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Today we went to Angelo’s house for his belated 43rd birthday celebration. It was just MIL, baby and I that went on an hour’s drive since Ralph will be working tonight. I finally met Wendy the girlfriend of my nephew Andrew, she is 5 months pregnant. When I saw her I felt a this tiny green head sprouting over my shoulder. Its name was envy, she was whispering in my ears that I should be jealous with Wendy since she was pregnant. I must admit, envy got to me and I looked at Wendy’s expanding belly and said to myself that It could have been me that is expecting right now. It should have been my belly getting round with a life inside of me. But wait, I could not let envy get deeper into my thought. I must not let her ruin that fact that I was genuinely happy for both Andrew, Wendy and the rest of the family. I gave her a big hug and put my hand on her belly. When I placed my hand on her stomach I remembered how it was before Kaitlyn was born. I do want a baby but only if God will permit it. If not at least I already have Kaitlyn and Kayla the one born from my heart. Both Ralph and I are still hopeful that we will have a new addition to the family soon. Envy must not get into my mind, I have to accept and be thankful for what I have. She has no place in my life right now.

Getting up in the morning is such a drag! I’m not a morning person so I rarely laugh, smile and I easy get upset. For our kindergarten  Kayla, it’s been getting harder and harder for her to wake up in the mornings. Thank God she doesn’t really give me trouble, like most kids she would whine but that’s about it. On the other hand Kaitlyn is always on the go and is like the energizer bunny. Monday morning the baby slept in and it was just me and Kayla downstairs. Kayla was so tired and just wanted to lay down, after eating breakfast, brushing her teeth and having her hair done I suggested we lay down on the couch. We snuggled and watched cartoons until it was time to leave. This morning the same thing happened but with Kaitlyn awake this time. Kayla and I snuggled on the couch, Kaitlyn got so jealous and shouted “mine!”. She came over right away wanting to get on the couch and to snuggle with me. Of course we had to let her snuggle with us even if it meant I had to be squished. We did manage it by lying on our side, Kaitlyn on the front spooned by big sister and I in turn spooned Kayla. In a way it was my boding time with my girls, it didnt matter that I was uncomfortable. We were snug as a bug and they seem to love it.

This morning Ralph called me and said that it was going to snow and a good amount. He said probably about 3-8″ of snow. I could hear the excitement in his voice, like a child at winter time. He really wants to take his kids out sledding tomorrow if the weather will permit it. He was excited but cautious at the same time and said he will believe it when he see’s the actual amount of snow. We have been checking and checking the weather news and now its calling for 5-10″ of snow in Delaware. It started snowing shortly after 6 p.m and it has not stopped ever since. The people are preparing for the snow and when we went to Walmart they ran out of rock salt. Can you believe that? We got the water salt of something since the guy said it works that same as the rock salt only the consistency of this one is bigger. When Ralph got home from work he picked up the dog poop out in the backyard and threatened to give the dog to the pound. He hates dog poop in the backyard since our girls love playing in the back. I know this summer he will be very very pissed at his mother’s dog if her poop is not cleaned.

Hopefully the snow will keep falling so that Kayla wont have school and we can all go sledding and have some fun. If it does snow as much as they said it would this is probably the most snow i have seen since i have been here. Come tomorrow morning i know Ralph will be excited to take us to the big park for a day of sledding.

Last night i decided to let Kaitlyn sleep in our bed since there was no school the following morning. Kayla got dropped off yesterday and she will be picked up again tomorrow at 6 p.m. I was so sleepy last night while dropping my entercard i almost feel asleep doing it. I caught myself a couple of times nodding off and almost slamming my face on the computer desk. I just kept on dropping and as soon as i was done i just went straight to bed with Kaitlyn sleeping in the middle. At first it was all good but sometime in the middle of the night Kaitlyn was sleeping sideways and was hogging most of Ralph’s side of the bed. Her daddy didn’t want to disturb her by moving her back on her pillow, he wanted to sleep in the guest room. I had to move Kaitlyn myself so her daddy can have more space to sleep in. Ralph thought Kayla was a bed hog but she had nothing on Kaitlyn. The little one woke up early while her daddy was preparing going to work, since our bed is higher now i decided to bring her back in her room. We both laid down on our makeshift bed and i gave her the morning bottle and i went to sleep. The next thing i know she was sleeping. At least i got a little bit more sleep in the process and im hoping that i can sleep in again tomorrow.

Spaghetti day on Wednesday, i don’t know when this started but it seems like almost every Wednesday our dinner is always spaghetti. Maybe because Kayla loves spaghetti and its the easiest and quickest meal i could make on a Girl Scout night? Today Kayla had no Girl Scouts since the meeting was moved Monday. She however had 2 of her friends over at our house since the weather has been so nice. Kelly and Tamara arrived at the same time and they all head out to the back deck and played in the sand box. Good thing i already made meatballs before they arrived and it was just cooking in the oven. I also took the baby outside so she could play with the big girls and that she did. After the kids were done playing it was time for dinner and all the girls exclaimed how good the spaghetti was and that they love coming to our house, lol. Kayla was exceptionally well behaved and all lovey dove to her friends. They had so much and asked to go outside again for a little bit before sunset. Its suppose to be nice tomorrow as well but breezy. We will all stay inside tomorrow and just play a game of Wii.

Before ever getting the Wii Nintendo game Ralph did his research on the Internet and read about reviews. He said that the reviews were great and that it would be great for the whole family. We got the game the next day and we were hyped about the game. It was only after a few days that we got the Wii Fit Board and we got to try it out after a couple of days since Ralph had to work and i didn’t want to figure it out. Ralph read a review about the Wii game that it doesn’t actually help or anything like that. It said something like nobody has every stayed faithful in doing the Wii Fit. On the contrary a lot of people have come to the defense of the Wii game including us. We think that the Wii fit is awesome and it  can really help you loose weight if you stick to it. Its not the fault of the Wii if the person who bought it doesn’t use it. Its still up to the consumer to stick to the program if they want to loose weight. My SIL is a fitness freak and she teaches aerobics, they were here yesterday and she tried out the game. She loved it and said that it could really work if you just stick to a routine and keep exercising with it. She wants one of her own and was even challenged into improving her posture.

Things don’t come easily if you don’t work for it. The Wii game is a big help to make exercise more fun, interesting and exciting.

W e got  the Nintendo Wii game and let me just say that its a fun game for the entire family. Its also a killer if your out of shape,lol. The very first night we got the Wii we played bowling. Its realistic and you really move and use your muscles, the very next day we were all very very sore. It was like the slip n slide all over again, i could hardly go down the steps and i walk with a limp. It just wasn’t my leg it was also my arms and my back. That just told me how out of shape i was and that i really need to do something about it. Even my MIL was so sore that she could not lift her bowling arm to touch the tip of her nose. I love the Wii game since it allows us to play together as a family and we get some exercise out of it as well. We also got the Wii fit and I’m looking at loosing 6 pounds in the next week and a half. The yoga is tough since you have to be aware of your center of balance and its hard doing those pose that you know your muscles are not use to. You grunt and groan doing the simplest of pose and give out a big sigh of relief when your done.

I never thought we were going to get a Wii game since its expensive. In the long run we thought about the exercise we could get out of it plus we get to play with the whole family. Kayla loves it and keeps on playing with her Diego game, MIL loves playing bowling and shuffle board while Ralph loves to play bowling, tennis and baseball. As for me i love playing boxing, it really pumps me up and i just feel like i burn more when I’m doing boxing. I also love doing the hula hoop and tonight we just tried out the strength and endurance game in the Wii Fit game. Its tough and it feels like we really doing the work. We will see in  a couple of weeks if i will loose weight, hopefully i will.

It snowed last Tuesday and again on Wednesday. We were suppose to go sledding but due to the rain that turned the snow into ice we had to cancel it but Ralph being the daddy he still wanted to give his girls a good time. I posted what they did about it on my other blog lifemarriageandkids and they had a good time. But before all the fun stuff happened I decided to take Kaitlyn out while i shoveled the snow off the path-walk. I just wanted to try if it was hard it wasn’t since the snow didn’t harden yet.

When we got outside i saw this little footprints in the snow and wondered who could they belong to? Could it have been an outdoor cat, squirrel or a raccoon? I don’t have any idea but i felt bad for whoever the little critter was. It was cold and i hope it had a  nice little place to stay warm and dry. Maybe the next time it snowed ill stake out in front of the window overlooking our front porch and wait for the owner of the footprints.

Somehow we really hoped that the weather prediction was wrong about rain and ice. It snowed steadily last night adding to the snow that was already on the ground. We figured that if it wont rain the snow would finally be enough to go sledding. Wrong! This morning when we all woke up it was already raining and the soft powdery snow had turned to ice that coated  the ground and the branches. I shoveled the path walk leading to the driveway with Kaitlyn watching on the sideline (porch). Kayla had no school yesterday due to the ice on the road and no girls scout as well. After the kids wen to bed tonight i asked  Ralph” is it to much to ask for another day off from school?”. At least when Kayla is off to school i can lay down for a nap with the baby. Oh well there is still time that maybe just maybe we will finally be able to go sledding with the girls.

Last night Ralph was worried that it might not snow since he promised Kayla that he was going to take her and baby sister sledding. Before going to sleep we checked outside the window for the last time if it snowed and none. I kept teasing Ralph “hun, where is your snow?”, not thinking much about we both went to sleep. When my alarm finally went off this morning i looked out and what do you know, it was snowing! I woke up Ralph and told him that its snowing and in turn he woke up our sleepy head Kayla. She was excited that it was snowing, Ralph went downstairs first to check online if school was closed. There was no notification of some sort so we figured she still had classes. The snow was not that much yet but it was already accumulation and we were hoping for more. We were suppose to go sledding but there was not enough snow so we will be doing it tomorrow morning weather permitting.  Its still snowing now and i hope it doesn’t stop. Nighty nite every one!