Attention Whore- HOURS late!

So yesterday around 6 PM I wanted to get a blog post up that would allow me to totally just attention whore. But for some reason blogger was adding my videos insanely slow!


Then I come back around 11:30 PM thinking that FB would upload them faster and I could just embed them here....but no luck....


And in the midst of all of this more great stuff happened (new stuff in red text)


But for some reason I laid awake until 5 AM and I'm up now (at 8:45 AM) and feel totally awake which is sooooo strange.


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I had a totally different post in mind for today but I've been lagging (didn't take a shower until 12) and this particular post requires me to search for video (that DOES exist) somewhere on my computer.... (Edit: I started typing this post out at like 5 PM. It's now 11:25 and I'm still trying to get it up because of stoopid blogger.) 


So do you mind if I take a minute to completely attention whore some really cool stuff? 


First my husband decided today was a good day to love me in my language....which just happens to be gift receiving (hush...I'm not really shallow). He came home and surprised with my first sewing table, flowers, and sewing machine case. He's now been working on putting the thing together for about 2 hours. I start my sewing class Monday and I'm getting all kinds of goosebumps!

Then when my lovely hubby arrived home so did my now all-time favorite sexy mom high-heels. OMG I am soooooo in love with these (and so is my husband). They are super comfy, the right size heel to chase a terrorizing terrific toddler in, and just plain AWESOME. I've been watching these on Piperlime and thinking them over for awhile and the other day I was in my email searching my "Items Wanted" (I clearly I have issues) folder with a hankering to purchase and came across these. And it was my lucky day because they we're on sale for $60. Unfortunately it's not your lucky day because they are no longer on sale...but trust me....they are worth it. Even my hubby agrees I should spend the extra $40 and get another pair.

Then Cody Simpson's (click here to find out who Cody is) iYiY hit iTunes yesterday (front page) and we just found out that in 24 hours iYiY is number #95 on the top 100 iTunes list. This is AWESOME for new artist and it's only the second day! And it's number #19 on the Australian iTunes chart! To hear the song in full hit his YouTube page.

Edit: Now as of Thursday, June 3rd at 8:47 AM the song jumped 27 spots overnight and is now #68 on US charts!

And #14 on Aussie charts!

But that's not all folks. The Billboard article on Cody (and featuring a mini quote from the hubsters) is also on-line as the front page! And on news stands the 5th.

And not to be out down.......... A delicious grilled lunch Phoenix made for me today.

Boy does it get any better??

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This is Us - Video Montage

Some of you may know that Shawn is in the music industry and I of course wrestle a lot with the fact that he does travel a lot and he happens to be around a lot of beautiful women and around women who could really care less about vows, family, and wives so at least once every 3 months I have a huge freak out "But what if!?" 


They're irrational fears because I happened to be married to one of the really, really, good guys and he does a  great job of going the extra mile to make sure I feel comfortable and safe.


But whenever I have an insecure moment and he talks me down from my "ledge"  the words he says are eerily similar to these from B.O.B and Bruno Mars (Nothin' on You) and every time I hear the song I'm like "Hey! We should collect royalties on this because it's exactly what he says to me!"


So last night after listening to the song and feel extra nice and romantical I decided to make a little video montage of us. 

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Weekend Recaptured.

I hope that all you mommy's out there felt appreciated by your Baby Daddy's and little people.

I certainly did. My Mother's Day was full of cute rompers, jumpers, jewelry, sweet, sweet, sweet cards and my new sewing machine!!!

I am over the moon excited about this fun new toy but I'm sure it will sit in the box until I get some courage to use it.


Are any of you out there sewers (or is it seamstress)? Do you have helpful beginner tips? Websites with video tutorials? And most importantly what other tools do I need to get started?


Shawn hopped on a plane again this morning at 6 AM (which required me to wake up at 4:00 AM! Next time. He's taking a cab) to go to LA for 10 days so Saturday we took Phoenix to see Ocean, because of his love of all things fish & Nemo related. And he loved it. And so did I! Such a great, great movie, and incredible reminder of how AMAZING God is.  

But what I really wanted to tell you was that I spent 6 hours in the ER on Friday.


Starting a few days after Shawn got back from LA last month I started having really intense cramps. I wrote them off thinking that it was just normal reactions to the Mirena. Two weeks ago I started throwing up, which unless I'm knocked up, I never do. For the past two weeks I was just really sick to my stomach and had incredibly intense headaches.


For the past two weeks the symptoms came and went so I tried not to think much of it. Last Sunday after throwing up all weekend and having bad cramps I took a pregnancy test that of coursed popped up negative. 


But this past Friday the headache was so intense that I told my sister Savannah that if I passed out to call 911 and then Shawn. That's how bad I felt.


By 9 that evening after self diagnosing myself via WebMD and Grey's Anatomy episodes I determined that I must have either a brain aneurysm or an ectopic pregnancy. I woke Shawn up and we drove to the ER.


After being pumped with pain medicine and Zofran. A CAT scan and blood work it was determined that I only had acute sinusitis! How's that for a waste of time?


But after talking to the nurse practitioner we kind of determined that the Mirena has been making me feel bad the last several months and that my body has not had time to get back to normal hormonally. 


We had talked about taking the IUD out in September anyway, but recently after stumbling upon a lot of negative Mirena stories and my recent issues I thought about removing it early and getting on BC. But thank goodness I talked to the nurse because she said I definitely should not remove the IUD and then get on BC because that  would just further put my body in shock.


I think based on what I have learned Shawn and I are going to be having some heavy conversations in reference to timing. My mom and both the nurse think I should wait 6-9 months before I try and get pregnant again, which means I might need to put in a phone call to my moms midwife to ask about natural BC remedies. Because with my luck I'll have the IUD removed on a Tuesday morning and get knocked up in the evening.


Not that it would be a terribly bad thing, but the timing and pressure on my body, might not be so good.


Do I have any readers who have had bad Mirena experiences? Anyone who is on a natural birth control? The rhythm method doesn't seems to me to be as effective as "pull & pray" so I'd rather not try that. 


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The Man Cold

Yesterday I posted about the mans ability to turn the common cold into the swine flu. 


After I posted a friend showed me this great YouTube clip that describes not only my husband but I'm sure a lot of your's as well.







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Men are babies

Look I have a very serious question I need answered. What is it about men that when they get sick they act like big p-u-s-s-y-s (if I spell it instead of saying it its not that bad right?) 


Every time Shawn feels a sniffle, a headache or body ache he's all "Baby...I don't feel goooooooood" 


He's probably going to be pissed I'm putting all of his business out for the world to see, but that's what happens when you're married to a writer blogger.


Last night was one of those nights. Every minute I saw him all he could ask about was Therflu (which he completely overdoses on) and Tylenol. 


 I pushed an 8 pound baby out of the place I pee from. No drugs. 21 hours. Then after I recovered from being ripped into a million places I then put this beautiful boy onto my nipple and for the next 8 months it felt like someone was taking a lighter and running it across my nipples.


Not to mention 28 days out of a month my uterus falls out for 4-5 days, all to be able to bore him more babies.


So what it is it? Have you women out there figured out what makes our strong sexy husbands wither and whine when they have a sinus headache?


And on the off chance I have any male (oh my I actually typed that out as "mail".loser.) readers....what's the deal?


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Eesh, Eesh. Eesh

Eesh....I don't even know what words to start with. Is Eesh even a word? Probably to some toddler or something right?


The last 72 hours has made me feel like a huge 4-wheeler truck has hit me. But then backed up and unloaded a truck full of rocks and hot lava. 


I had every intention of waking up Friday morning and spending a beautiful day at the zoo (O.M.G I started typing beach instead of zoo. I need a vacation.) with my guys (and we did do just that) but all the while I felt like I had the world sitting on my shoulders.


And every time I thought that the stress, anxiety, and fear would lift that sneaky little truck came barreling down the highway again.


I know I'm being vague instead of just coming out and saying what's going on and my blog "motto" is to always be transparent. And normally I would but because this involves other people its not my place to share everything on the web. But it's been an emotionally rough couple of days. 


And to top it off I put my husband on a plane for 3 weeks a few hours ago. We've never been away this long and it happened right at the moment I needed him to stay and sit with me both. But he needs to work so I begrudgingly put him on a plane and cried all the way home....


Until I started shaking because I hit a DEER! 


Have you ever hit a deer before? I haven't. I was driving back up the mountain and it was foggy and out of nowhere Bambi's mom comes dashing across the road. I let out the highest pitch yell and watch the think flip and fly across my car. I would have gotten out to make sure the poor thing was ok, but I was on a mountain, by myself, at night. With my 19 mth old in the backseat. Didn't seem wise.


I was so shaken up that when I pulled into my parents driveway just a few miles ahead I had to go in and get someone else to carry Phoenix in because I thought I might pass out!


To prove how shaken I have been the last few days I had to make a pit stop for a "Pas" (pacifer) after leaving the airport. Phoenix had devoured a bag of M&M's and had chocolate everywhere, normally I would have hosed him down before we made the 4 minute stop in the CVS but I was so ready to get home and stop thinking that I didn't care if the check-out girl thought I was an unfit mom because of the state my child was in.

I haven't had a good nights sleep since Thursday and with my husband gone I'm not sure I will anytime soon. So if you believe in prayer I'd appreciate a prayer tonight that God puts me in a deep slumber (and Phoenix too!) tonight.


This too shall pass....right?

Homeless for LA

I mentioned last week that our landlord decided to sell and to entice us to get out earlier he's giving us February free - Contingent upon us being out by March 10th.


At first this was something that was doable. I like change so the prospect of a new house (especially one with an inground pool!) is a great challenge for me. Saturday we went on a whirl-wind house tour.


But then Sunday we started discussing the whole Cody Simpson thing and how when the deal is complete Shawn will need to be either in NY or LA to oversee the project.


We both realized that the project could start within the next 2 months and it would be really silly for us to sign a new lease. 


When the project starts Shawn could be away for 3-6 months. Neither of us want to be away from each other or "commute" for that long so we've decided that which ever state they put us in we'd all go.


But the thing is it would be stupid to get a place here in MD and keep paying on it while we live somewhere else. So we've decided that for the first month we'll stay with my parents (and spend save money) and then if it seems that the project is going to be pushed off 3 or more months find a simple apartment that will let us sign a short term lease and go there.


Here's a bullet point list of how I feel about the whole thing.

• It's going to be really weird living at home again. But at least it's not because we're admitting "financial defeat"
• It's going to be weird not having a place to call our own.
• Will I have some place thats mine to decorate for Christmas? A silly thing I know.
• This could only work if the label pays for our housing in the new city (which we kind of think they will) and we manage to put away enough "living" money the next few weeks.
• Do I drive ALL our stuff to the new place or put it in storage and ask for a corporate/furnished housing?
• What about my new aspirations to be like super home decorator and build beds and tables like Knock off Wood ?
• We had just talked about trying to have another baby this coming fall. Does this change our plans if we're still gone?
• Do I change doctors? Do I transfer all our mail?
• Where will Phoenix have his birthday?
• It's just going to be strange!
• ....But what an awesome opportunity!

Wednesday I was under the impression that we'd stay until 4/31 at our current place and that we'd stay with my family in May and that the label would be ready to start the album come June. 

BUT I found out the incentive/contingency to get out early which takes about 30 days for our plan BUT then Shawn called me from LA (in town to finish deal details) and told me that more then likely they'll be starting April.

Which again is good news, but still make me nervous because it seems to be happening so fast. I'm really excited about everything, but really scared!

I know that we need to sacrifice some things in order to get what I/We really want, but STILL If we weren't parents I think this whole thing would be a lot easier to swallow, but how will this affect Phoenix? 

Obviosuly all of of this could change and we might not go anywhere and come April we'll just start house hunting again or maybe I can convince the label that Frederick is the hip new place to lay down some hot tunes ??? Yeah I guess I better start looking for My Gym's in LA.

I guess technically we won't be homeless. But we will be HOMEless. We won't have something that is uniquely ours (as much as a rental can be).


However, I guess the saying "Home is where the heart is" is true in this case.

Home Sweet Home

I am so glad to be home from our NYC jaunt journey. The NYC trip was supposed to bring us home Tuesday evening but things went so great that we had to extend it until late, late, Friday evening! We rolled on in at a cool 1 AM and got up bright and early to do some house hunting.


This was the longest that either Shawn or I had been away from Phoenix and it was killing us. We even thought of taking the 3-4 hour drive Wednesday to pick him up but changed our minds when we found out he had two teeth coming in which automatically reminds me of devil rashes. 


Luckily we knew he'd be in great care so we left him with my mom. It was really, really tough but like my mom pointed out this very well could be how our life is going to be for awhile. We are actually even thinking that a small move to NY  or LA (depending on where they'll record the album) might be on the horizon. Not a giant relocation, but getting an apartment or house for 3-6 months.


Shawn and I feel positively high with the possibilities this past week WILL bring us. For so long we had hoped and prayed that something like this would present itself and seemingly out of nowhere POOF! it did! 



Here are a few pictures of our trip and the showcase featuring Cody Simpson.


It was so funny to me to see 15 year old girls screaming when my husband walked on stage and asking for his autograph. Weird....

Very excited to find out Shawn's lawyer was super close to MARTHA!

Fans with posters

115 girls waiting outside 3 hours before show!

My husband posing with fans (strange!)

Me & Savannah

Cody preparing for meet & greet

Husband chatting it up with music executives (not pictured)

Cody Simpson performing for NY fans

The girls posing with UGLY DOLLS at FAO

Arianna, Julianna, and Savannah outside of The Today Show

Me with Julianna and Savannah

Me with sisters Savannah and Arianna

My poor tired husband

Stay tuned for exciting news tomorrow!

New York...Where dreams are made of.

New York City and all it's walking and cold weather makes a bloggers job tough.


For the second day in a row I'm just logging on to the internets at 11:00p.


Things are going super, super fantastic here.


If you are new to the blog the quick story that has landed me in NYC can be found here (OMG there is literally someone LEANING on the horn outside our hotel! Shut up!)
and here and yet again here.


Shawn has been taking about 3 or 4 meetings a day and I have brought my sisters along to see NYC and to also be apart of the showcase that took place today.


Showcase- A "mini" concert performed by a new artist for record labels.

This showcase also featured about 80 screaming 15 year old girls "OMG! He spoke to me" it takes me back to NYsnc phase. Oy vey!

At this time I actually have no idea when I'll be home to stay. Shawn has follow-up meetings (excellent news) tomorrow and Thursday. But I also have to get the girls back for school and Shawn needs to be in LA Tuesday PLUS our Monkey Baby is at his Ya's so not sure when I'll be back or when I can delve back into awesome blog post, but rest assured I do have something pretty exciting up my sleeve so I hope you'll stick around.


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Cody Simpson Part II

I'd like to interrupt our regular scheduled programing of poop, Christmas shopping and baby signing to point you to Cody Simpson.


I've probably mentioned before that my husband is a record producer. Not like your basement dwelling rapper living with his mom trying to make beats (although his studio happens to be in the basement), but a real live music industry record producer.

A few months ago he found this great kid from Australia named Cody Simpson. Cody and his Dad came to the States in September and worked for two weeks on music. While they were here they got a call that the ABC network in Australia wanted to feature him on The 7.30 Report (which is like our nightly news shows).

The reporters flew out here and met with Shawn and Cody and followed them in NY while they did some recording. The interview just aired last night and I think it turned out pretty awesome.

Cody is a natural born star and you can see it come through on the report and my husband (thankfully) did not embarrass me!

Something inside of me is telling me this kid is going to be huge and is going to help build my dream house. I think I'm probably not wrong because my husband's cell phone for the past two days has literally been blowing up with record labels calling him. They've even scored a meeting with Nickelodeon next month.

Cody's song ONE is also on iTunes and Amazon so go check it out!