Boy's room almost complete!

I got to do a few touch ups but not too many and of course put stuff up on the wall, like the letters for their names. The pictures are dark b/c they were taken right before bedtime. but there are a few shots.

The good old buddha belly.

These are over due for some of you that have been wondering how big I am. So here you go! I actually had some time tonight or well I decide I was tired of working on the house. Only two shirts are actually maternity shirts(week 26, 32 is the same shirt and of course the last photo ), which shows you how much maternity clothes I own haha.














16wk 5day, 17wks 1 day, 19 wks, 21 wks, 23wks 1 day














26wks 2days, 30wks 1 day, 32wks 3 days, 35wks, 36wks














37 wks

I have a feeling....

unless things change soon that this baby is going to be a late one and it will kill me ...well not literally of course. But I have been lucky with the boys and have gone into labour on my due dates. Well lets just say my dr appt this morning did not show labour progression at this point as it did with the boys ugh...

1.baby still high yup I knew that on my own(no dropping here),
2.head down yup I new that too. Lots of kick up top.
3. swelling ...yup I always know when 36wks is near b/c I swell up
4.weight still under 20lbs so I am happy with that one, but I know I will swell up like a balloon here, luckly the fluid weight goes down a day or two after delivery for me(well has in the past).

So now hoping Mom F is still in town when the baby shows up...I have a feeling if we are late I am going to go really late and I really hope Mom is not back on the plane heading back to Fredericton.

Got asked if I am ready for the baby the other day hahaha well if you think not having any new born close out of the box or storage, Still haven't gotten the new beds for the boys which mean we are short a bed for nannie,eekkk got to get on that one. I don't even have the diapers out yet either....Yes I am completely ready for this little one to come haha....I do however have the base of the car seat installed...so we can bring home the baby haha. I guess this weekend I have mix some baby stuff into the to due list since most of it is in storage. Well got work on the house.

Well we survived the germs and heat thanks goodness.

We are almost done for a while having work done on the house(well by others that is). Monday morning the electrian is coming in and doing all the work and hopefully the contractors will finish up the last few things...than is all up to us to finish everything. I will be happy to have no more ppl coming in the house. Our dishwasher is now in which I am really happy more b/c it's not sitting in the middle of the kitchen. I still have yet to use it haha. Probably run it before bed tonight.

Today has been a weird day and I am completely wiped but I really didn't do much so not too sure why I am exhausted and falling asleep on the couch while the boys played. So I didn't do work on the house today at all :S. Hopefully I will get stuff done this weekend. I really want to finish the boys room and at least one wall in our room so I can move tom's dresser in to the bedroom.

For fun I did a gender quiz for the baby and this is the result I got. I don't think they were ever right with the boys I know sometime I got 50-50 on them so we'll see how this one pans out.

You have a 38% chance of having a boy.
And you have a 61% chance of having a girl.

It sucks

....being sick that is. We all came down with colds but than last night tom spiked a fever and has the flu.... this is when it really sucks being the mom...I wish someone else was the mom....Mom's always take care of things but than who takes care of mom. sorry for complaining but I had to get it out there.

We are in a heat wave this week and I hope it's short lived. Our house has been cool most of the summer. Actually the summer here this yr has been beautiful I think. It's been warm but not hot hot. Which is wonderful when you are pregnant. Tomorrow is suppose to be hotter and oh boy it sucks. Just to let you know it was 95 F at 5pm here which is 35 C for all you back home.

Well hopefully the germs in this home go away soon and we can get back to our stuff on the house and another hopeful wish is this baby comes early, not getting too hopeful for on that one but we'll see. what happens. Next dr appt is in two weeks. Hopefully we'll have some news that labour is close to begin!!!

Well I haven't been getting much done on the house lately. I have got the run around from a paint supply store which could have made me cry b/c I was so tired and dragging the boys around. First place said they didn't make the paint anymore but sent me to another city that was suppose to have it (not too far) but on the way the gps broke I got lost for over an hour, boys were hungry etc happen. Finally got a hold of tom for him to help me find out where to go. Get there and they are like :I don't know why they sent you here"(even thought he called that store and told them I was coming...ugh). Than they told me no it not discontinued but ran out of the paint and it won't be in the store till dec sometime..."what??? are you serious this crappy beige paint that the sellers painted the whole house with even the ceilings" You would say why don't you just pick another color well since it me doing the fixing and there is still lots I have to do I don't have time to re-paint ceiling or more rooms. I still have sanding, puttying, caulking baseboards to do and try doing it when you're over 7 month pregnant with a bad back. Yeah paint another colour is just not an option right now where all I want to do is touch ups and well paint a 2 ft wide strip a crossed one of the master bedroom walls where not sure why the termite people ripped apart, with the floor....nice I know. So they gave me something sort of the same but not the same and said put it on lightly and it might blend how nice thank you horriable kelly moore paint store I will not shop there for my own colour choice. That morning we left at 10:30 am and got home at 4pm, since we got lost again leaving. Well not really lost but trying to cut over mulit lanes was for some reason harder to do yesterday so I couldn't make some turns I wanted to, and than I got stuck behind(not only me a few of us) stalled car and No one was letting us out. Oh did I mention I had to tired kids with me.... yup I did. However for what they went through I have to say I am pretty blessed with great kids(yes there still was screaming crying but it could have been a trillion times worst). I also have be returning things left and right b/c they don't fit or aren't working etc. which is more running around...love owning a house at these moment yup sure do!!!!

Today I only got the wall in my bedroom primed, so I guess I will have to lightly paint it tomorrow ugh. Still need curtains up but have run to a few problems where we can't get the drill to go all the way through we have multi holes now which I need to fill and patch with my none matching paint. I think I only have 2 boxes left to unpack(not counting the ones in storage) and they are junk boxes. Than there are 3 boxes of Hockey cards which I can't even lift so I got to get Tom to lift those and see if we can put them somewhere(have no idea where at the moment) . My dishwasher which I was hoping to have installed by the end of the week not so much to use really but that is a bounce but to get the boxed up dishwasher that is sitting in the middle of my kitchen floor out of the way. However, we have to wait on permits for the electrical work since the panel has to be up graded. Hopefully next week maybe. I have big goals to get stuff done this weekend but we'll see how my back is. I really need to get the entry trim done and the boys room finished. Than I will just pick away at what is left. Still haven't bought the boys beds yet, got to wait a little long till that can be done. Can I finish this all in less than 7 wks I really hope so....but some what doubtful!

As for the belly it's growing but my weight not reflexing it really, some how our scale says in the last 5 days I lost 3 lbs which is shocking b/c I alway loose wait in the first tirmester but have never in the third but I bet it will be back up at my 36wk appt, so I am not worried at all. Funny how I know and have a bunch of friends pregnant and they are already doing every 2wk appt but my don't start till after my 36wks appt. So three more wks till that appt. Not sure how ppl go early with their pregnancy b/c at this rate I could probably run a marathon and still deliver at 40 wk or later haha. Like I have said I have back problems and the usual unhappy 3 trimester symptoms but oh well, I just live with it and move on. I think of it as work, suck it up and get through it. Baby is head down now and I hope stays that way but still has room to move around. Looking forward to meeting this little one though. I truly can't wait for the baby to come and it would be a blessing in many ways if s/he came at the end of Sept even though it would be hard since mom flynn won't be here till Oct 2, but I have a friend that said she'll come and watch the boys but I just hope if that happen she'll answer the phone. Worst case I guess the boys come with us till someone can come get them :S.

Well that probably it for now, Noah lost my nail setter(?) the things the sink the nails in further so you can putty over them, so I can't work on that tonight. Good thing they were cheap, but I guess I will have to go out and buy some more.

well I think that is the update here, probably missed something but I am tired so night all.

Baby guesses

I should note that Noah was 7lbs 12 oz, 20" born on his due date, Jonas was 8lbs 11 oz, 20" born the morning after his due date.


Tom- girl, Oct 3rd, 8lbs 6oz, 20.5"

Selena- Boy, Oct 1st, 9lbs, 20"

Dad Flynn - girl, Oct 2, 6lbs 7 oz, 20"

Mom Townsend- boy, Oct 4th, 9lbs 2oz(thanks mom) but said if it did happen to be a girl she would be small , 20"

Genevieve- Boy, Oct 5th, 7lbs, 8oz and 21"

Peyton- Boy, Octr 7, 8lbs 10 oz, 18.5"

Makenna- Girl, Oct 6, 7 lbs 12 oz, 21.8"

Sandy- Girl, Oct 6, 9lbs 6 oz, 20"

Reagan- Girl, Oct 10, 8lbs 15oz, 18 "

Ethan- Blahhh, Ha-LOW, Mommy, Daddy

Blair- Boy, Oct 4, 7 lbs 10oz, 19 3/4"

Dad Townsend- Boy, Oct 4th, 8lbs 14oz, 21"

Sarah Flynn- Girl(cause it's about time don't you think!) Sept 25th(her birthday), 8lbs 3oz, 22"

Tevor - Boy, Sept 29,8lbs 8oz, 21"

Nan- Girl, Oct 11(her birthday), 7lbs 6oz, 19"

Mom Flynn- Girl, Oct 8, 8lbs 2oz, 20"

Sarah Teal- Girl, Oct 4, 6lbs, 9 oz; 20.3inches

Stephen- Boy, Oct 3, 8lbs, 17.5"

Lynne- Boy, Oct 7, 7lbs 8oz, 20''

Craig- Girl, Oct 12th, 6lbs 8oz, 18"

Hannah- Girl, Oct 10th, 7lbs, 19"

August

....already, really whole cow...I have so much to still do and only 9 wks to do it in. Doesn't help I am getting more tired these days either. so I have for junk boxes left I think and than little piles here and there which I am scared will stay there forever, b/c Tom needs to also go through them and that will be probably be like pulling teeth to get done. We still have a storage unit too of stuff but I am not even bring that into the place till all the work is done on the house. Which was suppose to start tomorrow but I haven't heard a word if it is or not, SO LOVELY. We are also getting an alarm unit put in at the end of the week. I don't think we really need it but since I am home a lot by myself with the kids and especially when it starts getting late at night as well we have four different entries into the house it make me feel a bit better to have it. We have to keep it for 2 yrs and than well if we don't feel it is necessary than we'll get rid of it. Like I said I don't think we really need it. Our neighbour hood is in a good area and well I know my neighbours are probably watching us all the time haha. Got to love being the youngest around(they have nothing better to do but watch out their windows :) ). I really doesn't bother me either to tell you the truth, it sort of reminds me of home haha

We are trying to plant some grass outside but that is taking a while haha. Tom also has we think one of the oleander stumps chopped out of the ground. He's done really good with working on that. He'll come home from work and grab the little bit of light that is left of the day and give some good swing. Hopefully but the weekend he'll have the smaller one of the two out. I am starting to feel better about getting stuff put away but there still is so much stuff to do. I am starting to wonder if I ever will. I think once the baseboard work is done and I can put the bookshelfs up and furniture where I really want it I will feel at home.

Well I got to my exercise class after i think once since we got back from our trip home in june. so so sad, I am moving slower that is for sure and yes part of it is b/c I am pregnant but really it's more because I haven't been going.

I am still hoping these 9wks go fast though, I am ready to be done with this pregnancy, and hold this little one in my arms.

Well since we did guess for the boys and I put them in their baby books I am going to do the same thing for this little one so please let me know


Baby Guess
1. If you think it will be a BOY or a girl
2. when you think HIS/ her birthday will be
3. How big and how long HE/she will be

I think that is all I did for the boys I guess I need to double check but that is good for now. So let me know so I can fill it in to the baby book.

Sorry but I don't want to hear....

Anymore about peoples vacations at all. It's been over two yrs since we had one and I am jealous. I don't need to go far to enjoy myself on vacation at all. I would be happy to even have a vacation here at home, infacted a true long weekend or H.E double hockey sicks a good relaxing weekend. Yes this is a bit of a rant but I am so tired of hearing the word vacation. I want to go somewhere or even stay at home with the whole family and not have to do anything, but relax wake up and just eat breakfast go to a park all together with No driving, No time frame to be here or there. Just do what we want to do....That my folks is a vacation. OF course I love to be at a beach...I love to get up eat breakfast than head off to the beach, splash in the water, play in the sand and than head back for lunch and decide what to do later. Like walk to a local market etc. Just have a slow pace day all together. But nope that is not reality anyhow, Oh well... I am happy you all are having your vacation in all, because I feel they are so important.....One day we'll be able to have a break just got to be wait be patient... because they say good things happen for those who wait right?

Boxes and boxes

I think I am half way through them but yet there is still more oh my goodness. The mess is driving me crazy but since I worked really hard last week at trying to get thing out of the boxes I am having a hard time motivating myself this week, plus I don't think my emotions on missing my friend has help out either. Yesterday was probably the first tuesday in months maybe a yr(well we missed like one or two over the yr) that I didn't have her over for lunch. yup her gone is pretty much killing me but I have to suck it up and move on and I know we'll keep in touch but still sometime it's hard.

Anyhow I am 30wks 1 day today which means I have 69 days left of this pregnancy hopefully I won't go over. Feeling okay getting pretty tired, lots of heartburn and trouble sleeping too. But that is the norm, it not going to get any better till the little one is here. Weight is still in check and pretty much all out front growth as I can still wear a few of my not pregnancy carpis and shorts they just have to be low but I can button or tie them woo hoo, shirts on the other hand are posing a little more of a probably but oh well. Hopefully not much longer.

Well I took a few messy house pictures I figure some of you might be wanting to see so here they are,

















This the third room most likely to be the baby's room and guess room,


















This is the family room that is not put together and has toys all over the place as well.

The is of the living room which houses most of our boxes mostly since I got most of the kitchen done.
































































The Kitchen is a mess and yesterday they dropped off the dishwasher which will be sitting there in the box behind the table till the carpenter, plumber, electrician comes to cut out the cupboards by the fridge and make a spot for it.

Jonas was sleeping so I didn't get a photo of their room and probably couldn't anyhow b/c there is a dresser in the door way and our is a mess as well with the drawers not put back in the dresser etc.

House and good bye to friends

Weekend was off to a rough start as we didn't get much sleep where Noah was having dream issues and kept waking us up...the morning came way too soon today. Than the roofers came so no sleeping in, as well my heart burn didn't make sleeping any easier. The good news is we have a roof and it's done woo hoo, so so happy. We now have a roof and floors and hopefully only two weeks left of things get fixed, till we can afford to fix some more things(not talking cosmetics either, that is so far down the line)....ah the joys. I think I am finally 3/4 the way through getting my kitchen done, than I need to organize it better and find the perfect place for things. Family room is a work in progress, and I can't do too much more till the contractor comes in to put the baseboards down. We were suppose to move the boys into the third bedroom so I can prime the walls to paint tomorrow evening but it didn't happen so hopefully tomorrow evening I can get the priming done. Tom has to go over early to the apartment and finish getting the last few loads of junk and hand in our keys.

In the craziness of our messy house we had a good bye party for my best friend and the boys best friend, who move monday to Phoenix for the next yr but there is no guaranteed they are going to move back here as they don't know what life will be in the next yr. I am quite sad as best friends are hard to come by...You know the kind you can just say anything to, or sit in your messy apartment and eat peanut butter sandwiches together while the kids play, or call anytime and see if they want to do something etc. I am excited for her though too b/c she is finishing her master degree and has worked very hard to get this far, and is doing her workman ship this coming school yr. It's very bitter sweet but I won't lie I will probably be pretty depressed when she is gone. It was a great evening though but I didn't say good bye I am not very good with those even with family. I try to do it like a band aid fast and quick so no one sees tears and so I don't get too upset. Oh I am going to miss her and the boys are going to miss Wesley too. However we had a great evening with laughs etc.

Well I am exhausted and need to sleep and hopefully will get a good nights rest as tomorrow seem to be a busy day for us tomorrow.

Hope you all are having a good weekend.

Trying to get settled in

Ugh I had a bunch written the other night and some how it not there anymore, so time to start over.

So moving day happened on Monday and it was long and exhausting and we still have some junk over at the apartment too...ugh. But we survived it and all the packing, moving and stress of it all didn't cause early labour so that is great and I don't think this little one will come early now after that day.

We are all loving the house even in it's messy state that it is. First off so much bigger than anything we have lived in haha. It's bright and sunny and maybe a little too much since we have no window covering(hopefully we'll get something temporary this weekend). But all the same we are loving it. The boys run around crazy, Bella I think is trilled to have all the space and Tom and I love it as well. Still lots to do and fix which will happen over time.


So I have been scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing(these old house collect a lot of dirt but we are slowly getting rid of it all), painting, papering shelves and than unpacking some of the boxes. I think I might have a little over 1/4 of the kitchen done but there is so much more to do. I have also worked on the hallway closets, and the family room. We did have one clean room which was the storage room till the roofers came yesterday and ripped off the roof and debris fell down into the storage room since there is no ceiling and no one thought of that not us or even the roofers that were in there for the electrical outlet ugh so so messy and all over our washer/dryer etc. I have a bit of the family room done, our beds have sheets on them and a few of the hallway closets are done. I have about 10 loads of laundry to do and would have done them if we had a clothes line but we don't. Not all the furniture is in place and won't be till another few weeks when the baseboards are in place. But it's slowly turning into a home, oh so slowly. We did try and put some grass in and the place we started is now ruined but it was the only place out front the roofers could pull up their truck(it was sad and sort of funny at the same time.)


We had the roofers start yesterday at 8am and they have the whole roof off but seem to have taken a break today since no one is here working on it and it is now 12pm. I am also waiting for the gas company to show up and turn our gas on today( I have a waiting time of 8am -8pm woo hoo I love those waiting time LOL), yes the last few days we have had no gas which means no hot water or a working dryer. I can't wait to have hot water, but last night I did finally find our pot, so I did boil some water to wash our dishes and scrub a bit more since scrubbing with cold water seem to take longer too. Tomorrow hopefully by the afternoon we'll have a phone etc. that waiting time is only suppose to be an hour or so, I am hoping by 12 noon well have things working but we'll see. I am hoping that Saturday our cooktop will be installed, (we only have partial working one now and tom doesn't like me to use it but we need to eat too). Next mid week is baseboards and door frames, and than hopefully at least have the carpentry done to put our dishwasher in which won't be as simple as we hoped b/c to make it simple we need to find a dishwasher 31 inches tall when the standard is really around 33 inchs which means a lot more work and removing counter top, and getting something for a counter top that won't look to bad to put it back in to match the rest ugh ugh ugh.

Well should run and feed the kids and get back to doing something so that we will have a working house some what. I can't wait till the next few weeks are done and all the projects we have at the moment will be done.

Trying to get settled in.

Ugh I had a bunch written the other night and some how it not there anymore, so time to start over.

So moving day happened on Monday and it was long and exhausting and we still have some junk over at the apartment too...ugh. But we survived it and all the packing, moving and stress of it all didn't cause early labour so that is great and I don't think this little one will come early now after that day.

We are all loving the house even in it's messy state that it is. First off so much bigger than anything we have lived in haha. It's bright and sunny and maybe a little too much since we have no window covering(hopefully we'll get something temporary this weekend). But all the same we are loving it. The boys run around crazy, Bella I think is trilled to have all the space and Tom and I love it as well. Still lots to do and fix which will happen over time.


So I have been scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing(these old house collect a lot of dirt but we are slowly getting rid of it all), painting, papering shelves and than unpacking some of the boxes. I think I might have a little over 1/4 of the kitchen done but there is so much more to do. I have also worked on the hallway closets, and the family room. We did have one clean room which was the storage room till the roofers came yesterday and ripped off the roof and debris fell down into the storage room since there is no ceiling and no one thought of that not us or even the roofers that were in there for the electrical outlet ugh so so messy and all over our washer/dryer etc. I have a bit of the family room done, our beds have sheets on them and a few of the hallway closets are done. I have about 10 loads of laundry to do and would have done them if we had a clothes line but we don't. Not all the furniture is in place and won't be till another few weeks when the baseboards are in place. But it's slowly turning into a home, oh so slowly. We did try and put some grass in and the place we started is now ruined but it was the only place out front the roofers could pull up their truck(it was sad and sort of funny at the same time.)


We had the roofers start yesterday at 8am and they have the whole roof off but seem to have taken a break today since no one is here working on it and it is now 12pm. I am also waiting for the gas company to show up and turn our gas on today( I have a waiting time of 8am -8pm woo hoo I love those waiting time LOL), yes the last few days we have had no gas which means no hot water or a working dryer. I can't wait to have hot water, but last night I did finally find our pot, so I did boil some water to wash our dishes and scrub a bit more since scrubbing with cold water seem to take longer too. Tomorrow hopefully by the afternoon we'll have a phone etc. that waiting time is only suppose to be an hour or so, I am hoping by 12 noon well have things working but we'll see. I am hoping that Saturday our cooktop will be installed, (we only have partial working one now and tom doesn't like me to use it but we need to eat too). Next mid week is baseboards and door frames, and than hopefully at least have the carpentry done to put our dishwasher in which won't be as simple as we hoped b/c to make it simple we need to find a dishwasher 31 inches tall when the standard is really around 33 inchs which means a lot more work and removing counter top, and getting something for a counter top that won't look to bad to put it back in to match the rest ugh ugh ugh.

Well should run and feed the kids and get back to doing something so that we will have a working house some what. I can't wait till the next few weeks are done and all the projects we have at the moment will be done.

Things to do and think about.

Disappointed this weekend the floor guys didn't work on the floors this weekend which mean that the floor will most likely be finished on Thursday now instead of Tuesday which I was really hoping for. Oh well I guess as long as they do a good job that is all that matters in the end. There is much more that needs to be done but will have to wait a few more months before we can look into them. I have also been having trouble deciding what to do with the boys room. We got the paint but now we need to pick the room and what to do about beds. We don't want Noah in a top buck yet, since tom fell out once when he was much older than Noah is and as well all the safety stuff I been reading says they should be at least 6yrs old to go on top. Yes we are a bit of the safety nut parents in some ways, but also we've have had stitches and a few other big bumps along the way and even though you think those might not be bad, dealing with a panicked little one crying and asking you to stop and that they are all done while you are holding them still in the emergency room is not fun and very heart breaking. I also think Noah would be okay but there is that line when something could happen...ugh. I have found two bunks I like one is to mission style twin beds over each other that can be separated and used as two beds but has a ladder which I don't like. The other is a mission on the bottom and has a stair case that are also drawers which I love but the top buck isn't a mission and not sure if you can use it separate. It is a tough decision but I still have time to think about and decide b/c we can't buy them for a few months anyhow. Or we can just buy a cheap frame(not including the head for foot boards) and put a boxspring and matters on them for the boys. What to do?

Slowly getting more packing done, very slowly but I did pack some of the toys up and need to work on the odds and ends. I am hoping this Saturday to transfer all the food to the house and picture off the wall and our clothes to start.

Well it was a busy weekend of birthday parties, good bye parties as well tom working to squeeze in some hours to make deadlines. The next weekend we have our move and some more birthday and good bye parties, So so busy and I have to say it is very draining too, with tom working the weekend. This week we have our apartment inspection, our cooktop gets installed at the house on Monday, Wednesday doctor appointments, Thursday the car need to be in to the garage and there are a few morning that I am forgetting b/c I know everyday is packed. I am tired just thinking of it, and then the fallowing week is unpacking haha woo hoo. I think about when I turn 50 I will be able to put up my feet and have a days break.

Our Home!

This is long over due I know but things are just crazy lately and finding lots of time to do things is just hard to do. So here is our home.




Not easy getting a family photo either out side but this is the best I could do with the kids wiggling and well my remote for the camera doesn't seem to focus that well.

Things I love about our house,

It is double the size what we are living in now.
Has a washer and dryer
large fenced in back yard
It has a fireplace
a family room
a eat in kitchen
two bathrooms
Oh and trees out front seem to keep the place pretty cool!

Things I would love to change in years to come.

The design of the kitchen.
Put better windows/doors in
add on to the master bed and bath(it's a small master)
And maybe add up but not sure I sort of like one floor house and all the bedrooms on the same floor.

Days like today....

I WISH....

1. I was on Vacation
2. I had at least an hour to myself
3. The mess would just clean up itself
4. Things would get done on time

Update on things here

Happy 4th of July and July 1st for all the American and Canadians.

I have to say I was disappointed that we didn't get out the the Canada Day BBQ last weekend but we got stuck at the house and the kids were to tired. :S I missed out on the Canadian chocolate and other goodies they have, but I really don't need them either. Today I am not sure what we are going to do during the day. I know Tom needs to work some and we are all going to listen to the San Francisco Symphany tonight and watch the fire works, is on of the most amazing shows ever and it's awesome to just lay there on the grass hill and take it all in. I will be sad next yr when we won't get free tickets for it since we won't be living in mountain view but the grass seat aren't that expensive.

So as for the house we got some stuff done and I was sore again but back off when I feel things going down hill. I rescreened 2 windows and washed 4 more( I ran out of screen so I picked the more damaged ones)...I will rescreen things when I am not pregnant anymore b/c it just to hard on my back. Me and bending over are not friends at all and it causes a lot of pain(more than I could have ever thought b/c it wasn't like this with the boys...I had some not really with Noah but with Jonas but nothing like this). I sanded some walls where I did some patch up, now got to prime and paint them. I finished cutting a bush down that is growing against the house(there are a lot of them that are right against the house that have to be remove but they are so big so one at a time. We have to call and get the floors and roof started. I am really hoping they can start next week. Since the movers are suppose to come on the 19th I think. We are cutting it close but what can you do when ppl make you wait for quotes etc. We bought our cooktop yesterday... I think I am going to be very happy with it. I think we got a diswasher picked out too but will wait a little bit. We got to get a carpeter in to remove a cabnet to have it instelled. We got the paint for the boys rooms(not got to figure out which room and how to paint it with the kids around). I know we did a few other thing, Tom cleaned the storage room and went to the store to pick up some stuff, put the mail box up and helped with the bush. The chimney men are done woo hoo. But there is so much more to do. I just want the floors done though.

As for the pregnancy, there is no more room in there for this kid. I can hardly eat and this one is so high up under my ribs already sitting is not fun. Besides my back and energy things are pretty good though. I am dying for this little to come early too but really s/he can't because Mom Flynn doesn't arrive till the 2nd but s/he will be the one to determine when the big day will come.

Proctive day sort of...

I got the bathroom scrubbed, scrubbed the kitchen floor, and the kitchen cleaned before making a double batch of banana chocolate chip muffins with Noah and his friend Wesley(I was babysitting for my friend for the afternoon). Got the carpet vacuumed, and spot clean with my spot carpet cleaner, kids stuff picked up for now, and while the muffins are baking I need to clean the dinning area and than move on to tidying up my bedroom and sort through things to throw out and pack. Tonight when the kids are in bed I will sit down and try to go through papers and pack up some more.

So we are still waiting to get someone to fix our floors at the new house. Tom and my friends husband was suppose to refinish them this weekend but since we haven't gotten anyone to repair the master yet there no since working on the rest. Plus everyone one so far that has come in want to do the repairs and refinish them. So it might come to that and might help Tom with juggling work and house work. So now it's time to crunch some numbers. We are hoping next wednesday the roof can be started. As well looks like we need a new electrical box in the house b/c it's old and won't support our small 7ci deep freezer etc. ugh.

July 21st

We should be in our house and I can't wait. We got some progress done the other day but there is so much to do. I of course over did it and couldn't even walk, move, or sit near the end so I layed in bed at 9pm till I fell asleep. The chimney work starts tomorrow and the roofing guys come Wednesday to look at what has been done with the chimney and termite work and give us the final quotes and option we can do. To night we have a contractor who's a neighbour of my friend coming to the house to look at the floors which were damaged from the termite work that was done, and a few other things around the place and than hopefully this Saturday Tom and my friends husband will start the work on the hardwood floors. So hopefully by the end of the next a few more things will be closer to being done. We also have to remove two Oleander bushes from the the back yard which Tom has been working two full days on digging up(the roots are huge) it's a shame that these plants are highly toxic b/c they are beautiful bushes.

We met a few of our neighbours when we were leaving the house last night. I think everyone is retired and nosy haha but they seem friendly in all.

Since this weekend is a long one but tom will be working on the floors we won't be up to much and me and the boys will be staying at the apartment out of the way so the floors can get done. We will go see the July 4th fireworks like always(last yr of free tickets b/c next yr we won't be residence of Mountain View anymore). Where has the month of June gone I don't know.

Well the kids have been good since I have pretty laying down for the day and can do anything. I think I am going to have to start physio here soon. Hopefully tomorrow my back will be a bit better and I can work on the apartment tomorrow. So much to do it's crazy.

Well that it just sitting is killing my back so off to lay down.

I shouldn't be on here

....I have so much to do but my back is killing me and even walking is hard. There is probably lots of stuff I can ramble on about but mostly I won't, I will just mention a few highlights of stuff.

We had a great time seeing everyone back home even though it was short and way too much driving. We got stuck at the airport again and missed our connecting flight but something good did come out of it. We got upgraded to Business class which none of us have been in before, it felt like royalty, everything free and roomier. Which is bitter sweet since we know now exactly what we are missing when we fly in coach haha. We got home just in time for rush hours traffic which was so much fun, so by the time we got home and got some groceries we were all exhausted, but the boy troupers.

Well we are back in our own crazy stuff with Tom's work and closing on the house which keeps giving twist and turns now, which is not a lot of fun but at this point I am not sure we'll have floors in two of the bedroom, especially in the master since a lot was ripped out to fix termite damage but they didn't even rip it out professionally and just cut way at it and didn't try to save pieces so that we could put it back in place, more money that we don't have but enough about house issue. I am sure things well work out some how even if it means haven't no floor for a while.

Also had my dr appt. It went well i have only gained 5lbs but some how measuring 3 wks ahead which I already sort of guessed since I feel the baby way up under my ribs anyhow. But all seemed well so that was great. I also have to start my yoga tapes to help my back out and if it doesn't seem to work than she is sending me to physio since I had a hard time getting off the table this morning and walking out to the car. So I want to avoid paying for that so I have a date with my yoga dvd tonight after the boys go to bed since they wouldn't let me do it this afternoon.

Happy Birthday Noah

Today is our oldest son's birthday and I can't believe he is three yrs old today. We had a party last weekend b/c this weekend we are going back home to visit family. Three years is really not that long but I really can't believe how fast it is going. I remember his first year still pretty good. He was a pretty good baby in our eyes. The only big trouble we had was probably from 1month old to 3 months when he would cry from 9pm- 12am, besides that he was pretty good. We could take him every where and he would sleep. The time did go fast but nothing like when you add a second one. I don't think I even remember jonas first yr(that went way faster).

Anyhow today is Noah's day.

1.He's pretty quick at learning things and I would say is a head of his friends in lots of ways.
2.He can be shy, especially when he's tired.
3.In new settings he is divided in the since sometime he jumps right in and joins in and others he sits back watches takes it all in and than comes home and repeats it all.
4. He loves his music class and soccer class a lot (just sad we might not be able to continue it for a while since money is now tight and it's not cheap)
5. Loves to be silly
6. gives good hugs and kisses.
7. Loves to help mom bake and cook.

I think we are pretty lucky b/c he is really a good kid, I could go on and on.

Happy Birthday Little man, we love you.

Signing our life away

Tomorrow we do this!!! eeeekkkkk is all I feel at the moment. Hard to believe we have a house, I still don't believe it and I worry about it too. There are so many things that need to be done. Some can wait a few yrs and some sort of need to be dealt with asap, or pretty close to it. So we'll have lots of professionals coming in and getting quotes as to what the cost will be and than decide what we can and can't do. I am not even talking about making things pretty at all. Do to the age of the house things just need to be brought to code. Like the chimney, isn't not attached to the house and hello where to we live but California near a fault line haha, it might not also be up to standers anymore either. So we are trying to think of our option. I think we'll put in a gas fire place....can't believe I said that since I think that is sacrilegious in taking out a wood fireplace. It's really sad and if we lived back home we would not do it at all but since we live here and there are so many spare the air days and no burn days(meaning you can get fined for using your fireplace) gas just makes more since down here. I will shade a tear when doing this or if we can do it. I am not going to go down the list at the things that must be done. It stresses me out just thinking of it all. But we get the key on the 24th woo hoo.

Got some paint samples but I think I am going to go to Home depot and get the kind you can paint on the wall and really look at them. I think my goal is just to do the boys room and than later one accent wall in the kitchen and maybe the bathrooms but we'll see. Than of course when we are able to the whole kitchen will get a face life but that won't happen for about 5 or more yrs down the road. Dreams that one day things will look how I dream they might be.

Anyhow got to get to bed, early morning got to get my pen hand rested. Than back to packing.

It's offical or pretty close as possible to being.

We are excited, nervous and the journey was not fun at all. I really do not want to do it again in a long long time. We will be official poor but will own a house(or well the bank will own most of it) as late as June 29th, when we will get the keys and escrow gives the money to the sellers.

We won't be moving in right away as there are somethings to take care of and well we have to give our apartment 30 days notice, so it won't be to mid July till we move in. We are looking forward to making it our own but that really won't happen for a few yrs since we have no way to make it our own after paying the down payment and closing costs and doing at least some of the few repairs it needs. The rest will just have to wait till we save for awhile so maybe another five yrs down the road we can start on changing a few things.

It's a 3 bdr house with an eat in kitchen(I love that), large living room, and a large family room as well as two small baths(one off the small master bdr) which will be nice so we don't have to shower in the dark b/c we don't want the fan to come on and wake the boys if we are up before them. Good size fenced in backyard which is naked but will have to wait for a yr or more till we can really fix up to what we want it to look like but there is an apricot tree and one other small fruit tree.

It' has been a pretty stress journey dealing with situation that would come up. One min things were good another min things were bad but finally things are straight and the owners are fixing a few things up over the next few weeks which they have to in the contract and when we get back from Canada we might have the keys a little early.

The boys have picked the color of their room and I am hoping to get it painted before we move in officially but we'll see how much I can get done, since there is a lot to over see and do. Hopefully if I take them there they can play in the backyard while I paint or something. Or nothing might not get done, who knows, but time. I just hope I can get in and get the unpacking and at least set things up before late September -early October when baby #3 arrives (yes not very public news and no we aren't posting things on facebook about it so please no posting).

sorry that is all the time I have got to bake a cake for tomorrow and find out what one quiet boy is into.

No words

Well sometimes I would like to blog but there is no time, or I start and never finish again because there is no time and I have to say by the time the kids are down and there is a bit of time I am too tired and just want to relax and do much of nothing. I am trying to keep up with my cross stitching b/c it's easy and doesn't require me to get out a lot of things like my scrapbooking which hasn't been done in over a yr, that is sad to say but it's true.

Still not a lot going on here really, even though at times I feel stressed out. It funny how you might not have major things or extremely serious things going on in your life but how a bunch of little things and lack of quality of sleep/and a decrease in your exercise levels can make you feel stressed out. So that is where I sit as of now. I have to get ready for Noah's birthday party this Saturday. He's having about 4 friends over for a pool/pizza party, it should be a lot of fun for him. He's so excited for his birthday and turning 3. I am glad not to have it in the house since it's a small pace and the packing boxes doesn't help the cramped issues here.

I am still trying to pack some but have trouble if there is a lot of bending over and lifting since my back has not been very good lately, got to love having sciatic nerve issue. But doing the best I can at the moment. We are hoping to move at the beginning of July.

In just a little over a week we'll be flying home for a quick visit to our families and celebrate my grandmother's 100th birthday. It will be a small family thing but really nice to be there with her. As well as seeing our family and meeting two new nephew's too.

As we have been looking into new housing arrangements down here and I have been watch home buying shows on HGTV. We have been shock at how little people put on their down payments on a house like seriously really 10% and even lower and even 10 is crazy low. No wonder people have a lot of mortgage troubles etc. It's crazy how people jump into buying so quickly, we even laugh at the shocked faces of them, when they don't realize all the underlining cost of things that are added on to the price of the home. I shake my head and be like really are you that clueless. You'd think if you really wanted to buy a house you would look into all the cost that are involved into buying a house. As well why would you buy a house before having an inspection of the property done haha that is really crazy when I here people doing. It's like buying a car and not knowing the history of the car if you are buying a used car. Crazy I tell you, people really do crazy stuff with big decision. It really blows my mind. Anyhow we are still looking at our option and figuring things out, which is not a fun process and means to re do our budget which is a bit scary because it won't be in the direction I want it to go. Oh well that is the curve balls life throws at you.

Is it really June...

all ready I mean where did the first half of the yr go, well this is the last month of the first half but really where is it going. This month has so much going on my head is spinning. In two weeks we'll be home in Canada for a week, yup only a week pretty sad really b/c most of the time will be traveling :2 days in the air, and 4 part days on the road and the other part days will be trying to see our families that we miss so much. I think next time we come home. We are going to head to PEI in the summer stay at a cottage and everyone can come to us and either join us or visit. That way we aren't on the road the whole trip and if ppl come and join us for a bit we can see our family longer so you all better think of that idea. I really doubt we'll be home next yr. I have a feeling with us moving to a bigger place things will be stretch thin and 4 plane tickets and a rental car adds up. However you don't really know how things unfold either in the future but we also have to be realistic too, So my PEI dream of a relaxing time at home with our families may never happen but that is one good things about dreaming you are free to do it and it's free. I think it would be pretty cool to get all of our families together on a vacation even if it just a few days at the same time.

We have started the packing processes and I have to say it's a lot harder with the boys around who oh so much want to help pack. I have started working on the book cases, and than will move on to the closet. I hope to move as much as I can into the storage unit we are renting. After I finish packing up those things I will start with things we don't use as much in the kitchen. I have already packed and put in storage, our extra sheets,towels etc. I will leave all our clothes on hangers and in drawers but will remove the drawers from our dress and just take them to our new place where ever that will be. I am going to pack up some of the boys toys that the they don't play with that much. As well put their boxes of clothes in the storage too but those are in the closet so that is back at step on. woo well I got three boxes done this morning so I better get back and continue. Since I need to walk to the grocery store for a few things so I can make pizza dough and pizza for supper tonight. Here is hoping I get a lot done today.

It's booked

Our world wind of a trip that is, I think we have two 24 hour periods where we won't be on the road or on a plane. We are going to be exhausted but what can you do when you don't have much vacation time. We start in Bridgewater for Nannie Nickersons 100th birthday and right after that we drive to Frederiction for a pretty much 24 hour stay till we drive back to Halifax to hop on a plane to come back home. So we get in on the afternoon of the 19th and leave on the 22nd in June. We are really excited to see all you at home, just sorry we won't be able to stay to long and probably won't make it back next yr either so that means you all need to come out to California to see us so start saving some pennies :), hopefully we'll have a bigger place before the yr is out too. but so far not a lot of luck heading our way. We didn't even win the mega million lotto haha I bought 3 tickets(I haven't played in 3 yrs but thought it couldn't hurt LOL now I am out 3 dollars :) )

Well that is all she wrote and since the weekend turned out to be a wash in more than one way I have so much to do it's not funny and I don't feel like doing much but if I don't than nothing will be done so time to drag my but off the chair and get moving.

Weekend is Here

Well it's the weekend here and there is lots of cleaning I need to get done and a bit of running around too, it never seem to end. I hope to get at least half of it done but we'll see. I did get three bags of stuff out to the goodwill this week, and I cleaned the car out a few weeks go, so now I hope to wash the car. I want to take some of our books to the use book store and see if I can sell them. And b/c I am always behind with mail I need to hit the post office and get some mail out. I hope to send Tom out to the storage unit to put some stuff in and take some stuff out. As well it's soccer day for Noah too so we got to get there before supper, and I need to plan something to do for supper that is fast so we can get them to bed after wards. What a relaxing weekend LOL.

Tomorrow we'll take the boys swimming(I promised to take them every weekend till we move), they love it and I would take them more during the week but can't till I get Noah comfortable swimming with water wings on his own. Than if time hit the market before lunch and than finish stuff around the house that didn't get completed on Saturday.

Moving search has seem to slow down this week not much available it seem. We are hoping it picks up soon. If not by the time school is out we hope(been told more things come available when school lets out and ppl can move) fingers crossed because we are on month to month rent now and I don't feel to good about that but oh well. Things have away of working out in the end one way or another.

Not to much else to report, we keep busy with what I am not sure but there never seem to be enough time in the day to complete everything.

soccer fun

Well we are on the fourth week at looking for a bigger place to live now and we go on month to month here starting May 1st. We really hope we have a new place by the end of August, so still a few months of looking left haha. I have to say that I hate the prices here for housing so much and how apartment either don't allow cats or count the patio as living space. We looked at one apartment and it wasn't much bigger than our place now. It was like the cut our living room down to add a small bedroom...ugh. That is mostly what we have been doing lately.

Noah has started soccer and loving every minute of it and it's fun to watch him. Jonas is dying to join but has to wait till Dec when he turns two. The boys still go to music class and loving it as well and it nice to see Jonas singing the song at home. The boys are growing like weeds mentally and physical. I also love watching them play together I have to say most of the time like 90% of the time they play so well together very rarely do they not. It's hard to believe that Noah will be 3 not to long now and hard to believe Jonas will only be 18months b/c he does more and talks more than I think Noah did at 2. That is another thing I love about them how they talk to each other and Noah will sit down and explain things to Jonas. I love it love it love.

Jonas has three teeth coming( two one year molars and one of the top front tooth) in so he hasn't been the happiest boy on the planet. Noah was going through something I don't know what 2 weeks ago and he was horrible to be around but I now have my happy and very love able boy back. I have to say they are pretty great kids.

Well time to bath the boys while dinner is cooking and than it's supper time and bed time and hopefully some quiet time for me and to clean up from the day.

The Beach

Well I finally did it. I drove by myself with the kids up the mountain and down to get to the beach 45min from our house. I have to say the drive wasn't that bad and pretty easy compared to on the weekends. The beach was pretty quite and they had music playing on the board walk. It was so peaceful and wonderful. The boys had a blast at chasing the sea gulls, spinning in circles, we even got a bit wet haha, built sand castle etc. The only thing that was missing was dad.

We were going to take the boys to the aquarium in Monteray on Sunday. Tom is working tomorrow but I think we'll try and save some money and go spend the day at the beach again as a family. The boys loved it. We'll pack some food and just play all day, and maybe on the way home stop at our favorite diner down there. Not sure what the boys and I will do tomorrow. I hope to get to my exercise class early morning and than Tom will go to work. Hopefully I'll find something fun for them to do, beside the laundry I have that needs to be done but it's suppose to start raining any min now. So I think it will have to wait for tomorrow b/c I am tired of doing laundry in the rain...I swear the weather knows when I need to do some.

Well I got Jonas finally down for a nap. I really don't want him to stop napping like Noah, he still gives me one and sometime two but I am so worried that when he hits 18 months he will stop napping like Noah. So I encourage all his naps as long as he still goes to bed at a good hour at night b/c there is no way I am having any kids up after 8pm at the latest which is normally when he goes down. Well time to get some stuff done!

Hope you all have a good weekend.

Congradulations Trevor and Sarah

Is happy that Rowan James Flynn is finally here!!!!! I wish I could meet this little man. He tried to give Jonas his run for his money at birth weight but didn't succed but got close at 8lbs 9oz. Congrats Tervor and Sarah!!!

Victor Emmanuel Flynn

I am happy to report that I am an Aunt for the 12th time now!!!!!

Victor Emmanuel Flynn was born this morning. So happy for you Danny and Genevieve, welcome to the parenting world. It's a lot of fun. I'll try and post a picture when someone sends us one. I would have though Grampie would be on top of that by now :). Mom and baby are doing well and I can't wait to meet the little man.

Now we are just waiting for Trevor and Sarah to have their third son, hopefully soon for her sake and he doesn't stay put too much longer.

Making some changes

Well my fittness group is doing a challenge for the next three months and I signed up. I really need to get on the health wagon not that I am horrible but I do need to do more, but having issues since I exercise outside most of the time and all of Jan was pretty wet. It's suppose to rain tomorrow but I think as long as it not a wash out pour we are going to go running in it. I just hope it doesn't make my cold worst.

So anyhow I am giving up a lot of my favorite foods which may not seem that bad b/c they aren't junk food per-say but still aren't that great for you. So good bye cheese which I love, dried fruit even the ones that aren't sweeten(do you realize the sugar contain in the can be worst than candy etc, and I can just eat a whole package or dried mango which is not sweeten or sulfured), cut my peanut butter consumption down and bread too. I need to cut my snacking down to and up my water consumption, and of course treat that are junk, like I love carrot cake and the grocery store sale is by the slice and tom will pick one up now and than for me it's so good with the cream cheese frosting...yummy sadly good bye and chocolate too. I think I will reward myself with one treat once a week but it will be small. I think those are my small goals right now(there is more I am giving up but just can't remember them all at the moment) and of course try and run twice a week on my own after tom come home and the boys are in bed. Late night runs suck at the beginning but I enjoyed them once so I can do it again. It will have to be at our little gym b/c it's still dark by the time tom gets home. So here is hoping no one is on the one treadmill they have here. Weigh in is tomorrow morning and this month is strength building, I think march is endurance and April is flexibility in the challenge but not sure on that.

Would love to join a gym but not able to at this time do to money. I am hoping I can get some glasses this month but we'll see. However the eye dr said my eyes got a bit better so yay on that, I never thought that could happen especially since they say you eyes can normally get worst through pregnancy's and of course age. but I'll take better eyes any day. However they are still the worst eyes in the astigmatism world he's ever seen haha. But the got better !!!!

well time to figure out what to cook for supper, Oh how I wish someone would cook for me. I managed to clean the kitchen, bathroom, dinning room today, all with the scrubbing etc. and of course the normal tidying up, that I really don't feel like cooking but I guess we need to eat. Here is hoping I find something to make them, maybe a tuna casserole is in order tonight since it's easy and everyone will eat it.

Rain and more Rain

Yup winter is here, a little late but is here. It's pretty cold and damp and wet. But so far the boys have been good about all the indoors stuff. We've been painting, doing puzzles, playing with toys and making some Christmas craft I hope by starting them now I might get them done for Christmas. haha. Tomorrow we have a morning and an late afternoon play date so it will be a busy one.

Exciting news here for us Tom should get a paycheck next month, sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After two months with min of wage pay cheque (it's against the law not to pay someone in the state of California), and paying other expenses that work normally covers, I can't tell you how exciting and better I feel now. It will be nice to finally have a little bit of norm back in the swing here. I really don't know how many family make it work down here when they only make min of wage and have families, it's pretty scary and I am so happy and thankful for what we have.

Well the dishes are done, laundry is folded, the toys will soon be picked up and it's 10pm now and I just sat down to type this up. Everything else is going to have to wait till morning.

night.

Did someone say....

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ah the weekend is coming

.....or is it. Probably no weekend hear for us. Tom has a big presentation on Monday so it will be work work work almost all weekend. The only reason I say almost too is because we bought hockey tickets for an oilers game back in October so we are going to that tomorrow, in the afternoon. So no real weekend here. Which is going to make it a long week....I am so ready for a vacation too and really wish we could go somewhere. Our last vacation I was 31 wks pregnant with Jonas, which feels so so long ago. As well we probably won't be able to go anywheres

Well I am relieved that my friend little baby is doing well. She deliver her son Matthew on Wednesday at 34wks. He's doing good but of course is in the NICU and will probably be there for a while, and she gets to go home today which is a little sad because she has to leave him there but she also gets to go see her other son at home since young children aren't allow visiting in the hospital do to all the swine flu stuff. Anyhow I am just happy her new little man is doing well and I can't wait to hold him.

Well I got lots to do today because the kids seem to think I need to do more. They both have been out of sorts lately and I have been pushed to many limits. Leaving feeling very aged. haha

What is new

Not a whole lot in our parts. Tom's work is really starting to becme long hours, and needs the car most days so we can't go anywheres really. I am hoping to maintain my 6:30am workout M and W and than 6:15 am or 9:15am(if I don't make it to the earlier one) Friday and 9:30am Saturday. Reason for the early morning now is I don't have to take the kids with me and I won't be late if I try to drive tom to work. So those are my goals for this yr.

No plans this weekend except I hope to get new glasses since I lost my good pair in BC back in May. Tom has to work most of the weekend though. I would love to steal him in the morning and go for a hike with him and the kids but we'll see. Work is getting busier for him now.

So it's been I think 3 months now that Noah is potty trained, during the day. He goes to bed with water so he still need something on, where he doesn't always wake up. But we are having many tantrums about wearing a diaper at night which is hard on both of us. I just hope by the time his is 3 or 3.5 yrs he'll be able to hold it at night.

Jonas vocabulary is growing and way better than Noah's was at this age and Noah impressed his doctor at 1 age with his vocabulary and understanding, so for Jonas to be even further along is sort of scary. Tom said the other day that he can't always tell which kid is calling him or depending on the word which boy is talking, and it's so true. That boy is way beyond his years and if each additional child advances like this our last one is going to walk out and hand shake the doctor at delivery haha.

Well I think that about it not much to report really. The boys colds are slowly leaving and I mean slowly, we are very much been drippy faucets for like ever. So I hope they stop dripping soon.
night folks.

Happy New Years!!!

Wow where has the year gone I have no idea. I can't believe this is the last day of 2009, craziness. I have to say we had a pretty good 2009, of course it's had it's ups and downs but what year doesn't. I am just hoping that where I sort of feel 2009 has end on a down for me that it means 2010 will come in with a bang of goodness. I would love to say that Tom and I are doing something exciting to bring in the new year like a lot of people we know but we aren't. We are going to stay home with the boys. We will do the tradition that my family has done for yrs of ordering in Chinese food and than watch the fire works on tv and maybe play a board game if Tom is not working from home later. Here is to the 2010 and I hope ours and all of yours dreams come true in the new year and may it be blessed to the fullest.

Happy New Years!!!!

Christmas day

Well we pretty much had a great christmas got to talk to most of our family and even a few viedo chats but if there is more than a few people in them it's very hard to hear or even get a response to questions. It was pretty funny at times b/c we would ask something to the flynn clan and no one would respond haha, made it amusing on our end at least. The boys torn open their stocking and I thought I had the video recording but something happend and it didn't which made me really sad that we didn't get to catch that moment. Jonas came running out and actually grabed his stocking(not sure if it was just a fluke or what but out of 4 he grabed the right and than start running at the tree and grabbing more present and bringing them back to daddy, it was really cute. We took a few breaks opening present b/c they were just so overwhelmed. I also forgot to take pictures of the boys in front of the tree b/c Jonas running at the presents through me off, so that made me a little sad we didn't get a picture but I have the memories I guess. They seem to love all their toys. I have built and play with more trains, sang many songs with noah playing his ukulele which santa brought him(he even slept with it). Jonas got a truck which he can ride and pull so he's in love with that too. We have very happy boys that morning till noon, Jonas wouldn't stay asleep and both boys were still so over the moon that the wouldn't slee p, making dinner not so enjoy able and the turkey ended up being a dry bird, and tom thinks he didn't like the brand of bird I got(can't be choose when you forget to get one and almost didn't have one). Oh well first time ever out of 5-6 birds that didn't turn out right, still makes me a little sad though. However we had a completely PJ day as a family and just played and for me ate too much candy where I found some quality chocolates(they don't sell them down here but I found one little store that imports some UK chocolate!!!!!) So over all even with little blimps here and there, Christmas day was nice. Not sure what is on the go today. Most ppl are out shopping for the deals but I really don't feel like shopping or gragging the kids out, especially since Jonas woke up with a fever and was gagging luckly he didn't get sick. I think it's just because of the verylong day yesterday. We have a dinner thing to go to but we'll see on how he is feeling if we go or not. Well I hope you all are having a good holiday.

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Merry Christmas

to all our family and friends!!!!

i'll try and up date later

Happy Birthday Jonas

Our little man is one...that is so hard to believe but it's true. Where did the yr go, I have no clue but I miss it already, even though I do love to see my boys grow I also wish I could hang on to their little snuggly bodies, toothless grins etc. We celebrated Jonas first birthday today and thought you'd all enjoy to see some pictures of our big man.

Is it really the holiday season already...?

Christmas is my favorite season/holiday everything....I love it and look forward to it every yr. Just thinking about it normally puts a smile on my face...However this yr not so much. I can't see to relax...my christmas music isn't working for me either. First yr I don't have my shopping done(I had both kids with me today trying to pick things up and ugh I was lucky I got through two stores but barely). I have so much more to do too and I have no disire to go out there and do it. I normally love going out and just walking around and looking at the decoration etc too....my tree still only has lights on it and sort of garlen on it(Jonas keeps pulling it off). I don't know something is just sort of off this yr with me and it truly sucks big time... Hopefully Christmas day will make me feel better. Both boys are really excited even Jonas(he feeds off of Noah a lot). However he also acts so much older than almost one, everyone looks at his size and things he's younger but if he out and playing or running everyone thinks he older. His vocabulary and sounds is growing by the day. He also can get Noah going pretty go(you think it would be the other way around). So I am hoping whatever is missing at this moment will find me on Christmas day. I still have to sew Jonas stocking together, hopefully this week. I have some Christmas chocolates started but no wheres in the mood to finish them. ...ugh this does not feel like Christmas at all.

Jonas's birthday in Friday. I think we are just having a Wesley and Sier(their friends) over for dinner and cake on Saturday. Where did my little boy go.

Well I got to wrap some of the kids stuff so they don't find it. hope you all had a good weekend.

some video's of the kids

Thought you all would enjoy some video's of the kids.

Jonas is using up his last bit of energy before bed, and not the best on of Noah's sing abilities(he can actually sing almost the whole song) since he was distracted with the hockey game on. He was being silly and singing while he put some toys in his pj's so the bell sound is from some of the toys down in leg of his pj. enjoy

Thanksgiving

is today down here and we decide to save the turkey for Christmas. I was not going to cook two in 30 days. I did make a pumpkin pie this morning though and I can't wait to eat it. This is pretty much the last long weekend, vacation and maybe weekend for us to really enjoy. Tom's last day at work was yesterday and his first day at work will be Monday. There are going to be some long hours over the next two yrs and no vacation days but just the normal holiday days which in the high tech world and especially in the start up world too aren't to many. I just hope Tom really will enjoy this work, I need a happy man coming home to us. Well hope everyone having a good day I got to run b/c I don't want to waste the time I have with all my boys on here. Happy American Thanksgiving, our tree is going up this weekend I can't wait. Hello Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Change is here

I wrote awhile ago of change and it can finally be public now that Tom gave his notice at work on friday. That is right Tom is leaving Alcatel, a job he has almost been there for 10yrs. He will be joining a start up company here at the end of November. I believe his first day at the new place will be November 30th. We are excited and nervous at the same time but feel it is the right for all of us. Lots of changes are going to happen so that we can make this workout.

Besides that we are fighting off colds here, and we are winning that battle so far. Hopefully the colds will stay mild. Hard to believe Jonas is going to be one next month not sure where the yrs are going sort of scary in lots of way, but exciting too.

Jonas is walking like a camp now and is getting into more stuff if that was possible. Noah growing into a little boy and surprise me all the time with his development.

My big goal is to give up or limit my sugar in take try to continue to eat better. I find on stressful days all I want is chocolate and after eating the boys halloween candy I think it's time get some control I once had and get up early to get the boys ready so we can get us to exercise class. I have still been slacking since we return to California...I hate when I get out of my routines b/c it's hard to get back into them. So on that note it's time to get my lazy bum up and tidy the place and I would take the boys out but do to our colds I think I'll make some play doh for them.

To Pass the time

So what does one do when you are lazy and are so releaved that you got both kids to bed at 6:30, and your other half is extremely busy and out of sight. Well you decide to make a joke between a friend come ture. Yup, that is just what I did. My friend is leaves for Hawaii at the end of the week and I pleaded for her to take me(doesn't look like we'll be taking a vacation this yr :( ). I said I would go in a suit case so she wouldn't have to pay for a ticket. She told me sure and if I actually fit in the suit case to take a picture for her. So here you go Lara....not that she reads this blog(I don't share this site with everyone I know), but did post the pics on fb for her to see them. I do know I am crazy no worries, but it gave her a good laugh and well laughter makes for a healthy life.