Hey Ya'll....Guess what?

I know, I know. Where the H-E-double hockey sticks have I been? Well I've been busy. Busy with my project. I've been putting the final touches on it and getting ready for the big unveiling. So....what is it?

Introducing.....

Confessions of a Semi-Domesticated Mama

That's right. A brand new blog home. I hope you will all come over and join me and check it out.  I love it and I'm excited to get back to blogging. I've transferred all the posts from this blog that I want to keep so I will not be posting over here anymore and this blog will probably be slowly dismantled.

Head on over and drop me a comment at the new blog letting me know what you think! See you on the other side.....

Wow and a Request

Hey guys. I'm almost done with my big project. It's taking longer than I anticipated and longer than I wanted but these kids....they keep demanding food and stuff. I know! The nerve of them. Sigh....

I was amazed at the number of questions I received after my last post so thank you guys! I will be answering them so stay tuned. It takes time to answer that many questions but I am going to.

I have another request. What would you like to see more of on my blog? What subjects should I blog about more often? Cooking? Family management? Rebuilding our marriage? Parenting? Anything but foster care or social work. Let me know what you want more of and what you want less of on the blog. As usual, I won't be publishing comments with answers so please be very honest and very real. I wouldn't ask if I didn't want your input.

I think you are all going to be surprised and hopefully really excited about my big project. I am very excited. It's a big change and ya'll know I'm not alwasys such a big fan of change so that's saying something. Ha!

If there's stuff you've been wondering, now is your chance

to ask me. Anything, nothing is off limits except stuff I legally cannot disclose. So anything about our family, our marriage, rebuilding our marriage, the kids..... It's for my project that I'm working on for the blog. So if you have a question or something that you've been dying to know- ask away. Comments with questions will not be published so don't hold back.

Random Cuteness from January

The Tween became a 2nd degree orange belt.

Zoey turned 4 months old.

The Toddler took a header off the couch and got a black eye.

Zoey chilled out in her spinner seat.

Doesn't she look huge? In mid-January she weighed 14 lbs 4 ounces and was 25.5" tall, 50 and 90% respectively.

Her shirt says "Diva in a Diaper". Ha!

Potty training is going sooooo well...

A rare pic with all 3 looking at the camera and nobody has a finger in their nose...or someone else's nose.

The Toddler's early birthday party at my parent's house.

Boy2 waiting to dive in to the cupcakes.

Finally!

Christmas 2010

Yes I'm aware it's April.  But I wanted to share the pictures from Christmas anyway. 

This was Christmas Eve:

And Christmas morning:

We went to my sisters house for Christmas Dinner and the two oldest boys found her wigs.  No she's not a hooker, a stripper or bald.  I have no idea why she has wigs. I don't want to know.

And here you go- the very first full face pictures of myself I have ever posted on the blog.  That is me on Christmas night. It's not the best picture because Big Daddy took it on his iphone. I'm sad when I see this picture because underneath that smile I was so messed up.  And I'm clutching that beer like it's my only lifeline.  Which maybe it was. I was suffering through withdrawals from stopping Celexa cold turkey.  That shit is no joke. I thought I was going to die, some days I wanted to.  It was that bad. You know how I realize how messed up I was? Not one highlight in that hair and no make up on. A sure sign I needed to be medicated. Seriously.

So there you go. That's me. With nothing to hide. 

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

In between various family members falling victim to Puke-a-palooza 2010, we did manage to decorate the house for Christmas. We normally try and put up the tree the weekend after Thanksgiving but this year we were so exhausted that we waited until the first weekend in December to decorate. The kids had a blast pulling out the tree and oohing over every ornament as though they hadn't ever seen them before.

It's nice that The Tween is old enough to help out now. He was in charge of helping Big Daddy set up the tree and connect the lights.

Showing off those Tween muscles. Ha!

Thirty seconds after this picture was taken, The Girl tripped over the tree and took out The Toddler who then punched her in the back. But at least I got the picture before the crying started. It's all about priorities.

Zoey was not sure about all the chaos. She looks very concerned. Ha!

The Toddler showing off his big muscles too. He cracks me up!

I swear they held up every single ornament before putting it on the tree. It took forever but they had so much fun figuring out which ornament was whose and when it was from. Each year, the kids each get one new ornament that represents their year. I write on the back of it which kid it belongs to and the year. The goal is that when they leave home, they will each have 18 ornaments to take with them. My parents did this for us and it's so much fun to look back at the ornaments from when we were little kids.

The finished product, minus the tulle garland and tinsel which I totally forgot to buy. After the tree was done, we baked chocolate chip cookies and made hot cocoa with marshmallows and watched Elf. It was just a fun family day. I hope the kids remember it as part of our holiday family traditions when they are older.