It happened...

I finally lost it yesterday.

Lack of sleep and the terrible two's caused me to go crazy.

I wanted to throw in the towel and just walk out of the house. Leave the kids, go on a vacation and maybe stay for good.

I yelled, locked doors, took away toys and enforced timeout all afternoon. I felt like my head was going to explode.

My hair was pulled out {literally, thanks to my 2 year old} of its ponytail and I had a look of disbelief that caught me off guard when I walked by the mirror. I didn't recognize myself. I was that crazy mother who I never thought I would be.

But it happened...

If I were...

If I were a month, I’d be JUNE.
If I were a day of the week, I’d be SUNDAY
If I were a time of day, I’d be MIDNIGHT
If I were a planet, I’d be EARTH
If I were a sea animal, I’d be a SEA LION



If I were a direction, I’d be NORTH
If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a LOVESEAT
If I were a liquid, I’d be a CUP O' JOE
If I were a gemstone, I’d be a RUBY
If I were a tree, I’d be a DOGWOOD



If I were a tool, I’d be a HAMMER
If I were a flower, I’d be a CALLA LILLY
If I were a kind of weather, I’d be EARLY MORNING SUNSHINE.
If I were a musical instrument, I’d be a VIOLIN


If I were a color, I’d be RED
If I were an emotion, I’d be CURIOSITY
If I were a fruit, I’d be an APPLE
If I were a sound, I’d be THE LAUGHTER OF A CHILD
If I were an element, I’d be WATER
If I were a car, I’d be A VW BUG


If I were a food, I’d be STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
If I were a place, I’d be MY HOME
If I were a material, I’d be COTTON
If I were a taste, I’d be SPEARMINT
If I were a scent, I’d be LAVENDER


If I were an object, I’d be a A COZY BLANKET
If I were a body part, I’d be your FINGERS
If I were a facial expression, I’d be a SMILE
If I were a song, I’d be YASHANTI by YAEL NAIM
If I were a pair of shoes, I’d be FLIP FLOPS

Wordless Wednesday {video}

giggle, giggle, quack

This weekend my dad took us to see this cute children's play.

It was at the Oregon Children's Theater. Lila really enjoyed herself and sang the songs, clapped and actually sat still pretty much the whole 60 minutes. She loved it. Chicken eats pizza with anchovies, pig takes a bubble bath and a cow eats chocolate cake. Super cute! I hope to go see more musicals and plays with her soon. Thanks Grandpa for taking us!

You can check out the preview here.

mommy and me monday

Hosted by Krystyn

I thought this was such a cute idea. Mommy and Me Monday! This picture was taken at the hospital the day after I had Blake. I look terrible and exhausted {wonder why!} but its a cute picture of the kids. And well...its the only recent picture I have. It gets me real motivated to get some good pictures taken real soon though!

Head on over to Really, Are You Serious to see more great mommy and me pictures and to participate yourself!

Friend Makin Monday {Weekend Confessions}

Amber over at {aefilkins} asks us...

This week, inquiring minds want to know: What did you do this weekend? Confess it.

Did you sleep in late? Were you lazy? Were you productive? Did you do anything special?

Tell us all about it.

Friday night the hubs and I watched Legion. Then went to bed by 10pm.

Saturday morning he let me sleep in :) Only till 8am but it was wonderful.

Saturday afternoon I ate a lot of fast food crap. McDonald's for lunch and pizza for dinner. YUCK.

Went to bed by 9:30pm...

Sunday morning we went grocery shopping. woo hoo!

Sunday afternoon we went to a fantastic children's play called Giggle, Giggle, Quack. It was super cute and I will post more about it later.

Then we went to Hopworks Urban Brewery for some good organic grub! If your in Portland I totally think you should check it out. YUMMY. It was very kid friendly and I walked out very impressed.

Then Sunday night we were in bed by 9pm!

Be sure to check out other friend makin blog posts here

stinky butt

he farted!!

boobies

I was unsure how Lila would react when I breastfed her baby brother.

When she first saw me nursing the baby she didn't pay any attention.
Then after a few days she started watching and asking about it.

Then she started wearing my breastpads...and saying,

"Baby Blake needs to suck my boobie out!"

I laughed so hard I was crying.

the perfect family

I haven't been able to read many blogs or write any posts lately because I am busy having fun with my family! My husband has had this whole week off to help me get on my feet. Its been so nice but hard to stay home and relax!

Blake is doing wonderful. We are breastfeeding and its going great and he is sleeping like an angel!
Lila is really enjoying being a big sister, too. She helps burp her brother, brings me diapers and reads him stories all the time.

I hope to get back to a routine soon since the hubs will be going back to work next week. Wish me luck!

Meet my little man!

♥ Blake Ashton ♥

February 4th, 2010 @ 2:34 am

9lbs and 20in long

2 hours total labor-record time!

and with no drugs...sniff sniff.

Wheew...glad its all over!!

Everything is going wonderfully. With less then 36 hours in the hospital we are at home enjoying our newest family member. Lila LOVES him to death and is really happy to have him in her life. I will post more pictures soon.

Have a fantastic weekend!

40 weeks and STILL pregnant

Yep.

Friday, Feb. 5th is the 40th week mark.

I never thought I would last this long.

Honest.

My first born was 5 days early so I thought for sure that this one would be early as well.

I guess I was wrong!

I told myself that this post wouldn't be all me bitching and moaning...

{keep it together, Lindz}

I have been dealing with a lot lately and have just not been in the blogging mood and I apologize. With the passing of my Grandpa, my daughter and husband having horrible colds and no baby I have been a bit moody lately. And to top it all off I now have a sinus infection!

Oh life sure has been fun ;)

I am very thankful that my little boy is very healthy and I need to remind myself that ... well he is just taking his time. My daughter had to make her grand entrance early {on my birthday} and has to be in the spotlight all the time. So maybe this little boy will be more laid back and have a more relaxed personality. I guess all I can do is just keep my fingers crossed for that!

I go in to the dr's on Monday the 8th to talk about inducing. Which I really don't want to do. I have heard a lot of things about how inducing is not much fun {like labor is! HA} and can last a very long time so I am hoping I don't have to do that but I will be all for it if I am still pregnant on the 8th!

I have tried almost everything to naturally induce labor like eggplant parmesan, pineapple, spicy food, sex (sorry dad), walking, massage, acupressure, you name it. But have not tried Castor oil. That scares me.

Are there any other tried and true ways I should try?

Please share if you have any!

Until then I suppose the only thing I can do is just wait.

ACK!!

"I have nothing to blog about, and I’m not afraid to admit it!"

I am having a hard time.
Writers block I suppose.
Does this happen to you?