letter to my sister

Dear Traci,

This is one of a 30 minute block of time in my life today.

Decided to check facebook. My fault. Really obviously the big man upstairs is telling me to walk away from this computer

Quiet. Go to check on Philip he is in his room on blue chair with paci (big no no) and has beaudroux butt paste dotted all over arms of chair – no less than 16 dotts. Very pretty but a pain to clean. I think I am just going to throw that chair away. I throw his paci in the back of his crib, he hops off chair looks at me and picks up a Lincoln log and tries to reach it with that. No luck, and he was very vocal about that predicament.

Decide to drug him. He is so sick, snotty, congested, coughing that he truly needs some medicine. Draw up 2 different drugs in one syringe, one dark red liquid other bright purple. 1 teaspoon. 5 mls.
Hand it to him because he is 2 you know so he has to do it all himself. Turn around to get a cup of water so he can wash it down and go to hand him cup just in time to watch him squirt it ALL OVER THE WALL. He was standing by the dishwasher and it hit above the laundry room door and went all the way to the floor….

I can’t make this up. This is my life. I am sitting here and he is bringing me his bunnies one by one trying to make it better. I think it is going to take much more than that.

I hope your girls are not stealing your pads today. Oh nice. Philip has a poop diaper. And Katie is yelling (oh yes, kt is home sick today too) Philip has a paci. He obviously found something to reach it with.

Life is not good today
C

Mom's New Year Resolutions

Should I jump?
My beautiful girl

Philip finally opening at least one of his presents 2 hours after Kt and Kyle finished opening all of theirs

I love the way it looks. I love it that I make that magic happen. I love Christmas.

Our 3 kids - chillin.

Hello,

My very fancy sister has started another blog in which she can keep up with her resolutions. I however am going to bore you with mine right here on the "family" blog. Sorry. Someday I will be as cool as her, until then I am going to be a one blog woman...

My New Years Resolution list is LONG... My intentions are good and hopefully my list will be much shorter next year...I have the standard ones, which I am going to post for MY inspiration and then I have some extra ones tailor made for me.

1. Exercise 3 times a week - in the form of running.. Don't laugh- I CAN DO IT!

2. Eat healthier. - cutting down on fast food - keeping fresh fruits and vegetables in the house at all times, eating breakfast before lunch time and before I realize that I missed it and am either sleepy or chewing someones head off.

3. Spend quiet time everyday with God. Read my bible, pray more, live better.

4. No impulse shopping. I do not need to reward me or my children with "stuff". We have enough stuff, really. Target will survive with out my daily presence...

5. Date's with Kevin. At least every other week, then working our way up to once a week.

6. No four letter words. Philip dropped his water bottle yesterday and let the "s" word fly. I take responsibility for that one completely.

7. Spend more time with my parents. They are both amazing people and I can still learn alot from both of them.

8. Let some of my controlling issues go. This world will run without me micromanaging it. I think....

9. Funny how this one ended up near the end.. Take care of me. It is ok to make time for me and the things I like to do. I will make dr's appointments, dentist appointments and hair appointments for myself AND KEEP THEM.

10. Oh yeah and I am going to learn how to say NO... maybe.

C

Katie's New Year Resolutions

Happy New Year!
It's 2009. We are going to have a better year because we are going to start doing things we didn't do last year. We are going to scrapbook, we are going to Nick Jr., we are going to eat healthier, go to church more than we don't.
Hope you have a good year. These are some of my favorite pictures from my Christmas Break.
Hope you like them.
Kt

Message from Katie

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I hope you have a good Christmas. Make thoses wish lists!

Have a good Christmas and make those cookies and gingerbread houses, like me and my brother!

Love,

Katie

All I wanted was to drink just one cup of coffee before I started my day.....

Why hello there...

We are going to update our blog... Finally. It's been a crazy several weeks and I could spend lots of time (which I don't really have - but who does?) updating you on every event that has happened to us BUT I am not going to bore you. Yes, we had Halloween and Yes my kids were the cutest on the block and Yes we have the infamous Tate farm, Halloween costumes and the random cute kid pictures WHICH I am actually going to post for all the world to see. - you didn't think you were getting out of that did you??? and Yes the kids (all three!!) are doing well in school, at least when they attend..Kyle that one is for you my lovely college student.

I will hit the highlights ever so briefly.

Katie is currently the Uno champion in our house. Her and Kevin have a standing Sunday game that starts right after lunch and is a hoot to listen to and even more fun to watch.

Katie had 2 teeth pulled on the bottom row (canine teeth?). She was and is a trooper. Her jaw is swollen and gums are sore and she isn't too interested in eating. but she is still all smiles.

Kyle had his wisdom teeth removed today. His mom messaged me to let me know he is fine and woke up talking non stop to the nurses, so much so they had to ask him to be quiet.

My sister Traci gave me the best news I have heard in a while... So I am also all smiles!!!

Philip...Is adorable. starting to talk more. We are hearing MINE, NO NO KATIE, Katie LETS GO often. His favorite is I LOVE______ elevator (evetor), mommy, daddy, bubba, sissy, meow meow, babies, candy(cannee), cold coke(colcoke), waffles, oranges(oangees),mcdonalds (donalds) and Lola.

I am happy, content, blessed beyond words, sleep deprived, but feel very very loved.

Check out my beautiful family.

C

6:15am wake up to a cat puking on a clean stack of laundry right next to my head.

6:45am mommy, mom, mom, MOMMY...oatmeal?

7:00 do I have to brush my teeth every morning? Why?

7:30 get in the car, get your shoes, get your backpack

8:00 no Philip, let mommy take a shower by herself please

8:10 change Philips soaking wet clothes from getting in shower fully dressed

8:30 breakfast at a Rolos. Thank goodness for that train!!!
note - go back tomorrow and retrieve Philips hat that I left on table

9:30 wrestle my lipstick tube out of Philips hands, wipe off bright pink fingers and pick up
the 5 dollar bill he threw on the ground while I was looking for wipes

9:55 apologize profusely to poor woman standing behind me in line when Philip decided he was
done with his water bottle and threw it at her

10:15 What was I thinking. Sams club. Has anyone else noticed an echo in that store?

11:30 I had to pee, came out of bathroom and Philip had nutter butters all over the floor.

11:31 check nutritional content of nutter butters, do they qualify for lunch?

12:00 is baby Einstein really playing on two different tv's at the same time? and AGAIN what
was I thinking trying to turn one off.

12:15 Tylenol for me and hummm Tylenol for the baby too. I am sure he is cutting a tooth
somewhere.

12:30 NAP time

1:00 phone rings

1:25 door bell rings

1:50 phone rings

2:00 coffee

2:15 more coffee

2:30 Katie is home! she had a great day.. she is telling me philip is awake, but we choose to
snuggle a little bit longer before we get him up

2:45 snacks for all the tvs are back on.

4:00 Katie painting in kitchen

4:15 went to pee for 2nd time today....came back to 15 water bottles spread out over kitchen
floor and straws removed from the back of several Capri suns, also all over floor

4:30 Wow I am doing it. Making dinner, Katie is crafting and smiling and Philip is drawing
white board. I am good :)

4:35 Looking for upholstery cleaner to try to remove the massive amounts of
black dry erase marker from off of my favorite red chair, guess I wasn't doing it.

4:36 Thanks Katie, I see it on the rug too

5:10 Dinner... mom do i have to eat? I am not really hungry

5:20 outside. 2 more hours until bedtime

6:30 Woo Hoo! its the ice cream man 5 dollars for 2 cold treats.. what a bargain

6:45 Looking for stain remover

7:00 bath. Kids are so much cuter when they are clean

7:15 night night Philip

8:00 good night princess

8:30 is my Kyle really on his cell phone for 183 minutes in the middle of the night? AND
this can't be right... 2000 text messages in the past 5 days?

9:00 2 more hours until my bedtime.....

C