advice...

Never go to the grocery store while hungry and pregnant. (There were a few bags sitting on the island, too). While maybe just maybe it doesn't look like a whole lot of groceries for a family of 5, keep in mind, I don't know that I bought things to make a single meal. Yikes.

Lots of cereal (only the good kinds, of course--cocoa krispies, corn pops, honey smacks), doritos, tortilla chips, and pretzels. I bought a giant box of bomb pops, double stuffed mint oreos, tomato juice, candy (smarties, tootsie rolls, and kit kats) and drumsticks (ice cream cones). I rarely buy all that stuff! I'm more of a "salty" person, opposed to a "sweets" person. Okay, except for the mint oreos, thats a regular item in the house...

I have so much more to post, but I'll have to do it in pieces! More tomorrow, perhaps...

one of these days...

I am totally going to participate in the flashback Friday that my friends are doing. I don't have much old stuff. But I love seeing their stuff. Maybe I'll do a take back Tuesday or something so I don't have to wait until Friday : )

Say it ain't so...

Don't do it, Brett!

The latest news...

So, baby #4 is due in November (I'll have a c-section sometime between Nov. 10 & 16) and we told the kids yesterday! : )

Cal: "I want a brother."

Kaycey: "I want a brother."

Maddie: "I want a sister." Then Maddie proceeded to tell my sister that there are two babies, a brother and a sister. Boy, was she confused!!

Then Kaycey said to Cal, "It's okay if it's not a brother because you already have a sister who loves sports and stuff!"

The kids were fascinated by asking, "How old will I be when the baby is..." For example, Cal asked how old he will be when the baby is 8. Yikes...he will be 18!!! SO Cal then came to the realization that it doesn't matter if it's a brother or sister because he is so much older it just won't matter. I told him it won't be long till he can babysit. And he can teach bro or sis how to catch and throw. They decided to pick out names already, too. Cal and Kaycey's names were all players from the Brewers--Corey, Prince, or CC (who plays for the Yankees now). Though Kaycey also threw in Sammy for a boy or girl. Maddie's choices for names?? Princess, Dora, Daisy, or Uniqua.

April recap

Okay, so since I was so terrible at blogging in April, I decided to do a quick recap of the month (minus the Michigan wedding, since I did blog on that).

April 30--out with Jessi
So, Jessi and I were cheerleaders together back in high school. It had been literally since graduation that I had seen her (12 years). She is living in California as an engineer, finishing her master's @ Pepperdine. I am so proud of her!! Her family still lives here, so she was in town and she had contacted me via facebook. It was so great to reminisce and laugh about all the crazy times we had, especially the ones I had forgotten about!!! We went to dinner, a Brewers game, and then a Dunkin Donuts that was open 24 hrs (YUM!!) : )



April 29-Britney Spears concert in Chicago
So you are probably thinking I am suffering from some sort of early mid life crisis, but really I'm not. My sister bought me a ticket for Christmas (I wanted to go!) I am not going to sit and defend Britney or anything, I think she's a real nutjob. BUT for me it's all about great back up dancers. I love back up dancers. I totally would love to be a back up dancer. I love dancing and I love to watch dancing and all those dance shows on TV (though I am not a religious watcher of any on a regular basis). The concert itself was rather over the top, the theme being "circus" (the title of her newest album). There were 3 stages, with circus acts and all. I was disappointed she didn't play much older stuff, and the dancers weren't as spunky as the last time I saw her (8 years ago). There was so much time between songs; it definitely was no New Kids show : ) Obviously I am not lying when I say I like ALL kinds of music.


Maddie watching Cal play Madden 09.


Mike and Maddie riding the lawnmower.

The inexpensive artwork I made for Cal's side of the bathroom ($6 each! Literally all I did was frame a piece of scrapbook paper!)

Kaycey and Maddie posing for the camera

April 7--NKOTB in Green Bay

So my Dad asked me, "Are you guys out of your minds??" Hmmm, perhaps. But it was so much fun! Yep, this makes 3 times in about 6 months. They even donned Packers shirts with #12 on the back. Cheeseheads were even brought out. It was a great time, though my pictures were not as good as the first two concerts...they're coming again to Illinois in June. Hmmm.....