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Jessica made it back from the beach safe and sound! She had a great time and made lots of new friends. She even saw a few of my old ones from different churches. She came back TAN and not burnt... good job jessica! She's passed out on the couch right now... guess she's gotta make up for lost sleep. I think they left this morning around 4 am.

I'm making her request tonight for dinner... chicken fajitas. Tomorrow she's already requested spaghetti! LOL

We're undecided of our plans this weekend. Columbiana is having fireworks tonight and tomorrow night. I want to go to at least one night but I think tonight we might just rent some movies and chill. We thought about taking the kids to the Drive In (thanks Jamie) but we don't wanna press our luck with keeping them out late 2 nights in a row.

OH... yesterday afternoon a man came to our door offering to clean the carpet in one room of our house... no strings attached... so today he's coming to clean the carpet in the living room. I'm really excited to see how it turns out b/c its pretty bad. He works for Kirby Cleaning Systems so I'm sure he's going to try and sell us a vacuum cleaner but I can't afford something that cost over $2,000!!! LOL I'll just let him clean the carpet, give us his spill and tell him no thanks! Matthew will be home so don't worry about a strange man being in our house. And I made sure to ask him over and over again that there were no obligations or strings attached.

Freecycle

I think freecycle.org is a great thing but you know what really gets on my nerves about it... other than the people who give sob stories of why they need what they need... or the ones that want to know your business before they think you're worthy enough to have what they're giving away.... I get frustrated by people posting things in one area and they actually live no where near that area. For example, I'm a member of Chilton County Freecycle... this morning there's someone on there giving away a swing set and other yard toys... GREAT!!!!! So I email the person back to find out where I can pick them up and she lives in a whole nother county!!!!!!!!! I replied back and told her I was not able to drive that far but thanks anyways.

If you're gonna post something then you need to specify where you live b/c I just assumed since it was the chilton county list that they'd at least live in CHILTON COUNTY!

Bits & Pieces

I pruned my ferns last night... if thats what you call it.

I made Goose's appointment to have her spayed tomorrow. By law if you adopt an animal from the humane society you have to have them fixed or you'll be fined.

I stayed up extra late last night watching Fox News and CNN. I feel sorry for Paris Hilton... her parents created that mess (mess being her!). I just hope she can grow from all this drama and really turn her life around.

Darcy wore a diaper all day yesterday and refused to tee tee in the potty :( I'd even bought her a soft comfy seat cover to use. I'll try again today.

I talked to Jessica yesterday (2x). She's having fun. She said she wasn't sunburnt... something I was really worried about.

Her friend that went to Beach Freak... her grandfather passed away on Tuesday.

I had one of my 'episodes' the other day where I almost passed out... kinda freaky.

I bought the wild berry flavor of Fulfill and I hate it. I like the strawberry/kiwi better.

We tried to put Jessica's TV in her room but the place where you hook everything into the TV broke off inside of it. We don't have cable in there but it would give her a place to watch movies.

I have to send off our rebates on our cell phones. I keep forgetting.

I need to get on the ball with planning Jessica's b'day party. She made it very clear that she wanted her friends only... no family. I guess we'll having something seperate for family (aka old people as she said).

thats all folks!

Darcy Bug

Darcy loves her yogurt! She will be THREE on November 16th. She's been potty training this week... doing pretty good too!

My Flirt

He's such a flirt!!!! Jacob 15 months old

Big Smiles

Jeremiah 15 months old

Me and My Green Thumb

NOT!

So I have 4 ferns on my front porch. I try and water them everyday but sometimes I forget. They're huge and they hang over the sides... why don't they perk up or are they supposed to? I shook them today and a lot of dead leaves fell off. Am I supposed to 'prune' them or what? Please tell me what to do with my ferns!!

In other areas of the yard....
I have a magnolia tree but its weird. One day it has leaves and the next day it doesn't. It just keeps losing its leaves... no blooms. What's wrong with this tree???? I would say its dead but it can't be dead if it keeps making new leaves... right????

You have to go to the store and get some ______

normally is filled in with... white raisins (yogurt covered raisins), granola bars, orange juice, apples or whatever it is she wants that we don't have!

I hear these words a lot from Darcy. I guess she's heard them a lot from me. Whenever we're out of something then I say I have to go to the store and get some... well now she's asking for a firetruck. She keeps telling saying "you have to go to the store and get a firetruck!"

She's wearing this construction hard hat that she thinks is a fire helmet... she just needs a fire truck to play with now.

My Big Girl

Darcy has been using the potty for the last 4 days. She hasn't been doing all of her business in the potty but she's used it off and on. Today she used it all but once! I'm really proud of her. She started to potty train herself when she was 13 months old... no lie but it was short lived with the twins arriving and us moving several times. I decided that I wouldn't push it but instead wait for her to show interest. Well these last few days she's let me know when she has to tee tee.

Tonight we were calling family members to tell them of the excitment. Aunt Nae (my sister) told Darcy she was going to bring her a surprise for using the potty like a big girl... well thats all we've heard about since then! In fact, when Darcy called Matt's parents to tell them she asked if they were going to give her a surprise too! LOL she said "you give me surprise?" it was really funny. Anyways... she's done so good today but I put her to bed with a diaper on just in case.

I bet having 2 in diapers will be a lot cheaper than having 3 in diapers!!!! As of now we go through a case of diapers a week!

Beach Freak

Jessica left this morning at 3:30am. She spent the night with a friend and her father was the one that got them to the church.... Thank God for him! Cause I would have had to load up the kids in order to get her there... Matthew would have to leave before I could get back home.

I've been to the same camp she's at but I was much older. I'm a little nervous about this b/c they basically have teenagers watching my kid with a few parents there too. She's 11 and it will be her responsibility to apply and reapply sunscreen.... along with many other things. I just hope someone is watching my child. There have been so many things in the news lately about missing children on trips just like this. I not only worry about that but things like... is someone going to be watching her while she's in the ocean???? at the pool??? crossing the street??? We gave her several speeches and hopefully she'll be aware of her surroundings at all times. And I think they big on the buddy system too. I'm sure she's going to be just fine and that she'll have wonderful time. Just pray she doesn't come home fried!

One more thing... the friend that she spent the night with, Brooklyn, is having a rough time. Her grandfather ended up in the hospital this past Thursday night and they're not giving him much longer to live. In fact they're saying he'll die any day now. Poor Brooklyn was really torn about whether or not she should go but her family convinced her that her grandfather would want her to go and have a good time. Please keep her in your prayers. She's a really sweet kid and I know this is heavy on her heart right now.

13 months old

This is Darcy wearing the same dress as Chloe... Here's the little tights I was talking about.

---EDIT---

Darcy is 2.5 now... I was just posting this picture to show a friend the dress.

Saturday... already?

I got used to Matthew being home by 3 and now he's back to working overtime and doesn't get home till 4pm. He's also working today too. I'm not sure how long the overtime will last. We can really use the money but I miss my hubby. It seems like we don't have enough time during the week as it is b/c we're feeding babies, bathing babies and putting them down for the night. By the time thats done then its matthew's turn to bath and get ready for the next day. It doesn't leave a lot of time for just the two of us. We need a mini vacation for just the two of us!

Today we had a list of things we needed to get done... that was before he found out he was working. It was mostly things that he would be doing and I'd be supervising but now I don't have my manpower.

I'll spend a good part of today getting Jessica ready for her week long beach trip with the church. Every night when I lay down I think of one more MUST have thing that I've gotta pack. I don't want to forget anything.... a week is a loooong time. Anything could happen!

Well I'd better get moving... I have a lot of little things I need to take care of. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Church is a possibility tomorrow.... whooo hoooo!

Walmart Trip

I took Darcy to walmart with tonight hoping to wear her out.... it didn't work. On the way there she was sucking her thumb... I thought she might fall asleep before we ever get there... she didn't. I left Matthew at home so he could have some alone time. I haven't taken Darcy to walmart much... I can probably count on one hand how many times. She did alright. We went quickly by things that might catch her eye and I tried to distract her... it worked. We did end up with a few items not on the list.... fruitloops, granola bars and a treat at the checkout line. She wanted me to hand her everything and let her drop it in the buggy. She sang the whole way through the store... 'We're going to the store' in the tune of Hi Hoe Merry Oh (??). She caught everyone's attention. No one was able to walk by without smiling :) Thats my girl!

We're home now and she's not sleepy!

yada yada yada

Last night my parents came over to eat with us. We had turnip greens, chicken and mashed potatoes with gravy... yummy! Before that got here we did a quick clean up on the house... it was over due. The whole house was vaccumed, sweep and picked up... leaving me not much to do today :)

My back was bothering me last night and nothing I took relieved it. I ended up sleeping in Darcy's bed b/c she was in our bed and I was tossing and turning. I was in her bed for all of 20 minutes when the door opened. I thought it was Matthew checking on me but it was Jessica... sleepwalking! She's done it several times since I last mentioned it. But last night was odd b/c she came into Darcy's room. I'm not sure how Darcy would have reacted had she'd been in there!

Today I've taken care of things that I've been putting off... like calling about pest control! LOL Out of nowhere we've had horrible bugs... roaches and other tiny bugs! When I was talking to the lady on the phone she said that most people carry them in from the grocery store. I immediatly remembered how about a month ago I had opened a brand new never been opened before box of gritts and the box was FULL of bugs! They started crawling out on me and some were flying!!!!! I guess thats the start of our problem! I had so much going on at the time that I never called the store about it... I just let it go and actually had forgotten it until she made that comment. Hopefully we can get rid of them! Its pretty embarrassing when they're crawling on the counters when your folks are over for dinner! And of course my mom lectures me about if I'd clean up the kitchen and not leave food out this wouldn't happen.... fact is I DO clean up the kitchen and we NEVER leave food out b/c we know it causes bugs!!! Thats just a mom for ya!

Matthew and I are trying to plan a quick trip to Pine Mountain, Ga. They have a 3 1/2 mile safari that you drive through. There's also some other cool things to do in the area. We're hoping to go sometime in July if all works out. We need a vacation... although I hardly consider 2 nights away from home a vacation but its better than nothing! And it will be just our little family :) I think it will be the FIRST ever vacaction with just us and the kids.

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Weekend Recap

Sometimes my weekend seems like a blurr... I'm having a hard time remembering what we did Friday night. OH WAIT.... I just remembered! LOL Friday after lunch I had the opportunity to earn some extra cash by helping my mom's office. I met them for lunch at the office... STIX (office treat) and then closed 2 loans. I really enjoyed getting out of the house and doing something so important. I love being a stay at home mom but sometimes I miss the professional world a tad bit. Friday night Matthew and I just hung out with the kids.

Saturday we had to be at Top of The River in Gadsden by 5pm. We gave everyone baths and then dropped off Darcy and the boys at his parents house. Matthew, Jessica and myself enjoyed a meal with my dad's side of the family. Afterwards we thought about dropping by City Stages to catch some of my old friends play but we decided against it for SEVERAL reasons. We ended up grabbing the littles ones (and Oscar) and coming home. Sunday we didn't make it to church b/c the boys eyes are still snotting green... which reminds me I need to call the doctor again today. I'm not sure if its still an eye infection or if its allergies... but whatever it is its lasted LONG enough! We did go to Matthew's parents house to eat lunch with his parents. Matthew racked up on Father's Day.... he got clothes... lots of em.... even some new boxers :)

Well Darcy's begging me to 'get outta puter room' so i'd better go!

The Reason

The reason why people have kids close together in age is so they can keep each other occupied! I can't wait till the boys are more mobile... then I can stick them in the back yard with Darcy and they can play with each other!!!!

Jeremiah is walking all over the place but Jacob doesn't care for it to much. Jeremiah also makes the cutest face ever while walking (and sometimes just for the heck of it). He kinda reminds me of a bull dog... his bottom jaw sticks out really far and he shows his bottom teeth. Its really cute! I'll try and get a picture of it for ya.

Jessica's home... she had a great trip.

Can you believe this!?!

Monday night Matthew and I had just finished watching Fox 6 News at 9pm. We got in the bed and had been laying there talking for a while when the phone rang. At first I thought it was one of Jessica's friends but it wasn't... it was a telemarketer!!!! Of course I couldn't understand him completely b/c he was from overseas but I managed to get the point across to him that we weren't interested and that it was against the law to call after 9pm! I told him to not call back again.

LAST NIGHT.... yep... at the same time he called again!!!!! I wasn't as friendly.

Today I've filled out a complaint with the FCC. If he calls again tonight I'm going to get his name and the phone number... I don't have caller Id and *57 didn't work. I know the name of the company but I really need to get his name and the number.

OMG!

Yesterday we took Jacob and Darcy back to the doctor for their follow up appointments. They've seemed fine but we wanted to make sure their ears were better since last week when we took Jeremiah his hadn't gotten any better. Sure enough Jacob's ear was still infected! The doctor gave him one more round of antibiotics. Darcy got a clean bill of health. But guess what happened this morning!?!?! Darcy woke up with her eye completely matted shut! I'm going to call the doctor and see if she can call in something.

My speller

While we were in Elamville Matthew's parents took Darcy to Walmart. In the middle of the store she said " I want a T O Y" yes she spelled it!!!!! CeCe (matt's mom) said she was very impressed and all the other mom's were looking at her with amazement.

She walks around here sometimes jabbering about things and then you can pick up on her spelling things... I guess she hears us spell things a lot so she copies us. Early she was saying "i wanna go T O Y T!"

She can spell cat.

My poor baby

Look at his poor eye... its gotten much better since I took this picture but it also looked much worse at times!

Yum Yum

These suckers are soooo yummy. They're handmade and sold and the piggly wiggly.

In the beginning

it started out okay but quickly went down hill!

Pitching a FIT

We tried to bribe him with a sucker but it didn't work. My digital camera died before I was able to take a picture of Jacob's haircut. But Aunt Amy took some with her camera.

TA DA

Here's their new look... Matthew has a weird look on his face b/c he was trying not to laugh. Jacob is on the left and Jeremiah on the right.

Back

We went down to south alabama this weekend to visit some of matt's family. The kids all did great in the car... its about a 2 1/2 hour trip. We left Friday night and just got back about an hour ago. We went to visit matt's great aunt helen... turns out she's coming up tomorrow for a doctor's appointment! LOL But it was a nice trip and it gave us time to relax.

Jessica is Arkansas with my mom. She called me earlier to tell me about her treehouse. They're staying in a REAL treehouse. She's very excited. They'll be home Wednesday. They plan a trip every year for Jessica's birthday... with volleyball starting soon they had to go a little early.

I've got a lot to unpack so I guess I'd better go.

yep you called it alright. why wouldn't i get my feelings hurt? i guess i shouldn't have been so surprised.

My List

I made of list of things last night that I needed to take care of asap. Out of 16 things on that list I've already taken care of 6 of them today. Some of those things weren't easy getting accomplished but I did it. I love that feeling afterwards too.

We had to keep our home phone in order to keep our internet service through them.... which I thought my be the case. We don't have any other phone service provider down here and the only other internet providers are extremely high. So I dropped our phone plan to the lowest possible thing I could get. I am not able to dial long distance calls from my home phone but I have my cell phone for that.

We're supposed to go swimming this afternoon with some friends. I made the mistake of telling Darcy earlier so now she's walking around my computer room as I type this singing her own special song... here's what I've picked up on so far "wait wait wait till daddy gets home then we go swimming with luke and ian" its to the tune of row row row your boat. She's soooo funny. She makes up songs all the time. Some to the tune of others and some to their very own tune.

Some other funny things she says now are...
"gotta brush you teeth or they fall out" we've been trying to express the importance of brushing out teeth :)

"whats that smell" or "whats that stink" followed by "my breathe?" LOL or "you" or "my butt butt" LOL

well i've gotta run... we're supposed to leave tomorrow night to visit Aunt Helen in south alabama... and Jessica leaves on her trip with my mom to arkansas tomorrow as well.

blah

thats how i feel right now. i've gone round and round with our phone company every month about crazy charges. they've disconnected our home phone and for once in my life i'm not trying to manipulate a situation but i'm telling you the god's honest truth when i say they are in the wrong. our dish and internet is through the same company... they've disconnected our dish but not the internet so i feel it will only be a matter of time before its gone too.

Matthew and I got cell phones tonight through cingular. We even got Jessica one too... strickly out of a need basis. I'm not going to post my phone number here but if you think you need it and you didn't get an email with our new numbers than please email me at mnjdbrock@yahoo.com.

Hopefully my internet will be up for a few days so I can let everyone know whats going on.

I'm weird I know

I think about posting this question everytime I dry off but I never remember it later... but I did today. Here's my weird question....

I have hair on my towels even after I wash them.... so when I'm drying off I'm picking off hair off of me and the towel... how do I prevent this??? Its so gross... I wouldn't want anyone else to use my towels b/c I'd be embarrassed.

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I found it!

This is where I wanna go!!!!! DREAM VACATION CLICK HERE

Productive Saturday

We haven't gotten around to shaving the boys head yet but hopefully we can still work that in.

I went to the local consignment shop to look for PJ's for the boys... I came home with a little tykes picnic table, a pair of shorts for Jessica and a jacket for Darcy = $20. No PJ's! Darcy loves her picnic table... its a big one with a place for an umbrella... guess we'll have to buy one. We have NO shade in our back yard during the middle of the day. We have 3 small tree's but they're not big enough just yet.

We've also carried FOUR loads of junk to the goodwill box down the road. Its all stuff left over from our garage sale.... shoes, dishes, clothes and all sorts of JUNK! We're trying to make room in the barn/garage for things the are supposed to be in there! LOL Matthew's putting up his workout thingy now... I was helping but I got hungry... I skipped lunch. I did sweep out the NASTY bathroom in the barn. Its looking better. We moved all the storage type stuff upstairs in the loft and we're going to use the bottom part for stuff we use often.

Well I'd better get back out there... not that I'm much help with my hurt back but if I'm not out there to give orders he might get lost!!

The Road to Recovery

My back is MUCH better today. I'm still nervous about picking up the little ones but I feel fine. I was able to sleep upstairs in my bed last night.... well I left it in the middle of the night b/c Darcy came to our bed.... and b/c Jacob kept waking up A L L night long so finally I went and laid down with him in Darcy bed. He snuggled right up to me... it was sooooo sweet!

Jeremiah's eyes are clear for the first time since the tuesday before last! I hope it doesn't take as long for Jacob's eyes to clear up. He has just gotten to the worst part of it but hopefully since they changed their medicine it will clear up quicker! Jeremiah and Darcy both have a really bad diaper rash. I think its b/c of all the medicine and pooping.

Other than the diaper rash, Darcy is doing fine.

Jessica still runs an occassional fever but I think she's getting over it.

I'm still coughing but thats about it.

Matthew made french toast for breakfast... i'm sorry ladies that you didn't marry the BEST MAN IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!

I'm hoping to buzz the boys heads today. One day I put their hair in ponytails on top of their heads and they looked like little girls! They're hair is soooooo long!

doing better

i slept in Jessica's room downstairs last night. i was afraid to try and go up them. I had her bed all to myself. I slept with the shocky things on my back all night long. I woke up this morning and was surprised that I could actually get out of the bed without bursting into tears. I still have to be careful b/c I could be back in that horrible state with one wrong move.

hahaha... this is a good one... my parents were over here last night and everyone was concerned with how I'd function today with my back out. Jessica's home but she's pretty sick. Well after they left my dad called my grandmother and asked her to come help. when he got off the phone my mom told him that he might wanna check with me. He called me and said granny was coming over to help. I told him that I appreciated the offer but I think we'd be better off without her here. ya kinda have to be careful about granny with my dad.... we don't really have much of a relationship. she's got osteoporios (i can't spell who cares!) and she can't pick up my kids so i really didn't see that she'd be much help... instead she'd drive us all crazy! He was a little upset but I honestly don't see how he thought she'd be helpful.

well i can feel things tightening up so i'd better lay back down.