Busy Busy Busy

Is this week ever going to end! We might have taken off a bit more than we can chew on this whole building a deck before Rio's birthday party. It is coming along and we have had some great help. I am getting nervous that at the end of this week we will have a deck but nothing else in the house will be done, so I'm apologizing in advance for the mess. Hmmmm I can't even remember what has happen since last time I posted other than deck deck deck. Oh yes we celebrated our 3 yr wedding anniversary with some great people and had a fantastic time, I will admit the next day I could have crawled in a dark whole and stayed there but I guess thats the price you pay lol. Orion is officially back at daycare and no chickenpox woooohoooo. Rio is running not walking anymore and really starting to hold his own with big brother, I'm not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing.

So on a little serious note, My aunt just recently posted some pictures on Facebook of my father. He died when I was about three so I don't have any memories of him. It has been so nice to see the comments, all the people that knew him and just the kind words in general. I don't think there will ever come a time when I don't miss him or it gets easier. All of this also made me stop and really think about how great of a Dad I do have. Life is so short and my dad is in FL which means I only see him once a year, this I hate. I'm not even sure where I'm going with this. Oh all of us need to just stop and take the time to make that one quick phone call, not email, not even a letter, letting somewhere hear your voice and to hear them say I love you is so much more meaningful. If you truly love someone you are never never too busy to do that, this is something I AM going to change because life gets away from us so fast but it is also too short not to. On that note I love you Dad and you have made more of an impact on me than you will ever know and I am truly blessed to have you as a father blood or not you are my dad. The funny part is he will most likely not read this, he's not too up on all this technology lol. Ahhhhh okay off too bed busy busy day aging tomorrow!

completely exhausted

Well I was without internet for a few days so I couldnt let all of you "5 followers" in on my very exciting life. I have really been slacking lately on everything, house, gym, errands basically everything. So due to that it is after 10 pm and I just got done cleaning my house well most of it that is. We have such a busy month ahead and the ambition is just not there. On a good note no pox so far and amazingly I think we are in the clear, for now. Ian comes home Friday after a very long five weeks on the river and me being a single mom ughhhhhh. I don't know who is more ready......me lol. This weekend we will be putting a deck on the back of our house and I am very very excited,thanks to the in-laws. Ian is excited but not about getting off the boat and building a deck, but hey it's gotta happen some time. A very dear friend of mine Jason is coming to help, which is fantastic. Ian and I will also be celebrating our three year wedding anniversary Sat, not the romantic getaway I long for but lots of productivity and hangin with good friends. Sunday we get our first family pictures with Rio in them well other than when he was in the belly. Any suggestions on what to wear, not white already did that. Geeze just talking about all this is wearing me out. Oh I forgot paint the kitchen and start getting ready for Rio's first birthday party on the 16th, that I just sent the invited for oops. Hey I'm only one woman : ) Ahhhhh so yep just a lil update, guess I could have just put busy busy busy. Sweet dreams all!

Damn Chickenpox

Well I called the Doc today to talk about the chickenpox vaccine. Did you know that even if they get the vaccine there is a good chance they will still get CP, it may not be a very severe case but either way it's cp. I still was very undecided on if I should get it or not, but my Doc said it is pointless if they already were most likely exposed. He said there isn't much point of putting them through the shot because if they have been exposed they will get it shot or not. Oh and Rio cant even get it until he turns one. So dilemma still stands do I send them to school and just risk it or do I keep them out until after the 16th (Rio's bday party). On the other hand if I keep them out of school and they already have it then it's pointless they might as well be going. By the way Orion goes to the Dayami Parent Child Collective aka Sufi school. This being said 99% percent of the children are most likely not immunized and the parents are excited and ready for their kids to get it over with. I agree with this but on the other hand BAD TIMING! UGHHHHHHH Okay that's it forget it he is going to school Wed! I would have to keep him out until there are no signs of cp for 20 days, which means every time a new kid gets it I would have to wait three weeks from then. So if we dont go until the 16th and then that week a kid ends up with it we would have to wait three weeks again before we go back, not happening. Doc said he wouldn't do vaccine until there are no cases of cp for 20 days. I suppose we will just put on the bottom of Rio's bday invitations.....if you haven't had Chickenpox or haven't been immunized then don't come unless you possibly want to get it lol. All I ask is please please please let us make it until family pictures are done and over with PLEEEEEAAASE!

Burrrrrr

I don't' know about everyone else but I am freezing! I have officially turned my heat on, I mean come on it's suppose to be 35 tonight. Winter is creeping up on us very fast this year. Fall is always my favorite time of year but it just seems to be going by way too fast.

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Mine was so so, we basically just hung around the house all weekend, I wish I could say being productive but I am really lacking in that right now. Payton had a football game Sat, he only got to play half of it due to loosing his THIRD mouth piece. I spent more than half of the game waiting in line at Target trying to get him a new one, the coach wont let him play without it. I swear Target really ticks me off, it's sat and they only have to check out lanes open. The lines were ridiculously long, I mean come on Target hire some more people or something, there are plenty of people that could use jobs right now. Anyways so Payton won his game by one point and they are undefeated. He somehow always manages to get on the best teams, his baseball team was undefeated as well. Yep that was our excitement for the weekend.

So no chickenpox yet. I'm thinking somehow they managed not to get them, which is good and bad at the same time. Now I'm in a predicament if I should send Orion back to school this week or not. Chances of him getting them are pretty likely. We just have so much coming up, it is such bad timing. Rio's first bday party and family pictures are two of the most important things. I feel like if I send Orion to school I might as well just cancel everything. So my options A)send him to school and not plan anything, B) get them immunized : ( ,C)keep him home from school until after the 16th ughhhhhh, mommy needs a break too. I am open for opinions/suggestions on this one!

Mr.Giraffe has returned! Well a new one that is, he doesn't look exactly like the original. Orion was sooooo excited and has been keeping him very close. I just told him Mr.G went to the spa/got a very good bath. He doesn't seem to care he's just happy to have him back! Oh and I realize how crazy I seemed on my search for him, but hey I don't care that's just a small part that makes me a great mother : )

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone! I am jumping on the productive train!

R.I.P Mr.Giaraffe

Chicken Pox and Mr. Giraffe

So I get a call last night around 9:30 and it's one of Orion's teachers......"Hi Kristi I just wanted to let you know Shine came into school and has chicken pox". Well isn't this fantastic was my thought. So Shine is just a bit older than Orion and they play together all the time. So of course I google CP (gotta love google) and this is what it says....(Chickenpox is very highly contagious. It is easily passed between members of families and school classmates through airborne particles, droplets in exhaled air and fluid from the blisters or sores. It also can be transmitted indirectly by contact with articles of clothing and other items exposed to fresh drainage from open sores.
Patients are contagious up to five days (more commonly, one to two days) before and five days after the date that their rash appears. When the sores have crusted over, the person is usually no longer contagious.) Again my thoughts well fantastic. So no sign yet but I'm pretty certain they will both end up with them, oh did I mention last time we were there Shine was hugging and kissing Rio. Some of you may be thinking well don't they immunize kids for CP, yes yes they do and my thoughts to that are ridiculous, but that would take a whole day for me to even touch on this subject so I will wait for that topic until I have some lame day with nothing else to talk about hahahahahah ya right like that will ever happen. Either way I am prepared lets just get it over with!

So those of you that don't know about Mr.Giraffe, Mr.G for short he is/was Orion's best friend. We got him at the Zoo when Orion was one and he has been everywhere with us since. Mr.G was gross but soooo very loved. We went to campus lake and he never made it back. My in-laws and I have searched everywhere and still no Mr.G. I think Orion may have thrown him out the window not knowing the consequences : ( Honestly I was more heart broken than he was and refused to give up. Yep I cried, it was one of those things I wanted to keep for him forever. He has asked for him quiet a few times. So being that crazy mom I started making phone calls, first the zoo and they don't sell it anymore but I talked to the manager and he was going to call the distributor. Second, a major search online but only could find the big one, ordered it anyways lol. Third, I had got the name of the company that made it K & M International. So I called them and talked to a very nice woman who explained to me they did have it but you had to buy 40 of them. You got it I bought 40 with no hesitation! Hahahahah gotcha, no I didn't do that but I am not going to say for one second I wouldn't have. I explained the situation and the woman talked to her supervisor, they are sending me another Mr.G just one and for free! A huge shout out to K&M International! It's still not the original but hey we may go through quiet a few Mr.G's over the years, maybe I should have bought them in bulk now that I think about it. You will be missed Mr.Giraffe : (

Oh yes so yesterday I told you about Rio taking about 6 steps. Well he officially started walking yesterday! Alright have a wonderful day! I must get this house cleaned before the Hubby gets home today!

Gosh I was excited to start his blog, not really sure why lol. I figure what the heck might as well give it another try.

So Rio is taking steps about six at a time and so very proud of himself. In the very near future he will be running I'm sure. Boy wont that be fun two running! Speaking of running for some reason Orion has started running away from me. I mean they all go through that phase but I thought we were long past it, apparently not it's like he goes deaf when I tell him to come here. So very frustrating, I'm not on the spanking band wagon but I wont lie it crosses my mind at those moments.

Orion is talking more and more every day, he goes on these rants of excitement where he is telling a story but you can only understand a few words out of all of it, so cute. Orion talking brings me to another story, well maybe we should just change his name to mocking bird ughhhh. Okay so I am not going to say I do not curse because honestly I tend to have a mouth like a sailor, I know I know I'm working on it. I am more of a G/PG sailor now. With that being said, in my defense I'm sure has heard me say words here and there but never repeated them. Well Orion LOVES baseball, love is actually an understatement. So I bought him The Sandlot movie (one of my personal favorites) he could watch it all day if I let him. All of a sudden he is saying the sh** word all the time and even in the right context. So of course I'm like crap (not really the word I used lol) I've really gotta watch it. Turns out in the movie a KID says the word so he picked up on it right away. What a predicament do I not let him watch it no I don't have the heart to take his favorite movie away, I mean the damage is done right? He has slowed down a bit on saying it. He has also picked up on my road rage, geeze I am making myself sound horrible, road rage and talking like a sailor. I swear I am a fantastic mother! Anyways so we are driving down the highway and there is this car driving in the passing lane (big pet peeve) so I just do a ughhhh and Orion proceeds to yell get outta the way guy and then gibberish LANE which I'm assuming was wrong lane. I had to laugh at least he didn't use any other choice words.

For starters do people really read these things? I'm thinking probably not so if you do by chance stumble across my blog and read this please let me know so I can determine if this is a complete waste of my time, thanks : )

Okay so I'm not the best at writing so bare with me and apparently there is no spell check YIKES.

Where to start guess I will just start with a lil bit of info about my fam. Hi I'm the mom and yup that about sums it up right now. Ian the dad, the husband, the bread winner. Payton 10 yrs old and knows everything and I know nothing, total sports fanatic, but a very sweet loving big brother and my first born which means he holds a very special piece of my heart. Orion sphew ORION! He is full of spunk, energy, personality oh did I mention he is two. A gorgeous little boy blue eyes dark hair and when he laughs and smiles he can light up a room. My little darling Rio my baby 9 months old. I have high hopes for him to be my calm child but it's not looking so good he is following in his brothers foot steps full of energy but also full of laughs and smiles. All of my boys are very happy children and the energy of life just radiates off of them.