Wordless Wednesday

Break an arm kid!

We experienced our first broken limb this week and oddly enough it was not one of our crazy boys that did it. It was Buttercup! She was practicing a dance for her school dance and decided to try a cartwheel. She fell and landed on her elbow and broke her arm just above the elbow. Today we went and had her cast put on and she picked a light blue color to match her dress for the dance tonight. She looked so pretty and sadly grown up. After trying on many dresses she settled on this one and it really suited her personality, she topped it off with her new giant black bow and off she went!

One month old

Ok, these are the best I got today. I am not totally happy with these but I give up. He just always looks like a grumpy old man, but I still think he is precious! He goes for his one month checkup next thursday so we will find out how much he weighs then. I know he won't be close to what Bulldog weighed at his age!

Between the hours of 6 and 8 pm

Between the hours of 6 and 8 pm, my day starts to turn sour..Messes like the one above happen frequently, at least one person is probably crying, sometimes that person is me. Usually by 6 pm, my patience is gone, though this is ironically the time of day I need the most patience. Usually it is time to make dinner, help with homework, feed the baby, get things ready for school the next day, get kids ready for bath and bed and a bazillion other things that all collide into a giant cluster of chaos,stress and screaming children. About this time I start to wonder how I'll make it to bedtime, I start to curse the fact that my husband is a fireman and works 24 hour shifts, I start to wonder what in the world I have gotten myself into and question my abilities as a mother, about this time I wish for a long, hot, quiet shower. Between the hours of 6-8 pm I am almost always sure I am going crazy but by the grace of God I always make it though and get up in the morning to start it over again.

You know your a Mom When-daze

Arizona Mamma started this new fun blog carnival! Go to her blog to check out all the details.

You know your a mom when you can do ANYTHING carrying a baby in a hotsling. This week I have gone to the bathroom, taken out the trash, cooked, done laundry and chased a 2 year old through Walmart all while wearing a baby...
You know your a mom when most morning you wake up with your shirt over your head because you fell asleep nursing again. I think this one is pretty self explanatory! Every morning now I wake up in very stages of undress because thats what happens when you co-sleep and nurse!!

Because you asked...

Here are some pictures of my sweet new baby boy! He will be one month old tomorrow (sniff,sniff ) ! So expect some "official" one month pics tomorrow! He is the sweetest, most easy going baby ever (knock on wood), he still sleeps a lot and I find it hard to get pics of him wide awake but as you see sometimes I manage. I still have no idea who he looks like, although every one else seems to either think he looks like Bulldog or Bobcat. I personally don't think he favors either. He is his own, beautiful, little person! See what you think below is a pic of Bobcat at one month and the bottom pic is Bulldog at the same age, he was HUGE!

After months of coveting...

Bobcat finally got a chance to ride his brothers 4 wheeler. He has longed to ride it for months, patiently listening to us all tell him he was not big enough. But this week he had, had enough and became relentless with his asking. So after asking Sunshine to no avail, he finally came pleading to me and I gave in and let him try. You should have seen the look of sheer joy and the squeal of delight as he rode off into the sunset, er ..the backyard. He did a great job steering it with that one tiny exception...when he ran into Bulldog. Not to worry Bulldog is tough and he got up, dusted off and stayed clear of his brother after that. For the last two days while Sunshine is at school Bobcat rides and rides, happily, with no one to bother him, until Sunshine returns from school and the fighting begins. But between the hours of 8am and 3 pm boy is Bobcat happy.