*My Thanksgiving*

I'm so thankful for the life that God has given me.  Yes, there have been ups and downs, trying times, loss of loved ones, financial problems, illness, etc, but I firmly believe that these things do nothing but make you stronger.  Things happen for a reason and they do.  Some things are for the better and some things for the worse but in the end...everything always works out.  It's God's will, his plan for his children...he knows your life before you do.  After all, I'll take the good and the bad because I thank God for giving me a great life and giving me 3 of his precious gifts to share it with.  With this said- Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  :)

It's been a long time.

Wow...so I've not posted in what seems like forever!  Life's been busy and challenging as usual but all is good and God is good and he keeps me going, well right along with the kids!  :)  So....Emily's 7 months and 1 wk now, well, almost one week...this Friday will be 7 months and 1 wk.  Boy-time flies!  Sky will be 9 in December and Harrison will be a big TEENAGER in Feb...ugh.........scary.  Anyhow...still on down the road I guess...

Christmas is coming up!  I have no clue yet what the kids are even wanting...Emily is going to be fun!  She's getting more interested in her toys and her surroundings...she's rolling all over the place.  Speaking of her surroundings, her Daddy and I took her to the Tallahassee Jr. Natural Museum to see the animals and just to enjoy the outside and she loved it.  We had a great day.  No teeth yet still!  She's saying Ma Ma, Da Da, and bye bye...it's bittersweet how fast she is growing up.

Unfortunately, I've been dragging on the Halloween deal....I've not gotten any costumes yet...and not sure what Emy will be?  We'll see though, I'm sure something will catch my eye!
Here's my smiley princess!  Above is the 3, I took that pic last week!  :)  She's got her brothers wrapped!

Well......

We had a great weekend!  It was so good that even Emily laughed for the first time this past Sunday (8/8) :)

It was so sweet!  Her brother was playing Peek A Boo with her and she thought that was so funny!  Wow, so my baby girl is coming into her own...I love it but I'm so not ready for her to grow up...I look at our older daughter Casey and our older son Harrison and I just want to keep her a baby forever!  They grow up too fast...I'd like to keep Caden, Conner, and Sky where they are too...they're so much fun and still innocent!  Oh well, it's life...and I love it but it's so challenging and bittersweet! 

T.G.I.F!!!!!!!!!

Wow, I'm sooooooooooo glad it's Friday!!!!!!  I'm hoping our weekend will be lot better this time around since Emily's better!  It's been a long day!  Have a happy weekend!

My poor Punky caught a cold this weekend...she's got a runny/stuffy nose, sneezing, coughing, mattered and watery eyes...on top of that she's also teething. :( Needless to say, it's not been a fun weekend for us. I'm hoping she gets better before she gets any worse. Keep her in your prayers that she gets better soon. Thanks everyone! Hope you all had a nice weekend! :) Getting ready to start a new week tomorrow and kids are back in school! Can't wait to see how there first day goes!

"I'm a bad mom"

So...some of my thoughts are from what other Moms think is wrong in being a parent of a newborn  and others are things I know I shouldn't do but I do them anyway because I LOVE MY BABIES!!!  I'm a "bad" mom because:

~I nurse her only at night and she is supplemented with formula on and off during the day.


~I bring her into bed with me after the 2nd time she wakes up at night.


~She doesn't sleep through the night anymore and that's okay with me.


~I won't let her cry it out (at least for now!) because I believe in nurturing her and responding to her needs.


~I started her on solids but she doesn't seem to like them so I don't push it.


~If I'm at home with her, I hold her all the time.


~I pick her up the second she cries.


~She's in daycare so I can work, can't afford to stay home.


~I let her "use me" as a pacifier at times during the night.

~She still sleeps in her sleep positioner because I fear she will roll over on her tummy at night and even with this...I still wake up to see if she's breathing.


~Her only scheduled part of the day is bedtime.  So she doesn't have scheduled naps and I feed her when she's hungry when we're together.


~I have trust issues about who watches her.

~I let my dogs "kiss" her in the face.


~I don't ever really do much for myself (shopping, pedicures, time alone with friends) because I want to be with her all the time.

~I let my boys play video games without being timed. 

~I let my boys who are 12 and 8 go bike riding by themselves.

~I let my boys (during the summer) play their Ipod and ps2 in bed and at times they're up at midnight still playing.

~I allowed my 12 year old to have a cell phone and to text.  However, he does have a cell curfew of 9:30 pm.

~I let my 12 year old have a Facebook (but with my supervision)

I think that's it for now but I'm sure I could find other reasons why I'm such a "bad" mom. (Just a note- this isn't against anyone or anything that was said to me.  Mainly it's geared towards things like what others think what's right and what's wrong and what the general public says.)  Yes, I know I need to give myself a break but I'm a Mom and my baby/children always come first.

If anyone wants to comment or tell their "bad mom notes" feel free, lol!!!

4 months old today!

Happy 4 months to our Punky, we love you!!!!