David's Holiday Party

David had his holiday party this afternoon. I was in charge of bringing sweets. I Made oreo cookie cake snowman balls and hersery kisses/hugs pretzel melts. His party had a lot of fun activities for the kids to enjoy. They had a center for making a winter page or card, winter Bingo, a station to make an ornament with a pine cone, glitter and glue, and a sensor table that included different items to smell, touch, see and hear! Then it was time to eat there snacks and exchange gifts. Everyone surround the teacher to be the next in line to give her their gift. It was a great day to end with for the start of winter break!

Xmas treats!

Here are some of the Christmas treats that I made for the Boys' teachers and for David's holiday party! I didn't get a picture of all that I made, cuz I had already wrapped most of the treats when I remember to take pics, but you get the idea!

Tonsilectomy!

Before Surgery

In Recovery

Jake had his tonsils out today. He did great and had no complications. The surgery was about 15min. The longest part was waiting to go back to see him in recovery! He did great at home, in fact he wanted to chill on the couch and watch the movie "Cars." Then he would get a burst of energy and play Wii! He never slept after his surgery until his bedtime. When I was 5 and had My tonsils out I slept all day! Not Jake, he has toooo much energy! He drank sprite, but didn't want popcicles or the slushes I bought at Sonic. He would have rather eaten a PBJ sandwhich, but the Dr. Ordered clears until tomorrow. He was so grumpy and moody, that by dinner I finally caved and gave him cornbread. His mood changed drastically and was such a pleasant boy again. The Dr. also ordered for him to not run around or be very active for two weeks. Don't know how I will be able to follow thoughs orders.

Mom

So am sitting in my car today with my 2 youngest boys, trying to think of something to do. And all that I think of is how great it would be to go to mom's house to hang out until my 6 yr old get out of school. Then I realize that I will never be able to do this again. I think of how much she missed in our lives. She never got to be a part of 2 youngest lives. They will never know her. They will never know what a great grandma they had or how she would've spoil them! There will never sleepovers a grandmas house. She will never be at there sports events or see there major achievements in life! It is so hard to realize that this is forever! She is gone forever! I just want to hear her voice once more, give her a hug, hold her hand or just say I love you once more!

My crazy girl diet.

So 7 weeks ago I started a diet to help sway my chances of having a baby girl. I love my boys and would not trade them for the world, but I feel that my family would be more complete if I had a baby girl!

So I started this diet, which included low sodium and low potassium and high calcium and magnesium. Pretty much my diet was pretty bland. I did loss 10lbs though:)
Foods that I could eat included low salt cheese, cottage cheese, low salt bread,pasta with cream sauce, low salt butter, chicken(so tired of chicken), broccoli, cucumbers, green beans, corn greek yogurt, 3 glasses of milk a day and lots and lots of cranberries! I also took 1200mg of Ca+, 250mg of mag+, folic acid and canberry supplements daily. Not to mention 2-3 glasses of peppermint tea, and a lot of crystal light!
The purpose of the diet is lower the ph in my body, to make my body more acidic. Girl sperm (TMI) like a more acidic environment and the boy sperm don't thrive in this environment!
I know that God is the one that decides my fate, but it make me feel a little in control! I pray that God will bless me with a healthy baby girl, in hopes that I can have a relationship like my mom and I had. 2weeks until I check if I'm preggo!

All I want for Christmas!

We took the boys to see santa to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. I even got a chance to sit on Santa's lap. Can you guess what I asked for?

decorating the xmas tree

I the day after thanksgiving we put up our christmas tree. The cat thought she needed to be a part of the trees decoration. Who needs a star when you have a cat! After we hung the ornaments, I gave the kids a new ornament as a gift. This was a tradition my mom did with me when I was little. I hope to continue this tradition every year! Next we put up Jake's and David's tree in their room. And of course Patrick had to have a tree in his room!