Monday, November 30, 2009

Thanksgiving day pie making



The kids espeically caleb love to help bake- We made two pies to take with us on thanksgiving- a three berry pie and an apple. Both pies were delicious and with the left overs the kids made a pie for themselves to eat. They are so cute with their PJ's and aprons on.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Making Christmas Wreath





The kids love to crafts so I bought them stuff to make a Christmas wreath to put on the outside of there bedroom doors. They had a great time and we had glitter everywhere by the time we were done.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Christmas lights 2009



I put out all the lights in the yard on on the trees and front window-Ryan came out to help put the lights around the garage door. It is hard to do much more with our roof line- we will be looking for a house in the future that we can put lights on. Ryan decided to grab a light that was broken- this is his hand with the electricity entry and exit wound.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

MERLIN





Merlin and caleb have become quite a pair- and because sadie is now outside most of the time because she has been a very bad dog caleb and merlin are like two peas in a pod- Merlin lets caleb do whatever- funny-Merlin and sadie have also decided that life is better as friends. Merlin also sleeps in sadies dog house.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Kaitlyns Thanksgving play




It was so cute to see the kindergarten class had a thanksgiving dinner and sang songs yesterday. I am going to try to record kaitlyn at home- the lighting wasn't very good in the cafeteria so the pictures aren't the greatest. We had tears at the begining because she was scared- KIDS

Daisey pin celebration, pow wow and food collecting





My oh my we have been busy- Here are a few photos of kaitlyn at the daisey celebration- we wish our family could have been there to watch this- I also took kaitlyn to a pow wow and we watched a lot of fun dancing with her daisey troop. We also walked around our neighborhood and collected food for the less fortunate.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Ear infection that just wont go away

Poor Kaitlyn has had an ear infection for well over a month now. I took her to the doctor again today and they are still infected- This is a 3rd type of antibiotic. If this doesn't work she will be seeing an ENT and that is never good. Lets all keep our fingers crossed that this antibiotic works this time! 3 one is a charm- RIGHT??

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Very sad news

All is good with the baby but my doctor who I trust 100% has given me a no on flying. She has said that flying is not a good idea esp at 20 weeks along because there is no chance of survival for the baby if the change in air pressure would cause me to go into pre-term labor again. She basically said you are crazy if you think you are going to fly- I need to listen to her she is the expert.
I am very sad and the next month will be very hard and I wish that I could change it but we are doing what is best for the baby and me right now.

Kaitlyn is heart broken and we are going to try to make it up to her some how- caleb doesn't know 10 min from right now let alone a month from right now. We are going to miss all the fun holiday events, my baby shower and we are truely sorry for this but sometimes life is just not fair is it??So for most of you I will see you in July when I am able to fly again- At least health wise myself and the baby are doing good.
Baby's heart rate was 154 yesterday?? Any guess boy or girl? I will tell you that kaitlyn was always in the 150's and caleb always in the 160's? Off to do some christmas shopping because now I am shipping everything- fun times---

Monday, November 16, 2009

Merlin


What should a person do???? I didnt want a cat- but it was only 5 weeks old and all alone and I have to big of heart to let it go and be put down.

We found a kitten on halloween in our front yard- the plan was to take it to the pound but after three days of my kids begging me we now have an outdoor kitten. He is about 7 weeks old now and he lets the kids drag him around everywhere. I figure that if he didnt like it he would run away and he just keeps coming back!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

CRAZY RAIN

we are so not use to the rain here---

It has been raining for 2 days straight because of the tropical storm IDA.

Check out this news article-

We go months with no rain and then make it up in a few days.

Relentless rains lead Va. gov to declare emergency

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday as unrelenting rain from the remnants of a tropical storm soaked the state, while officials in North Carolina braced for another day of heavy rain.

Gov. Tim Kaine's declaration mobilizes state agencies to prepare for the threat of flooding over a wide swath of Virginia.

The National Weather Service forecasts 3 to 8 inches through Friday morning for parts of Virginia as the remains of Tropical Storm Ida, which was once a hurricane, crawl across the state. Old Dominion University in Norfolk canceled classes Thursday.

A coastal flood warning was posted for some areas thanks to a storm surge coinciding with high tide. A flood watch is out for central, eastern and southeastern areas farther inland.

Kaine's declaration urges Virginians in tidal flood plains and areas prone to flash flooding to be on alert.

Heavy rains were falling in North Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. In North Carolina, the eastern two-thirds of the state was braced for another day of significant rain. Gale warnings were out from North Carolina to New Jersey.

National Weather Service meteorologist Phil Badgett said heavy rainfall is expected east of a line from the Triad to the Research Triangle area and down to Wilmington. With strong, gusty winds expected, Badgett said falling trees could be a threat.

Raleigh had reported 4.25 inches of rain from daybreak Tuesday through 8 p.m. Wednesday. In the mountainous western part of the state, Asheville got nearly 4 inches.

Alabama also reported some impressive rainfall totals from the storm, which dumped 9.8 inches on Opelika and more than 6 inches near the coast in Baldwin County and in parts of central Alabama. Birmingham recorded 4.32 inches on Tuesday, a record for that date, according to the weather service.

Ida came ashore at Dauphin Island early Tuesday.

"For Alabama it's over," said Scott Unger, meteorologist at the NWS in Calera. "We've just got a couple of clouds left over."

He said the totals for the most part were what was expected and had no reports of significant flooding.

In Georgia, weather service meteorologist Verona Murrell said the rains have stopped, but officials are watching rivers and streams that have risen above flood stage. Many areas of Georgia, including Atlanta, saw 4 to 6 inches of rain over the last couple days.

"We've got several sites that are in flooding and quite a few places that have flood warnings out," Murrell said.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Maymont fieldtrip




There are somethings in life we will never forget and getting the opportunity to attending a fieldtrip with my little kaitlyn is one of those. Lynda, caleb and I went to maymont today as apart of kaitlyns fieldtrip. We saw all kinds of animals and enjoyed the beautiful park.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

T-ball




T-ball season is over and wow we sured learned a lot! Kaitlyn had a lot of fun and she cant wait to do it again soon. The most important thing to her was the trophy that she got at the end of the season- although no score was kept her coach got a trophy for each of the kids. It is now sitting on our fireplace mantel. She is my little slugger.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Music for Jared

Many years ago I went on a road trip with Ryans family and Jared made us listen to all of Adam Sandlers songs- I specifically remember this so for Jareds Thanksgiving music I have Adam Sandlers thanksgiving song for a few days. The things we remember-

Happy Halloween




Here is all of us dress up to go out trick or treating- We are fun- Check out this video of kaitlyn cleaning a pumpkin- we have whimpy kids-

Monday, November 2, 2009

New bed room for caleb




It all started with the fire truck bed. My mom was hear visiting so she gave him for an early Christmas present a new decorated fire truck room- we went to the fire station and took photos of the gear and engine for photos on his room and then we put up shelves and hung curtains. So much fun!
A BIG THANK you to NENNY as caleb calls my mom.