We're Not In Kansas Anymore

Now, I have two reasons for the title.
#1:

Self explanatory, right? Isn't Kailyn the cutest Dorothy this side of Oz?! These are before we went Trick or Treating around the Square. Well actually, we made it around two sides before the lightning. We were ok when it was pouring rain, but I don't mess with the lightning, especially when my 5 year old is holding an umbrella! We had fun, nonetheless!

#2:

Not so self explanatory. Well let me just tell you that my gorgeous, talented, intelligent, fantastic sister received her acceptance letter to the University of Missouri, Columbia yesterday! That's right, she'll be a Tiger next fall, majoring in Pre-Law. That's one more NON-JAYHAWK! I'm so proud of her, and I know she's going to be great!

Don't get too excited that I blogged twice in one week, I just had some pictures and exciting news to share. I will leave you with the 27 weeks pregnant cartoon from baby-gaga.com, I'm certain it sums up every pregnant woman in America's emotional state! Have a very safe and Happy Halloween and a great weekend!

Happy Monday!

That's right, I said, "Happy Monday"! And I mean it too. I know darn good and well that today is Wednesday, but it has been so horrible that I'm positive it's Monday. I also know that I haven't blogged in a week and two days, oops!

Let's catch up first. Last Wednesday was Kailyn's very first "official" Parent-Teacher Conference. Joe had mandatory CPR class, so I went and Jeff met Kailyn and I there. Come to find out, my kid is fantastic! I obviously knew this already, although I may be a bit biased. Actually, the teacher really did say that she is doing extremely well and is REALLY ready to read. She is going to start working with a handful of "ready readers" individually during rest time to really get them reading. Let me just tell you, she amazes me. She can read whole books by herself, and she LOVES it! Don't get me wrong, I had to get her some new books because I had heard Hop on Pop quite enough, but I love to hear her read. Reminds me of me! Oh, and Joe did good in his class too, so if your life is in danger, just let me know and I'll send him your way!

Saturday was Jordan's very last home high school volleyball game EVER! Of course Joe and I went, Kailyn was at her dad's, but we apparently went way too early. The freshmen ended up playing 3 games, followed by the JV girls also playing 3 games, so the Varsity game that should've started around 1pm, started closer to 3pm. Wow. But I wouldn't have missed it for the world! Joe and I rented Land of the Lost Saturday night, and I recommend that you never do so. We wanted to get The Proposal, but it was out, so we thought this one might be funny and we didn't find any others, so that's what we went with. TERRIBLE. If I were a movie critic, I would have given Land of the Lost one thumbs down. I know what you're saying, "Why not two thumbs down"? Well, Will Ferrell and that guy from Pineapple Express are funny guys, and as completely ignorant as the movie was, there were a couple of good laughs it. All in all, I felt as though I were a bit dumber after watching.

Tuesday was our monthly OB appointment. I gained a slim 6.2 pounds last month.....that's right, 6.2! I'm guessing I may need to watch the whole "donut eating" habit, but I don't feel too bad yet, my total weight gain at 27 weeks of pregnancy is only 18.1 pounds. I would actually be just fine with that number, had I not gained the entire 18.1 pounds in my butt and chins. Just those two places, honest. I know have an extra ass and 4 extra chins. Thanks, Myer. Speaking of him doing things that are not so nice, he wasn't too impressed with the doppler at this appointment. I think I made him mad by drinking the nasty glucose juice at 7am, because he was flipping out after I chugged it. When we got to the doctor's office, I got my blood drawn and then we went to the examination room where they always take your blood pressure and listen to the baby's heartbeat. My blood pressure was 88/44, by the way, but the doc said that's ok, "Low is a hell of a lot better than high". Anywho, the nurse put the doppler on my belly and was searching for little man's heartbeat, around and around until he kicked the doppler completely off my belly. Joe laughed out loud, but I don't really think she thought it was too funny. She then put the doppler on the other side and got his heartbeat, 155bpm. After I saw the doctor, I got my H1N1 Vaccination, WooHoo!

That brings us to today....."Monday". As I do love my donuts, I used an empty water bottle to also bring some milk for breakfast this morning. However, when I went to put the cap back on the gallon of milk, apparently I grabbed the lid to the water bottle and it fell right inside the milk. I put the lid on the milk and put it in the fridge. I also sent Joe a message to "use caution when drinking milk". On the way out the door, I pulled my glasses out of the basket, but when I tried to grab my keys, they weren't there. In a panic, because I was late as always, I dumped my purse out, still no keys. I told Kailyn I must've left them in the car and unlocked and opened the front door to go check and found my keys.....in the door handle. Yep, I left my keys in the front door all night long. Joe had locked the door and deadbolt before bed, but I guess I just wanted to make sure that if anyone wanted in or needed to borrow my car in the night, my keys would be easily accessible. Poor little Myer, I know you have not even arrived in this outside world yet, but I also blame my forgetful/clumsiness on you. But, Son, I love you with all my heart!

TODAY IS AYSON PHILLIP BOLLING'S 1ST BIRTHDAY! I tried to talk to him this morning on the phone, but he was in his highchair and much more interested in his eggs. Such a big boy!

Today is also Joe's sister, Stephanie's, birthday! Happy Birthday, Steph!

As of today, I have 13 more weeks of pregnancy. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little nervous. Not about the whole new baby thing, but the whole birth thing. I had an epidural with Kailyn, which I 100% deserved for all the pitocin that was being pumped through my veins, but I would really love to deliver Myer without any medication. We'll see!

Tomorrow is Trick or Treat around the square, which is always fun! Kailyn is Dorothy for Halloween and looks flipping adorable in her costume! I'll put some pics up ASAP, promise.

By the way, please enjoy the new countdown calendar on my blog, I do love me some Christmas. And just so you know, my Christmas decorations alway go up the first weekend in November and I am almost completely done Christmas shopping (and I shop for my brother too)! Please don't quit reading my blog because I'm Merrily Psychotic!

Have a Happy Hump Day!

Another Day!

Happy Monday, everyone! Today is yet another day, and I am at work to hopefully make another dollar. Boy the weekend's just fly by, it's kind of depressing.

Joe, Kailyn and I did some major pumpkin decorating this weekend. Kailyn was supposed to be with her dad last weekend, but I traded with him for next weekend so she could be home during Homecoming festivities. Therefore, this was our last chance before Halloween to carve/paint our pumpkins. They turned out pretty awesome!

Well, that's all I've got. Just wanted to share our professional pumpkin decorating skills with you. Hope your week is fab!

The Wait Is Over!

Is it really Friday again already? Oops.....I suck at this blogging thing, huh? I'm sorry. It's been so busy lately and I just don't seem to have a second to slow down. Until now.....

My home is pretty calm right now. Kailyn is playing fun imaginary things to which I respond, "Oh yeah" or "Cool" to whatever she's saying every once in a while, Myer has quit flipping out since I ate those 2 waffles at 9pm (apparently he was hungry?) and Joe is waiting for the MHS Homecoming game to get over so he can clean up. So here I am, ready to update the high-speed world of my boring, yet busy, life.

Where to start, I guess with Kailyn getting sick again. She started running a fever again Tuesday morning. I called the dr's office and he said just to keep it down with Tylenol/Motrin and keep her on her antibiotic and call if anything gets worse. It was really frustrating, though, I mean, it was always a low grade fever, never above 100 and nothing hurt on her! She finally got to go back to school on Thursday. Of course, after being out in the cold all day and part of tonight, she says she's pretty sure she has an ear infection. Thank you, Dr Wise.

Monday was Columbus Day, woo hoo, a federal holiday. However, Kailyn still had school and Joe had to work. You're thinking, "Oh how exciting, a day to yourself", but not so much. I had to get up at the crack of dawn and take Kailyn to school, which I did in pajama pants! Obviously she wanted me to walk her in, she never does any other day, but she thought it was hilarious. Then I came home, ate some breakfast, straightened the house, got ready and was back at Kailyn's school for lunch at 11am. Joe and I missed eating lunch with her last week because she had strep, so I rescheduled it for Monday. The menu was chicken patty, french fries, pears and green beans. Not bad, right? Until the lunch lady says, "adult tray" and hands you your chicken patty with ham and swiss cheese on it. Shouldn't someone ask before they go throwing ham on your patty? After lunch, I came home again, watched some Days of Our Lives , took a cat nap and was back to pick Kailyn up from school at 3pm for dance at 3:30pm. Then we went to Cathy's 31 party at 5:30pm and spent way too much money. (OOPS, you're not reading this, are you Joe?)

I left Kailyn home with Joe on Tuesday, because it was senior night at Jordan's volleyball game. I only stayed for one game, since Kailyn was not happy that I left in the first place, but I got to see the senior presentation too! Only one more home volleyball game, isn't that sad?

Wednesday was pretty laid back. We had to skip church again because of Kailyn's fever. I told Mandi that we were coming to church next week "come hell or high water", but I guess one of them showed up, because it was cancelled next week due to school conferences. Maybe that's a sign that I shouldn't say things like "come hell or high water" when referring to church.

Thursday, oh Thursday. Remember in high school when making signs for the Homecoming Parade was fun? Me too! They're not fun anymore. Kailyn and I went to the Bolling's to make signs for the Shapes Dance and Acro truck for the parade. Stupid idea. I think maybe it lost it's "funness" when there were 5 year olds in the background. "Can you hurry up and draw mine?" "Can I paint yet?" "What's taking so long" "My mom is faster than your mom". It was honestly stressful. When Kailyn and I got home, we grabbed a quick supper and sat down for some Grey's Anatomy. Disappointing. I'm just overall not impressed with this season so far. It has got to pick up soon, or I may have to stop watching. (I bet the network exec's are shaking in their boots!)

Now to today, Friday! What a busy day. MHS Homecoming day. Kailyn went to school all decked out in her cheerleading uniform. The Benton School kids marched the MHS halls with the band this morning and then came up and paraded around the square. They were really cute! Then came the marathon. Kailyn got out at 12:30pm and had to be at the high school for parade line up at 1pm to ride with the Shapes group. I finally got her settled and got back up to the square to watch the parade with my mom, stepdad, gma, stepmom and friends. I love the Homecoming Parade, it's always the best! After Mandi and I finally rounded up Kailyn, Aubrey and Adilynn, I met Mandi back at her house for a kid exchange and headed home. Kailyn and I had a snack and watched some t.v. until time to head back to the high school for the half time presentation of the Homecoming Candidates and announcement of the winners. I think it's great that they have Kings now too. So are you dying to know who won? Miss Aubrie Plummer and Mr Chase Kempf. Congrats, you two! What an honor that my baby sister was put up too! I'm not sure that the football team will pull out a win playing Helias, but I bet the dance will be super fun.

I'm quite excited to hopefully get to sleep in tomorrow morning. If we are up anyway, by chance, we may fight the chilly weather to watch the MVC Homecoming parade around 9am. I make no promises.

Sheesh, I guess I've been blogging for a while, because Myer is doing backflips through my rib cage now. He loves to wait until his mom is ready for bed to wake up and move around. And I am really ready for bed, too. It's been super catching up and I will try my best to blog more than one time next week. Once again, I make no promises.

Have a great weekend, all!

What Day Is It?

So I guess today is Friday. What a long week this has been. Last night was the first night this week that I've gotten more than 3-4 hours of sleep. Sunday night Joe tossed and turned, moaned and groaned and kicked in his sleep until finally, at 2:30am, I begged him to go to the couch. Then at 5am when he got up, he was rumbling through every drawer in his dresser. Monday, after dance, Kailyn and I went to the Bolling residence to play for a while and picked up Dairy Queen on the way home for a quick supper. Being the glutten for punishment that I am, I ordered Joe some onion rings so that I could eat a couple. I ate 3. And at 2:30am, those three onion rings were on a war path up my esophagus. I had such bad indigestion that at 3am I finally went to try and sleep, through the thunder and lightning I might add, in the recliner. I finally got back to sleep around 4:30am and at 5am when Joe got up, I almost jumped out of the chair when he was rumbling through the refridgerator and letting the dogs out. Tuesday morning, Kailyn woke up and came into the bathroom saying, "Mommy, I think I have strep throat". After a little look-see, I agreed. I got her into the doctor where she tested positive for strep and negative for influenza. We got her started on antibiotics asap and she stayed with GMa while I worked the afternoon. Unfortunately we missed Aunt Jordan's volleyball game, and of course, she started! Anywho, Kailyn didn't sleep very well Tuesday night, and therefore, neither did I. She tossed and turned, moaned and groaned and even cried out a few times. Wednesday Kailyn spent the day with PaPa. I picked her up after work and we met Nana at our house because Kailyn's ruby red slippers had come in from Avon for her Dorothy costume. We now have a completed costume and are ready for Trick or Treating! We skipped church again this week since Kailyn wasn't allowed back to school until Thursday. As for sleeping Wednesday night, HA! The forecast had said to expect a few rolls of thunder through the night, but that was an understatement. About 3am, I about jumped out of my bed when my entire room lit up like the 4th of July followed by a 16 gun salute! Of course, everytime I would almost get back to sleep, the stupid lightning and thunder would shake the house again. Yesterday Kailyn went back to school! It was also picture day at Benton, she looked super cute. She wore a pink dress with purple sleeves with her hair half up/half down in piggy tail braids. Joe didn't mow yesterday because of the torrential rain fall, so he picked her up after school. When I got home I hadn't laid anything out for supper, so I used the last of my potatoes to make potato soup for Kailyn and started making pigs in a blanket for Joe and I. When Kailyn saw the hot dogs, however, she decided she'd rather have a hot dog and leftover macaroni from Tuesday night. So she had that, I had potato soup and Joe had pigs in a blanket. What a buffet! SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Grey's Anatomy (Melissa) stop reading NOW!

Grey's was a little better last night. Still not up to my full expectations, but better. Meredith seems to have really grown up in this season, and I now love her character even more. Then, for some stupid reason, I watched Private Practice. I got pulled in at the end of the season last year, and have promised myself that I won't get pulled in again this year (I'm not a big fan of Addison), but it's a pretty good show. I feel so horrible for the woman who had her baby cut out at the end of last season. She has a lot of healing to do, for sure. Poor thing. After Private Practice was over, I turned the tv off and apparently it was my night to toss and turn. I had the worst leg cramps, EVER, and could not get comfy. I finally got to sleep close to 11pm and guess what? I didn't wake up again, even to tinkle, until 4:45am! That's right 5.75 hours of solid sleep.....WOO HOO! Needless to say, I could use a little bit of catch up on my ZZZZZ's, but last night helped.

Today is Becca King's birthday! Happy Birthday, Becca! And tomorrow is Justin Heinzler and Kara Pointer's wedding! Should be a great time! I should really get my patootie to work, it's almost 10am! OOPS! Have a great weekend everyone!

Catching Up

Oh good gravy, it's been almost a week since I blogged last. I wonder if anyone still checks for new posts? I wonder if anyone ever checked to begin with? Either way, it's time to catch up.

Let's see here.....Wednesday was the Powder Puff Football Game. Very entertaining, I must say. All the players were such good sports and played great games. Mike Clemons did the announcing, and he was hilarious! The "cheerleaders" were also quite funny. The senior and junior boys did a nice job cheering for their teams. It was kind of chilly, so we only stayed for one half of each game, but in the end Fitzgibbon Hospital beat Marshall Schools Faculty and the Junior Girls beat the Senior Girls. Win or lose, what an awesome event to be a part of!

Thursday was another volleyball game. I had text my sister earlier in the afternoon and told her that they needed to kick some rear quick so that I could get home in plenty of time for Grey's. Game #1 was a blow out, MHS was on it. Game #2, however, was a come down to the very end, I mean, 25-23, stand on your feet and scream when the last point is made, nail biter! But MHS came out on top and I was home with Dairy Queen ice cream for the fam by 8pm. Great games girls!

On to Grey's Anatomy.....yawn. What is the deal here, storyline writers? I'm a die-hard Grey's fan, and don't want to give up on my show, but it's kind of boring/disappointing so far this season. Let's pick up the pace, Seattle Grace. (hee, hee, I'm a poet!)

Friday was Kailyn's first official Girl Scout meeting. It was just a meet and greet for the girls, and they did a few activities. Kailyn LOVED it! Friday was also Erica's baby shower for the new Miss Coleman coming in 7 weeks. Can you believe it? 7 weeks? That's right around the corner! Anyway, she got some really cute stuff, including a sweet Sit N' Stand Stroller from her BFF's.

Sunday was Kara Pointer's wedding shower for her upcoming wedding October 10th! She really got some awesome stuff too, but my favorite was Amber's present. I know that most people have heard of the different letter pictures that people can make on various websites. For example, Joe and I got one for our wedding from http://www.letteryourlegacy.com/ that says KLINGE. Well Amber made, I mean made, one of those with the last name HEINZLER. She actually took the different letter pictures and framed it herself. Honestly what I think makes her even more awesome than the others, is that all of the letters are from special places that would mean something to Justin and Kara! It was really amazing!

Last night the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was on from near Springfield. Chris and Julie See had met this very deserving family through their CASA volunteering, nominated them for the show and they won! It was a really touching story and the Hampton family is truly blessed for having the See's in their life. I hope the Hampton's are so so so happy with their beautiful new home, they are such a sweet family!

Looks like this week isn't too awful busy. We've got dance today, volleyball Tuesday and Thursday, Church Wednesday, Becca's birthday Friday and Justin and Kara's wedding Saturday. Ok, so I guess that sounds busy, but oh well. I love that we are involved!

And on that note, I should be busy at work too, so I've got to go! Happy Monday, everyone!