Small Town Grigs

so its time for a break

2009-02-15T19:43:00.002-06:00

So I think that it is time for me to take a little break from blogging. I seem to never have time to post, and i am horrible at taking pictures, let alone posting them. so yeah, maybe in a while when we get our lives more on a concrete schedule, and I don't feel like we are living in a whirlwind, I will start doing it again. and plus almost everyone is on facebook now, that i can post my pics there. so goodbye for now! hope you have enjoyed my ranting and raving!!!

2009-02-01T18:00:00.003-06:00

so its been a kind of crazy week. i have started getting more and more personal training clients-which in one way is fantastic! I actually feel like I am doing something good at work, rather then just sitting there wasting my time-i feel like i have a purpose and am actually helping people....which is a great feeling. but then again it is kind of hard on the kids and the fam. because of the job, i have strange hours that are no consistant and some days have me going in at three different time for like an hour each. and it is so exhausting to drag the girls all over the place. in and out, coats on coats off, pack the diaper bag....blah blah blah and by the end of each day I am just exhausted. I have started thinking that maybe I am being selfish in wanting to work so much, even though i know its not the best set up for the kids. Its just that we had cheyenne so early, that I never got to get out there and work full time for a while, like i had hoped - so now i am trying to make it work even though i think God wants me to be more present in my kids lives, but i am having a really hard time accepting that...so i think i have oome to a fork in the road. do we keep trying at this untill we think we got it right, or do i try to be a sahm, even though i think thats not what i want? i am so torn.

Time to Post

2009-01-24T11:13:00.002-06:00

Well its finally Saturday and I am sitting down to write a little post. This week has just been nuts. let me tell you. I have been working so much and feel like I am constantly running late for everything!! I have gotten some personal training clients, which is awesome, but at the same time, it makes our lives so complicated. Scheduling everything. decided who has the girls and for how long. In and out of the house like five times a day. its so crazy and choatic, i barely made it through the week. hopefully it will be better soon, and more under control so we can know eachothers schedules, and keep everything straight. I don't know how moms do it who have older kids and younger kids and they have to cart their kids around to every practice, and party, and games..my goodness!! but on the other hand, i did make some pretty good money this week, that will be very usefull in paying off some bills!! :) Today is just a lazy day, cheyenne and I just got done playing in the snow and now we are having hot cocoa. its great, I love saturdays!! I hope you all have a fantastiv weekend!!!

FINALLY PHOTOS!!!

2009-01-18T20:50:00.001-06:00

2009-01-10T08:27:00.005-06:00

An attempt at braiding Cheyenne's hair - not quite thick enough yet!! :)

Well its Saturday morning, and looking back on this week I have to say that it has been one of my better ones. I started this week off with a lot of things I wanted to do and I feel so great that I did them. I, like the rest of the world, am starting again at living healthy. I was doing really well before my car accident, but after that I got out of the routine and haven't been doing well at all. So I started again this week and I am proud to say I made it to the Y to work out 4x. My goal was 5x but on Friday I shoveled snow and played outside with Cheyenne, so I counted that. :) The girls have been really good this week. all but for two days, they took naps at the same time and gave me time to have down time myself. Though these holidays I learned a little about myself, in that if I don't get any down time - I turn into a crab!!!
The girls are doing great, i think they are really enjoying being back on a schedule and little Dakota is just all over the place now, really learning to crawl fast!!

Oh the holidays

2009-01-04T17:12:00.005-06:00

Well the holidays are over and there is no longer anyone staying at my house and both girls are napping at the same time, which hasn't happened in weeks. So i finaly have time to get on the computer. So here is a little update from us. Our holidays were fun and very busy. It was good to have all my family over. Kinda weird to have it at my house this year instaed of my mom and dads, but we still had a really good time. I have a ton of pics, thanks to my mom (i kept forgetting to take them) So I will make a sideshow someday soon to show all of them, but here are just a few from all our holiday celebrations

Mama's Girl

2008-12-14T22:01:00.002-06:00

So its been like 2 or more weeks since I have last posted, but i have excuses! First off we were without internet for a WEEK! it was hard (probably more for dave b/c of fantasy football, then for me) but still it was pretty rough. And then during the day I literally can not sit down and do anything. Dakota is a huge mama's girl and if I am not holding her, feeding her, or playing with her, she is screaming!!! and i am barely exaderating (sp?) so i have been having a hard time getting much of anything accomplished, let alond posting. so i apologize to all my readers. I have cute christmas tree cutting pics, and a video of Dakota, that i will eventually get up. but if I don't post for another month, at least now you know why.

Its been a while

2008-12-02T20:19:00.002-06:00

So its been a while since I have posted. We had a really good thanksgiving. We drove to Texas to see Dave's mom and brothers. It was a good time, and the girls were spoiled silly! I don't have any pics cause I am a horrible mom and forgot to take some! The girls did really well traveling, and the van is freakin awesome!! Cheyenne loves the dvd player, and dakota was really good. she would just sleep for a while, and then just sit and play with her toys. We only had one incident where Cheyenne got car sick. it was on our way home, and we were only 10 minutes from Fulton! We were so close! Poor girl. Well I am at work and I should get back to doing what I am suppose to be doing. Hopefully soon I will post a video of Dakota crawling. she is sooooo close.

Our Life

2008-11-18T12:47:00.003-06:00

Well a lot has happened this week and it is only Tuesday!! For starter, we are proud owners of a new van! YEAH! we purchased it yesterday (well the bank purchased it yesterday) and it is great. it is a 2005 Crystlar Town and Country. It is super nice, and we got a huge deal on it. Dave and I are happy. On the other hand Cheyenne is not to happy. Last night Dave picked up the girls from the YMCA with the new van, and poor Cheyenne would not get in. She was so terrified and scared of the van. She was screaming and kicking and punching Dave. She wanted nothing to do with it, the poor thing. Dave kept trying to calm her down saying she was safe and that nothing was going to happen. She finally got in. but still today she whines when she has to go in the van, she wants to take the car instead. We are hoping that this won't last long, seeing as we have to take the van to Texas on Saturday.
On another note, Cheyenne is making great strides in potty training the last two days. She used to refuse to put big girl panties on, but today she went potty and put them on afterwards, and ran around the house all excited, and didn't even want to put pants on!! She did have an accident, but hey it was her first time! So things are finally starting to progress. I just pray she keeps at it. I finally found the secert --- dum dum suckers!!!!
Here are a few pics of Cheyenne. One is of her first ever cheeseburger, and the other is of her big girl panties!!!!

Big Helper

2008-11-15T09:32:00.002-06:00

Cheyenne has finally warmed up to Dakota, and wants to help me do everything! She is always wanting to play with Dakota, and talking to her about everything. But she also does not like it when Dakota takes one of "her" toys or tries to pull at her hair, or get to close. It is so fun to watch them interact. I posted a video of Cheyenne being a "big helper" at feeding time!

No TV

2008-11-06T07:02:00.002-06:00

So this week I have made it a goal not to watch any cartoons with Cheyenne. She has started being like addicted to the TV and that is what she always asks to do. Constanly she is saying "Mommy, I watch movie?" or "Mommy, I watch Clifford" and so on. and i usually give in at let her watch some TV everyday. which isn't bad I don't think, but then at Day care, that is all she does, and so the addiction was getting worse, and since she's not in daycare this week, I thought I would try it. Let me tell you the first day was Hell!!! She asked almost every 5 minutes, and threw fits when I said no, and we kept having to find things to do to keep her busy, but we made it, and since then it hasn't been as hard at all. She has started really liking to read books, which before, she barely ever did, and we have been playing outside and doing new things around the house. Overall its been a pretty fun week. Every now and then she will ask, but its not as often, and she usually knows the answer, so there is no fit throwing. Overall its been a pretty good week. We will have to see how the next couple days go!!!

Pictures of Van

2008-11-03T13:03:00.005-06:00

So you experts out there, does it look totalled???

that seat was where Cheyenne was sitting. Look how close to door got to actually hitting her!!

Crazy Halloween!!!

2008-11-01T06:39:00.008-05:00

While Halloween has come and gone, and let me just tell you it will be one I will remember forever!! It started off as another normal day, I was running really late for work so I decided to take the van rather then the car because I didn't have two extra minutes to get it out of the garage. Dave dropped the girls off at work on his way to work, and just left me with the van for some reason. (usually he takes it cause he likes it better) so I work till about noon and get off and start taking the girls home for lunch-Dave was waiting for us at home to have lunch together. Well I was about 4 blocks from my house when someone ran a stop sign and totally t-boned us in the intersection! It spun the van around a complete 180 and the other car veered off and ended up hitting a tree. It was so scary. most of the impact was on the driver side sliding door, right where Cheyenne was sitting!! Both girls were screaming and I was just shaking like a leaf. I had to climb out the other side of the van, since my door was jammed, and quickly got my girls out to see if they were okay. A kind neighbor came and took Dakota well I helped Cheyenne. Dave came with a bottle, cause Dakota was more hungry then hurt, so the neighbor lady fed her the bottle while I helped Cheyenne. She just wouldn't stop crying and kept saying that her neck hurt. So to be on the safe side the ambulance took both girls to the hospital, and poor Cheyenne needed to wear a neck brace. She was so scared, and kept saying she didn't want to be in "the big truck" Everyone ended up being okay, Cheyenne just had a little whiplash from the straps of her seat, and was shaken up a bit, but she is just fine, and Dakota was barely phased. It was such a mirlcle that we were in the van that day rather then the car. The van is pretty much totaled, but God was really looking out for us yesterday. Everyone was so fine that we went trick or treating at night. Cheyenne loved it and the only thing that scared her was a bill clinton mask!! It was a crazy day and I cied a little putting the girls to bed. God is so great andit reminded me how muchI love my girls even when they drive me crazy!!!

Emotions

2008-10-29T13:13:00.002-05:00

So Sunday night at girls night we did a devo about emotions, and how to control them, and how not to let them run our lives. I feel like I really need that devo this week. I have been kind of depressed lately about myself. I have always had low self-esteem...chalk it up to years of toture in school....but anyway this past week I just can't seem to get over it. A older lady at coffe break said that it looks like a I have a few baby pounds to kill (which I do) but u don't tell someone that. and then last night at work, a guy asked if I was expecting. (who does that!!) and NO i am not pregnant (thank God) but it really got me down in the dumps. I work my ass out almost everyday and try my hardest to eat healthy, but I guess its not working. and I work at a health club for goodness sake!!!! I know you all don't care about this, but I just need to vent, and I also use this blog as a memoir for me too. anyway I feel lately that I have just let myself go since having kids, and its not that I did it intentionally, but I just don't seem to have an extra 20 min in the morning to do my hair and make-up, I am so busy!! Which leads to the next thing that has gotten me down. We had a bad experiance with the night babysitter at the YMCA and Dave feels like I should cut back or maybe quit all together to spend more time at home. He feels, and I guess I agree a little, that our kids are being neglected, and work and church are coming before them. so that made me feel bad to, althoug he didn't intend it to hurt. so yeah i am just a mess this week. but enough crappy stuff. I am gonna go now. Next post i will put some cute pics of the girls in their halloween costumes!!!

Dakota "Crawling"

2008-10-21T14:01:00.003-05:00

Now you have to agree with me that she is just way to young to be able to do this!!

OMG!!!

2008-10-19T07:00:00.002-05:00

Well I apologize to all my faithful readers (if there are any) that I haven't posted in a while. This past week and so just seemed to fly by, and I never really found myself at the computer. Life here is just moving right along, I was hoping to have pics and videos of Dakota, but I can't seem to find the camera right now. She is growing sooooo fast, to fast if you ask me. She is already strating to crawl! I know crazy right, she is only 5 months old!! but she does this cute little army crawl, and she can get where she wants to go! now thankfully, she can't got very fast so I can do damage control, but still! Cheyenne didn't start really moving like this till like 6 1/2 months! We are also working on sitting up, but we aren't quite there yet, but getting close. Its a whole new world now-she won't just stay on her blanket, which means i need to vacume EVERYDAY! (stupid dog hair!!)
Other than that life is just about the same over here. We are in a pretty good schedule right now, and just coasting right now. Next post I will try to have to pics and videos of the kids.

National Cupcake Day

2008-10-09T12:44:00.002-05:00

Today is National Cupcake Day. Everyone is encouraged to bring cupcakes to work, or school, or whereever in honor of all the babies that were aborted and therefore do not get to have a birthday. I think this is such a great idea, and some of our youth group kids brought over 100 cupcakes to school today to pass out. It was so awesome to see them take chrage on an issue that they care about, and do something about it. So take a little break today from all your business and eat a cupcake and remember all those babies who don't get to have a birthday.

The Pumpkin Ranch

2008-10-05T15:29:00.005-05:00

Yesterday was a rare Saturday that we didn't have any plans, so we decided to go the pumpkin farm to get us some pumpkins. Well it turned out to be a beautiful day and the kids were in pretty good moods, so we were excited! Well silly us didn't do much research before we left, we just tried to remember from last year. When we got there it wasn't even open yet, so we went to Wal-Mart and got some lunch at Culvers. I decided yesterday that Culvers is probably my favorite "fast food" place to eat. it is just so yummy and Cheyenne gets free ice cream ever time we go, and she can never eat it all!!
After some shopping and lunch we headed back to the farm. We had a good time looking at all the animals and chasing the kitty cats all around. We tried to do the corn maze, but of course that scared Cheyenne- so it wasn't much fun. We were going to go on a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch, but the hayrides didn't start till 2:00 and we started having meltdowns around 1:30 so we just picked out some pumpkins from the front and called it a day!
Cheyenne didn't care one bit about the pumpkins, all she cared about were the kittys. she would chase them, and then pick them up and just walk around with them. but the bad thing was she would just grab those poor cats by the nect]k and serioulsy almost strangle them! It was so cute to watch her, and you can guess how she reacted when she found out she could take a pumpkin home, but not a cat!! Overall it was a pretty nice time, next year we will have to time it better so we can go on the hayride!

On her Way!!

2008-09-30T14:34:00.002-05:00

SO I think that Cheyenne is finally on her way to being potty trained! Lately we have been keeping her potty in her bedroom because our bathroom is tiny and it easier to sit in there for ever while she sits on the potty. Anyway last night I put her to bed and went and sat on the couch to watch Heros (great show by the way) about 15 minutes later I hear that potty music. (it plays music when u pee) and I thought Cheyenne was playing with it. So i go in her room ready to tell her its not a toy, and to get back in bed. Well instead I found her buck-naked going potty! She had taken off her pjs and diaper and had actaully gone potty! So I got her dressed again, praised her, but then firmly told her it was time to sleep, and went back to Hero's. 10 minutes later I hear the potty again! She had done it again, and had actually gone again! (she had a lot of juice yesterday) And today she has gone twice! YEAH! I know most of you don't really care, but it is a big deal for me, and I am getting excited!!

Dakota's eating cerel!

2008-09-26T10:56:00.004-05:00

Today I gave Dakota cerel for the first time. She was acting really hungrey today and the doctor had said to start anytime, so what the heck, I choose today. The first video is a little boreing and a little long. At first she didn't really know what to think and was just confused, but by the second video she is grabbing the spoon and trying to just shove it in. It is just so funny - at least for me it is. She screamed everytime I tried to stop feeding her, and then finally when I said we were down, she just passed out and slept for an hour and a half!

Who Knows!

2008-09-25T14:36:00.003-05:00

I thought it was time for an update, but i really don't have much to talk about. So here is what really bothered me this week. So if u know me well u know that i really only follow 4 tv shows. Heros, Prison Break, One Tree Hill and Grey,s Anatomy. So this year I am so excited for new shows and it turns out three of those shows are on monday nights...AT THE SAME TIME!!! now that is totally not fair!!!aww man the drama of my life! i need to get rich and buy a tivo!!

She's a Chunk!!!

2008-09-18T16:32:00.003-05:00

Dakota had her 4 month check up today, and she is doing great! She is a really big baby weighing in at 16 lbs!! Cheyenne was only 14lbs at 4 months! So Dakota is a CHUNK!! but she is doing really well, and has learned to roll over. She had to get 4 shots today, and didn't like it one bit. She had a nurse at each leg, holding her down and sticking needles in her. It was so sad to see but I know it is going to keep her healthy! Well thats it, we are off to Cheyenne's swimming lessons!!

Bummer

2008-09-17T14:50:00.002-05:00

Well I am very sad to report that the sleeping through the night has not continued. I will just have to tough it out a little longer, and hope that once she starts on cerel she will just zonk right out. In other news I have been doing a lot of thinking about whether or not I should leave the YMCA. My hours have got cut again, and there is really no interest in personal training. It is pretty sad but I have come to the realization that personal training is a big city job, and that you just aren't gonna get people to pay for it in small town. they just don't have the money. Everyone that lives here either works in the factories, or in the schools, and that is about it. So I am looking to get some sort of other job part time just to help pay the bills. (unless u know of a really rich person who can pay off our loans, then I will be a stay at home mom) Anyway, the sad thing is this is a small town, and there is no where to work. So now I am even more torn on what I should do. AHHHH sometime I hate living in the country and really want to move back to a city. Oh well I will figure something out. Everything always works out in the end someway, so I will just keep ya posted!

SLEEP!!!!

2008-09-14T07:16:00.002-05:00

I am so excited to tell everyone that I and Dakota slept through the whole night last night! She went to bed around 8 and got up at 6:30!! I on the other hand went to bed around 10, and besides a thunderstorm that brought Cheyenne into our bed around 1:00 I slept till 6:30 also!! It was so great, and I am praying that it continues! Sleep is rare around here, and usually comes in two-three hour increments, so lets just say I was hitting the end and really needed a good night! THe pictue below is a good indication on how I used to get a little shut-eye, now I am optimistic that I can get back to sleeping in MY bed at NIGHT!!!

Happy Birthday Dave

2008-09-10T15:12:00.002-05:00

Yesterday was Dave's 26th birthday. Overall it was a good day, we got to go on a dat at night, which is always great, because it barely ever happens. The thing Dave liked best about the day is that way Cheyenne got so excited that it was his birthday. She was singing the song all day long, and telling him happy birthday every time she saw him. It was so cute! Here is a little video of it. If you can't understand what she is saying, she is singing happy birthday to you

Something to do in Fulton (while Clinton)

2008-09-08T12:00:00.006-05:00

So this weekend there was actually something to do in our little town. While to be fair it was across the river in Clinton. There was an old World War II Navy Ship that was taking a trip down the Mississippe and it stopped in Clinton, and you could go take a tour of it. It was pretty cool, and it was one of the ships that was actually invovled with D-Day. NEway it was pretty fun beside that fact that we forgot Dakota's pacifier and Cheyenne got sick :) (we have decided that untill they are older we are just gonna do nothing, cause it always ends up being a pain in the #$! )

Ode to Cheyenne

2008-08-25T14:39:00.005-05:00

Here is a post totally dedicated to Cheyenne. She is really starting to grow up and has quite the personalitly!! It is so fun to watch her play and figure things out, and respond to the world around her, and I really love watching her play with other kids! She is pretty great, and there are lots of times when I have to remind myself of that because she has inherited the Gort trait of stubbornness and is also the definition of a terrible two! but when you catch her during her good moments, she is just an angel!!
She is really turning into a Daddy's girl. She loves her daddy and always wants to be with him when he is home
She is starting to learn about the potty and all that goes with it, but for now all she really does is sit on it occassionally (when she is in a good mood, or when it will delay her from going to bed.)
She is finally being able to tolerate the water, although she will only go in the pool if no one else is in. Good thing I work at the Y as a lifegaurd and have acess to the pool pretty much whenever I want!! Yesterday she even jumped in and went all the way under. (don't know if she intended to, but she did! :)
and finally occassionally she does sleep, which is such a great time for me! although I hate to say it, but she is starting to out grow her naps, which can really make for some long days!! :)

Well thats all, I should go know, Dakota is crying on the floor, cause she can't see me!!

2008-08-21T14:21:00.002-05:00

Here are a couple videos of the girls. Don't really ask me what Cheyenne is doing in the first one, cause I don't really get it. The only thing I know, is that when she watches it, she just laughs sooo hard, and she has been doing it allday long - such a weird child! Enjoy!

Grandma's Visit

2008-08-19T10:55:00.011-05:00

So it is really bad when I only get pictures when someone comes to visit. I really need to try to take more pictures myself during the day. But here a bunch of pics my mom took when she was here a couple weeks ago. She came down because I had to cancel my trip to MI and the beach because Dave's grandma passed away.

Done.

2008-08-14T08:45:00.002-05:00

WARNING: this post is just a rant and rave of my frustrations, to get them off my chest. Read at your own risk
So right now I am totally done being a mom. My word it is soo hard. I love my kids and everything, but I have reached a low point. Dakota is STILL not sleeping through the night, sometimes getting up three times. Cheyenne is the definition of a terrible two, always whinning and complaining, and having the attention span of about 3 seconds, not to mention she just talks and talks and talks and doesnt stop repeating stuff till i respond. its like 'tractor mommy, tractor..i see tractor mommy" untill i say "yes a tractor, cool!!!" oh man all i want 2 do is watch the oliympics but i pass out on the couch every night before anything good happens. i am sooooo tired! well i just have 2 make it through today n tomorrow and then it is off 2 six flags!!!!! no kids and a day full of roller coasters, and a jordyn sparks concert!!! the countdown has begun!

2008-08-06T08:39:00.003-05:00

Here are just a couple random pics from our crazy days. Cheyenne is quite the girly girl and got a hold of some lipstick when mommmy wasn't looking, and then she insisted that Dakota wear sunglasses too, just like Cheyenne. And then there is just a cute one of Dakota! Enjoy!!

First Hair Cut

2008-07-29T11:14:00.002-05:00

So I finally cut Cheyenne's hair a little bit. A lot of you have been asking and asking when I was gonna do it. And last night she had a HUGE knot in her hair from twirling it all day in the car. (we drove home from MI yesterday) and with all brushing, combing, washing, and conditioning it just would not come out! So I decided to cut it out, and then proceeded to cut the rest of her hair a little bit. now I have never done this before, and it is very hard to her to sit still, so it did not turn out very good, and I think she looks even funnier then what she did before..but hey she is still cute, and I will get it fixed soon. Here is a pic, she didn't want her pic taken, so its not the best, I will try again later when she is in a better mood

Babies, Babies, and more Babies

2008-07-23T17:52:00.002-05:00

Well I just want to update you all on all the babies that have been born around me lately. Congradulations to some friends from church with the birth of their baby girl Emily Sue, and two friends from playgroup, one with a girl Abigal, and the other friend with a beautiful baby girl Kora Jean. (I started a trend in Fulton with all these baby girls!) And two of my cousins just had babies also. To my cousins Brad and Kimberly a baby boy, Oliver Bradley.. and to my cousins Sharon and Kevin a baby girl Emily Diane. So much new life around here, it is just amazing! As my sister puts it, there isn't anything else to do in Fulton :) Literally its true LOL 7 of my friends here have either just had a baby or are pregnant. Crazy huh. CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW MOMS AND DADS!!!

Summertime is Busy!!

2008-07-14T13:27:00.003-05:00

SO a lot has been going on in the Grigoletti household lately! Okay not really that much, but I am seeming to keep pretty busy (for a stay-at-home mom...blah no jobs yeat) Anyway I am making some positive changes to help me better live with the fact that I am pretty much unemployed. First i have changed my waredrobe. Now most of you know that I am totally not into fashion at all and that my main oulfits were jeans and a t-shirt...well that is no more! I have decided to grow up!! Joy and I went shopping well she was here, and I got a lot of new clothes. So I a proud to say that I have not worn t-shirts or sweat pants for two weeks (except when working out) It is amazing how dressing nicely makes you feel better all day long. (sorry maria I haven't yet gotten to wearing dresses and skirts for the fun of it! :) ) Secondly I have sort of started my own business. The Y has agreed to let me use their building for any personal training and I wouldn't have to pay rent or give them any sort of percentage. (i think they feel guilty for what they did to me) So now I am trying to get the word out there that anyone can hire me as a trainer. Right now I have two clients, but I am hoping for more. I made up some business cards and I am looking to run some advertizing in the paper. We will see where it all leads. and thirdly, I am trying my hand at cooking! I am gonna try to make something different every night this week. Tonight it is Fajtia Chicken and Rice!! Well thats all for now..just wanting around to hear if my friend and my cousins are gonna have their babies this week!! I'll keep ya posted!

Forth of July!!

2008-07-10T17:00:00.006-05:00

Sorry I have been kind of slacking on posting. Dave went on a trip with the youth group over the 4th, so my sister Joy came and stayed with us. It was a lot of fun, and it was nice to have someone around helping out with the kids! On the 4th we went to 'RiverBoat Days' which is a big carnival in Clinton. It was alright, the best part was the food and watching mud volleyball!!! Here are a few pics from the week. I am posting them all on facebook if you want to see all the pics Joy took.(dave had my camera with him)

A Night Out!!

2008-06-28T14:32:00.006-05:00

So last weekend Dave and I went to Louisa and Brian's wedding. It was soooo much fun to see old friends and get away from the girls, if it was only for a little while. Louisa looked absoluty stunning, and I actually cried when I saw her right before the wedding...dang I don't know what got in to me! It was such a great night, and here are some pics for you all to enjoy. Frances and I decided that it is so stupid that we didn;t see eachother for a YEAR!! so heres to keeping in touch better, and making time for old friends in our new lives!!! Congrats Louisa!!!

Birthday pics

2008-06-16T14:52:00.007-05:00

Dakota watching everything going on

Blowing out her candles - she actually got one by herself!
YEAH PLAYDOUGH!

Good and Bad

2008-06-16T11:35:00.002-05:00

Well the greatest thing happened last night.....DAKOTA SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!! I woke up around 5:30 in a slight panic, but she was still breathing and sleeping away..it was fantastic, I feel like a whole different person today, its amamzing how 6 uninterupted hours of sleep can do for a person!! And now for the bad, Cheyenne turned two yesterday (which was fun) but it must of turned on a mental shift in her head, and now she is just TERRIBLE!! I love the girl, but seriuosly all she does is whine and whine and cry and scream. She got a new bike for her birthday, and she only wants to ride it in the street, and she screams is someone trys to help her, but she really can't do it by herself yet. She goes into the grass and falls off...which makes her even more mad!! oh man she was driving us crazy yesterday. I am praying it was just because she was realy tired and that it won't last.

Some random family pics

2008-06-11T16:13:00.001-05:00

For my dear friend

2008-06-07T19:00:00.002-05:00

My friend and her husband have been placed heavily on my heart lately. Some of you may know them, Betsy was my roommate in college, and her husband Andrew. They have an adorable daughter named Noura, who is a real miricle and testament to God's grace. They have been through sooo much this past year. Noura was born three months early, and it has been a really long journey to get where they are today. Now they are off on a brand new scary adventure to Africa. Andrew has been called to help set up a chirstian radio station. I don't know much about it, but you can check out their blog for more info (there is a link on my blog) NEway they are leaving in August, and still haven't raised near enough money, and while they are trying their hardest, they have faced some oppostion that has really set them for a spin. I know how hard it is to raise money and have faith that you know everything will be alright. You all supported us genoursly when we were in St. Louis weather it was finacially or through your prayers. Now I am asking you to help out one of my closest friends. If you aren't able to donate money, at least please pray for them. One thing I have learned since moving here is that prayer is a VERY POWERFUL thing. So please keep them in your prayers. They need to raise $14,000 by August, which is a huge amount. So just please be praying for them that they feel God's presance and leading in their journey, and that money will start coming in and some of the stress will be realived. Thank you so much for praying for them, I am sure they will appreicate it.

Another Week

2008-06-02T17:36:00.002-05:00

LIfe has kind of fallen into a routine now. If you haven't heard yet, I lost my job recently. We got a new director at the YMCA and he is making a lot of budget cuts to try to get us back on track, but there actually is talk of closing down because we are far in debt. I was pretty upset and shocked when I found out, and had to go through a season of grieving. I really loved my job, and it will be extremely hard to find one like it around here. I am not yet sure what I will do, I know that I do want to work.....kudos to stay at home moms, I don't know how you have the patiance and don't go insane, cuase I would!! Needless to say I want to work, but it might just have to be some part time something like Target or such. We will have to see, I am gonna wait a little while longer before I start looking though, I need to get Dakota taking a bottle before I can do anything! Other than that things have been going pretty smoothly around here. Dakota is eating and growing, and now sleeping very much, but she is overall a happy content baby, she doens't cry alot, which is really nice. Cheyenne is doing okay, she gets bored throughout the day and wants to always be doing things, so she loves it when dad comes home and takes her outside!

Life as we now know it

2008-05-24T07:48:00.002-05:00

Well I have made it through my first week as a mom of two. Its kind of funny, but when it was only Cheyenne I didn't really feel like a mom. I don't really know how to explain it, but I didn't really feel like a full out mom, probably b/c it didn't consume my WHOLE life. I still worked, I still had a "life". but now I feel like a mom, I feel like these two kids are my whole life...which isn't bad, its just totally different. My days now consist of multiple dirty diapers, nursing, giving Cheyenne enough attention, trying to keep the house semi picked up, and cleaning up dog vomit!! :) Dakota is doing really well, although she is getting her days and nights mixed up, last night she was up from about 1:45-4:00, and then Cheyenne decided to get up at 6:00!! Lets just say it is going to be a long day, with no nap in sight! Overall I am doing okay, I have good moments and I have bad moments..but overall I am doing alright!!

Dakota Grace

2008-05-18T06:16:00.001-05:00

2008-05-14T21:34:00.003-05:00

Dakota Grace Grigoletti

2008-05-14T09:04:00.002-05:00

I don't have pictures yet becuase I forgot to pack the camera cord in my hospital bag, but here is the news if you haven't heard it already! It's a girl!! Dakota Grace Grigoletti, born on Tuesday May 13 at 8:20. She was 7 lbs 8 oz (a lot bigger then Cheyenne) and 21 inches long. we are both doing really well! thanks for all your prayers, and I will post pics as soon as I can!!

2008-05-12T11:37:00.002-05:00

First off, Sorry Grandpa and Grandma for not updating last week!! I kind of forgot about it...but this week I won't leave you in the dark! :) I went to the doc this morning, and we decided to induce me. So early tomorrow morning I will be induced, YEAH! Now just pray that is will go smooth and fast. With Cheyenne I was induced on a Wednesday morning, and didn't have her till Thursday night, this time I am hoping it will go a LOT faster, and that I will have baby tomorrow. If you want updates on our progress please call my parents or sisters or dave's paretns, as Dave and I won't be taking any calls untill after the baby is born! Thank you all so much for your prayers and thoughts!

Congradulations!!!

2008-05-10T08:38:00.002-05:00

A big congradulations to one of my track throwers! Elaina made it to state last night in the shot put with a throw of 37 feet 3.5 inches! It was so exciting, and I was glad I was able to be there to experiance it with her! She is a freshmen, and is SOOO excited! Also another girl on our team, Allison, made it to state in the hurdles, so congradulations to her too! I really wish I could go next weekend with them, but that is just not possible. But it was such a great night at the track meet. Good weather, Dave came with, Cheyenne behaved the whole time, and we just had some great fun!. Today Dave and I are going out on a date, probably our last one for a really long time! Today is gonna be a good day, and go by fast, and then its Sunday...which usually goes by fast, and then its off the the doctor Monday morning to see if we can't get this baby out! yeah, the end (or should I say beginning) is in sight!!

Vacation!

2008-05-04T07:37:00.002-05:00

Well just to keep you all updated...I am still on vacation! :) I have tried all week to have a really positive attitude and enjoy the time off with Cheyenne, and I have done really good in my eyes.....untill yesterday!! All week we played, and played, and cleaned, went for walks, went to the park, cooked dinner every night (which is a huge thing for me since I never cook, we usually live off frozen pizzas and subway!) and just hung out. It has been fun - I have to admit, but now I am feeling restless again. I go to the doc tomorrow, so we will see what he has to say! Untill then I am going to try to enjoy my sunday with my husband and daughter!!

Patiance

2008-04-28T14:09:00.002-05:00

A virtue that I have really been trying to conquer lately is patience. I was once told never to pray for patiance becasue then God would give you a reason to practice, instead pray for understanding! :) Now I don't know if that person was just kidding around, or was a little bit serious. But whatever word, I am stuggeling with it lately. Patiance with Cheyenne is my number one problem right now. She is so strong willed and stubborn (huh wonder where she gets that!! ) everyday it is a new challange, to either get her to eat, bathe, sleep, or simply explain to her we can't play outside 'cause there is a thunderstorm!! Second thing I need patiance with is Dave...he works so much and when he comes home just wants to crash, but I just want him to help me out around the house, and be around more during these last week(s) of pregnancy to help me out a little. And don't get me wrong he does do somethings, which I need to be more thankful for, but other times I just need to have 'understanding' :) and third I need to have patiance with this baby! oh man, come on now!!! I went to the doc today and he said that I am 1 cm dialated and that I could go into labor at any time, but most likely wounldn't be this week. (sigh) more patiance. Ok this was a pretty depressing blog, I might now even post it - sorry - I really am doing good, beside these three little things that are bugging me right now - so don't worry, just keep us in your prayers the next week or so! thnks!!

Way to Go!!

2008-04-24T17:06:00.002-05:00

So as most of you know I have been coaching high school track for the past two years, and this year I was put in charge of all the girl throwers. Well needless to say I didn't know much about throwing before this season started, and I still have a lot to learn, but I had some very excited encouragment last night. One of my freshmen throwers started off the season throwing about oh 31 feet, which is pretty good, but to get to state you have to throw 35 feet. Anyway the head coach gave me the challange to get her to go to state this year. Well last night she threw 36 feet!!! I was so excited for her! Now it wasn't a state qualifing meet which means that she will have to do it again at sectionals, which is in two weeks...but I was so excited for her, and not to sound arrogant or anything, but it made me feel like I actually did something right! So help me keep cheering her on, and hopefully she will make it to state! I will keep u updated!!!

Embarrassment!!!

2008-04-21T07:32:00.002-05:00

So this weekend Dave and Cheyenne went to Texas to visit Grandma and to also go to a youth conferance, and I stayed home for a weekend of relaxation! Well everything on my side started off pretty well I enjoyed some time with friends, and cleaned the house, and took some naps. Then Friday night I went to my track meet in the rain. Things started getting interesting then. I started feeling really sick and was having light contractions at the meet, so I decided to leave early with some parents. Well I really freaked everyone out, but I turned out to be fine, I just needed to lie down and get off my feet. So Saturday I had a lot of concerned phone calls makeing sure I was okay, which was really sweet of everyone. So then on Sunday I was feeling bette so I decided to go to church. Well I was sitting there getting really really hot, and not feeling good at all, and I wanted to leave and go lie down again, but I didn't want everyone looking at me, so I decided I would stick it out till the end of the service.bad idea!! During the offering, I totally passed out!! An EMT and a firefighter from our church rushed over to help me, and I was given oxygen and a whole bunch of drama in the middle of church!! I was so embarrassed!!! So after church I went to the hospital to get checked out, and everything is fine, they don't really know why I passed out, but probably I didn't have enought to eat or drink. So they told me just to go home and take it easy, and eat and drink alot! So yeah it was a pretty eventful weekend, and Dave was gone the whole time, but he is back nw, and we are just counting down the days!!!

Nap Time

2008-04-16T07:53:00.006-05:00

So ever since Cheyenne has been sleeping in a big girl bed, she has had a hard time taking naps. So I have started just leaving her in her room for an hour and a half, and if she sleep great, but if she doesn't, at least I get a little break! Well yesterday when nap time rolled around, she didn't seem at all tired, but I put her in her room anyway. Well I heard a lot of playing and talking with her stuffed animals..slowly she quieted down and I thought she must of gone to sleep..well I was right, but when I went to wake her up to go to daycare, this is what I found.

She fell asleep reading her books on the floot...it was so fuuny, and so cute I just couldn't resist taking her pics, although she was pretty mad that I woke her up! poor baby!

Crazy Week

2008-04-11T15:03:00.002-05:00

Well to start off , my new years resolution to take more pictures is not going very well!! Everytime I go to take some cute pics my battery is always dead, or my memory This week has been pretty good. My mom came and visited which was really nice. She helped me get a lot done for the new baby, and just helped out like mothers do. We didnt' so anything really fun, but I don't think she cared, I think she just wanted to babysit cheyenne the whole time she was here..which is pretty much what she did! :) Today has been an interesting day. Someone at the high school found a note written on the wall that something was gonna happen today during school, so everyone got sent home at 10:30, So track got cancelled, and I have the whole afternoon off! yeah for me!!! It has just been nuts! We were suppose to have three track meets this week and they all got cancelled or postponed! Is it ever gonna be spring???

Saturday!! :)

2008-04-05T11:10:00.002-05:00

I love Saturdays! I have the whole day to d whatever I want, and even though I rarely ever do anything exciting, it is great to have a day where I can have to option! Today Dave is gone all day at a meeting out of town, and so a friend is coming over in a little while to help me clean and go through some baby stuff. Now I know that doesn't sound like a fun filled day, but I am looking forward to it. And since it is really nice out and our ice-cream shop is open again, I think we will walk and get some ice-cream when we are done (or just skip cleaning all together, and just get ice-cream!! That's all that is going on around here. Cheyenne is doing AWESOME with her new bed and room, so goes to bed like a champ, and sleeps all night without getting up. We did put a gate up in front of her door so that she can't wander the house if she does wake up before us....one of the smartest things I have done I think! :) That's our life todya, hope you all have a great weekend!!!

Pictures, and a little bragging

2008-04-01T09:08:00.005-05:00

So I just have to gush for about a minute about how great Dave was this morning. I woke up not feeling well at all. I pushed myself too hard at work yesterday, and had a really bad upset stomach. NEway, Cheyenne was in one of her lovely moods, where she was just crying and throwing stuff and just being nasty b/c mean old mom wouldn't let her watch tv. So Dave got up and decided to take her to work with him today! :) She wanted to go bye bye when he was leaving, and so he just took her! Now I have the house to myself!!! Granted I am going to coffee break (no jokes Joy) in a half an hour, and taking her home afterwards, but still...he was so sweet!!! Bonus points for Dave this morning.
Okay and here are some pictures of Cheyenne's new bedroom, I know some of you were asking for them, so here they are!!!

Big Girl Cheyenne!

2008-03-29T07:44:00.002-05:00

So I realized last night that Cheyenne is no longer a baby. :( how sad. She slept in a big girl bed for the first time last night!! It went pretty well, she slept all night, but was wandering around the dark house at 6:00am when she normally sleeps till at least 7:00!!!!
It was spring break this week, so I didn't have track everyday, so we worked on Cheyenne's new bedroom, and I am happy to say that it is done!!!! the only thing we might still get is a nightlight...but it is really cute, and looks like a little girls room, not a baby's room!! Dang she is getting so big!!! Next big accomplishment will be potty training...but give me a while for that one! :)

Pretty Pointless

2008-03-25T10:20:00.002-05:00

So I have decided that my prenatal appointments are pretty much a waste of time. I go in there and sit and wait for about 30-45 minutes. When I finally make it in to see the doctor, they take my blood pressure, measure my belly, check the heartrate, and send me home. I am literally in there for 5 minutes. It just seems like a waste of time...and why do I have to go every two weeks!! it seems like I am alway there! okya sorry for the ranting, but I just got back for the doctor's office, and that is exactly what happened. I was annoyed.

Easter Egg Hunt

2008-03-19T17:15:00.002-05:00

We had an easter egg hunt Saturday at church. We had to have it inside because our church lawn is still covered in big snow piles. I tried to get some good pics, but none of them really turned out, except for this one. This is how I found Cheyenne after she was running around the church with some of the other kids! It just made me giggle! She is a girl....loves her chocolate!!!!

Crazy Morning!

2008-03-14T13:30:00.002-05:00

So today was just an insane moring. I started off with Cheyenne throwing her cerel all over the kitchen table and chairs, and all her clothes. Then we finally made it into the car and off to work, with only a few mud puddles on the way. Well I get to work, and I am loading everything out of my car. I had my bag, Cheyenne's bag, some paperwork, and a pan of deviled eggs for a luncheon. well my paper work fell all over the parking lot, and well me and my boss were picking it up, my deviled eggs fell off the top of my car! luckily the pan didnt' crack, but the eggs were all messed up and on top of eachother..and well all this is happening, Cheyenne is in the middle of the parking lot jumping in more mud puddles. It was quite a funny site. We finally make it insie, and then Cheyenne's sippy cup randomly cracks, and there is milk everywhere, including all down the front of my shirt!!! Well needless to say, we made it to day care and work finally, but it was just one of those lovely mornings with kids! If you would have saw me, you would have just laughed and laughed!

Where have I been?

2008-03-06T14:10:00.002-06:00

So i haven't posted in over a week. Life has started getting a little crazy, and busy. I started Track on Monday, and it is gonna be a lot more work then I first anticipated. This year I am mainly working with the girls team, although I will be going to all the boys meets, and helping out with their jumpers. I have taken on the position as the girls throwing coach...and those of u who know me, know that that is the one event I have never done, and don't really know anything about. So a lot of my time has been doing research for that! So far so good, we have our first meet on Monday, so we will see how we do. Other than that, life just keeps ticking by....I have started to realize how close my due date it, I don't have much time left!! AHHHHH and with track, and visitors all through spring, it is going to go by soooo fast!! Lets just hope I am ready. Cheyenne is doing good, she is really starting her terrible twos..she will just scream at the top of her lungs and wine and cry untill she gets what she wants, or untill she realizes that I am trying my hardest not to pay attention to her. The other day it was so bad, that I put her in the crib, and took a shower so I wouldn't hear her scream and yell to watch Dora!! well needless to say when I got out of the shower, she was asleep...maybe I should try that more often! Well that is about it. My parents are coming this weekend to visit, and so I have to get back to doing laundry and cleaning the house! next post i hope to have some pics up!

New Look

2008-02-26T15:01:00.002-06:00

So about a week ago, I was at work and having a casual conversation with some people there about age and other things. One woman commented that she thought that I was about 30 yrs old!!! now come on, I am only 24...and there is no way that I want to look 30 (no offense people over 30) but it just isnt' my time yet!! I AM STILL YOUNG! so i decided to go with a new look. I chopped my hair, waxed my eyebrow, and decided to start wearing make-up everyday (not a lot, i kind of look like a hooker with lots of make-up) but enough to cover up my "wrinkles" :) anyway, here is a picture of the new me....don't u dare say that I look 30!! LOL

Time for an update

2008-02-22T15:45:00.002-06:00

Its been a while since I posted. So let me update you on our lives here in Fulton. Not much is going on this week. Our boys basketball team lost in the second round of the playoffs, we got a ping pong table for the youth center, two full time people quit at the Y, leaving room for a possible promotion (if I want it) and the sun finally shined today! :)
Please be praying for Dave's grandma. The cancer has spread and has caused internal bleeding. If they don't start chemo and stop the bleeding she will most likely bleed to death. We all have known that her time is coming, but it still catchs you off guard when something happens. Please pray that she can at least hold on for three weeks when Dave mom flys up from Texas, so that she can see her mom one more time.

False Alarm

2008-02-17T16:26:00.002-06:00

So I don't think that I really had the flu. I think that I just got sick because I took my prenatal vitamin without any food, and was running late for work and decided to skip breakfast..so therfore I got sick. And since I skipped breakfast i didn't feel good for a while. Thank goodness it wasn't the full out flu, that would have just sucked.

Flu Shots

2008-02-15T09:02:00.003-06:00

Okay so next year I am totally getting a flu shot. I know there are good things and bad things about getting it, and whatever. but now I have the flu for the second time this season, and it just sucks. I don't remember getting sick so often in like my whole life. Literelly all of Fulton is sick. They had to close down the school a couple of days ago because over 40% of the kids either had the flu or strept throat. I took the day off of work only because I am getting sick because people go to work sick and try to push through it, and then we all get sick in the process. So anyway, that is my day today! More fun times over here!

Happy V-Day

2008-02-14T12:46:00.002-06:00

Happy Valentines Day to everyone who reads this...even if you don't like valentines day...i still love you!!! We aren't doing anything special today, but tomorrow dave and I are going on a date!! We barely ever get to go out just the two of us, so I am very excited. We got a gift certificate to a nice resturant in Morrison, and then we are going to the boys basketball game...okay I know that sounds funny and lame for a date, but I really want to go. I never get to go the games, and when I do I have Cheyenne with me who just runs around the whole time, so i don't get to see any of the game. And like half the team comes to our youth group, and half the cheerleaders come also, so it is fun to go..........and its a small town, not much to do if you know what I mean. Anyway it is gonna be lots of fun, and i can't wait!! Hope you all have a great weekend also!

FINALLY!!

2008-02-11T16:43:00.000-06:00

I have the most excitng news to tell you all! Well it is exciting for me, and most likely not for any of you. But last night I found out that Clinton, IA.....the town right over the river from us........is getting a STARBUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited when I found out, that I nearly had to pull over to the side of the road! I was freakin out!!! Needless to say, I am VERY HAPPY!!!!

2008-02-07T15:13:00.000-06:00

I just woke up from a nap, and I am ready to play!!!!

but first I need a snack... I am a big girl now, I don't even need a high chair!! What good food do I have in my fridge??
Enough with the kitchen, now I want to draw a pretty picture for mommy
Well now back to the kitchen! ( I do not have a long attention span..can u tell??)
Now its time to slide! I love my slide..esspecially when Scooter is at the bottom, and I land right on top of him...it makes me laugh sooooo hard!!
Well, thats it for now, Mommy's memory card is done, and I want to go play downstairs!

Snow Days and Pics

2008-02-07T07:49:00.000-06:00

So I was told the other day that I don't post pics enough, so later today after my batteries are done charging I will put up some long awaited pictures. NOt much has been going on around here. We had a big winter storm yesterday, and we are having our second snow day. Although it doesn't really affect me that much, its still kind of fun! I think dave is gonna have a huge snowball fight at the park today with the kids. Cheyenne hates the snow unless she is looking at it out the window!! Well that is about it. I will post later on!

Ready for Summer

2008-01-30T15:39:00.000-06:00

So i decided today that I am totally ready for summer! It is so cold here and its not suppose to get warmer anytime soon. This morning on my way to work I think that it was so cold my bugers froze!!! So yea..I am so ready for summer. And this summer..I am saying it now.. I WILL GO TO THE BEACH!!!

New years Resolution

2008-01-26T08:28:00.000-06:00

So one of my new years resolutions was to take more pictures. Although I haven't been very good at it, I am making some improvements from last year. Here are a few pics I took the other day with Cheyenne.

She likes to pretend that she is the dog! what a weird child!!!

Wearing one of her favorie "hats" and telling her bear quite a long story!!

Yeah for Cheyenne!!!

2008-01-23T13:39:00.000-06:00

The big news around our house is that Cheyenne is now done with immunization shots untill she is 4 years old! YEAH!! We made it through. It will be nice not haveing to go to the doctor every 3 months for shots and check ups. Now we only have to go once a year! And I am sure that Cheyenne is so excited she is finally done with all those nasty shots! She had a good check up. She is growing right on track...and she is in the 25th percentile on height and weight, but growing just great-way to go picky eater!!!

Other than that things have slowly started getting back to normal. Today is the first day I feel almost completely better...and last night I had me a bic mac...and it was FANTASTIC (although I couldn't finish it! )

Is this life now?

2008-01-21T11:39:00.000-06:00

Maybe I never really had the flu, maybe my body just stopped knowing how to digest food correctly. Maybe I will just have to live like this for the rest of my life, because I am not really getting better. Today I tried to go to work and I lasted about 2 hours. I am so ready to be healthy again, and man am I ready to EAT!!! I have been so hungry, but scared to eat anything except nasty foods like soup and oatmeal and applesause. I want me a BIG MAC!! Do u think that this flu/sickness whatever it is could be a sign from God? I have been going non-stop lately, and maybe this is a sign that I need to slow down and focus on me and my family a little more than I have been. Last night I was reading Psalm 107 and it said that everytime the Isrealites cried out to God, he rescued them from their distress. Maybe I haven't been crying out to God enough? I don't know....all this sitting around has made me rethink some things. alright I should go..any feedback would be nice. :) have a great day!!!!

Update

2008-01-18T16:27:00.000-06:00

Thank u all for your concerns and prayers. everything is okay. I went to see my ob doctor today, and the baby is doing just fine. I was afraid it wasn't getting nutriants since I haven't eated for about 3 full days, but the doctor said it has been eating my fat..so hey thats one plus of being sick right!! Since the baby was fine, he said everything should be okay, that I just had to wait it out. which sucks a little b/c there is no medicine I can take or anything.. i just have to drink gatorade, and lay low. but he said that whatever I had should be out of my system by Sunday. So everything is fine, I feel like I overreacted a little bit, but I have never been this sick before while pregnant, and I didn't know what to do. Now that everything is fine, I feel like a little crybaby going to the doctor b/c of some stomach pains and diarreah..but hey oh well its over now. thanks again for your prayers and concerns

Bad Day

2008-01-17T15:19:00.000-06:00

So the past couple days have not been good for me. Tuesday I got some sort of flu like something that was pretty nasty. Then Wednesday I stil felt sick but not as bad, and decided to go to work and go help out at the youth soup supper...okay not a good idea!! I was so sick by the end of the day I was in bed by 6:30. and then Wednesday night overnight it did not get any better. I was up in the bathroom about every two hours, and didnt' sleep barely at all. Well Dave and I decided to go to the doctor to make sure everything was okay, but my ob doc was delivering babies all day, so we went the ER. Turns out they really don't know what it is, but I was really dehydrated, so they put me on an IV and some medicine to calm my stomach, and sent me home. I have an appointment tomorrow with my ob and if things don't really improve by tomorrow he thinks he is going to admit me. So right now the medicine is starting to wear off, and I am back in the bathroom. so please pray that this thing just goes away and I won't have to be admitted to the hospital. The baby is fine, by what the doctors could tell..it still has a really strong heart beat. but tomorrow I will probably know more. Thanks for your prayers

Playroom Project

2008-01-13T16:18:00.000-06:00

For the past two weeks, I have been working on redoing a room downstairs to become the playroom, so that I can change the current playroom into Cheyenne's bedroom, and let the new baby have the nurshry. Here are some before and after pics. not to sound cocky, but I am pretty proud and pleased on how it turned out. This was my fist time doing anything like this!!!

2008-01-10T13:07:00.000-06:00

yeah for guitar hero!!! and cheyenne had a leason in cooking..she loves to help!!!
so i think i fixed my computet so that it will post some pics. lets hope it works. these are from when we went to MI for Christmas, and I got to see all my sisters, which was really fun!!!

aaauggg

2008-01-09T17:29:00.000-06:00

for some reason i can't post pics on here anymore. everytime i try the internet shuts down. hopefully it won't last forever, but right now it is really pissing me off! also Cheyenne is being a picky little brat....i am trying to just let her scream untill she gets over it, but she screams LOUD!!! right now she is really hungrey, and we are making a pizza, but untill it is ready I gave her some corn becaue she was begging for food. now she is throwing the corn all over the kitchen and throwing a fit b/c she wants the pizza. do i just ignore it, and hope she gets over it, learning that fits don't get my attention, or do I react and punish her and put her in a time out....dang being a parent when they are infants is sooooo much easier!!!!! :) alright..gotta go...my kitchen is covered in corn!!!

time for an update

2008-01-04T17:06:00.000-06:00

oaky..people have been bugging me to update..so that is what I am doing. I was kind of waiting untill I found my camera cord so that i could upload some pics, but I still can't seem to find it. and then I was waiting for my mom or sister to email me pics from Christmas, but they haven't done that yet either. so you get a post with no pics...sorry!! :)
Today I finally went to the doctor for some prenatal care. everyone was getting on my case, so i finally went. It went really well alos..I found out that we are still eligible for medicaid, so there won't be any costs again this time! (one good thing about working in ministry!!! ) and I also got to have an ultrasound. It was really cool, they did a 3D one and a 4D one, and you could really see the baby's face and stuff. They kept asking me if I wanted to know what it was...but I resisted and didnt' find out. although I don't think I am going to be able to make it the whole way without knowing. We have another ultrasound next week....so I think i might find out..but that doesn't mean I will tell you! :) but everything checks out just great..they moved my due date up a couple of days to May 10 which is the day before Mother's Day..WAY COOL!!! Well that is about it. Life is good.

Merry Christmas!!

2007-12-24T09:38:00.000-06:00

Just wanted to wish everyone who reads this a bery Merry Christmas. We are enjoying some time up in Michigan with my parents and sisters. It has been fun so far. One of the highlights is that we had a huge snowstorm yesterday, so there will be a white Christmas!! (yeah!!!!) i also have learned to play Guitar Hero.. and I LOVE IT!! I am not very good, but it is sooo fun. probably one of the only video games that i can play. :) I am sorry to anyone who reads this that i wasn't able to see this holiday season. i miss you all, and just wish there were more time to visit with everyone. so Merry Christmas to all, and hopefully i will get to see all of u sometime this coming year!!!

Cheyenne's 1st pony rind

2007-12-10T15:45:00.000-06:00

Over Thanksgiving, Cheyenne went to Chuke Cheese with her grandma while we were at a football game. This is one of the pics from there. IT was her first time on a carosel ride. She looks a little scared..not quite knowing what to do, but she didn't cry with is actaually quite amazing!!!

Poor Cheyenne

2007-12-09T09:15:00.001-06:00

Poor little Cheyenne got the flu yesterday. It was a rough afternoon and night for her. And not only for her, but for me and Dave also...lets just say it was a lot of puke...all over the house :( now I have to try to get the nasty smell out. We are staying home from church today and drinking lots of pedilite. Hopefully she will get better soon. These are the days when I wish I was a stay at home mom so she wouldn't have to go to day care and be exposed to all those germs...

Couple more pics

2007-12-06T08:24:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas to Dave

2007-12-06T08:14:00.000-06:00

While, I finally gave in and gave Dave the best Christmas present he could ever wanted.........yup thats right, we got a dog. I don't have any pics right now b/c i can't find my camera, but it is a really cute SMALL dog. It is a beagle/snouser(sp?) mix and his name is Scooter. One of our youths got him from her neighbor, but he didn't get along with their other dog, so i thought about it, and decided that if it didn't work out with them, that I would give it to Dave and Cheyenne for Christmas. Well last night at youth group, she came and told me that her dad could come and drop the dog off after youth group. So SURPRISE!! Dave and Cheyenne got an early present. I think it will work out a lot better than Sedona (our other dog) The one thing I really like about him is that he is really small...and not to say cute! oh and by the way Cheyenne LOVES him!! (and he gets along with her pretty well too)

FINALLY PICTURES!!!

2007-12-04T08:59:00.001-06:00

there will be more` to come but i am out of time right now

Definite Diva!!

2007-11-30T16:20:00.000-06:00

Cheyenne is going to be a definite girly girl I think. Although she likes to run around a wrestle with daddy, she already LOVES to come her hair, and put on smelly lotion. If you allow her, she will talk on the phone forever, and she absolutly has the biggest shoe fetish I have even seen in a one year old!! We definitly got a girl...and to top it all off she has got the attitude of a diva!! Not looking forward to those teenage years!!!! hahahaha I will try to post some pics soon!

Random Thought

2007-11-26T13:53:00.000-06:00

okay this goes out to all of you who are or ever have been pregnant, or anyone who has an opinion. Does being pregnant automatically mean you are helpless? No offense to all the wonderful people in my life, but lately it seems like I can't lift a finger to do anything without being told to stop it and take it easy!! it is driving me nuts!! The kids in the youth group won't let me play any of the fun games. my clients at work are like...."should you be doing that..let me put the weights back" and my loving husband won't let me help unload the car after a long road trip!!! Now am I being ridiculous! It is nice to have people help you out and stuff...but hey I am not on bedrest, I can still carry the laundry basket downstairs people!! :)

what is wrong with me??:)

2007-11-25T13:05:00.000-06:00

I just had a random thought. I am crazy...hahaha!! and I am officially a mom. I am sitting here at the computer eating the leftover easy mac that cheyenne didn't eat and I am using a Baby Fork!! every bit, i am thinking to myself, man it is hard eating this stuff with this fork, i should really get up and get a real one....but I keep on eating, and I don't move! :) hahahaha that is how lazy I am sometimes :) while it made me smile, maybe it will make you smile too

Sorry

2007-11-23T13:09:00.000-06:00

Its been a while since I have posted, and I am sorry. life has been so busy its not even funny. Last friday we took our youth group on a weekend retreat. It was really fun, but a lot of work, and not a lot of sleep. Then on Monday night we left for Dallas Texas. That is a butt long drive, let me tell you!! We ended up having to stop in Kansas and sleep for a while, because this pregnant lady just couldn't handle it anymore. We have been spending Thanksgiving in Texas with Dave's mom and brothers. it has been pretty good. I got to rest a lot cause gma took care of cheyenne. so it has been good. We are leaving for home tonight...hopefully cheyenne will sleep the whole time and not get car sick. well that is about all that is going on around here. oh and by the way, I did beat Dave at fantasy football!! it was a great accomplishment, and i will never let him live it down!! hahaha I ROCK!!!!!

Time Change

2007-11-10T07:32:00.000-06:00

Okay, be honest...who hates the time change? While I DO!!! Why did we have to change our clocks, it is just messing up my life like crazy!!! :) First off, Cheyenne, doesn't understand it at all. and now that it gets lighter a whole lot earlier, she gets up a whole lot earlier. I had her on a good schedule, which I was proud of, she slept till at least 7:30 sometimes 8:00 every morning...which I can handle just fine. Now she is getting up at 6:30 which I can not handle!! ahhhh I just wan to sleep in one day...I want to be able to go back to the days where it didn't matter what time I got out of bed...like in college, where if you got up in time for lunch, you were good...oh i want to sleep like that again!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I am so tired!!!!

Vacation

2007-11-09T17:32:00.001-06:00

Do you ever feel like you just need a vacation. I mean we work day in and day out, and we are gonna be doing it for the next what 50 yrs!! oh man that makes me what to take a vacation!!!! I am looking forward to the holiday season, but I am not looking forward to the looooong butt drive to TX!! It will be a nice vaca, in warmer weather, but come on, it is such a long drive!!! that is what I am dreading!! So to everyone out there...i hope you get a nice vacation soon, to get a break from your every day schedule. I know I am sure looking forward to it. I am still trying to enjoy every day for what it is, but you know it is just fun to look forward to something!!

Pictures

2007-11-01T10:01:00.001-05:00

Mommy, I want this pumpkin!!!

if you ask her what a kitty says, she will go neow!! it is sooooo cute!!!

feeding the goats! she would just let them lick her fingers and eat right out of her hand!

Catch Up

2007-11-01T09:55:00.000-05:00

First off I want to say CONGRADULATIONS to our friends Jason and Nancy from St. Louis who had their first baby girl last week!! Her name is Ella Ruth and she was 8 lbs something. :) Pray for Nancy as she is having a hard recoverey, but is loving being a mom!
Things around the Grigoletti house has been pretty blue. We have all been sick, and it is not fun. Cheyenne has got something gonig on with her, a bad cough, always cranky and tired, and a little fever. I might take her to the doctor today, but I will just wait and see. Dave and I have bad colds. and I though I was done with morning sickness, but yesterday, I just couldn't hold anything down. But hopefully we will all feel better soon. Dave is out of town untill Monday, so my mom is coming to help take care of Cheyenne while I work. Lets see, what else...Halloween was pretty lame around here. Cheyenne and I were sick, so she didn't even dress up or hand out candy, she just slept....sorry no cute pics this year. Well that is about it around here, I am off to try to make my house a little presentable b4 my mom gets here!

Where is it!!!

2007-10-25T14:02:00.000-05:00

I still can't find my camera cord!! I have looked everywhere it seems... and the pic of cheyenne is just so cute..i want you all to see it!! ahh what can i do!! well i guess you will just have to wait unitll I really really clean my house!! hahaha now thats a funny joke!! have a great day

Another Week

2007-10-20T16:30:00.000-05:00

While it is Saturday again, and I guess that means that I should update. This week has been pretty dull. Although we went and got an ultrasound on Wednesday. That was awesome!! I didn't realize that the baby already has a head and arms and legs... i thought it was still like a tadepol..but no, it was growing and moving around..and looked very healthy. According to the ultrasound my due date has been moved to may 16...but you never can tell really!!
Today we went to the pumpkin patch and picked out some nice pumpkins! Cheyenne had a blast with the animals..although she called everything from the bunny to cows puppies!! I was gonna post some pics, but i can't find the camera cord right now....wait for those they will be up soon.
The most exciting news of the week is that my hours got cut!!! YEAH!! I will now only be working about 30 hrs. I am so happy..i won't be as tired and stressed, and I will be able to spend time with cheyenne, and actually be a wife and mother!! praise God!! Well thats all for now. We are having some friend over tonight, so I have to go try to cook something appetizing!! wish me luck!!!

Time goes by

2007-10-13T11:27:00.000-05:00

Well it is starting to seem like I will only update on Saturdays. man that is sad. This week has been pretty crazy. i started getting morning sickness...which is not fun!! I negociated with my boss, and the new job I got offered, to get everything I wanted out of my career. I am going to stay at the YMCA. They gave me a huge raise, and I can literally add or cut hours whenever i want. So as soon as they find a new lifeguard, I am going to back to working only about 20-25 hours a week...which will be great...and about the same amount of money thanks to the raise. So I am happy now, although I was really stressed for a couple days. I went to the doctor and found out that I am about 9 weeks along, and I am having an ultrasound next week to make sure everything is normal. and thats about it....kids are showing up at our house right now to go paintballing this afternoon, so i better go downstairs and let them in!!

Saturday

2007-10-06T18:16:00.000-05:00

So today I finally did some cleaning. It took a lot of energy, but I got it done, and now I am ready for a relaxing evening at home. (notice I said relaxing and not relaxful..joy) We discovered today that Clinton has a RedBox!! yeah I am so excited. It is in the Jewel (which we never go to) So today we got a couple movies from the redbox, and I am gonna lay on the couch and eat some ice-cream!!
One funny thing about Cheyenne that we have been laughing at lately is that every animal she sees is a puppy. Her stuffed giraffe, monkey, teddy bear, lamb, you get the idea, she calls them all puppy!! :) it is so funny!! She is so cute!

long time

2007-10-04T11:25:00.000-05:00

its been a while since I have last posted, and you are all probably wondering what is going on in my life. Well the truth is...I am working a lot, and then when I am not working, I am sleeping. I ahve been sooooo tired lately, I just can't believe it. My house is a total disaster and it is starting to smell in here...i really need to clean!! but when I have time to clean, all I want to do is sleep. AHHHH how long will I feel this exhausted all the time?? I am ready to get some of my energy back!!!
I got a job offer at a new gym that is coming to Clinton, with less hours a week, and double the pay. I think I am gonna take it. I just need to have another meeting to finalize details and all that good stuff. So please pray that I make the right decision, and that things will stop being so hectic around here.

small town life

2007-09-25T08:41:00.000-05:00

so it is homecoming week here in Fulton. and it is like straight out of a movie or tv show. the whole town is into it. Buisnesses paint their store windows, homeowners put signs in their front yards..it is so crazy. But I have to admit, I am kind of getting into it. Its fun, and there really isn't anything else going on, so why not get involved. I went to the volleyball game last night, and tomorrow they are showing a movie at the football feild...and Friday there is a parade!! I mean seriously, do places like this still exsist!! Its fun...you should all experiance it sometime!

thats true

2007-09-22T08:05:00.000-05:00

So you all probably figured it out by now. We are expecting our next child!!! We haven't been to the doctor yet but we are estimating a due date in early may. It was fun to post it and watch people's reactions when they found out. Sorry to anyone who was mad we didn't call them personally, but you know, this was kind of fun.
In other news....cheyenne is doing alright. the other day she woke up from her nap with a puffy red eye, and it didn't get any better the next morning. So we went to the doctor. Turns out she has an ear infection and an eye infection. I have to give her eyedrops three times a day. that is one of the hardest things to do!! any suggestions? Well I have to go to work for a little bit, and then off to a wedding!!

QUESTION??

2007-09-20T20:35:00.000-05:00