Well we've had a lot going on and I haven't posted in a long time! My goal (as always) is to start blogging more. I am envious of those that are able to blog a couple of times a week. So fingers crossed I can at least get one post in a week! This could be a long post.
Josh and I got excited earlier in July because we found some land a house plan that we liked. After much debating we decided that we were going to sell our house and move. Oh my goodness I was so excited. We submitted all the changes we wanted to the builder and they came back with a price that we felt comfortable with. We spent my birthday weekend cleaning our house out and getting it ready for putting it on the market. That next week the builder came back and said that he misquoted us by 10,000 dollars! Well that was not going to work for us, so we decided against building. We have started looking at more house plans and other houses for sale. We have just put the breaks on because we spent so much time working on getting everything together for the last house that didn't work out. We at least now know what we do and do not want in a house. We just trust that God has a plan for us and that wasn't in His plans right now.
Garrett has been fun and finished his swim lessons. Every year I don't think that he will learn anything from his lessons and then I am blown away with how much he learns. Before taking lessons the boy could NOT swim at all! He would always say "Mommy I can swim" and then he would sink to the bottom. The boy has no fear which is great but gives this mommy a heart attack every time we are close to a pool. So this was good for both of us. This year parents had to stand on the outside of the fence of the pool while the children took their lessons. I am proud to say that Garrett now knows how to swim. He can hold his breath for a good amount of time and can get from point A to point B. He can't tread water, but I am so excited that he can swim now! I have video on my phone but I can't get it to my computer! Just trust me...it's GREAT!!!
Last weekend Garrett, Susan (Josh's mom) and I went to a birthday party for one of my besties from college and then went to Garrett's first water park. It was SO MUCH FUN...Garrett had a blast and told me "Mommy you are just the best" So sweet!
Josh has had a summer cold this week and I think I am getting it...boo!! We have just been exhausted! It is really pitiful. We've been trying to go to bed early. I've still been trying to exercise, but it's been after work instead of the morning. I miss my running group SO MUCH but am having such a hard/impossible time getting up. I'm hoping that I can snap out of this exhaustion asap and get back to running with the girls!
Well that is enough of an update right now. I'm currently trying to write down the things Garrett is doing/saying that tickle me so I can remember them :-)
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The things they do that make you smile...or want to hide
Garrett has been taking swim lessons and he LOVES them. He has three teachers, one guy and two girls. He loves them all, but loves hanging with the guy. The parents have to wait on the outside of the pool behind a brick wall while they swim. So we can hear and see him and he can't see us. Tonight Garrett was with two of the teachers and the girl one asked what his last name was. He told them and she asked how do you spell it? We haven't started learning how to spell our last name so I couldn't hear what he said to them, but the guy teacher said "W I N N E R". Ha! What a hoot. Garrett of course didn't get it,, but it warmed my heart.
Josh told me tonight that we had someone come by today to spray for bugs...just the normal spraying. Garrett and Josh were walking out the door and were talking to him. On the way to the car, only a few steps away from the guy Garrett asks "Daddy why is he missing teeth?" OH DEAR. If you know G he is not quiet. Josh tried to shush him...ha, didn't work. He asked Josh again. Poor guy, I hope that he didn't hear G ask. Those are the moments you want to just crawl under a rock. Good times!
Josh told me tonight that we had someone come by today to spray for bugs...just the normal spraying. Garrett and Josh were walking out the door and were talking to him. On the way to the car, only a few steps away from the guy Garrett asks "Daddy why is he missing teeth?" OH DEAR. If you know G he is not quiet. Josh tried to shush him...ha, didn't work. He asked Josh again. Poor guy, I hope that he didn't hear G ask. Those are the moments you want to just crawl under a rock. Good times!
Monday, July 9, 2012
"Thank you God for Eberything"
This past Sunday was one of the scariest days I've ever had. It started off as a normal day, but Garrett and I decided to go to the pool. Garrett is a fish and would love to be in water 100 percent of the time. We played and played and there were only a few families there because we were there early. My parents were meeting us there. There are two big slides there that he loves and make me a NERVOUS wreck. The problem is that there is nothing under the slides except concrete. Well now you know why this makes me crazy. He has always done so well going up the slides. Most of the time I stand behind him in case he falls and this time I stayed in the pool. I was watching him and all of a sudden my worst fear became a reality. Just typing this I need a xanax thinking about what happened and it makes me want to vomit.
Well he lost his footing and fell from about four and a half feet up the ladder straight back. He screamed. I saw him bang his head on the concrete. He tried to get up and had trouble walking. Everything was going in SLOW motion. My mommy instincts kicked in and I didn't freak out on the outside but was a wreck on the inside. I got out of the pool and ran to him as fast as I could. I held him as close as I could and took him to the seats we were in. I checked his head and there was a gigantic goose egg on the back of his head. He wouldn't talk to me because he was crying so hard. A lady that was there at the pool came over and told me she was a trauma nurse and asked if she could check him out. Praise the Lord. I told her of course she could and was so thankful she was there. She said his eyes looked good and he was able to walk. I called the peds while she was checking him out and my parents were with him. They told me to come on to the Emergency Room.
We went on to the Emergency Room and Garrett got checked out and the doctor said he was fine. We were told to watch him for the next 48 hours. We left the ER and hugged on Garrett. Once we got home I went to a room while Josh and him ate lunch (I wasn't hungry after all this) and I just cried.
I know you aren't supposed to play the "what if's" in your head, but I did. It scared me so bad. Phew.
There were a couple of things that occurred though that reminded me that God was in control. I believe that God had his arms wrapped around Garrett when he fell. I also believe that the trauma nurse was an angel sent to calm me and help me. The doctor and nurses were so unbelievably calm and helpful. Later that day Garrett looked at me and said "Mommy can we pray?" He's never really asked this before and I told him of course we could, what did he want to pray for? He said for God to protect him (he heard me say that God had protected him during his fall earlier in the day). My heart melted immediately and I told him of course I would. So we prayed together and thanked God for protecting him and sending the angel to be with us. We also thanked him for the doctor and the nurse that did a good job looking after him". I love this boy so much!
When we ate lunch Garrett said the blessing. I can't hear his first full sentence but it says "Thank you thank you (and this is where I can't understand what he says, I think he says food); thank you God for eberything"
I honestly thank God for everything and I am so thankful for all of his blessings.
Well he lost his footing and fell from about four and a half feet up the ladder straight back. He screamed. I saw him bang his head on the concrete. He tried to get up and had trouble walking. Everything was going in SLOW motion. My mommy instincts kicked in and I didn't freak out on the outside but was a wreck on the inside. I got out of the pool and ran to him as fast as I could. I held him as close as I could and took him to the seats we were in. I checked his head and there was a gigantic goose egg on the back of his head. He wouldn't talk to me because he was crying so hard. A lady that was there at the pool came over and told me she was a trauma nurse and asked if she could check him out. Praise the Lord. I told her of course she could and was so thankful she was there. She said his eyes looked good and he was able to walk. I called the peds while she was checking him out and my parents were with him. They told me to come on to the Emergency Room.
We went on to the Emergency Room and Garrett got checked out and the doctor said he was fine. We were told to watch him for the next 48 hours. We left the ER and hugged on Garrett. Once we got home I went to a room while Josh and him ate lunch (I wasn't hungry after all this) and I just cried.
I know you aren't supposed to play the "what if's" in your head, but I did. It scared me so bad. Phew.
There were a couple of things that occurred though that reminded me that God was in control. I believe that God had his arms wrapped around Garrett when he fell. I also believe that the trauma nurse was an angel sent to calm me and help me. The doctor and nurses were so unbelievably calm and helpful. Later that day Garrett looked at me and said "Mommy can we pray?" He's never really asked this before and I told him of course we could, what did he want to pray for? He said for God to protect him (he heard me say that God had protected him during his fall earlier in the day). My heart melted immediately and I told him of course I would. So we prayed together and thanked God for protecting him and sending the angel to be with us. We also thanked him for the doctor and the nurse that did a good job looking after him". I love this boy so much!
When we ate lunch Garrett said the blessing. I can't hear his first full sentence but it says "Thank you thank you (and this is where I can't understand what he says, I think he says food); thank you God for eberything"
I honestly thank God for everything and I am so thankful for all of his blessings.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Birthday Eve and feeling blessed!
Today was a great day and I can't wait for tomorrow. We started out today with Garrett's first dentist appointment. I was nervous on how he would do and I shouldn't have been! He was amazing and made his mommy SO PROUD! He was so excited and sat like a big boy. He was even more excited to get a new toothbrush, toothpaste and floss! He got his bag and carried it everywhere! Here are a few pictures from the mornings adventure:
Tonight after dinner he asked if I was going to get a cookie and I said I didn't think so. He said I don't want one either, I just want to brush my teeth! ha!!!
We had pizza and salad tonight and to drink I had a Blue Moon. It was VERY yummy! Garrett has a 4th of July party tomorrow and I signed up for cookies. Here is my result of trying to be creative:
The night ended with Josh and I talking about future dreams for the near future. It is very exciting and who doesn't like to dream? Who knows, hopefully some of those dreams will come true :-)
Time for bed now and tomorrow I wake up an older woman. I look forward to my day though. Hopefully I will have some sort of yummy cake or cookie at work, I get to go to Garrett's 4th of July party and then head to my parents house for my birthday dinner with my brother and sister-in-law and Josh's mom. Wahoo!!
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| Judy was the best! |
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| Thanks to Pops for entertaining Garrett while I got my teeth cleaned! |
Tonight after dinner he asked if I was going to get a cookie and I said I didn't think so. He said I don't want one either, I just want to brush my teeth! ha!!!
We had pizza and salad tonight and to drink I had a Blue Moon. It was VERY yummy! Garrett has a 4th of July party tomorrow and I signed up for cookies. Here is my result of trying to be creative:
The night ended with Josh and I talking about future dreams for the near future. It is very exciting and who doesn't like to dream? Who knows, hopefully some of those dreams will come true :-)
Time for bed now and tomorrow I wake up an older woman. I look forward to my day though. Hopefully I will have some sort of yummy cake or cookie at work, I get to go to Garrett's 4th of July party and then head to my parents house for my birthday dinner with my brother and sister-in-law and Josh's mom. Wahoo!!
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Time to press the restart button
To say we have been busy is an understatement. I have more blogs to come from my brother getting married and then going on vacation. We have been going a hundred miles per hour (or so it feels) for the past month. I have been letting things that are important to me slip away. I have not exercised, I have been eating like it's my last meal and I haven't been putting God first in my life. I know I have gained weight and I'm tired because of what I've been eating. It is a vicious cycle. I am not eating right which is causing me to put on weight, what I'm eating gives me zero energy, which makes me not want to work out! You get the picture!
So this week I started trying to get back on track...somewhat! Ha! I have a long way to go, but am happy with where I am headed.
Every Tuesday morning I have a Bible study with a wonderful woman from church. We talked and I've decided to start getting up about 20-25 minutes before Garrett gets up and have my quiet time. This is the one thing that I get an A+ for this week. Tuesday through Friday I got up and had my quiet time. Saturday I didn't do any because we went to church. Sunday I did it in the afternoon. I've enjoyed my time and am also journaling so that I can see where God is working in my life.
Exercising...well probably a C- at best. Ha! I worked out two times this week. The goal for this next week is to work out three times. I don't want to kill myself. I've lost my enjoyment for working out. I used to LOVE the gym and LOVE exercising. I got burned out. It wasn't fun anymore. So I am getting back to having fun. I want to shed whatever weight I have put on, but I'm not getting on a scale. I don't think. I am trying not to focus on numbers. We will see how it works out.
My eating habits were better this week. I did have fruits and veges and didn't eat out as much. I plan on trying not to eat out at all this week for lunch. We will see how it goes. I'm also trying to cook at home more. Saves money and calories!
Well now that we had a nice weekend at home....here is to a successful week! More posts to come about Preston and Nicole's wedding, couponing, Topsail Island and the other fun we have been having this summer.
So this week I started trying to get back on track...somewhat! Ha! I have a long way to go, but am happy with where I am headed.
Every Tuesday morning I have a Bible study with a wonderful woman from church. We talked and I've decided to start getting up about 20-25 minutes before Garrett gets up and have my quiet time. This is the one thing that I get an A+ for this week. Tuesday through Friday I got up and had my quiet time. Saturday I didn't do any because we went to church. Sunday I did it in the afternoon. I've enjoyed my time and am also journaling so that I can see where God is working in my life.
Exercising...well probably a C- at best. Ha! I worked out two times this week. The goal for this next week is to work out three times. I don't want to kill myself. I've lost my enjoyment for working out. I used to LOVE the gym and LOVE exercising. I got burned out. It wasn't fun anymore. So I am getting back to having fun. I want to shed whatever weight I have put on, but I'm not getting on a scale. I don't think. I am trying not to focus on numbers. We will see how it works out.
My eating habits were better this week. I did have fruits and veges and didn't eat out as much. I plan on trying not to eat out at all this week for lunch. We will see how it goes. I'm also trying to cook at home more. Saves money and calories!
Well now that we had a nice weekend at home....here is to a successful week! More posts to come about Preston and Nicole's wedding, couponing, Topsail Island and the other fun we have been having this summer.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Random ME
I blog a lot about Garrett, but thought I would take a few minutes just to remember things that I am doing and remember the randomness of moi! Ha. Here are a few things about me that you may or may not know:
- I honestly feel like I am going to have to start letting everyone know when I get gas for the car. I swear that EVERY time I go and get gas, the price drops within hours and by the next day a dramatic drop. By the way I will be getting some Saturday probably, so Sunday would be your best bet! Ha!
- I love drugstores. I could spend all day shopping in these stores. I love to get a good deal and am wanting to try about any new product! I also love a coupon and get SO excited when I find a good deal. I have just used up a stock pile of beauty supplies that I got in November of 2009. I hadn't had to buy body wash for almost 2 years. I am now having to go through all my coupons and try and find "good deals" again!
- I have piles everywhere. I am honestly a messy person. My husband on the other hand is Mr. Clean. I have a million pocketbooks and "stuff" everywhere. My husband is sweet and organizes them into piles until I go through them. It's just not as important to me. I had one box that sat for months before going through it!
- Speaking of being unorganized, my pocketbook is ridiculous. Josh always cringes when I ask him to get something out of my pocketbook. Especially when my phone is in there somewhere. Ha! I feel like Mary Poppins with the amount of junk I have in my pocketbook! I am going to share a picture of my pile out of my pocketbook before cleaning it out (don't judge):
- I love the pool! I love the beach. I could stay outside all day. Seriously if there is a breeze and I have a book and music. I'm in heaven. LOVE IT. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to look like tanning mom. I use a minimum of SPF 30.
- I am loving my new to me car! I feel like I am driving another persons car. I feel like I have to pinch myself sometimes...ha!
- I could eat Chinese food almost every day. I am not exaggerating at all. When I was pregnant the people at my favorite Chinese restaurant knew my order when I called. I would place the order: Chicken and broccoli spicy hot with steamed rice. Then I would hear "oh hey Kim how are you doing?" Ha! Luckily my boss and coworker love it as much. We have it at least once a week if not twice. We had it yesterday and I bet we will have it again Thursday or Friday :-)
- Speaking of food...have you had the Dorito Taco??? SO good!!! Go and get you one!
- I've had a whistle in my nose for a week now. It drives me NUTS. I can't stand it! Tonight Garrett heard it for the first time and couldn't figure out where it was coming from. He said "mommy how youse whistling?" ha! I told him through my nose. He was shocked. Hilarious!
- I am truly enjoying Christian music. I actually have some downloaded on my i pod and use it when I'm having a crazy day. A few of my favorites are:
- Still loving reality TV. You name it, I love it!
- I love the season of fresh fruit and vegetables! I love them so much and just another reason to love summer time!
- I read blogs about people I don't know about. I'm nosy. I'll admit it. I have
multiplea few blogs that I have never met the people and never plan to meet (although I would love it!). I also love people watching. I can't get enough. One time Josh and I were on a date and the people behind us were on a HORRIBLE first date. It was like Christmas came early. I loved listening in and felt so sorry for the poor girl! - I love an excuse to eat bad. I love gas station food! Vacations and road trips are my favorite!
- I wish that I knew how to put on makeup and wear jewelry more. I just don't wear either a lot. I want to get better about it and feel more put together. I am jealous of those that accessorise and pull it off. maybe one day!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Holden Beach 2012...Our own Pirate Adventure
Well this year I got Josh to take off a few days so that we could head down to Holden Beach. I love the beach, just love it. Josh on the other hand is not a fan of the beach. Luckily now that Garrett is here he tolerates enjoys it more since he can play on the beach. My idea of a perfect day at the beach is a chair, a good book, some good music, beer and a few snacks while the wind is flowing. Vacation is fun since you don't feel guilty about having a beer at lunch. I love that!
We came down on Thursday afternoon and stayed through Monday afternoon. At Holden Beach our cottage is on the beach and with a 3 year old it makes such a difference. You can run down to the beach for 2 minutes or stay for 2 hours and all of your "stuff" is right there at the house, including a bathroom. It makes a HUGE difference with the little ones. Also there isn't much to do at Holden except beach and I love that. I think there are two restaurants and they do have a water slide. So lots of family time.
So I was BEYOND excited to get down for some rest & relaxation...then I learned never to get too excited about things and get your hopes up because most of the time it doesn't work out like it's supposed to in your head.
Thursday we played on the beach some, but Garrett was moody. He didn't nap on the way down (that was one of the things I had in my mind. G was going to take an awesome nap on the way down so that we could have so much fun...). The positive to this is that we knew he would CRASH when he finally went to sleep. This was the first year we didn't have to travel with a bed rail or pack and play. It was nice. We took turns sleeping in his room. Thursday was my night. G is not a good nap sleeper, but gets 5 gold stars for sleeping during the night. He usually does great. WELL Thursday night we got maybe 5 hours of sleep. He would wake up and cry for no reason and then back to sleep for a few minutes. Just as I was about to fall back asleep every time I would hear him cry again. I was sooo ill. He told me that he wanted to go home that he didn't like it there. UGH. I didn't know where any of this was coming from. Luckily Josh was in another room so he got a good night sleep and we all weren't sleep deprived.
Friday my parents came up to spend the rest of the time with us. Garrett loves spending time with all of his grandparents, so I knew that would lift his spirits and whatever was going on with him would go away. Ha. Nope. Mr. Moody still hung around. We took his temperature and he had a fever! I felt so awful. I just thought he was being a 3 year old, and he was sick. Mom of the Year award for me! About 6:00pm he started crying again about not feeling good and was pulling his ear. He would cry every 5 minutes. This is not like Garrett. So we knew we needed to go to the doctor. Going back and forth about calling it was 7:15pm when we called and they closed at 8:00. We were at least 45 minutes away. So we waited until the morning and went at 8am. In case you are ever in the Wilmington/Leland area we went to Waterford Urgent Care and it was so nice! Our pediatrician office takes at least 2 hours when we have to go for a sick visit. UGH. So we went in knowing that it could take some time. We were in and out within 30 min and the staff was SO NICE! So refreshing. Turns out G had an ear infection. Poor guy. Garrett is allergic to one antibiotic and of course guess who didn't wright it down (again, Mother of the Year award). So the doctor asked a few questions and prescribed a medication. We went over to Rite Aid and got the prescription filled. There was a creepy man in front of me complaining that his nose spray didn't work. So the pharmacist was spraying it showing it did work. We got our antibiotics and headed out to the car to administer that and Advil. While we were sitting there Josh said "Lock your doors" and I looked up to find out why and when I did the passenger door opened (Josh was in the back with G entertaining him). I screamed "GET OUT OF MY CAR". The guy slammed the door and I locked it. He then tried talking to me saying he thought it was his wife waiting. I had the doors locked at this point and just yelled to him to go away. I really think he wasn't trying to get into our car, but thought it was his. It was scary and with little sleep, he caught my bad side.
Well we decided to call Target where we normally get our medications filled and double check to see if he was allergic to the meds we just administered....YES that was the one he was allergic to. Of course it is. SO we had to go back to the doctor and get another antibiotic. It was a long morning and I was ready for my beer by lunch!
Here is a picture of G before meds:
After his medications kicked in we had two GREAT days at the beach. We got to have ice cream (super yummy), and play on the beach and then we tried to go to the water slide...closed. Oh well, next year!
Here are some pictures (out of order) from our trip and I think I got trigger happy:
We came down on Thursday afternoon and stayed through Monday afternoon. At Holden Beach our cottage is on the beach and with a 3 year old it makes such a difference. You can run down to the beach for 2 minutes or stay for 2 hours and all of your "stuff" is right there at the house, including a bathroom. It makes a HUGE difference with the little ones. Also there isn't much to do at Holden except beach and I love that. I think there are two restaurants and they do have a water slide. So lots of family time.
So I was BEYOND excited to get down for some rest & relaxation...then I learned never to get too excited about things and get your hopes up because most of the time it doesn't work out like it's supposed to in your head.
Thursday we played on the beach some, but Garrett was moody. He didn't nap on the way down (that was one of the things I had in my mind. G was going to take an awesome nap on the way down so that we could have so much fun...). The positive to this is that we knew he would CRASH when he finally went to sleep. This was the first year we didn't have to travel with a bed rail or pack and play. It was nice. We took turns sleeping in his room. Thursday was my night. G is not a good nap sleeper, but gets 5 gold stars for sleeping during the night. He usually does great. WELL Thursday night we got maybe 5 hours of sleep. He would wake up and cry for no reason and then back to sleep for a few minutes. Just as I was about to fall back asleep every time I would hear him cry again. I was sooo ill. He told me that he wanted to go home that he didn't like it there. UGH. I didn't know where any of this was coming from. Luckily Josh was in another room so he got a good night sleep and we all weren't sleep deprived.
Friday my parents came up to spend the rest of the time with us. Garrett loves spending time with all of his grandparents, so I knew that would lift his spirits and whatever was going on with him would go away. Ha. Nope. Mr. Moody still hung around. We took his temperature and he had a fever! I felt so awful. I just thought he was being a 3 year old, and he was sick. Mom of the Year award for me! About 6:00pm he started crying again about not feeling good and was pulling his ear. He would cry every 5 minutes. This is not like Garrett. So we knew we needed to go to the doctor. Going back and forth about calling it was 7:15pm when we called and they closed at 8:00. We were at least 45 minutes away. So we waited until the morning and went at 8am. In case you are ever in the Wilmington/Leland area we went to Waterford Urgent Care and it was so nice! Our pediatrician office takes at least 2 hours when we have to go for a sick visit. UGH. So we went in knowing that it could take some time. We were in and out within 30 min and the staff was SO NICE! So refreshing. Turns out G had an ear infection. Poor guy. Garrett is allergic to one antibiotic and of course guess who didn't wright it down (again, Mother of the Year award). So the doctor asked a few questions and prescribed a medication. We went over to Rite Aid and got the prescription filled. There was a creepy man in front of me complaining that his nose spray didn't work. So the pharmacist was spraying it showing it did work. We got our antibiotics and headed out to the car to administer that and Advil. While we were sitting there Josh said "Lock your doors" and I looked up to find out why and when I did the passenger door opened (Josh was in the back with G entertaining him). I screamed "GET OUT OF MY CAR". The guy slammed the door and I locked it. He then tried talking to me saying he thought it was his wife waiting. I had the doors locked at this point and just yelled to him to go away. I really think he wasn't trying to get into our car, but thought it was his. It was scary and with little sleep, he caught my bad side.
Well we decided to call Target where we normally get our medications filled and double check to see if he was allergic to the meds we just administered....YES that was the one he was allergic to. Of course it is. SO we had to go back to the doctor and get another antibiotic. It was a long morning and I was ready for my beer by lunch!
Here is a picture of G before meds:
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| This is before the doctor. Lots of cuddling (the only good thing about being sick). Look how pitiful he looks :-( |
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| This was after his medication had kicked in. Feeling MUCH better! |
Here are some pictures (out of order) from our trip and I think I got trigger happy:
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| Proud of his rocks |
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| He loves to play Teacher/children! |
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| Who is ready to go to the beach??? |
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| Flying his first kite! |
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| Pops always helps |
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| These are the "smiles" we get sometimes! |
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| SO CUTE |
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