I do believe that the producers of the Real Housewives could come to Catawba County and film us girls and they'd have themselves one heck of a show! I mean, Ida alone could have her own sitcom! These people are missing out!
Brennan is a mad man. FOR REAL! Overall he is a wonderful child, but he can be a holy terror when he gets mad! I'm talking crying, screaming, stiffening his entire body, turning blood red, arching his back, hitting.............pure meanness! These fits often occur when he wants his bottle. He wants it immediately and if you don't have it ready for him at that very second then he pitches one royal fit! This child does not have an ounce of patience! I hope that this improves with age. Monday Mom went to pick him up from daycare and when she went to his room he wasn't in there. All of the teachers started grinning because he was in the office! Brennan had been sent to the office! LOL! He had started one of his crying/screaming fits and they couldn't get him to stop, so the director came in and took him into the office with her. Only my child! Mercy me! He has been really fussy lately, but I think that it's because he has cut all but one of his one year molars. That brings him to whopping total of 11, almost 12 teeth. He may have more than that. That's how many he had a few days ago when I counted. He is ready for some steak! Oh, he also has been stealing a paci from a little boy in his room. Brennan doesn't even take a paci, but the teachers said that he will only take this particular boy's, no one elses. And he does suck on it. I know that it sounds really crazy, but I went out and bought Brennan the kind of paci that he had been snatching from his buddy, and he loves it! It's probably a huge mistake to start him on a paci at 10 months old, but if it helps relieve the pain from teething then so be it. It's just crazy because I went through probably 5 differnt paci's when he was born and he wouldn't take any of them, but I didn't try this particular one which apparently he loves! How weird is that?
Brennan is pulling up on everything in sight. I'm just waiting for him to take his first step. I'm wondering if he'll be walking before his first birthday? He is such a ham! He loves to make people laugh. He'll make the silliest faces and then look to make sure that he made you laugh. He definitely wants to be the center of attention.
Ashlyn is 4 going on 16! She is all about what she's going to wear, and how she's going to do her hair. Such a prissy little thing! This week has been a theme week at daycare and she's dressed up every day (well except for Monday because mommy forgot. WHOOPS!) She's LOVED every minute of it too! Tuesday was Top That Tuesday and she dressed up with her pink feather boa, pink hat, and her sparkly mickey mouse ears. Wednesday was Wackey Wednesday and you were supposed to dress as one of your favorite fictional characters. Ashlyn went as Angelina Ballerina. Thursday was.......I don't remember what it was called, but you were supposed to dress as your favorite book character. Ashlyn LOVES this book called A Bad Case of Stripes, so She went as Camilla Cream, the character in the book who is covered in stripes. And last but now least today, Friday, is Hollywood day. She went as Barbie rocker. She was all decked out this morning in her purple dress and boots with her crown and sunglasses. Why didn't I get a picture of her this morning? She looked Sassified!!!
That's it for this installment of Catawba County Housewife. TTFN!
Ok....................Here are my random things. I don't know if I can come up with 25, so I'm not even going to count. I'm just going to write. =P
*I've NEVER, EVER been scared of flying, but now with the recent plane crash and all of the bird problems I'm beginning to have a fear of flying. Just today there were 2 headlines on CNN.com with planes and birds - San Jose Flight Aborts Takeoff After Seagull Strike & Vulture Strike Forces Plane's Emergency Landing. I've never even thought about birds causing plane crashes!!!
*I can't stand for my feet to be wet. Let me clarify. I can't stand to feel like any kind of dirt/trash is going to stick to my feet. That drives me absolutely nutty. It's an icky feeling to me.
*I love animals, but my dogs drive me bonkers! Our labs are the most LOVING dogs EVER! Layla has to be right on top of you at every second which can be oh so annoying, and Nate wants to play frisbee 24 /7. Then Rudy............he has multiple personalities. One minutes he's this sweet little dog curled up in your lap and the next minute he's ready to bite your head off. He's also the most yappy dog in the entire world!
*I LOVE milk!!! It's my favorite thing to drink! I go through about a gallon of milk every day. No lie!
*I'd love to learn how to sew and start my own children's clothing line. That's a huge dream of mine! Maybe one day. I am working on making bows and baby hats with the big flowers right now. I think those are just PRECIOUS!!!! Maybe my first task will be a pillowcase dress. That can't be too hard........right???
*I have the best family and friends that a girl could ask for! I am so BLESSED!!!
*I had my tonsils removed when I was 20. Somehow they didn't cut all of my left tonsil out so I still have a banjo string left in the back of my throat.
*I LOVE to take naps! I don't know why but I always sleep better during the day than I do at night.
*I am a worry wart! You name it, I'm worrying about it. This leads me to my next topic...
*I have high blood pressure. It's not gone down since I was pregnant with Ashlyn. My blood pressure sky rocketed during my 3rd trimester and I was put on bed rest during my last month of pregnancy. I've been on blood pressure medication ever since. Yesterday I went to the doctor for a sore throat (I have strep...yuck) and my bp was 121/90. My doctor has a fit if the bottom number is anything over 80 especially with me being on bp medication. I guess we'll up my dosage yet again. =(
*I own a Wii fit that I hardly ever use, but I'm going to start putting it to good use this week. I've got to start getting this 'had a 8lb 14oz baby' body in shape before summer gets here.
Gotta run to lunch. I'll add more later. TTFN!
In case you don't know my birthday isn't until April. I could have KILLED my co-workers for embarrassing the pee out of me. And to make matters worse I was the DD, so I didn't have hardly any alcohol in me when I was called up on stage for my birthday to be part of a dance-off. Look at my partner! Why do I always get in these crazy situations? I mean really! I just decided, I'm going to have fun with this and by gosh we are going to WIN, and we did! Whoop Whoop! Don't laugh too hard! =)
Can you tell by my facial expression just how happy I am about having to be up on Stage having to do a dance off in front of a entire crowd of people?!?! 
Me pointing to all of my friend and saying - 
Lord help me!
