I am "THAT" mom.....

Yesterday is one to record. Nothing really super exciting...just a series of events that made me "THAT" mom!! Most mornings I feel pretty good when I wake up...this particular morning I felt like my head had been hit with a sludge hammer and if I really had to open my eyes I was going to have to glue them open... Being the great mom that I am I gated the kids in the living room, turned on the cartoons, grabbed a pillow and baby blanket and laid on the floor. Brooklyn thinks it's a fun game and crawls all over me but I was SO tired I didn't even care...for 45 minutes I laid there baby crawling all over me, in and out of sleep. Then it's time to actually be Mom....breakfast, cleaning, baths, etc....Brooklyn is teething and life is pretty miserable this week so that makes matters so much better! I have really had a hard time being motivated to do anything with this pregnancy...all I want to do it sit on my butt and eat! I am done! I am done with the laundry, the dishes, the cleaning, the toys, the yard, the finances, everything!! I also SERIOUSLY hate running errands with 2 kids. It is so exhausting for me. With that being said I had to exchange clothes for the girls for my brothers wedding which is Saturday. Of course where else but the Mall...now that I have kids I really hate the mall!! I turn into "THAT" mom!!! Brynlee runs around every store not listening to a word I say....Brooklyn tries to get out of the stroller freaking out becuase she wants to run around/crawl around with her sister. I TRY to look for something that will work....5 kids stores later NOTHING!!! That's it, we're going home I am DONE!!! Since we are in the area I need a few supplies at the Beauty Supply. My most HATED store to EVER take my kids into!! Again, Bryn running around this time with a shopping cart. Running into displays, knocking stuff over left and right. If I try to "help" her with the cart and HUGE tantrum starts.... Me, carrying my 24LB baby becuase the stupid cart has no place to put your kid, and has a a stupid sign that says "Please do not place child in cart," and also carrying 25 EXTRA pounds of pregnancy weight....sweating profusely, again TRYING to remember everything but SO distracted!! Brooklyn then starts chewing on my NASTY, germ infested, dirty, disgusting keys just to keep her quiet long enough to buy what I need. Holy crap, are you kidding me, I let her chew on the keys???? On the way home I call my mom to tell her my failures at the mall and beg for her help in finding what I need for the wedding. While on the phone I drive into a huge thunderstorm and it begins to POUR! Child #1 is in the back "eating" fishy crackers aka getting them ALL over the back, and child #2 has taken her sippy cup and slowly dumped all the water out on herself, fish crackers she was eating are now mush all over her, car seat, and car. Then out of NOWHERE a poor little bird flies RIGHT INTO MY WINDSHIELD!!!! I FREAK out, it startles me so bad of course I pee my pants a little...because that what happens at LEAST once a day when I sneeze, cough, crouch down, or apparently get startled!! I try not to swear, get off the phone as fast as I can, and just laugh all the way home...Rush to get the kids cleaned up, get the baby to bed for a nap, and shovel food down just in time for Joe to get home and me to run to a R.S. activity I needed to help set up for. No dinner was made, the house was still a disaster from the morning, and poor Joe had to deal with what I so willingly ran out the door to leave for him! :) Oh I did also change...don't worry, I didn't wear my pee pants to the activity!! Joe asked how my day was as I rushed out....and I simply replied, I was "THAT" mom!!

Murphy Vacation 2011

 The middle part of June we had our annual Murphy Family Vacation. We went up to Eden and stayed in a house for a few days with the fam. It was nice to get away for a few days and have a different change of scenery. We got to see Andy which was good to see him since it is much more rare now. Brooklyn was even excited to see him and crawled right too him! Brynlee is still timid around Andy...he always made her cry as a baby. But the chubby one doesn't seem to have the same feelings. She loves her Uncle Panda! Brynlee and her cousin Aaron who are a year apart and two peas in a pod! They are trouble together but they have SO much fun!! She loves playing with him and talks about playing with him all the time. It was really nice becuase they entertained each other most of the time. I'm so glad she has a cousin to play with when we are with the Murphy fam, it makes it so much more fun!! The house had an indoor pool which was more than a little cold when we first arrived. Brynlee attempted to get in once and refused to go in again. Veena and I took matters into our own hands and found the pool heater and turned the temperature up to the max!! lol The next day after is had finally warmed up 20 degrees the kids and adults had much more fun swimming in the pool! It was Brooklyn's first time in the pool and we think she liked it. She wouldn't crack a smile...she was just taking it all in. She loved splashing her Aunt Emily though! Em you're such a good sport!! :) We really didn't do a whole lot of anything...we ate good food. TONS of junk! We hung out, watched movies, everyone played on their Ipads, the kids played, we swam, sat in the hot tub, and enjoyed the time together. Veena and Emily talked us into to letting Brynlee go to the movies with them. Em was brave enough to be the one to take her to the first movie in the movie theaters....I know that sounds like we are depriving parents or something...but we just haven't attempted it becuase she won't even sit through a movie at home. But she did really well!! She was excited to go with her cousins and she still talks about the Panda and the Coo Coo bird. lol All in all we had a good time and I really was there...I just avoid pictures being pregnant, especially since all our pictures last year I was pregnant in....next year I will NOT be pregnant!!! ;)

Look who's Standing...on everything!!

Well again I am catching up...shortly after learning to crawl little miss Brooklyn figured out how to crawl where she wants and stand up. She is now walking along things and standing as much as she can. This is the first day I discovered she figured it out!!

Bath Time

 Okay really I could just eat my girls up when they are in the bath!! They are so dang cute and both love bath time so so so much!! Brooklyn is a splashing maniac and practically drowns herself every time becuase she tries to eat the water and put her face in! They make me laugh so much when it is bath time and I love how such a simple thing like a bath makes them so happy! :)

Brooklyn also figured out how to crawl a couple months ago. She was about 9 and 1/2 months and she just took off! This picture is her first crawling. (I am super behind on blogging.) She is a crawling maniac now and I can't take my eyes off of her for a minute or I find her eating something she found on the floor, playing in the dog water, playing in the toilet water, chasing the dog around grabbing handfuls of hair and then trying to eat the hair!! SICK!! She is the official destroyer now...you can tell where she has been becuase toys are everywhere, Tupperware is everywhere, magnets off the fridge are everywhere, clean folded clothes are everywhere...you name it she is my tornado!!  I really forgot how destructive this age is...good thing she is so cute!! :)