Birthdays and the Sickies

Oh, my, what a week.  Last Wednesday night, Braylen decided that he was going to start running a fever.  Not even an hour after I discovered this, a friend from church texted me and told me that the flu was making its rounds through his Sunday school class.  Woooonderful.  So we go to the doctor.  Yup, it's the flu.  Ryger and Shannon end up getting sick as well, and I spend the rest of the week and the whole weekend playing nurse and praying that Kyah doesn't catch it.  It's nearly impossible to keep the boys away from her, which is usually a blessing.  I just LOVE that they love their sister.  But I'm not keen on the idea of my newborn catching the flu.  It does look like she and I managed to escape it, though.  Praise God for that!

Did I mention that my birthday was Saturday?  hahahaha!  Needless to say, plans got changed.  My in-laws came over and hung out for a little while, but that was the extent of the celebrations.  Shannon did get me a Tervis Tumbler glass that I've been wanting since forever, and Kyah's birthstone to go in a locket that holds the boys' birthstones.

Even more importantly, did I mention that Braylen's birthday was today?  My little man turned 2 years old!  Where has time gone?!? I spent the majority of today thinking about the day he was born.  The labor, the delivery, me telling Shannon "I told you!" when he told me we had another son.  LOL  We were planning on having his party on Sunday, but we had to postpone because no one was really in the mood to party.  I'll be sure to post pictures when we finally have it.

Finally, I want to share this video that my pastor played last Sunday at church.  Love, love, love this.

Be blessed!  <3

A (very!) unwelcome visitor

I'm not really one to flip out over random stuff.  In fact, I'm usually the one getting everything together and fixed and, once the crisis is over, I THEN take the time to fall apart.

Until THIS showed up.  In my living room!!!

Yes, this is a snake. 

I. Freaked. 

I grabbed my phone, called my Daddy to come save me.  He was at work and didn't answer.  I called my dad (for clarification, I refer to my "stepdad" as dad and my bio father as daddy) and he didn't answer either.  At that point, feeling a bit abandoned, I called my mom to see if maybe dad hadn't heard his phone ring.  She wasn't with him, but she said she would be on her way.  

While I waited, what did I do?  

Upload this picture to facebook, of course!  :o)  The conversation that ensued kept me fairly distracted until my mom arrived.  At that point, Daddy called me back and I updated him on the situation and asked him to come save my life.  

He laughed at me and said he was on his way.  Thanks.  

Long story short, he arrived and took care of the snake, which was already dead anyway.  Good.  

And then he laughed at me again for being scared by a dead chicken snake.  I love my daddy.  LOL

I still approach that corner of my living room with caution. 

From the Mouths of Babes...

I'm going to give this blogging thing one more try. I can't believe it's been a year since I've posted!!! I suck at this. LOL

In my last post (still can't believe it was a year ago!), I mentioned that Ryger kept

asking me for a sister.

Well...

Looks like he might have been onto something.

Kyah Dawn joined our family on Feb 6, 2012. I never knew how much I really wanted a daughter until I held her. And, the best part, I named her after my granddaddy, Donnie. I really feel that our little family is complete now. This baby-making factory is now closed. Unless, of course, God decides we need another. haha!

On that note, we are about to celebrate Braylen's second birthday. He is all about some Blues Clues right now, so naturally I was going to throw him a Blue's Clues birthday party, right?

Wrong.

Or at least not without a ton of frustration. Evidently, the old school Blue's Clues has been replaced by something called Blue's Room. No more Steve (or Joe), and Blue is now a big puppet. Lame. *sigh* I hate that they ruin good shows these day. I digress.

So, long story short, all of the plates and decorations I can find are now of the "new" and not-so-improved Blue. So frustrating! But, I was determined to make this happen for my son, so...pics will come soon. ;-)

I, on the other hand, have been distracted by my new love. Yes, I'm talking about Pinterest. (Be sure to follow me if you have an account!) I've made recipes, crafts, and have plans for several art projects for the boys that just might get me through the summer. LOL

Speaking of which, Ryger is almost at the end of his first year of preschool. Bittersweet. He loves school and has learned so much this year! I'm kinda sad that a lot of his friends will be moving on to Kindergarten, while he still has another year of preK. Darn December birthday. If he was only 3 months older, he would be going with his friends. :-( I'm pretty sure I'm more upset about it than he is. In fact, I know I am.

On that note, I'm going to sign off. Maybe I'll actually keep up with the blog this time. I guess we shall see! ;-)