Foto Friday

The choice for this week is "Bad Hair Day"
So here goes.....



Ok now anyone that knows us, knows that Liana is always one to have some funky hair days. I.E the "mohawk". She always has the flyaways. Bless her little heart =). I could not choose just one!

B.T.W Jaycob only stayed in his bed till midnight. Go figure! Oh well we will try again tonight!!

Have a good one all!

Jaycob and The Big Boy Bed

Well last night he made it till about 4am. YAY!! That was better than I expected. We will see how far he goes tonight!

Also he used the potty 4 times today. I knew when he went because he would look up at me with the biggest smile on his face and then clap his hands! I was so proud of my little man! Every time Liana goes near the bathroom he wants to follow. And he has really been interested for a while. I just did not want to accept it. But now the thought is, "Wow he could be potty trained soon and no more diaper changes and better yet no more buying diapers for a while!!" "WOOHOO let's do this!"

Now on to Liana. She went back to the doc today and they ran more tests. She does have a bladder infection. But all of the other results will not come in till next week sometime. She actually ate tonight. We had pancakes for dinner, which was a success. She ate 2 and some fresh cut strawberries...YAY! Then she actually played for the first time in 5 nights! She also had a tint of color back in her cheeks. She actually looked alive. But then her fever started coming back and she got real fussy at bedtime. But hey I will take what I can get. She had her last round of Rocephin today, so maybe this stuff will clear up SOOOON!!!

This is going to be a quick post. Have a good one all! I will update on how long Jaycob stays in the bed tonight, tomorrow. Plus I am going to try and get some pics of little ole him in that BIG ole bed.

Testing the Waters

Well tonight we are testing the waters. Waters? We are trying Jaycob out in a new bed, well to him. A few months ago we got some new bunk beds for Caylob and so now that Caylob has gotten used to them, we are going to see about moving Jaycob out of our room and into Caylob's. Making it officially the BOY'S room. It is a milestone I kinda don't want, but am ok with going ahead with it, if that even makes since. My baby is growing up, but he is still my BABY kinda thing.

So anyways, we are going to try this tonight. I have been putting him down in there at nap time and he sleeps well. Funny thing is, he actually goes right to sleep for the most part when I do put him down in the big bed. And I mean really big bed for him. But I do not see him staying in there ALL night. Stranger things have happened tho and I might even be proven wrong. But we will see. I dunno.

Caylob is excited for this transition tho. I wasn't going to put Jaycob in there tonight, but Caylob pushed for it. He is such a good big brother. HAHA today the whole family went to Caylob's school to see a puppet show about Halloween (BOO!) but he was protective over his little brother and sister. He was selective about who could touch them. And during the show Liana sat between him and his little friend. They all had their arms around each other the whole time. I was just waiting for Caylob to stand up and say that the stuff in the show was evil and of the devil. But he kept quiet, I was happy and disappointed at the same time. I know I am confusing!!

Well now that we are completely OFF the subject I will give an update on Liana. Sadly I feel that she is getting worse. So far she has had two doses of Rocephin and is not getting any better. She is still running a fever and EVERY night after dinner, which she doesn't eat, she sits there and just shakes because she is sooooo cold. My heart aches for her and all I can do is sit there and just hold her. By the time she went to sleep tonight her eyes were red and swollen almost shut and watering like crazy AND she was pale as a ghost. I felt terrible for her. She fell asleep in my bed which is where she will stay tonight. I know I know that will spoil her, but oh well I don't care she needs it. She does have a doctor's appointment to actually see the doc tomorrow, I hope we can get her straightened out REALLY soon.

And Jaycob's little ear is still infected and still stinks. This is really the pits. I long for the day when there is no sickness in this house. What a day that will be!!

Well as for tonight that's all I have. I missed church which was a bummer =/ And Tracy I am sorry for not calling you, I lost your number. I wanted to I promise. But I will write more tomorrow sometime to let you know how things went.

Have a good one everyone!

Liana and the mystery illness.

Ok since Saturday night Liana has had a fever off and on. It has gotten as high as 103.3. Saturday night when it hit we gave her tylenol and it went away and then Sunday morning she had a small one again. More tylenol and she was fine all through the long church service and lunch afterwards. Then we came home Sunday and took a nap and when she woke up she had a high fever and kept a fairly high fever until today. I do not like to take her to a specific doc. that was in the office yesterday so I opted to wait until this morning. When we got in she was checked and then the doc looked at me and said I want to get some blood work on her in Dyersburg and then I want you to come right back here. I was like umm ok what is going on is it serious? She then told me that Liana either had an infection or MONO. OH GREAT!! That is soooo my rate of luck.

But anyway blood work was drawn and we are back in Newbern. Doc comes in and Liana's glands themselves have an infection in them, her right ear is infected, and she has a rash that needs attention on her bottom. She had to have a shot of that painful rosefen(sp?) and then another one tomorrow, then again on Thursday....bummer. SO please pray for her to feel better soon. She has had the shakes from being so cold due to fever for two nights now. When I put her down she was running fever. She is pitiful. I feel sooooo bad for her. Jaycob also has an ear infection in the right ear, and Frank did too. Weird huh?

Either way please pray for her and have a good one all!!

The Big 05!!!

Happy Birthday to CAYLOB!!!!

Today my little man turned 5. I cannot believe that this day has come so fast. I feel like I just had him and now he is 5. Not only that he is going to school and trying to read on his own. They do not teach reading in pre-k. He is growing up so very fast and all I can do is cherish each passing day.

He could not wait for today to get here. Everyday for 2 months I heard this, "Mommy, tomorrow and I going to be 5?" I had to break his little heart every time. Then finally last night when he asked I was able to say YES and he was sooooo happy...lol. I love him so much, he is so funny. He told EVERYONE he saw today that he is 5. The janitor came in the room today while I was there for his party in his class and he mentioned it to him. The funninest thing tho, we had pizza tonight, per his request and as we were at the window ordering at Little Ceasars, he looks at the girl and says, "Hey you girl!" she looks in the window and says,"Hey cutie what's up?" and he says, " I am 5 today, did you know that already?" I just laughed and so did she.

When we got home from our errands the phone was ringing off the hook for him. After the first two, which he cut short, he looked at me and told me he was tired of talking on the phone and that he had already been sung to. He did not want anymore singing. HA we sang to him again after dinner, when I gave him his (also requested) chocolate birthday cake.

He had a pretty big day. I asked him if he had enjoyed his birthday today and he was quick to tell me yes, this was the bestest day!! He also asked me if he was going to be turning 6 when we have his birthday on Nov. 1. I could not help but laugh. It just cracks me up how their minds think. He was sure that today was his birthday and he was 5 and at his party, which meant another birthday, he was going to turn 6.

I got to thinking the other day about what life was like before little man blessed us with his presence. And there is not much to remember. That is how much of an impact a child can make in one's life! I thank God every day for the joy and the honor of being chosen to raise His child.

So happy 5th birthday Caylob, Mommy loves you very much!!!!

Here are a few pictures from when he woke up this morning and also some of his party from school.

Foto Friday!!!

Tracy's theme for the day:
Clowning around!

Caylob was attacking my niece Ashleigh!

Will This Ever End?!

Ok here is the background for the past month. Frank and I have both had bronchitis and the kids have been coughing a lot with runny noses. Well we finally decided to get medical attention and were on the path to feeling better!! Frank and I are good and Liana and Caylob have pretty much stopped coughing. But little ole Jaycob, my little sickly one. Well he is still coughing and his nose is still running like a faucet. Yesterday I was playing with him and I noticed a bad smell in his right ear. I decided I would try a swab in the opening and see if I get anything out. I did not go into his ear, but nothing came out. So I decided that it was ok. He is a little fussy but not like he used to be with ear infections. Well this morning when we got up I could smell it again and when I turned his head to look, there was fluid semi running out of it. "OH GREAT!!!!!", I said and Liana looks at me and says, "What Mom?". I was like, "Don't say what to Mommy, and go get Daddy" Liana, "ok Mommy". I could not help thinking to myself, "Will this ever end!?!?"

Well I took him to the doc turns out the drops that I had already put in his ears is what she was going to tell me to do! So I did the right thing! And she also told me to give him a breathing treatment 4 times a day. That would help him stop coughing.

The whole time that we were at the doctor's office he was acting so cute and of course wooing the ladies. I was so proud of him for being a big boy! He did not cry one time. Usually when anyone in scrubs comes near him in the office he screams! But not today, he talked to them and smiled and laughed at them. He also weighs 24ilb. He is such a big boy!.

So that is the health part of things that have been going on. Other things going on that has hendered my blogging time is I have been keeping the kids for my M.I.L for the past 2 weeks. I have enough time to get on here read some email and maybe a blog or two. And by the time I have gotten done with that I have some WWE wrestling going on in my living room. I really need some calgon to take me away. I am sooooo ready for school to be back in!!!

Prayer request: Please pray for Ricky, he has what I believe is some demons working on him and he really has some personal issues that need prayer. He is an easy target for sinful things and he needs all the prayer that we can give him. Thank you!

But this is all the time I have for today we a have repair man coming to fix the bathroom door and my A.C is leaking on the carpet so he has to fix that too. This is a rental home and the landlord is getting someone to get in here and do it. The bathroom door and frame have to be replaced because it was not done right to begin with. So have a good day all!!

Foto Friday!

I know, I am a lamo for not posting more than I have this week. I am watching my MIL's kiddos and this week has proven to be more than I expected, to say the least. So I have not had much time to do any posting.

So now it is time for the theme of the week.

FALL!




Oh I love this time of year!!!

Foto Friday!

Ok Tracy's pick for Foto Friday this week is "relaxing"


HMMMMM this is a hard one.




Ok here is one. This was taken on the beach this past vacation I went on Sept. of 08'. My Dad and I along with Cora, Pascha, and Brian all got up at 6:30am and went to watch the sunrise on the beach. It was beautiful and I got to watch it with my Dad. That made it special and a memory I will never forget. After the sun rose we walked a little on the beach and looked for shells.

Have a good one all!