HELP US...AGAIN!

Ok we thought we had a name but I dont think so anymore and would love some input! Please click on the link and cast your vote. Also we would love to hear any suggestions you might have so feel free to leave a comment :) Thanks!!

http://www.babycenter.com/403_finally-a-girl-with-no-name_14797967_509.bc

Bradens Picks Week 9

Every year my husband and I join our local casino's football pool. Every week we pick who we think is going to win,in hopes of winning stuff for ourselves. When you buy two cards you get a third one free so we thought it would be fun to let our son pick every week for fun too (hey people let their dogs pick!). Here are his picks for this week if you want to go make some bets and win some money for yourself lol

falcons
dolphins
bills
saints
browns
jets
chargers
cardinals
giants
raiders
eagles
packers
bengals

P.S. Your welcome!

P.S.S. This is all in good fun so I dont want to get any mail that I shouldnt expose my 5 year old to betting or whatever..hes not betting he is just picking the team he likes the most :)

Oh yeah and the Cowgirls suck and the Patriots are cheaters! GO RAMS AND EAGLES

This made me lol

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One whole year

Wow so it has been one whole year since Jon got laid off. I was 14 weeks pregnant when the phone rang at 7:30 am and Jon told me the bad news. We weren't really shocked, we knew it was coming soon we just didnt know when. When I hung up the phone I lost it, I cried and cried and laid back in bed trying to figure things out. When Jon got home we talked and he was pretty sure his lay off was only going to last 3 months at the most. When I look back I really cant believe it has been a whole year! These are the things I have learned in the past year:

1. Never assume anything
2. There really never is a perfect time to have a baby no matter how prepared you feel
3. You can never save enough money
4. Material things are pointless
5. Stress effects every single thing you do, sleeping, eating, pretty much living in general
6. It is pointless to worry about things you can't control...eventhough I do it anyway
7. Everything happens for a reason, even if that reason is yet to be determined
8. Things can always get worse
9. No news is not always good news
10. I am not as strong as I thought I was, but I am a REALLY good actress :)
11. I will never take anything for granted again
12. No matter how bad things are someone always has it worse
13. Be extremely grateful for what you have
14. My children make me crazy and grounded at the same time
15. I am lucky to have the best hardworking husband out there who will do anything to make sure his family is provided for
16. Banks suck
17. I have an awesome support system in my family and friends
18. I need to stop moping and be excited for what the future has
19. We can get through anything
20. My mom always has and always will be there for me, AND she is always right :)

Hope everyone is doing well :)

9/11.....never forget??

On the eve of 9/11 I decided to take a look at tomorrows programming to see if there were going to be any 9/11 specials on. I literally went through every network on my satellite dish and only ONE yes ONE is doing anything to commemorate that day. The History channel is the only one airing specials all day. They always say "We Will Never Forget" and yet not one major network can do anything to honor all of those people who lost their lives? It is just disgusting to me for that to be the case when there are still tons of troops in Afghanistan losing their lives for this war that supposedly started because of 9/11.

What pisses me off the most is that because of the effing New Oreleans Saints winning the damn Super Bowl we have yet to hear the end of Hurricane Katrina. Yes it was sad I completely agree, but it is very hard for me to feel 100% bad for those people who were affected by the hurricane given the fact that they had warning. In fact they had about a week of warnings, telling those residents to leave because it was such a huge storm. A lot of people ignored it and as a result many lost their lives. Very sad, it really was but because the Saints won the Super Bowl and their first game Thursday night I have seen nothing but more Hurricane Katrina images. It happened 5 years ago, I really dont know what the damn Super Bowl had to do with it, but that isnt my main problem. My main issue is the fact that they wont stop talking about Katrina and yet we cant get a 9/11 tribute?? I will say it again Katrina victims HAD WARNING. Do you think that if people had been told "There will be a terrorist attack on 9/11" anyone would have flown?? Hell no! These innocent everyday people, firefighters, and policeman lost thier lives trying to save people and we wont dare honor them every single year forever? It is just sick.

When 9/11 first happened I was about to turn 16 and was on a cruise (ok yes it was the Disney one) ship in the middle of the ocean. We were at a beach and I decided to head back to the ship while the rest of my family stayed on the beach. As I walked back to my room I heard people screaming and crying "The towers the towers! They hit the towers!" I had no idea what they were talking about, I turned on the tv in the room saw two building on fire, had no idea what they were, shut it off and went to sleep. I still feel bad to this day I had no idea what was going on and was ashamed to say I didn't even realize it was the Twin Towers. I remember my mom saying right away something about a guy named Bin Laden and it probably being him. Then I remember my dad saying that we weren't going to get home for a while. We ended up getting stuck in Florida for 10 days trying to get home. I had no idea what was going on around me because all I could think about was whining that I couldnt get home in time for my 16th birthday party. I wish I would have paid more attention, but I was a selfish little 16 year old who only cared about myself (and my party).

Because of my guilt every 9/11 anniversary I sit and I watch the same programs the History channel plays every year and have a good cry. It is so amazing to me that I lived through that, something that will be in history books forever and ever, and at the time I didnt care. Its pretty pathetic actually. I have watched just about every program they have out there about it and the planes going into those towers never gets easier to watch, but thats not why I watch, I watch them to try and make up for the fact that I wasn't as devastated as everyone else when it happened because I just didnt understand. I hope that all of you do something in your own way to pay tribute and truly remember what happened that day, as Americans we really should never forget.

Oh and I will bet you a million dollars that the media will do nothing but talk nonstop on the next 9/11 because it will be the 10th anniversary. At least it will get some recognition next year but it would be nice for it to be a big deal every year.

I know this post might offend some people and if it doesn I'm sorry it is not my intention to make anyone mad. I know both 9/11 and Katrina are very touchy subjects, please understand that I come here to voice myself, not seek approval

P90whhhaaaaaaa

I should have mentioned this before but I didn't so deal with it

I decided to start doing P90X with Jon because I am so ready to be done with this baby weight! This program is probably one of the hardest things I have ever made myself do but I am excited to see what it can do for me. It better do something it is at least an hour a day 6 days a week!

I just started week 5 and I already notice I am a little stronger and I didn't cry today! yaaaay me! While I am excited that I noticed that change and some toning in my body, I still haven't seen a single pound shed off of me, in fact I have gained weight. From all of the research I have done that is normal for a woman and I should start seeing major changes in my body during this phase (phase 2).

Eventhough I have read a lot and I know what is going on with meis normal, it doesnt help when you are doing the program with your husband and you are gaining weight and he is DOWN 11 POUNDS. He has learned now that when he does step on the scale not to tell me how much MORE he has lost. Don't get me wrong I am jealous happy for him but it is so hard that he is dropping all this weight and I'm not. I am trying to keep going with the hope that my time will come too. I will start updating more but no I will not be posting my lovely "before" picture :)

You're how old??

I know I have been slacking on my bliggity blog but here you go

I can't believe that my little tiny preemie baby is 5 years old! I know how exciting it is for him, but for me it is terrifying. It's weird because when he was born I couldn't picture him at age 1, at age 1 I couldn't picture him at age 2 and so on. I know he is only 5 but my mind has already drifted to trying to picture him as a teenager. I mean what kind of person is he going to be? What will he be like? What will his first girlfriend be like? Oh geez...see how my mind wanders?? That is far enough away but for now my baby is getting ready to start Kindergarten, and I have to fight back the tears everyday. I can only imagine what his first day is going to be like. I can picture myself a blubbering mess while Braden runs off and forgets I am still standing there. After standing there for 15 minutes Jon will have to drag me back to the car explaining that Braden is fine, and maybe if I am good he will take me out for ice cream to make it all better.

Bradens birthday party was a lot of fun...ok for him. He had his closest friends with him and of course he didn't want to leave. I didn't get to have as big of a party for him as I wanted but we are just so broke this year it was impossible to invite every kid that Braden has ever met. As much as I would have liked to do that it just wasn't going to happen. Surprisingly to party with a giant rat is not cheap! All that mattered is that he had an awesome time and couldn't stop talking about it for DAYS. I have a strong feeling that this birthday party will not be the last at that beloved place....lucky me!!!