New Ideas...

So I am starting a new idea and hoping that this keeps everyone full all the time and our poor fridge,freezer and cabinets are not naked by payday. I have already been one to make meal plans for at least dinner, but I am slowly adding breakfast and lunch into the mix. On here I am going to start doing a menu on either Sunday or Monday, depending on when I do the grocery shopping. On that note I am going to take out cash and split my grocery shopping to once a week. I really hope that I can do this and be successful with it. So here is the first menu, starting on payday (Tuesday).

Tuesday (Nov. 1): Oatmeal

                                Sandwiches

                                Eat Out

Wednesday: Cereal/Egg/Oatmeal

                       Sandwiches

                       Slow Cooker Orange Chicken with rice

Thursday: Pancakes

                 Corn Dogs

                 Hamburger Helper

Friday: Cereal

             Sandwiches

             Pizza roll monkey bread

Saturday: French Toast, bacon, eggs

                 Ramen

                 Hamburgers with french fries

                       - homemade creme filled cupcakes

Sunday: Homemade donuts

               Sandwiches

               Beer brine chicken with mashed potatoes and homemade mac-n-cheese

Monday: Cereal

                Leftovers

                Petite lasagnas (muffin pan) with a salad

Tuesday: Cereal

                 Hot dogs with chips

                 Chicken wraps (egg roll wraps)

I am also getting stuff to make breakfast burritos and freeze them so they are easy breakfast foods.

Again

So in the next month we have another date that Jeremy is suppose to leave. But there is no set yes you are going so we are waiting yet again. It has been nice having him home and though the circumstances were not that good. It is stressful trying to figure out if he is going to be leaving or if he is going to be staying. I personally do not want to wait till that day and then they say "oh yeah you are not going", the uncertainty and trying to explain to a 4 year old is getting harder too because it has changed 3-4 times now. But I personally think that he is not going to be going over there; now that I said that he will go, lol.

On another note though; the kids had their 6 month dentist appointment last week. Both of their teeth look really good, no cavities. They used the metal scrappy things on Shiana's teeth and I had to go to my happy place. I seriously cannot stand hearing metal scrap on anything. They suggested sealants on her molars, at $27 a piece, I told them no. I could understand if it were her permanent teeth, but in the next few years she is going to be losing the baby teeth. I let her brush her teeth and then go over them again. They just brushed and counted Keylan's teeth, but he has 6 teeth coming in at one time. The top eye teeth are almost all the way in, the bottom eye teeth just started to come up and have a ways to go and he also has 1 of his 2-year old molars coming in. We go back in April for their next check-up.

I have also started looking for Christmas presents, which is not going all that well. It is harder this year, there are things that Shiana wants but they are baby-ish and I know she will not play with them for long and there really are not a lot of bigger toys that she is wanting. Keylan is easy, cars, lol. And Sydney I have no idea what to buy for an 11 year old.

Today, I also started a new adventure that I never thought I would do. I am now an admin on Army Wives Recipes, obviously it is recipes and I love cooking and trying new recipes. I am hoping that I can bring some things to it and get it a lot more active and lots of new recipes going around, especially with the holidays coming up. 

Well I have to go and clean the hurricane disaster that the kids have made. Hope every one has a good Monday!

 

Wow! 18 months already!

So my little boy will be 18 months old on Sunday! I cannot believe that is has been a year and a half since he came into our lives. He had a rough start, but has overcame everything. We are still dealing with reflux, but have come to the conclusion that he is basically going to have it for life since it is on both sides of his family. So what we do for that is watch his diet, a lot of sugar irritates it and makes it worse, and medicine.

I have no idea what life would be like without him, other then the kids both being very independent and wanting their own way and then clashing and fighting at some point during the day, they love each other and their are the small moments where they love on each other and are nice to each other.

I sat down yesterday and thought about what words he is actually able to say. The pronunciation is not perfect but he is only 18 months. He can say roughly 30 words, which has been since mid-August, before that he really did not say anything. He uses the potty seat at least once a day (crossing fingers he is the easy one to train), loves to take a bath and shower and loves having the water poured over his head as he looks up. He helps get dressed and cleaning up around the apartment. Another huge accomplishment that I have personally accomplished is that he is still rear-facing. He is getting a little long, but he props his feet on the seat or crosses them and happy and content as can be.

We have finally decided and agreed on getting Keylan's haircut. I have been wanting to get it cut for a few months, but Jeremy was getting ready to deploy and I had agreed to wait till he got back. But now that he was delayed, and there is always the chance that he won't go, we agreed to get it cut. I will probably cry, but no more baby mullet. Now, we have 6 months till he turns two and already thinking about having birthday party. I might have a small "party" here in El Paso, but since we will be home a month after he turns two I am thinking of having a big party for him. 

But now I need to go clean of the path of the hurricane. Lol

Halloween

So Halloween is only 24 days away. This year is more fun since both kids are older. Keylan can walk and "talk" and more fun than last year. Shiana is already excited about dressing up and trick or treating. My mom got their costumes this year, but Keylan's do not fit. One is to small and the other is way to big. She couldn't decide which one she wanted to be, witch or Belle, so we are using both of them. But she is going to be a sparkly not scary witch. So our plans are this:

•  Next weekend, October 15th, we are getting the Halloween decorations and getting what we need for Shiana's costumes and getting Keylan's costume, no idea what he is going to be. For Shiana's witch costume: face make-up and hat; Belle costume: tiara, shoes, jewelry, and either gloves or nail polish. Then we are also going to decorate some.
• The 22nd-ish we are going to get our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch.
• Then either the 29th or 30th we are going to Boo at the Zoo. This is when Shiana will be the witch. I am looking forward to it and plus it is free since we have a membership =) 
• Then of course the 31st we will go trick or treating. 

There are so many cute outfits for Keylan that I cannot pick just one. I kinda want to put him in a giraffe costume.

How cute is that costume, lol. Ready for next year holidays, even if we don't get our own house I hope we can rent one and be able to decorate the yard and everything. I love decorating for the holidays and there is not much you can do in an apartment.

Ramblings

We will be done with the Army in May and cannot wait for it. Ready to be around our family and being able to have the kids, mostly Keylan, get to know everyone. Shiana was around everyone for almost 2 years before we moved here. Keylan has been around everyone for a month and a half in almost 18 months, so sadly he does not know everyone all that well. So with that idea in my mind I have been looking at houses. I am ready for my family to have a house to call home, not an apartment. I have nothing against apartments since they have been my home for the last 4 years 8 months, but we need more space and a yard. I want to be able to paint and decorate the kids rooms and not have to worry about re-painting them or deposits. I want to decorate the kids bathroom and ours and the other rooms. There will be a yard with outside toys that the kids can go out and play when they want, instead of playing on concrete or rocks. I am already planning or coming up with decorating ideas for all the rooms and I love it but I hate it. The prices make me sad, but we are planning on saving our tax refund and travel money. 

But, before we can get a house, we prefer both of us to have a job. I am not stressed about me getting a job at the moment. I can take the summer off and get adjusted and Shiana ready for Kindergarten, then I plan on looking. I only want to work bout 20 hours a week, enough to pay for groceries and daycare for Keylan. I think that is going to be the hard part. Shiana had her time with mommy by herself and I feel that he deserves the same, so if we can manage it I might be able to do that. But if we need the extra money I will get a job. Hopefully Jeremy has an easy time getting a job, at the moment 2 places are in mind, so we do not have to stress as much.

On another note, Keylan has been peeing in the potty at least once a day =) I feel a huge accomplishment there, at the same age Shiana was not even doing that. So hopefully, maybe by his birthday he will be potty trained. I am also going to get Shiana more organized and doing things on her own. I am making up a "chore" chart with making her bed, picking toys and her room up and brushing her teeth. It is also a fight to get her to put her clothes on so we are going to get an organizer for the back of her door so I can set out clothes for the week, including pajamas. 

But that is the end of my ramblings and I feel better writing everything out. I love writing what I want, lol.