Still Here...

So it’s been almost 2 weeks since my last post!! It’s been a little busy! Okay so the Phillie's game that I was talking about got rained out..They called off the game by about 2pm, the game wasn’t until 7pm. But man did it pour buckets!! So very glad that we weren’t down there!! We had a travel game for C on Friday, 4/15 and we tied…Yes there are ties in baseball, weird right? Well they tied it up in the bottom of the 6^th inning and it was way to dark to start another inning…It has been raining around here left and right!! It just won’t let up…We had C’s parent-teacher conference on 4/20 and he is doing great!! He made honor roll this marking period!! We had another travel game on 4/22 which we won 11-0!! This team is meshing so well!! They just know how to play off each other. J has a good team this year! Much different than last year…Saturday we had a friends son’s 1^st birthday..It was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party!! They had a balloon man, Mickey Mouse character and Easter eggs filled with stickers, bubbles and bracelets!! It was a great time!! I decided to cook up some ham steak, baked Mac & Cheese and green beans for dinner!! Yummy!! It was just nice to sit at the table and eat dinner for a change! Easter morning we had to wake P up and go to my parents for breakfast along with my in-laws! We had a French Toast bake and Sausage, Egg and Cheese bake!! Then J had to leave and go fundraising at Walmart! Yes we were fundraising on Easter Sunday! People were very gracious! I put P into a nap and he slept for like 3 hours, to the point where we had to wake him to go to J’s Aunt Karen’s for Easter dinner…They do it up Italian style!! White Lasagna, meat lasagna, broshol(sp?), sausage, meatballs etc…..It was a feast!! Then the migraine hit and hit hard!! We left fairly quickly and I made it home to take 4 Ib profin, get P a bath and put to bed then I just laid on the couch for the rest of the night!! Tonight we have an in-house game at 5:45pm so as long as the rain holds out we will be good to go!! So there is my nice post about everything in the past 2 weeks! We have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow for P so I can’t wait to see how much he weighs now!!

Happy Monday!

Jaime

Baseball life is a tough life on any family. - Nolan Ryan

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it. - Jerry Seinfeld

Happy Wednesday!!

It’s Wednesday, it’s raining, it’s cold!! Enough said!!

This weather here has just been all over the place. It’s 80 degrees one day then 35 degrees and rainy!! I think that Mother Nature needs to decide what kind of weather she is going to give the east coast!! My sister keeps bragging about how her weather in Florence, Italy is like 75 degrees and sunny…Oh how lucky she is to be able to sit outside and enjoy that kind of nice weather in a beautiful city!! So yesterday I received an email from C’s baseball league and we have pictures this Saturday.  J totally forgot!! Guess at what time??? 8:15am!!!! Really??? Sooo we need to be there by 8am and that is just for his travel team, his in-house pictures are at 10:45am..Then his game is at 1pm!!! It’s going to be a busy Saturday!  J and I decided that I would not be at the in-house game at 1.  I will be at home with P getting him in for a nap and making some sausage, peppers and onions for the tailgating for the Phillies game!! His parents will be watching P for us and we will be dropping C off to his dad’s cause he works and lives down around that area of the stadium!!

This will be the 4^th year that we have gone with his best friends family for their annual Phillies game…We feel blessed that they allow us to come and every year give us the invite!! We feel we are definitely part of the K-family!! We all get down there cook up some really awesome food, play some games and just enjoy the festivities…The only down fall this year is that the game is really early on in the season..Usually we get tickets for September to watch them clinch, but everything else was sold out for the amount of tickets we needed this year!! So hopefully the weather likes us and doesn’t drop buckets of rain on us!! But just in case I am buying us some ponchos so that we won’t get completely soaked if it does start pouring!!

But I guess April showers bring May flowers, right?

Happy Hump Day!!

 

Jaime

 

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.  – Henri Nouwen

Baseball...Baseball....Baseball

So baseball season has officially begun!! It rained and rained and rained some more on Friday…So we really didn’t think that opening day would be going off…We were pleasantly surprised on Saturday morning when we woke up to a beautiful sun shining day… It was a touch breezy but nothing that a light jacket couldn’t do! They have an opening day parade down two main streets and it was awesome…P was the perfect picture of a well behaved little one…He was running around and just having a ball (no pun intended) with some other younger kids…My father-in-law was entertaining him for a little while!! The fields were a muddy mess…They tried their best to get everything ready, but in the end our game was cancelled!! So back home we went…I got to do all the food shopping with no husband or kids!! J put P down for a nap and started the siding on the back of the house…He installed to nice recessed lights!! We then headed over to friends of ours Drew and Megan…These two have been neglected by us for some months now…So all four of us when over for dinner and the Flyers game!! Once P had enough we were headed back home to put the kids to bed… J was awake early along with C to head out to his softball game!! Well with in an hour both were home..The softball fields were a mess and they we unable to play…So J finished up out back and off to the first travel baseball game we went!! It gets really exciting as he gets older and they as a team get it more and more…P was having a grand old time running around the bleachers and petting all the dogs…C made to all-star plays…Struck out once…He is becoming a nice ball player, if he didn’t whine so damn much!! His mouth is the only one you hear out there….So J will be working on that self control issue!! It became very overcast and looked as though it was going to pour at the end of the game…We went into extra innings and pulled off the win in the bottom of the 7^th 3-2!!! It was an amazing game!! After all the celebrations, we headed home and I needed to run to Wal-Mart for a few items that had slipped my mind when I was there yesterday…So J, C & P decided that they wanted to come along…I ended up buying stuff to make sausage and peppers for dinner along with ham steak, mashed potatoes & mac and cheese…It was a yummy dinner that is for sure!! Right as we were finishing up dinner the in-laws came over for a bit to visit with the kiddos!! Tomorrow marks the first in-house game, but they are calling for rain showers so God only knows if we will play!! So yes it is going to get really busy really quickly!! We have a travel game on Friday and an in-house game Saturday along with a Phillies game Saturday night…It’s going to get fun!!

Happy Monday

Jaime

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. - Elizabeth Foley

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.  – Lao Tzu

Still Here!!

So its Wednesday and it’s been a loooonnnngggg while since I blogged…Life gets crazy that is the whole thing about this blog…I wanted to document how crazy it gets..Little did I know that I wouldn’t have time to write…It’s been almost three weeks since my last entry, I just can’t seem to find the time to actually sit down and write…The last few weeks have been filled with baseball, baseball, oh and baseball!! Between batting, hitting and catching practice our days/weekends are booked from here until September!! LOL We also have to fit into there somewhere fundraising for the tournaments!! Wal-Mart decided this year that it was a free-for-all when signing up! We actually got one of the busiest Sundays, Easter Sunday morning!! I know, I know weird that we would fundraise on a holy day, but so many people are generous and gracious that morning for our kids..Last year we made a ton of money that morning and we were able to buy all the kids cleats, baseball bags & helmets!! When we can have all our kids uniformed in the same stuff it makes it so much nicer!! Tomorrow J and I will be going to our first Phillies game of the year…This year we have been blessed to be able to go to about 4 games as of right now!!! I get excited when J and I can have some quality mommy & daddy time…It’s not all that often that we get to enjoy a baseball game or dinner by ourselves! Speaking of which this past weekend we decided to take the kids up to Peddlers Village..It is a mix of cute little shops and outlets…Coach, Oshkosh, Carter’s, sports jersey’s…It’s just a really nice place to walk around…We had lunch at a place in the village called Hart’s Tavern…It was fabulous!! We used a gift card that my girls at work got for me for my birthday back in September…We actually have enough left to go back for a nice dinner with just the two of us…Someday…We have opening day for C’s baseball team on Saturday at 9am..I am sure it is going to be raining, windy and about 36 degrees out…That is how every opening day goes!! We then play the first game at 11am we then have a travel baseball game at 3:30 on Sunday!! So it’s going to be a busy bee weekend…Hopefully on Monday I will be able to fill everyone in on all the festivities of the weekend!!

Happy Wednesday!!

Jaime

It's been a while...

So it’s been a little bit since I have written. It’s been a hectic last couple of weeks…So let me start back with Saturday, 3/5. We had a birthday party for a dear friends child over in NJ. We were all there and having a great time, towards the end of the night P started to look tired. Well as he was sitting on J’s lap he threw up all over…Kinda priceless actually..So J and P went into the bathroom to get cleaned up luckily I had a complete extra outfit for P. J had to borrow our friends extra set of pants he had. Nothing is funnier than seeing grown men gag at the smell of vomit..I know gross but it made me almost wet my pants..I had to scrub both the couch and floor they were sitting on. After that debacle P acted like nothing happened and started dancing and laughing…This kid just cracks me up..Travel baseball tryouts were Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and J had 24 kids show up. He had a VERY tough decision when picking his team…But he managed to narrow the team down to 14. That is still a pretty big team but he just couldn’t pick 12…This past Saturday we went over and had dinner with some friends that we had been neglecting over this past 3 months with the preparations of the benefit. I watch the movie “ Life As We Know It”. It was a tearjerker but also had me laughing so hard..There are things in that movie that as parents made us look at each other and just say yup we’ve done that..Sunday was the whole spring ahead thing..Let me first say that we should be able to spring ahead in 15 minute increments….This way your body had time to adjust instead of a slap in the face…It didn’t through the kids off to bad..But it sure did through me off…Not to mention J had baseball practice from 11am-3pm that day..Those poor kids..LOL Then I had the lovely pleasure of going to work and not getting home till well after 10pm. I also had requested off back in January for this coming Sunday off for my cousins daughters 1^st birthday. So I take a look at the schedule and find that I was on to work..Well I was not happy to say the least. So Monday morning I marched my ass right into there and talked with our awesome manager. She helped me out and said that they must of “overlooked” it…Well whatever the reason I am now off Sunday for the party…That day also was a little hectic…My dad had what he thinks is the flu. It all started Friday for him and only got worse.. So I played get myself showered, P up and fed, C showered, dressed and fed…I do not like that feeling of being rushed around..So my father-in-law came over and took C to school and I took P to the sitters..Then had to leave work early at about 3:15 to get C from school and P from the sitters..For some reason when I got home I got really domestic. I cleaned/swept/mopped the kitchen floor all the while baking brownies and preparing stuff shells for dinner…J came home and thought he was in the wrong house...LOL Yesterday was a long ass day..My dad decided that he was well enough to take C to school but not to have P all day so off to the sitters I went at our normal time. I then had to work the second job last night and didn’t leave until 10:30pm..So if anyone is keeping track that is a 15-hour day…I am so tired…But let me rant as to why I didn’t leave until then..I had a table of 2 people come in around 7:13 to be exact…They ordered drinks and appetizer then proceeded to take about 20 minutes to order their food and also change everything around with don’t add this, sub this…So everything came out perfect cause I rock…pat myself on the back…WELL they decided to chat it up ALL night long…When I left they were still sitting at the table…God Bless the closing server who offered to clean it for me when they left…I mean you see that you are the only one in that section and still feel the need to stay?? I mean I get it maybe they wanted to catch up…But I mean for 3 hours and then some…UGH!! Plus they didn’t even tip me good!! But anyway I hope everyone has had a great couple of weeks…

Happy Wednesday!!

Jaime

Sick Again...

I am sick again...P had the puking bug, J had it last night...I wake up today with what seems to be another sinus infection...I really can't take this much more...This weather needs to break so I can open my windows and let the fresh air in..I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!!! But I need to be at work to get the month closed...J is home with P today from work...Oh and C has this really bad cough that I am watching to make sure it doesn't turn into anything serious....I need spring here now!!

Jaime

Holy Hell.....

Where to start….It’s been a rough week to say the least….The father-in-law was admitted back into the hospital on Thursday, the day before the benefit!! His calcium levels were over the top. His liver was in a small failure and his kidney function was not were it should have been!!  So apparently they had him taking 2000mg of calcium a day, but his body started to produce it so it was on overload…After many bags of fluid and some tweaking of his meds he seems to be doing good enough to be released today...The benefit went off without a hitch…The compliments that myself, Nikki & J received was awesome…We raised a ton of cash, a S%$# ton of cash!! Everyone was so generous and the staff at the hall were incredible! I have realized over these past couple days that I truly, madly and deeply love my family..My husband is my saving grace and my rock…I wake up every morning for my kids and to see their smiles…My mother-in-law is in a league all her own..She is a wonderful woman who takes EVERYTHING in stride!! She manages to keep her head level and make sure that she is doing what’s best for her. I will say this, my mom & dad are so important to me, without them I really don’t know where I would be…If anything ever happened to them like this I would fall to pieces..But not my hubby, he has remained strong and positive through this all…He stands by me and does what is right…His family has welcomed me into theirs like I was their own…To them I will always be grateful…With that being said, I must also do what is best for my family…After putting everything on hold for the past 12 weeks with this benefit it is now time for my family and I to get some alone time and get back to being a family…J and I have not been hanging out with the kids like we used to. We were so focused on this benefit being great that we really lost sight of our “family life”.  We are going to take a break from our friends and really get down to being with C & P…We of course will still be seeing our usual people that we have to interact with everyday but mostly just us focusing on our family...Our friends who have been seeing us on a daily basis understand what has to be done…This post is just me really realizing that the stress and drama that had taken over our lives because of this benefit, was starting to have negative outcomes on J and my marriage and home…During the benefit we would disagree about something I said, but Nikki could say the same thing only change a few words and it would be great…It was actually an inside joke between us, but just goes to show that the stress level between J and I was getting to the breaking point…Of course we would never go to bed angry or take it out in front of anyone but it was just getting to that point…Nikki has now filed for legal separation from us..LOL Until we get back into the swing of things…J and I need to find some alone time for dinner or a nice walk sometime coming up….These past 3 months have tested us…God knows it has tested us…But I think that it only has brought us closer and stronger in our marriage..It has proven that we can really make it through what would have been one of our darkest hours..That I was able to be there for my mother in law and stand strong without him by my side..But when push comes to shove J, C, P and I are all that matters in this world..They are what sustains my everyday life and why I take each breath every second of everyday. So for that I am grateful to the man upstairs…

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.

- Eva Burrows

Unconditional love is loving your kids for who they are, not for what they do ... it isn't something you will achieve every minute of every day. But it is the thought we must hold in our hearts every day.

- Stephanie Marston

Jaime