I know I already posted about this

Ok so I know I have already posted about 5 Minutes for Mom GREAT TWO WEEKS OF GIVEAWAYS. But I have to again!!!! The items they are giving away are amazing! Such items as ExerSaucer® 1-2-3 Tea for Me™ Active Learning Center™ or the ExerSaucer® Mega Farm™ Active Learning Center™, and bébéPOD® PLUS baby seat. Those are ONLY 2 of the items and we are ONLY in the 5th day of giveaways! Go check it out for yourself!!!!! http://www.5minutesformom.com/3198/2weekstoys/

A new giveaway from Gina!!

So Gina is having her first giveaway and its a great one. You need to check out Gina's First Giveaway! It's for an awesome towel from Barefoot Bella. I am now in love with this site. SUPER CUTE EVERYTHING! Head on over to Gina's First Giveaway to see how you can enter to win!!!!! Oh and if you blog about it on your page you get a second entry!!!!

My prize

So I entered a contest over at An Ordinary Life...As told by Kristin (http://www.kailasmommy.blogspot.com/). And I won a ImagiPLAY puzzles from her!!! It came in the mail yesterday, and as soon as I opened the box Aidan was at my feet asking "Mommy what is that? Is that for Aidan". We got it opened and he played with it for like 20mins. He was finally able to get it together, and then apart without much trouble.
So this is a SUPER SHOUT OUT TO KRISTIN...
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRIZE!!!!!

Friday's Feast by StoneGirl

So I have never done a Friday's Feast before. And the week I pick to do it is the week the Chief over at Friday's Feast has decided to take a week off and asked others to come up with some. These questions are from http://stonegirlblog.multiply.com/ go check out her page for her answers and more questions from others!!!

Appetizer
What is your favorite vacation spot in the United States?
I would have to say Tennessee, its so beautiful through out the whole state. (well at least all the places I've been LOL)

Soup
If someone else (friend, co-worker, family) brings up a religious or political topic, how likely are you to join the conversation, on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = not likely, 10=very likely).
Well it really really depends on the person! I feel each person has a right to voice their thoughts but that doesn't mean I have to agree with them. Most of the time I just kinda say "Oh yeah" and stuff like that LOL

Salad
What song do you listen to when you feel very sad?
Umm not really sure on that one.

Main Course
Someone you really admire is coming over for a home-cooked dinner. What do you serve him/her?
Well I have no idea. I'm not a great cook or anything like that. I would pick some thing that I know you can't mess up

Dessert
If the only form of transportation left in the world is by animal (horse, mule, camel), where would you live?
I would live anywhere that horses could get around. I would like for it to be close to family as that would be a problem in seeing them offten.

Giveaway from An Island Life

An Island Life is hosting a great Giveaway: My Precious Kids
PRIZE: Swaddle Blanket from My Precious Kids - valued $34.99
HOW TO ENTER: Its so easy! Just head over there leave a comment about what product you love from My Precious Kids and thats it!!!!
DEADLINE TO ENTER April 16th, midnight.

I personally LOVE the Personalized Pacifiers from My Precious Kids. You can just about anything you want put on there! Great for daycares or as a Unique baby shower gift! I love the one they have shown saying "MUTE BUTTON"

Earth Day Giveaway!!

30while30.blogspot.com Is hosting a great Giveaway!!!! Here is the Contest Link Kids Earth Day Giveaway

These are their great prizes!!!
1 My First Green Book1 reusable bag that says REUSE ME on it
1 Horizon Chocolate Organic reduced fat milkOrganically made snacksColoring books from the EPAUp cycled Crayons
1 tree seedling for them to plant
1 iron-on for the shirt they are going to wear on Earth day
This giveaway is valued at $30 (so far).

HERES HOW YOU CAN ENTER: Go leave a comment on their post, telling them a way you teach your child to help the environment.
This package can only be sent within the United States.
DEADLINE TO ENTER---Midnight April 14

What a Great Givaway!!!

So I have been spaning out more and reading more and more blogs. GLAD I did, I found this great site 5 mins for mom (http://www.5minutesformom.com/). And they are having a great 2 week givaway!!!! Their button is the the right,(2 weeks of Toys) go check it out and you could win lots of great things!!!!!!!

House inspection

OK so we got to read all about the house inspection today. Mind you it cost almost $300 for someone to go through and say well this is good and this is bad. I want that job! Anyways, most of the stuff is good. Somethings are ok and a couple of things are alike UMM do we want to buy the house still. Some of the electric is the oldest kind you can have. NOT A GOOD THING! Oh and the idiots who lived there vented a dryer down into the basement and put a sock over it to catch the lint. HELLO how stupid do you have to be to NOT know you are putting a TON of mostiture into your basement. That washer and dryer was going to be taken out anyways but still. This post is mostly me just thinking out loud so if it doesn't make sence well its not suppose to!

Wordless Wednesday

Its empty don't worry :)

Sweet Sweet boy

So Aidan is a trip I tell you this much. He is always on the go and gets into a lot of trouble. Most of the time he isn't doing it to be bad I just feel he has no impulse control. Something we have been working on for some time. Well like I said in an earlier post today (tuesday) I woke up feeling like total poo. Well we were getting ready because I still had stuff to do, and Aidan was running around and not listening. So here is a conversation that we had after I told him I was sick.

Me: Aidan can you please come over here and put your shoes on. Mommy is sick and I don't feel well.

Aidan: OH sorry mommy. Mommy you sick?

Me: Yes Aidan I am sick and dont' feel good.

Aidan: Mommy you need to drink water, then you feel better.

Me: I need to drink some water to feel better.

Aidan: Yes, you drink water then you feel better, I get mommy some water.

Then he goes into the kitchen askes for a glass of water so I get it for him. Then he turns around and says.

Aidan: Here mommy, you drink and be all better.

Then he leans over and kisses me. Even though his very hard to deal with at times, he is truely a sweet sweet child. And means well and loves just about everyone. I couldn't ask for anything more!!!

MMM new food

So Kayleigh is a great eater, she sees foods and wants it! Some new things she has tried are, apples (brother left it in the living room, and mom (me) knew she was being too quite so I go in and see her holding the apple and just munching away on it. She got very mad when I took it away. So daddy held her and let her eat some more of it.





Then while at Wally World I was getting more baby food and saw these things from Gerber called "Yogurt Melts". I had never seen nor heard about them. So I got them to see if they would work for Kayleigh. OMG she LOVES them, so does Aidan. They were a touch big but we just split them in half and she went to town. She likes the puffs and all but just LOVED these Gerber "Yogurt Melts". To me they kinda tasted like freeze dried yogurt but thats great for a baby. She is always eating my yogurt (yes she's not a year old and is still living, its just amazing I know it LOL). I couldn't find a picture of them anywhere but they are in the resealable bag kinda like the Gerber "Mini Fruits, or Veggies". However, it will say on there Yogurt Melts, we got the Mixed Berries kind, because well thats all they had.

Busy busy weekend

Ok so this last weekend was a very busy one for us. On Sat one of Joe's friends from highschool got married so we went to the wedding. Lots of fun, great time! And from the wedding to the reception we BOUGHT A HOUSE! We have been looking for maybe a month, and had found one we really liked. Kinda waiting it out the house had been on the market for over a year so its not like it was really going to go anywhere. And our realitor was going out of town, she happens to be the sellers realitor as well. We got a GREAT price on it, and I can't wait until we close so we can get in there and make it our own!!!! Then on Sunday we played outside all day long. We even went and got DH a bike and a trailer for the kids to ride in. Then we came home got all that set up and went for a great family bike ride! OH HOW I LOVE SPRING!!!! Then on Monday we had to return to some of the store and take some stuff back. We had gotten some new curtains for the windows in the kitchen (we've lived here for almost 5 years with cows on the curtains lol) and they just didn't do it. And got some other things, such as totes and packing stuff. We have WAY too much stuff! Today (tuesday) sucked a big one. I woke up feeling like someone had tried to kill me in my sleep. Some good drugs and my 7pm I was feeling better. But it rained all day long no stop. I didn't see the sun until 6:30pm :( The house was inspected today and we'll read all about that tomorrow. Nothing wrong was found so thats a plus but we don't know the full details of what the inspector had to say yet. Hoping I wake up feeling MUCH better tomorrow so that I can actually start putting stuff into the totes and boxes!!!

Great Deals

So I love to shop for great deals. I really love to shop for great deals online. As I have 2 kids its hard to shop in the store. They get bored after 5mins and are screaming and crying about wanting to leave. So online shopping is the best! Well tonight I visited The Children's Place. OMG I save a TON of money! Right now they are having 70% off sales and $5.00 shipping NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ORDER!! You can't beat these prices anywhere. Trust me I've looked at all the name brand stores and The Children's Place by far has the best deals! http://www.ChildrensPlace.com/ Go now and see for yourself!!!!!

Winning

So my dearest hubby things I have a problem with blogging already. HOWEVER, he was really happy when I won an ImagiPLAY Puzzle!!!! I would like to thank Kristin at http://www.kailasmommy.blogspot.com/ and ImagiPlay for the great prize! I know my son Aidan will just love it. He loves puzzles and music so this is just perfect for him!!!

Addicted

So I am becoming addicted to blogging and reading other's blogs. All because of Kristin at http://www.kailasmommy.blogspot.com/ LOL. My husband thinks I have a problem and all of this is within the past week. I see this as becoming my drug of choice. Nothing really wrong with that, is there :) I don't see any harm in it. I do it when the kids are asleep and its my free time for me!!!!

Alex Casy Baby

I have just come across this web-site. And would you know it they just turned 1!!!! To celebrate, they've added some new products, such as the Cotton Sleep Sacks, and a Sibs and Mommies line, those are just a couple. Everything on here is so sticking cute! Until April 4th you can save 15% by entering "anni" at the checkout! Go there now and you won't be able to leave without buying something its all so cute!!!!!
http://www.alexcaseybaby.com/

And this is a MUST have for all nursing mom's! Way better than those dingy black, vinly ones you can get at the store! Wish I had found this site before my daughter gave up nursing!!!
http://www.alexcaseybaby.com/mommies/nurse_covers.html

Go NOW what are you waiting for? You'll miss out on the savings if you don't do it soon!

Kids, Kids, and more about my Kids

Ok so I have a son who turned 3 in Oct. And I have a daughter who was born in May. Which by the way I can't believe she's only be to a year old in 2 months. Where has the time gone? Aidan who truely lives up to the meaning of his name (little fire) is just the sweetest boy ever. Always on the go always into stuff. ALWAYS talking, before you couldn't understand him at least now, well 98% of the time I know what he's saying. I swear this boy could run around in circles for 10 hours and still have the energy to do it for 10 more. AWW but at last he is sleeping peacfully next to me in my bed. Not an ideal place for him to be sleeping,(daddy will move him when he gets home!) But asleep, so I'll take it. Kayleigh, who is starting to get a diva temperment is just so cute who could care? I could :), she is very sweet, very loving, but knows what and when she wants something. And she know's how to get it, stand at my feet and scream bloody murder until I can't take it anymore and give in. All the while she has a smile on her face. She's the one who's going to give me the "real" trouble I have a feeling. She too is sleeping right now. HOW else do you think I'm on here typing this out? They both love each other, along with hating one another but they are brother and sister thats just how it works. I really can't see one being complete without the other anymore. I cryed the night I went into the hospital to have Kayleigh. Thinking poor poor Aidan his life will never be the same. Well it hasn't but I think its changed for the best. He'll always have a partner in crime, a best friend, and someone to pick on. While Kayleigh has never known life with out her brother she'll have someone to look up to and protect her from boys!!!

Well enough mushy stuff about my kids. I'll let you get one and look at them now:)

These pics are just so later in life my kids can hate me for putting them on the internet (insert evil mommy laughter)

Aidan and School

Aidan has been doing wonderful in school! He loves all his friends and loves his teacher. I have helped out with the few parties they have for the holidays. And can see how much he enjoy's being there. His speach has grown leaps and bounds since he's started. Some things he's picked up from the other kids I don't like. But I guess I might as well get use to it now, as thats what I have to look foward to for the next 15 plus years.

Aidan playing a ball toss game

Musical Hearts

Snack time

Going to Auntie Erica's

Well I along with both kids went and saw my sister Erica and her kids in North Carolina in Jan. After 15 hours of travel, by plane and delays and then a car ride we arrived. We had so much fun and Aidan and Connor played and fought the whole time. Erica and I didn't even really get to sit around and talk that much. Having 4 kids and 2 adults means busy moms. Bailie is has grown up even more with the last few months. And Aidan just loves her to death! Aidan had a BLAST playing with their little dog. At first he wasn't so sure about it, and ran away from him. But by the end he was wanting to take him home with us. Thanks Erica he's now asking for a puppy all the time. How sad is it that we didn't really get any pictures at all. Just a few here and there. I don't think we got any of Aidan and Connor, they were to busy laughing and trying to share toys. Which is something neither one of them has to do often, poor kids LOL. Considering the time it took us to get there both kids were wonderful. It was Aidan's second time flying and Kayleigh's first. I only got like one or two shots of us on the plane. I sat next to someone who wasn't helpful in the least. So I thought I shouldn't even ask him to take a picture. And after I tried to take pictures of all three of us and he didn't offer I knew he didn't want to help me out. Our trip back was MUCH faster and again the kids were angels!
I'll add the few pictures that I do have later.

Christmas 2007

Ok so this is beyond late. SORRY
Here are some christmas pictures from 2007. Aidan's 4th Christmas and Kayleigh's 1st. He had a blast and was ALL about santa and presents. And Kayleigh had fun playing in the wrapping paper. Joe got a nice new 42" t.v. and I got a new ipod along with both of us getting little things here and there.
Kayleigh playing with her new toy.

Mommy I see "Ice Age"

Opening presents is hard work!

I can do this!!!

Sneaking cookies at Great Grandma's house

Yeah Presents!

Kayleigh looks impressed LOL
What do we have here?
Smiles!
No sissy you can't have the cookies


SANTA!

So cute!
OMG look at all these presents Santa left!
HO HO HO Merry Christmas!