Happy Birthday to me!

Well, this weekend was pretty good. Jason had to work on Saturday so I did too. Sunday morning we woke up and just stayed in bed talking and of course Jaylin ate a lot. We ended up not getting ready for church soon enough so we didn't go. We did sit in bed and watch a movie and some TV and were just really lazy! Later in the afternoon we had to go to town for an eye appointment for Jason and then we ate Mexican food! It was sooooo good. After that I went grocery shopping while Jason stayed in the van with the kids. It was nice to go in there alone. We then went home and I cleaned the kitchen and we cleaned up the house a bit and before long it was bedtime!

This morning has been pretty regular except it's my birthday :). Today I am 28 years old. Wow, I'm 28 and I have 4 kids. Crazy huh? We will still be young by the time the kids finish high school, although Ican't imagine them being that big. My goal for the week is to work on the house at least 2 hours a day, except for Wednesday (my day "off") when I will try for 4. I'll set an alarm and whenever I do dishes or laundry or clean anything it will count down my time. My thinking is things will get really cleaned up this week. That's my goal. Not too much else to add right now. I've been lazy and talking on the phone and not doing too much work so I need to get to it!!

Jen

Friday!!

Yeah, it's Friday!! Too bad Jason has to work tomorrow. My poor baby has a doctor's appointment today and I'm so sad because she has to get shots and the heel prick test. NOT fun. I wish I could take her place.

Well, she is still sleeping in the swing, that thing is a Godsend.

Not much to talk about right now. I just got a new boss at work because my old one quit last week. This will be the third one in a couple of months. This one sounds very nice and upbeat. The only thing is I think she's a real stickler for working your "scheduled" hours and that's hard with an infant. I can't schedule when she eats so they are going to have to work around that for me. I have got to ask for a raise. I have only gotten one and I have been working there almost 4 years. It's crazy really, but I like the account I'm on so I can't complain too much...

Yesterday started out great!! Then the hungry little girl put a little kink in my plan and I ended up feeding her FOREVER in the afternoon. It is really starting to make me want to switch to bottles, seriously.

OK, I have got to get to work so I can be somewhat productive today. This afternoon after the doctor's appointment I will run by Wal-Mart and get food for dinner tonight and then come back home and work. And eat beef jerky.

:) Jen

God bless the swing!

Last night I fed Jaylin from both sides and then gave her a bottle. Then I gave her some gas drops and put her in her swing at 11:30 and laid down on the couch. I woke up at 5:00 to her still sleeping! Wahooh!! I don't care if it's in her swing- she slept from 11:30-5:00 and that means I did too! Eventually it will be nice if she doesn't have to be in her swing to sleep all night but if that's what it takes then that's what I'm going to do. Tomorrow she has a doctor's apopintment and is going to be getting shots. I'm so sad for her- poor baby :( Oh well, it has to be done.

Today is the first day of my new goal for myself at work. I'll have to come back later and say how much I actually did, but I am going to **TRY** to get up to 3000 lines a day. I used to only do 1000, then the system changed at work which allowed me to go faster. Then I did 2000+ lines a day. I have gotten up to 3000 a couple times but I'm going to try to make it a daily thing. Then maybe we can get rid of some debt in our lives, wouldn't that be nice?

Ok- Gotta get started on those 3000 lines!

Jen

Four

That's the hours of sleep I got last night. God sure knew what he was doing when he made babies so cute!! Poor Jaylin just could NOT get to sleep last night. I nursed her until it hurt and finally gave in and gave her a bottle. She still would not go to sleep so I got desperate. I put her in her swing, got a pillow and a blanket and slept on the couch while she was swinging. I put her down around 12:00 and she slept until 4:00. That was a nice stretch of sleep :). At 4:00 she woke up and I took us to bed and fed her. She usually falls asleep doing that but she was moving around a lot. Then the alarm went off and I was talking to Jason and playing with Jaylin. When it was time for me to get up and help Jake get ready for school, that little stinker promptly fell asleep, and is still sleeping now!

I'm wondering if she just isn't filling up good when I nurse her. I will feed her 30-45 minutes and then 1 hour later she's hungry again. I feel like I'm feeding her all the time! It's so hard to get things done right now and I'm torn about what to do about it. I wish I could feed her and then get a 3 or even 2 1/2 hour stretch in between so I can work and get things done around the house. As it is I'm feeding her...getting a little bit done and then it's time for her to eat again. I'm not complaining but I just wish I could figure out how to fix this. Personally, I would like to start to switch to bottles. I know it's more expensive but how many things can one person do? I work for crying out loud! It would be SO NICE to give Jason the bottle and ask him to feed her while I get something like dinner done. I want to eat with my family and not have to go into hiding to feed Jaylin when we have company. My freakin boobs hurt!

Ok, I'm over that now- I just had to get it out.

Today is my day off but I'm going to have to get some work done as I didn't get as much done yesterday as I would have liked. (Please reference the above paragraph) I need to clean the girls' room and do laundry. I would also like to get the whole house vacuumed and the kitchen tidied up. The kitchen will probably take 10 minutes as it isn't really "dirty." My desk really needs to be cleaned up so I guess I'll be doing that too! Is it bed time yet?

Ahhhh, I love my life. I really do :)

Jen

Motivation

I have none, which is bad because I could use it right now.

1- Work- Umm, we have bills which will not get paid if I don't do good at work. I'm trying to get motivated but it's been hard. Ever since having Jaylin it's been hard. She's a good baby but a little demanding. That's ok- I know she's my last one so I'm not stressing out about it. It just makes it hard to get things done around here.

2- My house. Laundry, cleaning, organizing. I need organization in my life! I am living in chaos and my husband would not believe me but I just want order in my house. I am slacking so bad. I guess for me it's an all or nothing type of thing. Either the house will be all perfect or just a disaster. Right now it's the second one...

3- Bills. I need a budget. Seriously- I think it would make my life easier. The thought of coming up with this big huge budget just makes me tired though. I have bills that are not getting paid because I keep putting them off. The sad part is the fact that we have money to pay (most) of them, I just procrastinate. I had to get the phone turned back on last week because I forgot about the bill. We can blame it on post-partum brain right?

4- My Christian life. This has been put on the back burner. Horrible I know, there's so much on my plate right now and this should be the first thing I try to get into but I just don't. I go to Church on Sunday mornings but beyond that- nothing. I actually had to hunt for my Bible last week. I found it, finally. Don't think I read it. My first goal was to find it and then...I guess I should have at least opened it up huh?

5- Diet and exercise. Enough said.

Well, reading over my list I'm more tired than when I started! I think I'll jog downstairs and throw a load of laundry in and put a load away, start work and pay a bill. Ugh- this is going to be hard. :)

Jen

My thoughts...

This is my new blog, I thought I would just start all over as the other one has been long forgotten.

Where to start...I'm Jen. My husband Jason and I have been married 7 years in May. In these 7 short years we have had 4 children. Jake is 6, Jada is 4, Jodie is 2 and Jaylin is a little over 1 month old. Jaylin is our last and although I know it was the right decision I still cried when I came home from the hospital and folded up all the maternity clothes for the last time. They are going to my SIL Raquel who is pregnant with their 3rd child. I like our big family, sometimes crazy, but we are a good bunch.

We live in Columbiana Alabama and love it. I think we will be here forever, maybe. I love to read, read other people's blogs, and cook. I love having different kitchen things and I try to actually use them. My goal is to have as many spices as I can in my spice cabinet and know what each of them is for. I would love to redo our kitchen and expand it. Actually, I would love to redo the whole house. God bless the person who invented wood paneling, I just want it out of my house forever. We will start doing this a little at a time. We will also eventually add on to our house, but that will be years away probably!

I LOVE bacon pizza from Pappa Johns, although it's been over a year since I had one. I used to love spaghetti but the last couple times I had it I got heartburn real bad, so I don't eat too much of that any more. I'm working on losing weight, baby fat from this last pregnancy. I'm sure there's more but I can't think of anything else.

The reason for this blog is to just write down my thoughts, sometimes random, sometimes crazy, but that's just me!