He's Here!!!

Yes, it's true!! My miracle is here!! Aidyn Matthew was born May 5, 2010 at 11:23pm. He is perfect and healthy! He weighed 5lbs. 10oz. and was 18 inches long!! We are so glad that he is here!! I walked and walked to get him here, and then when my contractions got strong enough,I was so afraid that I refused to go to the hospital. My mom couldn't be here for it but luckily Rachel was there and so was Stephanie, so I didn't have to be alone. Once I got my epidural it was very easy. I am sure if you ask any of the 3 people that were there with me though, they will tell you something funny about me on Statol...apparently I was a little out of it!! Anyways, here are some pictures from the photoshoot that Aimee did for me the week after he was born!! Enjoy!

Zachary

It has been WAY too long since I last posted, and sadly, I have no good excuse. So...last weekend was a NIGHTMARE!! We had Zachary's 4th birthday party at my house. It was fun for the most part, but still a huge nightmare. I was so overwhelmed that I wanted to just say forget it halfway through. I had 9 children at my house ranging in ages 4 months to 7. CRAZY HOUSE!! Anyways, Zachary had a blast and that's all that mattered. Zachary wanted pizza for his birthday, so I was going to get some, but then I remembered my parents doing something that I thought would be WAY more fun for the kids. At my 8th? birthday party my parents had us make english muffin pizza's. That is the only party I really remember, because it was so fun. So we did that with the kids. I put the sauce on all the english muffins, and then let the kids put the pepperoni's on, and then I put the cheese on. I thought it turned out really well. Then we got the smallest cake possible because I knew if we got a big one I would be forced to eat the leftovers. I was very proud of myself. Long story short, spent way too much money...but it was totally worth it. By the next day, I was glad that it was over, because I had 6 of the kids spend the night at my house. Let me tell you...NEVER AGAIN!!!

Here are a few pictures!!






FYI...there are actually no pictures of the kids making their pizza's because I put my sister in charge of pictures.

Enjoyed

This week has been very...interesting. But now that it is almost over with and I get to go home to my nice quiet house...I think back, and although I have had my moments...I have enjoyed being a mom this week. I haven't quite enjoyed getting up at 6:30am to get kids to school, but it has been fun doing homework with them. It is really fun to see Michael come home from school excited because he got something at school, or how cute it is to hear him tell me that I am doing his homework wrong. The older kids I think have enjoyed having Matt around...not so much me, but I am ok with that. I have certainly had my hands full with miss Rylee. She is so cute and I love her to death...but she is a total DRAMA QUEEN. All you have to do is say a word and she says "OW, that hurt my feelings." So you can only imagine when she actually gets hurt. We hear about it for 3 hours. Scott was a big help today though and has had her most of the evening. All in all the kids have been pretty good. They were very polite in telling me that they didn't like my chicken with noodles that I made for dinner, and then I cried, and they all came in and said it just wasn't their favorite, which I actually believe because I know I am not the best cook, Steph's kids have never told me they didn't like my cooking!! I love the kids, and I'm sure although I will have Aidyn next year, we will do it again!! At least I have a whole year to prepare myself. But as for now...I am excited to go home tomorrow!!

Learned/ New baby pics!!

So here Matt and I sit...again, watching Steph's kids. Every year I tell myself that I can handle it and I won't learn anything new, and every year I leave feeling overwhelmed and like I am the dumbest person alive. We have only been here since Monday afternoon, and already I am learning. Here we are Monday night...thinking it won't be too bad, after all, we've done this before. Well, throw into the 5 children an additional child that I babysit, a 4 month old that is teething and is very fussy. Let's just say, not a good night. The baby was here until about 2:30 in the morning, and didn't sleep much because I have the sweetest little 3 year old niece that felt like I needed extra help keeping the baby awake by yelling as loud as she can "I don't want you, I want my mom. When is my mom coming home." I know...very sweet. So I finally bribed her with Alvin and the chipmunks and she fell asleep, so I thought I would catch some sleep too. WRONG!!!! Oh well, baby went home, and I got about 3 hours of sleep.

Woke up, took kids to school, thought I had been hit by a truck...and then my day(now Tuesday) gets better because I get to see this!!!




and this....



So cute. And totally made my day better, except for the fact that he wouldn't cooperate and let us get a good picture of his face. But we think he totally has my nose and lips. I asked for a cute shot of his hands too, but he was making fists and pouting!!

Got home, did homework with the kids, made dinner, and then my sweet husband let me go to bed at 8 and put all the kids to bed without my help...well, actually when I got up at 10, there was still an older child awake, but for the most part he did good!!

Still here!!

We finally got our computer back and running!! I am so excited. I have been having bloggind withdrawals. Not that I was excellent about it before....but hey! Sadly though, nothing has changed since my last update. Melody and Zachary moved out so we have out house all to ourselves for now!! It is bliss! We found out that the baby is... a BOY!! We are really excited about that(even though secretly I REALLY wanted a girl). I am very happy with a boy though. The more I think about it the more I realize if I had a girl first and she turned out anything like me, I would probably never have more children!!

We're alive!!

Hi everyone. Just wanted to hop on really quickly and let everyone know that we are in fact alive and well. Not much has changed with us. Matt is still working at Wal-Mart and thinks it is....ok. He is still trying to apply for the police acadamy. I am now 4 months pregnant,and am loving it. I have no complaints, although, I must say, I don't think I will eat any more tomatoes or chips and salsa after having the baby. That and cereal seem to be all I want to eat. We are excited to find out the sex of the baby on the 22nd of this month and will post with updated info!!!

D-Backs Game!!

I work with this really cool girl. Her name is Mia, and I have been driving her butt to and from work since April, so her dad gets us these really cool things. First, he bought Mia and I tickets to go to the American Idol Concert, which was really fun. Way more fun than I thought it was going to be. And then Mia found out that Matt had never been to a Diamondbacks game, so he got the four of us(Mia,Alex-her boyfriend, Matt and I tickets.) It was so much fun. It was loud and it stunk(ug, they have the stinkiest french fries there...but the BEST hot dogs) It was a blast. I got really into the game and was even standing up yelling. Here are a few pictures!!