Fall

Well I believe everyone at least who loves fall is blogging about fall. I thought that I should blog about fall since I have not entered in a blog the whole month of September. I am trying to keep up, but my life is so chaotic right now. I know that everyone can relate.
I do love fall and in fact I have been in fall transition for over a month now. You all are saying fall was not official until yesterday but in the retail world everything is months ahead. So in 2 weeks I will be off into Christmas. Holy Cow is all I have to say. Life is full right now. Let's see we have pre-school with Madeleine. Jeremy is into his 5th year of teaching and has nothing but raves from everyone (YEAH GOD). I am moving into management at my store (sorry, I can not actually say the company although I think I have in the past oops). Claira is almost 2 and I get some one on one time with her while sis is in school. She is starting to get possessive of me especially toward her sister. I am one of the pastors in the nursery program at our church. Crazy that I am one of the pastors and it is only in the nursery. That tells you the size of our church, so crazy. The rest of the time Jeremy and I are trying to establish our family time, date day, and community with others. All in all it seems to be a circus act, but one that works ( I know not a real analogy because circus's do in fact work). I guess I should just add to this blog since I did title it fall, I love fall. It is so appreciated by so many here when summer seems to last for 4-5 months. Bring on the pumpkins!!!!

A conversation with Madeleine before bed.

Madeleine: Mom!

Me: Yes Madeleine

Madeleine: Jesus gave me a book.

Me: Yeah what is in that book?

Madeleine: It is a book of songs and music.

Me: Wow you are a very special girl.

Madeleine: Mom!

Me: Yes Madeleine.

Madeleine: There are angels dancing around my room.

Me: Really!

Madeleine: Yes, they are blue and there is one on your nose.

Me: Wow, You are so special mom can not see those angels God gave you some special eyes.

Madeleine: Mom, why can't you see the angels?

Me: I don't know.

Madeleine: (silence)

Madeleine: Daddy says that there are good angels and bad angels.

Me: What do you say when there are bad angels?

Madeleine: I say go away in Jesus name and they go away.

Me: YUP!

What a very special things for little minds to know. God teaches me so much through my girls. He also reminds me of how real He is. I feel very blessed to have such special girls. I hope you enjoy them too.

What a summer.....

So I am still alive and proceeding with life. I know that some of you were worried because I was null and almost void, I am back and hope to get into a rhythm here. We have had quite the month and also quite the summer.
This has been our summer:

colds, fevers, sinus infection, pink eye, sore throats, swim lessons (torture), Lavender Farm, Daytona beach, more pink eye, sand castles, pools, lazy lagoons, 6 year wedding anniversary, sore throats, diaper rash (really bad), swimming in the ocean, body surfing, boogie boarding, walks, Disney World, Princesses, bad food, Urinary track infection, loss of sleep, ferry boats, time with Grandparents and Aunts and Uncle, Plane rides, smokey air, flu, and last Yeast infection not the so common kind but a rash like yeast infection on my little girl.

So, I think this whole summer so far we have dealt with someone being sick and everyone multiple times. I am so tired of Sickness. But our trip to Florida was nice. We are glad to be back although we still have a few bugs. I have never ever been around so much sickness.

Until the next blog I will look forward to writing about regular summer events without any sickness.

Grumpy old man...

We are officially into summer. We smell like chlorine and need the airconditioner running. So Claira is almost finished with her swimming lessons. Jeremy likes to call it swimmig torture. She screams the whole time. She also claws at you and pinchs. She loves the water, that is not the problem. It is the structure and she is unable to choose what she would like to do in the water. Our second born does not enjoy being forced to do anything. You may have ice cream for her but to feed it to her would only cause her to become a grumpy old man. (I know she is a girl, but I have met many of grumpy old men and she is one when unhappy). She has finally stopped screaming when we clothe her. Right now taking baths is becoming a problem. She use to love them and would let you put her in anytime. Well now she does not want to go in. And after many many minutes of screaming in the tub we reach for her to take her out and guess what...Yup, she does not want to get out. What a headache. I love her to pieces. To see her laugh is amazing. She has 2 dimples one on each side of her cheaks. Her smile is so adorable. She even enjoys making others laugh. So it is not that she is unhappy, she is full of joy most of the day. But when she is forced into somthing that was not initiated on her own, this is where we encounter the old man in her. Oh well just 2 more days of swimming and than she is on her own accord.

Lets go to the movies...

Well we took the girls to their first movies last night. We went to see "Kung Fu Panda". I would put one of those picture icons here but I am not savvy with the computer. So maybe you can just picture it in your head. You know that big panda in a kung fu stance. Yup that's the one. Well it started off great than after 10min of intro and trailers the movie started. About 20 min into the movie Claira started to get the wiggles. She wanted to walk around the dark theater of complete strangers and say "Hiiiiii"! She is into saying hi to strangers everywhere we go. So than she tried to stand on the seat with a booster in it. Screaming as I tried to catch her before she fell. We walked to the back of the theater and she touched all the lights that light the path. Jeremy and Madeleine had migrated to the very front row of the theater. Claira and I finally joined them. As we were all getting a bit of motion sickness watching animated kung fu we finally found our spot in the theater. The girls loved the front row and stayed there the rest of the time. All in all the movie was a blast of humor. We really enjoy Jack Black. We also made a family memory and spent a little too much for snacks and evening tickets. I think this will happen again....Next year!

Prayer from a mighty heart...

So we have always put our girls to bed with a kiss and a prayer. We also have taught our girls to pray for sickness or anything that hurts. Madeleine is at an age where she will volunteer to pray when we are sick or do not feel good. Jeremy has introduced a new ritual for prayer. He has Madeleine choose a friend to pray for (in hopes later to have her pray for others who may need prayer or when there is a rift in relationships). He than asks her to pray for one of her family members. Last night she chose me. This was her prayer....

"God, Jesus pray for healing and for mom to go to church with me. Pray for love and for mom to go to gymnastics with me. I love her you love her too. Amen."

This is the best thing ever. God has given us a little prayer warrior. By the way I am sick and have been for a few days and missed church. This really made an impact on her for her prayer.

Count down....

Monday-Jeremy golfs, has a meeting, and works. I will clean our carpets.
Tuesday- Jeremy has his last academic day. I will go to the gym, babysit, and we both will work at night.
Wednesday- Jeremy will have award ceremony at school ,rest of school day at the skating rink, . and head to work. I will go to the gym, babysit, and work that night.
Thursday- Jeremy has his class party, and has 8th grade graduation (his brother is graduating). I will go to his class party, babysit and go to 8th grade graduation.
Friday-Jeremy has a min. day at school, and will go to work that night. I will go to the gym, babysit, and go to work.
Saturday-Jeremy is on call. We will go to the gym as a family and I am working afternoon into the evening.
Sunday- Jeremy and I are at church all day.
That next week Jeremy has inservice, will work 3 more weeks for his drive to Chico, and we will go to FLORIDA!!!!!!!
Okay, we are almost there. Yeah!!!
So if you are jealous of our week I will gladly share =)

103 degrees and 3 colds...

One little thought...Why are girl blogs generally longer than boy blogs? We all know statistics say girls say more in a day than boys so I guess this is just one more addition in proof to that theory.

Summer has arrived here, Yay and yuck all in the same thought. It is sad that we have not really eased into summer. Just like when you get into the pool in the beginning. There are 2 kind of people. Person #1 you slip your feet in until you feel comfort and than your up to your knees until you are in up to your waist. Then the last bit and the hardest you plunge in. Or Person #2 You just go crazy and cannon ball in. There your done. Well summer this year looks like Person #2 except there your in and done, is not done, the heat is so exhausting. You try and spend as much time indoors than actually outdoors. You know blow drying your hair causes you to sweat. Well at least you can spend your days in the pool, sprinklers or even the lake. But summer for me means Jeremy is home, Yes!!!

I am always baffled at the thought of colds in the summer. Both girls and I have colds it is 103 degrees out and we all have colds. Just does not seem to be possible. Oh well, here's to stronger immune systems!

A little shout out.. "Yay" for my friends who will be bringing in their new baby from Ethiopia this year. What an exciting time and God is so good to you both. We need to have a shower!!!
(Sorry, I guess shout outs usually contain a name or two. I just needed to talk to them first and make sure they would appreciate a shout out). Just know 2 people are getting the desire of their hearts soon. Yay, Yay, Yay!!!!

Gates and boundaries...

Why do we all start out pushing limits. We see a gate we are attracted to it instantly. We want to know why there is a gate, why we can't go beyond it, or how can we get beyond it. Gates are our boundaries. We are limited. Where can we get our full access pass is what is in our minds. I was not a fan of gates with my children, really for that reason. I want my children to know their limits. And if they get into a situation that is not safe, I want them to know how to handle it. We try and train them. You may think it is a little liberal. And this may be the only liberal thinking my husband may be attached to. But really it works (for my children). We have stairs my children are drawn to them. Most people gate them. We train our children to slide down the stairs in control. We have to be there and show them over and over. But really in life there isn't going to be a gate in unsafe places. So we try to develop some kind of thinking that if they know the safe way they know why. The stove is hot, why? Well that is what we are told. Or the stove is hot, do you feel the heat? Do you see the fire? It will hurt when you touch it. They still will touch it and now they know. They may fall on the stairs but we were there. They know now that it can be dangerous to play on the stairs or they can use it to transport to our room the safe way. Why? is a common question now for our children. We often want to tell them because. But now we talk to them with as much communication as they can understand. Why do I have to hold your hand when we cross the street? Because there are cars, and they do not see you, but they will see me. Why? Well, I am bigger. Why do the cars have to see me? Well, if they don't they may hit you. You know when you fall it hurts and you want to cry? Well the same thing will happen when a car will hit you. But this time you will have to see a Dr. It may be scary, but there little minds (I think) need to know to think of consequences.
Sorry, this is heavy on my mind. Jeremy has a little brother who is 14 and saw a gang fight were a kid was seriously injured. By the description he may have had permanent brain damage or may not have survived. His brother thought how cool it was to see. He never thought that the kid was bleeding out of his ears and nose and mouth for other reasons like trauma. His reaction was, "I don't know the kid." His mom and I looked at him in awe that it did not sink in. His mom was actually very disturbed. Pray for him, and the kid who was rushed to the emergency room. So sad.

Poison Oak

My husband is a good man. He works way too much. Too much for his own good and it may be killing him slowly. He is stressed. Yesterday we were up at 6:45am for church (to work in the nursery). He got a call and had to go (he works for a company that services machines, can't say much more). He came back and got another call, this time to Medford, Oregon. 3 hours later services a machine. Drives back 3 hours, and has calls waiting on him. He did have a fellow employee that went to 4 calls while he was gone. He had 3 more. So at 8:15 last night he was home to eat dinner, get his hair cut (by me), and put the girls to bed. This is our life. I really can not wait for June. We will have more time since he is cutting things out. PTL (praise the Lord!!!!).
One little tid bit about my husband, he is obsessed right now because it is prime season with poison oak. Everywhere we go he can see it. We drive he sees it. Even the tiny little sprout he knows so well. He gets poison oak almost every year. So he feels love when I express interest in his. One day we were driving (to one of his calls far away) and i tried to point out the poison oak before he could. Funny thing he really felt love, I was just joking around. Well I guess my job as an amazing wife was fulfilled that day.

Proverbs 31 Woman.

So, this may not be a tactful blog, but this is what is in my mind right now.
Why did God have us live up to a standard of a Proverbs 31 Woman? This question is on my mind because well I feel just the opposite. I have full rage (inside my head for everything, except chocolate), I have no patience what so ever, I want to cry, and I think the world has just inconvenienced me in every way. Yes, How does a WOMAN live Proverbs 31 when she is dealing with this every month? Does God turn his head and say she will be back next week? I feel like I am the devil and I can not control it, in fact I can even justify my feelings (only in my head, out loud is not the same). When I talk to my husband I only get worse. When I talk to my best friends I get better, like I am not losing my mind. What in the world!?! Right! This is what every woman goes through the questions, the emotions, the guilt that she is the Devil, the uncertainty if she is actually saved. But it will all be back to normal in a week. Of course, until next month. Men, God made us, he has put Proverbs 31 as a standard for us to live up to, but he also created grace. I don't understand it anymore than you do, but I do know what you see at that moment is not me, the crazy person. So I leave you with this to think about and maybe you can come to some conclusions yourself. Oh yes of course, please pray for my husband this week.

Not much to say.....except I can not wait for Summer Vacation!!!

Life is busy, girls keep me laughing, husband I barely see, work a little sanity, friends are far and few between, workouts release my stress. I know that this really is not a correct sentence but oh well. I think whatever it is that I wrote sums up my whole life.

This summer for the first time ever, we are going on a 2 week vacation. I think 3 years ago was the last time we all went on vacation together, with the exception of Claira (she was not here yet). We have an amazing family that has arranged mind boggling accommodations for the whole family for the whole 2 weeks. Basically we had to buy our plane tickets. We have planned for this for a year so we are ready. I am looking forward to the constant provision of babysitting so that my husband and I get to see each other and maybe go out on a date. Oh yeah, Jeremy and I will celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary while there, and its where we went on our honeymoon. This is what keeps us going.

Life as a mom

I was successful taking my two girls to Costco today. Although as we were leaving Madeleine was starting to cry because we did not get a hot dog. Claira was crying because I would not hold her while trying to push the cart with all of our food and the girls. I was crying because I always spend about 2oo dollars at Costco. But all in all pretty good, we all started to cry at the end of the adventure. YES!!!

My girls love screaming, FOR FUN. They are not angry, mad, or frustrated. More like they are full of joy. They love doing things that make each other laugh and well this is one of them. Both scream at the top of their lungs a high pitched squeal. Oh yeah, they only do this in the car when I am driving. I try and tell them to stop but THEY CAN'T HEAR ME. Sorry so use to yelling to be heard.

Madeleine pinned Claira down this morning for the 13 time. This time to just kiss her head, fingers, arms, elbows, etc. Claira tries to fight with her whole being to get this aggressive sister who loves her terribly off of her. Claira weighs about the same so I am sure Madeleine will soon get her dose. That will be fun

Panicked for a few seconds, I heard from someone who heard from someone else that pre-school was booked for the fall. I called Jeremy to check it out (he works at the school) false alarm still plenty of room. Really, what would I have done.....Pre-school in the fall keeps me going through all of this. (I am only kind of joking). By the way for other mom's out there who think I am horrible because I really have no desire to home school it's only a half day pre-school.

Went to get adjusted at the chiropractor and every time we go Madeleine brings one of her toys to get adjusted (ie. car, castle, baby). Yes, my children get adjusted have since the day they were born. Plus Claira has gone due to injuries from her sister. A popped out rib once. They really need it.

Just some little random things in my life. Until next time....

Weekend Update

So, Friday morning I went to yoga with my friend Sea Jay. I ran some errands afterwards, picked up a friends little girl I watch. We went home and I made everyone lunch and started Madeleines Cake. I cleaned my whole house from top to bottom since we had unexpected guests (3 girls visiting our renters). The girls went down for a nap and I started to get ready for work. Made my husband dinner. I than dropped the little girl off at home and brought my girls to their Grandmas for the night. I went to work (It was Kool April Night's) and the traffic was horrible. I came home and decorated Madeleines cake. Jeremy told me he had to drive to Yreka, Weed, and Mt. Shasta the next morning for work. I was going to have to plan this whole day by myself.

Saturday, Jeremy left early for work. I got the girls up and ready for the day. Luckly one of our renters volunteered to watch the girls so I could run errands without the girls. I went to get Madeleiens gift (it was my first free moment without her), went to the grocery store, had to buy baloons, and looked everywhere for the Strawberry vendors (none to be found). I came home and Jeremy was home YAY. I was packing everything up for the park and party. Jeremy gets another call to work. BOOOO. I gathered up everything and loaded up everyone and everything into the car. I tried to call everyone I could to get some help at the park. No such luck. I pull up to the park and everyone and thier mom was there celebrating. I had to find a spot for our party. Thank goodness my friend Joanna was there already, she thought I might need some help (God is so good to me). We found 2 tables and I started to decorate while she watched the girls play. Oh did I mention the wind was crazy and it was so cold. The weather 1 day prior was in the mid 80's. Today was mid 50's. Well we ended with a small success and had a party of what could be considering the elements. Jeremy did arrive 45mins late. And we could not find Claira for a second. The smile on Madeleines face was worth all the work. We came home and crashed. Madeleine played with all of her new toys the rest of the night. I did manage to make a full dinner since we are never all together home for dinner. Oh and I started baking the cake for the baby shower for the next day.

Sunday, We slept in for 15 min. Got ready for church. We made church on time which is so unusual. 10 Min before the sermon was over the fire alarm went off. No one moved except for some staff members trying to figure out what happened. It came from the Nursury. Jeremy and I looked at each other and knew it was our little 3 year old. We went to pick up our little girls, mind you the alarm was still going had been for 15 min. at this time, and guess what. Out little girl did pull the fire alarm. We finally came home and I started to put the cake together for the shower. Jeremy had another call to work, our car was dead since Jeremy left the lights on overnight, and I made it to the shower and finally our weekend was over.

We know the dates on the pictures are wrong (just something else =)).

Whirlwind....

So I am about to begin a full weekend. I may not get a blog in but who knows I may have a free moment. I have Madeleine's 3rd birthday on Saturday. She is going to have a princess party (mainly she will dress up like a princess and have a few accents). I have decided to continue with a tradition from my family. I will make her cake and it will be a barbie doll cake. The barbie and the dress is the cake. My mom always made that cake for me when I was little. I loved all the cakes my mom made me. She of course was a certified cake decorator. I do have big shoes to fill. I will let you know how it goes.

Sunday, I have a baby shower that I am co-hosting. It is for a co-worker and I thought it would be a little gathering. So I decided I would make that cake. UHMMMMM..... it is going to be about 30 people. I am freaking out a little because this will be THE cake that is in the baby books. Not if that is not bad enough the request for the cake is a motorcycle race track with a motorcycle on it. WHAT THE HECK!!! I have made plain cakes this is really out of my element. Oh well, Of course you will get the update on that cake too.

Just a little side note, If there are some of you out there that know us, could you pray for Jeremy. He is really experiencing something very hard. I am having a hard time watching him take this situation and having it really effect him. It is a pretty big thing for us right now but God of course can do anything with the twitch of his finger. I just need wisdom for my role for my husband right now. And also need to let go of some anger and frustration from this thing. Thanks!!! Let you know how the cake decorating goes = -)

On a heavier note...

So I really have been thinking about why I think of random people all the time. People that I have not seen in years, really weird. I have also wondered why I constantly talk to my husband of people around me and all that they have been dealing with. I have been feeling the weight of their world on my shoulders. You see I am the type of person who will feel, hear, see issues and take them on. In other words I am an intercessor. I have not been as active in my role since I have had children. I really have been tuning all that stuff out.

So just as a wall appeared in front of me as I feel the pain sting my face, I realize, "oh my goodness". Yes, this is the Lord giving me little signs to pray for these people. About 5 years ago this would have been a no brainer for me. I am not sure if you wonder the same things from time to time, "Why did so and so come to mind, I forgot that I even knew them." You know those thoughts. Well I believe it is a true sign of God telling you they need a prayer. Maybe you don't think that is God. Let me ask you this: What would it hurt to pray for them while they are on your mind? Not a thing is what I say.

So, Today (Sunday) at church, Our Pastor spoke on prayer. Another ding ding ding for me. Yup, God again telling me I need to get back to my calling. Yes, my calling. You see this is why I feel every ones weight. I feel I need to do something to make things right. And most issues are far beyond my control, of course with the exception of prayer. I can do something for someone in a circumstance that is huge.

Just want to let you know so can you! Something to think about. Thanks for letting me blog on something near and dear to my heart.

Scattered thoughts......

Things that go through my head throughout the day.......

...How in the world did my children desire a need for so much affection, (those of you who do not know I am not one who desires much affection, love it when I need it but don't need it often), my girls love to cuddle all day long.

...Finally, Claira can push Madeleine away when she is expressing too much affection. This happens more than 50 times in a day. (No really).

....Playing at the park turned into Madeleine's mission to clean the earth. She picked up every piece of trash announcing she needed to put all of it in the trash. I do not believe Jeremy or I have this natural tendency. We do fine or shall I say I do fine cleaning up after us.

....Do I have the right approach to parenting or are my children going to end up messed up. You know do I let them go crazy, do I try and control them, do I put the fear of me in them, do I kill them with kindness, do I ignore them and ask random strangers if they have seen the parents that belong the these children? Just some everyday questions to myself.

...This week telling Madeleine that Princess's don't pick there nose works, will it work next week?

....I Love that Madeleine says she sees angels and talks about them all the time.

....I love that Madeleine will pray for us when we are hurt or she will ask us to pray for her when she is hurt.

...Soon daddy will be home, and Madeleine will say, "daddy is prince charming mommy."

Hope you enjoy some of my thoughts and tidbits of our everyday life.

Lost time

WOW, where has the time gone.... I just feel like we lost a week. We are here and doing well. Actually a little sore. We signed a new gym membership this week. I did pretty well, 3 visits in 4 days. I know good. I hope to keep at least 3 visits a week. This is how long it has been since I have been to a gym with actual classes. You know there are the more pocket friendly gyms that do not offer any classes, they just have the weights and Nautilus. I think 8 years since I have taken a class. I love classes. They are so much fun for me. They are really what makes working out worth it for me. So they have this class BRILLIANT. You lift weights like with the bar and weights on the end. The kind that you bench press with. Anyway, it is set up like an aerobics class setting. With the instructors and loud fun music. The class was full of women the first time. I asked Jeremy if he wanted to go with me on Saturday, he agreed, YAY. Fortunately there was one other guy there. He was such a good sport. Although he makes me laugh. He did admit that his dignity left the room when he saw women all around him with more weights on there bars, not struggling as much as he was with his. He did admit he wants to go regularly. That is why I love the guy, he knows what makes me happy and is willing to support me even if his dignity left him. What an amazing MAN. He is a MAN even though there are some sheras around him.

Day trip to the beach

The girls and mommy

Daddy and Claira.

Girls in sand heaven!!!

Star fish

Madeleine will be a marine biologist.

Long day good thing Bently came for Madeleine's comfort.

Once a weeker

Well I guess I am not the best blogger. I find that it's a good week if I can blog once. Yup that's me. Even keeping a journal I would find my entries to be random. Some days apart but even a few years apart. I love order but if I can not stick to it well you get it. I am going to attempt to place some pictures of the girls. We took the girls to the beach for a day trip this last Monday. Some think a 3 hour drive and a little stay at the coast and a 3 hour drive home makes for a horrible day. Not us it is ideal for us. It also works out perfect. Jeremy is forced to speak to me for hours, the girls get in 2 naps for the day, we exhaust and entertain the girls for hours and all spend quality time together. For me this is FABULOUS. This is our 2nd Annual family beach trip and we plan on sticking to this routine. It fits me like a glove, once a year. Well I hope you enjoy our family day trip.

The heat is on

So I must say that my dear friend Dana has advertised my bolg. Do I feel a little flame under my feet :). Thanks Dana!!!
Well things are just a little exhausting right now. I am counting down to spring break. Not that my children are affected, but my Husband (he is a Jr. High teacher) will be home!! Yay is all I have to say. I have so many plans. I am sure he will appriciate my honey do list. Oh well the price he has to pay for being a husband.

I am still dealing with the aftermath of my stolen purse. I had a little lead. There was a charge made from my debit card for $6.42. Wow they really needed my credit huh. So i called the police and gave them my case # and the officer did not really feel impressed that this was a lead at all. WHAT, I felt like a little investigator and he just untied the knot in my balloon and let go.
A little advice, if ever your identiy or valuables are stolen know your not all that important. Sad isn't it.

So I have heard of this service called life lock. You apparently give them all your information for a monthly fee and they will track it. They will call you immediately if your S.S# or information is being used. So I try and sign up and well you need all the S.S. #'S and a credit card to bill. Guess what I know my S.S.# but I do not know my children's and all of our credit cards were canceled due to the theft. Life is so much fun (My mother is helping me with the fee with her C.C. # and my mother-in-law has access to my 2 girls S.S. #).

A little story to leave you with (a bit of hesitation on my end). So Madeleine came up to me the other day and told me she had a small bum. I intantly wanted to run away and hide because I knew what was about to come. Yes, Mommy has a big bum. I started to argue with her no I don't. She said yes you do. I realized now that I was a little insecure and did not realize she was actually stating facts using her brillant mind. Yes really my bum is big and her bum is small. Ignorance is truely bliss. But hard to come by with a 2 year old.

Looking glass

Well here is the first view into our family's life. So last week I had a very sick 2 year old. We started off with a little spillage, more like an erruption Sunday night. Monday it was a bit of a fever followed with a small cough. Monday night or Tuesday morning depends on when you go to bed. Jeremy and I woke to one screeming girl and a seal. Madeleine woke Claira up and yup croop. I sat outside in the dark to calm Madeleine down and help her breath. She was freaking out and made breathing very hard for her. Once she calmed down she fell asleep. I read up online what to do and they advised you keep your child near you while they sleep. So I was on the floor with her all night long with speratic moans of discomfort as well as seal barks followed with labored breathing. Not a very good nights sleep. Tuesday woke to a very energetic girl after she woke around 930am. Nice for her. Wednesday woke to fever and an unhappy girl. Again a not so good night sleep. She would cry everytime she would feel her nose run, and would make me wipe it every few min. She would refuse to hold her cup while drinking, refused to do anything at all. I had to do everything for her. At first I was the compassionate mother who would do anything for her. After 2 days I was done. I could not handle the freak outs everytime she sneezed (sneezing + colds = yuck). And I just did not want to hold her cup while she drank everytime. I was done. I did take her to the Dr. in the midst of all this. They just told me there was nothing more I could do than what I was already doing. FUN FUN!!!

So Saturday Jeremy is home, I get to go to work YEAH!!!!! This is MY time, I get to be away and work, where I leave everything. It is wierd but for those of you who are mom's and have kids its true. So good day at work, busy (I work at Pier 1 imports). People buying up some fun stuff. I take a few breaks here and there and before I know it my shift ends.

Here is comes the icing on the cake. The big end to my long week......My purse has been stolen from work. Yup...I think no maybe I put it somewhere. We looked through the whole store, trash cans, even the fridge in the break room (absent minded mom's may put stuff in there). NO PURSE. I cancel my bank account, call my husband to pick me up since I have no keys, call the police, the list goes on. Jeremy came gave me his keys, and went to the bank to open a new account. We start canceling our credit cards. The police man asks me questions like "Did you have your social security card in your wallet?" UHMMM I say YES, not only mine but my 2 girls too. UHHHHGG. Why Why WHY?

So I found out someone is stealing purses and wallets from employee areas all over Redding. They are doing an investigation and all I want back are my ID cards and my Bible. Yes hopefully they can read the though shall nots. Oh well. I am going to look at this week as new and full of posibilities.

By the way Madeleine is feeling better, Although I need to go wipe her nose as she is still falling apart. Literally she is yelling at me at this moment. FUN. I hope you enjoy the view through the looking glass into our life this last week.