Sad Babies...Crazy day!

I have sad babies today! My little Landon is sick! He seems to have some virus that they hope will pass in a few days, it's giving him an awful temperature that is pretty high and it's been a little scary! But we're hoping that it's almost over! Lilli however just tonight started having a fever so I'm fearing that she's starting to go through the same thing.

Monday was pretty hectic for me, Chris was at work and Landon's temperature got up to 105! I called the doctor and they told me to get his core temp down fast and bring him in a little later or take him to the hospital if I couldn't get it to subside. Luckily I was able to get his temp back under control and we made it to our appointment later in the afternoon!

However, I had been wrestling with his temperature all morning, as well as taking care of the three of them and it was only as we were leaving to go to the doctors appointment that I remembered that I had a paper due for my research class and it had to be turned in by midnight. I go to the University of Phoenix so it's all online. (In case you don't know me all that well, I will gather all the research necessary for my papers ahead of time but procrastinate my acutal writing of the paper till the absolute last minute, because that is the only way for me to get out my best writing! I know it sounds crazy, but it's a process I have had since high school, and I have done it the other way and my writing is just garbage in comparison. So now I embrace it and don't even try to fight it!)

I ran back into the house and grabbed all my research materials and a pen and a notebook and headed to the doctors office. I guess it was lucky for me that I was able to drop off Carson and Lilli with my parents, so that Chris could come along to hold Landon. I guess it was also lucky that we waited in the doctor's office 45 minutes past our appointment time before we were even seen.

It was probably funny to see me hunched over with papers everywhere writing away...and I was in such a zone it was amazing! It was a frenzy of writing and by the time the doc came in I had the paper almost entirely written!

I stopped at my parents to pick up the kids, we hung out for a bit and had dinner got home by 8 and my paper was done and posted by 9:30 and everything turned out ok in that aspect.

Landon is now on day 4 of being under the weather and i'm hoping that it will pass soon! I'm worried Lilli is on the same path and I'm just hoping that it doesn't make it's way around to all 5 of us! Chris has been able to be home with me helping me out though due to some bad weather here, so that has been a huge help!

I just hate when my babies are sad! Here's to hoping it ends soon!

Today

I thought this was a cute idea so here goes a few things that are from Today.

TODAY:I finally wrote a Psych paper I've been putting off for 3 weeks. In one afternoon I did the research and wrote the entire 2100 word APA research paper on how my developmental theories align with that of the crossover theorist Albert Bandura. (what can I say I have always done my best work under pressure)
TODAY:I baked a batch of Chris's favorite snickerdoodle cookies with the kids.
TODAY:I had my visiting teachers come over. They are lovely and so nice. I really appreciate them and their time and the lessons they share. I'm thankful for the church and all the ways they enrich our lives.
TODAY:Is kind of a boring day for TV
TODAY:All 3 of my kids were up by 7:30 (usually they sleep in till 9ish)
TODAY:Is surprisingly cold for Texas...I guess it is "winter"
TODAY:I'm really missing my friends in Utah
TODAY:I'm excited about dinner (BBQ sandwhiches)
TODAY:I found the bed spread I wanna buy but can't
TODAY:I really feel like calling my mom and shooting the breeze
TODAY:I've been trying to get caught up on my blogging
TODAY:Kicks off the last week of my Psych class!
TODAY:I started planning what I wanna get Chris for Valentine's Day
TODAY:I started thinking about spring and summer
TODAY:I watched a movie with the kids
TODAY:I played with the kids for a while and just thought about how lucky I am to have a wonderful, happy, loving family and friends.
I tag whoever wants to but again this means especially you Jamie!

Some more random thoughts

So my mind is a crazy place. Anyone who really knows me knows that I am the kind of person who has to be going going going like at all times. My mind is even going when I'm sleeping I think that's why I feel as if I never get a good nights sleep. I've got so many ideas and thoughts, dreams, and plans. Don't get me wrong I do give myself time to relax and enjoy life, I'm just not comfortable unless I've got things going on the majority of the time. Any how I thought it'd be nice to just get out some of my random thoughts in an effort to clear some space in my head...probably just for new thoughts. It's therapeutic right?

Happy New Year!
Lately I've been thinking about New Year's resolutions for 2009. I'm happy with my life, and my family but we're not perfect and there is a huge list of things we could tweak, change, add, subtract that I believe would make us a stronger family. So the last couple of days I've been compiling a list of resolutions for the Burt family for the new year. They range from less tantrums for the kids, to less negativity in our house, financial resolutions, to spiritual ones. I think I like having them all written out and in front of me so that I can try to keep us on track. It's a bit of a long list and I know we wont probably get to them all but hopefully we'll get to the most important ones. My plan is to take them one at a time so we don't get overwhelmed. I'm planning to have a FHE and go over our Family Resolutions.

Tough Season of Football
I'm bummed because the none of my "Teams" made it to the playoffs. The Jets, Cowboys, Packers, and Raiders all let me down this season. With my personal hero Brett Favre leading the Jets this season I had such high hopes for them, but alas I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Not even Indy made it in...bummer. I was looking forward to the superbowl, but I gotta admit I'm not all that stoked anymore. I guess I'm rooting for either the Eagles or the Cardinals.

5's a Good Number
So over the last couple of months Chris and I have come to the decision that we do wanna have more kids. Two more in fact! But we both know that right now is not the right time. I gotta say though that with my friends all getting preggers lately I was starting to feel like I wanted to go ahead and jump on the bandwagon. I even thought I might be prego a couple of months ago...but I wasn't and at first I was sad. I'm ok now though. I decided I really do not want to be prego right now! Now is good the way it is besides I've got my hands totally full with my three little rugrats, and school, and work. yep I'm super okay waiting for the right time to have more babies. Chris and I have never been the kind of people who want every aspect of life to be perfect before we have kids, you know be settle, be in a good financial place... We decided a long time ago that if we waited for that we'd never have kids. You're never going to have every aspect be perfect. I mean look at me and Chris we're never settled we move like every time our lease is up, we've moved 8 times since we got married! And we are defiantly never in a good financial place. Instead we wait until we feel like it's the right time, and sometimes we aren't even there but God knows we are and he gives us another baby. (it's good they take 9 months to get here cuz it takes me a while to get on board and ready!)Besides Chris and I fly by the seat of your pants kind of people. But anyways this time it just isn't the right time. This time we do need some time to get things in order and settled. I am thankful though for Chris. He's so wonderful he is happy with whatever makes me happy. I was scared to tell him I think we are meant to have more babies, but he just told me, who was he to tell me no. He'd be happy having 5 more kids if it would make me smile. I love him he's wonderful. And hey now he's on board and looking forward to having more too...but not for a few more years....hopefully. (but if it does happen, we'll manage just like we always do.)

That's all I got for now, I'll post again later...I am trying to be better.

Crazy 8's

Ok so I was tagged this a while back but I haven't been doing to good keeping up my blogs. So my sorry for whoever tagged me comes along with one of my New Year's resolutions:To keep up with my blog!!!

Crazy 8’s

8 Shows that I watch:

Ok so I probably watch way more TV then I should…ok I know I do, but for me and Chris we both are in school full time he’s working full time and we’ve got three kids so it is how we relax! Luckily we have 2 DVR’s so we try to record all the shows we like and after the kids are in bed or on the weekends we’ll watch a few shows together. What can I say, we’re TV junkies!

-Grey’s Anatomy
-Top Chef
-How I Met Your Mother (along with all the CBS Monday night line up)
-The office
-Brothers and Sisters
-Amazing Race
-NFL
-Dora the Explorer and all the kiddo shows
-Scrubs ( I know that’s nine but I love it)

8 Favorite Restaurants:

-P.F. Changs
-Olive Garden
-Fire House (which they don’t have in Texas…sad)
-Chik Fil A
-Abuelos (mexican restaurant in Texas)
-Chili’s
-Robentinos (mainly for the ranch dressing)
-Tucci’s (holds a special place in my heart…it’s where Chris proposed to me)

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

-Landon started really talking, saying new words, and repeating the words I said
-I wrote a 2100 word APA style research paper for my PSYCH class.
-I cleaned the house
-I made up a batch of snickerdoodle cookies with the kids
-I stayed up till 2 am watching my recorded episodes while Chris watched the Jazz game he’d recorded
-I balanced my checkbook
-I did laundry
-I worked out

8 Things I Look Forward To:

-Valentine’s Day
-The Super Bowl
-This afternoon when Chris gets home from work (what can I say I miss him when he’s gone)
-Next month when I get our Tax Return (always a happy time)
-Having more children in the future
-Going to Utah this summer
-Finally finding a teaching job so I can finished getting my certification
-The day when Chris finally gets into Dental School

8 Things On My Wish List:

-Clothes
-A new TV for our bedroom (ours just died)
-A new bed spread
-Curtains for the living room
-Skookie pans
-A new computer
-New bed room furniture
-New living room furniture

8 Phrases I Use All The Time:

-“I’m gonna count to 3, 1…2…”
-“I love you”
-“I miss you”
-“Mommy’s gonna get you, you better run.”
-“Hurry someone bring me a diaper!”
-“Good Job! I’m proud of you.”
-“Ok let’s go to time out”
-“Chris pause it for a second one of them is calling me”

So I tag anyone who wants to do it, but I especially tag Jamie!

Some random thoughts.

So I'm just sitting around this evening with all these random thoughts floating around in my head. First of all I wanna brag a little. I was driving out to the store last night and I always pass by this gas station right by our house, it tends to be one of the cheapest in the city, and last night I almost crashed because I couldn't believe what I saw. Gas was down to $1.86!!!! It was so awesome! So it gave me hope that things will be getting back to normal economy wise. Everyone has been so down and everyone I know has been having financial issues. So I'm hoping that things will start to pick up. I know money isn't everything but having one less thing to worry about sure makes me happy! I also was thinking how bored I am lately. I took three weeks off of school to just take a moment and chill, spend time with the kids, and get some stuff in order, but I'm bored having nothing to do. I decided that I'm the kind of person who gets more done when things are crazy and hectic! I work better under pressure. I like to juggle and keep busy. Chris is so the opposite it's funny, but I think we do pretty well to find a balance and compromise. I realized today that with out the pressure of school I did not really get anything done on my list of what I wanted to do. Now I'm in my last week and I bet you I'll find a way to cram it all into this last week...cuz I like it crazy! My final thought for today is that I miss home! Me and Chris want to move back so badly! But we're just not sure it's the right thing to do. We've been doing really good lately to suppress those feelings and move on with life but it's getting harder and harder. It seems like every time we talk to someone from Utah everyone has something great going on that we're missing and desperately want to be a part of! It's a difficult choice because our hearts are in Utah, and if it were just us we'd move but I just can not bear to separate my family from the kids and visa verse. Everyone is so attached and I don't have the heart to do it to either one of them. Carson is torn too. He tells me everyday he wants to be with his uncles, aunts and his grandparents in Utah but I tell him that means we'd have to be far away from our family here and he cries. I miss him having that family around him. They were good for him. Me and Chris like it here in Texas but we feel like our lives are in Utah and we feel like we're just missing everything that's going on there...it hurts. We'll pray about it and see what happens. For now that's all.

Tag times 3
3 Joys
My husband
My kids
Spending quality time together as a family

3 Fears
Not being the mom that my kids deserve
Not being the wife my husband deserves
That in worrying so much about the future that I miss out on the present

3 Goals
To always try to make it happy
To take steps to stregthen our family (spiritually, financially...)
To spend more time together as a family

3 Current Obsessions
Scrapbooking
Doing crafts with my kids
Organizing/cleaning

3 Regrets
I try hard to live my life without regrets. Me and Chris have a mantra, "Make your choice and then live with it and move on." We try to live life like that and not dwell on the past. If I had to pick out a regret it would be:
Not getting my teaching degree when I first went to college
Leaving Logan
Not spending more time with my friends in Utah (Jamie that means you) when I had the chance.

3 Facts About Me
I love to travel
I am currently in Grad School getting a teaching degree
I make lists for everything and have a wall of lists

3 Annoyances
When my house is dirty or cluttered
That there are never enough hours in the day
People who like to comment on that fact that I have three kids or look at me funny in the grocery store (it's like unnatural to people here in Texas that we are so young and married and that we have three kids...we're like a freak show)

I tag Jamie.

Missing cooler weather

So it's crazy to me how much I've changed in the last seven and a half years. I got married, had three kids, graduated from college, on and on and on.Perhaps the most shocking change however has been my change in climate preference. Anyone who really knows me though that I would rather be hot and sweating then cold, but they also know that I am always cold. No matter what the temp is outside or inside I am always cold! It's a weird phenomenon that stumps everyone who knows me. I grew up in Texas where despite the warm climate I found a way to still always be cold. In the middle of the summer I would were a sweater always. When I moved to Utah after high school I had to buy an entire winter wardrobe because I only had warm weather clothes. Dont get me wrong it gets cold in Texas, but not super cold and not for very long. I remember my college roommate Kayla from Minnesota was astonished at the lack of socks I had because I could seriously wear flip flops almost year round. Anyways I suffered in Utah with the cold. It drove me nuts! The winters were hard on me, but slowly over the six years I was there winter clothes began taking the place of summer clothes and I became a little more okay with the cold weather and the idea of four seasons not just hot and slightly less hot. Though actually Utah only has three seasons because to truly be spring I'm pretty sure you need rain. Anyways, being in Texas this last year has really opened my eyes to how much I changed. We moved in November so it was already to that slightly less hot season and we had our winter gear out, when summer came around and the winter clothes got put away I realized how empty my closet was. I had to rebuild myself a warm clothes stock pile. I enjoyed the summer months that I had longed for in Utah until about September. That's when it really hit me. I began longing for cooler nights, and for the leaves to change and for fall. (My absolute favorite time of year!!!) It never happened, it remained in the 90's and 80s. October came and went flirting with the cold, but it never would stick for too long before it climbed back up into the 80s. Finally just this last week the leaves finally changed in NOvember)though it's still been in the 80s, we've had cooler nights and mornings, and more boughts of cooler weather...it gives me hope that soon it'll finally be winter, though a mild, Texas winter. I also realized that before I would always sleep with the air off at night and a big down comforter no matter how hot it was, I loved being toasty when I slept. Sure I'd wake up sweating, but I loved it. Since we moved here I noticed that I can't stand being hot when I'm sleeping. I crank up the air only at night I can pretty much get through all day with it off and I'm fine for some reason at night I'm like always super hot! It's wierd how much time changes us. I realized how much I miss Utah, and the winters, and the cool nights. Maybe someday we'll get to finally come home!