Teachbroeck

I have no real talents. I can't sing or draw or rollerskate backwards...yha I can cook, but not fancy. I can make people laugh but it gets annoying. The one thing I thought I was good at was being a mom...really K just made it easy because she was the classic Gerber baby who ate, slept and played.

I am not good at it. I have friends that have had kids 9 months apart. Beebop has a baby and a toddler at home..Sugar and Ice has baby twins and a toddler! And some of you out there have 4 or 5 kids! All of you seem so cool and relaxed....like you go to the gym and READ! I have a 9 year old and a 8 month old and I can't do it very well! It has been puke, snot and coughing all vacation and now I have a cold. Most days I don't even take a sip of my coffee much less take a shower. I am so tired at night I pray the baby won't wake up...K still needs me when she feels sick..I feel like I am drowning in laundry and dust...why can't I handle this?

I feel like Baby J is a grouchy baby all of a sudden ..does not like to entertain himself...screams when I change his diaper...he is only happy when he is rubbing his snot on my sweatshirt...which is fine I have just started rubbing my own snot there too...saves on Kleenex...he is bored and clingy and wakes up 3 or 4 times a night...I thought I was doing this all right. I wouldn't change anything for the world...my kids make my life complete... is he going through separation anxiety? Should I let him cry when Daddy tries to hold him? I can't give in and rescue him or he will do it more? Right? I have 9 years experience and I am clueless!

I guess what I am saying is maybe we won't have anymore kids..I wasn't cut out for motherhood like I thought. All I wanted from people is to say I was a good mom...maybe I am not. this too shall pass...right?

Maybe this was all triggered by the mansized poop I had to fish out of the tub this morning.

Nellie I am WITH YOU I may just need a day or 2 to find my sanity and my bra...=) Thanks for not giving up on me!

Ok here is a list of things that MAY or MAY NOT have happened since my vacation started last Wed. In the comment section let me know which you think are true or not...

1. Baby J fell out of his car seat ..which was on a TABLE

2. Kdog puked all night long

3. After being on antibiotics Baby J is cranky and NOT sleeping AGAIN

4. On a moments notice I had to read in front of 100 + people at Christmas Eve service (damn there is a clue on that one)

5. Baby J choked so bad he aspirated on Xmas eve

6. 4 minutes after # 5 my nephew screamed bloody murder when his fingers got caught in between the leaves of the table

7. .34 seconds after #6 G'ma accidentally bounced Baby J's head off carpet trying to help nephew

8. I washed my cell phone in the washer...and lived with no cell phone for 3 days

9. I didn't shower for 3 days straight

10. I witnessed my husband engage in a violent verbal assault...with the Christmas tree..

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I think I may have cut of his first words right at the end!!! He lifted his hand and sounded like he said bub bye right as I hit STOP! Okay we will all pretend it never happened!

So nice to have bubbly baby boy back. (like the alleteraiton there?)

Kdog is safely 7 hours away up north with her dad. I hope she has a great time celebrating Christmas with his family.

Jdog is off to START his Christmas shopping...(for me- I take care of everything else...) and when he gets back....IT IS MOMMY AND GIRLFRIEND DAY!!! We are shopping and getting an early supper with some Bloody Mary's!

Maybe it seems I do things like this a lot...but MY FRIENDS are my life. My sisters...I need time with them. We have stayed with our commitment to only get overnight babysitters twice a month (if you knew me PREBabyJ we went out socially almost every weekend that K went to her dad's) But now that Baby J is here we want to enjoy as much as we can with him...he will be all grown up kissing girls in the back of my car in no time...we can party then =)

Okay must go there are no more measuring cups for baby J to throw off his highchair tray!

PS I am not sure what is more annoying MY VOICE or the DRYER in the background of the video!

Still here.

Dear God...please help Baby J get better. Keep Kdog healthy and most of all help me not kill the dog who is in the house most of the day because of the weather. AMEN

Dear Santa,

I've been a good Mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my childrenon demand, visited the pediatrician's office more than my own doctor,and sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shadetree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list outover several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son'sred crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room, betweencycles.... and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18years.

Here are my Christmas wishes:
I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache, (in any color, except purple,I already have purple) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze,but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aisle in the grocery store. I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month of my last pregnancy.
If you're hauling big ticket items this year I'd like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music, a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals, and a refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.
On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, 'Yes,Mommy' to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the use of power tools.
I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting 'Don't eat inthe living room' and 'Take your hands off your brother,' because my voice seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can onlybe heard by the dog.

If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoam container.

If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season.Would it be too much trouble to declare chocolate a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as ifthey were the bosses of an organized crime family.

Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is calling and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants me to feed him or take him somewhere..

Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catch cold. Help yourself to cookies onthe table but don't eat too many or leave crumbs on the carpet. (You promised me last year you would lose some weight with me so next year you and I could be a cute size six...)Okay, some requests go too far.....
Yours Always, MOM

P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep mychildren, healthy, safe and of course, young enough to always believe in Santa.

I worked out! even though we have a super busy day and another xmas program tonight I made the time!



I made it through one HIP HOP AB DVD!!!



It wasn't pretty but I did it!



ONE DAY AT A TIME!




Thanks Oh Captain and Nellie for pushing me...

Thanks for the support and Oh Captain I am heading over to see what your changes are!

K is off to her dad's....I miss her...we all do...I know she is having fun....until then it is me and the little man and the big one...

PS Head over I HATE WHINE for a kick ass giveaway!

I am sick of being fat.

not to wear a bikini
not to look like the girls in the magazine
not to be a size 2
not for anyone else


For me.

I want to feel good about myself. I better start doing something about it.

I have no comment for this...it is my life as I know it...I have a family picture of us on the "sleigh" but is a really bad pic!

Oh yes I just about to upload pictures, online shop and read all my Bloggies...when all of sudden IT HAPPENED.........I, teachbroeck, the anal of all clean bees, the mother who threatens near death if ANYONE have food or beverage near MY computer....spilled KOOLAID on the Laptop....(I hate Koolaid but it was the only thing to mix with my VODKA ....see now you understand!) So a week later and 137 bucks we are back in business!



Anyway busy as all getout....sick sick sick...like fever out of my mind sick....



Trying to online shop whilst at work...not good.....have a big order to put in today.



I never want to hear the word DEER or HUNT in the same sentence again!

We have been letting the dog INside the house, he actually slept IN our bedroom and not in the kennel for the first tme las tnight..it is going well. he has calmed down and likes to be around people. BUT this is one of his many antics to try to get let in.

I did a 6 month shoot with Baby J and a cousin shoot for Grandma

And here because I love him to death...his Buck. Whatev.

-Address Christmas cards
-scrub house
-NOT rush around
-NOT get a hangover
-upload videos with my new thingmajiggy
-enjoy my kids
-make a batch of chili
-take Baby J's six month pics
-get K dog winter boots
-take a nap!
-catchup on blogs

PS K got straight As on her first quarter report card!

I sent out the picture on yesterday's post of Baby J to my friends and family...just a happy FRIDAY kinda of email...I like to sent pictures to those that don't see him much.

One of the emails I sent out was to the daycare we are trying to get into.

I still consider her my good friend and she took PRIME care of Kdog. None of this is her fault we are waiting on a technicality.

Here was her response via email:

Cute pic! I'm done waiting.....so whenever YOU'RE ready.......

I am so happy...I am off to go shopping and flirting with my husband !! Thank you for thoughts and prayers!

BAD!!! It tasted like the crap you find in the bottom of the sink drainer after Thanksgiving dishes. (well I would guess that is what it taste like) I was so excited to have such a big bowl of soup with no meat be so low in calories.. BLECK! I threw it away and ate a twinkie.



K is off with a friend for our half day ( I still have to "work") Then she is off to an indoor game place and her dad will pick her up from there. I suppose it will be a reunion with the X and all will go back the way it was....o'well.



Jdog and I are off to the MALL OF AMERICA!!! We bought a hotel room near there at a silent auction. We are giving up our VEGAS trip ( too much out of pocket expense ) and spending the cash we won on the kids. We get a night away, nice dinner and drinks so we all win!!!





HAPPY WEEKEND!

Today:

K dog's dad emailed me that he is getting back with KANTFACE. After my parents and I helped him get out of her house and I took K on all his weekends so he could "get situated" Last week he could not pick her up because he drank after work...this week he is using GOD as his excuse to a sudden clear mind. I told him I wish I could take K FAR AWAY from such a selfish, shallow person. Damn we had been getting along so well (hmmmmmmmm he moves out we get along)Whatev be miserable. Thanks for putting K though emotional confusion.

And my daycare is bailing on me. Here I ago again...

BUT BUT BUT I give you my sanity....somebody thought he was KINGPIN in his new throne.

So tuckered out....