The Adkinson Family

Happy New Year from Our Family to Yours

2010-12-31T09:52:00.000-08:00

Well here we are again at the end of another year! 2010 has flown by it seems to me but with a busy schedule, work, and family life its no wonder.
New Years always bring about resolutions that people make and never keep, I have decided that this year I am not making resolutions I am gonna just make it a goal to live life to the fullest, play and laugh more with my children, and GROW more in Christ! Yeah I guess you could say those are resolutions but its some things that shouldn't be those are things that should just happen because life is too short to not partake in those everyday!
Even though we were originally going to be welcoming in a 4Th child in 2011 I am OK that we are not now! I have grown to live with the fact that it was not the Lords will and that He knows what its best! If God See's fit to add to our already crazy life then it will be in His time! No more thinking about it, depressed about it, it just is what it is!
Here's to a wonderful New Year and I pray that you all have a wonderful and prosperous new year!
The Adkinson Family

A climbing we will go!

2010-10-26T15:20:00.000-07:00

So the newest thing in the Adkinson house is climbing! Not just your ordinary climbing im talking climbing harness and repelling! Its crazy! Now Bryson is just obsessed with this climbing thing.
He is a boy for sure! While driving down the interstate he saw the big mountain side and said I sure wish I could climb that! David of course replied by saying me too buddy. Oh me now I am not so sure about all this because to me it seems so dangerous even though David has asked all the questions and taken all the precautionary measures possible it still worries me a tad.
All in all its great bonding time with David and the kids, its exercise, and they get to experience God's wonderful creation!
P.S. Bella only tried it out one time she will not be doing any climbing any time soon LOL! Bailee enjoys it but will have to save her money to buy her own harness and let me just say that wont be happening anytime soon, the girl couldnt even hold on to her tooth fairy money! By the way there is a funny story behind all that I should share maybe next time! :0)

Hard to accept!

2010-10-20T12:06:00.000-07:00

This week it has been super busy the kids are on fall break but instead of relaxing we have had a ton of things to do. Although I'm thankful that they are out of school and we can get all these things done I would also like to just hang out and have fun with the kiddo's.
Today Bailee had to go to the dentist well she was having a tooth pulled and an orthodontic appliance piece put in so we were there for almost 2 hours.
Normally I wouldn't mind having to wait I got a grocery list done, I forgot my phone that was a real bummer. But anyway it is a Pediatric Dentist Office and sometimes that can be an annoying place! Today it wasn't the kids that were bothering me it was the parents. Not that they were doing anything wrong it was just that one was pregnant and one had a 3 month old every family that was there had 4 kids and I just could not quit thinking about how I am suppose to be pregnant right now.
I thought I was over all of this with the miscarriage but apparently I'm not because I just wanted to run out of that place. I felt almost envious even though I know that is wrong. How do you get past that feeling??
Once we left it was better I guess because it wasn't right in my face. I just hope that with every week things will get better and I'm not stuck in a waiting room with pregnant women!

The Lord gives and takes away!

2010-10-10T13:30:00.000-07:00

This post is a painful post to write but it is also a healing process. An unexpected pregnancy brought about some worries but then joy. I had some complications early on but after being placed on medication to help a hormone level I thought things would go as planned.
Last Tuesday October 5th I went to the doctor because of some problems and an ultrasound showed that their was nothing in my uterus. Very sad moment. The doctor told me I had a 50/50 chance that I was still pregnant. Blood work confirmed that the pregnancy was over.
I know that the Lord works all things for the good but it is still a very painful process to loose something that you already love.
It has been a ruff week and I am still dealing with all the emotional issues that go along with the miscarriage. It was also very hard because I had already told the kids that I was going to have another baby and they were all very excited and Bailee even cried when I told her what had happened. That in itself was just as hard to see your 6 and a half year old crying and understanding what had happened.
My son on the other hand asked what I now had in my tummy? A little laughter in the midst of pain is always helpful. But it has almost been a week, today has been an emotional day but I know with each passing day it will get better!

Chickens, Trampolines, Creeks, and McDOnald's

2010-09-19T13:36:00.000-07:00

On Saturday I had a lot going on with cakes so David being the sweet husband that he is decided to take the kiddo's to his moms to play and hang out. Because of smoking and dogs the kids have not been to her house in a very very very long time. So they were very excited, the plan was they all were going but Bryson would have to stay outside the whole time.

That of course was no problem for them so they were very excited. A while back David's mom purchased some chickens and a neighbors little boy takes care of them. Well the kids were in play heaven because there were 4 kids to play with they had a trampoline, a creek, snapping turtles, rabbits, baby chicks, the chickens, a rooster, and I think that's it LOL.

The kids had a blast jumping on the trampoline, David said Bella had a very hard time on that she is just still too little she was all over the place he said. Bailee was more excited about holding the baby chick, im really glad we live in the city or other wise we would be having our own little farm. They had to jump a creek to get to the chicken coop so bryson thought that was a lot of fun and now David is convinced that Bryson is now ready to go hiking. That of course worked up a huge appetite which of course landed them at the good ole McDonald's to eat. Im glad that my kiddo's had some neat new experiences and it was nice for me to have a little time to get my cake done and of course some housework.:)

So Silly silly bands........

2010-09-08T11:55:00.000-07:00

Silly bands I'm sure you all have seen or heard about silly bands by now! They are the latest craze!
Well of course my children are all about the silly bands. They have way too many, I mean like so many it leaves a mark on their arm if they leave them on overnight! Crazy I know that something that silly can be so popular.
Well as of yesterday those silly little things got not one but 2 of my kids in trouble at school! If I would have thought about it I would not have let them wear them but not thinking they would cause a problem I did not say anything to them about having them on.
Bryson was the first to tell me that he had gotten in trouble! He slowly told me the whole story and how his student teacher took it and threw it away. That I wasn't the happiest about at first but then thought to my self wait one less silly band. I explained to him they were to never be worn again.

So the afternoon continues on and then Bailee decides to tell me that she got in trouble with her silly bands as well. I ask her why and the reason that they BOTH Got in trouble was because they both had them in their mouth! Well Hello they both know better not so sure as to why that even happened in the first place!

Usually in the afternoon the kids know to clean out their backpacks and hang them by the door. I have to sign a sheet each day that tells about their behavior. Last night after putting the kids to bed I thought well where is Bailee's backpack, she had taken it in her room because she failed to mention to me that the teacher had marked her folder for not following directions.
Sneaky I know, but her teacher did have on there that she went from a 5 to a 4 because of not following directions and that she had earned herself back to a 5. Now this was a big deal in our house because one it was over something so SILLY that it shouldn't have been, but thankfully the teacher was understanding and gave Bailee a chance to redeem herself and all things are well now!
Lesson of the day DO NOT WEAR SILLY BANDS TO SCHOOL! ;)

Long time no type!

2010-09-07T17:14:00.000-07:00

Wow its been a super long time since I have made it over here to the blog.
Lot's has gone on since my last post. Bailee is in 1st grade and Bryson is in Kindergarten
Bella is sill in preschool and im still teaching at the parents day out.
My cake orders continue to come in and I love it, its so much fun and I enjoy every minute of it.
I am actually starting a new blog with my cake pictures on it.
Ok that's all for now, I promise not to neglect the blog for so long again. :)

Well its all over for now.....

2009-06-08T10:40:00.000-07:00

Saturday was Bailee's dance recital. My was it so much fun. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Bailee's class when they went out for their Tap routine they all froze and just looked at each other it was so funny. Once Bailee had a break to watch the older kids dance when her class went out in act 2 Bailee was so ready to dance. She was very dramatic in her movements it was too funny. Then they had a big preschool finale and all the preschool classes were on stage and danced to a wiggles song it was just adorable. Now im reconsidering letting her dance at this school in the fall because the recital was just to special and what would be the point in dancing all year and then not having anything to look forward to at the end of the year?

I took some pictures and video but the pictures are not too good because you were not allowed to use a flash so they are as good as it gets. I do have some cute ones of her backstage I will put videos on facebook.

It's official.....

2009-05-28T16:00:00.000-07:00

Well Bailee is officially no longer a pre-k student. She had her graduation ceremony at school last night and then today was the final day. Now when the school year starts up in the Fall she will be in the real deal. Oh my where does the time go?

Bailee has always been such a sweet little girl. From the moment she was born I was in love. I remember being so nervous and thinking how protective I was over her to know that wow I am caring for another human being now. Bailee was always a good baby she was so easy, slept through the night, never fussy when we were out and about, always just went with the flow.

Now when she hit 3,4,and 5 such a different story. Not to say that she is not still sweet but boy does she have an attitude, she is sassy, and all I know when she is a teenager I am so in trouble. Now I know you are thinking she is my pay back well not really because her baby sister is making up for that in her own way. I guess all my kids are payback in some way form or fashion.

Anyways on to the ceremony last night. It was a great time, they had made the whole class shirts with a class photo on them so adorable, they sang some songs, and had their officially diploma giving time. It was very precious and something to cherish. I have lots of photo's and video that I will post on facebook only because the blog takes way too long on video's. But I did scan in her little preschool diploma. I felt sorta gloomy yesterday because I feel like such a new part of life is starting with Bailee and that its all just going too fast. I know they all grow up but I just think about all the things I have rushed her through and think I should have just slowed down and enjoyed the times we were in. So anyways check facebook for photo's and video later on.

Memorial Day

2009-05-26T16:03:00.000-07:00

Memorial day was an awesome fun day! First we started with a yummy breakfast sausage gravy and biscuits with bacon. Next we played in the sprinkler, picnic lunch, played on a slip-n-slide, nap time, more slip-n-slide, snow cones, pizza for dinner. Yeah packed full of fun. I love being off and making memories with the kids, there is nothing like it. The kids told us over and over how much fun they were having and how it was a great day! That is what every parent wants to hear!

On Tuesday we had Parents Day Out, a dentist appointment, errands, grocery shopping, you know all the fun stuff. Well lets just say I was not happy leaving the dentist office. Bailee has 4 cavities. One of them is so bad she will need a crown, good gracious it is going to cost us 511 dollars even after insurance. I am cracking down, I told Bailee no more candy, sugar free gum only, more water to drink and lots of brushing and flossing going on. Its just crazy to spend this kind of money on baby teeth but I feel like we need to fix it as well because she will need a good base for her permanent teeth. I always had crowns and cavities as a kid and so apparently I have passed down another not so good gene! Oh well I will call around to different dentist and see what my options are. Anyways I hope you enjoy the pics from our fun time.

P.S. th epics of the strawberries and the fish tank I probably havent written about. THe fish tank is Bailee's Birthday gift 2 months late. She picked out a guppy fish and some type of African Frog. Yes just 2 more mouths for me to food yeah me right. Then the strawberries are from when we went strawberry picking last friday! That was o much fun. We have made lots of goodies from them. Check out my other blog for what we have made and pics as well.

Caterpillars and Butterflies....

2009-04-29T14:58:00.000-07:00

So today I was thinking I was going to stay home because we have been so busy! But I thought I need to have something fun for the kid's to do otherwise they will be climbing the wall or not getting along. So I was looking online for crafts and cooking crafts to do with my kids at school and found the very tasty caterpillar.

Now please know that my caterpillar's looked like snakes instead, but that's OK the kids still loved it. I made 3 total one for my kids at school tomorrow and then that left 2 for us. They were very small circles but I didn't want them to be very big. We are going to be talking about the life stage of a butterfly tomorrow at school so I though how appropriate to make this caterpillar pizza to have at lunch and then butterfly cookies for dessert. I always like trying things out at home before I do them at school, the kids always love the chance to get in the kitchen and help me cook. They had a blast helping and playing with the flour and left over pizza dough. My flour was a mess after they dumped flour in the floor but that's OK it was cleanable. If that is even a word. :)

So after nap they got to decorate the cookies, I decorated the ones going to school tomorrow and you will see why after the pictures of bailee and bryson's decorated cookie's. :) All in all it was a fun day, now I'm not so sure I got any rest like I was hoping for but oh well there is always tonight! I'm going to be a heathen and not go to church, get early baths, dinner, and kiddo's off to bed earlier! Whew I'm tired just thinking about all I have to do tonight! I would not have it any other way though!

Spring.......

2009-04-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

I love Spring, its beautiful with the flowers blooming, the grass becoming green again, its just such a new feeling. I do not like the Tornado aspect of Spring but it just comes with the territory. Now Spring for 2 of my children health wise is probably not their favorite. Bryson and Bella have had a hard time with everything blooming and the weather warm one day then cold the next. Bella began with the wheezing first. She woke up on a Monday night with this very strange breathing so I start breathing treatments and sat up with her until midnight to make sure she was ok. Well her wheezing continued that week by Friday she was having not so pleasant diapers because of the pulmicort and finally after a complete week of wheezing is better. Of course she does go this coming Monday for her 15 month well visit gosh that is hard to believe.

Now for Bryson he just started wheezing this week at least it wasn't both of them at the same time they traded off weeks. I always now when Bryson is not feeling well because he just lays around and sucks his thumb. He has not gone into the full blown wheezing but has the tight chest and runny nose and a very hoarse(spelling?) voice. They want to still be outside all the time and I hate to not let them but it is just not good for their allergies. So I have to choose whether we stay in and don't enjoy the nice fresh pollen air or go out and take that chance of multiple runny noses, watery eyes, and wheezing. Well we usually choose to go outdoors who wants to stay in on such a beautiful day.

Things have been somewhat better since my last post of Lots.... I decided that I was going to put us on this regimented schedule at home because I am always running around rushing the kids to get ready and we just have this mass frustration and anger flowing through the house. Plus I know with Bailee starting Kindergarten in the Fall we need to have a better way of getting ready and out of the house than just rushing to get dressed, no time for breakfast, just chaos. So the whole schedule thing is working out great and things are less stressful.

I can not believe that next week I will be registering my baby girl for Kindergarten where did these 5 years go? It has flown by. I look back and think how much time have I wasted on stuff that didn't matter and to just relish the time with her before she is off to school. I know now that I need to do that with the other 2 that are right behind her growing up just as fast.

Lots......

2009-04-08T05:46:00.000-07:00

Well here goes, Friday March 27th we had Bailee's Fancy Nancy Party it was a huge success. All the girl had a great time and so did Bailee. At 3:00 pm the hot water heater went out oh lovely!! We call a plumber who comes out at 9:00 pm and tells us yes you need a new one we can do it parts, labor, heater and 10 year warranty for $1235. Oh the joys of being a homeowner. Thankfully we still had some tax return money, but it was vacation money!!! Anyways that next day they are there putting in the new one. Boy do we have hot water. At 3:00 that afternoon I had scheduled a spa party like I needed to have another party that weekend!! Hello what is wrong with me? The party was fun, but then we got all these Tornado warnings and yes take cover all this bla bla bla stuff, the news people are really getting to were they are so overreactive. Yes im still just as afraid of tornado's as always but good grief they go overboard.

So that was a very busy 2 days. Then I remembered oh yeah we volunteered to keep two seminary students overnight on Sunday. I had told them to just use us as a backup well we were needed. SO now im off to washing towels, changing sheets, cleaning the house up once again. We had some of the sweetest girls to stay with us they were awesome I totally enjoyed them being here. My kids loved them too, Bailee keeps referring to them as the sweet girls that stayed with us. That Monday I had to have them at the church by 10:30, Bailee and Bella had a doc visit at 11:00, I had the grocery store, Dance, and all kinds of stuff to do that day. Whew I feel tired all over again just thinking of how tired I was. Tuesday of course was school, Wednesday we went to the park with bryson's friend emillie, Thursday was school, Friday we of course did our usual running around, Saturday I had rehearsal for a drama I was in at church.

Now let me slow down and explain this drama. I was to have this monologue of inner thoughts about being a stay at home mom and all the stresses I feel. Well this was a piece of cake for me I told them you will be getting the real deal here!! My monologue was as follows:
"Mom, Mom, ugh if I hear that one more time im going to change my name. On days like today when the kids just wont get ALONG, and the baby will not stop SCREAMING I could very well loose my mind. There is all this pressure on me to be a mom, a wife, take care of the house, cooking, cleaning, mounds and mounds of laundry, changing diapers. I spend all day meeting everyone's needs. But what about my needs? just because im a mom does not mean I dont have needs. Like to be able to go to the grocery store and not hear MOM HE HIT ME, or MOM I GOTTA GO PEE, or trying to keep the baby from once again wiggling herself out of the strap and standing up in the seat of a moving buggy!! Im just so tired!!"
After my monologue 3 other people said theirs then the Jesus Character came to each one of us for us to pour our cup into His and our song director told me he wanted me to give Jesus attitude like it was just someone else coming to bother me, attitude I can do but it felt weird doing it to a Jesus character. But anyways it turned out to be a great drama, everyone said they thought my part was funny, I told them that was my life.!!

So now that brings me to this week. Monday was not so busy, Bryson didnt go to music because once again he was not cooperating at all and I was not about to go and put on this fake happy face at music as thought i was bubbling over with Joy to be singing songs with my son who at the moment I just was really not happy with. Bailee did not have dance that night yeah! So during their nap time I thought I have got to come up with something to get him to cooperate with me every morning because its like that every single day and it just makes my day just start horrible. So I came up with a reward system where they earn play money and at the end of the week they can buy things that I have gotten from the Dollar tree such as candy, pencils, stickers, and so on. Well Bryson said im going to cooperate. Tuesday morning when I go in to wake him for school, I thought to myself yes its going to work, He earned a dollar because yes he did cooperate.

Now so much for my wishful thinking because we get to school and we start having a melt down about something he wants to do I tell him NO and what his options are and he just continues in this horrible fit of ugliness!!!!! So it of course just escalates to a very unhealthy ugly scene with me crying and all upset, its time for kids to be arriving at school and I cant even hold it together to deal with my class. I am just so tired of all this, I feel like getting in the car and taking 3 days to myself, just to regain my sanity. I am trying all these different things to make this behavior stop and it all seems to be a failure!! I am standing my ground with them and following thru on everything I tell them will happen if they dont act right and that is killing me worse than just giving in....Im not so sure I can make it through this stage!!! I know that once we get past this that it will be so much better in the long run but OH MY LORD I NEED HELP making it thru till then. OK im so sorry that I have vented and posted such a long post but I feel better now. I will post pictures from Bailee's party and then I also have pictures from the park but I will post them on another post since I made this one so long!

Yes I am still here.....

2009-03-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

OK I know I have really neglected the blog, I have such a hard time finding the time anymore. We have just had this wave of sickness that just keeps circulating through everyone. Well we have been busy as usual, of course you saw all the few new things we got for v-day, we also have a few other things that we are excited about, I now have a very nice Kitchen Aide stand mixer, I have wanted one since I started all the cake baking and David surprised me with it Monday night, so to try it out I made homemade cinnamon rolls, now I got the recipe from David's grandmother and trust me they are not as good as hers I don't think anyone could ever make them as good as she does, but they are very close. David's mom also had a hot tub that she needed to sell so she sold it to us for a very very cheap price I don't think you could ever end up with a hot tub for what we paid for it. Anyways its a 4 person soft tub so there are no seats its just soft on the outside and inside, its pretty neat. I wasn't really wanting to get it because I said when will we ever have time to just go relax in the hot tub with 3 kids? Well it has been good for our relationship because we make the kids go to bed on time each night and then that still gives us 20-30 minutes to relax if we want.

The first night David had the water way tooo hot he had it set on 104 I started feeling sick and got out. It was in the 30's outside but boy it felt great after being in such hot water. Last Friday Me, David, Mom, and Bailee got in there at first Bailee didn't know if she wanted to but since David lowered the temperature greatly she was able to get in so now she loves it and says hey lets get in the hot tub we started a bad thing. :0

Next is we painted our bedroom. Now it has been 5 years since we painted our room and it was long overdue. When we painted our room last was right after my miscarriage before we had Bailee and so I always associate it with that, so I told David Saturday we need to paint this room. I just love the brown and blue together so we went to Walmart and found a new comforter and then went to Lowe's to have the paint matched. Now let me tell you, we took the paper from the bedding set in and they matched it exactly with the paper. Well when we went to paint the brown it looked exactly like a can of melted milk chocolate but we thought well it will be pretty with the blue and it will match. WE paint the brown then the blue and I absolutely love it. Well we still have 2 other walls to paint because we cant move all of the furniture out so we have to do 2 at a time but I was able to get a picture of the wall that was done, well I say done but we have to bring the blue and brown to match up so there wont be the white space in the middle. After we are done painting we take the tarp off the bed to see how nice its going to look and boy were we surprised to realize that the brown in the fabric is not the same in the picture. The fabric brown is soooooo much lighter. Oh well it matches out sheets to a tee. It still looks good we just have to finish the other 2 walls now.

So then now to the current state Bella has a very bad respiratory viral infection where she is wheezing, and breathing very heavy so we are doing breathing treatments and they are going to watch her closely to make sure she does not follow in her big brothers foot steps with the asthma. It has just been crazy around here. I'm so ready for spring and warm weather.

Bailee will be five in a week and 4 days, it is so hard to believe. I can not wait till her birthday party. She is having a Fancy Nancy party and we have gotten feather boa's, pearl necklaces, fancy pens, all kinds of stuff. She is very excited as well. We go on the 23rd to tour the school where she will go to kindergarten and she is absolutely thrilled about that. SO no it will not be almost a month before I post again because I will have lots of fun pictures from her party to share with everyone. So stay tuned.....

Our Valentine Gifts

2009-02-20T08:20:00.001-08:00

Thanks to tax return David and I went shopping last saturday to pick out our valentine day gifts. WE had already wanted a Flat Screen TV for the living room so David found his. Then while were at HH Gregg they had a wonderful sale on smooth top stoves. So guess what that is what I picked out. So last night I said ok im going to take a picture of our gifts. So first I picture my stove, and then I go to take a pic of the tv and right when i snapped the photo this hot chic comes on a suave commercial and David said yeah thats perfect tell everyone that's what I got for V-day, we laughed so hard bc it was just perfect timing the way it happended.

The other fun thing was we had the perfect box to make a little house for the kids to play in from the stove, I always wanted to do that as a kid but never did being an only child. So I had just as much fun as the kids cutting our a door and windows then I said oh lets paint it and decorate it. We had so much fun, I pretended that they were the little pigs and that I was the big bad wolf and I would shake their house and they would scream and laugh the most adorable little belly laugh. Remember when I said I was going to make every minute of everyday count well I did last night.

Here are the photo's of our new gifts to each other. I could not get them to move sorry they are at the top instead.

Saddness

2009-02-18T12:58:00.000-08:00

I have to get this off my chest. I received a phone call from my boss that a little girl in my class her mother passed away unexpectedly last night. I just had a major reality check that we never know when it is our last day. I'm so heart broken and at a loss for words for how this feels. I have so many conflicting thoughts going through my mind that im not even sure how to process those thoughts. Her mom had a real bad ear ache and they gave her medicine and then she went into a coma and then died. I was then told that she actually had bacterial meningitis. Because it was contained in her ear it was not contagious as normal. The health department and the CDC said that we would not be at risk. Their 2 girls tested negative as well for bacterial meningitis. It's so hard to understand in times like this why these things happen and I know we are not to question God and I know He will work all things for the good. It is still so hard to not wonder why these 2 little girls no longer have their mommy here. The girls do not understand that their mommy is gone and I know that they will not understand until they are sick, or scared, or sad. That void will be there no matter how much love their daddy shows them. It has just really made me think that I must cherish every minute with my family and make every minute count because we never know when it will be our last. You know you have heard sermon's on this before but it never really hits home until something like this. It's just one of those things where you want to say this just really STINKS!!!! So please remember the Mooney Family as they mourn, and deal with a whole new way of life.

Were Still here

2009-02-17T16:04:00.001-08:00

OK sorry that I have neglected the blog but im just addicted to facebook. Also I have not really had anything to post latley because everyone has been sick and so I have been very busy taking care of all the sick one's. SO hopefully by next week I will have a new post or some photos of the kids we are suppose to have 2 playdates next week so im sure I will have a few photo's from that. Talk to you all soon.

Annabella Elaine is 1

2009-01-27T14:51:00.000-08:00

Wow how this first year flew by with Bella. It is so hard to believe that it has already been a whole year that I gave birth to her. I feel like it was just yesterday. She is such a joy to have, she loves to climb, wiggle out of her high chair no matter how tight you get the strap on the chair, and she loves her binky.
Saturday we had her party and it was so much fun. I picked out the cutest birthday pattern, it was 1st birthday princess. It was all so cute. My favorite thing was the shirt we found that said her royal highness is 1. It came together just perfect. The only thing I was disappointed about was the cake pan. I wanted the princess tiara pan, but they did not have it at Michael's so I had to go with the princess carriage pan instead. David kept bugging me saying that it looked like a baby carriage. Well you know how hubbies like to bug us and give us a hard time, well that is his favorite thing to do. :) Anyways we had all of our family here, yes even Aunt Amy and Uncle John came in from out of town for the fun time. Bella loved the cake we didnt even have to show her what to do she just dug right in. She was so amazed at all of us singing to her. She thought that was pretty neat. Opening presents she went right to it, she did not forget Christmas.
Later that night when the sugar kicked in boy was she hyper. The girl was walking and crawling in circles and laughing and just being so silly, it was so funny.
I am so happy the joy that Bella brings to our family it is just amazing what she is doing at 1 compared to what the other 2 did at this age. She is so independent and wants to do things her own way, Im gonna have fun right. :) Anyways hope you enjoy the pictures of my sweet Baby girl or should I say my sweet 1 year old.

Playdate....

2009-01-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

This week has been hard trying to adjust back in to all the things we do in a weeks time. MOnday was back to the music at 9:30 and Dance at 6:00, school on tuesday and wednesday I was just going to veg and clean on the house but then Bryson's friend emily wanted us to go to story time and the indoor playground at Cornerstone in madison so I said ok the kids will enjoy that. Now at this time I had no idea that the wind felt about like 2 degrees it looked so nice outside and sunny but boy it tricked me, but anyways off we went and had a good time.

Now this playground is great there wasa little area that bella could play at and most of the kids that were there were not any older than Bailee so it was nice because there wasnt a massive amout of older kids running them down. Now for my son he is so funny about these things to crawl thru. For him to be a boy he is sure not one to try new things. He did not want to go to the top to slide down. Even with the help of Bailee and his friend Emily he was just not going to go to the top. Oh well his loss. So we were sitting there thinking how on earth are we going to get these kids out of here when of course it occurred to us a great way to get them to leave without having this massive screaming I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE!! was hey lets take them to McDonald's an all time favorite with my kids. Now let me tell you this my kids have been bugging me since Sunday to go to McDonald's because our nursery worker told them McDonald's was giving away 2 happy meal toys (like one is not enough) and I have been trying to tell Bailee now it was probably just the one that they had gone to doing that so I was very happy to be able to PROVE A POINT!! Well that all ended very quickly...while I was gone to get our lunch while Emily's mom sat with all the kids there was this sweet little old man that worked there and he just felt that he should give BAILEE a shrek baby doll. So I come with lunch and tell them when they are done eating they may have their toy. SO I give them there toys and of course Bailee's is another Shrek baby and then of course my loving daughter says see mom I TOLD YOU THEY WERE GIVING 2 AWAY!! UGH that sweet old man I really proved a point here!! All me and Valerie could do was laugh because I had to try and get it thru that McDonald's was not giving away 2 so that my kids did not want to eat there everyday for the rest of this month. I was just sure my plan was going to work. Well as you see it failed miserably. :) Now the number of Happy Meal toys continue to grow in my house, and NO I am not going to McDonald's today :) Hope you all have a great weekend.

Im back.....

2009-01-01T08:59:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone sorry it has been so long that I have posted but our computer crashed and I was not able to log on to update everyone. THis will be a long post sorry.

Ok so the last time I posted we were getting to go home with oxygen. WE were very excited to be at home and Bryson was so happy to be home as well. That first night went well, the next day we had to take him in to see the doctor the next day to check his numbers, he was still at 87-91 in his O2 levels the doctor was not too worried she told us to continue the oxygen and for me to bring him in on that monday. So all went well Bryson still acted ok so Monday rolled around we went to the doctor but not so well this time. His numbers were even lower he was anywhere from 85-78 they put oxygen on him and he was not increasing in his O2 numbers at all. So I could see the worried look on the doctors face. They took some blood and said they thought we should go for a CT scan of his chest and get a better look than what x-rays were not showing. But then the doctor comes back in after they got the lab results and she tells me im going to scare you but I have to tell you what is going on. She continues to tell me that she feels this is no longer a respiratory problem that we have to purse it as if there is a problem with his heart and also there is a possibility that it is leukemia because his white blood cell count jumped form 1300 to 2300 so naturally that upset me greatly. She called David and told him to meet me at the ER. SO off we go once again thankfully this time we didnt have to ride in an Ambulance thankfully for my pocketbook. Once we get to the ER his O2 numbers we unbelievably great he was sitting at 95 and asleep he hadn't been that the whole time all this started. The did an ultrasound on his heart and more lab work to check for the leukemia and then we waited, and waited, and waited what seemed like an eternity to get the results. Finally after about 4 hours they come in and say all the test are normal. PRAISE THE LORD David and I couldnt have been any happier. We know that on this Monday the Lord finished the healing work he was working on for Bryson. We had prayed and prayed and had multiple people, churches, and pastors praying for Bryson and on that Monday the Lord spoke and said I have heard your prayers but no one is praising me, so we began to praise God for all He had done, was going to do and was doing and that is when Bryosn received his healing.

We got to leave the hospital that night and ever since then Bryson has been his old self plus some. :) We had a great Christmas just happy to be home with all of our family back together. The day after Christmas they doctor wanted bryson to still go for that CT scan so when we got there as soon as he was placed on the pulse machine his number was 98 Praise GOd again that confirmed to us that Healing had taken place. Of course the CT Scan was normal and I took him back to the doctor just 2 days ago and he was still 98-99 it is so wonderful. The Lord has done so much for us through this time of trials that all I want to do is live more for Him and share in the great news of what God is capable of doing, if we just follow Him and listen to Him. We will revisit the allergist and test Bryson for some more allergies and look at seeing his pediatrician in about 6 weeks. We feel that the Lord has healed him of his asthma as well, this kid takes deeper breathes than we have ever seen or heard him take. Thank you for all that was in prayer for our family and all your thoughts it is such a wonderful thing to be on the other side of all this now.

Now about our Christmas. ON Christmas Eve david's mom and step dad and grandmother came over and we had Christmas with them and then later that evening my parents came over and had Christmas with them. My children are so spoiled my mom said she was cutting back this year but it didnt seem that way to me. On Christmas morning we had to wake the kids up at 8 to see what santa brought and they were so excited to get there 3 thing from santa. Bailee got a ton of Hannah Montanna stuff and my uncle and his new fiance got her some HM pjs and she wants to wear them every night. For lunch on Christmas day we went to my moms to be with all of her family then that evening we went to the Adkison's house to have Christmas with them. It was a great time of being together with family and I love the way Bailee put it she said Jesus is the important part of Christmas and Santa is the fun part of Christmas.

Now its a new year and a new start I have only 4 weeks to get the rest of my weight off for insurance, Bella is trying to walk, I have to take care of that lovely speeding ticket I got before all this happened, plan Bella's 1st b-day party, and adjust back in to school next week. Wow sounds like a lot. Happy New Year to all my friends.

Good News...

2008-12-19T12:03:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone thanks so much for all of your prayers and support. We got news today that the doctors want to send Bryson home with Oxygen. The Lord has provided for us in so many ways through healing bryson, food for us, and just peace. Now we still pray for healing because obviously he is still requiring oxygen so he still needs a little help. They feel as though he started out with a virus way down in his lungs that created too much mucas which in return caused the bad asthma attack. So now we just will go home keep a very close eye on him and give him oxygen when he sleeps. We have prayed for peace while we are at home because it will still keep us on edge and we will not just be focusing on bryson, bailee and bella will be back in the picture. So please continue your prayers and that the Lord will continue to provide for us as he has so well already. Now I can try to start getting excited about Christmas and get my shopping done. I will keep everyone posted when I can. Thanks again to all of my friends and family who are supporting us.

ruff day...

2008-12-18T14:41:00.000-08:00

WEll I wish i had better news for today. Bryson did so well yesterday and last night and then this morning he started dropping in his oxygen stats again and it actually got pretty scary at one point his numbers were getting a little lower than normally when he would drop. So once again we were back on oxygen and having to do the suction again. My little guy was so brave though he did not want to do it at first but then said ok guys you can do it. Bryson has such a sweet spirit about him right now. Now the bad thing is his lungs sound great there is no wheezing, so the doctors do not know why he keeps doing this. The doctor told us this morning that if he had a good day today we could go home this afternoon, well we didnt after all that. SO I know all of you guys are praying but please continue because at this point im not sure how much more of this i can handle it is so hard to see your child having to go through this, we have so many people praying for him and I know that the Lord WILL HEAL bryson but I just need patience, while we wait on the Lord to heal him. I will hopefully be able to post good news tommorrow. Thanks guys for your prayer support.

Updates...

2008-12-17T15:18:00.000-08:00

Hey guys thanks for all the prayers. Bryson had a very ruff day yesterday (tues). He had to have a tube ran down his nose to his lungs to suck all the mucas out to try and get him better. It took 4 of us to hold him down it was terrible. Today he has had a good day. We have had him up a lot and he even was wanting to run when bailee and bella were here. I have been missing the girls sooo bad so my mom brought them out last night and today. If bryson continues on this path hopefully we will be home this weekend. I will keep you updated as I can the computer in our room is not working right, we need a new keyboard. Thanks again for the prayers and support.

We need prayers......

2008-12-15T19:07:00.000-08:00

Hey guys just wanted to let everyone know what has been going on. Last thursday night bryson needed breathing treatments every 3-4 hours and friday morning he was still not breathing well so i took him to the doc thinking we would go in do a breathing treatment get some steroids, and go home. Well after 4 treatments he did not respond so they advised me that he needed to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance because he was requiring oxygen. So they told me it wasnt that it was life threatning but just he could still be on oxygen if we went in an ambulance. So off we go when we get to the ER they started him on an hour long breathing treatment, after that he was some better but still needed oxygen so they told me they will observe him for a few hours and then go from there. At 3:00 they told me they were going to admit him but the pediatrition told me he looked better and that we would go home saturday. Well after David got to the ER I Left to go home to get some cloths and I needed a break from the ER but while I was gone he got worse, they ended up putting in an IV and did some pretty heavy meds thru his IV. When I got back they were concerned how his breathing was again and decided to send us to ICU so off we went and he was on a continuous breathing treatment of albuterol for 12 hours plus oxygen.

So needless to say we were not going home on saturday. Around 12:00 noon they took Bryson off both the albuterol treatment and the oxygen and he did well for 12 hours and then down he went again. We had gotten moved to a regular room saturday night because of his progress. But since he went down and needed oxygen again we were not going to be leaving on sunday as well. Now the bad side effects of the heavy heavy doses of steroids caused really bad night terrors. at one point we thought bryson had lost his vision because he said he could not see me which for us was so scary but it was just that he was not awake. Saturday night he continued to have night terrors and it was really hard on David and I. I was a little unsure of how much more I could take. I just sat there wheeping and asking the Lord to please step in and heal bryson. Well today is monday and I am typing all of this from the computer in our hospital room. Bryson has done well but then he goes down in his O2 levels and he stil is requiring oxygen, so we are now at a point to where we are not sure as to when we are going home. They have started him on antibiotics as if he has phnemonia as well as this real bad asthma attack. We have to work on geting his lung clear and then get him off oxygen and he has to be off of oxygen at least 12 hours before they will let him go home. Our doctor told us tonight that she plans on us getting out of here before Christmas. I thought wow that seems like we might be here for a while but then I was reminded that Christmas is almost a week away. Wow!! So if you guys would just please keep us in yur prayers because we still are not out of the woods we may be here the rest of the week we just dont know at this point. I will try and keep you posted as to how he progresses. Please keep us in your prayers.

Our Weekend

2008-12-08T11:39:00.000-08:00

Here it goes Friday night we went to the Christmas Parade downtown, now I know you are thinking it was super cold that night, well it was but we got in a parking lot where we could sit in the car and watch it, the kids still had just as much fun. I got some photo's and a little bit of video of TSU's band I was going to put it on here but you cant see anything it was too dark.

Saturday my washer started acting up I have to stay with it while its running bc it wont spin the cloths so I have to lift them up and rearrange then it does fine. Saturday night we had the 1st of many Christmas parties to attend, the kids had fun even though it was not a kids Christmas party and they behaved that was a plus since we were with all the deacons of the church.

Sunday we had the official merger vote for the two churches of course the vote went through and we are now official Faith Baptist Church. Yeah!! That night we went to Long Hollow for their Christmas Program because mom and dad are in the choir. There we got to see Hovie, and Sondra and Chelsea. WE had a great time and it was so good to see them, and the program was AWESOME!! In the pictures and video its the kids with the presents that Chelsea got for them for Christmas.

Today I got my very first speeding ticket, I could not believe it. I was rushing to music class with bryson and just did not realize I was going that fast. Mow everyone tells me well you do drive very fast. I have been very lucky in these past 12 years of driving, but I will slow down and I will take the course to keep this off my record. Ok well that is what we have had going on. Just wait till my post after next weekend, next saturday is an impossible schedule im not sure how we will pull it off.

Here they are...

2008-12-02T16:32:00.000-08:00

WE went a week ago to have family photo's made and instead of paying another 5 dollars to send smiles by wire I decided to just scan them in to the computer. It was our first family photo since we have had bella. Of course Bella would not smile for anything, I did Bryson's 3rd b-day pics 2 months late and Bella's 1st b-day pics 2 months early. Go figure. :) Anyways I hope you enjoy.

What a great time

2008-12-01T07:49:00.000-08:00

Well we have been so busy just like everyone else. Our Thanksgiving Day was a great day we headed up to David's grandparents that morning for breakfast and had a great time with them. After that we headed back down to go to my mom's house where all of my family was. I felt a great need for people who dont have family to be with on Thanksgiving and took a meal to one of our shut ins its one of those things that you think you will be ministering to them but then you end up getting more out of it than them. This lady has a care taker and that is who we ended up going to see because the shut in is a very fragile lady and was asleep when we went, but we got to spend an hour with the caretaker and it was a true blessing to get to talk with this lady she was a very Godly woman and I really learned a lot from her. So after that I went back to my moms to join my family, had lots and lots of good food and dessert. It was a great day all around, busy but great. The good thing is I didnt gain too much weight either. Please pray for me because I only have about a month and a half to get the last 16 pounds off to make my insurance deadline which means I need to loose about 4 pounds a week which is pretty hard to do, but im gonna try. Im so thankful for all of my family, and friends and all that God has blessed me with.

Funny

2008-11-26T18:14:00.000-08:00

Ok well my kids ever since they have seen a baptismal at church that's what they play, well I caught them on video tonight, before they throw their sibling back they say Holy Spirit to God, thats all they remembered. I just thought it was funny and wanted to share with you all.
And yes that is Bailee's head hitting the floor very hard, im suprised she didnt cry. :)

what a releaf.....

2008-11-19T14:29:00.000-08:00

Well you all know its fall in Tennessee and boy do we have some leaf's. Sunday afternoon David mowed up the leaves that had already fallen. Now since we have a huge tree in our front yard you can not even tell that he did that. The kids have been asking to rake some leaves.

Well today was that day it was a tad warmer so we went out and had some leafy fun. Enjoy.

Fun filled Saturday

2008-11-18T14:25:00.000-08:00

Ok well after such a rotten day on thursday I made up for it on SAturday. For my birthday I got a gift card to Dillards day spa. Now let me tell you I have had massage's before but never a facial. My gift card was for an hour service so I chose an hour facial. OH MY GOODNESS, I felt so relaxed that I thought man I can't frown for a week. It was so relaxing. After that I treated myself to lunch by myself to chick fil a since we cant eat there with bryson's peanut allergy and all then after that I went christmas shopping at toys r us since I was by myself.

That night we already had plans to go out to dinner and a movie with some couples from church. It was so nice to go to dinner and of course we went to see Fireproof which if you have not seen it oh my please go it was wonderful. My hubby didn't care about going to see it because he said he was no big fan of Kirt Cameron, but since we were going with a group then he didn't really have much say in the matter. :) But after the movie he said he was surprised at how good it was and that he really enjoyed seeing it.

The next best thing is that ever since the kids spent the night with my parents they want to all the time, last time it was just bailee and bryson but they all 3 were going to stay this time. Wow its so weird to be in the house where usually all you hear are kids and then not to hear that it was strange. So saturday for sure made up for my rotten time last week. I really enjoyed my me time and then my time with friends and david that night. Oh and just an update work was much better today thankfully. I will try and stick it out a little longer. :0

I NEED TO VENT

2008-11-13T16:13:00.000-08:00

OK here goes, I have had some pretty rotten times lately, now I know that there are others that have probably gone thru more than what I have but I just cant hardly take it anymore.

As you all know I work at the Parents Day out where the kids go. Well this year has been one stressful year I have 16 kids not so reliable help and just a lot has gone on this year that shouldn't.

Now the other factor is church. WE have merged well unofficially with Alta Loma, which with David being a deacon, on the transition committee, budget and finance, who knows what all else he always has a meeting, or something involving church, now don't get me wrong im thankful he is involved in church but I think sometimes he is too involved when we have 3 small kids at home.

I know I have the life that I have and I am thankful for my family but sometimes life is just too overwhelming like the 3 year old who will not stop talking to me right now while im trying to type. Im just a screaming person on the inside. I feel like all I ever do is try and have a relationship with he Lord things are good for a short time and then poof im back on that road where every time you try to take a step in the right direction you fall in this huge hole in the road and you get up to fall right back into the next one.

I know that the whole time we are here on earth we are not promised a bed of roses but sometimes I want to just go fall in a bed of roses and not worry about all I have to deal with sometimes.

Mentally, emotionally, and physically I'm exhausted. A lot of days I feel like all I do is just say Lord if I just make it thru this day.

Now today at work this other co-worker of mine was so awful to me that I have and am seriously considering whether or not I will return to work there. Now its such a catch 22 because my kids go there and love it, its a little bit of income, but I don't get a break from kids so the only benefit for me is a little extra cash and I keep thinking is it worth it? Is it worth dealing with 16 kids all day and then by the time you get home you have no patience what so ever with your own kids that you yell at them every time they open their mouth?, Is it worth it when you have to bear the load of someone else who just because their having a bad day you receive their wrath???? YOU know its just insane its like when Paul said "I do the things I don't want but don't do the things I should" so I'm faced with the decision whether or not I eliminate this stressful job and focus only on my family or continue in this situation for just a little extra cash? But then am I showing a quitter attitude just because I have a bad day??? Or I should say a bad last 2 weeks!!! SO anyway sorry for the unload but I just have to let it out..

Nine month update

2008-11-04T13:16:00.000-08:00

Well can you believe it Bella was nine months old on the 25th of October and she had her well visit yesterday. SHe weighed in at a huge 16.12 ha ha such a huge weight right. I cant believe this baby is so small im use to the other 2 being in the size of cloths their same age and Bella can still wear a 3-6 month its crazy. Even her height she is like 25th percent. I guess she is going to be short and sweet. :) Anyways the doctor said she looked great. Thats always a good thing. Its so hard to believe how fast it goes with the 3rd child... I remember this time last year and getting so excited about her arrival. Here are some pictures of her over the last few months. Enjoy.

Candy, Candy, and more Candy.....

2008-11-01T20:31:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have the cutest pumpkin from the patch, the scariest Dragon, and the best singing Hannah Montana. :) Sorry im bragging too much huh?

We went to nana's house first on Halloween and from there we headed to Moss Wright Park to trick or treat along the trail. This is the first year we have gone there and it was really really nice. We ran in to Meredith, Mark from the old Riverside Praise team's wife, she was handing out candy and couldnt believe that we had 3 kids. Last time we saw her we only had Bailee. It was great to see her.

After that we headed to our church were they were having trunk or treat. The kids have so much candy. Its not good to have around when im still trying to get my weight off for insurance. Also the kids ask every 5 minutes for a piece of candy.

WE carved our pumpkin before we headed out yesterday. It was so funny because Bryson didnt want to touch it. Bailee liked it though she was having fun playing with the strings and seeds.

A camping we will go......

2008-10-31T05:57:00.001-07:00

OK so the kids have been wanting to go camping here is how it all unfolded:

Last Friday it poured rain all day, Saturday David had to work but would be off Monday. His big idea hey lets go somewhere close Sunday right after church and we will come back Monday afternoon. OK sounds like a great idea. Well you all know how hard it is to get ready for church with kids anyways, not to mention trying to make sure you have everything for a camping trip, hooking up a trailer and still being late for church no matter how early you get up

Well we made it. We went to Cages Bend in Gallatin a beautiful place. WE had a spot right on the lake and a great view. My mom and dad hung out with us that afternoon and then took Bella home with them.

Let the fun begin..... ha yeah well at 7:00 pm Bryson started throwing up. Yeah right whats worse than having a kid puke while camping... not bad you say well he threw up 2 more times and then went to bed. We thought OK if he will sleep we will stay. We went to be about 11:00 and Bryson threw up once more when we went to bed but went back to sleep. At this point we are sleepy and just think we well will try to stay. Well guess what at 12:00 Bailee wakes up throwing up. Yeah for us right well she gets it all over her pillow and she no longer stops and bryson starts again. I look at David and I say WE ARE GOING HOME. He agrees, throws the tent not neatly folded into the trailer, and accidentally throws away bailee's nice jacket, PJ's and brand new long johns away thinking it was trash but not realizing this until we are in Madison 10 minutes from home UGGGH!! What a time right. Well we get home about 1:45 am get the kids to bed after they puke one more time and get some sleep.

Monday we throw the tent up disinfect it, do like 6 loads of laundry and pick up Bella from my moms house. Sounds OK right.... NOT at 10:30 Monday night guess what? I start puking, and then guess what at 12:30 David starts puking. Oh my can I take much more???

Anyways we rested all day Tuesday felt human again by Wednesday which was my 28th birthday where we ran all day doing errands that had been neglected for 2 days, took bella to the doctor because of an ear infection ugh do we ever stop? Today is super busy being Halloween and all the kids are hiper as if they have already had a full IV of pure sugar. I think the only way to survive is to have one of the sugar IV's myself. :)

SO there you have it another interesting story from our family. I did get some great pics before all the craziness happened. Happy Halloween everyone. :)

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-31T05:52:00.000-07:00

Saturday almost a week ago we went to a local church pumpkin patch. I really wanted the kids to go to a farm pumpkin patch but it just wasnt working out for time sake. But the kids enjoyed the one we went to and I got a few pics. Enjoy.

World Series, Mid-life crisis, and MOHAWKS

2008-10-20T19:32:00.000-07:00

Well you all know how much my dad LOVES Florida sports teams, and it just so happens that the Tampa Bay Rays won their 4th game last night which bought them a ticket to the World Series 2008.

My dad had already said that if they went to the World Series he was going to get a MOHAWK. Now the reason is because if you have seen most of the players including the coach has a RAY HAWK. :)

Well David and his part time barber skills gave him his Mohawk. Now I for one thought he did a good job and that the Mohawk doesn't look bad. My mom on the other hand said she will not be seen in public with him :) We were telling him to spike it up too on the top she told us to stop encouraging my dad and be on her side but that would not be too fun. WE also told him for Halloween he should color the Mohawk blue. :)
Enjoy the pics I just had to share. :)

My 1st Award YEAH

2008-10-19T13:27:00.000-07:00

My friend over at Baldisbeatiful.blogspot.com gave me my 1st blogger award. THANKS

Now my task is to nominate 7 other blogs, well most of the blogs I read are the ones he nominated but I do have two So here they are

* My friend Kirsten over at Bearsintennessee.blogspot.com- She is a great friend, we attended church with her and her family for almost 10 years. I have watched their kids grow, have babysat them, and we may not always stay in touch but thank goodness for blogs because that is the best way to stay in touch.

* My friend Rob over at recoveringperfectionist.typepad.com- Rob is my former music minister, also Kirstens husband. Rob in my opinion is by far THE BEST Worship leader I have had!! THanks Rob for all your leadership that you gave us at Riverside. I also love reading your blog, its nice to know that I am not the only one that has spiritual struggles.

Pass on the blog love award. :)

Cool Air, campfire's, and SMORE's

2008-10-19T13:12:00.000-07:00

Whats better than that? Friday night it was so cool outside and so as a family we built a bonfire and roasted marshmellows, made smore's and had some good ole fashion family time.

The kids really want to go camping which we are going to do next weekend, but we thought doing one of the fun things about camping before we go would be a treat for the kids. If it involves chocolate and marshmellows they are all in. :)

Now the only thing is they want to do it everynight now. :) Bella even got in on the action, she loved the graham crackers and she did try a marshmellow but didnt like the texture.

Enjoy the pictures.

WHEWWW

2008-10-14T16:14:00.000-07:00

OK so all I can say is im worn out. Things have been really crazy around here. Every monday we have Music at 9:30 for Bryson and Bailee has dance that night at 6:00. Not to mention we have to go grocery shopping, go to the bank, post office, and anything else needing to be done for the day.

Tuesday is school enough said.

Wednesday the library or the playground

Thursday School enough said

Friday: Oh friday I know your wondering why im boring you with my weekly schedule, here's why: You see on Friday we always have this idea of going off. Usually to grab a bite of lunch, walmart, nana's house. Just whatever we decide for the day.

Well when we go to Walmart it is always such an ordeal. We are usually there forever because we have to look at cloths, toys, and then get what we came for in the 1st place. Well Friday a week ago Bryson just insisted the I need dish washing liquid, when I didnt and he tried to throw it over in the buggy well guess what happened? It landed hard in the floor breaking it and spilling Palmolive out everywhere. I was not a happy mom at that moment.

That brings us to this past friday the 10th. After running a lot of errands we stopped in at Burger King for lunch, school was out the place was packed. I put Bella in the highchair and proceded to get Bailee and Bryson's lunch out when all of a sudden Bella flips herself out of her highchair hits her head on the table and i grab her moments before she hits the hard floor. WHEWWWWWWW!!!!!!! I felt like the worst mom ever there was. She is so fast and in to everything. She thinks she can eat anything and everything that we eat. She so far has had broccoli, green beans, ritz crackers, yogurt. All with 2 teeth. Im just so thankful that she was not hurt, she cried for a few minutes and was just wanting her food. Go figure. She did have a bump on her forhead for a short time but was gone before we even got home. Its just crazy. I honestly do not know how people with more than 3 kids handle it. Oh and I forgot last sunday we went to the Circus, it was the kids 1st time, they loved it and we had such a great time.

Ok im done boring you with my crazy life.

More Birthday Pictures...

2008-10-02T18:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures from Bryson's birthday that my uncle glenn had taken. Just wanted to share them because he got some really good pictures.

Happy 3rd Birthday Bryson

2008-09-30T17:24:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been crazy around here. Today is Bryson's 3rd birthday. We celebrated Saturday with a Chucke E Cheese party. Boy was that crazy on a SATURDAY!!! Bryson had 3 girls come all the boys couldn't come. Lucky him huh!! The party was a pirate theme so Bryson was all decked out and i was so excited to find the pirate ship cake pan for his cake it worked out perfect. He was scared to death of ole Chuck E Cheese. I could not leave his side when Chucke came out to do the whole birthday scene. We were there for a ridiculous 4 and a half hours, now the party only lasted for an hour and a half but we had so many tokens to use it took that long. Bryson got lots of nice new toys and some cloths and a new training wheel bike and the best of all was his guitar that we got him. It's so cute he will sit around and just strum along on his guitar, he loves it.

Monday we went to grandma and grandpa A's to celebrate with them and they got him a little kid keyboard on a stand with a microphone he loves it.

Today we took cupcakes to school and then when we got home we made a chocolate cake with chocolate icing. WE all had a piece after dinner and it was so yummy. Anyways enjoy the pics and video's. I cant believe my boy is 3. :)

Ok forget the video's i have been trying to post 2 different video's and it is taken FOREVER. I will try again later.

Hairy situation.....

2008-09-23T17:21:00.000-07:00

Bailee: Mommy my hair is shedding..

Me: Do what? Come here right now.

Bailee: Why?

Me: Because let me see whats in your hand?

Bailee: "Bryson" told me to cut hair......

Me: WHAT??? I can not believe u listened to your Brother. When do you ever do what he tells you to do?

Bailee: Well he told me to do it first.

In a mad but wanting to laugh voice I sent them both to their rooms. I of course had to take pictures. I knew one day they would experiment with cutting hair but it just took me by suprise today. I was so shocked.

Im sure glad that we are going out to dinner for our Anniversary tonight. WE have been married for 8 years today. Its crazy to think 8 years later and 3 kids who do such silly things.

Anyways had to share my new hair stylist with you.

Gas O Gas where art thou?????

2008-09-20T09:36:00.000-07:00

Well if you dont live in TN then u may not have any gas problems but yesterday am David called me and told me I needed to go fill up the van and put gas in his gas can. Well OK so I head out and got to Krogers NO GAS!! I drove all the way to madison, NO GAS. Its crazy so finally I found gas at the opry mills area. I filled up the van and the gas can. I sure hope the shortage doesnt last too long because i may have to walk to work.

FINALLY......

2008-09-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

Bella has FINALLY cut her 1st tooth. SHe has been teething for what seems like forever but tuesday we finally discovered her new tooth. The best part about it is she slept thru the night tuesday night. YEAH!!! I guess that little booger was keeping her up all those nights. Anyways I just thought id share in my joy of a new tooth. :) Who can believe that she is almost 8 months it has really gone fast. I find myself thinking wow if we dont have anymore kids this is the last time I will have a little baby to snuggle with and it makes me a little sad. I had said for a while that we were done but as Bella gets older I sometimes think we just maybe will look at having another one when Bella is 3 or something I dont know. But then I have to get over that feeling eventually I cant keep having another baby everytime I get that feeling of I want a little baby to snuggle. How do you ever get over that feeling? Is it that once you are a mother you will never have that im done feeling deep down because its our instincts? OK im done babbling. Hope everyone has a great weekend. I will post a pic of her soon. to go with the post but she is napping right now and did not sleep all day at school.

Like Father Like Son.....

2008-09-15T12:11:00.000-07:00

OK so Sunday morning we are all getting ready for church and Bryson comes out looking like the above picture. I told him im not so sure you should wear cowboy boots with shorts and his reply was Well Daddy said it looked ok. UGH!!! David and I do not agree on fashion and for all I know maybe there is no couple that agree's on fashion. None the less I thought it was cute, he got some cute chuckles at church and the best part he thought he looked good. Thats all that matters right!

Oh by the way I was told to make a correction from my last post: Aunt Amy wanted me to state the fact that it was not her that wanted to go back to the beach that it is all UNCLE JOHNS FAULT!!! OK sis in law it has now officially been stated in the blogging world. :)

Updates

2008-09-12T07:15:00.000-07:00

Well things have just been crazy around here. Let me start with last week.

Monday Labor Day: hanging out with family getting ready for the 1st day of school on tuesday.

Tuesday: 1st day of school which was mad crazy I have 16 3 year olds. OMG!!! It is crazy.

Wednesday: did nothing tried to recover from the day before.

Thursday: School, not as crazy as the 1st day so thats always good.

Friday: Bella ran a fever all day and night.

Saturday: Aunt Amy and Uncle John decide to return to Myrtle Beach so she and I go visit with grandma and grandpa A and david actually babysat all 3 kids. That evening we went on a 3 mile walk to the new bridge that goes over to 2 rivers park.

Sunday: Church

Monday: Aunt Amy and John leave, Bryson runs a fever all day all the way up to 105. Bailee had dance.

Tuesday: School and today mommy doesnt feel well and runs a fever that night.

Wednesday: Mommy has strep throat. VERY painful

Thursday: School

and that leads me to today, we are going to go visit with nana because I have been so busy that I havent even seen her for 3 weeks. That is bad. So that is last week and this week in a nut shell. The picture of the kids is the 1st day of school I just love the picture. Bella is becomeing such a handfull. She is pulling up and crawling so fast that we all have to look before we walk because she will be right under you before you know it. Ok thats it for today. Hopefully I wont take so long to post next time.

Labor of Love

2008-09-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

Well our Labor Day consisted of hanging out with Aunt Amy and Uncle John who just moved back here from Myrtle Beach and are staying with us until they find a place. Gran Gran and Banky were here with us too.

We played in the pool, cooked out, and of course watched John and Kate plus 8 marathon. Who wouldnt right. David doesnt like to watch the show he wasnt too happy but he was out numbered.

When we were out by the pool china came up on the deck and I just had to get a picture of David, Bailee, and China they are so cute. Bailee has turned in to an animal nut. She said she wants a poodle and I said absolutely not. For all those who remember poor coco I think I have had enough experiences with poodle's. :)

Another 1st for Bella

2008-08-28T15:45:00.000-07:00

It was a big suprise to walk in after Bella's nap today to find her standing up. In saying that we have not lowered her mattress yet but I do believe it will be done tonight before she goes to bed. I just had to get a little video clip of it. Enjoy.

My little dancer...

2008-08-25T19:35:00.000-07:00

Our first day of dance was awesome. Well there were a few mix ups at first but are all straight now. Bailee loved dance and now that is all she wants to play.

She mastered a flip in tumbling tonight and is so excited and even came home and taught bryson how to flip its so cute. She had ballet, tap, and acrobatics. She said next week they will learn a cartwheel she is so excited about that. Anyways here is a few pics of her before we left.

It's Official

2008-08-24T16:34:00.000-07:00

Well the time has come. I posted a while back that we( our church) was looking at merging with another church due to the neighborhood changing and our church spiralling down. A lot like Riverside in a black community and having a hard time surviving as a church. About a month ago the church voted to have the church put on the market we were not sure at the time where the Lord was going to lead us but felt we were following His will.

Now when I say a match made in Heaven I'm not being silly. This opportunity that we have is wonderful and from the Lord. We are merging with Alta Loma Baptist Church in Rivergate. They have no staff members except a secretary, the have a few younger couples more than we have beings that David and I are the one and only young couple at Hillhurst.

The kids will have a Sunday school class and mission friends which they are extremely excited about. Its just an all around great thing.

Today we had our last service at Hillhurst a BIG homecoming service and I mean big 300+ it was great to see the place packed out and people in the balcony. It was very emotional for a lot of people and brought back a lot of feelings we all had leaving Riverside. Bro Dick of course had the service since he pastored that church for 27 years and we had lunch and a time of sharing what Hillhurst meant to so many. It was a great time. So now on with the new chapter which we are very excited about. I think we will loose some people but you cant please everyone.

I wasn't so sure I was ready for another merger because they are so much work and we are or David I should say is so heavily involved in this merger, more so than at Riverside. But we know that this is of the Lord and you don't mind the work when you know its all for His Kingdom.

OK that's it for today. Bailee starts dance tomorrow I will have a post on that I'm sure.

FUN, FUN, FUN

2008-08-18T07:27:00.001-07:00

OK I know you are wondering what these pictures are all about right. Well this weekend David and I got the chance to escape overnight. Thanks to my wonderful mom who is always so willing to keep our kids. :) We booked a room at the INN at Montgomery Bell State Park where the view is beautiful. We went out Friday looking for somewhere to eat dinner and on our way we passed a drive in movie so naturally not having one where we live we were very excited.

They were showing Batman the Dark Knight. I wasn't so sure I cared about seeing Batman but it was more that it was a drive in. We actually ended up enjoying the movie. It was so nice outside it was perfect weather for a drive in movie. The next day we had breakfast at the inn checked out the pool, and the hot tub and the scene which is so pretty.

They also have paddle boats, john boats, and canoes for rental so we rented a paddle boat.
That is why there are pictures of our feet. It was such a great time for us. You forget how different kids make your relationship. I came home and told my mom we were going to do this every weekend, her reply "you better get a new babysitter" Bella had here up every 2 hours. Now she See's what I go through every night. :) I recommend that if you have kids and you have the opportunity to get away like that its great for your marriage.

WE plan on hopefully getting to do this again next month for our 8th wedding anniversary. We may have to find another babysitter but hopefully our good gran gran will help us out again. :)

SUPRISE........

2008-08-09T19:49:00.000-07:00

the birthday boy
His cake from Sam's
My "30" cupcake design
Blowing out candles

NO I am not pregnant that is not the suprise. Monday David turns 30 so I wanted to suprise him and boy did I. He did not have a clue, I had his mom take him out shopping to get him out of the house. It was perfect I didn't even tell the kids because I knew they would tell him.

I was wondering if he was a little curious as to what was going on but he said he really did not have a clue that I was planning this party. It was a lot of fun. He was a little shocked that I didn't make his cake but I told him he would have really known something was up then.

I took a few pictures only when someone reminded me I didn't even have the camera out. OOps I forgot about the camera I dont know why I cant remember the camera lately. Notice in the one picture where David is blowing out his candles and Bella tries to grab a cupcake. She thought they looked good. Anyways I just had to share about how I finally suprised my hubby.

my sweet 6 month old

2008-08-05T07:02:00.000-07:00

Monday we had Bella's 6 month check up. She weighed 15 and a half pounds and was 24 inches long I think im not so sure im correct on the length. The doctor said she was growing perfectly. She was shocked that she was crawling too. SHe also told me that it was ok that I already started her on fruits and veggies good thing right since she has been since the first of July. SHe is teething trying to get her bottom teeth and she is very very fussy. SHe had me up till 4 am on sunday night. I was worn out monday, thankfully though she slept very well last night. I wanted to post some pics from the last 6 months to show how she has grown. Enjoy

Bryson Oh Bryson

2008-08-02T09:04:00.000-07:00

The kids were out playing in the sand and water table when I looked out and this is what I found. Bailee had already come back inside though so it was all Bryson being such a boy. Enjoy the pictures I know I do.

A picking we will go.....

2008-07-31T18:29:00.000-07:00

No I do not mean our nose. :) Sorry had to say it.

Thursday was a great day to go blueberrie picking, and thats just what we did. Bailee, Bryson, Carter, Paul, and Elijah all friends from school ventured down to Franklin to the Golden Bell Blueberry Farm.

We had great weather it was overcast, but still very humid. The kids had a great time. It was my first time picking berried myself and really enjoyed it. I didnt want to stop it was so fun.

Bailee every time i looked at her was picking one for her bucket and the other went straight to her mouth I thought they were going to have to weight her before we left. :)

Next week the crop is suppose to be even better, any takers on going? It's 2.50 a pound which is a great price. They are delicious too I cant keep Bailee out of them.

Oh by the way Bella is crawling non stop its the cute army crawl. I think I may have my hands full with her. She is all over the place.

I forgot to take the camera with us so I got these pics when we got home. Sorry they are a little blurry.

All about Bailee......

2008-07-25T06:41:00.000-07:00

OK so you know when Bailee heard that Bryson had his own blog post I had to put this one on. :)

Bailee is doing really well in the pool this year. So that is what her post is focused on. She started the summer in a ring float and now on the the arm floaties. We were going to do swimming lessons until we realized the cost effective classes for 2 kids was in Smyrna and the gas costing 3.99 a gallon, well maybe next year. Bailee says she is teaching herself. I guess so in a way, but I want her to be trained professionally.

She also wants me to show off her art work. She said "she was a great artist and that she didn't to go to art class because she was already good." Wow I have my hands full right.?

She is going to be starting dance in the fall, we went last night and checked out the studio and signed her up. She will take a combo of ballet, tap, and acrobatics. She is so excited. I will have lot's of post then of her.

Here are some pictures and a little video of her swimming. Enjoy

All about Bryson......

2008-07-23T09:57:00.000-07:00

Bryson is closing in on 3 years of age. The closer he gets the funnier he gets. He is completely into the Guitar. I keep telling him he will get one for his birthday. Well Saturday night he got very creative. He took his red devil play vacuum and pretended it was his guitar. Absolutely adorable I wanted to go buy him his guitar right then.

Then he is so sweet and so helpful. Bryson always wants to help me do things. I asked him to go get laundry out of the dryer and put it in the basket, because I was holding Bella because she was fussing due to her 1st ear infection. So HE gets all the laundry in the basket and brings it to the living room for me he is so sweet. Then he helped fold it and put it away. How sweet. He will make a great Husband one day. I just had to brag on my boy today.

He will start a fundamental music class this fall to encourage his love of the guitar and piano. He is so excited.

Myrtle Beach adventures

2008-07-21T08:02:00.001-07:00

Bailee at Barefoot Landing

Broadway at the Beach

Playing Putt Putt
Our Aunt shirts

OK so more on our vacation. So you all know we went to the Red Neck Zoo. Well we also had some other fun things we did as well. We went to this place called Broadway at the Beach got a nice family picture I think the first actual family photo since Bella has been born. Broadway at the beach was just a lot of shops and restaurants. Of course their had to be shops. :) You know me and my shopping. They had this big lake of water in the middle where you could feed some fish paddle boat, and ride in a little tourist boat.

We also went to this place called Barefoot landing where guess what more shops, and restaurants. There at 10:15 the kids experienced their first firework show. They have always been too scared in the past. Well they loved them except for Bryson he cried he is not a big fan of loud things. :) Bella didn't even cry I was surprised.

Then on our last day there we went and played miniature golf. That was also the first time the kids played this game. It took a little while but it was fun. It was inside a volcano so the pictures aren't too good. The kids loved playing though. I hope you enjoy the pictures. This is I promise the last post on our vacation. I just realized I had these good pictures to post. :)

Oh yeah the picture of the kids laying down in their t'shirts, their Aunt Amy got those shirts for them they are so cute.

Baby Love

2008-07-18T07:45:00.000-07:00

Bella is so much fun right now. On Monday I had bought the kids some Hannah Montanna Guitar suckers and one was sour and Bryson asked me to get the sour off for him. Well at one point I had to stop and take a break and Bella the sneak that she is grab it from me and stuck it right in her mouth. She loved it she never even made a funny face because of the sour stuff. Another thing she loves is banana Popsicles the kids will be eating them out by the pool and she just wants her own every time. She thinks she should be eating what we eat it is so funny.

Her other new thing is she says Momma. Yeah she said momma first. Well Thursday night I was in the kitchen washing dishes and cooking dinner and she just kept saying momma and so I wanted to capture it on video and of course as soon as I turned on the camera she stopped. I love the little laugh she just kept doing like this woman is crazy she thinks I can say momma. :)

It is so sweet to hear them say momma for the first time no matter whether its the first or third its just so priceless. I hope you enjoy the video and I hope to catch her saying momma soon. :)

She also does this sweet little lip smack like she's giving you a kiss. This morning when she woke up I was holding her and told her good morning and she grab my face and said momma. I think she did that because she had me up all night. :)

Red Neck Zoo

2008-07-14T11:08:00.001-07:00

Yes you read right. We went to one of the most strangest zoo's ever. Last Monday at Myrtle Beach it was raining but 20 minutes away where there was a zoo it wasnt. So we loaded the kids and off we went. When they said admission was only 7 dollars for an adult that should have been the 1st clue.

When we pull in to the drive of the Zoo there is a peacock running free and we think oh no its gotten out of the fence we better tell them. But to our suprise they let ALL the peacocks run free. They we everywhere we turned. When we get into the area where the animals are they are just all in chain link fence. For 5 dollars you can buy a huge freezer bag of food to feed to them all. Some fences said CAUTION WE MAY BITE, and some said DO NOT HAND FEED WE WILL BITE. Uncle John didnt read those signs, thankfully he didnt lose a hand or fingers. :)

Now I have to say this Zoo had such a variety of animals and even animals we havent seen at the big zoo's such as 3 huge Lions, Black Bears, Bob cats, Leopards, Mountain Lions, cows, llama's, and my all time favorite was the ZONKEY. A zonkey is half donkey and half zebra. It was very interesting its legs were white and black stripe, the body was brown and black stripe, and the head was a donkey. I was not able to get any pictures of that animal but Amy will send them to me and then I will post them. But here are a few of the others that we did get.

beach video

2008-07-12T14:08:00.001-07:00

I forgot to put the video from the beach of the kids playing in the sand. Enjoy!!

Vacations over already......

2008-07-12T13:16:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone long time no post. When we got our computer fixed we didnt have an updated virus protector so we didnt use the computer, then we were out of town for vacation for a week. We left on the 4th and drove all day with 3 kids to Myrtle Beach that is were David's sister and husband live. We did not do anything big for the 4th we were too worn out from the drive. I did get pictures of the kids in their 4th attire. Bella loved the beach she did so well to be 5 and a half months old. I hope you enjoy the pictures from the beach. Good to be back on the blog. Amy and John tried to get me to stay with them there in Myrtle Beach with Bella it sounded good but I couldnt stay and not come home with the rest of the crew. A huge thanks to uncle John for cooking all our meals and cleaning up afterwards. I didnt realize how much time that actually took. That was a vacation if any just to not have to do that. I will post other pictures and things we did in another post. Enjoy

Lesson Learned

2008-06-24T07:43:00.000-07:00

OK so the question was asked how did the pool get a bazillion holes in it. My husband decided last winter instead of closing the pool down he was just going to leave it as is. Well HE learned a lesson there because remember in October when we had the big tree to fall in the back yard? Well since the winter cover was not on the pool when that tree fell toward the pool a bazillion little and big tree branches fell into the pool. In return that put little bitty holes in the liner. Lets just say that when we were cleaning that friday that there was so much debree that we swept it all up with a broom. So I asked David did he learn a lesson that you ALWAYS put on the winter cover whether the pool is green or clear. He answered yes I know. Thankfully they have underwater pool patches that fixed the problem so 6 dollars verses 400 for a whole new liner. Oh yeah I will let you know what my water bill is since it took 24 hours to fill the pool back up and then for a whole week we had to run water in the pool for 4 hours a day. I will accept donations :)

YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-22T16:25:00.000-07:00

I am so happy when we got home from church today we had a message to call Scott and guess what he is so awesome because he got our computer fixed. So here is a big THANK YOU TO SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!! We are more than thankful for such a kind thing that he did.

So here is whats been happening.... We got the pool fixed and my kids are like little fish they love the pool this year yeah. Im over the whole postpartum depression stuff YEAH the Lord totally took care of that a few weeks ago at church.

Fathers Day weekend we had a cookout on saturday and then on sunday we made breakfast in bed for David, and spent the afternoon with his grandparents. Oh yeah I forgot to mention we had a 16 ft span of small pin holes in the pool david patched those as well that saturday.

Our church is in the process of looking at either merging with another church or having to close the doors by the end of the year. Yes can you believe it we are smack dab in the middle of another merge never thought we would have to go thru that again. The Lord is working in this situation. He is also using us because we have gone thru a merger not so long ago and know what really has to happen for it to work. Please pray for David as he is chairman of the committee looking at merging and also he is chairman of deacons so this makes him incredibly busy and with his hours he works then meetings during the week it makes it very hard. OK so that in itself is huge. :0

Bella is growing so much. She is rolling over, scooting, lovin the cereal, and just cute as a button. Sorry is that bad of me since im her mom??

So thats our life in a little nut shell since ive been out of pocket. I hope to get caught up on all the blogs very soon.

Hey Im back

2008-06-21T16:23:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone I feel like i have missed out so much. Thanks to Rent A Center we now are using a laptop I really needed one for my avon orders. A big thanks to Scott he is trying to fix our other computer. I hope it can be fixed. It will take me a little while to get caught up and I wont be able to post any pics for a while. Just a short note to say hey everyone I missed blogging its quit addictive. More to come soon.

Comp crash

2008-06-10T08:48:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone I do not have a computer right now. It crashed last week and I am using my neighbors computer. It is such a bummer I cant keep up with everyone right now. Just a quick update we spent 12 hours cleaning on the pool last friday and it is now clear and ready to swim yeah. We have been enjoying it the last 2 days. If anyone knows of a good computer repair call me. Ok thats all for now I will post when I can. Love to all.

Bella

2008-05-27T15:26:00.000-07:00

What a weekend. We got Bella's room finished finally. It was so weird to have her in her own room last night. She slept well in a bigger bed though. She was outgrowing the bassinet quickly. Bella had her 4 month check today and she weighed 13 lbs and 7 ounces. She was 23 and a half inches long and we got to start cereal. She loved the cereal much better than the other 2 did she got upset when I didn't give her anymore. Here are pictures of her room and a updated picture of her. Enjoy.

Ready, Set, Cut

2008-05-24T21:37:00.000-07:00

Friday was the big day. Yes my dad after 2 whole years got his hair cut for locks of love. He had an 8 inch pony tail that they will donate. I have before, during, and after pictures. My mom is very happy for all that hair to be gone. She loves his new hair cut.

Working Hard......

2008-05-22T05:52:00.000-07:00

Monday mom and dad took the kids for me to run errands and exercise. Well Bailee and Bryson just love it when Banky is at home so he put them to work. They had so much fun carrying sticks to the road and playing outside all day. They took some cute pictures of them. He also got some cute pictures of Bella while she was with Gran Gran inside.

Graduation

2008-05-21T06:08:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday Chelsea graduated from Beech High School. Yes I said Chelsea isnt that so hard to believe. Bailee was so excited to go to a Graduation and we all went to dinner afterwards. Chelsea kept letting Bailee wear her hat it was so cute it was like a fast forward looking at bailee in that graduation hat. It was great to be with them and we got lots of great pictures.

Funky

2008-05-18T18:00:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am having one of those im in a funky mood for who knows what reason. I felt that way on Wednesday too. I dont know if its like postpartum depression or what or if you can even experience that this late but I just feel funky on the inside. Maybe for one my 2 oldest kids never listen to me and are getting to where they just act terrible for me. Its like they are just different kids lately. I try and give them equal attention but is that really possible when there is 3 kids and only 1 of me? School is fixing to be out and I think what is it going to be like? Even the time that I am writing this Bailee has kicked her brother in the mouth and then pushed him!! HELLO see what I mean. Bailee has never been a mean spirited girl or maybe its just I dont understand the whole sibling thing. Any ideas????

Spongebob young and old

2008-05-16T20:05:00.003-07:00

Yes some of us never grow up right? Well we bought the kids some spongebob pj's today and tonight at bedtime I see this. Too cute huh? I totally forgot that David had this spongebob shirt I knew he had the spongebob pj pants because I bought them for him. I thought they were so cute. I begged them to let me get their picture I wanted it to be in the spongebob bathroom but they chose the couch. Spongebob is for the young and the old. He gets on my last nerve to be honest I think I could tell you what every show is about just by the title of it. Oh well I guess it could be worse at least it isnt the Wiggles. :)

What a Zoo

2008-05-11T19:08:00.000-07:00

This weekend we traveled to Atlanta for baby Luke's funeral, we have been around baby Luke's aunt and uncle for a long while now and since we had the opportunity to be there and support them we did. While we were there we decided to visit Zoo Atlanta. It was very nice similar to Nashville Zoo but they had a lot of Gorillas a lot more than our zoo. I love the one of the Gorilla making a nice pose for me. Bailee loved the goats and we had to really convince her to leave them. We spent the whole day there, spent way too much money on food there, but you have to eat and they know it at a place like that. I hope you enjoy the pictures and video.

One, Two, Three, Four

2008-05-05T12:38:00.001-07:00

The Moll and Adkinson family
Bro. Jerry praying over Bella
Bella all dressed up
Let's start with Thursday: I went back to work at Parent's Day Out. It was very hard leaving Bella even though she was just right across the hall. That was a busy day in itself.
Friday: It was banky's birthday also know as Howard so off to breakfast we went and got caught out in pouring rain.
Saturday: I made a Caramel cake from scratch, left at 11:30 to do a little shopping, 1:00 pm 2 haircuts and Bailee's ears pierced. Then we spent an 1and a half hours in Lowe's. We came home only for about 30 minutes to leave once again to celebrate banky and nana's birthday. Whew this was a crazy day.
Sunday: 9:00 am new contemporary service at church, 9:45 sunday school, 11:00 Morning service which included Bella's baby dedication. 2:00 pm birthday party at the park. 6:00 pm we all crashed and took a nap.

So this is just how busy we have been. Im feeling like im in a whirlwind. Today has not been slow either. Bailee had to be at the dentist at 10:45 we had grocery shopping to do and back to work tommorrow.

I hope you enjoy the video of Bailee and the pictures of Bella.

Guess who update

2008-04-24T09:24:00.001-07:00

Alright so the pictures were easier for you than I thought. They dont look as much a like in the picture I took of Bella than in real life. I did dig through some old pictures of David just so you can see how much all 3 of my kids favor him instead of me. He has no idea that these are on here, but if he thinks this is bad he should just wait and see how it is when he turns 30 in August. :) If I had a picture of my sister in law you could see how much bailee looks like her too but I will have to get her to send me one. Amy if you read this email me a pic. of you K. :) Enjoy

Guess who??

2008-04-22T13:51:00.000-07:00

OK here are some tricky pictures for you. Can you guess which is which? Which picture is Bailee and which picture is Bella? I will post who is right in another post or it may not be too hard who knows. I guess im not ever going to have a baby to look like me. The Adkinson gene is just too strong. Have fun making your guess. :)

My not so wild daughter

2008-04-17T09:58:00.000-07:00

Bailee of course had to do the same thing that Bryson did but as you can see she is not so wild and a little more cautious. I promise im not always going to post video but I knew if I didnt put her on here she would be upset.

My wild son

2008-04-17T09:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we were out playing and my son got this big idea to ride his little bike down the ramp at our front door. The first time he did it he went backwards and the look on his face was priceless and of course I didnt have the camera because I didnt know he was going to do it. Anyways I just had to share this. Enjoy

Update on the new rooms

2008-04-17T09:12:00.000-07:00

Bathroom
yes david found spongebob border
corner shower
Closet, yes that is a refrigerator :) that is sadly staying put
bedroom going back into the dining room

2008-04-17T07:20:00.000-07:00

Oh so sweet

2008-04-16T14:46:00.000-07:00

Our kids love to sleep on the couch and it looks as though we have another new fan of sleeping on the couch. Bryson and Bella decided to take a nap as you see by the pictures. Then after they woke up they decided to snuggle oh so sweetly. When I said I had to get a picture Bailee had to be added in of course. Im glad my children love each other so well.

My little entertainer

2008-04-16T14:25:00.000-07:00

Bryson loves to sing. He also likes to stand on the ladder. I decided to video him while he made us laugh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Ist dentist trip

2008-04-16T14:05:00.000-07:00

Monday Bailee had her very first dentist visit. It was a good visit even though she has 2 very small cavities that we will have taken care of in a few weeks. They took a picture of her getting her teeth cleaned. She likes the dentist for now I hope it stays that way. She does have a new obsession about her teeth. Im ok with that since it will save us money on dental bills.

Baby talk

2008-04-12T13:33:00.000-07:00

Hey here is a little baby talk for you. Bella has been very vocal and I finally got it on video without the other 2 kids talking in the background, well it is kept to a minimum. They just really don't know when to stop talking, but I guess that is part of being a kid. I hope to have more to come. Enjoy.

Its pouring rain outside

2008-04-04T06:27:00.000-07:00

OK im no song writer but this popped in my head. It's tune is from the Farmer in the Dell.

The first child woke with the rain
the first child woke with the rain
oh no its pouring rain the first child woke with the rain

The second child cried with the thunder
the 2nd child cried with the thunder
oh no its pouring rain the 2nd child cried with thunder

the 2nd child woke the 3rd
the 2nd woke the 3rd
oh no its pouring rain the 2nd woke the 3rd.

now were all in one bed
now were all in one bed
oh no its pouring rain
now mommies falling out the bed.

Thats what happens when you are laying in a very crowded queen size bed with 4 people in it. The picture doesnt show just how crowded we were because David got up before I could get the picture.

I have decided......

2008-04-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

OK so I finally got it figured out how to get video on the blog. This is a remake of the original video I shot on Sunday and its not as funny as the first but its still very cute. We have a bible song CD and Bailee picked up on this song very quick. I may have a singer on my hands. Just please excuse my son that he is only in a t'shirt and underwear I promise there is underwear even though it is not seen. My daughter dressed herself too, it is not really short and t'shirt weather today but we are in for the day so oh well. I hope you enjoy and pick up on the different lyrics. :)

2 month update

2008-04-01T09:54:00.000-07:00

Bella had her 2 month check up yesterday. She now weighs 11 lbs and 11 oz. she is now 22 inches long. The doctor said she looks great. Her reflux has come back a little strong again and has been quite fussy but we are taking zantac again and hopefully that will work.

I took some pictures of her in a very cute outfit that my mom got for her. It's hard to believe that she is already 2 months old.

Train Up a Child

2008-03-30T15:00:00.000-07:00

Here is us training our children early in housecleaning. David was vacuuming in Bailee's new room and asked Bryson if he wanted to help and of course he did.

Big sister couldn't miss out on the fun so I said we have to get their picture and remind them when they are teenagers and don't want to clean then we will remind them of when they were young and loved to vacuum.

Oh by the way do you like the color of the walls? David purchased the colors they are Patrick Pink from Spongebob and for the bathroom it is Spongebob Yellow.

Build a Party

2008-03-25T09:47:00.000-07:00

For Bailee's 4th birthday we decided to take the easy but sorta expensive way out. You see since we have a 2month old I thought lets have a party at Build a Bear not knowing at the time that is would be the Saturday before Easter and everybody in the Nashville area would be at Opry Mills.

We had 10 kids there and it turned out great. Bella slept the entire time which was great because I got to enjoy the party and not have to nurse a newborn the whole time. Also yes I got to make a half way decent cake in the midst of the chaos.

Our weekend was so crazy Friday you see we went to Opry Mills to see the Easter Bunny and do some shopping well before we could go Bryson got his hand stuck in the automatic door on the van and thankfully he was just fine. Then at the mall bella fussed the whole time. Whew what a day it was.

Saturday was the party and Sunday was Easter need I say more. I am so glad school is back this week because I now feel like I can recover from a wild and crazy weekend.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Toddler Humor or aka Joe Cool

2008-03-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

It's all about the humor here today. You see its Spring Break this week and I think I might go insane. This is what happens when a mommy is trying to get a little baby off to sleep and then you have a toddler who is going poop and is tired of waiting for mommy to come wipe him so he decided to unroll a brand new roll of toilet paper.

The first picture is of him frowning because I told him he was going to get a spanking the other picture is of him smiling it in reverse order but it messed up when I went to edit so oh well you get the point

Then I said wait I just got the baby to sleep a spanking would result in an all out scream fest and then I would have 2 babies crying so what did I do instead I just LAUGHED what else is a mom to do on Spring Break?

Baby humor

2008-03-18T08:13:00.000-07:00

Aunt Amy and Uncle John got Bella some cute little onesies and I thought I would share the one that I like the most even though it is not true for Bella, but it would ring true for Bailee to wear. Her daddy has dressed her some and lets just say I feel sorry for her when she has to go out like that. :)

Bella is getting so chunky she is getting the kissable cheeks and looking more and more like Bailee everyday. I even discovered she has the same birthmark on the back of here neck just like her daddy and Bailee. I really thought 3rd time around the kid would for sure look like me but no such luck and im not so sure I would try it a fourth time to see if the baby would look like me. :)

I hope you enjoy the pictures I have her in another onesie that they got her and it says Mommy and Daddy's alarm clock which we all know that its really only mommy's alarm clock.

She is doing much better with her reflux and I have even been able to get back on milk products yeah but still no chocolate but thats ok because it is really helping with the weight loss. It is hard to believe she will be 2 months old a week from today time is super fast. Bailee will be four on Sunday which is even harder to swallow she has the attitude and all to follow as well.

Were the Doodle Bops

2008-03-13T15:46:00.000-07:00

OK so we braved the crowd at Opry Mills today to meet the Doodle Bops. The kids at first didnt want to get too close but then Bailee got into it and said she wanted to get closer.

Just invision if you have ever gotten around any FREE kid function you know everyone in Nashville is there so we decided to wait until the line got smaller by that time Bryson decided to be brave and see them up close.

We got 2 tambourine's autographed and a coloring book. It was great. I hope you enjoy the pictures I love the one of Roonie Doodle he is smiling and winking all at the same time. So the blue guy is Roonie, the girl is DeeDee and the Orange guy is Moe for those who dont have to endure the doodle bops and get all their songs stuck in your head. YEAH WERE THE DOODLE BOPS sorry couldnt help the outburst.

SUPER SNOW SATURDAY

2008-03-08T12:55:00.000-08:00

YEAH we finally got a nice snow today. The kids were so excited they bugged us all morning to go out and play. We or should I say me attempted to make a snow man and the kids barely let me get him built before they knocked him down. I dont know what was worse the kids trying to knock my poor little snow man down or being hit by hard as a rock snowballs from my hubby who also likes to bug me. Brysons cheeks were so red when we finally came in he was so cute. The kids did a little sledding with the neighbors little girl and so did daddy but not me I said I cant risk getting hurt right now I have to much to do and too many people to take care of. It was a great day in the snow we had 3 inches here at our house. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

We love our Aunt and Uncle

2008-03-07T15:32:00.000-08:00

This week Aunt Amy and Uncle John came in to see us and the new addition to our family. It has been a year since we saw them last and Bailee and Bryson was just thrilled to no end that they were here. One of the reasons of course is that they always come bearing gifts and that is always a plus. Here are a few pictures of them with the kids. I loved having them here because it was double the help and Uncle John would walk Bella around for me when I needed to eat or if she was just fussy and I was worn out. We are also very excited because they told us they are moving back here to Tennessee so the kids are very excited and so are we. By the way check out the new couch we got it in on Tuesday its so nice. It is our very first couch purchase in almost 8 years of being married we have always had hand me down couches and this year we decided we would buy us something new.

Whew what a week

2008-03-06T08:15:00.000-08:00

OK so were you wondering where I was? Last week Bella was super fussy and I took her to the doctor and she said she has reflux. It is very hurtful for her and all we can do with her is walk her around. The doctor said lets treat it with Maalox because when we weighed her she was 9.14 which she went from 7.10 to that in only 3 weeks. So we have been on Maalox for a week now and only saw some relief. We only saw significant relief when I stop eating spices, gas causing veggies, and all milk products so all I have been eating is very bland food and not having milk is very hard for me I love milk. David's sister and her hubby were in from out of town to see Bella and Grandma A cooked us dinner tuesday night and in that was onion which is a big no no but I was not going to turn down Grandma A's yummy cooking but boy did I pay the price last night of having a fussy baby. Now dont forget I cant have flour either so it has limited me so much to what I can eat but the only plus is that I loose a pound a day which is great beings I need to be a certain weight to get insurance. I prayed and asked God to help me loose this weight I know I have my part to do but I just asked Him to help me along and so know I got my answer. But anyways just pray for Bella and that her little tummy will adjust I want to continue to breast feed so I will just have to adjust to this way of eating until her system can tolerate all this stuff. Hopefully by the time she is 3-4 months old. She is still precious and getting a little chubby face that I love to kiss on. I dont have a current pic just yet but will soon. I dont have one of her screaming her head off either. Pray for me as well it is very hard when you have a baby who screams for 4 hours at a time we play tag on who will walk her around during those times. Im thankful that I have my mom because David has been so busy on Bailee's new room.

Pj's, hot chocolate, and a nice warm fire

2008-02-27T12:26:00.000-08:00

The title describes it all that is what our Wednesday was. We had snow overnight and so we went out and played in the snow, came in got back in pj's and I fixed the kids some hot chocolate I didnt get any since I think chocolate is not sitting well with Bella's tummy. Then we sat next to a nice warm fire and relaxed the rest of the day hahahahaha im dreaming right the rest of the day consisted of feeding a 4 week old and telling the other 2 to be quiet and quit fighting. I didnt get any pictures of the snow because it was snowing hard when we went out plus I was running after the kids trying to get them with a snow ball. :) Please ignore all the dust on the fire place....I just got back to doing the cleaning around here and I dont like to dust. :)

Big Sister, Big Brother and Little Sister

2008-02-27T12:22:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures I took of the kids in all there shirts im trying to get a good picture for a birth announcement for Bella but I am going to try again. You have a very limited time to get a newborns picture.

My little sweetie

2008-02-27T12:05:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures I took of bella last week. She is so alert and looking around but very fussy at times too. Enjoy

Happy Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T14:38:00.000-08:00

OK so here are all my little Valentine's. Bailee 3 and a half, Bryson 2, and Bella 2 and a half weeks old. They are the best Valentine's anyone could ever ask for. They are cute one too huh? I sure think so but I am the mom. Hope everyone has a great day.

Here she is pictures of China

2008-02-14T09:59:00.001-08:00

Ok so I finally got some pictures taken but they are thru the window because I didnt want to go outside its too cold. :)