Early Christmas Weekend

Well since this year is Michael’s Christmas time with the kids, we decided to do ours this weekend rather than wait until the weekend after Christmas. Thanks to all the people who helped us out, we were able to get the kids plenty of stuff. We mostly shopped at Big Lots and let me tell you people if you have never been there, you should go because their stuff is way cheaper than Wal-mart and Toys R Us. So we were able to get more for our buck! I have only been there once, but I know I will be going back from now on at birthday time and Christmas. Michael got Bryceton and Madison a giant Grave Digger Monster truck power wheels there for almost $100 cheaper than Wal-mart had it for. I can’t wait until they see it! I hope he takes pictures. I took tons of pictures, as always, and will post a lot here. Blaine and I didn’t get each other anything because we wanted to spend every penny on the kids. I was so excited because of everyone’s help, and spirit, that I put the tree up too. I got up at 3 am so that is was up and going before they got there Friday morning. I dressed them up in their good Christmas clothes, and tried to get some good pictures of them in front of the tree. Ha ha. I will never be able to be a photographer. When 2 were looking, one wasn’t. We all 3 were looking one closed their eyes. When 2 smiled, one didn’t. It was very hard to get them all 3 looking/smiling at the same time. Ugh. I am just glad it’s over with.School school school. I passed all of my finals, and I have a final grade of A in every class but math. She hasn’t emailed me what I got yet. I know it’s either an A or B, but I am really anxious  because I would LOVE to have all A’s. All A’s and 1 B is good too, but still. I worked hard this semester, and I want it to show. I am out until January 10th. Nothing but lazing around the house is what I have planned. We go to court Jan 2nd, then Jan 3rd is my ultrasound to see if it’s an Isabella or an Abel. Blaine’s work is being a jerk again. I wish we could afford for him to quit and find a different job. They keep running out of things to do, so they sent everyone home early Thursday, and they didn’t work at all Friday. This was the whole reason we got behind on our bills in the first place. We have a tight budget, and when he doesn’t get a full 40 hours, it kills us. It won’t be so bad once we get some of our bills paid, but if this keeps up through January, we will be so behind again that we will have to use my loan money to get caught up rather than pay them off. And that sucks. And it would mean we couldn’t go to Louisiana at the end of January to have a late Christmas with Blaine’s family. They always come up here and we have only went there like once. Well I guess that’s about it. So here are 389434885405 pictures. Enjoy!!! And to you people that helped us, look at the smiles you put on their faces. <3

God's Miracles

So I am doing so so so much better, for those of you who care. It’s funny how when times get hard, you get to see who your true friends are. Those that were there to simply listen, I appreciate. Those who went beyond theirselves and their current  problems to help me with mine, I appreciate even more. Jodi Jodi Jodi, what would I do without you? I would be a mess that’s what. Do you know while everyone was off in their little world, concerned only with numero uno, Jodi asked everyone she could think of to help me and my family. Her church took up an offering for us to help with our overwhelming bills. She didn’t have to ask them to do that. We don’t go to her church, they don’t know us, but they helped us anyway. I cried when she called and told me what she had done. And like that, other miracles started to happen. Blaine’s grandmother sent us some more money for our bills, and when she heard how upset Blaine was, feeling he had let me and the kids down because we couldn’t get them not ONE thing for Christmas, not even after the help from Jodi or his grandmother, she said she is sending us a Wal-mart gift card to take and spend on the kids for Christmas. Blaine cried at that. Then yesterday, my step-dad came by, and he gave us some money too. I think we have to pay him back when my loan comes in, but I’m not sure. sometimes people say ok you can pay me back when you insist, then when it comes down to it, they won’t take it back. But if we do or don’t I am thankful because now we can pay ALL our bills that are due this week, and pay our lawyer that is due Jan 2. Jodi’s mom is coming up here Thursday to bring me the money, and a basket of stuff she put together for us. I will never know how to repay them.I have so much to be thankful for.

And for an update, I passed my math and psychology finals, still have 3 more to go. This is great news. I hope I do well on the other ones. They started on our house last week. Poured the foundation Friday, and that’s the last I heard. If the rain will stay away, it will be done sooner than March. And some of you might be thinking, oh they can’t pay their bills but they can build a house. First off the loan payment will be cheaper than our rent, and second it isn’t costing us ONE penny upfront, no closing costs, nothing. Well except the whirlpool tub, but that will be paid for with our income tax. I have being feeling the little flutters of our child, but tonight, for the first time I SAW them. I was laying in the bathtub, and I saw my belly going crazy. It was beautiful. I felt it too, but it was great to see it because that means now Blaine can see and feel it too. I cannot wait until Jan 3rd!!! I am excited to see what it is. 

Jodi, thank you again, so much,and your mom and your church. Someday I will repay you guys for your kindness when we needed it most. If there is ever anything I can do for you or your family, please don’t hesitate to ask. And you are the only person who called me that day you read my blog, to see if I was ok, and that made me feel really good to know someone cared so much.

Everyone have a Merry Christmas and enjoy the miracles of God everyday. Whether it be a helping hand, a friendly ear, a new baby, or a family to love you. You just really don’t know how lucky you are until you have nothing at all.....

Nervous Breakdown

I seriously feel a nervous breakdown coming on. I don’t know what to do, who to talk to, or how to stop the way I feel. For the past 3 weeks every little thing gets on my nerves. Blaine, the kids, my friends, my family, strangers in wal-mart, the tv, even myself. Is it really possible to get on your own nerves? And I don’t feel like there is anyone I can turn to. No one understands what I am going through. And the 2 people I usually talk to, while they are good listeners, and I know they have their own problems, they can’t begin to comprehend what it is like to have 3 kids, a husband, have to take care of all the bills, and try to go to school. And with the last 2 weeks of school approaching, they are really laying on the homework. Why is that? We have worked our butts off all year. Why start now with the biggest papers, and hardest tests? Some Christmas present.

 Not to mention that I am so stressed over bills I have a migraine all day every day. Seriously. They hurt so bad  that it makes me sick to my stomach. So we are broke. More broke than I have ever been in my life. We took on too much when we got the new vehicle. But what were we supposed to do? The van is broke. We had to have a car. Let me list the bills for you guys. So you can really see how broke we are!
RENT: 480
CABLE: 38
CAR: 300
INSURANCE: 82
ELECTRIC: 100 to 160
PHONE: 120
INTERNET: 45
WASHER N DRYER: 135
COUCHES: 150
CREDIT CARD: 20
LOAN REPAYMENT: 100
Total damage: $1470 a month
So there you have it. And that doesn’t cover things we buy a lot like laundry soap, dish washing soap, trash bags,diapers, wipes, tp, deodorant, shampoo, dryer sheets,toothpaste, cleaning supplies and all that. 

We can’t buy the kids not ONE thing for Christmas. OH, and we still owe the lawyer 190 bucks that has to be paid before court, which is Jan 2nd. And we can’t ever pay our rent on time so we always have to pay 35 extra bucks in late fees. I don’t know what to do. Michael paid our last car payment, and my dad paid our last electric bill. I hate owing people money, or having to ask for money, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. So you can see how stressed I am. Then when I try to talk to people about it, they tell me how broke they are too. All the while going shopping, to movies, to bars, getting their hair done, bowling, tanning, eating out a lot, taking trips, getting their pictures done....just EVERYTHING! And that just angers me. We have ate mac n cheese 3 days in a row, while they say how broke they are on their way to outback or something. Or talking about all the Christmas shopping they are doing. I’ll admit it, I’m bitter. Don’t tell me you are broke, until you have to beg for money to pay your electric bill. I know everything is going to be okay, and I try to tell myself we will make it through. It’s just so hard right now. I have become anti-social. I go to class, I come home. I don’t call people I don’t visit people, I never want to get out of the house. And when I feel like I am about to explode, and I need a friend, maybe to talk to ...you know sometimes to just unload all your feelings on an open ear is all you need, well they are too busy with their more important friends, and can’t even call you back when they say they will. 

I can’t even talk to Blaine any more. He’s so wrapped up in WOW, that he doesn’t notice I am really going through something. And it makes it that much harder that everyone is doing  family stuff, shopping with their mom, eating with their mom, decorating with their mom....and they don’t even know how lucky they are to have their mom. This isn’t my first Christmas without my mom, last year was. But it was still so new then, that it didn’t affect me much because I was still numb. This year has been much harder than last. Especially when you have 5 minutes that she isn’t on your mind, and someone comes up to you and says, "Hey, how ya doing? How’s your mom?" And it’s not their fault, they didn’t know, but it opens those wounds again, and you kinda just want to say She’s dead ok! That’s how she is. I’m just so sick of everything, everyone. I want to run away. Run away to a place where no one wants a drink, or something to eat, or a diaper changed or a bottle or bath. No one tells on someone else every 5 minutes. No one is inconsiderate of my feelings and my responsibilities, because where I want to go, I’ll have none. I don’t have to raise 4 children, when I have 3, making sure my 23 year old husband has clean underwear, is fed, and not late for work. I don’t have to remind this person who is supposed to be my partner, my helper, that so and so has an appointment at this time, and he needs to get a ride to work. I don’t have to ask him everyday for a week did he get a ride. Did he call his dad back? I don’t have to tell him where he put his belt, wallet, keys, phones, grandfather’s number. In my special place, I won’t have to go to a doctor’s office alone because HE hates the waiting. Let me just add how much I love sitting in a waiting room or office for 3 hours. PFFTTT! And you know what, none of my friends ever say "hey, let me take the kids off your hands so you can have a day to yourself, or to be alone with your husband." I think it is very sad that my ex has watched my kids more than any of my friends. I mean, if I didn’t have kids, or just had one, I would try to help my friends out. Even once every 6 months would be a treat. I know I am the one that had the kids, but most people have family to help. I have even offered some people that had their first baby if they ever needed a break, to let me know. Cuz I have been there ya know? I know this blog is just all over the place, but I am in the biggest ’I don’t give a crap about anything’ mood. Some people have their parents to help out with their kids. That’s nice. I wish I did. My dad doesn’t change diapers, and in his own words, "He’s not a babysitter" Then he wonders why I never come around. My grandmother is poor health, my aunts, uncles and cousins all hate me. Because I have 3 kids! Oh no! Yet they can have kids and not know who the father is. One of my cousins lives completely on welfare and does drugs. Another of my cousins slept with his older brothers wife, and his mom caught him smoking at 16 and huffing gas. So she hates me more than any family member. I don’t know what I did to make them all hate me. Perhaps because I have always worked for everything I got?.. Perhaps I have been in one bad relationship after another? Perhaps because I graduated high school, even though I was pregnant and then had a son, and didn’t become a statistic? Perhaps because I do what I have to to take care of my kids? Perhaps because I have never done drugs? Oh  I know! It’s that I live on my own, and  go to college, and take care of my kids, instead of bumming off my parents, or wasting my life away working at Burger King!

So be lucky you have family to help you take care of your family. To be there for you when times get rough, or to have someone to talk to, who understands everything you are going through. I hope you guys all have a great Christmas. Sorry I just let it all out here, but I had no one else.....I am disabling my comments because I don’t want to hear how you guys are broke too, or know what it’s like, or it will get better because right now, they only person I want to think about is me, and my family, and what I am going to do.

Torn

So I thought I had the baby names all decided. But the other day, I realized, there are so many wonderful names to chose from! And with this being the last baby, I want to make sure I pick the name I really want. Abel is for sure for a boy, but I really can’t decide on a middle name. At first we thought Mathius, but now Blaine is saying Christian (he’s been watching Nip/Tuck with me,lol), which would still follow the tradition of the middle name being from the Bible or having to do with God.  I kinda like it too. And for the girl, I was dead set on Rowan. The middle name will for sure be Serenity, but now I am liking Isabella. It’s just so, exotic sounding. But Rowan is rare. I know not one Rowan, and yet I know 2 Isabellas. Which it is like 5 or something on the most popular names for 2006. SIGH! I know that once we found out the sex of the baby, it will be much easier to decide, and that as soon as I look into my child's eyes, I will know the name God has intended for him/her. I just like being prepared. So, any ideas?

To My Husband

Saturday was Blaine’s birthday. The big 23. I planned a night out at Red Lobster, one of his favorite places to eat. (My least, but it was his birthday). I even had a babysitter for the whole night. Then a movie, whatever he wanted to see, and then he wanted to go to the casino in Oklahoma. When Friday came, I went to pay bills, and found we had gotten behind, and didn’t have not one dollar to spare.  I was so disappointed that we couldn’t go out for his birthday. But I had gotten him some really warm pajama pants and a new hat because his old one was starting to smell. We ended up keeping all the kids all weekend long so Michael could go out since we couldn’t afford to. So Saturday morning, I decided I had better get all the Thanksgiving fixings, before it got busy and all that. Plus I had to pick up Blaine’s cake, well cup cakes. I had him a cupcake thing made in the shape of a heart, and it was green, his favorite color. Well I wanted to give Blaine a chance to sleep in. So I loaded up all three kids, and headed to Wal-mart. Beat the rush huh? HA! People were everywhere. They had all gotten the same idea. Needless to say I got out of there with all three kids and all their respective limbs, and there weren’t in surprises in the basket. Usually by the time I get to the check out there are at least 5 things I didn’t put in the basket, and by the time I get home, there are one or two things I didn’t remembering buying. KIDS!  I woke Blaine up and lite his candles, and told him how special he was to me. To all of us. My kids really adore him. Especially that little poo poo. He is her everything, and no amount of cupcakes could ever show him how much that means to me.  Anyways. I love you Blaine. So so much. You are a great person for making the sacrifices you do. Being so far from your only friends and family. Working to put me through school, and help take care of my kids. Helping around the house, even if you don’t know how to load a dishwasher, or do laundry (hee hee). It’s the thought that counts. I will make up for not being able to go out. In just 2 months our bills will be paid off for the most part, and we can start looking at motorcycles. I love you baby!!!!

 

I have a stalker!!!

So it seems I have a stalker. Which I must admit, I am not the least bit surprised. 2 or 3 days after I found out I was pregnant, Robert sent me a text message and said he heard I was pregnant and when was I due. Of course I replied to him that it was none of his business and to leave me alone. He said as long as his daughter was living in my house, Blaine and I were his business. Which I said my body is none of his business, and if he texted me again, I was going to file harassment charges. Man Blaine was ticked. He really wants to beat the crap out of him. But that would take forever, because he’s full of it.

So I sat here wondering how he could know. My first thought was myspace. So I searched for his name, his mom’s name, his ex’s name, both his brother’s names, his sister’s name and his sister in law’s name. And I came up with nothing. So I was like, hmmmm. Then a thought occurred to me. His sister in law and I became very close 2 years ago over a mutual hatred of his mother. She is married to his brother, so that would be her mother in law. Unlucky for her, she lives close  to the woman. Lucky for me I live over 800 miles away. Anyways, we were constantly sharing gossip about her. I told her when Nell (Robert's mother) talked about her, and she told me the things that Nell was saying to his WHOLE family about me. Which, let me list what she said about me:

I don’t have custody of any of my kids. I gave one away to her father. My son’s father is in prison, and let me tell you, at the time, he lived a few apartments down from me and I saw him every week to get my child support, lol. I get pregnant for money...LOL!!!! (Let’s weigh the costs of raising a child, versus the cost of child support from the father. I think it takes more than 60 bucks a week to raise a child.) And at the time, my mother was still alive, and I supposed hated her, which you know if you ever read my blogs that I loved my mother very much, and miss her so much. She was all I had. By the way, I love kids and that’s why I have them. Anyways, she told a bunch of other crap and so the hatred began. And Keri his sister in law and I would email all the time! Then one time Robert got my emails and told his mother what she and I were doing.

 Instead of standing up for me, he took her side, and that’s when I really started hating him. So Keri and I decided we could still be friends, even though my ex and I were not together, we just couldn’t talk bad about Nell, his mother. With her living in Ohio, they have never met Kadence, so I gave her my photobucket link. When I found out I was pregnant, I put the pictures of my tests in there. So I thought that either Keri told them about me being pregnant, or she had given Nell my photobucket link. So I emailed Keri and asked her. And she just got back to me yesterday.And this is what she said....
Honestly, Nell is the one who told me you were pregnant. She said she put it together because it follows your past track record? I haven’t looked at your photobucket in a long long time! Sorry! So it wasn’t me who found out first? Do they know about your photobucket? Can she find it online? Nell is good about finding people online I do not know how to do that...she found Nikki, Mitch’s sister after they had a big falling out and she moved to Georgia! She started sending her e-mail’s and told her she found her online somehow...I am not that good with computer stuff.
So I decided a new method. I did a myspace search using their email addresses instead of names, and what do you know! There was one for Nell, but it hadn’t been used since July or August. Want to hear the sad part? There was one for her 14 year old son, yet it said he was 16, and he had no friends but Tom, had been logged onto recently, and the only picture was of Nell’s dog! So she is using her kids email and names to spy on me. What a stalker. I knew she was a crazy. Robert had told me about her stealing her own husbands pills, and having a mental breakdown and stuff. I mean I guess I could make my profile private. But why should I have to? She shouldn’t be nosing around in the first place. Then she tells her family she just "knows" I am pregnant! What a liar! She "knows" because she is spying on me. And she talks about my "track record" She has 4 kids by 3 different men, and she had her first one at 14. That’s right. She is 45 years old, and her son is 31. I confronted her once, but she said that I didn’t know what I was talking about, and I guess I don’t know her age. Her own daughter in law, the 31 year old's wife, is the one that told me about it. I think she knows her husbands age, and as for his mother, well on that myspace I found, it says she is 45 years old, so hmmm...sounds about right to me.

Yeah so that’s the crazy thing I have to deal with. Man people are so crazy! She needs help seriously, and I am so glad she’s in Ohio, and I don’t have to put up with her very much.

Hot Date

*EDIT*- There is a picture of the layout of the house at the bottom. GO LOOK!

Well it’s been a long time since I had a date. Seems like we never go anywhere without at least ONE kid, usually Bryceton and Madison are at Michael’s on the weekend, but we always have poo poo. I thought to myself Saturday night, Man we need a date. So I called up Michael at work. It was a guard drill weekend so we had the kids during the day. Anyways I asked him if he would mind keeping Kadence for us. He was like "How will I get anything done with 3 kids?" And I was like exactly, now you know why our house is always a mess, lol. Anyways he said yes, so I asked Blaine out on a date, lol. I decided to get dressed up since I had been wearing jeans and tee shirts all month, not to mention pulling my hair into a pony tail everyday. So I put on a nice shirt, curled my hair, and put my make-up on. Put some heels on and we went to Outback for dinner. We had a bloomin’ onion, which is one of my favorite things. And then we both had chicken. It was so delicious. After that we went to the mall. I got a maternity sweater and corduroy pants for later on. The we went to Candy Craze and filled up on candy to take to the movies. That alone was over 14 bucks, lol. But no one makes candy like they do. I love the little candy covered strawberry gummies, and the blue raspberry gummie bears. Mmmmmmmm. After that we still had some time to kill before the movies, so we came home and checked the mail. Then we headed to the movies and got popcorn and a coke. Blaine put too much popcorn salt on it though and it was kinda yuck. Then we watched Jackass 2. Boy I laughed my butt off. It was so funny. There were about 2 parts I thought I might actually throw up on, but other than that, hilarious! I wanna watch it again. We came home and just laid around. Blaine played his game and I went to sleep. So all in all it was a great night. I just wish we could do it more often. So any volunteers to babysit????


Oh, and I don’t know what I wrote last, but we got to see where the house is going to be built, and pick out all the colors and stuff for the brick, tile, carpet, paint, counter tops and siding. The bad part is we didn’t have enough loan money to pay for the whirlpool tub. The good part is we get to pay cash for it in March when the house is done. Doesn’t matter to me as long as I get it. Oh yeah, March, the house will be done at the very latest March 16th, but they said probably a lot sooner than that. If the weather goes great, could even be February. So it will be done before the baby arrives. What else? Oh! I enrolled Kadence in this care bear friendship club, and it came with a book, poster, sticker/activity book, 46 stickers, a little Cheer bear, and a care a lot castle.They send a new shipment every month, and with each shipment comes a new book, sticker/activity set, and little care bear to put in the castle. It came in today and I am so excited. I am going to save all the stickers to put in her room in the new house. Well I guess that’s it.
 

This is what our house will look like inside!

Halloween and Ultrasounds

So Halloween was good. Kadence stayed the night at Michael’s  because it was cold out, and plus she is too young for trick or treating. I think 2 is the perfect age to start, so this was Madison’s first time to go. I dressed them up and Sheryl and I went to Fianna Hills. We walked from house to house for about an hour, then we all got tired so I got the blazer and opened the hatch. The kids and Sheryl sat in the back while I drove and they hopped out at each house. That was much better. They both got a bag full of candy, and of course I had to "inspect" it. And since chocolate is bad for you, I took all that, lol. Not all, but a lot....hahaha. Came home and took baths and they went to bed. They were both so tired that they had fallen asleep before we even got home. Tomorrow we go to the reality office to start our house layouts, colors, fixtures, carpets, and such. I thought our loan amount was like 80 something thousand, but I got to looking at the paper work today, and it’s for 110,000!!! Wow that is a lot of money. Our payments are going to be $450 a month for 30 something years, but oh well at least it will be our house, and not just paying someone else to live in it. Plus that is almost 100 bucks cheaper than what we pay here.
Good news is I got my first ultrasound today, it was just a quick thing to check the heartbeat and size. I got a new due date, May 19th, and I will be induced on May 18th just like I wanted as long as I don’t go into labor before that. I go back January 3rd for the good ultrasound, pictures, video, and finding out the sex. YAY! Oh and sorry Sheryl, but no twins, hahaha! Also we talked with the doctor about getting my tubes tied, and she said I could get an IUD and it is just as effective as tubal ligation, but it’s not permanent. Good for 10 years, and then I can replace it. I think I like that idea better than surgery. Plus I am seriously considering being a surrogate mother because I like being pregnant. And you get paid for it, plus no diapers or bottles to worry about. Anyways I will think about it more as the day gets closer. So here are some pictures from last night, and of course my ultrasound.

Baby!!!!

Oh no it’s Dracula!!!

ARRGGG!!! It’s Madison the pirate.

Cutest pirate ever!

I love this one, so serious!

There is a new carebear, "Poo poo bear", lol.

Dracula and Captain Madison

She kinda looks like a gypsy......

Pretty baby!

Oh no there are vampires outside!

I can never get them all 3 to look at the same time. :|

Here we go!

This house had a smoke machine and everything! Scary...

Scoring some treasure

This was a neat walkway

Finally a House!

So as some of you know, Blaine and I applied for a loan to build a house. Today the lady at the reality office called me and said that if I could get her a statement from the child support office stating the amount I receive and on which kids, we could get ready to pick our layout. So it looks like we got it! I picked that up today and faxed it to her. We should get to start the layout and pick our lot next week or so. This is great. It will be 3 bedroom, and 2 full baths. With, my personal favorite, a whirlpool tub! I am in love! Oh and a 2 car garage! It comes with a stove, garbage disposal, and dishwasher. All we need is a washer and dryer (Which we have) and a refrigerator, which we will buy with our income tax money. 

I am hoping we get to pick our stove because I want a flat top stainless steel one, and a matching fridge. And it must have an ice maker! I am sick of buying bags of ice. And I hate ice trays.We are going to get Blaine a motorcycle to drive to work so I can keep the blazer with me. And probably sell the van, or fix it until the blazer is paid for and then trade the van in for something newer. Bryceton will go to Greenwood next year which makes me happy because it’s a really good school. We also get to pick our light fixtures, ceiling fans, etc. that we want in the house. I wonder if they will paint it for me too! That would be really nice. 

In other news, I go for my first ultrasound Wednesday. I am really not ready yet, but they insist I do one now. I hate seeing the baby and not knowing if it’s a boy or girl! But the good thing is we can make sure everything is Okay. Sheryl and I are taking the kids trick or treating. Blaine has to work. I have all A’s so far for mid-term grades. Probably won’t stay that way for long. I also found out I am Anemic. Bad enough I might have to have a blood transfusion if I don’t get it up. Blaine has a company picnic tomorrow, that should be fun. Hmmmm I can’t think of anything else. So I guess that’s it! What’s new with you people?

Kadence's First Birthday

Well her actual birthday was the 19th (Thursday) but we had her party Saturday so everyone could be there. And like everything else in my life, nothing went according to plan, lol. FIRST, Friday we went to pick up a few last minute things, and the bank said we had zero dollars, even though we deposited almost 600. It didn’t go through until the next day. Then I went to a few places to get her balloons blown up, and they either didn’t do it, or wanted to charge an arm and a leg. Finally Wal-mart said they do it for .25 a balloon, BUT there were 60 balloons ahead of ours. We didn’t have time for that. I got the cake while I was there, and they forgot to give me the little cake for her to tear up. 

We got to Chuck E Cheese’s about 1:15, and these people were looking like they were leaving, loading up stuff. But nope. Just sat there for over an hour watching us wait for a table. We finally got one table, and then had the managers ask them to move their stuff off the other table since they weren’t using it. Several people came. It was a good time. Couldn’t get the kids to sit down for pizza, presents, or cake, lol. Kadence had her little cake ( I made Blaine pick it up) and made a huge mess. Blaine and I played some skee ball, and I played a little light thing and won the jackpot, 197 tickets on that! We got about 650 tickets before we left and I used them to get Bryceton and Madison something. 

We came home and Jodi, Josh and Kiah came over. It was fun. He is so cute! Blaine held him and he started to cry. We hope to hang out with them again soon. Then Blaine’s grandma wanted to take him shopping for his birthday since she couldn’t be here. Blaine got some boxers and a Vans hoodie. We came home and Blaine got me a burger. We watched American Beauty and went to bed. It was a tiresome day. Then today I went to the library to do my research paper that’s due tomorrow, lol. Anyways I took tons of pictures, so sorry if it takes a while to look at them.