A few things I don't understand:

Why can Kade tell us no he doesn't have to pee for 25 minutes when we ask him every 2 minutes, then literally go around the corner ( the first time we didn't have him in front of us ) and pee on my floor?

Why does Jack go to bed between 8:30 - 9:00 at night now ( when it used to be 7 - 7:30 ) and wake up earlier than he did when we went to bed earlier. He wakes up at 6:00 a.m. now??????????

How some people get everything done that they are supposed to get done without feeling resentful that they have too much to do? LOL

OR - how do people live in the moment of what is happening instead of thinking of all of the other stuff they have to do.

Things I do understand:
Why people become alcoholics/do drugs - j/k ( sort of )
Why people get vasectomy's - ( I love my kids )

THAT ROBERT HAS A TRAINING START DAY OF MAY 27TH AND A START START DAY OF JUNE 2ND!
Lets see if it sticks this time.

Just catching up with lots of pictures!

I LLLLOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE HIM!!!!!!!!


The kids on the tractors at the Carnival on Mother's day


"SUPER-AIDEN"


My mom and her kids on mother's day


Most of us on Mother's day -


This is my "celebrate" cake that Robert bought me. The kids thought it was my birthday again already!


My blue eyed man and I... ( I think I have 1 picture in the last 8 years where he is NOT making a strange face )


We had lots to drink and lots of fun!


And this is us after taking the last picture... ( ignore the old dentistry!! lol )

no computer?!?!

Robert told me our computer has officially died. We had seen it getting very tired and thankfully he backed everything up so we didn't lose anything ( I would have killed him if he didn't because he had plenty of warning ) but it's now gone and I have these great pictures from the wedding and mothers day that I can't post. urrggh

He made so much fun of me because that was the first thing I said when he told me that we officially have to buy a new one is: "what about my blog?"

Thank goodness I have an office job so I don't have to stop cold turkey...

Yeay!

Ok so my meeting with my bosses went VERY VERY well yesterday. I have a very clear direction on the near future... as soon as we sign on the pending accounts, I'll be able to back away from the part of the job that for lack of better words, I do not enjoy and takes up much of my time, and will be responsible for the all of the training and implementation of our business model when we expand across the country. Something that interests me tremendously. ( not to mention a significant financial incentive to go with it!!!! )
SO - that's done. Oh, I need to basically come up with a proposal for what my new title should be, and I'm struggling with that a bit.

Robert made me a yummy dinner, and invited mom and dad and TJ & Aiden over to congratulate me with a lemon cake a cute candles that said "celebrate" Sweet huh?!

I caught a cold from flying and now I'm going to have a head cold when I'm up in Lake Arrowhead... bummer!

I can't believe my "baby" is actually 2.

I'm very emotional about baby Jack turning 2. It just hit me last night when I was putting him to bed and rubbing his sweet little happy face - that 2 years ago yesterday my 3rd child was born. My 3rd child that was conceived 3 weeks before my husband's vasectomy was done - my 3rd child that delivered 4 weeks early ( and after being awake for 36 hrs ) and the thought of scared me to death. 2 kids was already more than I thought I could handle, then to have 3 of them so close together? The timing of conceiving him made me feel like he was going to serve a bigger purpose in our lives, and I couldn't have been more right. Our son Jack is pure innocence and love. He is happiness and silliness, he is intelligent and has struggles, he makes me slow down and appreciate life - and I wish I could express how thankful for him I am. He is a complete mama's boy and 99.99% of the time I love that - I need him and I'm glad he needs me.

Looking back when he was born, I couldn't stop saying I can't wait until my kids are 2,3,& 4 - or even more frequently 3,4, & 5 ( but of course I'll need to wait until next year for that post! ) But last night, I just sat there crying to Robert about how my baby isn't technically a baby anymore - yes he doesn't talk and yes he is still in diapers, but the fact that he is 2 just means that there is no where left to go but easier. ( based on my last 4 years ) During the years I've really had a lot of struggles, but looking back it all passed in the blink of an eye. That's a little scary - when you are going through something difficult it seems like time is standing still, but reflection on those same struggles make them seem shorter.

We had a nice day yesterday ( his b-day ) We went to Angie's house with Kim's family and the kids had so much fun. Angie has stairs so they all spent much of our time there running up and down the stairs - they played tag and were very good with Jack who couldn't run up and down the stairs as fast as the other kids. She also had a dirt pool... their kids like to play in the dirt as well, so they smartly filled a kiddie pool with dirt instead of getting it out of the flowerbeds! I took pictures, and I'll post them later - I don't have them on my work computer. My kids all fell asleep on the way home ( 10 minutes only before we got home ) and wouldn't take another nap when we got home. Even Jack - no nap for the birthday boy. He actually didn't do too bad - BUT the surprising good news with that, is early bed times for a change. Jack: 7:00 - Kade & Kyla: 8:20 - and mommy got to watch Desperate Housewifes without hitting pause to re-place the kids in their beds. Of course Kyla and Kade didn't sleep well ( they never do when they skip naps ) and ended up in my bed, kicking Robert out and kicking me all night...

With good news comes bad news...

The good news:
My boss called me and asked if I was available to fly up on Thursday the 8th for a meeting with her and the owner about my career with the company! That has to be good right?
The owner told me not to wait until it's too late to let them know if I am less than satisfied ( because we just lost our warehouse manager and he didn't give them a chance to counter-offer, etc.. ) so I didn't, and they want to fly me up now. They don't do stuff like that, so I'm actually pretty excited for the first time in a long time about my job and job possibilities.
The bad news:
As of 3:06 p.m. on Friday May 2nd - we have NO confirmation from HR as to Robert's pay level and start time. We know he's going to Westminster and we know his position - but the 5th is apparantely NOT his start date. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm sure I know what happened; they probably told him the 5th OR the 12th ( which he did share with me ) but somewhere in their communicating with him he probably "decided" to hear that it was the 5th and they probably never actually said that. Oh well - I'm used to it. Maybe he'll clean the house for me next week. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Nothing has changed

No pee in the potty and no start time and starting salary for Monday. He's already called them and said that he assumes if he doesn't hear from them that his start date will be later than the 5th? To which they answered with a too casual answer for my taste: "we are placing a lot of people right now and are still waiting to hear back with the details." SOOOOOO now it might be the 12th. I seriously don't think I can make it another week.