Face Lift

Well I stumbled upon a blogger background site and decided what the hey I'm going to re-vamp the blog it's been the same for well over a year and truthfully I've been neglecting my blog for far to long, So without further anything..lol..here's the new facelift..I'm really liking it but know it's going to take some time to get used too.

Well I'm off to bed it's way past my bedtime but I was having fun playing around on the blog..I shall be back tomorrow with a me and family update.

Night All..xoxo

Daddy Love..Hehe

Peyton was in a mushy mood yesterday and I was able to get a very sweet moment between Peyton and her Daddy on my camera, her she is giving daddy smooches..aww..lol

So I guess well I'm on here and actually writing I might as well give an update since it's been awhile and things have been busy and very hectic here the last little while, plus my other computer crooked and I had to get a new one hense why there are really no updates from me.

Update: Peyton is turning the big 1 on sunday *sniff* I really don't know where the time has gone but I do know that it went by way too fast and now my little baby is not such a baby anymore and now she's got this thinking that she's independent so she freaks out at alot of things if you try and help her, she's almost walking now well she walks holding onto her walking Hippo toy so it's only a matter of time before she lets go of that and tries a few steps on her own.

She also has 4 teeth now 2 bottom and 2 top, it's too cute when she gives a big grin all you see are 4 little teeth..lol

On Saturday were throwing Miss Peyton a B-day Party at my in-laws house, because they have more space then we do here so it's just easier, I got all her decorations and Daddy bought her party dress and on Friday, Ryan and I will be making Peyton her B-day cake (were making an In the Night Garden cake) since Peyton loves that show.

So stay tuned for Peyton's 1st B-day Pics :)

Other news: Dallas informed me lastnight that he signed up to be on the school's basketball team and I'm so proud of him since he doesn't really seem to be interested in much these days, he likes to watch t.v..lol. So I'm happy that he'll be doing something that he likes and I hope him all the best and all the luck and Mommy supports him all the way. Love you Dallas.

Joshua has lost his 2 front teeth (I'll try and remember to take a pic of him after school).
Chloe is doing well at school and has made alot of friends, I'm very proud of her.
As for me it's the same old, just cooking, cleaning and the kids, haven't had much me time in awhile I would say it's over due but who knows maybe in the next coming weeks me and the hubby can sneak out for a date night..lol
Well I'm off to go and clean my house up and maybe take the girls for a walk since it's been beautiful weather outside.
(P.S. (note to self) Need to re-vamp the blog again :P)

xoxoxo

WOW!!!!!!!!!!

Ok wow I haven't blogged since September..yikes..it's been crazy here..lol..but I'll be back to update some more tommorow..since I'm heading to bed very soon. updates and pics to come.

xoxoxo

Oops..My Bad

Ok I feel so bad for leaving my blog without any love in awhile, but so much has happened here it's just been crazy, taking care of the 4 kids a cat and a dog, plus dealing with family issues and now the back to school thing tommorow it has me so busy, oh and add my computer crashing in there too..yep my dang computer crashed while Chloe was on it playing games on the Barbie website she was devestated..lol..so I had to tell her that it wasn't her fault and that my computer was on it's way out anyways it was bound to happen at anytime. So needless to say Ryan's brother came over on saturday and re-formatted it for me and she's up and running again so now I'm just trying to get everything back on it again and upload my pics, scrapping stuff etc..

So I'm slowly getting there..I have so much scrapping stuff that I need to catch up on for my CT's but I don't mind I'm sure tommorow you'll find me scrapping my lil heart out.

I can't believe that summer is already over and that the kids go back to school tommorow which is going to have me out of whack for a couple weeks till I can back on my routine..So I'll probably be a grouchy bear the next few mornings..lol.

In other news Miss Peyton will be 6 months old on the 14th, it's crazy I can't believe how big she is already, she's like 22 pounds now, and is in a regular carseat, eating solids, trying to sit up and she loves to babble away, it's still hard for me to believe 6 MONTHS!!!!..my baby is already growing fast.

Well I'm off to finish packing the things the kids need for tommorow and also make there lunches. Nighty Night All..xoxox

Chloe's 5th Birthday

On July 29th my Babygirl Chloe turned 5, yes 5 already it's crazy but I'm a proud mama, this year we didn't have a party just some family over, opened gifts and had Cupcakes, but all in all she had a great day and then after dinner we went for a walk at the waterfront which I forgot my camera so I have no pics of that..booo..Anyways here's some picyures of Chloe's special day!!

Amie...xoxoxo.....

Busy Week...

Yep, that's what I feel like I need to drink a whole bunch of..(starbucks coffee).. just to keep me awake..lol..and here's the story why..so yesterday we went to Ryan's parents house in the afternoon because his grandparents were coming up for a visit and they wanted to see Miss Peyton, so we went there around 3:30pm I believe and we were there till about 10pm, so we had dinner and everything there and us and the baby were outside most of that time, So Peyton got tons of fresh air and she was happy about that. later on that evening we also gave Peyton a bowl of pablum and she also had her 8oz of formula, she was very happy and had a full belly..lol..so we all figured that she would've slept great lastnight...and guess what...That so wasn't the case she was up till almost 4:30am it was awful and I was soo tired..I finally got her to fall alseep ( a good sleep) at like 4:30am so I was able to finally get abit of rest and then she woke us up again around 8, had her bottle and then went right back to sleep, but staying awake till that ungodly hour lastnight just killed me I've been pretty tired here and there throughout the day..but am still up and just trying to relax and enjoy the quiet since all 4 kiddos are fast asleep in the beds.

I also have been trying to scrap when I can but hasn't been too much lately, since Peyton has decided that lately she wants to be held 24/7..I have every baby thing you could imagine and she's just not interested she would rather be held..little stinker :P

Oh and over the weekend I finally got a new dining room table and chairs it's a nice set and I got it at a very good price and it's from Ikea..I love it. I would post a pic but it will take me forever to find one, so maybe I'll post a pic tommorow.

Well not much is new here, the boys are home for summer break and all the kiddos are keeping me on my toes.

I shall be back tommorow with some pics and some scrap pages.

Nighty Night all

xoxoxo

Boom Boom Pow

Hahaha at my title for today..but truthfully that darn song is stuck in my head so I figured it was only right to use it as my title..lol..Right now I'm sitting here awaiting my Timmy's and my almost 3 month old daughter, she spent the night at her Grandma's house lastnight and I'm looking forward to getting her back and cuddling with her..Peyton is getting big it seems that everyday goes by fast and she just keeps growing I can't keep up somedays she's already into 6 month pj's and she's not even 3 months yet..it's crazy at her last doctor's appt she weighed 12 pounds and 11oz and was 23 inches long. That doctor's visit was hard for us (specially for her daddy) because she had her first vaccinations the first was went ok she didn't cry just made a noise but when they did the second one oh boy she screamed and I felt so bad and her daddy was holding her so he told me that for her 4 month vaccinations I get to be the bad guy..great I'm not looking forward to that, I hate seeing my baby in pain.

So not to much exciting around here just been keeping busy with the kids and then trying to stay on top of the house cleaning, but not all the time does that work out for me...right now I have a huge pile of laundry sitting on my bedroom floor that needs to get done..shhhh..lol...I'm hoping to get it all done today, it just sucks because in my apt buliding they only have 2 washers and 2 dryers and like 14 apts so needless to say everytime I go to do laundry there's usually other's that are doing there's and I have to wait..so I'm hoping that today when I go down there there's at least a washer and dryer free..one could hope right..

I also have some pics to share of the kids from the other day, I finally got a few pictures of all 4 kids together which never happens very often now, because the 3 older ones don't want to be bothered by pics so here's a few of my 4 kids..

....xoxoxo.....

Spring Melody

Yes that's the name of Mira Designs new kit (Spring Melody), it's a great kit and I had alot of funny using it so I just had to share it with everyone else if you don't already have it I would make a suggestion to go and buy it. It's available at The Digi Chick :D and I'm also posting the Layout that I made using it.

xoxoxo

Bad Bad Blogger..oops...

Yep the title says it all I've been a bad bad blogger..lol..I haven't updated in like 2 months..oops..things have just been really busy and I haven't been able to find the time to really sit down and write on my blog..right now I have abit of time cause the baby is sleeping so I thought I would get on here and update as much as I can.

Anyways I had Miss Peyton on March 14th 2009 @ 11:10am I was almost 6 days past my due date. I guess she just really liked it alot in there and didn't want to make her apperance on time..lol..Here's abit of the Birth Story I copied and pasted it from my Mommy's group so I wouldn't have to write it all out again.

I was supposed to be induced on Sunday(March 15th) because Peyton was being stubborn..lol..well i never made it to my induction appt because on friday night i went into labor. I kept having what I thought were braxton hicks because they really weren't all that painful so for awhile I didn't think much of them..so my fiance Ryan and I decided to go and visit with my mom for something to do and I was still having them, my mom was like oh no..lol..but she started to time them and they were about 5-7 mins apart and I just looked at her and said it's nothing because they didn't hurt so no way did I think I was in labor..we got back home around 11:30pm and watched some t.v and I was still having them then when I went to go to bed around 1am that's when they started to get worse and uncomfortable but I tried to lay down anyways well they did end up getting worse where I had to breathe through them so around just after 2am I told Ryan that I was pretty sure that I was in labor and that I thought that we should go to the hospital he wasn't sure what to think since I have had false labor a few times already..anyways I get my bags and make sure that I have everything that I need and then we got into the car and headed for the hospital, we get there I had to register quickly and then off we went to labor & delivery were I sign in there and then they take us to a room, hook me up to the monitors and do an internal exam and the nurse tells me that I am 3-4 cms we were like wow that went pretty fast..lol..so she leaves me on the monitor for abit and at this time my contractions are stronger but I just breathe through them, the nurse comes back in and we went through all the paperwork and then I opted to go into the whirlpool tub to take some of the edge off..I was in the tub for about 30 mins and then couldn't deal no more and got out and Ryan told the nurse that I wanted the epidural, around 6:30 am I got my epidural and I was 6 cms I believe and then the doctor came and broke my water after that. After my epi kicked in I was smiling and just chilled right out..I was happy..lol..but after a period of time my epi started to wear off and I could feel the contractions again. around 11am I was checked and told that I was fully dilated and we started to push with just the nurse there. At first my pushes weren't really doing anything and they figured that I would be pushing for at least 45 mins to an hour..well I proved them wrong..lol..the nurse almost had to deliver peyton with the last 3 pushes I had her out she came out very quick. at 11:10am Miss Peyton Nevaeh Elizabeth M was born weighing 7 pounds 13 ozs and she was 19 inches long, she's just an amazing baby and were sooooo HAPPY!!

Peyton is now almost 2 months old..the time just seems to be flying by..she's such a sweetheart and I just couldn't imagine life without her in it..right now she's smiling alot and she coo's and just today she rolled on her side..lol..she's pretty much sleeping through the night right now so I'm not even complaining..I'm not a sleep deprieved mommy. Things are pretty busy around here though and sometimes the house gets neglected because I just don't have the time it takes during the day since Peyton is awake most of the day now..she does have her naps but they are cat naps..I swear she sleeps for 20 mins and then is up for like 2 hours..lol..she's my little ham.

I tried to update my blog the other day but just didn't have the spare time that it takes plus I wasn't feeling all that well since I had surgery done on Friday..I have a tubal ligation done. I believe that I made the right decision 4 kids was enough for me I have my 2 boys and my 2 girls it's evened out and I just feel now that my family is complete so I went ahead and told my doctor that I wanted my tubes tied. The Surgery went well and I was only in the hospital from 8:30am-1pm that day and then came home and relaxed I wasn't in any serious pain but just had some pretty uncomfortable cramping and just felt icky..but now I feel fine and tommorow my bandages can come off..so ya that's what's new around here. I'll share some photos of Peyton of when she was born and her now, and I'll also be sharing my most recent scrap pages in the next few days.

First photos is Peyton @ 4 days old, the second is Peyton @ almost 2 months and the 3rd is of Peyton and I.

xoxoxo

39 week Belly Pics

Here's the last of my belly pics..from 39 weeks I think I look huge..lol

3 days till my Due Date

Yep that's right 3 more days till Miss Peyton is due..I'm really nervous, shocked, scared but also very excited to meet and hold my baby girl :)..I'm just getting nervous about the whole labor part you would think it wouldn't even bother me since this is my 4th baby but I don't think labor ever gets any better..lol..I'm hoping that I have a fast labor and my plan is to get the epidural, I had it with Chloe and it was such a blessing so I for sure want it again.

So all my bags are packed and waiting for when I have to go to the hospital and Peyton's bag is all packed and ready to go too, I think that all I need to add to mine is my toothbrush and hairbrush.

I'm hoping that my labor starts soon and that I don't go overdue, that would suck..lol..but I really think that Peyton is very stubborn and does not want to come out of my belly..lol.
I had a doctor's appt on Tuesday and he said that I'm still 1cm dilated and that she's really dropped he thinks I will go soon but if not I have another appt on Tuesday for an NST @ the hospital and then another doctor's appt on the thursday and then if I haven't had her by then I will be induced on the 15th, so at least I know she will be here by the 15th at the latest..lol.

Yesterday when I went to the bathroom I lost my mucus plug and got the bloody show which usually means that labor will be soon to come so I'm playing the waiting game and hope that's a sign thatt I'm going to meet my baby girl very soon. Well I guess that's about all for now I'll try and keep updating..

32 days left :O

WOW..I'm sitting here in shock after reading my pregnancy ticker today..lol.. it said that I only have 32 days left till little Miss Peyton's due date..this pregnancy went by so fast I remember like it was yesterday telling my fiance that we were pregnant and then the months just flew by.so I'm almost 36 weeks(sunday) and I'm feeling ok I guess just the usual uncomfy pregnancy issues..my back has been killing me and usually before I go to bed at night my fiance has to give me a back massage so I can relax and actually sleep, and now my bladder is in overdrive I swear that every 10 minutes I'm in the bathroom going pee and it sucks..I'm alittle worried about if they give me another ultrasound since my bladder can't hold anything..lol..oh and I waddle like a duck too and my fiance laughs I think he finds it amusing but in a good way he's been so awesome throughout this whole pregnancy and has been there for me he amazes me everyday and I love him so much..

I'm still sitting here thinking 32 days, 32 days..lol..and Miss Peyton is kicking me and although it kinda hurts cause she's kicking in my ribs, I still love the feeling of her moving around in my belly I guess because it just re-assures me that all is ok. I'm pretty much ready for her arrival, we have pretty much everything we need for her except a couple little things that I need like a Breastpump, Breast pads and a couple nursing bras..since I plan on breast feeding her so I'm going to be needing those few things which I will get this month so I can pack it into my hospital bag, speaking of hospital bags mine is no where near packed I still have a bunch of stuff to put into it, but it's hard when you need to pack clothes and nightgowns but you wear those so I'll have to wait till last minute to put those in, Peyton's bag is all packed and ready to go..and all her clothes and things are all organized and put away so ya were ready..

I'm really ready to meet my babygirl and just can't wait to hold her in my arms. But at the same time over the last couple weeks as much as I want her out I'm nervous and scared about the labor part I know you must think I'm crazy since this is my 4th child but I'm still freaked out..and I'm just hoping and prayng that I will be able to get the epidural cause then I know I'll be ok and sorta comfy and be able to handle the labor, but I'm sure that when the time comes I'll be ok and get through it..lol

Ok enough of my ramblings I'm off to clean my place....xoxo

Prenatal Appt Update

I'm 33 1/2 weeks now..lol

I had my prenatal appt this morning it was supposed to be at 1pm but my doctor was going to be out of the office so I took the 9:45am one instead cause I didn't want to go another day..so we get there and the place was packed..lol..I think we waited almost 40 mins so that's not too bad, then I did my pee sample which was all negitive and then my weight I've gained 4 pounds in 2 weeks..oops..so that puts me up to a total of 20 pounds gained.

They did the fundal height and the doctor said it looks great and here heartbeat is great too, and I just love hearing it..hehe..i believe he said it's about 150 bpm..then I told him about all the bad heartburn I've been having and told him I've just been taking tums for it and well sometimes they work and sometimes they don't and he told me to take Gaviscon(sp?)..Then I asked him about all the mucus I've been losing, every couple of days when I go to the bathroom and wipe there's been a bunch of mucus, he asked me if there was any blood in it and I told him no just globs of yucky looking mucus and he told me it's normal it's just my body getting ready for the big day..so that's good..so I have to go back in 2 weeks on the 5th of Feb I'll be about 36 weeks then and I have to get my swab done, oh and my doctor is going away that week so I have to see another doctor who is taking his place, but that's ok because I've met her before.

Oh and when my doctor was measuring my belly he asked if I thought she was going to be a big baby??..I said I have no idea but it feels like it since there's like no more room in there..so I'm wondering is she big there has to be a reason why he asked..lolok I think I rambled on enough..lol..so that's my update, Peyton is doing great!!!:)

My Sunshine & Belly Love

Those are the titles to my 2 new scrap pages that I got done in the last day..I think they came out good and the kits are just awesome!!..The Kits are Trixie and Sunshine & Rainbows By: Julie Bullock @ Shabby Pickle she is an amazing and very talented designer and I am happy to say that I am on her creative team as of the other day:)..So I've been busy scrapping with her designs..so here's a couple new LO's to share...

32 Weeks...

Yep that's right I'm now 32 weeks pregnant, this pregnancy has gone by too fast but truthfully I'm almost ready for it too be done it hasn't been the easiest pregnancy I've had some problems, 1 of them being Heart Palpatations, it really sucks and I've had bad back problems my back is just killing me, it's not too bad during the day but at night when I try and lay down to go to sleep that's when it really starts and then I toss and turn and don't get a good sleep. then there's also the huge problem of heartburn/acid reflux..so tums have been my bestfriend I even carry them in my purse when I go out places and it doesn't matter what I eat I still get the heartburn I have a feeling that Miss.Peyton here will have a head full of hair like Chloe did..lol..I love feeling her move around but even that is getting uncomfy specially when she kicks me in the ribs..I know that when I have her I'll miss being pregnant since this is my last baby I have talked to me doctor and I'm going ahead with the tubal ligation, my body just can't handle anymore pregnancies and well I think having 4 kids is enough..lol..I have 2 boys and 2 girls and that's good enough for me..I was kinda worried that when I told Ryan that I wanted to have my tubes tied he would be upset since Peyton is his first baby..but to my surprise he was really understanding and said that was ok and that he would never be mad at me for my decision and really having 1 baby of his own is good enough..because he's already a step-daddy to my 3:)..so I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.

So I have only 8 more weeks to go till Miss.Peyton makes her way into the world and I'm very excited to meet and hold her but I'm also very scared about going through labor..I guess because I know what's going to happen and the pain that i will feel and it just makes me panic alittle bit..but I already wrote on my pre-registraton that I want an epidural to help manage the pain let's just hope that I make it in time and that my labor doesn't progress too fast that I can't get one..my doctor thinks that this time around my labor might be 3 1/2-4 hours since the other's seemed to cut in half..

I get to see my OB every 2 weeks now, my next appt is on the 21st and they will just do the usual, the heartbeat, measurements and all that good stuff and hopefully I will get at least 1 more ultrasound cause I'm wondering just how big she is getting in there since my belly has really no more room in there..lol

Well that's all I guess for now..but I will keep updating, I will have more news next weekend cause my babyshower is on the 24th at Ryan's house his mom is hosting it for me and there will be quite a few people coming, so I'm very excited since this is my 4th baby but my first babyshower:).

32 Week Belly Pics..

I know I know I'm getting big..but not much longer..:)

The first 2 are from when I was 30 weeks..lol

*New* Scrap Pages..

I have some new Scrap pages to share 4 of them for right now. Enjoy:)

Chloe and Peyton's Room..

We painted Chloe's room last weekend cause her and the baby will be sharing a room and she's very excited about that, since she hates sleeping alone..lol..so we painted it her favorite color can you guess what color that is??..yep you guessed right it's now PINK..and then we did a diamond pattern on the main wall and it came out pretty good since we were first timer's painting designs..and then we also set up Baby Peyton's Crib and put the bedding on it, Ryan's parent's are beyond awesome and got us the crib, mattress and bedding set for Christmas I'm forever thankful for them they have been so great to me. so without me rambling on here's some pics of the finished room.

Major Update...

I know I've been a Bad Bad Blogger yet again, life has certainly caught up with me..lol..and then with the holidays I've been a busy busy lady..so I have so much to update with..I'll be posting pictures and things after this post from the holidays, pictures of Chloe and Peyton's room that we painted and set up all the baby stuff in..and of course some scrap pages that I have done lately..

So first off let's start with the holidays, they were pretty good and the kids got so much stuff I had to make room for it all..lol..so they did well this year. I had them Christmas morning they got up at 8am and I was so surprised I thought that they would of had me up at 4-5am but nope they didn't, they must of been tired..they went to there Dad's house in the afternoon to spend some of the holiday with him too, here's a few pictures of the kids and our tree on Christmas morning.

Our Christmas Tree

all the kids gifts under the tree..

The kids after they opened there gifts..

I have way more pics, but just thought I would share a few since it would take me forever to upload all the pics from Christmas...So after I dropped the kids off to there dad's house we went to Ryan's parent's house to get ready to go to his dad's family's for Christmas dinner in the city, I hadn't met some of his family but it all went well and there all very nice..I had a great time and the dinner was good..oh and Ryan got me a new digital camera for Christmas, isn't he a total sweetheart he knew how much I wanted one since the other one I had wasn't the greatest and the batteries were costing me so now I have a slim Fujifilm digi camera and it has a rechargeable battery and it only takes an hour to charge it..so it's awesome..thanks again sweetie!!xoxo

So ya that's about it for Christmas I'm just glad that the kids had a great holiday and I loved seeing the big smiles on the faces it just made me so happy to see them so happy.

For New Years we did nothing we stayed home and Ryan and I watched movies and we could see the fireworks from my balcony so that was cool, I really didn't feel like doing anything for new years anyways since I'm pregnant and due soon I'm just tired and uncomfy so staying home sounded great to me..lol.

22 week belly pics

these are my latest Belly pics they were taken last week I'm now 23 weeks:)