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Being a mother to seven is tiring

// July 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I wasn’t sure what else to title this post and felt like that summed it all up.

I did write a post about how Ireland turned 7 and how it was such a lovely milestone and just did so much for my life when she was born. Yada yada yada. But then my blog went and ATE IT when I tried to save it while wondering off as I do when I write things. And now here I am.

I even had pictures!! Argh!

So here let me try again on a smaller scale:

On the 19th, Ireland turned 7!!!

I woke her up to pancakes in the shapes of 7’s and I’s and gave her a goodie bag filled with green goodies like play jewelry and a tiara and green hair dye. A friend came over to drop off a gift as they would be out of town for the party and then a lil before noon, her Nana picked her up for her Father’s Weekend.

After everyone left I had a good cry because not sure if you knew but MY BABY IS 7!!

When I found out I was pregnant with Ireland my whole world was crazy. I was not going through the best time with her father and I was sick. I traveled across the country to CA in a Mustang. Hey mustangs are not for cross-country trips in case anyone was wondering! I came back home and worked the rest of the time. When the day came to meet her. Well talk about an experience. 39.5 hours later and finally she was in my arms. I was a Mother

I’ll spare you a pic of us together from those first few days because whew does having a baby wear me out and I look it.

I was a Mom! And from the very first moment I saw those eyes I have taken that job as serious as a person can. I have done everything I possiblely can to give Ireland the world. And in the process I became a much better person. Her turning 7 means so much. 7 truly is a lucky number. She is a lucky lil girl and most importantly my good luck charm. Wonderful things have happened to me because of her.

To celebrate we threw a party! The theme was Lucky No. 7! And everything was green!

We served PB&J sandwiches and chips wrapped up in Green, shamrock bandannas. They also served as favors. Which each kid did also get a huge bag of candy filled to the brim from the pinata we had too.

The cake was a lovely 2-layer shamrock in green icing and with a rainbow inside. Best.cake.ever!

I had the most fun making it. Ireland helped too. She loved everything! Right down to the bike we surprised her with!

Yay for Birthdays!!

Dealing

// June 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I’m not neglecting the blog, just dealing with my emotions that came with Ireland turning 7 and Father’s Day passing. Every time I sit down to write I start tearing up. I’m such a sap. So just trying to get a handle on that.

In the meantime.

It’s officially summertime! Yesterday Hubs left work early to take us to the beach. I love surprise trips like that. We had so much fun! I think it really set the pace for the rest of the summer as well.

Honeymooners!

// June 17th, 2009 // Comments Off // Uncategorized

I just have to share that it looks like Hubster and I are going to get the honeymoon we never had!

We didn’t feel the need to have an actual honeymoon when we got married as we spent weekends together alone since Ireland would go to her father’s for the weekend. Also we didn’t want to spend the money on one. We just never felt like it was something we had to do right away.

We made tentative plans to do a cruise for our 1 yr but got pregnant and had a baby. No biggie. We’re both very laid-back and just go with the flow and said we’d do it sometime.

Well looks like that time has come!! In Aug. Arty has training in Boston and we made plans to go as a family. Only real problem is arranging it with Ireland’s father as we need to move up his weekend, but we don’t like to ask him for favors as it’s complicated. So I thought why not just go alone. No kids. My mom has agreed to watch the kiddos for us that whole week and weekend we’ll be gone.

Oh yeah we’ll be gone for like 7 days too. Sure 5 of them Art has training but during the afternoon/evenings we plan on sightseeing and having a good time. We’re trying to see if on the trip back we can snag a stay in NYC and see a show.

I think I’m still in denial it’s happening. Especially sicne it wasn’t something we were planning. Just doing our thing and it fell in our laps. Oh best thing of all is that Art will be getting paid for the week and per diem as well as his hotel room in Boston, so yeah not as much coming out of our pockets. Crazy.

A honeymoon! So excited! My 1st one too! LOL.

Walking in Memphis: Part 2

// June 15th, 2009 // Comments Off // Uncategorized

2 more days of school! Woot! That’s why I’ve been away this time. Had some school parties and things to settle so these last two days are just for fun.

Anyways so June 1st, a Monday, I had to catch a plane to get to TN. I really wanted to drive, but our good friend, Van, was getting married the day after Echo and I wasn’t missing that wedding either!

See Van is why I’m so happy. He introduced me to my husband. And even though he wasn’t trying to hook us up or anything, he still thank him daily for helping us meet and leading us to all this happiness. So naturally when Van found his love we knew we had to be there!

Enter the airport. Because how else am I getting to a wedding at 3pm the day after being in a wedding that starts at 6pm and not die? Yeah. exactly.

Gah. I hate flying. Hate it. I was so nervous flying that I waited till the last possible minute to get to the airport. Which apparently was too late, but then I was okay?? But not because the people I needed to help check me in were no-where to be found and wasted valuable time. It was an adventure. Thanks to the wonderful guy at the boarding gate, I got on the next flight and was still on time to get to TN. Traveling with the baby was nothing. She was no problem. It was my nerves. Seriously next time I fly I need some pills and vodka. A lot of vodka actually.

Anyways I made it! Echo, picked us up and I was STARVING. Nerves kept me from eating ALL. DAY. And when you breastfeed that is a big bad no-no! We ended up at a place called McAlister’s Deli. OMG it was SO good! I got the Chipotle Chicken Wrap. It had this really good peach salsa on it. So good!

Afterwards we hit up a store for some baby food I needed and then we had a mini rehearsal with the priest at the wedding location. It was just Echo, Darin, Me and the Kids. And the Priest. It was his first wedding and during the week he would be out of town when everyone else arrived.

I’ll be honest. it was hot and the bugs were out, and BEES! And Echo was all like, “Darin’s highly allergic to bees!” and I was thinking, “Damn, I’m allergic too!!” and we were standing right in the middle of some flowers on a small ass path and the baby was done and the kids were done and maybe I was done too from the plane so really I just kept thinking, “THIS BITCH IS CRAZY!!” for picking this place. But then I thought about how I made my cake the morning of my wedding and just on a daily basis I was crazy too and don’t we all deserve to be crazy on our wedding a day? I mean just a lil? So I backed off. LOL.

After that fun time, we got dinner at this lovely mexican placed called Margaritas. Hrm…just now realizing that I could totally tell you the name of each and every place we ate, but could not name you all of Echo’s family I met. Oh well. LOL.

The days that followed were filled with making lists for the wedding. Running all over Tipton County and Memphis and trying to do as much possible in a short amount of time.

I have more but life is calling. AKA I need to bake some banana bread because I NEED some. LOL. Also need to get ready for the day. So consider yourselves warned there is a part 3 to this!

Walking in Memphis: Part 1

// June 8th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized

I’m home!! YAY! I didn’t realize how much I would miss my own place. And I definitely missed my husband. When you spend a whole week prepping for a wedding I think unless you hate the poor fellow, it’s impossible to NOT miss your hubby.

Though I thought people might die and that the weather might not act right, everything fell into place at the end and the bride was beautiful and happy. The groom dashing and handsome.

And two, became one. Perfection.

I am so glad I got to be a part of Echo and Darin’s big day!

I didn’t take either one of my cameras. Do not even get me started. But I still had a great time and tons of funny stories to share. For now, I’m gonna go cuddle some more with my honey and put my feet up for a lil more time before I get back to all my wifely and mommy duties. Laters!