Confessions.....and a weekly link up

My confession...blog stalker right here. I always tell myself to leave comments but then think its weird some random person is leaving a comment. I'll try harder. So through this bad habit of blog stalking I came across a 5 for Friday. I love weekly link ups and have a done a few in the past. So I even though I just stumbled upon her blog today, I'm linking up with Janna at Denim & Dandelions for her 5 for Friday. This Friday, I'm going to introduce you to Urijah James, born April 25 at 2:59 in the afternoon weighing 9lbs 2ozs and 21 inches long. I've been bad at taking pictures, so here are five from his first six months of life

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OMG...I have forgotten how little he was. Here he is on 5/3 enjoying his blue light therapy trying to get rid of that jaundice. I hate jaundice, both boys had it and its awful having to take them back almost everyday to get a blood drawn to check the billirubin levels.

2.Part of the photo collage for Daddy's Father's Day gift in June...and just for fun here's Caleb's picture
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And here is a phone pic of Urijah on the bed at the river house in July celebrating his Auntie's birthday. Such a shame that I didn't take any pictures actually on the river but with two kids a diaper bag and always at least 8 people on the boat, a camera was the last thing on my mind. He only slept and ate and I do have a few other phone pics too.

4.Only picture from September, hanging out at the Sand Sport Show at the OC Fairgrounds.

5. At the Offroad Expo last weekend. I tried taking other pics but Caleb does this

His "ROCK ON" hand and not looking at camera. This is why I don't take a lot pictures right now.

Alright...back to getting things done...getting the house all ready for another busy weekend and week next week. Del Mar Mud Run tomorrow, breakfast with fam-bam and Bates Nut Farm for pumpkins on Sunday!!! AND, Justin and I's reward for completing the mud run is carne asada fries from our fave mexican taco shop! I can't wait for those on Saturday night!!!

Have a great weekend!!

A Pregnancy Vent

So little did I know that when I posted my last post (like seven months ago) I was quite possibly pregnant or would me in a few short days? Crazy! Well, the time is drawing near and soon I won't be working anymore. A little scary, not gonna lie but it will be so worth it to be home with my two boys! I can't wait!! Maybe I will even have time for more blogging? I hope so, I do like it and stalking others blogs as well. Opps, did I say that out loud? LOL, yes I think I'm notorious for blog stalking, sorry!

So now the vent...

Two weeks ago, my boss let go the girl I had trained to cover my leave. Work still doesn't know of my intentions to not come back just in case I actually have to come back (plus I want my disability that I pay into everyweek!) Even though she was told it was due to lack of work, I think it was because my boss didn't like her so she got rid of her. Now, I have a month to train a lady from the payroll department and she has no accounting experience. I do like her but I think my boss chose her because she won't question my boss. My boss is a realy piece of work! So annoyed with work that I don't even want to show up.

Another one...

We had to move. Not a fun thing to do at 7 months pregnant. But I love our smaller house with a nice backyard and patio and spa! But our old house was going into foreclosure and the landlord didn't tell us, we found out by some guy knocking on our door to offer his help in loan mods. I had left my garden flag pole in the front yard and so we drove up there to get it one afternoon and the house is for sale! That lady took our rent money and didn't pay her mortage and is now selling the house! What a bitch! But I think its all going to work out in the long run!

Well, that's it for today. This pregnant lady is done! I'll post pis of the new little guy at our house as soon as he arrives!!

Countdown

I'm not going to lie, it sucks every Monday through Friday when I have to drop Bubby off with the babysitter. It has gotten easier since he was just a wee little babe but still hard none the less. Its not fair to him that he has to spend 10 hours a day with someone while I only work an 8 hour shift. But it is what it is and some day (hopefully sooner then later) he will not have go with some one else for 10 hours. Or sit in traffic to get there and to get back home. And we can spend our days together....

As I pulled up to my babysitter's house this morning she was out watering her potted plants in her driveway and front porch. Bub gets out of the car and is happy to see her and show her his truck of the day. I put his bag inside the house and come back out to kiss him and wish him a good day. I hop back in my car and pull out of her driveay and Bubby comes running to the edge of her yard screaming "BYE MOMMA!!!!" and waving his little arm so hard! I shout out the window "BYE BUBBY! I LOVE YOU!" in return and blow him a kiss, check my rear view mirrors to make sure he runs back to the front porch and realize I don't have a baby anymore but a little boy.

So I will keep counting the days till I no longer have to be a slave to a desk and push papers around and instead be at home with the our children, doing fun things and learning new stuff and not getting juice and fruit snacks all day! Hopefully sooner then later....

Things that I'm not very good at.....

• updating my blog. Sorry, between working full time and home and trying to tackle an online class, there isn't much extra time. Very jealous of those that post once or twice a week with pictures! I envy your time management skills!
• picking out wedding pictures. Perhaps we will get our wedding album back by our first anniversary. You try to near over 1,500 pictures to 500 and 60 for prints and an album! Almost done though! So hopefully soon! And we want to purchase some bigger prints to frame!
• taking pictures. Not that I don't take bad pictures, just taking pictures in general. I only have like five pictures I took from Cabo last weekend. I will take more this weekend at the river! And hopefully post them in a timely manner!
• uploading pictures! Yes I do have tons of pictures but they sit on my camera's memory card for months! Mostly because my card is huge that I don't' need to take off pictures all the time.
• scrapbooking. I got loads of stuff for Christmas but haven't made any time to sit down and do it. But this goes hand in hand with not taking pictures, or uploading or having any extra time in general.
• visiting Chris. She's home now and I haven't been to see her once. How very bad of me! But with Caleb being sick so much this winter/spring, I didn't want to risk spreading anything to her since she is vulnerable now. Next month I want to set up a couple "dates" to visit with her for a few hours.

My iPod broke last week and do you know that you have to have an appointment to have it checked out??? Luckily my nano still works and is proving to be a good backup until I have time to actually make said appointment for the Apple genious to look at my iPod. Plus I have like 20 old cd's in my car that are getting replayed. Maybe I should just look into getting my satelite radio working again for my car.

And a Caleb update: We have hit the terrible twos! Meltdowns happen at least twice every night! Doctor said we should try to get him to stop sucking his thumb now so that is going pretty good. Learning new words everyday and is a typical boy. If you lay on the floor he likes to fall on your stomach or back. He says "Ready? One, two..." then goes for it. He has no fear of anything! Swim class is going great! I like that he isn't afraid of the water, I saw another class before his and the boys would dive underwater for toys. It was still the parent and me class so the boys couldn't be older then 3. Can't wait till Caleb can do that to!! He already kicks under water when I pass him to the instructor underwater. He will have fun at the river this weekend! First time for us this season!

Can't fix stupid.....

Wow, do I feel dumb! And by dumb, I mean DUM. I can't believe that in my post from THURSDAY, I misspelled THURSDAY not once but TWICE! I guess next time I shouldn't rush through my post trying to finish it before I leave work.

Anyways, I wanted to apologize to the few family and friends that read this blog and expect pictures. Yeah, picture taking has not been on my list of priorities lately. Mainly because we haven't done much but yet never seem like we are at home. It's March and my Christmas decorations are skewed all over our spare bedroom still. But that can't last for much longer because we finally bought our BED!!! So our bed right now will go into the spare room and the box spring and frame in that room will get junked. I can't wait for Friday when it gets delivered! Friday is also the day when I get my wisdom teeth yanked out of my head. Oh the pain will finally be gone. The things I look forward to now as an adult....new bed and no more wisdom teeth.

Have a great week everyone!

Three for Thrusday

This blog carnival is truly as easy as it sounds...Each week, The (Un)Experienced Mom and I will pick a category, then ask you to share your Top 3 thoughts on it. We hope you'll play along with us!

This week, we want to know...

What are your Top 3 favorite things about spring?

3.) Warmer weather! I love wearing my uggs, but I'm so ready to get pedis and wear flippy flops! Beyond ready! I'm tired of wearing jeans! I want to wear my capris, shorts, skirts, dresses, dare I say...bikinis! Not going to happen this weekend when I'm all bundled up on the slopes for snowboard lessons. (Thank you hunny, I look forward to being sore for a whole week just to hang out with you! Maybe next time we can go to Glen Ivy when we want a date day???)

2.) Strawberries. Probably one of the reasons I will never leave Californai, fresh picked strawberries. I hate paying the (gasp!!!) $5.00 for a pound, picked in Mexico strawberries! Soon they will be cheap and I can buy a flat and eat them all day long instead of savoring a few in my yogurt in the mornings.

1.) MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Well, not all mine anymore! All thanks to that little guy up at the top of the post. (Seriously, why doesn't blogger work properly for me at work??? I can't for the life of me get the picture down here!!!!) Yes, he came in all in hurry almost two years ago on my birthday and took all my glory. But I'll share, he's too darn cute not too! Plannig on taking the trailer down to the beach to spend the day and have a bonfire at night the Saturday after our birthday! But for my birthday, I get to join two wonderful girls for an overnight trip to Vegas to MUSE!!!! 3 crazy girls in Vegas, no husbands, no kids, no dogs.....we might leave it burnt down to the ground!

Thanks Elizabeth and the (Un)Experience Mom for the Thrusday Meme!

Excuses, Excuses

Truthful Tuesday time and Elizabeth's has a good question for today......

What's the best excuse you've ever used to get out of an obligation, like work, school, or chores? (And did you get away with it?)

Once I read the question I already knew my answer. It just happens to be the same answer Elizabeth went with too - Sick baby and no sleep for mom excuse!

I may or may not over use this excuse. But it works because technically YOU aren't sick so there is no faking it the next day! I usually say teething and he didn't sleep but I do mix it up and say sick too. It's fun to stay home with Bubby and play, go to the park, do a little Target shopping during the week day when only other SAHM are there. Even get to watch a little daytime TV when he goes down for a nap.

I've also used the "been in the bathroom all night" excuse too. Every body's been there and understands what you mean but nobody really asks questions. Perfect for getting out of work on a Monday, blame it on the food at a new restaurant you tried over the weekend.

I guess you can say I play hookie a lot, before Justin and I had Caleb we would call in sick together, then go to the beach with the dog for the day.....oh how I wish I could have one of those days again! My job has never been my life and I do have a very strong work ethic but sometimes you just need a break and have some fun during the week when everyone else is at work!