Sisters

For those of you that don't know me, I have three sisters and one brother. My oldest sister Trisha lives in NM and we are very close, maybe because we share the same parents. My brother and I are not close but we both know we are very loyal to each other and I would lay my life down for him. My younger sisters are a different story.... It's always been an up hill battle with them. They have a different dad than me so are "half-sisters" and it shows. They are also ten years younger than me so there's the immaturity barrier there too. I have recently decided to take a break from my relationship with them. I am very deeply hurt by them. I don't know when I will be able to move on from what they have done and how they have treated me. It's been this way for a while which is why I have finally come to this decision. If they weren't my sisters and they were friends or acquaintences I wouldn't have kept the relationship going this long. I know not to surround myself with people who are mentally and physcially abusive to me but because they are family I put up with it way too long. It kills me to do this but I really don't see any other way to make them stop hurting me. I am 28 years old with three children and way too old for all this drama and emotional abuse. I never thought I'd have to call the police on a family member. Actually calling the police at all is pretty WT. My heart feels raw and I hope it stops hurting soon. I get to go up to Payson with my closest girlfiends who have always been there for me throughout my whole life, whether I was a good friend or not. That's true friendship right there. It makes me sad to realize that my friends are better to me than my own family. But at the same time I am very touched that at least they care. I make myself this vow to always treat my friends as good as they have treated me. I am so lucky to have friends like them and I cannot wait to spend girl time with them this weekend.

McDonald's

I had my first urge to yell at someone else's kid. I met my sister Kristine and her daughter Bella at McDonald's so the little tots could play. All was well for quite a while until a little boy probably around 18 months started following Jack around the play area. At first I thought no big deal he probably wants to make friends. Well according to my daughter Madi the little boy reached down and scratched Jack's nose, I did not see this because it happened in a tree tunnel. Jack didn't cry he just crawled away from the boy. Then the little boy followed him and reached down and scratched Jack's big chunky cheek leaving a bloody scratch and Jack definitely cried after that one. My first reaction was to comfort my son which left the little boy able to make a run for it. I don't know if I should have told his mother or said something to the kid. All I know is that I wanted to strangle my son's attacker, but he was a kid! Ugh, I feel weird. Later, the same boy came over and drank my daughter Emma's orange soda. His mom saw this incident and offered to pay for it but I told her not to worry about it, I think this may have been the appropriate time to tell her about her son's behavior towards Jack but I didn't think about that until after she had left.

On a happier note, here are some adorable pictures of my neice and Jack playing.

Rennaisance Festival

So Ryan and I took Jack to the Reniassance Festival on Saturday, ok it was more for me. But Jack did have fun, so much that he would not take a nap in his stroller like usual. All the characters would stop and play with him and of course tease us. I think that after this year we will wait a few more years before doing it again, I've finally out grown it. But I'm happy Jack had fun.

Still sick

My little boy is still sick :( I'm really sad for him that he's still teething. I have heard from plenty of mothers that their little ones teethed for a whole three months straight. I really hope my son doesn't do that I hate seeing hime like this. Today was new he puked all over my lap. Nice. I am happy though that I can officially call myself a Mom because it didn't gross me out at all. I just left the puke on the floor took off his clothes and my pants and gave him some juice then put him to bed and then went to clean up the oatmeal, formula, snot mess off the floor and my feet. His symptoms are pretty nasty, snot, poop, mucus but no more fever! Yay! I can handle the gross stuff, the fevers worry me so I'm glad that's no longer an issue. Enjoy your lunch today :)

Valentine's Day

So Valentine's Day is around the corner and just like every other year I'll be one of the ones that don't receive flowers or chocolates. My husband doesn't celebrate this holiday which leaves me out in the cold. In the past I've never had a boyfriend on this holiday either so for my entire life thus far I've been alone. It was cool at first because a lot of my friends were still single so we would all wear black and boo hoo together but now they are all married. I guess what I'm trying to say in I feel sorry for myself and I just want some friggin flowers this year!

Lost

Ok so I haven't posted in a while thanks to Cake Wrecks. I have been going through all the past blogs because they are just too funny. I actually found a cake that Emma wants for her graduation party because every Sunday a good cake is featured. Score. It's Hello Kitty of course and now I just need to find someone who can make it exactly as shown and not turn it into a wreck.
Jack is finally over his teething fever! I am so happy, fevers really makeme nervous. I never really know how to handle them so I just do the little things and keep an eye on it. I'll be happy when he's done teething.

Promotion

My husband got promoted recently to Branch Manager, yay! I am super excited but a little sad at the same time. He has been leaving before anyone in the house is up and coming home after dinner. I realize that he has a lot more to do now and the place went without a manager for 6 months so there is a lot of clean up to do but i miss him. I need to suck that up and just be a happy supportive wife. I just wish it came a little more naturally. He doesn't even call me during the day anymore. Am I totally dumb or what?!