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I kept trying to think of something clever to write and I got nothing.....so here you go, some random pictures of my CUTE kids...after all isn't that why we really check peoples blogs...... for the pictures!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to the men in my life! I wouldn't be the Mother, Wife, and Daughter I am today without you!

I love you Jason! Happy Father's Day! Wish you were here with us today!

busy, busy, busy!

Well this week has been quite the week! On monday night I was in the basement paying bills and checking accounts on the computer when I all of sudden heard a loud thud and a scream from my mom, I went running to the stairs and found my mom sitting at the bottom of the stairs just screaming she broke her leg! My first thought was she probably just sprained it, but we all know when something like this happens we always think the worse, I know I do, whenever I have fallen down the stairs or tripped I always think its worse than it really is. Well this time I was wrong. My dad took my mom to the ER to have her checked out, because her ankle was pretty swollen. Well come to find out she broke her ankle in two different places, they admitted her that night and she had surgery on it the next day. But she is now home and is not allowed to do anything for the next 6 weeks! Looks like its going to be one busy summer! But I'm so glad I am able to be here to help my mom out! Mom...I love you and hope you get better soon!

I'm also hoping I can finally get caught up with my posts.....I seriously hate falling behind...it takes forever to get caught up! But I think things are finally starting to slow down for me!

A little Wake up Call

Its been awhile since I posted last... I decided to take a time out from blogging for awhile, but now I'm back and ready to get posting. It was about a week and a half ago I was uploading pictures on the computer to put on the blog when Daniel kept tugging at my shirt, and I kept telling him to hold on, and he kept doing it, then I finally got upset, that's when I had to take a minute and step back and realize what I had just done, this happens all to often for me, and I realized something....is uploading my pictures really that important that I can't take 2 minutes away and find out what he wanted....recently I had found my self consumed with "my programs" the Internet, blogging, facebook, and working out that I was neglecting the two people that mean more to me than anything. So I guess you could say I had a little wake up call, and so instead of giving up those "things" I enjoy doing, I have learned to prioritise my time so much better, so that I can pay more attention to Daniel and Brielle and at the same time still do the the "things" I enjoy doing. I LOVE these two so much and it made me sad when I realized I was neglecting teaching and loving them because of my "worldy" things I enjoy. So now here I am blogging while the kids are napping....usually I took a nap myself, but I have learned I can get A LOT done while they are down. I am FAR from being the perfect Mom, but I am so glad I have realized these things. Daniel and Brielle deserve far more than what I was giving them. I have to say, being a mother is by far the hardsest and most rewarding thing I have ever done!

Here a few pictures I have taken of the kids.

My dad got Daniel a drum set when we were in Virginia....lets just say I have mixed feelings about it, yes he loves it and I love that he loves it....but hearing that drum can get to be a little much sometimes!

Brielle's lastest trick is cruising!

A picture for DADDY!

We were playing outside today and the kids looked so cute so I thought I would try and get some pictures of them to send to Daddy, and surprisingly they cooperated for me! Oh and can I tell you all how excited I was this week....Jason got to call on Memorial Day! He's got to call twice in the 3 1/2 weeks he has been gone, once on Mother's Day, and then on Memorial day, we only got to talk for like 2 minutes, but that 2 minutes was the best 2 minutes of my entire day! And not that I'm counting down or anything....but we only have 6 1/2 weeks to go until we fly to Georgia to see him for graduation! :)

I love the age they are at right now, they play so cute together and Brielle is finally starting to hold her ground against Daniel, well at least for the most part she is.

We love you and miss you DADDY!

One thing I'm looking forward to this summer....Another season of So you think you can Dance! Love it! No seriously, I'm obsessed!

10 months Old

I'm a little late on this post, but hey better late than never. Brielle definatley has a little personality and she definatley knows what she wants and what she doesn't want. She can be this sweet little girl one second and in the blink of an eye turn into this little feisty girl that makes me wonder what happened to my daughter? She is into everything, pulls up to everything, and still will not eat baby food. But give her "grown up" food and she will gobble it up. She is as squirmy as can be and can not sit still for more than 2 seconds, she really has to be the busiest little girl ever. Oh and did I mention she still doesn't sleep through the night, yes I'm going crazy! I really need my sleep, and this girl is just not giving it to me! But either way I love her to pieces and whether she is cranky or happy I just can't get enough of her! And is just me or do these pictures make her look older than 10 months ....it makes me so sad, she is growing up to fast!

27 Years YOUNG!

Its kind of sad when you don't remember how old you are turning, I had someone ask me the other day and I literally had to do the math in my head from the year I was born.....I just for the life of me couldn't remember. But on Wed the 20th I celebrated my 27th birthday. I have to admit I really missed Jason that day.....but thankfully my parents and my 2 adorable kids made it special for me! I spent the day shopping at the Gateway with my mom, went to Daniels last day of pre-school, and then we headed out to Tucano's for dinner. So thank you mom and dad for making me feel special on this day and being amazing parents......you always seem to know exactly what I need and when I need it! Also, Thank You for all the text messages and facebook messages!

she is definitely not like her brother....she loves cake, ice cream and all the good stuff!

Girlfriends

This last week I got together with a bunch of girlfriends from high school and all our kids! It had honestly been 9 years since I had seen some of these girls and its amazing how much time can pass and you can just pick up right where you left off, I had so much fun catching up with these girls and meeting there adorable kids! (oh and Viv I still need the group pic of all of us.....I forgot to get one with you too.....!) Thanks girls for a great day out, we really need to do this more!

from high school to roommates

Hearing Aids, and Daniels Last day of School

We have had a very busy week and a half. This last week we had a Doctors Appointment up at Primary Children's and learned that Daniel DOES need Hearing Aids, as hard as this news came I am very relieved to finally have answers once and for all. Over the next couple months we will be having some tests done to determine what has caused the hearing loss, and then we can finally have the hearing aid evaluations to determine what exactly he needs and I'm hoping we will have everything set to go before school starts again. I also got to go with Daniel to his last day of Pre-school, parents were invited for the last 45 minutes of class and when I got there he was outside on the playground, We got to play on the slides for awhile together, then we all went in for snack time and circle time, we had so much fun singing, laughing and playing together. It seems lately things get so hectic around here that I don't get as much one on one time with Daniel as I would like, so I loved being able to focus all my attention on him and hang out with my favorite little boy! But I'm so glad they have programs like this for Daniel, I have really noticed a difference in him, and it seems in these last 6 months he has really taken off in his development and I couldn't be more proud of him!

My current Obessions

writing letters....since I have no other way of communicating with Jason right now I spend a lot of time writing Jason about my day and what the kids have been up to...my blog has been put on the back burner lately because I have been spending so much time writing, playing with the kids, showing them pics and videos of there Daddy, and just trying to stay as busy as possible!

with Jason gone I have been using my video camera a lot more.....Brielle seems to be hitting a lot of milestones lately and both kids as well have been doing some cute things lately that I just don't want Jason to miss

eating at home.....this last month we ate out so much with moving, vacations and just never being home, so lately I have loved being able to cook a meal and eat at home....don't get me wrong I still love eating out, but there comes a point where is just gets old.


I have just recently tried yoga, and surprisingly I really LIKED it! Its been such a nice switch from my typical cardio and weight routine.

Green Tea! I wasn't to sure at first about this....But I LOVE IT!

these have come quite handy being out an about with 2 little ones, especially when you have a 10 month old that puts anything and everything in her mouth and has to touch anything and everything!

Washington D.C.

We also took a little mini trip up to Washington D.C. we spent the night in Tysons Corner and visited Arlington Cemetary, The Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. The first day was pretty cloudy and overcast but it made for a perfect day of sightseeing, but the second day warmed up quite a bit and made visiting Arlington a little more difficult, now if any of you have ever been you know its a little bit of a hike to walk around there and pushing a stroller with 2 kids didn't make it any easier, plus the kids just wore out so much faster that second day with the heat and humidity, so I'm glad we got the bulk of sights to see done in that first day. The only thing that we would have done different is not try and park in the city again.....our best bet would have been to park a little further out and take the metro everywhere, we made the mistake of parking in the city and it was a nightmare, I can't tell you how many times we got lost trying to find our way around.

We got to see the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers

Virginia Beach

We took a day trip down to Virginia Beach, the weather had been crazy that week so we didn't dress to actually get in the water, we thought we would just walk the beach and boardwalk and just stick our feet in. Well, Daniel had other things in mind, he wanted to just jump right in, this boy LOVES the water and loves the beach, we literally had to drag him away to leave. Even though we wouldn't let him dive on in, we let him play at the edge of the shore and he loved watching the waves come up and splash him, and Brielle surprisingly loved it too, although I think she wanted to eat the sand instead of play in it.