We've been blog absent lately. We've been busy with summer fun and to top off the summer fun mommy went to the ER Saturday late night with a kidney stone! THAT WAS THE WORST PAIN I CAN EVER IMAGINE! Seriously, seriously painful! Luckily, Gran and Pop were here for the weekend so they took care of the kids as mommy and daddy had a date to the hospital. how relaxing! I'll spare blog readers all the glory details, but basically I had a stomach bug early last week, got dehydrated, and never really worked at rehydrating myself. In extreme heat, which we have, that was enough to cause a kidney stone and bladder infection. Good news is three days later, I'm better and drinking water like it's going out of style!
The reason I'm reporting this is because we explained to the kids that I had a kidney stone and that really is like a tiny little stone in your body that doesn't belong. They asked, "did it come out?" I said, "yes, when I went pee." (I know, I know, way too much information!) Cade's response was, "I wish that kidney stone that you peed out would have been a baby brother!"
YIKES!!! Sorry son, no such luck!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Cade's Fashion Faux Paux
So anyone who knows Cade well knows that the kid WILL NOT wear summer clothes! He wants to wear jeans or cargo pants every day no matter the weather. I usually let him. It's not worth an argument. Lately, it's been over 100 degrees and I want his cute shorts to get some wear, so I've really pushed for summer stuff. He's catching onto my irritation when he comes out in pants and he's starting to "play" with me. He came out the other day dressed like this...
I'm not sure how many layers that is, but it took him awhile to hang it all back up! Then a couple of days later before he went to get dressed I said, "BE SURE TO DRESS SUMMERY!" Then he comes out in this... and says, "mommy is this summery enough for you?"
I'm not sure how many layers that is, but it took him awhile to hang it all back up! Then a couple of days later before he went to get dressed I said, "BE SURE TO DRESS SUMMERY!" Then he comes out in this... and says, "mommy is this summery enough for you?"
Gymnastics Show and Swim Meet!
GYMNASTICS SHOW!
Look what we earned for working hard all year! Cora and her friend, Alex.
Bottoms up!
Walking the beam!
SWIM MEET
Look what we earned for working hard all year! Cora and her friend, Alex.
Bottoms up!
Walking the beam!
SWIM MEET"Hey Cade, pose for the camera in your swim team outfit!"
All written on and ready to swim!
swimmers take your marks!
"GO!"
And he wins 25 meter freestyle again! Go Cade!
All written on and ready to swim!
swimmers take your marks!
"GO!"
And he wins 25 meter freestyle again! Go Cade!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
a hard day's night
we never go out without our kids.
N-E-V-E-R!
I can count on one hand the number of times we've left them with a sitter and I've only left the baby with a non-family/friend sitter twice.
There are only a few sitter's I'd leave all three of them with.
So some of Rob's friends from work threw a little end of the school year cookout this afternoon.
He really wanted me to come with him since this is his last year at Jenkins.
So I did something crazy.
I got a sitter!
My favorite (and my kids favorite) 18 year old was available, so it was a go!
I was a little leery from the get-go because Cora is on steroids (grumpy as they come and eating like a horse) and I've never left all 3 of them. They're a handful!
But I really WANTED to get out with Rob for a couple of hours.
Our poor, poor sitter! Let me give you the rundown.
2:45 sitter gets her....cookout starts at 3.
3:15 i am still getting stuff ready and rob jumps in the shower.
3:36 we leave, but still need to make a grocery store stop to grab something to bring with us, so I jump in the driver's seat so that rob can run into the grocery store.
3:36 and 30 sec...I back into the babysitter's brand new car that she got as a high school graduation gift from her parents (oh yes..I did!)
3:37 i run back to the house nearly in tears to tell the poor girl that i wrecked into her car!
3:38-3:48 i apologize prophetically and blabber on and on about i promise insurance will cover it, we'll get it fixed this week, etc, etc, but some how con her in to staying to babysit anyway.
3:52 pull in grocery store parking lot (rob now driving) he goes in and I (still sweating) call the babysitter's mom (who's luckily also a friend and our insurance company who obviously takes the phone off the hook to give crazy customers like me a busy signal and drive them crazy on Saturdays)
4:15 we arrive at the cook out. upon our entrance rob says, "sorry we're late, my wife ran into the babysitter's car!"
4:20-7:00 a very pleasant cookout with adult conversation takes place
7:00 we leave
7:20ish- we get home
Cora is begging for food in a leotard and tutu and whining
Cade is flaunting a new "gun" that his neighborhood friend gave him and telling me like 100 things at once.
The babysitter (who I love too much to disclose her name) is wearing my t-shirt because baby Clara peed on her.
Our dog, Leia, is inside because she "got in a fight with Cade's fore mentioned 'neighborhood friend's' dog,"
Clara didn't sleep, Cora napped for 30 minutes and ate 2 popsicles, a bag of popcorn, and a package of turkey lunch meat, and Cade begged to go from one house to the next because he can't miss one single second of playtime!
I handed the poor girl her money (which could never be enough) and a photocopy of my insurance card, hugged her and sent her on her way! This is probably the only form of birth control that poor sweet girl will ever ever need!
Who's available next Saturday???
N-E-V-E-R!
I can count on one hand the number of times we've left them with a sitter and I've only left the baby with a non-family/friend sitter twice.
There are only a few sitter's I'd leave all three of them with.
So some of Rob's friends from work threw a little end of the school year cookout this afternoon.
He really wanted me to come with him since this is his last year at Jenkins.
So I did something crazy.
I got a sitter!
My favorite (and my kids favorite) 18 year old was available, so it was a go!
I was a little leery from the get-go because Cora is on steroids (grumpy as they come and eating like a horse) and I've never left all 3 of them. They're a handful!
But I really WANTED to get out with Rob for a couple of hours.
Our poor, poor sitter! Let me give you the rundown.
2:45 sitter gets her....cookout starts at 3.
3:15 i am still getting stuff ready and rob jumps in the shower.
3:36 we leave, but still need to make a grocery store stop to grab something to bring with us, so I jump in the driver's seat so that rob can run into the grocery store.
3:36 and 30 sec...I back into the babysitter's brand new car that she got as a high school graduation gift from her parents (oh yes..I did!)
3:37 i run back to the house nearly in tears to tell the poor girl that i wrecked into her car!
3:38-3:48 i apologize prophetically and blabber on and on about i promise insurance will cover it, we'll get it fixed this week, etc, etc, but some how con her in to staying to babysit anyway.
3:52 pull in grocery store parking lot (rob now driving) he goes in and I (still sweating) call the babysitter's mom (who's luckily also a friend and our insurance company who obviously takes the phone off the hook to give crazy customers like me a busy signal and drive them crazy on Saturdays)
4:15 we arrive at the cook out. upon our entrance rob says, "sorry we're late, my wife ran into the babysitter's car!"
4:20-7:00 a very pleasant cookout with adult conversation takes place
7:00 we leave
7:20ish- we get home
Cora is begging for food in a leotard and tutu and whining
Cade is flaunting a new "gun" that his neighborhood friend gave him and telling me like 100 things at once.
The babysitter (who I love too much to disclose her name) is wearing my t-shirt because baby Clara peed on her.
Our dog, Leia, is inside because she "got in a fight with Cade's fore mentioned 'neighborhood friend's' dog,"
Clara didn't sleep, Cora napped for 30 minutes and ate 2 popsicles, a bag of popcorn, and a package of turkey lunch meat, and Cade begged to go from one house to the next because he can't miss one single second of playtime!
I handed the poor girl her money (which could never be enough) and a photocopy of my insurance card, hugged her and sent her on her way! This is probably the only form of birth control that poor sweet girl will ever ever need!
Who's available next Saturday???
Cancer survivors walk the runway to recovery - WTOC, Savannah, Georgia, news, weather and sports |
Cancer survivors walk the runway to recovery - WTOC, Savannah, Georgia, news, weather and sports
click the above link to see the fashion show new piece featuring Cora. It's very good!
click the above link to see the fashion show new piece featuring Cora. It's very good!
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