Sunday Best

Mason got a new suit for church. He was SO excited about it, which is rare for him. He is usually very picky about what he will wear. Since Mason got a new suit, Cooper got Mason's old one that was too short for him. I love this one because it looks like Mason is choking Cooper. Cooper thinks he is really pretty in mommy's dress shoes.

SICK of being SICK!

Warning: This post contains a lot of whining and complaining.

This pregnancy has been my hardest yet. I began feeling sick on the day I turned 7 weeks. I am nauseous most of the time and have absolutely no energy. My poor husband has had to take on most of the duties I normally do, add that to a very busy work day, where he, at times, brings home work to do in the evenings, and volunteering at the fire station, he is one BUSY guy!

With Mason's pregnancy I began getting sick around 9 weeks, and was feeling better by 13 weeks. I was usually sick in the mornings and once I could get a good meal in me, or could puke, I'd be fine the rest of the day. I was also able to take plenty of naps.

Cooper's pregnancy was better by far, I was sick for about the same amount of weeks. I was nauseous but never threw up and the nauseousness would go away as the morning went on. Even though I had a busy little Mason to take care of, he was a great napper, so I got lots of naps in too.

This time around I am lucky if Cooper will lay down without fighting me for an hour first. Which I don't have the energy to fight him. Then once I lay down, our lovely neighbors let their yappy little dog out for his afternoon piddle break. Our neighbors house has a really weird layout. Their slider is on the side of their house, the side that our houses share. To make it an even sweeter deal, our living room is on that side, and our bedroom is above the living room, so no matter where I try to nap, I hear the yappy little poop head. I have visions of opening my bedroom window, taking out the screen, and throwing Mason's basketball at the little fur ball's head.

Have I mentioned that I have NO energy? I have no energy to do the most basic tasks like showering. I will usually shower, more for Jeff's benefit. Forget the make-up, hair do, or even regular clothes. Yup it's pajamas 24/7 for me. I'm sure Jeff loves seeing me in my PJ's all the time. If I can get the dishes in the dishwasher everyday, its a successful day!

This morning I was not feeling well. After eating breakfast, I started to feel a bit better, no energy, but at least I didn't have the urge to puke. So I decided to spend some time organizing the boys' toys, cleaning the shelves on their two-shelf toy shelf, and vacuuming the toy room, their bedroom, and my bedroom. All this took me probably 45 minutes, and I made sure I snacked and drank water the whole time, so I didn't get sick. As I was finishing the last of the vacuuming, I got really hot and nauseous. Mmmm that snack sure was great coming back up.

I love to have a clean house. I wish I could get some stuff clean without getting sick.

Someone asked me yesterday if I was excited about this pregnancy. My honest answer was "no, maybe I will be when I am not sick every waking hour". Has anyone else ever felt this way?

News

Cake anyone?

This week Safeway is having an AWESOME deal on Betty Crocker cake mixes, frosting, and brownie mixes. For every 2 that you buy, you get 3 free! I found coupons for $0.75 off for every cake mix AND frosting you purchase. I bought 10 cake mixes and 10 frosting. The total before the 12 free ones and 10 coupons came off was $31.80. My final total was $4.43. Or instead of paying $1.69 for the cake mixes and $1.49 for the frosting, I paid $0.22 each.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Star Wars Movie

Here is the latest and greatest from the Borders Production Studio. I think the boys are having way too much fun making these.

A Cooper fit

The video should explain it all!

Mother's Day brunch

Mason's preschool had a Mother's Day brunch on Friday. Mason made me this marshmallow flower bouquet, he painted a flower pot and potted a flower. For brunch we had crepes with a strawberry cream sauce, strawberries and whip cream on top and we had a hash brown, egg, peppers, and cheese casserole. The food was really yummy.This is what Cooper did most of the brunch because he wanted one of the flower marshmallows.

Aw and last of all...me with my Mason man. I love him so much! He is such a great son, sweet and loving, with a side of, well shall I say "spice" at times.

Camping...Borders Style

A few nights ago, Jeff set up a two man tent in our play room. The boys were so excited! We told them they could sleep in the tent as long as they went to sleep. They did and made it until about 1 am and both went to their beds. They have had a lot of fun playing in the tent. It will be a sad day when we take it down. I love this one.

Car Woes

Wanna hear a really good story?

Last Wednesday night, I was driving girls home from mutual. We were stopped at a red light. Light turns green. We go. We get through the intersection. As the car begins to accelerate, I think to myself, gee the car sure is hesitating right now. Just as this thought goes through my brain I hear a big BANG! Yes a bang from under my hood. Followed by my car shutting off. The girls in my car think I have hit something, yeah right! (I would have had to have been pretty oblivious to hit something big enough to make THAT big of a BANG.) I look down at my dash, all the lights are lit. I pull over to the right hand side of the road. My power steering goes out. As do my brakes. This can't be good. I make it over to the side of the road pretty quick and coast to a stop- luckily I wasn't going over 15-20 mph when the big bang happened. I get out and look under my car. Fluid, fluid, and more fluid is gushing out. I get on the phone and call my dad, who comes down to help me out. (moral support more than anything) I then ask a few girls to call their parents to come pick them up. Then a fire engine passes us and turns around to make sure we were all OK. The 12-13 yr old girls LOVED this. Oh a man in uniform. So irresistible! The fire fighters put some kitty litter type stuff down on the puddles of fluid forming everywhere, and make sure we are OK. They pose for a few pictures with the girls and take off. In the craziness a few moms show up to take all the girls home. It finally dawns on me that I am not going to be able to drive my car home, so I call a tow truck. About 9:15 (an hour after bang) the tow truck shows up. My car was towed to a mechanic, where it sat until today because they couldn't get it in till then.

So here's the verdict: a piston broke off (I think) or a piece of the piston, which smashed a hole in the engine. So what does that mean? A) put in a used engine (with about the same amount of miles on it) for just shy of $4,700 B) Get a remanufactured engine installed for just shy of $7,300 or C) junk the car and get maybe a few hundred for it, then buy a different car with (probably) a huge car payment. What option are we going with? A.

(PS: the mechanic says engine problems are REALLY rare in Toyotas and doesn't know why ours did what it did. Weird huh?)

Oh the joys of car ownership.

The End