STRESSFUL DAY!!!

Yesterday I had a TOUGH afternoon. Somedays the kids just decide to "test" me and thats exactly what they did yesterday. Brooke and Caleb were playing in Brookes room.. and I heard Brooke yell. So i went running in there... I slid.... (its hardwood floors in there) and I fell! They had dumped out an entire bottle of SHAMPOO! Boy was that a mess to clean up. I was soooo mad. The kids both sat in timeout while i cleaned up the mess. Then they went down for their naps early. Im ok-- i just hurt my left hip/thigh a little bit, but no biggie. Oh yeah, and when i found them, they were NAKED and running around crazy. They had their little potty out. I am all for them being interested in the potty, but not when im not in there to supervise! That could create another big mess! ARGHHHH! And then neither of them really took a nap at all.. they just stayed in their rooms and rested. I was sooo glad when the day was over.

Rachel's Dr Appt...

Rachel had her 4-month appt today. She was supposed to have it last month, but we had to cancel and they didnt have another opening until today. So shes technically almost 5 months (only 8 more days-- where did the time go?!) So these are almost her 5-month stats actually, but here they are:

She is 14 lbs, 12 ozs! (she loves to eat!) ;-)

She is 25 inches long!

Arnold took her so im not sure the percentiles and all that-- The last time we had her checked she was "average" but on the tall side-- well no surprise there! ;-)

She had to have 2 shots, poor baby-- But Arnold said she did ok.

Overall shes a healthy, happy baby! :) Next appt will be her 6-month!

In the Christmas Spirit! :)

Guess what we did Sunday evening? We put up our Christmas tree! Yes, i know its kindof early, but I love christmas and wanted to do it :) Also.. the next few weeks are jam-packed busy for us-- and im having my wisdom teeth out on the 20th, so we decided to go ahead and already have it done. Arnold and I went down to the basement and got all the stuff while the kids were napping. We have a fake, prelit tree... we dont feel like dealing with the real tree these days, although someday id love to get a real one! We set it up and fluffed it out-- lol. When the kids got up from their nap they were soo excited! So it was worth it just for that. Of course they wanted to mess with it-- we had to rearrange the living room so the couch was in front of it and they couldnt get to it easily. The next day I decorated it with all our ornaments. I love looking thru our collection every year.. I still have some that I made or were given when I was a kid! We started a tradition where we buy the kids a new ornament every year. This year Caleb gets a "Cars" ornament, Brooke gets a "My little Pony" ornament, and Rachel gets a "Babys 1st Christmas" ornament :) I also found the CUTEST turtle ornmanet at Kohls a few weeks ago, so thats going to be our family ornament. (we call the kids our turtles.. long story!) Also i love to go to Hallmark a few weeks after Christmas and pick up a few ornaments for next year when theyre REALLY cheap! I love that! :)

Nice Fall Day at the Park..

This past Saturday it was such beautiful weather outside! So we decided to take the kids out. We went to Glen Hilton Park. The kids had so much fun playing on the playground and swinging. A little after we got there my Sister in law and neice Rebekah joined us. We then went on a nature walk on the trail thru the woods.. and on the walking along the bridge. Caleb LOVED seeing the ducks. He quacked at them over and over again.. it was hilarious. My neice found some girls feeding the ducks and asked them for a piece of bread... they gave it to her,and we waited for her to throw it in the water.. but she ATE it instead! HAHAHA :) She handed some over to Brooke too. Jennifer asked her why shed done that and she said MAMA IM HUNGRY! haha. Jenn was so embarassed, but it was cute ;-) After that we went by Mcdonalds and all got a a snack. I joked that we had spent all that time walking and being healthy then we went to McDonalds :-P Oh well!

Here are a few pics from the Park...

The rest of the Weekend..

Sunday we got ready and went to church... of course with the time change the kids were up EARLY with the sun :( Oh well, at least we werent late! I had a bit of anxiety at church-- still trying to work thru my anxiety issues-- so we sat right outside the sanctuary and listened to the sermon on the speakers. Thankfully the kids stayed in their Sunday school class this week! they are really starting to look forward to church and im glad :)


Afterwards we went to lunch w/ the inlaws at Ruby Tuesdays. Thank goodness my FIL had gotten a table early b/c they were PACKED! Brooke and Caleb both somehow managed to bump their heads on the table while we were there and cry-- they are both so clumbsy-- they probably get it from me ;-) After lunch we stopped by the inlaws' house to change diapers and stuff. we were invited to a 1st Birthday party of the daughter of Arnolds' best friend from childhood, Hayden. It was at a country club in Hickory.. they did a pink/green color scheme and it was so cute! The kids played for about 30 minutes, then we left-- b/c i wasnt feeling well. :( I really hope getting my wisdom teeth out soon helps make me feel better!


Last night we just hung around the house and ate a casserole my mom had made for us-- chicken, rice and veggies-- yum! We watched "Elmos Christmas Countdown" on DVD... brooke just loves that video and its Nov. so its not too early yet, right?! :-P

At lunch-- Brooke had just hit her head :(

Caleb waiting on a diaper change

My sweet baby and I :)

Shes so smily :)

Halloween 2009

Saturday was unfortunately a dreary, rainy day for Halloween! But it still went pretty well I guess. After the kids got up from their naps Sat. afternoon we got them dressed up in their costumes. Caleb HATED his at first and screamed.. but he got over it. We first went by Aunt Nancys house and showed off the kids, and she gave us all candy treat bags :) Then we went to our church for the Trunk or Treat. the kids had so much fun going around to everyone and getting candy. I dont usually give them candy often, but that night I let them eat candy in the car while we were driving around... they loved it and it kept them quiet :-P We were going to go to my parents' church also but it started raining pretty hard, so we just went on over to my parents' house to let them see the kids. We ate some dinner while we were there, also. When we got home the kids crashed hard! After they went to bed Arnold and I went thru their candy and swiped some :-P I took the 3 Musketeers and Skittles.. Yummy :)

Consultation at the Oral Surgeon..

Friday afternoon i went to the oral surgeon in Lenoir for my consultation. The dr looked in my mouth and said i definately had a gum infection.. so he prescribed me a stronger antibiotic to get rid of it. He said the way the upper left tooth is coming in, its really causing pain in my gum. We talked for awhile and i decided that Im going to have all 3 wisdom teeth taken out at the same time.. to get it over with. The surgery is going to cost $1500.00 in all... and we're filing our insurance.. we think we only have to pay 20%.. but we'll see. They said theyd need to talk to my General Dr about me going off blood thinners for a few days before and after the surgery... since im right now at a huge risk for bleeding profusely after the surgery. My general dr really wishes i didnt have to go off the meds but he knows that i need to get the teeth out so ill quit having so many infections. I am currently waiting on a call back from the Oral surgeon.. we are going to schdule my day for the surgery. I am hoping for either this friday or Friday the 20th.. b/c the other weekends in November are booked for me and i dont want to miss anything i had planned!

I am really freaked out about the surgery in general, and having to go off my blood thinners... I dont think im at risk for a blood clot anymore, but its still scary! So please pray for me if you dont mind.. that I will be safe, and that I can keep it together for this! Thanks! :)