Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday Eric and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary... no gifts were exchanged as we are both waiting on baited breath for our fence to be installed. TO be honest I am almost giddy about it. We had a pretty low key day, some shopping, some ice cream, and a little nap on the couch together!

After we put John Hunter down we started dinner. It was yummy and so much fun. I went to get red velvet cupcakes from the cupcake camper, but they were all sold out. So instead I got red velvet cookies from the bakery! I also go potatoes from McAllisters (let me just say... they are amazing). Eric topped off the dinner with steak and scallops. It was fun being together, listening to the Olympics together, and as we do every year... looking at our wedding album!

Happy Anniversary babe... I love ya!

Humbling Mommy Moment

So today we loaded up to go buy John Hunter a new pair of tennis shoes. His current shoes were rubbing sores on his poor toes. So we went to rack room seeing how Eric needed a pair as well!

There were several areas of breakdown in communication. I assumed we would get him some Nike Shox, new balance, or something semi-cool! Well the wall of shoes allured my child and my husband. John Hunter started yelling he was so excited there were black (all black) Lighting McQueen light up shoes. And my first response was, "oh John Hunter those are terrible we DON'T to character shoes." And you could see the excitement just leave his poor little body. He said, "I am sorry mommy".

Eric said if he wants them he can have them, their just tennis shoes. I again responded... NOT IN LOVE! We don't do character shoes. I started thinking about all the times he would wear them, and started thinking about what I wanted, or what I preferred. And in the grand scheme of things.... at least we are able to provide shoes for our son. And Well in that moment I just started thinking. We will be out of these shoes in a few months. It is almost croc season, and they are making him so happy. Well then we saw the Toy Story ones. They too light up and they too have characters on them... but they made one little three year old smile so big and he was so proud. So we bought them, well after I apologized to my son for being so worried about what I wanted and not what he wanted!

As we were driving home I started thinking about school on Thursday. A little girl in my class had just gotten a pair of princess light up tennis shoes and she was SOOOOO proud of them. When she showed them to me all I could think was, I cannot believe that her parents got her those. Isn't God funny that way. He can use Character light up shoes to humble us.

Get Well Ta

Eric's Grandmother (on his mother's side) affectionately know as Ta is in the hospital. She had pnemonia and it has gotten increasingly worse. They have had to transport to a bigger hospital who can help with the problem. She is in ICU and still struggling with her oxygen levels!

Here is the update I have on Frankie. They are NOT doing the scope today, she is however in ICU. Her breathing is still shallow and she is very fragile. She knows they are here, but sleeping unless she is coughing. Not doing much better. The doctor is not sure of the cause. If she is not improved by tomorrow then they will scope down the throat and into a lung. That will probably result in in having her on a ventilator because any exertion is hard on her. They expect her to be in the hospital for AT least another week.

This could be something fungal, which is treatable, however it is a 6 month treatment and has risk. If it is viral that is NOT good but at least we would know. So the scope will tell us thaT.

Please pray for Ta... we are asking for the LORD to heal her!

*** this picture above was taken at her 80th birthday party in July.. how sweet is that!

One Dollar

So for Valentines day my parents hid some treats for JH. He found the first treat full of candy about a week before the big day! On Valentine's night I had Aunt Sarah hide a toy from them under his bed. He was so thrilled to find it he loves a good surprise! Well somewhere along the way we misplaced the card. We didn't open it until that night! It contained a $1 bill in it!

When we asked him what he wanted to buy with his $1 he quickly responded shaving cream! He loves this stuff... and I do mean loves it! He could play with it in the bath for hours :) Here's the proof!

Terrible Blogger

So I know i have been a terrible blogger as of late... I am sorry! Somewhere along the way life got crazy! So here are the highlights of what has been going on...

We had a surprise party for my friend Cheri, it was a HUGE success and we pull it off. I made her cake and it was totally here. What a fun night out. We had a babysitter for JH and we were in love with her... she is a doll and we CANNOT wait for her to come back again soon!

Eric turned 30! We had a snow day to celebrate and it was wonderful! Exactly as he would have it. In snow, with his family, and steak and seafood for dinner:) I love this man and I am so bless to have him in my life!

ALLLLL of Eric's family came into town and we had a great time. Uncle Matt was not able to make it seeing how he was deployed on Valentine's Day... we will miss him and see him in EIGHT months! But as for the rest of us we had a great time hanging out and just visiting. It was fun to be together and watch the Olympics..we are all HUGE watchers... which is why I need to go! I'll be back soon... I have some FUN stuff to share

Finding the Hero in Your Husband

So this morning at MOPS this was theme... I kinda laughed at Eric about it, but the talk ended up being really good! Throughout the meeting I kept texting Eric about the one-liners that she so I thought I would share them with you!

SUBMISSION:

She was talking about how submission is hard thing. How your husband should be the head of the household and so often we want to sneak into that role! Her quote was "anything with 2 heads is a monster". Isn't that so true. If I saw something coming towards me with 2 heads I would be scared beyond belief. That's marriage. When we as wives try to become the head of the house our families, lives, and marriage becomes a monster... so run from it!

DAILY LIFE:

Socks on the floor is not death on the cross! I needed this! When Eric leaves all this ties, coats, socks, and gym clothes lying around, I loose it. It is not that he is saying, ohhhh i am gonna put this here just to tick her off, but more likely he just throws them and moves on to the next thing! It is not worth the death in order to have a cleaned up floor!

ONE MORE FOR THE BOOKS....

This is the one where you fill in the blanks... rest assured I can fill in my own blanks. She said that when you feel like you are frustrated, angry, and just plain not in the spirit we tend to act out. So finish this sentence.... I cannot loose my marriage over _________________. What is it for you, my list could be oh so long, money, cleaning, etc. But in the heat of the moment remind yourself of this!

*** In honor of my Hero of a Husband, I thought I would put a picture up of our wedding (almost 6 years ago) and one of this past weekend!

Heal Us Lord Jesus

This week can basically be summed up with "DO OVER PLEASE". Last week I took JH to the ER because his breathing and cough were so bad. They diagnosed him with strep and double ear infection along with a "wet cough" They started him on some meds and we thought he was on the mend, that was until this weekend when he took a turn for the worst!

We went to the doctor with a high fever, ear pain, cough, and labored breathing! We went to a new pediatrician (which i like but was NO Dr. Wilkes) He was great, he said his ears were not healed and he wanted to do a chest x-ray. JH was so brave, but he did NOT want a bracelet! Which is a hospital band, he was so funny about not wanting another one!

The doctor sent us home with steroids and meds and said we were treating the double ear infection and the croup. He was going to have a radiologist look at the x-rays and call us if need be.

We are still coughy and weapy, oh and we still have a low grade fever. Well the phone rang and you guessed it... the radiologist called and we have pneumonia. We will be going back for more chest xrays... poor Magoo. He has been through the ringer. Please Lord Jesus heal our son. We cannot wait for him to return to perfect health. Please keep our little family in your prayers if you think about it... they are much appreciated!