big ol jet airliner

This time tomorrow I will be rolling in to Dallas to have a 3 hour lay over. oh woo hoo. not. But I will be getting to Tampa right about dinner time. Then headed over to Clearwater. My mom went all out. lol actually it was the cheapest way for 5 adults. I believe she is getting us a limo for our ride to the hotel, but that's only because it's cheaper than a "big" taxi. We will be staying at the Hilton on the beach, but only so she didn't have to rent a car and we would be right there. but hey, for 6 days I get to live the life of luxary with no kids or husband!

I'm not real sure what the internet status/ computer accessiblilty will be, so who knows if I'll even be able to check my mail...... Wait a minute....am I really going to a rehab????? lol I am sooo addicted to the net! Hello. My name is Mandie, and I have a problem. I cannot go more than 2-3 waking hours with out "checking" in on my net stuff. Hey at least I sleep through the night!

So when I get back I'll post some pics!

The count down has begun

3 days til I'm on the beach! and 6 days until I will officially have a new little sister! Woo Hoo!!

So instead of getting things lined up I'm surfing the web! lol

This trip is rather hard for me. I am going to be over 1500 miles away from my kids and my husband for 6 days. I've never left my kids before. They have spent the night with friends/family. But that's across town. a 15 min drive max. And the mom in me will not relinquish control. I know my kids will be fine. Eric and his mom will probably do a better job than me between the two of them. But those are my kids, it's my job to run them to school, home, dance, etc, etc. My mind has been swarming with "What ifs". I'm ready for a week from tomorrow where I'll be back home. But I guess I can TRY to enjoy myself on the beach with the temp in the 80's, sunshining, and no kids to keep up with!

I don't think God is even up at that hour!

Sunday night Eric makes the comment that he's going to get up early and work out. He's setting his alarm for 6:30am. First of all, him getting up to his alarm is a joke. I've been waking him up when his alarm goes off sonce we got married. So if he's getting up that means I mostly likely will too. Unless my the grace of God I can fall back to sleep.
So Monday morning rolls around and his alarm goes off. I try to wake him up. He turns it off and goes back to sleep. I decided to go ahead and get up and moving. When I come back from the bathroom I happen to look at the clock.

5:30 am.

Who gets up that early???????

Turns out, since Eric had to open at work Sunday morning, he had his alarm set that early and never changed it. I'm still planning on kicking his butt for that when he least expects it!

Oh yeah and I was up for the day, and monday is 3 hours of dance classes. Then the icing on the cake was Nutcracker Rehearsal until 9pm. I finally got to bed at about 11p. I think I'm still tired and cranky!!!

Dakota's Birthday

Dakota's birthday went great. He's at that great age that he just loves everything he gets. Look, it's clothes!!!!!

He is not much of a morning person. When I take him to school, he's clingy and does not want to go in. So I leave him with both our feelings hurt. But when I pick him up I can tell he had a great time! Friday morning he was rather entertaining. We sang Happy Birthday before school. I was talking him up hoping for a good morning. We pull up to the school, and he doesn't want to get out of the car. I told him that after school, lunch and dinner, was his birthday party. He says, "Nope it's not my birthday." I said "Really, so your not 4?" He said "Nope I'm still 3." I just kindof laugh about that and tell him I'm sure his teacher will do something special for his birthday. His cousin had announced to her that Dakota's birthday was Friday and she said she knew, it was on their calendar, and she was excited. (teachers amaze me how they can make the kids feel so special!). So Dakota looks at me and says. Nope, my teacher doesn't know it's my birthday today! Well we ended up getting him into class with out a fit (score one for mommy!!!) and he had a wonderful day of course.

For starters

I've started to attempt this blog thing once. Lets see how it goes this time! lol.

In 3 days my baby will be 4. Yup, I offically will no longer have a baby. He will be a big boy. Actually he has been for quite some time now, I just don't want to admit it!

2 weeks from tomorrow I will be on my way to clearwater fl for my big brothers wedding. I will finally "officially" have a sister (well, so Eric's little sister counts too, but this is on my side!). I am going to be 1500 miles away from all my kids and my husband for 5 days and on the beach! I really don't know if I should be excited or not. It's hard to leave my family behind.