Fun at Sage's Birthday party

A few weekends ago we went to a birthday party for cute little Sage. He is my......ok ready for this.......cousins aunts boyfriends son! Phew. It was way fun. They had two huge blow up play things and pizza to gobble up. Ethan had a lot of fun playing with Sage. He was turning 5. He is such a cute boy and I am glad we were invited to celebrate his special day.

Here is my parents with the kids getting ready to go.....

Sage was hiding under the box while Ethan jumped on the tramp.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGE!!!

Bless you!

Ok here is my problem.........

I have awful ...... AWFUL animal allergies. I have had them all my life. I am able to deal with them now a little better but oh boy do they just kill me. My throat is closing up and my eyes are itching just thinking about it.

Every year when the holidays come around and its time to visit family I get SOOOooo excited to see all of my loving family members and friends but then........I REMEMBER. I don't know how , every year, I seem to "forget" that I am so dang allergic to their CUTE and ADORABLE pets. I usually am ok for the first little bit but then slowly......my nose starts to run, my throat starts to tighten, my eyes get runny, and I start to sneeze with no control what so ever. Ok so its not that bad but it is REALLY annoying. I feel like I am just not myself. I sneeze a lot and sometimes it feels like I can't breathe. I feel like I can't socialize like I normally would. I have such great family members and bless their hearts for always cleaning their furniture and keeping the animals out of the room.

I just feel so sad for having this stupid allergy. I have never been able to really like animals because any time I am around them i am just miserable.

Don't look at me like that cute little pup! I love looking at pics of you but I am just so allergic to your little body! Im sorry

So anyways........here is my question........WHAT CAN I DO? I have tried all the meds that you can think of, most of them just making me sleepy and not helping the allergies at all. I have thought about the shots but have looked into them and i think it takes up to 6 months to even begin to see the results......and you have to go to the doctor to get the shots and PFFFHHHh do you think I have time for that? Please anyone help me! I just want to have a nice time visiting and laughing with my family and not have to worry about trying to breathe.

Please help me so I can enjoy these little cute little things.............

Awwwww!

Please HELP!!

My Birthday!!

Well.......another year has past and now Im.....29?? Where does time go? In one year I will be 30?? How the heck did that happen?

I was so emotional on my birthday this year. There are just so many things that I am thankful for at this time in my life. What a ride the last 29 years have been.

I have been so blessed to have a great childhood. I love my parents so much and am so thankful for all of the lessons that I have learned and all of the wonderful memories I have from growing up. I love thinking about all of the trips that we took......playing by the stream at Fish lake, California : watching Jess get plowed over by a big wave and Graig picking on the characters at Disney Land. Bermuda with Ceci , riding mopeds, and looking at the beautiful ocean and Botanical gardens just to name a few.

I also cherish the memories with my sis. We used to sit in the window seat when it rained and cuddle up in blankets. I also remember playing school, being small enough to fit comfortably in the back of my closet with Jess, and sneaking a peek with jess at the presents on Christmas morning before waking our parents. I also have very fond memories of me and Jessica playing with our cousin Ashley. We always used to dress her and Jessica up and have photo shoots.

I hope I am able to be as good of a mom as mine was to me. I hope that my kids look back on their childhood with as much happiness as I have for mine.

I am now blessed to have my own beautiful family. I have a loving husband that I am so lucky to be able to spend all eternity with. He is so handsome and spiritual and has the biggest heart! He has blessed me with three beautiful children. I am so thankful for all of them. Ethan is going to be 3 in less than a month and I cant believe that time has gone so fast. He is such a little man. He makes me laugh every day and had such a sweet, kind heart. Our little girls came into our lives 10 months ago and have been such a blessing. We were so lucky to have beautiful 6 pound babies that were, for the most part, healthy. They both had trouble breathing and had to be on oxygen, Sophie longer than Emma. Sophie had to stay in the Nicu for a week after she was born, and even though it was so hard on us I looked around us and saw these little babies that were so tiny and I felt so blessed to have all that I do. They are now thriving and cant believe that we ever were worried about them gaining weight. They are in the 95th percentile for their weight! They are little movers now and keep me on my toes at all times.

We are blessed to own a home and have been working on the remodel for what seems like forever. Who knew it would be hard to remodel a whole home with three kids under 3 years old?? I am thankful for all of the help that we have received so far from family and friends in the process of remodeling. I just cant wait to see it all done!!

All of this is just a little tiny glimpse into everything I have to be thankful for on this birthday.
Here are some pics of my birthday dinner at my moms house. Thanks for cooking a wonderful meal and having it at your home mom. I love ya!

Blowing out the candles.....NO not 29 of them......we might have started a fire!

Ethan was just as excited to get Friends as I was. He watches it to go to sleep.

 

 

Thanks everyone for a GREAT Birthday!!

My Little BUGS and a Dj Lance Rock Ethan

I know its after Halloween but when Mike went out of town I was right in the middle of posting all of my Halloween photos.

So when I found these costumes for the girls I about died. They are so cute and fluffy and soft....and on sale!! With twins you gotta live by the Sale items! They absolutely hated to wear the hats. Ethan was originally going to be GI Joe. We found the costume at Kmart and he looked pretty dang cute. The next day Mikes mom said her friends grandson received 2 D.J. Lance Rock Costumes instead of one and wanted to give us one. How sweet of her and how fun is that it was a costume from his FAVORITE show Yo Gabba Gabba. I quickly returned the G.I. Joe costume. Ethan loved the costume and oddly enough LOVED the glasses that came with the costume.

I wont bore you with a ton of pics but here are some of my faves.

Little Sophie was the Bumble Bee

Little Emma was the Lady Bug

Here is the best one that we could get with all 3 kids......FUNNY! Ethan Looks so Excited!!

Sexy Jezza and Kristi

This is the best one with all the kids and Grandma. Ethan looks like such a little nerd! I love it!!

Ethan loves playing with other little kids. He doesn't see many little kids very often.

He loves Jared!!