My family

Here is an intro to my family. There are 9 of us total so let me lay them out for you.

There is my dear hubby, let's call him A. He's 30, an unemployed student and, as previously mentioned, a computer addict. For a stay at home dad, well, he sucks! He thinks he tries but, in reality, he does the complete opposite. I can have a conversation with him and he won't hear a word. I ask him to do something, I get, "hold on", so he can finish what he is doing on the computer. Say "honey, were is M?" and you get that deer in the headlight look. Somehow, he "forgot" that he was watching the kids while I went to work, cooked dinner, did the laundry, whatever. It's a daily occurence. His computer is my own worst enemy.

Next, there is E. She is 15 and will be 16 in January. She's already got her first car, a mercury cougar. She is a straight A student and the absolute best teenager anyone could ever hope for. She's smart, talented, sporty, and absolutely awesome!

Then, there is K. She is 14 and OMG, what a brat! She thinks the world revolves around her and she is above having to do the dishes. I will say that she is really good with the 3y old and 19m old. They listen to her more than they do dad.

Next, we've got S. At 9y old we are fighting a battle with obesity. She is overweight which causes her ALOT of grief and more hardship than anyone should have to go thru at such a young age. She's a great student although she leans more to lazy than productive. To get her to do things sometimes is a challenge, but its one we are working on and she seems to be trying really hard.

And for the 1st of the 2 boys, we have L1. Don't ask me why I named both my boys with names starting with L because it gets really confusing. Should never have done that. Anyway, L1 is 7 years old, the exact opposite of his 9y old sister and always looks completely underweight. He's all skin and bones and has a freakin 6 pack for a stomach. He eats and eats and eats some more and then goes and runs it off. Again, he is a straight A student and has all of his teachers wrapped around his pinky. And might I just say he is absolutely adorable. The little girls at school think so too(OMG!!).

Our 2nd son, we will call L2. He is the funniest one of the bunch. He is 3 years old and an absolute hoot! He runs around screaming "you can't catch me" and picks on his 19m old sister and rubs the baby's head. He is a character and I see that most of the posts about him will probably be funny.

Our 4th daughter, M, is now 19m old. She is a screacher! She is my curse from my mother. She is me, but 100X over. It took me 30+ years to get the attitude that she came out with. We do NOT get along. lol.

Our last daughter is now 2 mths old. We will refer to her as A2. She was born with this massive head of hair that she has decided not to lose. She is the only one with dark brown hair, besides mom and dad, and she is the only one that hasn't lost her hair at this stage and gone blonde. She is squeaking and talking and laughing and she is full fledged mama's girl. I'm sure that the fact that she is still nursing has to do with that. With me working, we figured we would breast and formula feed her but, as it turns out, she is allergic to all formulas so she will be tit baby for the next 10 mths.

Ok, well, thats it for them. As for me, I'm mom, wife, supervisor and student. I work for an international merchandising company that is completely awesome and am working towards my bachelors degree in Business. I am also cook, maid, butler, and part time chauffeur and occasional miracle worker. I've also dropped 50 pounds in the last year and 4 dress sizes. I'm stressed out, irritable and still battling postpartum hormone issues so this blog might very well be a wild ride in rantings, ravings, and all things me. hahaha. I love to enter sweepstakes and contests online and via snail mail. I've won alot of things, including a boat, a trip to paris I didn't get to take because i was 8 1/2 mths pregnant, cash, gift cards, books, tshirts, toys, movies, you name it, I've won it except for the big items that I have as my goal wins(computer, house, car). I will keep you updated on my wins as I go and will probably have a post strictly for wins. Right now, I keep track of them on OLS. For those who don't know what that is, its online-sweepstakes.com and you can find me there under Mumto3girls1boy(yeah, I know it should be Mumto5girls2boys) but I've been a member there forever and haven't updated my username yet.

Ok, well, its taken me 3 hours of running around and grabbing minutes here and there to finish typing this so will cut it off right here for the time being. Hopefully anyone reading this hasn't decided to jump ship yet. Really, its gonna be a blast!