Happy Birthday to my boy!!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Big day today! It's my son's 6th birthday!

Today's To Do List:

~Take birthday treats to school and stay for the small birthday celebration!

~Pull kids out of school early b/c we have lots of exciting plans!

~Pick the step kids up so we can spend the day as a family!

~Go to Union Station and view the Dinosaur exhibit!

~Meet up with more family for dinner at a great kid-friendly restaurant with interactive dinosaurs!

Big day + no energy + lack of sleep = Mommy's going nuts worrying if she can pull this off! I cannot wait until my head hits the pillow tonight and victory will be mine!
I can do this, I can do this, I can do this....



I may not have fame, I may not have fortune, but I have my children and that makes me the richest mother on the planet!!

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Pics from the Walk!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Well, I'm finally getting a chance to post those pictures I promised from my weekend. Everything went great and we had a lot of fun at the Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk. There was so much to do! There was a rock wall to climb for the kids, inflateables, live music, arts and crafts, clowns, face painting, and even celebrities like KC Wolf and Ronald McDonald! lol There was even free food, who doesn't like that?! For lunch there was a line where we could choose from hot dogs, burgers, brats, cole slaw, grapes, apples, bananas, oranges, and even non-fat yogurt! I knew there was going to be food but wasn't expecting such healthy choices! I had packed a bag of my own snacks and didn't even need it, I was pleasantly surprised! The walk was arround the KC Chiefs Arrowhead Stadum and was just a mile long. I figured out why it was such a short walk when I saw a lot of kids starting to get tired and therefore throw fits and have melt downs along side of the path, lol. My daughter did well but started asking if we were almost there about a 1/4 mile into it...lol, I gave in and gave her a piggy back ride for the last leg and thought of it as walking with weights, just one big a$$ weight directly on my back LOL. So without further ado, here's some pictures from our big day!!







Here's some with my friends kiddos in it...you'd think the red head would be mine but that's Hannah :)



And here's some pics on the walk and of our Team, "Lorelei's Troops."





Oh and I can't forget our team captain, Lorelei!!


Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my pics! I know, I got a little picture happy, lol...that's just the scrapbooker in me




[edit: sorry about any neck cramping that may occur during the viewing of these pics, I'll do better next time...oops]

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Paying It Foward in his memory

Friday, September 24, 2010

So who's ready for the weekend?!! ME!! It's going to be busy but fun! Tonight I'm going to take the kids to another fair...gotta love Fall! My daughter is going to perform on stage and she's SUPER excited about it! She's clogging with a few other little girls and this is just her 2nd performance at an event. Last time she was just in hog heaven up there on stage, grinning ear to ear and dancing her lil' booty off! SO CUTE! I will be sure to get some great pictures and post them on here to show you. A mom has gotta brag, right?!

Tomorrow morning is also a fun event that I've been looking forward to. It's the 2nd Annual Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk. An old high school friend posted a link on her facebook about this event and immediately I was interested. What better way to spend the day than with exercise for a good cause?! I also saw it as a great oppurtunity to fill a personal goal of mine--to honor Chris's memory. I'm determined to keep his memory alive and to honor him by paying it forward and doing good unto others. It makes me feel good about myself and it's something that I KNOW would make him proud. Just think of all the possibilities! All of the positive things that I can do for others that I probably wouldn't have done had he not shown me how precious life is! So with our daughter by my side, we'll be walking to honor him, to teach her the importance of charity, community involvement, and compassion and support for those with special needs. I'm really looking forward to this and am beyond excited for this oppurtunity!!!

I'll take lots of pictures and be sure to share them with you as soon as I can! I hope everyone has a healthy and happy weekend!!!!

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Sleep deprived :(

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The other day I was reading a friend's facebook page and found a particular section in her notes to be quite interesting. She, too, has lost her hubby and openly expresses her sorrow online. [good for her] I found myself relating very well to what she was going through, especially one part in particular. She described a coping strategy that she's learned, about how she stays up at night playing on the computer or doing things until she's so tired that once she does finally lay in bed she's out like a light. This way there's no chance for thinking, for missing him, for missing his presence. I know exactly what she means. It's an effective coping strategy and is totally normal. But is it normal for ME to be doing this 19 months into the grieving process? Probably not.

Has it just evolved from a strategy to a habit or is it an issue I need to address? I'm not sure, but I know it's not healthy. I'm sleep deprived by mid-week and exhausted by the weekend.

Got some more thinking and researching to do on this one and probably something I should talk to a therapist about. Maybe my next step should be finding one....[dread]

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Inspiring Video Link

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=cc
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Need some inspiration? Watch this! But make sure you have some kleenex nearby!

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