Happy New Year

Well, we are back in NJ for the time being. Only a week actually. Rob is going to TDY to Maryland for a week and he wants us to go with him. He is going to be working a lot but supposedly the hotel has an indoor pool and free internet so I guess I'll live. :)
After we get back from there, we are going on his TDY to Mississippi. We are driving again...as much as driving sucked last time. But he will have his own car this time so he can spend more time with us as opposed to his last 2 TDY's to Gulfport. It also means that I get another few weeks with the kids. It is also Mardi Gras time, so we are going to TRY and get Mimi to stay with someone (my parents) for one night so we can actually go. It has been 3 years since we have gone to Mardi Gras. We'll see.
We rang in the New Year in the car, STILL driving home from Mississippi. The speed limits are so freakin slow in some of those states! It took forever to get home.
Christmas was really good. We had all the kids at my parents house. It was pure chaos, but fun anyway. I have a million pictures.
I went back to the dr yesterday, the Klonopin pretty much sucked, so she changed it to Xanax.
Mimi turned 20 months yesterday and I can hardly believe it. She is getting big so fast and I hate it. I just wish the monster had an interest in weaning! So far no luck though! She loves nursing and I hate it. But as usual, she wins. She calls nursing "buh byyyye" and she looks and me and says, "Buh byyye? Buh byyye?" Ugh, who can say no to that?
Joey is in Iraq, and from what he is saying to us anyway, everything is quiet. Rob got an email from him yesterday. I didn't though. hmm

All of my friends are having baby boys right now and I am jealous. Not that I need another kid. LOL Kimmy is having a little boy and he is inheriting Mimi's Sublime onesie. Things have really gone full circle, Kim and I used to inherit clothes from each other when we were kids (me more than her, she actually grew!), now OUR kids are sharing clothes. The thought of it makes me happy, but also makes me cry.

Marisa gets to go pick up baby Isaac in less than two weeks. I am beyond happy for her. I can't imagine the excitement she must be feeling herself.

I have been a mommy forever and now all of my childhood friends are becoming mommies. I am so thankful that we have been able to maintain friendship over all these years. Now our kids can know one another too. I can't wait to meet my new nephews.

I really should clean while Mimi is napping. Yeah, I don't feel like it. LOL

Getting Ready

I had so much stuff I wanted to say, now that I am sitting here I can't think of any of it!
I started my meds again after 3 years of being off of them. With the holidays and my brother being sent to Iraq, the anxiety just got to be too much. They put me on a different one (Klonopin) and I am not sure how much I like it yet.
Rob and I are doing awesome. He even brought me flowers out of the blue the other day. Today was his re-enlistment. He had it out in the field during his combat training class that he instructs. They shot off gun afterward so it was pretty cool. We stayed with him the rest of the day at work and got to watch him scream at students. He is definitely in his element out there. So much so that people are always amazed at how loving and different he is with me and Mimi.
We are getting ready to go to Mississippi for Christmas and we will have all of our children for the holidays. That is very very exciting for us! The 18 hour drive...not so exciting! I still have so much to do to get ready and here I sit, on the computer. I didn't sleep much last night though, so I am feeling lazy. We leave Friday, hopefully early because I keep getting phone calls asking when we will be there! They don't want to see us, its Mimi they are after!

I got paid for another article that I wrote last night. This one is about New Orleans. Check it out. www.associatedcontent.com/article/492605/best_tourist_attractions_in_new_orleans.html

Well, Rob and Mimi are waiting on me. I will try and remember more later.

Two New Articles and a small update

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/435808/bumkins_diaper_your_baby_in_comfort.html


www.associatedcontent.com/article/433610/tmobile_wing_flies_over_the_competition.html


I sat down and wrote these in the past couple days. One was published yesterday and the other today. Take a look.

We have all been doing really well. We took Mimi trick or treating on Halloween. She was a ladybug. I put up an album of her pics. I am sure daddy will Photoshop a nice Halloween pic of her again this year. I'll post it when it is finished.
She LOVED Halloween! She toddled right up to people's doors and dropped her pumpkin in front of them, then she would look at them like..."Uh..put the candy in!" She got the hang of it really quick! She would cry when we had to pick her up between houses becaused she liked it so much! There were a group of houses that set up a haunted maze in their combined backyards. It was awesome. They had smoke and scary music and nasty looking creatures walking around scaring people. Millanah is JUST like her daddy! She loved it. There were kids screaming and crying, not Mimi! She looks right at the monsters smiles, waves and says "Hi!!" She wasn't scared of any of it!

Last night Rob took me to have Sushi. Yum! We had a great time. Mimi really tries to master the chopsticks! She loves Japanese food too! We love it that she likes so many different types of food and we plan on introducing as many different kinds as we can.
We started Christmas shopping. I love it...retail therapy! Rob is getting so much better about it too. I think after 5 years he realizes that its not going to change. Plus, he sees how happy it makes me.
We are planning on going home for Mississippi and tha makes me REALLY happy. We thought that we would stay in NJ this year because of the expense. But Rob told me last week that if I really wanted to go home he was fine with it. We want to see all the kids. I get really sad when I am away from my babies for too long, he feels bad about that. So...home we will go!

Anyway, things are awesome. Look at my articles...thats it! :)