :) Were so pumped about it!

A Great Weekend!

We had a blast this weekend! Friday I got off early and took Crystal, Jeremy's sister-in-law home from the hospital. She had a beautiful baby girl, Lillian! She is so adorable!!! That night I got Taylor to watch Brookelyn-Grace. Brookelyn-Grace loves Taylor. Jeremy got BG to sleep though before we left because she has major separation anxiety from me. So then Jeremy and I went to the Elks. We had a blast! We hung out with my family, danced and cut up all night! I love hanging with me Memmer! Saturday Brookelyn-Grace and I spent the day together. I love mother daughter time! Then I met Keith and Toni & dropped her off. Toni got her the cutest P.C shirt (adorable)! Saturday night we went to Slick Lizard in Nauvoo to eat with the kiddies. Sunday we all went to moms to swim. The kids had a BLAST! Jackson, Owen, Jr and Blake were are all at the house so it was a kid kinda day at the pool! They all get a long so well! We stayed out at the pool from 11:30-6! The kids were exhausted! Brookelyn-Grace spent the day with Keith and Toni in Birmingham. They got her a super cute Minnie Mouse outfit, shoes & cell :) You could tell she had a great time! Sunday night was exhausting, especially being out in the sun all day. Jeremy cooked all of us super and then we called it a night. All in all this weekend was great! I just hate that I had to come to work today! Today has not been that bad though. It's actually slow! (which I LOVE)