Family Christmas Pictures

We had our 2nd year of Family pictures taken with Maddie on Monday, and I like the way they turned out. The first one is my favorite. This was my favorite pose, but Maddie has her head down which makes her look kind of evil. lol

this was Maddies sweetest face, but I wasnt as fond of the background as I thought I would be

I love Christmas and am SUPER EXCITED about this one since Maddie will understand how to unwrap presents, unlike last year. I am curious to see how many times I will have to pry Maddie away from the brightly lit Chirstmas tree!! So many things to be Thankful for (no I havent forgotten about Thanksgiving, lol) Maddie and I will be headed to Clyde by ourselves on Thursday since Josh has to work. We will go to my Memaws for a few hours then out to my Uncle Leo's newly built cabin at his place in the boondocks. Then we will turn around and come home that night, I guess I need to figure out who will watch Maddie on Black Friday when I am out shopping! After I get home from shopping, Josh should be off of work and we will be eating another Thanksgiving dinner at Lacy's house with Joshs family. Then Saturday Josh, Maddie, and I will probobly relax and revamp after such a busy week. Then Sunday Josh has to go to work again, so Maddie and I will continue relaxing (cause thats what we do!) I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Better Late than Never

For Starters I would like to inform everyone that Maddie is happy and Very Healthy! We went ahead and did the x-rays and sonograms to look at her kidneys and bladder to make sure they were working properly, and of course they were perfectly fine. One less thing for me to worry about.

Secondly, I promised to have pictures of Maddie in her Halloween outfit as soon as possible, well this is as soon as possible, lol. With work and doctors visits and my camera being out of commision, today was the first time we had a chance to put her back in her outfit and go outside to take some pictures. Enjoy!

Next on my blog agenda is to congratulate Mallory! Hereford won the state volleyball tournament against Highland! It was a great game, the UIL website has a link were you can watch the game live on the computer.

Also, I am SUPER excited that I have survived the school year up to this point!! This 9 day break is well deserved in my book. Also very needed for my children as well as myself.

Lastly, I am for this ONE time only going to root for the Oklahoma Sooners!! Being a true UT fan, this win for Oklahoma is needed in order for Texas to have a chance to make it to the National Championship....so that being said.....GO SOONERS!!

A little of Everything

• Well Monday we take Maddie to get the tests run to make sure all her inside parts are working correctly. I took a 1/2 day off of work so I can be there with her, but please keep us in your prayers because I am extremley nervous even though I think everything is fine.
• We went to the Junell Center yesterday and today to watch Mallorys team play in the regional volleyball tournament, and they won!! Which means next Thursday (and hopefully Saturday) they will be in Austin for the STATE volleyball tournament!
• I have 5 school days left until I get out for an ENTIRE week from school, Thank you God! Dont get me wrong, I love my job, but like I have said time and time again, these kids are a challenge. Right now I am in survival mode.
• Along with several other frustrations I have been struggling to get my house clean with the little amount of time I have to work on it. I finally broke down the other morning and cried because I have been cleaning non stop and you couldnt even tell the difference. So my loving husband, seeing how upset it was making me decided to clean the front room and other parts of the house as much as he could before Maddie woke up that morning. Once again, Thank you God! I got home from work and a big weight fell off my shoulders. I am so lucky to have a husband that loves me so much! Im not saying my house is where I want it yet, but it a BIG step in the right direction.

Thats it for now, I just got my camera back a few days ago, so I will put some pictures of Maddie in her Halloween costume up sometime soon!

Where Was I?

1 minute ago: listening to Maddie ask for a bite
1 month ago: figuring out what we were going to buy Josh for his birthday
5 years ago: been living with Josh for a few months at this point (and loving every moment of it), going to college, and working at Shawn's Custom Saddles
7 years ago: the beginning of my Senior Year of High School, filled with lots of good memories....I believe around this time we may have gone to state in Cross Country as a team. We ended up getting 3rd place team!
10 years ago: the beginning of my Freshman year of High School in Wink Texas. Playing volleyball and loving every minute of it, also got to go to state in volleyball and we ended up getting 2nd place!

You have GOT to BE KIDDING!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I want to throw up! The thought of what may happen in the next 4 years makes me sick to my stomach. I went and voted for the first time in my life thinking that it may help, well it didnt and now I want to cry! And Im not saying its going to happen, but I have a question. If something happens to him before his term begins does his Vice President still become President? Or will McCain get it? Or will we have to revote? I know thats not what I should be thinking about, but at this moment I am desperate for some hope that this will not work out. That may be mean or down right hateful, but oh well.

Whirlwind of Events!

I liked Amy's idea so much I decided to do it also. I got a little carried away and couldn't decide which pictures to put up, so there is a little of everything. This first picture is of me climbing a tree at my Memaws house. I put this one up mainly for the reason of showing people that think that Maddie looks like Josh, that she looks like me too. Yes she has Josh's features but come on, she is my daughter too! HEHEIm not sure if this was my Freshman or Sophmore year, but none the less its me in my prime at the State Track MeetThis is Amy and I hanging out at ASU. Can we say SKINNY?

This is Mallory and I at her house before she graduated.

This is some of the cross country team my Senior Year. I love the idea of me being in shape....to bad thats all history as well, lol.

And then there is my lovely husband Josh, this was him at his 4th birthday party. Dont you just love that curly long hair!

This is Josh's football picture, but I think this was his Freshman or Sophmore year because he was #1 his Junior and Senior Year. Once again...can we say SKINNY?

And then there is his team basketball picture, if you cant tell he is #21.

This is the highlight of his life...All smiles when he brings home a big buck!

That's the end of the Flashback pictures, but what fun it was to go through some old pictures!

On a bad note, Maddie was running a fever last Tuesday so Wednesday we took her into the doctor (it had got up to 103). We had been giving her Tylenol, but it was just making her temperature go on a roller coaster. So after seeing the doctor, they said her ears were clear..no ear infection, then they checked her throat and said it was a little red, so they did an emergency strep throat test...and they ruled that out. So they ended up having to draw blood and insert a cathader (not sure on the spelling) to get a urine sample. The doctor told us it was probobly just a virus, give her some motrin and lots of fluids...Ok....Then the next day they call to tell us that she has a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)....WHAT!? How do children get these, because at first I just broke down thinking of any thing we could have done wrong...but then I realized that she is 14 months old and this is the first time she has been to the doctor other than routine check-ups, so we must be doing something right. So since she has the UTI we will be giving her antibiotics for 12 days then take her back to check her urine again. Then on the 17th we will be taking her in so they can put dye into her and do an xray so they can check to see if all her plumbing is working properly. (It should be because she uses the bathroom all the time, but better safe than sorry) So that has been stressing me out for the past few days, then on top of all of that!

Last night we went to Iraan to watch my cousin Shea play football and he got another concussion in the first quarter...He was very upset, let me rephrase that, he was down right mad. He could not remember anything about that days events, like when he got dressed, going to school, etc. He did remember peoples names though. Then after the game we were waiting outside the locker room and my Gran got really faint, sweaty, and kind of out of it. Everyone else had already left so Josh had to check her the best he could with little purse flashlights as his only light. I was so proud of him that he could do that...I mean thats alot of pressure when you have to work on someone that you know. He was amazing. We ended up calling the ambulance, because her head dropped twice (like it does when you are falling asleep) Josh started asking her questions and she would come back too, but he just wanted to be safe. She eventually came out of it (after throwing up and shedding alot of layers) She didnt leave with the ambulance since she was feeling better. So last night was very intense to say the least. My mom called today and said that they took Shea to his doctor and he will be out for a week for sure maybe longer, but he is ok. Gran is feeling fine today too.

Ok, so I think for now this post has been long enough, there will be more to come shortly!