Life has gone on...

Well, its been a month since I got my car. I love it. We just got the license plate this weekend and I am glad that that is over with. The shower for Valerie is over with as well. I think it went well. I had fun and did plenty of stressing over it. Here are a few pics:

Cars and fireworks

Well, Friday we got me a 2005 GMC Envoy. I LOVE it... it does eat gas compared to JOEY's maxima. And it is a lot bigger than ANYTHING i have ever driven. It is a XL (has a third row) which is great.

it is great, isn't it?

Saturday was the fourth. We had so much fun. I will put up more pictures later, but not right now! here are just a few:

Midnight ramblings

Well, it is yet again midnight and I am up not able to sleep. This is happening more and more now! I can only figure that it is becuase I have no time to myself during the day and need "ME" time at some point in the day! whatever the reason... I am up and bored.

I finally gave in tonight and ordered the camera battery a new charger so I can take new pictures again starting sometime this week. YEA!!! I miss out on so many good (hilarious) moments.... like the loads of fun pool party today. Where Ben and DJ had a ball in the pool. Then Ben decided he needed to go potty and not tell anyone... ON THE DECK. Then proceded to point and say "yuck" haha.... Like he didn't do it! then he peed in the lawn... Then ran up on the deck and said: watch out... benny's coming... So we found out that the Ben model comes with a warning system! too bad it doesn't work all the time!

Ben is also covered in Ant bites. He stood in an ant bed on Saturday and his right foot has a good 50 or so bites and the left has a good 15 or so. I don't have a camera to take a picture, but suffice it to say, he looks like he has some kind of skin disease. Poor guy. We have been giving him Benadryl and he is doing better. He won't wear shoes. He has too many bites between toes and all. and on the bottom of his feet.

He is now sleeping thru the night MOST nights. This is a huge improvement! I am so glad! We don't have to sleep with him anymore! DJ isn't doing as well. His teething keeps him up half the night now. I will be glad when he gets all his teeth and we don't have to fight that anymore!

In the next few weeks we have lots to do! We are painting the living room and hallway a green color. We will have it done before the shower!!! yea! The outside of the house will be painted sometime soon as well (probably not before the shower) It will be cream and Midnight blue color. That way the brick isn't looking purple. Haha. Thanks to Stephanie, we will not have a purple theme!

Well, I guess that is it. Still not really ready to go to bed, so surfing time!

Liz

Father's day Fun

Well, this past Sunday was Father's Day and we loaded up the car and headed to Shreveport for some family time. Everyone else was still in church when we got the the Port city, so we went around the corner and went to see MawMaw's grave site. The headstone for MawMaw and PawPaw is perfect for them... I cried a little, boy do I miss her, but she is in a better place and as she said before she died, no tears. She had fresh flowers out there (i didn't know they were REALLY fresh as in we had just missed my godparents putting them out....) I had known their anniversary (MM and PP) was coming but I learned that via the headstone that it was that day.... 56 years together almost. And PawPaw had no clue today was his anniversary.

We went back to Paul's house and ate some awesome food (such good cooks in the Wilhelm family) And played some. I WOULD have taken pics, but my camera charger is MIA so i can't. Then we headed to PawPaw's nursing home. It is such a depressing place. I don't like going there. I can't wait till he can leave.... if he can. With as bad as he is, they are not letting him leave yet. He can't remember much. He doesn't know what to do with a card (as in a greeting card). he just sat there holding the envelope and looking at it. We have to hand him the card itself now, not in an envelope. But he and Benny and DJ fed the birdies... Ben had looking forward to this ALL day. He kept saying go see PawPaw and birdies haha. Coke floats and cake were eaten and then we headed back to Paul's house for some more play time. Then home. Wish I had pics.. Jamie put a few up! Check them out!

Insomniac

So lately it seems I have become a bit of an insomniac, as it is 12:55 and I can't go to sleep. So what better thing to do than to blog while everyone else rests.

Lets see... The kids are doing well. DJ went in for his two week post op today. He is doing peachy. The doc said we don't have to come back until October unless something happens. So now we just wait till then. He showed me the buttons in DJ's ears. They kinda look like little blue contacts with a hole in them. DJ is also saying tons more stuff. Not all of it is recognizable, but we are getting there! Ben is well too. He knows how to push buttons tho! He is getting better with his brother. Not as much beating up.... which doesn't say much because there is still a lot.

When I figure out how to put pics from my phone on here, we have some cute ones to put up... Until then, i guess I should try to go to sleep again!

So. time to update!

The new favorite pasttime in this house of everyone (but me so far)

Well, a week ago we traveled to Wally world without a care in the world.... Then came home with an extra load... Yes, our two new children are two 7week old kittens. The grey one (Stormy) is Ben's, and DJ's is named Dusty. The kiddos love the kittens... not sure I can say the same for Dusty... she doesn't like DJ or Ben at all Could have something to do with the torture techniques DJ uses on her.,.. Maybe the detainees could come see DJ... haha JK... anyway. Dusty really loves Joey. Me, she just kinda deals with me or uses me to get away from DJ. haha. Stormy loves EVERYONE. She is very laid back like DJ is... And come to think of it, Dusty is just like Benny.... hmmm irony.

Stormy Dusty

In other news:

Joey just got a pay raise and a new level in inspection. woot woot!!! We are excited. His pay raise comes just in time for turnaround... (translation: pay raise just before some OVERTIME!!!!) hECK YEA!

I am working on my Avon harder than ever. I am currently doing lots of promotion of Fundraising... so yea, let me know if you can help me get this going!!

DJ is talking like CRAZY!!! He says stormy, said Nonna the other day, says cat, dog, kitty cat, mama, and just babbles ALL the time! This is why healthcare doesn't need to be under government control... BECAUSE OF MEDICAID DJ's hearing and speech were greatly impaired.... they refused to let him go to an ENT and since we didn't have other insurance, we couldn't take him anyway. So it took the little guy's ears bleeding for a week for them to send us.... yea... GO GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE....

Anyway.

I am having so much fun working on the shower. Fixing to start the advice book and so can't wait!!! I love doing fun things! :) tHIS IS one of the diaper cakes! The other one is better i think, but this one is done!

I finally got my camera back!!! THANKS PAUL AND aUNT G!

Our family grows

Well, our family is growing. We have two new kiddos. we think the two new ones are girls!!!! More to come... but just FYI!!