The Nelson Family: Life can be crazy

Monday, February 23, 2009

Life can be crazy

Life has been quite crazy around our place lately. I don't know what I was thinking when I thought I could work, go to school, be a mom, be a wife, be a homemaker, etc all at the same time. I do not handle stress well, and it has started to take its toll on me. I feel bad for Greg because I feel like I have been hard to live with lately. Sorry sweetheart!

We are still in the process of trying to decide where we will be going to grad school after this semester. It seems like each day we think one way and then the next day we think the other way. We are hoping that the trip we take at the end of March will help us make this decision.

Saturady we decided to go to the temple to help us relax a bit, and it was such a great experience! I am grateful for the temple and for being able to escape all of the stresses. Life is overwhelming right now with LOTS and LOTS of changes coming, but we are excited for what is ahead of us!:)

5 comments:

Cori said...: I am so sorry you are feeling so overwhelmed right now. It is tough to do all those things (I don't really know, but I can imagine). Let me know if there is anything we can do for you.; February 24, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Dawn said...: When we were trying to decide which of Bryan's job offers we should take and which ones to turn down we went to the temple a lot and it was so good. We are lucky to have them so close aren't we.; February 25, 2009 at 11:06 AM
The Chambers said...: Whatever you decide to do will be wonderful! You're doing all the right things and will be blessed! I love the temple, I wish we still lived in Idaho seeing how you could walk ten minutes and be there, now we have to drive an hour! Get some use out of it for us too!; February 25, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Ashley said...: You are so wonderful Michelle! I just love you and I wish that we could see each other more!!; February 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Keri_B said...: Going to school with everything else going on was so hard for me...but I am so glad that I did it! I had meltdowns every so often where I wondered what the heck I was doing but it all worked out. :) I will be thinking of you! Congrats on the school acceptances, that is awesome!; February 27, 2009 at 1:20 PM

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Kids do and say the darndest things...

I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

March 26, 2013

Kayden: Do I still have my eyeballs or are they still at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Me: I never knew they were there...

January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)