Puppy Isabella.

We’ve had our little kipper the dog now for almost 2 years and I have felt bad for him lately. All he has wanted is someone who would wrestle with him and play and our poor cats just couldn’t do it anymore. So I decided that it was time to look for a friend. I search the internet for puppies and found this little sweetie and I knew I had to have her. I convince the husband and filled out the application and a week later I got a new baby.

She is such a doll. So loving and calm compared to what Kipper was. She is very very curious and wants to be in the thick of it all. We waited a few days before we introduced her to kipper but after the first shock of a new dog in the house Kipper came around and now they are the best of friends and as you can see Gunner and Wyatt are thrilled to have a new friend too.

I found her through the best friends animal sanctuary and they were a pleasure to work with even transported her to us.  I would recommend them to anyone. So if you want a little friend go check out their site.  Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

Scooterin’ it up yo.

So we are trying to be more active in our household which is hard for us. We are a TV, play on tablets all day type of family. So when I suggested that we turn everything off all day and do nothing but be out side or play with toys you could say that it didn’t go over that well but we did it. We dug out the stroller, found Wyatt’s scooter and leashed up the good old dog and off we went to find out just what this neighbor had in store for us. I mean, gosh we’ve lived in our new house for 2 years now and we have yet to know what's really out there.

It was fantastic. Kipper loved by outside smelling and talking (barking) to other dogs, Wyatt tried to do flips on his scooter and hated the hills and little Gun slept.  Me, I felt more alive you know. I actually got ready, put pants on and soaked it all in. Here where my kids making memories like we used too when Wyatt was a toddler.

Why did we stop this. (throws fists in the air) NEVER AGAIN! Outside you are a pleasure to be in.

Gym you suck.

Gym, you suck. I have been going to you for a month now and I feel like every time I come home I did nothing. My arms don’t hurt, my legs aren't jelly and hey it could be that I don’t know how to work your fancy machines or that I tend to just go up and down on the elliptical doing the quick start which does nothing I know but I think its time we break up.

Its not you, its me. Looking at your boring walls and watching your TV screens aren't cutting it for me anymore and you know what I found someone else. Some one who gets that I need to feel the pain to know I am alive. Who pushes me to meet my goals, who doesn’t forgive my lack luster days. Who turns me into jelly after I see him.

I crave the him now. I crave his pavement under my feet, the wind in my hair, the hills man those hills. I crave my breath being taking away. The moment when I feel like I can not run another step but I do and the high the comes with that is beyond any words I could say now or ever.

I get it. I get why runners do this. Why they run for 26 miles with out stopping. I get it. I finally get it and one day I will be one of those runners but right now I cant wait to finish my 3 miles. So I’ll see you later Gym, I might be back but right now running has my heart and I am head over heals for him.

Dad’s tend to have more fun.

You know when your kids get a hair cut they tend to  grow up instantly. Throw in some new glasses and they become teenagers over night. That’s how I feel about this kid now. I literally never see him anymore. Most days he is upstairs in his room doing whatever teenagers do like gaming and watching wrestling. Then he’s talking with his dad about gaming and wrestling and you know stuff that “women don’t get mom.” and there I am out of the loop already.

So I spend most of my time cuddling with Gunner whispering to him “you’re going to be a momma’s boy when you grow up right?” He’ll  just yawn and look at me like he knows the truth that dad’s tend to have more fun.

I always wanted to be a mom of boys and now that I get the chance I am so thrilled.  I grew up knowing that I got along with boys better than girls. I never was the “girl friend” I was always one of the boys. I would do all the mischievous things that boys do like breaking into abandon buildings, riding dirt bikes, and one of my favorite memories, throwing water balloons at cars while driving my moms van and trying to get them to chase us. Which led the cops calling my parents before dragging me home.

Which I thought for sure they’d kill me but surprisingly they didn’t do anything but tell me not to do it again. I think they were tired by the time my rebellion came out. I was the fifth kid to become a teenager, they totally lost steam after my older siblings. Water balloons were nothing compared to what they did.

I see myself either teaching my kids in the future how to TP a house or grounding them extra hard for doing it because I know that TPing a house is just the start it. Isn't it interesting to be on the other side of things?

I never understood why my parents got so upset over little things like sneaking out of the house to met up with a bunch a guys and not coming home until 3 in the morning only to get supplies for our next adventure to find your mom waiting up for you and then have your guy friend come into “help” the situation aka lecture your mom on why it was important for me to go out with the guys on this said adventure only learn that I was grounded yet again.  Come on he had valid points mom!

But now being a parent I see why that was not such a good idea and I am just grateful that right now they only thing I am out of the loop on is gaming and wrestling and THANK GOD I have Cody who can relate to those things because over the years I have turned into a girl who doesn’t get the gaming and really doesn’t understand why wrestling is so cool.

52/3&4

A photo of my kids once a week for 52 weeks. Week 3 & 4

52/3

Wyatt: Taking Kipper the dog for a walk

Gunner: Listening to daddy tell him about the wonders of the world.

52/4

Wyatt: Playing in Kippers dog house

Gunner: Enjoying the sunshine.

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Brothers

These two are starting to act more like brothers each day. They are spending a lot more time together. Gunner absolutely adores Wyatt and laughs at everything Wyatt does. Wyatt on the other head wishes it was still just him most the time. I hoping that when Gunner starts to crawl that will change which I am sure it will.

52/2

 

Week 2

Wyatt: Showing me what Gunner looks like when he screams

Gunner: hiding his head in shame.

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