Crawling, climbing?

So here is my daughter the soon to be crawler/climber. She is trying to do what Dylan does... I honestly am not sure how she even got to the chair. She was sitting on the other side of the carpet and then I turned around and she was at the chair. She watches Dylan everyday and gets so frustrated because she cannot do what she does, and then today she was trying. The second pic is a bit blurry but you get the idea. Every time I tried to take a picture Annalise would try to get me!

So today is supposed to be hot... looking forward to that, we'll get outside to enjoy! We are all starting to feel a little bit better! Well gotta tend to the babies.

Two sick girls!

Here is the pic I took of the girls yesterday. Look at their sad eyes... they so are not feeling well!

Sick, sick and Sick!

I can't find the stupid picture I wanted to post on here... I'm so frustrated! Anyway, I've been gone from blog land for sometime now and it's cause WE ARE ALL SICK! It's horrible. It started with Jared and a little cough and then Annalise got it and I was up with her every night for two whole nights because she couldn't breath so I had to try everything I could to get her comfortable enough to sleep... and nothing helped. Then I got sick, then Dylan got sick..... then Mike and now Tara. We are MISERABLE! It's this horrible cold and I feel like mine is turning into a sinus infection!

Annalise is starting to get a little better. She still has a little cough but is (knock on wood) starting to sleep better at night. Jared is pretty much done with it. The rest of us not so much and it's horrible!

I am so tired and achy and just plain in a bad mood. I really really hope this gets better soon!

So that's all the energy I have to post so I will try more later!

Where did the sun go!?

Ok so I have a ton to blog about today lets see if I can remember all the things I want to write about. Dylan isn't here today so my mind has been free to think!

1st off Annalise is 7 months today. OH MY GOSH! I can't believe how freaking fast it's going. I keep saying that, but it's true. I honestly feel like I blinked and then it's here 7 months later. It's sooooo sad! I mean I am so proud of her and she is so big, but honestly couldn't she have just taken her time just a little? Right now she is trying to crawl but gets so frustrated because she can't. Yesterday she was sitting on the hardwood floor and pushing with her feet while sitting up, and got around a little. She is freaking cute let me just tell you. She has such a great personality!!!

The bottom two pics are of Jared and Anna. Jared tried feeding his sister and he had a great time! It was cute. Annalise loves her brother so very very much!

Ok what else! Going organic and green... well it gets easier and easier for me everyday. It seems that every time we go grocery shopping we get more and more organic. I'm happy to report that Walmart finally is getting on the organic wagon. We went shopping there last weekend and found a ton of great stuff that was organic. So it's been easier and easier for us to keep getting organic with the prices of EVERYTHING going up. It's crazy how much everything is going up. It seems like every time I go to the store the prices are inching up and up.

Have I told you lately that I like cleaning... weird right? Well since I've been home this is my place and I CANNOT stand my house getting messy or cluttered. I get irritated and so I have to clean. Some days I'm to tired to do anything after dealing with Jared, Anna and Dylan so it'll go to the wayside... but then I'm irritated and I have to get it done. So I love it. I haven't ever been like this and it's been a slow process but I love it! Now I just have to get motivated to get the upstairs clean and get my boys to start doing their share. Jared will take his cloths off when he's down stairs (he does not like to wear cloths) and he just throws them on the floor... my boys how I love them! :)

Lets see what else. Mike has been working so much it's like we never get to see him. When he's not working his normal shifts he's picking up overtime and working over night! I hate being home alone with the kids... I am so scared something is going to happen. It's funny Jared will sleep in my room on the couch and we'll lock ourselves in for the night!

Ok I just realized that I'm super tired and Anna is napping so I'm gonna go veg on the couch for a bit. I hope all is well with everyone, and by the way RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!

My son the bike rider!!!

So yesterday after shopping at the mall with the family it was pretty nice out so Jared wanted to ride his scooter... then he comes in crying and he told me, "All my friends can ride without training wheels when is Daddy gonna show me how?" I told him he would just not right this second. I went back into the house to talk with Mike about it and told him that Jared was crying. Mike went out there and was gonna talk with him. Well Jared went a step further and took his training wheels off by himself. I guess he figured that if he did that Dad would have no other choice but to try to show him how.

I was so nervous. We told him he'd probably fall a few times and maybe get hurt... good thing he has a helmet!!! Well I was inside for a second and then all I hear is, good job Jared... The pictures above don't really show him on his own, however HONESTLY it took Jared 3 tries and he is OFFICIALLY a bike rider. He caught onto it like you wouldn't believe and oh my gosh he blew Mike and I away! Today when Mike woke up Jared and him went outside and he rode his bike around, and again no problem. He doesn't even need help starting out!

I am so freaking proud of him and how amazed he is at learning!

Good Morning!

So I've been up since 6:20am... gotta love the babies who like to get up early!!! I believe we are going to brothers t-ball game again today. Mike just got home about an hour or so ago from work and he is in bed. Crazy how we wake up and he goes to bed! Other than that I don't think we have much going on this weekend. I want to try and relax, but that won't happen it never does! Mothers day is coming up in a week, wonder what the fam is going to do for me! :)

Well nothing new to report today, will post more later!

I am so tired!

Not sure what is going on... but Annalise woke up after going to bed around 6:45pm (you may think that's early but honestly our days are sooo long!)... she got up around 10:30 and would not go back to sleep. Around MIDNIGHT, some of you may not think it's a big deal since I stay at home. However I have to get up at 6am or so for Dylan to arrive somewhere around 7. Ok so I figured with Anna going back to sleep around midnight I would be ok, WRONG! She again woke up around 4ish and I swear I just wanted to scream, I don't know what happened but she went back to sleep and we both again got up at 7am.

I am sooo tired. Today has been a hard day. Annalise is super fussy, emotional and well all of the above. Jared has gotten to me and brought me to tears. Dylan has been her normal self... but me I've been on edge. I was getting the girls in the car so we could take Jared to school and as luck would have it I slammed Jared's hand in the car door. Oh my goodness! I decided I just wasn't going to take him to school. I took them to taco bell so I could treat Jared after hurting him and then we came home. Luckily the girls were sleeping so I took them each 1 by 1 upstairs to bed.

Jared and I spent some time downstairs eating and talking trying to figure out how to deal with each other!

The pictures above were from Saturday. My brothers baseball game.