catching up

This is where the notice boards will go when they are finished

My banana bread! Was so tasty!

Project 1

Maggie's sticker chart

in one single moment they remind me that life isn't about "THINGS" it is about smiles and laughter and family and living beautifully. I love you girls!

Ok so I haven't posted for a while mainly because I have been ill! I had a chest infection and was passing out and coughing up what resembled the slime in the outside garbage can :( YUCK but I have come to the conclusion that despite all of this as a mother of two and wife of one I don't get to lay in bed and "BE ILL" oh no the world still spins and life still goes on. Babies still need to be fed, toddlers still need entertaining and husbands still have that need to be reassured that they are loved. Weekdays were ok as Maggie went to nursery and I curled up on the couch with Aimee and we didn't do alot. But weekends were torture on the worst day Steve had to come home from work to look after the girls because my temp was too high to cope. I went to the walkin centre and they gave me some antibiotics which really helped although my cough is still bad but not as bad as it was? I also struggled because Maggie has decided she wants to wear big girl panties and so will randomly take her nappy off and then of course if there is no potty we end up with puddles on my floor. No big deal normally but as I went into the 40th coughing fit of the day and blacked out yet again I realized that being a mum is amazingly hard work! God has been good though I could have been much worse and had I not gone to the walk in centre when I did would have been hospitalized. This week I am catching up on housework and me work lol because I wasn't there to do the dishes they didn't get done at all last week, and my dining room looked like a bomb had gone off in it, my lounge had become a dumping ground/spare bedroom and my bedroom had that stale smell that happens when you sweat out a 104 temp :) needless to say I have had my work cut out for me this week. It's only tuesday and I seem to be doing ok. In fact I see a light at the end of the tunnel. This afternoon I am going grocery shopping with Stanley and stocking up on things for my crockpot and things that can be done healthy but in a hurry. It's begining to feel like spring outside little buds popping up out of the ground and the sky is blue more and more during the day. I love this time of year, it fills me with hope and encouragement, with Spring comes a promise and a want to do better and make things better so I am on a big "DO IT BETTER" kick! I want to start working out, I want to lose this baby weight, I want to get Maggie fully potty trained and get Aimee rolling over and sitting up in her bumbo, I am also working with Steve to strengthen our marriage and we are starting some devotionals tonight that are for Married Couples. Looking forward to doing something other then crashing in front of the telly :) Also I want to finish a few projects that I have going on. SO it's all go in our house. I am so thankful that I am feeling better and able to get up and move about...it's horrid not being able to do what I need to get done. Have a great day and be blessed!