Turkey Day

So how was everyone else's Thanksgiving? Mine was pretty good actually! My inlaws didn't drive me totally insane, i had some good food, and my Aunt's husband made a total ass of himself.....yet again!

So here was our day in a nutshell. We woke up way too early to get everyone showered/bathed, dressed, hair combed and pulled back, teeth brushed, diaper bags packed and overnight bag for Emma (who stayed with my mom) and we headed out the door. First stop on the list.....the inlaws (whom my oldest daughter refers to as grandma and grandpa coocoo....their doing not mine!). So on the way to my inlaws we stopped at the liquor store for a (big) bottle of white wine. My inlaws don't drink so i knew i would need this later on in the day at my mom's house. We arrive at the inlaws, my husband does what he always does, runs to another part of the house to work on a project (this time it was fixing their computer) and leaves me to socialize with my inlaws, and to watch both kids. and yes i have to watch Emma because my inlaws would let them climb the walls and get into everything imaginable.....because it drives me insane (ok so that's not their REAL reason, but i'm sure the fact that it drives me insane that they give her whatever she wants, and let her do whatever she wants is an added bonus to them....just like it's an aded bonus to me that she calls them coocoo!). So luckly we got there and it was almost time for lunch/dinner whatever you want to call the huge bird that we ate. Jeremy goes to get his grandma for her house down the street, again leaving me to still deal with two kids....luckly my MIL wasn't trying to pump her full of sugar like she aways does. So Grandma Lattimer arrives and it's turkey time, and non a moment too soon because i was STARVING! So this trip to inlaw land was fairly uneventful, kids eat, play, i bug my SIL and BIL to have a baby already, we take some pics, and pack back into the car to stop #2.

The next stop is my mom's house, which is where we spent most of thanksgiving. So we arrive at my mom's house.....except my aunt's car is not there. I am confused because when i called my mom earlier she says that they are already in town and at my grandparent's appartment. So we walk inside and my aunt, cousin and grandparents are there.....but no Mike. What happened?! is the first thing i ask. "Nothing" is the answer i get. "No serously" i say. Serously nothing happened....Mike didn't even come inside. So where the hell is he then?????? So here is what happened. Earlier in the week it snowed so my mom decided to clean out 1/2 the garage so she could pull her car in there. Well a while back she redid her kitchen, pulled out the old counter top and got new granate installed. It's very nice but my mom still had some pieces of the old counters in the garage. Why i have no idea, but she put them out to the end of the driveway so the garbage men would take them away. The problem was garbage day was delayed because of the holiday so there was no pickup that week, which isn't a HUGE deal unless you're Mike and think everyone is out to get you. So he pulls in and see's the old countertops at the edge of the driveway with some nails in them (because that is how they are attached afterall!) and gets all pissed and CONVINCED That my mom put them in the driveway (it was like a millimeter in the driveway) for him to run over and get a flat tire! SEROUSLY.....YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!! So he drove around Fulton and waisted gas all afternoon because he refused to come in the house....because my mom is out to get him. Yes he is a moron, my aunt realizes she married a moron and we have been telling her for years to leave the moron who dosn't think he needs to work, and has had cars and motor homes repo'ed because he just dosn't make the payments!

We are soo hoping for christmas he just stays home because christmas is at my house and i will not tolerate that type of childish behavior!

Black friday is this week :-)

I know i'm just one of a million people who LOVE shopping on black friday. Last year was the first year we braved the cold and am crouds to stand in line because we wanted (and scored) a TV from Target. This year we are either going to get a GPS for my car (because when you're a realtor it's nice to know where you are going), or a new digital camara. I havn't decided which yet. Who knows maybe i'll get both i'm still up in the air.

I'm also up in the air on if i will go out or just send hubby solo. See when we went last year i was just bairly pregnant with Natalie so i didn't have a little newborn to worry about. This year she is 4 months old and i don't know if i would be able to bundle her up enough to keep her warm and happy for hours waiting in line at Target. I'm also unsure of how safe it would be to be fighting the crouds with a little baby. I could always wear her in my sling and zip her into my jacket.....but when baby wearing it is suggested to exersize common sence and there will be running involved my common sence is telling me it's not a good idea.

So in other news the baby is sick. She has her first cold, and like her sister she does NOT like the booger sucker. Poor kid i feel soo bad for her because she can not breathe through her nose very well, but there isn't much you can give a 4 month old for a cold. Lots of cuddles and love is the best i have to offer right now.

Battle with the bathroom scale.....part 2

So i guess i should start off by explaining part one of my bathroom scale battles. It was 2005, Emma was a baby and i decided i should buy a bathroom scale so i could keep track of my weight loss. So baby Emma and i pack up into the car, head to wal-mart and go to the scale department. After getting over the sticker shock of how much a bathroom scale costs these days, i pick out an not super-expensive-but-will-get-the-job-done bathroom scale, pay too much for what in my mind anyone should pay for something that is going to tell them they are fat, and head home.

i hope on the scale....EEEEEK THAT was scarry. write down the number and swear i'm gonna exersize more, eat better, and all that jazz.

a week later later i've been doing my workouts, staying away from chips and soda so i decide to get on the scale again.....WTF i GAINED a POUND!! i was soo upset i get off the scale, scamper away muttering words that i will not repeat.

so a MONTH later i have been not eating junk, not drinking soda, working out and doing everything i should be doing, i get on the scale again and i still weigh the same.....i was soooo pissed i kicked it across the bathroom floor.....and ever since it has told me i weigh 120lbs (more like 130 in reality!)

SO now fastforward to 2007, i have Emma who is 2 1/2, Natalie who is almost 4 months, and a fat roll that makes me wanna puke. I figured out that my scale is off by about 10lbs, so i have just been adding that onto whatever it tells me.....but this morning i ALMOST kicked it across the bathroom floor again because i am just not happy with the number it is telling me (which i am not going to disclose). i refrained because i did not want to upset the baby who was sitting in the bouncie seat on the bathroom floor....but let me tell ya if i don't lose some weight soon i'm gonna start getting really angry......or get some plastic surgery....

Lucky Bastard!

My husband is gone on travel for a few days....and to be honest i am sooooo jelous! I know he misses me and the kids like crazy but i'm going insane over here and it's only monday. Emma is currently upstairs in her bedroom screaming her head off because i put her to bed and would not laydown in her room with her. This is something that Jeremy started doing with her to get her to sleep in her big girl bed, but the problem is i have 2 children, and Natalie needs my attention a little bit more than Emma does at this age, and i simply can not sit in there and wait for her to fall asleep.

This is the first time Jeremy has traveled since Natalie was born in July and i have to say it's gonna be the last for a while because it's only monday and i'm ready to kill someone! I am soo jelous that Jeremy is on the other side of the country, in warm weather, and is going to get a ful night's sleep tonight.....it's just not fair!

BUSY week!

Sorry i havn't written more this week but i have had a super busy week! I sold another house this week. In 4 days actually. That's right i had my client arrive on a plan on wednesday, we put in an offer on friday, got it accepted and did the home inspection on Saturday (today)! So you can see why i havn't written this week.....because i've been working 24/7....i've also had a bit of a cold in there as well, which really sucked but i'm feeling better now.

So what else happened this week, my baby has officially outgrown her newborn clothes. I may go have a good cry about this later tonight, because this is the last time that i will ever see these tiny baby girl clothes ever again :-( We are most likley done having kids, but even if we did have one more, what are the odds that i'd get another girl?! I'm guessing slim to none, after all even my friend who's family is all boys got a baby girl her 3rd time at bat!

Oh yes more baby news, my friend from high school is now a father....congrats Matt! Their baby was born this morning and is a healthy boy and weighed in at 9lns 12oz and is 22 1/2 inches long! That's right his wife gave birth to a 3 month old......she is my idol! So congrats again Matt and welcome baby!

Happy Birthday to ME!!

Today is my birthday. I am now 26 years old. Yippie i made it another year without out going insane, killing someone, or ending up in jail! Alot of people really pissed me off this year and i am just glad that i was able to get through it all without too many gray hairs!

Anyways, today i had to go into work. Blah i know but i needed to print up some flyers for my husband to give to their relocation department so i can hopefully get some more buisness. I wanted to print them at work because i'm poor, printer ink is almost as expensive as gas, and i had alot to print out. My boss thought this was a great idea (handing out the flyers....not mooching off the company) so i go into our database of self advertisements, find a couple flyers i like and start printing. I decided to be nice and print them in sets of 20 so i wouldn't hog up the office color printer for an hour straight printing up self advertisements.....nice of me huh.....so i get the first 20 printed up and stapled, simple right, so i go to print 20 more.....that's when IT happens.....yellow ink low, replace cartrage, simple enough right.....WRONG! So i get the huge ass yellow ink thing out of the printer, cut through 20 layers of plastic and bubble wrap to open the new one, get it into the printer without getting myself covered in ink......and then i get the error message.....so i remove the ink thing, put it BACK in, still getting error message. At that point i asked my boss for help, so she tinkered with it for a little while with no luck....so we call the AA because she's better at fixing office suplies than either of us, she was stumped as well so she called to have the printer serviced. OOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So now i am how early because Natalie was getting kinda grumpy, and would not tolerate me being at work any longer!

It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My friend Lisa had her baby yesterday, and it's a GIRL!! This is super exciting news because Lisa is the mom of two boys and really wanted a girl (although she would never admit it to anyone) and now she has one. I'm soooooo excited for her words can not even explain! The first thing i did was go up to her house and decorate it in pink baby stuff, and i also gave her a bunch of baby clothes that were Emma's so she would have something pink to put her baby in. She just called and we chatted for 20 mins or so and she is on cloud 9....it's great :-)

I also had my diaper party today.....which didn't end up being a party because everyone cancled at the last minute. I was soooo bummed :-( But at least i got to hand out with Casey for a little while, and Jeremy got to try on all the cute baby carriers that she has.....serously we are gonna go broke buying stuff from her, and i have a feeling we are single handedly paying her mortgage every month, or at least feeding her cloth diapering addiction.....which isn't too bad b/c she is feeding mine. But i was reminded today why i don't throw parties, because i think i am jinxed to not have people show up, so i think from now on i will leave the non birthday party throwing to my friendss. So now i have a huge pan of chicken wing dip haunting me in the kitchen, i swear it's calling my name, so much for that diet. At least my house got the cleaning it needed though ;-)

Is there anyone else out there that has troubles losing their babyweight like i do? I swear my body just wants me to be fat and ugly forever. I try and try to stay away from bad food, i even exersize (crazy i know) but still i'm not losing any weight. I'm serously concidering jumping ship and just pigging out and maybe then i will start losing weight.....look out chicken wing dip here i come.

Natalie's Baptims

Yesterday we had Natalie baptized. It was a great day. Emma sat still during mass, everyone showed up on time, and i was just very happy to share the day with my friends and family. Oh yeah and Natalie's godmother went into labor!!!!!! How could i forget to mention THAT! Serously though she has been having problems with pre-term labor for a while now so we knew it was a possiblity that she would have the baby early, but i never thought she would actually go into labor AT the baptism and have to leave the after party in a hurry to go to the HOSPITAL to GIVE BIRTH!!!!

Can you tell i'm still in denial that it actually happened that way!!

The good news is that she hasn't had the baby yet! Not so good for her to be having back pain related to labor this long, but good news for the baby who isn't quite 34 weeks yet. So here is hoping she has a nice long hospital stay ahead of her (sorry Danielle) so that baby (sex unknown) can come out healthy and skip a long stay at the NICU.

i'll post some pictures later when i have time to re-size them! Thanks for reading.

Omg I'm FAT.....and candy is stalking me!!

Well i'm not really Fat (there are people out there who weigh way more than me) but i was shocked to find out that i have actually gained weight since having Natalie. Serously i came home and cried about it.

So i have been tyring to stay away from candy and sweets.....easier said that done. Today i went to the hairdresses.....you would think this would be a candy free zone, but noooooooooooo she had halloween goodie bags that she was giving out, and of course Emma wants one, and of course i end up eating some of it (i did good though only had one piece of taffy). Next onto my parents store, again i did good and didn't get any junk food their either! Then after making a quic stop at my parents house to eat lunch is was up north to visit my inlaws and get Jeremy's hair cut. This is where i CAVED big time because i was STARVING and they were taking way to long on deciding where to go to dinner! I also should mention that my inlaws ALWAYS havr junk food, and bakes goodies, and candy jars all over the place....i partly blaim them for all my weight gain with my first pregnancy because we were going up there alot and she was always feeding me cookies (because i'm weak and can't say no).

So today's conclusion is that i'm weak and need to stay away from all places that have candy.....especally my inlaws!!!

i sold a house!

Today was my first closing ever! I was soo excited i cold hardly contain myself i was trying to be professional but inside i was shouting YIPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!! I can also add a lawyers office to the list of places i have NIP(nursed in public).

My feet are killing me though because i had to dress in buisness attire (i wore a maternity outfit that makes me look pregnant) and i am NOT use to wearing heals at all. It's been a good 6 months since i wore a pair of heals and my poor feet are paying the price now, but hey i looked good andi guess that's the price we pay for beauty!

I am never going shopping again!

Ok so i don't even know why i thought when i woke up this morning that pant shopping was going to go well, because it never does! Today was no exception to the rule....but i really NEEDED to find a pair of pants today because i have a closing tomorrow that i have to dress in business clothing for and my pre-pregnancy pants are no where close to fitting me so a trip to the mall was in my future.

So after a family event it was time to hit the mall....with my mother in tow for support. First stop was a juniors store <-----hahaha what the hell was i thinking??? I actually bought alot of my pants at this particular juniors store but until i am back down to my pre-pregnancy weight i think i'll just be window shopping there! Seriously though it's not a good way to start the shopping day when you have to leave a store because their biggest size is too small. Next we were on to JC Penney's where we picked out a million pairs of pants (i kid you not i literally tried on a million pairs of pants.....or so it seemed), tried them on, and the ones that did fit me in the waist came way to far over the belly button. I am only 25 years old, i am too young to be wearing "MOM JEANS" (sorry mom but they are not for me) and not to mention when they come that high in the waist they make my baby pooch seem even bigger than it actually is. So we left JC Penney's and it was on to Macy's.....well after having some serous sticker shock (do people really pay $65 for a pair of pants?) we found some pants, tried them on, and again too high in the waist. So at this point i am starting to tear up, and my husband suggests trying some of the pants from American Eagle (where he works part time and gets a pretty good discount) so it's off to AE we go.....he goes in ahead of me and grabs every pair of non jean pants they have in an 8/10/12 and puts me in the fitting room.....yeah THAT was a total bust.....and this point i'm crying i'm soo upset, so i left the mall empty handed....i have nothing to wear for the closing tomorrow (i seriously have no clue what i'm gonna wear) and i am now googling plastic surgeons because i can not look like this forever!

I also forgot to mention that my husband and i did make a quick trip to Kohl's in the afternoon and i would like to tell everyone that they are soooo disorganized it was impossible to find what i was looking for, made me even more frustrated that i already am with my size, and i will never try to buy pants there ever again (or at least not for a long while)!

If anyone in Syracuse NY is reading this, knows how to operate a sewing machine and wants to make a frustrated mom some comfy business work pants PLEASE e-mail me.....i would be forever grateful!

Let me introduce myself!

Hi Everyone and welcome to my blog! I love reading other's blogs so i thought i would throw my own adventures in mommyhood into the mix. I'll start off by introducing myself.....My Name is Erika and i'm almost 26 years old. I have 2 adorable daughters, Emma is 2 1/2 and Natalie is 3 months old. I also can't forget my big kid, also known as my husband, Jeremy and he is almost 27 years old.

My husband is an Engineer and i am a Realtor with Coldwell Banker. I have been working outside the home for the last year, but before that i stayed at home with my oldest daughter full time and also finished up my bachelor's degree. So i know some of you are wondering why i spent 4 (actually 5) years going to college to get a degree to turn around and become a real estate agent? Well i'll tell you why, because i LOVE houses. I love looking at houses, i loved buying my home, and now i get to help others buy and sell their houses....and i get paid for it! What more could a mom ask for?! Oh yeah i also love that i get to set my own hours, and work mostly from home, and can drop almost everything and be available for my kids if need be, sounds like the perfect job right? Now before you go and quit your job to be a realtor let me remind you of my husband Jeremy, the engineer, he funds my real estate career! It's not cheap to be a realtor and lets face it the housing market isn't as booming as it use to be....so if you can't afford to go a year without a paycheck then i suggest you stick with your day
job!

Let's see what other interesting information can i share with you all....ummm i like to scrapbook in my spare time, i was a cheerleader in high school and college, i figure skated for a good 10 years or so before a car accident took me out of the sport for good, I'm addicted to shopping at gymboree and my newest addiction is buying cloth diapers for my girls. That's right i wasn't busy enough so i decided to put my kids in cloth! It's really not that bad though because the washer does most the work all i have to do is dump the dirty diapers in the wash, turn it on, add a tiny bit of soap and walk away!

I'll end my blog with some pictures of my family, so everyone can see first hand the people who inspire me and make my life complete!