A bit of life, and a bit of gossip

So tonight is our soccer team party at a place called Blue Rabbits Paradise. For those of you not familiar with it, it is kind of like Chucky Cheese but more modern. Right now I am baking my second cake for the week, the first was for Boos b-day. Hopefully this one will turn out cute so that I can share pics of it.

The kids are all inside today due to all the rain. I know we need it, but why can't it wait to rain between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am when we are asleep?! Oh well, I will just have to find something to keep them busy and out of my way while I decorate the cake. Hopefully Bug won't decide to snatch a big chunk out of the corner of this one like she did the b-day cake.

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So how about some recent gossip on my neighbors? Sure, sounds like fun.
Hubby has had to call the cops about a dozen times on our 18 year old neighbor for speeding down our dead end street to his house, (he lives at the dead end). After about 6 months of this the county has put up a speed limit sign across the street from our house. The funny thing is there are only 6 houses on our street, 3 on each side, and I haven't seen any other speed limit signs anywhere in the neighborhood. At least it seems to be working.

In other news......Our young couple neighbors, who have been divorced from each other twice, are apparently dating each other again. They have one son together and another on the way. Is the baby his? I guess only time will tell.

And I guess thats all today on the neighbors. Like I said, it has calmed down a lot around here.

I'm back.......

Okay, so things have FINALLY settled down around here. The kids are on summer break. Soccer season is over, (except for the team party), and Boos birthday is almost over, (his b-day is today), and has already been celebrated. Now I just have to figure out how to entertain them for the next couple of months. Ahhhh! No, not really, actually they spend a lot of time playing outside, and my mom doesn't live far from here so we will usually go over there about once a week.

Not really a lot going on for me to blog about, which is another reason why I haven't been blogging. I guess I have a really boring life. Well, at least to the readers out there I probably do.

I am hoping to get the boys report cards by the end of the week. SCARY. I know boos will be good since I have already seen most of his grades. It's G-mans that I am nervous about. It was kind of a tough school year for him, plus he figured out how to do just enough to get by and pass with a C instead of really working hard for an A or a B. He is definitely my son. And now I am getting paid back just like my parents said I would. LOL.

So I hope everyone had a great long weekend. We had our final soccer game sat. which our team won. Then sat afternoon we went to RockyCreek Catfish restaurant for dinner to celebrate Boos b-day/end of soccer/end of school. The BEST catfish ever! Its right across the border into Mississippi and about 40 min. from where we live. We all, (my parents came with us), came home stuffed. Yes even all 3 kids ate catfish and a lot of it.
Sunday Hubbys baby-brother, (he's 21), came over for hot wings and we just hung out and watched a movie on tv.
Monday Hubby had to work, (insert sad face here), so the kids and I went mini grocery shopping, cleaned house, and did laundry.

See, I told you it's pretty boring around here, and I think I like it that way. The last few years there has been so much drama in our neighborhood that I could write a soap opera. It's nice to be able to enjoy the boring quite now.

I hope everyone has a great week back at work. And I will try to get better at posting just in case anyone decides to visit.

Yes I know I haven't posted in a while. Now that I am back in soccer mom mode it is hard to find the time.

Thursday G-man and I went on a field trip. I can sum it up in one word-Boooorrrrriiiinnngggg.
What 3rd grader wants to go on a field trip to learn about a volcano that destroyed a part of Greece in 1647 B.C. ? Even if it is at the IMAX. The only part they really enjoyed was the hands on activity room in the museum. They got to try out how pulleys worked, center of gravity, magnets, and even what it is like to be on the news. But the movie, most of the kids, (and even adults), took a nap. Oh yeah, they loved going to the park afterward for lunch. And thankfully, they wore themselves out for the bus ride back to the school.

Friday, (today), I went to their school for field day. Some of y'all might know this as May day. The students have races and a tug-of-war for ribbons. Boo got two first place ribbons, two second place ribbons, and one third. I was so excited for him! G-mans had to be rescheduled for next monday, so I'll let y'all know then how he does. They split the kids up for field day. K-2nd does theirs in the morning, and 3rd-5th does theirs in the afternoon, but they got rained out today which is why it was rescheduled.

Tomorrow, (saturday), the boys have a soccer game, weather permitting. Then I have to catch up on house work, do laundry, and possibly cook a real meal.

Busy, busy me. LOL.

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Okay, so I was reading Lisa's blog earlier and she had posted about her angel babies. Reading it made me think about my own, as well as friends and family members that have had miscarriages. No matter how long or short of a time you may be pregnant for, it is always heartbreaking to lose a baby. Anyway, I have decided to share my story.

When Boo was about 2 1/2 I started have pregnancy symptoms. I was on the pill. We were not planing on another baby just yet. Hubby and I had talked about maybe trying one more time for a girl, but this was unexpected. So I took a home test, and it was positive. I cried, was I really ready for another baby so soon? G-man and Boo are only 21 months apart. Hubby was excited and told everyone, even though I asked him not to. Something was different about this pregnancy. I was having A LOT of pain on my right side around my hip bone area.
I went to the doctor, their test was positive, but my doctor was concerned about my pain and my low hormone level. I had an ultrasound, couldn't find the fetus, but "maybe it is still to early", I was told. This was on a monday. I had to come back wendesday for more blood work. Before I got the results back I started bleeding heavily. Test results-hormone level was dropping instead of rising. Received my shot for being Rh-. Came back for blood tests every two days to check hormone levels so they would know if I needed a D&C.

In a weeks time I found out I was pregnant, that it was ectopic, (in the fallopian tube), and miscarried. Talk about a roller coaster of emotions. Suddenly a baby I wasn't sure I was even ready for was gone. And I often wonder "what if...."

But wait, it gets worse.....My hormones were out of whack, I was depressed about losing the baby, and I was still in unimaginable pain. Hubby finally took me to the ER about a week later because I was either curled up in the fetal position crying from the pain or walking around biting every ones heads off. From their they sent me to get a kidney scan. Yes I told them about the ectopic, but the way the pain was radiating to my back, they wanted to be on the safe side and rule out kidney problems.

After about a month the pain finally went away. I can't even describe it, except maybe to tell you that I have had all 3 on my children with no epidural, and I would have ten more that way if it guaranteed me never having another ectopic. It was the worst pain of my life.

Late November of that year Hubby and I decided that maybe now was the right time for one more. We both realized how much we wanted a third child. And I believe Bug was conceived on New Years of that year.

I know my story is mild compared to some. I am blessed with three beautiful children. And the baby I lost could never have been since it had never made it all the way to my uterus. But it still hurts even now.

So to all of you who have lost a baby, in some small way I do understand. And I pray God blesses all of you.