Sit-N-Spin

Ear Infection

My ear has been killing me since I had influenza and I have been trying to self treat now for almost a week and nothing is working. I finally went in today and sure enough I have an ear infection. I have the start of one in my right ear and a full-blown one in my left. I took the antibiotics and am now just waiting for some relief. No wonder why kids get so fussy and don't sleep. I haven't been able to sleep because it hurts so much. I still have a bad cough and tire really easily. This illness is really kicking my butt. Not fun. I am just so thankful that Joel and the girls didn't get it. I would take it again if it meant keeping them from getting it. I am off this weekend and so is Joel so we have a rare weekend together at home. I hate how there is always so much running to do. I still feel like we haven't spent any time together and it is now 4:25. I worked last night and I am going to be switching to Friday nights instead of Sunday nights. That will be nice. Have a good weekend-

Precious!

Emily was having a hard time sleeping lastnight. I don't know what the deal is with my girls but they sure don't like to sleep much. Emily isn't even a year yet and she already only wants to take one nap a day. Stinker-- She took two naps yesterday and was up until 10 playing in her crib. She usually goes to bed at 7. We decided to get her up and bring her down with us since she was so happy up there (I know it is a bad habit and we shouldn't do that but we just wanted to see her again.) She just layed on Joel and smiled and talked to him and touched his face. It was so precious. Last night at supper I gave her 2nd's and she clearly said "thank-you". My mom was here so she got to hear it too. So fun.

Thanks Mom

Thank you mom for coming to watch the girls for us and bringing gifts for them. They both love their chick and bunny.
Abby was being too crabby and wouldn't take a picture but my sweet, happy Emily would so here is my mom and Emily.

Awesome night out

I had a wonderful birthday night. Joel told me to dress up but wouldn't tell me where we were going. He took me to Redstone, a really nice expensive restaurant. The food was absolutely delicious. Then we went to the mall and did a little shopping. We also went to toys r us and got the girls some birthday presents. I had a free coupon for a mile high dessert at Champps so we went there and got that. It was huge. We didn't even eat half of it. Then we went to the movie theatre and watched 27 dresses. It was a really cute movie. We used to go to this theatre every Tuesday night so it brought back lots of memories. It was so lovely!!

25...

Well- I am 25 today. I don't know why that feels so much older. Maybe because it is halfway to 50, I don't know. I can't believe all that I have accomplished in this short period. I am married to a wonderful man who dotes on me. I have two precious little girls who I couldn't love more. I have wonderful families and friends and a God who loves me more than I can fathom. I am blessed beyond measure--

My mom is on her way down here as I type this and she is going to watch the girls for us tonight so that we can go out. We are just going to go to dinner and do a little bit of shopping we need to do and then either go to the movies or bowling. We haven't decided yet. It will be fun to just be with my man. My mom will have fun too as she hasn't seen the girls for 3 months and can't wait to get her hands on them.

This aft. I am getting a massage- I had a gift card for one and thought it would be a good day to use it. A neighbor is going to watch the girls. It is so nice to have such good neighbors around that I can trust with the kids. It should be a wonderful day!!

Our Easter Sunday

THE EASTER EGG HUNT

Emily trying to find eggs
Abby getting an egg
Look at all those eggs. We had them filled with coins and candy. The girls each scored 1.50 in change and a bag of candy
opening presents. They were just 1.00 easter candy.
Sweet Emily

Joel and I
We had easter alone this year since I had just been sick. We just picked up a rotissarie chicken and had a simple lunch. Neither of the girls liked it.
Emily with the resurrection eggs
Abby being told the resurrection story. I have 12 eggs that you open each one and there is a symbol of Jesus's cruxifiction. (spelling is horrible but I can't figure out how to spell that one) It tells the whole story. Abby loved it and wanted me to do it again.
Here she is finding Easter Eggs

THE DRESSES

me and the girls
Abby is so sweet.
Joel and the girls
Abby kissing daddy
My Emily

The girls
Abby kissing Emily
Abby and Emily
Emily- she loves to stand at the window
Her dress was beautiful. It poofed out. Thanks Sheila for giving this to us.

New Snow

We got dumped on again here with 8 inches of snow so Abby and Emily had lots of fun being pulled in the sled and making snow angels. Emily LOVES being outside. The moment we go out she gets happy and starts clapping and kicking her little fat leggies. She just can't get enough of it. She stands at the window constantly looking out there. I suppose it is a whole new world for her to explore. Last summer she just slept most of the time we were outside.

Blueberry girl
She loves to crawl and sit under her high chair
Abby and our neighbor Adalyn coloring Easter eggs
Emily wanted an egg so badly
The end results

dancing and laughing

Thank you

So I had a rare moment of feeling "ok" after just taking some advil and wanted to get a video of this. Emily keeps saying thank you over and over. She says it clearer than she did in this video. She says the Thank really high pitched and the you really low. It is so cute. She says "Hi, Abby, Mommy, Daddy, Thank-you, Water, More, nigh-nigh and tells you what a lamb says. I am loving this stage. Before bed I nurse her and she eats both sides and then pulls off and points to her crib and says "nigh-nigh" It is so precious. What a great kid. I was trying to get her to show us where her head is in this video. She usually does but tonight she was just to distracted. She still does a lot of yelling: when Abby gets to close, or takes a toy, or she wants something. She knows how to get what she wants. Abby at almost 3 is such a blast too. She is really helpful and loves to make supper and fold laundry. It takes me 4X as long but she loves it. She is very much a daddy's girl and talks about him constantly. She has a long list of imaginary and real friends. Here is a conversation we recently had.

"Mommy- I love birthdays." "Yes they are fun." "When I turn 3 I am going to have a big swimming party and all my friends are coming: Eva and Elizabeth and Sofia and Emma and Kayley and Abe too, and Simba, and cha-cha, and snowden and rafiki and nala and za zoo. Mom- I just wish my friends were real."

Talk about precious. She has such an imagination and suprises us constantly with what she says. Today she told Joel that when she gets bigger she is going to pee standing up just like him. The things she aspires to.

103 fever

Well- Yesterday was the worst. It was horrible. I now know why Anna Nicole Smith overdosed while having the flu. You take some meds and it helps a little and they wear off within an hour. You just feel desperate for anything to help. Lastnight I ran a 103 temp. and then I would wake up just sweating and then I would be freezing again as my temp. would climb back up and then wake up sweating again. This is such a bad, bad sickness. I am just praying the girls don't get it as it can be much more severe for them.

Influenza type A

I went into the dr. this aft. and I have influenza. I am just praying my kids somehow don't get it. Emily and I were sharing food and silverware on Sunday night- because I just thought I was getting thier cold. Joel has had to work both jobs today so I am listening to Emily cry, I just can't deal with her anymore. I couldn't get her to nap today and she is super, super crabby. I hope that doesn't mean she is coming down with it. I want to sleep but I can't because my chest hurts too bad. I am only on day 2 and the dr. said that days 3-5 are the worst. I will let you know how it goes.

I am so sick. I don't know how I made it through work lastnight. I am running a temp and my chest is on fire and it hurts to cough. I am going to the dr. today at 3:40 so hopefully we can find out what this is and get on some antibiotics if needed. I am praying my kids don't get this. It is a nasty one. I really felt like I was so off my game lastnight but my manager came up to me and said I didn't need to train on Sat. night. He thought I was doing well enough and could just have my own section. Kind of scary. There is a lot more to serving food than it looks. It will be so nice to start making tips though. It sounds like they will be getting Joel in there soon too. He is next on the list when someone quits. It will be really nice to work with him. I might even have to get a sitter and train him in for one of his training nights. It will be fun to get a babysitter sometimes and work some shifts together. Plus-- it will be great for nights like lastnight when I felt so horrible. He can just go and work my shift. I will be able to do likewise for him when he is sick. It will be perfect!!

just because

I had to work all weekend. It was kind of fun. I had a long day on Saturday and then a shorter one on Sunday. I am doing a lot of the actual waitressing now and I do really enjoy that. I need to learn my drinks though. I have no clue what is in things. I can't wait until I start making tips. I have tonight and Sat. night left of my training and then next monday I will be an official waitress with my own section. I am having a hard time getting up to go today though. I am not feeling well at all. My chest feels like it is on fire and I have a bad cough. I am praying it stays away or at least bearable while I am there. I have only had my chest hurt his bad one other time and it was when I had bronchitis as a teenager. I sure hope I don't have that now.
Abby figured out she could make this duck stick to her skin. She decided to wear it on her forehead until Emily pulled it off.
This is Emily and my neighbors baby Nyla. Soo cute-

DNA

It has recently come to my attention that when my newborns had their heel pricked for genetic testing they actually kept thier DNA on file. I don't like the thought of the state or government having a file with my child's DNA. You can click on this link if you are interested to read more about it and to sign a petition to get it out-lawed and to get an address where to send a letter to have your child's discarded. I just want to play it as safe as I can and I don't like the thought of someone having that much of my children's info to do testing on ect... Not with cloning and all the other research advances they are doing. My kids are one of a kind!!
http://www.cchconline.org/issues/NewbornGeneticTestingMN.php

all part of the job

What a day today has already been. I was up most of the night with a sick husband and sick kids. Joel has a bad cold and he couldn't sleep so he keeps tossing and turning in bed. I was trying to be gracious and do the right thing. He isn't feeling good and it is his bed too but couldn't he just leave. I layed that way for almost two hours. I would fall asleep and then he would wake me up over and over. Finally I asked him to please leave. Poor guy-- What do you do though- I knew I had to be on duty today and needed my sleep. He left the room around 1 am and at 2:30 little Miss Emily woke up and screamed for 1/2 hour- I finally went in there to contend with her but she didn't want to go back to sleep. She isn't feeling the greatest either. I finally got her back in bed by 4 am and went back to bed myself. At 5 I was rudely awakened by our power going off and our carbon monoxide detector loudly beeping. The sound machines of course turned off as well as the night lights in the girls rooms. Abby was the first to start crying- she wanted her light on and her sound machine on. She was not to happy when we couldn't do that for her. She was crying because her nose was running and she didn't feel good. It was not fun. Joel slept with her and I got up with Emily who wouldn't go back to sleep and wouldn't quit crying. Finally at 7 the power came back on and I got to sleep until 8 when my neighbor called to tell me she needed to bring Caroline over. Then-- as if all of that wasn't enough. Look what happened on our bathroom floor-- and no we don't own a dog-- just a 2 year old.

Babies

My friend Alyssa stopped over lastnight with her 5 kids. She had twin baby boys in January. These babies are miracle babies. They had the twin to twin syndrome. Aidan is still only 5 lbs even though he is two months old. Alex is 8 lbs. They were so precious. Holding Aidan was like holding a baby doll.

Me and Aidan

Emily's hand next to baby Aidan's hand. She looked so big next to him.
Alyssa with a hungry Aidan.
Abby holding Alex
Emily with Alex-- both of my girls are very fascinated with babies and Abby keeps telling me she wants another baby. This time she wants a baby brother though-- Pressures on!
Me and Alex

Flowers

I have the most amazing husband. He brought me flowers to thank me for being so hard working. Seriously, how great is that. I am so blessed.

outdoor weather

It was over 50 degrees today. We have been outside for hours. It was so nice. I hope it stays like this. It would be nice.

Emily and Abby on our walk. She loves to ride this little car.
Sweet Abby
Emily- Look at those teeth. She is getting so big. I can't believe she is almost a year.
Abby riding her car.

Just a video

Trouble

Emily loves to pull herself up on anything and her new thing is to stand in her crib and pull on the curtains and pull her baby monitor down. She gets so happy while she does it too.
Here is a close- up We had moved Abby's bed over by her window and noticed that she has been hanging from the curtain tie back. It is coming loose from the wall and she pulled some sheet rock with it. We had to move her bed away from it. Goofy girl-

First day

Well- It was interesting. The other waitresses were 18-21 years old and super, super immature. They kept talking about thier boyfriends doing this or that (cheating) and every other word out of thier mouths was the f-word. I seriously heard more cuss words lastnight than I have heard in the last 3 years of staying at home. The waitress who was training me in was the worst one of them all. She kept talking about getting drunk- even after the fact I told her me and my husband don't drink. They all thought I was so old and couldn't believe I was married with two kids. That was quite odd for me as I am usually the youngest in all my social settings. She also kept going up to the other waitresses and grabbing thier butts and boobs and saying she likes to sexually harass people. How am I going to survive? I have to-- We just aren't making the bills so once I get trained in I will be able to just help my customers and stay away from the other waitresses. I will just have to be a loner. I am still praying there is a good one there. I have only met a handful of them so hopefully someone with some values will be on my next shift. The nicest and most courteous person there was the bartender. He was really helpful and sweet to me. He actually lives in Milaca and knows my Aunt and Uncle the Bergs and also knows my dad's cousin. He is married and it seemed like the other waitresses didn't know a lot about him so hopefully he is more reserved and he was probably more my age so not as immature.
At one point last night I got so homesick I thought I would just walk out of there and never come back. But I stuck it out. I just felt like I was in high school again and believe me, that is a place I never, ever want to go back to. I hope this weekend will be better. I just have to make myself do it. I think waitressing itself won't be bad- it is just the people I work with. There is a lot more to waitressing than it looks though. Wow--- It was a slow night for them and I kept thinking- if this is slow how in the world will I stay caught up when it is busy. Everyone kept asking me if I had done it before though because they couldn't believe how fast I was learning it and how good I was doing so that is good. It is a little intimidating but once I get the hang of it I am sure it will go great. I just really am going to avoid the other waitresses so I don't have ot hear thier petty conversations. You can tell they get upset with eachother and bicker too. How fun.
The girls did great. I had to wake up Emily from a nap to go and get the babysitter and she has a cold right now so I felt really bad. Joel was able to rock Emily to sleep lastnight after she screamed bloody murder for awhile. He did enjoy having the girls so I was thankful for that. I am glad he is getting some extra time with them. He needs that too and he deserves it. I wish I had a better report to write. Hopefully next time I will.





Me and Abby
Me all ready for my first day of work