Ruh Roh...We forgot!

With all the illness, move, pregnancy and so much more...we forgot our anniversary. I knew in the middle of the day it was yesterday but then got so busy...I forgot.

Sam came home and asked if I minded if he went and played basketball. I didn't mind. Soon after he left I realized it was OUR ANNIVERSARY!!!

I called and called, sent him text saying he better get home. He left his phone in the car. As soon as he saw the messages he felt so bad.

I have never heard so many sorry's in my life. HA HA HA!

Now he thinks I remembered all along and literally is putty in my hands. How long can I play this one out?? I'm milking it baby!

The blessed day!

We have a name!!!

We had a long list and we finally stuck with one...

Ester
Eloise
Jane
Maggie
Penelope
Lucy
and many more....

But Lucy Ray(after grandpa Tame..he was Raymond) Eastman it is! YAY!!!

Sophie~that funny girl!

Yup, It is 2:20 am and I have yet to fall asleep. Sweet pregnancy bliss!

So today Sophie had some AWESOME lines that I wanted to get down before I forgot them.

"Mom, why wont you let me do anything with my life?" ~I wouldn't let her paint at the moment.

"All my single ladies, all my single ladies...wahahooooo..." ~Yup she was bustin' out Beyonce.

"Henry, it is not my responsibility, it's moms."~ No idea what they were discussing but should have been a good one.

"Mom, it is not called a Hospital, It is called a Hopsitable." ~ I stand corrected!

"It's because your are pregnant, mom...duh" ~ When I said I can't bend over anymore.


Ahhhhh, Dear love her!

Motherhood...What sweet bliss!

Being a mother is the most fulfilling, peaceful, rewarding, and other things.....In my life!

Isn't that what they say?

Hold up, for real? OK, don't get me wrong I do love being a mother but let's be real for a minute. It's OK to say it is not all those things. It's OK to say it's hard and it sucks.

Lets go through a day at the Eastman house...
12:01 am Mom is still awake. I've tried to lay in bed, take a hot shower, take some sleeping meds. Somehow the heartburn, restless legs, throbbing pelvis, and aching back is just not letting it happen.

12:20 Mom sneaks in to kids room to do a little cleaning up, it's too late to do laundry or dishes, it will wake everyone up.

12:30 Mom tries to go back to bed.

12:55 Mom is back up and is now on the computer...Must go to bed before I buy my kids clothes. There is nothing else to do on the computer at 1 in the morning.

1:30 Mom climbs in bed and quietly turns on pretty in pink. Some time before the prom Mom falls asleep.

3:00ish Child number 1 ends up in our bed. Mom rolls over so child number 1 stops killing huge belly.

4:30ish Child number 2 ends up in bed. Mom shuffles kids who in 10 minutes will be right back up against mom.

5:45 ish Mom wakes up because her HUGE large white belly is hanging out and everyone has taken the covers.

5:50 Mom goes and gets blanket off one of kids beds and covers up.

7:30 Child number 2 wakes mom up saying he needs to watch BOLT and he needs to NOW.

7:30 Mom and child go downstairs where she pours child a bowl of cereal, turns on BOLT and falls right to sleep on cold sofa.

9:00 Mom is awake due to loud screaming over a My Little Pony. For real? Come on.

9:15 Mom drifts back off to sleep where said children decide they want to paint. Mom wakes up to black paint all over her carpet and cabinets.

10:00 Mom convinces kids to snuggle with her while they watch a movie so she can sleep a tad more. Child #2 proceeds to wipe boogers on Mom while she is asleep cause he doesn't have a tissue.

10:05 Mom gives up and is up.

10:10 Time for baths. As Mom gets #2 out of the tub he proceeds to pee on a stack of freshly folded laundry. Boys, how sweet and adorable are they?

Now I could continue but I will spare you with the boring details. But the rest of the day consisted of a visit to the Dr. resulting in one child having pneumonia, which then spread to the other child a day later.

While I do love and think my kids are of course the cutest, it's OK to be real. I am trying to have humor in all the stuff our life has had to offer lately, but sometimes you just want to run away.

We have made it through....
3 ER visits
6 Dr visits
3 out of 4 with pneumonia
a really hard pregnancy
8 birthdays
getting a garage sale ready
trying to move
trying to be pregnant
trying to fulfill my calling
a broken toe
a punctured nose due to a pen accident
a cut toe filled with rocks and bark
a strange rash breakout
8 prescription from the pharmacy
did I mention I can barely walk up the stairs with out passing out?
Sam working 58 hours a week....


In the last 2 months. I am a tough chick now. I can take it.

(This post was brought to you at 12:49 am. Time to go try again.)