Yesterday we were sitting out front talking to our neighbor and he was talking about pizza and burger king… He always gets fast food so while talking about it I’m like “are you going today to get some?” he was but he wasn’t sure if he was going to get pizza or burger king.. so he said whoppers were $2 for whopper Wednesday at BK .. then he said “LETS GO!” so hubby and him left…

I got a call about 20 minutes later they were waiting in the drive thru still.. They went in but it was so packed they opted for the drive thru. Soon as they got up to the drive thru window BK’s computers and systems crashed for drive thru… They gave us the food for FREE!!!! Like $40 worth of food - FREE!! I’ve never got anything free, let alone 4 meals. We got his, my hubbys, mine and Jordan’s all free. Talk about luck!! So that made our day just a little brighter yesterday!

Today is Jordan’s last day of school for summer, and last day of Kindergarten ever. He starts Grade 1 in September. I can’t even believe it. He almost wasn’t able to go today - he was throwing up last night for some reason. But this morning he was fine… I kept asking him but he had to go to school and promised he was fine. I told him to get the school to call home ASAP if he starts feeling icky again.

Well things are going well. My boobs are feeling a ton better lately. They still have a bit of milk left in them but nothing to complain about. I’m not sore and I FINALLY finished all my medication for my Mastitis. Jayden is doing wonderfully on his formula… he is almost grown out of all 0-3 month sleepers and will have to move into 3 month sleepers soon.. I can’t even believe it! :) Anyways, are you looking for a good life insurance rate? I sure am! With kids you can never be too careful. Does anyone have life insurance and if so what are the rates? I’m very curious to hear the differences? It scares me to think we have none but we have 4 children I’d like to be FULLY prepared. Well I’m off hope everyone has a great Thursday!

Well I can’t say I’m surprised. I seriously would have thought they would have separated/divorced long ago.. I don’t know how I would be able to handle dealing with what they are dealing with in the public eye. Any couple - I dunno how they do it. I still haven’t watched the full episode from last night yet but I saw bits and pieces of it and I got teary eyed so I’m waiting until tomorrow night when my kids go to bed and my hubby is at his meeting to watch it. Divorce and Separation is sad for any couple… on tv or not. 8 kids or 1… I think its the best choice for the kids though. Their marriage from the tv watchers point of view was not healthy anyways. The kids don’t need to be in the middle of that.

Anyways, I’m exhausted. I have some new pics to add to flickr and I’ll be adding some more on here too. Two posts down are a few pics - go comment! Looking for any Las Vegas hotels? I wish I could take the fam to Vegas how nice would that be! :D In a few years when the kids are older I’d like to plan a trip to Vegas or maybe somewhere in Florida. I intend on taking a few trips in and around Ontario when the kids are a bit older but real big trips would be awesome outside Canada. I love Vegas and Florida so those places would be a good idea to look into in the near future!

PS: A HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUBBY!! I love you! XOXO!

I’ve had 3 epidurals in my life. I’m glad to say I won’t have to have another.

After Ava my back would have these horrible spazz’ums and they lasted a few weeks after getting the epidural with her. This time around I’m having the same thing and its VERY annoying. I also got horrible migraines for a week after both epidurals. After my epidural with Jordan I didn’t experience anything like this. Everything seems to have gotten worse/intense after having Jordan. His pregnancy/labor/birth was so perfect it couldn’t have been better had it been written, its really weird.

If you’ve had an epidural did you experience anything like me afterward?

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Today is my due date! Instead we are celebrating Jayden being here 2 weeks! I can’t believe he is two weeks old today, can you?? Time really flies… These are from our first day home from the hospital but I wanted to share because the older kids wanted to hold him, and have their pics taken… these are all so cute to me… and I got a pic of me with all four of my children; which is amazing to me! :) Take a lookie..

I’ll post more as now that I am feeling better I’ve started taking more photos! So, I will be posting more.. and I’ll also be commenting more on peoples sites. I don’t think I have in about a month… I’m horrible I know.. but I’m a Mama to 4 now… and unless its like right now (930pm) and the older kids are in bed and Jayden is snoozin’ too I dont get anytime to do much of anything let alone get to read my dailies… I’m exhausted right now though so I’m off to bed… Do me a favor and if you use Garmin GPS let me know how it is! will ya? :) So many people I know use GPS devices and I think they are a good idea for someone like me who gets lost all the time - and when we get a new van I’m thinking it will be worth it for us to get one!

Well I’m feeling so much better emotionally about having to stop breastfeeding. Jayden is doing amazing on formula he seems to love it and he sleeps much better now that hes eating it! That makes me very happy.. I’m still battling the boobs though.

All day I wear nursing pads, cabbage and a tensor bandage around them - which does kill! - and they are getting less sore but they are still leaking and filling up with milk. Hopefully by the end of next week they will calm down because its starting to drive me nuts.

I’m going to be giving away all my breastfeeding stuff I bought. I have 2 wrap covers brand new never used, and I have my pump that works amazing that was very lightly used. The girl who just moved in right next door is due soon and is planning on breastfeeding so I’m going to see if she wants the stuff. I don’t want it to go to waste if she already has the stuff I’ll sell it all. I need to sell my wireless router too since we no longer have our laptop… I have so much stuff to go thru, sort out and get rid of… I need to get my butt in gear.

I’ll pop back on later tonight and post a few photos. I wanted to do that yesterday but I got busy with the kids and being outside with them getting fresh air.. but I’ll get back on later on and do it, I just need to resize them and tag them! Well, Hubby is feeding Jayden his baba so I’m going to take this time to go snuggle on teh couch with the other kids and watch “The Wiggles Safari” movie! Fun stuff :)

I took Jayden to the doctors yesterday. He’s doing AMAZING…He now weighs 9lbs 7oz! My little piglet! :)

Well I think I jinxed myself.

The last few entries I talked about how well I was doing with the breastfeeding and how I hope I don’t get mastitis again and all that jazz. Well, I got mastitis again.

I went to the doctors yesterday for Jayden’s appointment and talked to the doctor about my right boob. It was all red, lumpy and wouldn’t produce any milk. It was all clogged and no matter what I did I couldn’t even get an ounce out of it or anything. So, he looked and of course mastitis. This morning I woke up around 430am with horrible chills and shivers. I had to get 2 more blankets and take some pills for this migraine I’ve had for about 3 days, threw up and then tried to feed baby on my good boob and NOTHING WOULD COME OUT OF THAT EITHER!!! So I tried to pump - wouldn’t work. I went into a hot tub to try to squeeze anything out of it - nothing. So after about 45 minutes in a hot bath tub I got out and bawling my eyes out went to tell my hubby my decision: it was time to move on from breastfeeding.

My doctor told me yesterday that this is the 2nd time I’ve gotten this (had it with Jordan too) I’m now very prone to it and could get it anytime during the time I breastfeed and I can’t cope with that. The chills, fever and migraine is awful not even including the pain from the mastitis in my boobs. I could hardly keep my eyes open due to the fact the light and just having my eyes open hurt my head so badly. So, thankfully we had some formula on hand and hubby went to get more and so far Jayden is doing amazing on the formula hes adjusting fine… I am just feeling like a huge failure as a Mom and am having a really emotional time dealing with this. I tried my hardest and tried to tough it out but when you can’t even pump anything out of a full boob (and i was doing it thru the pain) that is a sign.

So now I have my breasts binded in a tensor bandage with some cabbage on there (trick i learned after Ava’s birth to dry up milk!) the cabbage smells awful but hey - I’ll do anything at this point for some relief. It hurts really bad, but I know its the only way to have them binded to help dry them up. I’m on antibiotics for the mastitis which I’m still taking and I am still in pain of course from the binding and the engorement but I’d be fine if this migraine would go away… ugh. I feel like I can never win. Well, I’m getting off the computer its only making my head worse but I thought I’d pop in while Jayden is asleep and the kids are playing quietly beside me… I need to make dinner and figure out what else I can do to ease up this migraine… I swear I’ve never had such a bad one and I’ve had bad ones.

Thank you everyone for the sweet comments! I think hes just precious too :) of course he’s daddy’s little mini-me but I get a little tired of hearing it after a while. All day when people see him thats all I hear. When all my kids were born they looked like their dad. They still do except Ava - shes my mini me from when I was her age its actually spooky!

Things are going great. Still feeling like I’m in a bit of a dream - can’t believe I have 4 kids. It’s an amazing thing being a mom and having 4 little ones look up to me and call me Mommy… it’s indescribable. Really.

I knew I wouldn’t make it to my due date.. I just knew it. My due date would be this coming Saturday…. The day which marks 2 weeks for Jayden! Still so crazy to me hes here and was 2 weeks early weighing 8lbs 12.5oz… Crazy Crazy. Imagine had he stayed put until this Saturday? I probably wouldn’t have been able to push him out!

His check up with the doctor is tomorrow afternoon. I’m really looking forward to it.. Of course I’ll post all the details when I can! Until then.. Are you looking for some notebook memory? Hope everyone is having a great Monday! :) I’m enjoying it and really just soaking up every minute with a newborn and my incredible toddlers and young man! :)

I can’t believe Jayden is 1 week old today! My goodness… Not only is he one week old but I’ve hit the one week mark for breastfeeding!

I had such a hard time with Jordan and got such a massive infection I couldn’t breastfeed my girls so hitting 1 week with Jayden is a huge deal to me, and I’m so proud of myself (and my body) for getting here so far. All my problems started with Jordan at 2 weeks so lets hope it doesn’t happen again (knock on wood) I doubt it will but, you never know.

Since having the baby I’ve lost a lot of my weight. I’m not sure how much yet but I’ll check at the doctors on Tuesday. Jayden had a doctors appointment this past Thursday but the doctor wasn’t feeling well and had to reschedule until this coming Tuesday so I’ll find out how much he weighs and I’ll jump on the scale too ;) I’m nervous and excited to see. Since having the baby I read a few best fat burner reviews and while the weight isn’t an issue for me I’m happy to see my belly going down and all my clothes getting to be a big bigger on me again :) Breastfeeding is helping wonders - It took a lot longer to lose the weight from Ava than this time around thats for sure.

Anyways, I just wanted to pop in quickly to post this pic and say HAPPY ONE WEEK TO JAYDEN! we are so so so glad hes here healthy, happy and amazing! He is such a wonderful addition to our family!

A few people I know are pregnant and due today… So far no news. Keeping my fingers crossed for all of you! :)

I can’t believe tomorrow Jayden will be 1 week old. Time really does fly. I can’t believe I’m no longer pregnant, and looking back it did go by rather quickly. At the time though it seemed like it was dragging on forever. Although I miss the movements and kicks in there… nothing compares to having him here.

He had a doctors appointment scheduled for yesterday afternoon but the doctors office called and had to reschedule for Tuesday afternoon. My doctor was sick.. So Tuesday we’ll get to see how much he weighs and all that good stuff! I’m looking forward to that!

In other news my hubby has been looking for a new job. Something in Wall St jobs would be nice, but he isn’t really into that and its kind of way out in left field compared to what he does so…. On with the looking. Hopefully he’ll find something new soon and something he will like better than his job and hopefully he will be able to get decent hours and be able to be home with us more often…. We’ll see!

The weather has been beautiful the past few days. I’m hoping to get the kids out in the backyard tomorrow. Hubby’s had them to the park the last few days also, but I want to be able to take Jayden out back and relax in the shade with him and enjoy this beautiful weather while the older kids play and have fun! Pictures are to come I promise!

Well I know I said I’d post photos but I’m too tired. So if you are interested I have a ton on my Flickr. I will eventually post some but right now I’m not in the mood to tag and resize… I just got all the kids into bed so I figured I’d take this time to jump online and write a random blog… Monkey wakes up every 3 hours for a boob so I try to get things done when I can in between.

Everything is still going great. I couldn’t ask for a better baby, and I couldn’t ask for more amazing kids - they are all taking the new arrival amazingly and I am so so blessed to have such wonderful, beautiful kids. My husband has also been amazing.. hes off work right now so he has been a HUGE help and I am so thankful he is here. Seriously, I couldn’t be happier right now. I’ve been wanting another little boy for so long I feel like our family is perfect and complete. 2 little girls, and 2 little boys.. What more could anyone want???? I’m seriously, so lucky.

I’ve been watching I’m a Celebrity…Get me out of here. It’s on right now as I type this and I can’t help but freakin’ love this show. Janice is hilarious she does nothing and I love listening to everyone moan about her. TOO FUNNY. I’m a little irritated Holly Montag just walked on the show… I wasn’t aware she was a celebrity… mind you, I wasn’t aware most of them were celebrities.. I love the Baldwins though! :)

Well, I’m going to go find something for myself for dinner. I’ve been so busy with the kids I haven’t had a chance to just sit down and eat my dinner yet. I’m not even sure what I’ll have.. Maybe soup and a sandwich I don’t know. Whatever it is will be yummy! I’m also going to listen to this cd on how to play piano . . Seems neat and I had it given to me so why not! Also it will kill time until Jayden’s next feed so I’m off!