Update!

I know that I have been bad at blogging lately and it is all Stephenie Meyer's fault. For those of you who don't know who that is, she is the author to the "Twilight" book series. My neighbor was nice enough to loan me the first 3 books of the series (there are 4 total) and I have not been able to put them down. So many friends warned me not to start because I would get sucked right in. I didn't listen to the warnings thinking to myself they can't be any better than the "Harry Potter" series and I was able to put them down without too much trouble. WRONG!! I am completely addicted to these books. I started reading them last Wednesday and I am already half way through book 3 (Kelli whenever you are done with the 4th book I will gladly take it off your hands). I have been staying up to 12am or 1am reading these books knowing very well that my children will be up and ready to start their day in about 6 hours but I just can't stop! As soon as I get Paige down for her nap in the afternoon and get Claire preoccupied with something, I have the book open just hoping to get at least an hour of reading in. I keep telling myself to slow down and enjoy them because once I am done there is no more. It doesn't help I can't slow down there are SO many questions. What happens with Edward and Bella, does she stay mortal or become a vampire, do Edward and Jacob end up fighting over Bella and if they do who wins?? And of course I want to know if Edward and Bella end up taking their relationship to the next level so to speak. Now for those of you who have read the series, please don't answer any of my questions even though you already know how it turns out. I am dying to see the movie and think that I am going with my dad this Sunday to see it! I feel kind of silly, here I am a 31 year old mom of 2 being completely obsessed with books there where written for teenagers, oh well I am over it.

So here is a quick run down on what has been happening with the Montgomery's over the past week or so!

I have preschool registration for Claire this coming Saturday and I am trying to decide if I want/should put her in the 3 days a week program or 4. I would like to get her in the M,W,F morning class and then put Paige in the M,W class as well. I don't know what I will do with myself for 2.5 hours twice a week but I am sure I will find something to occupy my time. For all those moms out there who told me that they disagree with the saying "terrible 2's" and they think that it is more appropriate to say "terrible 3's" I agree with you 100%. Claire has been testing the boundaries A LOT lately and I am about to lose my mind with this daughter of mine. She is definitely coming into her own and discovering that she has her own thoughts and ideas for things and isn't afraid to express them. Just yesterday I packed her lunch for school (Tues. is her long day so she stays for lunch) she always has the same thing, butter sandwich (yes I know), string cheese, chips, and a juice. Some days I will pack some raisins or pudding as well. When she got in the car after school she started telling me that the cheese I gave her was gross (I had gotten it from Target instead of the grocery store, but is there really a difference, according to both Cory and Claire there is) and that she threw it away and that I had given her the wrong kind of juice so she didn't drink it and had water instead. I did run out of her favorite juice but still had some from awhile ago that according to Claire is strawberry flavored and gross! I mean come on for the love of god, what happened for being thankful for what you are given. We had to have a talk about that, but honestly as hard headed and opinionated as she is I really think it just went in one ear and out the other.

Paige has a new word/phrase to her vocabulary everyday and has become quite the little snuggler. Her latest is "shake your booty", "no more" and she loves to tell us to "stop" doing something that she doesn't like. Example being that she just told Claire to stop singing, guess she doesn't care for it to much! Yesterday while we were in the car waiting in the carpool line to get Claire from school, I was trying to read my book (big surprise) and she was telling me to tickle her, too cute! The two of us are starting an 8 week class at My Gym tomorrow and I am sure she is going to LOVE it. Anytime a song comes on that has a good beat to it she just starts dancing and running all around. She will come into the office and try to turn the computer speakers on saying "I dance, you mommy" she loves to dance. I can't believe she is 21 months already, before I know it April will be here and I will be planning her 2nd birthday. Oh my baby is growing up way to fast!!

I meant to watch the inauguration yesterday and was total off on my times. I thought it started at noon but to my surprise it started at 11am. I totally missed Obama mess up on his oath but did hear it on the radio. Can you imagine how nervous he must have been I mean HELLO how many of millions of people were watching! I did turn it on around 2:30pm when the parade was starting and Claire asked what I was watching. I thought to myself how to explain this whole process to a 3 year old but to my surprise they had watch some of it at school and she already knew that we were watching the new President of the United States. I am sure she had no idea what that meant but at least I didn't have to rack my brain as to what to say to her. I was curious to see if he was going to walk the last part of the parade route like all the presidents have in the past. I know that they were very concerned about his well being as they are with all the presidents, but with him being the first African American in office the risk was even higher. I was very pleased to see that he and Michelle did walk the last leg as all the presidents have in the past. I was sad to see George Bush get on the plane and way good bye. I wondered what he must have been feeling at the moment. I am sure his emotions were running high with sadness and relief.
I started my diet last week and lost 5 lbs. This week hasn't been going as well and I am actually feeling dizzy today I wonder if the lack of food is starting to take a toll on my body. I am sure that the fact that I am sleep deprived isn't helping any either.

I realize that I haven't mentioned anything about Cory but there really isn't anything to report. He is busy with work and doing great! He makes us all laugh on a daily basis especially when we are watching American Idol.

Well that is it for us here at the Montgomery's, so much for a quick update! I will try to be a better blogger in the up coming days but I can't promise anything until I am finished with the series. :)