Sour Pickles

I was looking for something to post, because nothing new has happened around here, and I came across this video I took last week. We splurged and got Rib Crib for dinner one night last week. All 3 of us got kids meals, they are actually pretty good and have a lot of food with them. Anyway, a pickle came in the meals and Adriana took her first taste of a pickle. She really made a sour face at first and then she started "putting on" because she knew she was getting a reaction from it. Anyway, enjoy!

Happier Post

I'm going to try to "perk" up my blog. Ryan tells me everyday how depressing our blog has been. It has been a rough week and we are thankful to you who have kept us in your thoughts and prayers.

Adriana has been acting more and more like a terrible two year old lately. She pushes me everyday with her boundaries, to see what she can and can't get by with. She has also been really bad about getting out of her bed at nap time and bedtime. Sometimes it can take up to 2 hours before she will finally go to sleep. I watch Super Nanny a lot and try to go by her advice when it comes to children getting out of bed constantly, but its hard. Its nothing for me to put her in her bed 20-30 times in one setting. Its very trying on me. Pray that she will snap out of this bad habit. She's also been getting up in the middle of the night and walking into the hallway. This is where me being an extremely light sleeper comes in handy. She's normally good about staying in bed once I put her back down.

Not much else has been going on with us. We had our garage sale last weekend and did pretty good on Friday. On Saturday though, I only made $3.20 for 4 hours of work. It was cold and rainy so not many people were out and about. I still have a dryer and a futon for sale...if anyone is interested. :)

I guess that's about all for now. They are calling for snow tomorrow! Gotta love good ol' Missouri weather!

I walked out of our bedroom one evening

and saw Ryan and Adriana sitting on the

couch alike. I thought it was so cute!

To explain Adriana's Pacifier. She has

chewed up all her other ones and the one

that takes her temp. is the only one she

uses. I need to brake her of it, but that

is why she has this massive passy in her

mouth.

Adriana playing dress up in my

shoes and necklace and a hat leftover

from her b-day party.

I realize that my last post was pretty depressing (this one won't be much better). I went to the visitation of our old boss last night and will go to the memorial service today. The police still aren't releasing much information on what happened, but Rufus was shot in the chest in the service center sometime Monday morning. They aren't saying much more than that. They are ruling it a homicide though. Its so hard, this is the second person I have known that has been murdered in the last year. I think that part is the hardest part to swallow. Rufus was a good boss and a very nice man. He will be greatly missed...
This whole experience has been very bittersweet. Last night at visitation I was able to see a lot of old co-workers and catch up with them, which was nice, but obviously not the best circumstances the meet under. Just keep the employees in your thoughts and prayers, for the future for them is very uncertain, a lot of them have families. Also keep Rufus' family in your prayers too, he had 3 kids and 2 grand kids.
I promise my next post will be more upbeat, sometimes its just good to get it off your chest....

A rough few days

We haven't had a great past few days. We got word on Saturday evening that Ryan's grandpa had passed away. We were praying for him and hoping he would recover, but we all know that he is in a better place. We really wanted to go down for the funeral, but it just didn't work out. His grandpa was a very kind and gentle man. I only knew him a short time and only was around him a few times, but you could tell he loved his family and was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great-grandpa. We will miss him so much. I know Ryan is sadden by this loss. Knowing he is in Heaven with Jesus, helps us get through this time.
We also got bad news this morning. I can't really talk about it right now, but one of our old bosses was found dead this morning at the dealership that me and Ryan both worked at. Its a very sad situation and I just feel numb.
I think my mind is in shock. Between the passing of Ryan's grandpa and this horrible news we found out about this morning, I'm on auto pilot right now. I'll keep you posted....

A New Adventure

I'm starting a new job...well sort of. To help us get a couple extra bucks in our pockets each month, I'm going to start selling Premier Jewelry. I'm really excited, but very nervous at the same time. I guess I'm more worried about people not booking shows, therefore, not making any extra money. I think that it can be a lot of fun too! This company is Christian based and their main focus is to help stay at home moms make some money. Once I get going and get more comfortable at selling it, I think its going to be fun. This job will allow me to choose my own hours and is going to be really flexible. I'm going to "host" a show in mid-April and after that, I will be able to do shows on my own. Its a scary new thing, but I'm going to give it a try. Hey, let me know if you want to host a show...woman has jewelry, will travel. :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here are some pictures I took today of me and Adriana. She always smiles so much better when we set the timer on the camera and since we were matching today, I thought we should take a few pics.

Random Thoughts:

Today I was driving around, running some errands and I was singing to the radio and I looked back at Adriana and she had her fingers in her ears. Maybe that's not a good sign.

Lately Adriana has been acting so bad around nap time. She is getting up constantly out of bed, when she should be laying there trying to go to sleep. She will get out of bed and go and lay by her door and look under the crack of the door. She is wearing me out!

We are getting ready to have a garage sale this weekend. I hope the weather is going to be nice. I hope to get rid of a lot of junk we have laying around.

Ryan's grandpa had another massive stroke this last weekend. He is currently in a coma. Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Well, my little child is up out of bed AGAIN, I hope everyone else is having a good day.

A Fun Day

I decided to take Adriana into Springfield today, just so we could go do something. We had us a girls day out. We went to Braums this morning for some yummy Biscuits and Gravy and then we went over to see Mimi and Pa at their new house (that they are still painting before they move in). Then we went to this place called Jump Mania, I have talked about it on here before, Adriana has a blast there. I figured it would be not as crowded in the middle of the work day, boy, was I wrong. I wanted to punch half the kids, because they would just push Adriana out of the way. Well, I guess I take that back, I wouldn't punch the kids I would punch the parents for not watching their kids any better than that. Anyway, then we went to Steak N' Shake for lunch. They are normally pretty high with their prices, but I have seen their ads lately and they have new "value" meals. Well, they didn't have those meals at the one I went to. So I got the cheapest thing on the menu and I got Adriana a Mac N Cheese w/ applesauce. They just gave her like one scoop of the instant mac n cheese and she ate it in no time, and was asking for more. Then she ate her little cup of applesauce and asked for more then I gave her some of my fries and she still wanted more to eat. Their portions were WAY too small, I was highly disappointed. I told the manager when I was checking out that my child was still hungry for more food, because their portions are lousy. To make an already long story a hair shorter, we got our lunch free. I was so irritated. My child isn't the best eater and if she is wanting more than that should tell you that they barely gave her anything.
Alright, I'll get off my soap box, all in all, it was a good day and we had fun. Adriana is super tired, but has yet to go to sleep. Hope everyone has a great weekend!