My Children

My Children
You are the joy of my life.
You are the smile of my soul.
You are the purist of Love.
More than you will ever know.
You are my blessing from God.
You are my gift from above.
You are my proof of Him.
You are His Grace and Love.
By: Ruchell

Love this new J&J Bath Line

J&J have a great natural line. We LOVE it! It is WAY cheaper than the other natural products and Brooklynn's itchy sensitive skin is the best it has ever been! Thank you Johnson & Johnson for getting it right!! For more info Click Here.

Sickness and Great Deal!

Yes, all of us got colds. Brooklynn is finally getting over hers. Thank goodness. Rocco is in the middle of it - poor guy all stuffed up and has a fever. Of course he is still a perfect baby smiling and talking away like the trooper he is. I got nailed with an awful sore throat and migraine. Yes MIGRAINE - that made me miss the Bachelorette After the final rose show (Thank Goodness for DVR!) because I was upchucking in the bathroom. Roberto - what a hottie! Hope they make it! Nick luckily didn't get it too bad at all!



Very excited about the great deal I just got at Walgreens. They have a coupon for 15 -20% off. Click Here. I just got 15% off everything I bought. Even diapers! They have a deal right now on pampers when you buy $25 worth you get $5 in register rewards. SWEET! Oh and Swedish fish are on sale too. Brookie will be so excited she loves them - she pretends she is a penguin eating her fish. LOL



Other neat thing I found a FREE Pampered Chef cookbook download. Thanks Thrifty Mom! Check it out HERE.

The Smile of the Day

Brookie said her throat hurts today. Hopefully she isn't getting sick. I am keeping my fingers crossed that she just slept with her mouth open and swallowed too much pool water!!! Rocco went to bed at 8:45pm last night and didn't wake up until 8am! I cannot believe how he spoils me!!!

Snapped this picture of them while they were playing on the ground. Smile!

It's Video Time

Brooklynn's Concert
You Are My Sunshine By Brooklynn


Are You Sleeping By Brooklynn


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


Rocco Laughing


Swim Time!

Where oh Where Have We Been??

Wow does time fly! Things are great and crazy since Rocco was born. He is such a great baby and a blessing to our family. Brooklynn LOVES her little brother and is very helpful. Too helpful sometimes! I can't beleive Rocco is over 2 months old!! I found that he is cutting his first tooth on Saturday. On his right side he is getting his incisor - maybe he is into the "TrueBlood" vampire craze too!

Summer is flying by and it makes me so sad! Brooklynn is loving the pool and playing outside all the time. Here are some pictures to get caught up. My goal is to get better at blogging. :-)

Rocco's 2 Month Picture


Brooklynn's 3rd Birthday Party Dress


Brooklynn Driving the Jeep in her Tinkerbell PJ's


Rocky's Smile


Brookie on her Birthday - Her Model Pose


Brooklynn's B'Day Cake #1


Brooklynn's B'Day Cake #2


Brookie's Party Birthday Cake (Didn't have time to make it this year!)


Rocco's Bath Time


My Gorgeous Blue Eyed Boy

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

We had a surprise party for my Grandma's 75th birthday. I made her a slot machine/gambling cake. What a project! I would have not finished if my parents and Nick didn't help me either with the cake or keeping Brooklynn occupied. It turned out really nice and it tasted good too! The best part is my Grandma had a great time! It is always great to show those who do so much for us how much we care, love and appreciate them!

Diamond Tinkerbell

This morning we took Brooklynn to Build A Bear as a treat for being such a big girl and going potty. It was so much fun!!! I can't wait for Brooklynn's birthday so I can go get her some outfits for her little bear. She picked a pink bear and dressed her in silver glitter heels, a tinkerbell dress and hello kitty undies. She named her bear Diamond Tinkerbell. I can see how easy it can be to go nuts there. They have every accessory imaginable for these bears and the cutest little outfits and shoes! I have a feeling Diamond Tinkerbell is going to go everywhere with us now. So even though we didn't have to buy diapers this month her bear cost as much as a case of pampers! After Build A Bear we enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Maggiano's - YUMMY!!!




On the pregnacy front- I am doing good. I have been getting lots and I mean a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions to the point it gets hard to breathe. I finally called the doctor and she said I have to take it easy. It is my body's way of telling me I need to sit down and relax. I am doing too much and may have to cut down on my work outs. I guess they can turn into real labor if you are not careful. Other than that things are well. I feel huge and at 7 1/2 months pregnant that is to be expected. I go to the doctor Friday, I am curious to see if I am still measuring 1 week bigger which puts me back at my April 30th original due date. He measured bigger at my 20 week ultrasound in December too. Here is a picture of me and my baby boy belly.

Where is Brooklynn sleeping???

Yesterday I put Brooklynn down for her nap like always with her normal routine. I went downstairs to work and heard her making noise upstairs. I had to go put her in back in bed. She asked me if she could watch a movie. I told her No, it is nap time. She cried, I left and closed her door. I went back downstaris to work and heard noise again but then she was quiet. I went upstairs 10 mins later to check on her and her door was open and she wasn't in her bed. I looked all over and finally found her in our bed snuggled and covered under our blankets. She slept for 3 hours!!! She is too funny!

On another note I took Brooklynn to Nick's work yesterday and we met some of his coworkers. They are super nice! Brooklynn got to see the birds and fish that the nursing home has. She thinks it is so neat that her Dad has pet birds and fish at work!

Blessings Have Come Our Way!

We feel so lucky and blessed - Nick has a new job!!! He is very excited about it and loves it so far. He started last week as the Referral Manager for 2 nursing homes here in Racine. He now has benefits, a more normal M-F schedule and weekends off!!! It is a dream come true for our family! We are so grateful to Jon and Lisa O,who helped guide Nick this direction. this is a great opprotunity for Nick and we know this is the way he was supposed to go! Here is a picture of Nick on his first day with Princess Snow White



My pregnancy is going great! What a world of difference from when I was pregnant with Brooklynn. I have only gained 15 lbs and I am already in my third trimester! No signs of shrek feet returning and I can still fit my wedding rings on! So far this little guy is pretty mellow. He sure can kick hard but isn't nearly as active as Brooklynn was. I hope this means he will be a mellow baby!!! I went Thursday for a free GE ultrasound. How unbelievable it was to see my little guy. He already is a cutie and looks pretty chunky! I was also reassured that he is in fact 100% boy - no doubt! I can't believe I only have a little over 2 months until this little guy arrives! Brooklynn is getting so excited and keeps telling me all she is going to do to help me with her little brother. I am sure she may be a little too helpful!




Brooklynn is doing really good. We have finally nailed potty training and she is in big girl undies and pull ups at bedtime. She wakes up most mornings dry. I am so glad that I have conquered the potty training. She was a sure pistol to figure out a way for her to want to cooperate. Her sticker chart and special potty prizes did the trick. She rarely had accidents only 1 per week! Yes - no more diapers!! Just in time to start all over with baby boy!!!

I will try to do a better job of posting. Life has been crazy and then my old computer crashed.

Baby Bear, Baby Bear

Here is Brooklynn reading her new favorite book. By memory of course :-)

Visiting Santa

We took Brooklynn to see Santa today. She did very well. We couldn't get her to sit on his lap but she did sit next to him on his big chair. She told him she has been a good girl and would like a rocking horse. Her picture turned out super cute and way better than last year.

It's A BOY!!!!

We are so happy to announce that we found out we are having a BOY! We feel so over joyed and blessed. We cannot wait to meet our little man. Brooklynn is very excited that she is going to have a baby brother. She keeps kissing the ultrasound pictures. She always kisses my belly and talks to the baby. So cute!!! The little man was sucking his thumb during the ultrasound. We will have to see if he remains a thumb sucker.
Things are going great. My 5-6 migranes per week are down to 1-2 per week. Accupunture seems to be the answer/solution. I am really excited that my weight gain so far has been only 5lbs. We will see if my eating right and exercise can keep the weight gain at a minimum. Enjoy the pictures of our little man.

A Case of Chicken Little?

Please check this out. I have been doing lots of research on the H1N1 vaccine. This is great information from a neurosurgeon. Pretty crazy that President Obama won't even vaccinate his family with the H1N1 shot. I am NOT getting this vaccine and neither is Brooklynn. I wish I didn't get the flu shot and I am not getting the flu shot for Brooklynn. Here are a few things that got my attention:
1. The proteins in the vaccine have NEVER been used in humans before
2. You are more likely to get the Swine Flu if you receive the regular flu vaccine
3. President Obama has not taken the vaccine and neither has is wife. He also will not say if his children received it or not! (Maybe he has more research then what the public is given!!!)

Here is a link to the article: Swine Flu -- One of the Most Massive Cover-ups in American History
Here is the discussion - worth your time to listen to it!!!

Here is his website with a lot more useful information on the Swine Flu and vaccines: Dr. Blaylock
I am corrected looks like Obama's daughters and wife were vaccinated. Click here

Happy Halloween!!!

Hope everyone has a great halloween! We took Brooklynn trick or treating in Oak Creek last Saturday. She went the entire time and didn't want it to end. We have trick or treat this Saturday in our neighborhood, so Nick is taking her again and I will stay and hand out candy.

New Big Girl Room and Bathroom

We have been busy to say the least. We redecorated the bathroom and moved Brooklynn into her big girl room. Poor Nick has been very bust the last two weeks working every waking hour he is home. But, it is all finished now and we are DONE!!!! Horray!! I love how Brooklynn's princess room turned out. We are still waiting on her bookshelf that I ordered. It should be in the first week of November. Here is a picture of it.

Here are pictures of her room. My best friend and I are in the process of making her curtains.




And here are pictures of our bathroom finally painted and no more wallpaper!!!!

It's Fall already?

Where has the time gone? I blinked and all of a sudden fall is here and it is 1 day away from October. WOW!
Well I had my first OB appointment on 9/16. We had an ultrasound and looks like I am 1 week behind according to the ultrasound. So my official due date is May 7, 2010. Here is a picture of our little bean.

I go to meet with a nutritionist tomorrow to help me with my diet so that I can do my best to prevent edema and the beloved (HA!) shrek feet this time around! Proactive is key! I also have my next OB appointment on Friday. I have been feeling pretty good. I have my bouts of nausea and food aversions but nothing really horrible. I have really been making an effort to get my workouts in and since then the nausea has improved a lot!

On the Brooklynn front -she is as good as it gets! She is defiantly in a testing mode and we have been having some issues with her biting and hitting me. It has improved since I try not to react as much and put her straight in a time out and then divert her attention afterwards. She has been asking me to go to "Gymbo" class all the time - so I enrolled her in the session that starts in November. I am also taking her to see The Wiggles on the 18th. I even got my parents to go so I don't have to take her downtown by myself during the day. She is super excited about that! She knows and says more and more every day. She continues to amaze me with how much she is absorbing. Today on the way back from the chiropractor she recited word for word the Brown Bear, Brown Bear book only leaving out the red bird, yellow duck and green frog. She nailed all the other animals and said it word for word! Wish I had the video camera!

Brooklynn Singing

Enjoy! I think she will be ready for American Idol in 5 years....

Guess What!!!!!

Yes I am pregnant!! Super excited. I go for my 8 week appointment on Wednesday the 16th. I think I will get an ultrasound. Yipeee! I am feeling pretty good just get a bit nauseous in the afternoons and have been getting really tired. Other than that I can not complain. My due date (according to the due date calculators) is April 30th. I will get a more accurate due date when I go to the doctor on the 16th. I feel so fortunate that God has blessed us again!

Something to Make you Smile!!!

This is so funny! I had to post it. I will post an update later.