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Trials
I have written and rewritten this post too many times to count. It has been a struggle to put my thoughts and feelings into words. This week has been one of the toughest in my life. Just like anyone else, I’ve endured many trials, nothing terribly unique. Mr. Man and I have had struggles and hardships we’ve weathered through…but this week…this week has definitely made me pull out my big girl panties. I can do hard things! I CAN do hard things! I can…but usually I don’t want to. I am a stubborn, hardheaded gal. Probably because my dad comes from a long line of Norwegians. When it comes to…
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So Long Kindergarten
Photo Credit: The Photo Guys I just can’t believe Yo-Man graduated kindergarten today. It seems like yesterday he was insisting on only peeing outside…and constantly asking to play hide-and-seek. He’s constantly making me laugh at the same time challenging my patience. Yo flew into our lives on May 14th, 2012. His due date was the 13th, which happened to be Mother’s Day but decided to torture me and wait another day. When he did decide to evict himself he was out in a little over 3 hours. Scared the crap out of me and my epidural didn’t even kick in until he was already born. I kept yelling at the…
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Kid Laughs-Jokes and Riddles
Camping in McCall, ID 2015 Believe it or not, growing up I was a rather serious kid. I would offend easily and dished out a lot more than I could take. It wasn’t until I started dating Mr. Man when I began to change. He is such a tease and totally changed me. He taught me how to laugh at myself and to live in the moment instead of worrying about all of the ‘what-ifs’. He has definitely passed that along to the Amigos. I’ve never been around a sillier bunch of boys. Half of the time they don’t even mean to be silly. They love jokes, riddles and to…
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My Road to Motherhood
Growing up I was not one of those girls who fantasized about getting married and becoming a mom. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to marry and have children; I just assumed it would happen when it happened. I grew up with an amazing mother, one who has been a wonderful example to me, which is probably partly why I just assumed I would be a mom someday. My mom would have snacks ready at the kitchen table for my siblings and I every day after school and we would sit, complete our homework, and tell her about our day. When I did think about my future and when I would…
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Mother’s Day Gifts
Every mom loves feeling appreciated, especially on Mother’s Day; but trying to decide on what to get mom can be difficult. There is always the easy, predictable route of flowers, chocolates or chocolate covered fruit and a card. Or…you can maybe be a little creative this Mother’s Day. I absolutely love taking baths. It gives me an opportunity to decompress and not be bothered by kiddos for a while. Bath bombs and bubble bath are definitely a favorite. Bath bombs have become so popular that they can be found at Target, Walmart, Walgreens etc. But if you want to make the mom in your life to feel special, Lush has an…
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Summer Fun
I am always looking for fun…yet cheap things to do with my kids during summer. Not much else is more annoying when kids constantly whine and say things like ‘what are we going to do today?’ Or ‘I’m bored mom, what can I do?’ And like the good mom that I am…whenever any of my amigos says something along those lines I follow it up with ‘well, there is laundry that needs to be folded and toilets and showers that need to be scrubbed.’ A personal philosophy of mine is a toilet can never be scrubbed too many times…especially when 5 boys live under 1 roof. When my kids’ school…
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Battling Infertility
Rewind 15 years and you will find a very different Katie Marie. Within my first year of marriage, I was diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). At the time it wasn’t completely detrimental news. Mr. Man and I were still college students and weren’t looking to start a family until at least one of us had our bachelor’s degree and started a career with health benefits. Receiving the diagnosis of PCOS wasn’t something I thought about too much until a year after when we decided we wanted to begin trying to start a family. After a lot of medical testing, 2 major moves with the Air Force, and some pretty physically…
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Chore Charts
I am a list maker…I have a compulsive need to check things off, I even add tasks I’ve already completed to my list just to check it off. My planner is filled to the brim with lists. So…it only makes sense to force my check-list compulsion on my boys. Of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with the little issue of the amigos having selective hearing and a mom who is super tired of repeating herself over…and over…and over……… I even went all out this time with the charts and had them laminated. Now to make sure the novelty of them don’t wear off too quickly with the 3 amigos.…
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Rhys Christian-The Caboose
Rhys’ story began long before he was born. After YoYo joined our family, I knew we still had one little spirit up in heaven waiting to come down to us. As the years went on that feeling would not leave me. The catch is, I really don’t like being pregnant. If children came by a stork, I would have 12 kiddos, but, alas, they don’t. It wasn’t that I had overwhelmingly hard pregnancies in the past, I just don’t enjoy sharing my body. Most women love the feeling of the baby moving around inside. Not me, every time the baby moved all I could envision was the scene from the…
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Wambulance Jar
I am fed up! The whining and complaining have got to stop! So…we now have a ‘wambulance jar’. Do you remember Disney’s The Kid with Bruce Willis? His character is is everything I want to be on a daily basis. Anywho, the whining and complaining have reached an all-time level in this house, so…we now have a wambulance jar. Any time one of the amigos’ whines, complains, is mean, etc they owe a quarter for the jar. Should I be excited we’ve accrued quite a coin collection already? Or should I be disappointed that that means we have whiny kids who have learned not to whine? Either way, Mr. Man and…
