I'm still alive!!!! hehe =]

I seem to never find the time to get on here and update my blog. I need to get on the ball more, but I HATE pulling the computer out, LOL! I usually just get on the net from my phone while I am nursing Kenley... I know, I'm such a bum.

Pete and I are doing great. We had a horrible fight the other night and I didn't know if we would get past it, but he finally sat still and let me EXPLAIN what I was trying to say and he understood. Our biggest problem is we are BOTH very hardheaded and don't want to shut up long enough to let the other person explain what they mean. We are getting better with things though. I feel bad that Christmas is coming up and he got me a nice camera(I was with him when he got it because we found it on sale on Black Friday. I just can't have it until Christmas) and I can't afford to really get him anything. We'll see what happens though... I do have some money coming in so maybe I will be able to splurge a little bit for him and the kids.

Kenley is getting so big. It seems like she does something new everyday. She already has 2 teeth and has 2 more coming in. MOST nights she sleeps through the night and if she wakes up at all... it's normally around 4 or 5 and she goes right back to sleep. She will sit with me and have conversations... I LOVE IT!!! She smiles and laughs all day long and smiles and everyone. She is such a happy little girl. I can't believe she is coming down on 5 months old... where has the time gone? I'm already starting to miss her being my tiny little bug.... Pete's afraid I'm going to want another one... LOL! She has made my life so complete and I thank God daily for her. She might have been a big surprise, but she is the 2nd greatest surprise I have ever been given(the 1st being her brother=]).

Aiden is changing everyday too. He is starting to talk GREAT and I can understand most of what he says.. LOL! He still speaks some of his gibberash(lol), but it's getting MUCH better. He is such a happy little boy too. The energy he has is insane!!! I would love to have an OUNCE of the energy that little man has. He is growing so much and somedays it feels like just yesterday I was giving birth, and here we are 2.5 years later. I can't wait for Christmas and too see his little face when he opens his presents and sees his dancing Mickey. I LOVE him and Kenley so much and I don't know what I would do without them. When all else fails, he will always be the most important "man" in my life.

I hope everyone else is doing great and I will do my best to keep this blog updated... LOL!

Dancing Mickey

A  few weeks ago, Aiden saw a commercial for the Dancing Mickey toy and he went CRAZY!!! For DAYS afterwards he kept telling me how much he NEEDED it... LOL! He has never responded to a toy on T.V. the way he did with Mickey, so I knew this was something I was going to have to find for him.

I thought finding this toy wouldn't be that hard. I saw it on a K-Mart commerical and again in Target and Toys-R-Us' ad.... so I figured I could get it anywhere. WRONG!!!

The first place we went was Wal-Mart... they have everything. LOL! We couldn't find it and didn't even see a spot on the shelf for it. I thought it was kind of strange, but really didn't think anything of it. Next we went to K-Mart. Once again they didn't have it and we didn't even see a place on the shelf for it. I really wasn't surprised. The K-Mart here is kind of crappy. We went to a new store in the mall called Toys-R-Us express, but once again... they didn't have it either. The man working said he wasn't sure if they ever had it or if it was sold out. He was a damn idiot. Next we went to Target since we had seen it in their ad. They didn't have one either. We did see the spot for it and the Dancing Mickey on dispay. My cousin Bryan works there, so we asked him about it and said they were a hot toy this season and they couldn't keep them in stock. He scanned the tag for me to see if any stores around here had one. He said there was one at Target up in Southport, but he assumed it wasn't right and the computer just hadn't updated. Southport is about 40 minutes away and it was already almost 9pm so I knew there was no way I could make it up there that night. He said they were getting a truck in that night and there might be some on it. He told me I could call in the morning and ask.

The next morning I set my alarm and decided to be at Target at 8am when they opened. Still none. I asked a lady stocking toys and she said they hadn't gotten any in. I was getting REALLY frustrated. STUPID TOY!!! lol. I ran out to the other Wal-Mart in town, but they didn't have it either. I told my mom if worse came to worse I could always go out on Black Friday, which I didn't want to do... but I knew they would more then likely have some then.

Later that day I asked if Pete wanted to run up to Target in Southport and Toys-R-Us to see if we could find it. We decided to check Target first since Bryan had said the computer said there was one. We got there and I wasn't expecting to find it. THEY HAD ONE!!! I ran over and grabbed it off the shelf. There was another lady trying to find it and got kind of shitty when I grabbed it, but I wasn't letting go. I put it in the car and told Pete to guard it with his life. I WAS SO EXCITED!!! I called my mom and told her I FINALLY found the damn thing. All that for ONE toy. I know how much Aiden wanted it though... so all the searching was well worth it. I can't wait to see his face on Christmas morning.


Sorry I haven't been blogging as much. Pete and I have been working hard on our relationship and things have been going great. No major fights in over 3 weeks. I am happier then ever. It's about time things looked up for me. HAPPY READING!

Halloween-ie

We had a lot of fun this year on Halloween. Aiden was a gorilla and Kenley went as a little baby cow. They both looked so cute.

We carved pumpkins first. That was an experience. Aiden wanted NOTHING to do with touching the insides of the pumpkin... he said it was yucky. LOL. Mom carved Aiden's pumpkin and I carved Kenley's. They didn't turn out perfect, but we free handed it, so I can't complain.

Thursday we went Trick or Treating at the nursing home where my grandpa stays. Aiden LOVED it... Kenley slept through it. All the residents LOVED all the kids in their costumes, but heck... I did too. Aiden AND Kenley got a ton of candy... most of which I'll get to eat... LOL!

Friday we went Trick or Treating up in Hope. It wasn't all that fun. I guess most people didn't know it was that day and though it was on Saturday, so not many people were handing out candy. Aiden got very upset and it broke my heart. I was supposed to take him to his dad on Sunday, but I called him Friday and said I was keeping him until Tuesday so I could take him Trick or Treating again on Sunday.

Sunday we went Trick or Treating in Columbus. We went with Pete and his family in a big housing addition thing. LOL! Aiden got tired really quickly so me, my mom and Pete took turns carrying him... which isn't easy seeing as he weighs 35lbs. LOL. He got quite a bit of candy so he was happy. That's all that mattered to me.

All in all... I think Buggie had a good first Halloween and I know Aiden had fun. I'm already looking forward to next Halloween. Kenley will be walking and it'll be a lot more fun!