My First (kinda long) 'Not Me Monday'

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. (Since her son, Stellan, has been in the hospital she hasn't been doing her 'Not Me's' but you can browse some of her older 'Not Me' posts!)

My 4 day weekend was NOT full of fun with my baby boy! Absolutely NOT! I would NEVER want to spend so much time with Mr. Brogan, no way! Let's start with Thursday...my new SUV did NOT stop running on me out of the blue and did NOT have to get towed to the car dealerships garge. And also it did NOT have to be taken to a different garge to be fixed....and I did NOT, in turn, have to drive a MINI VAN (pictures to follow)! Friday was NOT a great day with my baby boy...NOT just lounging in jammies, NOT taking great naps (him, not me), and NOT getting TONS of laundry and house work done! Nope NOT this gal! Friday night was NOT spent with one of my bestest friends and her new boyfriend...who is absolutely NOT perfect for her! :) Saturday morning I did NOT get to ride around in a fashionable mini van while NOT going to get my hair cut...and while I was there, I did NOT get fantastic news that our SUV was fixed and ready to be picked up! I was NOT overly excited about NOT having to drive the NOT so cute mini van anymore! Hallelujah! Saturday night was NOT spent with my wonderful hubbie and our sweet baby. It was a NOT very much needed night (ok this sentence seriously does NOT make sense or sound correct but whatev!). Sunday was NOT a great first Easter for Brogan! He did NOT go on his first Easter hunt nor did he NOT make out like a bandit with some great Easter gifts! We did NOT make it to a church service Sunday morning which did NOT make me disappointed. But the day went on and was NOT great! Monday morning did NOT come very fast but it did bring a very smiley baby on this NOT very rainy day!

Thanks for reading my 'Not Me Monday' post!

What did you NOT do this weekend? Anything exciting?

~XOXO~

Lindsey

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!! I hope you all had a great Easter Sunday! I know my little family did! Brogan made out with some pretty cute Easter goodies and even had an Easter egg hunt (in the rain)! He looked super cute in both his Easter outfits! Take a look for your self...........

I can't wait till next year when Brogan can actually walk around and search for his eggs!

Again, hope you all had a great Easter!

~XOXO~

Lindsey

Just one more thing...

I hardly post as it is so 3 in one day is quite the accomplishment for me! But I just wanted to say how absolutely blessed I am to have such a wonderful family and great friends. Some people go thru so much pain that it seems hard to keep going on. But because of Someone much bigger than we can even imagine, life is possible. This Easter season, I'm thankful, grateful, and just happy to be where I'm at in life!

Thank you Jesus for sacrificing yourself for me!!!

Remembering Maddie

***Update*** I forgot to mention that Maddie was only 1 1/2 years old (November 11, 2007 - April 7, 2009)



This is a post from Meghan at A Mom Two Boys. It's a very heartwrenching story of a little girl who was taken to early to be with her Father. Please feel free to post a blog in remembrance of this sweet baby girl, Maddie.

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Sweet, beautiful Maddie passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009. The outpouring of love from around the country, and the world, has been overwhelming. Thank you, so much, to everyone who’s offered love, support, well wishes, prayers, comfort and every other form of encouragement to Maddie’s family. She was an amazing little girl who will be missed by thousands of people, many of whom had never even met her in person.
Heather and Mike have asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to March of Dimes in Maddie’s memory.
A PayPal Account has been set up to assist Heather and Mike with any upcoming expenses. You can donate by sending money, via PayPal to formaddie@hotmomreviews.com. All money received will go directly to the
If you want to show Mike and Heather your love and support in person, further details on services for Maddie will be available as they are arranged. The service will be as soon as possible, and they’re asking that everyone wear purple. If you are in the Los Angeles area, or want to be in the area for the event, the March for Babies Team Maddie walk is Saturday, April 25th. Click the March of Dimes link above for more information.

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Please keep the family and friends of this precious little girl in your prayers! They need a ton of strength right now! I know that Maddie is in Heaven with her Maker having the time of her life!

Wordless Wednesday

Just a little bummed...

Today was a LONG day! I had to pull double duty at work today and I ran my butt off today. I did get a great suprise out of it, however. A very nice 'thank you' from my boss! But the thing that I'm bummed out about it this--absolutely no time with my baby! I saw Brogan this morning for a brief few minutes and because I didn't get to leave the office today for lunch, I didn't get to see him until after I got off work--at 6 pm. Keep in mind, Brogan has been going to bed between 7:15 and 7:30 AND I had to give him a bath tonight as well. I'm in tears typing this because I am so sad that I hardly got time with him! I know it's just one night but it's also a night that I really needed to play! Plus, Tommy hasn't been home a lot lately because of school projects. I can't wait till May so we can spend our evenings as a family!

I am excited to spend the day with Brogan tomorrow and with Tommy for most of the day. We're going to get out and about to enjoy the weather! And then tomorrow night, mommy and daddy get to have a night out with friends!

I better get goin'...my pug Gus is wanting to snuggle and it's very hard to say no to that sweet, flat face!

Have a great weekend!

Some ramblings...

I'm sitting here waiting for my baby to wake up and it's SO quiet...but I'm definitely loving it! I'm not excited about the cold weather that is sticking around..it's APRIL, let's have some warmer weather (although the weather man just showed me the 10 day forcast and it looks like warm weather is coming! HALLELUJAH!). I'm sad that Britney Spears is going to be in KC tonight and I'll be sitting at home on my couch. I really hope I can get caught up on the laundry today so my husband can have some clean clothes to wear to work (althought the kid has a million clothes in his closet but somehow whenever he wants to wear a specific shirt, I have it in the laundry...whatev). My baby has got to be the cutest little thing I've ever seen and I can't believe how absolutely blessed I am to have him. I saw a pregnancy shirt just now that I really want so therefore it makes me want to be pregnant again. If I don't talk to my husband soon about redecorating our bedroom, I might very well go crazy--he's home tonight so I'm going to make a point to tell him about it, not ask, just tell :) I can't believe how addicted I am to other peoples blogs--they are my therapy! My baby is waking up now so I guess my ramble session is over...

Sorry so random...it's how I roll.