Not me Monday's....

I am writing this only because I have time this morning.



Lately I find myself randomly searching facecrack for no reason and yet have 3 or 4 blog post to accomplish. I don't get a 15 minute train of thought going. If I do my kids are beating each other, finding sharp objects, getting into my make-up, doing the dishes by themselves, finding sticks as weapons, undoing 3 loads of clean FOLDED laundry and calling China on my phone.







In the Course of the last week I have not or did not do the Following....



I did not give my 1 year old a package of M&M's to eat while I typed up some documents for the bank.



I did not put chocolate milk into a bottle. I am firm believer in the bottle should be pulled at 1 year , used for milk only and some how my son does NOT still have the bottle due the fact I am NOT scared if I pull it he will lose weight and be hospitalized and it not just because he is my last baby. No, I wouldn't baby my baby.



I did NOT put my son in brown girly shoes because I am NOT cheap like that and I am NOT sentimental like that thinking they could easily pass for boy shoes.



I did NOT find a milk cup after a few weeks in the truck and I did not try to salvage it by cleaning it really good and I did NOT keep in the dishwasher for 4 cycles making sure we could re-use it.



I did NOT make my 13 year old stand in a corner next to my 4 year old and I did not laugh when they both blamed each other for being stuck to the wall.

I did NOT lose my to-list and found myself in tears over how unorganized I really am.

I did NOT lose my cool when DH bought a Blackberry so he could check his email. Why would I lose my cool? Well, when my contract is up and I get a free phone I go with the FREE phone. Like he checks his email..I will leave it at that.

I did NOT price carpet last week for the living room. I did not contemplate suprising DH with new carpet when he came home. Crapola..who puts white carpet in a 4 bedrrom house (meaning kids might live there)

I did NOT use my crockpot 4 days last week. I am NOT addicted to that darn thing.

I did NOT bake cookies last week and pumpkin bread....I did NOT boast my baking skills to all who entered my home.

I did NOT make my husband play bad cop while I played good cop to a certain 16 year old boy.

What did you NOT do???

hand sanitizer.

Olivia LOVES hand sanitizer. Wants me to put it on her all the time and often finding bottles in my purse and the next thing you know my house or van smells like I just came out the local tavern. One day she will have emptied the whole container and I will be pulled over, asked to do a sobriety test and fail, only because I am clumsy like that.

Anyways, Britney spears has a song out called Womanizer.

Okay, for all you bashers out there she has teenage boys who live in this house. I do not buy her Brittney Spears Cd's. Chill.

So instead of saying womanizer she sings " hand sanitizer" and proudly tells people that her mom has no idea about the hand sanitizer song.

Like duh mom. You are so uncool.

Party and paintballs

Matthew had so much fun paintballing...he is asking to do it again this weekend!!

Prayers for Carter

I have a call into the doctor at children's to see what our next option will be for testing. Our next appointment is in a few weeks.

I brought him to after hours care and was talking to the doctor (Dr. Knowels) there and she said to have the testing done only at Children's, not locally. She said that our doctors are good but lack any experience with kids.

Lately Carter makes a funny face almost as if his face is frozen in a mid wink expression. I can't be certain that it is really stuck like that or if it just an expression.It happens at random times and it is almost like he can't help it. My mommy gut is telling me that there is more to Carter's story then I even know.

When sharing Carter's story I have had many friends email me, telling me that they have Gastroparesis....Click here to read more about it... It is like his stomach is paralyzed.

I am thinking that this maybe EXACTLY what he has. I have printed off the information to bring to the doctor. Today when I called I requested a stomach emptying test that Dr. Knowels had recommend. I am waiting for a call back.

Please pray for Carter...he is 20 months old and almost every night is in so much pain and discomfort. We want and need answers.....

New car smell

Nope, I have not purchased a new car. I wish...we dream and talk about it everyday. I have 2 kinda vehicles I want and they are not vans....at this point I don't need a new vehicle I just really want one. I don't want a 2nd vehicle payment and I defiantly don't need one. I have been cruising the truck lately.

I don't feel all that super hot in it....due to the major fact it has in BIG letter " Jeremy's Watch & Clock Repair "on the window and if that wasn't bad enough he added a HUGE watch and on top of that made sure to put it on the canopy.

No , Seriously he was to fix my broken radio for about 6 months and when he got around to it he broke it bad. So no radio in the mini and I hate climbing into it..I Huck my kids into like sacks potato's.

Okay, so smells.....It is only this time of year that I get so full of memories that my 'cup" runneth over.

The Fall air reminds me of when we brought Matthew home from the hospital. The leaves changing ,the crisp wind and I learned to swaddle a newborn.

Fast forward 9 years....Miss America was in the NICU for 10 days and I remember leaving the hospital for the first time during the stay. It was about 6 days into it and my boys needed food and I had to sign slips for school and pay bills. As I left the hospital I cried thinking of how I just left my baby and was heading home with out her. To a nursery not yet completed, gift bags inside her crib filled with treasures that should have been put away had she not made her appearance 6 weeks early.

I pulled onto the Guide and felt this calmness...I opened the window, took a deep breathe and the smell oh, the smell melted my heart. It was comforting in some strange way. It was like this season of my life would come and it would go and as with each season one thing remained the same I was a mom. I was about 2 miles from home.....I pulled over into a parking lot where I for the first time ever pulled over to pray. I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't stop thanking him and at that time I knew I was going to bring my little girl home to her brother and her dad, in this
season. A season that I LOVE and a season that is so fitting to have Thanksgiving in it.

Today, the Fall smell fills my house..and my house runneth over with Thankfulness.

Abbey's Service Project..

Abbey was 2 years and 10 months old when she went to go be with Jesus...

Abbey Mae's Service Project was to and is to keep her loving spirit alive. It is to reach out and help children and families when they are faced with uncertain and difficult times. It is to show one another that we are willing and able to love one another.

We are teaming up to create an Abbey fund to help children and families.

Right now we have a local family that needs our prayers and support. They will need to take time off of works, gas to drive back and forth to receive the best care, they will need more then I could ever imagine...

Here is a Letter from Abbey's mom................

Dear Friends and Family,

For the last 5 years on or around Abbey’s Birthday we have tried to do a service project in her memory. With these projects we have tried to keep her loving spirit alive. Each project has been directed toward children or their families. You have helped to bring formula to hurricane Katrina victims, presents to a battered women’s shelter and fill up new nursery with toys. This year a young family going through a scary time is on hearts.

The Brink Family has just heard the words that no parent ever wants to hear, ‘Your son has cancer.’ It is now a time of tests and a lot of uncertainty. With all of that and two other children to care for we want to help and take something off of their plate, actually we would like to put something on their plate….food

We want to fill their freezer with a variety of meals so that they can spend their time on more important things…each other!! We know that they will be getting meals brought to them, but these would be to supplement those. They would also be great for the friends and family that come to help and care for the other kids.We have created a menu of tried and true freezer meals.

How can you help?

Here are several ways.

1. Request a grocery list for one of the meals and drop off (by October 7th) the food for it to be put together

2. Join us on Thursday Oct 8th to make and package the meal

3. Donate money (by October 7th) for supplies (gladware, foil tins, freezer bags etc.) Any money left after supplies will be donated to the Brinks for their travel expenses to Seattle

4. Prayer

Abbey was only on this earth for 2 years and 10 months but she has touched the lives of so many. She used to say this prayer before she went to bed at night, “I love everyone, and God loves me.”

Thanks for helping!

Amy

Abbey Mae's Mom

Amazing.....

I know that Abbey Mae's fund will help all in need...I ask you to believe the same thing and if you can give I ensure you that your money will go towards keeping Abbey's Memory alive through helping others...if you would like to send a check please email me at Vrielingmom@aol.com

Please forward this on.....

Top 13

Dear Matthew,

Today you turned 13. A teenager. I was sad today although I never showed it to you. I was sad that you no longer wanted party hats, balloons or gifts. You wanted money to save for your first car.

You want to go into the woods and shoot a gun filled with paint balls. You wanted to aim them at your father and Mikey. 10 years ago you didn't want to kill a spider, 10 years ago I had to keep the hallway light on....10 years ago you wanted to marry me....

here are my top 13 memories of you ( not in any order)

1) You slept through the night at 3 weeks old.

2) You named your bunny cow & chicken

3) You slept with me every night dad drove truck but knew that when he came home you had to sleep in your own bed but never did..I would find you in the hallway next to our door.

4) you collected all the bees and flies from the window and put it in my coffee and then hid behind the curtain to see if I would drink your bug soup

5) You called your pirate flag on the back of you bike "smart assy" in front of the WHOLE family

6) You spent 3 hours taking bungee cords , about 200 of them and strung them around our back yard calling them "Hokey Does"

7) You had the kids at school pay you to push them on the swing, you then hired kids to be the pushers and came home with a profit ( the school called me)

8) You mastered the computer by age 3.....Tonka construction

9) Your Lego building skills are incredible

10) Your Matchbook collection received 1st prize at the NWWF netting you a 2.37 check you never cashed for the simple fact it looked better on your wall

11) You would hang your head so low that your arms would drag when you got in trouble or got mad at us.

12) You get my coffee ready every night for me...sometimes pouring me a cup before I get up

13) you still love the story of "Molly Lou Melon"

I love you son...I am proud of your choices. Life is hard and sometimes cruel but your attitude is full of optimism. You LOVE your family.

Your already saving money for a car and you won't be driving for 3 years. You are practical and have inherited my coupon skills. You are very helpful with your siblings. You see the hard work it is but still encourage us to have one more...Telling us that we are great parents.

You my son are a true blessing from God. I thank him everyday for giving you to us. OUr world is better.

Happy 13th birthday

Love,

Dad & Mom

I'd take sleep over food

Sleep or food?

I prefer sleep. I really could go days without eating. Not that my butt size would confirm that but really I like sleep. Not getting any around here. Bed hoping and little toes in my nose.

As I type this my little man is crying himself to sleep. When you refuse to take a nap the day before and fall asleep at 4:45 am YOU will cry yourself to complete exhaustion. I know I am so mean. Maybe I should buy stock in the Benadryl corporation.

Here you go baby..nighty-nite.

Every night for 2 weeks he wake up just not feeling good. He throws up every night and that means shower and changing the bedding. I keep the change of bedding right next to his bed.

We have the shower routine and bed changing down like Jeff Gordon's pit crew. maybe I should set a timer and see if we can increase our speed.

Tomorrow my first born will turn 13...can I get a tissue please???

Lack of NO sleep can make me emotional. I need sleep tonight so I won't start sobbing as Matthew blows out his candles.

Hey buddy check your brakes

I was rear ended on Tuesday. I am fine ( Nice bump on my head) and my Mr. Carter is fine. Unfortunately I do not get a new "mini" out of the deal. Darn it! If I get into an accident why can't it be that we remain unhurt and yet the mini is considered totaled??

I have never been rear ended...but it really is scary. You are NOT expecting it at all...You don't even see it coming. I cried ( of course) and I wasn't mad at the other driver...he said he just bought the truck 3 days ago...he told me it looked like he needed new brakes ( he tried to stop) he just had new tires put on. When the cops arrived and he explained what happen the cop looked at him and said" you need new brakes"

Umm..Duh.

I am blessed it wasn't anymore serious

If I ever wanted to be a hooker

I can just look up Halloween costumes on the Internet. I mean c'mon...I have 3 kids and one day they will see the pictures. I am not a prude but can I please have a cute costume that is semi appropriate? Look I can take 1st place with the County Fair Costume

I could be a bumble bee....

watch out for my big snake!

Ummm...yeah, I am sure this one would be good....

Did I mention these costumes where found under "plus sizes"? Just imagine the bumble bee one any size 6 and up who has had kids...