Ok I'm here now! Woke up with the power gone and so I spent a good part of the day at mom's hanging out till it came back on. Kind of threw off my day since I couldn't cook breakfast or do much of anything around here. I had big cleaning plans for this place today. I guess I still have some time but now I just don't want to! LOL

I'm going to answer the QOTD first off since I always save them till last and usually forget to answer them.

Sunday QOTD: I will probably end up voting for Bush but I am so annoyed with the campaigning right now that I can't wait for it to be over!! I hate all the neg. stuff. Bush was just here in the valley on Thursday and had a pretty big following. Our state has been hit hard by both parties because there are so many undecided voters. I wish we could know for sure who is really going to go through with the plans they propose and who is just blowing smoke. I know people really like each candidate but I can't help but be skeptical, I mean they are both politicians right? Anway that's my 2 cents! LOL

QOTD #2: My dh IS what I dated in high school. I only had 2 real boyfriends and he was one of them. He was also the type of guy I was usually attracted to so not much else to say I guess! LOL People still think it's weird we got married. Just because we were high school sweethearts. We both graduated in the same class so when we see friends from high school they think it's crazy. I think my dh and I were just old souls. We knew we wanted to be married and be together and we weren't into the whole party thing like most of our friends went through. Anyway that's that!

Crystal can't wait for your sono!! I know it's a girl though so I guess I'm not that anxious! LOL Glad things are back on track for you now!!

Penny pictures ASAP! I don't care if it is a pic of your hair, jeans or license!! LOL Just want to see what you got!

Chris darn that pumkin!! I want you to find it!!

Hi Spryng!! I saw the previews for the Biggest Loser and it looks good but I don't get that channel!! AHHHH I saw the previews on EXTRA last night so I am bummed. As far as the religion thing goes. My dh and I were diff. relgions when we met but I eventually converted and although we don't go to church that often it makes it easier on our relationship I think. However my family wasn't too keen on the idea. Just know that whatever you choose to do will probably be hard but be true to yourself and if you pray then pray hard about this one! :) I'm thinking of you!!

Hi Ricci sounds like you are doing great!! Keep it up!

Michelle cool about the laptop!! YAY! I bet you are psyched! How is school going so far? I know it's only Tuesday but I bet you have a few things you already need to do. Let me know how it's going.

Hi Deana. I loss during TOM is huge!! Keep it up. Go for it at lunch today just make sure dinner is light, right? I do that on the weekends sometimes. Just so I know I can have what I want every now and then. Then I get back on track. Hope you get all your errands done.

Geri have fun at girls night tonight! Let us know what your choices were! K?

YAY Mel got some sleep!! That is awesome. Wouldn't it be great if this became a regular thing? Whenever Bayley would sleep really good I would try to recreate the exact same thing the following night in hopes she would sleep that good again, it never worked though :ROFL:

Leigh isn't it so nice to be able to give them whole milk! I had to stop nursing which was a little harder than I thought it would be. I'm glad now but I felt disconnected for awhile. Anway it's great that I can take her anywhere and just have some snacks and a sippy of milk and she's good to go. I feel so free! LOL I'm excited for Liams party. You'll hvae to let us know how it goes!

Ok I got the baby down and I need to change out of my pajamas(yes I am still in them) and get this house clean before Hunter gets here. It's driving me mad!! It's actually not that bad since dh did the kitchen for me last night but I need to vacuum and give the bathroom serious attention. So I'll chat with ya later!!!

P.S. Added a photo to the MLW site. Check it out if you want.

Okay I'm back. First of all...
QOTD: my dh is similar to the guys I dated in HS, I mean I did start dating him the last few months of high school anyways. I dated different kinds of guys. I dated a bad boy, I dated a preppy baseball player, I dated the cowboy guys. My dh reminds me in many ways of my childhood sweetheart.

Mel, glad you got all that sleep. Hope I can say the same soon and you keep saying it.

Michelle, I agree with you and Ricci about Kerry. He is so dispicable, I mean he talks like and looks like a worm. Bush is a people person and maybe it's because he's from Texas he seems so 'normal', like a real person and that he's not trying to be someone else for others to like. He has actually said, not everyone agrees with him but we all know his beliefs and he stands by them.

Okay first of all Andrew's appt went pretty good. They gave him a treatment and he was alittle unclear in his lungs at first. After the treatment he was better. I have to keep him on his breathing treatments with one medicine while he's sick and the other medicine in his machine twice a day every day for 6 months. And he agreed to put him on Singulair. He thinks it may help. So dh went to pick up his medicines. I'm hoping after the singulair takes affect and this stuff clears up, maybe he'll even start sleeping better.

My appt...................drumroll please............................................ .................. IT'S A GIRL!!! Okay he's almost positive, got a pretty good view and didn't see anything there and since I was almost positive it was that just made it that much more clear. So we are calling it a girl and dh didn't like the name Allison so we're at scratch. He was trying to talk me out of an A name, but I told him I wouldn't change that on my last child. So we're talking about it and we both seem to like Avery so I don't know yet.

Okay, just got in and need to get dinner going and the kitchen cleaned up so I'll ttyl.

YAY Crystal congrats!!! I knew it was a girl. This chinese chart is sooooooooo accurate. I'm glad Andrews appt. went well too. I hope that Singulair works for him. Just wanted to say congrats, need to get back to this house! TTYL

Congrats Crystal on the baby girl!!!!!!

Jill, How r ya girl. Glad to see you posting even though school is keeping you busy. Exercising at the gym has thrown my whole cleaning schedule into a tissy! I don't care though, I'm doing awesome if I do say so myself. I had training today. Boy she works me to the bone. I have muscles in spots I never knew. lol

Congratulations on the baby girl, Crystal!

Glad you got Andrew to the doctor. Hopefully the new meds will make him feel a whole lot better. I made the mistake of letting Nicole outside today with a little wind and now she's coughing and kind of wheezing. I'll just have to keep an eye on her.

Well I'll check back later. I have to get dinner done for DH. He has school tonight. Next Tuesday is his "graduation".

~chris

Thanks all for your congrats. Now dh says yes he likes Allison okay so that makes me happy. I just really felt like it was the right name. Now I'll work on a middle name.
Alisa Kailey
Ally Paige
Andrew Michael
Allison ???
I'd like some suggestions and I listed all the kids names so I'd like something that will flow well with the rest of them. Let me know...
TTYL

Congrats Crystal!! Yayyyyy!!! Avery is a very cute name what about Aislynn, Anica...just a few that I like but I've been told I have eclectic taste in names ;)

ok all, I'm pooped, so I am going to get to bed early. dh and I where to go to a parenting class today, but the baby sitter is sick and only he could go :( . We had the tickets already, so we waisted 10 bucks. Oh well, at least one of us got to go. Have a great night all. See ya in the a.m.

Crystal- Wow!!! Congrats on the girl :D I like the name Avery too. As for middle names, maybe Allison Noelle?

Jill- I'll definitely keep you posted on Liam's party! I was getting super stressed out with having everything ready and perfect, but then I had a personal revalation LOL. It suddenly occured to me: "hey, this is about celebrating Liam's Birthday, not getting stressed out. Enjoy his Birthday with him, and enjoy the family. They won't love you any less if the house isn't spotless, or one of the decorations don't match." As for milk- Liam's tried some today and he likes it in a sippy cup, but gets annoyed if it's in his bottle instead of formula. So, I'm going to begin gradually adding milk to his bottles of formula.

Melissa- you're doing sooo well with the work outs! I hope you are very proud of yourself :D

Chris- hope Nicole is okay.

Michelle- I like those names!

Well, I have to go add my steps for today. I did not get in a 30 minute walk because a) the weather was horrendous and b) I was flying around from doctor to grocery store, cleaning, etc.

Crystal- how about Allison Brooke?

Jaymi- I know you'll do better tomorrow :) Just hang in there!

Evening,

Just checkin in before bed. Hope everyone stayed OP today. I did okay. I didn't do much in the line of exercise but maintained with the water and food.

Jaymi-You're doing fine. Half the battle is recognizing what's going wrong. Next you just have to go back and fix it little by little. Keep it up! You'll be great. Hey, I got one of those children too that messes with the tv when you try to work out. She also won't stay in her stroller when I try to walk. Very annoying. I'm trying to figure out a time when I can fit it all in without the added "benefit" of children. I think I just may have to do it at 6 in the morning regardless of whether my rheumatoid arthritis wants me to or not. My feet are pretty stiff in the morning. Maybe they will limber up faster if I do something in the A.M.

Well Good night to you bunch of weight loss fanatics.... :D Hope you all get a good night's sleep (esp. Crystal). Hope Andrew is feeling better. How about Adrian or Amber or Abby for a name? I might come up with more later...

~chris

Crystal how bout these:
ASTRID Unusual beauty and strength F Scandinavian
AUDREY Noble Strength F English
AVA Like a Bird F Greek
AMAYA Night Rain F Japanese
ALLAYNA Light F American
ALEXIA Defender of Mankind F Greek

Lol just a few that I personally like but like I said before, I have eclectic tastes or so it's been said.

Chris I hope you sleep well :)

Goodnight ladies.
Michelle

Hey Crystal what about Allison Crystal? It is your last child so why not? Is dh still going for Allison or has he changed his mind back to not liking it? We're going for the B's here. So far we have Bayley and we hope to have a Brody and a Barrie (for a girl). We'll see what happens though. So I guess since you have A's and I have B's then someone around here needs to have C's right? LOL Ok it's late and I need to be getting my butt in bed. Got 2 classes tomorrow. TTYL!!