The Parrish Family: September 2011

Friday, September 16, 2011

ITS A BOY!!!

Yayyyyy!!! it is official, i am having a little baby boy! :) i am so excited!!! little Kenneth Jace Michael will be coming to greet us all around the middle of February and i cant wait!!

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

So yesterday, it was proven, once again, that Carter Parrish has a mind of his own...and is not interested in listening sometime. he is so much like me, my grandma has said she thinks hes mine after all! LOL! but seriously, he does remind me of myself at times. but anyways, he had a doctors appointment for his speech therapy yesterday afternoon, so his Nana (Pat, Brookes mom)took him to it. also, for some reason, she chose to get Triston as well when she went to pick them up. (which i could have told her right then & there that was a bad decision) but anyhow, she took them both to the drs appt & im sure had hell trying to get them to behave because SHE never disciplines them & so they dont listen to her worth anything. but the appt went well & i had told the boys that when i got off i would come get the from Nana & take them to mcdonalds to play. so Pat called me & said the dr appt ended early & she was gonna go ahead & take them to mcdonalds because they were so hungry & getting restless. (which annoyed me) but i said sure thats fine, ill just meet you there. so when i got off i called her, to find out two things. one, she took them to a mcdonalds WITHOUT A PLAYPLACE, because she "didnt know where one was"...i mean, freakin drive a couple miles & i bet youll stumble upon one....theyre only at every street corner, GEEEEZ!!! then number two, Carter had run out in the middle of the street when she was leaving the doctors office & had almost gotten hit by a vehicle...and this was on Classen...i mean, a pretty busy 4 lane road. THEN she was pulling him back to the car & she picked him up & he BIT HER!!!!! all that with no spanking. are you kidding me????? i would have whooped him so hard, so fast after all that. but anyhow, she didnt. and she was telling me that she couldnt believe he would do that. she said he was playing on the curb & she "thought that was fine" and then he just darted out into the road. OH EM GEE!!! i was stunned by the whole situation. and she said that she told him he was going to have to "face the consequences" of telling josh & i, which im sure he had no clue what the heck that meant. so that did a lot of good. but yeah, i couldnt believe all of that happened. absolutely crazy. im so glad carter didnt get hurt & i cant belive she wouldnt hold his hand while walking out near any kind of traffic. i mean, its CARTER!!!!! triston, you dont really have to hold his hand, hes not gonna run off like that, but if youre gonna hang on to one of them, it better be CARTER!!! hes the one who is always lookin for trouble. However, if you have let him know that YOU are the boss when youre around, then he acts much better. like, i could guarantee that he wouldnt do that around me or josh. it just wouldnt happen, because either we would be holding his hand (which is how you walk with children in parking lots) or he would listen the first time we called him back to us. he knows that josh & i are NOT playing around. obviously i know that we are not perfect parents & i know accidents happen & it could have happened to anyone, but i ALSO know that they do not listen to Pat worth anything because she always gives in & gives them anything they want no matter what they have done just because she doesnt want them to whine for it. that, my friend, is NOT good parenting. but anyways, i know im not perfect so ill hush now, lol.

Gasoline is Important!

Well this morning was pretty unpleasant. i happened to run out of gas while pulling in to the gas station. that is something i have never done before. it is humiliating to run out of gas, by the way!! so yesterday, my problem began. i left work at 5:30 & HAD to get the boys by 6 all the way across town. when i got in my car, right as i started it, the fuel light came on! DADGUMMIT!!! i had no time to stop or i would be late getting the boys & that would be a bad deal. so i flew out there to Britton & the Broadway Extension & got my little men & headed back to my parents. also, i must mention, i feel like i cant stop to get gas with the boys in the car, because i do not have a credit card so i would have to run into the store & leave the boys alone in the vehicle & that, i feel, is not wise. so i went on to my parents without getting gas. so, we had dinner over there & then headed back to my house. still had the kiddos, so i didnt stop AGAIN! so i told myself that i HAD to remember to leave early this morning so that i could get gas & not be late for staff meeting at the office. i failed. i was ready, i just got stuck watching Yes, Dear & didnt make it out of the house until approximately 8:20. (have to be at work at 8:30) i started the car (and it barely started, for the record) and it flashed & said FUEL LEVEL LOW. CRAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!! so i said UGH, ill just have to get it at lunch & went on my way. so i got to Reno & Douglas & there is a Conoco on the corner of that intersection & i pulled into the Conoco (to avoid the red light, bc i was already late) and it died. :( i couldnt even turn the steering wheel while pulling in. grrrrrr!!!! so i called my dad to let him know i wouldnt be on time for staff meeting & then i went in to get a gas can. THEN, i couldnt figure out how to get the nozzle screwed on to the can...EMBARRASSING!! so then a nice gentleman came over & said "here lemme help ya there." thank goodness. so after i got his help i went & put a little gas in my car & was then able to move it to the pump so i could fill up normally. MAN OH MAN, what a mess. on top of all that, i spilled gas, CHA-CHING, all over myself!!!! and i mean ALLLLLLL over!!!! i had it on my feet & shoes & pants & sleeves & sweater & hands...ugh so gross & MAN did it smell bad!! but finally i got enough gas to get to work & my ordeal was over!! :) so i walked into work, into the staff meeting LATE & i sat down & slowly but surely everyone started to smell me & they were all like "OMGGG WHAT DID YOU DO????" sooo, i explained & felt so bad. and then one of the girls made me feel even worse by being like "wow shes making me sick." "this is ridiculous, i cant breathe" "dont tell her that, she needs to stay back there, i dont wanna smell that" she was being mean. it made me sad. i didnt know what to do. i mean, obviously i didnt want to be smelling gas fumes the whole morning either, but IM the one thats pregnant, so she needed to just shut her mouth. so annoying. she made me feel even worse then i already did. JERK! anywho, the moral to this story, FILL UP ON GAS WHEN YOUR CAR TELLS YOU TO!!!!!!!!!