Spring Craziness In Bloom

April 8th, 2009

Spring is here. Know how I know? Not because it's nice out, not because it says so on the calender, but because my kid's activities are in full bloom. Rock is in basketball and baseball, Briana and Julia are starting dance lessons this year and Mari's starting her 2nd year of Hip-hop. I think one of the most important parts of being a parent is to get them involved in activities while they're young. Let them find things they enjoy, try new things, meet new friends outside of school and hopefully *fingers crossed* it will keep them out of trouble later on.

So, we're off. From now til Fall my poor Mikey will be practically living in his car seat. As if life's not busy enough with five kids, add activities and it becomes absoulute craziness!

Mom? mama! mom! mom! mommy! ma!?

April 6th 2009

Why most "important" things NEED to be told to me right when

I shut the bathroom door

when I'm rushing, on my way out the door

during the juiciest part of a phone call

or the most important part of a phone call

or when I'm brushing my teeth?? Why?

Anyone wanna come to a Pity Party?....anyone?

Yes, I'm having a total pity party for myself! It's Sunday night, April 5th, 9:30pm. I should be going to sleep. All my babies are sleeping and my Mikey will probably be waking up to nurse in about an hour or so. Maybe I'll just stay up til then. I'm in a funk today. I think a lack of sleep is catching up on me. This weekend was ok. Friday night we bummed around, Saturday enjoyed the nice weather at Rock's first baseball practice, then visted Rocky's mom and dad.

But today I just felt like crap. Not sick, just crappy. I was getting mad that I was mad for no reason. I think I'm just being a baby cuz I dont feel appreciated. Which, hello, I'm a mom, I'm suppose to be cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. I'm supposed to answer to I'm hungry, I'm bored, I need more toilet paper, so in so is bugging me. So today I had to catch up on laundry and clean up, make the kids take baths and finish homework. I just felt like I was running around, busy but still not getting anything done. I love my babies, and I love when they need something they come to me, but with five babies wanting my attention or help, well, it gets crazy. And I never want to say ask your dad, or just wait because its not their fault two seconds before they needed something, someone esle did, and before that, and before that. I dont like complaining, I feel sad that I got stressed today about getting the wash done and the house clean that I ended up rushing my kids when they talked to me, or yelled at them over getting something to drink because I did just finish the dishes for the ba-zillionth time today. I'd rather have happy kids then a clean house so it's really bugging me tonight that today I was so witchy-poo today. If I only had a rewind button....and a Mary freaking Poppins!

Allow my to introduce myself...(no my name is not Humpty)

I'm starting this blog mostly because I feel like I'm living in fast forward. Before I know it my kids will be grown and I won't remember how crazy and loud it was to have 5 kids from baby to tween.

My kids are my life. When I'm not struggling, I mean, helping my oldest Mariana (10), with her homework, rushing to put on some makeup in the hallway mirror while son, Rocky Jr (8) dunks a small basketball over my head into the hoop that's hanging above the mirror, or telling Briana (7) to please, please use her indoor voice and then explaining indoor voices are supposed to be quiet, or listening to Julia (6) tell a long story about something, and then starting her story over again because she thought I was listening, or making "googoo gaga" noises and silly faces at my 2 month old, Mikey, to try and get him to smile while whipping one diaper off and putting another on as quick as I can because he's known to spray me....yeah, when not doing that...I'm.... well doing a whole bunch of other stuff.

I work for my dad's plumbing company. I've been working with him for almost ten years now and have been lucky enough to bring all my babies to work with me. Not at the same time of course, my oldest four go to daycare, then bused to their elementary school and little Mikey comes along with me.

Life is fun and busy and perfectly crazy with five babies and a boyfriend. Yes, boyfriend. We're sinners. Five kids and never married...yet. Sooner or later that'll happen. Right now, were fine where we're at. About him? Hmm... well he's Rocky Sr. going to be 30 this year! I met him when I was almost fifteen at a party at a house owned by trusting parents of a 16 year old boy. Somehow through friends we both new the guy and fate or (Vodka and Sunny-D) brought us together that night. I knew of him as a "bad boy" before I met him. So when he said his name, "Rocky Martinez" and I remembered he was that guy who just beat up that one guy, it was love at first sight. We had our first date at the Homecoming dance and had our first kiss in his parents driveway in the rain. We've been through a lot, make ups and break ups, and a whole lot of drama. But, we're making it work, we're not afraid to fight with each other, realizing it's better to talk or yell it out now, then hold it in and resent eachother later. He makes me mad, he annoys me at times, we can yell and scream at eachother, but in the end I still love him like crazy.