Headaches

I get headaches. Everyday. Always have since I can remember. My mom ran the gammot of tests when I was in HS...never figured out why. Its wierd for me now NOT to have a headache. They are just part of my days. I wake up with them and go to bed with them. I'm fine with it....it is what it is.

So lately I've been feeling like I need to give up caffiene and sugar. I've been drinking so much (for me-2 cups a day), thats a ton. So i cut it out cold turkey a few days ago. And what irks me about my headaches is cutting out the caffiene=crazy bad headache for 3 days (to be expected). So now heres my predicament....I'm actually feeling good today, regular headache, but not bad like its been. But I know if I were to have a cup of coffee at some point in my future (which is destined to be sooner, rather than later) It'll give me a HUGE headache. If I have the littlest bite of sugar, HUGE headache. When I cut things out, and then add them back in.....always gives me a ridiculous headache.....WHAT THE HECK!! And taking them out, Ridicuous aches....hmph, trying to be good is just painful...

Last day

Last day of school: Party!! Below: Sky and her sweet teacher, Mrs. Adams

Skylar woke up excited and actually wanting to go to school today, since it was the last day. Couldn't have every day the last few months have been like this morning?? Its been such a rough couple of months for miss Skylar girl. I don't know what happened, what made her go from loving school to despising it, but I'm hoping 1st grade redeems itself for her. She suffers from chronic stomach aches, which what has made our mornings so miserable. Every night and every evening she complains of horrible pain. Been to the Dr, tried removing milk from her diet.....maybe its has just been nerves. At any rate, I'm SO happy its summer! No more getting up and having to be ready and out by 7:30! No more fighting in the mornings. No more waking up Ryder from his nap to go pick up Skylar. So happy. However, on the flip side of not rushing comes more arguing, boredom, more arguing, fighting....so my mission this summer is to get us on a schedule. Maybe breakfast, walk, craft, lunch, swim.....I'll work out the kinks....

Happy SUMMER!

Month in Review

April.

Ryder-22 mo.

-Fully submerge 2 whole rolls of toilet paper in toilet

-Dump out entire contents of Cream of Wheat all over kitchen and draw in it

-Color walls (with washable markers, various colors)

-Color his whole body (non-washable marker)

-Attempt to flush hair brush, toothbrushes, make-up, down toilet

-Flush rubberbands and bobby pins down toilet

-Dump out muliple glasses of water/milk/juice

-Dump out entire 1 gallon of apple juice all over kitchen floor

-Clog Toilet

-Replace old toilet

-Color on walls, once again

-Empty out contents of of Skylars RED paint all over my carpet

-Dump out Skylars nail polish on my floor

-Take 1/2 and 1/2 off counter and emtpy onto my floor

.....and this is just stuff off the top of my head.

He definitely gets plenty of spankens, however, doesn't seem to phase the darn kid...

Its a good thing, he's so stinkin cute!

Grandpa

My Grandpa passed away. Everything happened so fast. It seems like just a few days ago the Drs found a lump on his lungs...and were testing it to see if it was cancerous. What happened? All of a sudden he's gone. Even though his 88 years here were happy and full, and even though I know that He's in SUCH a better place, know that he's home, I still will miss him so terriibly. I will see him in every belt buckle I see, in every cowboy boot, in every silly piece of candy. I will hear him every time I walk in to my Grandmas house say "Hi my doll baby, there's my favorite girl (next to your Mother, of course)", I will see him through my Grandmas eyes when she thinks of him or tells stories of him. I will see him in the love of our family. The strength of our family. He leaves behind a strong legacy. Of friendship. Of faith. Of love. Of marriage. It is because of him we are who we are. My Grandpa was a great man. I celebrate his life, but i sure grieve the hole he's left behind.

Garden

Our Garden. Yep, we're gonna give it a shot. All the makings for salsa: tomotoes, jalepenos, cilantro. Green beans, zucchini, and basil. Starting small, if a success, then we've got plenty of room to grow next year. Just thinking of our very own Gafner salsa makes my mouth water....mmm...

Calebs Passtime

I'm sitting in the house and hear Caleb outside counting....so I went out to see what he was up to and this is what I find.....seems to be his new passtime. He does it now almost everday. Collecting snails from our plants...makes me happy to get them out of my pretty flowers and bushes....not happy to have them smashed all over the driveway. He collects, counts, smashes. Today I heard him count up to 21. Oi-e-vey.

Fluctuation

I was thinking tonight about what my body has gone through these past 6 years. And realized its really gone through the ringer. Bare with me here, I'm gonna take a trip down the past 6 years:

Got pregnant with Skylar-gained 50 lbs (don't know how it happened and really wouldn't wish it on anyone). Lost 20 lbs. Got pregnant right away with Caleb- gain back the 20 I just lost. Back to up 50. Move to Redding, join a gym, go crazy and lose 40 lbs. Feelin great. Get pregnant again with Ryder-Gain 25 lbs (not bad..worked my buns off). Lose 20. Blow a disc out in my back-gain 10ish. Lose 5. 6 more lbs to go. (Theres no way I'll EVER get back to my skinny pre-pregnancies weight...and I'm totally ok with that)

ALL IN 6 YEARS!!! MY POOR BODY!! But YAAY that theres an end in sight and no plans to get pregnant any time soon (plans for more kids...just not biological).

pic of Sean and I in Hawaii, pre pregancies

After Skylar, HOLY MOLY!! I came accross this the other day and jumped....