Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 23

How did you come up with the name for your blog?


Since the birth of our first child, I have slowly been out numbered by males in my house. In the beginning, we had two female dogs and a host of other animals (think reptile variety here, snakes, bearded dragons, frogs etc...) so if you count those my husband originally was just trying to keep up. I think he has this unknown huge competitive streak and wanted to make sure that the females would not dominate his household. :) We had child number 2 and while I originally wanted a girl was enthusiastic that my two boys would grow up together and have that brotherhood bond. Then by the time the third "baby" came around, I did not want a girl because having one sex is easier in so many ways, I.E. toys, hand-me-downs,1 room etc... We also no longer had dogs so I think by then we just had gotten accustomed to the boy thing. :) The fourth just confirmed we were meant to be a family of boys. 
When people comment about all my boys, my boys are quick to respond that Mommy is the girl in our household or that our house hold just does not "do" girls. Trust me we have come with quite a few one-liners to the many responses we get when we go places with "eeek" 4 BOYS!!!
I do explain a little in my profile on the side and originally was going to use the title BoysRUs but that was much more common than I thought. I guess my lack of creativity was once again showing. As my best friend, Randi, likes to tell me I am not very "fun.";p
I thought my title was a little more "fun" but when trying to find my blog I have noticed you come across a lot of sad circumstances of people being held hostage. I obviously am quite content in the male takeover of our household and just try to keep up in the vast differences of the male brain. ;P

Pants

"Mommy, can you put his pants back on?" asks Matthew. He needs me to put his transformer back together.

Cold

This morning Seth climbs on me whispering, "Cold, cold I be cold." In his cute toddler voice. Of course, I had to move the covers so he could cuddle with me. I love this cuddle time and will miss it so much when he grows up.

Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 4

An Experience That Made Me Who I Am Today
I can think of so many things that have shaped me. I think the biggest thing was...

I married at the ripe old age of 19. I was a teenage bride and have felt like I had so much to prove for so long. I am finally growing out of that feeling but it has taken a long time and is a gradual process.

Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 3

Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 3

My Favorite Shows

If you know me, you know I am not a TV person. It took us almost a year to hook up a TV in our house. We had a new flat screen for almost 2 months before my husband took it upon himself to put it together. It just is not a priority to me. With that said, I do watch it when I am folding clothes or late at night when I cannot focus but for some reason cannot sleep. Thankfully there is Hulu that will catch some shows and let me watch them later. Sometimes much later. Shows that I like are crime/forensic or medical based. Here are a few...

Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 2

The People That Make you World go Round

These funny guys right here are my world. I actually started this blog to keep some kind of document about our lives that my children could look back on. I stink at baby books and never actually bought any after the one for my first child never was used. I hope someday they will appriecate the effort. The other people I do not have a picture of right now is my parents. I grew up in a solid family. We had our problems but very stable. I love my family and know they would do anything for us. My MIL is above average too! J/K Somehow I was very lucky in that area as well. She definately tries her best to keep our family running smoothly. I am very blessed and could go on....

Photo & Prompt Challenge: Day 1

It's Gravy, Baby! is hosting a fun 31 day challenge for bloggers to post answers to different questions about themselves. I can't promise I'll remember to participate everyday, but I thought it sounded like fun and maybe I am being prodded into it a bit. Since I do not want to Day 4 quite yet I figured I would "catch-up" over the weekend!

So here goes.. A Photo of Yourself and 10 Facts!

Not the best one but one I could find quickly. This was taken during our trip to Maryland over Christmas in front of the Native American portion of the Smithsonian. Don't let my son's expressions fool you either they had a great time they just wanted to play on the structure not take a picture. :)

Ten Facts

1. I am 30. My husband tells me I am now old. I remind him he is older but he has to tease me I am not young anymore just old. 

2. My dad was the one who married my husband and I.

3. I was married and had my first kid before I could legally drink. Yup, we did not serve alcohol at our wedding and for the first year and a half I could not go on a beer run for my husband. Funny thing, my dad would forget constantly and ask me to go get wine occasionally to go with dinner forgetting his married teenage daughter could not buy it. 

4. Funnier thing I do not even drink beer or wine.

5. I will not drink wine because a) I hate the taste. (My nose is literally curling as I write this) b) The stuff makes me nauseous. (Something to do with the way it is fermented is the best guess I have.)

6. I will not eat mushrooms. I used to love them but having to drink medicine to throw them up to make sure that you did not ingest poisoned wild mushrooms and then charcoal to settle your stomach down turns a 5-year-old love into something to be avoided at least the sight of them no longer makes me nauseous.


7. I used to strive to be an "ideal" family and now I rebel against it. We have 4 boys and no we are not trying for a girl. 


8. We live in a small 2 bedroom house with those 4 boys and for the time being I am not interested in moving into a larger house.


9. I am scared of birds. It does not really matter the type. I am scared of the little ones and terrified of the big ones. I'll blog about the story some day.


10. I would just like to say it is much easier to write about my boys.  I wanted to be a nurse growing up, changed my mind to a doctor, changed again to an accountant, changed it yet again back to a nurse. I am now currently in the process of getting everything ready to start in the summer to finally "grow up."