Well it's certainly been awhile since I've written in this blog!! I can't say that I have had the time to do it until now either. I went back to work on February 5th, 2007 and have been trying to adapt to work stuff along with leaving my kids at home. It's certainly been a challenge to say the least. I get to see Aliyah more than I do Brooke because she's up later in the evening. I get home around 5:45 p.m. and Brooke is usually asleep around 6:30 p.m. I feel like I'm missing alot in her life right now which is very difficult for me. However, I know that I have to contribute to the bills and feed my children... so that's why I'm doing it!
Brooke has started to walk more and more everyday!! She can walk about half the length of our family room now. She gets so proud of herself when she gets to where she wants to go. She looks up at us and smiles everytime. She's turned out to be a very fussy eater. It's hard to find something that she's interested in, to eat. So far, she loves squash, turnip, chicken, flakes of ham, turkey, peanut butter and jam sandwhiches, kraft dinner and hotdogs, cheerios, macoroni, and i'm sure there's more that i'm forgetting because Aliyah is trying to talk to me at the same time I'm trying to write this. She's taking pictures of me with her own little digital camera. She just said "LOOK Mommy, I just took a picture of your puter!!"
Ok, well it looks like i'm not going to get anymore written tonight because Aliyah is very talkative right now and not allowing me to concentrate or type. It's time for her to go to sleep.... bedtime stories, here we come.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
She's 3 ... !!!
Well, my baby girl turned 3 today!! I think she had an absolutely fantastic day!! All of her little friends were here (Gabby, Daniel, Julia, Kristina, A.J. Kaleigh, Alanna) and all of her family came too! She picked out her own birthday cake (Minnie and Mickey mouse) and Gabby loved that Goofy popped up in the middle. It was so nice to have her come in (Thanks Jolene) She got alot of nice gifts!! It looked like Christmas again!! When she was opening up her gifts, I don't think she paid much attention to what she was getting until she went onto the next one! When everyone sang her happy birthday, she just stood there on the chair not knowing what to think. I'm actually shocked that she didn't start crying! She told me the other day that she didn't want everyone singing her that song.
I'm worn out!! It was a very long day. Kenny and I were running around since 8:30 a.m. I went out to the malls and picked up things while Kenny stayed home, looked after kids and cleaned up the entire house. I was quite impressed actually!
Now, we have to go to Daniel's birthday party tomorrow. Gabby's is coming up soon and then Julia's. Sooo many birthday's!! It's fun though. The kids have a great time so it's worth it :)
Anyway, time to go and rest!! What's that anyway??
I'm worn out!! It was a very long day. Kenny and I were running around since 8:30 a.m. I went out to the malls and picked up things while Kenny stayed home, looked after kids and cleaned up the entire house. I was quite impressed actually!
Now, we have to go to Daniel's birthday party tomorrow. Gabby's is coming up soon and then Julia's. Sooo many birthday's!! It's fun though. The kids have a great time so it's worth it :)
Anyway, time to go and rest!! What's that anyway??
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
It's Back to Work I go......
Well, it's my second day back to work and the first day I only managed to have 2 mini anxiety attacks. Worrying about the kids (mostly Brooke crying all day, etc) and then all the things that I have to learn again. Trust me, there is alot.
I came home yesterday, and was soooo glad! About an hour after I was here, Aliyah was in my arms, looked up to me and said "Mommy, Brooke doesn't want you to go back to work" (SIGH) and I responded "Why honey?" She says "Because she cried for you" Broke my heart to say the least. But she was alot better today. I think she definately needs to get used to seeing someone else's face than mine or Kenny's. I only get to see her for about 15 minutes when I get home and then she's ready for bed for the night. That's hard.
Aliyah is on the couch, writing in her book as I write. She's saying "Donna Flinn, Donna Flinn, Donna Flinn" as she writes my name in her little book. It's cute listening to her. She knew Kenny's full name when I asked her too.... I was surprised.
Anyway, it's almost time for me to go spend some quality time with Aliyah and read her "3 books Mommy" with the correct amount of fingers up on her hand.
Guess I'll get a good night's sleep tonight because Kenny won't be home until midnight....... he must be exhausted!!
Night.
I came home yesterday, and was soooo glad! About an hour after I was here, Aliyah was in my arms, looked up to me and said "Mommy, Brooke doesn't want you to go back to work" (SIGH) and I responded "Why honey?" She says "Because she cried for you" Broke my heart to say the least. But she was alot better today. I think she definately needs to get used to seeing someone else's face than mine or Kenny's. I only get to see her for about 15 minutes when I get home and then she's ready for bed for the night. That's hard.
Aliyah is on the couch, writing in her book as I write. She's saying "Donna Flinn, Donna Flinn, Donna Flinn" as she writes my name in her little book. It's cute listening to her. She knew Kenny's full name when I asked her too.... I was surprised.
Anyway, it's almost time for me to go spend some quality time with Aliyah and read her "3 books Mommy" with the correct amount of fingers up on her hand.
Guess I'll get a good night's sleep tonight because Kenny won't be home until midnight....... he must be exhausted!!
Night.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Oh My!! LOVE LOVE LOVED IT!
Ok, so last night, was the BEST night for watching Grey's EVER!! I recorded it so I will have to watch it again so I can grasp EVERYTHING that happened! Calli and George! Oh! Meridith's Mom! OH!! Dr. McSteamy and Addison! OH MY! Dr. Burke and Kristina! Oh My My! What an episode, by far my favorite! I can't wait until next week!!
Aliyah is feeling better and back to her old self now. Brooke is still showing no signs of having the flu (knock on wood) I'm feeling a bit better myself!
Back to work on Monday. Yes, Monday! EEEKS! I'm not going to know what hit me I don't think. It will certainly be a change of pace. More hectic than what I ever was, is what I'm thinking! We'll see how that all goes.
Aliyah is VERY excited about her birthday. She came downstairs this morning, barely awake and says "Mommy is it my Birthday today?" She also has valentines filled out for all of her friends and family. She liked doing that!
Anyway, Brooke is getting cranky in her playpen. So I shall go see her :)
Aliyah is feeling better and back to her old self now. Brooke is still showing no signs of having the flu (knock on wood) I'm feeling a bit better myself!
Back to work on Monday. Yes, Monday! EEEKS! I'm not going to know what hit me I don't think. It will certainly be a change of pace. More hectic than what I ever was, is what I'm thinking! We'll see how that all goes.
Aliyah is VERY excited about her birthday. She came downstairs this morning, barely awake and says "Mommy is it my Birthday today?" She also has valentines filled out for all of her friends and family. She liked doing that!
Anyway, Brooke is getting cranky in her playpen. So I shall go see her :)
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sick! Sick! Sick!
My pooor little baby girl, Aliyah! She was playing around last night and then all of a sudden she came downstairs, stood by the dishwasher and started vomiting! She didn't cry like I thought she would, she was confused and scared I think. We layed her down in our bed and off to sleep she went. Well, this morning she was hungry. She insisted on a peanut butter sandwich (yes, first thing in the morning). She wasn't even finished her sandwich and up it came! All over my foot and leg and down on the floor beside the bed. Anyone who knows me, knows that it was very hard to hold her on my lap while she was sick. I held back as much as I could and was successful in not being sick myself! I went down to the pharmacy first thing this morning and got her some children's gravol which seems to be helping because she hasn't been sick since. She's been sleeping alot today and just laying in our bed mostly. She shows a bit of life once in awhile but not too often and not for very long.
I've been feeling sick today myself. Very dizzy and head pounding all day long. Not good! Brooke has been in the best of spirits.... let's hope that she doesn't get it but I'm sure that she's bound to get it one way or another. (good grief!)
It's going to be an early night tonight.
I've been feeling sick today myself. Very dizzy and head pounding all day long. Not good! Brooke has been in the best of spirits.... let's hope that she doesn't get it but I'm sure that she's bound to get it one way or another. (good grief!)
It's going to be an early night tonight.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
I've been Tagged!
Tag TimeThursday, January 25th-
A -Available or Taken: Taken
B - Best Friend: Jolene (lifelong friend) and Calli
C -Cake or Pie: Pumpkin Pie
D - Drink of Choice: Coffee first thing in the morning, then diet pepsi
E - Essential item you use everyday - My PJ's - wear em all day long, not for long though, going back to work soon!
F - Favorite Color: Red/Brown/Black
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Gummy Bears
H - Hometown: McAdam, currently in Fredericton, but moving back to my hometown
I -Indulgence: PEACE AND QUIET - sitting down without any noise and relaxing!
J - January or February: February, that's the month my 1st born came into my life
K - Kids & Names: Aliyah Kendell and Brooke Alexandra
L - Life is incomplete without?: My family and my dearest friends
M - Marriage Date: May 3, 03
N - Number of Siblings: 2 brothers (older)
O - Oranges or Apples: Apples
P - Phobias or Fears: My greatest fear is not living long enough to see my children grow up, that saddens me to no end and worries me everytime I just sit there and watch them sleep peacefully at night.
Q - Fave Quote: Umm.... dunno.
R - Reason to smile- My husband, and definately my children, they make me smile/laugh all of the time
S - Season: Spring - love the first few nice spring days when you can wear a thin jacket and go for nice walks (without blackflies!)
T - Tag 3-4 People: I dunno anyone else who writes in a blog other than Jolene and she's already been tagged!
U - Unknown fact about me: Oh this is a hard one. I take my friendships very seriously. I do not let just anyone into my life as I tend to have a wall up and it's hard to get to the point that I could confide in someone. Once you get there, you're there for life (unless you lose my trust).
V - Vegetable you don't like: Cauliflower
W - Worst Habit: Smoking, eating late at night, not excerising, chewing my nails on occassion... umm I think that's enough for now!
X - X-rays: back, neck, chest, head, lungs
Y - Your Fave Food: Shepherd's pie, chicken nachos with lotsa sour cream, lasagna
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra
A -Available or Taken: Taken
B - Best Friend: Jolene (lifelong friend) and Calli
C -Cake or Pie: Pumpkin Pie
D - Drink of Choice: Coffee first thing in the morning, then diet pepsi
E - Essential item you use everyday - My PJ's - wear em all day long, not for long though, going back to work soon!
F - Favorite Color: Red/Brown/Black
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Gummy Bears
H - Hometown: McAdam, currently in Fredericton, but moving back to my hometown
I -Indulgence: PEACE AND QUIET - sitting down without any noise and relaxing!
J - January or February: February, that's the month my 1st born came into my life
K - Kids & Names: Aliyah Kendell and Brooke Alexandra
L - Life is incomplete without?: My family and my dearest friends
M - Marriage Date: May 3, 03
N - Number of Siblings: 2 brothers (older)
O - Oranges or Apples: Apples
P - Phobias or Fears: My greatest fear is not living long enough to see my children grow up, that saddens me to no end and worries me everytime I just sit there and watch them sleep peacefully at night.
Q - Fave Quote: Umm.... dunno.
R - Reason to smile- My husband, and definately my children, they make me smile/laugh all of the time
S - Season: Spring - love the first few nice spring days when you can wear a thin jacket and go for nice walks (without blackflies!)
T - Tag 3-4 People: I dunno anyone else who writes in a blog other than Jolene and she's already been tagged!
U - Unknown fact about me: Oh this is a hard one. I take my friendships very seriously. I do not let just anyone into my life as I tend to have a wall up and it's hard to get to the point that I could confide in someone. Once you get there, you're there for life (unless you lose my trust).
V - Vegetable you don't like: Cauliflower
W - Worst Habit: Smoking, eating late at night, not excerising, chewing my nails on occassion... umm I think that's enough for now!
X - X-rays: back, neck, chest, head, lungs
Y - Your Fave Food: Shepherd's pie, chicken nachos with lotsa sour cream, lasagna
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra
Saturday, January 20, 2007
My little baby is soo cute.
Ok, so Brooke was crying tonight in her crib.... so I venture upstairs for the second time in 10 minutes to see what she wanted. She was raring to get up and go once I get in the door...but that wasn't happenin! I layed her back down and placed my hand on her back. She was content while it was there but as soon as I lifted one finger off, she was up and crying again. (Spoiled, yes I know) So I decided, hey, I'll just lay down in her bed while she's in the crib and observe. So I pretended to sleep.
I watched her first bouncing up and down on her butt (that's her way of dancing) she must of heard Aliyah's show on downstairs. She grabs ontop of the crib rails and pulls herself up... after switching her 2 sookies a few times from one hand to another. She bounces up and down in her crib while hanging on....then... one sookie goes flying over the floor, so I think ok...that was a mistake. She reaches down in her crib, grabs her bottle, whips up and bang, there goes the bottle onto the floor along with the sookie. She reaches for her mouth to grab her sookie and flings that across the room too. After which, she starts laughing at herself. I held myself back from laughing along with her as it was just too cute. I managed to lay her back down and put her back to sleep. We'll see how long this 'nap' lasts!
Aliyah was telling me a story this morning (as she usually does first thing in the morning after she says "Wakey wakey sleepy head, it's mornin!) After her story she looks at me with stern eye brows and says "Ok Mommy, do you understand?" of course, i had to chuckle. The things that this one comes out with are beyond me.
Brooke is now saying mama and dada... when you ask her where sister or Aliyah is, she looks around and tries to find her. She's standing up on her own and walking along with her disney car that she got for Christmas. I can barely keep up with her that's for sure! My instincts are telling me that she isn't going to be anything like Aliyah (calm and quiet for the most part).. I think she's going to be wild and crazy (in a good sense of course)
Ok, Aliyah is hungry for the 15th time in the past 1/2 hour. I don't know if she has a growing spurt, bored or just an endless stomach. Oh and one more thing, she has taken on her uncle Anthony's sense of smell. Yes, that's right, anything that she comes in contact with, she has to smell it first. Doesn't matter what it is and she then wants me to smell it too!!
She was looking at our wedding pictures today and she asked if that was me (in the wedding gown) and I said yes.... she said "Is this one you too?" i said "Yes".... then she looks at another picture and says "Is that you and Uncle Ansony (Anthony) kissing?" Oh dear.
Night!
I watched her first bouncing up and down on her butt (that's her way of dancing) she must of heard Aliyah's show on downstairs. She grabs ontop of the crib rails and pulls herself up... after switching her 2 sookies a few times from one hand to another. She bounces up and down in her crib while hanging on....then... one sookie goes flying over the floor, so I think ok...that was a mistake. She reaches down in her crib, grabs her bottle, whips up and bang, there goes the bottle onto the floor along with the sookie. She reaches for her mouth to grab her sookie and flings that across the room too. After which, she starts laughing at herself. I held myself back from laughing along with her as it was just too cute. I managed to lay her back down and put her back to sleep. We'll see how long this 'nap' lasts!
Aliyah was telling me a story this morning (as she usually does first thing in the morning after she says "Wakey wakey sleepy head, it's mornin!) After her story she looks at me with stern eye brows and says "Ok Mommy, do you understand?" of course, i had to chuckle. The things that this one comes out with are beyond me.
Brooke is now saying mama and dada... when you ask her where sister or Aliyah is, she looks around and tries to find her. She's standing up on her own and walking along with her disney car that she got for Christmas. I can barely keep up with her that's for sure! My instincts are telling me that she isn't going to be anything like Aliyah (calm and quiet for the most part).. I think she's going to be wild and crazy (in a good sense of course)
Ok, Aliyah is hungry for the 15th time in the past 1/2 hour. I don't know if she has a growing spurt, bored or just an endless stomach. Oh and one more thing, she has taken on her uncle Anthony's sense of smell. Yes, that's right, anything that she comes in contact with, she has to smell it first. Doesn't matter what it is and she then wants me to smell it too!!
She was looking at our wedding pictures today and she asked if that was me (in the wedding gown) and I said yes.... she said "Is this one you too?" i said "Yes".... then she looks at another picture and says "Is that you and Uncle Ansony (Anthony) kissing?" Oh dear.
Night!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
It's Been Awhile.....
Wow, I can't believe how much time has passed since my last post!! I guess I can chalk it up to being very busy with the holidays and cleaning up after the holidays.
It was a very good Christmas. Aliyah and Brooke absolutely loved it! Santa came to visit our house ya know. He was out back and I got Aliyah to come in the family room to see if she could see Santa... she got as far as the couch and heard Santa say HO HO HO and then started screaming uncontrolably at the top of her lungs. "I WANT MY DADDY" she said. I have it all on video so I'm sure that she will get a kick out of watching it when she gets older. I don't think that it would be too funny still at the point. Santa left her a present at the front doorstep on Christmas Eve. It was a Gingerbread house (Winnie the Pooh of course) that was put all together that night. She loved doing it! I think that Santa perhaps started a tradition in our house for the girls :)
Christmas Eve I was laying down with Aliyah and she heard a noise... She grabbed ahold of me very quickly "WHAT'S THAT NOISE MOMMY" and I said "I dunno Aliyah" Her reply was "It was RUDOLF MOMMY! - HE'S ON THE ROOF!" Then she wanted to go in my room and go to sleep so that Santa wouldn't see her. She was sooo excited that night that she didn't end up going to sleep until 11 p.m. By the time Christmas morning came, we had to wake her up and she rolled around and said "But I just want to sleep!!" After we said that Santa left her presents, she was ready to get up and start tearing paper!
Aliyah helped Brooke open up her presents although Brooke was doing a good job all on her own. Aliyah also asked to help Mommy and Daddy open their presents as well. She was tired by the time Christmas dinner was ready to eat. She even asked me to go to bed (of course she didn't)
Time for bed right now.... be back tomorrow and finish my holiday stories..... Night!
It was a very good Christmas. Aliyah and Brooke absolutely loved it! Santa came to visit our house ya know. He was out back and I got Aliyah to come in the family room to see if she could see Santa... she got as far as the couch and heard Santa say HO HO HO and then started screaming uncontrolably at the top of her lungs. "I WANT MY DADDY" she said. I have it all on video so I'm sure that she will get a kick out of watching it when she gets older. I don't think that it would be too funny still at the point. Santa left her a present at the front doorstep on Christmas Eve. It was a Gingerbread house (Winnie the Pooh of course) that was put all together that night. She loved doing it! I think that Santa perhaps started a tradition in our house for the girls :)
Christmas Eve I was laying down with Aliyah and she heard a noise... She grabbed ahold of me very quickly "WHAT'S THAT NOISE MOMMY" and I said "I dunno Aliyah" Her reply was "It was RUDOLF MOMMY! - HE'S ON THE ROOF!" Then she wanted to go in my room and go to sleep so that Santa wouldn't see her. She was sooo excited that night that she didn't end up going to sleep until 11 p.m. By the time Christmas morning came, we had to wake her up and she rolled around and said "But I just want to sleep!!" After we said that Santa left her presents, she was ready to get up and start tearing paper!
Aliyah helped Brooke open up her presents although Brooke was doing a good job all on her own. Aliyah also asked to help Mommy and Daddy open their presents as well. She was tired by the time Christmas dinner was ready to eat. She even asked me to go to bed (of course she didn't)
Time for bed right now.... be back tomorrow and finish my holiday stories..... Night!
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