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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

my life could be a movie...or at least a sitcom...

my last name is mobley...with that comes a wide variety of chaos...i have come to expect it....when things are simple for other people, they seem to somehow become chaotic for us...im pretty sure it is the amount of people and extra large personalities that we have...the birth of baby sophia is the perfect example of this....i am going to tell all about it now, so this is your only warning...if you know me you know i wont share anything gross or too personal, but if you dont like reading about child birth and all that stop now...i can write about it now, because it is hilarious now...in the moment, not so much...it was one of the few times i have seen my husband close to panicking, and i myself being completely out of control (which i dont do so well...part of the whole i have to be in control of everything at all times)...this could take a while...but if you need a laugh, or even a 'wow are these people for real'...you might enjoy it...i will start by saying that all of my other children had been born before 38 weeks, peyton was born at 37 weeks, so i was under the impression that i would go a little early...two weekends before i had sophia i was having horrible contractions all night, but doctors are annoying and say well dont come in until they are 5 minutes apart for more than an hour...let me be clear...that NEVER happened consistently...they were 2 minutes, then 5, then 3 then 4...and then those 2 times it happened, i figured either it would get better, or it would get worse...and it got better so i didnt worry about ir...and by the way after those weekends of pain...nothing changed i was still a 2...so i decided i couldnt trust my body anymore...so the day she was born i went to the doctor that morning, and big surprise...i was still a 2....he said he would make me an appointment for the next week...and i told him i wasnt coming...he could forget it...by that time i was almost 39 weeks, and i decided i had had enough...so i went home, and i was having contractions all day...not to where i couldnt function, and definitely not consistent, but i had them all day...finally at 7pm i called the doctor and when she called back she said well sometimes when we check your cervix it irritates it and you can have contractions after that (i know this...i have done this before...just sayin)...anyway her advice was (because like i said my contractions were never consistent) to take some tylenol or tylenol pm if i had it and maybe take a hot bath...hahaha...i did what i was told, took a hot bath, some tylenol (really super glad i didnt have the pm kind)...and i laid down for a little bit...i was still hurting, so i decided to say a little prayer, in my prayer i said if this is for real just let my water break, because at this point i cant tell...and i am not even joking before i opened my eyes i felt a pop...and my water break...wow that was fast...by then it was around 930pm...so jared got everything to the car, i touched up my makeup and hair...hahhaha...little did i know how much time i didnt have...after my water broke, we were in a completely different level of pain...i was dying...i was positive....so we get in the car (which was quite difficult-now i realize that thats probably because i was on a 9...haha)....it was a pretty rough ride...some of the contractions were a minute apart, but i could breathe through them...we got to the er and jared got a wheel chair and pushed me to the desk and went and parked the car...they asked me some questions i was able to answer and then pushed me back in the er where this poor young kid sat down at the desk and proceeded to ask me dumb questions like 'whats your birthday' 'whats your social security number'...that didnt last long...at that point sitting in that wheel chair i couldnt breathe through the contractions anymore...something was different...bless that little guys heart, he got yelled at, and after i yelled at him i stopped talking all together...i couldnt...it wasnt physically possible...haha..so him and a nurse wheeled me up to labor and delivery...the nurse tried to talk to me and ask me questions, but i said nothing...we got to the labor and delivery desk at 1038pm...the nurse up there was very nice, and i made sure to tell the doctor that the tylenol didnt work...bahahaha...i got the gown on and she was like ummm i think we need to get you to the bed...now...so i got to the bed and she checked me and said ok are you ready to push...the doctor ran in and it was time...honestly the hardest thing i have ever had to do...i didnt think i was going to be able to do it...and then her shoulders got stuck, and the cord was wrapped around her neck...and things suddenly got serious...the doctor stayed calm, but i could tell the nurses and jared were concerned...finally with the help of 4 nurses and the doctor she was out...she was laying on the table and she was blue and they were giving her oxygen and it was a little scary...im sure it was worse for jared because i was only vaguely aware of what was going on...she was ok after they worked on her, but they took her to the nursery right away because she was making funny noises, and she had a rough start...so sadly i have no pictures of her when she was first born, or of her first bath, everything just happened so fast...the rest of my stay in the hospital i was the girl who had her baby in 5 minutes to the nurses...they couldnt stop talking about it to me...haha...anyway we are both doing well...she is doing good, eating well, back to her birth weight, and i am doing good too...still in pain, but thats why they send you home with medicine...you are going to need it...i will post more pictures of her later...but here is one...oh yeah and i have decided something since going through this process...if you have the option and chose not to have medicine, you are an idiot..no offense to anyone out there, but i just dont see the reasoning behind it if you have a choice...haha

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

baby envy...

maybe the title of this post should be not being pregnant envy...that would be more suitable...at one point this spring/summer i believe there were 19 people pregnant in jareds extended family...i am one of the last....i am loving seeing all the new babies, and believe me i am not quite ready to bring another tiny human home...i still have some things i need to get, and some things i still need to sew up...but i am 100% ready to be NOT PREGNANT...i have felt pretty good so far...that changed drastically in the last week and a half...varicose veins people....they are no joke...like if i didnt have 2 little girls that were so helpful with my husband out of town all week, every week, simple things like dishes and laundry would not get done...i did manage to get some cute stuff made, and little by little i will continue to add to it...right now though i cant think about sitting in a chair sewing for an extended period of time...i will just be thankful for the 2 little blessings that are in my life...



here is a picture of some of the things i have done so far...some with help from jessie and rome, and others by myself...arent you proud amanda?!?!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

back to school blues...

i will begin by saying that i have mixed emotions about back to school...i love this time of year..i love school supplies, and i know that fall is waiting patiently around the corner which is fantastic because fall is my FAVORITE!!! with that said...i know my kids need to go to school, but i really dont want them to...it is much harder to have all 4 of them home...but kylee and elly really do help me a lot, and they keep the other kids entertained...plus going back to school means having to deal with other kids sometimes making mine sad...and worrying if my kids are going to be mean to another child (apparently theses are my fears)...and then there are the new teachers...getting used to the way they do things...for the past 2 years kylee and elly have had great teachers, and they loved them...there was fear over the summer (i am positive that every child entering 2nd grade at long elementary school had the same fear)...fear over getting a certain teacher...in our home we had many discussions that if one got this certain teacher that it would be fine...she wasnt as bad as the stories said she was (though i was reminded by the girls every time that she actually made kindergarten kids cry mom)...haha....well one did get this teacher, and when i came home and told her all she said was (and i quote)..."when you are at the top...the only place to go is down" bahahaha...(julie if you are reading this, you should feel proud!)....but i will say that after the first day of school, ky came home and said we were wrong mom...she is only mean to kids who are bad! haha...she likes her, and thats all i could want...the teacher has frustrated me a couple times, but i am sure that i do the same to many people...as long as my kids are happy in their classes i will be happy with it...i will let it slide when the teacher tells ky that i didnt fill out the papers and bring back the folder i was supposed to...even though i did it immediately when i got home (and put a note in it NOT to paddle my child...i wont get into that right now) and she just misplaced it on her desk...or when i sent in 3 (when we only needed to send 1) of the folders that were the specific name and with the pocket for their agendas, and my child brought home a completely different folder that didnt have a pocket (there was actually a sticker on it with her name on it)...so i went to walmart and bought a 4th folder and wrote her name and all on it and sent it back in...sorry for the rambling, those things are just frustrating to me...anyway i will quit complaining and get over it and it will be a good year...here are some second day of school pictures!



Monday, August 1, 2011

NEW PICTURES!

the other day monique asked if she could borrow jack for some pictures with an old tractor....of course...what little boy wouldnt want his picture taken on an old tractor?!?! that morning he after he was all dressed, peyton brought me a princess dress as she calls it and told me she wanted her picture too....i figured monique wouldnt mind and i dressed everyone and sent them out the door....here is what we got....SUPER CUTE PICTURES!!!

 i love this!!!!


here are some of all four of them...






 some of jack...







the girls...




kylee...




elly...




peyton...




and i think this picture is hilarious...it is so ky...how dare there be a bug on the ground!!!


and the girls and jack...



i am literally working on about 6 different things craft/redoing room type things at this moment...if i ever finish one completely, i will post about it...maybe when school starts next week i will be able to finish something...but probably not....haha....

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

things that are impossible...for me...

i am certain there are women out there that could do all the things that my brain believes i can do in the amount of time there is in a day....i am not one of those women...the other day i was thinking....it is impossible for me to sew a blanket and keep a house clean (no joke~it will never happen)...we have recently cleaned out kids closets and put shelves in them for all their clothes...which is a major inprovement because jacks closet literally was packed above my head with things like clothes i am saving for little people or all of my fabric...so once cleaned out i descovered i have a ton of girly fabric to make baby sophie bankets and spit up cloths and such...here is where the impossible comes in...not only is it impossible for me to make said things and keep a clean house with sheets on beds and clean underwear, but it apparently is also impossible for me to keep big secrets like...i dont know...SANTA for instance....2 years ago kylee, elly and abby got strollers with babies....and diaper bags and all that matched (and monogrammed in true southern fashion...because even santa knows that in the south we want everything we own to be branded such)...needless to say they each got super cute things made from super cute fabric:


well we had a lot left over and it was in my fabric bin...i pulled it out and decided there was plenty to make a blanket and several spit up cloths...just as i was admiring how cute it was....kylee and elly informed me, and i quote, "hey thats the same fabric santa used to make our stuff"...yikes....all i could say was what?! what are you talking about?!?! i got this from the fabric store! they then asked me if i made the bags and stroller matress...to which i responded quickly "no i definitely didnt make your bags" which is true by the way...so anyway...they still sort of believe in santa...this is probably the last year for it...so im just going to go with it for now...that made it apparent that one of the things that is impossible for me to do is to keep secrets...there are many other things...
1. to stick to a menu when jared is out of town
2. to go shopping with any children other than peyton (and only her because people dont want to watch her)
3. to do all the crafts that are in my head in the free time that i have....bahaha free time?!
4. to fold more than 1 load of laundry per day...just forget it...
5. to stick to a list at the store
6.  to bathe little people more than twice a week ( dont judge me...its summer and they go swimming everyday...)
7.  i could literally go on and on but right now jared is out of town for 2 days...so i have no immediate deadline to have a clean house or serve a meal, and i have a bin full of fabric that is calling my name......

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Wedding belles...

i have some super cute pictures from emily and wills wedding at landmark park that monique took...most of them are of my kids because 1. i like my kids and 2. it wasnt my wedding and not my place to share their pictures...not that emily would care....i just didnt save most of hers...anyway it was extremely exciting for my kids....kylee and elly got to be flower girls, jack got to pass out fans, and peyton got to wear a princess dress (which had to be made into a toga 1 hour in)...but they had seen the planning for weeks and all the stuff that lori was collecting for it...and im pretty sure this was the first wedding they have ever been to...fun was had by all...peyton ripped her dress, kylee nearly broke her foot and it was pretty stinkin hot outside during the ceremony...but other than that it was a success here are some pictures...

kylee




elly



riding in on the horse and carriage



starting to walk



i love how old timey this looks



henry



holly and wesley



peyton



my kids obsessed with the horse...
 the mobley group

peyton pitchin a fit about something...and the stupid pink bucket...and me being as big as possible...haha




amanda and nicole....bffffs



another cute one of henry




nicole and jared...me again being as big as possible...






ky after she almost broke her foot...doesnt she look pitiful?!




i havent taken too many pictures this summer so far, i guess i will get on that...right now i am doing a complete over haul of the girls room...it would make sense to put the new baby in there since it is all new and clean, but i guess i will just have to do jacks room next...i will most definitely not be posting before pics because it is too shameful, but i will post pics of the finished project...haha

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

And the winner is.....

in our family, for the past couple months since we found out there was another little human on its way to our family...everyone has been positive it would be a little boy...our family would be complete...jared always said he wanted another boy and jack even had him named...so today when we went for the ultrasound and it was a little girl...chaos erupted in the mobley household...jack was crying his little eyes out....jared was mad the he couldnt produce another boy....kylee and elly were upset and said that one peyton was enough...peyton was the only one who was ok with this (mostly because she loves pink)...needless to say after the tempers cooled (i say this, but jack was the only one that was really upset...the rest of us were just in shock) anyway, after bringing some super cute pink clothing home and bottles and other such things everyone is happy now...jack has even offered to share his room with her...so in a couple months time Sophia Grace Mobley will join our little family and we will all welcome her with open arms...no pictures this time, because frankly ultrasound photos creep me out...haha

Monday, May 9, 2011

anniversary, birthday, mothers day=BEACH!

april and may are pretty busy months for us...i dont know why this is, it just seems like there are a lot of things that go on....jared and i celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary (it feels like 100, but whatever)haha...my birthday and mothers day were all clumped together...so what better way to spend it than at the BEACH! my favorite! jared has this idea every time we go to the beach that we need to leave at the buttcrack of dawn (like 4:30AM)...i am not ok with this. it always ends up being more like 6:30 which i agree to because its the beach! we go there about 8:30 to this:

AMAZING! the weather was perfect! no jellyfish...which is always a plus...since it was my birthday we decided to grill hamburgers and hot dogs...and i told you my mother in law goes all out...something i call mobley style...chips, dip, watermelon, strawberries and pound cake and whipped cream...here is a picture of the spread...


it was a really great day and an amazing way to spend my birthday...i will leave you with some other pictures....

gavin and jack






peyton and ky






henry (he loves his auntie nicole)






jack






jared and peyton (i love this picture)





little miss peyton






elly






 ky






 peyton and jack ~ he looks thrilled to take a picture with her!






gavin skim boarding






kylee ~ this picture cracks me up...that has got to be the tiniest tube...









elly







ky






the group...minus jack and henry...and gavins face.




thats trouble.