Caught Up

My my my it has been so long!  You need an update!  Kaylee is a beautiful 4 year old!  The last time I wrote she was only two!  Her hair which was always so light is finally beginning to resemble mommy and daddy's deep shade of brown!  She still has the most gorgeous big brown eyes, that have a way of looking completely sassy and sweet all at the same time!  She LOVES her movies, whether it be Chronicles of Narnia or Beauty and the Beast, she is happy with the movies.  She takes after her daddy in the way of wanting to watch movies all the time.  She has the patience for them too.  She is a singer, her teachers love having her in class to keep the volume up when it comes to school programs.  She is so intelligent.  There is no pulling the wool over her eyes...she will LET YOU KNOW!  She loves Jesus.  It makes me happy to hear her telling the doctor how Jesus healed her latest cold, or the postmaster how Jesus and God made the beautiful mini Sunflower bouquet she was carrying.  And most of all she is the best big sister ever!

 
Isabella is now about 21 months old!  Last I wrote she was only 2 months.  Obviously I have not blogged through all the infant to toddler changes but she sure has grown up.  She started walking two weeks before her first birthday and would you believe it that she started wearing heels maybe two weeks later. Dress up heels of course. Her vocabulary is amazing and clear, except for when she is sucking on her binky.  Which is not only our lifesaver for Isabella but her favorite, she even tries to eat with it in.  I know, ewwww.  Isabella has gorgeous brown eyes, they resemble her dad's.  Her skin is fare and her hair is light.  She reminds me often of my brother as a baby and when she was born I thought she looked like Great Grandpa Angelo.  Isabella loves dogs of all kinds.  She especially loves the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua.  She calls them, 'WAWAs'.  We can't go anywhere there is a dog without Isabella screaming for him.  She is already repeating her alphabet and can count a few numbers.  She loves to tickle people and jump on the bed.  She is our Master of Disaster (props to daddy for the name).  And most of all she loves to hug and kiss, especially her big sissy.

  As for me and Rudy our lives have been busy.  I started Mary Kay as a beauty consultant around Christmas time.  I love it!  Contact me for your free facial. (I had to) I am about to graduate this summer with my Bachelors in Psychology!  Finally I will be done and free from college but not student loans. :-)  Rudy is busy being the best recruiter for the ARMY National Guard I know.  He is also working on his degree and has goals to one day become an Officer!  Yes he is an Officer and a Gentleman! He is my Officer and Gentleman! 

I have a two year old daughter. Love her to pieces.
Does anyone ever experience what I am about to discuss?

Every morning since we have moved into our new house we wake up, go downstairs, put on noggin and have breakfast. Kaylee my two year old goes in and out of her playroom, her playroom is an overly glorified closet which we have converted into the playroom, anyway, she goes in and out watches her show and eventually forgets that it is on. This morning, the house was clean, her playroom clean and ready for some fresh mess, Isabella fed and clean ready to sit in her chair and look at things, and I was ready to sit and catch up on my soap (days of our lives) and do homework. Of course though today Kaylee decided that she wanted to sit with me and Isabella decided she wanted to be fussy. It always seems to happen that way. The minute I am ready to relax the kids are not ready to let me. always!

Here I am writing my blog and Kaylee is sitting next to me watching days. I think she really likes the show. It's funny. She is two and half and likes my soap.
But here it is three hours after I started my homework and started to watch my two episodes of days of our lives and I just started the second episode.

The life of a stay at home mother. Husbands truly do not understand.

First Post

Good Evening Fellow Stay At Home Mommies! I wanted to create a place for me to come and vent. Vent to whoever is listening, or reading if you want to be picky. But there are days I have that I can not explain my feelings to my husband verbally and so I decided I might find it easier to write it out and let whoever wants to read it. I am open to having people comment on my posts and I encourage it because I feels good to know that there are other people out there who experience the daily trials and joys of being a stay at home mommy.

Let me introduce myself, my name is Alissa, I am 25 and from NJ. Born and raised. I did live for a few years in AZ for college but that was years go. My husband's name is Rudy and he is in the Army National Guard active duty as a recruiter. We have two daughters, Kaylee who is 2 1/2 born in April 2006. Our newest addition is Isabella, born September 2008.

In my spare time...HA HA HA...what spare time? I know we all say that. I am going to school full-time (online of course), I love to scrapbook but haven't really accomplished much of it in two years, I like to read, again when I am not exhausted, I used to workout. I probably should again but to find the energy these days is hard.

Well that is me right now. I am excited to begin writing about my journeys each day. I always find it best to write my feelings than talk about them verbally. I find this to be my quiet time and my solitude! And now, you who are reading this are a new friend! Welcome to my life and I look forward to sharing in experiences with you!!! God Bless!