I should be sleeping...

but I'll blog instead. Brian's up north fishing...way up north...in Baudette near the Canadian border. It's cold up there. He called today and said they haven't had much luck, but are having fun. I sure hope he can get some much needed relaxation in. With everything going on, he sure needs it.

Evan and Mason are having their first real slumber party at Grandma and Grandpa Darling's house tonight. I brought them up there earlier this afternoon and I'll be picking them up sometime later tomorrow...or rather later today :). I just got home from book club, I love book club...and Carter is sound asleep in his crib and I'm realizing how quiet the house is. I know I should be massively enjoying it and taking advantage of the quiet, but I'm realizing how lonely it is. As much as some days I wish I could have more days like this, I miss my family more. Carter had his 6 month appointment yesterday and he got 4 shots (poor baby), so he's been fussy. Which means I have not been able to do anything I've wanted to do while I had this quiet weekend with just Carter. Although to be honest, if I got 4 shots in my thighs I'd want to be held and cuddled all the time too. Oh well, it looks like the organizing and cleaning will have to wait...again. Maybe I'll get to it someday.

Nothing else too new to report right now...I just hope I can get a good night's sleep tonight - we'll have to see how Carter does though! Hopefully he'll sleep through the night tonight...we shall see. I hope Evan and Mason are doing well and sleeping ok for Grandma and Grandpa. I also hope Brian is doing ok sleeping up north and not taking off his sleep apnea breathing machine thing. Maybe he'll be more relaxed and can sleep better?? Maybe with it being so cold he won't think of his headache anymore and it'll magically go away?? I can hope.

Well, it is almost 1am, I have a load of laundry in the washing machine...should probably do something about that. The dishes are calling my name, and the scattered toys need to be put to a home. I wonder where my kitchen counters are? Do you think they're under all that cluttered mess?? Maybe I'll find out...maybe I'll find out later...probably tomorrow (or, later today)...if I have the energy to clean them off. Nah, I think I'll just go to bed. Hopefully I can sleep.

Good night.

Hoo Hoo

So I have a funny Mason story to share...here goes:

To start out, I need to tell you that in our house, for some odd reason, we have come up with the word 'hoo hoo' as female anatomy. I don't know why, it's just how it's evolved. Anyways...Brian was putting the boys to bed the other night, and every night we read a story, say prayers then go over what the favorite thing of the day was with each kid. That night, Mason got to go first by saying what his favorite thing was...here's how it went:

Brian: Mason, what was your favorite thing today?
Mason: My favorite thing was....going to go get hoo hoo.
a cluster of laughs surrounded the room...
Brian: Ok, Evan what was your favo...
Mason: wait wait! I have another favorite thing...
Brian: Ok Mason, what is it?
Mason: My favorite thing was saying hoo hoo!
more hysterical laughing occurred.

I'm not sure what brought on this whole 'hoo hoo' talk, but regardless we thought it was funny.

Happy New Year!...uhhh...belated :)

We decided to ring in the new year by staying at home wit our kiddos. We were invited to a couple places, and we would have loved to have gone, but Evan ended up with a little cough and we didn't want to spread anything. His cough was very minor and is pretty much gone now, but still, we don't want to be those parents who take their sick kids out and spread lovely germs. :) Anywho, I put the boys all down for a late nap and we all stayed up until 12:30am! It was really fun, Brian went outside and lit off some legal fireworks, we watched Dick Clark/Ryan Seacrest New Year's Eve special, we got the boys some 'sparking apple juice' and we had a bottle of champagne that's been in our fridge for about 3 years that Brian and I enjoyed. We banged on pots with wooden spoons at midnight and the kids really enjoyed it. With being so burnt out from Christmas, it was nice to stay home. Plus with 3 kids, it's really tough to go out :(. Oh well, we all had a good time!

Carter's 6 month appointment is next week, on Thursday the 15th. He has a new trick...check out the picture below! He's so proud of himself to be able to sit up, but it's kind of funny because he gets tired and he sits there and starts to pout and whimper! So we have to save him by laying him down or holding him. He's so funny. His only downfall is that he still wakes up about once at night to eat. Oh well. He's not into 'food' yet, so we'll try again in a while! He's still nursing and that seems to be all he wants to do! Oh well, he's happy and cute, so that's all that matters ;).

Gotta go, motherly duties are in need...