kitties in the house!

Meet Ambika. She's a lovely cat. Loves attention. In fact, she'll beg for it. She loves mommy (me). But she absolutely hates little people (Konner and Kaylin). And even more so, she HATES little cats!!
Meet Keelie (aka Black Kitty - according to Konner). She LOOOOVES to attack. She'll attack anything that moves. Including the hater of little kitties.
But Black Kitty doesn't care. She wants to play!! And she is bound and determined to get the hater kitty to play with her.
But unfortunately, she didn't succeed in her attempt of befriending Ambika. Poor little Black Kitty.....

So the little She Demon attacks me instead. And Mike says "Not so cute anymore, now is she? Look what you done got yourself into!" She's a vicious little kitten. I forgot how playful kittens are. I haven't had a kitten in 5 years, but this one does not keep her teeth off of me or out of me!

I wanted the kids to have a pet of their own, so I brought home Keelie. She's a tiny little ball of puff, and the kids just love her.

Do you know your closest friend?

Okay heres a challenge...Can YOU answer 22 questions about YOUR closest friend?

1)Whats their first name? Stephanie
2)Whats their middle name? Ann
3) What was your age when you first met them? Ummmmmm...........28.....
4) Is this person one of your friends? Well of course, I wouldn't be using her for this questionaire if she wasn't
5) Is this person smart? Incredibly
6)Is this person older than you? Nope. But I think we forget that we aren't the same age.
7) Whens the last time you saw this person? Hmmmm........... well she lives in Vegas so I don't see her that often. I think I saw her in March.
8) Do you love this person? Absolutely
9) Are you related to this person? No
10) Do you have nicknames for each other? Not really. I call her Stephie sometimes. But we do have code names for other people at times!
11) Are you always together? No
12)Do you think this person will repost this? She probably will. We copy each other's fabulous ideas quite often!!
13) Why is this person 1st on your top friend? Because she is a good friend to me. Sometimes we get irritated with each other, but through it all we both know that we always do and always will have each other's back. Plus we understand eachother. Like minds. It's scary sometimes!
14) Have you ever seen this person cry? Of course. And she has seen and heard me cry.
15)Does this person love you? Yes. More than many friends that I have had since childhood.
16)Do you tell them alot about yourself ? Yes. She is my number one confidant. She is the only person who knows my deepest most painful secret.
17) Doing anything with them soon? Hopefully I will see her when she comes into town next week.
18) If yes, what? Chat while our kids play.
19) Would you have them at your wedding? Yes, I did. I even have a picture of us together.
20) Would you do anything for this person? Yes. Well I won't rob a store for all of their lemons for her, but other than that of course!
21) Whats something this person is obsessed with? Lemons. It's sick.
22) Does this person make you laugh? Frequently.

Before I was a mom...

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.. Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep. Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy. Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

My aunt emailed this to me. I think it is great and just so absolutely right on. I got a little misty reading it.

Weekend at Grandma's

Konner has been begging to go to grandma's house. So this weekend I packed the kids up and we went to grandma's house. Mike and I decided that Konner could spend a few extra days at grandma's if he wanted. His friend Kayla, who is the same age, visited her grandma and grandpa for 4 days without her mom and she had a great time. So I thought that since Konner wanted to go to grandma's so bad that he would want to stay. Nope. He wanted to come home with me. That's ok. I am not ready to send him off.

They had a great time at grandma's. Here they are playing on a little trailor, getting in grandma's way while she gardens. Yes, my daughter is topless.

Kay loves grilled cheese and juice boxes. She is finally letting grandma and aunt Becky touch her. She even let them pick her up a few times. Kay is a mommy and daddy's girl. She doesn't let many people hold her.

Konner shared some of his Doritos with Logan. Logan loved them.

Konner loves "motor-cy-he-cles". He asked "Uncle Yulio" (Julio) ALOT to let him sit on his bike.

Konner update: The MRI was clean - Yay. And since Mike and I do not want to put Konner on medication, the neurologist says all we can do is just watch Konner and call him if/when Konner has another seizure. And he said that the good news is that since his seizures are all 5 minutes, that is considered a short seizure (doesn't feel short!) and so no brain damage will occur. The bad news is that he said Konner is experiencing some post traumatic stress over the MRI. Poor little guy.

I am so thankful for....

My kids. I am definitely most thankful for my kids......

I am so thankful for the hugs and the kisses and the wanting to wear my shoes and the wanting to sit with me and the wanting to lay with me and the love. It's the most amazing thing to me to sit and think and realize that not only am I a mom, but a mom of two such wonderful little beings with love me without restraint and without conditions. I never want to go back to the life I lived before Mike and my kids.

I am thankful for prescious moments such as this one....

Kay loves to dance. I am so thankful for the rhythm my little girl has!!!

I am thankful for modern technology and for sedatives. When Konner was 14 months old he had his first seizure. And in the past year and a half he has had 8 seizures. First the DRs thought it was Febrile seizures and had no conerns. But after the fourth seizure his DR decided that we should do some testing to make sure there wasn't anything wrong. After the 6th seizure and two clean tests (EEG and a CAT Scan) his DR sent him to a Neurologist with the belief that Konner suffers from Atypical Febrile Seizures. After the 8th seizure the Neurologist has decided to send Konner for an MRI and that Konner is not suffering from Febrile seizures and that Konner is indeed Epileptic. We had the MRI done Monday. Konner sees the Neurologist for the results and a check up next Thursday. And then we go from there. Again.

I am thankful for the many principles who adore my husband!! We have been going through a very rough financial time this past year. We cannot afford for both of us to be out of a job, but with the principles who really love and appreciate Mike, thankfully we haven't had to experience both of us being out of work.

I am thankful to my friend who has let me work part time for him this past month so that we have some extra cash flow in our house. I hate the manual labor, but beggars can't be choosers.

I am thankful for my mom!!! She drove all the way down to my house from Central CA to shave and bathe my kitty cat!! My cat hates her, but I totally appreciate her! Konner and Kaylin loved having Grandma down for the weenend. Konner keeps asking to call Grandma. Guess we'll have to go visit her.

Fun little quiz...

Take the Quiz here!

Thanks susie, for the fun quiz!! I love Jane Austin. I'm Anne.

Take the Quiz here!

Mike took the quiz too!! He's Elinor. He doesn't even know who Elinor is, but he had fun taking the quiz!!!

Such a little guy

Konner is such a delight and such a stinker all rolled up in this cutie pie package. Today he showed me that 2 is not too young to have an ornery attitude and disrespect for his mom!! We went to the Santa Ana zoo today and on the drive he was yelling at his sister to be quiet and to stop, because she was complaining....

Me: Konner, leave her alone.

Konner: NO!!!!

Me: Konner do not yell at me.

Konner: NO!!!!

Me: Do I need to pull the car over?

Konner: Don't bother me! I just a boy! Be nice to me!!

Where did my baby learn such blatant orneriness? Maybe everything he has been through in his little life? I don't know. He has recently had yet another seizure. The neurologist says that they are definitely not febrile seizures and that he is epileptic. Konner will be going in for an MRI in a few weeks, so we'll see what that shows if anything. Hopefully he grows out of this soon.....