Where/Who Am I?

So for those three or four people who actually read my blog, here is an update! :) I know that in my last blog, I had mentioned that I started my low iodine diet and I was feeling pretty good. Well, that has taken a DRASTIC turn, I feel absolutely AWFUL! I never realized how little there was to eat on this diet and how much I was going to have to cook! It is exhausting just thinking about what I am going to eat. If I never eat another peach again, it'll be too soon!lol

I have never quite been in this place before and so I am not sure how to handle it. I am sooooo tired that all I want to do is lay in bed, not to mention that I am really depressed. I guess that you could say that I am feeling sorry for myself right now, but I also can't seem to control it. I was excited at the beginning of starting my diet because I figured that it was going to be pretty easy and I would lose some lbs! Little did I know, that because I am not on my medication, that I suffer all of the symptoms of Hypothyroidism: depression, fatigue, constipation, weight gain, etc...... that would be a check, check, check and check. I was so looking forward to snacking on Superbowl Sunday, but I guess that'll have to wait til next year! I only have two more days left and let me tell you, they will be the longest two days of my life! I am looking forward to getting back on my medication and being happy, energetic, and hopefully those lbs will fall off (?) but most of all looking forward to getting back to be a normal wife and mother. I just want to carry my kids up the stairs without having to stop every few steps because I am so tired. Or just to be able to pick up Alex when he needs some lovin without having to say, "mommy can't lift you because I don't have the strength."

Thankfully, I have been blessed with such an amazing support system. I don't know what I would do without my wonderful husband. He has had to do it all for the last week and a half. I bet he never thought he'd be Mr. Mom/Betty Crocker/Therapist/School Bus Driver! He has been my rock and I love him more than ever. So, thank you to the world's best father and husband. I love you.

My Mom has also been a huge help. She has been here over the weekend to help out and she is a huge help with the boys. They love to play with her and so when she is here, Alex doesn't seem to worry so much. Roland's Mom will be coming next week while I am away, (at the "Radiance Spa"), to help out. I am very lucky to have such a great support system. Well, I feel like I have been rambling on and being a boob, so that's it!

Ghouls, Goblins..........Mater and a Monkey!!

As expected, Circe's Halloween Party was fantastic! Alex went as "Mater" (or as he says, "TOWWW Mater!") and Lincoln was a cute little Monkey! This was Lincoln's first Halloween and he had a blast. He couldn't take his eyes off all of the kids running around on the sugar induced highs!

Alex drank so much of Circe's homemade "Witches Brew" that he was so amped up all he could do was scream as loud as he could the entire way home! That was fun! It was worth all the sugar induced rampages to see how thrilled he was to be "TOWWWW Mater". I don't know how Circe does it but I think that next she should run for "President"!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Good old Arctic Circle!

Today Alex went to the park with his little brother and his cousins, Freestone and Xanthe, and a few other lively boys! He had a great time just being a "boy". After the playground, we went to Arctic Circle, which really took me back to my childhood days with the kiddie cones! Yummy. While at Arctic Circle, Roland and I witnessed utter madness. Since Roland and I aren't around kids that much, we were starting to wonder if Alex was behaving like a normal 3 1/2 yr old or if he was just really "over the top"! But, after today, I can honestly say that he is completely normal. I turned to my husband and said, "this is great therapy". I especially noticed that little boys have a totally different way of interacting with each other, than little girls do. And his little brother, Lincoln, who is 9 1/2 months, had this look on his face like he was watching a three ring circus! I guess that this is something that I will have to get used to, being an only child and of the female gender. Thank Heaven for little boys and there wild imaginations!

Boys!!!

I have two little rug rats! Alex, who will be 4 in Nov., and Lincoln, who is almost 10 months old! Can someone please tell me that all the yelling, running, weird faces, and utter obsession with tractors and tools is normal? Lately, I am feeling the affects of too much testosterone! I am feeling a little overwhelmed at this boy thing. I grew up an only child and I am very much a girlie girl to the tee! Someone please give me the down low on raising BOYS!!!

At the same time, they warm my heart. Alex, my oldest, can be sooooooooo loving one minute and the next he's doing a WWF move on me! OUCH! He is so cute when he says, "mama, I looove you! Im gonna crush you!", in his monster truck voice. Then on the other hand, he likes to pretend he's Ratatouille!

Lincoln, his little brother, watches him with much anticipation thinking, "I can't wait til I'm big enough!" He is funny because at 9 months, he will get down on the floor and start pulling Alex's hair and try to wrestle with him. I think I have two little Tasmanian Devils on my hands!

If anyone has a little girl that they wanna let me borrow to take shopping, please let me know! LOL! Life with boys sure is fascinating. I never knew so much about Tractors! I can name all of them as I am driving down I-80!