Couples night 2

yay so we have kept tradition going 2 months now and did a couples dinner and game night. Kels hosted and made lots of mexican food yummy, and Nicole became official margaritta maker. Im usually not a big margaritta fan but i did have one and was impressed by her cocktail mixing skills! Mostly just all hung out and talked baby free and then played some pictanary. Also a game I thought i didnt like much but it was a blast with the big marker board. and not gunny lie i turned out a lot better than i thought i would be. We had to take off early around 10 to go home to baby G who was with grandma. Everyone thinks im the debby downer because i dont stay later and get someone to watch brie till like one......all of you with kids SO know where im comming from! you have kids becsue you miss them after a few hours and want to be there to put them to bed! ya parents need a break but im happy to go home and see her after 5 hours! All i can say i guess is that their time will come when they have babies at sitters and feel guilty asking people to watch the kids all the time.....any way that was super off track of the party but all in all we had a ton of fun and i cant wait till Feb. when the next one is! oh and ps there are pics just not on my cammera cuz im lame and never take it, so when someone else puts theirs up ill steal and put up!

Tag......

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

5 things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago:

1. Going to Linderman which was a big school seeing as i went to creston and only had 10 people in my class
2. Dating Boys for the first time! like i said 10 people and only 1 was a boy
3. Having my mommy drive me around seeing as none of us could drive yet
4. Thinking i was a lot cooler than i probably was
5. Eating what ever i wanted becasue back in the day you didnt gain weight


5 Things On My To-Do List Today:

1.Take Brie to Grandmas
2. Go to Couples night yay!
3. Have a good time with no kid
4. Go home by ten
5. Get Brie to sleep so i can watch a movie

Snacks I Enjoy:

1. Popcorn best at the movie theatre
2. M and M's regular
3. Bonless buffalo wings from applebees
4. Lil smokies
5. Hot tamalies with the popcorn at the movie

Things I Would Do if (ahem, when) I Were a Billionaire:

1. Take amazing trips around the world
2. Buy a 12000 vera wang wedding dress
3. Get a Big house on the lake and make brie the best nursury ever
4. Get a nice big mama suv with DVD players
5. adopt a little girl from China


5 Bad habits

1. Shopping
2. Letting Brie have candy and stay up late
3. Spending money on movies and fun stuff instead of paying off all the bills
4. Getting fat off junk food
5. Starting fights over nothing


5 Jobs I’ve Had

1. Stay at home mom
2. Sportsman
3. Sunglass store
4. Phisyical Therapy Ass.
5. Moving rocks up at bledsoes


5 Things People Probably Don’t Know About Me:

1. My first name is Melissa and middle Joann
2. I want to name my next girl Georgiana Genevieve
3. I stalk blogs of people i dont know :)
4. I had two cats named mouse and rat when i was little
5. I have canadian and us citizenship


I tag: Steph and Katie you are the only 2 left, thanks Christina for leaving me one!

petunia picklebottom

Its a sad day for us savy moms who love petunia picklebottom. They make the cutest diaperbags, blankets, and cariboo bassinett cloths. Yesterday i went to Sprouts a baby boutique that carries both carribo and pp. I asked if she could order me the bassinett and liner because they didnt have any in the store, and she said the only reason they had the bassinette was for the pp liner that they make for them and that pp is NO LONGER MAKING BABY PRODUCTS.....yes i repete that pp diaperbage are going to be no more! So i guess if you want them get them now before the demand goes way up. The only good thing for me is they told me at sprouts she still have one bassinett with a green and pink pp liner in storage and they would sell it to me for a nice big discount! So the baby i dont have will have enjoy its bassinette lol! and untill the day comes where i have another bries dolls will have a nice bed too!

Our "nice" bedtime routine

K so this is for Christina and Steph who i am really hating on right now! You both did your cute bed time routines and i thought id share what a typical bedtime is like at our house! So for starters the clock say about 11:00! Brie is already wearing her jammies because that is all she like to wear every day so got that covered! We have already spent about 2 hours trying to calm down by watching movies and reading books and getting a bottle but with no luck. Finally its so late mom and dad are going to sleep and brie is still awake so she sits on our bed and watched Cars or Mulan or Toy Story. About half way through aka 12:00 now she gets tired and climbes on top of me sleeping. Once she falls asleep i move her to her own pillow but still between us and sleep for about 2 hours before she wakes up realises the move i pulled and climbes back on. Usually choaking me with her little arms! So we do this little battle for the rest of the night till morning when i get up with Kacy at about 7 and she just sleeps and sleeps all nice and on her own till about 10:00. Ok so i admitt that this is all my own fault, i held her all the time sleeping as a baby, let her sleep with me at about 2 months when i got tired of going to her crib in the night, and never got her using a bottle to help sleep. So now im serving my punishment! Be happy you cute parents who you little ones say i love you and go to sleep all happy on their own!

Weddings and Babies

I knew the day would come where everyone you know is getting married and having babies! And in my life it just hit! Well it started a little early for me when i had brie but the next 5 months of my life are so filled with weddings and baby showers and fun things like that! Im super glad im not the single girl who has to watch all her friends get married and have babies! and its even more exciting that im a part of all the parties and a few of them might even be my own! Thats if i ever get over losing the PERFECT dress and continue on with my wedding plans....but any ways yay for everyone right now i hope all your special days turn out magical!

Battle of the Rocking horse

So the story goes...... Bries bday is in a few weeks and I decided to get her a rocking horse. i was going to get it for her for Christmas but didnt because we got her a lot of other stuff. So i pick out the one i want at imagination station. Now everyone knows this is what im getting her for her bday but i guess my mom liked wooden rocking horses better and thougth i should get one like that. I said no im getting her the plush pink unicorn. So any ways today im checking emails and see that a rocking horse has shipped from costco so i look it up and its a wooden rocking horse! So my mom got her that one knowing i was getting her the other so now she is getting 2 rocking horses? Who needs 2 rocking horses? And which one will she like better and make the other person feel all bad? any ways im still getting her the other and set them up and see which she goes to first lol. so heres pics of both.......whats your vote????

Read this when ever you think your single pregnancy was bad!

Octuplets Born In California

January 27th, 2009

For only the second time in history of the US, octuplets have been born that survived more than just a few hours.

The eight babies were born to a woman whose doctor describes her as a “Strong woman” well able to care for eight babies.

The woman has stated she plans to breast feed all eight of them.

Weighing in at just over a pound, to a bit more than three pounds, the babies were all delivered by C section in a California hospital near Los Angeles. Three required ventilators to breath, the others did not. So far all of the babies have survived.

The 46 member medical team did get a bit of a shocker though. Expecting a multiple birth, they thought that they had it narrowed down to 7 babies they were expecting. Number eight popped out as a shocker for everyone, mom and medical team alike.

California Here we come

Well once again we have our tickets to go see my dad in San Fran. We are going to go from the 10th to the 17th before brie turns two and we have to get her plane tickets too. Im still not sure where January went because I was thinking i had lots of time but really only about 2 weeks. It will be weird to be away from home on Valentines day and im not sure what we are going to do but kacy is lucking out and getting a get out of jail free card by not having to send me flowers or plan a fancy dinner or any thing. Were also going to have a little bday party for Brie while we are there seeing as it will be the weekend before! So at least she will have her cousins there to play with. All in all im excited to go, its always hard to plan a trip and get everything together. Some times i wonder why we call them vaccations?

Details

2 years ago when Brie was born i thought wow there is no was i will forget any part of this, well i was wrong. As time passes all those little details about being pregnant and labor seem to slip away. People will ask me now things about the drugs i took for pain and how long between contractions and things and i find myself guessing. Even things you thought you would remember forever like how much weight you gained or the exact minute your baby was born are just gone. So my advice to all who are about to become parents is to write it all down because if you wait you forget.

Vaccination

Wow so i have been feeling a little bad about the fact that i stopped taking brie for her vaccines. I am concerned with both sides of the choice but was surprised to see im not alone on my choice to wait. Ever since day one in the hostpital Brie stated getting her shots. When they asked us if we wanted to do one that early i didnt know what to do. Kacy was pro vaccinating and was reassured by his mom who is a nurse to get them done but i have never felt completely right. Up until her first birthday she went to all her well baby checkups and got shots at all of them. Poor little thing i think we had to get them at every appointment and usually 3 sometime 4 a visit. She had one MMR shot. After she turned one we missed her next appointment because we were out of town. When we called in they never tried to re-schedule so we stopped going. Brie is sooo healthy and has maybe had 2 colds ever so we have not really had a reason to go. This gave me an excuse to stop having her vaccinated at least for now. Im not sure who i believe about autism being caused by preservatives put in shots but for the parents that have had completely healthy kids who changed the day they received there MMR's I dont think it can be a coincidence. So as for now we are going to wait and when it comes time for school where they are required we will re think then. But thank you other Blog moms who dont make me feel so bad because you havnt been either!

My New Home

So this is my new home switched from wordpress. I really liked wordpress but when i found out you can customize your whole blog free here i was willing to try and make the switch. it might take me a little bit to figure all this out but hopefully ill be up and rolling soon! hope you all find me here