Owen is turning two!

My little boy is going to be a two year old on Saturday! It is so bitter sweet when you kids have birthdays, at least for me it is. I am happy that they are having a good birthday and getting presents, but I am sad thinking about the fact that they are growing further away from being a baby. I LOVE the toddler stage so much, and I don't know if I am ready for him to be a boy. Boys are a little stressful to me. They are daredevils, and I don't like that. I do love the bond I have with Owen. He is a momma's boy for sure. He loves to give me kisses and hugs, and I love it when we get to hang out together when it is just the 2 of us. He has a sense of humor that is so amazing. Everything he says is funny. The way he talks is funny. the way he stands is funny. I just can't get enough of him! Both of my kids are so special to me in different ways. I feel so lucky that I get to have them as my kids. Owen loves to fight EVERYONE with his foam sword, and I think it is so funny to watch him do it. He will run up to starngers and yell, "YAAAAAA" and slice them in the leg. Then I have to say sorry, but people love it. The way he dances in the car makes me laugh so hard, it brings tears to my eyes. He loves to sing, dance, and say, "no" or "no way!".
I decided that instead of having a big birthday party for him, we would go away for the weekend to Albuquerque. They are having the Balloon Festival,and the kids will love it. On Saturday we are going to the Zoo...Owen and Scarlett's favorite. Every time we have a birthday party for the kids, they have an AMAZING time, but I don't get to hang out with them as much as I would like to. Owen could care less about a party at 2 years old, so I thought we could have a fun time with just the four of us. We invited our Friends Nathan and Jessica and their two kids, but The Flu moved in to their house earlier in the week, and I don't know if they will make it.:( I will post some pictures when we get back!

5 Years!

I am writing this blog at 9:45am. 5 years ago at this time, I was going to starbucks to get a pumpkin spice latte and then going to quizno's to have lunch. I could not eat anything but broccoli and cheese soup. My mind was a fog, and I was trying to remeber everything I needed to do for the day. After lunch, I headed to Mike's parents house to start getting ready for my wedding! So many emotions were running through me. I was beyond excited, nervous, happy, scared etc.
We got married in Mike's paretns backyard. I remember, right before they opened the gate for me to walk down to Mike, that I was so sure about this decsion. I was so happy to be marring the one person I wanted to share my life with. My stepdad walked me halfway down the isle and then handed me to my Dad, then my dad walked me to the canopy where Mike and my brother were. I gave my brother and my dad hugs, and they handed me off to Mike. At that moment things began to hit me hard. I looked atMy boyfriend who was about to marry me, and knew that he was my family now. When I needed something, I was not going to call my parents, I was going to talk to him. It was no longer my life, but our life. I heard one thing the pastor said and it was that I must leave my father and mother and cling to Mike. I wanted to stop him and say, "yes, i got it, I have to depend on Mike now, you can stop saying that." I was scared! what if one of us lost our job? What if my car broke down? What if, what if, what if?! Then we stared to say our vows, and I looked at Mike and all I saw was the love I had for him. He was and is the best person for me. He is the most understanding man I have ever know. I have complete comfort in knowing that he will NEVER leave me, and he will do whatever it takes to make me happy. He is by far, the best father I could have picked for my kids. We have survived so much already. We made it through owning a business together, two kids, and buying and selling houses. The business made things very hard and stressful for us. It was a huge strain on our relationship, but we did not give up. He still makes me laugh harder than anyone else. He is one of the only people in the world that can calm me down and see things logically when I am flipping out. I love you, Mike! Happy Anniversary!!!! Oh, and I could not find a wedding picture on my computer so I am posting one of my wedding ring. My original wedding ring fell in our garbage disposal and was demolished last november. Mike took apart our disposal, and found the band, and the big diamond. Mike took my ring to a jeweler in town, and designed me a new ring and this is what I got last year for Christmas. It has my original diamonds in it, and he was able to add a lot more. The coolest thing about my ring is that He designed it himself, and got to use my original diamonds.

Swine Flu anyone?

I am not the typical parinoid mom. I don't line my coffee table and firplace with cushions. I don't care if my kids go outside with wet hair. If Owen's binky falls on the ground, I pick it up and hand it back to him. I don't even stress out when both of my kids ate bugs. What does get me all crazy is sickness, and grems. It angers me to no end when people are in public and they are sick. I can hold my tounge to some point, but when someone walks up to me and says, "I feel like crap!" I will, 9 times out of 10, say, "well if you are sick, stay away from me, and go home so you are not spreading your germs to all of us that are not sick!" If it offends people that I say that, oh well. It is offensive to me that people to go out in public when they are sick, have no regard for my kids health. All of this to say...I am hating this swine flu stuff. I do not worry about my kids dying from this, but I don't want to have to take them to the hospital because they have a high temperature. My biggest problem is that I don't feel confident in giving my kids the h1n1 vaccination. This is a new vaccination, and I feel like it is rushed out to the public, and no one will really know the true side effects for a while. They have directly linked gillian barre syndrome with this vaccination, which scares me. I want to know what other moms think. Who is going to vaccinate for this and why or why not? Thanks.

Here it is!

The long awaited picture of Owen! This, right here is exactly how I found him!

My baby is growing up!

Today is biiter sweet for me. Four years ago today, at this very moment, I was lying in a hospital bed a little depressed that the medication they had given me was not starting my labor. They told me I was going to have to have pitosin to get things going. At noon I was given pitosin and at 2 I decided to stop trying to be tough and get an epidural. Scarlett Grace Remund was born at 9:55pm, and it was one of the best moments of our lives. One of my biggest memories was watching tv as I was pushing. Hurricane Rita was hitting the gulf coast as I was bringing Scarlett in to the world. What a memory! My mom and Holly got to be there to help with pictures and my mom got to hold my leg. But then, as Scarletts head was crowning, my mom got so excited, she dropped my leg. because I had an epidural, I could not move my leg, it was just hanging on the side of the bed. I remember the night she was born I watched her sleep all night long. I could not take my eyes off her, and I kept thinking that this baby was mine and I was actually a mom. I was so happy she was cute and she was perfect.
I remember walking out of the hospital when we were taking her home thinking, these people are just going to let us leave with a baby, they are not going to stop us! We will be responsible for her for the next 18 years! It was all hitting me fast. We stayed at my moms house for 1 week to have help. I am glad we did that, because Scarlett wanted to stay awake all night and sleep all day! I was exhausted.The day we went home was the day after our 1 year anniversay. I remember sitting in our living room with Scarlett on the floor sleeping, and we opened a bottle of dom perignon and toasted to our new life.
Now 4 years later, I have the sweetest little girl in the world. She makes my life so incredible. She is smarter than I ever was. I am constantly proud of her. Thank you Jesus for giving her to Mike and I, we are so lucky that we were chosent o be her parents. Last night she gave me her last 3 year old hug and kiss. I told her we coudn't call her baby anymore, because she was a little girl now. Kind of sad, but I am so excited to continue to watch her grow.

Oh I forgot!

Last night, I walked into our bedroom where the computer is and saw that Scarlett had drawn a picture on our computer screen with a permenant marker. She looked up at me before I could say anything and said, "Ahhh who did that?!" I ran in the kitchen and grabbed the windex and a towel and rushed back to our bedroom. By now Scarlett was hiding in the depths of our closet. After scrubbing for a couple minutes, the marker came off, amazingly. I said, "Scarlett, you get out here right now!" she dug her way out of the closet, and I turned her around and spanked her twice. She looked at me and said, "this does not make me happy when you do this. I never ever get away with anything!" then, "When you spank me it makes me think that you don't love me anymore!" "all you ever want to do is hurt my feelings!" I said, "what would make you think it is okay to draw on the computer?" she said, "I did not want you to be on the computer, I wanted you to play with me." (meanwhile I can here Owen in the other room growling loudly into the karaoke machine) I said, "well the next time you want me to play with you, all you have to do is ask, and you could save yourself a punishment!" she said..."oh"

Oh bloggins!

I have not been really good about my blog lately. I have a ton of pictures to post, but I keep forgetting to take the camera to work so that I can post the pictures. Scarlett 4th birthday was this weekend, and it was great. A lot of people showed up and she had the best time ever. We also decided to have a garage sale this weekend. It rained the whole time! IT was horrible. I did sell a washer and dryer which was great, because now we have more room in our storage shed. WE got Scarlett a karaoke machine for her birthday and she has been singing on it since she got it. She also got a bike for her birthday, and she was so excited! School has been kicking my butt. I am taking accounting and finance, and I hate them both. I really don't see why I have to take Acccounting. I plan on hiring an accountant! All of the students in the class get so into the discussion about where to put money and what types of accounts to use, and I am sitting in the back of the class going, "what is wrong with these people?!" Mike is likeing his classes a lot. I wish I could take some of the classes he is taking, because they seema lot more fun than mine. But lets face it, shoving nails in my eyes would be more fun than accounting! Any way, that pretty much catches you up on what has been going on.