Red alert, red alert!!!

Red alert, red alert!!!
Mommy is taking a shower. I'd better go check and see if she will be okay without me. Oh looks like she is okay. I think I should bring my baby sister over to show her the bathroom door is closed. Look Kylee mommy is in there and we are not. Well Kylee really want's to go in. Since I know mommy doesn't want us in there because Kylee will bang on the shower door and take all items out of the dwarers and closet. I will leave the bathroom door closed but I will allow Kylee to bang widly on the bathroom door and scream. In fact I will go ahead and join in. Screaming and banging like a 1 year. Because the fact that mommy is doing something without me is unbearable.

Sunday Busy Sunday

Well it was an action packed Sunday. I started out my Sunday with a six mile run. After showering I whisked the girls to the park for playgroup. It was so lovely to see my friends again. Kylee was so happy to see her buddy's. She also seemed happy to see the other mommy's. Chenoa was hoping for her friend Morgan to be there. Her whole day brightened when she saw Morgan walking up from her car. I also invited a school friend to come along. She is hoping to join the our mommy club. It was awfully hot at the park today, but, we made the best of it.

Kylee fell asleep in the car on the way home. After putting her in the crib. Chenoa helped me clean up. I found Marc outside with his bike. We decided to wash the car in the shade. Marc's mom Pat made her way over when we were finishing up with the car. We woke Kylee up a bit early because we had to make it to the car show in Livermore. Wow, this heat was overwhelming. We had little shade in the middle of the street, of course. However, Pat a had a great idea of getting some smoothies. They had lot's of ice in them.... perfect. The girls were happy while we watched the winner's cruise by. We all decided to try the restaurant Strissis. After all we were standing right in front of it. Not sure how I feel about the restaurant. What was up with all the flies? And Marc said his potato fries were reheated.

We headed home to get ready for my mom and dad to come over. Luckily, my mom had the fabulous idea of going for frozen yogurt. I perked right up from my exhaustion with thoughts of blueberrie acai and pomegranate frozen yogurt. Awesome idea mom! I even roped them in for Friday night babysitting. So I can sleep in Saturday morning after being out late dancing with the girls. We ended the day perfectly. Refreshed and cooled from a busy hot day.

Home All Week

A whole week has gone by and I haven't even blogged. I must have been busy this week. Kylee was sick last weekend and sick again with a new cold at the end of the week. I stayed home with her all week. Well from work at least. Not from school. I survived through my anatomy test. Chenoa was star of the week. And Marc and I finally had our date night again!! The sitter came an hour early so we had plenty of time for dinner, movies, and the bookstore. Things went very smoothly with bed time and the sitter was sure to tell me how sweet our girls are before she left. I am looking forward to date night two weeks away.
I have been enjoying mandatory home time with Kylee. I am getting ahead with my studying and I even organized the shoes in the shoe closet. Kylee has been having a pretty good time also. Chenoa and Kylee found the outdoor shade tent in the garage. We set it up in the living room. The girls spend a lot of time playing and sitting in it. It feels good to have a Saturday off.

Get Organized

Today was the day to get things organized. Well I decided today was the day for a family meeting. I made a list of chores to be checked off daily. Because I have come to realize that after all. I really can't do everything. This went well. I am confident I will get morehelp around the house. My proof is Chenoa and Marc currently folding the laundry. Thank God!!

Saturday Night

Work surprisingly became busy. This morning the schedule showed slow for the spa. Everyone wanted a last minute massage today. I ended up being pretty busy. On the way home from work I decided the family should go out to dinner. We went to Armadillo Willy's. Kylee was very quiet she was eating the whole time. She was still eating after everyone had finished. While we were eating Chenoa told us about the boy she likes in school. Yes Chenoa is comfortable talking to us about boyfriends and pretty much anything else you can think of. When we got home it was very close to bed time. I brought Kylee straight to bath since she had already been yawning. Chenoa came in and asked to please take a bath with Kylee. They had never done this before. Not sure why. My bath tub picture with my sister is still up at my moms. Luckily I had my handy dandy camera to record this momentous occasion.

Kylee and I hung out all morning

Kylee and I hung out all morning. I got myself and the girls ready and out the door on time. We dropped Chenoa off this morning. I wished her good luck on her spelling test. She became upset; she had forgotten to look over her flashcards this morning. I gave her a hug told her she would be okay she studied all week and took a practice test the night before. I admire her dedication in school work. I hope she is not too hard on herself when she is older. Although I definitely hope she keeps up the good work. Kylee and I headed over to Gymboree. I am finally able to fit in classes now that Chenoa is in school. Kylee and I stopped at the donut store since we were early. Kylee tried her first donut and immediately spit it out. I am okay with this since donuts are not the best habit for a baby to pick up. Kylee mostly enjoyed Gymboree. I am going to try her in the older class next week. The activities were very easy for Kylee and she was bored of them after a couple of tries. There were a couple of other kids her age but they were still working on walking and Kylee was literally running across the room. So I think an older class will be more fun for Kylee. After gym Kylee and I headed over to Best Buy to look at cameras. Kylee seemed pretty hungry so we made a detour to the Starbuck and had fruit and cheese. I of course had some much wanted caffeine. As we hung out at Starbucks I smiled. It was so nice to just hang out. We ran over to Best Buy I picked a Canon Power Shot camera. I changed my camera choice at the last minute so I hope it works out. I've needed a camera for months now. The guilt of not taking pictures has finally over taken the guilt that I will have for spending the dough. I also really need a printer. That's next on my list. Kylee is sleeping already she was tired. Now all I have to do is clean the house. It has been pretty neglected this week. Chenoa's swim buddy Tara is coming over for a play date today after school. Somewhere in this equation I need to put in a couple hours studying for my Anatomy test. I guess I am going to skip working out today. There is no way I am fitting that in!

This Is My Future

I rocked the house with my speech. I guess my class isn't so bad. I haven't seen that really immature guy anymore. Thank god. It's hard enough doing a speech. But doing a speech in front of unpredictable person is overwhelming. Anyhow, I made it through my crazy day. I have an Anatomy lecture test and lab test next Wed. I am trying not to freak out here. But, when the helper/tutor for this class accidentally slips up and talks about how our test is really hard and she couldn't do it. It can be bit scary. My "hybrid" class is in it's first semester. I am getting a little nervous here. This is my future we are talking about.

Tomorrow is my morning lab. Then I look forward to having some much needed family time. I can't wait to hang with my girls and my Hubby! I will take the whole afternoon of and just be a mommy and a wife:)

Concern For Micro.

Concern came over me when I stood up to turn in my Micro. test and I realized I was the first to turn my test in. Were people just waiting to turn there test in. I have never been first to finish a test ever. So you can understand my fear when my first test of the semester is done so quickly. Cross your fingers for me. I need A's to get into nursing school. Plus I want to start the semester off right. I'm going to my Micro. Lecture. Then to my speech class. I am determined to get an A on my speech. After all it is a speech about massage!

Printer Scum

Curse you printer scum. Did you have to wait until the very busy and important night before my big day. I need to print my lab, lecture notes fro Micro. and of course my speech outline. tomorrows my big day and you quit on me know. You drive me crazy printer scum. To the dumpster with you! (If Marc can't fix you)

This Blog World

It's a new world, this blog world. Other people are out there blogging just like me. I had no idea these things were going on. Where have I been? Then I decided I needed to have my laptop for school. After all, I am taking an anatomy online class. Plus I have WiFi at work. I was tired of battling Marc for the computer when we were both home. My good friend sent her email with her blog. I read her blog. It was still summer I had nap time for these things. I thought to myself there is other people out there. And they are like me. I find comfort in these things. I feel more comfortable with myself. Just knowing that I'm not crazy. Other people in the world know how I feel.

If only I was a writer my blog could be as fantabulous as these others I read. Maybe I will get there one day. But for know I just have the enjoyment of getting it out there.

Healthy Competition?

I am feeling a bit competitive. Why are their always people in your class that are ahead of you? What is it they have that I don't have? Is their a special studying technique I don't know about? Are they taking a special performance enhancing drug which makes them untouchable? (Maybe I watched to much Olympics) Is it to much to ask that I know everything, have a perfect looking house, am a perfect mother, and I look perfect also? If other people look like they are doing everything why can't I? Like I said I am feeling competitive. This is great state of mind for studying. I'd better get to it!

Kylee Said Thank You; Chenoa Read To Me

When it rains it pours. It seems as if I am expected to cram every possible school and work activity all in to one week. What's up with that? My arm is hurting from work today. Not sure why it wasn't especially difficult. I must have done something strange less leaning more muscle for example. Well not the best timing considering I have a ridiculous amount of flash cards to write. I wish I could buy these printed out by the book publisher. My life would be easier.
Kylee said Thank You this morning after I gave her, her tooth brush. I was very excited. She has been communicating so well. Chenoa had a wonderful time at the gym today. They kept her well entertained. So nice to see! This evening I picked up pizza's to bake at home. They were a big hit. Marc even had a second dinner a finished them off. While I was cleaning I asked Kylee to put a bowl away in her drawer. She has her own drawer for her bottles and dishes. She loves playing with them. So I asked Kylee to put her bowl in her drawer. She left her room where we were. I peaked at the kitchen and watched her open the drawer put the bowl in then close the dwarer and turn to walk back. I could not contain myself so I high fived her, kissed her, and clapped. To keep this wonderful habit going I tried it again with success! After I put Kylee to bed Chenoa read to me. These kids seem so amazing to me!

The Girls and I, Friday:)

After dropping Chenoa off this morning at school. Kylee and I dropped by the local Weight Watchers then headed to the gym. It's a miracle I... blow dried my hair for the first time since Chenoa got out of kindergarten last year. I didn't quite have the knack for it like I used to. Just the process made me feel fabulous. Kylee and I headed home had lunch and she took a nice long nap. Something she hadn't done all week. I actually had to wake Kylee up to pick up Chenoa from school. After stopping at Safeway for some last minute supplies we were off to Superfranks!
When we arrived there we were told tot town did not open until five. Which seemed strangley late to me. We hung out at the arcade and kitchen area. Then I had Chenoa play in the sports area. Tara and I were happy when tot town open because the girls were starting to gett restless and just taking off on us. Jocelyn and Kylee's favorite was the slide. Boy did Kylee get some speed on the slide. So fast I could have gotten a little nervous. However Kylee's extreme smile stopped me from freaking out. She loved it and there was a huge gym pad at the bottom. I was concerned about Chenoa not wanting to play in tot town with the little ones. She ended up having lot's of fun. So much I had to remind her little ones were there so we had to stay pretty calm. I am mostly glad she enjoyed herself and it reminded me how adaptable Chenoa can be. She tends to make the best of anything.
I got in some much needed mommy time and I am ready to dive into my work and study weekend.

What no date night!

What no date night! Date night was cancelled due to the babysitter getting a last minute doctors appointment. Marc and I were super sad to hear this the night before.
Thursday I woke up early for my lab with a test. We had to find out our unknown bacteria. Mine was K. pneumonia. It felt pretty cool to be able to do this. I have been learning stuff!
When I got home Marc was cleaning. Not just regular cleaning. But deep cleaning the bathrooms, kitchen, and he even cleaned & organized our closet. This is the type of thing I normally do. So you can imagine my shock when I came home. I guess he really was listening when I had that meeting about needing his help while I'm in school:) I took full advantage of this situation and stayed out of his way. I played with Kylee. We played peekaboo, blocks, choo choo, and upside down baby. I really enjoyed this since I have been missing hang time with my girls.
Marc picked up Chenoa from school after he got his sparkly new bike. A Trek EX8 Marc was so happy about this he spent a good amount of time looking at his bike when he got home. Unfortunately he was not able to take it for a ride because he is fighting off a sinus infection.
I helped Chenoa with her home work. Then I made the girls a simple dinner of soy butter sandwich's faces. Chenoa had a sandwich face, carrot's for hair, and a bell pepper mouth. For Kylee the soy butter sandwich was the hair, grapes for eyes and nose, and cherry tomatoes for the mouth. They love to get faces in their meals! I was able to play with the girls again then they had bathes, story, and bed. After they fell asleep I made flash cards. Not having date night was disappointing however the day wasn't. I hardly cleaned or did chores and I had extra time with the girls:)

Exhausted

Kylee has been waking up throughout the night all week. I am exhausted. Everyone is asleep including Marc at 7pm. I should really go to sleep too. Although it's so quiet in the house and I can do whatever I want. Maybe I will stay up a little longer. Even if I do have to wake up at 6 for a lab test at 7:30. Since when do they have lab tests?
Date night is tomorrow. Woo hoo! Should I be feeling guilty about leaving the girls? Maybe I should take a Saturday off soon to hang with the girls. I am missing all my mommy time I had in the summer. If only I could quit working. Don't get me wrong I like my job, it's great. I just like my mommy time more!

It's Like Totally High School

The thing about going to College during the day is it's sort of like high school. It's a community college so mostly young fresh out of high school kids are here. Most people know each other from work of high school. So What I'm getting at is when I'm not in Micro. I feel like I'm in high school. Except I don't have a bunch of friends here. Am I a nerd?
The worst part is speech. 4- 17 year old, 6- 18 year old, 4-19 year old, 3- 20 year old, 4-21 year old students. How do I give an informational speech to them. I thought about doing a info speech on a spa day. Except a young boy probably a 17 year old. In class he randomly yells promiscuos along with other horny phrases while the teacher is talking. Or he handed out a survey on sexual positions during survey time. Of course when he got a hold of my survey he wrote that he likes happy endings. Now what do I speak about. Anyways my whole point is it feels like high school mostly in speech. When did I get old?

A Lot On My Mind.

I am looking forward to date night. I am so glad I went through the effort planning this regular date night. When I am in class thinking of all the studying I have to do. I tell myself I do all that and at the end of my school week. I get to go out and do something fun. Whenever Marc and I think of something great we talk about planning it on date night. It feels so nice to have something to look forward too.

I got a new stroller today after school. I am so happy about this because my old stroller is so beat and dirty looking. I was embarrased to even look at it. The old stroller has cardboard in the back so I couldn't really clean it. I took the girls to the store and Kylee enjoyed trying out the strollers. This is pretty great considering she woke up last night at 12:30am, 3:00am, & 4:00am. I am pretty sure Kylee woke up earlier than 7 but I was to tired to wake up. She has a new tooth and another is almost in. We are almost to 6 teeth woohoo! She bonked her head today and hurt the outside of her mouth on the TV stand. She seems to be stumbling often. Maybe she is growing a lot. Or perhaps it's because she learned how to go a round. I would say spin a round but it is a little slower then that. So she does this go a round often along with her walking. Now that I think of it she really doesn't stay in one place long. That would probably explain the constant cleaning also. I recently discovered how she hurt herself on the stool. Kylee was proud to show me her walking around holding the little stool in front of her. Chenoa is disappointed but the stool has a new home up high until Kylee gets a little more stable.

We are busting out the seems of our little apartment. I am always cleaning the same things over and over. We are in the same place the whole time. 4 people all in one space all the time. I am always wanting to have people over. Yet I always hesitate because I don't want people to feel claustrophobic. Wouldn't that be horrible. People come over but they are miserable because there is not that much space to move around too! I have assigned Marc the job of researching the purchasing a house. Seems like a lot to research since we have never been through this process before.

Crazy Lady

Chenoa and Kylee played today. They played in there room. I heard laughter from them both. They love to spin together and play with stuff animals. I so enjoy watching and hearing them play. It is nice to finally see them be able to truly enjoy each other. I find Chenoa secretly pretending Kylee is her baby. She will hold her and sing her songs. It's so sweet!
So I don't pay much attention to the crazy lady who lives downstairs. When she bangs on the ceiling (our floor) madly. I tell the girls not to worry about it. When she comes ringing our bell to ask if she has offended us. Because the noise we are making must be about her. I have Marc take care of it. When she comes back ringing our bell to apologize with tears in her eyes. I don't get wrapped up in it. Because after all she is the "crazy lady" from downstairs. Her noise is in the middle of the afternoon on Sundays. I've got the upstairs neighbors who like to let their kids stay up till all hours of the night and clean from 11pm-1am every night. I am the lucky one though because I don't get so wrapped up in it that I make myself crazy!

Our Saturday is More Like Your Friday

I woke up this morning tired. I could barely hold my eyes open as I fed Kylee yogurt. Why was I so tired. Well Marc and I discovered the free movie channels available this weekend. We started w/ 300... can you tell Marc had the remote. I didn't mind I was using my laptop and watching the awesome bods. Then we moved to Fantastic Four the end of it and Shoot Em Up the end. I like that movie. I had to laugh after a while. It's so violent and it's so goofy at the same time. Am I wierd? Anyhow was this really a good reason to be exhauseted in the morning? Probably not.

I decided the girls could handle six hours at the gym so I could work out before work. I headed to the gym to get in a mini workout. I rushed to work. Worked my butt off literaly. Not that it was really bad. We have been slow lately. So a full schedule doing massage can be a lot of work. Not that I mind. I am just tired.

Chenoa was hungry Kylee was tired. I had promised myself I would stop at Bev Mo and take advantage of the 5 cent sale. I stopped there feeling apprehensive because Kylee was tired. Chenoa was being so helpful I thought we could make it. The trip took a little longer then I thought. (Not to ling though) I felt really silly walking out with a crying 14 month old. Luckily a man was there. He obviously had children because he was so helpful and helped play down all the children commotion.

I drove home and had to park in the red to unload the car. I ran out to the car to get the bags, lunch boxes and diaper bag. I closed the trunk with four bags in my arms. I hear yelling from our house. Chenoa is yelling for me. Kylee is bleeding out the mouth! I start running while saying to myself everything is okay it's a little cut she's scared. I run in looking for Kylee. I find her and I really do see blood. A lot of blood. I look in her mouth... blood. Luckily it's inside the mouth. I feel releived. The mouth always heels faster. Chenoa is freaking out and feeling guilty. She tells me Kylee fell on the stool she had left out. I tried to comfort Chenoa with words. I tried an ice pack to reduce swelling and bleeding on Kylee. She was not having it. Tried an otter pop surely she would calm down enough for this. Nope she cried for a long time. Finally when she started to calm down about 20 minutes later. Felt like forever! That is when she let me get a look. She had a cut from her inside top lip to her front top teeth. Ouch! It was swollen so much there was no gum space left. Poor girl. She cheered up before bed time. I am exhausted Kylee is and I bet Chenoa is also.

They Grow Up So fast

I have been working for five months. Every time I leave Kylee their she cries, reaches for me, or at least gives whimper. Today when I dropped her off so I could work out and get my hair done. (Sounds fabulous I know) Kylee immediately wanted down to play. I showed her the really cool bouncing zebra. After being done filling out the info board. I wave to Kylee and say "Bye Bye Kylee." As she stands I prepare to grab her and hand her to a childcare person so I can get out the door with out her grabbing my leg. But to my shock Kylee stands and smiles she waves to me and says "Bye Bye." It was so cute and surprising. They grow up so fast!

Never go to Long Without Getting Your Hair Done

You know your hairstylist is doing a good job when your hair looks good even when you don't have time to get it blow dried. I feel so much better. I can't believe I went so long without getting my hair done. I got a great discount also!

On Our Way To The Weekend

I am tired from doing a lot of school work yesterday and waking up this morning for my 7:30 Micro Lab. The rest of the day today I had off. I am looking forward to tomorrow and this weekend. I have a lot of homework to do this weekend but I can space it out.
Chenoa has her first spelling test on friday. We practiced with her two times today and she aced it. I am excited for her. I remember doing spelling tests when I was little. I keep thinking I need to brace myself for homework. Parents are always telling me how much homework their kids had in first grade. I am sure it will get serious seeing as Chenoa is so studious. She has been doing very well considering she is in a new school again! Hopefully we will get a house soon and she will be at the same school for a long time.
Chenoa and I have been singing songs to Kylee every night. Two in particular, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes and The Itsy Bitsy Spider. Kylee has been doing well making the sun in the Itsy Bitsy song and pointing at her head and her knees for the other. Kylee has a happy personality and has recently learned to turn on the dishwasher. She does this all the time. Our dishwasher model is not the best for a house with little ones. I am so happy she loves banannas again! They are so easy to pack. Oh yeah and I can't forget Marc taught Kylee to say poop yesterday. Dad's teach the truely important things don't they:)

A Good Day, an Overwhelming Tomorrow

I was up early to get Chenoa to school and be off to work. I planned to do some homework at work. I realized at work it was time card day. AAAHHHH, What a nightmare! My job is fabulous but their system is not. It took about an hour in half to find missing receipts. This always happens and it drives me crazy!! Anyhow since I only had a short time until my treatment I checked my email. After work Kylee and I picked up Chenoa. We went to the book fair and Chenoa got every book on her list. This is pretty momentous seeing as all the other years we were never able to participate in this fundraising. We were always barely making it before. Chenoa was so excited she was able to get all of her books. She was so happy she helped with many chores at home. She unloaded and loaded the dish washer and swept the kitchen floor. That was the best kitchen floor sweeping our kitchen has seen in months:) I was so pleased I decided to make spaghetti for dinner which Chenoa loves.

The girls were off to bed and I started my homework. Little did I know my anatomy review takes way longer than I thought. It took me about a little over two hours to download and review all of the little power points and quizzes just for chapter four. The first two chapters were a lot easier and even less downloading. My class is tomorrow night and I am in school all day. I don't think I can get this done. Live and learn. And now I find my Micro teacher added a quiz for Thursday at my 7 am class. I am not sure how I can cram this all in but I am sure going to try. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if all my classes weren't crammed into these two days. Although I guess I could have checked the site earlier. Didn't my teacher's know I was taking a holiday weekend! LOL! Guess I know what I am doing this weekend. Study Study Study!

Hope Marc makes it to the back to school night with the girls tomorrow. Sounds like a lot of work though. I feel silly asking for a sitter for just an hour. Maybe I should let him off the hook with this one! The teacher didn't sound very enthusiastic about it but I really want to know about the homework.

Back To My Long Runs!

I told Marc last night that I have to do a long run in the morning. When we woke up Marc announced he had to ride his bike. We planned for him to go first I will go when he gets back. I got ready for my run. Then I fed Kylee yogurt got her dressed with a nice outfit for our BBQ @ 1. Chenoa finally woke up and started getting ready. She has been sleeping in every chance she gets. Chenoa must be getting older because this is definitely a big kid behavior. Marc came back and was pumped up and ready to go. He usually is after riding his bike around. I went down to the treadmill at the apartment. It was stuck at a excessive incline. The women on our other treadmill informed me it's broken. How annoying I'm on a schedule here. Now I remember why I never run here something is always broken or worse... dirty! I decided to wait it out and sat by the pool for a while. Boring, I had just drank a red line I needed to go! I decided to go for a trail run. This was a new venture for me. After going back to get a hat, sunglasses, a running pack for my water bottle, and a key for the gate I was off. Luckily Marc told me that after the golf course it's 3 miles. It took the same amount of time but there were a lot of other people running and riding bikes. I saw animals and nature it was so not boring. This was a great run. I am doing my long runs outside from now on! I told Marc he should let me know where to turn around for next week. I am doing 8 miles and I am looking forward to it. I forgot how much I love running!

I Heart My Mommy Group!

Sunday morning was so fabulous. I had been talking about it all week. Even to my clients. I was settling in to massage them and bragging about my mommy group and our special mommy party. We had a spa day of course. The whole morning was dedicated to us. The spa brought in extra tables to accommodate our larger party. Everyone received massages and facials. The spa had fruit and pastries for us and some of the girls brought champagne and OJ for mimosa's. After being pampered we were off to a lovely lunch. We had a great time talking about just about anything and everything. We had to check ourselves after a while making sure our conversation was PG. We get crazy sometimes! I was so happy with our outing. I was thinking about how lucky I was to have such great friends. I checked my e-mails this morning and it was so nice to see they all feel the same way too. I'm such a lucky girl. It's like I'm stuck in a cheesy feel good movie and I'm loving every minute!