Poop, Paxil, and Pageantry

Today, Clint and I have been married for four years. We have three children that both of us deeply love. We have three children that both of us look at and ask "do we have three children?" Holy shit, our lives have changed so much in the last four years. I have heard Clint walking around the house singing a tune from the wiggles. I have seen him show more patience then I knew was humanly possible. We have been shit on, pissed on and puked on. We have wiped other peoples' asses. We have had to put the needs of others before our own. Beer and wine is no longer for entertainment, it is a necessity. Clint stood by me through the death of my mother. He stood by me through pregnancy weight gain and loss (which is totally his fault). He has loved me through post partum depression. He has loved me through fights with my friends and fights with my family. He loves me for all my good and bad. He has taught me more about marriage and love in this four years then I learned in the 27

Clint came home with more albuterol for Ethan's nebulizer and steoids. I am not sure what that means....is it in his lungs? I would love an explanation, not just medication given to Clint. I really only care if the little guy gets better, but I am an information person. I need to be armed with information...wether good or bad I must know all I can so I am prepared for everything. Boy, that sounds like a mental disorder if I have ever heard one. I am serious though. When my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, I had an entire notebook of reaserch I had done. Maybe she wasn't the information type of personality. She was more of the denial personality. The kids and I will be cleaning out the zoo cages today. I am not sure , but I think I hate Pine bedding. I really prefer the odorless crap. With the pine, it stinks even before they piss on it. Do not get me wrong, I love my bunny, guinea pigs, sugar glider and Tanner. They are just stinky more then I would like. I clean out th

So, ten days ago, all the kids started coming down with colds. No big deal right?!?!?! Well, then on Monday, they started waking up with green goop, sealed eyes. Yes ladies and gentlemen, we also had pink eye. We took all three children to the doctor on Wednesday. They all had pink eye and ear infections. Well, five days of eye drops and antibiotics and Steven and Emily are doing fine. Ethan.....not so much. He goes back to the doctor this afternoon. He is not eating, but when he does, he throws it up. He has gone from 10 to 12 cups a day to 2 maybe 3 if we are lucky. He also has diarrhea...which doesn't surprise me with the antibiotics, but since he is not keeping up with the consumption end, I worry about dehydration. He also seems to be having labored breathing and remember not to long ago we had the fun hospital vacation with the RSV.......well, let's just say, Clint and I are very concerned. Please do not let it be phenomena. UGH!!!!! Okay, so more movies. We watched Under

Clint and I have watched a crap load of movie this weekend. On a scale of one shit log being the worst up to five shit logs (a really clean colon) being the best, I will rate the movies. First, The Weatherman . I am a fan of Nicolas Cage and I am a fan of this movie. There are some great lines and some great laughs, all while you are faced with the not so glamorous reality of life. If you liked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , I think you will like this movie. I am going to recommend this movie and give it four shit logs. Second, we watched Derailed. I did not predict the outcome, but Clint did. He picked up on the "twist" pretty early on. I thought the movie was entertaining, but a little slow in some spots. the twist was good and the ending suprising. I guess this movie would be a 2 and a half...maybe three shit logs. Let me see, next was The Hills Have Eyes . I did not know until the same day we watched the movie that it was a remake . Now, this being said, I hav

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....if you are not interested in a Katy pity party, I suggest you move along. See that red X up in the right hand corner? Feel free to push it now. Do not leave me some stupid friggin' comment about how stupid I am. I have no problem deleting comments that go against me and my opinion. Why you say? Well, to be frank (not that I want to be some guy named frank, I just mean to speak frankly, openly, no holds barred) I do not give a shit about any opinion other then my own in this particular venue because this is MY blog and I will say whatever the hell I feel like saying. HMMMMPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I am probably saying that for my own reassurance then for those few people who may have any interest in what a boring stay at home mom may have to say about her kids shit, her own shit or the dog's shit. Now, that being said, I would like to open with the fact that I am feeling super duper homesick. Not so much for Texas (yes, yes do not get me wrong, I m

So, I told you before that Clint and I took the kids to the circus. Well, It was so much fun. Emily couldn't keep her eyes of the clowns. She was completely and utterly fascinated. Steven was terrified. Everytime a clown tried to say eye, give him five or even looked in his direction, he would scream and holler. Too funny. Ethan couldn't care less. He really marches to the beat of a different drummer. He did however find himself as a clown quite amusing. Mommy and Daddy made really great clowns as well. Don't you agree?!?! Clint also found time last week to build the twins toddler size bunk beds. Could these things be any cuter? So much cheaper then buying furniture. How did I get so lucky to have such a hard working husband. He is so good to the kids, me and of course my family. I can not imagine living life without someone who takes such wonderful care of the kids and I. Oh yes, and the kids have something they would like to say. "Mahmaw, we can't wai

Well, the kids and I are about to start homeschooling. When we finish these little basic work books that there wonderful Aunt Tara got them, we willbe going into full swing. Something that I am excited about is the Child Development center here on post is offering Spanish classes. To anyone who already home schools, please e-mail me with any tipyou have. I am open to most suggestion. I am really building my own curriculum and trying to go straight from preschool into a kindergarten curriculum. I am just a bit nervous. Man, my head is killing me. Clint and I drank long island iced teas while watching the sapranos last night. OUCH!!!!! Oh and for the record, I did cheat with the smoking last night. I went out to talk to Amy and Jenna and I think it was mainly because I had been drinking. At least it wasn't in fromt of my kids. I will recover. I am determined not to be a "smoker". Clint and I will be celebrating our 4 year anniversary next Thursday. I can't believe it. I

Sense a few of you actually are interested, here is an update.... No, I am not smoking. Yes, I want to smoke. I would love a cigarette right now. If I hadn't made such a production out of it and told my children Mommy could die from smoking, I would be outside with an entire pack lit up and hanging from my mouth. I found smoking to be very relaxing, so now I must find something else to relax me. I just haven't figured out what else does that except for maybe candy. MMMMMMMMM....CANDY!!!!! I will do my best to keep not smoking. Please send candy.

I am pretty darn excite. July is going to be so much fun. Clint's Mom is coming for a week and his brother, sister in law, niece and nephew are coming for.....uhm......awhile. They are going to be here for an indefinent amount of time. I am pretty excited that my kids will get to build up a relationship with their cousins. I am such a family girl. It is almost an addiction. If I could buy a big honkin' piece of land and build everyone houses (spread out of course) I would. I lov ethe idea of cousins growing up together and families dining together, learning together and growing together. I am very lucky to have some great in laws. Have I said before how ready I am to get back to Texas? I want so badly to be close to everybody. Well, closer anyways. My older brother called me last night for my vital info so if something were to happen to he and his wife, I would have my little adorable baby girls Kelly and Missy. I swear, my brother makes some pretty babies, which is amazing con

This goes along so perfectly with things that have been going on with my family. "Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him" Benjamin Franklin,"The Way to Wealth"

There is a "bit" of drama going on in my family. No, it has nothing to do with my sister in law. I think that entire situation will work itself out. Thesituation does bring me to a question. How do we define family. I have always been a bit (using that term loosely) of a big mouth. I have a hard time not saying what I think. I am working on it. I know this is a fault, but still happens. Especially when it comes to my friends and family. I have a tendency to get my feathers all in a ruffle when I am not happy with the treatment of someone I love. I feel like if you screw with them, you screw with me. Very Sopranos in my thinking I know. I feel like a families live should be unconditional. No mattre how mad you get, or how your life changes, your family should be a priority. My husband is my #1. Then my children. next are my Dad, Grandmother and brothers. I would always take my husbands side in any situation, but if I felt he was wrong, I would tell him. Shit I tell him now and

I went to the dentist last week (the first time in sixteen years...hey, if you haven't had dental insurance, it is expensive as shit!!!) There was good and bad news. I only have one small cavity (can you believe that....It is because I brush like a crazt ass), but I have periodontal disease (that is because I do not floss like a crazy lady). Don't know what that is? Well if you read this , you will know. I now have to rinse with this special mouthwash (tastes like complete ass) twice a day, floss once a day, pick my teeth twice a day and massage my gums three or more times a day. I went yesterday and had my gums scraped all out. Not a problem since they numbed my mouth. I go back in August to have the other side done. Thank god for United Concordia (our dental insurance).

My little man is quite the artist. He takes hours to prepare before he begins his artwork. His pens must be prepared in a special painstaking manner. Can't see exactly what's going on? Let's take a closer look. Still not close enough? Confused? Ah yes, this is where all great artists keep their tools. Right in the ass crack. And for those of you who have missed the poop stories.......this was really funny until he took a shit with those things in his asscrack. Needless to say, Daddy had to wash and sanitize the little man's artistic tools.

Well, we are now part of the big bad NCO (non-commissioned officer) world. Clint was pinned Friday by his Colonel. I say pinned.....these new ACUs (Army Combat Uniforms) have everything attached with velcro. So it was more like rip off and pat on, but hey he is a SGT. Congratulations dear husband for a job well done....as usual. Oh and by the way, Clint just made a 100 on one of his finals. Only six more classes until that bachelors degree.

Well, I really am a day late, but hey....three kids, a bunny, a dog, a sugar glider and a husband. What the hell do you want from me people. I am lucky I have time to wipe my ass. (This is not my only post today, so you better look at my other shit, or I will hunt you down and crap in your yard) So, Way Back Wednesday ......Graduation Here Hope (my friend who is currently not speaking to me, but will again....who can resist my charm) and I are on the big day. Graduating from High School. A place both of us were not overly fond of. Where in the hell did we get those friggin' ridiculous dresses and who let those caterpillars crawl on our faces? Why did people not introduce us to the tweezers or the wax? Could they not see our eyebrows? Ah yes, the grand entrace. Little did my parents know....I would get married in less then a year and come down those same stairs and stay married for less then a year. Man, Did I think I knew it all. Again, eveidence that I thought I was one bad ass bi

Clint and I went on an excursion this last weekend. We actually went all by ourselves. Amy kept the kids and off we went. We drove to Canon City and visited the Royal Gorge. It is the home of the highest suspension bridge. It is located over the Arkansas river. Talk about beautiful...I can't even imagine what the Grand Canyon looks like. Clint and I both found it quite amusing that they felt the need to post a "NO FISHING" sign from the bridge. Man, you had better have a bunch of line. Four days after our glorious trip to the gorge, some yahoo jumped off the bridge. Dammit, we miss all the good shit. The weekend before that, the Sky Sox had a military appreciation day. Daddy took the twins to their first baseball game. Clint says they liked the thunder sticks more then the game. They only made it through one inning.