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I don't get people

2009-11-09T07:17:00.002-05:00

I really don't understand people sometimes. How can a person be so fake? I mean why tell me one thing and then turn around and do something completely different? How stupid do you think I am? I usually can see through stuff like that, but it bothers me to no end. I mean what is the point? Does the world really have to think you have no problems? Everyone has problems. I have problems, heck even the most famous people have problems. It is just the way of life. No one is perfect so stop trying to come off as that in public. On the other hand, how can one person be so blind? There is stuff right in front of you yet you refuse to see it. Ugh, people just frustrate me! Maybe they see it, but want the sympathy only a lost person gets. It is all about attention. Once the attention is gone, they turn on you. Hmmm, things to ponder I suppose...

I'm Back

2009-11-07T11:41:00.002-05:00

Well, I have neglected this blog for a long time now. I guess it is time to get back into the swing of things. Matt left for a year long tour in Korea recently and Allie and I are adjusting to everyday life once again. It is hard to get used to the time difference (14 hours) and not being able to call him whenever I want. Hopefully once he gets settled completely, we will figure things out. Allie is doing well. She is growing more everyday. She sure is one mischevious kid. From painting with her poop (looong story), to filling up the bathtub with clothes and trying to turn on the water to wash them. She certainly keeps me on my toes. I guess she will make the days go by rather quickly with all her little schemes. She babbles on non-stop and is learning new words everyday (even the ones I don't want her to learn). I am constantly amazed at what she picks up on. Everyone really has to watch what they say around her. LOL

Life in general

2009-05-28T10:11:00.002-04:00

Well, we have been taking things day by day. Allie is doing really well with the toddler bed. The only problems we have is naptime. Most days she doesn't take one because she would rather play. It is fine by me since I just put her to bed a little earlier. T-ball season has started and Allie and I have been going to our friend's son's games. It is cute to watch the kids running around after the ball. Let me say that T-ball sure has changed since I was a kid. It basically has no structure around here. We played acutal games, but here it is strange. They let all the kids bat and then do not even assign them positions. Every kid is out on the field. They are not really teaching the kids the fundamentals of baseball like I learned in T-ball, but who am I to say anything?
Matt is doing well in school. He came home last weekend for the long weekend and we had a good time. The weather has been pretty icky lately so we did not do too much. One of these days Allie and I will go up to see him. (maybe...LOL) Other than that not too much interesting going on.

Toddlerhood

2009-05-07T14:06:00.002-04:00

Well, I had to turn Allie's crib into a toddler bed today. She climbed out of it so many times yesterday. I was worried she would fall and hurt herself. You would think that since she is so short she wouldn't be able to get herself out, but lo and behold she did. As I type this she is supposed to be taking a nap. I am sure you can guesss how that is going. We are going on our second hour of her playing in her room. I guess I can't complain because at least she is not crying. LOL I am really hoping that tonight when it is dark, it will go easier. Wish me luck. I am sure I will find her sleeping on the floor at some point tonight.

Fires

2009-05-03T21:00:00.002-04:00

Ugh, what is so exciting about setting fires? Someone set a fire this evening in the woods behind our house. It is a little more than 100 feet away from the back of the neighbors. The firefighters had gotten it out, but it relighted and they are back fighting it again. What is so fun about this? The MP's told us it definitely was a set fire because the initial burn site is a perfect circle. UGH! I can't stand it. Now, I have to worry about whether or not it will start up again overnight.

Trials and Tribulations

2009-04-27T14:37:00.002-04:00

Well, the whole potty training thing did not go over so well. Allie did it perfectly for three days straight, then she decided this was no fun and has not been back since. Oh well, I am not too worried about it. She will be ready when she is ready. No pressure on this end. It was cute seeing her get all excited about peeing though. LOL The things us parents think is cute.

Matt left for school last Friday. He will be gone 5.5 months. Hopefully we will get to see him every now and then. He is at the base that is two hours away, but of course with all the training and what not he will be pretty busy. So begins the boredom. LOL I guess I can use this as practice for him going to Korea in November. Of course I am super jealous and decided maybe I should go do some training too. He has a maid that comes and cleans his room, free cable and internet and the chow hall not too far away. Heck, I would take just the maid. LOL Must be nice. Gotta love it. Anywho, nothing else going on in our lives. Just taking it one day at a time. That is all you can expect right?

Who knew?

2009-04-15T19:56:00.001-04:00

Allie surprised me yesterday by telling me she needed to go potty. So, we pulled out the potty chair and gave it a go. As soon as she sat down she went pee in the potty. How proud was I? Really proud. She only had one wet diaper yesterday and two today. The rest of the time she is using the potty. I totally did not think she was ready for this, but I sure was wrong. I was going to wait until she turned two, but I guess she is ready. I am a little excited and sad at the same time. Now I really feel like I am losing my baby. WAAAH!

Tired as usual...

2009-04-08T19:37:00.002-04:00

I swear with the weather changing I get more and more tired each day. I wish it would make up it's mind if it wants to be Winter, Summer, or Spring. We have gone to the really warm to the really cold all in the last few weeks. GRRR!

Matt has been home on leave this week and I am sooo ready for him to go back to work. Don't get me wrong, I love my husband, but when he is around all the time he starts to get on my nerves. I can't stick to my normal routines because he is in the way. Plus, when he is home my house seems to always look like a tornado has hit it. Like I said, I love the man to death, but I need some space. Maybe I should rent a hotel room for myself for a night? LOL Funny how that is, you say your vows to spend the rest of your life with them but when they are always there I swear you wish they were gone. I don't know how it is going to be when we are older and retired together. I may just have to be one of those little old ladies at Walmart greeting people just to get away. LOL

We made it back alive...

2009-04-05T21:41:00.004-04:00

but pretty wet. LOL It was fun down in Orlando for the week. We got rained on the first day we were there and poured on the day we left. It was still fun though. Actually having the rain the last day made it easier to get on all the rides at Magic Kingdom. I guess Matt, Allie and I were the only crazy people out trying to do Disney. LOL It was nice being able to walk right onto all the rides. Allie had fun. She loved meeting some of the characters. I think I must have walked a million miles each day though. Of course pushing Allie in the stroller made it even more tiring. I think we were all asleep by nine every night. Here are a few pics from our trip.

Matt is heading out in a few weeks for school. He will be gone for five months or so. Fortunately he will only be two hours away so hopefully we will be able to see him some of the weekends. It will be weird not having him around again. Still not sure about his orders for Korea and of course if he does go, I still am not sure what I am going to do. Ugh, decisions stink. LOL

I was able to hold a new baby a few days ago. My friend had her daughter on Thursday. I can't remember Allie being that small. It felt so strange to hold a little one again. I must be one of the weird ones though because most women say they get baby fever after holding a newborn, but not me. I will hold them and then give them back when I am done. LOL

It's been awhile...

2009-03-24T08:17:00.002-04:00

Things have been moving along these last few weeks. Matt finally got a school date and we have been preparing for that. He is leaving April 24th and will be gone until mid September. Fortunately he will not be too far away so Allie and I may be able to visit. Then we recieved the depressing news that most likely he will get orders for Korea after school. That means he will be gone for a year. Like the deployment wasn't bad enough, now this. BLAH. Oh well, such is the life of an Army wife. Allie and I will get through it just like we have done before. Now comes the hard part. I have to decide what we are going to do while Matt is gone. I hate making big decisions like this. LOL It really stinks is that he is leaving in November which is right before all the holidays. ICK.

We are headed to Disney World and Sea World next week. It should be alot of fun. Allie loved it last year so I am sure she will love it even more this year. Her newest obsession has been watching Lilo and Stitch so maybe we will see them. A week away from everything is just what the doc prescribed. Of course this is all if Matt doesn't get hurt on Saturday when he goes skydiving. He decided he wanted to go for his birthday and so he is going with one of his buddies. I think he is crazy, but oh well, who am I to say anything. I can't decide if I want to go watch or not. It will probably be a last minute decision since I still have to get ready for our vacation.

Baby season...

2009-02-28T07:51:00.003-05:00

Things have been moving along as usual. There is a nasty bug going around and I am hoping we don't get it in our house. It is strange how things like that can be passed along so easily.

It sure is baby season around here. You can tell it has been about a year since the first brigade made it back home. The hospital is chock full of little ones being born. I have a friend who has a kid for every deployment her hubby has been on. LOL I know three people that are all due within two months of each other. Actually, I am off to a babyshower today. Man, those things can get expensive once you start getting invited to a bunch of them. I may need to set up a babyshower fund. LOL Poor Allie sees all the bright toys and things coming in and thinks they are for her. Oh well, she will get over it.

I can't believe my little Allie is growing up so fast. She is 19 months today. The time is flying by. I was out shopping for babyshower stuff the other day and was looking at all the newborn clothes and couldn't believe that Allie once fit in all of that. It seemed sooooo tiny. Now, I have a monster that tears up my house in a matter of seconds. Of course I love the little critter and wouldn't trade her in for anything (well almost anything...LOL)

Long weekends

2009-02-16T14:35:00.002-05:00

Boy, long weekends never seem quite long enough. LOL It was a bit chilly this weekend but we had fun anyways. A little scary on Sunday with my neighbor's son taking some pills he found, but all is well thankfully.

I have decided Allie is all about pushing buttons lately. That little girl certainly knows how to push mine. I swear she is doing everything in her power to do all the things I tell her not to. She will even look me straight in the face with a huge smile on as I am telling her No and do it anyways. AHHH...I am wondering if the terrible two's are coming early to my house. I am not looking forward to it, even though I do hear the Three's are way worse. I wish these kids would not be so stubborn. Some days, I wish I could just lock her in her room, slip some food under the door and let her out when she is 4. LOL

Nice and sunny

2009-02-10T07:14:00.003-05:00

We sure have been blessed the last few days with beautiful weather. We have been in the mid 70's and it is gorgeous out. A bunch of us took the kids to a wildlife center in Savannah on Sunday. It was the perfect day to go because not only was it beautiful out, but it was FREE to get in. LOL Who doesn't love free? The kids had a blast and Allie loved the cows. They kept mooing and Allie would laugh every time. My favorite part was the wolves. They were so beautiful and came right up to us. Well, as close as they could since there was a fence and some space. We had the whole pack in front of us. I think it was because the kids were eating Cool Ranch Doritos. LOL Maybe wolves like them? The armidillos were really cute too. We stopped at Denny's to eat a late lunch and had fun there too. Any of you football fans would be excited to know that when we were eating Shannon Sharpe walked in to pay for food he had eaten earlier. How cool is that? Of course we were all too chicken to go up to him, but it was still cool to see him. Our one friend Branden was so funny about it. We finally convinced him to get up and talk to Mr. Sharpe and he missed him. It was a great day and even though there were four kids 2 and under, we had no major meltdowns or tantrums. I wish every day was like that. LOL

Poor baby

2009-02-04T07:28:00.002-05:00

I feel so bad for Allie. She has four teeth coming in all at once. To make it worse two of them are her canines and I hear those hurt alot. My aunt calls them the stomach teeth because all three of her boys would get sick when the canines came in. Poor thing is waking up alot at night because I know they hurt. We are doing teething tablets and those seem to help a bit. I feel so bad because there is nothing I can do for her. For me, the worst part is she always gets a really runny nose when she teethes and sneezing like crazy. I have to follow her around the house with tissues all day. LOL I never knew so much snot could come out of one kid.

How do they know?

2009-01-26T08:38:00.002-05:00

Matt and I have a plan for the weekends when it comes to getting up with Allie. We each take a morning and the other gets to sleep in. Well it never fails that when it is my day, Allie is up at her normal time, but when it is Matt's turn she sleeps later. How is that fair? And how the heck does she know? I have even tried putting her back down during the week since I get up with her then, but she still does not sleep late? I don't get it. She will sleep later for Daddy, but not me. I can already tell she has it in for me. LOL

Weekend

2009-01-21T10:39:00.003-05:00

We had a great four day weekend. On Saturday we went into Savannah with a bunch of friends. It was a ton of fun. It was colder than heck, but we still had a great time. We went to a bar called Locos for lunch and man that food was yummy. Of course we had to stop at the candy store on River Street and get some fudge. I think I gained five pounds just walking in there and smelling all the candy they were making. LOL

Poor Allie is teething again and it is really taking a toll this time. No one is sleeping in our house for the last two days. Hopefully the two that are coming in will pop through soon enough. Wish us luck because Mommy is exhausted.

Brrrr

2009-01-14T08:35:00.002-05:00

Man, it sure is getting cold these days. Even here in the south. It is crazy to think that in two days we will be in the 20's. This is the south darnit...it is not supposed to get this cold. LOL Oh well, I can deal with it. I will just have to add more layers is all. Poor Matt is going to hear me complain since I am not one to deal with cold very well. I feel every icy breeze blow through (sometimes when there is none. LOL). Well, that is my complaining for the day. I really need to work on getting more pictures up. I am just lazy. LOL They are there, just waiting on my camera. They are calling my name, but I just don't hear them.

A good day

2009-01-11T17:28:00.002-05:00

I just had the best day with Allison. Matt had to work so it was just the two of us. It was rainy outside so we couldn't go out and play like we normally do. Instead we stayed inside and snuggled up on the couch and watched Disney movies. It was nice to be able to lay with her. Of course she did not make it through the entirety of any of the movies, but it was still fun nonetheless. Her attention span is definetly getting longer. When she was bored with the movies we would go play. She styled my hair with her play brushes and we made snacks together. I know I am home with her everyday, but days like this are the best.

Ramblings

2009-01-11T10:19:00.003-05:00

Things are moving fast lately and I really am not ready for it. Matt has less than fifty days in his enlistment. He is scrambling to find a civilian job, but with the economy the way it is I don't see it happening anytime soon. I am such a pessimist, I know. I like to think of myself as a realist. It sounds so much better. I hate the feeling of not knowing what is going to happen. I want things to be secure. Is that so much to ask for? I know things are bound to work out one way or another, I just wish I knew when and how. I guess I just have to think of something else. Easier said than done. I think it is hard because we have made some really good friends here and it is going to suck to have to leave. We have so much fun. It took us awhile to get to know people and now that we have I am don't want to go. Sigh, this is the military after all and if it wasn't us leaving one of them eventually would. BLAH

Matt and I are going to start on a diet and exercise program again this week. I gained 7 pounds since my surgery and since I finally got the okay to exercise this week it is full speed ahead. YAY. I kind of miss jogging and all that fun stuff. I know I won't be saying that in two days when I am sore from head to toe, but heck it will be worth it right? I think we are going to make it a competition to keep us fueled. At least I hope I do because I have a competitive spirit and hope it will come out.

Whining

2009-01-06T08:04:00.003-05:00

I hate being sick. It is not fair. Someone somewhere should have made it so that moms don't ever get sick, or at least until the little ones are able to care for themselves. Even sick and feeling like poop, I still do not get to just lay on the couch and moan. WAH. There is laundry to do, a child to take care of, and a husband who seems to forget how to cook. I tried to get the cat to fold the laundry but he just yawned, stretched and then left the room. It really is not fair I tell you.

Odds and Ends

2009-01-03T19:05:00.003-05:00

Happy New year...even though it was a while ago. LOL Not much excitement over here. Kid's are breaking into cars again in the neighborhood, but they may have caught two of them this time. I just don't get it, why break into people's cars? They must be really bored or something. Allison is having fun playing with all her Christmas toys. I guess we picked some pretty good ones. Matt keeps going and playing kitchen with her and they have a lot of fun together. I must not be fun because Allison does not like to play kitchen with me, she would rather throw the food at me. LOL Crazy kid. We are on the countdown to Matt getting out and I get more nervous every day. The ecomomy is crap right now as everyone knows and I am still wondering if it is the right time to get out. It stinks being a grownup sometimes. All these hard decisions to make. LOL.

I really need to get on the ball with taking pics of Allison. Matt bought me a new camera for Christmas and I should really use it. LOL Well, I actually have taken alot of pictures, I just need to upload them. Oh well, one of these days.

On to the New Year

2008-12-29T10:46:00.002-05:00

Well, Christmas has come and gone. All the presents have been unwrapped and my house is a disaster. LOL For some reason, it doesn't seem like Christmas is over for us. Probably because it has been so stinking hot out lately. We were in the 80's yesterday and it was muggy to boot. BLAH. That is one thing I do miss about Washington is the cooler weather. Oh well, we may be back there soon enough. Santa treated Allison pretty good. She got her new kitchen and loves it. I think Grandma did way better than Santa though. LOL My mom went a little overboard with the presents. She had bought some while she was here after my surgery and then sent more. I guess that is what happens when you only have one grandbaby. You get to spoil the heck out of them. Now, I have the joy of going through all the old toys and getting rid of the ones Allison is too old for or are missing pieces. Oh yay...

Three Years!

2008-12-23T13:15:00.002-05:00

Today is our three year anniversary. Whoo hoo. I can't believe it has been three years already. Boy, how time flies. I got Matt and Xbox 360 and all the trimmings. He was super excited when he opened it. Now, all I have to do is wait for tonight for my gifts. We are going out to eat and leaving Allison with one of the neighbors so it should be nice. Yay!

Why so slow?

2008-12-20T07:28:00.002-05:00

I am getting aggravated with our post man. First of all, he must not be able to read addresses very well because I am consistently getting other people's mail. Makes me wonder if anyone is getting mine. Then, we do not get our mail until late...some days after 6. Blah. My biggest gripe right now is that my dad mailed me a box two weeks ago and I still have not gotten it. Makes me wonder if it went to someone elses house or if the mail is backed up. I know it took a while for my Christmas cards to make it across to WA. I was really hoping to have the package by today seeing how it has the Santa suit in it and we were going to have Santa show up today at our party. BLAH! Maybe there will be a miracle and it will show up this afternoon, but I am not counting on it. I am really upset that it is not here. It took me forever to convince Matt to dress up as Santa and now he doesn't have to. All that wasted energy. LOL I don't get why the mail would be so slow since I was just reading an article the other day that the postal service is expecting 1 billion less packages this year than last. Wouldn't you think that would make it go faster? Ugh...come on mailman, bring me my box and learn what addresses go where...

Oh my goodness

2008-12-17T09:20:00.001-05:00

Allison is driving me CRAZY today. She is into everything. I was making cookies earlier (been doing that for two days now) and she was sitting on the floor next to me. Somehow she figured out how to open the cabinet and get into the dishwasher tablets and tried to eat one. Grr, then she goes into the living room and decides today is the day she is going to mess with all the Christmas decorations that she has not bothered since I put them up. Ahh, then she got a pen and tried to color on the wall and tried to pull out all the DVD's. The worst part is, it is only 9:20 in the morning. AAAAHHHH!!! What is the rest of the day going to be like? I am already counting down the minutes to nap time. Someone help me keep my sanity. LOL

We're the weirdos?

2008-12-13T07:27:00.002-05:00

So I live in a cul-de-sac with a few other buildings. Each building has 4 to 5 houses attached. Anyways, we are pretty close with the neighbors downstairs and two of the families in the building next to us. They did the decorating with us and we go out alot together like to the mall or out having fun. We have bonfires pretty much every weekend and hang out outside with our kids playing. No one else in the neighborhood comes out of their houses very often. Well, we were sitting around the bonfire last night and Amamda who works at Gamestop starts telling us a story about how one of our neighbors came in today. She noticed on his license he lives on our street and said to him, hey I live there too. I think I am across the cul-de-sac from you. He goes on to say, oh you are those weirdos who are always outside together, go everywhere together and have the billions of lights up. Um ya that's us...why does that make us weird? I think it is weirder to never come out of your house and not know anyone else in your neighborhood. So now we are deemed as the weirdos....LOL Makes me laugh...he is probably just jealous because we have so much fun. We decided what we are going to do is dress all in the same outfits kids and all and then drive over to his house, park our cars in front in a line and then go caroling to his door. Wouldn't that be hilarious? Yep, I am a weirdo I guess. Well, if he is interested we will all be leaving at the same time today because we are all taking our kids to go play in the snow that the base is bringing in. Bring on the weirdos....heck at least we have a good time!

Lights galore

2008-12-10T09:41:00.004-05:00

Well, I had posted earlier about the competition for lights in the neighborhood. I think it is safe to say we have everyone beat. LOL I was able to get two of our neighbors into it so now our house is lights galore. Matt had laughed at me when I said in November I wanted lots and lots of lights. Well, who was the one who went out every day this weekend to buy more stuff? Not me! LOL I am not complaining of course. It looks really pretty. The pics do not do it justice. We even had one of the other neighbors come over and tell us he tried to compete, but we did too good of a job. Not that I am competitive or anything. HA! LOL Here are some blurry pics, but you get the idea....Now to convice Matt we need to set it all to go off with music and I am set...just kidding

I have been ass slapped. LOL

2008-12-09T05:54:00.002-05:00

So my friend Abby at Me and My Boys! has ass slapped me. Oh yay. LOL

Ok, so here are the rules:
1. Show it on your blog
2. Take seven others to partake in the fun times. Link them on here and comment on their blog to let them know they have been ass slapped!
3. List 10 random things about yourself

So here are 10 more random things about me:

1. I am completely afraid of balloons. Only latex ones, the mylars are okey dokey.

2. I never wanted kids, but would not trade Allison in for the world. It took Matt a good year to convince me to try to have one.

3. I still do not know what I want to "do when I grow up." Even though I have a college degree, I am as lost as the day I got out of high school.

4. Even though I complain about watching the kid's shows with Allison, I secretly like alot of them.

5. I have lived in two countries and 4 states

6. It really drives me crazy that everyone else in my family can curl their tongues except me. Darn recessive gene.

7. Christmas is my favorite time of year. If I could decorate my house like the Griswald's every year I would.

8. Some days I miss working and wish I had not decided to be a SAHM, but I get over that pretty quick.

9. Sometimes I think I love my cat more than my hubby. LOL He gives love without asking for anything in return and I know he likes me the best.

10. I never open forwards in my email, unless it is something I have asked someone to send me.

I have no one to tag that hasn't already so I guess I will skip this part. HE HE.

Many thanks...

2008-12-05T07:24:00.003-05:00

I just wanted to throw a BIG thank you to all the people out there still donating this Christmas season. We were fortunate enough to recieve a free tree this year through a program called Trees for the Troops. It was sponsored by Fedex and the Tree Growers Association. Each of the trees had card on them from families or people that donated. Our tree had a bunch of cards and handmade ornaments from a school in GA. It is nice to know that people are still willing to help others out. Which reminds me that I still need to get my gift for the Toys for Tots program.

On a side note it is amazing to me to see the homecomings going on again. The last brigade from the base is coming home two months early and will all be home in time for Christmas. How exciting is that? I still start to cry every time I see a Welcome home banner or see those ugly white buses roll by even though Matt has been home for almost 8 months now. Who knew that seeing plain white buses roll up could be the best thing in my life? Welcome Home 4th Brigade...We love all of you and can't wait until all of you are with your families again this holiday! ROCK OF THE MARNE!!!!

Christmas is here...

2008-12-02T12:00:00.004-05:00

I think my house is finally clean from the flu. Poor Matt had it Sunday. Now, everyone but the cat has gotten it. LOL We put the lights up on Saturday. It looks pretty. I will have to get pics when I get the chance. Why is it that when you put lights up, there is always one person on the block who has to top you? Sigh, everytime we put something up, one of the neighbors did. I found these really pretty snowflake lights and put them up...the next day the neighbor had snowflakes hanging...of course they do not light up like mine (I bought all the ones the store had. LOL) but still, come on. Oh well, now to come up with something to top that. HA HA

My mom is still here and bought Allie her Christmas outfit. I tried to get pics, but the child does not cooperate or sit still. LOL Here are a few attempts Enjoy:

Tis the Season

2008-11-26T09:06:00.002-05:00

For sickness that is. There is a nasty bug going around here. You get really sick for about 8 hours and then you are fine. Allie had it the other day, the neighbors had it, and one of the other neighbors had it twice now. Blah. I am praying I do not get it. I cannot imagine getting sick with my incisison. It amazes me how quickly Allison can bounce back from stuff like that. One hour she is lying on the couch pale and barely moving and then as quick as she can be she is up and running around again. Crazy kids. LOL
I am so excited to decorate for Christmas this year. I have plans. I told Matt we need about a zillion lights. LOL He said no way because he is the one who has to put them up. I love this time of year. You can even feel the buzz in the air. I had Matt pull down the boxes this morning so maybe later this afternoon I will start going through them. Of course that is in between getting ready for tomorrow. We are having a few of the single soldiers over again this year. We will see how many show up. Usually we get one or two who swear they are coming and then don't show. Frustrating....

No fun

2008-11-22T06:54:00.002-05:00

So I had surgery on Tuesday and it sucks. I hate being so helpless and weak. I think I pushed myself a bit too much yesterday because I was bleeding a little bit and really sore this morning when I got up. I feel like I am trapped in the house and so I made Matt help me walk to the mailbox with me. Big mistake I guess. Of course it doesn't help that I live upstairs. Matt and my Mom have been great helping me, but I am one of those people who likes to do things themselves. I hate asking for help. Oh well, I guess I will have to do it a little longer.

Random thoughts...

2008-11-13T06:38:00.003-05:00

It is funny how things go sometimes. You fall out with people and move on, but they seem to be stuck in the same position. I look at some of Matt's friends and they are in the exact same place as they were three years ago when Matt and I got married. Some of them still live at home with their parents, have no jobs, and look like they are going nowhere.
A friend of mine the other day told me a good saying and I have been thinking about it alot. It went, show me your friends and I will tell you who you are. It rings true in a matter of sense. I look at who I am with now and I am glad to say I have cut out much of the people who took in the friendship rather than gave as well. One in particular, I am sort of glad to see go. I look at who she surrounds herself with now and it makes me wonder why we ever became friends in the first place. Hmmm, maybe having Allie changed everything. Maybe that maternal instinct kicked in and showed me who people really are. It really amazes me all the things I missed over the years and now when I look back, man I looked like a fool. All the things that were lied about and things that were copied. Everything we did, this family had to do. The scary thing is they even went and bought not just the same car, but the same color and everything. Who does that? There is so much more, but I would need volumes to fill it all. I am ready to let the past lie and move on. Too bad Matt isn't. Sigh, he sees what I see, but feels that we should be fake towards them and make it all seem like everything is okay. Not my style at all. I am an honest up front person. Oh well, enough of my rant, since this is what it turned into....

Stress, Stress, and more stress

2008-11-06T08:30:00.002-05:00

Life certainly has a way of testing you. Stess seems to be number one on my list lately. I swear everything happens all at once. Ahhh! I am nervous as all heck about my impending surgery in two weeks. It is so bad, I am not really sleeping and when I do sleep I have nightmares. BLAH. I feel like I am always hungry and want to eat all the time...I am sure that is from the stress. Of course with Matt getting out soon things are already stressful enough. Now, he is talking about re-enlisting again. That makes ME nervous. He heard that one of his buddy's is getting a $20,500 bonus just to re-enlist and now it has his little mind going. I don't know what is right. I want to do what is best for our family and I am not sure what that is. I know if he stays in the Army, he will most likely deploy at least one, maybe two more times. If he gets out, then who knows what the future holds. I know it will be tough, but I know that whatever we decide we will get through it. At least that is what I tell myself everyday. Oh well, that is enough of my rambling for now....it really helps to get it out sometimes.

Ooooh, food...

2008-11-04T07:47:00.002-05:00

Here is a pic of Allison eating some yummy rice. Can you tell she likes it? I am entering it in a photo contest over at 5 minutes for mom the prize is a $500 grocery gift card!! Hopefully she will win.

Is it Christmas already?

2008-11-03T08:49:00.006-05:00

I swear it comes earlier every year. Usually you get hit with the decorations around Halloween and then the stores start playing the music around mid-November. Well, not around here. We went to Walmart yesterday (two days after Halloween) and they were ALREADY playing Christmas music. What the heck? Now, I will be the first to admit that I love Christmas music, but I think this is way too early for playing music in the stores. My mind is totally not ready for this. Heck, Thanksgiving is not even close yet. Grrr. Retailers. LOL

Anyways, Halloween was fun. Allie totally got into the whole trick or treating thing. Once she realized she was getting stuff from all these strangers, she was running from house to house. We only did a few streets because we really do not need too much candy (who does, right?) Matt is already planning our costumes for next year because he decided we need to do something as a family. We will see. Here are some pics of my little pirate...

Who makes the rules?

2008-10-28T09:48:00.002-04:00

So we have been trying to buy a house for a while now. We had put in an offer to a house only to find out someone had already bought it. Of course we had gone through all the right channels and was pre-approved for a loan. Well, the loan expired and we called to get it renewed. Turns out doing a VA loan, you have to have at least a year left in the military or been out for two years. WTH? So we have been trying to get a loan through all different banks. No one will give us one. We get the same line from everyone, "You have great credit, that is not stopping us, it is just that you only have five months left in the military." We explain to them that Matt will be going to school and getting paid for it from the GI bill and I will most likely get a job. Matt will also be working. Apparently that is not enough. It really gets on my nerve because you can give an average person a loan and they could be out of a job in five months. How is that better than us who has a plan? GRRR!!! All I can say is THIS SUCKS!!! Now it looks like we will be renting for awhile...which I feel is a waste of money if we could be putting that money into a house of our own. DANG IT...why can't we be rich and just walk in a buy the house outright. LOL Stupid rules.

Pumpkins and more...

2008-10-20T19:51:00.002-04:00

We were off to the pumpkin patch this weekend. It was pretty fun. We got lost in the corn maze for almost an hour...not so fun. LOL Allie had a great time. I guess you could not really call it a pumpkin patch so much as a farm with pumpkins on it. There were no fresh pumpkins to pick and they basically took store bought ones and put them on the ground. Oh well, it was still fun nonetheless.

Allie is still not sleeping. It is causing a bit of friction between Matt and I. I have tried everything. We will see if tonight is any better. I changed the sheets to completely new ones and hopefully it will work. You never know right?

We are getting new neighbors downstairs. They seem nice enough I guess. Supposedly they have a little girl who will be two in December, but I have not seen her yet. They seem pretty young. This is the hubby's first duty station so it will be interesting. Hopefully they are not too crazy and we can all get along. It will be nice to have another little girl around since Allie was surrounded by boys. Uh oh, she may have competition for her boyfriends now. LOL

Exhausted

2008-10-17T10:39:00.003-04:00

I cannot tell you why, but for some reason, Allison is not sleeping at night anymore. All she wants to do is be held. It is making for a tired and cranky Mommy and Daddy. I think it should be if you start sleeping through the night, you should stay sleeping through the night. I mean at 14 months, you would think you need as much sleep as possible. I just don't get it. Blah, kids, right?

We are headed to the pumpkin patch this weekend with the kiddos next door and a few others. It will be alot of fun. It is so funny to see Allison playing with the twins. Even though they are two months younger than her, they are taller. She has two boyfriends, but definetly has a favorite. She follows Victor everywhere and he just laughs and babbles at her. Poor Daddy is already nervous that his little princess likes boys. LOL I wonder if they actually understand each other and their babbling. Sometimes it seems like they do, but others they just talk at each other. It is still cute nonetheless.

Matt and I are doing this diet thing. Of course Matt is eating more, but losing way more weight. It is so not fair. I eat way less and run after a 14 month old all day and he loses more weight. ICK! Well, hopefully I will still lose weight in the long run. We are going to buy a jogging stroller so we can start jogging in the evenings. We tried with our stoller, but it just does not work. I guess that is why they make jogging strollers. LOL

Here is a pic of Allie and Daddy at Oktoberfest a few weekends ago. Just for your viewing pleasure of course. LOL

It has been a long time

2008-10-15T21:02:00.000-04:00

Eeek, I am horrible. I totally forgot about this after I moved back to Georgia. Things have been going great. Matt came back from Iraq, we went on vacation to Disneyworld and Atlanta, and are in the process of purchasing a home. We are preparing since Matt gets out of the Army in March. Allison is one and boy she sure is trying to exert her independence. I can sense that the terrible two's have started and may not end for a looooong time. She is a character though. You can definetly tell when she has done something she is not supposed to have done. She has this look. Well, now that I remember that this is here, hopefully I will keep it updated.
Lisa

Cereal

2007-12-05T13:21:00.000-05:00

Well, we started cereal with Allison even though the doctor said to wait until 5 months. She was ready for it. I do not think she likes the taste very much. She gets this look on her face like what did you just put in my mouth. I hear it is best to give them a new thing each week to get their bodies used to it so next week we will try some baby food that has a little more taste to it. Hopefully she likes that better. I know she likes mashed potatoes because my dad gave her some on Thanksgiving. Now, she thinks if we are having potatoes she should be. It is funny because she stares at us while we are eating dinner and licks her lips. I have been giving her biting biscuits, but those are not good enough for her. She wants the yummy stuff she can see. I guess she is going to have an appetite like her Daddy.

Not Feeling the 4 Month Appointment

2007-11-30T18:33:00.000-05:00

So yesterday was Allison's four month appointment. She got another round of shots and this time it is really affecting her. The poor thing has been fighting a fever all day. This combined with the teething issues, makes for a not so happy Allison. She was up most of the night last night and has been cranky all day today. Not that I can really blame her. I would be the same way if I had 3 needles stuck in me at once. Today is one of those days where you stay in your jammies all day.

Of course a not so happy Allison means a very tired Mommy. Oh well, such is the life. I will catch up on my sleep in about 18 years when she moves out. Yeah right, I know I will be up all night worrying about her. LOL

I have to give a shout out to Matt for getting his E-4 finally. It is about time. The man has deserved it for a long time. We are all very proud of you Matt. Well, time to go tend the cranky baby.

Under the Weather

2007-11-25T15:55:00.001-05:00

Both Allison and I have not been feeling that great the last few days. Allison has the sniffles and I have sinus issues. Probably a lovely remnant of our plane trip. All that recycled air cannot be good for the system and there were a few people coughing almost the whole time so we can thank them. Allison thinks it is funny when I use the booger sucker on her. She laughs the whole time. I guess that is a good thing since she is not screaming everytime I do it.

Allison has decided once again that rolling is not too much fun because she only rolled one day for me. I am starting to think that maybe it is a once a month special that I get. Hmmm, that must mean that I should keep the camera handy at all times. She is, however, trying to scoot herself across the floor. Apparently being stationary on a blanket has gotten old in her eyes and she is ready to explore. Of course she would rather spend her days jumping in her jumperoo or sitting up and looking around. She is quite nosy and has to see everything that is going on. It is a real pain when I am trying to feed her and she whips her head around in every different direction. I think more milk ends up on her clothes than in her tummy sometimes.

Fall Fun

2007-11-24T23:53:00.000-05:00

I figured I would start out with a test picture. Here is Allison getting ready for her first adventure in the cold.

Welcome

2007-11-24T23:51:00.001-05:00

Well, I decided to start a blog so everyone can keep up with what is going on in our world. I hope to keep it fairly updated with pictures and other things. Welcome and feel free to comment any time.
Lisa