diaper drop

a few weeks ago it was reported to me that zander decided to pee on a tree in the courtyard at our church. yup, just dropped his pants and peed. mind you the bathroom is right there. and he uses it every week. but i take full responsiblity for this one, i let him pee at parks on trees. but not ever in front of people...so that was all him!
then today, we were tearing down chairs, a job ronan and zander LOVe to do, when i look over at people snickering. ronan has somehow managed to undo his diaper and pull it out of one of his short's leg and dropped it in the middle of the cafeteria. oh for the love!!!! my kids are ridiculous! but i do promise that ronan has NEVEr done this before. nope, he just saved that one for church!
gotta love them!

Girls night

there is nothing like a girls night to remind you that you are normal (well, relatively), you can still make jokes, and on occasion, your brain can communicate with adults! saturday night we had a girls night with our small group girls at the tepfers house. ann's dear husband grilled steak for us and made homemade mac-n-cheese. it was wonderful! even better cause i didn't have to cook it! we played pit which seems to be becoming our tradition. but i pretty much am the worse pit player ever born. i think i just can't concentrate enough! every time we play i never win more than one hand! it's ridiculous! but i do laugh and make a inappropriate comments just like a middle school boy. but i love my girls, and i love spending time with them just laughing. i never really thought i needed girl friends and quick honestly, most of them annoyed me with their pettiness and weird neediness. but having this group of friends has changed all that for me. they are like my sisters. i love them immensely and find myself needing them and wondering what they would say about a certain situation and whatnot. God truly brought us together and i can't imagine my life without them now! and that is soooo weird for me!
on the kid front, ronan has been extremely cuddly and sweet to me the last couple of days. i have truly enjoyed it! he's been my little buddy and doesn't want me to leave ever! usually he's just 'bubeye mommy!" and off he goes when i leave. but saturday he was pouting saying "no bubeye mommy! no bubeye! stay here!" aww...he does love me! :)
zander is sick i think....which means its going to be a long week! hopefully he'll bounce back soon!
jade is still miss jade and absolutely adorable. i am so in love with that little girl! she is laughing out loud now and has started coo-ing/singing. i love it!!!!

Jade's 2 month stats

I took Jade to the doctor on Tuesday for her 2 month appointment. the little darling is 12 lbs 12 ozs and 23 1/2 inches long. her percentages are 92% for weight and 89% for height. i have never had a child under 95% for height! i have a shorty! :)
now, let me just get this out there now. when i say i have a short daughter, please do not respond with, "oh that's good, you don't really want the height in a girl". SERIOUSLY (now mind you, someone has already said this)?! cause having a tall girl, who's taller than her brothers, or heaven forbid, over six feet tall, would be the WORST thing in the world! cause she'd be like her 6'0" mother (who's also taller than her brothers)!!!!! i have come to realize that people just do not think when they are talking. nope, the world is full of non thinkers. so i'm sparing you the embarressment of what would be my brutal comments in response to your dumbness. so when you hear her stats, just smile and say, aww that's great!

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coupon thief

dear coupon thief,
you are a bad, bad person. i have spent many hours cutting coupons and placing them in that nice, little accordian folder. it saves my family lots of money on groceries, money we really need. last night i was shopping with a screaming baby and two grocery carts full of food. while trying to stressfully, load my car alone, i left my precious folder in the cart. when you found it, you should have turned it in. what kind of person cuts coupons, sorts them into a folder? me -- a crazy, patehtic, desperately trying to save money, kind of person. why on earth would you steal from me? shame on you bad person! after searching every shopping cart and calling the store three times, i've admitted defeat. but i send many bad thoughts your way. however, i'm sure you will save money and perhaps learn an amazing system of coupons sorting from me.
BLAH on you!
sincerely,
a stressed out, couponless, mother of three.

parenting problems

i don't know how much more i can take of ronan's insane amounts of disobedience. the child stresses me out to no end. every day from the time i wake up till he goes to sleep it's a non stop "ronan stop, ronan no, ronan leave zander alone, ronan can you hear me?! ronan i'm going to freak out on you!" then today he bit me on my shoulder and i swear in that moment i could have thrown him! mind you, i say this, but of course, let's just clear up i would not throw him. but it was just a breaking point for me. he's exhausting me both mentally and physically. i can't pay attention to my other two kids cause of constantly watching out for ronan. and he was this way long before the baby was born so it's not necessarily acting out. it started around 17 months and has NOT gotten better. i love that little boy and when he smiles up at you it melts your heart. but he's just got this temper. i feel like i'm constantly yelling and short tempered because of how he makes me feel. so the other kids are starting to feel it...it just sucks. i'm tired, wore out, and frustrated. i've tried spanking, time outs, taking toys away, removing him from the situation, and just recently just sitting him on my lap and holding him tight. nothing works. nothing. i am just praying and praying for him.
on a positive, jade is starting to smile tons more and that is just the sweetest thing. she has started to grow out of the 'old man' stage and is looking more like a sweet chunky baby. she's adorable and truly has my heart. zander is the sweetest big brother around her. she smiles whenever he comes near. he cuddles her and says funny things like "who's my little baby, where's my little chubby baby". it's adorable.
ok that's all for now

Awesome Diaper Deal!

This is a great deal from diapers.com. thank you lacey rumley for the inside scoop!
Here’s the deal…Put at least $49 worth of merchandise (I did diapers) in your shopping cart. This will qualify you for free shipping. Then enter the referral code LARI9103 to get $10 off your order. (This also gives me a credit toward my next purchase.) Then, send in this http://www.diapers.com/HelpCenter/Parenting.htm to get another $14.95 back. (If you can’t get that page to load, I can email you a pdf of the form.)
There are MANY scenarios you can do, but here’s what I ended up with:Pampers Baby Dry Extra Large Case with 216 size 2 diapers (with an automatic $1 coupon from diapers.com) ANDLuvs Ultra Leakguard Jumbo Pack with 30 size 5 diapers
I paid $41.22, with free shipping, and will get back $14.95 in a rebate check. That means I got a lot of diapers for not a lot of money!

if you don't have kids, this makes a great gift!
thanks again lacey for the heads up!