Friday December 4, SNOW DAY!!! And The Weekend Update

It does not normally snow in Houston in the winter, so this year and last year were special in that we got some snow! Josie and Michael and I went out to let it hit our faces. The ground was really wet, and not quite cold enough for the snow to stick here, so we did not get to make a snowball or snowman, but we got some super pretty snowflakes!

Later that afternoon, we went over to my persons mom's house to visit and talk and let the kids play together. There was Chili involved and yummy coffee, which is like icing on a cake if you ask me. I had a pumpkin cheesecake that was just begging to be loved and eaten, so I took that over for anyone to enjoy, and to my surprise... almost everyone tried it and liked it! YAY!

Saturday I woke up and got started making chili for Helen's birthday dinner that we were celebrating that night. I also had an apple pie from scratch to make. :) I spent the first 3 hours of being awake on Saturday in the kitchen lol. But it all got done, including an avocado salsa, so that I wouldn't be rushing around later.

I then went to target to run some errands, and had to be back by 3 to go take my person's family Christmas pics. I made it there by 3:30 which is just after everyone else arrived. There were 11 people total! The pics were all taken, including an outfit change, in two locations close to the house, and everyone seemed to be pleased with the way the pictures looked... THANK GOODNESS. Nothing scares me more than taking pictures that no one likes. Although I did not want or expect them to give me money, they insisted, so I obliged them. I will put it towards the just in case we end up with a c-section fund.

Sunday was pretty uneventful, we went to Starbucks got the Sunday paper, went to see the fish and other animals at Petsmart also buying some dog and cat food while we were there. After that we went to Bed Bath and Beyond to get some more K-cups with our 20% off coupons, and then went to see if Kohls had any good deals on clothes for Michael or the girls, which we didn't find anything there, so it was time to head home and put Josie down for her nap. I had some leftover chili, Michael went to hang out at a friends for the afternoon, so I laid down while Josie did. When she woke up I made her a good lunch that she ate, and put on Christmas music and clipped coupons and sat with her while she ate. Then we put up the stockings on the banister, put some bows on the tree, and played until later in the evening. Michael came home just after Josie and I had dinner. All in all it was a special holiday eventful weekend with just enough busy mixed in with the relaxed to work out well. Next weekend the girls will be getting their pictures with Santa! WOOHOO can't wait!

Weekend Fun Pt 1

This weekend was super awesome. Friday I picked up Avery in the afternoon, she and Josie each had snacks, Josie had Goldfish, and Avery had been given a popcorn ball as her treat at daycare. They elected to trade, which as long as they worked it out and were happy, then I was happy haha.

Josie with her popcorn ball.

I decided that it was perfect timing going to the park, it was afternoon and the weather was so nice, and we had time to kill anyhow before Daddy got home. We went to Stevenson Park. The girls ran around for a while on the playground stuff, and all was well until some super rowdy boys that were older came, they were screaming and throwing things and Josie acted a little freaked out by it all (Avery is much more use to being around rowdy crazy kids, so she thought nothing of it.) So i decided to see if the girls would like to go "exploring," which they did, so we walked around the park on the trail. We looked for squirrels and fallen leaves, and pine cones and rocks, and areas that were flooded from the storm early Thursday morning. We got to where the pool was, and a High School swim team must use the pool, because there were a bunch of kids swimming laps. Josie was pretty upset seeing them in the water, she really really wanted to go swimming too. Poor kiddo. It wasn't too chilly, but the breeze was cool enough that a light sweater definitely was more comfortable. The girls ran around the big gazebo for a while and then we finished up walking the trail and ended back up at the car. We made it home, and the girls played, we had dinner, the girls got their first bath together in the new bathtub upstairs! Then, kind of last min, I decided that I would go see Law Abiding Citizen with my person and her husband. I was happy to get out of the house and hang out. The movie was pretty good, I have a big celebrity crush on Gerard Butler anyhow, so that made the movie better, in my opinion.

Saturday we woke up and watched a little TV while waking up. Had our beverages of choice, coffee for the adults and chocolate milk for the kiddos. Then we had oatmeal for breakfast. After we ate we decided to get ready for the day. It took a while for Michael and I to get showered and ready and to get the girls in their cute halloween outfits (not their costumes.) Michael wanted more coffee and wanted to get a new book to read, and so we packed up and when Aunt Sarah got here, we left for Barnes and Noble (they have a Starbucks connected to them.) We hung out there for quite a while, when the Rosendahl's joined us we headed out to the pumpkin patch! We took some pictures, and bought some pumpkins!

On our way home, we grabbed some quick lunch, and the girls finally got to take their naps round 2:30. I laid down with Josie. She has been terrified of the smoke detector in her room ever since it beeped in the middle of the night apparently needing a new battery SHEESH! Then I cut the front yard. When the girls woke up, Damien was just getting dropped off, and I laid down two huge blankets on the yard for us all to lounge on for a little bit. Damien walked with me as I pulled the girls in their wagon around the block. We played with a ball in the yard, and when Kerry arrived a little later, we sat on the blankets and had some coffee and talked and Michael felt adventurous and washed his car! Josie and Avery decided to help and when Kerry and Damien left, we quickly gave my car a fast scrub down too. Then we came in, the girls got into dry clothes and I threw together a late dinner, pasta shells with zucchini and broccoli in a garlic butter E.V.O.O. sauce. I served it with fresh crumbled mozzarella cheese and pesto, and fresh sliced tomatoes for those who wanted it. It was a build your own pasta bowl dinner. Micahel gave me a pretty amazing compliment. He said that my cooking has gotten a lot better, that I am a lot better at making good food and throwing together some amazing dishes with no recipe, just things that we have. I thanked him and said that was a really nice compliment and I am happy to hear that! We finished the night off with watching Winnie the Pooh. The girls never ask to watch this movie, but they love it. Its too cute.

Michaels Knee Surgery

We woke up at 4:30 in the morning. I took a shower, Michael could only brush his teeth. They said that if he wanted to get into the shower in the morning, that he could, but he could not use soap, especially on his knee because it would cause problems with their prepping his knee for surgery. This was us in the waiting room.
Josie thought it was seriously too early. As in it was still dark when we were driving. She kept asking where the moon and the stars were, and when she would see one, she would say, "THERE IT IS!" it cracked me up, Michael I think was a little too tired, no coffee, no shower and pre surgery and all.

Michaels knees before.

The pie I made for him. His Bye-Bye knee of doom, feel better pie (apple) Home made and everything, I even make the crust, which is what michael says makes it taste so good.

Josie and I waited in the waiting room from 7 something to about 9. The Surgery took about an hour, then they said that they would call me back once he was awake. Josie ate blueberries and pretzels and watched Finding Nemo on my laptop while I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and coffee while looking through a magazine. By the time I was finished with the magazine, I was too sleepy to care to look through another one. So I played with my phone, etc, talked to Josie who was too interested in Nemo to really respond, and I swear I had to pee 90 times. HA.

When they let us come back, we were happy to see him, although he acted like he was just fine, I have had surgery and have been around people just out of surgery enough to know that just because people are awake and can talk, I KNOW they wont remember much of this. The anesthesia meds are some good ones, and part of the pain management they offer is the amnesia form being doped up well. :) The Nurse who was taking care of michael while we waited there for and extra 45 min to make sure he felt ok, no headache, no vomiting etc, then they would let him go home. All went well. He thought he could just walk out to the car ha, but thank god they have protocols where they have to wheel you in a chair out to the curb where your ride picks you up. They gave Josie and I a head start and we picked him up at the door. As we left the parking lot, he totally requested a Carmel Soy Latte which I was happy to oblige him with. We went and got coffee on our way to the pharmacy to pick up his pain med Rx, Josie had fallen asleep in the car while he sat with her and I went in to get his meds. We got home, and Michael wanted..... PIE so that he could take his Rx.

He doesn't remember me taking this pic, or eating the pie, probably why I was able to get him to smile a little. :)

These are the pictures from Sunday when he was able to take the dressing off and take a shower.

Today is Friday, he has his post op appt with his Dr. They will most likely take out his stiches and give him the ok to resume certain things, and to refer him to his Physical Therapist. He has a lot to do inorder to get back to 100% but he is doing remarkable better every day! Here soon we should be able to tell jsut how worth the surgery was. :)

Thank Heaven for little

Yesterday, Monday August, 17, 2009 at 17 weeks along, we had an appointment to go to the radiology department of the Women's Hospital to have them to an anatomy ultrasound. The main purpose is to make sure that the baby is doing everything that its suppose to be doing, and growing, OH and you can usually tell the gender. The Tech showed us the head, and the abdomen and then asked if we wanted to know the gender, and when I looked at the screen, I already knew. I said Its a girl! and she said yes, its a girl. HA Of course I smiled, because then I knew. Michael and I are both happy regardless and our only real preferences if to have a healthy and happy baby. Obviously since we do not have any little boys, it probably would have been a celebration for accomplishment, getting to have a boy and a girl in the first two try's, but instead we get to have a new baby girl. Its nice, we have tons of girl things, although I think its nice for everyone to have their own things and not just be destined to have nothing but hand me downs :) For Michael really though this is his third daughter, which I am a third daughter, so I have a lot in common with her already. Josie has broken a lot of the misconceptions for Michael and I that we may have had about girls, she is not too girly. She is fine with wearing a dress or wearing a skirt, will usually let me do her hair lol, likes to be the mama to her baby dolls, but also really likes dinosaurs, animals, cars, sports, won't watch a princess movie at all, but loves the movie cars, a bugs life, the bee movie, finding nemo, and monsters inc. We can totally handle two girls. Will there be any more babies in the future? I have no clue. We have to do it one at a time and figure out what we can handle and afford etc. Right now the number one thing for me is to figure out a name for this sweet little girl, so that when she meets the world, she will have an amazing, unique, special name of her very own. Wish us luck, we aren't able to agree on many names. :)

First beach day, on a whim

            

Yesterday, Michael Had forgotten his parking permit hanging in my car, and I had to drive down there  to give it to him. I decided that even though if we left right then, we would make it home in time for Josie to get to bed on time, but then I realized that mixing things up now and then is good for the soul, so I turned around and took Josie to the beach. It was great, I had sand toys and a blanket in my car, apparently for situations just like this! The sun was going down, it was breezy and wonderful, and there were tons of seagulls, and Josie had a blast. She tried to soak it all in. My favorite was walking in the water, which was overwhelming but fun for her. She liked playing with the toys in the worlds BIGGEST sandbox aka the beach. Needless to say, the experience was enough to where I want to go again, hopefully with the rest of the family, and with my camera (not just the camera on my phone) 

I kinda wish we had brought our dinner down and had a picnic on the beach. It was a great night, at first I was mad at Michael for making me drive an hour each way... but I am happy that we just turned those lemons into lemonade. :)  

today, today

feels like a sunday. 

i hear michael tickling josie upstairs. 

its a great noise... giggling.

Click here to hear my song for Josie today.