Forgot some things

Forgot some things
Also just wanted to add somethings...
Since I have my new schedule at work I've got to figure out who can watch the girls on Fridays, how I'm going to get to work because I don't have a car, so it just makes things more stressful. I just want to be with my girls!
And .. I'm also not pumping at work anymore. I'm still trying to breastfeed as much as possible. I pumped with Abby for 9-10 months so I almost made it the same amount of time. Just sad knowing Jas is growing up so fast.

My Girls Are My World!

My Girls Are My World!
So I keep saying I'm going to give an update – and never get to it. Well I'm just going to make time for it now. I've been busier lately and feel like sometimes If I don't write an update that I'm behind or something. I guess it just feels good to get things off your mind sometimes.
There are a lot of new things going on. I think I'll just do a list (not in any particular order).
We still love our new house. One of these days we need to plan an open house or something so everyone can see it. I've still kept it pretty clean. There are some days where I don't do as much work but I'm proud of myself that I haven't let it get messy like I use to let my "homes" get. Abby & Jas seem to enjoy our house too. We're still trying to get them to sleep in there own beds – and I'm sure some people would have different opinions but I always think- Hey – they won't sleep with us forever – why not enjoy it when they want to sleep with us!?!? Some nights I don't get a great sleep but my girls are worth it.
Abby will be 28 months (2 yrs 4 months) old on the 17th and Jas will be 9 months on the 14th. They're growing up too fast! Abby is saying a ton more – she still amazes me everyday. Jas is crawling everywhere (fast) and standing up to everything – she beat Abby crawling I think she'll beat her walking too. Abby didn't walk until 13 months. Abby loves watching POOH (or she'll say Darby). Thankfully we have DVR so we can tape all the Pooh's so she can watch it whenever she wants. She's still doing ok going to the Potty although it's been a little different lately. Jas has started this new noise when she wants some of your food – also she has this (cute) pout face – I don't like to see her upset but her face is just priceless – it's so cute. Her little lip sticks out- I'll have to see if I can try and get a picture.

I got another Tattoo!! I love it! My first tattoo was a purple heart with Abigail's name above it. I liked it but was always picky about her name. Well I had a new person do my new one so she covered over Abigail and added to the Purple Heart. So now it says Abigail with Sweet Pea flowers (which are Abby's birthday flowers) and then I have a purple heart for Abigail. Then it says Jasmine with Jasmine flowers and a pink heart. My favorite color is purple and I love hearts but when Abby was born I said she is going to be my purple baby – and then when I was pregnant with Jas I said...ok I'll make her my pink baby so that there wasn't too much purple. Even though she still wears purple =). I wanted hearts so that was a given and then when she said she could cover up Abby's name with flowers I asked if she could do sweet pea and then Jasmine flowers – she said yes. It took an hour and although it hurt more than my first tattoo because it was bigger – it was so worth it. Josh's tattoo took about 6 hours – I don't think I'd want to sit that long! But I'd do anything if it was for my girls.
I'm sad to say that I have to work Fridays now. My new schedule is Mon-Fri 8-5 with an hour lunch so that I only get 40 hours. I do get a raise but it just doesn't excite me because I'd rather be with my girls. I only started my new schedule today but I'm still having a hard time with it. I just hate thinking that I don't get just one day during the week with my girls. I heard someone say once that it's not the quantity of time spent with them.. It's the quality of time spent. Which makes sense because then whatever time I do get with them I should make the most of it – which I do. But if you're a Mom you understand I'm sure. They are so much more important to me than work will ever be –I just wish I could have won – instead of work getting what they want. They even joked that what my raise is – was even going to be less. Every little bit of money helps but even if I made a million dollars I'd rather be with my girls instead. PERIOD! I almost cried when I was in the meeting to discuss it. They just don't understand because they're not Mom's. When they're old enough to understand I want to make sure they know they're more important than work but in order to basically keep my job – it's what I've got to do. Plus work does say they think I do a good job and want me to work – cause they "need" me – which makes me feel ok.. but I think you get my point. My girls are my world!
Josh will probably be working long hours (up to 16 hours a day or more maybe) in the fall so right now his work is cutting back hours in August (two days off a week). He's nervous about the long hours but I know he'll do fine. He does great at what he does. He's still our cook at home. I absolutely love it! He's a great cook. If you need a cook let me know – maybe that's what he could eventually be – a traveling cook or something or personal chef for friends. HEHE. We went on a date day the other day and we took a day trip to Potterville. It's a very small town probably smaller than ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Kent City! It was a great day. We wanted to do something relaxing while Grammy and Pa watched the girls – I thought about tubing or something but we had watched Diners Drive Ins and Dives on the food network and they showed a restaurant called Joe's Gizzard City. Guy Fieri (one of the Food Network Stars Winners) is the host and he came up with there Triple "D" Burger (triple D = Diners Drive Ins and Dives). It's a burger completed covered in a batter and deep fried. I know it's like the worst thing you could eat but it was really good. (See my pictures) Then they are famous for there gizzards which Josh liked a lot. I only ate two – I just couldn't get my self to eat something with that name! It was just a bar restaurant which I was kind of bummed about – but it was a nice day with my wonderful husband. We need to do that kind of thing more often.
My mom and dad are moved into there new house. They love it. I'm so happy they're happy. My dad keeps saying he's learned a lot lately – basically that God will take care of them no matter what. He was pretty down about having to move and now things have worked out perfectly – things will be a lot less stressful and my mom also got a call from where she use to work – so she'll be working there again so she's excited about that as well. Everything just fit into place perfectly. God will take care of us – that's what we just have to keep thinking. (No matter what)
My sister is moved into her apartment. She's doing well and is stronger everyday. Some days I get so sad about the whole situation (sorry if some of you don't know the story) but I know everything will work out and she'll be fine. One day we'll look back and know exactly why things have happened and she deserves to be happy so I know she'll be happy!
Jasmine's 9 month appointment is the 22nd so I'll have a weight and height update then.
For now I guess those are the major things – If this got too long you'd probably get bored reading (if you even made it this far)!!
Well hopefully everyone is doing well and maybe I'll get some comments this time!!! =) =)
Love ya all!!