speechless and in shock...

thats how i was feeling about 5 minutes after tuscan got up from his nap today. and surprisingly it was for a very good reason!! he had been a complete monster about taking a nap today, he was in his room for a good hour before he finally went to sleep, i had gone up there 3 times and tucked him back in with the "i dont want to hear you up again" speech...each time he responded with "yeah mom" in his sweet little voice. about an hour after the last time i went up there i once again heard the little knocking on his door so i went upstairs and we agreed that he had taken a long enough nap. a few minutes later, he comes walking over to me at my desk and pulls his pants down to show me that he had a pull up on...he went down for a nap with a diaper on and i had not yet changed him. so i asked him "tuscan, did you put that on yourself?" (it was on backwards) and he said "yeah mom..." "well where is your diaper?" he pointed up the stairs, so we went up there and i asked him again where his diaper was and he opened his closet. low and behold, the pull-up on his butt had been replaced in the drawer in his closet by the diaper he had already peed in. tooo funny that kid!! and he was so proud of himself that he had done it all.

i have been told many times that when they are ready they will let you know, i think he is starting to let me know!! i love that kid, he just cracks me up!

the twins were a ton of fun tonight too. they are slowly becoming very good eaters but they also know what they do and dont like...they are a ton of fun about 30 mins before bottle time, crawling all over me, giving me kisses, laughing with each other, chasing tuscan around the house. cenzo is trying so hard everyday to walk.

poor frank was in even more pain today...his foot was much more swollen than it has been all week. it sort of scares me because it looks like it could literally explode! so hopefully the doctor on monday will have some answers for us. keep sending the prayers our way and i will be sure to keep everyone posted.

and just to make it known, to hold myself a little more accountable, i am setting a goal for a 5 year plan...in 5 years i want to have eliminated all of our debt, other than our house payment and regular monthly bills (utilities, etc) but that means no more car payments, no more student loans, no more credit card balances and no more balances for work on the house. the majority of our debt is obviously our car payments, both of which should be paid off in about 3 years. there are quite a few small debts that can be paid off with our tax return this year and if the talk about another stimulus check is true we can probably pay off the construction that has been done thus far. leaving us with one student loan, 2 car payments and one major credit card. not bad for a young couple with 3 kids!! so we'll see if life actually wants to take the path i have in mind, because for once it would really be nice! i guess say a little prayer once in a while for that one too!!