Tagged!

My friend, Julie, tagged me to put my fourth picture in my fourth album. This picture was taken April of 2006 (and was not in any kind of order in my files). Kelsey was about seven months old. It was a really cute stage for her. She had more rolls than you could count and she was usually always happy and content.....then she learned to talk! Haha, just kidding. I remember taking a picture of Harrison in this same spot in our old house with a Baylor outfit on too.


















Don't they look like brother and sister? Two little chunks!!!


















Anyway, thanks Julie for tagging me. It's always fun going back and looking at pictures you haven't seen in a while.

Halloween Carnival

Our community had a Halloween carnival Sunday afternoon. The kids dressed up as a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader and a Dallas Cowboy football player (#9 Tony Romo to be exact). They had fun. Kelsey played some of the games, decorated a little pumpkin, ate a cupcake, and went on a hay ride. Harrison ate everything he could and bounced in the bounce house for a little while. We had fun and it was a BEAUTIFUL day. After the carnival our neighbors (Ronni, Chad, Owen, and Jenna) came over for some pizza and wings. It was a good day!

Hard Time at the Neighbors

The kids and I were over at the neighbors (Ronnie and Chad's) house Tuesday afternoon. Ronni and I were sitting in the living room talking when we heard their dog, Bogie, bark and Harrison start crying. Harrison must have fallen over Bogie (like he does with Matty all the time) thinking he was going to playfully crawl over her. If you have ever seen Harrison do this, you know he is NOT gentle. Bogie must have gotten scared and bit Harrison. He has three marks on his face. He got over it rather quickly and was ready to play with Bogie some more! I did call the doctor and they told me to wash it a couple times a day and put an antibiotic cream on it and watch it for infection. He is feeling better, but the cuts look worse when they are healing. He should be good as new in a week!














Then yesterday, Shawn and the kids and I went to the same neighbors house for dinner and as we were getting ready to leave I hear Kelsey crying in the master bedroom. Ronni was playing with the kids on their bed when Kelsey and Jenna (their daughter) somehow bumped heads. This was a major bump though. It immediately swelled up and had weird dots on it. It looks much better today and she says it doesn't hurt anymore. She will also be good as new in about a week!
















We are truly blessed to have these neighbors. Our children LOVE each other and play really well together. They have just been such a gift to us. We just hit a little rough patch the last two days !! :)

Trip to W.T. (West Texas) :-)

Well, our trip to West Texas went really well. I am just now catching up from being gone for 10 days, though. I flew with the kids into Lubbock on Thursday the 9th. (The kids were perfect on those flights by the way.) The three of us stayed at Mimi's (Shawn's mom) house that night, then Harrison and I went to stay with Emmy (my mom)the next day. Kelsey had fun playing with Kenzie and everyone during the weekend at Mimi's house. While Misty (thank you!) kept Harrison, my mom and I did a trade show on Saturday and Sunday in the great big town of Stanton, Texas (about 3,000 people). It went really well, but we were worn out after that crazy weekend. On Sunday, Kelsey came to Seminole with the rest of us and spend the week with Emmy. Both the kids had a great time playing with Tessa and loving on Emmy. Then, Mimi decided she could take both of the kids the next weekend so my mom and I could do another show in Seminole Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It was another really good show, but exhausted us again. Sunday, after the show was over, I hitched a ride with my good buddy, Michelle to Lubbock. Mimi was ready for me to relieve her when I got there (I don't blame her)! The kids and I headed out Monday afternoon to fly home. This flight was not so perfect. Harrison decide he would scream the whole way to Dallas (oh, except the last 5 minutes when he fell asleep on my shoulder). The next flight to Little Rock was better though, he slept the whole way!!! All in all we had a great time with everyone and can't wait to go back in December.

I got it...

Well, it happened. I got whatever Kelsey and Harrison had. It was horrible! The good thing is that it only lasted about 24 hours. Also, Shawn stayed home from work and took care of the kids. What a relief!! I don't think there was anyway I could have done any of the normal things...like make it upstairs to get Harrison. Shawn was wonderful. He cooked, cleaned, and made sure the kids didn't get to close to me.
Kelsey, Harrison, and I are leaving tomorrow to go to Lubbock and Seminole. We are all very excited. We will be there until the 20th, so I probably won't blog about anything during that time. (Unless something really great happens) Have a great 10 days and I hope to talk to you all soon!

Sad Sunday :(

I woke up Sunday morning at 5 am to Kelsey crying. I went up to see what the problem was. She said she coughed and a lot of stuff was in her mouth. Okay, at 5 in the morning I couldn't really comprehend just what that meant. So I got her a drink and tucked her back in. I got back downstairs, got in bed and heard her cough and start to cry again, so I went back up stairs. When I asked her what was wrong this time she said she had made a mess on her bed and food came out of her mouth! It didn't take me long this time to realize what had happened. So I got her out of bed and cleaned her up then took her sheets off and brought her downstairs with me in the guest room. I knew she probably wasn't going to go back to sleep so she watched cartoons while I tried to grab a couple more minutes of sleep. She ended up throwing up 2 more times that morning and she stayed in bed all day watching cartoons. Her good friend, Owen, came over that afternoon and brought her a princess coloring book with crayons. (Owen is the blonde boy in the pictures on our shutterfly website.) This morning she woke up and felt great!! Thank goodness. Unfortunately, Harrison has had 3 runny diapers and threw up once in his bed. The good thing about Harrison is that he never really acts sick, he just wants to keep playing. It will be a miracle if Shawn or I don't get this gross virus.

Kelsey's 3 Year Well Visit

Kelsey had her 3 year check up today. She did really good although she informed me that she did not want the doctor to check her mouth or her nose. I told her that if she doesn't fuss or cry she will get a milk shake after her visit. She was really good with the nurse and the doctor. I knew she wasn't going to have to have any shots, so I thought it was pretty safe that she would get her milk shake. The doctor informed me today is the first day to get a flu vaccine and asked if I wanted to get Kelsey's done today. I told him that I had already told her she wasn't going to get any shots today. He said that they have a nasal spray for her age and it was pretty easy. Well, it was obvious that he had never given this to a 3 year old before (the nurses do). Kelsey really didn't like the spray up her nose. Especially after telling me she didn't want her nose to be checked. She asked the nurse to do it slowly. She had to do two sprays. I wasn't sure the nurse was going to get the second spray in there. She finally did, but Kelsey pulled away and the nurse stuck her in the nose. Kesley recovered fairly quickly, but I have a feeling she won't want to go back to the doctor next time! We went for a chocolate milk shake after and all was good. Kelsey weighed 30.8 pounds and is 3' 1".