Exhausted

My, what a week! I am exhausted. Spent. And been a little snippy. With a teething baby, a sick husband, and a toddler who is just so precious to me even with constant jabber. Not something I'm proud of right now. Trying to catch up on housework, laundry, daily activities, sleep, reading, everything. And it's not getting done, which is making me fustrated. Right now, as I type, I am looking forward to tomorrow. Ready to spend a little more time with the Lord. Needing his help as I navigate through another week of the same thing. Just wanting to spend a little time with HIM. Time to reflect. Trying to change my ways to be a better mother and wife. Just asking for a little patience.

And this is new. There never has been a time in my life where I have said "Can't wait to go to church!". So, I'm learning. Inviting Him into my heart. I've always known He was there, but just asked Him to stay close, but just not ready for Him to come in. Now I am. Such a hard journey, so much I'm learning about myself. So worth it though. Learning to read such a good book that I knew existed, but thought only "old people" read! HA!

And so, exhausted, yes. Praying tomorrow and next week are a little bit better.

We survived

The weekend that is! Whew! What an exhausting but fun weekend! Gregg was off this past week, so Friday we decided to use the DST passes and head out to Worlds of Fun...what a blast! So fun to watch miss O have a blast on all the rides! After each one we would ask her if she wanted to ride them again..."NO" was her response..HA HA!!





Saturday was the big 3rd birthday!! Wonder Pets! Wonder Pets! We are on our way...! It wasn't the same with some missing, but all in all it was a good day to celebrate! We are blessed to have family drive 3 hours each way to celebrate a birthday with this little girl. Of course, did I get many pictures? No.




Then on to the Memorial Day festivities in Mexico. Olivia had gone home with Grandma Baitinger and all the cousins on Saturday. We drove down Sunday afternoon to spend Sunday and Monday. What a long weekend! Good food and good times. We are so blessed! Now, I can't wait for a weekend to go and spend down at my moms to rest and relax!!

And there it is...!

Look close and you can see it! It's barely poking through, but it is there!!

And on such a beautiful day, why not go for a drive?



And it's looking like someone might need a haircut before their 1st birthday, but I don't think I have the heart to do it. When it's wet, he has the most adorable little curls...sigh...

Success

...is getting 2 kids and myself ready for church at 8 am. Without Gregg. This is accidentally sleeping in until 7, too. And they both ate breakfast. Crazy. You do what you gotta do to get to where you want to go. :)

Finally!

After days of fustrating crankiness...today after Simon woke up from his nap, I just happened to feel the ridges of a tooth coming in! Finally! 8 1/2 mos, I do believe he is taking his time in everything he does!! So, needless to say we have been seeing a lot of this...


But I like seeing this...(well, not the slobber rash by his mouth)

And who would have thought how much he loves zucchini! I LOVE making baby food!

And I can't forget our love for popsicles! (these are the healthy kind, made with strawberries and blueberries and yogurt! Would you like a popsicle? Sure!!)


And I really love to see this...
Love our $5 garage sale find! I've wanted to get this for Olivia when she was little, but was never going to pay the $40 pricetag...crazy how baby toys still intrigue preschoolers!

Blessed...

I am blessed in so many ways. I haven't always thought that I was, but when put into perspective, I am. It seems like sometimes I focus on what I DON"t have, or what I CAN"T do instead of what I DO have or what I CAN do. This Mother's Day has really made me see what I have, and what I am truely blessed with. For that, I am thankful.

I also wanted to write about the church that we have been going to. (I guess it's ok since I'm the only one who actually reads this, my online journal) I Love it! I love the pastor, I love his messages, I am falling back in Love with Christ. I am so happy about it. I am excited that as a family, we are attending church regularly. It is something that I have dreamed about for a while, but think that I was just too scared to approach it to my husband. To find something that we both can do. I want to share my life with him, which is what was talked about today. I'm so hopeful that this is a journey that will strengthen our marrige. I'm not just going to church either, I am enjoying, listening, reading along, and soaking in everything that I can. I want to be a godly example to my children, I feel like my eyes have been opened up to an entire world of living, and want to share it with my kids. I want to raise them in an environment that is safe, loving, and most of all, a world with God in it. (This world is just too scary without Him in it!) It just isn't about a Religion anymore. There is so much more to it. I have so much to learn about it though too. But, I just had to say that I am really excited about it. I can't wait till Sunday gets here! Even if church starts at 8 am!

Ok, and today...
Gerber daisies picked out by my daughter...
I love you cards...
Hugs and Kisses from the kiddos...
The ironing is DONE!...
Getting ready for a HUGE garage sale on Saturday...
Mexican for supper!....

And here is the cutest lip smacking going on around here!

So glad my babies are back!

So glad I had som R&R and now I have my babies again!! Glad that they had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa Baitinger, although Simon had a tough time to start out, in the end everyone had a great visit.
...and I had gotten some of their scrapbook pages done :)

Today was filled with outside chores for Daddy, an eye appointment for me (along with overpriced frames!), lots and lots of outside playtime, and ice cream on sale!

Kidless + Chipotle, and Diet Coke=

a near perfect day! Gregg took the kids down to his mom's for the weekend. I knew I was needing some time to myself, but this weekend really has proved that. I miss my kids dearly, but I think that it is really important to have some refresher time. Time to regroup, time for myself...just time. I miss that. I love being "mom", but sometimes I just want to be Kristina. I think I might have to call on more family members more often now :).

So, what did I do all day? Well, I sorted and priced Olivia's clothes for our garage sale on the 15th, still need to do toys, but the clothes were a big item. Made some more baby food for the Si-man! He will now get to taste some zuchinni, and broccoli.

Cleaned...a little :)

And now, since it is National Scrapbooking Day, I think I will sip on my diet coke, and scrapbook a ton of pics!!

Can't wait to go to church tomorrow, and will be anxiously awaiting my babies to safely return home to me.