How I met Dustin

How did you meet your significant other? Answer all the questions HONESTLY and re post as "How I met _____"

1.Where did you meet?We met on a internet dating site.

2.What was the first thought that went through your head when you met? We talked for weeks before we met in person. I thought he was hot!

3.Do you remember what he/she was wearing?Yes! Jeans & a Yellow polo shirt

4.Where was the first time you kissed this person?Was when I met him for the first time. :)

5.Where did you go for your first date?We went out to dinner at the outback. Yum and saw the movie Van Helsing

6.How long did you know this person before you became a couple?a couple months.

7.How did he/she ask you out?Well he asked me out just after his bday and it just progressed from there

8.Has this person ever proposed to you?yes! April 28, 2005. Its was my bday!

9.Do you and this person have kids together?Yes! Braelyn (18months) Tatem (2 months)

10.Have you ever broken the law with this person? Ummm I dont believe so...

11.When was the first time you realized that you liked this person?while I was getting to know him. When you met someone on the internet you get nervous so I asked all sorts of questions.

12.Do you get along with his/her family?yep!!

13.Do you trust this person?of course!!

4.Do you see her/him as your partner in your future?everyday:)

15.What is the best gift she/he gave you?love. aww. :) Also a trip home to see my family. I was getting very homesick for my dad. He bought the tickets and took me home!

16.What is one thing He/She does that gets on your nerves? He has no patience and that drives me crazy, and that he is never wrong!! Men.. LOL

17.Where do you see each other 15 years from now?Hmmm together I hope with our kids!

18.What causes the most arguments?Right now.. it would be me working and him being home with the kids and not being able to "get things done" he says

19.How long have you been together?Since June 5, 2004

20.Are you Married?yup!

21. Who Do you Tag?Hmmm I guess anyone who would like to do this.. LOL

Just suck it up.. You are their dad!

So I went back to work a couple weeks ago.. I work only 2 nights a week. So dustin is home with the kids. Well I guess Saturday night didn't go as "he" wanted. I came home about 12pm. He was sitting at the computer, my house a mess, and Tatem screaming his head off. I immeditatly picked him up and rocked him. When I look up here is my husband staring at me like I just did something I wasnt suppose to.
He told me that Bree wouldnt go to bed when it was time, that she wouldnt eat what he made her for dinner, and that she was alittle outta control. That Tate hadnt stopped crying and wont go to sleep. He wont take his bottle so he just gave up.
Ummm you gave up? So nice that the hubs can give up but the mother cant. He proceeded to tell me that it wasnt worth me working. We shall see how this paycheck is and we will decide from there if I should work.. ummm excuse me?!? WTH?!?
I understand that he had a stressful night, but what about me when I have a stressful day and would like some time to myself you dont see me giving up. Just makes me mad that all of a sudden he wants to make these choices without me, umm it is MY job. I'M the one working the hours. I AM the ONE who is working, taking care of the kids, and the house. You would think that HE would ask ME how I felt about it.
So sunday he comes home and askes me what I am going to do about my schedule this week. Didnt know there was a problem with it, but ok I continue to listen. I work saturday nights and the sunday morning. So I am missing church for the 3 week and he is upset. He tells me to tell my boss that I will be late saturday night so I can go to church. Umm I really cant do that. I can lose my job. When I took this postition I was told its mostly nights. And they are working with me right now about working only 2 bc with the holidays ppl are busy and dont really wanna watch 2 kids. So i cant very well tell them that its only one night. He gets alittle mad and says to me.. well saturday is my only night to have off (he works nights mostly) and I would like to go and do something or relax.. umm Hello when do i get to relax? So I just sit there boiling mad! I just couldnt take it anymore.
He makes me feel so little about my job. Yes he is the bread winner in the house, but I am making money and bringing it in too. You would think he would be happy that we have great jobs that are bringing in money to let us live a life that we want. Why do I feel this way.. just makes me so mad. Ugh Men.. thats my rant for the day. Had to get it out before I went off the deep end. He almost had me in tears last nite.. do they just not get it?

Baby Tag- Tatem

1. Where were you when you first found out you when you found out you were pregnant? In our bathroom
2. Who was with you? just me!
3. What was your first reaction? Not so surprised, I kinda knew I was.
4. What was your husband's reaction? shock!
5. Who was the first person you told? Hubby
6. Were the pregnancies planned? Not really, I should really track my periods better
7. Was everyone happy for you? Yes
8. What was the sex? boy!
9. Did anyone throw a shower for you? No, we had a BBQ when he was born
10. Did you get any outfits you wouldn't use? We have to start all over.. pink just wasnt his color
11. How much weight did you gain? 35 lbs i think
12. Did you get stretch marks? Oh yes!! He was not nice to me
13. Did you crave anything crazy? no, just crushed Ice
14. Who or what got on your nerves the most? my hormones, my work, and stupid ppl
15. Where were you when you went into labor? at the hospital.. was induced
16. Did you have any complications? High BP, pre term labor, swelling, contractions, placenta previa
17. Did your water break? the dr broke it
18. Who drove you to the hospital? Dustin
19. Did you go early or late? he wanted to come at 34 weeks, but we made it to 39!
20. Who was in the room? me dustin and the dr, maybe 2 nurses
21. Did you video tape it? no thank you
22. Did you have any pain medication? Nubain to help me sleep
23. Did you have a c-section or natural? natural
24. What was your reaction to the birth? WOW, that was fast!
25. How big was the baby? 8lbs 7oz 20 inches
26. Did your husband cry? yes he was a baby!
27. When is the next one coming? two is a very good number although we will prolly have another in 3 years or so
28. If you could would you do it all over again? OF COURSE

Baby Tag- Braelyn

1. Where were you when you first found out you when you found out you were pregnant? In our bathroom
2. Who was with you? just me!
3. What was your first reaction? surprised!
4. What was your husband's reaction? shock!
5. Who was the first person you told? Dustin on his lunch break! I had to wait 3 hours!
6. Were the pregnancies planned? We were trying
7. Was everyone happy for you? Yes
8. What was the sex? girl!
9. Did anyone throw a shower for you? yes, my mommy, MIL and SILS
10. Did you get any outfits you wouldn't use? There were some that she never wore, cuz i didnt care for them and couldnt take them back..
11. How much weight did you gain? 20 lbs i think
12. Did you get stretch marks? Just alittle
13. Did you crave anything crazy? no, just crushed Ice
14. Who or what got on your nerves the most? my hormones
15. Where were you when you went into labor? at the hospital.. was induced
16. Did you have any complications? nope she just took forever!
17. Did your water break? the dr broke it
18. Who drove you to the hospital? Dustin
19. Did you go early or late? 2 weeks late
20. Who was in the room? me dustin and the dr, maybe 2 nurses
21. Did you video tape it? no thank you
22. Did you have any pain medication? just a shot of some crap that made me sleepy!
23. Did you have a c-section or natural? natural
24. What was your reaction to the birth? WOW
25. How big was the baby? 8lbs 6 oz , 20.25
26. Did your husband cry? i dunno... i was so tired and loopy
27. When is the next one coming? The next one was a surprise 6 months later!
28. If you could would you do it all over again? OF COURSE!

My harley chick!

Here is the new face of Harley davidson.LOL My dad loves to spoil the grandkids with harley stuff. He is a big harley man and owns way to many harley bikes.

Braelyn knows when grandpa comes he always has something for her. She just took her first ride in the side cart of my dads bike he named after here. I didnt get a picture couldnt find the darn camera! So I will have to get it next time she goes for a little ride. She sure enjoyed it. Even though my dad was just barely moving the bike down the road in our tiny town! But none the less she sure had the biggest smile on her face!Down side to that shirt. It has glitter!!! So when she worse it, it got all over the house. My bed, couches, blankets, pillows, me, Tatem, and Dustin were all covered. I am still finding glitter on myself! But she is just to cute in it!!

My kids

My little cutie I tell you. Yesterday she wanted me to put her hair in pig tails. She brought be two buffies. She looks just like me I tell you, poor Dustin with two of me. :)

She has certainly grown up in the last few weeks and it makes me wanna cry. She has become my little helper with her brother. She sure does love him. Gives him loves of kisses and hugs, tries to calm him down when he cries, loves to help feed him, hands me the wipes, and loves to talk to him during tummy time.

Her and Dustin carved pumpkins the other day. She just jumped right in with cleaning them out. Yucky!! But she was great! She was all sticky by the time she was done and I couldnt stop taking pictures of her. This year for halloween she is going to be a pug. She picked out the outfit. She wouldnt put it done (maybe it reminded her of our pug daisy, not sure though) None the less she is going to be so cute and go trick or treating with her Aunt lissa Mae.

She is saying a couple new words right now- cookie, welcome, pooh, meow, kitty, gma, Tate, baby, Izzy. Thats all I can think of right now. We are working on her saying treat for halloween. I am also working on her with her numbers, she can say one, nine, seven, but never in the right order. We count everything with her but she just wont say anything else.

Tatem was baptised on Sunday October 19th. His godparents are Uncle Jesse, and My very bestest friend Ashely. It went great although he started crying about half way through and wouldnt settle down. I dont think he cared to be touched with the oils. But it went great! I have tons of pictures that I have to go through. He is getting so big.Grandpa Jack came to town this weekend to go the baptism and just couldnt put him down nor did he really wanna give him to me. I cant understand since this was the 2nd time that he has seen him. I only got him when his butt needed changing. Ten ppounds already. My big man. He is having some reflux issues right now. We are hoping have it under control here soon, but you never know.

There is an update on my little bundles. They are getting so big, and so fast. I am about to go back to work in Nov. I am going to miss so much with Tatem. I only worked a couple days a week when bree was little and I am working full time now, so I feel I will be missing out. But you have to do what you have to do.

Ta for now!

Mini Meltdown!

So last night I had myself alittle mini meltdown. I just couldnt do it, I felt achy, tired, headache from hell that turned into a migrain. Tatem was having some gas pains, poor guy, so he wanted his mommy! Dustin chasing Bree around the house and she is screaming with delight. I just couldnt handle it. On top of that, I had cleaned the kitchen top to bottom yesterday! Guess who decided to cook, yup, the hubs. I dont mind it, but for some reason he doesnt rinse out the bowls, or put things in the sink.. I think that was the last straw. So I locked myself in the bedroom with Tatem and just cried. Dustin tried to come in but I told him I just wanted to be left alone! So he said ok. I later talked to him about it all, and he said he understood.
Breastfeeding isnt something I am enjoying right now, I think thats another reason I am so down. I loved it with bree, but this time around I just dont care for it. I am pumping mostly due to Tatem not really latching, which I pumped with bree too, but still just not all the intrested. My Hubs thinks breastfeeding is great.. so how do I tell him I am thinking about giving it up? I spend alot of my day pumping, Bree is running around the house getting into something or screaming for me. I just cant relax enough.
Well there is my whiney moment of the day! Feels good to get it out!

Good News for my dad and Lisa

So my dad had gotten a job offer here in Iowa.. they live in Michigan along with the rest of my family. This job offer came in August, general foreman with a UTL-high voltage utility lines, they made him an offer that he couldnt refuse. Cost of living here in Iowa is cheaper than Michigan, ect. So my dad said yes! He started Sept 16th and had to leave my step-mom back home to take care of the farm and get it ready to sell. Well it was on the market for 2 weeks and it sold! They couldnt believe it. They would like to be in the house before the holidays so my step mom is out in Iowa City looking for houses. I am hoping to see them this weekend! I am so excited. Its about 5 hours, but its better than 14hours to MI. I just cant believe that this is happening all so fast! YAY for them.. My dad is happy to have her here.. hes been staying in hotels and being lonely!

Woohoo Now I am hip!

I am seeing that everyone has gotten a blog. So i thought maybe I would try out this new thing. We will see how much I actually blog! Or even if i can keep it up I am really not so good about these things!

Well that is it for now.. I gotta go feed Tatem and save my hubby from both kids! Ta