Oh Friday why is it bittersweet?

Oh Friday. I have been looking forward to Friday since Wed. It is my last day to watch the girls I babysit for and Andrew and me can spend the whole weekend doing nothing, but playing. However I got the worse news this morning. I found out my bestest friend has been admitted in the hospital. It is iffy on her diagnosis but they are thinking lukemia. I am so sad I have know her for about 4 years now and we have so much in common. She is your "call her" friend. You know something happens and she is the first person you think of you have to "call her" and let her know what happened. It is just so sad. Her daughter has autism along with DeGeoge (spelling is prob wrong) and it is like can't they just catch a break? So anyone reading this I hope you offer up a prayer for her. She is going to need it in these coming months.

Andrew and I met about 6 and a half years ago. We met through a mutual friend (thanks Tina) and found that even though we both had a boy from a previous relationship that we had SO much in common. We use to go and sit in Home Depot parking lots and talk and talk for hours about life and what our pasts were and where we saw ourselves in the future. We married while I was pregnant with Bella so about 4 years ago. We have raised out boys together as brothers and they are in ever sense of the word. We have had our ups and downs like ever marriage but we have found that it makes us stronger as a couple and as indiviuals. He works long hours and does HARD work to make sure that I can stay home with the kids and give them every advantage I can. I love him. It can be that simple. I just do. I love him no matter what. Though we can drive each other crazy sometimes we know that we have each others back. We look out for each other and our family. That to me is what a marriage should be. And you know now that we have 4 kids together we can't always get away like we use to to talk. But on some cold nights we will go in the van with pop corn and soda and just talk like we use to.

Gracie Ann. My littlest egg. Gracie Spacey, Goosie, Little Mimi, Chichi Mar e chi. Oh the wonderful names we have. Gracie Ann is my last baby and she is definatly making it easy to not want more. =) She was my little one who hates the ground. I wore her in a sling all day everyday. She walked at 9 months and then hated to be confined. LOL Go figure. She still sleeps with me once in a great while. Usually after a night terror. She too has personality to boot. She is more reserved around everyone. She is a huge Daddy's girl and hates it when he leaves for anything. She has a sweet tooth a mile long! Loves to eat cookies and candy and pie and all kinds of junk and will actually go right into the cupboards and help herself. Just yesterday she ate once piece out of a half loaf of bread and gave the rest to the dog Twink. She has a special bond with Twink. I would guess since she feeds her all kind sof people food. But who knows maybe they just understand each other. Gracie is such a sweet heart. She kisses and has said " I Love You" before any of the other kids ever did. She is only 20 months so her personality is still coming out. But No worries I know she is going to be the baby. Alreadys he tattles on her older siblings and loves to see them get in trouble. Her face is just as taunting. She loves ot be outside to play. Swimming isn't her thing. She will walk in the water and like low sprinkles but not much else. Just this summer she went in on her own in the baby pool part at our local pool. She will go down the SMALL little slide but really just like to walk around and see the other kids. She was my biggest baby at 8lb 9 oz but has now shrunk. LOL I guess she got my little gene. That and my crazy hair. I love her. No doubt about it. She is definatly the typical "baby" of the family.

My little Boo Magoo. I have been blessed with a girl. After the boys I wasn't sure (as I am sure most moms are) that I could love another baby as much as the ones I had. Well I do! The heart is amazing! BooMagoo, BooBoo Bunny, Bella Boo, Mimi, Cha Chi Mar a Chi, oh all the silly things we call our babies. The lasting one still to this day is Boo. Andrew and I both saw Monsters Inc witht he boys and Boo in the movies looked just like Isabella. Isabella RuthMarie. What can I say. She is the Diva. Was while I was pregnant. She was always flipping around doing twirls and such. She was a diva then and now is even bigger then life! She loves Jordan to no end. Sh eloves to follow him around and even more to boss him around. He has the whole world on her little finger or so it is to her. She definatly has her father on her finger. She is the queen bee. The boss, the head honcho. The number one brat. =) Being bossy is her thing. She loves to play as long as it is what she wants to play. If not she just wlaks away and does her own thing. Her favoorite pet is Petey probable since she can pick him up (he is a chiahuahua) and dresses him up like a baby. She is sweet and loving. Definatly needs her mom and dad all the time. She follows us around the house. She is 4. LOL She has her own way of doing things and it is usually making someone (her brothers) do it for her. She is a slob. Each bedroom has it's own laundry baskets. Her clothes make it all over the floor but none in the basket. AND she dresses and changes more then once a day. If I were to guess she could definatly be a movie star someday. She loves to preform infront of people and is always singing and dancing aorund the house. In her school plays she is def the shinging star. With personality to spare she is one of a kind, my little Boo. And we wouldn't change her for anything.

Jordan, Jordan, Jordan...My little clown. He always makes me laugh. The funny things this kid can think of. He is always getting great reviews by everyone around him on how funny he is. He loves to make people laugh and one day will be a great comedian! He is everything his other siblings aren't. Heis hilarious! He is extremely outgoing. Jordan also LOVES to be dangerous. He loves roller coasters the flying swings and will go on any ride you can think of. He loves water slides (even ones that scare me.) We went to Great Wolf Lodge and while we were their he went on EVERY ride he could. Nothing stops him. If he puts his mind to something it gets done. He takes after me. One memory that will neve die is when I ask them to bring down to the alundry room their empty hangers. Alex just throws them on the ground. Jordan on the other hand is like me he hangs them up by COLOR! He loves to pick up and help clean the house. He never...well rarely argues about doing his chores and helps motivate the other kids into getting theirs done too. If they don't he will help them finish. He HORDES money! If someone drops a penny in a store no matter where it is he will find it! He has eyes like a eagle. Jordan is compasionate and understanding. He knows his boundries and pushes the envelope. This can lead to him getting in trouble but of course only at home. =) He still needs a rest once a day for about an hour. I think this has to do with him never sitting down. =) He LOVES to sing! Anything but especially opera. I know! His favorite food is anything. He is my BEST eater. He will try anything and often in the grocery store will pick out our new food to try. He always will eat at elast one bite. He was the first to ride without training wheels which I think is because he is such a little dare devil. He loves to play all day and with as many friends as he can. Everytime we go to a park or pool he is the first to make a new friend. He loves his sister Bella. They pal around and are inseparable. He loves school and has been waiting to go to first grade since the first day of kindergarten.He is HIGHLY competitive with Alex and is almost at the same level as Alex in school work. Jordan with out him my life would be so serious and I definatly would not laugh as much as I do now.

Oh Alex... My sweet little boy. He was my first child. I was 20 when he was born. We have a special bond between us him being my first. He is incredibly empathetic and sensitive to others and their feelings. He will be the man who goes above and beyond for his family. He is very smart and loves school. He is outgoing with adult but very shy with other kids. Much more reserved. He loves to play soccer and can't wait until soccer season starts again! He was 7lbs and 11 oz when he was born. He loves his Dad and siblings SO much! He gets along with Gracie the most though. She is always asking us where he is. =) And he loves her. He helps her whenever she needs something. He gets her her cup in the morning and is the one who remembers where her "Baa" blanket is anytime she looses it. Alex loves being outside riding his bike and playing fetch with our dog Twink. He got a mohawk this summer at his request. It actually looks pretty cute. Alex is going into second grade this year. He is relly excited that his brother Jordan gets to go all day too with him. He feels like he can "show him around" even though itis the same building Jordan went to kindergarten in. He is very helpful. He hates ot sing! Every play I have gone to he is not singing. LOL Sometimes you can cath him doing the movement that go with the sone but never singing. He is very apprehensive about going on scary things like roller coasters. He wants to watch before he tries anything. He too loves to go swimming and i htink he actually grew gills. =) It is so hard to get him out of the water. We have pool passes and we go almost everday and he loves it. He got new goggles with his own allowance money. A very big things for him. He loves pokemon though I am not sure why. I can't figure it out for the life of me. Alex is the best son I could ever ask for. He is loving and kind and generous with everyone.