My Week With Mols

So the boys are getting home tonight! Yahoo! I'm excited to see my two favorite guys and have them home with me once again. Here's Anthony on Monday right before leaving....

I had a pretty pleasant week and Mols was exceptionally good. And I totally got tons done around the house like I wanted and did a few extra things too.

*Go shopping for the kiddos birthday party supplies and a clothes hamper for Molly
I did get all the things I need for the kids birthday party, but no clothes hamper for Mols. dang.
*Get in some GOOD sleep (please, Molly??)
Ok, so molly USE to sleep through the night like a good little girl. Recently though, not so much. What's up with that? *sigh* I slept worse this week than I normal do.
*Teach Molly to walk
Well, she's not walking by herself yet, but I can hold only one of her hands and she'll waddle next to me. Sweet, huh!?
*Get a tan
Negative. I was all excited about heading outside to relax with Mols in the sun and get a tan. Sadly, it was all rain, clouds and no sun.
*Visit our friend Jessie and her adorable daughter Maddie
Jessie and her gal Maddie came over and hung out with me on Tuesday. Then I met up with them again and went to lunch on Friday. They're pretty much my fav. :)
*Maybe visit a Mama who is due to have her baby on the 22nd? COME OUT BABY!! :)
YEAH!!!!! Baby Kara was born at 7 AM on Tuesday to my friends Mary and Luke. I went on Thursday and spent a good 5 hours visiting with them. Here's a pic of me and Mols with baby Kara.

*Paint the bathroom
Check! Bathroom was painted, towels and accessories were bought.....now only a few finishing touches like painting the ceiling, finishing the trim, getting the door back up, and putting in a new fan.

*Read Cosmo
No, didn't get the chance to sit down and read my Cosmo. LOL
*Teach the dogs to patrol the perimeter of our property and put ammo in the gun (for all those crazies who might come around....I'll be ready!)
No crazies came around. Good thing too cause my doggies were right by my side all dang day and would have loved to have ripped a crazy to pieces. HAHA!
*Read blogs and make comments
Done and done!
*Loose a pound
I LOST 2 POUNDS! Nice, huh? It has definitely payed to eat my 3 meals a day without any snacking and to also watch my portion size. WAY TO GO ME! Aren't you proud? I'm truly astounded that I really lost 2 pounds in one week just by cutting things out of my diet and watching my portions. And that's weighing myself at the end of the day will a full belly. Now if only I can keep it up, isn't the first week the hardest? I did slip up once and ate Mc Donalds the day I went out shopping. But other than that I have stuck to my "no chips, no soda, no chocolate" rule. Though I know the no chocolate part of that rule will be the exception sometimes. HEHEHE
*Teach Molly to say "Papa"
Ok, so she says, "baba" which is close to Papa, right? :)
*Work on photos and other photo related projects
I printed and put up photos in the bathroom and on our one wall in the living room I've dubbed the collage wall. I also ordered one of my photos to be blown up and put on canvas. I put that up in the bathroom as well. I was SUPER STOKED to have done a photo shoot with Molly that I'd been wanting to do for awhile. Check it out if you haven't yet, it's the post right after this one. I was also excited when an old friend drove in for a visit and asked me to take some new photos for him.

*Paint Anthony's room a new shade of green
Heck yes! It might have taken me all week to finish, but it got done! I'm excited for my little man to see it when he gets home tonight! Isn't his little hunting lodge cute!? I also went and got more paint for Molly's room and touched up a few spots that needed fixing. I'm so dang handy! ;)

*Miss my hubby and son
Every minute of every day

It was nice to have more one on one time with Molly this past week, but I'm ready for my little man to come cuddle in my lap. :) 

With love,
Mama Hauck

Molly Lynn Elizabeth Tutu Photo Shoot

Since the boys are gone, I had the pleasure of having a little extra time to do a photo shoot I've been wanting to do for a while now with Little Miss Mols. I'm just so pleased with how it turned out!! Molly was a trooper and only got slightly grumpy once. ;) Love my little sweet pea. 

Molly Lynn Elizabeth Hauck

05-28-10

With love,

Mama Hauck

Packing For A Toddler

So I've got to start thinking about packing for Anthony. Remember I said he was going with my husband on a little adventure to Montana the last week of the month? Yeah, Sammy wanted to go visit some family and he only wanted to take Anthony. *sigh* Papa and son trip? That's fine. I'm all for it. But I will admit I'm feeling a little left out. I want to go on a trip! What will Molly and I do for a week? I've compiled a list of things I hope to do....

Go shopping for the kiddos birthday party supplies and a clothes hamper for Molly
Get in some GOOD sleep (please, Molly??)
Teach Molly to walk
Get a tan
Visit our friend Jessie and her adorable daughter Maddie
Maybe visit a Mama who is due to have her baby on the 22nd? COME OUT BABY!! :)
Paint the bathroom
Read Cosmo
Teach the dogs to patrol the perimeter of our property and put ammo in the gun (for all those crazies who might come around....I'll be ready!)
Read blogs and make comments
Loose a pound
Teach Molly to say "Papa"
Work on photos and other photo related projects
Paint Anthony's room a new shade of green
Miss my hubby and son

Hopefully Molly will be a good girl. Honestly, I'm concerned I'm not going to be able to entertain her enough! Anthony is, for the most part, such a good play mate and I depend on him to help play with and entertain Mols. I think she's going to get bored with me! And when she gets bored, she gets grumpy and when she gets grumpy, Mama gets grumpy. Boy oh boy, it might be a loooong week next week.

Ok, so even though I'm not going on this grand adventure, I've got to pack for it. When packing for a baby or child, it's almost like packing the whole dang house! This is Anthony's pack list....

Socks-5
Undies-8 and pull ups for night time and the long drive there and back....potty training will continue, even when Mama isn't around. :)Shorts-3
Pants-1
Overalls-1
Long sleeved shirt-1
Sweatshirt-1
T-shirts-6
Nice collard shirt-2
Shoes-1
Flips-1
Hat- 1

Pillow
Blanket

Book to read
A couple hotwheels to play with
Brand spankin' new helmet for dirt bike/4-wheeling

Bath soap
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Eczema face cream
Hair gel

Vitamins
Fluoride
Dramamine

Juice cup
Milk cup

Apple juice
Pretzels
Other tasty snacks and foods
Yummy sandwiches for the road

I'm sure I've left something out....but I'll think of it and pack it. I told Sammy I'm not packing his stuff this time. LOL

With love,
Mama Hauck

My Mama's Day

First, lets run through my list of "Mothers Day Wishes" and see if I got any! ;)

*My hubby to NOT be on call for work this weekend. :(
*Well, he was on call, but never got called in. YAY!

*A hot bubble bath that isn't interrupted by children either needing to go potty or looking to join me in the tub.
*Never did take a long, hot bubble bath.

*A yummy alcoholic beverage.
*Nope, no alcoholic beverage.

*New bathroom towels. Heck, make that a new bathroom. :)
*We did go shopping for new bathroom towels, but didn't buy any because they all sucked. So we went off to The Home Depot and priced out a whole new bathroom for *hopefully* the not so distant future. :)

*More sleep.....sweet, uninterrupted sleep.
*Sammy got up to feed Molly at 6 and she fell back asleep....granting us 2 1/2 more hours of sleep!

*Sunshine and warm weather. Perfect for frolicking around outside having a dandy 'ol time!
*The weather was FANTASTIC!!! Sunny and low 70's! We went on a hike and I was able to take some photos! It was awesome!

*No sick kiddos and no sick Mama.....can we lick these colds by then? *sigh* I hope!!
*Anthony and I aren't sick anymore, but poor little Molly still has her cold. At least it hasn't been as bad.

*Cake. Or brownies....or ice cream, etc. ;)
*Lets just say my man is the BEST ever! He surprised me with an ice cream cake from DQ!!!! Now wasn't I just talking about how I love the crumblies!!!? YUM!

*No laundry, no dishes, no sweeping, no vacuuming.
*I didn't do any laundry, nor sweeping, nor vacuuming. But I did wash a few dishes. Hubby did 90% of the dishes. ;)

*A big 'ol hug and kiss from my babies and hubby.
*Check and check!!

*A day off from diaper changing duty and potty escort duty.
* Ok, so I only did about 50% of the diaper changing. And I did have a big stinker of a one. But 50% is better than 100%! LOL

*A full body massage with lavender oil.
*Sadly, no. Though Sammy says he was thinking about it the whole day (course he was, haha).

*No meltdowns, only laughter and smiles (totally wishful thinking!! haha).
*Hmmm...maybe only a handful of little meltdowns? :) The kiddos were extremely good up until Home Depot. Then they got antsy. Ah well!

*Breakfast in bed. Pancakes, please!
* I didn't eat in bed, but I did have a scrumptious pancake breakfast! Along with hash browns and little smokies. Delicious.


Yes, I had a fantastic Mothers Day! Sammy took some pictures of me and the kids for me. They turned out sweet. :)

We've always loved hiking, but haven't been able to get out and do it much lately. So I was stoked we went for a hike yesterday! Not very far, just a ways in the woods from our house and then over to visit our neighbors. Anthony loves looking at their horses. On our hike I was able to take some great photos of some flowers (I'm saving these photos for My Photo Tuesday tomorrow!!!) and the kids.

After our hike, we had a PB&J lunch. Yummy! LOL Then we hopped in the car and hit the road for a leisurely drive down this one back country road. It was beautiful. The kids fell asleep so we jumped out and were able to take a few more photos. We ended up at Home Depot where we fawned over new bathroom things and mentally added them to our wish list. Fun!

The day was topped off with a card from my hubby, a card from my kiddos, and a surprise ice cream cake from DQ! SWEET!!

I am one lucky Mama! :)

With love,
Mama Hauck

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all my fellow Mamas! 

April 4, 2010 photo courtesy of Grandma

Anthony and Molly...

You are my greatest source of joy

And my greatest source of love
How did I get so lucky
To be the Mama of you two?
Each day I rise to see your smiles
I humbly thank the Lord above
My heart rests in your sweet little palms
I would be nothing without you

With all my love,
Mama

Mama's Day Wish List

*My hubby to NOT be on call for work this weekend. :(

*A hot bubble bath that isn't interrupted by children either needing to go potty or looking to join me in the tub.

*A yummy alcoholic beverage.

*New bathroom towels. Heck, make that a new bathroom. :)

*More sleep.....sweet, uninterrupted sleep.

*Sunshine and warm weather. Perfect for frolicking around outside having a dandy 'ol time!

*No sick kiddos and no sick Mama.....can we lick these colds by then? *sigh* I hope!!

*Cake. Or brownies....or ice cream, etc. ;)

*No laundry, no dishes, no sweeping, no vacuuming.

*A big 'ol hug and kiss from my babies and hubby.

*A day off from diaper changing duty and potty escort duty.

*A full body massage with lavender oil.

*No meltdowns, only laughter and smiles (totally wishful thinking!! haha).

*Breakfast in bed. Pancakes, please! 

With love,
Mama Hauck