I just found this in my "draft" folder from MONTHS ago. I guess I forgot to publish it.  Makes me laugh now reading it-- I had no idea God has a sense of humor and was about to give me the shock on my life... literally. Baby #3!

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A friend of mine wrote about "confessions" on her blog a couple of months ago and I thought it was genius (thanks Jean!). So many times Facebook, blogs, Intragram portray everyone's life as perfect.  Their kids are angels, their husbands perfect, their houses never looks like a war zone, etc.  Well, so happy for them (tell me their secret!). My life, on the other hand, is far from perfect and I'm totally ok with that.  Really.  Do I like my house nice and organized? Absolutely. To the point if the house is a mess, so am I. Are my kids angels? They can be when I bribe them! Ha! No really, they are good kids 90% of the time. Is my husband perfect? No, we argue over who's taking out the trash and why he never picks up after himself. Ever.  But that's life right?!?

Pre-kids I would hear friends tell me that they always eat lunch by 11 and dinner by 5-5:30ish. I remember thinking man that's so early! How can they be hungry at that time? And then I had my own kids and totally got it.

Pre-kids I would see kids screaming and having a meltdown while the parents jumped thru hoops to satisfy them, even bribing them with ice cream if they were quiet.  I remember thinking-- take your kid outside already! And then I had my own kids and totally got it.

Pre-kids I would always wonder why parents were so boring and usually the first to leave an event or party.  And then I had my own kids and totally got it.

Pre-kids I would always say that I would never let a tv entertain my kids.  And then I had my own kids and totally got it.

Pre-kids I always thought that when I finally had kids they would behave in and out of public like good little kids. Then I had my own and totally got it.

This week alone Campbell has bitten Connor (at a play date!!) because he took her toy.  Had to be placed in timeout at SOMEONE else's house (horror!). Connor has decided to adopt the most annoying, hair raising pterodactyl scream you have ever heard and continue to use it as often as he can (Save me!). Campbell has told me " Mommy, I need some space! I just need a little time to myself away" (you and me both, sister!!). Connor has eaten dog food off of the floor (mother of the year!). Campbell has had a meltdown more than once over "resting in her room" for nap (ugh!!).  Connor has thrown his food on the clean floor ever.single.meal. (Patience with toddlers!!)  And all of this while the hubby is in Israel on work (and if any creepo is reading this and thinking umm? Let me assure you I'm mighty handy with a shotgun and not afraid to use it!!)

Would I change any of it? Sure.  Parts.  The part where I was up with Connor from 2-4am the last two nights for no good reason.  Other than that, no.  Our life feels like a circus.  Always coming and going somewhere, playdate after playdate, kids running through the house dumping out buckets of toys for me to pick up later, same old bed/bath routine and I love it.  Are my kids loud? Yes! But they are happy kids and it's my job to have patience and teach them over and over the difference between right and wrong.  Some days are rougher than others and makes me want to start drinking by 10am but then one of them will come sit in my lap and give me a hug/sugars or come up an tell me "thank you for being my mommy" and it just melts my heart.  They are a work in progress and I'm their teacher.  My only regret will be that I'm not soaking in every little second as much as I should with them because we never know what God has planned for us. I'm working on that.  I need to remember its ok to have a dirty house and a 100 toys to step over because that's the stage of life we are blessed to me in right now.  😊 We are not picture perfect but we are Moses perfect!

So, the last couple of days (heck I'm being nice-- more like weeks and months!) have been rough as you could probably tell from my last post. Today though was different. Both kids woke up well and I got to snuggle and giggle with them in bed, I got some quality me time reading my bible this morning, I ONLY threw up twice, I got to finally hear the babies heart beat (which sounded really fast but the nurse couldn't tell me the exact number. The dr guessed at 141), and it was an absolute beautiful day here in Houston! Win win all the way around! So thankful for today!!! Yay! Yay!!!! One Happy Momma!

So Connor crawled out of his crib the WEEK I found I was pregnant with #3. Seriously?!?! That was Nov. 10th.  Now, we put him in his big boy bed and he crawls out and sleeps on the floor. Ever.Single.Night. Sleeps right by his door waiting for us to come get him. We put him back in his bed when he goes to sleep and then again when we go to sleep and then again alot during the middle of the night.  Any advice on how to get him to sleep in his bed? He looks so pitiful on the floor. Breaks my heart. This is going on two months. Anyone else ever had this problem?

Okay, I'm venting today. I deserve to. Ha! I feel like I'm in some never ending Groundhog movie where everyday is the same.  I have been horribly sick with morning sickness since the first week of November.  We are talking throwing up about 10 times a day and nauseous with absolutely no energy the rest of the day. I''ve lost weight and am at least 5 pounds below my pre pregnancy weight. Smells kill me and apparently an animal crawled in my bathroom wall and died. We can't find him anywhere and the exterminator said we have to just let it run it's course. That would okay if the smell didn't throw this pregnant girl over the edge every time she walks into her bathroom. Of course, RJ says he can't really smell it and doesn't bother him.   Of course.
Two weeks ago (when school was starting back) I came down the flu, upper respiratory infection and sinus infection.  It all started in Vail. I got a horrible sore throat and cough and started having problems breathing. I called Dr Irwin and he said to go to the ER in Vail.  Well, a blizzard was coming in that night and had we gone to the ER like he said we would have missed our flight and who knows when we would have gotten home. So, I toughed it out. Traveled the 8 hours home and  we caught the flight back to Houston. I must have caught something at the airport or plane because that's when everything went from bad to worse.  Mind you, I'm still throwing up and having to use my painful sore throat TO throw up! The rest is history. Connor came down with the Flu with me, RJ went back to work, Joan (my mother-in-law) came over to help but she's having surgery herself and can't afford to get sick. It's been a nightmare. Campbell now has the flu and poor baby has it the worst of all! Her fever has been over 104 for days now. I took her back in today and they said it's got to ride its course.  Nothing like taking care of a sick baby when you have the chills and are sick too. At one point this weekend around 2:45am,  I put Campbell in the bath to get her fever down, had to rock Connor back to sleep, threw up in the kids bathroom and proceeded to just sleep on the cold tile until Camobell started crying again because she didn't feel good. RJ of course was asleep because he's the only one that hasn't caught it yet so he couldn't help. He really has been such a big help before the flu. He was off for 17 days and did everything-- bed time, bath, dinner, nap everything solo.  Sorry to complain and yes it can always be worse but let's keep it real people. Everyone has bad days and this is mine.  Believe me, I can't wait to have a healthy family again. We really do take our health for granted. I will be jumping for joy soon when we are all well! Until then, pray for us. You can't call or text me because I ended my weekend by dropping my cell phone in the toilet.

So, I'm not going to say the babies name "has" to start with the letter C but I do want to exhaust all our options first. Any favorite Girl/Boy names that start with a C? I love classic names/last names as first names, etc. Thanks!

Surprise I'm back blogging {today at least}! Now for the real surprise...... WE ARE PREGNANT AGAIN! Yep, It's still a shock to us too and I'm 13 1/2 weeks. The kids are so excited! Campbell "only" wants a sister (surprise surprise) and Connor says he wants a "brudder".  It's so cute. Connor is talking up a storm these days. He really does do everything she does including trying on lipstick (lord help us! ha). Campbell has changed so much also. She's such a big girl and a huge help! She loves to dance! Dances all day long. As girlie as they come while Connor is bouncing off the walls like a typical boy.
Baby #3 will be gracing us with his or her presence early July and I can't wait! The miracle of growing a baby is just that-- a miracle. I feel so blessed to get to experience it both the good and the bad. Baby #3 was a complete surprise but aren't surprises the best?!?! As of now, we will be finding out the gender right after Valentines.  I know it probably would be more fun to wait and find out at delivery but I'm just not that type of person.  With two other littles, I need to have things in place. I like to pray and talk to the baby by name and personally it just makes it more real for us. Do start praying now RJ and I can agree on a name! We both can get pretty stubborn.
I really do love looking back at my blog to see how I felt at each week.  I wish I would have written down more.  Right now, we found at 5 weeks we were pregnant and I promise you 5 minutes later I already had a pooch! ha! Dang third child! I started the whole morning sickness/throwing up at 6 weeks and it still hasn't stopped. It started only in the morning, then moved to the evening mainly and now it's all day long.  I was sick like this with Campbell if you are wondering--- for 7 months! Pray it goes away soon. With Connor I was just very nauseous.  I will say I am popped out just like I did with Connor. Maybe even bigger but that crazy part is with all this throwing up I'm down 5 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight.  My sister is due 4 weeks before me (how fun!!) and she's a toothpick. I easily look farther along than her and funny thing is I can only laugh about it! Baby #3! ha! What can I say? I'm a babymaking machine, I guess. Anyway, I want to keep things "equal" and will try to get better at blogging. Hope everyone is doing well! This will be our final baby by the way-- tubes are getting tied! :)