Five Things Friday

I dont think I have ever done a "Five Things Friday" or "Wordless Wednesday" post but this morning.... I got nuthin' epic or blog-worthy going on in my life.  I figured I can come up with 5 non-epic and non-blog-worthy things to write about.

1. I think the crud is just about GONE!  Both both are back to driving me each other crazy and while they sound like their lungs could appear on their high chair trays at anytime during a coughing fit, at least its alot looser and doesnt sound like its going to break their rib cages anymore.

2.  Sage is obsessed with flushing the toilet.  Not so much with contributing to the contents of the flushed toilet, but I guess not being afraid of it is a step in the right direction, right??

3.  Considering dying my hair........hmmmmm?

4.  Really need to go cut firewood but cannot seem to motivate myself to suggest it to hubby when its 60 degrees outside.  We turn our furnace off in the winter and only heat our house with the wood-stove so stocking piling wood isn't exactly optional.

5.  I have a really big EMT skills assessment test tomorrow yes, 8 hour class on New Years Eve that I feel completely unprepared for even though I have studied my ass rear off.  Im sure by tomorrow night, I will be ready to get my drink on party pants on and to celebrate 2012 with friends at the bar in town.

 

New adventures....new blog

Alright....I think the time has come to consolidate my blogs.  I am simply not capable of keeping 2 going.  Why I ever thought with 3 kids I would be able to sit down in peace and quiet and write out my thoughts 2 separate times daily, I dont know. 

Im lucky if I get any time at all...the peace and quiet part...yea....thats a  negative ghost rider.

So anyhoo I have been spending alot of time at my new blog.....http://www.journeytotherun.blogspot.com/ and I would like to invite all of you to join me and a few new friends over there.  Initially, it was just for running but since running has become such an big part of my life, I cant seem to seperate anymore. 

Cant keep 'em seperated in real life, why pretend in cyberspace.

Please click on the link and follow me there....I promise all the goofy stories that make peope question my sanity will be there.

Three Things Thursday

A few of the other blogs I follow post a "Three Thing Thursday" blog on, well, Thursdays. Three interesting little facts about them, their lives and their adventures. Since they are always interesting reads, I thought I would give it a go also. Enjoy MY "Three Things".

1. I am the mother of Irish Twins. My boys are 10.5 months apart. Thank you for your sympathy and No, not on purpose.

2. I used to be a ski instructor in Michigan. I taught little kids, school groups and when I had to, adults. I love to ski, its a passion that I am sorry was out of my life for far to many years. Im very lucky that hubby is an athlete and up for just about anything active, and he loves to ski as well. So why are we going snowmobiling next weekend???

3. I went to Ireland on a Haunted Horseback riding trip, SOLO! October 2006, so amazing and empowering to travel that far alone. I did meet up with a group of people, none that I knew prior, but the flying and bus trips and adventures in Tullamore were all alone. So glad I did it. Never do it again.

Christmas....Hanna style

Christmas was great, until Piper threw up all over Karen's dining room (including a cloth covered chair), then again at our house, and again and again (4x, yep, thats right). In the middle of all that Sage started. So at 9pm last night Shawn was shampooing our carpets (grape tylenol vs white carpeting....emergency carpet shampooing) and I was setting Piper up on the couch with the garbage can. Poor kiddo.....Merry Christmas to the Hanna family.

Before the puking we had a great day! Shawn got me some Under Armour for running, and shirt and pants so now I am ready to tackle cold weather runs. My sister in law got me a great vest (Im a bit vest obsessed), Piper got a Barbie house, car, new Barbie, a sewing machine and lots of other stuff. Sage got toys. Lots and lots of toys. Shawn got long underwear, a new knife and a scabbard for hunting on horseback. We got a new grill from Shawn's mom and dad and Im sure we will be breaking that in tonight!

I thought alot this weekend about "belief". Why do we believe in Santa? The answer I got from Piper was because we have Santa Tracker to see where he is flying and reindeer food to attract Rudolph, plus Santa has email and a website. Kids today believe because they have technology telling them to. We believed because, well, because we went to bed early and got up early and VOILA....Santa had been there! No government agency tracking him across the globe, no Reindeer food guiding Rudolph (who didnt need any directions for hundreds of years) and Santa didnt write you a letter till you wrote him one. We believed because we did, thats just the way it was. Im kinda sad that my kids need so many reasons to believe. Im sad that they cant just believe because they are children and they can.

Brannon

I am a terrible mother. A terrible, blogging mother. I cant remember the last time I updated on Brannon. Compared to the other blogging moms who have great photos, awesome stories and are ON TIME with their updates (Geri)....I am a terrible, blogging mom.

So here goes....a very late Brannon blog!!

He is 10 weeks old today, around 12.5lbs and 22 inches long. We have had a long standing battle with acid reflux which we seem to be getting a handle on. Of course, the "tips" the doctor told us to do did not work, so we went with some good, ol' fashioned, been-there-done-that, experienced mom advice and whattya know....PEACE IN THE VALLEY!!!!

Aside from the screaming and crying, which I cant blame the little guy for...how miserable for him....Brannon Garnet is a great baby! He is getting to the age where we can interact with him more. He laughs and coos, he smiles and giggles (which often results in puking....work in progress) and we have so much fun with him!

Piper really doesnt pay much attention to him. He isnt very much fun for an 8 year old, not compared to her little buddy, Sage. But she loves to love on him, which lasts about 30 seconds, then give him back. A few more months and she will be all over him just like she is with Sage.


Sage thinks his little brother is great! He loves to pull his paci away and substitute his fingers. He also thinks that when the fingers in Brannon's mouth doesnt work, then he tries up his nose, but again, he just doesnt understand why Bran doesnt like that. As far as Sage is concerned having your fingers in your mouth or up your nose is normal and natural.

Thankfully Brannon is very laid back. This is obvious when you watch Sage crawl into the boppy with Brannon and proceed to give him kisses (which can be scary moment for seasoned parental figures) and Brannon just sits there. Sage crawls all over him, sits on him, lays on top of him and Brannon just chills.



Brannon loves to play on the floor with his daddy and thats when he gets to laughing and smiling the most. Sage tends to get very jealous of this so its a good thing that Daddy is strong and can hold Sage off while he plays with Brannon.
I am so lucky that all my kiddos are such great kids!

Cyber what??

I love Christmas but I really dont like shopping. I really, REALLY dont like Christmas shopping. Therefore the concept of Black Friday is one of pure torture and insanity for me and I choose to not participate.

I do most of my shopping, holiday or not, online. Partly because I live 90 miles from the closest Wally-world and partly because again, I hate shopping.

I so proud of myself this year, I have IDEAS for the kiddos, which is new. Usually I have to search the websites and let something jump out at me that says "Piper cant live without me!!!!". Not this year, I am PREPARED!! I am READY!!! I even set aside some Christmas money so that isnt a concern this year either. Im talking MOM O THE YEAR here!!!!

I was all ready on Monday for some free "Cyber Monday" shipping and great "Online ONLY" discounts. The boys were sleeping and/or occupied, my credit card was ready to go...then the websites start crashing. Things are not opening, links are bad, servers are crashed.....WHAT!!!! Right in front of my eyes my "place your order by noon for free shipping" was disappearing in a gigantic blob of technology.

This is Cyber Monday's version of getting trampled in a massive rush of people through the doors at Target at 4am on Black Friday.

So Im going to try again today. Im not nearly as prepared, Im sure that was the shopping goddesses way of getting back at me for all my complaining about shopping and how its so much easier online. Im hoping and assuming that I will find great deals just as soon as Brannon starts to scream, Sage falls in and then out of his toy box, again, and Shawn takes off with my car, and therefore my credit card.

Anyone else find it ironic that I can find a husband online much easier then I can buy Christmas presents?

My son, the spider monkey.

Sage's most favorite thing to do is climb. He will climb anything, regardless of if its in his way or just there. The "spider-monkey" is very good at what he does which is why we have come to terms with having to accept his new found love, instead of trying to curb it. So far we have had a couple of bruises, and some scraps but nothing permanment (or cast worthy).