Cedar Hill visit

It was great getting to got to Cedar Hill this weekend. I miss my peeps! The Henrys were so great (as always) to have a little get together for everyone to come over and meet Julian. It was so much fun. Julian got to meet all is baby friends. Sadie wasn't there but he's met her once before so it's ok. Maybe next time. I had a great time at the "party" friday night and then the rest of the weekend with Mrs Debbie and her family.

Julian update:

he is giggling more and more at everything

he is grabbing more things and sticking everything he can get his hands on in his mouth

he has been sleeping great

SPEAKING OF SLEEPING: LAST NIGHT AT DEBBIE'S HOUSE, MY MOM LAYED HIM DOWN AT 5:30 FOR A "NAP." HE DIDN'T WAKE UP TIL 11:30 TO EAT THEN STRAIGHT BACK TO SLEEP AND ANOTHER BOTTLE AT 3:30 AND BACK TO SLEEP TIL 6:30 THIS MORNING. THAT IS LIKE 13 HOURS!!!!!!!! 13 HOURS OF SLEEP. AND HE'S HAS STILL TAKEN ALL HIS NAPS TODAY. AND HE'S BACK DOWN AT 8:30 AGAIN TONIGHT. YAY FOR JULIAN!!!

Here are a few pictures from this weekend.

Not a Cedar Hill picture but had to share. It's too cute:
My three favorite boys watching a little baby einstein.

The Three Muskateers: I don't think they fit too well in that chair. I dont' think Luke liked being sat on and I don't think Julian was enjoying sitting on someone else :)

Luke: Will be 5 months this week

Julian: will be 4 months this week

Carson: Just turned 3 months on the 22nd

A little squished and not sure why everyone is crying with laughter but CUTE AS PIE! with Mrs. Inass

Ms. Jo isn't a fan of babies. But I'm sure Julian could grow on herJohn and Gina: Gina is my friend since Kindergarten.
Julian and Mrs. Cindy

with funny Mr. John

We loved spending the weekend with Mrs. Debbie and her family

All tuckered out on the trip home. Reading a book is tiring

HAPPY SPRING BREAK!

Hi! So spring break is almost over. So sad. We have had a wonderful break and I have loved every second getting to be home with Julian. Recap: My mom drove into town last Friday to start off our week. She was planning to stay the whole week but I decided to pack up and drive home with her on Wednesday and take Julian to see my family and then we would fly back on Saturday (today). Soooo in the mean time having my mom around was soooooooo nice. I was able to get some much needed house cleaning done and she was a huge help. When it stopped raining and the sun came out Monday, we went out and bought some plants to make a flower bed in my front yard. I worked alllllll afternoon and my hamstrings were so sore I could hardly walk for the next 3 days but it looks great and I'm just crossing my fingers that it actally grows. We'll see. The whole time my mom was here at my house every night Julian would go to sleep around 8 and sleep til 4ish and then go back to sleep for a couple hours. So we were planning to start our trip wednesday based on his schedule. Of course Tuesday night he decides to wake up at 11:30 and 2:30 and NOT want to go back to sleep. Fun Fun. We started off anyays about 5:30 Wednesday moring and Julian was amazing. He slept, ate, talked, slept, ate talk, etc... He was a great traveler. Wednesday night we had dinner with my grandad and my mom's family in Rotan and then Thursday we headed to Knox City. My grandmother was very suprised to see us. We had such a great visit with her and we went to visit everyone else in town over the age of 90 :) haha. I'm kidding. He has a lot of "great grandmas" who love him. We got to hang out and spend two days with my brother and his family which was really nice then we woke up early this morning and headed to Lubbock to visit a couple people and catch my flight. I got to meet up with my college roommate, Monica, and then another college fried and her new little boy who is two months older than Julian. It was so great to see them. Then I took Julian to meet a couple of my cousins, ate lunch and headed to the airport. I was a little nervous about the flight but confident. He was great at the airport. Waiting for the flight, I changed his diaper and he laid there on his mat and just talked and smiled at everone. I sat him up in his car seat and he did the same. Then they called "travelers with young children." That was me! So I walk down the tunnel -- still confident. We step in the plane and of course it is 155 degrees in there. Julian was already a little hungry and had been patient long enough so he decided to let everyone know he was VERY VERY angry with everything. Poor dude was so mad and hot and hungry and very sleepy and the poor passengers AND HIS POOR MOTHER!! Even though it felt like he screamed for a couple hours, I think it was only about 10 or so mins until we started taxing to take off and then he gave up and he was OUT. I made him keep sucking on his passifier on our way up and he slept until we were about to land and then he ate his bottle while landing and we were good to go. So over all, he was a wonderful little traveler. Next time I know that he will be wearing as little clothing as possible and I will need to bring my own personal A/C for the plane because my little boy is like his mommy and do NOT like to be hot. I was soooo worried about the other people on the plane. I felt horrible. But I guess this isn't the first time something like this has happened because the airline has figured out that they put all babies and children at the back of the plane. So at least everyone around me was very understanding and they all were encouraging me saying that they have all been there. Whewwwwww!!!! That 10 minutes made me tired. Oh and as we are fixing to get on the plane Jerry calls and says that his engine at work had broke down so he wasn't sure if he'd b there to pick us up but he was going to try to find someone who could pick us up. That was a little stressful for me hoping that after this flight that someone would be there to GET US HOME. Thankfully things happened to work out perfectly for Jerry and he was pulling up as soon as Julian and I walked out the door. Perfect timing. I had some sonic and now I'm home with my three favorite boys.. I am a happy girl. I had a wonderful spring break!! Here are a few pictures from our trip: HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!

with grandma

with his cousin Hayden

with Aunt Myrawith Aunt Peggysmiling at my mamarwith Alice - looonnnngg time family friendwith MiMi - my next door neighbor growing up and great aunt (or somehow related)

Julian's cousin Riley Paigewith Uncle Rileynot sure daddy likes this. Hawith my cousin Carson with his 2ND broken arm. poor baby

Happy 3 months Julian!!

Grandma came to town! yay!

NO NO I don't like mommy's new hair!!

Maybe I still love my mommy as a brunette??
I love my Grandma!

Thanks Miss Pari for all my fun toys!!

Wreck 'em Tech!

Well we are getting ready for the big rodeo here in Houston. It's crazy when you grow up around it and it's just weird how big of a deal it is when "rodeo time" comes around here. So teaching these kids all the ranch and cowboy words is pretty funny. All the kids made one of these cowboys or girls. Of course Melissa and I had to join in the fun. I'm pretty sure I KNOW who the cutest cowboy is :) I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!

In other news: Gradma is on her way. She should be here soon. yay!!

pics 2months, 2wks, 2days

HI!

he was trying his best to hit my camera

cute "little prince" outfit our neighbor bought for him. he is tooo cute in it. i was dying laughing.

i couldn't breathe my flu germs on my baby

chillin with dad when he got home from work

grandma is gonna kill me for putting this one on here but i love this pic and i think everyone understands we might not all look our best when we first wake up in the morning.

i think odis discovered why he was fussy

Christmas in February!!

Thanks to my friend Pari, Julian had a huge day today. She gave him a TON of wonderful things -- he loves his new swing
-- she gave us a TON of new clothes -- soooo cute

I know I know - me being loud is big news!! :) haha I CANT help it! I get it honest. Believe it or not I'm not AS loud as my dad or some of that side of the family. I hate it and I wish I wasn't so loud but thankfullyI have found a few wonderful people that have been able to accept/put up with (no matter how embarassing at times) the high volume and love me anyways. I really pray that Julian doesn't get that from me. No matter how embarassing for me or how much I hate it, I do not think it has anything to do with my "professionalism." It is something I need to "work on." hahaha. All I can do is laugh. When someone said those words to me I just grinned and wanted to laugh. In my head, this is what was being said, " OH REALLY!! ME?? LOUD?? THAT'S NEW! I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE! AND I'LL "WORK ON IT". HAHA DON'T YOU THINK IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE "WORKED ON" AND FIXED THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT WHEN I WAS IN KINDERGARTEN INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL I HAVE BEEN EMBARASSED MY WHOLE LIFE????"
Well I just wanted to vent a little and say thanks to all my peeps that accept and love me even though I'm a little louder than the average person. Ok enough about that!

Updates:
Julian is still the best baby ever
We still LOVE Ms. Sylvia our babysitter
I still wish I was a stay-at-home mommy
Julian is discovering his hands and he likes them in his mouth
His hands still pop him in the face very often :)
His eyes are still bluish/grayish
He is laughing a lot in his sleep
He has dimples and we have no idea where they came from
Spring break is in 3 weeks and WE GET TO SEE GRANDMA!!!

ok bye, i'll post pics tomorrow (well soonish)

Sick and Tired!!

well mainly just tired of being sick!!

Let me sum up the past 4 days of my life starting with

Saturday... woke up with what I thought was an allergy attack so I took a tylenol allergy and that was that. nose was still a little runny but no biggy. julian and I went out and got his pictures taken came home all was well. what i thought were "bad allergies" started acting up again that night and so i took another tylenol and called it a night. I felt a little extra cold when i was going to bed bt didn't think much of it.

Sunday... woke up to feed julian in the middle of the night.. chills... head ache... achey all over... went back to sleep. woke up again and knew something was very very wrong and normally i would have just rode it out but since i have a 2 month old i was a little more concerned. i got my flu shot!!! so it couldn't be!! i was hoping for a sinus infection... NOPE.. the flu. so i got my meds, tried to lysol everything down in the house, and wore my mask so i wasn't breathing on my baby. I felt bad but i've had the flu worse so i wasn't that concerned and i knew that with one days rest i would be good to go

Monday... couldn't work but we still Julian to the babysitter so he wasn't around my germs and so i could get some rest. I was feeling fine. I got some good rest. Then jerry brought julian home and he was off to work. Things do not seem to go well for me when Jerry goes to work. all of a sudden the fever that had been gone all day was back. i was cold one min and burning up the next and my baby was mr. fussy. My ear started hurting but i thought i was just drainage. Well gradually i realized it was definitely more than drainage. I was in some pretty major pain by 7 or 8 when i laid Julian down. Jerry got off early and brought home some ear drops. by the time he got there the pain had mulitiplied. we tried all the remedies and by around 10 i couldn't stand it. by 11 i seriously thought i was dying....

Tuesday... jerry and julian took me the emergency room by 12. i'm not sure why they even call it and "emergency" room. i sat in the waiting room crying and shaking for an hour before they called me back to take my temp and blood pressure. then they gave me a motrin and sent me back to wait for another hour. why couldn't they have seen me shaking and crying when i was signing in and asked a couple questions and given me the motrin then?? WHO KNOWS!! 30 mins i was feeling a little relief from the motrin. finally saw the doc and just a bad ear infection. so anitbiotics and some pain meds and i'm done and home by 3:15ish. I went to sleep and Jerry fed Julian but he wouldn't go back to sleep so he finally came and got me at 4:30 to see if i could "work my magic." I was rocking him and all of a sudden the pain was back with a vengence.. next was a sizzling/bubbling feeling in my ear (painful) and then a shreiking sound and i thought it was going to explode and i almost had to scream but then there was a pop and a gush of warm air sound/feeling... then major drainage coming out of the ear. so i got my baby to sleep and went back to sleep myself. we took Julian to the babysitter around 8 and picked up yet another couple perscriptions. feeling so much better. ear just feels clogged up but not too painful as long as i stay on top of my pain meds. it was still popping and sizzling and draining a whole lot but even the pharmacist said that was a good sign. well jerry leaves for work and imagine that, things just go down the drain. nothing painful but the drainage turned to bloody drainage and so that got me a little concerned so i started trying to look it up on line and calling around asking some people what they thought. all said to call a doc. so i called and they said, come in immediately!! so my 3rd waiting room in 3 days. JOYFUL i tell ya! but and hour and 1/2 later.. ruptured ear drum. another diagnosis another perscription. so hopefully i'm on my way up now! if nothing else, I am definitely medicated :) I"m going to work tomorrow!! yay! So i better go to bed while my baby is sleeping away up there.

Thank the Lord for doctors, pharmacies, babysitters, loved ones, and friends.