As if my life isn't crazy enough...

MOVED!

2007-06-26T12:00:00.000-05:00

Our blog has moved to our family website at www.churchpunk.com you can check out our blog only at walkerkids.churchpunk.com looking forward to you commenting there and checking new things out!

Cookout Weekend

2007-05-29T20:43:00.000-05:00

This weekend was a good one. We had back to back cook outs at our house. The first one was for Chris' Dad's 60th Birthday and the other one was for the end of the school year with the youth group. We still have hamburgers and hot dogs here to have another cook out. I am sure that we will use them through out the summer. On Monday however we got to just be the 4 of us and get a few things done around the house. We went to Lowe's and got some flowers for my flower bed in back and planted them. Chris started to dig up the sandbox for Ephriam and Kendra. Hopefully we will have that finished this weekend so that the kids have something to play in. The next couple of days are going to be hot ones so I am hoping to get the pool out and warmed up so that we can get in it. Tomorrow the high is suppose to be 92 and sunny. It was so hot today that even Ephriam didn't want to play outside and that is a rare thing for him. Tonight I have to go into work so for the next 3 days we won't be going outside till at least Chris gets home. Well I am off to get some rest before I go into work.

G-burg Trip pics

2007-05-23T15:03:00.001-05:00

The start of the tripEphriam an Daddy sword fighting

The caber toss

Our family on the last day down at the creek

Ephriam asleep on Grandma at the Highland games

Post Trip

2007-05-22T04:50:00.000-05:00

G-burg was great. Had a great time hanging out with the family. Thursday we had a nice drive down. We ate dinner in the car and then I took a nap for about 2 hours while Chris drove. Then we made a pit stop to feed K.C. and I had a potty break. Then back on the road for the rest of the trip. We just got caught up in a little traffic about 1 mile from our exit on 40. We didn't have to stop at all in Pigeon Forge since it was so late. Once we got to the place we were staying at Ephriam got out of the car and said "Nana's?" I had to tell him that we weren't at Nana's house but we were in the car that long. We then got the kids settled and went to bed ourself. The kids were up a 8 the next morning ready to go. We got up and had breakfast and headed out to the Aquarium with Eric, Cindy, Joe, Josh, Caleb, and Clare. We had a good time there but I was a little disappointed because I thought that Newport was better but oh well. Then we went on to get our taffy. Mark was waiting outside the place and got pooped on by a bird. Good thing that we carry baby wipes all the time. After we got our taffy we headed back to give the kids a good nap. All of the rest of us took a little nap too. We then had dinner with Chris' Uncle Mike and Aunt Star. We were up till midnight chit chatting before we decided we should hit the hay. The kids again woke us up at 8:30 and we got dressed and headed next door for pancakes with Eric, Cindy, Joe, Josh, Caleb, and Clare. Then we all headed out for the Highland games. It was a blast to watch them and listen to the pippers. Ephriam got a wooden sword and daddy got one to defend himself with. All of the cousins got swords to. My favorite part was watching the guys throw the cabers (my spelling maybe off I am not sure but I do know that they are long pieces of wood that are like telephone polls.) Ephriam enjoyed that part too. Chris now wants a kilt and I think that his Uncle Mike is arranging to make that happen. Ephriam also got the family clan (Stewart) pin from Uncle Mike. Chris has put it up in a safe place so that he can wear it next year. I am sure that it won't be long before Ephriam wants a kilt of his own. At least he won't have to worry about the lenght that way. After the games we headed back to have a cook out and smores for Cindy's birthday. We were up again late hanging out as family. The kids were up then the next morning at 7:30 so we just got up and got going. Ate breakfast and packed. We a pretty good drive home except for the fact the I had a small case of the runs. We got caught in a ton of traffic on our way out of Pigeon Forge and we ran into a little bit of traffic on 75 on our way back. Nothing too bad though. We made it back safe and sound and Chris headed out to youth group while I wrestled the kids. So that was our weekend. When I get home I hope to post some pictures. Peace.

Pre Gatlinburg

2007-05-17T02:12:00.001-05:00

So tonight we are on the road to Galtlinburg for the Highland games. I have A LOT to do between now and then. Here is the skinny: First off I am coming off of working 3 12 hour shifts in a row. (That is tough to begin with but it gets better.) Since Chris' whole fam is going down I don't have a sitter for the kids today (Which equals no sleep for mommy.) So I am picking them up when I get off work. Then we are headed home to eat breakfast and maybe the kids will take a mornig nap. While I pack somethings up to go. Then we are headed out to play group for only like an hour or so since it is a 1/2 hour drive to this months hostees house. Then when we get back the kids will take a nap while I get the clothes pack. (They don't make such great helpers packing clothes.) Maybe I will get a nap in there. Then pack the car, feed the baby, and we are off. We are driving through Wendy's to get dinner. I will be feeding the kids and then I will feed myself and then off to sleep I will be till we get closer or till Sissy needs to eat. Then we will make a quick stop. I really can't wait to get there so that I can get some sleep. I am looking forward to the trip but not to all the getting ready or unpacking. Oh well it will be fun. Chris has been a big help by getting somethings ready. I just hope that I don't forget anything. I am pretty sure that I won't since I have made big list so that I don't forget. Just a matter of leaving the kitchen sink. Well I am at work and need to pump. I will give you a post trip update when we get home.

Pre Gatlinburg

2007-05-17T02:12:00.000-05:00

Getting Better

2007-05-01T23:32:00.000-05:00

Things are getting better all around, at least for now. I am getting to do a little bit more at work on my own and it is nice. I have gotten to see a couple of deliveries and that has been nice to be able to help out the nurses more. I am learning new bits everyday and getting more and more confindant about things. Heather is doing much better and I am glad of that. I worry about her being at home by herself but I know that there are a ton of people that are just a phone call away if she needs anything. Just if we can let that baby cook a little bit longer that would be nice. Now if I could find away to just get more sleep. Getting 3 hour inbetween 12 hour work shifts is really starting to bite. I wish there was a way to get more but when you work nights and your kids are up during the day it just doesn't pan out that way. It has been nice going to bed on Friday nights early. It would be nice to get to sit and scrap book some but I would really like the house to have some order before I do that. Things are starting to fall into some sort of routine or so I think. Last time that things got going into a routine around the house we found out that Kendra was coming. I love her to pieces but man has she taken a toll on me. No wonder I am getting gray hair! I am looking forward to taking the kids to the zoo soon. Actually next week I get to lead a some what normal life. Yeah some what. I am working only 8 hour shifts so I will get to come home and get about 6 straight hours of sleep before the kids get up. I am hoping to do something fun with them everyday that week since I will be getting more sleep and still getting to spend lots of time with them. For now I am looking at spending my birthday money this weekend on some new clothes or something. For now I should do some work.

Crazy

2007-04-25T02:02:00.000-05:00

Things have been really nutty around lately. I am trying to keep my cool but I feel like things are caving in. I don't get much sleep during the week while I work, I am doing my best to keep everyone up to speed with Heather, I am trying to play with my kids, keep up with the house, and have my own sanity but it really itsn't workin. Chris is getting the blunt of things and it really isn't his fault. He is just the one who is there and gets the crap. Someday I feel like I have no control over anything. It doesn't take much these days to irritate me. Can't figure out what is wrong with me other then stress. My job really sucks right now but I keep remembering that it could be worse and things are going to get better. The when is what I am waiting on. I just want things to stop. I want to plan events. I want my house to myself. I want time for me. I would like to do some scrapin' but I am too busy. Maybe this weekend since my house is pretty well kept up that I can get a few hours in. I can send Chris outside while the kids nap or something. Maybe a couple hours of focusing on that would let all this stress out. Who knows. I feel a little better bloging about it but this is a really sucky 50th blog post. Maybe the 100th one will be better. We will see but I need to go and get some work done since that is where I am at. 2 post in one week is good though. Hope that all is well for you. It will get better for me eventually.

Birthday Weekend

2007-04-23T09:58:00.000-05:00

I had a really good weekend. The last week was crap because I didn't get much sleep. This week however I get to go back to my regular schedule and be normal so hopefully so my kids will coorperate with me and I will get some.

Anyways, Friday was my birthday. It started off really great. I got cards from my husband and my kids with my kids promising that they would try to take a nap. Then my brother called me to wish me a happy birthday. This is a big deal to me because he still hasn't celebrated Christmas with us. Then I got to take a nice nap before getting Ephriam. Then I got a card in the mail from my parents which was great because I got a good amount of money to spend on myself. Then the Ephriam and K.C. took a nap for me! YEAH! After that we just had wings and rings for dinner. I then took a nice hot shower, I even got shave my legs which is a rare things these days. Then we bathed the kids and did bedtime. Chris and I were watching the Reds when he was falling asleep so I thought that I would just go in the bedroom and watch TV for a bit and fall asleep. The TV bit was just for about 10 minutes. I was asleep before Ephriam.

Saturday I slept till 9. That's right kids I got 12.5 well needed hours of sleep! We got up and got going for the day. Then Chris and I went dropped the kids off at his parents house. Went over to the Nelson's to help clean up there yard. We came home and got cleaned up to go out to dinner at Outback and then came back home and watched the Bad News Bears before we went and got the kids. We came home and did bedtime with them and then again I was off to bed.

Sunday was our usual morning rush to get to church. Then after church we came home and Chris cut the grass and I cleaned up the house inside before we had Mark and Emily over for dinner. Emily needed some cheering up since her good friend Hayley is moving to KY with her brother. We had fun playing in the yard with the kids. Ephriam has got a great throwing arm and is getting batting down okay. He does better if you help him bat verses batting off his tee. Which is a good thing if you ask me. I also had to raise his little basketball hoop a couple of notches because he is getting so tall. He can still slam dunk though with both of his feet on the ground.

So that is a wrap up of our weekend. Hope that everyone is doing well and looking forward to getting enough sleep this week to post more.

Vacation

2007-04-11T12:51:00.000-05:00

I had a lovely vacation will all the girls in Florida. Can't wait to do it again! So here is a quick run down of what we did.
Sat: got up left for Nashville International Airport, flew out, Landed, got luggage, looked for rent-a-car, took shuttel to get rent-a-car, drove 40 minutes to pick up the rest of the gang, drove back 50 minutes to condo, settle in at condo, went to dinner at Fridays, went shopping for food for the week, then came back and watch Carolina (which by the way was a great movie).
Sun: Got up ate breakfast, drove to my mom's cousin house, Susan, visited with family for the day and swam in the "heated" pool (it was a bit chilly but once you got in you were fine), drove back to the condo, had left over for dinner, played Dutch Blitz.
Mon: Got up ate breakfast, hung by the pool, had lunch, back to the pool, watched RV while we waited for dinner to cook, dinner, extreme scrabble
Tues: Breakfast, pool, lunch, pool, shopping at the outlet mall watched Devil Wears Prada
Wed: Breakfast, pool, lunch, watch part of the Holiday, shopping at the big orange (the store was shaped like an orange but I have forgotten the name of it) back to the condo watched the rest of the Holiday again while dinner cooked, dinner.
Thurs: Up at 3 am to catch flight back to Nashville, land in 30 degree weather which really stunk since it has been almost 90 with no humidity all week long, went to moms house took a nap, went out to dinner, back to mom house, got ready for bed.
Fri: hung out at moms house and wait for Chris and Ephriam to show up, Hugged and kissed my poor son till he was blue (not literatly), waited for dad to get home, went to church with mom and dad for Good Friday prayer, out to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays, back home to get the kids ready for bed.
Sat: Hung out at mom and dads, had lunch, napped, out the mall to get out, back to have dinner, then Ephriam colored eggs, then ready for bed.
Sun: Happy Easter! Went to church, had breakfast at Cracker Barell, back to mom and dads to pack things up and head home.

I am glad to be back home it is a little easier with the kids but I do miss my family terribly. I love them so dearly and it is had to be so far apart from them. I am not liking going back to work but it has to be. I am looking forward to getting more training out on the floor. Thank Goodness that Helena showed me some of the stocking stuff before she had her back surgery so I am able to help out some. I hope that she is able to come back in 6 weeks like she wants to but we will see how she is doing. So that is it for now.

One more work night or not?

2007-03-28T09:31:00.000-05:00

So I only have to make it through one more 12 hour shift or maybe not depending on if they will let me have the call off. As things stood this morning there would be no call offs tonight but we will see what will happens. I am hoping to get called off all night so that I can get all of our stuff mostly packed. If not I am going to sacrifice some sleep tomorrow so that I can get that done and sleep all night tomorrow night. I am sure that I won't have a problem going to sleep tomorrow night either way. I think that my milk supply will double while I am on vacation since I will be so relaxed. I hope too that Kendra feels my relaxation and will eat all that milk! LOL. I am sure that things will work out great. I am a bit worried about the plane ride with the altitude changes with her. I will have lots of things for her to suck on to help with those changes. I even got a little bit of formula from work in case she needs to have a bottle on the plane and won't nurse but I am sure that if she isn't going to nurse that she will enjoy her pacifier and be okay. Well I am going to try to get her to go back to sleep for a little while for me. Wish me luck since she has only slept for an hour and half for me this morning. Post more soon.

4 days...

2007-03-27T13:37:00.000-05:00

There are only 4 more days till Florida! I am so thrilled I just can't wait! It will be good times hanging with the family. I am really just looking forward to getting away from work. There are so many changes going on that I am not sure if I am coming or going or even if they will ever give me time on the floor. I am really waiting to see what will happen with one of the girls I work with to see what they are going to do with me for sure. I guess that I will either find out more when I see my charge nurse that does our schedule or I see what is currently my position posted since I would be taking her position. I think that would be the best plan to for me to train someone at the desk and then train to work the floor but we will see what will happen. So anyways back to the trip.... I just can't wait. I am so looking forward to warm weather and a break. I will miss Ephriam terribly but it will also be a good break for me and a time for Chris and Ephriam to bond together. I am hoping that Kendra and I can get them something nice while we are there. I hope that he enjoys his postcard that Kendra sends to him. I am sure that he will. Well I need to get some rest since I worked last night and have to work the next 2 nights at work before I am on Vacation!!!! Hope to post again before I go.

The Answer Is....

2007-03-20T11:49:00.000-05:00

Okay so I got to talk to my boss about things and learning how to run the floor. She said that I can start anytime. She said that it won't take me long to learn how to do it. It will not affect my schedule in any way. I will still be able to work the same days. I wish that I would have known this last night since we had 2 deliveries and I could have gone and watched them set up the delivery tables but oh well. I am hoping to work with Helena and it be slow enough that I can help her stock some rooms or something like that so long as they don't call me off. I am looking forward most though to going to Florida in 11 days! Then I can come back and be refreshed and ready to work hard again. Well I need to get going so that I can get my kids down for naps and then get myself down for a nap. Later. [Killer Fun]

Finding Out

2007-03-19T12:07:00.000-05:00

Tonight I should find out exactly what they are going to do with me and my job. I am hoping that I can still have weekends off because I really enjoy getting to be with my family all together. Not to mention that we have things planned for several weekends coming up. I am a bit anxious to get off the desk and work the floor some. I know that it isn't going to be always so glorious but I do some of the aide work now and I like getting up and being on the floor. I am not so sure that I am ready to train Theresa to do birth certificates but that is okay. Well I need to go a lay down since I will be going into work tonight. Looking forward to post more tomorrow about the job. Trying to remember Philippians 4:6 and 7 but not have too much luck with the anxious part.

Playing Catch Up

2007-03-16T21:35:00.000-05:00

Okay is has been a few weeks since I have updated this blog so here is a run down of what has been going on here. Last week was pretty uneventful. I worked, played with the kids, did what little house work I could. We did go to breastfeeding group on Thursday to hang out with some of our friends. Last weekend was a little busy for us but yet still kinda slow. We went shopping for things for somethings that we will be needing the next few weekends. We moved lil' miss Kendra up to a convertable carseat. She is has a lot more room to stretch her little legs out. I was also able to pick up some things for my sister-in-law's baby shower. After our shopping trip we brought the kids back home for nap time and then we went out to dinner with Chris parents. Sunday was our usual marathon. We didn't check our messages after church and the kids were suppose to go to see their Aunt and Uncle but their Uncle was sick so they went to Grandma and Grandpa's house.

This week has been a bit strange. I worked Monday night and got called off on Tuesday which was very nice because it was almost 80 degrees out. I was loving the sunshine and having the house open. On Wed. night we had dinner at Chris' parents house like usual. Then on Thursday morning at 4 am I went into work to count linens on the floor since we have linens all over on the unit. We had to count so many things. We had something like 526 wash clothes over 400 sheets ect. It was too much. I was glad that the floor was slow and that the nurses helped out. I came home to K.C. screaming her head off. She had been up basically since about 3 am and didn't go back to sleep till after 7. Then she got up at 10:30 with Ephriam and then only took an hour nap in the afternoon and she fussed the whole rest of the day. She really cried when I would leave the room. She just wanted me to hold her and that was fine till I had to get ready for work. I needed to take a shower so she had to play with Daddy who was not much of an entertainer on his 3 hours of sleep. I by this time was ready to go into work. I worked my usual 12 hours and was on my way home when I ran into my 2nd in command boss and she informed me that I will be learning to run the floor as an OB Tech. This doesn't however entail me learning to scrub for C-Sections. The one girl that I usually work with who does them is on light duty do to a fall so she will be trained to do birth certificates. They are training our one and only LPN to scrub in her place since they don't have to pay for her to go to school. It doesn't matter much to me because I am planning on going back to school in the fall of '08 to finish up my RN. Once that is done they are going to want to train me then I am sure. We will see how it all pans out. So anyways Tonight we are hanging out at home but tomorrow is another big day for us. We are going to have family pictures done then finish up our shopping for the next couple of weeks. Sunday again is our usual madness. So that is it on my front for now. Now to catch you up on the kids on Walker Family Life.

Kendra's Baptism

2007-03-05T12:45:00.000-05:00

This past Sunday we had K.C. baptized. She did so good with all the activity in the house. She really didn't want to sleep but ended up crashing a few times. The kids slept till 11 this morning. It was really great to see all of my family that came. I really wish that we could have seen more of them and spent more time with them but I am very thankful for the time I do get with them. I am most looking forward to all the time that we will get to spend with them when K.C. and I go to Florida at the end of the month. Sunday was a busy day though with the baptism the party and then youth group. Luckily we already had youth group planned and we just had to show up. Well for now it is nap time with the kids so time to rest with them. Looking forward to having a slow night at work so that maybe I can post again tonight.

Bored

2007-02-28T04:38:00.000-05:00

So I am at work and all of my work is caught up. What to do now? I don't know so I thought that I would log in and post. I am looking forward to this weekend in getting to see all of my family when they come in for K.C.'s baptism. I really miss having mom around. In fact I miss talking to her since I haven't gotten to in a while and when I have they have been short converstations. I am hoping too to catch grandma at home and chat with her a bit today. I have tried the past couple of days to get a hold of her but she has been gone. Just looking forward to seeing everyone that I haven't seen since Christmas. I am really hoping that my brother comes since I haven't seen him since like Thanksgiving and I really didn't see him that much. I miss him a lot too. He is really coming around these days, or so I think. I don't think that he will need as big as a butt kicking as I think he does. I hope that things go his way here soon and for both him and mom and dad that he gets to move out of their house. I hope that he is getting smarter with his money and saving a little. I worry about him a lot expecially since last year. I know that things have changed a bit for him and that he has learned something but I still worry. He is my only brother and I love him. Only 29 more days till I leave on vacation to mom and dad's house and then to Florida with K.C., mom, my aunts, and grandma. Girls Only! Yeah! It will be nice to have a break from work since I have now worked my real hours 3 weeks in a row and it has been a long time since I have done that but the pay checks I get will be looking good. Well I would like to post to Walker family life before more work comes in the door (work that I am expecting to come in). So ya'll have a great day and look forward to hopefully posting tomorrow.

Wild Weekend

2007-02-26T13:32:00.000-05:00

Yep it was another wild weekend at the Walker house. Friday night I ran out the the grocery store and then Chris and I baked chicken lasanga for friends of ours who are headed out to California from him to give his kidney to his one year old baby girl. Then on Saturday Chris and I got up with the kids got them ready and then headed to drop off the meals to our friends and then to Sams. Came home got the kids ready to spend the night at their respective places. Then Chris and I got to relax and watch a movie. After watching a movie we started dinner and then Chris took Ephriam over to his Uncle Matt and Aunt Heather's house. After Chris and I ate we dropped Kendra off at Grandma and Grandpa's house and headed to church to pick up our youth group kids to head to the Disciple, Family Force 5, Fireflight, and Decyfer Down. The concert was great but standing in the freezing rain for 45 minutes stunk really bad. You can see the pictures above. After we got home at 1 am we went to bed. The next morning we were up at 8:15 to get the kids. Matt and Heather had to be at church early so Ephriam needed to be picked up and since we were out we just picked up Kendra too. Then Ephriam and I went to Sunday School and Chris and Kendra met up with us in the Nursery at church. After working the nursery we came home ate lunch and then I laid down for a nap. Then off to Youth Group back home to get the kids ready for bed and then finally to bed. Next weekend won't be any slower since we will be having family in for Kendra's baptism. Oh well, I am looking forward to seeing our family.

Accomplished

2007-02-17T20:59:00.000-05:00

Today was full of accomplishments... for me at least. We got Ephriam and Kendra's rooms all squared away. Kendra's dresser used to be completely empty but now it is so full that there isn't room for the rest of her clothes. We moved Ephriam's crib to help make things easier for him to transition into his big boy bed. We moved Kendra's room around to open things up a little bit more then what it is. She hasn't napped really well today since we moved her room around. I am hoping that sleeping there for a full night will help her with the adjustment. I have also done several loads of laundry and almost got the kitchen up to par. I am sure that tomorrow after church I will be able to do that before we go and celebrate Chris' grandma's birthday at his parents house. Then we are off to youth group. Hopefully then we are back to the regular grind with Chris going to work and the kids and I at home. It will be an adjustment for Ephriam for daddy to go back to the office but he will soon forget that he ever worked from home. We have also gotten a couple of inches of snow today and I am getting really sick of the cold weather. I am looking forward to our trip to Florida at the end of March. Hopefully we get some sunrays again here soon to lift my spirits again. So that is life in the fast lane here.

Who needs sleep?

2007-02-17T10:22:00.000-05:00

Cause it seemed like I was never going to get it this week. I worked a full week and Chris worked from home so that kids were all mine this week. In a over a 48 hour time period I got 6 hours of sleep in naps. I got 2 two hour naps and 2 one hour naps. At least at work there was no lack of things to do to keep me awake. I got to go to bed early last night while Chris took care of bathing and feeding K.C. her cereal. I slept for 12 hours! It felt really good to get that much sleep. I am ready to take on the day! Today I am going to do laundry and get K.C. clothes put away in her empty dresser. I will hopefully be able to get the kitchen and living room back in order too. Hoping to get them picked up so that tomorrow after church I can sweep the living room up. So that is the game plan but we will see how far I can get. I think that K.C. is up and ready to eat so I am going to get her and feed her and then get breakfast myself. Hope that your weekend is as relaxing as mine.

Awesome Weekend

2007-02-12T13:52:00.000-05:00

So I have been waiting for several weeks now for my parents to come in and it came and pasted in no time. I had a really great time with them though. Friday they didn't get in till like one in the morning so there wasn't a whole lot of visiting. Then on Saturday it was a really laid back day. Mom and I went out to lunch at Panera (I place that I don't get go to a lot) and then shopping for a new bathing suit for me for our trip to Florida. Now I just need to get a pair of crocks for Kendra and we will be all set for our trip. Then after we got back from lunch we just hung out at home. We were suppose to go to Meijer but I think that mom and dad got wore out playing with Ephriam and Kendra. They sure are a lot of work but I enjoy my moments with them. On Sunday we all got up and just hung out together. Mom and Dad ended up leaving around 11:30 to go back home. I am glad that they didn't stay later so that they had time to recover from their drive. It took them a lot longer to get back since they had to make more stops with Emma (their new puppy) and they did stop and eat. I was just nice to hang out with just them. Right now Kendra is in bed because she is sleepy only she is playing with her pacifiers deciding which one she wants. I mean it isn't like she has 6 of them in her bed or anything. What a habbit we are going to have to break. Well I need to lay down and get some rest because last night was rough for me. I hope that I can post more on that later.

Colds

2007-02-08T14:04:00.000-05:00

I wish that these colds would hurry up and end. I am not feeling so hot. I did much better yesterday and I am trying to stay possitive today but it just isn't working. I am so tired from it I am hoping that my afternoon nap will help since I have both kids in their beds. The little princesses isn't sleeping she is actually playing with her aquariuam that Nana and Grandpaw gave her from Christmas but as long as she is happy it if fine with me. She is tired and is refusing to let it get the best of her. Have I mentioned that I am looking forward to mom and dad coming in tomorrow night? Well if I haven't let me mention it... I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT MOM AND DAD COMING IN FOR THE WEEKEND! Now that it has been posponed for 2 weeks I can't wait. We will be getting to see a lot of them in a short amount of time and that will be nice. Well I need to lay down because now I am starting to get a headache so that I can go into work tonight. Peace.

Getting Better

2007-02-07T20:45:00.000-05:00

Things are getting better around here. K.C.'s teeth seem to be almost in (Thank God!) We got lots of snow last night and I got to stay home from work and that was really nice. Although I had to go in for my CPR today which was fine till I got there and found out that they sent an e-mail around saying that it started an hour later then what they usually do because of the weather of course they never made any phone calls and not everyone checks their work e-mail on a daily basis since most of us work 12 hour shift. Anyways I did get a lot of stuff done today. I got the living room all squared away and the kitchen too. Now hopefully tomorrow I can find the bedrooms under the piles of dirty clothes and the baskets of clean ones. Then I can rest on Friday! I am looking forward to Friday night because it is a big night for me. I am going to hang out and do some scrapbooking with the girls from our playgroup, then I will probably being hitting the Meijer store to pick somethings up and then I get to come home in great anticipation of my mom and dad coming in! I just can't wait. I know that I saw them for Christmas but it wasn't one on one time that I will get with them this weekend. Mom and I have plans to ditch the boys and go have coffee together which we haven't done in such a long time. It will be good for the both of us. We can too discuss what we are going to bring with us to on our Florida trip at the end of March beginning of April. Which I can't wait for. Well I need to go check my floor in the kitchen and see if it is dry. Hope to post tomorrow at the beginning of the kids naps but we will see what happens.

Sleepless Nights

2007-02-04T00:03:00.000-05:00

Yes this week has been full of them. Not much sleep for Chris and I. The princess is cutting teeth and has been pretty much a nightmare about it. Last night she was up 5 times to eat or just because she was in pain. Maybe tonight with her being so tired we will get some sleep or not (as she is crying right now and it is almost 12:30 am.) Anyways other then that life is good. I am starting to get over the winter blues with thoughts of spring. Only a couple more months till opening day. I am also looking forward to K.C. and I trip to Florida. It will be a nice vacation for us. Well I should be getting to bed to get some sleep for the night.

Aggrivated...

2007-01-31T08:28:00.000-05:00

So I have come off the worst night ever of working L and D! I walked into a mess that put me more then 3 hours behind in my job. It is a good thing I work 12 hour shift or else I don't think I could have ever got caught up and I still had to leave a few odds and ends for day shift to pick up even though they were already short. So needless to say I am not really happy about that then to turn around and read comments posted to someone's blog that prove people are stupid. No women has ever walked around 10 cm dilated and no effacement it is just not possible. 10 cm is when you push the baby out. Plus the baby head coming down caused both dialation and effacement. I just hate when people try to talk about something that they know nothing about. I have had to stop watching Bringing Home Baby on TLC because I get so mad a people who want to breastfeed but do stupid stuff (don't even get me started). Do your homework people. There is no book, internet source or professional lactation consultant that will tell you breastfeeding is EASY! NO it really takes some work. You never do thing for the first time will out any flaws what makes you think that a new baby is going to? ARRRR.... I am just mad. I am not sure there is much that wouldn't make me mad at this point... well other then my kids because Ephriam is sleeping and miss thing is here with me and gave daddy a run for his money last night. Any who off to bed I go to hopefully get some sleep and an attitude adjustment.

What a Weekend!

2007-01-30T13:04:00.000-05:00

This weekend was loaded full of fun! Friday night of course we stayed at home and didn't do much. Saturday we got up and took Chris' mom to the Aquarium with the kids. She is just a big kid herself and loved every minute of us being there. We got to try out our new backpack with Ephriam. He did a great job and I think that if we used it at Ichthus that he would eventually fall asleep in it. He didn't complain too much about being in it and we think that he actually saw more that way. Then we went out to dinner at the Smokey Bones and that was great as it has been before. It is getting to be one of my favorite places to eat but still not topping Outback or Fridays. On Sunday it was a little more busy then usual. We went to church, came home ate lunch, prepared for Youth Group, went over to Chris' parents house for a short visit with his sister, then you youth group, then back to his parents house to pick up Ephriam, and then home to bed. Next weekend we don't have too much to do. For youth group we are thankful for the Eshleman's hosting the Superbowl party. Then the next weekend hopefully my parents will be coming in. They keep pushing their visit back so we will see. Other then that life is back to the grin. Well I need to get going so that I can feed Miss Kendra hoping to post some Aquarium pictures up on the family life blog but we will see. Peace.

Sleepy....

2007-01-26T11:46:00.000-05:00

Last night I had a pretty good night at work, we were steadily busy. It makes time go by a little faster which I was thankful for. I am however very sleepy today. I thought that my morning nap would have to recharge the old battery but it hasn't. Actually I think that it has made things worse. I went to bed at about 7:45 this morning because Kendra was asleep and I wanted to maximize the amount of sleep that I got this morning knowing that she really could wake up at any time. Well she didn't wake up till like 11 so I got pretty good nap in however it was not long enough. I am looking forward to getting Ephriam his lunch and then laying down for another nap. I am very thankful though that Chris' dad will take at least him so that I can get some sleep in. I am looking forward to the day however that she is big enough to go with him too. For now though this seems to be working out for us and I am glad. God has blessed us a lot with things and I am very greatful for it. Well I need to be headed out to get Ephriam so have a good day and looking forward to posting more, since we are headed to the Aquarium tomorrow.

Thanks Ginger...

2007-01-24T13:18:00.000-05:00

Last night I had the opportunity to witness a friend of mine give birth to her second child, Nicole Ann. It was a fantastic experience for me. It would be my first birth that wasn't one of my children. It was a long day for Ginger since she waited 23 hours for Nicole to make her apperance into the world. It was so much fun to be there with her and our friend Christy. It was kinda strange though to be there with Dr. Reina since I am not used to being on the other side of things. He is a very nice guy but I still think that he is very strange. He wanted me to tell Ginger how to push but I didn't know how to do that since I never had an epidural with either of my children and Ginger did have an epidural. I am a bit tired from the whole ordeal since the baby didn't come till 12:11 this morning. Yes at 11 after midnight Nicole made her apperance. I did however miss being at home with my kids and my husband. I thought about them a lot and am glad that I get to spend tonight with them. I am also looking forward to climbing into bed with my husband at the same time or sooner then he does. What a night. Well I am off to take a nap with my kids since I am still tired from my long night.

Busy Day

2007-01-23T08:37:00.000-05:00

Today is going to be a busy day for me between being mommy, coming off a 12 hour shift, and preparing for another 12 hour shift I will get to partake in a friend of mine having her baby. So there is a lot on my plate today. I am looking forward though to being on the other side of a delivery for once. It will be a good time to be in there with our other friend Christy too. It will also be interesting to see a delivery with someone with an epidural since I didn't have one of those. Something I am not looking forward to today is the weather.... I HATE (AND I MEAN HATE) THE WHITE DEATH! It could all just go away and that would be perfectly fine with me. It is suppose to snow for the next couple of days. Not really heavy but enough to give us some on the ground. YUCK! I know it is winter and there will be snow but I tell you that I don't have to like it! Well that is all for now. I need to hit the hay so that I can be well rested for all the event going on today. Peace.

Like a Kid

2007-01-22T10:37:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I really enjoyed playing in the snow. I reminded me of the days of playing outside with my brother in the snow. It was fun to see Ephriam excited about it. It was great to get out and just play. I also enjoyed my time yesterday of being away from my kids and not having to be mommy or work. Although all I did was talk about them all the time. I am looking forward to tonight at work because my friend is coming in to be induced. I hope that she has a smooth delivery and that everything goes well for her. Well both of my kids are sleeping so I am going to try and get a few things done around here. Check ya later.

what a weekend

2007-01-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

what a busy but good weekend we had. Friday we bummed out at the house and just watched the boob tube. Saturday we had a nice relaxing morning then we headed out to find a dishwasher since ours isn't working so well we actually don't even know the brand of our current dishwasher. Then to the SUPRISE of Chris' mom we pulled off a 60th birthday party. We were bummed that Chris' sister caught a flu bug while they were in Florida and her family wasn't able to make it out but it was best that everyone that they stayed at home. Today Chris went to church while I went to a baby shower and Matt watched the kids. Then we played in the snow with Ephriam then off to youth group. It went by too fast. Looking forward to going into work to see Ginger come in to have her little girl and I am hoping to be there for her delivery depending on the time of the day and stuff. Well I need to get rested up for my day tomorrow with the kids. Hoping to post more thoughts tomorrow. Hopefully a little deeper then this surface stuff.

Sleep

2007-01-20T10:56:00.000-05:00

Last night I went to bed around 10:30. The first time that I have see that hour in a long time. It was very nice to sleep till 4:30 this morning when Kendra wanted to eat so I got up and feed her and we went back to bed till a little after 9 and I enjoy every minute of sleeping. I slept a whole lot better then I have in a while. I really need to try to beat Chris to bed more often. I was able to have the whole side of the bed and not just half of it. I didn't have to wait for him to stop snooring or anything. Not that I don't like going to bed with him at the same time it just works out better for me if I go to bed first. So after only getting 3.5 hours of sleep yesterday after working 12 hours it was nice to go to bed early. So now today agenda of doing laundry, look at dishwashers, and cook dinner. So that is how it goes for now. I am also thinking bout starting back to posting to Walker Family Life since the kids are growing up so quickly and there are some interesting Ephriam stories to tell. I am not sure about that though. We shall see. Well off to the laundry room.

Too Giving?

2007-01-19T12:39:00.000-05:00

So I started thinking about this this morning when I gave a tube of chapstick to one of my co-workers. I really has nothing to do with the chapstick itself but I began to wonder if I give too much. I mean not too much of my things but too much of myself. It is easy to give so much to your kids but hey they are only little once and they really need my attention but do I give too much of myself to others? Am I spreading myself too thin. I mean I went into work on Wed. night out of the goodness of my heart to watch the desk while they did a C-Section while I still have to get my house ready for play group. I ended up being up till 2:30 in the morning. Then got up early to finish up a few things before people got here. Not to mention that I had to go into work the night that everyone is was here. Not to mention this weekend that tomorrow night there is a lot going on at home, then on Sunday I have a baby shower to go to and then youth group. I am really worried about when I will get rest. Sleep these days seem to be few and far between. Today I have only gotten 2 hours of sleep and I have my kids to take care of. I just wonder if I need to cut something out. Maybe ask to work just part time? I don't know. Not to mention that my house is still a wreck and that I can't get my laundry done. I mean we are on a load to load bases as to what kind of clothing that we need (underware, socks, kids clothes, ect.) I just want to be all caught up. I also can't remember the last time that I had a day to myself. I haven't been able to be alone in a while. I would love to get my hair cut or something like that without any kids. I know that my time will come and it will only get worse the more kids that we have but I am willing to deal with that to have my own family. So I leave you with a thought... Am I too giving?

Some Sunshine

2007-01-17T12:57:00.000-05:00

Okay I am really excited because there is some sunshine today! The only think that stinks is that it is freezing out! Luckily none of the white death stuck. I wish that I could take the kids outside but we will see. I still can't wait till spring. Anyways, I have a lot to do today since we are having play group here tomorrow and I have to be ready by 4:30 so that I can have dinner ready since I am cooking for Chris' mom's birthday. I will probably just be up late tonight finish up the things from tomorrow. I realize that people aren't coming here till 11:30 tomorrow morning but it could take me till then to get Ephriam, K.C., and myself ready by then. I didn't sleep very well last night either so that isn't helping my motivation. However K.C. is taking a nice nap at this time with Ephriam. I should get going so that I can get something done before they wake up and need my attention. Maybe I will post more in the wee hours of the morning.

Night Off

2007-01-16T23:08:00.000-05:00

So I have gotten the night off so that I can prepare myself for the invasion of about 11 children under the age of 2 at my house with their moms of course! I am a bit more excited about it then I was this morning due to the fact that I have tonight off and know that I don't have to go into work. So I have all day to get ready for them coming tomorrow. I am bummed though that our dishwasher isn't exactly working so I have to hand wash some of the dishes and I have to boil the bottles till we are able to run out and get a new one. Well tomorrow is my mother in law's 60th birthday and I am cooking dinner for her. I know that she is going to Matt and Heather's for dinner on Saturday too so that will be fun for her. She loves just having the family around. Well I need to get some sleep since I got like 4 hours of sleep today. Hopefully I can blog tomorrow. We will see thought. Nite.

Winter... Yuck!

2007-01-16T12:30:00.000-05:00

So the days are shorter, darker, and much much colder and I HATE IT! I really mean HATE too. I don't like that there isn't much sunshine and I really don't like the cold weather. I wish that it could be nice and warm. These days I am really not looking forward to much. I usually get excited about play group but I am kinda dreading it. Not that I don't want everyone to come over or anything like that I just want to not to anything. I love having people over and sharing out house with them and usually look forward to it but not this time. I am trying to keep myself busy so that I don't get too down but lately I am in the slumps. This weekend is a busy one so I hope that being around people will help me uplifted. I have been enjoying the time with my kids. We have had lots of PJ days but that will change as the weather gets warmer and I want to get out more. I have big plans this summer for the kids and I as I get called off or on my days off. Well I need to get going so that I can get a nap in while my kids are napping in case I do have to go into work.

quick post

2007-01-10T07:52:00.000-05:00

This is just a quick post while K.C. goes to sleep. Things are going pretty good around here. I am kinda missing working a full week since I haven't done that in a long time. My kids are going to go through mommy withdraw when I do return to work. Don't think that I won't miss them. They have been a lot of fun lately to play with. K.C. is now on the move well I mean that she can roll over and get to wherever she wants to. It won't be long and she will be crawling all over the place trying to keep up with Ephriam. I wish her luck on doing that! Ephriam has been a lot of fun too. We have had lots of play time and he fussed about me going to work for the first time in a long time. I think that he really likes having me around. I can't wait for our playgroup next week to get him more exposure to kids his age since he stopped going to Jill's house. I know that each week he gets some being in the nursery at church but it is only a few kids. Well I am off to go back to bed because Ephriam will be up in a little while and I would like to get a nap in. Peace.

Changes

2006-12-30T22:13:00.000-05:00

Well as you know Kendra started to be ferberized, well it worked! It only took less then 24 hours for her to sleep in her own. Her and mommy are sleeping much better in the own beds and believe it or not she has now stopped waking up in the middle of the night to eat. So not only are we getting better sleep but more of it! It is bittersweet for mommy, I am glad that she is getting better sleep and more of it but I also missed cuddling with her. Plus it means that she is getting bigger and more independent. She also is a much happier baby. She loves to play on the floor and today rolled over from her back to her belly for the first time today. This summer will be fun with her and Ephriam. Speaking of Ephriam he is getting bigger and bigger everyday. His vocabulary grows everyday. He also has started to sleep will a pillow and is doing great with it. It won't be long till we transitions into his toddler bed and then into his big boy bed. Just got to get him to not wiggle so much in his bed. He is enjoying his toys from Christmas and his birthday. Yes, that's right he just celebrated his 2nd birthday. He still isn't a typical 2 year old yet but we will see. He is laid back and happy. He only isn't happy if he is hungry or SUPER tired. So that is the update on the kids. So you are still wondering how is mommy? Mommy is doing pretty good. I am still recovering from Friday of working all night and then only sleeping a hour, being up half the day, then sleeping a couple more hours, throwing together a birthday party, and then making it to bed a midnight. Today I got some rest and went and got a baby shower gift and then clean up Ephriam's room so that we could move all of his toys back to his bedroom. Tomorrow it is church and then to get our house back into order and get the Christmas stuff put away. New Years day we are going to hang out with our friend Matt, Angie, and Victoria. Then back to the grid that night at work and getting the house back to where it needs to be and hiberation or just hanging out at home. So that is life here.

Ferberizing...

2006-12-28T00:10:00.000-05:00

Okay so it is 10 after 12 midnight here and I am posting because my sweet little girl is still not asleep! For some reason she doesn't want to sleep with out mommy and daddy close by so I have reached my limit of staying up till 2 in the morning because she won't sleep out of our room. So Chris and I have decided now that she needs to be ferberized and that she will eventually fall asleep on her own. So since I was suppose to work and be up all night anyways why not be up all night with the baby. I think that she will eventually get the picture on her own. So here we are. Ephriam is doing great and sleeping through the whole thing. What a champ! Tonight was his first night with a pillow and he is doing great with that too. Before K.C. went to bed we went in and check on him and he had is head on the pillow and was cuddling with his blanket that his Grandma Walker made him. He was so sweet. It won't be long now before he will no longer in the crib but in a toddler bed and then to his big boy bed. Not to mention that on Friday he turns 2! I just can't believe that almost 2 years ago that I gave birth to my little man. Well I need to go so that I can feed the babe now since it has been 3 and a half hours since she has eaten. Peace

The Start of Christmas Madness 2006

2006-12-19T02:34:00.000-05:00

Okay so I am here at work sitting at the desk waiting to be able to get away to pump so I don't know how this will turn out in the end.

This weekend was a busy blast! Friday night we spent the night at home and had Chris' parents over for coffee and desert so that they could see the tree but we actually ended up hanging out at the kitchen table (imagine that). Saturday I stayed at home with the kids while Chris finished up our Christmas shopping. Then he finished the kids' toy boxes while I wrapped all of our presents for his family Christmas. After that was all done and the kids (well Ephriam anyway) was in bed we watch the newest pirates movie. Sunday morning we were suppose to get up and go to the early service but we never made it. Instead we hung out at home. K.C. and I watched Little Women while the boys slept and then after everyone had breakfast we started to get ready for the Walker family Christmas. Round One of Christmas for us. It was a very nice Christmas and we got lots of nice things. The one thing that stunk was that we were inside and it was 65 degrees out! We joked about having a hot dog roast over a ham. Ephriam was fun once he figured out how to open presents. K.C. slept through most of the present opening but I am sure next year she will do a little better. I am really looking forward to Chris and mine Christmas together and then the kids'. I got him some things that I am really excited about. I am most excited about what the kids got him and I hope that he will be too. Well I need to go pump now so I am peace out. Looking forward to posting more soon.

Lil update

2006-12-14T09:54:00.000-05:00

Okay so this will be a quick one because I think that Ephriam is waking up. Life here is good and busy as we are preparing for Christmas. We will have our first Christmas this Sunday with Chris' family. I am really looking forward to it and think that it will be a blast. Ephriam will be a little more fun this year and will open his presents on his own and I can't wait to see his excitement. K.C. will not be sure what is going on but will enjoy time with her family. We also found out that on Ephriam's birthday we will find out if we are going to have a niece or a nephew. K.C. and I are rooting for a girl since they will be so close in age but a nephew would be just fine too. Work is going good so far and I will begin my training soon as we find my class to take. I know that I will be taking one on March 15th but that isn't the one that will give me my certificate. Well I need to get going but looking forward to posting something longer soon.

Job Update

2006-12-01T16:29:00.000-05:00

Some of you know that I have been looking into doing more at work then just sitting at the desk. I do somethings here and there but not a whole lot. Just before I got my review from work I was informed that I can go and take a couple of classes to better myself and learn how to be a scrub tech. This means that I would be the person handing the interments to the doctor during a C-section. There is a lot to learn and I mean A LOT but I will increase my pay and learn something to make myself worth more. The girls at work are just thrilled about me wanting to do so. They are rooting me on and think that I can do it if we can find the class that I am suppose to take. My big boss is worried that I will let the doctors walk over me back in the section room but I am a person too and I deserve to be respected as a person plus I think that I can show them that I am capable of doing it before I am done with my training and getting checked off. We will see how all that goes though. Just keep praying for me and that I do well in my classes. In all getting my job review I found out that the girls at work think more highly of me then I think of myself. It was nice to really feel appreciated and know that I am more then able to do my job. I am looking forward to educating myself more and getting more experience. This may lead to me going to school to get my RN. We will see though. Well dinner is here and Ephriam is up so I need to go get him so that we can eat. Looking forward to more updates for ya.

What a Weekend..

2006-11-27T10:16:00.000-05:00

This weekend was a good one! I had a good time with my family and am looking forward to Christmas with them. We went to Grandma's for Thanksgiving. We tried to get Grandma to sit down and not doing anything but that didn't work she of course cleaned everything up when we left. We played Cranium with everyone and it was fun at first but the more people that we had involved the longer it took and we all finally reached a point when we were all ready to end the game. We drew names for Christmas and Chris and I got some good names or I at least think that we did. Chris got Brent my cousin Courtney's boyfriend and I got Josh my cousin Katherine boyfriend. We have never met Josh because he is in the military but he at least has a good list to go by. We then on Friday morning got up with the crazies to go shopping. We didn't get much of anything but we wanted to spend as much time with my family as possible. We all then went home and took naps. We had dinner with Grandma and Grandpa at Aunt Shell's house. Ephriam helped to make the salad and tested the pieces and put them back in the bowl. On Saturday everyone came over to Aunt Shell's for breakfast and them I waited forever for my brother to show ups but he never did. W e made it back at 5 and had a some what relaxing evening. Christopher and I watched the Notre Dame game, it was a disappointing loss to USC but a good game anyway. On Sunday we went to church and then spent the afternoon at home. Chris put up our Christmas lights outside then we went to dinner with his parents at Frishes then we went grocery shopping at Walmart. We then just enjoyed our Sunday off from youth group. Next weekend we will be going to get our Christmas tree, see the lights at the zoo, and as a youth group we will be wrapping gifts at the mall for free with the Vineyard Community Church as a service project. Other then that the week is the usual. I work Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. So that is it for now. Looking forward to the Christmas season and getting some shopping done for Christopher. Peace.

Been a little crazy...

2006-11-21T08:43:00.000-05:00

Well yes I am still up after working all night but that is because my little one is still up. Hopefully we will take a good nap this afternoon after we pick up Ephriam so that I can get some sleep but anyways here is life in the fast lane here. I know that it has been over a week since I posted but mostly because I try to take advantage of the time that I get to sleep and do things. This past weekend I think that I had too much weekend in my weekend. Here is the quick run down:

Friday: Tree Light, get deep freezer from HH Gregg, Bob Evans, and planning for Saturday.

Saturday: Up till 5 am with fussy baby, up then at 8:30 for Santa Parade, Drop kids of then out for Shopping Spree/Date Day.

Sunday: Better night, up for church, church, lunch, take kids to see Santa at great-grandma's place, Progessive dinner with youth group.

Monday you would have thought that I had rest but no I did dishes, laundry, and worked all night. Tonight my parents are coming in and I work so I need to end this so that I can get some rest. Looking forward to hopefully posting more after the holiday weekend.

It's Christmas Time

2006-11-10T19:45:00.000-05:00

Well the Christmas season has offically began at the Walker house. Yesterday there were Christmas carols playing as we cleaned up the kitchen and the past couple of weeks while on Friday while we were eating dinner we have watched a Christmas movie. Last week was the Santa Clause with Tim Allen and this week it was Elf. We will see what movie will be next. Can't wait till December the first when ABC Family starts playing all Christmas shows.

But today I am really tired. I could go to bed now I think and sleep till morning. Of course that isn't going to happen since I have a baby to feed and all that. What was nice about today though is that it was so warm outside that we got to open up the windows in the house and let some fresh air in. Hope that it helps with Ephriam since he has a bad cold. I am hoping that he will be over it soon since we are going to Toledo to visit with the family here soon for Thanksgiving.

Well I need to get going so that I can help Christopher take care of our kids. Check ya later.

Finally Over!

2006-11-09T11:17:00.000-05:00

So yesterday I finally got rid of my stint and am having no more pain. I still feel a little sore from everything but that is because so much has gone on in such a short week in that area.Thing are looking better now that I can move around and play with my kids and what not. Hopefully now I can get things done around the house that is only if miss Kendra decides to cooperate with me. I may have to ease her back into not being held so much. I think that she need more floor time anyways. She doesn't get quite as much as she should since her brother likes to crawl all over her when she in on the ground. It won't be long though before she is taking off with him all over the place. I am enjoying her being in one place for now. We are still looking for a part time sitter for my 2 kids. Right now Chris' Dad is taking Ephriam for me so that I can get some sleep. I still however have the baby which works out okay till she gets bigger and then we are going to run into more issues. I know that God has a plan for this and I am trying to be patient but it isn't working for me so much. I am too really missing my mom and dad and can't wait for Thanksgiving to get here. I really miss them. I had a nice visit last weekend with Bubby and his friend Katie. I still think that she is too good to be friends with him. He is totally so lucky to have her as a friend. Well I need to get going now I Mr. E is waking up and he is probably ready for some breakfast. Hopefully I will be able to check ya all soon.

Day at home

2006-11-02T21:54:00.000-05:00

I got to spend the day at home today. I didn't do much do to the pain and the frequent use of the bathroom. I just took care of my kids and rested as much as possible. I am hoping tomorrow to do a little more, like maybe unload the dishwasher but we again will see how things go. Ephriam seems to think that it is okay to jump on mommy but I am trying to get him to just sit next to me and give me hugs. I will feel much better when they get the stent out of me. Only 5 more full days with it in. Thank goodness. I am hoping that I will be able to drive myself home from the office after he takes it out. I forgot to ask them when I called today about going back to work on Monday. Which is a go for as long as I am feeling good. I am hoping that by then I will be feeling well enough to go into work. I tried to get a hold of my boss today but she wasn't answering her phone but I wanted her to know that I would be in then so I called and chatted with one of the girls from work. They are probably suprised that I will be back into work so soon but it is all good for me.

Tomorrow night I will have a couple of visitors! I am totally excited because I will get to meet my brother's friend Katie for the first time. Her and I have been in touch a lot but it will be the first time we get to see each other face to face. My brother will also be coming in. They will then head to South Bend, IN to see the Notre Dame game on Saturday afternoon. The kids and I will be watching for them on TV while Chris and his mom are doing some Christmas shopping up at the Jeffersonville outlets. Well I need to get going but will hopefully get a chance to post tomorrow night.

Kidney Stones

2006-11-01T21:18:00.000-05:00

Okay so I haven't blogged in while but there is a reason why, I have been spending lot of time in pain due to a kidney stone. I went to the ER on Saturday in major pain thinking that I had a new kidney stone. So they did the work up on me and sure enough I had a kidney stone but it is not a new stone but the same one I was in for 4 weeks again. So they sent me home on some pain medicine and told me to call the urologist on Monday. So I did that and he hadn't looked at my CT results yet and said that he would call once he did. So he called Tuesday morning and said that usually he would wait to see if the stone would come out but since it has been almost 5 weeks now that I have had it that it would be best if he went in and got the stone out. So he said that he would go in with a scope up through my bladder toward my right kidney take a metal hook and get the stone and then place a stent to keep the uriter open and then we would go back in a week and remove the stent. So that is what they did today. I had to be put under so that they could do the procedure. I am in a lot less pain then what I was before but I am still in pain so I have some pain medicine for that and am to take an antibiotic while the stent is in. I will be having it removed next wednsday at 12:45. Hopefully at that is all said and done that everything will be fine and I will no longer have to deal with kidney stones. I am hoping to know what type of kidney stone I had and how to prevent them from coming on again. Other then that life has been good. I am looking forward to having the rest of the week off work and hopefully returning to work on Monday. I will call the doc's office tomorrow to confirm that it is okay that I do so.

Christopher has been wanting to get Christmas music out and all that but I have not been letting him till yesterday after trick-or-treat he busted out the music and tonight we watched the Santa Clause on the Disney Channel. So around here I guess Christmas season has started.

Ephriam has been Mr. Hug man. He has been giving out hugs left and right. He climbs up on the couch with me to just hug my neck. He has started saying Uncle and Heather. He also keeps looking for Elmo.

K.C. is doing great. Growing like a weed. She has started to vocalize more and more everyday and not just cry all the time. Before I know it she will be rolling all over and then sitting up on her own and then crawling and then I will have 2 to chase around.

So that is life the past few days. Tell you how things are tomorrow. Nite.

Frustrated...

2006-10-27T07:21:00.000-05:00

Warning: Maybe offensive to some people. Read at own Risk

Okay so I am a little frustrated this morning... Work was okay but I am frustrated about that because I work with L.. A.. Z.. Y.. people. I got called off all week for low census and come in to find that NOTHING was done while I was at home. I can in to a whole 3 admission packets being done. I mean the ones that take me 30 minutes to set up and then over 2 hours to only get 28 of them done. Not to mention then the girl I worked with was all in may space when I was really busy and then she "slipped" and feel in a pt. room with no witnesses saying that she tore a ligament or has a bad sprain. She is such a hypercondriact! Then I come to home to an e-mail from my brother in law saying that we think he is incapable of picking a movie for youth group and he thinks that we are using him as a tool! Well I tell you what I feel completely the opposite about that. I feel like we deligate stuff to him and he deligates at least half of it back to Chris and I. Not to mention that we only shot down ONE movie of his because he was pulling things out of his butt and couldn't back up what he was saying. Then he tells me that we gave him piss poor examples. Well let me tell you that I gave ONE movie with 4 different examples as to how it could be used for a youth night. ARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! I am just getting sick of people's crap. I have too much stuff going on to cover other people's butt's all the time. I have put a whole discussion together for Sunday night and only asked for help once from Chris. I don't believe that I ever ask my brother in law to help at all with the discussion and all I asked Chris to do was find something on the internet that he has seen other then that it is all my baby. Not to mention that I also lined up people for the Progressive Dinner for next month. So this week I have killed 2 youth nights in one stone. Well I really need to get some sleep so that I get a couple hours in before I go and pick up my kids.

PS: This is not to offenend any of the above mentioned people. I am just FRUSTRATED and like I said in the beginning I am using it to vent my feelings.

Feeling Accomplished

2006-10-25T13:15:00.000-05:00

Well today has been a pretty good day. I feel like I got some things accomplished so far. The kitchen is underway but not complete. It takes a while when you have several messes to clean up in there and you have children that seem to need you. Although the floor is clean and most of the dishes are clean and put away. Ephriam didn't take too long of a nap today though. He only slept for about an hour and a half. It probably means that he will go to bed early tonight. Right now he is giving me the opportunity to blog by eating lunch and watching Baby Einstein. I am glad though that tonight Wed. night dinner is here. It will give us the opportunity to get Ephriam to bed on time and give baths to the children. It has also help to motivate me to get the house in some sort of order. I am hoping tomorrow to get my laundry folded. I am so far behind on it that it is unreal. I will probably get caught up this weekend since the only thing we have going for us is going to the zoo for HallZOOween. Well I should take advantage of more of this time and get more of the kitchen done since Ephriam is being good and Kendra is sleeping. Looking forward to posting tomorrow.

Weird Night

2006-10-24T10:25:00.000-05:00

Okay so last night I was suppose to work. Well they called me off from 7-11 and had me come in at 11. When I got there we didn't have a lot of pt. to take care of. I did a few things that I usually do on the 7-11 part of the shift but didn't get done because Helena does then later in the shift. So once I got that all done there wasn't a whole lot else to do. We were just waiting on the inductions to show up. Well neither one of them did so I got sent home at 3 along with a nurse. Well once I got home I found my whole family awake. Ephriam was bouncing around like a monkey in his crib, Daddy and K.C. where in the living room waiting for me to arrive so that she could eat. So once we got everyone settle back down things were nice. I am liking have he laptop and being able to type from my bed. Well I got both my kids sleeping for a few so I am going to get a little nap in I hope. Ephriam will probably get up now though. Looking forward to posting more later.

Sunday

2006-10-22T21:48:00.000-05:00

Well today is Sunday and it was business as usual. Well I did get Chris to get out of bed early and we got off to church on time. Then we came home I fed the kids and then I ran to Meijers to pick up something and it turned into a mini grocery shopping. I didn't get as much as I could but I got enough for us to get by hopefully for a few weeks. Then off to youth group. We had an okay turn out. I just wish that since this event was suppose to be have the kids get their friends more invovled that they would have come to get the results. Of course you don't know how well the kids communitcated to their friends that. Oh well. Other then that it was just a typical Sunday. I am looking forward to tomorrow and being able to hopefully get some of my house picked up. I really wish that I would have a night off from work to be motivated enough to pick things up around the house and fold laundry. Well K.C. is fussy so I need to tend to her but thought I would post to my blog quick.

Weekend

2006-10-21T04:42:00.000-05:00

Okay so it is the weekend and you are asking what am I doing up at 6 am. Well that is simple I am covering a Friday night for one of the girls I work with. She usually works friday, saturday, sunday but has taken a vacation and lucky for me saturday and sunday are covered. Things get a little crazier around the house when I am working. I am looking forward to watching Notre Dame play football this afternoon as I fold laundry. I really don't have too much ambition to to much else. I am hoping the Chris can get the wireless internet up and running so that tomorrow I can come home from church and play on the computer while I feed the baby or while I eat my lunch. We will see how far he will get since I will spend the morning sleeping or so I hope. I don't sleep too well when Ephriam is up playing so I know that I will sleep well till then unless the baby needs to eat. I am just looking forward to hanging out at home for a whole saturday unless we take a ride out to Winton Woods to find Parky's Farm since I am suppose to be there this Friday at 11:30 am and I have an idea as to where I am going but I am not exactly sure where it is at. Well I need to get back to work but hey at least it hasn't been a week since I have posted.

Better

2006-10-18T12:55:00.000-05:00

Okay so things are good today. I am going to be able to have my house picked up and I am sure that I will be dressed before 4 today. I have gotten to enjoy hanging out with Ephriam. He is so funny. He has been running to me just to give me a hug and then runs off again. What a sweet boy. K.C. must be growing because all she has done since I got her home from the sitters yesterday was sleep and eat. She hasn't been a wake very much and is going like 4-5 hours with out eating. She did beam me some smiles this morning which was nice. Last night was really nice. I got to hang out with the girls for the evening and then I hung out with Matt and Heather a little while longer. I am so thrilled that they are going to have a baby! It is so exciting to get to share such a special time with them. I am still really tired today but I know if I sleep all day that I will have a hard time going to sleep tonight and I don't want that to happen. I am not looking forward to Chris going to the board meeting tonight because I know that it is going to be a long long long meeting. I really wish that the board meeting was on a different night so that I could spend more time with him. I would really like for him and I to go out to dinner one evening just the 2 of us to get caught up on life together. I have been feeling lately like we are just passing by each other. He has to not be sick though for us to go out. So buddy, get over whatever the heck it is that you got! Well I need to go pick up Ephriam's toys since he is in bed and I can do so. But today is a beter day so far.

2006-10-17T03:28:00.000-05:00

Okay so this is going to be quick b/c I only have a few minutes but I just want to say that things are getting better. I think that I got a lot done at home yesterday considering. I still have a lot to do but Christopher, you are right we are always playing catch up. Sometime I am sure that we will ge all the way caught up and will be fine. I still got a whole list of things to do yet and it gets frusterating as the list grows but you aren't crossing much off. I wish right now I could just get things to be maintained. I mean keeping the laundry up, dishes done, Ephriam's toys picked up, e-mail checked and answered ( I do a lot of the checking but the answering I have difficultly yet with usually at least one screaming child). I know that it will get there but lately it is frustrating. I just seems like it has been going on for too long. I feel like I need to take a vacation to get us all caught up. Another thing is that I would like to get dressed somedays before 4 in the afternoon or even get a shower before 11 at night. Things that will hopefully come in time. Only I feel that time is too fast. I want it to slow down. Wishing that things could just slow down for a bit or better yet stop. I want to smell the roses for more then a second. I want to be on top of the game. I keep saying we will get there but when? When my kids are off in college? Totally frustrating sometimes. Try to keep my cool but it won't be long before I do take that vacation. Will vent more later, I have to get back to work.

2006-10-15T23:18:00.000-05:00

Well today hasn't been that bad for a Sunday. I really feel like we accomplished a lot today even though we had our usual interruptions from our children. We got up this morning and went to church. Getting ready for church can pose as a challenge sometimes. I get up and hour and half before we have to leave to make sure that both my children are dressed, feed, and diaper bags packed, to get myself ready, and to wake Chris up. It can take up to hour to get Christopher out of bed and sometimes I just send Ephriam in to get him. I wish that there were some way that I could sleep in a little longer but such is life. After church Mark came over to work on youth group stuff. I know that we didn't get everything that we wanted to get done done but we got the main stuff done. We got all the points figured out for the scavenger hunt, went through all the CD's that were in the youth room and set aside the lame ones for the libary at church and we go the calender planned all the way through the end of the year. In the mist of this all we ate 2 meals, I feed K.C. multiple times, and we took turns running after Ephriam. After dinner I had the opportunity to clean up the kitchen a bit and had to run to Meijer's to get milk for Ephriam because I didn't even have enough to fill 1/4 of his cup. I got most of the dishes done and the floor swept and wet jet swiffered. It felt really good to see the clean kitchen, now if only I can get the rest of my house looking that way. It is going to be a long hall doing so unless all of a sudden Ephriam and K.C. took care of themselfs. I am looking forward to the days when Ephriam uses the potty and I can tell him to pick up his toys. We are working on that yet with him with not much avail. Well K.C. is sleeping so I need to go to bed but hopefully I will to post tomorrow sometime either before or after I go to work. For now going to be early is nice. Goodnight.

2006-10-14T21:01:00.000-05:00

Okay so I am going to try this again and see how it works. I know that I will be able to post from work when I have some down time (which seem few and far between these days) not to mention that Chris has decided that we need wireless internet and I need a laptop to replace the desk top I have so that I can do things like this while I am upstairs with my kids. My laptop should be here on Monday and probably next weekend (I hope) we will have the wirelesss internet going. I want this to be a place for me and less about my family. Of course it will still contain things about my family because they are apart of my life and being a mom is one of my favorite in the world to do. I have entiled this blog as if my life isn't crazy enough because it seems that there is a new event everyday of my life. There is always something that is coming up and making things more complicated or so it seems. I have set goals somedays that don't even reach A let alone Z not that I mind sometimes because it is usually a time I need to sit and enjoy my kids or family or friends. So there won't always be postive posts. Sometime a girl needs to vent. Hope that you enjoy and looking forward to hearing comments.