How Would You Spell The Sound Your Mouth Makes When You Stick Your Tongue Out And Make A Pooting Sound???? That Is What I Want To Name This Blog Post

I am tired!!!!! I am tired of being only having potty training on the brain, I am tired of worrying about money, I am tired of cleaning, I am tired of cooking, I am tired of killing all of the stupid flies in my house because we are all in and out so much, I am tired of football season already, I am tired of not knowing what I want to do career wise, I am tired of hearing depressing news whenever I turn the channel to a channel other than the kiddie networks, I am tired of attempting to keep up on our self reproducing dirty laundry, I am tired of begging my daughter to eat something besides Cherios, I am tired of being too fat for some of my clothes, I am tired of the mounds and mounds of dirty dishes that appear every night after dinner, I am tired of trying to kick my 4 coke a day habit, I am tired of my "TO DO" list growing rather than shrinking, I am tired of my husband ONLY talking about football, I am tired of never having any alone time and I am tired of being tired. Okay...that was my pity party now I will move on to topics that will cheer me up!!!!

I have plans to go to my happy place in October!!!! My MIL invited the kids and I to ride along with her to visit Nannie Annie during Riley's Fall Break!!! Jamey will stay behind because he has to work but I am SO excited. We will be there from Friday October 9th - Tuesday the 13th and even though it is going to be the beginning of October we will probably still be able to go to Ferandina Beach/Amelia Island or to Cumberland. Even if we can't or won't get in the water we can enjoy the beach! Woooo hooo!!!!! I love having something like this to look forward to and I love visiting Jamey's family...especially our very special Nannie Annie! We will be there just days after her birthday and we will celebrate while we are there. I am going to start working on a photobook for her tonight so that I can take my time on it, get it ordered and delivered in time to take with me.

I don't know about any of you moms who are reading this but once I had children the bonds with many people in my life were strengthened because of how much they love my children. As a mother, I think when you see how much someone adores your children it makes you adore that person in return. My bond with members of Jamey's family were really reinforced after Riley and Sam arrived. I have had a few surprises in that regard. My step dad for instance (not that he is in Jamey's family just using him as an example of my relationship changing with him after I had my kids...when I read it it sounded weird so I went back and added this explaination)...he seems very much like a man who likes kids okay but really could take them or leave them but if you assumed that you would be sorely mistaken. He truly adores my children and they him. It is very heartwarming to see them together and to see his face light up when they are around. He literally thinks they are hilarious and that everything they say and do is amazing. He also is sure to have them treats and surprises tucked away for when they visit. They think their Paw Paw is the best. I him agreeing to push them on the swings for as long and as high as they want helps a little with that! :-) Every child deserves to be made to feel loved and special and I tell Jamey all the time how lucky our kids are to be surrounded by people who love them so much.

I also may have a date night this Friday night if I can pull some strings and do some juggling. Riley is going to walk with Veronique for the Relay for Life and I am thinking about asking mom to keep Sam...depending on if his potty training progress continues like it is now. I don't want to set him back by sending him to mom's house for a few hours. I mean she would be fine with it but it would be out of his routine. My little man and I have worked too hard to mess it up now.

I better run...Sam has been outside for a little while with Jamey and I need to go remind him to come inside to....you guessed it.....potty!!!

Later Gaters!!!!!

P.S. This started out as a yucky post but I did manage to turn it around!