Lazy Days and Xavier's Room

We are usually so busy with school, football, work, and life in general we don't get lazy days too often. Malique had his 1st round of playoffs on Saturday. They won 13-0 so we are on to the next round against the only team that beat them pretty bad. (The other 2 losses were very close games. One was after triple overtime and the other was a loss by 1 point) For the boy's sake I want them to win, but in all honesty I wouldn't be sad if they lost on Saturday and the season was over. It has been riddled with way too much drama, especially for a pee-wee football team, and long nights. He played last year and won the championship, and I didn't want it to end. But this year I am 8 months pregnant, tired, and not enthused at all.

Oh but Sunday finally came!!!! Usually we go to church every Sunday, but I was just not feeling up to it. We had a lazy day full of football. TITANS WON!!! I'll take a win even if we did play the sucky Colts. The kids were even ok with having a lazy day as well as you can tell by the picture below.... I'm not really sure why they all piled onto that one little couch, but I guess they were comfy. That little lady there is my niece Victoria.



We have almost everything we need for Xavier, just a few small things left to get and the diaper bag. His nursery is almost finished. I think that we are going to paint the moon and stars on the navy blue wall. Other than that it is finished. I love it so much. It was the only nursery I have ever been able to do. With all of my other kids we lived with someone when they were born. That also means that this will be the first time I have ever brought a baby home to my own home. So all those extra helping hands will not be there this time. We looked and looked for a theme. I didn't want a bunch of blue and I didn't want polka dots. I am not a fan of Winnie the Pooh or any of that stuff. Then I found the Owls...OH MY I'm in love!!!!


This is walking into the door...I hate that the sun is shinning so bright in the picture, but I was trying to capture the owl...

This is our stock pile of diapers and wipes...

This shows his closet and dresser I was trying to get the little guys on top of the closet, so that's why the weird angle...

His changing table that I have just realized needs to be turned around...

His crib...this is the wall we will paint the moon and stars on.

 ( I don't know why I took this pic at a weird angle though)

We didn't get a bedding set because of the risk of SIDS you can't

really use anything but the sheet anyway. So he has a owl sheet and blanket.

The big tree and the little owl in it I hand painted 

All the other little things are wall decals. 

 OH and we are 32 weeks as of yesterday!!! Officially 8 months...only 45 days left to go......

Welcome...You have safely arrived in Crazytown! Enjoy...

Oh joy! My first official blog...I have a few things going through my mind as I type this. I don't know if anyone will care to read this, but I am a journal keeper and I noticed yesterday that my latest journal is almost full, so I decided to try out blogging. If nothing else I will have it.

A little bit about me that isn't in the "About Me" section I only have 7 weeks left until my new baby boy is here! It seems so far away but I know that it will go by so fast. This is my last baby and I have tried to enjoy it as much as possible. That has not been an easy thing to do, because I had a miscarriage is February at 9 weeks. I can't really describe the devastation of a miscarriage. Only those who have been through it can understand. But I got pregnant again in no time and he has saved me. Not to say that he has replaced that baby I lost in anyway, because I still think about what would have been often. But he made it possible for me to cope with the pain. His due date is actually Christmas Day but I have a repeat c-section scheduled for December 15th.

My oldest son Gavin, I got pregnant with him when I was 16.  The circumstances with him are different. My aunt has had custody of him since he was 2 years old. I could write an entire book on this situation, but I won't go too far into it now. She is in the process of trying to adopt him. His biological father just got served the papers yesterday. I don't have contact with him so it will be interesting to see if he tries to contact anyone within the next few days.

Malique is my next child. (My first with my husband) He is such an awesome kid! He loves music and sports. I have always had the feeling he is going to be something great in life. I don't what it will be, but whatever it is, he is going to be amazing. He loves to play the drums and guitar. He is a good little dancer. He plays baseball and football. He is better at baseball but still pretty good at football. The boy hits like a mac truck and is one of the smallest kids on his team.

My baby love Keelan...he is my handful. I have quite a time with this little monster. I love him dearly of course and if nothing else he has taught me patience for sure. He is 3 and does not want to be a big boy. I don't think he is too excited about Xavier coming at all, but hopefully that will change when he gets here. Keelan can be the sweetest child ever or the biggest terror you have ever seen. It just depends...he is very very hot and cold. But no matter what at the end of the day he is a great little snuggler and I love to sing him to sleep.