Red Hot Mini-Van Momma!

Ahhh.....home at last! Such a long, long, long week. So much craziness packed into a little amount of time!! Where do I start?
We hit the road on Saturday, headed for the mountains.....wait, let me back up.... I will tell you about our trip later. First....let me tell you this...
FRIDAY: OPERATION PING PONG
So here's the deal....I sooooo thought I was the coolest this year with the whole secretive present buying thing. Every year Doug and I agree to not buy each other anything for Christmas, and we agree we will go out after Christmas and buy something we like mutually or individually, and EVERY year Doug goes and gets some great gift for me and sneaks it up to Cloudcroft (i.e. a laptop, a camera) and then I am left to look and feel like a big horse butt. Not this year.....no-siree, I was going to get Doug that Ping Pong table he has wanted for years, and have it all set up for him when he came home from work on Friday night (I'm not going to drag the thing to CC for God's sake!). This would be a huge surprise, as I have adamantly denied him his table for years, and he would totally not be expecting it!!!
So, I tracked down the perfect table and headed off with my wonderful neighbor, Andy (and some twine just in case) on Friday morning to pick up the table.......sounds easy enough, but by the time we got the thing home.....on the roof of the Expedition, no less....(curse you...you Sears salesman who lied and told me it would fit in my car!)...I had no time to even entertain the idea of setting it up. So I just parked all 200lbs of table in the middle of the garage for Doug to see, and hopefully not run over, when he pulled in from work.
When Doug didn't show at his usual time, I called him several times on his cell phone wondering where he was and why he was late.....let's just say the messages got less "Christmasy" as time passed. When he finally pulled into the drive, I did not even know he was home....no garage door opened....no big surprise for Doug. He just came in the front door with his hands full, said his hellos and asked me to please grab his computer bag out of his car for him. Ugh....he was ruining my plan! I mumbled something not "Christmasy" and reluctantly headed out to get his bag, when I realized the car was not out there.....in fact someone else was parked in my driveway.....someone with a HUGE red bow on the front of their car.....SURPRISE!!!!

I guess he wins again....I have been telling him a "greener" car would be nice. I love the Expedition, but 15 miles a gallon, well, sucks! I have NEVER been a mini-van momma, but I must say, this little gal is pretty cool. It has all the bells and whistles...back-up camera (now if I can just get front and side cameras Ha!), all auto doors, DVD, fold away seating....I looked at the Quest a few months back, but the one I liked was $38,000...ouch! I was good this year, but not THAT good! Apparently Santa really digs me!!!!! Watch out Suburbia!!!!

Yum...Chinese Food

Mom: "Mmmmm, Kaelan. Do you want to eat here, they have edamame
(ĕd'ə-mä'mā) beans?? You love edamame!"
Kaelan: "Yes!!! I will eat rice and eggs rolls and edamame and edadaddy and edababy beans. I love them!"

Chicken Soup for the Toddler's Soul

Question:
What's more fun than Christmas shopping with a two year old????

Answer:
Christmas shopping with a whiny two year old who just cut her two year molars and is not feeling well.......

So, yah....I am still Christmas shopping, and yes, it stinks! I don't know what happened, but somehow I managed to fall really behind this year. I absolutely hate last minute shopping, because I just get in a state of "get them whatever", and then I go home and pull it out of the bag and go, "oh crap....this is stupid...why did I buy this for ______ (fill in the blank)." Then, I want to take it back and get something else and the whole viscous cycle starts again....


I know Doug's cousin won't use a Whirlwind One Swirl Smoothie Maker.....but yet I still have one waiting to be wrapped.....Bah Humbug!


I did get one cool present though.....want to see????



You don't seem very impressed......well, let me explain.

My brother, Ty, loves firetrucks....he loves Smokey the Bear, and for the last two years, he has asked Santa for a "green Smokey the Bear firetruck". Last year we, er, Santa brought him a cute little Forest Service truck with a picture of Smokey the Bear on the side...he seemed pleased, but it was not really a firetruck. Somehow, somewhere, it met its end, and now he is really hoping Santa will pull through.....no worries, Ty! You have a cool brother and sister who found the perfect gift for you.....don't ask me how much it cost....I will get sick to my stomach again, but it is sooooo worth it! I hope it just makes Ty's Christmas!


Our little baby is really sick....she started running like a faucet from the nose yesterday, and by last night she developed smoker's hack. Took her to the doctor today, and she has a really awful ear infection and respiratory ailment. She has only been sick a couple of times, and this really sucks watching her suffer. She started some potent drugs, so hopefully all will be well before we take off this weekend.....

It seemed she was a little cranky to start with.....we thought it was just the teeth coming in.......

But then the red, watery eyes and overall puffiness started to come on........

By the next day, all she wanted to to was lay around and cuddle "Teddy"...and for us to hold her...which is not a bad thing.

Poor baby.....

She saw the camera and tried to give us a smile....just didn't have the energy.....So, we are slurping down the Airborne concoctions, and trying to stay well.......let's hope this stuff is gone for Christmas!

Testing..1..2.

So I've jumped on the blogger wagon.....I figure I am on the computer everday anyhow....why not use this tool as an opportunity to preach from a pulpit on my daily musings and interactions. I will make my fellow blogger friends proud, and I will share my crazy thoughts with other nutso moms out there. Enjoy...here is the first blog.....here is a test photo....I am getting really good at this....watch out!