WOW! It's been forever since I blogged. Lots of changes!!!! I'm in a hurry as usual, but will try to give a quick run down of recent events.
They closed our office down at the end of April :( SUCKED!! Got a new job in June. Back to the office 5 days a week :( I miss my work at home days with my baby boy sooooo much! I like the job pretty good so far. EXCELLENT benefits and really nice people. TONS of vacation time so that's a plus!
Bama started preschool in August. Thankfully all the teachers go to our church so he was already famaliar with them. He seems to love it and I do too. They are wonderful! I feel like he is learning sooo much there! He even naps there...which was my biggest fear. I have to drop him off super early so that sucks and he doesn't like getting up and getting dressed that early.
Went to the beach Aug 13-16. Had a fantastic time! 3 nights is nowhere near enough time though! We chilled on the beach in the mornings, came in and took naps, went out after naptime, stayed out late, slept late...repeat. We went to the Track and Fudpuckers and to Destin Commons shopping. My favorite thing of the whole trip was the last night we went out on the beach around 10:30 p.m. We laid down a blanket and went strolling on the beach looking at sand crabs. Then we came back and sat down on our blanket and just chilled. Perfect little family moment!
Bama is an absolutely awesome child. I love him so much! He gets sweeter and sweeter everyday! He's fully potty trained now (even at nighttime). He has to get up to pee and/or poop like 10 times before he finally stays in bed. Each time he has to go tell daddy nite nite or he forgot to give daddy a kiss or he forgot to give daddy a hug or usually all 3 of those, lol. It annoys the piss out of me, but I can't help but laugh most the time. He got his spiderman bike for his bday and that is his favorite thing to do these days. We still play "footdown" everynight for "2 minutes" before bed. He fell not the night before we left for the beach and pushed one of his front teeth back :( Now he just has one that kinda sticks out, lol. He's counting to 10 and singing his ABC's...kinda, lol! He's starting to recognize some letters and numbers. He's a smart little booger. I'm amazed at the stuff he knows these days. He's still totally obsessed with Monster Trucks and race cars and motorcycles. He chooses to watch those anyday over cartoons. Fine by me! He likes watching football as well. We took him to his first football game the other day. LCHS v/s BHS. He LOVED it! Maybe more than anything we have ever taken him to do before. He just sat there and clapped.
And the bad news...we went for his 3-year well baby check-up 3 weeks ago. He weighs 32 Lbs. and is 37" tall. The doctor checked his ankle tendons again since he's still walking on his tip toes. Said they were fine...still doing it out of habit. Then he checked his leg reflexes. He asked if the spine doc in Huntsville that they sent us to last year said anything about them. I said no. He pulled the report and said last year they were a +2 which is normal. Now they are +4...not normal. He said they were WAY oversensitive and he thought we should have an MRI...that he could possibly have a tethered spinal cord!!!! If he does, he would require MAJOR back surgery to untether it. The MRI is scheduled for this coming Tues (Sept. 8). I'm scared! I don't feel there is anything wrong with him, but just the thought that something could be is terrifying! I'm worried about the MRI as well. They will sedate him and the MRI will last about 1-1/2 hours. He'll have to have an IV which will suck. He won't remember anything about the MRI though. I just pray he's totally healthy.
Ok, that's a real quick update with lots of random thoughts! I gotta hurry and get a shower now and get in bed! I have to be at my new job at 7:30 a.m....can't stay up all night like I use to. Dude I miss my old job....REALLLLLLY BAD!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Changes
Can I just say that I am so proud of my husband! HE GOT A JOB!!! And not just any job...a REALLY good job!!! He actually got 2 jobs, lol. He started working at this little welding place 3 minutes from the house. We assumed since we hadn't heard anything from the other job since his interview and it had been a month that he didn't get that one. Well, we were wrong. His 1st day at the welding place, they called him! It took a few more days for them to officially offer him the job. But after working like 1 week at the welding place, he had to tell them goodbye and move on to this better job. He's loving it so far. It's so different from what he is used to though. He's done construction all his life...now he's sitting around doing pretty much nothing all day. The job has excellent benefits and endless posibilities for moving up and such. The only bad part is he has to drive 50 miles one way and it's going to be 2nd and 3rd shift. It's going to work out just fine though. Can I also just say that telling bama he would have to go back to mawmaw's because daddy found a new job was one of the hardest things EVER!!! OMG!!! I got done on my knees on his level and said "Bama, you are going to get to go stay at mawmaw's tomorrow because daddy got a new job!" My chin is just quivering! Bama says "NO!!! I need me daddy!" in the saddest voice you have ever heard. I was just fighting back tears! We went outside to play after that. I was sitting on the patio watching them playing ball just fighting back tears. I finally had to come inside and just have myself a nice cry so I could move on. It's not like going back to mawmaw's is the most horrible thing that could happen. He LOVES going over there. And obviously I was excited BJ found a job because I knew we were going to be hurting for money pretty soon. But knowing how much bama had loved being with his daddy and knowing how much he was going to miss him, just tore me up. Everything is fine though. Bama went back to mawmaw's and adjusted like nothing had changed. He's such a good little baby!! He is just talking up a storm now. He cracks me up. Nothing really new to report that I can think of.
Work is still kinda slow right now so I am sooooo enjoying that. I get to leave at 5 everyday like old times. I get to play w/ bama on my work at home days instead of working. It's so nice. Hmmm...what else is going on? I've been kinda down lately. Missing Gary like crazy. It's been 5 years since his accident. 5 years in just a few days since he died. He's just been on my mind a lot lately. I have so many regrets. Why didn't I spend more time with him? I was always so busy working and doing this and doing that. I should have made time. I wish I would have had the opportunity to tell him how much he meant to me...to all of us. I wish I would have told him much I loved him. I wish so badly he could have met Bama. I wish so bad he was here.
Work is still kinda slow right now so I am sooooo enjoying that. I get to leave at 5 everyday like old times. I get to play w/ bama on my work at home days instead of working. It's so nice. Hmmm...what else is going on? I've been kinda down lately. Missing Gary like crazy. It's been 5 years since his accident. 5 years in just a few days since he died. He's just been on my mind a lot lately. I have so many regrets. Why didn't I spend more time with him? I was always so busy working and doing this and doing that. I should have made time. I wish I would have had the opportunity to tell him how much he meant to me...to all of us. I wish I would have told him much I loved him. I wish so badly he could have met Bama. I wish so bad he was here.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
A relaxing week :)
FINALLY I get a relaxing week at work. O.M.G!!! Work has been so crazy busy that I have not had a chance to breathe lately. It's horrible! I know I only come into work 3 days a week, and I am very blessed to work at home the other 2 days, but dude things have been so hectic. I've been getting home between 7 and 8...just long enough to race up and down the hallway w/ bama for a few minutes before getting his little butt in bed. I miss my baby!!! He's been the sweetest thing lately. I'm so blessed to be his mommy. He's just all fun and giggles all the time. His favorite thing to do right now is race us up and down the hallway. I'm not much for running let me tell you. But I do it cause it makes him happy. BJ has now taught him how to bend over and put one hand on the ground and the other up by his side like professional track people do. Half the time he falls forward. His new favorite word is "no way!" Talan are you ready for a bath "No Way Mommy! I playing!" Talan are you ready for bed "No Way Mommy! I playing!" I hear no way allllllll day long. It's cute though. Everything he does is cute. He is telling me "i will" now too.
The other night when we were saying our prayers before bed, I went into the "Now I lay me down to sleep" and to my surprise he was over there going "Mommy, Daddy, blah blah, play, blah blah, mawmaw, pawpaw." I have no idea where he learned to actually pray for people cause I've only done the now I lay me down to sleep one. I was floored! So now after we do now I lay me down to sleep we Thank God for mommy, daddy, pawpaw, mawmaw, Granny T, pawpaw Barry, Nana, Teen Teen, Hay Hay, cousin Savannah, etc. etc. etc. He can be ugly at times too though. Like the other day when he told me my hair was yucky! No, I hadn't showered all day, but my hair was not yucky! Ok, well maybe it looked yucky, but it really wasn't. After our bedtime prayers I'll give him a kiss and ask if he needs one anywhere else. He'll point to a cheek and I'll kiss it and ask anywhere else. This goes on forever. Well he has started doing the same to me. "Anywhere else?" I'll point to my cheek, my nose, and this time the top of my head. He kisses the top of my head and then says "YUCKY!!! Mommy hair yucky" and then starts spitting and wiping at his mouth!! That got him tickled REAL good! And when driving in the car he likes to tell me "turn round mommy" if I turn around to look at him. And he also loves slamming his bedroom door and when I knock he'll say "Go Away Mommy!" But he's never mean when saying all these things. He thinks it's just funny. Speaking of being tickled...he is also obsessed w/ hiding. Everyday when I come in from work I have to search the house over to find him. He's sitting on the couch w/ a blanket covering him, but I have to make it fun you know. I'll ask daddy where he is and he'll say he hasn't seen him all day. I'll eventually decide I'm tired of looking and that I need to sit down on the couch. "What is this lumpy thing on the couch???" "I Talan!!!!!" There he is!!! He likes to pretend he's a ghost. He'll attach himself to my leg and try to drag me down. Anyway, back to tickling. So every night we have to all 3 hide to bed. We'll walk down the hallway under our blanket oooohhhing like a ghost. Then me and Talan will snuggle up in bed and start reading our CARS book. Daddy goes to get his sippy cup and we have to hide under the covers for when daddy comes back. Daddy will come back and be like "Where did they go?? They are always hiding from me!" Talan will start giggling under the covers. Then...daddy attacks! He tickles us both until we are begging him to quit. Personally, I hate being tickled...but for some reason it doesn't bother me at this particular moment everynight. Talan loves it and it's our job to make Talan happy!
This is why I started blogging. It's probably boring for anyone to read besides me, but in 10 years I can only imagine the smile across my face when I read that again. I would never remember it if I didn't write it down. Oh Oh...here's another. BJ told me yesterday that as they were racing up and down the hallway, Talan wrecked (he falls down or makes us fall down while racing and says "Mommy wrecked!" or "Talan wrecked") and while he was laying on the ground he looked up to BJ and said "I'm happy!" How freaking sweet is that!!!!! Oh I could just eat him up!
Alright, well as I was saying last week and this week have actually been pretty chill at work. It's 1:30pm and I have played on the internet all day, lol. That's the sad part...I still have a bit of work to do, but instead of finally catching up I play on the net all day. But dude I haven't had a chance to play on the net all day in FOREVER!!! It's time I tell you!!! IT IS TIME! Considering it is 1:30pm though, I think I should probably get to working. I just wanted to drop by and ramble on about nothing in particular. Mission accomplished.
The other night when we were saying our prayers before bed, I went into the "Now I lay me down to sleep" and to my surprise he was over there going "Mommy, Daddy, blah blah, play, blah blah, mawmaw, pawpaw." I have no idea where he learned to actually pray for people cause I've only done the now I lay me down to sleep one. I was floored! So now after we do now I lay me down to sleep we Thank God for mommy, daddy, pawpaw, mawmaw, Granny T, pawpaw Barry, Nana, Teen Teen, Hay Hay, cousin Savannah, etc. etc. etc. He can be ugly at times too though. Like the other day when he told me my hair was yucky! No, I hadn't showered all day, but my hair was not yucky! Ok, well maybe it looked yucky, but it really wasn't. After our bedtime prayers I'll give him a kiss and ask if he needs one anywhere else. He'll point to a cheek and I'll kiss it and ask anywhere else. This goes on forever. Well he has started doing the same to me. "Anywhere else?" I'll point to my cheek, my nose, and this time the top of my head. He kisses the top of my head and then says "YUCKY!!! Mommy hair yucky" and then starts spitting and wiping at his mouth!! That got him tickled REAL good! And when driving in the car he likes to tell me "turn round mommy" if I turn around to look at him. And he also loves slamming his bedroom door and when I knock he'll say "Go Away Mommy!" But he's never mean when saying all these things. He thinks it's just funny. Speaking of being tickled...he is also obsessed w/ hiding. Everyday when I come in from work I have to search the house over to find him. He's sitting on the couch w/ a blanket covering him, but I have to make it fun you know. I'll ask daddy where he is and he'll say he hasn't seen him all day. I'll eventually decide I'm tired of looking and that I need to sit down on the couch. "What is this lumpy thing on the couch???" "I Talan!!!!!" There he is!!! He likes to pretend he's a ghost. He'll attach himself to my leg and try to drag me down. Anyway, back to tickling. So every night we have to all 3 hide to bed. We'll walk down the hallway under our blanket oooohhhing like a ghost. Then me and Talan will snuggle up in bed and start reading our CARS book. Daddy goes to get his sippy cup and we have to hide under the covers for when daddy comes back. Daddy will come back and be like "Where did they go?? They are always hiding from me!" Talan will start giggling under the covers. Then...daddy attacks! He tickles us both until we are begging him to quit. Personally, I hate being tickled...but for some reason it doesn't bother me at this particular moment everynight. Talan loves it and it's our job to make Talan happy!
This is why I started blogging. It's probably boring for anyone to read besides me, but in 10 years I can only imagine the smile across my face when I read that again. I would never remember it if I didn't write it down. Oh Oh...here's another. BJ told me yesterday that as they were racing up and down the hallway, Talan wrecked (he falls down or makes us fall down while racing and says "Mommy wrecked!" or "Talan wrecked") and while he was laying on the ground he looked up to BJ and said "I'm happy!" How freaking sweet is that!!!!! Oh I could just eat him up!
Alright, well as I was saying last week and this week have actually been pretty chill at work. It's 1:30pm and I have played on the internet all day, lol. That's the sad part...I still have a bit of work to do, but instead of finally catching up I play on the net all day. But dude I haven't had a chance to play on the net all day in FOREVER!!! It's time I tell you!!! IT IS TIME! Considering it is 1:30pm though, I think I should probably get to working. I just wanted to drop by and ramble on about nothing in particular. Mission accomplished.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
It is I again!!! Told you I didn't have a lot of time to write! I'm going to do a quick update. So hubby is STILL laid off. He had an interview 2 weeks ago and they were supposed to call last week, but so far we've heard nothing. So I guess it ain't looking good! There just isn't anything out there right now. He checks the job bank daily and nothing! He's an excellent stay at home dad though :) He's not thrilled w/ it, but he does a great job! He's a bit stir crazy! Bama is completely loving having his daddy around more. And as if he wasn't bad enough before, he's turned into a complete daddy's boy now! When hubby has to go somewhere I get to hear "I need daddy!" in this pitiful voice for the rest of the night! It makes me smile though to see how much he loves his daddy :) He's not going to be happy when he returns to work though. I'm actually enjoying him staying home as well. My work has been soooooo crazy busy that I work late the 3 days I go in the office and it's nice to come home and him have everything under control. Now don't get me wrong, I have to call and be like feed bama, give him a bath, have him ready for bed, etc. etc. or he'll just sit around waiting on me to come home and do it, but he's getting better about just doing it. And the 2 days I work at home he is seriously coming in handy. I don't know how i'll do it when he goes back to work. Work has me totally stressed out these days, but I'm just glad to have a job! And suprisingly, we have more money now than we have in a long, long time! We use to live paycheck to paycheck and now it's like the money is just there! Before when he was working by the 2nd of our 2 week pay period I was transferring money out of savings into checking until we got paid and then putting it back in savings once we got paid. Now, i hardly even check the bank cause I know we are fine. It's weird. We cut out all extra spending the second we found out he was getting laid off so we had a small cushion saved up. And of course we are saving freaking $450 a month on gas that he isn't using, but still. I can't figure out where all this cash is coming from. I figure if he doesn't find something pretty soon though it will run out. I miss eating out though bad!!!! REALLY BAD! Dh might can take care of bama, but bless him he cannot cook! And I hate working til freaking 8pm and coming home and cooking supper. Which makes a huge mess that I don't want to clean it up! He has mastered spaghetti and chili though...woot woot!
So the main reason I was writing was because I had some bama things I wanted to get down. So bama has to have sassy (aka paci), lamby, cup, and his CARS book for bed. The other night i came in from work and was sitting on the couch. Bama was sitting next to me and he said "Play w/ me!" and I told him that mommy was reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly tired. He started rubbing my back and looking at me all concerned and said "you need sassy???" I told him no I didnt need sassy, but thank you! He then grabbed me by the hand and said "let's go nite nite!" and led me to his bed. He covered me up and started walking out of the door and popped his head back in and said "you need cup???" I again told him no thank you! He left, ran to the living room, ran right back and said "you need lamby?" I said "yes please!" He thought about it a minute and said "no, lamby mine!!!" So i told him to bring me puppy instead. So he gave me the puppy off his shelf along w/ 3 other glass puppies that sit on his shelf. He started out the door again and I said "BAMA! I need CARS book!" He said "Oh, ok!" and gave me the book. Then I said "I need a kiss!" Here recently after we read the CARS book and say our prayers and I give him goodnight kiss I have started saying "anywhere else?" and he'll point to several more places he needs kisses. Each time I'll say "anywhere else?" Well the kid freaking did that to me!!!! He kissed my cheek and said "anywhere else?" I pointed to my forehead and he kissed it and said "anywhere else?" OMG...i already thought he was the sweetest thing for trying to take care of me and offering me the things he needs for sleep...but to do my "anywhere else" thing! Man, this kid owns my heart! Could he be any sweeter???? And I'm just amazed that he did all these things! When did he get so big!! How did he get so thoughtful?? OMG, I can not explain to you the love I felt for this child when he did all this! It made my day!!!! I had to get that on paper so I never forget it!
What else is new? I'm trying to potty train...ugh! I'm not digging it so far! He other night he peed in the potty a couple times so I went out and bought some CARS underwear for him. I thought he would be stoked to wear his big boy underwear. But he only wanted to wear them on his head (insert eye roll here!). He didn't even want to put them on. I finally convinced him though. Then later that night he told me he had to poopie!!! So we both ran and jumped on the potty (he said "mommy go poopie too!" so I wasn't going to argue). He strained and strained and I was getting worried he was going to pass out or choke or something because he is sick and he would strain and not breathe and then choke...it was craziness. Anyway, so each time he would strain, he would try to stand up and look to see if he pooped. Then he kept trying to stick his hand in there. I was getting so frustrated! "Bama, don't put your hand down there!" "Bama, sit down and poop!" "Bama, you can see it when you are done!" "Bama, you have to sit down to poop!" "Bama, don't touch your butt while you are pooping!" Ugh! And he would strain a minute and then want toliet paper to wipe! Only he's not good at wiping. He finally managed to squirt out a few itty bitty terds (sorry...how's that for TMI) and I handed him some toliet paper and instead of wiping his butt, he's wiping the poop out of the potty! Let's just say it was waaaaaaaaaay more of a hassle than a freaking diaper! I know it's something I have to do though. And I wasn't letting on I was frustrated and we did the "poopie in the potty" dance and all. He did a great job and I was proud of him...but dude this sucks!
Oh and he is talking sooooo much now! Oh another funny story! The other day daddy was changing his diaper and hie penis was hard (again, sorry TMI) and he said "It big!" ROFL!!!! Dude he cracks me up! And he's been sleeping in his big boy bed for months now. Did I tell you that! He's in a big boy bed!!!!!!!!! That was a hard transition.......for ME! I could have cried! When did he get soooo big????? Anyway, I'm sure there are other things he's been doing I need to get on paper so I don't forget, but it's getting late and I need to get in bed.
So there is my update for the month! PEACE!
So the main reason I was writing was because I had some bama things I wanted to get down. So bama has to have sassy (aka paci), lamby, cup, and his CARS book for bed. The other night i came in from work and was sitting on the couch. Bama was sitting next to me and he said "Play w/ me!" and I told him that mommy was reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly tired. He started rubbing my back and looking at me all concerned and said "you need sassy???" I told him no I didnt need sassy, but thank you! He then grabbed me by the hand and said "let's go nite nite!" and led me to his bed. He covered me up and started walking out of the door and popped his head back in and said "you need cup???" I again told him no thank you! He left, ran to the living room, ran right back and said "you need lamby?" I said "yes please!" He thought about it a minute and said "no, lamby mine!!!" So i told him to bring me puppy instead. So he gave me the puppy off his shelf along w/ 3 other glass puppies that sit on his shelf. He started out the door again and I said "BAMA! I need CARS book!" He said "Oh, ok!" and gave me the book. Then I said "I need a kiss!" Here recently after we read the CARS book and say our prayers and I give him goodnight kiss I have started saying "anywhere else?" and he'll point to several more places he needs kisses. Each time I'll say "anywhere else?" Well the kid freaking did that to me!!!! He kissed my cheek and said "anywhere else?" I pointed to my forehead and he kissed it and said "anywhere else?" OMG...i already thought he was the sweetest thing for trying to take care of me and offering me the things he needs for sleep...but to do my "anywhere else" thing! Man, this kid owns my heart! Could he be any sweeter???? And I'm just amazed that he did all these things! When did he get so big!! How did he get so thoughtful?? OMG, I can not explain to you the love I felt for this child when he did all this! It made my day!!!! I had to get that on paper so I never forget it!
What else is new? I'm trying to potty train...ugh! I'm not digging it so far! He other night he peed in the potty a couple times so I went out and bought some CARS underwear for him. I thought he would be stoked to wear his big boy underwear. But he only wanted to wear them on his head (insert eye roll here!). He didn't even want to put them on. I finally convinced him though. Then later that night he told me he had to poopie!!! So we both ran and jumped on the potty (he said "mommy go poopie too!" so I wasn't going to argue). He strained and strained and I was getting worried he was going to pass out or choke or something because he is sick and he would strain and not breathe and then choke...it was craziness. Anyway, so each time he would strain, he would try to stand up and look to see if he pooped. Then he kept trying to stick his hand in there. I was getting so frustrated! "Bama, don't put your hand down there!" "Bama, sit down and poop!" "Bama, you can see it when you are done!" "Bama, you have to sit down to poop!" "Bama, don't touch your butt while you are pooping!" Ugh! And he would strain a minute and then want toliet paper to wipe! Only he's not good at wiping. He finally managed to squirt out a few itty bitty terds (sorry...how's that for TMI) and I handed him some toliet paper and instead of wiping his butt, he's wiping the poop out of the potty! Let's just say it was waaaaaaaaaay more of a hassle than a freaking diaper! I know it's something I have to do though. And I wasn't letting on I was frustrated and we did the "poopie in the potty" dance and all. He did a great job and I was proud of him...but dude this sucks!
Oh and he is talking sooooo much now! Oh another funny story! The other day daddy was changing his diaper and hie penis was hard (again, sorry TMI) and he said "It big!" ROFL!!!! Dude he cracks me up! And he's been sleeping in his big boy bed for months now. Did I tell you that! He's in a big boy bed!!!!!!!!! That was a hard transition.......for ME! I could have cried! When did he get soooo big????? Anyway, I'm sure there are other things he's been doing I need to get on paper so I don't forget, but it's getting late and I need to get in bed.
So there is my update for the month! PEACE!
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