Hello Again

I really wish I posted more. I take the time to stop once a week or so and read everyone else's blog. And think how great it is that others manage to share and keep up with their blog so well. And then I think how I suck at it.
Not that I have time to keep a blog. But it's something I like to do. Need to do. Wish I'd do. So here's a quick post. And maybe in a couple months I will do another one. Ha.
RN school is in full gear... and almost over. May 14th people! I get a knot in my stomach when I think about it. I don't think I realized when I signed on for this I might actually BE a nurse someday soon! Kind of overwhelming. I'm loving it though. Not loving my lack of sleep or lack of time with my family, but loving the experience. If you had told me ten years ago I was going to become a nurse, and actually enjoy it, I would have said you were crazy.
Kids are growing like crazy. They had a wonderful Christmas. They are completely spoiled. Sam turned 3 in January. He's as wild as ever. He's home with me today. Two ear infections again and FINALLY an appt with an ENT to get his tonsils out. Poor guy can't sleep or eat. And if he's not sleeping, well, no one else is either. Mason is doing awesome in first grade. He's reading really well and is amazing at math. If only he could sit still and lower his voice... Kooper is bigger everytime we see him. Such a little man. And my husband is as great as ever. Don't know how I'd survive without him. He is literally Mr. Mom while I'm in school. This last semester is really taking a toll on me and he's stepping up to the plate admirably. I really need to do something nice for him. When I find the time...
Needless to say I'm a little overwhelmed right now. There are a million other things I should be doing right now but I'm blogging. Maybe it's therapeutic. Lord knows I probably need therapy by now.

I'm going to close with a funny Mason story. The other night Mason was asking Mike about the really big scar on his forehead. He knew his dad had gotten it from a golf club. He asked if he got hit "before or after you & momma were married." Mike told Mason he got hit when he was 6 years old. "Younger than you are now." Mason got real serious and asked, "They had golf back then?" :)Priceless
Until next time!

A Couple Things

It's never a dull moment at my house. Tuesday as I walked into sick time at the clinic, our pediatrician Dr. S. saw me and just started laughing. Yes, we have a reputation. And we've earned it. This time it was Sam and a possible rock up the nose. He told us it was there and although we couldn't see anything and he wasn't having a hard time breathing, his nose started bleeding. When Dr. S. finally came to our room, I asked him if my life would always be this interesting. He said with the boys we are raising, it's a sure thing. He couldn't find the rock but was concerned about the bleeding, so off we go to an ENT for a thorough nose snaking to find no rock. He either got it out or swallowed it. I'm hoping he got it out...

Mason. Mason, Mason, Mason.
Last night Mike and I are going through the mail together. There's a pretty white little envelope addressed to the parents of Mason G. from his elementary school. We open it to find a bus incidence report that said, "Mason hit a freshman girl on her "backside" as she walked down the aisle of the bus." It went on to tell us that he'd earned himself a trip to the principal's office and had been instructed to sit by a window when on the bus and keep his hands to himself. This had happened a week ago. Our darling little boy never told us a word. You should have seen the color literally drain from his face when we showed him the letter. Needless to say, he was in big trouble. Afterwards, when I finally made eye contact with my charming husband, he was grinning ear to ear...a freshman girl...
We are in big trouble.

Too Cute

I've really noticed the last few weeks how much I've missed riding into town with Mason every morning! Since he started school he rides the bus and it's just been Sam and me. And Sam is usually crying about something. But Mason has always been my happy little chatterbox. This morning he was telling me about vacation bible school. (He and Kooper are going all this week.) He said last night they learned about "some guy" that had to feed like 5000 people. And he only had "like" two fish and some loaves of bread. And Jesus came along and turned all that food into enough to feed 5000 people. "Isn't that cool mom??" Very cool Mason! So proud that he's paying attention and I love hearing bible stories from my little man! :)

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Hello!

Hello from my crazy life! We have been busy! Our boys are just growing and growing. Mason finished K. He's officially a first grader he says. He had his first track meet right before school was out. Mom, Mike, & I all went out to cheer him on. It was so cute watching all those little kids running and jumping for ribbons. Although sadly I must say Mason inherited my athletic ability. (Or lack there of.) But he tries! We celebrated the last day of school with a trip to the local water park with some new friends we've made through tball. Then the next day we went with some other friends to the lake and stayed on the boat and tube all day. It was a good weekend to celebrate the end of his first year. I also completed my first year, of nursing school. I had about a 3 week break, and now I'm drowning in pharmacology. Yuck. But, the bright side is, I will be graduating next May! Yea! Sam has turned two going on 15 somewhere along the way. That precious little boy... what can I say? I think he is our payback for anything mean we've done to our parents. And we were good kids! He is the most stubborn, hard-headed little boy I've ever met. And so stinkin' cute at the same time. We are going to have many battles with this one. He's talking up a storm these days. Mostly to tell us "no" or "I don't want to" or "I NEED to watch Lion King." He NEEDS everything. He needs to go to the water park, he needs some candy, he needs to plays outside. It's pretty funny listening to him. When he's not talking, he's sneaking into something. The other morning Kooper found him in his room, which he'd decorated with baby powder. Yep. It was everywhere. He'd sprinkled every one of his books, FILLED his laundry basket, and then just randomly dumped it after that. Not a fun mess to clean. Yes, these boys keep things interesting...
We've been getting out a little more with Sam finally getting big enough to take places. We've made some great new friends through tball. In fact, Mason's tball coaches invited Mike and Mason to a Rangers game a few weeks ago. Long story short, Mason met Nolan Ryan and got his cap signed by him! Seriously! I've got pics to prove it. Mike said when they went back to their seats, Mason wanted to know why 'that man' wrote on his cap? So Mike gave Mason a thorough education regarding Nolan Ryan. He gets it now! lol

Last weekend we loaded up, took mom with us, and went up to the Wichita Mountains. I had never been and wanted to get out of the house. We had our first Meers burger. All I can say is yum. We drove to the top of Mt Scott and looked out. I wasn't too comfortable letting my boys out of the car on top of that mountain. Just the mom in me imagining too many things! After that we drove around until we found a little beach area at one of the lakes. Mason was ecstatic. "A Real Beach!" he claimed! LOL, we explained this wasn't the ocean but it was a real beach at a real lake. Even Sam liked it. He NEEDED to get in the water with his granny. It was a real kid friendly place and even had showers to clean up before we got back in the car. Only an hour from the house, we will be going back! It was a great day out and pretty out of character for us to just go and find things to do like that. The only drama of the day was Mason getting attacked, yes you read that right...attacked, by wasps at Meers. It was quite the scene. He had about 6 stings on his arm, one on his leg, and one on his thumb. Luckily he's not allergic. We gave him benadryl just to be safe and after the Meers burger and dessert, he looked like a drunk man in his car seat. He bounced back really quickly though. We felt so bad for him. It was pretty scary!
What else? There's been lots of things going on, and things I've thought I need to put in my blog to remember, but easier said than done!
Mason has lost another tooth. Sam is still interested in potty training, but only when he feels like it. Kooper came this week for the summer. He's going to be 13 in August, which just blows my mind! My mom is about to be starting a new exciting job. We are getting a TJ Maxx here in town, and she is going to be one of the managers. I'm excited for her...and hoping for a great discount! Ha! I guess that's all for now!

Happenings

Mason has his first loose tooth! He is so excited. He's constantly walking around wiggling it now.
Sam is slowly..maybe..working towards potty training. It will be so wonderful when we don't have to buy diapers anymore!
I had a test on Monday, that I really was scared I had failed. Grades were posted last night and I made a 96, the highest grade in the class! Woohoo!
That's all I have for now..

December 31,2009

I have done a poor job of keeping up with this blog. I actually have some free time today, so I'm downloading pictures, music, and updating this neglected hobby. Here we go...
Sam: Huge.
Climbed out of his crib the day after Thanksgiving. He's actually done pretty well sleeping in the twin bed. We do have to keep the gate up at his door to contain him. One night I found him watching tv in the living room at 3 am.
He's a little weird. I know, I know, that's mean, but he is! He's terrified of the strangest things, but not scared of expected things. He is absolutely horrified by drive through car washes. I'm serious. If he weren't buckled into his car seat, he'd probably be attached to the top of my head the entire time the car is being washed.
Animals still freak him out. He won't even look at the fake animals at Cabella's or Bass Pro Shop. Even the aquarium upset him.
Bubbles. He likes bubbles okay in the bath as long as there isn't too many of them. Too many of the, and he's a shrieking terrified child.

Mason: He's six now!
He gave up his baby blanket and kitty kat for a Texas Tech Blanket. Yes, mama is proud.
Mom and I took him to Six Flags for his birthday and we all had a blast. Keenan even ended up going with us. Mason has no fear. He wanted to ride everything there was. I had poor judgment and let him ride the Shock Wave with me. (That's the one with the two loops.) It really freaked him out, but I was proud of the way he handled it. He never cried. He just told me over and over he wasn't riding that thing ever again.
Kindergarten, well it's been a challenge. He's reading! But he doesn't like it. He's been having a hard time staying out of trouble. But he's getting there. I have to keep reminding myself what a big change this is for him.
We had our yearly checkup with his nephrologist last week. We also had a renal scan done at Cook's. This time we opted for the anesthesia to have the catheter and IV placed. This made for a much easier day. The scan itself was okay. Not as good as last year, but not as bad as it has been. We'll just keep on keepin' on for now!

Kooper: He's turning into such a little man.
He just got back from Christmas at Disney World. We all got Disney World presents from him. I'm now the proud owner of some pink mickey mouse pajama pants. :)
Koop got his first gun this year. Dale, Kathy, Mike, and I all went together to buy a 20 gauge Benelli, youth model. I think he was speechless. We had been telling him he was too young for a gun. It's a beautiful gun that will be passed down to all three boys. He's dying to go shoot clays this weekend. I'm a little excited to shoot it myself, since it might fit me better than mine!
He's gotten his braces off and has a retainer now. He's learned a very valuable lesson about leaving it laying on the table in a napkin at a restaurant. He lost it recently and after having the entire restaurant staff dig through the trash, poor guy had to go home and tell his mom he lost it. Bet that doesn't happen again!
He's a cell phone junkie. He wil text people all day long if you don't tell him to put the phone up. He texted Mike the other day about something "being tite". Mike didn't respond and I think he figured out real quick that dad isn't "down" with all the lingo.
Typical teenage stuff aside, I'm really proud of the young man I've seen coming out this year.

Mike: As patient and sweet as ever. What more can I say?

Me: Finished up my first semester of nursing school. I'm actually thinking I can do this now. I ended up with an "A" in a class that they said nobody gets "A"s in. Very proud of that. I finished out with the best GPA I've had since high school. I've got a six week break until next semester. I really thought I would relax and enjoy it, but that hasn't happened yet. I'm actually ready to get back to it now that Christmas is over. Next semester is only one class and one clinical. Compared to the four classes and clinical I just completed, it sounds easy as cake.
Hard to believe it's the end of 2009. This year has really flown by. We had snow again today, 3rd time in a week. We had a freak blizzard come in for Christmas, leaving us all stranded at home on Christmas day. We actually kind of enjoyed staying in on Christmas day, but were sure glad to get out the next day to see our families. No trips to Austin this year for the New Year's. Just a quiet night at home with the kids.
As the last day of the year closes again, I'm always reminded of the wonderful blessings I have and the wonderful memories to always keep. Happy New Year's to everyone! Hope the New Year brings wonderful things to us all.