Swimming fun for Ping and her Mama.

I took Ping to her private swim lesson at 10:30 am yesterday. A few weeks ago, I signed her up for a 90 minutes class every Thursday from now until sometime in August. Unfortunately, I am the only mom who did this. So they had to cancel the class. I was pretty bummed about that. So they said we could come in every Wednesday still and do a 30 minute lesson, but it's going to be $30 for the time. It's pretty irritating because she was getting more time in the water, for a lot more weeks than she will be now. I can cancel the private swim but she loves to swim and I told her I would be taking her weekly. So I am not sure what I am going to do. I could do the 90 minutes on the weekend, but weekend are hard for us. We have a lot going on, like everyone else in the world and I have the ability to take her during the week. Oh well. Ping enjoyed her lesson and I enjoyed my private swim time in the deep end doing exercises on my own.

We then ordered her birthday cake and had Wendy's for lunch. Not the healthiest lunch, but it was late and she was begging to eat at Wendy's house! LOL.

I had a doctors appointment at 4:30 pm. I wanted to discuss something with my doctor, but she wasn't supportive, so I walked out of there pretty angry, discouraged and sad. Just getting to the appointment was hard as it's an hour away and we had horrid weather all the way down the highway with 2 or 3 back ups. At one point, we saw the streets lined with hail. That was wild.

We had dinner on the way home as it was close to 7:00 pm and we had nothing in the house to eat. Once we got home, Ping and Daddy went to bed. I passed out watching TV!

Today we stayed home with the exception of running to the post office. I had a gazillion phone calls to make today. It never seems to end!!!! It was nice to stay home after all the running around we did yesterday.

Well that is all for now. I hope you are all well.

Mama Out!!!!

Beautiful and then rain and then beautiful and then rain.

Today started out nice, but got dark really quick. By this afternoon, we had hail, wind and thunderstorms. They passed and it cleared up, but then they rolled in again. I was glad to not have to be out in that soggy mess today.

I watched a little bit of the Michael Jackson memorial. That was a total tearjerker. I didn't see the entire thing, just the last hour or so.

I finished packing up Ping's winter clothes and took care of a few odds and ends around here. The day went by quickly and I am not sure why. I am trying to get my dear hubby to help me do something right now. It's frustrating because he works at a different pace than mine. His is reverse!!!!

Anyway, I am off to harass hubby some more so I can get this current project I am doing done! I would do it without his help, but I need his muscles:)

XO.

Mama Out!!!!

It's beautiful out today. The clouds are all puffy.

It's hard to believe it's July already.

Saturday we went to Meri and Joe's for a cookout. It was nice out so we were able to cook and eat outside. Ping and Lucas did a lot of running around. I got to hold little Ryan and give him a ton of kisses. Such a cutie pie. It was nice to be able to sit back and relax for the day.

Yesterday we stayed home for the afternoon. Bill had some outside projects he wanted to do. I had some inside projects to do. Why don't they ever end? For dinner we went back to Meri and Joe's. They had a lot of extra food and didn't want to waste it. We stayed for a few hours and came home. Ping and Bill went to bed. I watched Army Wives. Love that show.

Today I went to an 11:00 am deep swim class. I put Ping in the drop in daycare area for an hour. They have to cancel her swim fun on Wednesdays because she is the only one signed up. I was a little sad about that. I understand, but she loved it and fitting it into our schedule in another place is not really feasible. So I am not sure what the story is going forward.

We went to Target for a few cleaning items and we have been home since. I have been super busy at my desk. I feel like I am behind in getting some things done here. I will stay home tomorrow and get them done I hope.

Hope everyone had a great 4th!

Mama Out!!!!!!

Bill holding Ryan.

Bill trying to hold Ryan and Ping.

Close up.

Nice matching set of blue.

Ping kissing Daddy's hand.

Mommy and Ryan.

Trying to fly a kite.

Brushing Dakota.

Overtired Ping Part Two

Tired Ping

What day is today? I am all messed up due to the holiday.

Okay, it's Friday, right??? I am not used to having Bill home on a week day.

We spent the day at home. Bill had some things to do around the house and I had a huge project to work on. Needless to say I am truly cramped due to sitting at this computer for around 10 hours now.

I did a little checking on surrogacy last night. Well maybe more than a little. The costs are around $100,000 to $120,000. I thought it was expensive, but not that ungodly expensive!!!!! Well that closed off that option for us. Not sure where our next child will come from:( It's very frustrating.

In the meantime, I have to work on myself some. I have a few things I need to do. It's going to be hard, but worth it.

Well it is nearing 2:00 am and I promised I would be in bed by 2! I hope I sleep tonight. Last couple of nights I have not slept well.

Happy long weekend.

Mama Out!!!!!

I keep thinking it's Friday because Bill has tomorrow off.

I went to bed around 1:30 am and Bill had to get up at 2:00 am. Needless to say, the early morning was awful for all of us. I couldn't sleep. Bill couldn't get up, but finally did. Ping caught Bill getting up and cried and screamed bloody murder that he couldn't leave. She kept saying "I love you Daddy, I will miss you." God I thought I was going to cry. I calmed her down with promises of projects and such she could do with Daddy when he got home. I don't know when I finally passed out. All I know is that I saw it getting lighter and lighter out.

It was pouring when I finally got out of bed. I was going to take Ping to the library, but I knew every other mother was going to take their child there, so I decided to forgo that idea. I want Ping to meet other kids and I would love to meet other mom's, but I just wasn't up for it since we barely slept. Ping was whiney and miserable for most of the day. Bill got home around noon and jumped into bed. Ping had a fit over that. She didn't get why he was home and trying to sleep. Needless to say, the afternoon wasn't great. I was trying to print something and Ping was whining and I finally lost my mind. I asked Bill to come down and fix the printer. I was truly just getting taxed with everything going wrong. I felt bad, but Bill had a dentist appointment anyway. I told him it would be better if he just stayed up for the appointment and then went to bed when he put Ping to bed. Ping fell apart again when Daddy went to the leave for the dentist. UGH!!!!! I decided to take her to Payless to exchange shoes for bigger sizes. By the time we got home, Daddy was home and all was right with the world. Ping stayed up late tonight. I think it was 9:00 pm before they headed upstairs. I watched the movie "Rescue Dawn." Now I am here. I guess I should head to bed soon as well.

Happy long weekend!

Mama Out!!!!!