"Koo Koo Ca Choo, Mrs. Robinson!"

Last night, RKZ and I went to see Sugarland at the Greek Theater in LA. We, literally, had the best seats in the house: Second Row Center. Sugarland is a great concert and both Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush are high energy and totally play to the crowd. Even though it was a Monday night, we had a lot of fun. I just felt badly about yawning through 1/2 of it. They went on at 9pm and by 10:30, I was done. Note to new parents: don't buy expensive concert tickets for your anniversary. You'll just want to sleep 3/4 of the way through. All I could think was that they must have been able to see me looking so tired. What a buzz kill. Not that I assume they noticed dumb me, but wouldn't it be funny if they were like, "Did you see that rude B- in the front who looked so tired? How RUDE - so LA." 

And I am so NOT "LA". I'm more like DT - as in "dead tired." 

But, the tickets were a lovely present from RK. We had a great anniversary. I am so happy to be married to him and so happy to be dead tired because of HP. 

Now, today is a mad house. I will write about it tomorrow. The one fun item is that Buck is attending a "Space and Spies" camp at a local community college. Two of his cousins are also at the camp and they save Buck a seat every morning. That is why we moved: 

AK, LT and Buck prepare to learn about Spying on others :) 

"Stuck Like Glue"

"Stuck Like Glue"

MMMM better...MMMM better...
Absolutely no one that knows me better
No one that can make me feel so good
How did we stay so long together?
When everybody, everybody said we never would
And just when I, I start to think they're right
That love has died...

[Chorus:]
There you go making my heart beat again,
Heart beat again,
Heart beat again
There you go making me feel like a kid
Won't you do it and do it one time?
There you go pulling me right back in,
Right back in,
Right back in
And I know-oo I'm never letting this go-ooo

I'm stuck on you
Whuto whuto
Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue
Whuto whuto
Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue

Some days I don't feel like trying
Some days you know I wanna just give up
When it doesn't matter who's right, fight about it all night
Had enough
You give me that look
"I'm sorry baby let's make up"
You do that thing that makes me laugh
And just like that...

[Chorus:]
There you go making my heart beat again,
Heart beat again,
Heart beat again
There you go making me feel like a kid
Won't you do it and do it one time
There you go pulling me right back in,
Right back in,
Right back in
And I know-oo I'm never letting this go-ooo

I'm stuck on you
Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue
Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby were stuck like glue


...
11 years and going strong. Happy Anniversary, baby!

"key's in the conch shell, come on in..."

     Random pictures today - crazy last few days - nobody is sleeping and the house is painfully close to being done - but it's not (if that makes sense). The boys and I took a walk yesterday (first one around the neighborhood). It is hot here and it was hard to push all three boys on a stroller (I'll have to take a picture of that for clarity). After the walk, it was time for lunch. I am amazed at how long my body can now go without eating. I made sandwiches for each boy but HP started to cry just as I was about to eat. Yes, that means a postponed lunch for mommy. 

      And, as I was feeding HP, sweating from the walk (looking lovely, you can imagine) a neighbor walks around our side yard into the back (have I mentioned we only have our backyard patio furniture for meals?). Said neighbor, who is nice but come on, asks me if the boys and I want to come over for a swim after naps. This neighbor is in her early 60's and missing her grandchildren who live far away. She lets me know that she'll be inviting other people from the neighborhood (will she be walking into their backyards?) and that we are only invited for 1 hour (it was a weird conversation). All I could think was that this stranger could probably see my boob since I was feeding the baby. Also, Buck and Thunder would not stop talking over her the entire visit. 

     After this, I tried to put HP and Thunder down for naps. HP screamed for an hour and Thunder screamed, cried and then took off his shorts and diaper and peed in the middle of his crib. By 3 o'clock, I was happy to walk across the street to Peggy's house. 

     It was an alright visit. As Grandma's will, Peg had a lot of rules for her backyard and pool and my boys broke every one of them (over and over). I'm not sure we'll be invited back. But, just to let you know what kind of 'freaky Friday' (poor Lindsay Lohan) it was, one of Peggy's friends said to me, "Your second son is a real Steady Eddie, isn't he? But that first one is wild!" Uhhh. Sure. 

 My beautiful friend, Meg holding HP.

My three sons in our hotel room (pre-house)

"Stuck like glue - you and me baby we're stuck like glue"

   Our friends arrived shortly after my last post. We have spent the last 6 days entertaining 5 insane boys under 6: One day at the bouncy-house place, a day of swimming in the back yard, a day at Downtown Disney (again, no rides - just shows) and eating out at every conceivable restaurant. We also saw "Cars 2." Yes, my 2 month old son has seen his first movie (he was eating the entire time so he'd stay quiet). Overall, reviews were good for the movie. 

 The "granite guys" have put the granite onto our counter tops and finished cutting out the places for the cook top today. Dust everywhere, but I'm so happy to be one step closer to a working kitchen. Please pray that the appliances are installed next week. I never thought I'd want to cook so badly in my life. My girlfriend, Barbie, is quite the trooper for living in what she calls "camping" in our unfinished house. It's been so nice to have a woman to talk to for a week. 

 Thunder kissing H-P. Thunder is obsessed with his little brother. 

 It's scary to me that the boys look to be similar sizes in this shot. But, at least Thunder loves LA.

Buck and his buddy, "Brother,"taking time out of swimming in our back yard. 

"Moving forward using all my breath!"

I'm at that impossible place in the blog where I have so many old pictures to use but actual NEW pictures also! The following are all new:

So, RKZ is on a "work trip" to the Calgary Stampede this weekend - until Tuesday. My first days and nights alone with (drum roll) all three boys. I recall that every time I was first alone with either 1 new child or with the first and the second, I was terrified. As RKZ was getting ready to leave this time, I was literally catatonic. I am still wondering how I fed H-P, kept Thunder from killing everyone and listened to all of Buck's stories at the same time. For the record, I didn't. Yesterday, I took all 3 boys to Disneyland for a "show and no-ride" day. We were home by 6 and in bed by 8:30 pm. Today, I had to do things around our house. We have friends coming in (from Calgary) at 11:00 tonight. Ironically, all 3 boys were exhausted by the time I started baths at 7. Everyone just seemed to wander from room to room after me all day. Me and my baby ducks. I still miss RKZ. I also miss a dishwasher and sink (for the record). I am completely done with fast food. Completely, once our kitchen is finished. 

It's 8 and H-P is awake. Gottago!

 H-P smiles

 It's sad when your boys know which Mickey they're seeing!

My husband at work today (he'll love this)

"It's been awhile"

Skipping (literally) everything that has been happening with us and posting the most recent pictures of the boys. I can't even begin to think of what could be written on these pages with the house renovation and the new challenges of three small boys and just the return to California in general. I think it's appropriate to have a swimming pool now because I never seem to be able to get my head above water (ba-dum-bum). 

 Thunder switched to a big boy bed and then he and Buck decided to take a nap. Notice the sports themed bedding. Thunder can not get enough of it. He calls it his "big boy bed."

 H-P is nearly 8 weeks now. He had his first set of shots yesterday and his big weigh-in. H-P is in the 90% for both weight and height. He is 13 lbs 8 oz! I never look at him and think, "he's so small!" There is nothing small about this boy. It's God's gift to him as the youngest of my three wild men. He wouldn't stand a chance as a small guy.

 H-P looks just like RKZ. RK thinks H-P looks like his uncle Bruce. Our little guy is definitely getting genes from his dad!

My boy friend vacuums our bedroom. :) He's a prince, seriously.

"I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.."

There will be pictures soon - I promise.

We spend the 4th at my Aunt and Uncle's house with two of my brothers, many of my California cousins and a crying baby :) H-P just needed to swing for a bit, but we only brought the bouncy chair.

The bigger boys enjoyed the little community parade (complete with a bull!) that passes down the street in front of my A and U's house. There was a lot of candy thrown from the passing vehicles (I hesitate to go all the way to "floats" as a description). After the parade (and the heat!), the some 25 children decided to swim. We have found that Thunder can "swim" by himself if he's wearing a life-jacket. The boy was seriously in the water from about 11 am to 4 pm with a 15 minute hamburger break. We couldn't get him out of the water. Buck also enjoyed the swimming, but he was also happy to spend time with all of his cousins. H-P just cried - but he's only 7 weeks.

No fireworks for us as the boys were all asleep by 8:45 pm. We've switched Thunder to a "big boy" bed, and he proceeded to tell RKZ that he "wanted to go sleep." He basically kicked his father out of his room and went to bed. Awesome. We were worried about him staying in there (jokes on us).

Happy Birthday, America. We're glad to be home for the 4th.

"Welcome to your life..."

We finally have internet here at our new house. This is a post just to say that. I have a lot to write about. Hopefully, I will recover enough from our last doctor's visit to post about that in the next few days. I should be on for good now.  Taking tiny moments from the cyclone that is my life!