Thursday, May 30, 2013

So many kids, so little time

Well its been almost 5 months since I've updated my blog. Bad Mommy! Things have been so busy, or so it seems. Let's see....
Janson- still a PITA, and is talking like crazy- his favorite things to say are Tree (with the sign), Milk (with the sign), Bath (with the sign), food, up, please, thank you, love you (sort of), bye (in a high pitch voice and waving- its adorable), uh oh, Mommy, Daddy, Bobba, Gigi, Papa, Sisi (for Kelson), Memere, Nin, Pops, (still working on Weeza) LOL. My new favorite thing about Janson is he tries to tell you something and if you repeat it back and its right he says "K"-- its adorable. He loves to get into everything and tests our patience all of the time. He's such a cutie patootie which is a lifesaver since he is ALL boy and into everything. He's got a mouthful of teeth. He goes to bed rather well and loves to take a bath. Funny story that happened a few months ago- we took a trip to the ice cream store and we were enjoying some ice cream and then it was about time to go. I was talking to one of Kelson's teachers and i saw Lucy run out the store with Janson. I just thought he was acting up so she was taking him out, then I heard Louise say- OMG- Lucy Lucy- so I turned around to see what was going on and Lucy was taking Janson out. BUT THEN.. I noticed something on the floor and a horrible smell filled the room. I didn't know what it was at first, but then I walked up and OMG- Janson had pooped on the floor. He had a onesie one, so I wasn't sure how it was able to come out, until I realized as he was walking it was dropping out of the bottom of his pants- LMAO! So as quick as I could I grabbed some napkins and tried to get people to not step in it- people were looking at it like What is that!? I couldn't believe it myself. Kelson's teacher had told me I was a brave momma and she would have left the store. haha. So I asked the staff for lots of napkins- people were staring at it and I said Hey people- this isn't guacamole ice cream here so no need to stare- LOL! So i wiped it up as fast as I could and ran out. In the meantime, Elliot (louise's grandson) about puked smelling the poop. LOL. So we got him out too. It was a VERY funny story after the fact and I was very embarrassed. When I got back to the van Lucy was laughing and was covered in poop too- LOL! let's just say we haven't been back to the ice cream shop yet, but it did make for a funny story.
That's just a little piece of our little Janson. He's such a sweet boy when he wants to be, but he can be such a handful, but either way we love our little man!

Kelson has been a busy bee over the last few months. She is now a Kindergarten graduate (insert tear here) she is growing up so fast. I registered her at Endeavor next year. I've heard good things about the school so I'm anxious to see how Kelson will like public school vs private. I loved the fact that Asbury was christian-based and I never felt worried about her safety, plus the hours were easier on our household.
Kelson was also attending dance- tap and ballet- classes at Southern Sensations dance studio. She loved it and had her first recital in May- she did AWESOME for her first time and was even asked to audition for the competition team, but since it costs so much, this was her first year, and VERY time consuming I didn't want to fill her summertime with practice and competitions. Also she played tball at Phillips Park. she was on teh Ladybugs team. At first I wasn't very thrilled at being a new park (played at Palmer last year), but as time went on i enjoyed it. I really enjoyed getting to know the other girls and I helped coach. It was a little hard to not be hard on Kelson, since she is only 5, but i think after a few more years she is really gonna be good. She had a great time and I LOVED watching her play ball. Kelson is a wonderful big sister, and although Janson likes to pinch or pull her hair, she still loves her little brother. Its so cute to see them together. So this summer Kelson is going to COUSIN CAMP again in Florida, she is so excited. My parents and sister are coming up for Kyle's baby boy Kaleb baby shower at our house and then Kelson is going back to FL with them. She will be gone for almost 2 weeks :( but I know she LOVES going, so I guess we have to share. I hope to get Kelson signed up for either gymnastics or piano lessons this summer!


Kids ready to go to Disney

Easter 2013
Jason and I were discussing if we wanted to have anymore kids. We are both pretty happy on where our life is right now, but would love another girl. So its not completely ruled out, but I don't think its gonna happen right now. But we can't wait too long either- we ain't getting any younger :)

This memorial weekend we went on a camping adventure with the Albert corner. Windemere Cove is the name of the park. VERY nice and it was a nice, relaxing, and fun time with the family. We hope to go back again for the 4th of July. Janson was a little hard to keep an eye on, but he's like that at home, and hard to get to sleep (since it was a new place), but other than that it was a lot of fun. Lucy and Bob bought a new travel trailer (very nice) so we all stayed in that. We did a lot of swimming, fishing (Kelson caught two), bike riding, and just hanging out. Oh- and we brought home a new pet that we found at the campsite- a baby turtle that Kelson named Squirt Windemere Albert :)

I've been working hard on our snowball debt plan (starting in mid-March) we've paid off over $1100 so far. I'm hoping to get us completely out of debt (except our mortgage) by May 2014. Its taking a lot of discipline, but I think we can do it. Jason is still doing the stay at home dad gig and playing when he wants to on the weekends. It works great for our household for now. So I'm hoping that we can stay on a budget and keep each other in line. No lavish vacations until its all paid off! I know I can do it. We have $24K in debt, but if all goes right, we will pay it all off by next summer! Fingers crossed.
Also I'm working on losing weight AGAIN- I was at 201 last summer and now I'm at 176! I'm hoping to lose another 20 lbs! So fingers crossed again :) Wish me luck!