Baby Leelyn needs a hair cut

Love this little man, check out all that hair!

http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r199/nicolegibgou/?action=view&current=MVI_6155.flv

Glowing while Firming

I am a very dedicated user of Jergens Natural Glow Sunless Tanning Lotion as I quit laying out in the sun about 8 years ago. I do not need anymore wrinkles for one thing and skin cancer more importantly scares me. I have tried just about every sunless tanner out there, from the high priced ones you find in the mall @ the fancy makeup counters to the cheapest of the cheap. Everything I have tried either left me orange, streaked or very stinky.

I fell in love with Jergens about 15 minutes after I applied it for the first time about 2 summers ago. No streaking, no orange color, no staining on my hands and no stinky after smell. Today I went to purchase some in hopes to look about 5-10pds. thinner for our vacation and they now have a new one that also "firms". Okay I know that products that claim they firm really don't actually firm enough to notice, but how happy am I.....VERY! It smells wonderful also!

While I was @ the gym Saturday, a lady mentioned Jergens sunless tanning and how she too loves it. So, if you want a natural looking, streak free summer glow, go ahead and give it a try. Retails anywhere from $5-8.00. Enjoy!

http://www.jergens.com/Our_Collection/Product_Detail.asp?ProductID=25

*no, I am not getting paid to endorse/plug this product.

I didn't eat until when?!

(me after one of the worst days with two sick kiddos) LOL!!!

7:30 pm! My first bite of food today wasn't until 7:30 pm! What a day! My poor Blainers ended up with a fever, a high fever of 103.4 yesterday afternoon. I tried everything to get it down, cool showers, medicine, cold rags on his forehead, and wrists....nothing was bringing it down.

So, after being up all night long with both boys- Brian took him in to see our pediatrician, where we seem to live these days between the two of them. Blaine has a bacterial infection which has moved to his ears and on top of that, a sinus issue that is draining through his eyes. My poor baby!

Needless to say, today was supposed to be my fun day of being pampered! After a months wait to get in to see my stylist, they call me @ 10:30 to try and cancel my appointment! My stylist had a double ear infection. Have I mentioned I am going on vacation Monday and my roots are showing by a good 2 inches?! OMG, I am freaking out at this point as I answer the phone with Leelyn in one arm, pump on the other............NO!!!!!!!! I think I really did shout into the phone at this point. I know better then to have my hair done by someone else but damn it, today was the day!

Brian ended up taking a lot longer @ the doctors then expected, so I rushed to the nail shop to get my pedi. and that was a mess also! My toes got smudged and the lady doing my nails was in a hurry as they were very busy - but I wanted to scream at this point "STOP", I am paying "x" amount of money and I want to get what I am paying for! ARGH!

I rush home to pump a bottle for Brian, drop off the prescription for Blaine and hurry to the salon where little Mrs. Just Graduated from beauty school will be chopping away at my locks....Let me just state for the record, most of the time I am a very mellow person, but these days, time is money and both are short! Well folks, this is how I ended up looking:

The picture speaks for itself don't you think? No, I am NOT and I repeat NOT happy! WTH kinda cut is that?! $200.00 for that?! I should have said something, anything but I figured why, what is the use, I was just to tired to speak after 2.5 hrs of sitting I wanted out of that place and the fumes which gave me a horrible headache....Anyhoo, so I stop to pick up the prescription I dropped off earlier which ended up costing an arm and a leg, so I kindly asked the gentleman behind me if he could spare his that I simply needed to keep mine because I had two kids at home that would require me to use both arms and legs....but whatever! My counter top is worth millions to some:

It is now 8:30, Leelyn is crying as he does 24/7 if he isn't being held. Case and point:

Blaine is fussy and my hubby is at his limit spending an entire day with two kids, HA!
I still have a million and one things to do before Monday:

Pack, make the bed that Blaine had an accident on because dad forgot to put a pull-up on him before his nap.....OOPS!

Off to feed, bathe, and hopefully get a solid 4 hours of sleep tonight! Ciao

Mothers Day Lunch

Today was an emotional day for me. It was my very first mothers day lunch with my beautiful son Blaine at his school.

This household is suffering from serious allergies which I have suffered from since moving to the Lou, so the day started out very slow and I was very tired. Even though little Leelyn only wakes up once to eat, I still have to get up another time to pump. I knew that I had to get it together because I did not want to miss out on this special occasion. I really really wanted to crawl back in to bed. After a couple cups of coffee, off we went.

I wanted to surprise him with his favorite, which is probably every child's favorite and first choice to eat for lunch.

Needless to say, he was very happy with what I brought to eat - as you can see.

Much to my surprise he had many mothers day gifts waiting for me, and let me preface here and say my hormones are still out of whack! The eyes were filling up with tears more so than usual!

My Blainers, he is such a happy handsome little man! Thank you Blaine for making mommy feel all better!

The suds

Blaine is having allergy and sinus issues this week and this morning when he woke up he tells me he has "the suds". Now we are dedicated SpongeBob Squarepants cartoon watchers in this house (yes I know it isn't appropriate for a 3.5 yr old, but I pick my battles). There is an episode where SpongeBob is sick and is diagnosed with having "the suds". I thought that was SO super cute and wanted to share!

Oh these aching bones......

Is it just me, my age or having children that change your body tremendously? After I delivered Blaine for the first six months I had horrible joint pain in my hands, feet and knees. It was so bad, it sent me to the chiro. where weekly adjustments and accupuncture were a must. Once again, the joint pain has shown it's ugly face. It is so bad in the mornings that the first step out of bed, I feel as if I might fall down!
I can't afford $115.00 a week to see a chiro and our lovely insr. doesn't cover it! I called my OB and spoke with her nurse who said joint pain is actually common post pregnancy - so for the time being I will band aid it with prescription Motrin and flexeril (sp?) - WHATEVER it takes to feel better!!!
It aggravates me - how am I supposed to lose the 40 pounds I allowed myself to gain after the 25 pounds of actual baby weight (for those that are slow to add = 65 pounds total) feeling so bad! Have I mentioned the huge milk jugs I carry around 24/7, oh my aching neck and shoulders! Then my 3.5 41 lb son wants me to pick him up, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! UGH!

I swear, if I had my prescription for xanax and wasn't BF'ing for our trip coming up (flying with two) I would so be all over it! lol I don't want to get old, lol
Here is to getting to sleep in until 9:30 (all three of us) and Leelyn is STILL sleeping! Thank you Jesus!

Who needs a thumb anyway?

I have put off clipping Leelyn's nails because I can't find our baby clippers, it appears my oldest has hid them somewhere in this unorganized home of ours. Taking a chance, I decided to use the adult clippers because he scratched his face last night while sleeping. With each finger I clipped I held my breath praying I wouldn't harm the child! I got to his thumb and the scream was so loud it scared myself and Blaine! I just about took his thumb off!!!!! Picture shown....

There goes my mother of the year award! Poor Leelyn cried harder then when he received his two shots on Tuesday. This occurred at a very early 9:00 am and I had only had 2 sips of coffee *MOMS DON'T TRY THIS WITHOUT CAFFEINE THAT EARLY*

My little Blaine has quite the artistic being in him (and he does not get it from me). Here is a picture of his lovely stick family he drew of the four of us, my kid or not the boy has mad skills - like his daddy!

FYI - I also have a website for Leelyn, since I was pregnant I put it together for our family and friends afar so they could follow my pregnancy

http://babyhomepages.net/http:babyhomepagenetbabyinbelly/index.php