Regalos!

Christmas was lots of fun this year I'll post about that later but wanted to share my lil man helping open his presents! Below is just a small glimpse of what he got! Just a little background his screwdriver is part of the toolbox Tia Rachel gave him for Christmas.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

This is what we woke up to this morning!! SNOW!

Vacaciones!

What more can I say other than I <3 the vacation aspect of my job! My Christmas vacation officially started yesterday at 11 am. After work I went to have appetizers with my girls from work at Chili's. It's nice to talk normal talk with adults especially since we really only talk with 4 yr olds all day! After that I picked up munchkin man and we had lunch with dad! The best part of yesterday was being home by 12:30 and taking a nap in the middle of the day! This year I got some awesome gifts from my kids! I LLoOVEe hot cocoa mugs! Dj's godparents came over for a visit so that was nice to watch Dj play well actually bother the boys while they played video games with David! Today Dj and I slept in yes we didn't wake up till 8:30 this morning!! Sadly David has to work the rest of the week but at least we get to hang out with him during the day. Tonight we went out with a friend and played shhh my Christmas present!! More on that later!! I'm really looking forward to relaxing and getting some organization and re-arranging done!

Date Night 1.0

I think hurricane Katrina hit my work week..Monday's are always hard after holidays for any teacher but 4 yr olds take that way differently! In the middle of the day I found out I would lose one student and gain 4!! Yes you read that right 4 more! So you could only imagine how exhausting it is to start over! I've been tired and cranky this week and hate that constant feeling so I was very pleased web David asked lets do a date night!! So he made the plans and I was just along for the ride :) We went to the movies and saw Breaking Dawn--I can say I was disappointed! I've read all of Stefenie Meyers books and loved the movie in my head! After the movie we enjoyed a nice Alfredo's dinner and hung out with David's parents before heading home!

I think date night is a must from now on! Thanks Babe!

Looking forward to the family weekend we have planned!

A Sacred Heart

Wow! An intense title for an intense change in our lives! We have friends that are doing great on the road to a healthy life and weight. We always usually one at a time say I'm going to do this or that sounds great and we might for a couple days but this time it's a mutual decision that we are committing to a week long diet plan! A friend of David's actually gave him the plan and we went tonight and bought all we needed for the week. I am proud to say our fridge is full w veggies, fruit, milk and juice! Heres our ingredients and all that goodness in the pot!
This weekend we tried to relax some as much as we know how...David worked in the shop while I went shopping with Dj's Tia Rachel. Today David went to look at a truck while Dj and I ate breakfast and then went to Christmas in November with Memaw.
Next week is my last full week before Thanksgiving which is really nice to think of but also means we've got to get on the ball with our learning expectations!
I'll keep an update on our soup and diet change!

Make this Croup crap go away!

Well Tuesday I got a call while at work from my mom that Dj was running a fever and cranky. We just assumed it was the beginning of a cold or teething so the plan was to take Wednesday off and get a drs appt. By the time we got home he and I rested and all of a sudden a heard this funky cough?! So we gave him Tylenol and began dinner. I called the on call dr and when he called back said it sounds like he has croup. If it gets worse go to the ER! What the ER?! So we packed some bags hung out in a steamed bathroom and headed to the ER! At the ER we heard 6 hr wait! R U Kidding!! So he got a breathing treatment and started coughing pretty bad after that...which followed by Dj turning BLUE! We were rushed back put on cool mist tube, chest X-ray, IV, and all kinds of bloodwork. Our poor lil man had it rough! Finally after panicking crying and all the emotions in between we say Dr. Smith the on call pedi dr. He sent us up to the Meeks Children's floor so that we could be monitored overnight. After a day of playing coughing crying and finally being able to breathe we went home at 10 pm!!

Fall is in the Air!

Well finally there has been a small break in the heat and our mornings are cooler! It definitely feels like FALL! I switched out our table cloth and bought some CUTE new decorations! I love it even more because I bought everything on sale and with a coupon!! Today David and his friend Josh were busy building the base of our new storage building! We finished the night having dinner and catching up with some old friends that are in town for the weekend....now THOR!