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!

~~Growing Up!!~~

Before After

Well that time has come, well it has actually been here for a while, I just was in denial. The time for Jaycob's first hair cut!! Yep Mommy finally agreed that it was time. He was getting a little scraggly there for a bit. I was trying my hardest to wait until his hair grew more on top, so that it would be more even. Duh me that cutting made it look so much better and guess what! It evened his hair out. I am not all there some times. But yeah my BABY had his first haircut. My heart was breaking because that just meant one more step to growing up. But I am glad we did, he looks so good with his new do.

It was cute because every time I would touch him with the clippers he would laugh. His expression was, "Um what is that thing and why is it making that noise" But he could not help to laugh. Of course it took forever because he would scrunch his neck up and back away, but I expected that. The sad part is, I like to save things and hair from the first haircut is one of them, and I could not get hardly any hair to save because there was hardly any there. It was just to long in the back. The top was still kinda bald. But I got SOME hair and we all made it through his first hair cut.

I still cannot bring myself to even trim Liana's. It is getting soooo long though. I am gonna have to bite the bullet and get it trimmed soon.


This is the sad amount of hair I was able to cut. Sorry for the glare, it is in a baggie.

Either way have a great day all!!