Summer Days are Suppose to be Long & Fun...we do our best to make that happen!

Well today has been one of those day you "imagine" Summer Time to be 
It's funny,  I remember looking forward to Summer as a kid but looking forward to Summer as a parent takes me to a whole new level of excitement.  Maybe it's because being with my kids "really being with them, getting them, listening to them giggle, seeing that spark in their eyes" well that takes me back to my wonderful childhood days of Summer.  

The kids rolled out of the hotel in true "growing up Murnan" style ummm on a luggage cart of course.

We kicked things off as normal tourists do in Destin at one of the Go cart stops.  It was so funny we said to the kids hey guys we are getting ready to do something fun & Kya says with excitement are we going to sonic??? Ummm Kya Blu think way funner than that :-) We picked great ages (heights really) to attempt go carts because Kya was tall enough to ride alone & bossy was tall enough to ride with an adult.  Kya rode first so we could get pictures of her first ride alone & then she took on the roll of Photog.

 

Next is was off you our favorite Mexican Place in Sea Crest Beach.   While pulling into the parking lot Taevy Says "Dada I saw a pink bike out my window I willy need get dat for Christmas"...which we all giggle about.  I look over and see the "ideal" beach ride & say hey kids look at that slug bug van isn't it so cool? Kya says back is that thing even alive....meaning does that even run?

We had a yummy lunch where Bossy hollered Cinco De Mayo and swiped the flower center piece & pretended to be the bride.

then headed down to Watercolor Inn to check in.  Shawn dropped Taevy and me off at the Watercolor store where bossy shopped it up :-)

 I get a call from Shawn that they oversold the inn so there is no room for us but they are willing to put us up in a 4 bedroom beach house instead...ummm YES that works for me :-)...the kids were ecstatic and think this is the best beach house EVER...although they say that every year & about any house w bunk beds or Hammocks & this one happens the have both.   

Country Wedding & Rattlesnake SURPRISE!

First stop Defuneak Springs Sonic! When we pulled in Kya said OH we have not been here since OKLAHOMA! Yes OK peeps when you live in FL eating at Sonic is like "going home." After 2 route 44 Dr Peppers shared between us all, Momma's water w lime, ice cream drinks & fries we used the car like a hotel to get changed & dolled up for the wedding.

Next stop Paxton and the Walton Plantation.  You see our amazing beach babysitter Amber is getting married today and we decided to start our Summer Road trip one day early & show up to SURPRISE her!

It was a beautiful country wedding.  Kya leans over after the wedding and whispers to me mom we are the only people here that don't speak Cowboy! Oh I love this girl! 

Bossy was I insistent that Matthew was the prince and Mrs Amber was the princess and was very worried because their vows did not say " whole life" in them ha.  

Jagger,  well Jagger had quite the exciting thing happen...a 5 foot 12 rattle rattlesnake decided to try & join the wedding party...Jagger was obsessed w the poor dead snake after the fact.

I am so happy we were able to be at this wedding and wish the Bishops many years of love & happiness! 

Every Summer Has A Story Ours Starts Today

Every Summer Has A Story Ours Starts Today

Which started on my favorite stretch of Florida Highways 75 to I10 to exit 331.  The blissful trail from Orlando to Watercolor...aka My little piece of heaven on earth! With our car loaded down & every inch stuffed to the fullest with an amazing road trip and 5 destinations ahead of us in our first Three Weeks of Summer.  Kya Blu in the very back watching Nancy Drew on her I pad for the first time while Jagger Asks who is Nancy two? She will also be readying the American Girl book Manners :-) on this trip.  40 minutes in and a bathroom stop down, but that all good because Taevy Star is now potty trained and we are so proud.  The wiggles & blues clues on the DVD for Taevy & Jagger repeating Shark Facts to me from an app on his I Pad.  Jagger & Taevy have already eaten their fair share of snacks. I now know why my nick name was Jabber Jaws because Taevy has not quit talking for even a 3 second breather.  Shawn has been on the phone w multiple hotels making sure reservations are correct & in place & I have looked at 5 clothes catalogs and am downloading all my phone pictures to shutterfly! Stay tuned Murnan Clan Summer 2014 has commenced. 

Week 10 NO FUN!

Never been so homesick or just plain sick ever! I have been up almost all night every night sick. All I have really been able to eat this week is Chocolate milk, toast with honey, and Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable soup. I am pretty much in bed all day.

Just wanted to be out & about in the Tulsa Town hustle and bustle this week with Nana and/or LaLa headed to Kathleen's Kids, the Market, Woodland hills mall and a little mall play group with my favorite adopt moms, Utica, lunch Salvador's dinner Sho gun....and a krispy kream drive thru trip for the kids...can you say homesick!!!

I am not sure if its the PREGGO hormones that are making me so homesick or the reality setting in that I am so far away from home and all of the things that I consider normal, fun, and routine are not here. I want to go to Tahlequah for the the day, Stillwater for the day, Bartlesville for the day, and a few days over at Silver Dollar City would be great too!

It seems weird to me right not to think about delivering this baby in FL and not bringing her home to the same house Kya and Jagger came home too. I am going to miss all my OK friends and family coming to see us in the hospital and after we get home.

Baby Bump's First Christmas!

Thank goodness the kids can not read yet and had no idea what their shirts or mine said...ha! This was so much less stress than going to a portrait studio and I can't wait to surprise everyone when they get their Murnan Clan Christmas cards this year! Here is a little preview of some of the pictures we took.

No we are not naming the baby Tres...but since we do not know the sex yet I am calling it Tres as in Uno-Kya Blu, Dos-Jagger Jett and, Tres-the New Bundle of JOY!

My mom was here for a four day weekend and it was the GREATEST! I overdid it a little but really we kept it pretty low key. I just love how my mom MOTIVATES me and helps me with all my projects when we are not doing what we are best at Shopping...HA! We did go to Celebration to see the snow fall, Mickey's Christmas Party, Target, and Downtown Disney...but other than that we stayed home...ha! We started getting my closet and the kids closet in order and Mom cleaned out Tres's closet which was the catch all guest closet and even got all the baby blankets set out...I LOVE IT makes it all so much more real! Thanks Mommy! We also got our 2nd family tree decorated. I will post pictures on here soon.

On Saturday night mom helped take our Christmas card pictures and I made our SUPRISE we are having a baby Christmas cards on Shutterfly and then I made a book on Shutterfly for Kya and Jagger explaining how we are going to be becoming a family of 5! Kya is so sure Santa is bringing her a REAL baby for Christmas(she must have a sixth sence, because we have not told them about the baby yet) ...and he is just not on Christmas day...ha! I want to give them the book on Christmas eve or Christmas day.

Ok so after reading this maybe my idea of taking it easy is........ ummmm slowing down but only a notch...ha

Cravings

I eat so strange anyway so pickles and cookies are normal for me. Before we even knew we were expecting I was craving Egg Rolls and Twizzlers. On Halloween I was raiding the kids Candy buckets for Twizzlers. This would have been in week 4-5

Week 6 I had a lot of complications and was totally homesick and started craving my child hood staple from my Grandma Paige's house HOMEMADE French fries, Oreos, Mashed Potatoes and....... Mexican Food LIKE ALWAYS! My Morning sickness also started. Thank goodness my friend Amalie told me to eat Pickled Ginger...because it saved me those first few weeks of pregnancy.

Week 7 I started craving my Childhood staples from my mom's house, Toast, Oatmeal, Cereal, Spaghetti O's and chips and bean dip. I also drank a lot of Hot Coco and sweet tea.

Let see in week 8 I was craving Beef Rice and communion grape juice. I had some seasoned rice at Texas Roadhouse which set off the beef rice craze...so I then cooked beef rice a roni...something I NEVER EAT! The Grape juice I got in the religious section at Wal Mart and I promise brought be back to my childhood days growing up at Hillside Christian Church...I could almost hear Ben Killon preaching and some lady singing the special off key...haha! All those memories made me miss my Grandma and Grandpa Paige.

Week 9 GREEN OLIVES....Oh my gosh I ate a jar in 24 hours. I also craved butternut squash soup from Wolfgang Pucks. Still can't get enough sweet tea and had some awesome fried pickles from Margaritaville which I can see leading to a craving. Biscuits and Apple Butter are also a staple right now!

Week 8, overdoing it and morning sickness

Well I actually behaved today by sitting on the couch all morning watching Ellen and Delivery stories. (no Disney World, no Walmart, no grocery store, no Bestbuy) But I was up most all night w Tres. Tres was not at all interested in sleeping last night and just wanted to EAT! Right now I am eating a ton of beef flavored rice, green olives, & communion grape juice! I can't get enough! I have also went back to my childhood staple at my moms of toast, usually toast w cinnamon or honey. I am still having strange sensations shooting through me but after reading up on IC and Pregnancy online I am pretty sure it is my IC bladder disorder that is acting up. It is usually worse in the evenings which being on your feet too much during the day can cause. Swimming in the pool or a warm bath seem to help.

I have a bad habit of over doing it. I had a friend say to me, Candy the majority of the world does not try to walk all the Disney Parks on a everyday basis during their first 12 weeks of pregnancy...DUH! But really running here and there 24/7, theme parks, shopping, and fun is just my NORM...but I can see my body can not handle my NORM right now...so I am slowing down. I am back to napping and sleeping in. I seem tired all the time. I have also learned I have to eat every hour or two in small amounts but sitting down and eating a big meal makes me sick really fast. I have had a lot of nausea and it usually comes from eating too much at once or not eating small plates every few hours.

As most of you can imagine I am going out of my head already wondering if Tres is a boy or girl so I did some family calculations just for fun last night.

I am also still going over Baby names in my head 24/7... I have a few I am leaning towards!

My mom gets here for a visit on Wed and will get to celebrate Tres 9 weeks!!!

My next Dr apt for an Ultra sound and blood work is on our 10 year anniversary Dec 23rd! This will be Shawn's first time to see and hear Tres, yes I like to go all out with my anniversary gifts...haha!

Really really would love Kya & Jagger to get to be there too but not sure we will tell them yet!

Oh my Heck as Jagger says this, is really happening????