So Here We Go!

Okay, so I see that alot of my friends have started this blog thing, so I figure that I should start one too. I am hoping to make this my kind of journal thing that my kids can turn back on as they grow older and learn of all the funny things that happened on a day to day basis that I never have written down. I have fallen behind on all their scrapbooks because I don't have alot of time to spend on them so what the heck, lets just add one more thing to my plate. We will see how this goes so bear with me.

So to start I guess I should tell you about my family. I have 3 wonderful, glorious, cute
(like anyone would say their kids were ugly) children. DJ (named after my husband) is 6 and in 1st grade. He loves school, depending on the day; Likes to play as many video games and he can get his hands on (I swore to myself we would never have any of those stupid things in our house and here we are now with the Wii, PS3. DS, PSP, and Nintendo 64. I am a sucker, and I acutally enjoy playing some of them. shhh). DJ also loves to play sports as long as he only has to play in games and doesn't have to go to practice and likes to spend time with mom and dad "cuddling".

Morgan is next and will be 3 in March. She is our little terror. She can't wait to go to school with DJ and gets very excited when we get to pick him up every day. She recently learned to bowl on the Wii and now her and DJ love to play it together, when they get along. They play great together when they want to, I just wish it was more often. Morgan is our little "princess" as she calls herself. She is getting a new "princess room" which my mom and I painted pink in October and she is now getting "big girl" furniture in the next 2 weeks. She is very excited for her new "princess" bed. She has taken to posing for every picture I take of her and can't get enough of looking at herself on my camera and always wants me to take more and more of her. She reminds me of me when I was little.

Porter is the last of the bunch and will be 1 February 4, which is the day after the Superbowl last year. I was stupid enough to drink castor oil and put myself into labor during the 4th quarter. I finally went to the hospital at midnight and had him via c-section at 2:45am. I would never recommend to anyone to drink that nasty stuff, it was the worst and most painful labor I have ever had. DON'T DO IT. He is such a sweet and easy going kid. He just started crawling over Christmas break when we were in Utah at my parents house. I am so thankful that he waited that long, now I hope he waits until he's 2 to walk. He loves to be chased on the floor by mom but is DEFINATELY a daddy's boy. He cries when Darron leaves the room.

I am a stay at home mom, which I love. I am very thankful to my husband for making enough money so I can stay home and watch my kids grow up. I try to scrapbook in my spare time, haha, which is the reason why I am a year behind on all of them. I make one for each of them, which is the second reason why I am so far behind. I try to go to the gym everyday but most days procrastinate or think of some other reason why I can't go. I try to watch Biggest Loser to motivate me. They should put that show on in the morning so I can watch it while I run so I can actually loose weight. So when I do make it to the gym, I am usually there for about an hour or so then when I am leaving, my kids get hungry, so hey, there's a Mickey D's almost right across the street and so convenient. So after I have done my workout and I am starving myself, nothing sounds better than a 2 cheeseburger combo meal with a Large Diet Dr Pepper. What a way to blow my workout..so why did I workout in the first place? If I wouldnt have gone to the gym then I wouldn't have gone to McDonalds right? I am very pathetic.. But at least I am trying to loose weight. I also work 6 hours a week at the nursery in the gym, which is great for the kids to get out and spend time with the other kids during the chilly winter months, October through July.

Darron works at Qwest Communications and is over the State of Montana, which is the reason why we live in Helena. We moved to Helena about 2 1/2 years ago and we're finally starting to like it here. His love is they gym. (He actually succeeds there). He loves to come home and play with the kids and if he could he would see a movie at the theatre everyday of the week. DJ has become his movie partner and they go to as many as DJ is able to see. He also loves to golf and ski in his spare time, which isn't much. He also is a great cook, which I am so glad for!! He loves to make new things and experiment and most the time it turns out wonderful. His love is for the Baltimore Ravens and NFL football which he has successfully taught all of our kids to love as well. We spend Sunday's in our PJ's in front of the TV with snacks and friends. It's a tradition that will last forever, I hope.


Okay, so that's my family. Oh yea, forgot our cat, Baxter. We've had him for 8 years and he's huge!! The kids love to cuddle with him and Porter loves to pull his hair.

I am hoping to post every day with a "picture of the day". Today is my boy Porter, 11 months old, learning to play the Wii. He loves to watch the other kids play so yesterday he attemped it, and it worked out quite well. Morgan got mad at him because he kept sitting on the positive button which puts options up on the screen and kept her from playing. She got very upset with him, which was quite amuzing. It was fun to watch.

Today was also Morgans first day at Art class. She was very independant and wouldn't let me help her at all. She tore up pieces of paper and glued them on a jar. It turned out very cute and she couldn't wait to get home to show dad how "awesome" it was. This is her new word. "Awesome". I think she is starting to grow out of naps. Today she took a 2 hour nap and then I couldn't get her to bed until 10 tonight. I started at 8, layed by her for an hour, then got up and went downstairs thinking she was asleep. Then I hear little footsteps, and I ask her what she is doing. She says, "sneaking"! I couldn't help but laugh. She went in the bedroom where Darron was watching the inauguration and asked what he was doing, so he told her and she gets excited and replies, "he can come to our house and bring me presents!". I don't know if she was thinking he was Santa or what, cause earlier today I was taking down the Christmas tree, finally, and she was looking out the window for Santa.

DJ had a great day at school today. We are working together, very hard to be on time this week. I got a call from the principal last week saying that DJ has been tardy to school 10 times this year. I thought that was great, cause last year it was around 30 by now. He wanted to know if something was going on at home that he needed to know about, or how to help us get to school on time. I told him we just have a hard time in the mornings. We are definately NOT morning people. So today DJ got up at 8:15, I dressed him in his sleep, fed him 2 pieces of toast and had him to school right at 8:30. WOW!! we were on time!! We gave each other a high 5 and he went into class. Hopefully we can do it again tomorrow, we will try to wake up a little earlier, myself included. I am spoiled with kids that like to sleep and even Porter will sleep until 8 or 8:30 now and that's putting him to bed at 7pm. cool!

Porter had a hard day today. He had a fever and was a little cranky all day, just wanted to be held. I gave him some Advil and that definately made him feel better as long as I kept giving to him every 6 hours. I could tell when the 6 hours were almost up.

I filed our taxes today, which is awesome! We are benefiting this year from owning a new home, and boy it is GREAT!! We will be able to put in our yard as soon as they can start, and man I am SO excited!! I am done having mud and rocks on my hardwood floors.

I tried to go to the gym tonight but then remembered that American Idol was on, so Dang it, I had to stay home and watch (even though we have TIVO).