Colorado Crockers

Catchy title, no? Things on my mind, typed out so that they are on my blog, instead of bouncing around in my head. - I like kids, no shocker there. I usually even like my own kids. I think we will have more. If we have at least one more and then adopt a couple, does that make our family freakishly large? Do I care if I have a freakishly large family? I say this and my baby doesn't even sleep through the night yet. I say "yet" because some day it is bound to happen...right? -I am generally against waking a sleeping child for just about any reason. It is now almost 4:30 and Elie is still asleep. She has a cold. If she doesn't wake up soon, I will never be able to put her in bed by 7. She needs her sleep but I need the sanity or both kids in bed at a decent hour. What to do? - I have no idea what to make for dinner tonight. Elie doesn't care and either does Addie. I want burgers or taco bell or something equally nutritionally devoid, but feel guilty feeding that c...

Sorry for the lack of blog post lately, I have been feeling uninspired. See, usually I have a post or two rambling around in my head. I have had the posts in my head, but no inspiration to actually type them out. Here is a brief update on our family: Addilyn - Is now 7 months old, which totally blows my mind. She is a fine sleeper during the day, but then night hits and she can't seem to figure it out. The child still won't eat baby food. I have a grinder and smash anything she can't gum. She eats everything we do, from pasta with Italian sausage to fruit to corn on the cob. She sits really well and has started rocking back and forth on her hands and knees. She babbles , coos, and giggles. She is the sweetest baby who loves to cuddle. I am thrilled that she is a mama's girl, since Elie is, and always has been, all about papa. Elie- This child makes me laugh every day. She is over all very well behaved and has an amazing imagination .We recently saw a pincher bug, so...

In the last 24 hours: Bowls of cereal eaten by my 2 year old: 4 and the were all for breakfast Diapers changed: 7 People dressed:3 Baths given/taken:5 Loads of laundry folded:3 Books read: 6 Questions answered: 1,865 Floor swept: 2 times said "Obey please":20 times Hours of sleep: not enough Blogs posted: 1 Glasses of milk spilled on head:1 Facebook status updates: 3 Binky's tossed in the trash: ALL OF THEM!! well, not Addie's

John McCain- The US Senator from Arizona serving from 1987. A POW in Vietnam , ran from president in 2000, was asked by John Kerry to be his running mate. In 2002 his voting record was 6 most liberal of republicans. By 2005, he was the 3ed most Conservative . Wrote the book "Faith of My Fathers" that was made into a movie. Was named one of Times "25 most influential people" in 1997. If elected, he will be the country's oldest president at age 72. Strong supporter of Bush and the current war. He is married to Cindy, has 7 children and 4 grandchildren. Barack Obama -Current jr US Senator from Illinois . Has lived all over the world, schooled in Hawaii, went to college at Columbia and then Harvard, majoring in Political science. Taught constitutional law. In 1996 was elected to state senate. Listed as one of Times "Worlds most influential people". He is married with 2 daughters. Its funny, as I type this I notice I have much less to write under the ...

This is a heads-up to all my blog readers that I will be posting political stuff soon. Many of you won't agree with it, others just don't want to hear it and still others don't give a rip. Consider yourself warned.

I have had a good month, I have gotten to go out with the girls twice! The first time was at the beginning of the month, with my mom and sister. I am one of those who is blessed to actually like spending time with my family. We went to this Italian place that serves GF stuff, went walking in Golden and then came back to moms house and enjoyed an awesome dessert. Girls at the Italian place Making fish lips at the fish The "Ross" girls on a walk The second time was last night. I went out with Kari, Jen and my sis Steph. Amanda was supposed to join us, but Ryan was sick. We had mojitos and aps at The Samba Room and then went to the Rio for a bit of food. We were home at a decent hour and had an awesome time. Jen and I in front of the pretty flowers ...

I was in line at Target the other day, chatting with the casher (my sister Amanda says this is one of my more annoying habits, but that is a whole different post) I made the comment that I should just sign half of Matts paycheck over to them, she said they should just keep her money, too. She was young (19-ish?) and lamenting adulthood. I have, for a long time, thought growing up was completely over-rated. Now, I am not a pessimist by nature, usually the opposite (I have been known to be called "irkingly perky", also by Amanda) But I feel I was handed a whole load of crap when it came to this adulthood thing. Here are, what I believe, the top fallacies of growing up: 1. Money- When your young you dream of making the big bucks. what you don't realize is the big bucks, once made, are not for you. They pay for taxes, rent/mortgage, health care, school loans and a bunch of other un-fun things 2. Marriage- Ahhh, the dream of having a "soul mate". You spend your time ...

Here are a few of my favorite links: http://budgetvino.com - This is my kinda wine drinking. Reviews on bottles $10 and under. No more scouring the liquor store without a clue http://www.usmagazine.com - Celeb smut for free. I just can't bring myself to spend $100 a year for people. http://www.paperbackswap.com - For those of us who are not on the ball enough for the library. My buddy Sarah told me about them and I love it. http://allrecipes.com - I can find a recipie for anything on this site. Love it! http://www.askdrsears.com - The answers to my parenting questions. I love that he never encourages me to let my baby "cry it out" and he is crunchy, just like me. http://www.kellymom.com - Everything breastfeeding. Nuff said. http://www.mint.com - This site ROCKS for managing your money. You just put in all your accounts, credit cards, mortgages, and even funds and it keeps track of everything. It tells you how much you spend where, and gives you a budget. It keeps track o...

This is a test, inspired by Jenny, to see if you can tell the girls apart. I don't really think they look that much alike, but we will see what you think. So...who is who? The top one is Addilyn and the bottom is Elie. Lets try again... Elie is the picture in the exersaucer and Addie is the one on the couch. So...do the girls look alike? Addie went to the doctor for her 6 month appointment today. She is almost 14 pounds (5%) and in the 40% for height . Apparently we make long skinny kids. She is ahead developmentally (like her sister always was) so they are not worried. That's all that is new here!

I haven't done the video thing in a while, so here you go. Addilyn in the doorway bouncer. Then Elie, not to be out done by some little baby, in the doorway bouncer.