Sweet child of mine.

I was in the middle of a different post but I had to stop that one to tell you that this child of mine, this sweet little boy is going to kill me or send me to the nut house.......... which ever happens first.

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you already know that Ethan knocked one of his front teeth out....... now he has another face injury to add to the list.

Yesterday, the second I walked into the door with the twins, Emily threw up all over the place. All over the floor, all over herself and all over Ethan.
Don't panic.
I threw a dish cloth over the throw up, picked them both up and headed for the bathroom. Giving two toddlers a bath when you're alone isn't impossible, but it's definitely Olympic training worthy.
(Technically, I wasn't 100% alone, Danny and his co-worker/good friend were putting in our new washer and dryer in the garage and I was wearing my last clean clothes....... priorities people.)

I get them in the tub and I close the door.
Everyone is washed up and I let all the water out of the tub, I get Ethan out first, dried off and I put a diaper on him and put him down on the tile floor. I pick Emily up and as I'm drying her off, Ethan starts to have a fit about wanting the door open but I can't let him out yet because I still haven't cleaned up the throw up.
So he rams himself into the door, falls to his knees and then belly flops right onto the tile floor.
Instant tears.

I let Emily down, she's still naked, and I pick Ethan up to check his mouth which is all clear but notice blood coming from his lower chin!!
Danny rushes in to the rescue, picks Ethan up and he stops crying and Danny puts pressure to his chin and got the bleeding to stop.
I was freaking out y'all, it wasn't deep, but it was like the skin just split open.

We just moved in, I don't own a single band aid, let alone a butterfly band aid.
Then I remembered that my grandfather always kept a first aid kit in the trunk of his car which is now my car so I took off for the driveway. I open the trunk and see that it is packed full with the double stroller, diaper bag, stuff that I've neglected  to take in....... and I'm throwing it all in the drive way..... in the pouring rain.
Yep, let's add that nice Florida rain to the mix.

When I find the first aid kit and bring it inside and open it, I realize its from like the 90's.
But I believe that life is making the best of what you've got! So with a lot of tape, kisses and a lollipop, I'm happy to say that Ethan is happy and okay and didn't have to pack him into the car and rush to the ER because it stopped bleeding pretty quickly, it just looked bad.
But when we woke up today, and I took the band aid off to clean it, it was so much better!













Don't even get me started on the struggle of trying to wash Emily's dear Elmo.
This girl can put up on heck of a fight!


The struggle is real y'all.

 

in a rush....

So since we still don't have internet because Brighthouse wants $65 a month just for internet, I'm trying to put it off..... til about Monday cause I feel like I'm living out in the sticks robbing two rocks together in an outhouse without internet, I only have a second to check in and throw some pictures together.
So I will just leave these here.....

Also, I must say that Emily picked out this outfit...... I couldn't say no with the face she gave me.
The fur boots give it a nice touch.

 Oh, and here is a video of Emily dancing! I hope it makes your day like it did mine.

And this would be Emily's new favorite word.... POPCORN!
This girl ask for popcorn just about ten time a day.

But I must go in a hurry, you know to pull my hair out and maybe stick my head in the oven.
Let's just say that the stress is taking a big bite out of me.

But we love you!

Love always,
Melissa

We have missed you!

Well, mostly I have missed posting pictures.
And I honestly don't know why I'm still awake posting this at 11 at night when I have to be up at five.
Apparently I've become quite the little masochist, especially since I agreed to paint this whole freaking house before May first. Our rental agreement was that we would get a month free of rent if we painted the house.

But it's done.... in three days.
No big deal!

 (Please ignore our horrible back yard. With everything going on inside the house, we haven't had time to work on the outside) But Emily stole my stepping stool and turned it into a desk!
Maybe that's why it took three days to finish, lol.

 Oh, and see that "baba" there? It's time to cut that out.
Starting next week, we are DONE.
I might have to throw them away just so that I nor Danny give in.

 I went to use the bathroom for two freaking seconds. I thought " Oh, there is nothing in the house, they can't get hurt, I can use the bathroom in peace.
I hear both of them screaming bloody murder so I run out with my pants falling down to this.

..............
I don't ever want to hear another mother with just one child complain about how "hard" it is.
I'll take your one and raise you two.

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Love,

Murphy's law of renting.

Where on earth do I begin?
I guess I will just jump right in.
What can go wrong, will go wrong.

Yesterday, I went to the city water company to pay our deposit to get our water turned on. After a $65 application fee and a $40 service fee, the lady behind the desk said the water would be on the following day and that I didn't have to be there for that since we are still staying at our old house until the other house is done being painted (my fingers are crossed that it will be done this weekend).
I drove by the house around noon today on the way to a doctors appointment to a yellow letter stuck in the front door. It explained that they couldn't turn the water on because there was something on inside.
I went in, everything was off so I called the water company.
She told me to turn the toilets off and under the sink and then go outside and turn off the main water line and she would send someone right back out.
I did that and left.
Came by the house around 5 when Danny gone home from work to do a little painting only to find yet another yellow paper saying that there is still something on.
NOTHING IS ON. HOW CAN WATER GET INTO THE HOUSE IF I SHUT IT OFF OUTSIDE!?
Well, after noticing the extensive amount of water damage and telling our realtor about it (who is a very sweet lady I must add) she is getting a plumber out to the new house tomorrow.
Apparently there is a huge leak outside.

Oh, and the water company wants another $30 to come back out to the house to turn it on after the pipe is fixed.
Thankfully we have a realtor that is on top of this problem.
But the ceilings are all painted (Thanks to my parents and my fathers paint sprayer that got it all done in under two hours) and the babies room is primed and I got the kitchen primed!
It's just so hard to stay there longer than an hour without any water because I swear my bladder is the size of a walnut.

For some reason, both of our sliding glass doors don't open, it looks like whoever lived there last just screwed them in. Um why? That's a total fire hazard!

Our deposit for the power is $289.
(Being a grown up sucks)

While putting the primer on the walls in the kitchen, a tiny spider crawled out onto the wall and I could no longer find where he was so I guess he is just part of the house now.

Today while sitting in the waiting room at the doctors office, a nice lady came and sat next to me to look at the twins. She then very sweetly asked me if I knew where the nearest funeral home was. I told her I wasn't from the current area but I could look it up for her on my phone. She then told me it was for no special reason, she just likes to know where they all are.

You know, just a typical icebreaker to a conversation.

Anyways, I'm sorry that I don't have any picture updates for you right now, I feel like I haven't picked up my camera in weeks, but that will soon change!

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I'm very honored to announce that we have been nominated for the Top 25 Moms of Multiples blog 2013.
I'm a little late about finding out about this, so we are pretty low at number 29, but I hope our wonderful readers will help bump us up.
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Light up the darkness!

Our dear nation has a heavy heart this week as we pray for the victims of the Boston bombing and it has been a sad week for our family as well as we say goodbye to two of our family members.
One, my great aunt, a wonderful God-fearing woman who lived her life to the fullest, and someone who is missed dearly.
Two, my beautiful cousin Lisa lost her wonderful husband this weekend after a long fight with Leukemia.
He is survived by his adoring parents, a very talented and wonderful sister, his loving wife Lisa and his young son, Ewan, who without a doubt will carry on Kyle's legacy.
Ewan has some big shoes to fill, but if he is anything like his father, this world will be a better place.


A donation has been set up for Kyle's family, as you know medical bills add up and with missed work the bills can just keep getting higher.
So I ask if you could PLEASE donate anything you can to this family during this time, anything can help!
And I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all those who click to donate.

April Fools.

Good job Florida, you really got me.
Just as I was packing away the kids winter clothes, a cold front comes through. As I'm washing their winter clothes because I thought this cold would stay around for a while, April Fools,  the next day it's burning hot.

And since it was so hot, we took a trip to the beach and I took so many pictures and I was happy thinking that they turned out perfect.

April Fools.
I get home and realize that my camera was on the wrong setting and only three pictures weren't blurry.

We found a house a little while ago that we really liked, put in an application and were really hopeful, already planning out where to put our furniture ( counting the eggs before they hatch) but...

April Fools.
Someone got picked over us.

But the joke is on you!
We found a house today that was perfect for us, $100 cheaper and in a nice neighborhood.
So good things come to those who wait.
( I had a best friend who use to tell me this all the time during my early teenage years and I would yell at her and tell her that I was going to be single for the rest of my life.)
She was right, really good things come to those who wait.

The only downfall to this house is that the people who lived there before painted the WHOLE inside purple.
And when I say the WHOLE inside, I mean they got it on the ceiling, the base board, just everywhere.
They didn't even bother to move the fridge to paint behind it, they just painted around it and it kinda looks like they painted the whole house with their hands.
I also must mention that they glued mirrors to the walls in the living room.
Tacky at its finest.

Another downfall is I'm not sure when we will be getting internet, so post may be coming in short supply.
So until I post again, I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
Goodnight.

Love,


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