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!

Love my Warranty!

Well, knowing my luck with electronics in the past Josh and I have been purchasing the extended warrantys on most of the valuable things we have bought. Let me tell you that they are worth every penny! I have already had to send my laptop back because the internal wireless card went bad, and that was fixed free of charge. Also, forgeting I had my camera in my purse I dropped it on the floor and lo and behold, the screen cracked all the way across...I FREAKED OUT! Then Josh told me we had bought the 2 year warranty and we called and it will be fixed free of charge in 7-10 buisness days!! Whoo Hoo!! What a relief, I was heartbroken to think about going without a camera for any amount of time at all.

Update on Maddie: She is walking much better now, the most I have counted with no stumbles or stops would be 15. She still has 3 bottom teeth, but the top one is going to be here any day now (I have been saying that for almost 2 weeks though). The last time I weighed her she was only 20 pounds....hmmm...I try not to worry, but I cant help but notice that she doesnt grow much. I dont know how though because she eats a TON!!! Well I am very excited about Halloween, her costume is going to be SO cute.

Update on Work: We just finished the 1st 9 weeks which in first grade means report card time. Here's my dilema..in first grade they do not get number grades so its all on observation and opinion. Well I am really good with Black and White, but this is more of a Grey area type grading system and it stresses me out. Anyway, I finished today and it was a big relief as well. So next week will be full of parent conferences so they can come get thier childs report card and the explanation that goes along with it. I am really looking foward to telling some of the parents whom I never see what they can do to help thier child improve.

My house is still a mess and I just dont have the time or the energy to get anything worth bragging about accomplished. BLAH

Thats enough for now, next week there will be lots of pictures of Maddie in her Halloween costume!!

My little walker (kind of)

This is a picture of Maddie's new playhouse that my mom bought her for her birthday, and since she cant walk or play outside yet we decided to build it in the living room.

She loves going in and out over and over...she will shut the door then open it and ring the doorbell.
This was Maddie's first time to go bowling! Well she just watched us, but she cheered us on. It was the first time that we have been bowling in about 3 years.
Maddie loves for me to read to her, she will sit so still and then I let her turn the page. Maybe she will like to read like me.

This is just a clip of us playing around, when she gets sleepy she starts to laugh alot and it cracks me up.

This is the first time I have been able to catch Maddie taking any steps, she still hasnt took more than 2 or 3 at a time, but I still get excited when she tries! Make sure to watch at the end to see her starving belly! HAHA

It has finally happened!

Last night Maddie finally took her first steps by herself. She has been able to walk holding your hand or anything else for that matter for many of months, but would never let go. Josh was holding her and let go and she took about 3 steps towards me...yes I know she is not actually walking around yet, but this is progress and I got so excited that I cried. I was so afraid that Josh or I would miss it while one of us was at work. Thankfully though we were both blessed enough to get to watch this monumental moment in her life!! She has taken several steps today too, so maybe in a few days or weeks she will be off to the races!!

Sad Day For A Teacher :(

I found out today that I will be losing a student tomorrow. Now when I decided I wanted to become a teacher, I never once thought about how attached to my students I would become. When his grandmother told me today, she and I both kind of broke down and started crying. She told me "Thank you for everything" and that just touched my heart. So I started crying and just couldnt seem to stop. THIS IS ONLY ONE STUDENT!!! What on earth am I going to act like when I have to say goodbye to the entire class! Granted he was very well behaved, incredibly smart, and such a sweet sweet boy, and no teacher ever wants to lose students like that. But for you other teachers out there, does it get better, or I am always going to want to cry when they leave?