Weightwatchers +5.8 :(

Fall Ball 2010

If I had a dragon, we would.........

If I had a dragon, we would "capture a princess." by Matthew Henslee

M has grown!  So much, I just wanna cry! He has started school, finished another ball season and is breaking my heart with his independence. I have to sift through the artwork and decide what I'm keeping. There's so much of it. Some rather original and looks more like artwork and some......well, you know, you just can't keep every piece of paper they bring home. I confess, I have. Time is flying and it's so precious. I want to stop it. Right here, right now. Well, for him at least.

Little M, now thats another story. I could post a video of her temper tantrums but just in case some lady from family and children services is watching, I'll spare her the phone call. Through her I am learning not to be so dramatic. It's no fun for the people around you when you poke out your bottom lip, throw your body in the floor face down, kick and scream. It gets us her nowhere! I love her, however, I do pray that this stage she is going through is temporary.

Jamey and I are growing in our relationship with one another and with God. Recently, we had a come to Jesus meeting, literally. We have taken one another for granted and have gotten busy with life and forgotten about one another. The anger toward one another was overwhelming for the both of us! I blog about this and he may kill me but because I know these problems aren't uncommon. Small children, finances and jobs are something we all have in common and the combination has a similar effect on many couples. We are learning to cherish, love and respect one another again, even through the rough times. I am so proud of how far we have come and where we are going. With all that anger out of the way, we can finally talk and have similar goals. Please pray for us as we continue to learn how to understand and love one another as God loves us.

Maddie Elle

Did I just BLOG from my iPhone?? Say it isn't so!

Growing Babies

     OK so maybe this morning I feel the slight urge to get into the Christmas spirit!  I mean it is just a little after 6 am and I'm up blogging with the christmas tree lit and my warm mug of coffee!  My new favorite thing is this peppermint mocha coffee creamer someone at work introduced me to.  I couldn't wait to get up this morning and brew some coffee!  Decaf that is, since I'm still nursing little M.  Great news in the milestone department, she is now saying momma.  Thanks Uncle Ramey for her speech lessons.  It is the sweetest thing ever!  I absolutely adore that little girl.  We also went this past week for her 9 month well visit and she wasn't so well apparently.  She had a snotty nose so they wouldn't give her the flu vaccination.  I was kind of upset, I  mean she is teething, it is winter and don't most children her age keep at snotty nose this time of year.  Oh yeah, she has 2 teeth now and she is chomping away at some cookies like she has a mouth full of teeth!  She is also trying very hard to crawl, she is gonna be gone any second now, she is crawling backwards and scooting.  Back to the snotty nose, the nurse practitioner suggested I start giving her Benadryl twice a day.......I was all, really, dude is that legal?, I mean you know that means she is gonna sleep like a baby at least twice a day.  I mean I have been dying to get this kid to take a longer nap without her lying on me or me lying down with her!  See, she takes these catnaps and it is so not cute!  When I get old and she has to take care of me I'm gonna make her clean my false teeth and when she refuses I'm gonna remind her how she use to catnap and I could never get a thing done around the house!  Anyhow, Benadryl does not make her the least bit drowsy and I really don't see it helping her snotty nose so we are choosing to do the old saline and suction every chance we get!

     My big M is growing up so fast.  I mean this kid is loving video games and this year he made a Christmas list that covered the front and back of a sheet of paper.  J took him to rent a game for the PS2 last night and he came back with something for 10+ years and I heard them arguing when I was in the bed last night over how J told him this game was gonna be too hard.  This Christmas is going to be a big one for him!  He is loving every minute of this season!

     As for me, I weighed in at weight watchers this week and I had lost 2.6 ponds for a total of 5 pounds in 2 weeks.  I am so very proud of myself!!  One day I just know I'll be posting before and after pictures to my blog.

Praying for Marlene!

Marlene is my friend from work who has breast cancer.  She is the one in the burgundy outfit.  She is having a bilateral mastectomy this morning!  I love you Marlene!