7 links challenge.

The Rules:

nominated by
(Heidi)
1. The blogger who is nominated (me) must publish 7 links from his/her own blog; one for each of the categories below.
2.The blogger then nominates 5-7 more bloggers to take part, and the beat goes on...


Most Beautiful Post
To me its White Christmas from 2009. I was fairly new to the blog world. I like this one because the girls were small and they are so precious... and it was a beautiful Christmas.

Most Popular Post
I don't think I have one of those...... I don't really blog for 'popularity' I guess... so I have no idea... reader you can pick this one :)
My most viewed post is
tied between 5 post. how that happened I am not sure. I know I don't get a lot of views because I don't have this open to search engines...But I am going to choose ILOVE as my most viewed.


Most Controversial Post
Could be any of my post because this blog turned into an outlet for me and became very heavy, I have since moved my personal post in order to keep this more cheerful... The most controvercial for me to write was my story parts 1,2, 3 because it was a very emotional post for me and hard for me to put down.
Most Helpful Post
I am not sure. I am reading this up to readers choice :)

Most Surprisingly Successful Post
I would say again the I love post... a friend of mine liked the idea so much she used it.

Post That Didn't Get the Attention it Deserved
I'm not sure... probably The story parts 1,2,3. It was heavy and emotional for me so I can't expect anyone else to see it that way but it took A LOT of courage for me to write it because I am embarrassed and ashamed.
Post That I am Most Proud of
ALL of them. I am very busy. I am just proud that I stuck with it. I do wish I would have kept the personal emotions out of it but hey- ya live, learn and grow right?
And now it's your turn!

twirly birds

Time for our annual {Captured by} Heidi photo session.... (check out her blog to the right of this post)
The twirly birds will be 2- 2! in just 3 short weeks... unreal!

I told some of you that I would post these two sweet little models. ...... :)

numbers.

10- minutes it takes to change 2 little girls in the PBK bathroom. FYI -If you are behind us in line- you should use the men's restroom- it's rarely used and it will be much quicker..

10 minutes it takes to load and unload 2 twirly birds...

45 minutes it takes for me to drive to our new sitter, pick up the girls and come home.

5 minutes it takes to drive to work

30 minutes I go in early to work to get things done.

8 hours I am away from my girls
5 days I work during the week

6 the number of people that have Quit since I started my job at my place of employment (in 4 MONTHS)

2 hours I get to spend with the girls before they go to bed at night during the week.

1hr 45min the time it takes to drive to my Dad's.... a place of respite.

3 hours...time it takes to get to my support system

5 MINUTES it takes to change a diaper.

148... the amount of diapers I go through in about 2 weeks

2 the age my sweet girls will be in about 3 weeks.

126,464,531,651,135 tears I have cried since I lost my job.

4 - the number of days I used to work in a week

32 the number of hours I used to work in a week.

15 minutes - the time it took to pick up my girls and drive home prior to this new situation.

NEW blog.

Well, it's not really new. I started it in January because I felt like I was sucking every bit of life out of this blog... and I was. SURPRISE SURPRISE I had complaints at that time...which I could kick myself now because I think I could have lived with the torment,daily put downs and oppressive environment because I actually liked my job and the patients. I would trade that for the job that I dislike now... seriously.. WHy am I such an IDIOT!
ANYWAY... here is the link....
I will be updating this blog later in the week :)

I love

when you immediately start dancing when you year a catchy tune, whether it be in the grocery store, car, restaurant or at home to a commercial on television.

when you chase each other up and down the small hallway and giggle so hard you can barely stand up.

when you sing your ABCDF's with me....

when I say lets go for a walk, you run to your closet and grab your little Nike's....yet when I reach for mine you have one on your little foot..... :)

when a new catalog or ad comes in the mail you are just as likely to look at it thousands of times...just like me...

when you say "EL-mo"...eventhough he's not my favorite....

When you see a dog... any dog and you call it DAISY.....

when you see a fish you say "pish mommy pish"

When you cling to me and don't want to let me go to work...because I don't want to go either

when you share ice cream sandwiches with me.....

when you hug eachother ... and giggle

when one of you falls the other will run over , pat you on the back and say "u-kay?"

when you run and grab a book to read after bath time...

when you... try to scale your cribs when I say 'bed time!"

when you giggle when I kiss you good night.

Busy Bees ,100 degrees and friends we love to see!

We had a really AWESOME and BUSY weekend. So awesome and busy that I got very few pictures... boo...
Friday we stayed at my Dad's and stopped back through on Monday to see "cOWss"
Saturday we went to the farmers market with JILL, she has some Awesome pictures... loved them... We had the best conversation. I am so happy to have her back in my life. We had so much fun together in HS. But we can have a different kind of fun now that we are grown ups :O)
After the farmers market on saturday we stopped at my friend K's new house. Great to see her and her cute house and pets...
Here are the few that I took with my iphone....




Oh kitty, you are so not nice :( but you are very cute

Lola, oh lola... you are funny and my girls are afraid of you :( sorry!





Love this girl!

On Sunday we went to the Aquatic Park and then Cupcake developed a fever so we had to leave... poor girl. She started to feel a little better and we went to J's bday party....and enjoyed her birthday present ;)

Lilly Pop liked it better when it stayed in place Lil G and J enjoying the new wheels :) happy bday sweet girl!

On Monday we had the girls pictures taken but Cupcake's fever was back and it did not go so well. Lilly Pop did a great job . Cupcake was so attached to me I couldnt put her down, I even tried bribery and thank goodness Heidi is so patient.What a blessing. Turns out that we are going to have to have a round two. Praying that the girls do well with round 2! I was actually feeling relaxed this time. Last time I had the girls pictures taken I was high strung because I wanted the girls pictures to turn out..but this round I told myself to relax and I did... so much so that I was an HOUR EARLY! I am an exhausted Momma... that is tooo punctual... again thank goodness Heidi is patient and flexible! heres to round 2 in two weeks! YESS!

I am ready to make another trip to IA. It has become my 'safe place.' I miss my friends and my family. Sometimes, as cheesy and stupid as it sounds. Being with my sisters feels like Mom is closer, like shes there sometimes... I've never told them that.

I had a horrible day at work today. Lots of tears. Long story short,I was told that I couldn't take ANY time off for 3 months! They are insane. I have two children and I haven't had rules like that since I worked retail during the holidays... and even then it was only certain dates and sometimes you got them off anyway! So I will more than likely break that rule and be on the firing block..... :( UGH. Dear Lord please send a Life boat! And life jackets for my coworkers... PLEEEEASE!