Big Scare

Yesterday I had Dr. Kaye take a look at my left breast that I have had left breast pain in for about 3 days. He did an exam and found a small mass. I had my mammogram that Dr. Kaye ordered this morning. When they were done with the mammo I was put in a small consultation room, still half naked, for about 5 minutes and another lady came in to get me to do a breast sonogram, (OK, No big deal, I have had so many pelvic sonos that I have lost count) but in the middle of my sono she stopped and stepped out without saying anything to me (note to all sonographers, don't ever do this to a patient), of course by now I am a basket case! She came back into the room, but this time with the radiologist.................CAN YOU SAY FREAK OUT! I was thinking the worst! Why would she get the radiologist ? Maybe she found something worse? Well, turns out I have a cyst and they just want to watch it. He doesn't think it is cancer (his exact words) think? I want to know a certain answer, not think. I am going to go for a second opinion. This was the biggest scare I have ever had and I hope it never happens again! Thanks to all my family and friends for all of their love and prayers!

The Busy Weekends

Well, every weekend has had a party or a celebration in it since December started! The first weekend we had my work party at Ruth Chris Steakhouse and I, yes I, who never eats seafood ate crab stuffed mushrooms and LOBSTER! Can you believe it? This will definately go down in the history books! Here are a couple of picks from that night...................................................................

This weekend was super busy as well, On Friday I found out that David has asthma, on top of all his allergies....DOES IT EVER END? Then we went to a graduation party for my sister on Friday night. On Saturday Brian was such a good daddy and went with Katelyn to her Girl Scout Cookie Rally......he says it was torture, but I really think he enjoyed spending time with Katelyn by themselves. Brian also studied all weekend for his EMT school. On Sunday we went to Lakepointe Baptist in Rockwall to witness Shayli and Karrigan, two of Ashleigh's close friends, get baptized! We are so proud of them! Well we still have two more weekends to go in December and I am sure that they will be just as busy!

Christmas is Coming..........

Today we went to see Santa! As you can see David was not very thrilled about meeting Santa, lol. We also put up all of our Christmas decor and David was amazed by the lights. This Christmas is definately going to be lots of fun with him and the girls!

Pictures

So, Jenny, my sis in law, took my family out on Sunday to get a few quick shots of our family and the kiddos. She did so good. I don't know how many pics she snapped, but the few she has sent me are so dang cute and I just love them! Here they are. I will add some more when she gets them done. She is going to make so much $$$$ when she gets her photography business up and going!

Our Toothless Wonder

So, Katie lost her other front tooth tonight! LOL! She is so cute without her two front teeth! Hmmmmmm I wonder if she will ask for her two front teeth for Christmas......(:Oh yeah and the two bottom ones are still missing as well!

Camping

A Beautiful Weekend

Well David had surgery last Monday and he is all recovered! After spending all week with him and realizing that being a stay at home mom is definately not for me, I was glad to take a break this weekend without David. On Friday afternoon, Ashleigh, Katelyn and I headed to Lake Bob Sandlin State Park to go camping with my family. We had a really great time! It was so nice to see all of God's Beautiful Creations without all of the city lights and everything. The views were amazing and worth surviving through the freezing nights! As you can see from this pic. We went on a nature hike and saw some more beautiful scenery! The colors of everything changing were so pretty! I enjoyed spending some quality "girl time" with my girls! They had so much fun!

They are already asking when we are going camping again! It was so relaxing not to have anything to do, but just relax and enjoy your surroundings! Brian and David came up on Saturday for a couple of hours to hang out. David was so cute! Josh gave him a pink worm and he was trying to scare everyone with it. He was cracking me up with the faces he was making! We had such a blast! This is definately something we will be doing in the near future!

Allergies

Well, I took David to his allergist on Friday to find out his results of his allergy test and basically it just sucks! The doctor let us know of three things he is allergic to. The first was mold, no big deal, I am allergic to mold and have to take meds everyday to keep this under control. The second was dogs, lol, I am severly allergic to cats, so the doctor suggested that we get an Iguana and the girls suggested that they get a new brother~~~they want a dog so bad! The third is eggs, which just sucks because he tested as a "severe allergy", because eggs are in cake, cookies, bread, ice cream, marshmellows, soups, the breading of chicken nuggets, pasta, etc.....etc....etc....... so we are going to pretty much have to restock our cabinets with non egg items. I have learned alot since Friday by searching the internet and learning about egg allergies and what I have to do to make him healthy. This explains why he has such horrible exzema, runny nose, congestion, etc....etc...etc..... since he eats everything on the "not to eat list" with eggs in them. Oh yeah did I mention he needs his adnoids taken out as well.Yeah so again the visit just pretty much sucked! What a great way to start a weekend. Does life every get any better? Always something just as you think things are going good!

My baby is 2

This past weekend we had another busy one. It started out on Friday afternoon, the girls and I took cupcakes to David's class at daycare and had a little party with his friends. He was so funny when his class was singing him "Happy Birthday"! On Friday night Jordan and Amber came over and hung out. Jordan drilled Brian on the questions for the fire interview. We hung out outside for a little bit and blew bubbles for David.

On Saturday, we just all hung out together and did a bunch of stuff around the house. On Sunday, my baby boy turned 2! ): I can't believe he turned 2! That makes me so sad! We started the morning out with a cupcake and a couple of presents. He was so dang funny! Of course the day was all about him! I guess I should start over by saying the day started out with Katelyn waking me up to let me know that Ashleigh was puking. Of course she got sick.........it never fails. Well back to the cupcake, David had his cupcake and we just hung out the house that morning, I cleaned up puke, gave Phenergan suppossitories, and tried to get Ashleigh better before the party. At 2 pm we had the party at Harry Myers Park. David was so excited to open all of his presents. He got so many presents!

Of course, we had birthday cake! It was so Yummy! It had a Firetruck on it. David actually blew out the two firetruck candles! SO CUTE!

He also went fishing with the new Diego Fishing Pole that Josh & Jenny got him and he caught his very first fish! Katelyn caught one as well! Ash isn't much into fishing since everytime she goes she seems to some how see a snake!

We were all so exhausted after the long tedious, but fun day! We still can't believe that our baby is 2!!! Well on another note, Brian had his interview today with the Irving Fire Department and they hired him! HAPPY DANCE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so proud of him! He is going to make one hot fireman!

A FABULOUS WEEKEND

This weekend was so nice. We really didn't do much of anything. On Saturday morning David thought he would brush his teeth, a new ritual for him, and I guess since he will be two next Sunday it is time for him to learn.........He also has learned to sit on the potty.....now if we can just get him to actually use it....

On Sunday at church, Ashleigh went down during the invitation and accepted Jesus in her heart and wants to get baptised! I am so proud of her! She was so brave, everyone knows how shy she is, to go down and stand in front of the whole church and then stand in a receiving line while everyone shook her hand and told her how proud they were of her! Katelyn spent the weekend with her dad and when she got home she had lost another tooth......lol......she won't be able to eat food before long.......make note that she has two on the bottom missing and now one on the top. In a couple of weeks all of the other top three teeth will be out. The tooth fairy didn't visit her at her daddy's, so she came tonight and left her $5.00. Well now for another week to start, hopefully a fast one! Now for a Fabulous week!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Well Busy, Busy, Busy is what we definately have been since last weekend. First of all, last Saturday, my hubby did his fireman agility test with the Irving Fire Department and he passed. I am so proud of him! Then that evening, we went out to celebrate Amber's Bday. Here are a couple of pics from that night. lol, Jordan got called on stage! I have many more pics of our evening.

On Sunday we went to the Texas State Fair. The girls got to see Demi Lovato.For those of you that don't know who she is, she is Mitchie on Camp Rock & just finished touring with the Jonas Bros. So of course we love her and our life revolves around Camp Rock and Jo Bros...lol. It was so cool to see the girls faces light up when she came on stage. They are still

really not understanding that the people on TV are real! On Monday Brian took his polygraph test and of course passed it! YEAH! I can't express my excitement for him enough! Katelyn got to meet her Girl Scout Troop....hint hint.....Katie will be selling Girl Scout Cookies in the spring! YUMMY! This weekend has just been nice! Friday night we went and watched Lauren perform with the Sachse High School Drill Team . It was so awesome sitting in the stands next to the band....Oh the memories streaming back to me...the North Fight Song...."Hail to North Mesquite High School and the White and Blue".... I actually got chills watching the Flag Corps and the Band perform at half time. So Cool.....Hmmmm I bet I can still toss and catch my flag.....lol. Lauren did fabulous. The girls loved seeing her. She is so beautiful! We also got to meet her Homecoming date, it was so cute, he brought her a bouquet of roses. Can we say aaahhhhhhh! So cute!

On Saturday, Brian's parents came over and watched the kiddos for us and sent us out to celebrate our wedding anniversary! We had dinner at Texas Land and Cattle and then we went to the movies. We saw "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist", one of my fav movies now! I loved this movie! It was so dang cute! I definitely recommend seeing it! Anyways, another new week starts and of course we have a lot to do! I get to take David and Katelyn to the doctor on Tuesday and sit in a little room with all 3 kids while trying to stay sane. I think that they should put people in jail in a little room like the pediatricians exam rooms with 3-4 kids and I guarantee you that they will be good for the rest of their life or they will be checked into the nut house. Anyways until next time.........................we are keeping busy, busy, busy!

THE CALM IN THE STORM

Thank goodness Hurricane Ike is overwith, even though it left Galveston flattened. I can say it was definately strange to look at the TV & see the Kemah Boardwalk flattened since we were there last year & rode all of the rides. The new wooden roller coaster that was only open for 2 weeks when we were there is totally gone along with the huge ferris wheel laying on its side. It was very surreal seeing all the pics on the TV of the devestation in Galveston & I can honestly say it was a little sad seeing everything just gone. I can say that I don't feel sorry for any of the people that didn't leave the island when they were clearly warned in plenty of time to get out. Anyways on another note......We found David's Halloween Costume today & he is so darn cute in it. Here is a pic of him saying "ROAR" like a Lion.... He was cracking us up. He is also obsessed with firetrucks after seeing one up close. My wonderful in laws of course finding out about David's new love for firetrucks decided to buy him a Tonka Firetruck that is just his size and makes lots of noise. It even came with a litte action figure that we named Jordan (lol), our cousin that is a fireman in Irving. The girls of course had their usual social life.

Ashleigh spent the night with Shayli on Friday night and then her BFF , Hannah, spent the night Saturday night. Katelyn wanted to spend the weekend with her dad, his girlfriend, Lynda, and her daughter, Lana. Needless to say we are all exhausted and not ready for the work, school week to start, but we will survive as usual.

Labor Day Weekend

Wow this has been a long, but busy weekend. Well, I had surgery on Friday and slept all day and by Saturday morning I was good to go. Brian and I took the girls shopping for school clothes, yeah I know a little late, but they so needed the clothes and then just hung out together the rest of the day. On Sunday we went over to my in-laws house and had lunch with them (Brian's mom is recovering from total hip replacement)and hung out the rest of the afternoon with them. Katelyn also lost another tooth on the bottom today.........

Make Note of the two teeth in the middle and then the two holes beside them, lol, all of her four front top teeth are loose as well.........can we say snaggletooth........she may be wishing for her two front teeth at Christmas. On Monday we had so much fun, we went to the Fort Worth Zoo. This was exciting because it was David's first trip to the zoo. He was so dang cute looking at all the animals and calling them by name. Here are a couple of pics of him seeing live animals for the first time.David Looking at the Gorillas

David saying Elephant

Mr.Cool checking out the Flamingos

and of course he had to be the big helper and help pull the wagon. He is getting so big and that makes me so sad. I don't have any babies anymore! He is so funny! After the zoo we went to The Banks house, hung out with the Carpenters, ate hot dogs, and swam. Whew, we are all so exhausted. Ready for a short week for sure. Here are a few more pics to enjoy from the zoo!

They are so Cute!

This snake could have swallowed him whole & he could care less! Mr. No Fear!
Well of course I took like 60 pics, but I will not bore everyone with them.....I hope you enjoyed the few that I posted. Today was such a special day!