The Joy of Parenting...

Watch me if you please...

2009-06-13T12:49:00.002-05:00

Not a very good video, but you can't expect the best with a cell phone. :)

Finally some pictures!

2009-06-13T10:27:00.002-05:00

IT'S SUMMER!!!! Callie was playing outside and she came to me with this. It's a Tiki Torch she made. It consist of a baby food jar, sand, some kind of sprinkler head top and then the paper off of the baby food jar. Isn't it COOL! She is so creative!
Parker now weighs 25 lbs.! YES he is HUGE! Look at all that chunkiness, we won't go into what he is playing with at that moment... hehe.

My kids are adorable! :)

Blog Construction

2009-05-23T08:28:00.002-05:00

So the other day i was trying new things with my blog and now i can't get it to do what i want... It looks Horrible!! So any advice from my blogging buddies is welcome!!! I don't like my blog under construction. I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!!

Oklahoma

2009-05-20T08:05:00.001-05:00

This past weekend we went on a family vacation! It was ALOT of fun!! Of course i had the camera with me the whole time....( in the diaper bag) and i didn't take one picture! So here are a few pictures from my sisters camera. I will have more to come. Just click on this link and you will see some of them!

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Funny Noises

2009-05-12T11:50:00.003-05:00

We were eating dinner the other night, Chicken, Cauliflower, and something else i can't remember. Parker this whole time was just staring at us like we were these horrible people who were eating and not sharing with him, so Dave really boiled up the cauliflower mashed it and fed it to Parker. So this is Parker's reaction to his first real food, other than store bought baby food. Also just to throw it in...it is fresh from the garden! Oh yeah sorry the video is a little bumpy ( or really bumpy) Who would of thought holding a camera, a baby food bowl and feed a child at the same time was a little tricky :) So really it's all about his funny noises so TURN UP THOSE SPEAKERS!

Rose

2009-05-11T10:37:00.003-05:00

So i had an awesome Mothers Day Weekend. Yes it was all weekend, i did absolutly nothing! I hate floweres...well i should say that i hate it when dave spends money on something that is going to die in a few days. So this year he made me a rose.......out of DUCT TAPE!!! Isnt it pretty? :) Callie loved it!

here is the video

2009-05-08T12:26:00.002-05:00

Feild Day

2009-05-08T12:08:00.002-05:00

Do you guys remember having field day at school? I loved field day when i was little and i went to callie's today. We has so much fun! Anyway this video is of her running the last part of the relay race for the yellow team... GO CALLIE!

Buzz.....

2009-05-02T17:19:00.004-05:00

Parker's hair really wasn't that bad, but i like my men bald. :) His hair was funny, he had a couple curls on top and then a bush of hair right in the middle of your head where it swirls, right under that he had a bald spot and then a mullet. It was looking a little crazy from the back so i buzzed it. Hair or no Hair, he is still the man of my dreams!! :) Oh yeah his eyes are red and puffy because the whole minute it took to buzz his little head was torture...well you would of thought it was, he was so mad!

Slumber Party!!!!

2009-04-25T08:41:00.002-05:00

YAY!!! We had a Slumber Party!!! The girls had sooo much fun!! I think i need some Advil! We had tea parties, homemade pizza that the girls made, and sundaes!! Then we watched movies and had popcorn. Oh yeah not to mention the mounds of paper with finger paint. So needless to say we had alot of fun, and we MIGHT actually do it again soon!

2009-04-12T12:47:00.002-05:00

A friend had this on her blog so i stole it. I really wanted to know the answers. Callie's answers are in red.

1. What is something your mom always says to you? I love you

2. What makes mom happy? Listening

3. What makes mom sad? Not listening

4. How does your mom make you laugh? Tickeling

5. What was your mom like as a child? A big girl. :)

6. How old is your mom? 25

7. How tall is your mom? 16 inches

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play with me

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? CLEAN!

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? She'll be a super star

11. What is your mom really good at? Cleaning

12. What is your mom not good at? Sleeping

13. What does your mom do for a job? Babysitting

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Artichokes!

15. What makes you proud of your mom? Cleaning my room

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Sandy.

17. What do you and your mom do together?Clean.

18. How are you and your mom the same? Because we have the same hair color

19. How are you and your mom different? Our feet. " cause moms are big and mine are small"

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Because she cuddles with me.

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? He makes mommy laugh alot.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? WALMART!!

23. What does mom love best about you? MY hugs and kisses, because they are just the awesomest!!

So those are the words out of a 5 year old!

Pictures of the Kids!

2009-04-05T12:33:00.005-05:00

Yesterday we were bored so i got the kids dressed and made them take pictures.... parker didnt mind it to much, callie really wasnt into it, but i got some cute ones i thought.

She got mad and went inside!, can you tell she wasnt happy? :)

A Visit from my Best Friend!!!

2009-03-23T09:59:00.007-05:00

Thanks allison for taking a ton of pictures.... these are just a few. The other pictures are massive and take to long to upload, so i soon as i figure out how to make them smaller i will put more up here!
Callie got hit with the water hose!!

This is sooooo funny!!!

So is this!!! She got stuck in it!

So this weekend ended up being a fun weekend! Here is a phone conversation between me and allison!

ME: Hey, what ya doin?

Allison: Nothing, just sitting here

ME: Where is nathan ( her husband)

Allison: He is fishing all weekend.

ME: Really? haha You should come see me!

Allison: Call me back in 30 mins.

*****30 Mins later******

ME: what ya doin?

Allison: Driving to your house...

ME: HOLY CRAP I HAVE GOT TO CLEAN!!.... CLICK!

4 hours later allison is here!!! YAY!

Payton and callie

Me and Mr. Parker.... introducing.... I FOUND MY TONGUE!!

They were eating...well the boys were eating, callie hates to eat!

So a big thanks to allison for coming on a last min. notice. That is how you know you have been friends for a long time! Ever since 3rd grade! We still talk all the time! Her boys are so awesome! Callie met her match when it came to payton! Dave had alot of fun with the kids, He let them wash all the cars, dog, and anything else outside! Then he let them drive the car!!!!!! HUH? That's right, he let them drive the car down the street. ( yes he was in the driver seat with them to) But they thought, that was great. Less then 24 hours later they had to get back in the car and go home. It is always sad to see your friend leave, but i know i will see her in less then 3 months!!!!!! YAY! LOVE YOU GUYS!! and THANKS FOR COMMING!!!

Goin on a Bear Hunt.....

2009-03-02T17:59:00.006-06:00

HAHA....Dave has been working so much lately that the kids rarely get to see him, he came home one night so exhausted and while I cooked dinner, I noticed that there had been no noise from anyone for a while so I went to investigate. I found all three of them in Callie's room on a BEAR HUNT!!! What a great dad to be so exhausted, but still make the memories your kids will always remember. ( not to mention it was really really nice to not have someone under my feet while I was cooking).

Dear Manager

2009-03-01T11:09:00.003-06:00

So Callie and Dave went to the store today, and as they were loading up the car with groceries a guy pulled up behind him and said " Hey you might want to check your little girls pocket" Yep, there it was a pack of Orange gum. Dave made her take it back in, told her she broke the law, so on and so on. So when she got home she came running to me with tears and tears of sadness, telling me something about gum and the law and the police, So she went to her room, Dave and i talked about it and here is the Punishment...... She had to write 20 sentences saying i will not steal. Of course i wrote the top one so she knew what she was writing. and then she had to write the manager a note ( Dave couldn't find him when they went back in so he just made her put it back) So told her she had to also write a letter to him. No t.v. for the day and no going outside for the day. ( and it sucks because its a NICE Day, and it's her fav thing to do)

Here is the note she wrote to the manager... :) Yes i wrote dear manager at the top.
It says- " Dear Manager. I am sorry i stole gum. Love Callie. I will never do it again, please don't call the police"

No words needed other then...ADORABLE!

2009-02-26T16:16:00.000-06:00

5 Months old.

2009-02-21T09:50:00.003-06:00

Just a random video of parker i took while callie and dave went on a date. We are in callies room, her room seems to be the main room we are always in! :)

Like a kid in the candy store!

2009-02-18T09:08:00.002-06:00

So this morning was Callie's rise and shine at school. She and a few of her classmates did a Martin Luther King play! It was SOOOO CUTE!!!! Callie had most of the lines in the play she was the narrator. She did so good! We are getting the video (because our camera doesn't work.. figures) from the school here in a few days. I can't wait to post it! By the way this is my 100th post! I have never been so excited and nervous in my whole life waiting for her to get up there and do this in front of 200 plus people. She didn't mess up once. Anyway here is a picture of us at her school, it's a really bad picture but it's the only one we have and we are in front of the bus they made for the play... i know you cant see the bus, but it is there and it is cute! So please here in a few days come back to my blog and see the video..... It is absolutely the best thing you will ever watch!!!! WAY TO GO CALLIE!!! We are PROUD of you!!!! Also, we gave her a heart shaped locket and a ring to her this morning for her working so hard. She has practiced for weeks at school and at home with us. She IS THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE!

Park Fun!

2009-02-16T10:52:00.003-06:00

The other weekend we were at the park with our neighbors and they took a bunch of cute pics of my kids! ( Thanks Cameron) Callie running from daddy!

I have no idea what i was doing in the picture!!!

Parker looks like he is hanging on for his life!

Hey mom who does this picture remind you of?

We always have to check the time.

Parker chillin in the stroller!

He really did like the swing!

His New Love!

2009-02-13T18:28:00.004-06:00

So Parker has found a new love! I know i should be sad that i am not his main squeeze anymore, but oh my goodness this Jumparoo is such a lifesaver. It is also a headache to hear that jumping noise all day, or is it the high pitched squealing that gives me a headache. Either way my hands are free to do other things for a while during day! It is AMAZING! I can't believe how fast he is growing up already. He will be FIVE months old in a few days..... pretty soon he is going to be 5 like Callie. Time flies when your having fun! ( CAN WE SLOW DOWN TIME??? I WANT MY CHILDREN TO STAY YOUNG FOREVER)

My #1

2009-02-09T15:59:00.005-06:00

Miss Callie, what can i say, she is so AWESOME. I love her so much, and i think it is funny that she is a little me! Today i was talking to her teacher and her teacher couldn't say one bad thing about her. How great she is in class, how smart she is, how cute she is when she says. "Hurllicane for Hurricane". The teacher told me that the 1st grade teachers were already fighting over who gets Callie in their class. Today i got into crazy clean mode and i had this rag on my head, and as Dave and i were getting Callie off the bus she come out with a HUGE smile and runs up to me and ask "Momma, why you wearing panties on your head?" HA HA i thought that was so funny!!! She thought i was crazy.
After that, Dave asked her if she wanted to help and move these HEAVY rocks to the side of the house. Of course she said yes! She is such a wonderful helper, she usually does it without whining except when it comes to her room. She hates to clean her room. When she gets tired of it, she starts telling me she "doesn't have anymore gas in her legs" :) ha ha I love my little girl, i know i will always have a great day with her! I then i noticed she was still wearing school clothes so i made her go change and she wasn't happy about that) HA HA Kids.... you never know what to expect.

4 Months

2009-02-02T15:52:00.003-06:00

Parker is now 4 Months old. I cant remember his height, but he is 20LBS!!! I love my chunky monkey. His nicknames are Mr. Parker. Parker dude, and chunky monkey. I love the picture with the hat. No its not to small he just kept kicking and inching upwards the hat is mostly behind him and he looks sooo goofy i love it. He such a wonderful amazing person to be around. I know he is still a baby, but he has taught me so much in the past 4 months. What a blessing. I love him. The funny thing is, if you cant get him to smile just bring miss CALLIE around and she will get you all the smiles and giggles from him, It is so awesome to see how they are together. I love my kids.

:)

2009-01-30T20:47:00.001-06:00

I thought this was great....Thanks anna for sending it to me!!!

Another one bites the dust......

2009-01-25T09:30:00.003-06:00

So can i just say that i am sick and tired of stuff breaking on us!!! First it was our vacuum, then our washer, and now our air conditioning and heating unit broke!!! This sucks! So last night after we got home from a birthday party, i noticed it was cold, then a little while later after we got the kids in bed it was even colder. Yes i know we live in houston, and it isn't cold very often but last night it was COLD! So dave takes a look at it, and is trying to fix in the attic. All of the sudden he is yelling at me to turn it all off RIGHT NOW. We have a gas heater and he didn't know what he was doing and thought he was about to blow up the house. Well thankfully he didn't do that, but we ended up putting our mattress in the living room, putting callie on the couch and parker in his moses basket so we could all sleep in front of the fire and be warm. Parker doesn't like to sleep anywhere but his crib. So that really wasn't fun last night. I was up all the time making sure the fire was ok and not creeping out to come and catch us on fire. ( i get paranoid about stuff like that) And dave was up the whole time trying to keep the fire going so the kids wouldn't get colder and get more sick, they are just now getting over there colds... UGH!!!!! I can't stand this, we need some good luck. Yes i know things could be a lot worse and we have so much to be thankful for, but come on 2 major things in a week breaking and then my vacuum ( and i consider that a major thing but dave dosent so he says i cant count that) But for real COME ON ALREADY...!!!!! Have a good sunday everyone!

God Bless the USA

2009-01-19T15:28:00.004-06:00

Here is callie singing "proud to be an american" :) as she puts it.

She is soooo cute, and must i say the other 2 kids are really cute to!

The little boy is our neighbor, i watch him now during the day

Sick babies

2009-01-17T11:44:00.002-06:00

So these past couple of days the kids have been sick with coughs, runny nose, can't sleep and cranky. My poor babies, i hate it when they get sick. They have been little troopers! Hopefully as the weekend goes along they will feel better and next week we will all be fine! HOPEFULLY!

Callie Reading.

2009-01-12T09:56:00.003-06:00

So this morning before school, i got Callie to read her level C book. She is doing really good lately, so i though i would let ya see it. Excuse the mess in her room, and the actual video. I was trying to get her reading and then trying to show you guys the book but i couldn't see what i was recording and changed positions a lot.... :)

Parker Making Noise....

2009-01-09T20:16:00.002-06:00

Yes i know, it looks real blurry. We were playing a board game with callie and parker was chillin in a rocking chair and decided he needed to join in the conversation! So i grabbed my phone real fast to catch it because he normaly dosent do it for long. He was talking forever and when i finally got my phone he got distracted... OF COURSE! anyway here is what i got. Oh yes i would like to brag here for a min. Callie has read to the First grade class 2 times now all by herself. I asked the teacher the next time she does it, if i can go up and record her. I would love to see her read to them!!! I am SOOO Proud of her!!

Baby Time

2009-01-09T16:28:00.002-06:00

So today Dave had to go fix something up in conroe so i decided to go with him and hang out with his sister Victoria. Our babies are SOOO cute! Angelina is 10 months old, and Parker is 3 months old. HAHA and there really is no difference in size. Parker is chunky as he can be ( really cute might i add) and Angelina is a petite girl ( she is so adorable ) They had fun hanging out as you can tell. :) We had a picnic lunch outside with whataburger, and then went for a walk. It was a good day. But i just wanted to show off the cousin babies of course!

CHRISTMAS DAY!!

2008-12-25T09:51:00.004-06:00

So this is Christmas. This Holiday was so much fun...( oh my goodness i hear a drill going on in our living room right now, my husband got a surround sound system..) OK, sorry i got off track, We had an awesome time and Callie was so excited for all of her presents.... here are some pictures. Our Christmas tree before destroying all the presents.

Santa ate the cookies.... Callie left 6 of them out!

Callie and Parker waiting in the hall to go see what Santa brought.

Here she is just staring at the doll house!! That thing took us forever to put together last night. Our good friend Diana sent this to her! Thanks Diana for EVERYTHING!!!

Dave and Parker, he loves his hand!

Doesn't he just look so excited for Christmas~! Sorry about the milk, he just ate~! :)

Callie is sitting on her new couch and opening more presents. It was mainly barbie, princess and Tinkerbell things this year!

She kept putting a "Big Bear" at the top of all her list, so Santa got her one! Isn't Santa awesome!!

Callie is so spoiled... she is watching her new DVD player and trying to use everything at once, as i took this picture she put her hand behind her head and said "i love Christmas break" She is so funny. Anyway off to enjoy more Christmas, i will post more later!

Christmas at MiMi's

2008-12-24T11:30:00.002-06:00

Here are a few pictures of the kids when we were at my mom's house for an early Christmas.

Parker is now 3 months old.

This picture was of all the grand kids. Trying to get this many kids to take a good picture all at the same time is crazy. As you can see we did not succeed in that. I think there is someone in that picture that is not liking to take pictures..... :)

Parker again playing on his jungle gym. They change so much is such a little time.

Callie being BEAUTIFUL.!!!

Here she is at my Nannie's house opening gifts.

We had a great time while we were in Dallas. I love my family, they are awesome! In my family it is funny to watch how every time you turn around someone is holding a different baby. We have had 3 babies just this year that are all about 3 months apart. It doesn't matter where you are if you hear someone crying or someone needs help, if you are the closest you fix it and help them, because chances are that someone else is doing the same for your kids in the other room. It just one big happy family, and it is so fun to be all together.

Santa Hat Pictures

2008-12-15T08:31:00.002-06:00

Here are a few santa hat pictures of parker. My mom has a picture of all the grand kids in santa hats above her fireplace. So this year she sent an e-mail telling everyone she needed santa hat pictures of all the new babies. ( there are 3 new babies this year) so here are a few shots i got of parker to send over to her so he can take his spot above the fireplace next to his gorgeous sister. Christmas is almost here.... :)

Our Christmas Letter

2008-12-12T10:55:00.004-06:00

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas everyone! This year has been a very blessed year for us.

First off let’s start with Dave. Dave’s business is going pretty good, it is still a baby but we are working hard to get it growing. He loves living here in Houston, the plants are mainly why he likes it. He gets to have all sorts of tropical plants, this next year we will not have to buy any produce. We have almost every fruit and vegetable in our yard. Some of his favorite things to do this year were of course to play the guitar, make our yard beautiful with Callie, live through the hurricane and of course have his first son.

Christy has had a wonderful year. She stays at home with the kids and loves every minute of it. Every day she has a new project she is doing and of course running all over the place just to help other people. She didn’t know it last year around this time, but we had another little one on its way. What an amazing gift to get when that’s all you wanted. She is such a wonderful mother to our children, and a loving wife. We could never survive without her.

Callie is such a wonderful spirit to be around. She is an awesome big sister and a great daughter. This year she started kindergarten! We can’t believe she is 5 already, time sure is flying by. She loves school, and is doing great. Her favorite things to do are, help daddy in the yard, play with parker, help be mommy, read, do so MANY arts and crafts. So she pretty much likes to do anything that involves getting dirty. We are so proud of her and so blessed to have her in our lives, her smile will make anyone’s day worthwhile.

Parker (our new addition) is just the sweetest boy. He decided he wanted to wait and come during the drama of Hurricane Ike. He was born on September 20th. Being a Gaskin boy, and of course only being 3 months old his favorite things to do are eat, chill, eat, and cuddle. He smiles every time when he hears his daddy or sister walk in the door. Even though we had to wait years to have another one having Parker in our lives is so amazing, he was worth the wait.
We hope everyone has a great Christmas and a Wonderful New year.

Love, The Gaskins

Our tree

2008-12-11T10:41:00.002-06:00

It's not a great picture, but here is our tree now. It's been up for a while now so the cats and kids have been all over it so it dosent look its best now. But here it is, and i'm getting anxious about it. Dave wont put my presents under there yet because he thinks i will open them before christmas. I don't know where all these people get the idea i will open them before christmas, even my mom won't put my presents under the tree, if she does she hides them in the back where i can't see them. I mean come on people i'm 25 now, i did that as a kid. What makes you think i havent changed??? HAHAHA Your right i havent... hide those presents good because i am on the look out!!!! :)

It snowed.... IN HOUSTON

2008-12-11T08:55:00.003-06:00

How cool is that? I've been so bummed since we moved here from seattle, all because it is hot and texas is ugly ( no offence texans ) I swore up and down i would never move back to texas, but here i am, and my goodness i was like a little kid in a candy store when i saw the snow!! It snowed!! Not a whole lot but enough to make my christmas season more wonderful! I am so excited for christmas, i careless of what i get or if i get anything, i just love watching callies face. Sorry but i am not that excited for parker, he doesn't know whats going on yet. Next year will be fun with him. But callie.... oh my she keeps asking how much longer, and looks at her presents already under the tree. She wont touch them ( we wont let her, she will figure out what they are)
but she looks real close and tries to keep guessing. Every time we need to go do something and we aren't paying attention to her she tries to sneak around to find her other presents. Shes a little stinker. So now off i go to the store while she is at school to get a little bit more. :)

Yeah we got smiles on the camera!

2008-12-03T11:50:00.003-06:00

So today parker and i are just hanging out. The house is clean, the decorations up. ( i will blog those later) So he had a full tummy and he wanted to smile for me, so i busted out the video camrea!! And here are the most sweetest smiles to make anyones day better!

SAFETY VIOLATION!!!!!!!

2008-12-01T13:16:00.003-06:00

The Boys

2008-11-26T10:50:00.003-06:00

Today is Parker's first day of wearing real looking big boy clothes. Dave of course had to have him wear his Hawaiian shirt, and then Dave put his on. I thought it was cute. Anyway Parker is nine weeks old now, and weighs 14 pounds. He is a very good baby! Please excuse the pink Binky. ( the orange and blue ones i ordered aren't here yet, and it is his favorite kind)

Mommy got to sleep in again!!

2008-11-19T21:47:00.002-06:00

So i slept in again and dave took care of the kids yesterday morning. Here is what my daughter looked like when she got home. Seriously look at her hair.
The sun was in her eyes so she couldn't look up but come on a red shirt that is a size 8, remember she is only 5, and some Capri pants that are size 7, they look like high water pants, and some wonderful pink socks. I love the fact that she doesn't care what she wears, and is so cute that she would pick this outfit out and her dad let her wear it to school. Oh yeah and dave is in the picture to, can you see him.? I have no idea what he was trying to make with his hand. HAHA.

Parkers Room

2008-11-12T09:00:00.006-06:00

So again not the best quality video,but you get the idea. People keep asking to see parkers room, so i took a video of it. I am not done, i still have a few things to do, like actually putting trains and pictures up and trying to find a spot for the bigger stuff just hanging around. I hope i finish it soon, i hate an unfinished room. But here ya go for now. Oh and sorry if you can hear a crying baby in the background. Poor thing got so mad i actually put him down for a min. :)

I am getting so excited!

2008-11-10T08:41:00.003-06:00

WHOOO HOOOO... Christmas is coming! This holiday is so much fun for me! I love decorating ( and a little secret i have to tell.... i know thanksgiving hasn't passed yet, but i have pulled out Christmas Decor, and i am trying really hard to wait till after thanksgiving... but i don't know if that will happen) The list are getting longer and longer, the ads are coming out for the day after thanksgiving sale, and i am CHEESING! I love it!

Blowin up the blog world!

2008-11-06T14:11:00.003-06:00

YEAH!!!.... ok i know it's not the best picture but it was taken with my phone. Latly parker has been just trying to talk to us and smile all over the place. OF COURSE... he will never do it when i have the camera ready. So today as i was sitting at the computer... blogging, He was laying on my legs and i looked over at him to see the biggest SMILE ever. He kept smiling so i grabbed my phone and just as i was taking the picture he STOPPED. So here is the half smile i got.!
Man can i just say that i am a blogging freak lately, Sorry if they don't interest you, but i love it!

Picture Overload

2008-11-06T09:31:00.005-06:00

Ok so this is just a post of pictures, but i will tell ya what they are.
This one is a pic of the older grandchildren.

This is the night of halloween, i am horriable to not get a close up of callie! Parker wasnt dressed up and averie was at one point but not in the picture. Halloween wore her out. and yes the superman is holding a baby hid behind the tutu

Just another one.

This is our family except for mels husband shawn.

From left to right. Dave, ME, Layne (my brother) his wife misty, Crazy uncle Chad ( my brother) then his wife sharla, My mom and dad, then there is Animal ( aunt mel, callie couldnt say that when she was younger so she called her animal) And now bayleigh calls me KIKI. :)

Parker on his blessing day! The funny thing was that he is kind of chunky for being 6 weeks old and his blessing outfit didnt fit. We had to unbutton the top button in back just to get it around his neck and then to be able to button in the bottom. It was great.

Callie and dawson... neither one looked like they wanted to take this picture.

Just hangin

2008-11-05T11:02:00.002-06:00

This is our neighbor baby, and baby parker. It is so cute to hear "boo" call parker bye his name, everytime he says it, he says it so sweet and soft. When he calls callie by her name he calls her CaCa, and he yells it, him and callie like to play together most of the time, but when they don't watch out it is no fun!
I think he is thinking, why do you keep taking pictures of me!
Now i think he is thinking... ok mom seriously this pacifier is pink... what are you thinking!!! So i have found a new pacifier i love, it is a gum drop pacifier and it is just like the soothie ones that he loves, except that they are not round. They come in scented smells and everything. Yes i know this one is pink but someone gave me one and i just found it. You can't find these in stores you have to order them online, but they are pretty cheap. I love them, and yes i just ordered some orange and blue ones, don't get me wrong i will give him the pink ones if they are what i can find. Callie never used pacifiers, but parker loves them and most of the time if he is cranky its because he wants one. If you don't give him one when he wants it.... watch out because he will let you know! Man am i gonna be in trouble when he grows up and i have to take it away, what have i done? haha!

A Grandmothers Paradise.

2008-11-03T18:25:00.002-06:00

This is the first time the whole family has been together in a really long time. My mom was in heaven as she puts it. Only as a request from a few old friends, When you are looking at this picture the boy peyton on the left of my mom with red hair is chad's. Zaiyne the one right beside peyton is mels, also mels girl leighanna the one on the otherside of my mom is holding averie she is mels and the girl on the bottom left is bayleigh mels other girl. Then the two kids in the middle are laynes, addison and dawson, then of course you know my two.

Good day or Bad day... what do you think?

2008-11-03T15:02:00.004-06:00

SCREAM.......SCREAM.......... PooP............EAT.............SCREAM..........5min NAP...........SCREAM............SCREAM............SPIT UP...........SCREAM.......... DID I MENTION SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO ON AND SO ON.........! What a wonderful, fun filled, amazing day! He better be glad he is so freakin cute!

A Few Pictures

2008-11-02T11:54:00.001-06:00

Parkers Blessing

2008-11-02T10:15:00.003-06:00

So we are back from dallas ( i mean after pulling over to... change a diaper, callies potty break, to feed and burp a baby, oh wait did i mention another potty break, oh yeah lets not forget the changing a really really dirty diaper, and then we had to get gas!) Come on seriously it was only a 3.5-4 hour trip and we did it in almost 6!! :) So anyway we are back and parkers blessing went so good. My whole family was able to be there, and we had our friends jenn and lee come up. The kids were cute and good! My family is so fun, us girls the morning before the blessing left the kids with the daddy's and went and got pedicures ( THANKS MOM!) It was fun. So here are just a few pictures of the day, i will add more halloween and blessing pictures later. (Oh yeah, Thanks misty for taking pictures for us!!)

Just some things here and there.

2008-10-29T19:18:00.003-05:00

Here is Callie at Denny's with her daddy.... he got all dressed up in a shirt and tie and she got all dressed up in her crown and Tinkerbell outfit, even though you can't see her outfit it is darling!

These next two are of Parker doing what he does best...

And here we are playing an amazing game of Dora candyland! Parker didn't seem to want to play seeing he messed all the cards up. :)

and here is Callie kicking my booty at candyland. She was Dora and i was boots.

Just another cute one

2008-10-25T15:24:00.000-05:00

Another worthless creature!!

2008-10-22T08:35:00.003-05:00

Man i just killed this sucker this morning...!!! So gross! I apologize for the blood and guts smeared all over the place, he kept moving so i kept chopping off parts that werent his head and then i finally got it.... I stood on a chair to kill him... he was soooooooooo BIG, this picture does no justice to how big this thing ( when i mean thing, i meana worthless creature on this earth that causes me nothing but fear and a few anxeity attacks) So why you are all in a place that dosent have this creature.. ENJOY IT and never move to TEXAS... it is a snake retarded place. :)

Half Naked Baby

2008-10-21T19:25:00.003-05:00

I was changing parker into some jammies... and dave took this with his phone. I just thought it was cute!

What's wrong in this picture?

2008-10-21T09:03:00.003-05:00

Lets go ahead and get this out... i am NOT complaining at all! Lately with dave not going to work until after 8 he has been getting up with the kids around 5:30 ( well at least with our little dude) and then callie gets up around 7. So I've been sleeping until about 9 YEAH!! So dave has been getting callie ready for school. The night before i was wore out and went right to bed when parker fell asleep, so i forgot to lay out her clothes. I usually have her backpack and her snack and her clothes and everything out so i can make sure not to forget anything. ( we all know how it is when you get up a couple times with a baby you really aren't all there in the head in the morning) OK OK so yes i forgot to do that. But seriously people this is why my husband shouldn't be allowed to dress my daughter... She is wearing Brown gaucho pants ( don't know how to spell it ) a different brown and white shirt with a bright pink jacket.... so that isn't that bad... but who seriously puts on long socks that you can see at least 3 in. of and sneakers...! What the heck was he thinking... HAHA. But i didn't say anything, i really enjoyed the sleep! :) But here she is.... and the funny thing is... she didn't care.... Man i love my goofy family!!

New video we got bored

2008-10-17T17:23:00.002-05:00

HUH?

2008-10-12T20:01:00.001-05:00

This is what comes home after sending my husband to walmart with callie.

Pictures!!!!

2008-10-08T14:46:00.004-05:00

Yes i do know it is only 2 pictures... but it is better then nothing right? These were taken yesterday evening. We had a little family get together with dave's uncle J. He came in from montana on bussiness and decided to drop by. Awesome guy!
Anyway... on callies picture you should click it and make it bigger, i think it is an awesome looking picture, she looks grown up and beautiful. Anyway enjoy!

We might have a chunky monkey on our hands!

2008-10-08T09:07:00.002-05:00

OK OK i know there are no pictures on this post, but i promise to put some up later today. So Monday we took Parker to the doctor and he weighs 8.5 now! WHEW HOOO! He was 7.2 when born 6.12 when we brought him home and now a little over two weeks of age already weighs 8.5! He sure can eat. About every 3-4 hours he will eat 4 oz. I think that is alot for such a tiny baby, but he does and he doesn't spit it up. He might spit up once a day but nothing big. I have had a few diaper changing experiences, meaning I've been pooped on put my hand in poop and have been peed on a few times and let me tell you, having a boy for the first time i am still trying to remember to cover him up when changing his diaper so i don't have to try and catch flying pee!!!! Hopefully it will become second nature to remember that. He is sooooo cute!!!! I can honestly say knowing he is my very last baby i am totally enjoying him. We all know i don't have very much patients and when i am tiered i am really cranky. Even though he sleeps GREAT and only wakes up once, i love it! I love every cry and every squeak and hiccup. I don't want him to grow up, the other night i just started crying for no reason! I was looking at him at like 4 in the morning and i started thinking about not being pregnant anymore or feeling the kicks ( don't get me wrong it is great not to be pregnant) but i will never feel that again. It is very sad knowing that, but i have to many problems after delivery and it would be to selfish of me to have anymore knowing bad things could happen if i do. I mean i can't leave my two young babies without me or leave Dave with young kids. So as i look at Parker i sit and enjoy every little bit, even the middle of night feedings, the poop everywhere and flying pee! Callie is such a big helper, we've had problems with her attitude and talking back, but these past couple of days have gotten so much better. She loves Parker and wants to help with everything. Lately when i am taking care of Parker she is right next to me with her baby doing the same thing, and talking to her babies the way i talk to Parker, it is so darn freakin cute! She is still jealous when it comes to parker taking daddy time away from her but we are all adjusting to the new things in our lives. I do have to say when it was just dave me and callie i never felt like we were a family, i mean i know we were but i never felt it! After having parker here with us i SOOO have that complete family feeling. ( does that make since?) He has completed us and we have a perfect little family! Wow doesn't that make me feel old! I still feel like in my head i am 16 or 18 and that i shouldn't be 25 and have 2 babies. Wouldn't trade it for anything!

just a video

2008-10-03T10:14:00.003-05:00

Here is just a little video of parker, he is only 13 days old so nothing to exciting except the hiccups! Still trying to figure out my camera so the video is a little fuzzy. Have a great day everyone.

A few more pics of second day...

2008-09-27T09:52:00.004-05:00

Alright, one of these days i will actually catch up on the pictures. They are kinda out of order, but you all get the point. Parker is doing great, he has a doctor appt. on monday to see how much he is growing and all. He was 6.12 when we brought him home, so hopefully he is back up to birth weight! He is a good baby, and sleeps pretty good at night. If he goes to bed at 11 he wakes up around 2-3 to eat, poop and go back to sleep. :) then he will wake up again around 6-7 to do the same thing, and then we get callie off to school and it is just me and him all day. and he has the same routine all day. He is getting better at staying awake for more then 45 mins at a time, so i can actually see his eyes then. I will get a picture soon of him up here with his eyes open and him fully awake. Callie is doing great. I mean she is a little jealous but way better then we all thought she would be. She tells people when they pick up the baby to " be careful with that gentle little thing" It is cute. The first time she said it was at my moms house when my mom was sponge bathing him.! It was really adorable! She comes home from school and first thing she wants to do it hold her little brother. Callie loves to help ( maybe a little to much) haha. Although i get a little worried when she tries to help i know it is a great thing for her to be able to bond with him and not be so jealous. Anyway i hear a little squeaky thing in the living room so i need to hop off of here. Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Just a few pictures...

2008-09-25T12:45:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone, i have finally been able to sit down and put a few pictures on here. These are from the first night parker was born. Once i get the other pics saved to my computer of the past few days i will put those up here to. Hope all is well with everyone.!

This one is my fav. Dave is pretending to sleep after a night of long hard work he did after having a baby...HAHA.

Baby is Here!!!

2008-09-22T15:47:00.001-05:00

Parker David Gaskin was born on the 20th at 10:03pm 7lbs 2oz 20 inches long. Both are happy and healthy Christy will post more later.

HURRICANE IKE~the aftermath

2008-09-14T20:39:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone,
This is Christy's mom. She wanted me to let everyone know that they are doing fine. No electricity, no phone service, unable to talk to anyone. They did sustain some roof damage and leaks, but they are doing good. Still no baby! I will post if she has the baby before they get electricity.

Hurricane

2008-09-11T16:48:00.003-05:00

Yes folks, there is a HURLLICANE ( as callie puts it) On its way. Seeing that my due date is today and i am 2.5 centimeters and 65% effaced, everyone is taking polls that this baby will be born during the hurricane. What do you all think? Let's just hope when Hurricane Ike hits, i will not go into labor, either that or i will be able to make it to the hospital in time to deliver.... i don't know about you, but sure as heck don't want to have this baby at home!!!!!! Anyway hope you are well, it is time for me to organize the food storage, scrub bathtubs, and prepare for a big storm. ( i don't think its going to be as damaging as everyone thinks) but there is nothing better then to be prepared for the worse, right? Oh yeah we are located right above that red mark that says 2am sat. So that means a catagory 3.!

Turtle Turtle

2008-09-09T09:40:00.002-05:00

Dave came home yesterday witha surprise for who none other then callie.! She was so excited that her daddy came home with a turtle (he found it at work). We put the turtle in the backyard, and all we could here from then on was turtle, turtle, where are you? The turtle kept hiding from her and trying to find a way out, and callie kept finding it and bringing it back and trying to feed it with who knows what, and putting it in a bowl of water. So finally after playing with the turtle for awhile we told her that we needed to let him go so he could go back home to his family. She was sad for awhile, but then she got over it. Anyway just wanted you to see our little adventure from yesterday. Have a great day everyone!

I HATE PROBLEMS!!!

2008-09-05T17:16:00.002-05:00

Can i just say that i hate it when problems keep poping up. First off, our car is now fully broken down... so time for a new one. Second off, our pool pump is broken and the pool people keep giving us the run around on the warranty, so we now have to replace the pool pump. And now third and most important to me at the moment, we live in Freaking Houston, TEXAS and our AC has broke down!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah not to mention we are going to have a new baby anytime now. Stress level...... is through the roof!!!!!!!!!!!! UGH...! Ok enough venting now, i am going to sit my butt on the couch with about 5 fans blowing on me and i am going to refuse to move!! :) Hope everyone is having a better day then me at the moment.!

I just played at school.....

2008-09-04T09:00:00.002-05:00

When I'm building in the block room,
Please don't say I'm "Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play;
About balance and shapes.
When I'm getting all dressed up,
Setting the table, caring for the babies,
Don't get the idea I'm "Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play;
I may be a mother or a father someday.
When you see me up to my elbows in paint,
Or standing at an easel, or molding and shaping clay,
Please don't let me hear you say, "He is Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm expressing myself and being creative.
I may be an artist or an inventor someday.
When you see me sitting in a chair
"Reading" to an imaginary audience,
Please don't laugh and think I'm "Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I may be a teacher someday.
When you see me combing the bushes for bugs,
Or packing my pockets with choice things I find,
Don't pass it off as "Just Play."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I may be a scientist someday.
When you see me engrossed in a puzzle,
Or some 'plaything' at my school,
Please don't feel the time is wasted in "Play."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm learning to solve problems and concentrate.
I may be in business someday.
When you see me cooking or tasting foods,
Please don't think that because I enjoy it, it is "Just Play."
I'm learning to follow directions and see differences.
I may be a chef someday.
When you see me learning to skip, hop, run, and move my body,
Please don't say I'm "Just Playing."
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm learning how my body works.
I may be a doctor, nurse or athlete someday.
When you ask me what I've done at school today,
And I say, "I Just Played."
Please don't misunderstand me.
For, you see, I'm learning as I play.
I'm learning to enjoy and be successful in my work.
I'm preparing for tomorrow.
Today, I'm a child and my work is play.

Our new family portriat...

2008-08-25T18:38:00.002-05:00

HAHA.. ok so when i scaned this in i kinda chopped of the top.. so sorry..! Anyway callie drew this today in school, it's her wonderful family! I am sure we can all guess who is who in this picture but if not, let me explain.... dave is the skinny one... then little ole callie, and then ME... I just really needed to point myself out just incase you couldnt see me behind that massive pregnant belly she drew with my belly button..!! HAHAHA

I have a KINDERGARTNER.!?!?!

2008-08-25T09:41:00.002-05:00

So today was the first day of school! The pictures are out of order... but the first one is of callie sitting at her spot in school ready to go.

This picture is the night before school picture, she wanted rollers in her hair so it would be pretty.... if you look at the other pictures you can see my daughter is not like me.. her hair is straight as a board even after sleeping in rollers all night long! Can you tell she's excited for school?
Ok if i could get her to smile normal that would be GREAT! But here is what i got right before we walked out to go to school... This morning she was up before we were, pulled the rollers out of her hair and made herself some waffels for breakfest! We must of been in a deep sleep not to hear any of that. I mean she was ready this morning.!

Now as for me being ready, i'm am sad! I havent cried ( yet) Maybe around lunch time when i have no one to eat lunch with i will get really sad. Although i might not be ready for her to be in school for 8 HOURS... she was ready to go and have fun, so i think that made it a little eaiser for me. A couple of weeks ago we didnt think we would be able to get her to go to school, she did not want go, she wanted to stay home with me and the baby. YES, that is another thing... baby is not here yet, but i think these next few days or weeks.. who knows, will be a nice little break before i have another kid at home all day. I still can't believe i have a kindergartner! Am i really that old? Well i'm off to find something to do, maybe i will pack an overnight bag for callie and a hospital bag for me... its about time right? Other then that, i need ideas or fun projects to keep me busy, so if you have any please let me know! Hope everyone is having a great monday, and hope you all have a great week!!!

The night before school.....

2008-08-24T21:36:00.002-05:00

:) So WOW, it's the night before callie starts Kindergarten. She is FINALLY excited about it. Tonight while she was in the bath she asked me to curl her hair for the first day of school ( which mean to her to put sponge rollers in it) So we put some rollers in her hair, and a book, song and prayer, then Off to bed she went, and fell asleep FAST. I can't believe i have to get a Kindergartner up in the morning... do i really have a 5 year old school kid? Dosent seem like she should be that old! Anyway i took some pictures, but i'm gonna wait till i can load the morning ones on the computer to put them up..! Why wait you ask? Because other then clean my house, i will have ABSOLUTLY nothing to do.... what am i going to do with my next days (before baby gets here) of fun field nothing to do..? Well See........

Snake # 3

2008-08-18T08:29:00.002-05:00

UGH..... dave was outside this morning and i go out to take his lunch to him for work and i see him over there in the front yard beating the crap out of something and he tells me it was ANOTHER coral snake.... can we say I HATE SNAKES.. and neer had a problem with snakes till i moved down south... So therefore I HATE TEXAS..! Have a great day.!

I HATE TEXAS... and Snakes

2008-08-07T15:02:00.002-05:00

EWWWW...... I HATE TEXAS and I HATE SNAKES.!!! As i am sure most of you know when we first moved here a little over a year ago, we found two of these suckers in OUR HOUSE! This is a coral snake. One of the most deadliest snakes around this area! And two of these were in my house last year..... yes i then begged and pleaded with dave to move back to seattle, i mean i was in tears over this problem we had. We then (not very found of cats) got two cats, we figured the cats are snakes natural enemy so if they got into our house again then cats would find them and kill them, I do however have somewhat of a love for animals, but bygolly if the snake bit the cat and killed it, i take that anyday over callie or our baby comming up on a snake and getting bit. :)
Anyway NO this snake was not in my house today, BUT i was doing dishes this morning and i looked out side to see THIS snake on my pool step, ( just so you know i was on the phone with my neighbor this morning on her way to work as this was happening) So i started freaking out, i couldnt just let it get away, so heidi my neighbor then called her husband who was home...BUT DID NOT ANSWER the phone. So here i go, 8 months and some pregnant out with a big ole shovel to kill the snake...! Yes i should of got a picture of that.. HAHA So here i go outside with my shovel and start trying to kill the snake... Meaning i was trying to chop its head off!! When this was going on here is callie standing at the door opening and closing it, YELLING "MOMMA CUT IT'S HEAD OFF... KILL IT MOMMA KILL IT!! I had my own cheerleading section going, all the while i am still on the phone with my neighbor heidi, me screaming as this is going on..! CRAZZINESS i tell ya! So off i go inside leaving the snake where it was, i wasnt going to touch it after i hacked it to death. So a few minutes later my neighbors husband calls me and wants to know if he can help, Oh yes i told him to please come a dispose of this nasty worthless ugly deadly creature! (can we tell i don't like these things) So he comes and does that for me..! THANKS CAMRON! Oh yeah to end the story i went back inside to do some more dishes and look up again all paranoid like i am going to see another one.... I mean come on two times in a day that would soooo not happen right.! WRONG, i look up and i see another one....! Man i freaked out, and then yes i could type it all but i wont.. the story of this one is pretty much the same as the first but without me on the phone.! UGH..... I HATE TEXAS AND SNAKES!!!!!!!

Callie's B-day and Baby Shower

2008-08-05T10:12:00.006-05:00

My mom made this sign for the baby to put on the hospital door, and then to bring home and go into his room! I think she did an awesome job. I wish i could come up with stuff like this. ( Now dave has to stick with the name parker, i think alot of people would be mad if he went and changed this baby's name like he did with callie's.. haha)

Presents from the baby shower... and my wonderful sister n law made that diaper cake. How Cute is that!

No i did not make the cake but i did design it!
The other neighbor baby.. Creighton. He is a funny little boy!

My neighbors who gave me the baby shower! And me all blown up!
Baby blessing outfit my mother got me..! SOOO cute!
Opening presents with a straight face..! Crazy girl!

Her friends and cousins, i have no idea where she gets this face from.!
Callie's presents minus the walker and carseat.. :)
My sisiter and 2 of her girls MiMi and callie

Ok Sorry these pictures are WAY out of order....!

Wow, i really am horrible at blogging these past couple of months. So in a quick review callie has now Turned 5!!!!! I can't believe how fast time really does go. She was funny at her party, all she wanted to do was open her presents all day long.... i mean she begged us to open presents. So we finally let her open them and guess what!!!? She did not have a reaction to any of them, she just would open one look at it and put it to the side all straight faced! We all just laughed because she wanted to open them so bad and was so excited, she got everything she wanted, why didnt she act like she was excited when she DID open them, Oh well.! She loves all of them and hasnt stopped playing with them since.

Then on that same day was my baby shower. We had alot of fun, and the baby shower was really really nice. I have everything i need and more now. I had family and friends all come down for both parties. My neighbors are soooooo awesome for giving me a baby shower ( i never had one with callie, so it was my first) They did a great job and i couldnt ask for better neighbors. Ok so now on to the pictures, but please just remember i am a few weeks aways from having a baby and i am really bloated and all... ok ok lets just face it, i've never been skinny, so here we are boys and girls!

If your not in the mood to read... then pass my page.! :)

2008-06-28T10:07:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone, sorry for not posting anything in a really really long time.!! This post is nothing special, i still have pictures i need to upload. So sorry there are no pics. Things have been going good here, not a whole lot happening. Callie is getting very excited for the weeks to come.... First off this next weekend is my 25th B-day (hmm that sounds old to me) and then 12 days after that is dave's 30th B-day ( that sounds even older..haha) Then about 2 weeks after that is callies 5th B-day ( that sounds way to old to me) I don't like that fact that she is five, i stil want her to be my baby.! That same day as her b-day my neighbors ( or as callie says it NeighVors) are throwing me a baby shower!! YAY! But what a busy day that will be. Ok and finally but not least, a few weeks after callie's b-day we will be having a baby boy! Yes thats right folks... time has gone by way to fast! I have no idea if i am ready for this.!?!?! If we really think about it, it will be 6 years since i have had a newborn.... i really hope its like riding a bike, because i am kinda starting to freak out a little bit! We are really excited to bring another sweet (sometimes crazy) spirit into the world, and dave is just way more the excited to be having his MANCHILD! I think we have come to the name Parker David. OK OK i know, please dont bank on that name, seeing callies name was going to be maddison untill dave changed it on all of us... yes even me! That little stinker! But most likley that will be the name. Can i just tell you, i feel as fat as can be at the moment, and this not sleeping good because i have to pee all the time or it hurts to sleep on one side, is soooooo not cool. But hey dosent this prepare us for the late nights of a hungry or gassy baby..! :) ( the way i look at it, at least when the baby is here i will have something to do when i cant sleep) Alrighty enough baby talk, So i have this amazingly awesome friend, who was sending me baby stuff through the mail, and guess what was in there???? A CAMERA!! YAY! I was so excited for this, now i have been taking picture after picture, i just need to learn how to upload them and get them on here... so my next post will be all PICTURES! Thanks DIANA.....you are to awesome!! Hope you all are having a good day, maybe it wont be so long till i post something...!

EWWW I'm so MAD!!!

2008-05-26T09:43:00.002-05:00

See every year my husband has to buy me a new camera.....why you ask? Because he takes them to work with him, and we never see them AGAIN!!! My camera was AWESOME!!! But not so awesome anymore since i don't have one!! UGH..! Why does he have to use mine... next time he gets his own and can never lay one of his little ole fingers on it.. :) Oh well what ya gonna do? So sad to say there wont be many pictures, until a birthday or something comes along.. BUMMER i know..! Hope everyone is having a great Holiday, and having lots of fun swimming and BBQing, and taking lots of pictures.... i know i wont be.. HAHA! Have fun everyone!

FINALLY!!!!!!

2008-05-19T17:51:00.002-05:00

We have finally found out what we are having........IT'S A BOY!!!!

I think this is soo true..(only funny if you like animals)

2008-05-04T18:42:00.003-05:00

Excerpts from a Dog's Diary:
6:00 am - At last! I go pee! My favorite thing!
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
6:00 pm - They're home! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

Excerpts from a Cat's Diary:
Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage. Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs. I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.

I look like MOMMA!!

2008-05-04T10:56:00.002-05:00

Ok, well after an all night adventure of her sleeping in rollers, here is the outcome! It was actually funny, she went right to sleep with no problem and woke up at like 7 this morning to have me take the rollers out, not to mention that she slept absolutly perfect!! Not one roller was messed up. I mean who does that? Anyway she was sooo excited to finally have curly hair. So does she actually look like me now?

ROLLERS!!!

2008-05-03T20:47:00.002-05:00

Callie has turned into a total girlie girl!!!
She had me put rollers in her hair tonight, so she could wake up with curly hair like mommas!
OK, we all know her hair is straight as a BOARD (she got that from daddy) So we will actually see how long her hair will be curly tomorrow. I hope she isn't sad when it doesn't look like mamma's hair! You know i was thinking, watch me have a boy that comes out with great curly hair! ha ha! Alright i will post pics in the morning of her hair.... wish us luck.! :) Goodnight everyone!

Bowling.... Who would of thought..?

2008-04-26T11:52:00.002-05:00

HAHA... who would of thoought that callie would LOVE bowling! She is now on a tiny tot's bowling team. She goes on saturday mornings..(of course after breakfest with daddy) She loves it, the first time she bowled 38 with no bumpers and today she bowled a 72 WITH bumpers.... here are a few pictures. She hasnt figured out how to hold a 6 pound ball and throw it so here she is sitting and pushing it! Man little things in life are soooo fun!!

7 Things you may or may not know.!

2008-04-18T09:36:00.004-05:00

I was tagged by my friend natalie, to write down 7 things about me. So here it is at 9 30 in the morning, with 3 kids (only one of them is mine) in the living room. So lets see how long this will actually take me with all the kiddie interruptions...

1. I HATE TEXAS... .yes folks this is where i am living and grew up in east Texas, but it is hot and i hate it!! Although i am a good wife, and came down here so he could start his business, i still complain all the time and beg ( yes i have cried over it many of times) of wanting to move back to Seattle!

2. We are finally going to have another baby! After trying alot and many other hardships in life, i am now 5.5 months pregnant with a little stinker that will not spread eagle for us to find out what the sex is. Who knows maybe this baby will make us do it the old fashion way and not find out until he/she is born.

3. I am a total phone person, you will always see me with my house phone, or a cell phone. My phone rings all the time at my house and i LOVE it. Sometimes talking on the phone is the only thing to get me through a bad day.

4. I've been married almost 6 years, i met my husband and three weeks later we were engaged and a few weeks after that married and 9 months later came callie.... haha! Everyone thought we were crazy and would never make it. I love dave so much and could never ask for a better father for my children.

5. I get really jealous of my daughter callie and the time she spends with my husband. ( ok ok i know i shouldn't and it is great that they have such a bond with each other) I swear she spends more time with him then i ever do. They have a daddy callie date every weekend. He takes her all dressed up in princess clothes to Denny's every Saturday morning and then if he has Bids to do for work she goes and helps him and then they go to the plant stores to always buy plants for work. I think it is so adorable, that they do this and have so much fun when they do it... but come on, i only get 2 hours at night with him.. it makes me sad sometimes..! :)

6. Dave and i got to our neighbors house almost every night to play cards with them, ( yeah yeah i know it sounds boring) But it is soooo much fun!! We love our neighbors, and couldn't ask for better ones. So if anyone has any card game ideas let me know, we've been playing the game hand and foot for a while now. we need a new one.

7. I play base guitar!!! Dave taught me how to play it, when i bought it for him for Christmas. I will play the base, dave will play his acoustic, and callie will play her (yes it is real and no she doesn't know very many notes) acoustic guitar. then we all jam out and play for a while and sing as loud as we can. Callie says we are the Jammarons.. yeah i have no idea where she got that name from... HAHA

OK so it now almost 10 am and i had very few interruptions... one i had to pee of course, the phone rang 3 times, and i had to interfere with a argument of who had more grapes then the other... haha. Life is sooooo fun at time. :) Well hope everyone is having a great day, it is now time for me to be a maid and clean my house! Ohyeah i tagg everyone who reads this, who has not done this yet!

Hmmm....

2008-04-12T17:32:00.001-05:00

Alright folks... this is all you get for now....(you got to remember there is a little..haha.. fat on top of the baby) Anyway there ya go!

Lost Blogs

2008-03-31T08:47:00.004-05:00

Hey everyone, when i changed my background to my blog i seemed to have lost all of the links to all the other blogs i had on it. So if you have a blog, comment me and give me your link again so i can put it back. Hope everyone is having a great MONDAY!!!

Goodbye Mr. Dash

2008-03-29T13:19:00.003-05:00

Mr. Dash before the incident

So a sad day at 4 this morning, i go to check on dash and he has passed away. The vet said that he had a brocken leg and no feeling below the knee... How does a cat die from that? After i brought him home we could tell he was in alot of pain. Dave and i kept calling the vet to make sure he didnt need anything for the pain. ( they sent me home with him and no medications). So 4 this morning dave and i get up and we go bury our cat, so callie wouldnt see him like that. She was very sad this morning, she even told dash at his grave that... " Dash you should go see Jesus and he will bring to back to life and you can come home" It made us all teary eyed for her little heart. She is doing alot better now, but still has a question here or there about it. But i am glad that she is dealing with her poor cat like this. Anyway we have made today a whole family event with adventures through the woods and Barbaque, games, and all sorts of fun stuff for her. So i better get to our family fun day.! Hope you all are having a good saturday!!!

Poor Mr. Dash..... :(

2008-03-28T11:24:00.004-05:00

Awww... ok here is the story, after a day of someone trying to get me to have a heart attack... meaning a day of pure insanity and things just not going well..!! First off i was watching a little boy for my husbands employee ( him and his wife are not together anymore) and he had no one to watch him. Please just let me point out that i LOVE kids and this poor child drove me up the wall and i wanted to pull my hair out and all the other good stuff.! :) Well i decided to let the kids play outside... mind you that i have a pool.! Well i just got through telling the kids to move away from the pool and play in the other part of the yard... OH WHAT HAPPENS? Callie decided to fall in the pool ( she can't swim) So here i go FULLY CLOTHED jumping in like a crazy person to SAVE my daughter... I have never been so scared in my life.! I called my momma about to lose my mind asking if i needed to take her in to the doctor and all this other stuff probably not making any since at all. ( my mom i think thought i was crazy by this point.) I LOVE YOU MOM!!! Anyway lets back track a min... the night before my poor cat Mr. dash, DASHED out the door while my lovely daughter held it open to long, and did not return the next day. Well until right after i fished my daughter out of a pool that i swear was SUB ZERO water temp. Poor dash comes up the side of the house... HALF HIS LEG HANGING OFF... ok i little graphic, but sorry just needed to let you know.He got attacked by a dog! Anyway as i saw this... it was sooo gross i threw up...! I did not know what to do. So my wonderful neighbor came over picked him up in a towel put him in a box and off we go to the emergency vet clinic! Two days later, out little kitty is home with a broken leg and no feeling below the knee they say, We will know if he has feeling in a few weeks when the cast comes off. Mr. Dash is not feeling the best, i dont think he has stopped meowing since we got home and he is dragging himself all over our tile floor, because he cant really move. But yes folks when he is upset when you try to move him, this cast of his is a weapon, man he will smack you all over the place with it... HAHA. Callie is doing good with it all, she keeps petting him saying. " It's alright Mr. Dash i'm glad you didnt died!" haha I love her. anyway here are a few picks of Mr. dash and his newly lethal weapon.! :)

Easter

2008-03-28T11:19:00.003-05:00

So, i have finally had some time to do a post or two. This is callie on easter morning... GOOD MORNING CALLIE. (notice the morning hair) haha. There really wasnt much that we did, she just found easter eggs, and daddy decided to hide some of the other stuff and she had to find them with just looking/reading the clues. Anyway there are a few pictures.. enjoy.!

A little late i know

2008-03-21T16:44:00.003-05:00

Ok so i know this is like almost 6 months late... but i thought it was cute and just found it again... dave made this for me for our 5th anniversary.... so here ya go...!

Sorry no pics....

2008-03-21T10:16:00.003-05:00

Hey guys, sorry i havent been bloggin latly..! I have just had a sinus infection from H E double hockey sticks..! Also for the fact that the whole morning sickness thing is already suppose to be gone... but guess what... IT's NOT!!!!! Someone needs to rename it to all day prego sick..! I was never this sick with callie, and on another note my house is DIRTY..!! Yep everyone i admit it, ( and i know most of you wont believe it, seeing everytime people come over its always clean) But it is dirty. So Gross... i cant handle it, but i do not have the energy to clean it. What is wrong with me..!??? Oh well i am sure this to will pass. Well hopefully at some point! Anyway we are doing good. Dave is so busy latly at work, and callie is on spring break. She hates it.... she wants to go to school so bad, she loves school.! anyway callie is in her room, and i am sure doing something she isnt suppose to do, so i need to go and check on her. One day i will put up some more pics.... i promise..! Have a great day everyone!

Just something to blog....

2008-03-02T14:50:00.004-06:00

Dave's dad came to visit us this weekend, and we had alot of fun... here are a few pics of when he was here. He also went and stayed at victoria's house for a night and took some more pictures of the baby, and a video or too... anyway that's all i have to say.

The no name baby...haha

2008-02-29T21:04:00.004-06:00

Well, after waiting the nine months.... and then more, we finally have a new niece!!! She weighed 7 pounds and 12 oz. 21 in long. and they still have not thought of a name for her yet. But we know it will be beautiful just like the baby girl! here is a picture of her not even 24 hours old yet.

The proud daddy jeremy!!
And of course i had orders.. so i gave dave orders to get a side view of victoria after the baby.... if you ask me, she looks sooooo good..... i wish i looked that good after my baby..maybe this time i will..! ( ok ok i know i never will but i can wish for it) haha
Proud mommy, so happy to have her baby now!!!!
And here is a preview of dave in 6 months.... !! haha Now we have pictures of this baby and we know she is real! Mom and baby and daddy are doing good, and they of course are running on no sleep! Dave said victoria is like super mom already, She had this baby all natural and yes folks i mean allllllllll natural!! and she hasnt even batted an eye yet! This baby will have so much love and such awesome parents. We wish them the best.! Dave said this baby is a really calm baby soooo far, lets all hope it stays that way! Welp everyone.... HERE YA ARE!!!

Yes.... this is my life!!!! :)

2008-02-15T17:50:00.002-06:00

Valentines...

2008-02-15T09:37:00.003-06:00

Ok, so dave and i dont do a whole lot of valentines day, we dont believe in just showing and giving presents of love only on one day. (we do that everyday) But here is what i found on dave's designing desk when i woke up. I know you cant really read it so here is what it says..( and dont ask about the nicknames you might not want to know) " I luv my titty pumkin eater and thats the honest tooff, when i think about her i go back to my youth. I know i am sometimes crude, and sometimes just outright rude, and sometimes i need to get rid of my attitude. But titty you know i always luv you and am always thinking of you. Will you be my valentine... and then he made me check yes or no. He also put a bunch of coupons with it. But i didnt think you would want to see some of those.. :) Oh yea he also wrote it with his left hand because it was closer to his heart...! I love my dorky husband! and he also drew little things with his left hand and of course my fav. is the one he drew me pregnant.. and put " baby boy maybe" Yeah he tells me that everyday, so now i tell him since he wants a boy so bad he's gonna get another daddy's girl.! haha I guess we will find out soon enough though! Oh yeah by the way things with the pregnacy are going good, and i have made it past when i usually lose my babys... but we arent in the clear yet.

and yes he did all this with his left hand... goofy guy

And here is a few pictures of callies valentines party at school... she had so much fun... ice cream and cookies and really sugary juices... what more could a kid ask for. If you can tell in the next picture down there was no way i was going to be able to get her to smile or even look away from all her goodies when they were eating them. But she had alot of fun!

Someone got the camera!

2008-02-15T09:32:00.002-06:00

Yes, callie and her little friend got my camera and decided to take pictures of themselves..! They were making forts and putting on fake makeup and had a blast. The funny thing is, is that i didnt know they had my camera untill i started uploading pictures on to my cumputer and this is what i found. Little Stinkers.!

Taxes....

2008-02-01T08:49:00.001-06:00

UGH.... can i just all tell you this year i hate taxes!!! The past five years havent ever been bad, i think with the move and house and starting a bussiness has takin a toll on me! (well tax wise because we all know i am spoiled and really do nothing with the bussiness, its all dave, his sister and jeremy her husband) ( and if jeremy or victoria read this.... you guys are AWESOME!!) Oh yeah did i mention that i spent most of the afternoon yesterday doing our taxes, and then callie decided she wanted to jump in my lap for a hug!!! OK, so thats all great and everything, i love to hug her and give her kisses and stuff, but this time as she did it, she hit something on the key board.... YEP you guessed it... BYE BYE TAXES.... she erased evrything i had been working on all afternoon..! I was so UPSET!!! I mean she didnt do it on purpose, and no four year old knows that taxes are important, and she didnt even know she deleted it all..! But when it happened i was soo Stunned, that i did the whole mommie stern voice and told her to leave the office! But then i felt bad, because of course she didnt mean to do it. So i guess i will start all over today and remember to save it everyonce in a while.! haha. Hope everyone is healthy and having a great day!!!!!!

Masterpeice

2008-01-23T15:33:00.000-06:00

Callie came up to me today after she painted this and said..... "Momma i just wanted to give you this masterpeice, i worked on it my whole life!" haha man i didnt know 10 mins of painting was her whole life.... and then she went on to say... " i am like retardo vinchi" ( i think she was trying to say Leonardo divinchi... ok i dont even know if i spelled that right) Ummm wow.. how could i not laugh at that, and then she got up set with me because i was laughing! What to do what to do..... :) :) I love her!

Callie waiting...

2008-01-23T12:28:00.000-06:00

Here is callie waiting to go to school today...!!! hahaha...

Dresser-Room

2008-01-23T12:13:00.000-06:00

Ok so here are a few pictures of our dresser from beggining to almost the end.... It is still a little to red looking i think, so we are going to put another coat or two on it, but everyone was asking me to send pictures, so i put it together real fast and here are the pictures.... oh yeah there are also a few of my room on here... still in the process, but almost done with it. And if you are looking closely, yes my bed is still on the floor.... but getting a bed frame for it this weekend..The other picture is just a cornor in my room.... and then if you can see the other wall, ( its in the reflection in the mirror with the dresser)... is two candels on each side of a picture frame that holds four pictures of me and dave. One wall is chocolate brown and the others are a off white/kakhi color.. the pictures make it look more white. and the dresser, isnt as red in person then it is in the pictures. Ok i know they are all out of order...but there ya go..

Funny kids...

2008-01-22T09:21:00.000-06:00

haha, ok so i just need to tell you a conversation callie and her daddy had...

Callie: Daddy i am going to be a police officer

Dave: Oh yeah, you gonna be a big bad policeman and get the bad people.

Callie: Yep, and then i will shoot them POW POW POW and they be dead... and then they will go POW POW POW and i will be dead!

She got real quite with this weird look on her face and then said

Callie: I think i need to rethink this... daddy will you help me be something eles when i become a badult (thats how she says adult, i have no idea why).

Dave: Of course honey i will help you become anything you want.

HAHA man you gotta love kids. Callie has this funny accent/voice most of you know how she talks... but it was so funny that she came up with that and decided she didnt like the outcome of it.! Man i love her sooo much...Well crap... she just coughed/puked again.. soo see ya'll later

My goodness!!

2008-01-22T08:43:00.000-06:00

Oh my goodness, this week has been crazy. First of all i got sooo sick, couldnt figure out which end to put on the toilet.. (haha ok i know way to much info) then callie kind of got it, but not real bad or anything. But now she has this crazy wacky cough. Poor girl, she coughs so hard she cant help but choke herself while she is coughing and then puke! Yeah for me!!!! Ok so this is the part i hate... i hate it when she gets sick, all because i will get exactly what she has, only because as a mom and most of you know, you cuddle them and love on them and try to make them as comfy as you can when they are sick, so therefore they breath on you, cough on you and puke on you.! Man being a parent is hard. But i havent told her she cant go to school yet, that is another battle in its self. she loves school so much and gets really upset when she cant go. On a absolutly great note.... my husband finally started new jobs again, i know i know i complain alot when i dont see him, and we all know during the summer and spring i am pretty much a single mom, and i should just enjoy the time in the winter he is home more... well since christmas he has been home pretty much everyday... dont get me wrong, i love him to death and its great to spend time together, but man i am soooo excited to get back to a normal life. hold on the phone is ringing.....ok, 35 mins later i am back... But, when dave was home we did get alot of stuff done around the house, right now i need to put once more coat of stain on my dresser and it will be done, and then i will put pics of my room up on here. well that is my life latly, sorry no pictures dave took my camera today, so i will put some more up soon.! Hope everyone has a great day!!!

The Fairy...??

2007-12-25T14:06:00.001-06:00

OK so here's a little post of callie dressing up and using her easel,bike, Tinkerbell dress, and some leg tights. These are all of which she got for Christmas.... Good use of toys all at once huh? She told me she couldn't decide which toy she wanted to play with, so she choose all of them! :) That's my girl!!

This picture(callie said) is for her crazy aunt bryanna, ( bryanna is a good friend of mine up in Seattle, her and callie always have fun together, and bryanna is great with her) Callie says that bryanna is her sun bunny and she is crazy, so therefore callie was being crazy funny (as she put it) so here's to you bryanna!!

Big Long Christmas Post/ Before Christmas To.!

2007-12-25T10:32:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas everybody!!! Ok so yes this post is sooo out of order! The first couple pictures our of our tree after santa came...the next ones are of presents being opened! The next ones are of us decorating our tree after thanksgiving, and then there are videos of christmas day! Enjoy! I will write more about christmas later today or tom. But right now we are busy playing with all the new toys, and enjoying being with each other all day on such a special holiday! Hope you all had a great one!!!! We love you, and miss everyone!

Callie got an easle ( i think thats how you spell it)

She is tinkerbell!!!

Man she was sooo excited about the Bike

Decorating the tree

Christmas day

movies!