Charlie bit my finger - again !

I stole this from Karen's blog but it is way too precious to not share! I love this!

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Tuesday March 18

Once again- I'm at a memory loss here so sorry. I do remember that Baily was driving me absolutely crazy and was quite the naughty girl. I realized that she totally had the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome. I often found myself wondering where my sweet Baily Bug had gone to and why she stayed behind at home in AZ instead of joining me on our trip to Utah. I read this blog entry and I cried because it was like I was reading my own thoughts and experiences with Baily.

http://blogs.parentcenter.babycenter.com/momformation/2008/03/07/babes-blog-week-27-raising-the-white-flag/?pe=2U9e2WH

So when Karen called and offered to have Baily over to play with Kaily for a little bit I was very grateful. While she was gone and I was enjoying some peace and screaming less sound and restoring a little bit of my sanity I remember being able to chat with my new, but then soon to be, sister-in-law Eben. Have I mentioned how awesome she is and how much I just adore and love her? She's awesome! It was fun to be able to chat it up with her. I made dinner and when Clint and Karen dropped off Baily they stayed for dinner as well. After they left and after we all finished stuffing our faces we (Beau, Eben, Baily, Joaquin and I) all went to go see the movie Horton Hears a Who. It was a darling movie and I loved it. It was a little stressful with Baily asking for candy and popcorn and soda the whole time (by this time I had run out of the meager money I had and was anxiously awaiting Friday payday) but for the most part she did pretty well as well as Joaquin. It was his very first movie so I'm glad it was a good one. And that's pretty much all I remember about that day. The end.

366 Blessings:

#78- My generous cousins Clint and Karen

Top O' the Morning To Ya!

Monday March 17
Monday was St. Patrick's day which is always a special day to me because yep... I'm Irish! It may just be a little bit but my dad brought me up to be proud of that little bit and I'm proud of the little bit of Irish in me. I was bummed when I found out in the morning that my mom's visit for that day had been cancelled since she had a medical appointment. The only good thing about that however is that Baily got to sleep in which she desperately needed. So after we got our sleep on and woke up, we got all gussied up in our best green dress and went shopping. I tackled Wal-Mart first and then after I came back and put the food up I decided to take my kids to the mall so they could play in the awesome play area I remembered they had. Well much to mine and Baily's dismay, they took the play area down and put up a stupid arcade. I did not want to pay for entertaining my daughter- what are they thinking?! Anyway, Baily ate some Chik-Fil-A and we went back to the house. We did what you do at Aunt Konny's and watched more movies. Baily was in love with all her choices and we got to watch some fun ones that I've been wanting her (and myself as well) to see for a while. While we were there she fell in love with the movie 101 Dalmations and we had to watch that every night before she went to sleep. Anway, all the pics are of my guest quarters at Aunt Konny's house. She has a huge tv downstairs with tons of movies to choose from and lots of Love Sacs (think bean bags but so much better and more comfortable) and blankets and pillows. It rocks! Monday was the much anticipated day that Beau and Eben were finally gonna be there. I decided to make everyone dinner (by this time I was so sick of fast food) and I kept it festive with Shepherd's pie and rolls and punch. Sadly Beau and Eben got there a lot later than we had hoped for so we had to eat dinner without them. But once they got there we were so stoked (especially Baily) and they enjoyed my nice dinner I made for them. After all were fed and satisfied Joaquin was sleeping so he stayed at the house with Aunt Konny and Baily, Beau, Eben and I went to go check out the soon to be newlyweds new apartment. Eben hadn't seen it yet so she was pretty excited. Beau picked it out all on his own and I must say he did a great job. It's the perfect, cute little starter apartment for them. And it's super cheap which is always great for newlyweds. It was so cute- Beau picked up Eben and carried her in just like you would see in a movie. And he had their first plant/flower as a housewarming gift for her with the cutest card labeled "my Ebenly." Awww... my husband could take some tips from my brother. After we finished checking it out and Baily ran around the house like a crazy child we headed back to my Aunt's and crashed for the day.

366 Blessings:

#77- Home-cooked meals

Oh Happy Day!!

Sunday March 16
This was a wonderful, wonderful day. Well for the first part of it anyway. The time finally came for a visit with my mom. It was the first time she got to meet my Joaquin. The whole way we were driving up to see her Baily was so excited to see her "Gamon Brown" (Grandma Brown). When we first saw her she just lit up and was glowing and it was the sweetest thing

to see her meet her grandson for the first time. And oh how Joaquin loved his Grandma! Baily on the other hand was quite the grump. She takes a long time to warm up to people she doesn't see often. It breaks my heart that she won't let me mom hold her or even talk to her most of the time but I know it will be fine when my mom gets out. Anyway, Joaquin just let her hold him the whole time and he talked and cooed with her, snuggled with her and man did it do my heart good to witness that. And oh it was so good to finally get to hug and visit with my mom face to face for the first time in almost a year. It had been way too long in between visits and I just miss her so much. So these rare visits I get with her are priceless. So despite my grumpy girl it was a wonderful visit with my mom and a moment in my life I'll never forget. Later that day we went over to my cousin Clint and his wife Karen's house for dinner. They have a 3 year old daughter named Kaily and a newborn son named Conner. Baily was still grumpy but excited to have someone to play with. Her sleep schedule was still all messed up and she was confused and missing her daddy. We had fun visiting and squishing each other's new babies and Clint made some awesome burritos that were delish. The girls got along, then fought, then got along, then fought... then eventually got along again. It was exhausting- lol. I was glad to have some family to talk with and a kid-proof environment for Baily to play in as well as a friend and toys to play with. By the time we were ready to leave though Baily had a complete meltdown and it was horrible. I was embarrassed because that's not how Baily usually acts- like I said, she was super over-tired. Once we got back to my Aunt's house she calmed down and that's all I can remember. It's really hard traveling with my kids alone without my husband to help. It really made me appreciate him a lot more. But ever regardless of the hard times with the Bug it was a day I will never forget- when my mom first met Joaquin and how sweet it was!

366 Blessings:

#76- My mom meeting her grandson for the first time!

Baby It's Cold Outside...

Saturday March 15
So hmmm... I really can't remember much about this day except that it was cold. I really should blog daily just so I can remember things correctly. Anyway it was snowing so that was cool for Baily to see that. I'm sure we watched a lot of movies, tried to catch up on sleep, I think I went to Wal-mart and maybe we ate Taco Bell if I can remember correctly. And that's about all I got. Hopefully I'm not forgetting something I really wanted to remember. Hmmm...

366 Blessings:

#75- My Aunt Konny's Amazing Compassion