So.....bathing 18 month old twins.....

It is more like trying to catch fish with your hands!!!!!

Just wanted to drop in and say Happy Birthday to

fitzette

 My EX sister in law called me last night out of the blue.  I really didn't mind because she is the only one in that whole CRAZY family that I can get along with.  Anyway, she tells me she is pregnant....WITH TWINS!!!  Omg!  Twins run rampant in my ex's side of the family. ( I am so glad my twins aren't his)  She was scared and wanting my advice on how to handle all of this and what to do to take care of herself.  I remembered instantly how I felt when I heard the news about MY twins.  I was terrified and excited all at the same time.

Here is the crazy part...I am on the verge of being jealous!  WTF?  I am jealous that she will be experiencing something that I wont experience again (unless God intervenes in a big way).  I loved being pregnant once the sick was gone.  All the flitters in your tummy.  All the movements...I loved it.    I am jealous that in a few short months she will be holding 2 brand new little miracles.  Brand new!!!!  All the squeeks and coos that newborns make.  The way they smell.  The way the SLEEP!!!! The way they don't climb in rocking chairs and jump off and land on thier tummys on the floor and get up to do it again just to scare me to death!

Don't get me wrong,  I am absolutely in love with my girls.  I absolutely know I don't need anymore!  But I also absolutely know that my girls are growing so fast and I can't do anything to slow it down.  I was so young when I had my first 2 girls that I didn't really take the time to enjoy every moment.  I didn't know how.  But with the twins, I am older and I see motherhood in a whole new light.  I try to savour every second of this and I am having so much fun.  I honestly can say that if I was a millionaire and I could afford the luxuries of a maid, cook, and nanny (and put them all through college)  AND my husband didn't have to work so hard everyday and could be with us....I would be pregnant now.  I would have a slew of younguns...really I would.  But that isn't the case, so we will leave it at that. *sigh*

Ok Ok.....so there it is in a nutshell.  Feel free to drive to Georgia and slap some sense into me.

I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter with your families. I know I had a wonderful one with mine. We woke up and found out that the Easter Bunny had came to leave goodies for all 4 of my girls. The twins got thier first Easter basket (they just got a bunny last year cause they were so young) The first thing they went for were the suckers. They didnt care about the bunny or the chocolate....THEY WANTED SUCKER.....NOW NOW NOW!!! After the morning sugar rush we went to church for Easter services and then we headed to my Papa Steeds' church for the Steed family reunion (woohoo) It really was nice to see everyone. And the food....ahhhhh....I really overdid it. It was really a lovely day!

Random comment and question....My house is usually pretty clean considering I have 4 children running around (2 of them toddlers) a husband, a dog ,and a cat....really pretty clean. But today I noticed something and I was wondering have you all ever noticed this....There are hand prints EVERYWHERE....about thigh high....on every wall, window ledge, door, door jam.....EVERYWHERE. I just noticed it. It looks terrible. Has that ever snuck up on you?


And now...prepare yourself to squeeeeee at my GORGEOUS LITTLE GIRLS!! I can't even be modest and I don't try to be.

Hi guys. I haven't posted in forever, but life is crazy here at the DeLee house and I just haven't felt like it. But I have read and kept up with you all, even if I haven't commented. Sometimes you just feel blah and don't want to do anything but silently read other peoples lives. Ya know what I mean. Not to mention I have been at the gym so much it is almost ridiculous.

I am happy to report that the sick has finally left from here...and good ridance. I hope we are done for the rest of the year! Blech! This really has been the WORST month I have had in a very very long time due to the yucks.

Well I have pic spammage for you guys to see. This was my valentines present from my darling Chris. He is so cute. He asked me about a week before valentines day what I wanted and I told him that I wanted family pictures. He was like..."Cant I just buy you some diamonds instead" LOL....he hates having pictures made. Needless to say, I stuck with the pics. Poor little Sidney just wasn't happy with the situation at all. We couldn't get her to smile for anything. She just sat there with a sneer on her face and she eventually started to cry. It was a horrible experience. And the funny thing is that when I went to the portrait studio yesterday to pick them up...Sidney remembered where we were and the lady that was there and immediately got upset. She never took her eyes off of that woman. Poor thing.

Ok, so here goes the pictures. I am not even gonna try to put them under the cut, because I never do it right anyway!!!

Do you all remember when I told you  about my precious dog Gauge, and about him passing away in October?  I know you do because I was a wreck.  I watched Chris grieve like he had lost a child.  It was terrible.  It still is some days.  Well, we have really  been thinking about getting another pitt like him.  He really was just one of the most gentle and beautiful dogs I have ever known.  We had looked and looked and never found one that touched that little place in our hearts like Gauge did.  (Those are huge shoes to fill, so to speak)  

We were just about to give in and just get another dog, any dog, because we couldn't find what we REALLY wanted.  But yesterday, Chris and I drove to South Carolina to visit some friends of ours that we hadn't seen in a while.  Guess what........just guess what we saw when we walked in the door.  A 6 month old, full blooded Brendal Pitt......THAT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE OUR GAUGE!!!!  Guess what else.........THEY GAVE HIM TO US!!!!  But that is not even the FTW part.  Guess what his name is.  

HARRY POTTER!!!!! I kid you NOT!  I nearly died when they told me.  He has a brother named Hagrid, but he died.  Is that now awesome or what.

But....as the headline states, it is FTW until Chris steps in.  Chris, not a Harry Potter buff, is gonna change his name against protests from the peanut gallery.  I know....I know!  There is no talking him out of it.  But I knew all of you would appreciate the wonderfulness of it...lol.

I will post some pics of him soon, and some pics of Gauge so you can all see the amazing similarities of these two dogs.

*hugs to my flist*

Pneumonia.....yep that is what he said alright.  My 11 year old daughter Britney has pneumonia...bacterial pneumonia.  She went and got herself a 104.7 fever today, so off to the doctor we went.  He sent us straight on to the hospital for xrays to confirm the diagnosis and to start IV antibiotics.  They had to stick my girl 4 times to get a vein to draw blood.  She was dehydrated so it was hard.  She did great, better than I would have done.  She got it twice in the left hand and once in the right....they finally got a draw out of the arm.  She had 2 huge syringes of antibiotics pumped into her.  The left the IV port in her hand told us we could go home, but to call her doc. first thing in the morning so he could see her again and send her back to the hospital for some more antibiotics.  Dont that just suck goat nuts???

*pets my baby girl*

*grabs lysol and germ x*

*sprays everything in sight*