monsters, aliens, angels & mothers

it was a LOOOONG weekend for all of us to say the least. on top of having plans with family and friends, russ had his wisdom teeth pulled! it all started on friday, and that's when i turned into a mommy of "3". LOL

on saturday, while russ was at home in bed, heavily medicated, with icepacks on both cheeks, i took the kids to see the 3D movie Monsters vs. Aliens! they had been to the movies with me last summer so i wasn't too worried about their behavior (i.e.: russ running down the aisles, natalie being a chatterbox, them losing interest in the movie, etc...) and they did really well! although, i will say that things didn't start off that great -- in the first 5 minutes as i was trying to get everything situated russell accidentally dropped half of the box of popcorn on the floor! i wouldn't have been so upset if i didn't just throw down $35 on this particular trip to the movies, a MATINEE show at the least! can you believe that?! what is this world coming to!!! lol

natalie kept her 3D glasses on the entire time and was really into the movie

russell had a hard time sitting in the folding seats since he didn't weigh enough to keep them down. is it just me, or do they need to do something about this problem! i sat with half of my leg stretched out over his seat just to keep him from being folded inside!

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on sunday, we went to see our neice shelby, as she celebrated her first communion. she looked so cute and the kids always love hanging out with their cousins!

CONGRATULATIONS SHELBY!!!

i was attempting to take a picture of russell with his older cousin cheryl (she is one yr older than natalie) because they were so cute hanging out together (cheryl was acting like his little mommy and russell was just eating it up!) and when they sat down, cheryl's 2 friends wanted to be in the picture too! cheryl is quite the social butterfly!

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on sunday, we went to my parents house to celebrate mother's day early since my parents will be in HAWAII nexy weekend! yep, that's right, HAWAII - i'm so jealous :)

here's my sassy little natalie trying on some of grandma's gifts and accessories

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we hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! it is now monday and i am still trying to recover from the craziness of ours.

an update on russ: he is still recovering. this is day 4 and he is actually experiencing the worst pain so far but we are hoping things will start to get better from here!

*LOVE TO ALL*