Ellie's party

I know I'm late in posting this because Ellie's birthday was a few days ago, but we've been having horrible weather and I've been really busy. Anyways...

Ellie's party went great. She was a little shy at first because she's not used to so many people being at our house all at once. There were 18 total including our 6. Me, DH and our four kids, Both my parents, my grandma, my aunt, my cousin and her two kids(9yo + 7yo), my BIL and his 2 kids(6yo +5yo), my other 2 cousins who are 8 and 4. We all basically just hung out for a while and snacked on finger foods while watching the slideshow I made of her first year. Then she opened presents. My Dad was totally clueless as to what to get her so I helped him pick. He got her a soft Dora chair which she absolutely loved and sat in to open the rest of her presents. Her favorite presents from me and DH was her own baby laptop computer and a Sesame Street remote control. She always wants to play with mine, so we got her one for herself. Atleast now she can slobber on her remote instead of mine.


After presents we moved on to cake and ice cream. I bought her cake at Walmart and they gave us a free small cake for her to destroy. She played in her cake for about 20 minutes or so and ended up with icing in her eye so I had to give her a bath. While I was washing her hair to get the blue icing out, I noticed her rubbing her belly. I watched her a little more closely and figured out that she was wiping the icing off her belly and eating it. Poor girl didn't wanna waste any I guess.


After her bath, she played with her new toys for a little while and walked around visiting everyone. She started getting cranky so I put her down for a nap. She passed out hard and fast!!!


My two nephews ended up spending the night as well, which was more for my older kids to enjoy.

It was an exhausting day, but I'm glad she had a great time. Definitely made some awesome memories and took some great pictures. I will never forgot my baby girl's special day!

I'm waiting for Photobucket to upload the rest of my pics so I'll have to edit to add later.

About me

Name :	Jer
Nick Name :	Jer
Birthdate :	you don't need to know
Birthplace :	Indiana
Current Location :	Indiana
Eye Color :	brown
Hair Color :	brown
Height :	5'8"
Weight :	no way!!!
Piercings :	2 in each ear, belly button
Tatoos :	one
Boyfriend/Girlfriend :	married
Vehicle :	minivan
Overused Phrase :	"I said stop that" to my kids
FAVORITES
Food :	mozerella cheese stix
Candy :	reece cups
Number :	7
Color :	pink
Drink :	Big Red
Body Part on Opposite sex :	Smile
TV Show :	Grey's Anatomy
This or That
Pepsi or Coke :	coke
McDonalds or BurgerKing :	BK
Chocolate or Vanilla	Chocolate
Hot Chocolate or Coffee :	Coffee
Kiss or Hug :	Kiss
Dog or Cat :	Neither
Rap or Punk :	rap
Summer or Winter :	summer
Scary Movies or Funny Movies :	funny movies
Love or Money :	love
YOUR...
Bedtime :	whenever I finally get off the computer
Most Missed Memory :	dating my husband
Best phyiscal feature :	eyes
First Thought Waking Up :	checking on kids
Ambition :	to be the best Mommy I can be
Best Friends :	My husband and kids
Weakness :	giving in to my kids
Fears :	dying before my kids are grown
Longest relationship :	my husband, going on 6 years
HAVE YOU...
Cheated Your Partner :	no way!
Ever been beaten up :	nope
Ever beaten someone up :	nope
Ever Shoplifted :	nope
Ever Skinny Dipped :	yeah, when I was younger
Ever Kissed Opposite sex :	no
Been Dumped Lately :	no
IN A GUY/GIRL
Favorite Eye Color :	brown
Favorite Hair Color :	black
Short or Long :	short
Height :	5'8"
Looks or Personality :	personality
Hot or Cute	hot
Muscular or Really Skinny :	muscular
RANDOMS
What country do you want to Visit :	Philippines
How do you want to Die :	quickly when I'm very old
Been to the Mall Lately :	no
Get along with your Parents :	yes
Health Freak :	no, but I need to take better care of myself
Do you think your Attractive :	sometimes
Believe in Yourself :	yes
Want to go to College :	already have
Do you Smoke :	no
Do you Drink :	no
Shower Daily :	yes
Been in Love :	still am
Do you Sing :	when I'm driving, or the theme songs to the kids cartoons when they come on
Want to get Married :	already am
Do you want Children :	have 4 already
Age you wanna lose your Virginity :	lol.....
Hate anyone :	nah
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I need...

I got this idea from Tara's blog. I googled "my name needs" and came up with

I need:

1. a serious vacay or she's going postal for sure
2. to start stripping in front of people
3. to find a way to stop Eric
4. a Hologram projector (Jem and the Holograms cartoon from the 80's)
5. $250000 to treat her
6. reassurance that it's HER Rio loves, not Jem
7. to see a doctor
8. to think about yourself, your baby and your husband
9. rest
10. to stab a bitch
11. to turn 6 more or gain 140 more Vampire points
12. to integrate ALL her dam personalities
13. money from the label to keep it going
14. to let go of her feelings if she wants to win this race mischief

Who knew I needed so many things?!?!

Birthday Ideas

Ellianna's first birthday is in a couple weeks, so I've started getting things ready. We are probably just going to have a small family barbecue at our house and do cake and ice cream, gifts, etc. Here are some of my ideas so far... I made her a pink and white tutu that she is going to wear with a pink Gymboree "Birthday Girl" shirt that has a cupcake on it. Here is a pic of the tutu. She is wearing it over pj's in this pic though.

Another idea I had is that I bought a blank wooden picture frame from Michael's craft store. It has about a 2 1/2inch border all around it. I also got a sheet of scrapbooking stickers that say "1st birthday" and that sort of thing and some fine point Sharpie markers. I'm gonna put some of the stickers on the frame and then at her party let everyone sign it or write her a special little message with the sharpies and then after I develop the pictures from her birthday I'll put a picture of her in the frame. I thought it would be a neat little memory for her to have and to look at when she gets older. After I get it all done I'll post a pic of it. Hopefully the final product turns out as good as it is in my head.

I plan on making the theme for her party "Pink and purple". I didn't wanna have a cartoon character or anything because she really is too young to like cartoons. And it'll save me money on supplies and things. I can just buy solid pink and purple plates and other supplies. I don't know yet if I wanna do a pink and purple cake or get pink and purple cupcakes. I'm running out of time.. I better hurry up and decide.

Let's play catch-up....

Okay.. I know it's been forever since I posted on here. First off I'll post about things from this week and then work backwards when I get time.

Here is a pic of my "Big Girl" at gymnastics, she's the one in the pink shirt doing a backbend. I wish I was that flexible!!!



We had an appointment in Indianapolis today near Monument Circle and got there really early so we decided to explore. Here's a pic from inside the Monument looking towards the Statehouse. The pic looks blurry because the window inside the tower is pretty crappy.



And here is the best part of our day, while we were driving home we got stopped at a stoplight and my husband started laughing. I asked what was so funny and he pointed at this car next to us.


Somehow she was driving down the highway with her keys in the trunk lock. After we stopped laughing, I pulled up next to her and my husband tried using hand motions to let her know about the keys. She must have thought we were psychos because she got this freaked out look on her face and started dialing her phone. I hope the keys didn't end up falling out on the road somewhere.

Our First Snowman-

Yesterday, my kids decided they wanted a snowman. My husband started making the ball for the bottom. Notice the leaves mixed in with the snow because we were a little lazy in raking this past fall.

While my husband and Aiden were working on the first ball, Adalaide and I worked on the middle one. By the time we got it rolled over to the first one, I realized how heavy it was gonna be. I bet it weighed atleast 100 pounds, maybe more. It took both me and my husband to lift it. While we were packing snow in between the two parts, Aiden made the head on his own. I was so proud. I still don't know how it ended up with a pointed head though. So, after assembling all the parts I asked the kids how we were gonna decorate it. They decided that we should use play-doh for the face. I found some play-doh to use and my genious mind decided to use a piece of sidewalk chalk for the nose. I made the eyes and mouth and tried to stick it on the face. I guess I completely forgot about the properties of play-doh and snow. Play-doh doesn't stick to snow. So my husband went inside and got some toothpicks to hold it on and it actually worked. The kids found a pink scarf for it too and asked me to put the Play-doh can on his head for a hat. After posing for what seemed like 50 pictures we were done.
(You can see the floodwater behind us in what normally is a dry field. Also, I'm 5'8 and the snowman was about the same height as me.Even taller than me with his pointed head and hat)

Atleast I thought we were done. Then the kids decided we needed a "Hawaii snowman" for their grandma who lives in Hawaii. I ran inside and found a shirt to dress him up. Doesn't his blue Hawaiian shirt match perfectly with the pink scarf??? Finally done!!!!

Later in the day, it warmed up a little and the snowman started to melt some. The eyes and mouth fell off to be later eaten by the neighbor's dog who returned today to leave some nice decorative blue doggy poop right beside my van.

Lesson learned: Play-doh will not stick to snow no matter how crafty you are with toothpicks.

When kids dress themselves...

This is what happens when you let two little girls play dress up with a little boy ... no pants, pink cowgirl boots, a pink bicycle helmet, and a toy guitar!!