I love my life

This weekend was so fun :) Besides the Pro Bowl being super lame and kinda putting a damper on my Sunday night.. I can't complain! Ritchie and I actually got to spend some time together Friday night.. such a luxury when you have two little ones. I think we put on a movie and I'm pretty sure I passed out on the couch before it was over, but none the less it was a nice and quiet evening at home. I love those! My boys have not had a paci now for 6 days! They are doing amazing with it! I'm such a proud mama! They still ask for it every time they lay down or get in the car but they are learning that we don't have them anymore.

Saturday we took them to the Flea Market to look for a slide and for some Disney DVDs. I didn't find either one, but it was still fun to get the boys outside and for us to spend time together outside the house. I love every minute I get to go out and do something. We only have one car so unless I want to wake up early to get Ritchie to work, I'm stuck in the house. They got some powered donuts and they were a MESS by the time we got home. We had to stop at the grocery store for dinner.. and I rarely ever take them to go grocery shopping because I can't usually handle both of them AND groceries. It was too funny though because we went to get some lettuce, and walked by the strawberries and Garret was like "Mommy, I NEED strawberries!" ha ha, of course I will never pass up buying them something good for them so he got some strawberries and ate about 4 or 5 while we were walking around the store. Later we took them to the Museum of Natural Sciences downtown to see the dinosaur bones. They were having the BEST time. We were on level 1 which is the "ocean" area with the big whale bones and all the fish. They were running back and forth between the aquariums saying "I see a fish!!" Then the fire alarm went off and they closed the museum for the rest of the day. We were so bummed out because they were having a blast. We decided instead of going home, we wanted to walk around the Capitol building and let the boys see all of the statues. They loved it. They didn't even fuss that we had to leave the museum early, so I think they still had a good day :) Of course I forgot my camera that day, but we're taking them back to the museum on Saturday, so I will have pictures next time!

I'm having a mommy moment right now because my boys are just growing up so fast! Tonight I was making them macaroni and cheese for dinner and Garret sees a Papa John's commercial and asked if we could have pizza instead. It was actually more of a "Daddy, pizza! I NEED pizza. I said pweease!" ha ha. They crack me up.

This is a busy week for us, and "T" comes over tomorrow night so the boys will be so excited to see her. She is such a great aunt and the boys are so happy when she comes to spend the night :)

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

How 'bout them HEELS!

YES! I love a victory like that :) UNC dominated the wolf pups tonight.. and made my day a whole lot better!

Actually what really put the cherry on top was hearing Garret singing "Kung Fu Fighting" in his room at the end of Kung Fu Panda. He is just too stinking cute sometimes. I guess that makes up for him having an attitude today. I can't really blame him though.. he needs some good sleep. Tonight is night 3 without their paps (pacifiers) and they are doing amazing but they are not falling asleep at 8pm like they used to.. now it's more like 11pm. Today was the first day they've taken a nap since we got rid of them too, so we're getting there :) slowly but surely! Ayden is being a superstar. He only asks for it when we get in the car, but it more than happy to get juice instead and then he forgets all about it. Garret asks for it more, which is strange because Ayden was the one that was more depended on it. I told Garret there were some baby birds outside crying so we gave the paps to them so they could sleep. He says "OK mommy" then asks me to go get his paps, ha ha! He's doing good though.. eventually they will completely be a thing of the past. OMGOSH my babies are growing up too fast!

Today was insane for me. I had a doctors appt this morning so my mom came to play with the boys and the rest of my day was spent on the phone back and forth between my doctors office and about 6 different pharmacies. Did you know every pharmacy can charge a different price for the same prescription? I'll give you an example.. My doctor prescribed me imitrex.. at Walgreen's the generic price for 12 pills was $253.00 INSANITY. Then I called my mother's pharmacy and they are filling in for $28.00. Crazy right?! I had no idea stuff like that was even legal. Then my anxiety medicine at my mom's pharmacy is $60 for 30 pills while at Walgreen's it's $9.99. It just doesn't make any sense. My anxiety level was through the roof and I started getting a dang migraine just from having to mess with it all. All is well now, the medicines are taken care of and I feel so much better :). That's the last time I will go on a rant about it I promise, ha ha!

Well I'm going to take advantage of getting HW done early today and getting me a good night's sleep :) Tomorrow is my sister's 7th grade dance and I am getting her primped and pampered before hand at my house. Expect pictures!

Until next time...

Testing 1..2..

Yay! I made a blog :) Hopefully I can keep up with this like I want to. I just want to bring people into my world. I am a stay at home mother of two, a wife, and a student. I have two boys who are 11 months apart and a wonderful husband :) For putting up with me.. he is the best man I've ever met.. lol. I'll have to remember that while writing a blog in the future I'm sure, lol! My kids are getting to that age where they do strange things, say the funniest stuff I've ever heard, and also drive me to the point of wanting to pull my hair out. I wouldn't want it any other way :). I'll start with a little bit about myself.. My name is Jessica. I am 24 years old. My husbands' name is Ritchie and my two little boys are Garret and Ayden. Garret is 2 1/2 and Ayden is 1 1/2. I am a stay at home mother and a full time college student studying to get my degree in business. I have zero free time, well I take that back.. I have SOME free time, I just don't always use it wisely. I am a football fanatic GO JETS! UGA! (college football... university of georgia, lol in case you didn't know). I honestly think I go into some kind of withdrawal or an acute depression when football season is over. I try to watch college basketball but I end up missing one game then another and before you know it it's March Madness and I've missed the whole season. I'm doing pretty good this year so far though. I've even watched a few NBA games.. and that NEVER happens. I also watch UFC (yes I promise I'm a girl! ha ha) My husband got me into it a few years ago. After I reluctantly watched a few fights, I started paying attention and before I knew it I was a fan! I like girly stuff too.. getting my hair done, my nails done, tanning, etc. I like to watch movies and listen to music when I can. We have an english bulldog named Herschel (yes, like Herschel Walker!!) Hmm let's see, I love the beach.. but I hate the ocean. My favorite color is blue... and I'm running out of things to say about myself.. ha ha! Anyways, I'm not trying to be a professional writer or anything so I will more than likely spell things wrong, not use correct punctuation, and my grammar will suck. I am in English this semester though, so maybe it will get better as the weeks go on :) We shall see!

Welcome to my world :) Enjoy!