This is how far behind I am in blogging - My bday was months ago and Im just now getting around to saying how much I dreaded it. Turning 32 was sad, sad, sad and yes, I know there are worse things but this was my unhappy time. As my mom lovingly tells me every year when the ol' bday rolls around and I start getting mopey about my age, "Well Brandee, it's better than the alternative." Thanks Mom and Happy Birthday to me with those thoughts. It just sucks realizing your no longer going to be the youngest at the office, out of a group - stuff like that. And the cuteness factor starts to wear off too, now youre just Paige's mom or Ma'm (the dreaded Ma'm!!!) Does it annoy any of you ladies when the checker at the grocery store goes into Ma'm overdrive??? Im not old enough for that, am I???
Anyway - I am grateful to be 32 and not any kind of alternative. Moving on to 33!! Lord that age sounds scary!!! :)
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Monday, June 20, 2011
Father's Day
It was yesterday and in all of my busy-ness I didnt get around to this but Happy Father's Day!! I never really liked celebrating father's day because I had 2 and they really didnt live up to the hype of being celebrated but I seemed to have been smart enough to marry a man that IS worth celebrating!!!
Happy Father's Day to the most wonderful, handsome, loving, energetic, helpful, sexy, funny and just all around awesome man ever!! He always makes time for all 5 of us and he deals with 4 girls in the house like it's no big deal ;)
I love him like crazy!! I dont know how I would make it without him - Thanks for being such a wonderful Daddy Paul! We <3 U!!! My babies daddy with the babies!
We're Curaaaaaazzzzzyyyyyyy!!!!!
Happy Father's Day to the most wonderful, handsome, loving, energetic, helpful, sexy, funny and just all around awesome man ever!! He always makes time for all 5 of us and he deals with 4 girls in the house like it's no big deal ;)
I love him like crazy!! I dont know how I would make it without him - Thanks for being such a wonderful Daddy Paul! We <3 U!!! My babies daddy with the babies!
We're Curaaaaaazzzzzyyyyyyy!!!!!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day!!!
To all the wonderful, beautiful, hard-working women out there that take care of their wonderful babies - Happy Mother's Day!!
Being a mother is the hardest, most rewarding job Ive ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I have the 4 most awesome little souls that I get to help nurture and grow and see what they become in life! It's the biggest responsibility I've ever had or will have and I try to enjoy it everyday - although sometimes I really have to remind myself to enjoy them because one day they'll be out of my house and growing their own family (tear!!)
Paige, Madeline, Riley and Slade have been the best blessings and I thank God everyday for them. I love these little babies more than anything and Im pretty honored to be their Mommy :)
Look at these sweet faces!
Being a mother is the hardest, most rewarding job Ive ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I have the 4 most awesome little souls that I get to help nurture and grow and see what they become in life! It's the biggest responsibility I've ever had or will have and I try to enjoy it everyday - although sometimes I really have to remind myself to enjoy them because one day they'll be out of my house and growing their own family (tear!!)
Paige, Madeline, Riley and Slade have been the best blessings and I thank God everyday for them. I love these little babies more than anything and Im pretty honored to be their Mommy :)
Look at these sweet faces!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A Year Already??!! Happy 1st Birthday to My Sweet Boy Slade! What a Ride It's Been!
One year ago today I was scared out of my mind and a nervous wreck all at once! I was scared about going into a c-section for the 3rd time - Id already had two successfull, amazing c-sections and in my crazy mind Im always ready for the bad news. There was no way that a 3rd c-section could go well and be pulled off but it went perfectly!
My nervousness came from the fact that I just wasnt sure if I could possibly handle 4 kids with 2 of them being under the age of 2 years old!!! Nervous because after 3 girls I wasnt sure if I even knew what to do with a boy. All Ive ever heard is how different boys and girls were and then there was the circumsision and how to care for that and just all these emotions going on. I didnt have a clue what my baby would look like or if he would want to snuggle or would be a total cryer or a zen little buda baby.
You came out a perfect little boy at 6lbs 9oz 20 1/2in long with the most awesome baby hair Ive ever seen - fauxhawk right away - and super blue eyes! Everyone loved you and and you snuggled like a champ :)
I cant believe Im so lucky to be your mommy!! This year has been the hardest of my mommydom - NO ONE ever tells you how tough it is with 2 babies under the age of 2. All I ever heard was, Theyll be such great friends - an instant playmate!, but no one ever says that they both seem to cry at the same time or need a diaper change at the same time, be screaming for snack or juice at the same time. It's like they play off of eachother! No one ever told me how hard it would be. I have so much respect for mom's of multiples. This past year has also shown me how strong I am. I never knew I could be as strong as Ive been but I couldnt have done it without my wonderful hubby and sweet baby girls. We all had to band together and work as a real team - and we did Team Wallace!! We were all so excited to add a little boy to the mix that we've all pulled together.
It's amazing all the little things that happen in the first year that you seem to forget about as they get older. First laugh, smile, when they pushed up on their arms while on the floor, first time eating baby cereal, when they discovered their hands and feet. All those sweet little things that Ive gotten to see again and really enjoy and soak it all in escpecially since this is my last baby. Youre it little dude! Youve now made us a complete family of 6!!! Im so honored and privileged to be your mommy Slade! I love you and cant wait to see what an awesome little boy youll be and the wonderful man youll become!
Happy 1st Birthday Slade!! We all love you more than youll ever know!
Holding my sweet little man for the first time
We were so happy to see and meet you!
My Sweet Girls with their little brother
Such a cool dude at 2 days old!
My tiny man at 1!
My nervousness came from the fact that I just wasnt sure if I could possibly handle 4 kids with 2 of them being under the age of 2 years old!!! Nervous because after 3 girls I wasnt sure if I even knew what to do with a boy. All Ive ever heard is how different boys and girls were and then there was the circumsision and how to care for that and just all these emotions going on. I didnt have a clue what my baby would look like or if he would want to snuggle or would be a total cryer or a zen little buda baby.
You came out a perfect little boy at 6lbs 9oz 20 1/2in long with the most awesome baby hair Ive ever seen - fauxhawk right away - and super blue eyes! Everyone loved you and and you snuggled like a champ :)
I cant believe Im so lucky to be your mommy!! This year has been the hardest of my mommydom - NO ONE ever tells you how tough it is with 2 babies under the age of 2. All I ever heard was, Theyll be such great friends - an instant playmate!, but no one ever says that they both seem to cry at the same time or need a diaper change at the same time, be screaming for snack or juice at the same time. It's like they play off of eachother! No one ever told me how hard it would be. I have so much respect for mom's of multiples. This past year has also shown me how strong I am. I never knew I could be as strong as Ive been but I couldnt have done it without my wonderful hubby and sweet baby girls. We all had to band together and work as a real team - and we did Team Wallace!! We were all so excited to add a little boy to the mix that we've all pulled together.
It's amazing all the little things that happen in the first year that you seem to forget about as they get older. First laugh, smile, when they pushed up on their arms while on the floor, first time eating baby cereal, when they discovered their hands and feet. All those sweet little things that Ive gotten to see again and really enjoy and soak it all in escpecially since this is my last baby. Youre it little dude! Youve now made us a complete family of 6!!! Im so honored and privileged to be your mommy Slade! I love you and cant wait to see what an awesome little boy youll be and the wonderful man youll become!
Happy 1st Birthday Slade!! We all love you more than youll ever know!
Holding my sweet little man for the first time
We were so happy to see and meet you!
My Sweet Girls with their little brother
Such a cool dude at 2 days old!
My tiny man at 1!
Monday, March 21, 2011
It was a Home Run!!!
After weeks of planning and worrying and just plain driving everyone in my family (including myself) nuts Slade's 1st birthday party was a total success!! Not that there weren't a few mishaps along the way - baseball fell off the cake whily hubby was carrying it from the house to the car and that made us late to the park for setting up and the wind was HORRIFIC but everything came together, looked great and everyone had a great time!
It was a baseball theme'd party - Daddy's been a ball player from babydom all thru college and minor league and will still play on the "old man" league as he calls it when time permits. I just thought red, white and blue and baseball was just a cute theme since Slade is an All-American Boy :)
Slade's party was held at Wallace Field (the park down the street from our house) and we had concessions and hot dogs and cake OH MY!!!! We played wiffle ball and home run derby and ate tons of sno cones and just enjoyed the day, Slade and eachother!
It was so much fun! Even though we had a few hiccups it was all totally worth it to celebrate the first birthday of such a special little boy!!
Dad and Slade
Girls in their shirts
Wallace Field
Lots of Baseball Concessions
All in our bday shirts for Baby Slade
Happy Birthday Boy with his cake!
Yeah he liked it :)
It was a baseball theme'd party - Daddy's been a ball player from babydom all thru college and minor league and will still play on the "old man" league as he calls it when time permits. I just thought red, white and blue and baseball was just a cute theme since Slade is an All-American Boy :)
Slade's party was held at Wallace Field (the park down the street from our house) and we had concessions and hot dogs and cake OH MY!!!! We played wiffle ball and home run derby and ate tons of sno cones and just enjoyed the day, Slade and eachother!
It was so much fun! Even though we had a few hiccups it was all totally worth it to celebrate the first birthday of such a special little boy!!
Dad and Slade
Girls in their shirts
Wallace Field
Lots of Baseball Concessions
All in our bday shirts for Baby Slade
Happy Birthday Boy with his cake!
Yeah he liked it :)
Monday, March 7, 2011
Busy Busy Bees
that's the Wallace family lately. Between Paige and Maddie's activities and Riley and Slade being sick it's enough to make me think how crazy we are to take on 4 kids!!!
Paige is practicing volleyball twice a week plus doing strength training and trying out for cheerleading while Maddie is practicing soccer twice a week plus wanting to run around and play with her friends when she can find the time - oh and she wants me to sign her up for gymnastics! Riley has tap/ballet/gymnastics on Thursdays and Ive got to find some more activities for this child because she gets so bored so fast - maybe Mothers Day Out?! Paul's in an "old man" flag football league and Im looking for an outside activity so I can have some "ME" time away from being Mom.
Hopefully things start to slow down but so many games and tournaments are coming up in these next 2 months PLUS my baby boy turns 1 in a few weeks :(
I just keep telling myself to enjoy all the craziness because one day they'll all be grown and with their own busy bees :)
Paige is practicing volleyball twice a week plus doing strength training and trying out for cheerleading while Maddie is practicing soccer twice a week plus wanting to run around and play with her friends when she can find the time - oh and she wants me to sign her up for gymnastics! Riley has tap/ballet/gymnastics on Thursdays and Ive got to find some more activities for this child because she gets so bored so fast - maybe Mothers Day Out?! Paul's in an "old man" flag football league and Im looking for an outside activity so I can have some "ME" time away from being Mom.
Hopefully things start to slow down but so many games and tournaments are coming up in these next 2 months PLUS my baby boy turns 1 in a few weeks :(
I just keep telling myself to enjoy all the craziness because one day they'll all be grown and with their own busy bees :)
Monday, February 14, 2011
A Day for Love! :)
Every day should be a Day for Love but since it's Valentine's Day it's even mushier ;) This year I have 5 loves to celebrate with and I cant believe how mushy and gushy they can make me! The hubs and I arent getting to enjoy a dinner out until next weekend because of Vday being on a Monday (boo) but I cant wait until we get some us time!!
Here's my Sweets for Valentine's! Geez I <3 Them!!!
Here's my Sweets for Valentine's! Geez I <3 Them!!!
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