no windshield wipers and lots of rain...

Not too much going on lately. My windshield wipers in my car died. Completely. They swooshed the last swipe. I'm currently waiting on the place to find the right part for it. It could be a week or so before it can be fixed depending on when they can find the part. So until then, i'm off the roads when it's raining. And it's supposed to rain BOTH days i have school this week! What luck!

Macy is just as rotten as ever. She has added a new word. "Elphie" which means elephant. It's really cute. Yesterday after church on the way home she was saying the names of her little friends... "Abbi" (Addi) and "Emmie" (Emerson & miss emilee)... She got woken up early this morning so I could take my car to the shop, and in return, she was an ill pill all day long. She is one that definately needs her sleep. if she doesn't get it - watch out!

Jade is doing really well in school for the past week! We have gotten all smiley faces for 10 days in a row!!! I am SO PROUD of her!! We have had an extremely rough year with her. She has had one ear infection after the other, her hearing has been really bad. Next Monday is her appt with her new pediatrician. Then the next Thursday is her ENT appt!!! I absolutely can't wait! She has been dealing with this for WAY too long, and is allergic to almost every medication they can give her for an ear infection. there is only ONE medicine she can take. She has had it so much, it's not working very well anymore, which has resulted in her ear drum bursting, and massive amounts of fluid on her ears for the past 4 months. We are PRAYING that they put tubes in her ears VERY SOON!!

I am officially off of spring break, and kicked it off by taking a psychology exam bright and early today.. that i completely forgot to study for!! The rest of my classes start back tomorrow. Fun fun. I am so ready to get school behind me.. I'm ready for life after school and to see what is in store for me and the kids.

thats about all for now. I'm out! :)

11 Months! :)

Today marks 11 months that Allen and I have been together. So, I figured I should brag on him a min... I don't know what I have ever done to deserve such a wonderful, amazing man - but I'm sure glad he is mine!!! It so doesn't seem like it has been this long... time sure does fly. I could go on for days about how much he means to me and about how amazing he is, but i'll save that for a month from now! :)
I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART! You are the biggest blessing in my life, and I am so thankful for you! Happy 11 months... hopefully many many more to come :) I love you! :)

What A Day!

Well, last assignment has been done for the week, and no more school til week after next!! Woo hoo! I actually got to take Jade and Macy to the park today after the disastrous trip to go shoe shopping. I'm trying to pick out shoes and next thing you know, my kids are jumping off of benches and running around and pulling boxes off the shelves... I seriously had to check myself. We went straight to the car and I couldn't even talk to them for quite a few minutes. But, after getting some lunch and out of the shoe stores, they straightened up and we got to go to the park. they had a good time.. or seemed to.
We were hoping to go to the mcwane center tomorrow, but looks like that will have to be another day. Macy's ear is draining this afternoon... so i'm just waiting on the fever and pain to set in... poor baby. it seems like we can never catch a break!!! Instead we will grill out, and i will try to get my hands on a copy of twilight!! I want to see it so bad... i'm sure it can do the books NO justice... The books were so amazing... and i actually have a boyfriend who has agreed to watch it with me!!! :) How lucky am i??? :) I'm reading the books for the 4th time now!! :) so i guess it's past time for me to see the movie!! :)
I'm SO GLAD to be out of school for the next week!! I'm going to enjoy the spare time! :)

Is it spring break for me yet?

SERIOUSLY! I need a break! I feel like my brain could possibly explode any minute. Jade is out on spring break this week... I am not. I am studying for an anatomy exam, writing a psychology discussion, and a psychology paper, math homework, AND studying for my first aid class.. WOW. It's so overwhelming at times. Especially when I have a 6 year old talking constantly in my ear at all times. I love her, but geez the child never shuts up, which means that I get no study time til AFTER she goes to bed at 9!! I'm so ready for my break this next week! I did make an 88 on my lab midterm! THANK GOD!! With both of my kids being sick the whole first half of the semester i was running off steam there at the end. I was getting only about 3 hours of sleep a night and i didn't have but 1 day to study for this exam. Thank God I did as well as I did. I wish it would hav ebeen an A, but I'll take the B!!
Jade has her audiologist appointment tomorrow!! Hopefully we will get good news! I hope! Then, it will be home to finish up dinner and study tomorrow night with Allen. I always feel so bad because if he comes during the week, we never get to just sit and enjoy one another. It is always taken up with my school work. He has the wonderful job of helping me with Anatomy vocabulary.. he loves flashcards... NOT... But he is such a good sport about it! He never complains and he comes over every week to help me with it! He has been one of the only things that has kept me sane the past 2 semesters. He is always cheering me on, and encouraging me even when i think i'm losing it and am as frustrated as I can get. He is such a big help with my girls and he just goes over and beyond to help us out. Sometimes it makes me feel so bad, because I can't do the same for him. (I say that while typing on my new computer- thanks to Allen so I could do my school work after my computer crapped out on me).
I never in a million years would have imagined God placing someone in my life that is as wonderful as he is. He never ceases to amaze me. And I am so looking forward to our life together (after I get out of school). He has been so wonderful to me and my girls. I am SO thankful for him!!
Macy is doing really well with her sleeping and no bottles!! She didn't even fuss at all for a bottle today!! AND she slept ALL night last night.. for the FIRST TIME since December 1!!! I am SO excited! Hopefully we will have many more nights that are filled with sleep...and not so much sitting up with a crying baby!
I do have to brag on Jade a little bit too. She can be so sweet at times. Tonight I was trying to make flashcards and she was talking my ear off as usual, so I told her she had to hush so I could think. Well, she decided that she was going to be my helper and give me the cards as I needed them to fill out. It was a really sweet gesture. She sat so patiently and waited for me to finish one and decide what i needed on the next.
Well, thats about all i got for tonight. Its just about bed time for me!! I'll try to post some new pictures later. I still need to load the program I need on my computer to get the pics from my camera to my computer. I'm getting there slowly but surely!!

Here I go!

Ok.. new to this.. but i decided since most everyone is on the blogging bandwagon, i better jump on too!! :)
Jade is now 6 years old!! Where did the time go? She in in Kindergarten, reading, and writing. She is so smart..
Macy is 20 months old! She is running and talking some... She is my stubborn child.. most definately. She is a climber.. and there is no stopping her.
Allen and I have been together almost a year!! He is the most wonderful man I could have ever imagined! :) I love him sooo very much and can't wait to see what the future holds for us.
I am in school full time at the moment. Hoping to transfer to Wallace within the next 2 semesters. I plan to be a nurse... or something like that!! You never know where life will take you...
We are officially on day 1 of "bye bye bottles"!! We gave them to the trash can last night and went and bought Macy big girl cups. So far, she is doing really well. At naptime, instead of her usual bottle while watching cartoons upstairs and cuddling with Mommy, we decided to do soemthing different since she wasn't interested in her cup. We went to Macy's room and sat in the chair, and picked out a book from her shelf and sat down and read a book to take her mind off of not having her bottle. She was perfectly happy drinking out of her new sippy cup and looking at the pictures and listening to me read her book! She has been asleep for a total of 2 and 1/2 hours now.. and is STILL SLEEPING! WOW! Who would have guessed it would work that well??
Not too much else going on in our little world as of now.. I will blog again soon.. until then.. i must get to studying!!