Matthew

My sweet boy Matthew, it breaks your heart when your child asks you why you dont love him anymore, I asked him why do you say that and while he has tears rolling down his cheeks tells you I pay more attention to Ashlynn, oh how sad that makes me feel. It is hard being a parent of 2 kids and showing your love equally and we try. After calming him down and getting more from him he just did not understand why I feed, dress and hold Ashlynn, and he has to do all that by himself. So explaining it all to him and also saying we did all that for him when he was the sam age as Ashlynn, and when she is 5 she will have things she has to do by herself. But we love them both the same, but that we have loved Matty longer. He is such a big helper but he does have his moments.
So here is a little about Matty, Matthew Laban Terry was born November 8, 2005 and we were the happiest parents ever (I know we all are) I was so glad to have my sweet boy, I was very protective of him and still am in some ways, he has grown into a very sweet boy, he likes things calm and on schedule and does not like to be agrivated he can be such a great kid when you dont ignore him and you include him in everything or just let him be a boy and he does great, Matty has always measured off the charts on height since he was born and so everyone always thinks he is older then he is so they expect him to be mature he is still a little boy. At his 5yr checkup he measured the size of an 8yr old so he is very tall for a 5yr old. Matthew loves to go to pre school and goes M, W, F and will start kindergarten this Fall (I am so nervous)he goes to gymnastics once a week and loves it he has been doing this about 3years now, he will start soccer in March and he is so excited he played last year and had a fantastic time, I am looking forward to it again as well.
As I am typing this I can hear my little guy singing in the shower it is so cute.
Matthew is a great "Big Brother" and loves his sister so very much. I just love his jokes, his stories and his creativity, he love to build with legos and it amazes me what he can create. He gets these difficult sets and puts them together by himself it is fantastic. We love to build with him as well. I am getting the hang of trying not to make him wait and say I have to do this for your sister etc... Days are going so much better juggling 2 kids, 2 personalities, 2 very independent children and things a certain way, but they play together so well even with a 4 1/2 year difference between Matthew and Ashlynn. Matthew is such a blessing in our family and keeps us on our toes.

Childrens Craft Display

I love seeing all the ideas of how your childs crafts are diplayed even those that are just a scribble is special, before I had seen lots of different ideas on how to display the never ending pieces of paper, I thought I was creative and came up with this myself. Matty had a huge wall and I had no idea what to put on it first I painted it with magnetic paint and was going to use magnets that failed. So I went and bought this long Curtain rod and curtain clips and hung it up and nowwe clip pictures to it for each season and at the end I take a picture of it and then throw away the non keepsakes (I do have a picture of them all) and then save the sentimental ones. So easy and I love it. I have ideas for Ashlynn's room when she starts bringing home projects.
I love to organize, you would think after living her in the same house for 9 years it would be organized completely well still a working progress and one of these day it will be done..

A Day with Us

I wander myself how I get through each day and friends seem to call me "Super Mom" "Energizer Bunny" "Super Woman" But really it is by Gods Grace I make it through each day, I have battles with my kids, I am tired, I get frustrated, I give up, yes us mommys all have experiened one of these things I am sure. I am so busy when I want to sit down for 5 minutes it usually does not happen. The only way I am getting to do blog is Ashlynn is in the bath tub and I am sitting in bathroom with the laptop so using time wisely I guess. Growing up we had routine everyday all the way down to snack, now most of you know there is a HUGE gap betwen me and my siblings so example "Snack Time" was always at 4:00 and we watched Barney well they did but that is how they learned to tell time. So my day usually runs that way now. I am a big plan ahead person I pretty much have till the end of the year already planned, my hubby on other hand is not a planner but after almost 10 years he is getting the hang of it or asks "What is the plan" even Matty asks every night what is the plan when we wake up. So I got them trained, ok so you wander how I do everything I do here is a typical day in The Terry household
I wake up at 7:00am and go to couch yes I get the best 30 minutes of sleep doing this, then daycare kids start showing up, most which go down for morning nap we are slowly taking this out of morning routine. Then when my kids begin waking up we have breakfast most days consist of a waffle, nutri grain bar or poptart, sometimes oatmeal, we are not morning people at all. Then we play or Matty is off to preschool MWF so it just depends. Then we do preschool with daycare kids, play outside, all over house, it does get messy around here. Then lunch I start cooking around 11:15 and we eat at Noon, I cook a home cooked meal everyday. Then we do more school stuff, music etc... Then after noon nap and I usually get laundry, clean kitchen, etc done as much as I would like to nap with them it rarely happens. Then after nap we have snack time (we do not watch Barney) then we play and play until time to go home. Then it is life with my family and the evenings go fast. Most evenings are just me and the kids and we get bored. Hubby does not have the typical 8-5 job but not vary many of those out there these days. A typical hubby week is M 9-6 T 9-9 W 2-Cl or O-Cl Th 9-6 Fr 9-6 Sa O-Cl and Su Off So I only cook dinner nights he is home which is not very often. We do Family night dinner every Wednesday at my Parents and Tuesday Matty has Gymnastics so we go to Chick Fil A after so we stay on the go. Mondays I teach piano after daycare kids leave. So we live a crazy busy life and it just gets crazier. I also squeeze in my Thirty One business.
I love my life and what God has done in our lives each day. I am sure I overwhelmed some of you and I did not add everything we will leave that for different blogs.
Have a great weekend Friends.

2011

Lets see if this works!!! I have got to get this blogging thing figured out. This picture is for those of you who needed a smile or a laugh today. I just love this cute picture of Ashlynn, it makes me feel good even on those very stressful days!!! Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

Thankful

Wow I am so behind on blogging, I say everytime I do this that I will keep it up, I love reading my friends blogs and I wander why I can't keep up with mine. Well we will see how it goes this time and hopefullyvi can get my site updated.
Well this is a fun time of year and I love the holidays and cool weather well we ate getting the holidays but not the cool weather it is warm and we are still running the a/c in November 2 days before Thanksgiving.
I am so thankful for my hubby of 9 years it has been a rollercoaster for sure I am not gonna lie but we love being together. We are very thankful for out kids Matthew and Ashlynn they keep us on our toes for sure. Matty is now 5 and he is a Lot like his daddy. Ashlynn is very mobile and has a sassy attitude already but she is just precious and she loves her big brother. We are so thankful for what God has given us.
So much to be thankfully for and it's sad we only show it this time of year it needs to be shown everyday!!!!!! Well my goal is to post often and I of course say this everytime but I really need to.

A little bit of this and that

I keep saying I am going to get better at blogging only if I am talking to myself, which I think I do a lot. I spend my days with lots of kids and they cant talk yet, they do listen but it is not the same. I always here of people hanging out as families for dinner or going to the park, or those moms who get away for coffee or a pedicure, or even going to MOPS, stuff I would love to do, sometimes I feel like a prisoner of my own home and I should not feel that way. I do love being with my kids and my husband but I need time to just breathe from the everyday life of dirty diapers, snotty noses, dishes, cooking, cleaning and the laundry monster. I want to change things this summer and need to do a little at a time, I dont want our lives to revolve around how much is in checking account, I want to plan ahead and have people over for meals and go to peoples houses for meals, have adult conversation and pop the bubble that we seem to be in.
I am blessed to have 2 wonderful kids Matthew is 4 and Ashlynn 10 weeks and they are both such cuties. Matthew just finished up preschool and soccer and has a busy summer planned with gymnastics, Swim lessons, VBS, Pre school fun Days at Church, hope to keep the little guy busy.
Ashlynn well she just gets to be a sweet girl and tag along for all the fun with big brother.
Brandon well works all the time and I wish he did not have to work so much because when he comes home he does not want to do anything and of course Matty feels left out and my stress level seems to go up more because extra set of hands is here just no help, I should not get upset but I do work to just at home and I have very tiring days as well.
We have dinner as a family maybe twice a week and breakfast on Saturday morning if hubby is off so we dont sit down much as a family and I want more of that. I wish we always had breakfast together and dinners I think things would be more enjoyable.
Well I vented a little, I hate feeling alone and want to build more friendships and be involved in stuff, I wish we had a MOPS for the working moms and had a group that meets in the evening.
Well I better get started on dinner and maybe just maybe I can figure this blog thing out better and add pictures and things like that and maybe keep and update of our family.
Happy Memorial Day and thank you to all that serve and have served to save our Country God Bless you all!!!!!

A New Year 2010

Wow, Happy New Year to all!!!!!
I am shoked that it is already here, I have set a few New year Resolutions, 1. get better at remembering to send Birthday,Anniversary Cards etc... 2. Loose 35-40lbs by summer 3.Survive these last 9 weeks of pregnancy with gestational diabetes, not very happy about that and the pricking of my finger.
4. Get better at blogging (I say this all the time)

We had a fantastic Christmas (4 of them actually) had Brandons family in town staying with us it was great. My mother in law did all our laundry one week which was a huge help to me. She kept dishes done which was great now if only I can do the same to keep things done....
Matty got so much stuff for Christmas, it is crazy and to think this next Christmas we will have 2 kiddos getting things,yikes.....

I love traditions, growing up my family on Christmas morning would have cinnamon rolls,orange danish rolls,bacon and eggs and while that cooked we would play with our Santa gifts it was awesome, we have that tradition still with Matty.
Since our family has grown with the extended family and we dont have a money tree in our backyard it has been tough each year for Christmas. With my family we just have to buy a gift for Jordynn my neice then we buy a stocking stuffer for everyone else which is still 9 people but makes it fun. This year my mom has changed it up a bit which still I think is going to be lots of fun, we will draw around Thanksgiving a item of clothing and whatever item you get you will buy everyone that item, lets say i have socks, but at Christmas when we all open everything we will have a complete outfit, very cool idea and I think it will be lots of fun....
Now hubby's side wow it is big and just keeps getting bigger, it is 15 people we buy for and it just seems to get harder every year budget wise and the age that everyone is getting. I have lots ideas that would make it easier on everyone, hubby likes the ideas to but says it will probably never happen thats ok, I am going to try a new plan this year we will see if it works, shooping those great deals through out the year, because on top of Christmas we also have Birthdays 27 to be exact so really have to get smart his year because it seems like everything always increases but our income. Well I have gone on and on and but probably cause I feel like I am talking to myself I dont know if anyone even reads this,lol.....
Have a great week I am sure I will be back and hopefully sooner that is one of my 2010 Resalutions....