Stupid Brain!

So for the life of me I can't seem to figure out why my moments of "clarity" seem to come literally minutes before I would be falling asleep.  It is now nearly 11:30 pm and I should be in bed, well actually I was in bed.  Then all of a sudden as I'm trying to fall asleep it hits me!  I've been working nearly all evening on some Java Programming homework for class and I got to a point where I was stuck.  So as I'm laying down trying to go to sleep it comes to me and of course by this point I can't just roll over and wait till tomorrow because I will surely have forgotten by then.  So I run downstairs and make the fix, and sure enough it appears to be working as needed, now why couldn't my brain have just cooperated earlier?  Oh well, I guess I should be thankful that I at least figured it out.

P.S. - Inheritance is sweet!

We're here!!

We arrived in Colorado Springs Monday night at about 8. My nieces and nephews didn't know that we were coming so it was a really fun surprise. We went to have lunch with the boys yesterday, it was the first time I saw them cause they didn't come to the airport to get us. Addie is all thrown off with sleeping and napping. She didn't take a nap on Monday and slept for about an hour in the car, did go to sleep til 1:30 a.m. that night. Decided that 6 hours of sleep was enough and woke up. Yesterday she took a nap and didn't go to bed til 12, woke up at 8:30 a.m. I was finally able to get some sleep. Hopefully we will be able to get back on track soon. We don't have any big plans today, just hanging out. I am going to have wait til I get home to post pics cause my sisters Internet is horrible. I'm going to try and do little updates here and there.

For all who would like to support me...

Let me preface this by saying that I know everyone has different political tastes, and I'm not here to convert anyone. With that being said, a co-worker and I worked together to put this 30 second ad together for a contest for Barack Obama. The winner will receive 20k in video equipment/supplies, not to mention the notoriety that will come with having a nationally televised piece of work. So please if you would, follow this link http://obamain30seconds.org/vote/?v=view-1974-NVPke2 and vote for our video and support me in my endeavors to futher my education and refine my skills in video editing which is the area I truly hope to make a career for myself and our family. It will require you to put in your email address and name, however from what I've been told from the party hosting the contest, this is only to insure that people are not cheating the system by voting for themselves over and over again.


Thanks again for your willingness to support me!

One more thing...

Addie has been crazy about bananas lately. This morning she ate 2. Yesterday ate 3. Is this okay? I just kinda figure that it's better for her to eat a banana then chips or some other crap. When is too much though? Is there something in them that if she eats alot it will do something?? I know it's a totally retarded question... Is this normal? Does your kid do this? Does it mean she is missing something in her diet? Thanks for you comments

A few things...

Three things...
#1 I have heard from a few different people and on Oprah about this book "A New Earth". Everyone says it is amazing and is a life changing book. I figured it would probably do me some good. I bought it tonight and I'm so excited to read it. I just need to take the time for me and do it. I will let you all know how it is as I go.

#2 For us this is HUGE. I just put Addie to bed for the first time with out a milk sippy. I know it's horrible that I have let it go on this long, and hopefully it's not too late and her teeth won't rot and fall out. She asked for milk and I said no you have a water sippy and we just brushed the germs off. You can drink water. She said okay. I kissed her hands and walked out. NO CRYING, YELLING, OR SCREAMING. She's alseep. I just had to share in my moment of joy.

#3 I learned the hard way on our flight to Hawaii that any car seat that you want to take on board has to have this aircraft approved sticker, ours just happened to be ripped off. We were unable to use the car seat on both of the 6 hour flights. I didn't want to go through that again. I bought a car seat tonight from walmart for 45 bucks. It is a really nice one too. We have needed a second one for a while. I brought it inside after I got home and I fitted it to Addie. She has been watching A Bugs Life in her seat eating popcorn. She is so silly. She is all about making crazy faces once the camera comes out. Here's a few pics.

Woo-hoo!!

Addie and I are going on a trip. We are so excited. It's a surprise for a few of the people we are going to see. so once we get there I will blog more and have pics. Things have been kinda crazy lately. We are leaving at the beginning of the week and the day after we get back home I have to unpack and pack again cause we are off for another river trip. The weekend after we get back one of my forever long best friends KP ( Kristen) is moving out here for the summer. I AM SO EXCITED. I am moving Addie up in the loft and KP will be in her old room. The only problem is right now our loft is full of boxes, crap, all my sewing stuff, and fabric. I need to go through and organize everything and get rid of ALOT of stuff that we don't use or need. I will have 4 days to do this. If you have seen our loft then you would know that there is NO WAY that I am going to be able to do this with a 2 year old. KP told me not to do anything and she would help me but it's her problem that we have so much stuff. I am going to do my best to get everything I can done and then she can help me with the rest. My mind is just mush right now, so sorry for long winded blog....


One more questions... Brian and I TOTALLY disagree on this. I would like to know everyones thoughts. You take your child to a sit down restaurant and after the food comes and the child eats he/she doesn't want to sit in the high chair anymore. Do you leave your child in a let him/her cry it out? Or do you take him/her out and walk around outside or have the child sit on your lap?

I think it's over...

I think we have our crazy girl back. After 5...YES 5 days of the flu I think it's done with Addie. Barfing, fever, and the nastiest watery poop i have ever had to clean up in my life. She got it all. Today she was doing alot better, more her "normal" self. Running around being crazy, eating and drinking pretty much whatever she wanted. She kept it all down. Just thought I would pass on the update. As for me and my Karma wound it is starting to heal but looks like I am dying of some NASTY lip fungus. I hope everyone has a great weekend..peace and love

Dang right we are...

And proud of it! Click Here ->

Karma??

I have been trying really hard to watch what I say about people and just be a good person... but yesterday I had a slip up and I have to share my story...Brian, Addie, and I went to the bank yesterday and the VERY NICE lady that helped us had a few white blisterish/ cold sore things, and after we left I said you probly shouldn't make out with her anytime soon...I know horrible...but Karma came back to bit me in the butt for sure...I woke up this morning with a COLD SORE...I have never in my life had one...I can't be mad or blame it on anyone but myself..just had to share my humbling experance.

Earth Day!

I was at Walmart the other day getting stuff for our river trip and I saw this shirt for $6 and got it...we have been trying to do little things here and there to help save energy and be a little more earth friendly. Like the energy saving light bulbs that last 3 times longer then normal ones, or using reusable grocery bags.. I just want our kids and grand kids to have a good environment to grow up in and at the rate we are going who knows what kind of shape the earth will be in 75-100 years. So go out and buy a $6 shirt at walmart and support Earth Day on the 22 of this month there is a bunch of different ones!!

Our First River Trip this year..

This weekend we went out to Yuma to celebrate Brian and his bother Kevin's birthdays. We met up with Bruce ( Brian's Dad), Gloria( Brian's Mom), Victoria and her boys Ryon and Craig ( longtime Fam Friends), Kevin and a few of his buddies. On Saturday we went out on the river, hung out and had a good time. Sunday we( Me, Bri, Addie, and Mimi(glor) ) all stayed back and hung around the house and later in the afternoon went to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time. Addie had a great time. We got back home about 10:30 last night, and right when I pulled Addie out of her car seat she started throwing up. She threw up twice last night and 3 times today, she didn't keep anything down till about an hour ago she ate a few Ritz crackers and some water. I am crossing my fingers she is done throwing up and we can all get a good nights sleep.

pregnant man...

The blog that I posted a while ago about a pregnant "man" in Oregon, "him" and his wife are going to be on Oprah tomorrow. I don't know why but I am so interested to see the interview. Just thought I would share...I know I am weird..

Check this out!

This is seriously one of the craziest things I've ever seen, Click Here.

For any who were wondering...

I had nothing to do with any of the music you see in the playlist on our blog. In fact, if it were up to me, I wouldn't have chosen any of those songs.

That was all Carrie.