The Robinson Family

Woe is me

2012-01-27T16:18:00.003-05:00

Last Saturday I woke up with a headache. I took some Advil. It didn't help me. Sunday I had a headache too. It was on the left side of my head, and my teeth ached too. By Tuesday when Advil still wasn't working, I was sure something was wrong in my mouth. I called the dentist. I got and got an appointment for Monday. Wednesday, headache. Thursday after I picked Micah up from school, I was hurting so bad, I didn't even think I should be driving. I took a nap and woke up stil in pain. When I still was in pain this morning, I decided I needed to do something about it. I do not have a primary doctor. I don't typically get sick. Stacy did some research and decided that I either was having cluster headaches or a migraine. I followed Dr. Stacy's advice and took some Excedrin migraine. By lunch time when I was feeling NO relief, I decided to go across the street to the Dr.
I spent an hour here.Looking at this.And this.
I decided that Stacy should go back to school so that he can sit here.The Dr. said that I have Sinusitis. He gave me a ZPack and steroids. I hope to be feeling MUCH better tomorrow! I have plans!

Field Trip

2012-01-25T13:39:00.006-05:00

Micah's class went on a field trip today. He's never asked me to go on one with him, until this one. I was happy that he wanted me to go! I really Wanted to go, I go to ALL of the parties. The truth is, sometimes he behaves better when I'm not around. I did not want him to get in trouble at Pizza Hut. I let him know that I was worried about that. I wanted him to know that if I went, I wanted him to be calm and on his Very best behavior. I decided that I would go, and knew in my head, that if I needed to, I would just leave early. I dropped Micah off at school.... He was excited beyond belief. I ran by the carwash and headed to meet them. By the time I got there, they were already in the back and I had to knock on the door several times before I could even get in. They said I didn't miss much. The kids got to go on a tour of the back and even got to make their own pizzas. This was a lot of fun for the kids.
Here they are waiting patiently to make their pizzas.Micah deciding what he'd like on his. (Cheese, ham, and bacon)Again, waiting patiently on the pizzas to cook.Waiting for their lunch to be served.And the pizza is served.Micah LOVED his pizza.Patton did too.And Back to school they go:)Over all I'd have to say that I had a GREAT time. I was very nervous, but MIcah did fine. Other than the fact that he was up and down out of his seat 100 times, and couldn't sit on his bottom to save his life..... It was Good. Really Good. I am glad that I went:-)

:-(

2012-01-23T20:52:00.002-05:00

Patton did it. He said bye bye. He didn't say it to me, or Stacy. He didn't say it to the grandparents, aunts, uncles, or even Micah. Patton said bye bye to Ms. Pat, the lady who watches him at the gym. It's a little sad to me, but at least he's learning to like the gym. He is doing MUCH better and I was even able to stay for an hour and a half today! Man, I love my sweet sweet P!

Breakfast

2012-01-20T13:45:00.002-05:00

Micah chose a poptart for breakfast. For whatever reason he does not eat the "crusts." This morning after tearing them to pieces he put the big pieces onto Patton's plate, but left the crumbs on the table. I asked him to clean them up. I thought he's dust them off into the trash can. He didn't. He raked all of the crumbs in the floor. I said, "Micah, what in the world?" He said, "I thought the dustbuster might want breakfast too." And he dustbusted them up....

Let the Birthdays begin

2012-01-18T15:57:00.006-05:00

With a family our size, someone is always having a birthday. It's a good excuse for a celebration and cake if you me. Nut was in Celebration mode.This party was for Belle who just turned 8 and Terren who just turned 6. There were all kinds of fun presents including matching outfits from your's truly:)There was a yummy cookie cake made by Daphne. Belle did fine blowing out her candle. T on the other hand had a real hard time. Finally, Cary stepped in to help:)

The Sweetest P

2012-01-18T15:29:00.003-05:00

Just one of the many nicknames for Patton B. He is growing SO fast. I just can't get over it. He is the sweetest little thing. He LOVES balls, all kinds of animals, Daddy, Micah, and being outside. He mostly likes to play whatever Micah is playing, but he likes to push a little shopping cart around, and carry his favorite books around. We typically read his favorite 4 books at least 5 times everyday. The boy really likes to eat, but is not a big fan of meat. Unlike Micah at this age, he loves bread of any kind. Although we wondered at first if he'd ever talk.... There is no need to worry, he says shoes, socks, light, hot, cup, up, ho ho ho, chip, daddy, baby, Micah, Mama, Mam-ma, Pamp-pa, uh oh, truck, duck, dog, moo, ball, football, hey there, and there are probably more that I can not remember.

MLK Day

2012-01-17T10:14:00.003-05:00

We had planned to go to the Game Ranch on Micah's day off of school. I thought it would be fun for Micah to have a friend there. Eli's mom was sick, couldn't go. Hannah was sick, couldn't go. And Maggie was running a fever, couldn't go. 3 strikes and you're out. I had thought Monday was going to be a beautiful warm day.... It was not. Micah had a really rough morning, but I knew we had to get out of the house. I texted Sarah at the last minute to see if she wanted to meet for lunch. Micah chose pizza. We met, it was nice. After lunch I took her to see the house that we're interested in purchasing. Then we drove all around town looking at houses. I am SO happy to know that Sarah and Kyle are looking in the same area. Sarah and I have been buddies for a LONG time, but have never lived in the same town. We've been as close as 30 minutes, and as far as 2 hours. To think that we could be 5-10 minutes apart would be SO FUN, especially now that we have babies :-) Micah LOVES looking at houses, but doesn't understand that you can't go into every one.... especially if they are not even for sale. "Just ask them if you can go in," he says :-) Wouldn't that be something, if someone just knocked on your door and wanted to take a look inside... A little scary, if you ask me. I get scared of the Jehovah witnesses knocking on my door....

Coach Nut

2012-01-16T19:21:00.004-05:00

Nut was most excited when one of her BFFs from school asked her to help her coach basketball this year. I was so excited and wanted to go see her in action as a coach. She sent out a schedule a while ago, and I never remembered about one game. I was SO happy when I got a reminder about an afternoon game last week. We planned to go right after nap, the problem was this is what I found when Patton woke up!Since he's been hanging out at the gym, he's had a slight cold. I plugged in a new humidifier during his nap on this particular day. When I found this awful scene I was sure something had gone terribly wrong, or that he had a disease, one. I couldn't even tell what in the world this awful stuff on his nose was. It was black. Micah and I were both a little (very freaked out.) Until I realized and remembered Patton's scratch on the side of his nose. He must have scratched it in his sleep and when he slept on his side, that's what happened. Anyway, after cleaning P's nose, to the game we went.
We got to the school right when the team was finishing warming up. I didn't get many action shots due to the fact that I had a baby in my lap, but here's Nut getting her coach on:)Not only did the Rosbury clan come, but Daddy did too. Ms. Cindy goes to ALL of the home games and this time Jonathan came too. Nut had a BIG cheering section:)In other sad news......

Date night

2012-01-15T10:45:00.002-05:00

I booked our sitter (Mama) earlier this week for a MUCH needed date night. We may have gone a date since last Feb, if Black Friday counts, but I don't think we have. Our last date consisted of BAD food in a rush at Red Lobster, we couldn't be late for the Brad Paisley concert.
We were both extra excited about this date. The plan WAS to use a giftcard that I got for my birthday WAY back in August. Ahhhh The Cheesecake Factory. I could practically taste it after my 10 days of cleansing.
Our morning consisted of house shopping. Stacy says we'll be out of this house within the year. Maybe we will, we'll see. We found the perfect house on the perfect lot minus a basement. I LOVED it! It's where we want to be, but if it's where we're supposed be, we have to figure out what to do we this cozy home with a PERFECT yard......
After lunch, we headed home for naps. Mama worked until 4:30, so we headed to her house around 5:00. We ended up chatting and not leaving there until close to 6. I knew that if we went to The Cheesecake Factory, we wouldn't get there until 7, would have to wait until at least 7:30, you catch the drift. If we went there, there would be no movie. We had to decide wether or not to see a movie. Now I wish we had gone to the Cheesecake factory.....
We ended up at Long Horns. A 30- 45 minute wait turned into an hour+. We finally got seated and the air was on. It was Freezing, I couldn't wait until my food came so that I could warm my hands over my plate. I was SO cold! We enjoyed our food, and after checking in with Mama, we decided to go see a movie. I didn't have a clue about any movie that was playing. Stacy had seen a commercial for a movie called "The Devil inside." I thought it would be a scary movie. I typically like a good scary movie. This was by far The WORST movie/ documentary I have EVER seen. It was BAD. I will not go into any details. It was sicking! I will just say that I barely made it through the movie. As soon as I got to the car, I vomited in the parking lot. I had AWFUL dreams and couldn't sleep at all.
Needless to say, Micah's call at 7:30 came too soon. Hoping for a good today, and a better night. Also hoping that Stacy and I will have a Valentine's date...... Better than this one. At least we're "making memories."

Today

2012-01-12T19:24:00.003-05:00

For the first time ever I had Breakfast at IHop.
I built a lego Fire station for the 4th time since Christmas.
Stacy came home after being out of town since Tuesday morning.
I didn't get to go to the gym today, because of IHOP (it was for a meeting, I Promise)
Breakfast ended up being lunch.
Stacy helped me cook supper.
We had Pinterest food samples. Surprise! It's a Plus for Pizza Bites and Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas.
I did 2 loads of laundry.
I did dishes including people's dishes. I can't stand dirty dishes. I don't mind if they were used for cooking. I nearly get sick thinking about touching silverware that has been in someone's mouth. Much less their dirty plate...... I simply can't stand it! It is BAD. I did dishes tonight, all dishes, and my food stayed down.
Patton is sick. I'm sure he got it from the gym, but he's sick none the less. Hoping it's just a cold, but thinking it's his throat too :-(
He's alseep (for now) Stacy is taking care of Micah.
I'm about to put on my PJs and relax to some of my happy Thursday night shows.
Oh yeah, the Lego fire station is no longer intact.
The end. Good night.

No resolutions.....

2012-01-11T13:19:00.002-05:00

I am making no sort of resolution this year at all, I do have some goals that I'd like to accomplish though. The first one I've almost failed, but it's not my own fault. I Never let laundry get out of control, but find that sometimes I skip a day. I plan on keeping all of our clothes clean this year. If you're not wearing it, it's in the machine.... It's just easier that way. The problem is, our machine broke last week. I had t decide, should we buy a new machine, or think that we'll be able to fix our's for cheaper..... It's all about money. Long story short, we were without a washing machine for 4 days! Our machine is fixed, working as good as new, and all of the clothes are not only clean, but put in their homes.
Just like everyone at this time of the year I want to loose weight. I just finished a 10 day cleanse. I have more energy and lost 6 pounds. Not too bad if you ask me. I have been going to the gym every day other than Thursdays and weekends. Patton still dislikes the gym in general, but through his poor tears reached for Ms. Pat the worker today when I dropped him off :-( I really need that "Me time" and I know that P will be ok eventually..... Hopefully :-) Anyway, this time next year, I HOPE to be smaller!!
Thanks to Pinterest, I have been doing really good at cooking more. I have found a ton of things that I'm excited to try. Most are not low in fat or calories, but maybe if use portion control it'll be ok :-)
Lastly, and I began practicing this right before the new year. We'll see how it goes, but I'm trying my best to be kind to Stacy. I won't expand on that..... I can use a lot of reminders...... BE NICE MIRIAM! :-)

Busy

2012-01-10T13:39:00.007-05:00

So during the past week I have been so busy. I have been going to the gym most every morning other than weekends. Patton was getting better at the end of last week, but after taking Saturday and Sunday off, it was like starting all over again this week. I feel so bad for the poor guy. He is the easiest baby, unless you leave him. I began a cleanse last week. Before the cleanse I cooked Stacy's favorite sandwich..... Thanks to PW I had one happy man :-)
We've been spending a lot of time outside and Stacy and MIcah have had a fun time flying their helicopters. Patton just wanders :-)

Last Thursday Paw Paw turned 87 so after I picked MIcah up we headed to the country to celebrate. Paw Paw has recently moved to an assisted living home to try to gain some strength back. He decided that he's like to come home for his birthday to eat beans and pepers. Look closely at all of the things he got excited about, it makes me laugh. I told him that I would NEVER request any of those foods for my birthday, Martha said "or ever!" Strange choices if I do say so myself, but Paw- Paw was happy to enjoy a tasty lunch with some of the family.The sad news is that Ginny made a birthday cake for Paw-Paw and he said that Grandmother always made his cakes, and that if she didn't make it, he wasn't going to eat it..... So sad :-(That sweet picture of Mama and Patton was taken right before Micah and Patton went outside. I was sure that daddy was watching them, boy was I wrong. Micah and Patton went down the hill and found the water. Water, dirt, Patton, and Micah= One muddy buddy. I was in the explorer and didn't have a change of clothes for P. I rinsed out his DIRTY clothes and threw them in the dryer. Thankfully there were some clothes for him to walk around in until his were dry, but LOL he looked like a little girl from the eighties. Poor P :-)
After lunch Paw-Paw wanted to go on a Gator ride real bad.... So did Micah, I never turn down a chance to sit back and enjoy a nice ride, so off we went.
It was a beautiful day! I love the country!
Oh yeah! On a side note, we went to Stevie B's a few weekends ago, and I hit the jack pot for the second time. We're saving MIcah's tickets, he has over 700!

Gym!!

2012-01-04T15:10:00.003-05:00

I Am SO Happy to be back at the gym! Stacy gave me cash for Christmas, I had planned on using my own money..... He told me to get a gym membership. The ONLY problem with Anytime, is the fact that they do not have childcare. I typically drop MIcah off, and then go, I could only do that for a short time taking P.... I loved that gym. It was always so clean. The only issue with my new gym is that they do not have showers. Sometimes I like to take a shower before I leave. Otherwise I work out, I am stinky, pick up Micah, smelly, feed them lunch, reeking, give them naps..... By then I can't even stand myself, I finally got a shower yesterday at 4. Today I put myself in front of them. I hoped in while they were eating. It worked perfectly. New plan! Other than the showers, I LOVE it! Patton, not so much. Yesterday I only got to run for 30 minutes. He screamed and cried the whole time. It was rough to say the least, but at least we got to hang with Sarah and Noah afterward. We met them at the mall and the boys played, we chatted.Today went a whole lot smoother. I planned on 30 minutes, just to be safe, I wasn't planning on making P scream longer than that. He has an awful scream/ cry. Today he was unhappy for around 20 minutes. I saw a friend there today who happily checked on him several times, and always let me know that he was no longer crying. He had a snack, played with another boy, and was OK. I got a good hour of cardio. I feel like a brand new Me!!

Micah... All in one week

2012-01-03T14:54:00.002-05:00

Although the first half of Micah's vacation flew by, the second was not fast at all. I did catch several cute Micah moments though, beginning with football. I was ironing clothes and overheard Micah
"And Georgia gets the ball and tackles California. Then the Falcons get the ball and score a million points. Then they stop for lunch, and look at the papers on the bench."
BTW Micah has recently discovered one of my old UGA Cds. He LOVES hearing Larry Munson make fun calls, but hearing We Will Rock you is his favorite. At least several times every day I hear him say "The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!"
I was trying to take Micah's picture the other day and he just kept wiggling. He knew he couldn't stay still and finally stayed still for a pic and said "WOW! I was as still as a potato on that one!"
Micah pretended to drop a toy car out of the car window. Stacy, trying to find the car asked Micah where it was. Stacy asked Micah "What's in your hands?" Micah answered, "Nothing, just bones."
We were headed home late after the New Years Party. Micah said "I guess I can hibernate now." Really? "Yeah, after all that food and drink I had, I will hibernate and seep good."

Christmas Morning

2012-01-02T14:08:00.004-05:00

Micah woke up bright and early. Surprise Surprise. Not sure if I've mentioned how Early he's been getting up. It's between 4:45- 5:30. That is just WAY too early for me. I could go on about this whole sleep issue, but for now it's Christmas! Our routine is showers, clothes, breakfast, then presents. By the time the rest of us were cleaned and clothed, Patton was waking up. We had our yummy Christmas breakfast of Hash brown casserole, sausage balls, and eggs.
Patton helped open his own presents (Ooooooo) and was happy to get some new clothes, and several toys, but his Favorite gift was Let's Rock Elmo.
Micah, also was happy with his new clothes. He LOVES his new hats.
He got a LOT of legos!
I got Stacy and Micah both helicopters. Score!
Stacy also got a tool kit, some clothes, some giftcards, and the UGA Vault. I got 2 new pair of shoes, a gym membership, and some giftcards. After we opened everything it was to to go celebrate with the rest of the fam.
We began the Gingerbread competition 3 years ago. This is what the town looked like this year.
I made this church. Not perfect, by far, but being that I designed, baked, built, and cooked it all by myself, I don't think it's all that bad :-)
Laura and Jerms. Oh what a sense of humor! They actually designed their's after House, as in the Dr. I loved it! Get it Gingerbread "House" The most creative by far!!
I am so glad that I have such a fun family! Here's sweet Mama "all wrapped in love" with her grandbabies.Daddy and Christian both got helicopters too! I did get a real good deal. Laura forgot the decimal on Daddy's Home Depot gift card and although he only got $25.00, it looked like he got $2500!Rowan got a lot of dress up stuff.Aiden opening a purse that I got her. Mama with her trail cam that we got her.I also made her a glass block with pic of Patton and Micah inside it, with the words
The only thing better than having you as a mom, is my children having you for a Mam-ma. She teared up a little.
The gang's all here!

Christmas eve

2011-12-26T10:30:00.008-05:00

We headed to the country for Christmas Eve. The majority of the family was there which was different. I saw some of my family that I havent seen in years. After we ate, the 3 children said their parts. Ian was first and said John 3:16
Micah was next with a poem called The Greatest Gift of all
If you seek a special gift
The greatest gift of all
Don't look beneath your tree
It was never there at all
The greatest Christmas gift
Was given to us all
The Christ Child in a manger
In a lowly cattle stall

Hannah read the Christmas story.
After that was time to sing the 12 days of Christmas. Micah was SO proud to have his own part this year. He got 6 geese a laying and after his first, and second, and third times getting to sing his part, he kept saying "I got to do it all by myself." He was So happy.That was only the beginning of the happiness though. Uncle Don drew Micah's name this year and everything that he bought was Perfect. Every single gift that Micah received was followed by "OH MY!" He truly racked up. He got a lego dump truck, a lego garbage truck (both are right up his and Don's alley!) He got a Huge bucket of chalk, and a model Caterpillar bulldozer.
Patton and sweet Caroline got to enjoy each other for a few minutes. It sure was sweet while it lasted.....
Daddy invited Stacy's friend Matt. He was So happy to go and bought himself and Micah nerf guns. After presents, if you were looking for the boys, they were in the yard having a battle. Even sweet P got in on the action..... helping pick up bullets, that is :-)
After a fun afternoon we headed home to unload and rest for a few.As soon as it got dark enough we headed back out to look at Christmas lights.
We saw some, looked for some more, and ended up having supper at McDonald's. It was the ONLY thing still open! YUCK! I haven't eaten lunch or supper there in a year+ since my galbladder issues. I have had breakfast, but how can you go wrong with a biscuit? I had a snack wrap and by the time we were finishing the workers were pretty much trying to kick us out. We decided that it was past time to be home anyway. I finished my gingerbread church, white elephant gift, and to bed we went.

Advent Calendar

2011-12-23T20:46:00.004-05:00

We did an Advent Calendar this year. Micah had been scoping them out for a while. He found several that he liked. There was one at Target that we both really liked. One day he and Stacy went shopping and came home with this.
Stacy was very proud of it and the price that he got it for. I thought it was pretty cheesy myself, but it did the job. I filled each day with something special. Not candy, or treats per say, but fun things to do.
I've had several people ask me for some ideas. Here are a list of some of the things that filled our days up until Christmas....
Put a large sign on top of the trashcan thanking the trash men.
Call family members to tell them that you love them. (One of Micah's favorites)
Buy lunch in the drive thru for the car behind you
Make a thank you card for the police and deliver it
Santa Pictures
Leave a note with a treat for the mail lady
Tape money to a coke machine
Take an apple to your teacher with a note telling her how special she is
Decorate cookies
Go to your favorite store and deliver candy canes to the workers (Micah LOVED this.... pics to follow)
Read the story of Jesus' birth
Tape quarters to bubble gum machines
Make ornaments
Take a few minutes to hold the door for others (Micah Always loves to do this)
Wear new Christmas PJs
Write a note to a friend telling them why they are special
Take cookies to the fire station (He LOVED this)
Look at Christmas lights
Live Nativity
Wrap presents
Decorate a gingerbread house Send Christmas cards
Do a Christmas craft
Watch a Christmas movie
Due to the fact that our normal day consists of Micah going to school, coming home, eating lunch, taking a nap, playing, eating supper, and going to bed, some of our days were combined with others. Micah chose to deliver candy canes to the workers at the "iPad Store" It's only his favorite place. Micah made these guy's night. One even requested a picture with Micah, so sweet!
After that we headed to the bubblegum machines with a bag full of quarters. Micah taped on quarter by quarter, then we hung out and watched people be surprised. It just made Micah smile so big. He loves to give.
Micah was super excited to deliver cookies to our local firemen. He even wore his fireman shirt. We had to try this one twice. The first night we went, the station was empty, no one was there, not even a truck. Micah was bummed, but was so happy to go the following day.
Thinking that this went over extra well and will be our new tradition.

Photo Op

2011-12-22T20:33:00.004-05:00

This morning I had a few places to run in Buford. I picked up my last personalized gifts, exchanged some shoes, and bought yet another roll of ribbon. It's not surprising that my baby who doesn't speak very much can say Hobby Lobby pretty clearly. We are there almost twice a week. I LOVE that store! While we were in Hobby Lobby Stacy called me and asked what we were doing (nothing out of the ordinary) This happens all of the time. I told him what we had accomplished so far and that we were almost finished. When we headed to the car, who did we see? Stacy surprised us! I haven't seen him very much recently. He has been SO busy lately. It was a sweet surprise. It was nearly lunch time, so after a quick trip to the mall to return yet some more items, we headed to one of our favorite Mexican places to eat. Since Stacy has not had a day off in a Long time, he had not done any shopping. He and Micah headed shopping and went to visit his dad in the hospital (he's about to have open heart surgery) Patton and I stayed home. I got a good bit accomplished, but also had some fun taking pics of Sweet P. They are not at all what I was hoping for, he was sleepy, maybe another day I can get some better ones. But for now this can help get us in the Christmas spirit :-)

Filling our days

2011-12-21T16:52:00.004-05:00

I am always worried when Micah has time off of school. What in the world are we going to do to fill our time. Especially in the rain?! So far, we haven't stopped. We were so excited to go to Micah's friend Eli's house on Monday to make gingerbread houses. Micah and Eli are nearly opposites, but get along SO well. They had a blast decorating houses and eating candy, while the babies had crackers :-) Their houses turned out to be quite a sight. We had a whole lot of fun.
I was so scared of what our Dr. A visit would entail. Micah was being tested for minerals. If he failed it meant no metal of any kind for 25 hours. I was SO nervous. Micah passed! I was SO excited I had to jump up and hug Dr. Alexander. He passed the next one salt, as well. On to grains, that was quite easy. I'm sure he did fine on that. Tuesday was full of Tuesday Claus, and running from store to store finishing up Christmas. I think I'm finished.
Monday night P had a difficult time falling asleep. He ended up in our bed, but was fine during the day Tuesday. Tuesday night was horrible. If there had been a Dr open that late at night, I would have taken him. The boy screamed louder than ever for almost 2 1/2 hours. It was BAD. We tried ear drops, mylicon, and tylenol, nothing helped. Finally close to 11 (P normally goes to bed around 7:30) he conked out in our bed. We finally got him to calm down by giving him a book with a turkey on it and the iphone. I was slap worn out and I'm sure I was out before him. We had plans to meet some friends this morning at Chick-fil-A to see Santa Cow. I went back and forth over whether or not we'd go. I'm SO glad that we did. We had so much fun. BTW Patton wasn't fond of the cows at all!
After breakfast we headed to the Dr. to discover that P has an infection in his right ear and that he is cutting both bottom molars.
The poor baby passed out on the way home, woke up, had lunch, and has been out ever since. I always hate to wake a sleeping baby, but by now I'm wondering, if I let him continue to sleep..... Will we be dealing with the screaming again tonight? Hmmmmm

Tuesday Claus

2011-12-20T18:37:00.003-05:00

With only 3 Tuesdays before Christmas this year, Tuesday Claus only got to visit 3 times. Stacy a yummy cake one week.
Micah got a cool Dr. outfit.
I got several rolls of vinyl and P got balls and books.
Everyone has been so crazy busy that today was the first day that we saw the rest of the fam at The Rent's. We had fun watching people open their gifts.

December?!

2011-12-20T14:19:00.004-05:00

I can not believe the wonderful weather that we've been having! We have totally enjoyed of afternoons recently. As soon as nap is over, we head outside and stay until supper time. Both of these boys LOVE being outside! Can you tell?!

Christmas Party

2011-12-20T14:08:00.004-05:00

Micah's Christmas party was last Friday. I was getting over an awful stomach virus. Mama, Stacy, Patton and I all had it. Micah complained of his stomach hurting, I figured it was due to drainage, I was right. In the morning, I found Micah without his PJ shirt on. I asked him where it was. He told me that he threw up during the night. He never woke up and was covered in it by the time he woke up. Poor guy! By Friday we were better and were able to enjoy a fun party complete with pizza, fruit, doughnuts, and popcorn.
After lunch the kids played, Patton chilled, and I chatted (surprise surprise) Man, I'm going to miss all of this next year. BTW I thought it was hilarious when I finished getting P dressed for the party and Micah said, "WOW P, we're BOTH going to be stylin' and profilin'."

My baby can read

2011-12-16T13:53:00.003-05:00

Micah has been able to read a good bit of words for a while now, but has never had the desire to read a book on his own. I've tried to have him help me read books, and he always says "No, you read it." During the past few weeks something has changed. Not majorly, but a little bit. Patton LOVES animals. He loves dogs, cats, horses, cows, you name the animal, he loves it. He lets us know about EVERY single pasture with animals in it on the was to school every morning. FYI there are 8 pastures that we pass with animals in them, not counting the empty ones :-) Patton says "dow dow." All of Patton's favorite books are about animals. Micah began reading Patton's books to him. It's one of the sweetest things ever.

Allergies/ Adenoids

2011-12-14T14:21:00.003-05:00

Micah has had a pretty much non-stop runny nose since he turned 3. We went through several rounds of antibiotics, nothing helped. We were sent to an allergist, he was tested for everything that they could test a 3 year old for. The only thing he had an issue with was roaches. Not a reason for a constant runny nose if you ask me. We then went to the ENT. He thought a stronger antibiotic, nasal spray, and a humidifier would knock it out. Not true. We went through 2 rounds with him.... Note, this was all happening over the period of time when I was newly pregnant and very sick. The ENT finally decided that we could remove his adenoids if we wanted to. He said it "could" fix the issue, but there was no guarantee. We decided that we'd talk about it and decide. We never did anything about it. The more I thought about it, I got scared. Stacy was all for it, but if it's not a guaranteed thing, I have a hard time with my baby having surgery. Things here began getting rough around here a while back. Micah has become extra moody, disrespectful, and I have been having a real hard time dealing with him. We decided that we would try Dr. Alexander. He has been a life saver for us in the past. I haven't seen any major changes yet, but I am VERY hopeful. Since Micah began treatments he has began waking up Extra early, as in between 4:45-5:30. That is Way too early for me. When he first began doing this he would go into the living room and watch Curious George, or play on PBS kids on the computer. Neither of those are quiet things, and I was trying to sleep. Plus Micah does not do well with extended screen time. By the time I would get up in the morning, Micah was already a wreck, due to screens. We decided to start a paper chain. For every morning that Micah stays in his room in the morning, he gets a ring. There are other times that he can earn rings throughout the day. Bed time had been very difficult, but the chain has changed that too. Micah loves watching it get longer. It is actually working!!
Just the other morning when I got up, Micah was not in his room. I found him in Patton's room. They had a whole lot of books all over the place. Micah was so excited to let me know that he found out the reason he has a runny nose....
Of all of the books, and all of the pages in this book, Micah found an article on adenoids......I think it is extra crazy, but is it a sign???

Micah, Micah, Micah

2011-12-13T19:47:00.002-05:00

We went out to eat in Athens tonight. On the way home we slowed down because of police lights on the opposite side of the road. As we approached I saw a lot of people standing on the side of the road holding candles. I explained to Micah that there must have a car accident recently and that someone died. The people were there showing their respect for their friend or family member. He was quiet for a few minutes and then said "I wish one of our friends would get in an accident and die, so that we could stand on the side of the road with candles." In awe I asked, who would he not miss. "Who would it be okay to be in a car accident and you not ever see them again until you get to Heaven?" After I named several names of people that he loved, he decided that it would have to be our already dead cat Snowflake who we put to sleep when he was 2. I explained that people do not respond the same to animals as they would to people being killed in accidents..... He said"Well, we would." The end.

Noah is ONE!

2011-12-11T20:56:00.006-05:00

My BFF's baby just turned ONE! It seemed like it was just yesterday that he was born. Noah's party was Saturday and Stacy was out of town so I tried to do the party alone. I think we did okay. Although Micah ate a little (a lot) too much sugar, he had a Blast. Santa a.k.a Bobby Waller came to the party and read "The First Night before Christmas."
Then the children took turns sitting in Santa's lap. Some liked it....
Others not so much.
We visited for a little bit, then it was cake time.

Noah didn't want to have anything to do with the cake. He didn't want to get dirty.
We are thankful to have the Kennedy family as our friends!

As Random as it gets

2011-12-06T14:40:00.005-05:00

Micah LOVES taking pictures. Since I have basically done away with my little camera and use my phone all the time, Micah has taken it upon himself to put my camera to good use :-)
When he's not using my camera, here's one he made himself.... He had to use my camera to take pictures of it though. But Seriously, how creative was this?!
"It looks just like a turkey doesn't it Mama?"
Patton is the silliest of all sillies. Most of the time you can find him wearing Something on his face wether it be sunglasses or goggles. Micah loves to take pictures of Patton.
Sometimes he even sets up a whole photo shoot area :-)
Micah found this the other day and said "Mama, we HAVE to take this to We Buy Gold." LOL
Our Christmas cards have been sent, thanks to this sweet boy for stamping and mailing them.
We made ornaments (yet to be painted.) I didn't realize how bis Micah's hands were. If I hung his "ornament" on the tree, it wold tip right over. Sweet P's was the perfect size though.
Micah is going through allergy treatments which has been really rough, we're praying for good results in the long run. Meanwhile Micah has eaten a lot of chicken nugets, fish, and french fries. He told Dr. Alexander "I don't even like french fries."
I visited Daphne last week and saw this silly little gnome :-)
I have been doing online shopping recently. I got P's newest outfit this week isn't he darling?!
Of all 5 of the Christmas' that Micah has celebrated, he has Never broken an ornament. In the week + that our tree has been up this year, P has already broken 3! One of which was a wedding gift (Miriam and Stacy 2004) How sad :-(
I have put a lot of presents under the tree now, maybe he won't be able to reach any of the other ornaments.

Black Friday

2011-12-02T20:23:00.002-05:00

Black Friday is one of my most favorite days of the year. I was a little upset to learn that most stores were opening well before midnight this year. Needless to say we began a whole lot earlier than the "normal" 3am. Our first stop was Toys R Us in Buford. They opened at 9, I had 4 things on my list, none of which were major deals. The line was was ALL the way to the end of the shopping strip, then at least 1/4 mile, probably more down the side street. There was NO way in the world that I was going to wait in that line.... Not to mention, by then the temperature had dropped dramatically. It was Cold! I told Stacy it was no big deal, let's just head to Commerce. We stopped at the Athens Toy Us on the way. The line was not half as long as Buford, but they were seriously only letting 10-15 people in at a time! To Commerce it was. We sat on 441 stop and go for around 45 minutes to get into the outlets. We finally found parking BEHIND the stores. I got a lot accomplished there. We ran by the dreaded Wal-Mart afterwards, they had already cleared most things and people out by the time we got there. We were able to find the 2 items we were in search of and that was a happy thing. After Wal-Mart all the rest seems like a blur. I know we hit Kohls, another Walmart to match a price, Discover Mills, Toy R Us, which had cleared out too. We got all but one of the things I was looking for with NO crowd. We stopped to eat breakfast at Waffle House, it's the one time a year we go there. We were home by 8:00am. We stayed out all night long. I do not know how long it's been since I've done that, but it was rough. We slept from 8-10:30, had lunch, and headed to pick up the boys. SO thankful that they got to spend the night at the Rent's. Micah had been asking to go to the "iPad" store for several days, so we headed to the mall. By the time we got there it was not very crowded at all. We shopped, finished all except for maybe 4-5 people, and we're almost finished.

Thanksgiving

2011-11-28T10:39:00.004-05:00

We headed to Paw Paw's Thursday morning after making mac and cheese and a plate of turkey cookies.
It was a beautiful day. We enjoyed some yummy food and good time with family.
We played outside. Patton chased the rooster while Micah played with cousins.
I am Thankful for great family, good friends, good health, and happiness.

Thanksgiving Party

2011-11-23T14:18:00.003-05:00

Like most people, Micah had this whole week off of school. They celebrated Thanksgiving there last week. When he was 3 he was a turkey, when he was 4 he was an Indian. At 5 he was a Pilgrim. He made a handsome pilgrim if I do say so myself.
They sang some songs, ate a nice big Thanksgiving feast, and then played HARD outside. I chatted with an old friend and time got away from me. We seriously had to run to our car after the party. Micah has begun going to Dr. Alexander for allergy treatments. Praying hard that it will make a difference. Praying hard for Micah in general.....
Micah was treated for eggs. For 25 hours he had to avoid eggs and anything made with eggs. He passed. The next treatment was for mold and fungus. Thinking that may have something to do with his constant drainage, we'll see. He is currently being treated for Calcium. This one, like eggs is very difficult.

Just a little humor

2011-11-19T19:56:00.002-05:00

This might be a little TMI, but It's a rare occurrance that I am actually able to go to the bathroom in peace these days. This morning Patton followed me, Micah wasn;t far behind at all. Patton was already pulling things out of cabinets. He pulled out a wrapped panty liner. Micah said, "Awe Patton, look at that little pillow. It's perfect for you."
The End.

Halloween (Finally)

2011-11-18T20:43:00.005-05:00

Micah had a really rough day on Halloween and I was very tempted to just stay home, but we decided to go to the church instead. Micah was SO excited. He said "Halloween is the best year."
Micah made a Great Cat in the Hat if I do say so myself. P was the most squeezable teddy bear ever. Micah was SO excited about the cake walk, and even won.
His favorite game was the dog house, and he loved seeing Monkey Joe.
Take a look how similar my babies are in the teddy bear costume.....

Random Happenings

2011-11-14T15:33:00.004-05:00

One day I'm sure I'll remember to bring my car camera in the house and load the Halloween pics.... But for now (as long as our internet is working, it's been off and on.... mostly off for the past 2 weeks! AWFUL) I'll catch up on some random happenings. We discovered early on, Patton LOVES pickles. If given the choice of sandwich or a pickle, he'll eat the pickle first :-)
Micah is truly growing up fast. The other day he came into the room and showed me this. He grew a beard :-)
Stacy has been working on a custom job for about a month. He finally got a nice check for part of it. It made our bank account VERY happy for ONE day! Somehow Stacy got audited through his Worker's Comp.... I woke up one morning, check the bank account like I do every morning, and the money was GONE! :-( Needless to say I got busy rolling change.... Don't think it'll make a dent. Do you?
I LOVE the fall. And have 2 boys who love to be outside too. Last week I let Micah skip nap so that he could play outside and "help" me cut the grass and blow leaves. After the work, it was time to play.

Differences and similarities

2011-11-09T10:19:00.003-05:00

Micah and Patton are SO different.
Micah didn't take naps during the day until he was 7 months old, but slept through the night at 4 weeks.
Patton is the best nap taker ever. Yesterday he was whining, I asked him if he'd like to play or take a nap. He walked to his bed. Awe. He didn't sleep through the night until he was 13 months.
Micah played and still plays with his hair when he's tired. He also like tags.
Patton so far is content with his ear. Sometimes it's both ears.
Micah still doesn't understand "no." If he does, he ignores it most of the time.
All you have to do is tell Patton, "no sir," and he cries like it's the worst thing EVER.
Micah has a VERY high tolerance for pain. Sometimes I wonder if I'd ever know if he had a broken bone. Recently he got very moody, disrespectful, and mean. Sometimes Micah is not perfect, but this time he was almost unbearable. I kept asking him if anything hurt, his head, ears, tummy....nothing. I finally (after almost a week) decided that something must be wrong with him. I figured he had an ear infection. I was right. The Dr. said it looked like it had been infected for at least a week. It was bad. I felt AWFUL. I imagine he would have felt A LOT better, and a lot of my headaches could have been saved if I'd just taken him to the Dr.
Patton on the other hand, does show signs of pain. When he falls, bumps into something, closes his fingers in something.... you catch my drift.
Micah and Patton both Love music. Micah can hardly sleep without it. All you have to do is mention the word music to P and he starts dancing. He loves to dance. I do not play music for him to sleep to..... I think he'd probably dance the whole time instead of sleep :-)
Both of these boys can eat, and do. I'm sure that P could beat almost anyone in an eating contest. The boy loves food. Patton will eat almost anything, but so far he's not a fan of red meat. One of his favorites is pickles:-0 Micah, who used to eat anything has recently become more picky. His favorite right now is Subway and he will not even touch a pickle :-)
I am so happy that my boys are so different, I think it helps them get along. They LOVE each other and are the sweetest brothers. I hope they always love one another!

Family Pics!

2011-11-03T18:26:00.003-04:00

My sweet friend who is an AMAZING photographer, just posted our sneak peak. Oh, they turned out SO good. I LOVE Christy Martin! Take a look at our new family pics, don't be surprised when you see these in a month on our Christmas cards :-)

Pumpkins and Party

2011-11-02T20:44:00.005-04:00

Not only did we get 2 pumpkins from the pumpkin patch, but as Stacy was following a truck he saw some pumpkins fall out. He brought home 2 more. We had 4 pumpkins this year. Although I think carved pumpkins are cool, I don't tend to do the carving myself. Stacy an Micah worked real hard on Mickey Mouse. He turned out sweet didn't he?
Last Friday Micah's class had their Fall Festival Party. Micah decided several months ago that he wanted to be The Cat in the Hat. I thought he'd make a good Cat, but when we got to the store, they didn't even sell the costume. After looking at all of the other costumes and even trying to buy an Angry Bird costume, we ended up ordering a Cat online. The party was very simple, pizza, fruit, cookies, and doughnuts. Here are some pics of the day....

Phone dump

2011-11-01T15:57:00.005-04:00

I am LOVING my new phone. I got the iphone 4s and one of my most favorite things is the camera. I can almost do away with my point and click with this thing. I'd love to catch up on life in general, but for now here are some pics from the last couple of weeks.
We've been spending as much time as we can outside before it gets too cold.
We had one cold day and spent it at the mall.
Don't worry, we sanitized!!
Daddy got a job in Jacksonville with the Spaceball. Until the day before I couldn't decide if I should go or not..... Long story. I did, had a great time, but am still questioning my decision of going. Here are some pics and some people I got to see.
Mullet, with a UF blue comb....
Still wondering if Halloween had anything to do with any of this....

Pumpkin Patch/Hayride

2011-10-26T14:33:00.004-04:00

Micah's school had their hayride/ pumpkin patch last week. That day turned into one of the best days I have had in a while. Although it was chilly (COLD) in the morning, it warmed up to be so nice in the afternoon. After I dropped Micah off at school I had to run and get gas before the hayride began. It began at 9:30 sharp. I am not one to be late, but talked on the phone a little too long and barely made it to the wagon on time. Maybe it was because I was late, maybe it was that he wanted to be Mr. Independent, Micah didn't even sit with Patton and me during the hayride.
With Micah in the front of the trailer and Patton and me in the back, we were bouncing along enjoying our trip when one of Micah's teacher's said "what are they doing?!" I looked and said said, "I don't know. WAIT that's my MAMA." Mama planned on coming, but was a little late, so instead of running to catch up, she drove and followed the hayride in the her car. LOL She was happy she got to be in the warmth of her own car :-)
We took some pics and headed to playground. I was able to chat with a couple of parents that made me very optimistic that private school MAY very well be an option for us. I have been praying about this for years. I have been doing research and really hope that some doors open soon..... Meanwhile, I left the school feeling very positive.
We had plans to meet one of my old friends and her daughter at the mall. We ended up bumping into another friend, packing several tables with all of our kids and strollers. But we had such a good time. We talked, and laughed, and even cried a little. I think it was about 4 when we finally left the mall..... That's a long time for a Micah who went to school, and a sweet Patton who hasn't napped all day. But it was well worth it. I HAD FUN :-)

Afternoon in the country

2011-10-21T17:12:00.004-04:00

Last Sunday we headed to to country to spend some time. We had another dutch oven cookout and visited with family. The weather was Perfect and I was able to get some sweet pictures of P.

Crayons

2011-10-19T14:04:00.004-04:00

For about 2 years, I've been saving crayons. Last week Micah and I worked real hard peeling the paper off of SOME of the crayons.
We quickly realized we'd rather peel no name brand/ cheap crayons, than Crayola any day.... After some hard work and sore fingers, Micah had some new crayons :-)

Party Jumps fun

2011-10-18T11:09:00.001-04:00

(I'm using my new blogger app to post this... How exciting!!)
Saturday we had an event at Dacula Park. It was a fundraiser and there were a lot of fun things going on. We brought five inflatables and the space ball. Micah rode the space ball for the first time and loved it.

After riding the space ball Micah did a cake walk.
Although he didn't win, he had a lot of fun. He won a t shirt. And over all had a great day. He couldn't stop talking about how much fun he had.

Eli's Party

2011-10-17T20:21:00.004-04:00

Micah's buddy Eli turned 5 a couple of weeks ago. We went to the party. It was a science experiment party. Micah was most excited to see the volcano cake that Eli had been talking about for weeks.
The children watched and then got to participate in various experiments. Micah LOVED the mentos in the 2 liter coke the best. He also enjoyed seeing what a bar of ivory soap looked like after a minute in the microwave.
It was a fun party, and a fun family day!

It's fall

2011-10-12T16:22:00.004-04:00

Fall is here and we have been spending as much time outside as we can. Although Micah would live outside, I typically stay in during the winter. We have been enjoying the weather. Maybe all children like to be outside, I don't know. I do know that we are past the point of letting Micah go out without Patton. If Patton sees Micah outside, he will stand by the door screeching until he gets to go out too. Here's our family enjoying the day.
Patton LOVES to swing and slide!
Patton loves to tackle Micah!
Patton also likes to "work at the food place." And Micah like to be waited on :-)

Space

2011-10-07T20:46:00.002-04:00

Micah has a new love, it's outer space. I don't really know a lot about it. I can't answer many of his questions. I guess I need to do some research because when he asks me questions all that I can think of is the Saved By The Bell episode....mvemjsunp. That's all.

Pumpkin Patch 2011

2011-10-05T14:20:00.008-04:00

We headed to the Pumpkin Patch yesterday afternoon only to discover, that they only have farm activites Friday-Sunday. We didn't go on a hay ride, we didn't see any pig races, but we did get some good fall pics. And we had a great time enjoying the beautiful weather and company.
Can't you tell how much Micah Loves Patton?
Everyone grew!

Laura loved this scarecrow girl. Martha, not so much ;-)
We saw the BIG pumpkins and got a big group pic minus Mama.
The boys took some time to rest.
Mama showed up late, but got to enjoy a nice long walk around the patch with Micah.
We had a fun time!
I played a little catch up today, you'll find 2 new posts below!

Dutch oven fun

2011-10-05T10:59:00.005-04:00

Mama and Ms. Martha learned to use dutch ovens several years ago at a camp. We had a dutch oven cookout once, several years ago right after the pool had closed. Although we've talked about having another one, we never had one until last Friday. It's always fun to see the whole family. We see everyone during the summer because the pool is open, but during the winter we don't see each other enough. This time Nut invited everyone to her house. No one was prepared for the chilly weather that last Friday night brought. It was windy and cold. Micah had just gotten over pink eye the previous weekend, and Patton was still fighting it. Needless to say, I spent more time inside than outside. But overall we had a great time. The food was delicious, Thank you all who cooked!!
After dinner we surprised Hannah with presents and a cookie cake. I can NOT believe Hannah is 12!!

Last horse visit

2011-10-05T10:38:00.005-04:00

It is sad for me to think that this is Micah's last year at his school. We LOVE it and I still have NO idea what next year will hold for us. Meanwhile, this year we are trying to savor every last second that we can. The horses came to visit last week. Micah was excited as always. By now, he has become an old pro :-) All of the kids listened as the girls told them about the horses. Then they all took turns brushing them and feeding them.

(This kid cracks me up! He is as country as a boy can get and is happy to tell you that he got his boots for Horsetown and his belt buckle for Tractor Supply! Look at his pose!!)
Patton watched very politely, growling every once in a while, (because EVERYTHING growls ;-)
After they were finished, it was time to ride. (Micah and Tidbit)
I stayed for a while after the horses, just to watch Micah play. He decided that he'd make some ice cream at the ice cream shop. He loves to play that or "Dirt Bag Cafe" Not sure where that came from, or even if it's appropriate... Before I knew it, he had a line. So cute. I had to grab a picture of Micah and his buddy Nicco.
I'll leave with pics of the past 3 years of horses.... *tear*

My growing baby

2011-09-21T10:47:00.005-04:00

I'm trying to play a little catch up, so check out all the posts below. First off, I thought it was a bid deal having to clean up after Micah after every meal. I totally forgot how long it takes to clean up after a baby. I am SO glad that he can feed himself, but I miss the days of having a decently clean kitchen after meals. I have recently decided that I would be more than happy to "tip" someone $5 to clean up my kitchen for me 3 times a day.
Here is my sweet baby after his nap. (Notice his hair in both pics)
Stacy has been telling me for months that P needed to get his hair cut. I tried to hold him off for a little bit by trimming the back myself. It didn't work long at all. We're planning on having some new family pictures taken, but Stacy said Patton had to get a hair cut first. I did it. I took my sweet baby to have his sweet baby locks chopped off :-(
He was okay with it. He looks so much older to me though..... Maybe the curls will come back. Only time will tell.

He did it!

2011-09-21T10:38:00.002-04:00

After 2+ weeks of working on his chart, Micah completed it. This is the second one. For the first chart he had a movie night, complete with popcorn and twislers. This time not only did he have to fill in Chores, Obey and Respect, but we added no whinning. No winning gets filled a lot better on days that he takes a nap :-) This time he chose to have a "Hess Truck Party." Playing with the Hess trucks is a treat in it's own, but he wanted to play with them all at the same time. He loved every second of it. Hoping the new chart gets filled in quickly!

My new wall

2011-09-21T10:36:00.004-04:00

I have had this idea in my head for months and finally did it. I love it!

All in a week

2011-09-19T14:36:00.002-04:00

I'm sure when I slow down I can think a little more clear and update better, but I just needed to stop for a minute and say that all in a week Patton has grown up SO much. He's still not walking, but can stand still for a while and he cruises all over the place. He got his first haircut today :-( I'll post pics later. Patton understands nearly everything we say. On Saturday after our yard sale we were in the garage. It was and is, far from spotless. Things are everywhere. Stacy saw a football and told Patton to get it. He did. In a garage full of mess and clutter, my Baby crawled and got his Daddy the football. So sweet. He dances up a storm. The boy LOVES music. He just learned to "click" with his mouth, and is trying REALLY hard to snap his fingers. When asked what a lion says, Patton can roar. I'm not sure how in the world he learned this, but apparently all animals roar..... pigs, cows, and even the deer on the wall at the Algard's house :-) The reason for this hurried post was because although he was supposed to be taking a nap, we were playing in hs room. And though he LOVES all electronics, my iphone is his favorite. My BABY just picked up my phone and instead of putting it in his mouth like yesterday, he put it to his face and said "hello" :-( I know I should be happy and I am, but he's my BABY and he's growing up so fast!

Vacation, the rest

2011-09-09T21:12:00.007-04:00

After spending the afternoon shopping, we headed home for some down time. Mama talked to a worker at one of the shops who seemed to be very concerned about the weather. That scared Mama and they decided that we should go home and stay home. (We had plans to go out to dinner) Stacy decided that we'd take a chance and go out anyway. We went to West Beach Grill. It was recommended by the ladies at the pie place. Micah did not want to go at all, but our little family went anyway. Micah ended up Loving the place and gobbled his shrimp all up. Patton, also became a seafood lover on this trip. Now that he is one and can eat it..... I do not eat anything that has ever lived in the water. Don't like the smell, texture..... anything, but I understand that it's supposedly good for you, so by all means boys, eat that fish :-)
After dinner we headed home. We watched some football while Nut and her friend worked on a puzzle, then we crashed.
Apparently Ms. Martha had a difficult time sleeping during the night and watched some tv. She saw 3 tornado warnings in our area. It was BAD, and we slept right through it. I'm convinced though, if it's my time to go, I'm going. I'm ready! :-)
Sunday morning we woke up early, and got to enjoy some time on the beach.
Patton, who Loves water, wasn't a big fan of the ocean. Maybe it's because he had a cold, but he did like the beach. He played with sand, ate sand, and even tasted some jelly fish.
I thought it would be really fun to bury Micah. We dug a nice big hole. He DID NOT like it. Apparently he got really scared.... He cried, we took him out as fast as we could. I did get a quick pic.
After some playing at the beach and in the pool we decided to head to Lulu's for lunch. It was highly recommended by Daphne. Lulu (Lucy) is Jimmy Buffet's sister. Who would pass up the chance to go to her place? Not me! I ordered a cheeseburger in paradise and enjoyed it. They have a really cool set up, do check out their website.... I just had to get some pics after lunch.
After Lulu's we headed back for some more beach fun. It ended up being our last due to the weather. After we played, we headed out to a couple more shops before dinner. Nut had wanted to go to Lambert's, so that's where we went. Ms. Martha and Mama got there and graciously waited for an hour and a half for a table. We (Stacy) left Patton't paci at the house, so while they waited we ran home to make sure that we could have a happy baby on the ride home. We didn't eat until close to 8:00, but it was a fun atmosphere. Micah was So proud of his roll :-)
Although it was really really short, it was a wonderful vacation. We all had a great time and Micah keeps saying "I will never forget the ocean." We loved out trip and are more than thankful that we got to go!

Vacation..... The beginning

2011-09-08T19:56:00.012-04:00

We headed to Gulf Shores last Friday for a long Labor Day weekend. I haven't had any sort of vacation in 2 years, so this was more than a treat for me. Stacy had to work, so the boys and I rode with the rent's and Stacy met us there. Ms. Martha, Hannah, Nut and her friend came too. We arrived at supper time. After a real fast trip to the beach we unloaded our bags as fast as we could, then the rain hit!
Some people were tired of being in the car all day, but some people wanted to go out to eat. I was one of the ones to go out to eat. We had Shrimp Basket. Since none of us had ever been to Gulf Shores before, I asked people where we should go before leaving. Shrimp Basket made it on the list and was very close to our house. It was pretty good. I thought it was a little bit strange that there was No wait at all for a Friday night, but due to Tropical Storm Lee, I think a lot of people cancelled their vacations. By the time we left though, there was a nice wait. By the time we got back to the house, it was time to get little people in bed. It was late, WINDY and everyone was tired. We had a little time for "technology" while each taking turns going outside feeling the wind :-)
"Hurricane Hannah"
There was no way in the world that I could stay awake to see Nut and her friend arrive. I had to sleep to enjoy the next day.
The first thing Saturday morning it was not raining. We ran out to enjoy the beach for a few minutes before getting chased back inside.
We found a crab and Laura made a crab sandwich. As we waited on the rain to stop/ slow down, we enjoyed some more "technology" this time including The Weather Channel looking for approaching tornados.
Even Patton joined in this time :-)
The rain tapered off and we were able to go out and enjoy the beach. It was nice because it was not crowded at all. The waves were HUGE. The tv said they were 10 feet! Although it was not safe to go in very far at all. They people who did get in had a blast!

After we spent time at the beach we headed to the pool. It was a little pool, but it was nice for those of us that like the look of the ocean, but do not like to swim in it.
We swam until lunch time. After lunch, we all showered and headed to see what kind of things we could do. The rent's along with Nut and Jana went to the Welcome center, while we headed to Sweetie Pies with Ms. Martha and Hannah. Stacy and Hannah both ordered a slice of chocolate cream pie.... take a look at that!!
While Ms. Martha and Micah got cookies!!! (I got a chocolate chocolate cupcake) Yummy!
After our mid day snack we headed to the book store. It's a good thing we chose a store that everyone loved because we got caught in yet another down pour. We had a great time. Purchased a lot, but played a lot too :-)
We then loaded up and headed to a souvenir shop. Yet another fun time had by all!! We found a pirate, need I say more....

Back to School!!!

2011-09-01T16:51:00.004-04:00

Due to Micah's late birthday we decided to hold him back a year. I'm sure that we have made the best decision for him. He is smart, but not as mature as some..... I am SO thankful that his school has a 5 day 5K. There are 15 children in his class this year. About half of those are returning kids. There are 10 boys and 5 girls though, Poor Mrs. Mason! Although everyone else went back to school 3 weeks ago, Micah and I had an extra three weeks to enjoy each other :) We swam, went to the mall, and played lots of legos. Micah was SO excited to go back to school. And we are both excited that he gets to have Mrs. Mason as a teacher this year!
So far this week he got to be on "Super Star" every day!! Hoping and praying for another good year!!

Patton is ONE!!

2011-08-29T15:11:00.002-04:00

It is So hard for me to believe that Patton is one! This year has flown by. I always call Patton a dream baby. He is just so easy. He is so easy going and over all a great baby. I also like to joke that Patton is the reason people have 19 children..... Not me though:) Patton's stats are as follows 21 pounds 12 ounces (75%) and he is 29 inches (25%) Keeping up with the rest of us eh? :)
Patton's celebration began on his birthday. We bought Stacy a truck. Then he (well, maybe I) choose Olive Garden for dinner. It's time for the never ending pasta bowl! Patton LOVES to eat! He ate 3 breadsticks minus all the garlic, 3 slices of tomato, and nearly half of my pasta! Man oh man what are we going to do if he keeps eating like this? I have very recently introduced him to "real food." Because he has 6 teeth I figured, why not. His favorite so far has been PW's country fried steak. He loved it and talked about it the whole time that he ate it. Patton doesn't walk yet, but can speed crawl when he wants to. (When he sees me sweeping, sees the door open to the outside, or if he hears the bath water running) He loves Micah, being outside, and sticking anything and everything in his mouth.
We celebrated Patton on Sunday. We had a good time. After just having Micah's party, Patton's was way more low key. We just ate and swam Oh my goodness did I ever have a hard time choosing my favorite pics. So beware there are a lot! First, here are the cups that I made for the guests. Aren't they cute?
Patton's cake came from Publix. I just took them the party plates and told them to match them.... Not bad eh?
Some of Patton's little friends came, and that was fun.
We had cake. Patton didn't know what to think at first. I was sure he would dig right on into the cake. It took him a few minutes, but he figured it out :)
Did you really take the cake away? I wasn't finished :(
Patton enjoyed all of the presents too. Overall we had a Great party. Thank you to Ms. Martha for taking pics, Mama and Daddy for use of their pool, Daph for being the official cake cutter, Nut and Jerms for even more pics, and Ms. Cindy for the sweet birthday bib..... Hope I'm not leaving anyone out :) We sure do have the best friends and family!! Love you all!

Here she is!

2011-08-28T21:50:00.004-04:00

Within the past 3 years, we have had to replace and rebuild the transmission in Stacy's truck TWICE! It is just not strong enough to haul the amount that he hauls. When the truck began giving him problems a month ago, he thought a tune up might help. It did help as far as gas milage went, but the transmission was the issue. After A LOT of thought we decided that we'd HAVE to get him another truck. I was SO happy to not have a car payment. All of our vehicles were paid for as of a year and a half ago. In this case, there was no choice. We would have to take a risk of dishing out another $1500- $2000 for another transmission to last him Maybe another year or 2, or get a stronger truck. We went with the latter. After A LOT of searching we found the perfect truck that fit his needs and was within our budget. Here she is!

Warning!

2011-08-27T21:55:00.003-04:00

No dancing on the diving Board!
Micah has come SO far this year at the pool. He has been a great swimmer, but decided before his birthday that he's start jumping off of the diving board without a float. The boy is a fish, I don't know why he didn't do it earlier, but he kept saying "when I'm five." Anyway, he's been jumping and doing cannonballs for over a month now. On Friday at family swim Micah was dancing on the diving board, slipped, fell, and got beat up. He ended up being okay in no time.... I'm thankful the pool is a saltwater pool. That probably helped..... But from now on, No dancing on the diving board!

Picture Day

2011-08-23T20:58:00.006-04:00

The rules were changed this year. No one could bring items to have signed. There were posters for free that you take with you. When we heard this, we knew we wouldn't be getting any autographs this year. Stacy headed to the stadium real early anyway to get a ticket for a picture with Russ who is filling in for Uga. Me and the boys stayed home and got some much needed rest. Stacy came home, got us, and we headed to Athens. We had lunch at an old favorite The Grill. I used to Love the place, but was less than impressed on Saturday. As soon as we finished eating we headed to the stadium to wait for pics. Patton loved people watching. Micah had his ipod to keep him entertained. We waited for over an hour, but the results were priceless!
We were not rushed at all this year for pics, and I feel like I got a lot of good ones. So did the newspapers, because not only were the boys in the online versions of both the AJC and The Athens Banner Herald, but they were in the Sunday Banner Herald paper version!
After Russ pics Stacy really wanted to see a sample of the new uniforms and I really wanted a pic of the boys with Hairy. We headed upstairs. It was way less crowded than downstairs with the football players. We saw the swim team, volleyball team, and the Gym Dawgs! LOVE them! After some quick pics with Hairy (Look at P's face!) and the cheerleaders, we headed to the Gymdawgs' table.
There was no line for the Gym Dawgs. Christa Tanella asked if she could hold Patton. I had No problem with that. Before I knew it, the coach was asking if he could take a pic of them. I had no problem with that, he put the pic on Twitter and called it "Shaking hands and kissing babies. " :) Before I knew it, all of the girls wanted to hold P, so they just passed him down the line. It was so sweet!

Our newest addition

2011-08-21T21:25:00.006-04:00

Several weeks ago Daphne's friend surprised her with a baby shower. She had NO clue. She had said that she didn't need anything for the baby, but every baby needs to be celebrated doesn't it? A lot of people came and Daphne got a lot of good stuff. We all had a good time.
I got the call last Tuesday saying that Daphne's Dr. decided to induce her. She wasn't really looking forward to this at all, but before we knew it Gavin Mace was born! He was a BIG baby at 9 pounds 5 ounces. The biggest one yet! Wednesday we headed to the hospital to visit and meet my newest nephew. He sure was cute. He reminded me a lot of Christian in the face.
When we got to the hospital Mama was there loving on her newest grandbaby.
We all took turns holding sweet Gavin.
Even Patton Loves his new cousin.

Can you tell this family is excited about Number 7!?

Birthday Day

2011-08-20T21:17:00.004-04:00

Stacy had to work on Micah's actually birthday day. I told Micah that we could do whatever he wanted to do. He said that he wanted to go to the mall. YAY! We could do something that we both enjoy! Before Patton even woke up though one of Micah's friends called to see what we were doing for the day. I told them that we were going to the mall. They ended up meeting us there and the boys played and played in the fountain until lunch.
Again, since it was Micah's day I let him choose lunch. He chose Chick-fil-A. Afterwards he wanted to go to the "ipad store." I can not believe it, but I had left my stroller (both of them) at home :( There was just no way that I would be able to keep up with Micah, carry my purse, Patton, my camera, swim things, and Micah's present from his friend and still enjoy myself at the mall. Needless to say, we left the mall after lunch, and I promised to take him back the next day :)
Micah chose Stevie Bs for dinner.... Not Chuck E Cheese!! Crazy huh? Again, trying to let Micah make his own choices. We didn't give him any ideas and he chose on his own. He played games at the end and won several toys from one of those claw machines. He was so excited! We ended the night at his favorite: Scoops :) Five years old, I still can't believe it.... He's FIVE!

FIVE?!

2011-08-17T08:23:00.006-04:00

I can not believe my first born is FIVE years old. When I have time I plan to blog about his birthday and the events following, but for now enjoy some pics of Micah Through the Years :)

Bubble Gum

2011-08-09T13:03:00.009-04:00

Saying that I was excited about Micah's Bubble gum party, would be an understatement. I was ecstatic! Planning began for this party at least 2-3 months ago. Micah said that he wanted to have a "Curious George, Bubble gum, Water slide party." We went with bubble gum, due to the fact that he had a George party last year, and to tell you the truth, I just didn't want to set up the slide. Through a friend of mine, I was able to find a lady who said she could make me the cake that I wanted at an affordable price. I showed her pictures of what I wanted and this is what she made me!
Here is some of the other decor.
I made a sign, and all. Ms. Martha was my personal photographer for the evening and I think she did a Great job, hence the large number of pics on this post. I had a Really hard time choosing! I LOVE all the action shots she got of people jumping. Don't you love my new camera?

We had several games. The first one was to guess the number of gum balls in the jar. There were 90, Daph guessed 83 and won! The next game was to create a "gum person" with the Curious George bag full of different gum pieces, toothpicks, and glue dots. That one was fun! Then I hid a piece of gum under cool whip on a plate, and using only your face, you had to find the gum, and be the first to blow a bubble. Lastly we passed gum balls down the line on spoons. I had a prize table and everyone got to choose their own fun prizes.
We had a GREAT time! I am finally rested enough (I think) to be able to make this post. I Loved this party, but now it's time to begin planning Patton's! I can hardly believe I'm about to have a 1 year old AND and 5 year old!!! Enjoy the last few pictures of my BIG boy!

My Birthday Days 2-3

2011-08-07T10:45:00.004-04:00

Celebration weekend/ week began on Saturday night with The Cheesecake Factory. Sunday all of the family celebrated at the rent's. Daphne had been extra busy and didn't have time to make a cake so I chose a VERY chocolatey cake from Costco. It was Yummy!
I got money and gift cards. I am SOOOO excited!! I'm using my money toward our September VACATION!! I can't wait!!! Stacy got me a brand new camera. I LOVE it! I am still learning all about it, but so far it's WONDERFUL! Moday was my actual birthday and Stacy had to work. Ms. Martha treated me to a birthday lunch at Long Horns. It was delicious, but I was afraid I might not be able to walk for the rest of the day. We spent the rest of the day at the pool and ended my birthday day at Mexican for dinner. I was SO happy to have people to spend the day with. 31 is a Big step.....
Tuesday we planned to swim again. Ms. Martha, Hannah, and and us met at the pool at 1. Mama joined us at 3:00. The Rosbury's ended up coming for a pizza treat as the last "Miriam Birthday celebration week." Ms. Martha made some of the BEST homemade ice cream ever! Even though I have a hard time believing that I am 31, I had a wonderful, fun, exciting birthday celebration week.

My Birthday Celebration Day 1

2011-08-05T21:21:00.003-04:00

My birthday celebration this year began with a family minus the Rosburys trip to The Cheesecake Factory. I thought it was very nice of them to be celebrating me with 1/2 price cheesecake. As soon as it was announced, I knew I'd be there. As the date grew closer, I decided that instead of having a date, I should invite people. We had a great time. I got sang to and LOVED my Snickers cheesecake. Even though it doesn't look like it, everyone had fun! Major shout out to Ms. Martha for getting there on time and waiting on a table for our group!!

Future Stars

2011-08-02T21:22:00.004-04:00

My dear friend Sarah and I are both club members at Kiddie Kandids. For $10 we can get a free 8x10 taken every day for 365 days. We've been saying that we'd love to have some taken with our boys together. I knew it would be an adventure in the least. Noah is one of the most camera happy babies ever. He was a doll. Patton required a little work, but these are some of my favs of our future football stars :) Normally it is very easy for me to get my free 8x10 and walk out the door. Today was different. There was a little money spent, but how cute are these boys?!

What in the world?

2011-07-28T14:19:00.006-04:00

What in the world have we been up to lately? Not a whole lot and a whole lot all together. This summer has been a trying one to say the least. It's hard being a stay at home mom. Micah and I have had our ups and downs this summer. Mama suggested using a chart. Micah's chart was by far nothing that I spent a whole lot of time on at all. The chart had 5 columns and three goals. When I first made it, I knew it would take a LONG time for him to fill it up. He has NO problem helping clean and do chores around the house, so it was no surprise that he had that part full in no time. What our issue has been is obeying and showing respect. Long story short, 5 stickers took 14 days. We celebrated with Micah's choice of a movie and popcorn. We don't watch a whole lot of movies, and I can not stand the smell of popcorn, so this was a treat for sure. He was SO proud when the chart was FINALLY full!
When I get something in my head, I either forget it very quickly or go all out. I got really excited when Micah told me that he wanted to have a "Curious George, Bubble gum, water slide party." The problem was he had a Curious George party last year, and I wasn't really sure if I wanted to do the water slide this year.... So bubble gum it is. I have had a GREAT time planning this. I am SOOO excited. So excited that I even forgot that I'll be having a birthday myself soon. Micah wanted to invite 10 people to his party, his idea. The party would be more than 10 with just our family, but Micah did invite two of his favorite people from school. Have I mentioned how excited I am?! Take a look at the invite. It's his favorite color and all :) (I deleted the time and place for security reasons)
Our summer thus far has been wonderful with Sweet P in it. I have no clue what I'd do if I never had this sweet boy! He doesn't love photos as much as I'd like him too, but here a couple cute ones.... Elvis
Sweet smile
Some of his teeth
P was SO miserable the other night. He SCREAMED from 9-1. Slept from 1-4:40. SCREAMED from 4:30-6:30 and slept from 6:30-8. It was AWFUL! I gave him teething tablets, mylicon, and finally tylenol. NOTHING helped. It was BAD.
Needless to say, the next day I made a Dr. appt. She checked his ears, looked good. Checked his throat, looked good. Checked his joints for growth pain, fine. What in the world!? Stacy finally figured it out. Out sweet P had some (a Lot) of purple peas from Mama's garden for lunch. Either he had an upset stomach, or awful gas. He was miserable. After the Dr. he ended up sleeping from 1:30- 6...... That made up for it if you ask me :) That evening, he was back to his happy self. Doing what he loves most, playing with Micah.
Last week we came home from shopping and found a note on the door. It was from Luce. We were SO excited and had no idea that our favorite neighbor was here. She came to visit and brought her children (plus some friends) with her. It was SO nice seeing her, but it made me miss them that much more. LOVE that family.
Just in case you would like to know what I've been listening to Over and Over and Over during the past week it's this song. Micah goes through his favorite songs and loves hearing them, singing them, and talking about them. But I think this has been the song that I've heard the most of. The CD is on repeat in his room 24 hours of the day, he brings it in the van, and.....to be truthful, if I never had to hear this song again, I wouldn't be sad. I guess, at least it's a christian song..... It could be a lot worse.....
I have been trying to come up with fun things that we could do this summer that were free or cheap, and that Micah would enjoy, and that Patton would be okay with. I knew that we wouldn't be able to do the summer movies this year, so that was one thing off the list. I thought about a water park..... Thinking we'll do that soon. The Suwannee fountains would be fun..... Maybe next week? This week we met a friend of Micah's from school and his mom and brother at Mayfield. That is always a fun place. We got there a little early, so I took some pics of my sweet boys. Isn't Micah getting so big!?
After the tour (yes, Micah was the ONLY one on the tour who wore a hair net:-) the boys had fun milking the cow and eating ice cream. We had a fun time. (Even the little guys enjoyed themselves)

This week so far....

2011-07-15T20:03:00.004-04:00

No matter how many times in the past 4 years I've said "Scissors are only for paper," Micah has cut his hair. We both cried a little.
He broke the light in Patton's room trying to get his pacifier down. (He got it stuck and threw a empty juice container at it)
The good news is he found out that this was a "Tricearaptor bone" that he was eating.
Man, I need a vacation!

Cow Appreciation

2011-07-13T21:01:00.003-04:00

Last Friday was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A. We all got dressed up and headed over to meet Daph and fam. Mama was planning to come, but didn't and Nut had plans with friends.... So she stopped by for a few and hung with us. Here we all are. Notice Patton even participated this year :) My favorite costume was E's though. SO cool!

Fun for the 4th

2011-07-11T15:10:00.006-04:00

In the past, we have worked in Conyers for the 4th of July. We have always celebrated the 4th on the 3rd. Although this year I decided not to work in Conyers, we still celebrated on the 3rd..... and on the 4th as well. Due to the strange weather we've been having, I didn't have a chance to get in the pool either day, but the children did. On the 3rd, Stacy grilled out for everyone and we just hung out.
That evening we had a moonwalk rented in Auburn so we headed that way with the rents. We really enjoyed our time last year, and were looking forward to a fun time. We walked around watching the interesting people until we saw this!
Micah wanted to try it SO bad. Thank goodness for Mam-ma, beacause she paid for him to do it. He LOVED it! Daddy has been talking about purchasing one for Party Jumps, what do you think?
After wearing him out in the ball, we continued our walk until we got the the rocks. Micah was allowed to choose 4 stones for $1. He was most excited about "the one in the crystal family." (Notice the hat.....He has hardly taken it off since our trip to the landfill) Silly Boy!
After checking out the booths, we headed back to the church that had our moonwalk. Mama took the boys on a hayride and we hung out until the fireworks began.
It began to get dark and I was able to take of couple of pics of my sweet boys before the fireworks began. I knew Micah would love them. He'd been talking about them for weeks, and even told Patton the way that they make fireworks is "they shoot a gun in the air and the colored fire comes out." I wasn't sure how Patton would do. At first he was a little jumpy, he never cried, but by the end he was nearly asleep.
On the 4th it thundered almost all day long, so no day time swimming. We headed to the rent's for supper. The kids swam for a bit before heading in for bed.
The Rosbury's spent the night and Micah was a little jealous, so it was sweet for him to be able to hear a couple of books before we headed home..... They look so innocent don't they ;)

Creek fun

2011-07-02T20:02:00.006-04:00

Our day only began with our trip to the landfill. Afterwards we headed to Paw Paw's for some creek fun. Daph and fam were already there playing. We (Micah and Stacy played for a while)
I held Patton before finally putting him down. He liked it. He truly is a water baby. I don't know what I'd do if he wasn't, but he liked the creek even though it was a little chilly.
The Rosburys had already picked blackberries..... Thinking we may go back next week to pick, but they sure looked pretty.
After lunch we headed on a Gator tour. Stacy had never seen all of the land. We had a nice long ride, Stacy worked a little clearing the paths, we visited the cows, and Patton took a little nap.
Oh yeah I was there too. Here's a sweet pic of P and me :)

Field Trip

2011-06-29T14:25:00.005-04:00

We have a Landfill not far from our house. We pass it everyday on the way to school. Micah asks me questions about it ALL the time. Not too long ago we had to deliver some cotton candy on the back side of the landfill.... Micah had only seen the front. He wanted to "walk there" SO bad. The boy is nearly obsessed. He LOVES garbage men and tries tell them Thank you every week. He's so sweet, but I can not figure out where this love comes from. He has been wanting to go to the landfill for a long time now, but to tell you the truth I thought it would be a little bit strange to go there and tell the workers that my boy wanted to go on a tour..... Well, two of my uncles own/ owned a landfill. I told Micah that he should tell Uncle Don that he'd like to go visit. He did, it's been months ago and we finally made the trip this week. Uncle Don met us when we got there and gave Micah his very own Waste Management hat. Micah was SO proud.
Don only had enough room for 2 in his truck, so Micah and I went while Stacy and Patton waited. Micah got to sit in the front. He was so excited. As we bumped along up the hill Don told us a little about the landfill. We learned that the fires that always burn are methane gas. We learned how the trash is dumped, zipped, and covered. We leaned about the water storage and saw the water tank. So far they are caught 3 million gallons of water this year. Their landfill is 480 acres and they just purchaced another 480. That's HUGE! The one near our house is only 120. We watched several trucks dump their loads, and we watched them move it around.
I just had to get one of Micah with the landfill in the background. I never in a million years would have imagined I would have enjoyed a trip like this, but I tell you what.... I had fun, and it didn't even smell at all!! :)

LOVE

2011-06-25T09:42:00.002-04:00

Patton LOVES Micah. The feeling is mutual. Micah can make Patton smile like no one else can. It's one of the sweetest things ever. Micah was out in the back yard. I was cleaning the kitchen and this is what I found...

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh MY!

2011-06-23T21:21:00.005-04:00

Back in the spring I learned about a special that Zoo Atlanta had through the library. Stacy was off several days this week, so I tracked down a library that didn't let the DVD leave the premises. We went on Tuesday, got a new card, and watched the movie. It was all of 22 minutes. And as easy as that, we got our pass. I had heard that today was supposed to be somewhat cooler than it has been, so we planned to go to the zoo today. We've had spotty showers recently but decided to take a chance and go anyway. We got there about 10 and it was raining lightly. We took in our umbrellas but ended up buying ponchos because it was easier. Our first stop were the flamingos. Micah was So excited.

Side note. As a child, the zoo was not my idea of fun at all. Maybe when I was Micah's age I enjoyed it, but there is a picture of me on my last trip to the zoo.... It shows a very pouty Miriam. I DID NOT want to be there at all. I was in the middle school. Me and the sisters were given the choice of the zoo or Six Flags, and we ended up at the zoo. I was so upset. Mama says that we ended up going to Six Flags another day, but that sad day just left me not loving the zoo. I have never been one to enjoy learning trips until the past 10 or so years. And since Micah was born, I think more about his enjoyment that my own. We've thought about going to the zoo for several years now, but I really wanted him to be able to enjoy it. And now that he's old enough to enjoy things, I mean REALLY enjoy things like the zoo, water parks, etc. we have a baby too...... So that limits us to some extent. Anyway, back to our day. We had a BLAST! We saw all of the animals minus the rhino and the lion who were bothe hiding. Stacy and I both loved the gorillas the most. The little ones were the cutest things. They were rough housing, and one walked away from the other, and sat down and folded his arms, then he hoped up and went right back at the other one. I laughed out loud. They were funny.

Micah enjoyed most all of the things that we saw, but got real excited when he saw a "real zebra," and said, "that's the monkeys that I wanted to see," when we saw the orangutans :) We had a great time. Micah fed the exotic birds, and petted and brushed animals and before we knew it it was after lunch. About an 45 minutes into our walk, the drizzle and by the time we were leaving, the sun was shinning. It was a Perfect day for the zoo!

The last time that we tried to go to the zoo we ended up having lunch at The Flying Biscuit Cafe. This time I thought it would be fun to go again since we were so close. Aparently there are several within a short distance of the zoo, because we ended up at a different one this time. It was delicious as expected, even better this time because I could eat whatever I wanted to. Oh man, those grits were yummy! It was probably close to 2:00 when we finally ate lunch. Micah was SO excited that he AGAIN missed nap time, but after about 10 minutes in the car this is what I saw.

Since we had such a trafficy ride home, I had a lot of time to think, and my thinking led us to Scoops. What a wonderful ending to a wonderful day!

What we've been up to

2011-06-20T14:34:00.005-04:00

I feel like we have been SO busy, but I have No idea what we've been doing. Some days seen to fly by, others seem to drrraaaggg. I just uploaded some pics to help me figure out what in the world we've been doing this summer.
We go to the pool at least 2-3 times a week. Sometimes more. Patton likes the pool and enjoys splashing around. I, on the other hand sometimes enjoy going to the pool during nap time. I lay Patton down and Micah and I have a good ol' time. Micah learned to swim by himself last year which was a HUGE blessing, being that I was very round and all. This year Micah only needed to be in the pool a hand full of times before he had it down pat again. He swims all over the shallow end by himself, but has yet to jump of the diving board without a life jacket on. He is a little fish swiming under the water. During the school year, every day Micah would ask "Is this a school day?" During the summer he asks "Are we going to the pool today?" At least he does take after me a little bit :)

A couple of weeks ago Sarah and Noah met us and hung at the pool for a while. I just get a kick out of seeing Sweet P with other babies.

Last week Micah attended Vacation Bible Camp. He had a great time. Every day he was worn out, but he had a great time learning new songs, and playing with new friends. The last day of Bible School, Micah got to go up on the stage in front of everyone to hold and help with "Alice the Camel." Here he is looking all grown up. He is a handful, but man I love this boy!

We have joked since we moved here that we have an umbrella over us. It can be raining, storming, or snowing all around us, but we'll not even get a drop here. Last week there were a couple of afternoons that surrounding areas got a good bit of rain. Finally we got lucky and got some. We were outside (surprise surprise) when it began to rain. I told Micah that we needed to go inside so that we wouldn't get soaked. He obeyed. Then I began to think that the poor boy never gets to play in the rain, because we just don't get enough. I told him that he could play in the rain. He put on his rain boots, rode his bike, splashed in puddles, and was SO happy. He played for 30 minutes (as long as the rain came down;)

Party Jumps is in full swing. We have been since February. Saturday we had a couple of parties, followed by a double party for Christian and Ethan that night. It was supposed to be a pool party, but it got rained out. We had to leave early to pick up our slide during the middle of the storm. We returned for cake and presents. Look how big theses boys are getting! 15 and 10!!

Oh yeah, and I finally got a pic of P's bottom teeth :) Remember he also has his top fangs :)

Yesterday was Father's Day. We celebrated the day by cleaning and drying the slide. We took Daddy to lunch at O'Charley's, set up a moonwalk, and swam with Daph and fam. Nut is at Super Wow and Mama was in the country. It was by far not the best Father's Day ever, but at least we got a chance to spend time with the fam:) I am Very Thankful that I have a wonderful Daddy. Sometimes, being that we are business partners we have our rough times but I don't know what I'd do without him! Here's my Daddy, and my Baby Daddy.

Funny

2011-06-11T16:33:00.002-04:00

Yesterday Micah told me "He have tree frogs." I said "tree frogs?" He said, a frog bowl, a frog bib, and a frog cup. One, two, tree. Tree frogs" :)

Patton is on the move. He began crawling this week. I tried to post a video, but am having issues. Anyway, yesterday morning Patton crawled over to the dustbuster and was playing with the cord. Micah who typically like to watch over Patton warned him to stop playing with the cord. He said, "Patton, if you play with cords you'll get shocked. Then you'll be just like chicken, and we'll eat you." What in the world!?

Catch

2011-06-11T15:10:00.004-04:00

It has been SO hot lately. We enjoy ourselves as much as we can in the morning and after supper. The other night after I finished cleaning up the kitchen I walked outside and found my boys playing catch. I LOVE to see Stacy and Micah Play together.

Isn't he sweet!? Rain boots and all :)

Micah's getting pretty good at catching the ball. :) Love these guys:)

Tired?

2011-06-08T20:32:00.000-04:00

Memorial Day, First Real Swim, and Jerms

2011-06-02T14:23:00.005-04:00

Monday was a fun day. We began our day bright and early by headed to the Memorial Day Parade. We got there the same time we normally get there, but the 5K was still going on. Apparently they had some Really slow people this year. We sat in traffic and sat in traffic. We finally were able to drive and made it in time to sit in our regular place. Nut didn't come this year, but the Rent's and Ms. Martha and Hannah did. I told my friend Courtney about it and she and her fam came. Patton got to see Jack.
The parade began and it was HOT! Stacy and Patton found a shady spot under a tree and spent most of the time there. Micah got more candy than he's ever gotten..... Even more than Halloween :) We had fun despite the heat. We hung at the festival for a few before heading to Sonny's.
After a delicious lunch we headed to the pool to cool off.
This was Patton's first time in the real pool. He didn't know what to think at first.
But then he got used to it. He had a blast splashing all over the place.

Here's Patton's pruney foot after being in the pool. Isn it not the coolest pic!? Thank you Ms. Martha! I love it!
We ended the day by celebrating Jerms' 28th birthday. We all went in together and got him a GoPro, it's a cool little thing :)
Fun times :) There are sevreal more new blogs below. Enjoy!