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10 on 10: The "Thankful" Edition.

So every month we (the other "momtographers" and myself) participate in a 10 on 10 blog post/challenge. We've been doing it for the last few months and I just want to say how much I love our little Momtography with MKC facebook group! Its awesome, we share tips, give encouragement, constructive criticism, and new friendships! So I'm thankful for that :)

Okay now onto my 10 on 10. Ten pictures from yesterday, things that I am thankful for every single day.

1. My dad picks Mila up every single morning so that I don't have to drop the boys off near our house then drive over to East Wenatchee to drop her off and then to the North end of Wenatchee. He saves me a lot of time and gas and for that I'm thankful. He's truly the best Dad/Grandpa ever!

2. My backseat buddies. I am thankful for their health and the unconditional love we share.

3. My morning Starbucks, definitely needed a pick-me-up from staying up too late last night :) Thanks Starbucks!

 
4. My two best friends. So thankful to my mom who volunteered to watch Mila every single day so that we don't have to pay for three kids to go to daycare. My sister...so thankful for sisterhood, it still breaks my heart that Mila will never have a sister-bond like I have with Sarah. She is my other half.

5. Diet coke. My love. My life.

6. My cell phone. Again, my life. I'm thankful it keeps me connected to the ones I love, and that I just found Twilight Radio on Pandora, yes please!

7. Being a mama. You will never understand it until you're there. My heart has tripled in size and for that I am thankful.

8. My husband. He is wonderful daddy, he cooks, he cleans, he does it all. I'm thankful for my partner.

9. I'm thankful for my little people warm and safe in their beds.

10. Every night after we put the kids to bed David and I pick something on tv to watch and we usually eat a treat, last night it was Rocky Road and Inglorious Basterds. I'm thankful for our alone time.

What are YOU thankful for?

10

1. I have really been slacking on my daily photos :(

2. Breaking Dawn comes out in 10 days! This is embarrassing but I saw a new trailer for it last night and I immediately got butterflies and was on the verge of hyperventilating. Sad I know.

3. Speaking of Breaking Dawn, I finally got my sister to read it! The watched the first three movies and refuses to read the books even though the movies suck compared to the books.

4. Mila's "vention" from today.

It's a microscope you idiots. obviously.

5. I have two soccer games this week. I'm almost not dying now when I play, which is a plus.

6. Girls night tonight. THANK GOD. I haven't been out for two weeks :(

7. I think there is something wrong with Jones's butt. He is still not sitting, it is either misshapen or he is the laziest 7 month old on the planet.

8. I played single mom all weekend...well a long weekend from Thursday to Friday, not going to lie I kind of enjoyed it. We did as we pleased, ate what and when we wanted and best of all Mila doesn't hog the bed, steal my pillow, or snore. It was amazeballs.

9. Recently discovered Bloglovin'. Its a wonderful place that keeps track of all the blogs you read and lets you know when there is a new post. Its beautiful.

10. I'm ending with photos I took of Mila over the weekend. It is IMPOSSIBLE for her to take normal picture.

I actually kind of like this one.

confused?

cheese.

Pouty? Sad? I can't tell...

and my personal favorite...

Seriously?!?! WHAT is that?

i'm just keepin' it real.

Some of you may think I'm a "bad" mom after this post, but really I'm just telling it like it is. After ready MANY blogs out there I have come to a conclusion: a lot of it is B.S. You can't tell me a mom of 3+ kids can home school them, do tedious and time consuming craft projects with them on a daily basis, make sure they eat a well balanced organic diet, go on "nature" walks, grow their own vegetables, slaughter their own cows (okay I'm exaggerating on that one), keep their houses spic-n-span, and have a beautiful dinner ready for their husbands when they get home. I just don't buy it, I have 3 kids under 3 1/2. I know how it really is.

I'm certainly not one of those organic-type moms. We use disposable diapers in this house because let's face it, I deal with poop enough as it is--there's no need for me to scrape it out of I cloth diaper if I don't have to. My kids eat candy, and processed meat and cheese, they had sugar well before their first birthdays. Breakfast in my house is either a frozen eggo, cereal, or a bag dry cereal and a sippy cup of milk.

For lunch we have our usuals: grilled cheese, pb&j, raviolis (canned of course), frozen chicken nuggets, a happy meal from McDonald's, or left overs from last nights dinner. Bananas and canned mandarin oranges are our usual fruit sides. I hardly ever make dinner for the family to eat, the kids will most likely eat something from the list above and David and I will usually have some sort of frozen entree.

I don't usually come up with some awesome craft project for us to do, usually it's just coloring or making necklaces, and I almost always get frustrated with Mila for coloring on MY page or not letting me bead my necklace the way I want. Mila has a TV in her room, she watches a movie every night, not because I don't want to spend time with her, I do it to keep my sanity...because by the end of the day I'm going a little bit crazy. Yeah, I said it. 

The house is usually a disaster. With three kids, our boxer, and a husband who never takes his muddy boots off before entering the house, the floor is pretty dirty. I could probably mop and vacuum every day if I wanted to (which I don't) and the floor would still be covered in crumbs, dirt, and dog hair. At any given time you will find one or two dirty diapers in various places of the house, crackers or dry cereal in the couch cushions, you will not find dirty dishes in my sink because that is my one pet peeve.

 Their bedrooms are hardly ever picked up, I never have the laundry done, there is always makeup all over my sink, and my car is always cluttered with extra clothes, diet coke cans, blankets, empty baggies, and toys.

I sort of grew up the same way, well that's not entirely true, our house was always spotless but  my mom did have a house keeper that came once a week, but she didn't have 37 step craft projects for us to do or cook dinner from scratch every night or take us on nature walks, we didn't have a garden, or family night, but you know what? I turned out just fine and I think my kiddos will to.

Okay...glad I got that off my chest.

Sorry if this offends anyone, I'm sure there are some moms out there who really are perfect...but I doubt it.

 
 

four months

The littlest guy celebrated the big 4-month-birthday the other day...{tear}. I just can't believe he is my last baby, he is starting to lose his "new baby" smell and take on more of a smelly kid scent, he still only takes 20 minute naps throughout the day and is still not sleeping through the night. He can now roll from tummy to back, he smiles a lot when he is spoken to. He's still getting the boob when he's not at daycare, sorry if that was a little TMI. He is a little baldy like Mila was at his age, he definitely takes after her.

Mila, Scout, and Jones- all at four months.

 Today we had his four month check up, his stats:

Height: 25 1/4 inches (57%)

Weight: 16 lbs 1 oz (76%)

Head: 16 3/4 (56%)

He is lifting his head up nicely, Dr. B said his head is nice and round (no flat spots) which means I haven't been neglecting him in his crib or on the floor :)

 

He is thriving. He is loved. He fits in nicely with our fam bam.

What a chunk.

While we were at the clinic we got Mila's head de-stapled. Here she is before:

During. Again, no tears. Just said "ow" a few times.