The One About Halloween and Things

Halloween is just around the corner. I'm SO excited for this year since Matty is old enough to really enjoy it.
I thought I had posted about our trip to the Pumpkin Patch but I can't find anything so if I did you get to hear about it again.

A few weeks ago we took Matty to a family farm out by my Grandma's house while we were visiting. He got to ride the cow train and pick a pumpkin and he hasn't stopped talking about it since. About once a day we hear something about the cow train. The kid is obsessed.

We had a ton of fun and need to go do one here in AZ. Maybe we'll hit up Schnepf Farms before the season is over.
We already picked out Matty's costume for Halloween. He's going to be Jake from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates." We just have to go buy it. Naturally the Disney Store is the only place that has it. AND he can wear it to school on Halloween! He's gonna be so stinking cute!

Matty has been in pre-school for a week now. He loves it. His Teacher always tells me that he is so good. Although the last couple days of the week he had a hard time going and Mrs. Barclay told me he was missing me. Made me feel special :)
He is improving already. He is willing to say more words when you ask him to and we are so proud!

Kourtney is as crazy as ever. I haven't done a full update on her in awhile.
She has been sleeping through the night for about a month now. (It's so great!)
She is cruising around the furniture
Let's go while standing and stands by herself for a few seconds.
Mimics faces that you make at her
Started eating big people food like bread, whole peas, turkey,cheese, french fries, rice, and beans
Is content playing by herself
Loves to play with Matthew (He can be too rough at times though)
Rarely needs a binky (complete opposite of Matthew)
Loves to be held
Babbles. She says da da da, ba ba ba. I'm am desperately trying to get her to say mama but nothing.
She shakes her head no everytime I try to feed her. Little stinker.
I bet she walks before one year
I'm still not sure what she's going to be for Halloween but the Disney Store has some super cute baby costumes too.

Berto has been back for almost 2 weeks. It is SO great. Life is better with him around.
We have just been relaxing and trying to get into a normal routine since life has NOT been normal for us for like 6 months.

I've just been doing the usual. Working on my cross stitch (Its getting there)
I also made my own Halloween wreath. It's super cute and now I want to make one for Christmas too. I am SUPER excited Christmas is almost upon us!!!!

Well I have to chase a baby girl and put a certain little boy to bed. Til next time!

The one about the big 9 month old and a family rant

9 MONTHS!!!!

We had our 9 Month Appointment today.
Miss Fatty Cakes is 17.12 lbs in the 25-50%
And her height is 27 1/2 inches in the 50%

She pretty average. Almost under the scale for weight but do you see the rolls??? How can she NOT be above average??
Either way, she's totally healthy and super happy.
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I met Matty's teacher, Mrs. Barclay, this past Monday. Seriously, THE nicest lady ever. He starts pre-school on Monday!! He is going to have SO much fun. The teacher told me they keep the kids completely busy and occupied the entire 2 1/2 hours they are there so he will probably pass out when he gets home!!
I could NOT be more excited about that. He goes Mon-Thurs from 7:45-10:15. He will receive speech therapy in the classroom 120 minutes a week. I bet he starts talking really quickly. Once he has the tools he needs and the teachings he needs he'll take off.
I'm sure there will be lots of pictures on Monday.
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Berto comes home tomorrow night! PERMANENTLY!!!
Our 6 month nightmare is finally going to be over. My kids will have their daddy, I will have my hubby, and I might get a little of my sanity back!!!
No more single mom feeling. I seriously don't know how people do it. These past 6 months have been the worst!
SO glad he gets to come home!


*WARNING*
I'm telling you now that the next part of this post is NOT happy and its not nice in any way. So if you don't want to be brought down then don't read any further.

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FAMILY RANT

Okay, here's the thing....
This "so called" family I am a part of sucks.
Plain and simple.

I don't really care what people think about me so if someone reads this and gets offended too bad, so sad. Most the people I'm angry with deserve it.

I have 4 siblings.
Two I NEVER talk to.
One of those two I haven't spoken to in almost two years because we have severe differences in our opinions.
The other one I can't stand the spouse. Like at all. Tolerate is about all I can do.
The other two I am still close to.
My sister, who is still close to said siblings, ends up telling me everything they don't like or don't agree with about our parents, my family, my parenting. You name it, they have an opinion.

So here it is.
I don't give a flying crap if you don't like MY lifestyle. It's mine, not yours.
I don't care if you don't like my parenting. They are MY kids, not yours and guess what? At least they are clean, and listen, and behave. That's more than I can say about some people.
I don't care if you think I have "lost God." You don't know me at all obviously.
I don't care if you think I agree with mom too much, she WILL always be MY mom.
I don't care if you bought a house, a car, a pony, a flying elephant, whatever. Brag to someone else who does care.

So,
CRY ME A RIVER
BUILD A BRIDGE
AND GET THE HECK OVER IT!

I'm done.
I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I have 2 siblings and my parents. That's all I really care about because they care about me. I'm angry. We were not brought up this way and I'm appalled to say that two of you are even part  of this family. You sure don't act like it.
If you feel guilty then you probably are. Maybe you should do something about it. ACT like you have a family instead of pretending you're a part of one.
Okay there it is. Now you know.
The End.