This has been the worst day
If I had somewhere to go, I would get the hell out of dodge for a week! I nixed the blackberry festival because of Megan's morning. She has tantrumed all day and its SO obvious she needs to sleep. She woke up Dawson (who had trouble going to sleep this morning due to a constantly ringing telephone) screaming at me a little while ago because I told her that she needed to tell me what she wanted for lunch and all she wanted was "BOOBY!" I'm at the end of my rope with her and meals. I'm to the point that I think she needs to sit in a high chair and eat because otherwise she doesn't eat anything at all. She didn't eat any breakfast except for a little milk. Last night she didn't eat but 4 bites of dinner and then daddy caved and bought her candy. (Big RED angry face goes here) After 20 min of screaming at me I called mom and said forget it. Well, I almost had her to sleep and my neighbor comes and rings the door and then pounds on it. She just wanted to visit. I got her back on the couch and nursing to sleep again and my daddy calls!! Now she is in the bedroom with the door shut because I need to be away from her and her screaming. If she sleeps we will go somewhere tonight, if she doesn't I told her we had to stay home. Shes quiet finally so maybe she will rest. If it weren't for D needing me, I would still be with her, but he was making it impossible for me to stay in there any longer. If Josh does that with the candy again, there won't be anymore outings for a LONG time!

This morning mom and I are taking the kids to the First annual blackberry festival in Lenoir. My midwife, Courtney and her family are supposed to be there and I'll probably see some other people too. After naps we are heading to the IL's house for my birthday dinner. She is making me spaghetti and my parents are bringing over a chocolate cheesecake. This evening a group I enjoy is playing in the square in Lenoir. We plan on going as long as the kids are in good moods.

I swear, I quit cooking for Josh. He gets home and claims that he doesn't want to eat while the kids are awake or he will say hes not hungry yet or something. From now on, it goes in the fridge after I eat. I'm not gonna keep it warm for him or worry about it anymore. Plus, his mom (always the helpful one) keeps making roasts and shit and giving him so he just grabs some meat and might eat a bite or two of what I fix or makes himself a protein shake. Last night I made a homemade veggie pizza and some cheese sticks (string cheese baked inside crust) with marinara sauce. He ate one cheese stick and then warmed up some buffalo wings later that his dad made.Oh well, I have lunch for today, but I would have put it all away much sooner if he had just said he wasn't eating.

I didn't get any $ for my birthday, so I'll have to wait to start my shoe fund. Maybe my sister will give me cash...

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to meee-ee
Happy Birthday to me.

To Do for Friday
Take kids to butterfly exhibit in morning
Fold laundry
Mop
Make homemade veggie pizza and breadsticks for dinner
Do something with these books that are taking over the living room!
Clean up kitchen throroughly

I think that other than the butterfly outing, we will stay home tomorrow and just rest/catch up. I've been shopping in hickory 3 times this week and we are all tired from it. I'm looking for slip covers for the loveseat and big chair. So far they are all the same as the surefit catalog I got, but Linen's and things have put out some coupons and I think the prices will be the best there. Kohl's is second runner up. I'm just not sure though. Most likely I'll get a tan colored canvas type cover. There are some really pretty choices out there though. I found some floral fabric that will make pretty accent pillows or maybe a curtain. (or both)

Poor Dawson
Teething is a bitch. He got fussy this afternoon and I couldn't figure out what was wrong until I got a good look in his mouth. Poor baby has HUGE bulges in the bottom of his mouth (molars) and his top molars aren't all the way through yet. We went to the mall today and looked at the slip covers at Penneys. I didn't find anything exciting though. Mom wanted to go to Dillards for a few min so I let the kids play in the soft play area while she bought makeup and then she bought Megan a pair of dress shoes for fall/winter and I found a pair of Steve Madden shoes that I want. Got to start that fund now. :) They are mary jane style with a low back. Since my black all purpose wedges are 3 years old, I think they need to be retired soon (or taken out of heavy rotation. LOL) My birthday is tomorrow (the big 2-6) so maybe I'll get some cash to put away.

I forgot to blog about what Megan did Sunday night, I'll update now. She went to sleep at 4pm and stayed asleep until 11:30. After nursing it was obvious she was awake for awhile so I made her an egg and Josh pushed the couch and the loveseat together and turned on Toy Story for her to watch. She watched that and then wanted to watch her Bear in the big blue house tape and when I checked on them at 3:30, she was asleep curled up with her daddy. :)

Well, M is asleep finally so I'm gonna try to go get that "O" I missed out on last week. :p

I just have to brag about my daughter

I took her to a tumbling class today at the resource center. Its the first time we have done anything like that. I would have taken her sooner but I thought she had to be 3 and was only told last week that I should go ahead and bring her. Well, she jumped right in and did her thing. She was to walk up these padded steps and then onto a small cube and flip down a ramp. She got up there and put her feet together, put her head down and literally sprung her feet over her head. The instructer looked at me and said, "where has she taken classes before." I laughed and said she had never had any other than what I had done with her at home. He was so impressed with her motor skills and coordination. There were kids much older than her that weren't jumping with their feet together. He told me when class was over (it was the last one btw until they get more interest) that if I was interested in getting her into more classes, that I could call the gym he works for and tell them that he said she was a natural athlete and advised me to get her into classes." :D I've been saying since she was first born that she would be a performer and since she was 1 that she was a natural gymnest. She loved the class she went to and wants to go to more. I just have to figure out now how I'm going to pay for them. It probably won't be more than about $30 a month and I can give up some things to do them for her but we are just so strapped now. We will probably go ahead with it because I feel it will be good for her in more ways than just physical.

Dawson is driving me nuts

All I can think of is that the leap he is taking physically in learning to walk has him fighting sleep. I faintly remeber Megan going through this but damn its driving me batty!

I can't find it at ABC's site but I just saw an add for a new reality type show coming out about a children's hospital in Arizona. When the hell did sick children become entertainment? Shows like this just further the god-image that dr's have in this country. Its the biggest form of idol worship I can point to.

Speaking of God (kinda. ;p), my mom told me that there were 7 churches in our county right now going through a split. From what I hear, one of the reasons they are splitting is over music. You have your old timeys that want to sing their ancient hymns that were written to impress kings and no one understands. Then you have your younger generation who want to move toward the praise/worship music (we have this and a band at our church). This is the type of service that appeals to younger people and we have a large population of older people in our church as well. I can hardly think that God looks down and is happy to see this and I can understand why people look at this and say if thats a Christian, I don't want anything to do with it. sad sad sad.