TODAY...

was a MUCH better day!

that is all... :)

bodily fluids

*sigh*

it's been one heck of a day and all i can say is that i am SO glad that it is finally over.

i think i mentioned that B is out of town this week, he left on sunday and will be back very late friday night/early sat morning. obviously i stay at home with the kiddos anyways but let me tell you, 24/7 without a break is tiring! now i need to clarify that nanaw (and papa) have been a huge help, but i mean literally being with your kids 24/7 without a break. i mean seriously without a break. i rarely even get to pee without another person in the bathroom with me!

its 11:30pm and this is the first time i've sat by myself, all day. all 3 little heathens are finally asleep and i'm on my way there but i had to blog this out of my system.

i knew what i was signing up for by being a mom. i know you get the good with the bad and i {thought} that i was completely prepared. a little pee on the carpet (around 10am this morning) no big deal, clean that right up. poopy pants from a potty accident(around 1pm)? bring it on.

but i was wrong. there is one subject that i fail in as a mom: vomit. and not just vomit but peanut butter and jelly vomit. that is that straw that broke the camels back.

nothing prepares you for the night i had.

here is the condensed version: at 6pm we returned from the mall and nanaw went home. peanut is screaming and i was cleaning up baby poop off of a sleeper (thus why he was screaming), then I washed my hands, fed the baby, then made the toddlers dinner, then feed the baby (again!), and then started the boys bath water. at 7pm i stripped them down, let them run around buck naked for a bit while i got out their pjs and stuff. then i dropped their lil bums in the tub. one minute i'm telling them to sit down and stop splashing and the next i am suddenly yanking toddlers out of the tub because bubba vomited in the freaking BATHTUB while they were playing. so they run around naked (again) because i had to deal with the vomit right then or i know it would only get worse. i hate hate hate vomit. i have a pretty strong stomach with any other bodily fluid but vomit--uh uh, that does it.

so as i'm in the middle of attempting to clean that up, peanut picks that second to wake up screaming so i lay him down in the crib long enough to get the older boys dressed. this was at 7:30pm. i get them settled, breathing treatment started and finished, 2 books read and good night kisses given to all. i turn around and go into the babies room to yet another poopy diaper. get him changed and he wants to eat(again). after eating he needed changed (again). as i'm taking the dirty diaper off and slipping the clean one on, he pees. well the clean diaper acts as a deflector and pee goes all over peanuts tummy and my bed! so blot him dry for the time being, i strip off my bed linens, put clean sheets back on, and start the water to give peanut a bath. as the water is running i'm holding him and he proceeds to spit up on me.

great.

so i peel off my shirt, peel off his diaper and get him cleaned up. return to our room to get him dressed. dressing takes longer than usual because the first sleeper no longer fits him (too short) and the second one fits in length but his neck is so chubby i can't button the top bottom. oh well, he's sleeping in it. so i feed him (again) and he finally falls asleep. i go to lay him down in his crib and he spits up YET AGAIN but on his bed.

well by this time, i'm over it. i am not removing the crib bumpers so that i can pull out the mattress to change the sheets. only to then re-tie all 30 million ties on the bumpers. not happening, not today. so i clean it up best i can with a damp towel and moved him to the other end of the crib.

by the time this is all done, its 10pm and after cleaning everyone and every thing else up, i finally get to eat dinner. i did get to enjoy it in absolute silence while mindlessly surfing the web. that's a plus. of course then i still had to clean the kitchen up from dinner, let the dog out and start a load of pee-soaked laundry.

now i'm going to bed. its late, i'm tired and i feel like i could sleep til next tuesday! but i'll be lucky if i get to sleep til 1am before peanut wants to eat. again.

i miss b. tonight was way too much for one person.

brotherly love

here is what happens when you try to get a picture of all three kiddos-at the same time. hopefully we'll get some better ones for their valentines :)

this is one of the better ones...

here they are throwing up gang signs...

a little TOO much brotherly love for peanut!

the best one
(despite peanuts' surprised look, pooks odd smirk and bubba talking)

aw, oh well. we'll try again another day!

hey guys

check out this raffle for a chance to win a great camera and prize pack, all while helping a mama raise money for an international adoption. (they are adopting a little girl from Korea). the camera is just like the one i currently have--and it is awesome!oh and thanks heather ;)

facelift

so, whadda think? *insert "oohing" and "awwing" here*

i decided that my blog was way over do for an update. first off, i was sick of having to redesign the background for every holiday and secondly: peanut is almost 10 weeks old and his name wasn't even in the title! after much deliberation and back and forth on my part, i decided on [loveable chaos]. that pretty much sums up my whole life in 2 words and i feel like its a perfect fit. (oh and don't worry, the web address stayed the same!)

so it's been a few days since i last posted but really not too much has changed. life has been busy and i just haven't had as much computer time lately! the boys are all doing well.

on friday a local infant-toddler service came out and evaluated bubba and pooks to check/assess their developmental and communication skills. the evaluators are a speech pathologist and another lady who i think is an early childhood education teacher. anyways, its a free service provided by the county (regardless of income/nationality/etc) to make sure that infants and toddlers are on the right track. how could i pass up this opportunity? if they are on track, no big deal. if they have delays, they will come to the house and work with myself and the boys on correcting those areas.

bubba: his fine motor skills are great, no worries or delays. his gross motor skills are also right on track, although he is borderline in the ''self help" area. technically by their grading system he should be able to do more things for himself, ie take his shirt off, wipe his own nose, etc. she said that alot of kids his age can't/won't do those so there is no cause for concern.

communication wise he has a (fairly obvious) problem enunciating. the kid has started talking so much but because he doesn't articulate different sounds, you can't understand a lot of it. she said that his delay is great enough to qualify him for speech services...YAY! well, not 'yay' that he has a delay but 'yay' for services. also because he is almost 3, he will be referred to the school district for speech classes. once assessed by them, he will either attend a speech class twice a week at the headstart building or if they decide that his delay is more than just enunciating, he could get a slot in early preschool! how fun and helpful would that be!? i know he would love it and i would love to be able to understand him without the frustration that both of us sometimes have!

pooks: is basically the same as bubba. his fine & gross motor skills are on track, his self help skills are behind slightly (apparently he should be able to undress more of himself on his own) and his communication is borderline. she said that to see him, she would guess that communication isn't a problem but since off the top of my head i could think of only 17 words that he says, that puts him in the ''borderline" category on paper. now that i've had time to make a list, he says more than 17 and each day he picks up new words. but, he qualifies for services at home. (which is a lifesaver for me because I don't have to haul 3 kiddos anywhere) they will come out to the house and teach us activities and games that we can do together, to help him learn and develop.

it might not seem like much, but i'm excited! i was going to school for early childhood education so its fun and exciting for me to learn so much about their developments. and i love the idea of learning new games and activities to help keep things interesting around here!

anywho, that's really all that is going on. B is out of state on business right now, so i'm flying solo all week. i'm not really worried about it, i think we'll do fine but i know that bedtime/bath time will be a challenge as will finding the time to keep up on the housework. B usually does all the laundry (i know, i'm lucky!) and the older boys bedtime routines. i'm outnumbered but i think i can handle it!

oh and i'll add new pics later, blogger is having issues adding images right now ;)