Miss Savanna has been blessed!

   Well first of all... A big shout out to my mother in-law! She made a BEAUTIFUL dress for the wonderful occasion and completed it with a white onsie and some cute white slippers ! Thank you so much. (Savanna wouldn't let us take many pictures)

   But YES! My little girl was blessed this last Sunday. She looked so pretty and just slept through the whole thing. I'm not really sure if this is like a "big" thing in the church or not, but I grew up catholic and so I liken it to when a baby is baptized so I was excited.

   Now poor Miss Abby. We never really got to do a blessing with her. Oops! But at church awhile back there was a blessing for an older child and so I'm thinking we aren't too late. One day... it will be done.

Once I get a nice picture of her dress, I'll post it.

LAZYNESS...

                                      The luxuries of working from home!

(He doesn't really work this way ;-)  )

Colic...

Baby colic (also known as infant colic, three-month colic, infantile colic and colic) is a condition in which an otherwise healthy baby cries or screams frequently and for extended periods without any discernible reason.

In other words... they have no idea what is wrong with your baby. And unfortunately, my child has it.
Now I would consider myself a patient person. Well actually no, that's not true. I tend to want things now. Like I can never order online because if I buy something, I hate waiting for it to ship.
BUT, when it comes to my kids I can be very reasonable.
BUT (...again)
I AM STARTING TO LOSE IT!!!!

Last night from about 6pm-1am I held a screaming, kicking, inconsolable infant. And this isn't the first time. I think sometime between 12 and 1 I started crying to.
Needless to say, I have had a very short temper today.
I am dreading tonight. Like, really dreading it. What do you do with a baby that does nothing but cry? I feel so bad because I don't want to be around her... Every time she starts to wake up from a nap (when we can get her to sleep) I just think "Oh no, here we go". Isn't that terrible?
Lucky for her, she is very cute. So those are some bonus points for her. I don't know if I could handle all the crying if she weren't so cute, LOL.

But I do have some good news!



My house is clean!

I worked very hard this week and I got our room, living room, and kitchen dusted and today I cleaned the bathrooms! spic n' span!
I feel great! I love to clean.

It was kinda hard because Savanna was crying, but Scott jumped in and knew I needed to get the cleaning done or I would be grouchy all day. So it got done and I am one happy camper!

Now if the house would just stay clean ya know?

But other then that, not much else going on. I have so many pictures from Easter that I need to put on here and I just haven't had the time to plug in my camera and deal with them yet.
We still have no pictures in the house of Savanna, ha. I have like 200 pictures I need to get printed. Maybe if we have another rainy day...

Oh, on a side note. Know what Abby and I did yesterday? We FLEW A KITE! How cool is that? I haven't done that in like, FOREVER!

My house is being invaded...

By dust Bunnies!!!


Man, my house is so darn dusty and gross and it's freaking me out! I hate dust, And there is just an endless supply of it here! I'm not quite sure if there is just more of it here in AZ or if I just notice it more.
I remember one afternoon, I decided that I was going to clean the living room. The way I clean takes me awhile because I get EVERY little nook and cranny, and if I don't have time for that I just don't bother. I can never half fast a cleaning job.

So anyway... I started with the computer desk. A few hours later I made my way around the living room, did windows, did the molding on the floors, and so on... I kid you not that by the time I had worked my way back around to the computer desk IT WAS DUSTY AGAIN! I just stood there with my jaw dropped looking at the dust. I mean, it wasn't just a few specks, it was straight up DUSTY! I know what you thinking, and I never use a feather duster or a dry rag, I go through a pile of dampened rags so that I don't just spread the dust around.
But even if it just returns, I like to know that my house has been dusted. And I just don't have the time! I have wanting to come on here and blog a little, or even check my email and this is the first time I have been able to sit at a computer since my last blog. And even now Abby is whining in the background.


There have been days where I am seriously too busy to pee!


No joke!
And it happens a lot. I'll have to go and then someone will start crying, or need to be changed, or something! Yest. it was like 8 pm and Abby was just put in bed and Savanna was just fed and it hit me "man, I've had to pee for like 2 hours!"
BUT...
I totally love having both of them!
I mean, LOVE IT! They are so cute in their own little ways.
Abby makes me laugh.
Not like a, "oh, how cute" kinda laugh. I mean she can get me to crack up! I definitely have my little quirks, and so I'm kinda weird in my own way, and I am so glad that she is picking them up. I have been know to just bust out dancing. Like full on dancing, to no music, just for fun. I do silly voices, I'll do impressions, just thing out of routine. ya know? So many of my friends have called me weird, but said that's what they love about me. I actually have mellowed out a litlet since "growing up".
I used to be way out there.
(Unless I'm intimidated by someone, I usually say what I'm thinking.
I know now that is the reason I have a hard time making friends at church. I feel like I have to be on guard. I have to "test the waters" and see just how much of a sense of humor someone has. I always enjoy a funny dirty joke, but others may not like the humor!)

I lost my train of thought..


Oh yeah! I love my kids...
They are super and awesome and the best in world! Unless you are reading this and have kids... then, yours are the best in the world.

Are you still reading this?!?!
You are a trooper! I would have stopped long ago.
Give me enough time, and I start to ramble.
But hey thanks for checking out the post and hanging in there till the end while I went off on my little tangent
.
Crap, both kids are waking up...

Okay, Okay, Okay....

So I know it's been like... awhile since I last posted, but I totally have an excuse, I had the baby!!! (For those of you that don't know)


Life as I knew it, has drastically changed. What a reality check, LOL!
I knew 2 would be different, but I had NO IDEA. But I love it!

SAVANNA LYNN WILLIAMS was born March 4, 2010 at 3:35 am. (A little tired?)


I am sooo glad to not be pregnant anymore, I feel like a million bucks! Super easy labor and delivery. I literally pushed for a whopping 15 seconds! I couldn't feel a thing.
As soon as the legs got some feeling back I was scootin' around. Scott laughed at me because as soon as I could walk I started cleaning or organizing our hospital room. For those that don't know me, I am really anal about cleaning. I just can't have clutter or messes, just can't have 'em.

Am I a germ freak? Oddly no.

If something drops on the ground, I have no problem with the 5 second rule. I just have to have my "things" in order.

Anywayz, so the next weekend my niece was getting baptized and there was a lot going on and poor baby Savanna got really sick! Started to get a nice fever. So 1 trip to the urgent care, and a blessing at midnight later (Thanks Robert for the help)... she started to get better. But as a result, she got the runs. Which led to a WICKED diaper rash. I had no idea diaper rashes could be like that. She had open sores, and they would bleed.
This poor kid has had a rough life so far!!! But she was switched to soy, and is getting better.

Now Abby...
oh Abby...


That little girl was PISSED that she was left for 3 days without us and then we came back with a new baby. My sweet little girl was lost for a few days. She definitely, shall we say, "acted out". I was so upset and crying, and feared that this was the new Abby.
BUT, she came around! And now she is so cute with Savanna. She is always bringing her stuff. When Savanna crys, she brings her blankets, sippy cups, binkys.... you name it.
(Savanna was fussy, and Abby tried to help. Ha!)

At first she wanted to help a little too much! So we got her a "baby". So for a few days, whatever we did with Savanna, she did with her baby!



So for right now, we are getting things back to normal. I am so glad Scott can work from home for awhile. days are FLYING by! There are not enough hours in the day. And I am slowly getting used to the fact that my house isn't spotless. But as soon as a routine is established I will start my cleaning schedule again ;)

So that's been life. And it is now almost 1 AM and I am not sleeping! I should probably fix that
ZZZZzzzzzz...........................

When the *poo* hits the fan....

Man oh man, what a crazy last few weeks. With prepping for court, getting the new baby's room ready and actually going to court (in California I might add), it's been NUTS! So this post might cover a lot.


We got some sad news this weekend.

My son informed us that he doesn't want to be over here. At least not as often. So after a long talk we all decided that we would cut the visits in half :( And I can't say that I blame him.
You see, he gets away with a lot more at his dad's house. And so our place has become somewhat of a drag. At his dad's he can play video games all day (rated M games), stay up all night, watch bad TV shows, and he doesn't have to go to church. One Saturday morning at 11 I called him... and was informed that he had JUST woken up. What?!?!? At 11? It was then explained to me that he was up until 1 am because over there he can sleep in front of the TV in the living room on weekends and watch all kinds of late night TV.
Well isn't that just super....
We aren't very happy with this, but every weekend we had him we were just spending way to much time getting into battles because we expect him to follow the rules of our house. Usually by Saturday night he has been whipped back into shape, he says he is sorry and he loves us and the rest of the weekend he is a normal sweet little boy again; and the remnants of his dad's house are stripped away. I mean, I bet he is way different here then over there. But by the next Friday, we are at square one again.
So if he wants to hang out there and see his "friends", we aren't going to force the issue. He really had like NO friends here. The bummer part is that now that he actually agrees and likes to go to church (He HATED it before and would throw fits because his dad didn't want him to go), he was about to make friends. Irony...

MOVING ON TO OTHER UPDATES.... COURT

You know that little post I made venting about how I hate when people can be insulting about my religion and the stereotypes? Well imagine getting insulting by the deciding Riverside County Court attorney in the child support court office... Fun.

You see, while waiting to be called in, I sat there praying that we would get to meet with one of the few happy guys I had seen all morning. You know, someone having a good day and would be willing to listen and not have a biased opinion. Well instead I got a sarcastic, 2 pack a day smoker, who hates her job and has mommy issues. Oh but.... Wade (my ex) and her just joked it up while I sat there and they talked about coffee and getting a nicotine fix.

**just breath**

The trip wasn't all that bad; I mean, we did get the child support lowered a little. But I was basically accused of being a dead beat parent because I want to (as they put it) "stay home and play mommy"! And "Just because I want to have a large family, and I choose to have more children doesn't mean that I can't just not work". And "There is no reason for me to stay home with my children and not work regardless if the money gained would be the same either way".
The idea of a woman staying home to raise a family while her husband works is just not heard of. It was also joked that we "ride around on horses and pull carts" here in Arizona.
And yes, I am quoting verbatim.

What ever.......

Anywho,

We are ready for the baby!!!!
Here are pics for ya...
BEFORE


AFTER

Yes we painted the room and got what else we needed and we are ready to rock and roll!
Well, we are still missing a dresser and some wall art,but it will be arriving in a week or two.

So now half of our house is all painted and decorated, and looking good. Now we just need to work on the other half. Which on one income.... could take awhile.

GOOD THINGS

On another note, our new years resolution is going great! At least the spiritual ones...

We have been to church every weekend, doing family home evenings, paying tithing, I cooked dinner for some ward members and Scott got his home teaching assignments!
Go us!

So there you have it folks. All the happenings of the Williams family for the last few weeks. I will hopefully be posting more now that the waters are beginning to settle.

Consider yourself "in the loop"

People make me so mad sometimes...

**Yet another vent. This one was stemmed by a recent conversation with my ex husband, so thank him***

My husband and I currently have 2 kids and one one the way. Now one of those children doesn't actually live with us, so if you want to get technical we have 1 between us.
One
and one on the way...
Not 4, not 8, not 12.

Now that being said, I am aware of the stereotype for LDS families. But why when I told people my husband and I were expecting again do people role there eyes? Or even worse, actually make comments!
I think some of them were just, "Oh yeah, well you guys are Mormon right?"
to even, "You people and your families, trying to populate the earth..."

What?!? Seriously?

My own FATHER was like "Ok, but after this you guys are done right?"
And one thing I would like to point out is that almost all of these people came from families that have at least 3 children in them.
I just don't get it.
We want our children to be close in age! And as one person suggested that we are in a "race" to have the most children, that is not the case.
Now brace yourselves.....
really...
But my husband and might even want to have THREE children some day!!!! *Jaw drop*

Not soon, and not if we don't have the money to support them. Just won't happen.
And when we were first married we came up with the nice happy number of four. We thought it would be cool to have a large family and lots of grand kids someday, and yada yada. But there is the unfortunate fact of me HATING to be pregnant.
I don't mean like, "man this pregnancy thing is kinda uncomfortable ya know?" I mean straight up HATE it with every fiber of my being!
From the moment I see those 2 pink lines on the stick I just peed on I start to panic and count down the minutes until it will be all over.
But I'm nearing the finishing line for this one. Thank goodness. It's a sad day when your 1 year old has to help you put on your socks. Luckily she likes to help and is quick to grab stuff off the floor when it's clean up time. But she does get mad when mom can't sit inside the little sandbox in the backyard.
I just guess it just comes down to the fact that I don't understand people. Like my husband pointed out, there are catholic families that are HUGE! and all types of other everyday people that have more children then I would ever care to have.
And even if some of the church members do have really large families, they are (from my experience) very loving, strong, united and faithful families! It's not our fault we know how to do it right, LOL. Sure there a few bad apples here and there, but even the worst is better then some of the people I have met that came from small dysfunctional families. If you could really call it a family.
Oh and to those of you that keep comparing or making comments about the Duggar family... THEY AREN'T MORMON! Geez. Enough already.

That's all I got, I feel better.

Ok, another post tonight... (also one below)

*warning: this is nothing more then me venting*

NAMES...


I hate 'em.
(At least trying to learn them.)

I am so gosh darn bad at remembering people's names! It INSANE!
I try SO HARD at church to remember who people are, but I totally space it. In my ward I officially know like 3 people's names. 3 people!!!
Just last week,

yes went last week,

when I went to get Abby from nursery there was a new teacher there and he was like "Hi there, I'm blobbidy blob"
And I was like, "Hi there, I'm Dani"
and I swear not 30 seconds later I could not think of his name.
So stupid.
And then this other lady in RS tapped me on the shoulder and when I turned she was like, "you're new here"
"yes I am, well kinda. You see... (blah blah blah, fill in the blanks)"
"Well my name is dooby dooby do."
And I actually think I was forgetting it AS she was saying it. Because the moment she stopped talking I had no idea what she said her name was.
But in my defense she was WAY to into my personal bubble. She was like 3 inches from my nose, and all I could look at was the creases in her eye liner. I mean she was RIGHT THERE. So she could have told me the building was on fire and I would never have known.

So there you have it. If you are reading this, there is a good chance that I don't have any clue what your name is...



I just thought this was funny...

I can be so friggin' crafty!

Yes, I am tooting my own horn!

When I first heard about this Family Home Evening thing, I was very intimidated.
"Am I doing it right?"
"I have to sing!?!?"
"What the heck am I going to teach?!?!"
But I think I've got it!
And I have come up with some cool stuff man! And that is not easy to do with a toddler. True... my "crafts" might look like something a 6th grader could do, but who cares? My husband was impressed. And I certainly know my daughter didn't care.

Ok so check it out:

A few weeks ago I got some large white paper and I drew up a cloud (heaven) and a house (home), stuck it on some boards, AND THEN... (can you tell I'm excited?) I made a little paper version of Jesus, and our family members and put velcro on everything so it could stick to either board.
Then the lesson was how we all lived together in heaven and now we live together on Earth.
She loved it! Check out the handy work below ==>



***KUDOS***
I LOVE the LDS.org website. For those of you that haven't looked at it in awhile there is soooooooo much cool stuff.
They have all the Hymns (well most) and songs from the Children's Songbook and you can play them with or without the lyrics. BUT you can also change the key, tempo, and diff. parts and stuff! It's amazing! Not to mention the scripture stories. There are all the different stories in there broken down into like 5-10 videos.
***KUDOS***

Okay so this week:

We did a little lesson on The Creation. We watched a little movie and then I made 7 little flip books for Abby each with what was created on what day.
Took me FOREVER, but they came out great. Each folded a different way.
I must say, I was proud!



She was a little more cranky tonight, but she still had fun.
I also made some brownies, and I had planned to use my number cookie cutters and make 1-7 but I ran out of time and thought I was pushin' it. So instead we had little "eye" brownies with ice cream.

And tada! Another lovely FHE.
I really do need to stop waiting until Monday afternoon to plan this stuff though...

Qwick lil' updates...

For those of you with inquiring minds...

Made it church 2 Sundays already!
Had Family Home Evening 3 times...
Met with the Bishop to "get to know each other"
AND I have been coffee free for over 2 weeks!!!

Abby had doc app and...
34" long and 28 or so pounds
has met all her milestones, and exceeded some! She LOVES to color and is actually getting quite good at it!
And she is now full of holes.
Had like 4 shots and screamed her little heart out.

Oh and we think we have picked a name for the new baby, but nothing in stone....

Savanna Lynn Williams


might go by Anna

Although I'm still pushin for either Ryan or Riley also.

I HEART Craig'slist!!!

***side note***
I love when I come home from the store with like $140 worth of food for like $50. Even Scott loves it. I get home and he's like "How much did we save?!?!?">

Many of you that know me, know how much I just luuuuuv craig'slist. It's just about the coolest thing ever and I have no qualms with taking in the trash of others and making it my treasure. I think just about EVERYTHING I got for my daughter was from craigslist. At least to start...
I think we spent under $200 to get ready for her.

Crib w/mattress and sheets... free (Went to pick up crib, paid $75 to this super nice couple who we think was LDS. As we drove away they called us and said they wanted us to come pick up our money. They said they needed to do this service for us [why we think they were LDS] and they felt good about it, we felt good about it, SUPER!)

Glider... $20

Lot of baby clothes 0-12 months... $50 (So many CUTE clothes. And tons of them)

Later on we got another lot of 12-3t for like $60

Stroller and car seat...$60 (One day while in ToysRUs i spot this cute grey and pink combo. But it was like $200. Too steep for us at the time. About a month later I drive my butt to Glendale to get the stroller and car seat and guess what!!!! It was the one I wanted!!!! Barely used, and even broken in, so the seat actually came out of the base when you push the button. For those of you that know new car seats and the base can be a PAIN)

"Medella" breast pump w/ new hoses and such...$50 (Wanted one of these to, but they were too much to buy brand new. Some rich lady in Scottsdale didn't hers anymore. My gain!)

Bottles...$5 (A whole lot of them to)

Then I spent MAYBE like $50 at walmart for a bath, powder, soap, and etc...

And this wasn't for Abby but Kitchen-aid mixer...$50 (This thing is my baby! Almost new, had to call and beg the lady to hold it for me. She had like 10 calls about it. It was at a garage sale. I woke up super early and hauled myself down there in PJ's)

And we were set.
When we moved and Abby had her own room I went to babies R us, not thinking I could just do craigslist. I spent like $300 on her room decor. Just for the darn decor!!!!

But tonight,
well actually last night,
I got another steal! This set here:


is still on sale at the store for $180 for the 4 piece bedding.

I got the bedding, diaper stacker, window valances, and hamper for just $100!!! Whoo hoo! Then went to the store and bought the border that goes with it for $20.
I am so stoked. I'm painting the room a neutral brown and putting pink lady bugs on the closet.

Now I just have to find the time to actually paint and put everything together!

Crazy kids EVERYWHERE!!!

So Saturday rolls around and we are looking for somethin' ta do....

-The Zoo?
Nah, for the 4 of us we could do cheaper

-The park?
Done it

-The library?
A little more interactive

-The children's Mueseum of Phoenix?
SURE!!!!

We loaded up some snacks, stopped at McDonald's, and hit the road!
Now I'm not in the habit of enclosing my self in buildings with hundreds of screaming children on a sugar rush but.... I think Abby is finally at the age where she can start "interacting" and is "aware" that we are "out and about". Does that make sense?
I mean, why shell out like tons of money for a baby to just kinda sit in a stroller and whine for hours on end?

But this was fun. We gave Damon the other phone and turned him loose, and took Abby out of the stroller and she was off. Every corner had something cool she wanted to look at, and eventually we found the area for kids 3 and under.
Unfortunately we found it at the END of the trip. But still worth the $36 we shelled out. Oh but we didn't realize that THIS particular museum offered free parking, so we had shelled out another $12 for that. Oops.
Abby didn't get a nap all day, and I don't know if I have ever seen her that run down. I have seen her so tired all she can do is scream, but she was happy. She looked like a smiling zombie!
It was pretty funny.

This is why I pay people to do this...

When you're pregnant and you start to get big, you tend to feel uncomfortable and fat.
So lately I have been feeling the whole "I'm big as a whale and who could love this" thing. And if you know what I'm talking about, then you also know that no matter how many times your husband says you're sexy or pretty, it doesn't change anything. Anytime you start to feel somewhat normal, you get kicks in your ribs and are reminded that you are just a breeding vessel for now.

Sooooo, I decided I would take some time out for today and pretty myself up! Around 11 or so Abby showed the first little hint that she was getting sleepy. "Yippy" I thought and I gave her a snack and whisked her to bed.

I knew I wouldn't have long....

I rushed to the bathroom and busted out the hair dye! "haha! I'll get you roots!"
I hate doing my hair.
It's messy, smelly, and takes forever. But I'm always happy with the blond results. I have been just about every kind of hair style and color you can think of and I always go back to blond. Started since I was 13 and my mom bought me my first box of bleach.

If I had the money, I would TOTALLY just go and pay someone to do it. But do the math: $14 and do it myslef? Or $120 for someone to do it for me... $150 if I want highlights.

Now while this was on my hair I figured I would do my toesys.

This is something I have ALWAYS paid someone to do. I love getting my nails done! I miss my fake nails soooo much, but we are on one income now so I better just suck it up.

Doing your toenails when you are pregnant SUCKS!!!! I had to contort my body is every way you can think of and weird parts of my body were going numb.
But...They came out pretty good! I even did my nails AND trimmed up the eye brows!

Ahhhhh! Feels so nice to get this stuff done. It's such a pain in the butt (and everywhere else), but it's worth it. Of course I know I'm just going to put on some socks; but I know that under that, there are some pretty toes.

Now we'll just have to see if a certain someone notices when they get home just how darn pretty their wife is lookin'!

And there goes the Abby alarm in the background....
Lunch time.

Um, yeah

Every now and then I have "one of those days". A day where I just don't feel like doing much of anything. And today was one of them...

( Let me first explain that my child never grows just ONE tooth. Since she was really little she grew them in batches. And right now we are getting 4 more.
Although during the day she doesn't seem to mind, it does keep her up at night. ALL NIGHT.... and for the last week or so I have spent hours in the dark trying to calm her.
Not to mention that I am 6 or so months pregnant and have a bladder the size of a pea...
I haven't have a good nights sleep in awhile.)



So anyway, I've been a bit sleepy.
So after breakfast I turned on the usual hour of Sesame Street, but instead of making beds I decided I would lounge on the couch.
On most days if I stay still for even a moment Abby has my hand and is pulling me in every direction to play who knows what, but not today....

I fell asleep.

Not "mom sleep", where your eyes are closed but you are still aware of the status of your kids and you can hear everything.
I mean PASSED OUT!

So I wake up to a strange sound... like nails on a chalk board.
I look over and there is Abby, coloring on the glass of our TV stand with one of her crayons.
Toys are EVERYWHERE... books, dolls, crayons, puzzles, etc.


She was happy as could be.
But she KNOWS she isn't supposed to color in anything other then her coloring books and the moment I said her name she jumped and you could see the fear in her eyes, LOL.
But what could I do ya know?!?!? I gave her the ol' "Only in your books" speech and just cleaned it up. I mean, it was MY fault for sleeping.

So yes, I fell asleep. It was a great little nap though. I felt refreshed!

P.S. - Thank heaven for the washable crayons. Came off with water!