Back with the best of intentions

So it has been quite a while, the past few years have been a challange to say the least, but the clouds are lifting and life is moving forward.  As a family we have changed, we are now a party of four and have two new pooches...the dane and the black lab.  My husband refers to them as UG and LY.  They are both beautiful but their puppiness can make the house well UGLY...

Careers have changed as well.  No longer in the construction undustry, I have spent the last few years completing my degree in nutrition.  It has been a bucket list thing for a while and with the push of a person who at one time was very dear to me, I made the plunge and enrolled in college.  My grades were awesome and I enjoyed it very much.  The satisfaction of completion was UNBELIEVABLE.  Sadly the person who encouraged me is no longer in my life and although I will always be greatful for the time they were, the fact is things happen beyond even my control (shocking i know) and I will hold them near and dear forever. 

My dear boy is growing so quickly these days and is less and less the baby I knew and is maturing into a young man.  I enjoy watching the process of his growth and his brain developing as he learns new skills and lessons in life.  I am so proud of his being I cant even put it into words.  He is the light of my life.

My baby girl too is almost not a baby - almost, until there is a bug or a scary sound then she is the sweet little baby that needs the comfort of her mommy or daddy to keep scary things at bay.

The Hubbs is awesome, always patient and level headed, he keeps me grounded.  He has supported any move I have made and stuck by me during my darkest hour,  He may never understand how greatful I am to have him in my life especially the last few difficult years but I truly am.  No one is perfect (no not even me) but he will always be my rock no matter what.

well thats it for now, holiday weekend approaching and although it looks to be cold and rainy - any day spent with my family is sunny. : )

Princess Sophia Rae

So its official: Sophia Rae is keeping cozy and will be here this fall. Now that the Pink flood gates have opened...I have anew found respect to all of those moms I may have judged in the past. The idea of pink 'vomit' never appealled to me until now. Hubbs and I always SWORE we would never have pink EVERYTHING, now it seems daddy dearest is vowing to put his little princess on a throne...a pink throne! We originally agreed to paint the room a baby blue with pink accessories...NOT SO MUCH NOW! Its only pink, and he will not hear of anything else. I am choosing my battles as I dont think I mind a pink room (SOFT PINK) and I do get to choose the shade of pink so off to home depot we go tonight!!

While we are on the subject of her majesty...I am having a christening gown made from my wedding dress, I wanted to have one done for Dom too but with all of my unforeseen health issues at the time, it never happened. Here is the website for those interested: http://www.petiteparfait.ca/christine.htm

I am basing the style off of this dress, but no squares...just my material. Additionally she is going to have a tie made for my little prince so he coordinates with his sister. I know, corny but these are my only babies and I EARNED THE RIGHT!!!

Ok a quick post for now~ chat soon~

The Emergence of Lucinda & Doug

Dom is clearly in his discovery phase, everything is a question. Mommy, why this, daddy how that. After a few hours of hearing your name, it can grate on you. Now I love my child with every ounce of my being and hubbs feels the same way I am sure, but one can only take so much of hearing your name repeated OVER AND OVER. No joke, twenty times a minute (minimum).

I come home from work yesterday, and as I settle in and evaluate what is going on in the house, I hear dom call daddy:

DADDY, COULD YOU GET ME WATER?

sure dom.

DADDY, IS THE POOL OPEN?

yes dom

DADDY, DADDY, DADDDDDY????

hubbs hangs his head and chuckles. looking at me asks: do YOU know how many times I have heard my name called today?

I laugh as I rub his shoulder in sympathy. soak it in honey, pretty soon he will be a teenager and not want you to so m uch as look at him!

I ask dom if he wants to help me do something....

MOMMY CAN I HELP YOU COOK?

sure dom, go wash your hands.

MOMMY, MOMMY MOMMYMOMMY....I suddenly have more empathy for my hubbs.

Hey dom, my name is no longer mommy. I had it changed.

YOU DID?? TO WHAT??

the only thing that comes to mind: LUCINDA.

LUCINDA??? THATS CRAZY.

maybe, but listening to him stumble to remember is quite hysterical. he starts out with mommy agai as I blankly look around for it 'seems' like he is talking to me, but i am not recognizing thsi strange name, MOMMY.

LUCINDA, I HAS A QUESTION

yes???

WHATS DADDY'S NAME??

as I search for an answer, mike blurts out from outside: DOUG, I AM NOT DOUG!!!!!!!!!!

The rest of the evening is him trying to call us anything but mommy & daddy: cinderella, doody...its was comical.

happy anniversary

March 20, 2009...eleven years and counting. we have been together since 10th grade and not just dating casually. we knew early on. we were a match, a team...two peas in a pod. I remember when Nick & Jessica had their show, sure they were hot, but you want entertainment...follow us around...now thats a luagh. we are genuinely happy. its easy with us. if it works we go with it if it doesnt we dont. sure there is a lot of compromise and there are fights peppered in over the years, but i cant always get my way can i??? sometimes i think so.

so to my dear husband i say thank you. thank you for the past eleven (really seventeen) years of trials and tribulations, knowing when to hold your ground and when to give in. and thank you for never giving up when it would have been all to easy to. for that i am truly greatful. i think to the future with an optimism like no other, i am excited at all of the laughs and the memories we have yet to make. as i watch our family grow i am more and more proud of what we have accomplished. far more meaningful and worthy of an job or promotion....our family.

olive juice~

time for catch up~

isnt that what life is all about...playing catch up??

SO superbowl sunday...exhausted as all get out, but barbs and the boys are coming over so i have to get things rolling. as i am making the food, i keep getting dizzy, nauseous, have to sit for a moment. i am wishing i stil didnt have symptoms of the flu but in any event i presson. i manage to have an enjoyable evening with them as the game was really good. our team lost but hey it was suspensefull, and the boys had a blast.

monday i call out sick and make a doctors appoinment. 5:45. great - we will go, ill get some scripts, well grab something to eat and lounge on the couch. right?? WRONG.

Doc: when was your last cycle?

Me: last month why you think im pregnant? as i chuckle...

Doc: could be...chuckles

Me: NOT! im on the patch, just had surgery, its too soon, we are waiting till dom is 5 and then we may or may not try...

Doc: shrugs - still could be.

Me: I WOULD FALL OFF THIS TABLE IF YOU TOLD ME I WAS PREGNANT!!!!!!!! as I get up to give a sample...

FIVE MINUTES LATER A NURSE WALKS IN WITH THE DOC...

Doc: smiles

Me: YOU are soooo playing with me~

Doc: no I am not - you are very pregnant...

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Doc: where is mike

Me: in the car with dom, waiting for me <> i have to sit down.

Mike walks in the room with dom under his arm like a football, no shoes on, obviosuly he was horsing around in the truck...WHATS GOING ON?????

as I am hysterical: WERE PREGNANT!!!!!!!

he smiles ear to ear and lets out a huge sighhhhh...THATS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

My shock lasts a few hours....

Next day at the OB, find out we are 7 weeks along. SEVEN WEEKS - thats just about two months!!!!!!!

MORNING SICKNESS SETS IN THE VERY NEXT WEEK.

Lets roll~

every year i resolve to 'read more'. my shelf is full of every patricia cornwell novel ever written. id be lying if i said i read more than one cover to cover. i could very easily use the audio books on cd during my daily 110 mile commute to work. have i? no. will i ? prolly not. so after reading 'double p's' blog, i became inspired: I SHOULD BLOG. not for any other reason but for reflection. we all have photo albums that allow us to reminisce. but i have always look at pictures and think: what were they thinking? were they living through good time, or was money tight and things were stressful. Having this blog will enable me to remember; good, bad or indifferent. hubbs and i laugh at some times that we have experienced and we always say "its all part of the story". we used to watch nick and jessica (i know i know, but it was a guilty pleasure...) and say, screw that, if mtv wants entertainment, they should come film OUR lives. lol.

today i am changing my resolution. its only january 22nd, its not too late i it? didnt think so. i love to chat, so why not channel some of that energy in my own conversation. Last semester my sister asked me to help her with an assignment. she needed to find three famous bloggers. well here u go j~ now u can use me as one. i may be more infamous than famous, but that should count for something, right???