There are no condiments on my walls, furniture, floors. There are no broken bones, bruises or bloody noses. No electronic equipment ate any of my children, nor did the children eat anything non-toxic or otherwise. What did happen is remarkable.
The movie, Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrel. I watched it. The sun was still out. All 3 children were awake. I watched it without having to pause it. Really. I sat 2 feet away from the television, ready to hit pause (Sean has a thing for remotes, so we hid them all) if a child needed rescuing or who knows what.
So, kids- perfectly content- with THEIR TV OFF! mind you. No computers, no video games, no television. Just playing with each other, getting along, putting together Mr. Mrs. Potatoe Heads. Building lincoln logs, legos...
Sean would come out every 5 minutes and sit in my lap. He babbles on about what the kids are up to in his unintelligible way. A smile and off he is running across the kitchen again to get back to Juliet and Colin.
No snack requests, no drink requests, no pulling chairs to climb onto this or that to grab things they werent allowed to have.
Now, if you have never met my children- this post may not make any sense to you.
I need to write the date down. I watched a movie, with children awake. I cant tell you the last non animated movie I have watched. I am overjoyed.
Ok, so good noodles. I have 4 good noodle stickers (shiny sparkly star stickers) for Juliet each day. First sticker, sleeping in her bedroom all night. Second sticker, getting dressed (alone) and brushing teeth (assisted). Third sticker- General listening and behaviour. Picking up toys, listening without leading me to yell, normal stuff. Fourth sticker is going to bed the right way. Two nights in a row, She loves those damn stickers. Colin on the other hand, just wants a star sticker to place in the center of his palm so he can stick his hand out and say "Hi! Im a doodlebop!".
We drove to Juliets school today. Not her kindergarten, but the summer program. Its half an hour away, but seems nice enough. Afterwards we took the kids to McDonalds with a playground. All 3 kids enjoyed themselves.

I don't blog much these days. Tonight all of the kids were asleep by 7:30. Rare treat.
Work is good. Can't say much else, as my web address is linked here and don't want to say anything stupid. I enjoy going to work though. I miss my kids some days, but most days I enjoy getting out.
Christmas time is here. Juliet is easy to manipulate these days with Santa threats.. Colin is just a happy little guy that likes to sing carols, and Sean- well he's just good natured all the time regardless. Im on the hunt for a digital camcorder this evening, so this post will be brief.
Hubby is doing ok, misses us like crazy- as we him- but I think he is doing ok. Seems upbeat most days and in good spirits. Love him miss him dearly.
Im very bah-humbug this season though. Should be in a better mood, but hasnt set in yet that in a week I get to take my tree back down lol. Oh well, back to online pricing of camcorders!

Juliet stuck an apple seed in her ear canal today. Mom and I tried to suck it out with a nasal aspirator, but failed. Took her to see her pediatrician for the first time since moving home- he was able to get it out fast thankfully. He had me worried though. He showed me a model of an ear and where it was stuck- told me he didnt have all the tools that an ear nose throat doctor would have- but that he would give it a shot. I love that man! He really made a stressful situation dissipate in moments. Juliet was rewarded for her model behavior with a sundae from McDonalds.

Now I need to lie down as the contractions are back! One more week, just one more week!

Baby update- 2cm’s dilated, 50% effaced, 3rd station. Moved c-section to Thursday instead of next Friday- one day sooner. Now I need to call dr. office if my contractions are 5 minutes apart. I live 30 minutes from the hospital. Baffles me. The reason I am having the c-section is so my body wont labor. Allowing the baby to “engage” and for me to have productive contractions can do harm to my repair work just as much as pushing the baby through the birth canal…oh well.
Its 7:30. Im heading to bed at 8pm. Gotta sleep while I can!

Contractions are a pain. I am 37 weeks today. Plenty of contractions, doctor appt. in the am. Hopefully I am not dilated or effaced or anything like that- Id hate to have the baby sooner than we arranged. 12 days till baby, 10 days till hubster arrives.
We didn’t have Easter today, its delayed till hubby gets here. Mom made me a meatloaf, I made mashed potatoes- Boy do I miss how great she cooks. I try everything I can to make my food taste like hers- Im mediocre!
Colin got sick this afternoon. Makes me super happy I bought that carpet cleaner yesterday. Thinking it was his McD’s sausage for breakfast, as his Gpa got sick too and had the same thing.
Ready to be unpregnant, but still enjoying at least a bit of sleep at night time. Not looking forward to night feedings and all that jazz. Oh well, at least I will lose some of the backpain I have now.
I need to remember to update the Army on where I am living now. Many of the letters I get in the mail I need to give updated addresses to. Slacker!

I see my OB today, and pre-register at the hospital afterwards. I am 36 weeks pregnant as of yesterday.
Kids are doing good. Juliet and Colin have been going to bed at the same time which makes bedtime much more possible. No crying or fussing, just sleeping- Colin sure doesn’t like to be in the room by himself. Im tired though, waking up at 7am isn’t as much fun as Colin makes it out to be.

It’s been a rough couple of days with the kids. Fits and boredom- lately they really have perfected the art of ignoring things I say to them.

My Mother and my father talked about me, wondering how I will handle 3 kids when the two I have right now are so difficult. She cleans the house for me (I pay her) and I think hubby wants me to ask her to spend more time with the kids and less time cleaning- It will be easier to hire a new cleaning person than to hire help with the kids.
She also wanted to know how on earth I intended on breastfeeding baby number 3, with the other 2 running around the house reaking havoc. Hopefully Juliet will do well in summer camp, and maybe she’ll end up going full day from time to time, to give me a break around here. I really need to get over my fear of her in group settings without me there to supervise. I wont be able to go to school with her ya know, might as well work on that separation thing while they are still little.