Easter 2009 Festivities

What a great Easter weekend we had! I got to start my weekend with Friday off for Good Friday. I went and took care of making my dream dinners then headed to pick up mom to celebrate Easter with her. Our new thing with the exception of Christmas is that for holiday's we will spend the day before or the couple of days before with our families then the actual holiday will be just the 3 of us. This is working out so well and things are so stress free! This way, Logan gets to not be so overwhelmed on the actual holiday and he can enjoy it. So, first up was my mom. I picked her up after dream dinners on Friday. We had some errands to run and we took her with us. We had planned to make dinner but decided on a late lunch instead. We went out for lunch then went back to our house so that she could give Logan his Easter basket and watch him find a few eggs. We took her home later that evening. On Saturday, Logan had a soccer game and the Easter bunny was going to be at the YMCA before the game. We left early and went to the Y and let him take a picture with the Easter bunny. He was so funny he just jumped right up and sat on his lap and said "monkies" (instead of cheese) when his picture was taken. Logan had his soccer game then we headed over to Karen' s(Marc's mom) for Easter there. We had some lunch and Logan did another egg hunt and Karen gave him a Easter Basket. We headed home so that we could get Logan ready for bed cause the Easter bunny had to do it's thing :). Logan went to bed and Marc and I got to relax and stay up a little bit together which is something that we rarely get to do. We put the basket and all his stuff that would not fit in the basket like his skateboard and hot wheels sets (hopefully will have pictures soon) beside the basket. It looked like Christmas in the living room. Marc then hid the eggs in the house because we knew there would be snow in the morning. That morning Logan woke us up at 7:30 am (which is really early for him) saying "come on come on the Easter bunny came", so we had to run downstairs. Marc went first and grabbed the camera so he could get Logan's expression when he made it down the stairs. Logan had so much fun with all his new toys and hunting eggs AGAIN. We had planned on going to the Sky Sox game that day and they were going to have a huge easter egg hunt but with all the snow it was cancelled. They will postpone for another day so that will be good. We made lunch (ham, mashed potatos, green beans, deviled eggs, and rolls). We all then took a nap! After the nap we took Logan outside to play in t e snow. It was a weird snow. The snowballs were really hard. Over all we had a FANTASTIC family weekend and none of us are tired since we spread it out a little :)

My Time With Mom

Ok so I dreaded this in a past post, but my time with my mom was not as nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It started on Saturday morning. Logan and I went and picked her up and got her in the car. Kylie had already brought me all of her stuff so that was easy! We went to Target and she actually did fine. She held on to the cart as we shopped. Of course she had to buy Logan a toy. So she was excited and happy to do that, well needless to say they both were :) After we finished at Target we went to the movies to see Monsters vs Aliens. They both did really well in the movie. I got a little upset cause mom accidentally dumped all of the popcorn out on the floor, but it was not her fault, I gave it to her in the left hand which since the stroke she can not feel that well. After the movies we went and had lunch then headed home. I put Logan down for a nap with Marc then me and mom went to Ross and TJ Maxx. Everything went smooth there too! I thought the day would be alot worse with mom and a potty training toddler but it went rather smooth! The next day was the worst day of all of them. I woke mom up and decided to give her a shower. I have a really high spa bathtub and I knew this was gonna be a challenge (I dont know why I did not think to put her in Logan's tub). She took a shower and I went to get her out and she could not get her left leg out of the shower. She ended up getting tired and straddling the shower and sitting down. I could not get her up for anything. It was the hardest thing ever. I just stood there and cried. She was not listening to me. I think that she may have had a stroke that morning. I ended up pulling her onto the floor and sliding her into the bigger part of the bathroom so that she could get her balance and stand up. Finally after 1 1/2 hours, she got up and I was able to get her dressed. I was so frustrated and got a little mad but I think that I handled it pretty darn well. I took her to get a haircut and lunch then headed home so that everyone could take a nap before dinner time. We made dinner that night and had a good evening. Monday was the best day of all of them. I decided to stay at home from work and to spend time with mom. We woke up and I took her to lunch at Joe's Crab Shack then we went to the mall and walked around. Well, mom was "pushed" arounf hahahah. We had a really good time together and no hassles that day whatsoever. We had takeout that night for dinner and go ready for the next day. Tuesday she stayed with Marc then we would have dinner after I got home from work. Wed was the same deal then after dinner I took her home because Kylie came home that night. I think that it went really well and I am so glad I got to spend time with her.

March 2009 Blizzard

Well the blizzard arrived. I went into a meeting yesterday at 11:00 and it was partly sunny. I came out of the meeting at 12:45 and all heck had broken loose. It was a complete white out. The panic around the office set in. We had tickets to Disney on Ice and it was cancelled and if you still want to go you have to take your tickets to the box office and exchange for another day. That was kinda a bummer because we had really really good seats. the malls were closing down, all schools and even some banks. My friend Lisa who works with me also lives by me. We decided that we would leave together and follow each other home. We left the office and cleaned our cars off and headed home at 2:20pm. It usually takes about 20 minutes to get home. We arrived home yesterday at 4:25pm. Yes, that long in the freaking car!!!! It was so horrible. There were many people on the roads and the roads were a sheet of ice. We had to u turn about 2 times on the way home due to roads being closed or cars that were unable to make it up hills. I was lucky that I was in my SUV for the ride home yesterday!!! Our boss told us that he would call us all at 5am and let us know if we were to come to work or not. He called me this morning and told me that he contacted CDOT (he lives in Loveland works out of the Loveland office) and that the roads were clear and fine. I set off to discover the OPPOSITE. It was so horrible on the way to work but the good thing is that there was hardly anyone on the roads. I left the house at 6:10am and arrived to work at 7;15am. I did get scared when I slid into the curb, but nothing was damaged. I made it to work and so did everyone else and now it looks like the roads are clearing up! Guess that the ride home will be alot better AND we get to go to Disney on Ice!

Getting Ready For Mom

Kylie will be leaving from March 28-April 1 on a trip to Vegas with her husband. Guess who will have mom full time while she is away............yes that is right...........me. On one hand I am looking forward to it, but on the other hand I am not. I always see my mom as she was in the past and not how she is now. We would go to lunch together everyday since we worked at the same place and we would go out to breakfast every Friday. We would go on great shopping trips and sometimes they would be all day and all night shopping trips. It was so much fun. Now since her strokes, it is kinda like I am the mother and all the fun is gone. It feels like she is unale to do anything on her own and that I have to do it all for her. From bathing to walking to even watching TV. In order to even prepare for her stay I have to do some changes at the house so that she can walk without bumping into any furniture, we have to put a bed downstairs so that she does not fall down the stairs in the middle of the night, we have to put baby covers on the doors so that she doesn not mistake outside for the bathrrom, we have to have "rubber sheets" and diapers for nightime. Alot of work will go into this stay. It is just a sad and scary thought to think that all the fun times are out the window and now I am just annoyed. What I have to try to remember is that she does not know any better and that I have to have patience (which I lack completely). I am going to try and make this week with her a fun week. I am going to try and go on a shopping trip and to the movies. If it is not like it was in the past, oh well I have to accept that and I have to make it good for the future. I say this, but can I really do it and think that way? I am certainly going to try!

Soccer Time!!

Logan is now all signed up for Soccer. He will begin April 4 and goes on for 2 months. It is kinda funny with the 3-4 age group. He will have practice for 30 minutes then the last hour is an actual game. Their jersey's are so cute. They are red on one side and white on the other side so that they can just switch them depending on what team they are on that day. Right when Soccer ends, the following Saturday t-ball begins. Marc is going to coach the team for t-ball. Right when T-ball ends basketball and flag football start. I think we are going to do the football instead of the basketball since they are at the same time. Looks like the next 2 years of sports is booked for us :) Can't wait. It is gonna be so much fun!

One Full Day In Underwear!!!!

So we did it!!! Or should I say Logan did it. Saturday we practiced using the potty and did really well all day long without a diaper. Sunday we decided to go to the zoo. I was a little hesitant at first to take him out of the house without a diaper but I knew I had to. I packed 2 changes of clothes, some diapers and we put the potty in the trunk. I dressed Logan and put his big boy underwear on. Yes that is right. Underwear. Not a pull up!!! We left the house and Marc had to go into Lowe's. Logan and I stayed in the car. A few minutes went by and I hear "mommy I have to pee pee". So I get him out, take him to the trunk (yes I know that sounds funny) and let him pee pee in the potty.........successful! We get to the zoo and the first thing we do is go to the potty........successful again!!! Everytime we passed a potty we went even if he said he did not have to. Our day at the zoo ended and we went home. For the rest of the day he had underwear on! I feel he is potty trained now. Yes there will be accidents but I feel for the most part we finally did it!!!! no more diapers for him except for at night. We can't go backwards now!!! We just have to realize that when we take him somewhere the fist stop will be the potty!

Daddy

Today, March 1,2009 ,is the 3 year anniversary of my father's death due to Cancer. I miss him so much and wish that he were here to be with us and expecially with his 2 grandsons. Not a day goes by that I dont think of my dad and wish that he was here. He was such a great father husband and grandfather. I miss him making jokes and making us all laugh. I miss going out to dinner with him. Heck, I even miss sitting at chemotheraphy with him because that was 2 hours that I got to see him and talk to him. I wish that he was here to be with Logan and cherish every minute that we have together. Logan was only 2 weeks old when we lost dad, but no matter how sick dad was he was in that hospital with me when I had him and he sat up all night long waiting for him. Dad was a great man and is missed dearly. Atleast we know that he is not suffering with that nasty cancer any longer. I love you dad and miss you.