Victory

On Saturday I had all three kids down for naps at the same time. That rarely happens. So yes brooklyn landon and dawson were all asleep. I took the opportunity to get a nap in and I shut the blinds put the phone on do not disturb and just sat on the couch. It was the greatest thing ever. I am also doing a victory dance because this first endeavor is going to be over sooner then O thought. David will most likely be home for brooklyns birthday. So that means next week. I am so excited. I am going to keep it a surprise from them. I am going to go to the airport by myself. I need to be selfish and have the first few minutes all to myself. I know once the kids see him my time will be all over. I dont know how long he will be home for or not but I will take it. So we have been doing a few victory dances this weekend.

3 mobile kids

Well Dawson is now crawling. I had a friend tell me that I now have three mobile kids. i told her that sounds worse then it really is. That got me thinking about stuff. I have looked back at this last 4 1/2 weeks and it has not been as bad it has seemed at times. The one thing that is a real stinker is that I can not talk to him on the phone. That will have to be the thing that I have to overcome with this. We I have my bad moments or the kids have there bad moments at the end of the day it really wasn't as bad as i thought it was at the time. i am sure that is how allot of things are. I am not saying it has been the easiest thing either. I think I am just sounding like a big pile of jumble jumble. It is almost like now that Dawson is crawling we are entering a new phase. No more just laying around for him. He is ready to explore he wants what we are eating. He could care less for baby food. We now enter the phase of shoving food to them to get a quiet moment. Who said french fries should not be a staple for kids??? It is easy to give them one and let them suck on it for a while. I can not believe that Dawson is 7 months. He is growing and growing. All the kids are. So I am off to put thing up a little higher and grab the baby gates Dawson is on the loose.

The smallest things`

Yesterday I went with my friend to the mililani town center. We hit the pet store then jamba juice. We were sitting on the benches just chatting. The kids were running around. They were saying HI to everyone. It was interesting to watch some said hi back and others just kept walking. The kids had no reservations about who to say hi to and not say hi to. When was the last time I ran around saying Hi to everyone I passed? Well there was this man i would say he was about 55. He came back with a sucker for each kid. He was cute he even had the receipt so we would know that he wasn't some crazy. He said that our kids saying hi to him made his day. How nice it was that our kids were saying HI to everyone.
Another simple thing is bulk trash. Every first and third wed our neighborhood has bulk trash. You can set out anything you want to get rid of. Well my two neighbors are moving out so they had a whole bunch of stuff set out. They had couches and chairs lamps baseball bats. They had a bunch. I took the trash out last night and I saw a basketball hoop. It adjusts up and down. So I walked that into my backyard. This morning the kids were so excited. Another thing I got from bulk trash is one of those sit and push little tike's cars. The big kind you sit in and move with your feet. It is actually a black truck that has a seat in the back and everything. The kids love it. So thank you to the people that set trash out for my treasures

A new feeling

I never knew that there was more to missing someone then just the usual oh I miss you see you soon. Well I have experienced a whole new feeling of missing. Of course I am talking about david. It is not just having him here I miss it is really everything. I miss the sense of security that I feel when he is here, I miss him coming home from work, I miss him calling during the day, I miss he making dinner, I miss him making the kids laugh, I miss him singing so loud around the house, I miss his rants about little things, I miss his unifomrs all over, I miss his hat iwht his wallet and keys on the counter, I miss him making the best eggs, I miss talking to him, I just miss all about him. It seems like just saying oh I miss him. It is actually a real feeling that I have been feeling. It is hard to explain. I just never knew that missing someone could seem so real. It is a new level of a good old fashioned feeling that I have been feeling. I miss and love him even more. I hope to talk to him in the next week or two. I think when this happens everyone will know that I finally talked to him.

Camping, sunburns, and smores

This weekend we went camping. It was so much fun. It was our ward camp out. We set up camp with our friends that were husbandless. We all helped each other out. It was so much fun. The kids ran and played. It was a good time. This weekend I had a few things pop into my head. I kept thinking about how much David would have had with us. I take for gran tit how much playing he does with the kids. I am usually occupied with something and he plays with them. I really had a great time getting down and playing with the kids. They are so innocent and care free. The kids were so dirty and wiped out and they still didn't have a care in the world. It was so fun to see how much joy they were having and to know that you were the one giving it to them. I forget how much they need more moments like that. Brooklyn kept saying this is so much fun I am having so much fun. I was also thinking how nice it is to have good friends. I don't know how I could have done this by myself. I am so lucky to have such great friends around that i can rely on. I also couldn't help but think how fast time is going by. I cant believe that Brooklyn will be 4 in a few weeks. Dawson is sitting up and crawling. Landon is almost 2 1/2. We have been in the navy for 6 years in October. Me and David have been married 5 1/2 years. Time is going by so fast. One day turns into months later. I was also thinking about the things I have taken from my childhood done with my family. I had such a great childhood. It was so fun and so positive I hope I can give that to my kids. I always had such a great peace and sense of love at my house. I knew that every time I went to my mom or dad they were going to greet me with a big hug. There was so much patience and so positive. I hope I can give my kids the same

On the couch

Well it had to happen. Mommy gets sick while daddy is gone. This is how the last 24 hours at my house have been. I caught some sort of stomach bug. All the yummy stuff that comes with that. There was no one to hear me complain about being sick and the kids were running around. So what do you do? You just suck it up and deal with it. Before David left he told the kids be good for mom and take care of her. So Brooklyn was all excited she kept saying that daddy told her she could take care of all of us all by herself. She was actually pretty helpful at times when Landon wanted a drink of water or she thought she could cut some cheese with a butter knife.
I am glad to be feeling better. Thanks to the kids for being so good while mommy was sick. I think the only thing that got trashed at the house was the toy room. The great thing about that is just shut the door and you cant even see the mess.
Thank goodness I have a clean bill of health now.

Back to Reality

well we had a great visit with my dear good friend Ashley here. We went out and did a lot of fun stuff. The kids had a great time. It was so much fun and a big help.
I took her to airport on Friday night as I was driving home the kids were asleep and I was thinking to myself about the last few weeks. I get in these moods were I feel like I just have to get through the day. Then it hit me I have to do this for three years. The in and out of him being gone. I have started the weekend off with trying to just accept this is how things are. I am going to still do things that me and the kids enjoy. I kept thinking oh another week down which is true but then when I get to him coming home I will have to start another countdown after he leaves. So why build and build things up? Does that make sense?
So it is Sunday night I have a new perspective on things. You know the usual drink less diet coke in the week. Stop rewarding myself with chocolate. But then I think my kids are doing so good considering the change. I need to embrace that keep on doing what I am doing. Keep my spirits up. Get out there and do fun things. Enjoy this time with the kids. Don't look at it as oh poor me home with the three kids.
While i am writing about good things. I have received a few emails from David. What a great thing. It is nice to have a place that I can email to . Whether he gets them or not that is a different story. It makes me fee better to know that I can at least write to say hi. I am hoping to actually talk to him on the phone in a few weeks. I cant wait.

The things she says!!

Well as most of you know brooklyn keeps us all on our toes. She says the funniest things. She has said a few lately that have made me laugh. I just had to document them

In the car the other day she told Landon that she was daddy's favorite. Her exact words were Landon did you know that i am dads favorite

Then she told Landon that he could not come inside the kingdom(she was referring to the house) because he was not in a dress that twirls.Needless to say the door was shut on him.

I had some garbage to take out that had some dirty diapers in them. I came down the stairs saying how gross the garbage smelled. Brooklyn looked straight at me and said actually mom that is my bum.

She is such a funny girl. This is only a few small things of the funny things that she says. She is a cutie!!

Aunt Ashely visiting!!

Well this weekend my friend Ashely came to visit. It is so much fun to have her here. The kids love her. She is so great with them. She has been such a help. It is only Monday and we have had so much fun. We were able to go out just us girls on Saturday night. It was a good time. Then today Monday we went to the dole plantation and turtle beach. I am always so excited to go there. I can never get bored with watching turtles. It was a great time. The kids had a great time. We also stopped off at the best burger place. It is haleiwa it is call Kua 'aina burgers. It is such a good place.
The kids are having such a good time. It is a good change of pace for all of us. Here is to a great week with many stories to share when we are done.

Someones watching out for me!!!

Well today we have an exciting day. My friend Ashely is coming into town. We have been friends since high school. She is the most amazing person ever. She treats my kids as if they were her own. She has a great love for them. She is so much fun to be around. We have had many great talks with a good glass of diet coke. So we are all super excited because aunt ash as Brooklyn calls her is coming today. Well I woke up with Dawson this morning a little earlier than I would have liked but hey when he is so smiley it is hard to be sleepy still. Well I was checking my email and there it was an email from David. Yeah!! I have been wondering how he is doing for 1 1/2 weeks now. It was such a nice start to the day. It is nice to know that he is doing well. It was great. He is doing good. I cant wait to hear from him again.
Well I better make sure there is cold diet coke in the fridge.

Good Kids

Well I just want to let everyone know how great my kids are. We started the week of with a few instances with the kids adjusting. I started doing some positive reward charts. It has really made a difference. Yesterday(Thursday) the kids were great. They were nice to each other, there wasn't a lot of fighting. They listened so good. We even went to walmart all together and it was a good outing. I just want to say thanks to my kids. They are troopers. They are great. Thanks kids for a great day. It was a refreshing day.