The Dooley's

"It is Well with My Soul"

2011-10-19T09:17:00.000-07:00

Wow! Where do I even start?
This has been the craziest hardest year of my life. I have been in MIA for a very long time but I have tried to keep up with reading your blogs every few weeks when I get a few minutes to sit. But I will try to explain what all has been going on in our life, so here it goes.
We started off the year on a good foot or so we thought, but we stayed so busy with raising our 3 boys and homeschooling and taking care of my Parents, (for those who don't know, my Mom was diagnosed with Bone Marrow Cancer in January 2009, )well anyway, I had been doing most of the cooking and cleaning for my parents and then My Mom started doing better and was able to do alot of that stuff on her own, and she had a good friend that started helping by taking her to the doctor for me so that I didn't have to drag my 3 boys to the cancer center 2-3 days a week, well anyway, skipping ahead to July of this year, everything seemed to be going ok, we had a great 4th of July celebration and birthday party for my Dad at my Parents house, little did we know that our world was about to turn completely upside down. On Thursday July 7th, I had called to check on my Mom because she had not been feeling well that week, and my Dad said that she had been asleep most of the day so I went over (next door) and didn't like what I saw, with the way she was acting, she wasn't alert and I just had a really bad feeling so I called my siblings and told them that I was taking Mom to the ER, we called her Oncologist and told them we were on our way, we got to the hospital and that's when life as we had always known it changed, you see after alot of test and blood work the ER doctor came in to give us the bad news that My Mom was in renal failure and that they would consult with her Oncologist on friday to see what the next step would be, we were all in shock, since we were thinking that maybe she had a kidney infection or her meds were just not working right. So, on Friday July 8, My little man Easton's 3rd birthday, we found out that Mom's kidney's were not working at all and that she would have to start dialysis, she was in the hospital for 15 days and was released to come home but would continue to go to dialysis 3 days and week Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. She came home on Friday July 22, and things seemed to go down hill from there, she became more and more weak and slept more but we knew that was a side effect of the dialysis but she was only home for 11 days and on August 2, she had to go back into the hospital, except this time she wouldn't get to come home. Things started getting worse, she started getting infection after infection, she would sleep most of her days away and when she was awake she was so weak that she couldn't talk to you, but I am grateful that I was able to be with her every day during her last hospital stay even though most of my time there with her was watching her sleep.
27 long days and nights after she went into the hospital, on Sunday August 28, 2011 at 3:15pm My Precious Momma went Home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I am so Thankful that I was there with her that day and got to hold her hand and tell her that I love her when she took her last breath. I will never forget that day, it is forever sketched into my memory, the look on her face, the way she looked at me, the way she looked at my Dad and my 3 Sweet baby boys, the way she squeezed my hand when I told her I loved her, Every detail! But most of all I remember how at peace she was, she had fought a Long hard battle and she Won! You see, She beat us all there, she is Healed and doesn't have to be worn out from dialysis anymore or doesn't have to be poked on or doesn't have to have anymore of that awful chemo or radiation, because SHE IS HEALED!
I miss her more than you can even imagine, she was my best friend, the only Grandmother to my children and my Hero! There are days when it is completely unbearable, and then there are days that I am so happy for her and so jealous that she is sitting at Jesus feet. Some days it is hard to even get out of bed, because I know that I will not be able to see or talk to her, to hear her give me advice, or to see her hug and kiss my babies, to know that Easton may not even really remember her, but I know that one day we are going to have 1 AMAZING homecoming when we all get to Heaven!
My Mom's love for her Lord was Amazing, through all that she went through she never doubted him, she always had a smile on her face and no matter who came in her room she always shared her God with you. My Mom always kept a journal and would write everyday, but 1 entry in her journal that stands out to me the most and touches me the most is on January 6th 2009, the day she was given the awful life changing news by her Doctor that she had Multiple Myeloma Cancer, she wrote that evening in her journal an entry about how God would use her to reach others through this awful disease and she ended that entry with "It is Well with My Soul"!

Konnie

Urgent Prayer Request

2011-01-14T19:55:00.000-08:00

Please say a prayer for my friend Cheryl who lost her Husband today, he was 28 years old. They were married in June and are expecing their 1st baby in April. Aaron also leaves behind a daughter who will be turning 11 next week. Cheryl and the family could really use your prayers during this extremely hard time.
Thank you all!
Konnie

PLEASE PRAY!

2010-10-20T21:24:00.000-07:00

For those of you that have been following my blog, I have posted about My Mom and that she was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma Cancer last January, she had a stem cell transplant 1 year ago this month and has been in remission for several months now. Well she has been having alot of pain in her left arm and went to her Oncologist about 3 weeks ago they found a lesion right above both of her elbows, one on her clavical, and 2 on her Rotater Cuff, her Orthopedtist wanted her to see a Orthopedic Oncologist so they transferred her to Oshner's Medical in New Orleans LA, She was scheduled for her 1st app at Oshner's this coming Monday adn scheduled for surgery to place a rod in her arm on Tuesday.
Well today the boys and I had gone to pick her up to take her to run a few errands and when she went to get into my expedition she went to brace herself with her arms to step up inot my SUV and both of hre arms snapped, I called 911 and they rushed her to the hospital in Mobile where they confirmed that BOTH of her arms are BROKEN right above the elbow. They have transferred her to Oshner's tonight, so Please be praying for My Mom, Dad and Our Family. We will know in in the morning {Thursday} when they will do surgery to repair the breaks i her arms and to place the rod in her left arm, fix her rotater cuff and her clavical. She has been through so much the last year and a half but has always been strong and knows that God has a plan for her.
Konnie

Playing catch up!

2010-09-23T13:01:00.000-07:00

Wow! It has been a very summer and I have really been slacking on this blog, so I am going to try to play catch up so some of these pics are from July.

We had Gray and Easton's birthday parties together this year since their B-day's are just a few weeks apart. They had a Great Party at Monkey Joe's

which is a new inflatable play place in our area and it is so much fun!

Grayson is really into the whole Toy Story thing so we did a Toy Story theme for him

and Easton LOVES Mickey Mouse{who doesn't}hehe! so we did Mickey Mouse theme for him.

I tend to be one of those Mommies that go overboard with birthday's but I LOVE it.

Instead of sending home party favor bags full of stuff that is going to get thrown out later I have started making little treats for the guest {everyone likes to eat}!

So this year for G & E's party I made

Mickey Mouse Brownie Pops!

They were a TOTAL hit with the kiddos and the parents, and they were fun to make!

Place them in clear sucker bags and tie with cute ribbon and you have a great party favor.

I started making my boys cakes a few years ago and boy is it ALOT of work but it so so worth the long hours and little sleep leading up to party day. With making fondant, rolling fondant, coloring fondant, cutting by hand every detail, baking cakes {8 cakes total}, making buttercreme, icing, placing the fondant and decorating, it took me aprox. 9 hours.

Grayson's party was Toy Story so this is a few pics of the cake that I made for him.

Easton's was Mickey Mouse so here are a few pics of his Mickey Cake!

Grayson about to blow out his #8 candle!

Easton blowing out his # 2 candle!

It was a Great day spent with wonderful Family and Friends!

Learning to Dance!

2010-07-06T20:08:00.000-07:00

Wow!

Where do I start?

Things have been

Great, Crazy Awful, Sad, Aggravating, Stressful, Hopeful, and

now were getting back to Great.

I am not one of those people that talk about my life to someone unless I really know them.

Yeah, I'll put on facebook or here on my blog about things that we do as a family, isn't that what having a blog and a FB account is about? Letting friends know what is going on in your life, the happy times, the sad times, the stressful times, So that your friends can rejoice with you in the happy times, lift you up in the sad times and pray for you in the stressful times or better yet all of the time?

Well, I have found out in the last 4 weeks that that is not the way life is, even though I think that it should be like that.

I have been hurt by people I called friends, I have been torn apart by people that once called me friend, and I have been to the point of wondering why God allows the Devil to use people to hurt others.

But I have also been brought to my knees in prayer for these people I called friends,
I have found a renewed strength that I didn't know I had,
and I have found out who my True friends are.

I don't think I will ever understand the way some people think, I don't know that I ever want to understand how people can knowingly hurt someone and then try to justify it.

I received a text from my Sis in Law today that read:

God doesn't give you the people you want.

He gives you the people you NEED -

To help you, to hurt you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be.

I don't think if you had asked me 4 weeks ago if I was going to be ok,
I could have told you yes.

I don't think that if you had asked me 4 weeks ago if I would ever trust people again,
I could have told you yes.
I don't think if you had asked me 4 weeks ago if I would ever think I would be able to step foot back in a church again,
I could have told you yes.

But I can tell you after what my family has gone through the last 4 weeks,

We are not going to be ok,

We are Great!

God has shown us who our True friends are and we are Blessed beyond measure for the the friends God has given us and I Will trust people again!

And we are in a new church and We LOVE it! God has really opened a lot of doors for our family in the last 4 weeks and I do believe the message that I received from my Sis in Law.

God gives us what we need to make us who he wants us to be, he doesn't promise us that life is going to be easy but He does promise that he will be there to carry us when we can't walk on our own.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.

Disney World Bound!!!

2010-05-21T08:06:00.000-07:00

In 16 hours we will be loading up and hitting the road to our
FAVORITE vacation spot of all time!

WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!

We are super excited about this trip,
for one we are going with
Our Best Friends Jenn and Paul from
http://wonderfulworldofwaltman.blogspot.com
the next thing is that we are going to be at Disney World for 2 whole weeks!
And the 3rd thing is I REALLY NEED A VACATION!!!!!!!!
We are so ready for this trip
{although we leave in 16 hours and I am not even packed yet} ;)
We are praying for safe travels and that NO ONE ends up in the hospital this time!
{Long scary story!}
I will have my laptop with me since my
Wonderful Hubby bought me an air card this week
so we wouldn't have to pay for the insanely outrageous wi-fi at the resort,
so I will get to play online while we travel.
And to tell you how Wonderful My Hubby is,
He not only bought me an air card of my laptop he also surprised me last week
and told me to pick out the camera that I wanted
and he would get it for me as an early anniversary present
so yesterday My new baby was delivered,
His name is
Canon Rebel!!!
{now just gotta read that big book and figure out how to use it.}

Hope you all have a blessed weekend!
Konnie

Another Awesome Giveaway!

2010-05-06T12:45:00.000-07:00

Go check out this Giveaway over at http://www.jleighdesignz.com

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Go look at all of there GREAT products!

Great Giveaway's!

2010-05-06T12:04:00.000-07:00

Check out Two of a Kind Working on a Full House.

She host the best Giveaway's. Check out her blog here at:

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And also check out Step 2.http://step2.com/
We buy alot of Step 2 products because they are very reliable and our children love them.

Publix Trip May 1, 2010

2010-05-04T13:14:00.000-07:00

24 - 64oz. Bottles of Juicy Juice

B1G1} $3.59 - $1.00 off 2 Q = $2.59 for 2 bottles = $1.30 a bottle

22 - Oscar Mayer Lunchables

$10 for $10.00

I ordered 22 $1.00 off coupons off ebay for $6.26

Which means I got all 22 of these Lunchables for $6.26 {the price of the Q}

2 Boxes Frozen Bananas, 2 Banquet Meals $1.00 a box, 2 containers Sour Cream $ .97 B1G1 {2 for $ .97}

1} Lenders bagels, 2} Dean's french onion dip B1G1 $2.00 {I had 2 - $2.00 Q} so it was free.

2} Breyers YoCrunch Yogurt, 2} Bags Kraft Cheese

4} Boxes Zatarains rice mix

2} Old El Paso taco kits

7} Boxes Nature Valley Granola Bars

4} Right Guard Deoderant

2} Huggies Little Swimmers

1} Bag Hostess Powdered Donuts

18- Boxes Capri Sun's {1.79 on sale at Publix I bought 20 $1.00 Q on ebay for $5.00} which means I got 18 boxes of Capri Sun's for $ .79 a box.

The total was $ 278.48

After B1G1's it came to $ 178.50

After Q's {coupons}

My Grand total came to $109.34

Pray!

2010-04-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

Please say a prayer for me today!

I am going to be interviewed today at 3:20 pm for our local TV station's The Weekly Show for their Mother's Day Special, I will be sharing about our Adoption and what the Lord is doing in Our Family.

I pray that the Lord will give me the words to say so that someone else may see the need. I feel honored to be asked to do this interview and I want to spread the word about Adoption.

If you would please just say a little prayer for me I would be forever grateful!

Thanks,

Konnie

Weekend on the River!

2010-04-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

This past weekend My Family and I were invited to the river by some friends from church. We were told that we could move into their home for a long weekend, {there home sits right off of the river.}

So we loaded up, and headed to the river Friday morning and spent the weekend on the river in our friends boat and kayaks. They have a beautiful home and are very grateful that they asked us to go and stay in their home. We had a very relaxing weekend with my family, My parents were there with us and one of my sister's and her family and My Brother and his family came on Saturday. It was a wonderful getaway and we are grateful for the oppurtunity. It was a great mini-vacation, leading up to our big vacation that we will be going on in just a few short weeks {4 weeks and 4 days to be exact}hehe! Except for our big vacation will be heading to FLORDIA to see M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! for 2 whole weeks! 10 days in the parks and 4 days to lay by the pool! And we are going with our Bestest Friends in the whole world! Jenn and Paul and Family from thelifeandtimesofmommy.
Jenn let the countdown begin! hehe!

Here are a few pics of our wonderful relaxing weekend onthe river.

Easton was not so sure about the wet sand on his hands!

The house!

The Beautiful {QUIET}River!

Praying!

2010-04-14T16:15:00.000-07:00

Would you all please say a prayer for our Little girl?

There was a 7.1 earthquake that struck China today. We are not sure if the earthquake was close enough to the orphanage to do any damage. But we do know that the death toll is over 500 and that they are saying that there are over 10,000 injured.

I have been out of commission today, and had not heard about the earthquake until this afternoon. Our agency has not posted anything, which has really got me worried because when the earthquake struck Haiti a few months ago they sent out emails to all of the families saying that the orphange was fine, but we have heard nothing about the orphanage in China.

This is an awful feeling, not knowing if your child is ok.

Please say a prayer for our baby girl, that she is safe along with all of the other children and caretakers.

Also keep all of China in your prayers.

Love,

The Dooley's

My new favorite passtime!

2010-03-13T22:01:00.000-08:00

I didn't go to Publix this week nor will I probably go for the next couple of weeks due to the fact that we are running out of room to put all of the groceries that we have bought the last two weeks, but I did get some great buys at CVS and Riteaid this week.

This is from my CVS trip:

The best thing about this first picture is that I only spent $ 8. 35!

6} Bottles of Green Works srpay cleaner, 2} Oral B toothbrushes, 1} Clariol hair color, 1} 9 roll pack of Charmin toliet tissue.

2} Bottles of Pantene Shampoo, 2} Bottles of Pantene conditioner, 2} Colgate kid's toothpaste, 1} Clariol haircolor.

The items in this pic only cost me 13.64

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But by far my BEST savings yet are of the pics below!!!

To see how much I spent on ALL 34 COver Girl products, just keep on scrolling down!

This is from my 3 {yes I went to 3} Riteaid's to get all of this makeup}

2} Cover Girl Trublend Micromineral Foundations, 1}CG Trublend foundation, 2} CG Aqua Smooth Foundation, 1} Simply Powder Foundation/Base, 1 } Cover Girl & Olay simply ageless foundation

1} CG Micromineral Veil, 3} CG Clean pressed powder, 1} CG Fresh Complexion pocket powder.

2} CG Continuous color lipstick, 2} CG Shineblast lipgloss, 1} CG Outlast Double lipshine, 2} CG Wetslicks AmazeMint lipgloss.

1} CG Micromineral blush, 2} CG Classic color blush, 1} CG Cheekers Bronzer, 1} CG & Olay Simply ageless blush.

2} CG Eye enhancers shadow, 3} CG Lash blast mascara, 1} CG Fresh complection concealer, 4} Perfect point plus eyeliner.

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On ALL 34 CG products I spent $20.66!!!!!!!

How?

You ask

This week at Riteaid they had all of there Cover Girl makeup B1G1 {buy 1 get 1}

and I purchased 17 B1G1 coupons on ebay.

So with B1G1 in the store and 17 B1G1 coupons, that made all of this makeup

***FREE***

All I had to pay for was shipping & handling to get the coupons, and tax!!!

My total on the makeup was $ 283.66

I paid $ 20.66

And saved: $ 263.00

I shouldn't have to buy any makeup for a LONG TIME!!!

Publix Visit # 2

2010-03-06T18:04:00.000-08:00

*UPDATE*

Please say a little prayer for our Baby Easton, I took him to the doctor monday with alittle cold and he had gotten better but yesteday evening he started running a fever of 103, The nurse told us just to watch him close because he tends to go down really quick. He ran a fever all night and was still running over 102 this morning and has started wheezing, so we are getting read to take him to let the nurse listen to him and see if will be heading to the hospital. We are praying for no RSV.

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I have never in my entire life been so excited to get my coupons on Sunday, and have never looked forward to going grocery shopping until now.

We headed out this morning with My Parents, My Family and I to Fairhope Publix, after lunch at McDonald's {UGH!} {the boys choice}. We head to Publix, this was my Parents first time to shop there so I was really hoping that they would save big because my Dad is not much of a grocery shopper, which he has had to do most of it since my Mom has been sick but he still really does not like doing it.

But this is what we bought:

4} Boxes Aunt Jemima Pancakes, 2} Boxes Aunt Jemima French Toast, 3} Bags Kraft Shredded Cheese, 1} Block Kraft Cheese, 1} pack Sister Shubert's Orange rolls, 2} Bags Totino's pizza rolls, 2} Bags Bird's eye Veggies, 1} Boneless Chuck roast, 1} Top Sirlon steak, 3} Pillsbury cresent rolls, 1} 10ct. Box Uncrustables, 2}Pillsbury Savorings, 1} International Delight coffee creamer,

1} 6 pk. Jell-o Pudding cups, 1} 6 pk. Jell-o Cheesecake cups, 4} Oscar Meyer Deli creations subs, 2} Oscar Meyer Deli Fresh combinations, 6} Oscar Meyer lunchables.

1} box Kellogg's Honey Smacks, 1} Kellogg's Raisin Bran, 1} Kellogg's Froot Loops, 2} Kellogg's 8pk. Fun Pack boxed cereal, 2} Boxes Cheez-it crackers, 1} Little Bites Brownies, 1} Quaker Oatmeal, 1} Box Bisquick, 1}Kellogg's Pop tarts, 1} Bag Hostess powdered doughnuts.
All Kellogg's cereal was 50% off!

2} Aunt Jemima Syrup, 1} Mayo, 4} Bottles A-1 Marinade, 2} Kraft Salad dressing, 2} Planters Peanuts, 1} banana pepper rings, 2} Mt. Olive Dill pickle relish, 4} 4pks. Bumble Bee tuna, 4} Cans Hunts tomato sauce, 4} Jars Bertolli Spaggatti Sauce, 2} Bertolli Alfredo Sauce, 4} 4pks. Dole fruit cups.

1} Kotex Pads, 2} Boxes Huggies Diapers.

I had great coupons for the Huggies{ we buy Huggies anyway but I had $6.00 worth of coupons off each box} $ 12.00 off Huggies!!!

1} bag Ruffles Chips, 1} Loaf Sara Lee Bread.

This is from my stop at Winn-Dixie: Great deal!!! Buy 2} DiGiorno Pizza's and you got 1} bag Dole Iceburg Lettuce, 1} Boxe Pizza Rolls, 1} Pepsi, and 1} Breyers Ice Cream for FREE!!!!!!!!!!

Total Spent: $175.49

Savings at Publix: $157.69

Saving Money at PUBLIX!!!

2010-02-27T22:59:00.000-08:00

We have been really praying about ways to cut back for many reasons,

one being we have $ 30,000.00 to raise by possibly December 1st, 2010. LOL!

But also because we want to be better stewards of our money. So I took a coupon class that a few of my friends have been telling me that I needed to go to too this past weekend, and learned ALOT!

So the Hubby, my sister {who was home visiting}, the 3 little ones and Myself loaded up this morning and headed to Publix an hour away from our home, but Oh, so worth the drive!

I had my coupon binder {I'm a newfound coupon junkie. hehe!} my sale papers and my list ready for some shopping!

I am so excited about what all we got and how little we spent and how long it will last!

Here are a few pics and a list of the thing's we came home with. I have had several people tell me that they just didn't think they would have time to clip coupons and search the store ads and be able to save much, but I am proof that it is possible.

2) jars Ragu spaggatti sauce, 2) jars Ragu cheese sauce, 2)jars Alfredo sauce, 6) cans Green Giant Green Beans, 6) cans GG Corn, 4) cans Progresso soup, & 4) cans tomatoes.

2) 100 count boxes Lipton tea bags, 2) 24 count Lipton Family size tea bags, 2) Folgers coffee & my best buy 6) 64 oz. bottles of Juicy Juice.

2) Bottles LouAnn canola oil, 2) angel hair pasta, 2) Kraft salad dressing, 2) PAM cooking spray, 4) boxes Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, 2) Knorr's pasta mixes, 2) onion soup mix, 1) 5 lbs. bag sugar.

1) box Lucky Charms, 1) box Cookie Crisp, 1) bag Doritos, 2) 6pks. Ramen noodles, 2) bags Chex Mix, 1) Loaf Sara Lee bread, 1) loaf Sourdough bread, and 8 large apples.

2) Gogurt yogart, 4) GG Steamers, 4) cans Pillsbury Grands Biscuits, 1) Jello Pudding, 1) Smithfield sausage, 1) Tyson Any'tizers chicken.

3) Colgate toothpaste, 2) Softsoap, 2) Lysol spray cleaner.
And 1) GIANT sugar cookie!, {And I also got 2) tubes of Mentos Gum.}

Spent: $ 117.52 and Saved: $ 99.24

Can't beat that!

Grayson was impressed with the length of the receipt!

One step closer!

2010-02-19T10:53:00.000-08:00

February 10th 2010,

We got a phone call from our social worker that our homestudy application had been Approved. YAH!!!!

She assured us that the next step was going to take a little while, since now we are going to be starting our fingerprinting, FBI background checks, copy of Birth Certificates and ALOT of paperwork, but we are beyond ready to bring Our little girl home.

We are also starting our fundraising efforts to help with the Adopton fees, I will be posting more about that in a few days.

We have been really busy the last few weeks, with school, work, paperwork, Isaac starting his first lawn care job this past weekend to help with the adoption fees and several other things.

But one of those things was that Isaac & I were able to work at Winter Jam in Mobile this past weekend. We had an Amazing time at the concert, but the best part of the whole night was

that we were working the main Holt International booth. If any of you have ever been to a Winter Jam concert or a Newsong concert you know that at the Holt booths they have pictures

of children that need sponsers and families. It was an almost surrel feeling knowing that on one of those tables was likely our little girls picture. We both kept picking up pictures of little girls looking at them like "this could be her".

It was an Amazing night! We were even asked to come to the Pensacola Winter Jam coming up and work.

But best of all is that 151 children now have sponsers!!!

How Awesome is that!!

WHO DAT! BABY!!!!

2010-02-07T20:52:00.000-08:00

The number "44" is one everyone is talking about.

Super Bowl XLIV falls on the 44th day after Christmas, and hosts the 44-year- old New Orleans Saints franchise.
It doesn't stop there.
The 44th President of the United States.

The longest postseason pass Saints quarterback, Drew Brees, had thrown was a 44 yarder.

It's been 4 years and 4 months since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast.

Just two weeks ago, the Saints beat the Vikings, sealing their trip to Miami.

They spent 4 minutes and 44 seconds in overtime in that win.
The Saints have also retired 4 jersey numbers, and have won 4 division Championships in their history.
And they win the Super Bowl XLIV with just 44 seconds left in the game.
BELIEVE DAT!!!

{I am proud to be from the Gulf Coast)

WHO DAT! BABY!!!

Makes me want to sing!

Oh, When the Saints, go marching in, Oh, When the Saints go marching in!!!

WHO DAT!!!

2010-02-07T15:10:00.000-08:00

Who are you rooting for?

Well, for us I'm sure you can figure it out!

Joy comes in the Morning!

2010-02-05T10:26:00.000-08:00

My Mom

recieved a call from her Oncologist in Jackson his morning,

and got some of the best news we have recieved in along time.

She is in

"REMISSION"

She said that there was not even a trace of cancer in Mom's bone marrow.

I want to Thank You all that have prayed for my Mom this past year,

We have really felt your prayers, but we would really like to ask you to

continue to keep her in your prayers!

We are so excited, relieved and overjoyed!

"Joy Comes in the Morning"

Happy Birthday Brayden!!! {a little late}

2010-01-10T09:19:00.000-08:00

6 Years ago

We became a family of 4.
at 6lbs. 4oz. and 20 1/2in.

You were our tiniest baby, your Aunts had to go
buy you premmie clothes while you were in the hospital

so when they allowed you to wear clothes you would have something that would fit you.

It was all a whirlwind, I had gone to the doctor for a checkup, Your Shashi had
gone with me, and I was told that my blood pressure was dangerously high so
we waited and waited and after lying down for several hours they kept checking and my

pressures kept rising so Dr. P asked me to go sit in the waiting room

because he need to go consult with the other Doctors, so we waited. After a while he came

in and took me to his office and said "I really didn't want to have to do this, but it looks like we don't have any other choice, We are going to have to admit you and induce." I was in

shock and worried sick, I was still 5 weeks and 1 day before my due date, but Dr. P and the other Doc's felt that it was the best choice for us both.

So he allowed me to go home and get my things and Daddy {he was at work}, but i had just a few hours, so we headed homw and at 7pm Daddy and I were back at the hospital.

they induced that night and all went great, We both slept and the next morning I got up and showered, flat ironed my hair and painted my toe nails {red}.

After 4 hours of labor they wheeled me to the delivery room{i had to go to the delivery room

since I was at high risk for having a stroke and because you were so early}

But at 2:55pm you were born,

you barely gave them time to get the bed all the way in the DR before you decided you were ready.

We were so excited to see you, You were so tiny and had alot of blond hair

and big blue eyes.

After we got back to our room they let me hold you, but our nurse {Mrs. Marcia} came in and said that something was not right and she needed to take you to the nursery, so Daddy followed.

You had us all scared to death, before long they had you on iv, had you hooked up to several moniters and your stats had dropped. They shut all of the blinds in the nursery so we didn't know what was going on.

But Mrs.M came out after a while and said your lungs just weren't ready and that they were going to have to transfer you to USA children's hospital but that they could not release me because my blood pressure was still at stroke level. While they were getting everything ready for your transfer to USA you made a turn around and you started to take breaths on your own

so they let you stay at Providence.

You were on oxygen for only a day in the nicu, Your Daddy and I sat by your bed all

night, and rubbed your little arms and legs and alittle over 24 hours after your birth we got to hold you{ you were still on oxygen but we got to cuddle you.

You did AWESOME and were able to come home after just 4 days.

You were such a GREAT baby, you woke usually 2 times a night and were just content. You started sleeping through the night at about 3 months of age and have slept throught the night since.

You are our little Scienctist, You love bugs and anything creepy crawly, you also love dinosaurs.

You tell everyone that you are going to be a Sciencetist and a clown when you grow up.

You have the best smile and can light up a room.

We Love You! Brayden

Accepted!!

2009-12-21T17:27:00.000-08:00

WOW!!!

Where do I start? Oh, I know

"It's a GIRL"!!!!!!!!!!

We got the phone call today that we have been waiting for.

I had just got home from running a few errands and i heard the house phone ringing so i ran inside and grabbed the phone and told my cousin who i was talking too on my cell that i needed to go so i could answer the other phone, so i grabbed the phone and guess who it was?

Holt International!

So, I say "Hello" and the Lady on the other end said Hi, Konnie this is _______ from

Holt, We talked for a few seconds and then she said the One of the most Exciting things I have heard, she said "We would like to Welcome You, Isaac and your Boys to the China Program, YOU'VE BEEN ACCEPTED"!!!

I screamed, she laughed & we talked.

She told me to go check my e-mail because they had sent us our dossier.

After talking for awhile, silly woman asked me if I had any questions and I asked her how much time she had. lol!

I had an Amazing feeling when I heard those words "You've been accepted"

Wow! It still gives me chills to think about it.

It felt like going to the doctor and hearing him tell us that we were pregnant!

When I got off of the phone i ran outside and told Isaac & the boys that we were accepted and after alot of laughing and talking{ok not so much talking just alot of laughing} i called My Mom and told her "It looks like You and Daddy are going to have a new granddaughter." and then I called my sister and then I called Jennifer.

This is like the best Christmas present ever!!!

I am now going to be the mother of 5!

{1 in Heaven, 3 in My Arms & 1 in China}

UPDATE: We are going through the Child of PromiseProgram {minor/correctable needs}. From the date of application until travel is 12 - 18 months but they say it can go faster

because there are not very many families that will accept little girls with some of the needs that we are open to.

Rub a Dub Dub Easton's in the tub!

2009-12-07T20:36:00.000-08:00

We came home the other night and i went straight to turn bath water on and of course my little shadow followed me { i love my little shadow, so i don't mind that he follows me EVERYWHERE!} anyway Easton was playing with Handy Manny on the floor in the bathroom, and i turned around at the vanity to pull my hair up and out of the corner of my eye i saw Easton's little head going over the side of the tub, I turned around and this is what I saw...

{I did not leave Easton in the bathroom by himself, I called to Isaac to get my camera.

I just couldn't pass up the oppurtunity to {blackmail} take a few cute photos of my baby boy!}

The Dooley's "Christmas 2009"

2009-12-06T21:31:00.001-08:00

Update- Yes! I am sitting on Santa's Lap, Easton was not at all thrilled with the big hairy man so they told me to get in the picture with them and then they called Isaac to get in too and the next thing i knew Santa was like "Hey,you just have seat here on Santa's lap and hold the baby" I told Isaac afterwards that i felt just a little violated. LOL! When we got the pic Isaac said Ugh! Where was Santa's hand? I told him I was afraid to think about it. LOL!

Wordless Wednesday!!!!!!!! A Proud Momma & Daddy!!

2009-11-18T10:13:00.000-08:00

One day a few weeks ago Grayson asked me if I could take him to the Larry Boy Store {Family Christian Store} to buy him a cd for him to sing at church,

I of course was really excited to go take him to find something, because I grew up singing in a family group and had traveled all over the US singing from the time I was 9 years old until just a few short years ago, and had always hoped and Prayed that My children would love singing as much as I always have and would want to share it with others, So i was ready to go, When we got to FCS, I asked Grayson if he knew what song he wanted to sing and he said "well it's a slow song" {so that narrowed it down!} lol!

So we started talking about the words of the song and he could only remember a few words of the song so i was wracking my brain to figure out what song it was and Low and Behold the song came on the radio in FCS and he pointed up at the speaker and said "That's it" So we found his CD. We had practiced the song on the way home that night and the next day we had music time and i decided to sit and explain the meaning of the song to Grayson & Brayden, I wanted them to understand the meaning behind the song not just sing it because they liked the way it sounded, so we started talking about the song and they both had alot of questions about different parts of it but I could tell that Grayson really understood what the song was about, so later that evening before bed Grayson came to tell me goodnight and he said " Momma I want Jesus in My Heart"

I am blessed to say that Isaac & I were able to lead Grayson to the Lord!

On October 30th 2009, My Big Boy asked Jesus to come into his Heart!!!!!!!!

He is so excited and has wanted to tell everyone he meets that he has Jesus living in his heart!

HOME!!!!

2009-11-11T17:12:00.000-08:00

Yesterday {Tuesday} morning

My Mom was released from UMMC in Jackson

and around 4pm yesterday we were so relieved to see that white car sitting in there driveway.

Mom has not been feeling to well since she left the hospital

but she has had a long 2 days with just the 3 hour drive from Jackson to the house when she has not been out of the hospital bed basically for the past 21 days.

We are so glad that they are home and pray that Mom will be able to drink plenty of fluids and at some point in the next few days be able to start eating a little something.

She was very glad to be at home in her own bed last night

and was thankfully able to get a pretty good nights sleep last night.

My Dad called me yesterday once they had gotten on the road,

so I hollered to the boys that Shashi & Poppy's were coming home from the hospital

and it was so funny because i heard both Grayson & Brayden shout YES!!!!!!!!!!

and then yesterday when we pulled up over

at Mom & Dad's, Easton said Yah!!!!!!!!!! and started clapping and laughing.

Thank You all for your Prayers and words of encouragement! You will never know how much you have meant to Me and My Family!

We have a Winner!!!!!!!

2009-11-10T09:25:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I am a day late posting the winner of my 100th post giveaway but I am having some issues with my laptop.

But the winner is Mimi! @ He & Me + 3.

Mimi email me and i will get your gift to you!

Thank You all for playing and be watching for yet another giveaway coming your way soon!

We also have some REALLY GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!! that I will be posting about soon!

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2009-11-09T18:40:00.000-08:00

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Tired!

2009-11-03T14:31:00.000-08:00

That is all I can say right now is I am TIRED! worn out, stressed, in need of a vacation, a mommy's day out, TIRED!!!

It seems like all i have done for almost an entire year is take care of everyone else and i am just worn out. Don't get me wrong, I have loved being able to spend this time helping my parents, but trying to juggle everything like taking care of My Hubby, My Kids, My Parents, taking care of the house, cooking for us and my parents, homeschooling and now running back and forth to Jackson every weekend, leaving on Wednesday or Thursday nights and coming home on Sunday or Monday nights, while in Jackson taking turns with my sisters staying at the hospital with My Mom, coming back to the hotel with no sleep from staying at the hospital and taking care of My kids. I am exhausted!!! The last year and a half of my life has seemed like nothing but hills that i have to pull myself over, Easton being born premature and him being so very sick and not knowing if i was going to get to bring him home, sitting inside with him for 4 months, never leaving my house but to take him to the doctor, wondering every night when i put him to bed if he was going to stop breathing during the night and his machine was going to fail, and just when life starts to get back to normal My Mom getting sick and being so scared that something was going to happen to her, and then running around trying to do everything by myself because it just wasn't convenient for anyone else and i didn't want to waste any time that I could have with My Mom, now i am running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to keep up with everything that needs to be done but yet not being able to concentrate on anything because i am so stressed out and exhausted. I have spent alot of my life caring about other people, making phone calls"just to let you know that i am praying for you" and "that i am here if you need me" and trying to do for others what i would want them to do for me in my time of need. Well, I am TIRED!!!!!! Let's just say that over the last year and a half I have found out who my true friends are and that they are few and far between.

I just needed to get some things off of my chest because if i don't i will probably blowup.

Sorry for the rant. I know that i have alot to be thankful for, Thankful that i DID get to bring My Beautiful Baby Boy home and that staying in for 4 months kept him well and healthy, thankful that My Mom is doing good although she is going through alot of crap right now, Thankful for the few people that have been there through most of this time in my life when i feel like i am barely keeping my head above water, Thankful for my hubby that i can vent too when i need someone to talk too, Thankful for my 3 beautiful happy little boys that can make me smile even when i feel lke crap. But most of all Thankful for My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that can get me through the rough times in My life and promises me that he is GREATER than all of my little ole' problems, and that he will bring me through.

"Random Things! & Giveaway's!"

2009-10-26T15:05:00.000-07:00

I have got several things to blog about today.

1.) For starters this is my 100th post! YAH!!!!!{finally}

2.) I am also really excited to be hosting my 1st Giveaway!

3.) My Mom had her Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Friday, and is doing really well!

{more on My Mom later that is a whole other post} But I do want to say Thank You to All of you that have been Praying for My Mom and Our Family, we have really felt your prayers!

Now, for the Giveaways!!!! {Yes, you read that right, I am not only hosting 1 giveaway, I am hosting 2}

So here are the rules!

1.) Follow my Blog

2.) Grab my button {It's FREE}

3.) Leave me a comment telling me that you are following my blog & grabbed my button

4.) For an extra entry, Blog about my giveaway on your blog

5.) Comment telling me that you blogged about my giveaway {or you can link to my blog}

6.) And "last but not least" comment telling me what giveaway you want to be entered in or if you want to be entered in both, then leave a comment for each giveaway!

"Well now if that wasn't confusing!"

The contest will run until November 9th, So get your entries in, {and who knows i may just come up with another giveaway soon, So be watching for it!!!

So here are the prizes:

Giveaway 1 is for a Flower Clip/Headband, from my Etsy store "Little Belles & Bows"

Giveaway 2 is for a Monogrammed cup {there is nothing like being able to carry BIG cup of sweet tea with you when you've got to hit the road}. If you enter this Giveaway make sure to tell in your comment what name or initials you want on the tumbler. And what your favorite colors are.

"Ready or Not" Here it Comes!

2009-10-18T23:34:00.000-07:00

Thursday the Boys & I took My Parents to Jackson For Mom's checkup with her Oncologist.

No one under the age of 13 years is allowed in the doctors office so we pulled up, dropped Mom & Dad off and we sat in the Expedition while they were in the doctor.

We had gone in the Medical mall down the hall from Mom's doctor and Mom called me to see where we were.

We walked down to meet them outside and Mom asked me if we were ready and I said yeah we are and then she said no "Are you ready" and I said YES!

She then looked at me again and said no are you ready and i said for what and she said that her doctor told her that she would go into the hospital Tuesday, I of course said "This Tuesday" and she laughed and said Yes! I promise you we got outside got in the SUV she called my Brother & 2 sisters and they said the exact same thing i said, then Mom called her older sister and she started crying and said but I'm not ready for you to go in the hospital.

So needless to say we have had a VERY busy weekend trying to get everything ready for Mom & Dad to go to Jackson.

We had to pack them for a whole month.

We had to go buy some things for them that they needed at the hospital and some things that we will need while Mom is in the hospital.

I have been online for the last 2 days trying to find a really good deal on 2 Hotel rooms{It ain't cheap paying for 2 hotel rooms for a month} but everything i found was really expensive or in a bad part of town.

But this afternoon My sister called her Daughter Hailey's Aunt{My Sister & Brother in law have Guardianship of Hailey} who's Dad owns a few hotels in Mississippi, he has a brand new Hotel {which is an extended stay hotel, with a kitchen and living area}in Jackson about 2 miles from the Hospital where My Mom will be and they are just opening this week {coincidence? I don't think so} And he gave us an AWESOME deal! And the other best part is it's RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO SUPER TARGET!!!!!!!!lol!

But anyway, My Mom, Dad, and My 2 Sisters are leaving tomorrow {Monday} afternoon heading to Jackson. My Mom will go into the Hospital Tuesday morning @ 8:30am.

She will have surgery to have her pic line put in and then will have her 1st round of High dose Chemo. We {Myself, Hubby & Boys} are leaving Tuesday afternoon when Isaac gets off of work and we are heading to Jackson, Wednesday Mom will have her 2nd round of High dose Chemo, Thursday will be a day of rest and Friday she will have her Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant. She will be in the hospital for 1 month {31Days}. She will be on the Transplant floor the whole stay.

We{my sisters and I} are going to be taking turns staying the night with her at the hospital so Dad can go back to the hotel with Isaac & the boys to sleep at night. We are all REALLY nervous about all of this. We have waited for so long for her to get the ok from her doctor but now that she has gotten the ok it just seems really rushed.

Please keep My Mom in your prayers and our Family. It is really going to be hard watching her be sick and watching her get so low.

We will be staying in Jackson until Sunday and then we will come home for a few days for Isaac to go to work {gotta have a pay check} a couple of days and then we will be heading back to Jackson next Wednesday night to stay until the following Monday. We will then be going up every weekend until she gets to come home. Once she is home she will be AT HOME! for 70 days.

Please remember My Boys in your prayers, they are so young and are so used to seeing My Mom at least every other day, but after tomorrow they will not get to see her for her entire hospital stay and we are still not real sure if they will get to see her for the 70 days after she gets home. We are going to go next door tomorrow and spend the morning with Her before she heads out and try to let the boys get in as many hugs and kisses as they can {like 100 days worth}. Let me just say "I DON'T THINK I AM READY FOR THIS!"

But "Ready or Not Here it Comes!"

I will try to keep everyone up to speed on how she is doing and if i start to fall behind I am sure that my Bestie Jennifer will do a great job posting updates for me.

If you get a chance and would like to leave My Mom a message just to let her know that you are praying for her you can visit her Caring Bridge site @ www.caringbridge.org/visit/marthabarrow

Thank You all for Your Thoughts and Prayers! We love you all.

"Remembering Our Babies"

2009-10-15T20:24:00.000-07:00

On June 3rd 2001,
We found out we were going to be Parents,
We were So Excited, we couldn't stand it, I took a pregnancy test on Sunday Morning,

I remember being scared that the pregnancy test was going to be negitive, since it was not even time for me to start{I was a little anxious}.

But i got out of bed that morning and tiptoed to the bathroom to take the test, "I wanted to surprise Isaac".

I took the test and it seemed like forever and then i saw those 2 pink lines, I almost screamed.

I ran in the bedroom and jumped on the bed and screamed

"WERE PREGNANT"

Isaac was as excited as i was.

We scheduled an appointment with My OB on Monday, went in and were told that everything looked great. We left the Doctor and went stright to Babies R Us' and i was in Hog Heaven. Do you know how many times i had dreamed of going shopping in BRS?
We left out of Babies R Us that night with Our Baby's Bassinett and a outfit that said Daddy's Little Girl.

I was very blessed to not have any morning sickness. We had a great 4 weeks.

We had gotten home from church on Sunday July 1st and i had spotted, I was so scared that something was wrong but kept praying that everything was going to be fine. We called the doctor on call and he told me to lay on my back with my feet up and then call the office the next morning and to not worry, I remember thinking "man you sure don't know me".

We prayed so hard that night that we would go in the next morning and find that we had worried about nothing.

We didn't sleep a wink that night,

We got up the next morning on July 2nd and started over to the Doctor, on the way to Mobile we held hands & prayed that the Lord's will would be done. {Never did i think that it would end the way it did} we were riding and praying and listening to the radio and there was a song that came on that to this day brings tears to my eyes, It is by "Greg Long" this is the lyrics.

Pain The gift nobody longs for, still it comes
And somehow leaves us stronger When it's gone away
Pray I try and pray for Your will to be done
But I confess it's never fast enough for me
It seems the hardest part is waiting on You
When what I really want
Is just to see Your hand move

Chorus:
I want a peace beyond my understanding
I want to feel it fall like rain
In the middle of my hurting
I want to feel Your arms as they surround me
And let me know that it's okay
To be here in this place
Resting in the peace that only comes
In the waiting

Time Time to let it go and just believe
Trusting in what no one else but You can see
Free Freedom from the fears that close me in
When I can't get beyond where I have been, but then
Again
The silence doesn't mean that I'm alone
As long as I can hear
That I am still Your own

Chorus:
I want a peace beyond my understanding
I want to feel it fall like rain
In the middle of my hurting
I want to feel Your arms as they surround me
And let me know that it's okay
To be here in this place
Resting in the peace that only comes
In the waiting

We got to the Doctor and were taken to ultrasound, we sat in the the waiting room with several pregnant women and i just kept thinking that this just could not be happening.

They called us back and lying there on the table after a few minutes Our tech looked at us and said"I'm so Sorry".

We were both devastated, i just kept thinking "well but if i turn over on this side you will find the heartbeat, But somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that we had lost her.

We {Isaac, Myself & the Tech} were all crying when we left out of the room and I knew that all of these Mom's were about to go in to see there little baby's heartbeats on that little screen.

We were taken over to see My Doctor and i remember sanding in the hall while they were getting a room ready for us and Our Nurse Laurie came out of the office crying and came over and hugged me.

Then they took us in the room and when Dr. Plessela{My Doctor} came hime he had tears rolling down his face.

He told us how sorry he was for us and tried to explain that ther was no major medical reason as to why we Lost Our Baby.

He talked to us about having a D & C, and about letting nature take it's course.

And told me to go home and try to rest that the next few days were going to worse with all of the cramping and bleeding and just knowing that you are lossing your baby and there is nothing you can do about it.

I begged Isaac to please not make me go home, I did not want to be at home, I didn't want to see anyone or talk to anyone. I just wanted it to be us. If i didn't go home I didn't have to see the bassinett sitting in the nursery just waiting for us to put our little baby in it.

Or the Little Outfits we had bought hanging in the closet.

So we rode around for hours, we cryed and prayed and cryed somemore.
Isaac finally talked me into going home much later and we just sat and stared at the tv not really saying anything for days.

On July 4th we were asked to go to the Fireworks at the beach park,

I did not want to go but knew that i had to get out sometime.

So we went over to pick up our youth pastors wife and daughter & when we got there Lisa came to the door handed me a card and said read it when you are ready, I went and sat on her couch and read her card,

Lisa & David had lost there little boy 1 year earlier, at 36 weeks he was born stillborn, Lisa told me that it did not matter if you were 36 weeks or 1 week that it was still your child, And a part of your heart that would forever be gone. She was right, To this day there is a piece of My Heart in Heaven with a very special child that will always be My First Baby!

I did have to go back to the doctor because nature was not working fast enough and i was starting to get sick, so i went back to the doc on July 7th and had to have a D & C. There is nothing like going into the hospital one day pregnant and coming out with no baby to hold in your arms.

I to this day have had people tell me that at least i didn't carry the baby for very long, Let me explain From the moment of conception that baby is a human being. You love that Baby more than life itself and you would do anything for that baby to still be with you.

We changed alot, We were 2 kids that had been married for 4 years {I was 24 & Isaac 23}. Our plans changed our Lives changed. We both were Christians before but were brought so much closer to God by this.

We have been blessed beyond belief with Our 3 Beautiful boys & are so very Thankful, But we know that Our Little Girl is in Heaven and one Day we will get to see her and hold her and kiss her soft little cheek. Our Emma' Leigh Grace is so very special to our Family, Our Boys know that they have an older sister in heaven and that one day they too will get to meet her.

This is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. Please say a prayer for All of the Families that have lost a child.

Not Me Monday!!!

2009-10-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

If you want to join in on McMama's free therapy session where we do not admit all of the things that we did Not do this past week go to http://MyCharmingKids.blogspot.com.

I did Not spend alot of My week taking a 1 year old off the top of just about everything in My living room. Easton has Not finally gotten tall enough to get on the coffee table by himself. But he will Not just get on it and sit, He likes to give Momma a heart attack by climbing up and standing on top of it.

We did Not buy a new SUV from Houston and have to drive to Houston to pick it up. We did Not drive that 7 1/2 hour drive on Friday pick up my Expedition, spend the night go to the Aquarium and then drive that 7 1/2 hour drive back home saturday. It was Not a really rushed but Great trip. We will Not go back to Houston, It was Not a really Awesome City with tons of stuff to do.

I was Not really relived that My Children did GREAT on our trip with it being so rushed, I am Not extremely blessed to have Great kids that travel VERY well. Easton did Not sleep about 5 1/2 to 6 hours of our trip home from Houston, He did Not wake up at every stop, got out walked around a few minutes, get back in the carseat and go right back to sleep, then we were Not able to get home, get him out, change him and put him to bed for him not to wake up at 9:30am.
Grayson & Brayden did Not have a blast in Houston they did Not ask about a billion times if we could just stay a few more days.

My Mom, Myself and the boys did Not get a little lost in Downtown Houston at 10:00 at night, in the rain, and did i mention at night. Let's just say the Big city life is Not for me. I love to visit places like Houston but don't really like driving in them. I would never get lost in a Big City at night ecspecially in the rain. Nope, Not me.

My New Ride!!!!

2009-10-07T21:45:00.000-07:00

Early Friday Morning

My Hubby, Myself, Our Boys and My Parents

will be driving to Houston TX.

to pick up our new Ford Expedition King Ranch.

I have been wanting an Expedition for a long time now & It just so happened that the one that we found that we wanted and {could afford} was in Houston.

So we are going to pick it up Friday and spend the weekend in Houston enjoying some of the sites {Galleria}:).

2009-10-04T19:08:00.001-07:00

Sorry i have been MIA lately,

things have been really busy around here the last few weeks.

We started school a few weeks ago, which is going great other than i have got 2 children in different grades that are doing different Abeka videos which means that i run between 2 different rooms all morning :/ which is not a totally bad thing because i am getting some really good excerise {you know jumping over baby gates and such}.

But Easton is NOT dealing with all of my running around back and forth between the 2 rooms very well.

You see i have to cross through the living room {where Easton is playing} to get to each of the rooms where Grayson & Brayden are working so we are going to try something different tomorrow, Grayson will do school from 8-10:30 [Easton doesn't usually wakeup from the night until 10:30 or so}, so we can be finished with G's school by the time E wakes up and then Brayden will do school after lunch from 1-3:30 {while Easton is taking a nap} so i am really praying that our new schedule will work. We will have to shift our schedule some when we have school trips with our New Homeschool group {which we are really excited about}. There is nothing like being able to get together with Mom's And Children that know how Awesome it is to Homeschool.
We did take a little mini-vacation last weekend to Callaway Gardens{i will post some pics later in the week} We had a blast getting to get away with My Parents and sisters, brother in law and niece for a few days. It was so nice to be able to go with my Parents somewhere before my Mom goes in to the hospital for her Bone Marrow/Stem Cell transplant.
But a really cool thing happened to us this weekend, Friday night we had gone to church to have directory pics made and then went to Mobile to get something to eat, Easton had gone to sleep so we went through the drive thru and ate and then went to Target. We pulled up at Target and Isaac got E out of the carseat so i could feed him. A car pulled up beside us and a man got out and headed into the store and i looked over and the woman in the passanger seat was waving at me so i waved back, then she rolled her window down and waved again so i told Isaac to roll the window down and the lady leaned out the window and said you have the Most Beautiful Baby Boy i have ever seen, I of course told her Thank You and that we thought so too.

But then the coolest thing happened, She turned around and rolled down the back window and said Abby look at this little boy and when the little girl looked over the glass it was the most Beautiful little Chinese Girl you have ever seen.

I think i can speak for Isaac too when i say that we both got chills, she was beautiful.

I told the Lady, This may dumb, but i am assuming that she is Adopted and the Lady said Yes! I tried to explain to her why Isaac and I both were staring at her little girl. I shared with her that we are in the process of Adopting a little girl from China also, the Lady's jaw dropped and she said it's funny because i just felt like i needed to speak to y'all {ok, we have never laid eyes on this woman before} I knew that at that moment that God had put her there in the parking lot at Target for us, for encouragement, hope & the strength that we will need to get through this Adoption. She asked what Agency we were going through and we told her and she said that they had friends that were with the same agency adopting a little girl from China also. We told her that we had switched agency's because we found a different program that we knew was for our family. We told her that we were Adopting a Child with Minor needs and she told us that little Abby in the back seat is special needs {are you kidding me!} She said that when they put in for a SN child that after several months thy recieved there picture of Abby and were told that she had a tumor in her back but she said that they had a peace and knew that this was there daughter so they excepted. When they traveled to China to get her several months later they were told that Abby was paralized from the waist down {she was 17 months old}.

Since they had turned in there LOA {letter of Acceptence} to the time that they traveled to bring there sweet little girl home the tumor in Abby's back had grown and had put pressure on her spinal cord. She said that they were shocked to hear this news, {that is not someting that anyone wants to hear about there child} but that they new that God had given them this little girl for a reason. She has been home with her Family for 1 year now and has had 3 major operations to remove the benign tumor, her left Leg is still paralized but Praise the Lord she is able to walk with braces and with the help of a walker. She is able to go to the restroom now on her own and is an active little girl. Isaac & I were so excited when we got into Target that we kept looking at each other and saying that was AWESOME!!!!
It is an Awesome feeling when God puts people in your path and you can feel his presence.

Welcome to "Little Belles and Bows"

2009-09-22T12:54:00.000-07:00

I hope you like what you see! I am working on alot of other things for an upcoming craft show that i am really excited about working this year.

COMING SOON!!!

2009-09-11T21:06:00.000-07:00

I have started making Flower headbands and Flower Kufi Caps, to help with our Adoption Expense. I am working on posting some photos at My New Etsy Store. Once I get things finished this weekend I will post My store name. I hope you all will check it out.

This is just a few of the things i have in My Store.

Wordless Wednesday! Fun in the sun!!!

2009-09-09T12:20:00.000-07:00

Hospital Visit!

2009-09-08T09:00:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pics of My Mom's hospital visit!

Walking the Walk! He's Everywhere, He's Everywhere!

2009-09-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

Easton has been an official walker for several weeks now.

I think he decided at Grayson's birthday party after watching his friend Emmie walk all over the house that crawling was for the birds.

Poor Football didn't last long before Easton took a huge bite out of it!

I think he is going to be a ball player!

Keeping ourselves entertained!

2009-09-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

We went to Jackson last Thursday evening, My Mom was having surgery to have a rod put in her leg Friday morning @ 5:30am.

We have made that 3 hour trip so many times this year that i think we are starting to get used to it now, but we still have to keep ourselves entertained.

Grayson & Brayden would let me snap pics of them all day if I would, but Easton starts to get a little annoyed with the flash after a while. LOL!

My Goofy Boys! I would Love to know what Easton was thinking!

Easton was OVER the Flash!

Still playing Catch up! Grayson's Birthday!

2009-08-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Grayson's 7th Birthday this month. He had a Cars Birthday party {Again} this year.

He had a blast at his party, we had alot of our family come from out of town this year so it was alot of fun.

Here a just a few pics of the day!

Grayson's Lighting McQueen cake that I made!
{I was up decorating this cake until 3am the morning of the party!}

He was so excited to get his Red Nintendo DS!

Grayson & some of his cousins & friends!

Grayson's gifts!!!

Wow! What a summer! {Now it's time to play catch up}

2009-08-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

It has been crazy around our house this whole year but this summer has been a doozy.

I am running way behind on updating so I am going to try to post about our summer every few days until i am caught up.

So here it goes!

For starters 2 of My boys had birthday's this summer so here are a few pics of Easton's first birthday party.

Easton's New Birthday wheels!

He Loved his Cake!{Well eating it anyway!}

Easton's Monkey cake that I made!

Easton and His Best Buddy Emmie!

Is he Cute or What?

Not Me Monday!

2009-08-17T12:02:00.001-07:00

"WELCOME to Not Me Monday"

This blog carnivel was created by MckMama.

Join all of us Mom's by telling what we Did Not do this week!

I "Did Not" spend last week just being lazy because i knew that i had alot to do this week and knowing that our summer is coming to an end. :(

I "Did Not" clean my parents house and wish that my hubby would be so nice to hire someone to come and clean mine.

We "Did Not" go take My parents out for a drive to the beach Saturday and then to Dinner only to have several people stop us and tell us that we had the most beautiful little girl {Sorry Easton}.

I "Did Not" start to feel like my child was going to have a complex if people did not stop telling him he was a beautiful little girl.

I always try in a nice way to tell people no HE IS A BOY!

I would "Not" give up and just start telling people Thank You!

I then "Did Not" take my Mom's flower off of her hat a put it on Easton's head and take a few{alot} pictures of Our Beautiful Little Girl! Because after all {he is such a beautiful little girl} lol!

Nope, Not Me! That would too be cruel!

We "Did Not" spend a good part of the weekend looking at house plans and looking at land, Because that would be CRAZY! to try to sell a house and rebuild with having so much going on with My Mom, and trying to Adopt.

That would be insane!

Hope you enjoyed my Not Me! Monday!

Come and join us next week !

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

2009-08-12T19:22:00.000-07:00

BUMBLEBEE {aka Grayson}

WATCH OUT BRAYDEN!!! lol!

RIP CURL! Surf's Up Dude {Easton}!!!

You Made Me A Mother!

2009-08-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

7 years ago today.

On August 7th, 2002

@ 3:48pm

We welcomed Our 1st Born, Grayson James into Our Family!

you weighed 7lbs . 13ounces and were 20 inches long. The day before you were born, I had a doctor's app. and when i went in that day my doctor said that my blood pressure was to high and that I would need to be induced that night, So we left the doctor's office went home got our things together, had dinner with My Family and went back to the Hospital.
I remember that your Daddy and I were SO nervous that night and the next day about what was going to happen but we were So!!! ready to see you and to hold you.
I was induced that night and the next morning I got up got my shower, put on my makeup, & flat ironed my hair but the really sad part is that i even painted my toe nails while i was in labor with you. But i wanted to look my best when I saw you for the first time{like you cared}. Lol!
Our nurse Mrs. Marcia came in to check on me right before the doctor came in to break my water and she could not believe that i had on makeup and had my hair fixed.
Needless to say my labor was very easy, And the delivery was also very easy. I was in labor with you for 4 1/2 hours and after 45 minutes you made your grand entrance. You were ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL! you had a head full of dark hair, big blue eyes, and you had your Daddy's tan. I was in Awe!
We were so very Blessed to have a perfectly healthy beautiful Baby Boy! Your Poppy's and Shashi and ALL of your Aunts & Uncles, cousins, and Great Aunts & Uncles were there, We were all so excited to see you. You were so very special to us and still are.
Your Daddy and I were always so worried about you, because 1 year before you were born we lost our 1st baby and I never knew if I would ever get to have a healthy baby, But on August 7th, 2002 all of our Hopes and Wishes came true.
We were always so nervous about EVERYTHING when it came to you.

I would sleep at night with my hand over in your bassinet and i would wakeup all hours of the night just to look at you.
You are My Super Sweet Boy! Even though you are 7 now, you always come to me first thing in the morning and let me love on you, you are great with your Little Brothers {who completely look up to you} and you LOVE to follow your Daddy around outside and work on anything and everything that he is working on. You are so funny, when Daddy is working on something you run and get your tools so you can go help.
You are My child that likes to clean {so don't forget that when you become a teenager}lol!

You are also the one i go to when i need help finding something to wear, you will tell me if it looks good or not {and i like that}.

I Love how you love people and how you care about people, I love to hear you pray for people, I love how you go through everyone's names when you pray and I mean EVERYONE {all of my IRL blog friends and there family's, By name, everyone of them}lol!
You also have a VERY special bond with your Shashi, she LOVES you more than anything.
It is hard to believe that You My Baby Boy are 7 today, because it really does just seem like yesterday that we saw your perfect little face for the first time.
I LOVE YOU! GRAYSON JAMES.

Here are a few of My favorite pictures of you:

Playing Catch up!

2009-07-28T20:16:00.001-07:00

There has been a whole lot going on around here lately.

For starters, Easton our sweet baby boy turned 1 on the 8th of July.

So here are a few pics of Easton's 1st birthday party!

Easton's Monkey Cake that I made for his Birthday!

Easton's New birthday wheels!

We also went to Gulf Islands Waterpark for a day of fun! And we had a blast!

We have also had alot going on with my Mom in the last few weeks.
While we were in Jackson last weekend we took the boys to a Science Museum, that night i was staying with my Mom at the hospital so i needed some time with all 4 of My Boys.
I think Grayson was trying to copy the fish.{but hey at least we got a pic with us all looking at the camera}.

Grayson & Brayden trying to decide where we should go next.

My Mom came home from the hospital last Thursday so My Mom & Easton racing had a great time racing around the house!

Caring Bridge

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If you get a chance and would like to leave My Mom a message you can visit her Caring Bridge site @ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/marthabarrow

Even though some of you may not know her it is nice to see who is praying for her.

What a Week!

2009-07-22T21:04:00.000-07:00

We have had 1 crazy week!

My Mom had her 1st round of Chemo last weekend and went this past week to have her bloodcount checked several days, well the Doc told her that she would probably feel ok until about Wednesday and then that would be her bad day but Wed morning she woke up and said that she felt better than she had felt in weeks so we were praying that the Doc was just going to be wrong and she wasn't going to get sick, Well the Doc was right Thursday night shortly after she went to bed she started to feel bad and started running fever.

I took her to have her bloodcount checked Friday morning and she was so very sick, her blood count was 0.1 which was very very low.

I called the Transplant coordinator in Jackson and could not get in touch with her so we called the Transplant unit at the hospital because of the fever and they called Mom's Hemotologist and told her that Mom was running fever and they called me back shortly and asked how fast we could get to Jackson, I told them the it took 3 hours to get there and they said to get there as fast as we could, so My sister came and picked Mom & Dad up while I packed for them and us and then we headed to Jackson.

We arrived at the hospital Friday evening and they started her on antibiotics, I have never seen someone have to take SO MANY antibiotics in such a short period of time, She would finish 1 iv antibiotic and they would come hook up another one, we asked why she was taking so many antibiotics and they said that she would have to have EVERY antibiotic on the market so that they could try to knock out whatever it was that was causing her fever.

She has been a trooper this past weekend, She was so very sick and with all of the meds that she was on and all of the side effects from the chemo she has done great. Her fever broke around midnight Saturday night and the vomiting stopped soon after, Her blood count also jumped over night sat night it went from 0.4 to 17.7 which is awesome.

She was able to have the port put in her neck Monday evening and they did her 1st round of harvesting the stem cells this morning and Praise the Lord! they were able to get all of the stem cells plus some in 1 round instead of the 3 rounds they had planned on so she was released tonight from the hospital but is staying in Jackson tonight.

So I am so Excited that they will be home in the morning.

My Hubby & and I and the boys got home around midnight last night so that Isaac could go back to work today. So I have been busy today trying to get there house back in order before they get home tomorrow and my house back in order.

Please Continue to Pray for My Mom & Dad {James & Martha Barrow} because after this past week we now have an idea as to how bad this next chemo and the actual transplant are going to be.

We Really appreciate All of your Prayers.

Please Say a Prayer for My Mom!

2009-07-17T11:42:00.000-07:00

I am getting everything ready to leave shortly to head to Jackson. My Mom's bloodcount has dropped dangerously low, and the Doctor is afraid that she may have an infection. She was up all night running fever and sick.

We will make the 3 hour drive to Jackson and be staying there for the weekend and on into next week.

I talked to the transplant Nurse earlier today and she said that Mom's WBC {white blood count} was too low and that it would probably not come back up as high as it needs to be by Monday.

They had thought that her bloodcount would come down some by this past Wed. and then by this morning it would be back up to were they needed it to be for the harvesting, but her WBC did not drop Wed. it dropped this morning, and it dropped to much, so she will not be able to do the harvesting of the stem cells until the WBC comes back up.

I will try to update later this evening after we get her in her room and settled.

Please Pray that whatever this is that is making her blood count drop so low and and the causing the fever will get cleared up VERY quickly and that she will not have any more setbacks.

I love you guys! and really appreciate your Prayers!

Mom Update! part 4

2009-07-15T19:31:00.001-07:00

My Mom has had a very busy week this week, But I Thank God that My Brother and Sister have been able to help out this week with taking Mom to the doctor to have her bloodcount checked since she had to leave at 7:30 am, and all of My IRL friends know me well enough to know that i am not a morning person, Lol! {I can stay up until all hours of the night but please don't expect me to be able to function in the early am.}

My Mom has been having alot of pain in her left knee so she went for an MRI this morning, thinking that she had maybe pulled something or torn something. Well this afternoon the transplant coordinator at University of Mississippi Medical called and said that Mom's oncologist had faxed her the results of the MRI, and said that the problem with her knee is that she has lesions on her knee {2 small holes and 1 large hole} they said that it was a wonder that she has not broken her leg yet. {Just to clarify Multiple Myeloma is cancer of the bone marrow, it basicly

eats holes in your bones until they are so weak that they break}, which is the problem with my Mom's knee. So as far as we have been told, Mom will still go to Jackson either Friday or Monday{when her bloodcount is the highest} for the Harvesting of her stem cells, and then when she comes home she will go to an orthopedic surgeon, They said that she would more than likely have both Radiation on her knee and Surgery to put a metal rod in her leg. But because of this set back she will not be able to have her Bone Marrow/Stem Cell transplant until she has this knee issue taken care of. So now we are back to waiting, it is really discouraging because she was getting so close to being able to have her transplant and now this, but God knew this was going to happen and he has a plan and a timing for everything.

Please continue to keep My Mom {Martha Barrow and My Dad James Barrow} in your prayers.

We really covet your prayers.

Giveaway!

2009-07-14T12:35:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day to enter for an Awesome Giveaway@ The Cochran Crew!

Go visit Sandra's blog and enter to win one of her great prizes and while you are there take a look at her 5 Beautiful Blessings!

Mom Update! part 3

2009-07-11T21:37:00.000-07:00

Well Guys! I have great news, My Mom was able to come home this afternoon. But she did not have a very good day, she started getting sick a little after 9 this morning and vomited most of the morning and had an awful headache, they had given her several things for the nausea but she was not able to keep any of it down. But they asked her if she wanted to just stay the night tonight and she said NO! she wanted to go home, so they went ahead and gave her the Nuprogen shot before she finished her fluids and at 4:00pm she was released form the hospital.

She did Great on the 3 hour trip home this evening, she made the whole trip without getting sick, so we are all really excited about that.

I went over to Mom & Dad's when they got home and helped get her in the house, and she seems to be doing good, I stayed for a couple of hours and we had a great talk { i am REALLY going to have a hard time when she is in the hospital for the month} Dad went to bed and i got Mom ready for bed and left. I don't really like the idea of leaving her tonight since she was so sick today even though Dad is there but When she tells you 20 times that she thinks that she is going to be ok, and that she doesn't think she needs anyone else to stay with her, What do you do? 1. insist that you stay against her will 2. respect her wishes and go home and tell her to call you anytime hour of the night if she needs anything. Well I chose #2 and I hope it was the right decision but i guess if she needs anything she will call me and i can go over{ i do just live in the next house}.

I really appreciate all of your prayers and your friendship, I look forward eto checking my blog just to see all of the encouraging comments that you guys leave.

Although most of my followers are my IRL friends, I hope that one day i will get to meet other blog friends in person, you guys are totally Awesome!

Mom Update! part 2

2009-07-11T09:35:00.000-07:00

I talked to My Mom several times yesterday and she sounded very upbeat and said that she was feeling fine. Grayson and Brayden wanted to call and talk to there Shashi last night before bed {Brayden didn't make it, he crashed before we called her}. Grayson talked to her for awhile and Easton listened to her talk to him, {which is too funny, because he hears her but he looks all around the room and he looks at the phone and back at me, {like i hear her but where is she.}

We told her goodnight and that we would talk to her this morning.

Well i didn't want to call to early this morning in case she and Dad were sleeping, so i called her about 11:00am and she answered and did not sound very good,

she sounded really groggy and weak, i asked if she had gotten any sleep last night and she said that she was not able to go to sleep until 8 this morning{so that means that she has not had any sleep since Wednesday night} I asked why she had not gotten any sleep and she said that she had been up all night vomiting { i know, gross} and had an Awful headache.

Yesterday they started weighing her every 6 hours just to make that she is not retaining to much fluid from the drip they have her on {like i said in my last post, she will be on iv fluids to condition her kidneys for 24 hours} and checking her labs also every 6 hours.

Well she told me this morning that overnight she had gained 11 pounds, {YES! you heard me right, 11 Pounds} they said that the headache & nausea was probably from all of the fluids that she is retaining.

But Mom said that by 8 this morning she was starting to get rid of some of the fluids and the headache was getting better. She was supposed to come home this afternoon but now I am starting to wander if that is going to happen now.

So please contiue to keep her in your prayers.

Mom Update!

2009-07-10T09:18:00.000-07:00

Please be in prayer for My Mom {and the rest of our Family} this weekend. My Mom is in University of Mississippi Medical Center this weekend, she is having her 1st Chemo treatment today and will be having the 1st of 10 Nuprogen shots tomorrow. Please pray for peace and strength for her today.

As long as she does well with the Chemo and the Nuprogen shot tomorrow then she will be able to come home tomorrow afternoon. Once she is home she will go to Mobile Monday, Wednesday, Friday & next Monday to have her blood count checked, Wednesday she will not be able to have any visitors because that will be when her blood count will be at it's lowest but we are praying that by friday when she goes in that her BC will be back up and if it is then she will leave immediatly to go back to Jackson for the Harvesting of her stem cells.

My Hubby and I and the boys will be going with My Parents back to Jackson for the Harvesting. We covet your prayers!

One Year Ago Today!!!

2009-07-05T20:01:00.001-07:00

One year ago today, I was laying in a bed at Providence hospital looking like this:
I had gone to the doctor on Monday the 7th of July, and was told that I was in early labor. Your Daddy and I went out to eat and were told to be back at the hospital at 7:00pm to be admitted, My blood pressure was up a little, but we were a little suprised because it was not even close to time for you to be here.
On Tuesday the 8th of July,

We Welcomed a Beautiful Baby Boy into Our Family, after a very easy and fast Labor & Delivery

you were born at 1:02pm weighing 6 lbs 4oz. and were 19 1/2 inches long

you were 4 1/2 weeks early & you were so tiny.
And you looked like this:

I was able to hold you for maybe a minute and then they nurse realized that you had stopped breathing, the Doctor grabbed you from me and took you to the bassinet and they put you on oxygen, I have never been more scared in my life. After they put the little oxygen mask over your tiny little face you started to breath.
Your Daddy and I had no idea what was going on, but we knew that you were in great hands.
We knew that you were very blue, The Doctor told us that you had alot of bruising but that you were not breathing like you should be so they were taking you to the NICU.
We were so worried about you.

They had taken you to the NICU for observation and after a little while on oxygen you were breathing better. A Nurse and very Dear Friend of Ours Mrs. Marcia came in to see us and we told her what we knew was going with you {which was very little} and I told her how much I needed to see you and to know that you were ok, she went out to find out how you were doing and a few minutes later she came in rolling a little bassinet into the room with the most beautiful baby boy in it. She said you were breathing ok but they were going to keep you in the NICU for awhile to moniter you, but that she knew that we needed to see you and to hold you, but she would have to stay in the room with us as long as we had you in case you stopped breathing again.

Your Daddy ran out to get your brothers and Poppy's and Shashi, and they came in to see you. We let Brayden hold you first, he held you for just a second and then Grayson got to hold you, which didn't last long because you stopped breathing again and Mrs. Marcia rushed you back to the nursery.

It was a very long week, I can speak for Your Daddy and I by saying that that was the longest week of our lives. All of your Aunts and Uncles and Cousins were there and of course your brothers and your Poppy's and Shashi. They all stood guard outside of the nursery so they could let me know what was going on with you.

At about midnight the night you were born we were finally told that we could go to the nursery to see you, we were SO Excited, Your Daddy and I came to see you and this what we saw:

You were and still are so sweet!
I have never had such a mix of emotions, we were SO Happy that you were here, but we were so worried about you, and so scared that something would happen to you.
We were not able to touch you for a few days because when someone touched you, you would go into respiratory distress. So we spent many hours standing by your bed praying over you, and waiting for the time that we would come to the nursery and they would hand you to me. You had Great nurses, Nurse Amiee and Nurse Sherry were Awesome and of course all of the doctor's that checked in on you.
I would get up after your Daddy would fall to sleep at night and go to the window and look in on you and if they were not working on a baby I would come in the nursery and just stand by your bed.
I can not forget one of the times i walked into the nursery to check on you when your Daddy was asleep and Nurse Amiee was getting your bottle ready and before I knew it your Daddy was standing behind me {I promise i tryed to be quiet when i left the room, not that he didn't want me going to the nursery to check on you but if I had my say i would have been in the nursery all of the time and with my blood pressure still high i was supposed to be in the bed, not standing up all day.
But i remember him coming up behind me and asking if you were ok and I said yes and he asked if I was ok and I said "I would be if they would let me hold you" and Nurse Amiee said well i think i can make that happen, that was the best words i think i have ever heard. We couldn't take you out of the incubator so we held your little head up and fed you.
This is the 1st time I got to feed you:

After several days in the NICU you were able to come to be with us in our room for 2 hours at a time, We were so glad that we were able to hold you when we wanted to.
You had several episodes the day you were able to come to our room where you stopped breathing. I was also released from the hospital that same day, but we had a wonderful doctor that let us stay in an extra room until you were able to come home. After alot of Prayers you were able to come home on an Apnea Machine which you still wear to this very day but now you only have to wear it when you are sleeping or when we are traveling {anytime that my eyes can not be directly on you}. Your big Brothers were so excited to get to see you and to hold you!

You are nothing short of a Miracle and We Thank God for you every day. We have come so close so many times to losing you and We know that God has a very special purpose for you.
We were very blessed to be able to bring you home when we did. We did have to keep you at home for 4 months {other than doctor's appointments}. It was a long 4 months but if it meant protecting you i would do it again in a heartbeat.
We Love You more than Words!

You are an Amazing Little Boy, you have the most beautiful blue eyes. You are a Big Momma's Boy[Which I LOVE!!!} You Love your Big Brothers whom you think are the 2 funniest boys in the whole world. You make the sweetest little faces at Your Shashi when you wink with both eyes and wrinkle your nose at the same time. You are a Poppy's buddy. And you get the Biggest grin on your face when your Daddy walks through the door. You say Momma, Da Da, Bubba, Hey, Bye, Haydee{Cousin Hailey}, Plop Plop{Poppy's} My My {Shashi}, You play patty cake, You are taking several steps at a time, you are a great sleeper and you are just a very content baby. You have also started this totally Adorable Fake Crying which makes us absolutly crack up.
Easton Barton Graham, We Love You and are So Thankful that God has Blessed us to be your Parents.
I Love You Baby Boy!

Our 4th of July and Birthday Party's!!!

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We have had a very busy few weeks.

Thursday before last my sister, brother, sister in law, niece, and nephews came home for several days.

The cousins had a blast as always playing together.

We had missed going to 2 of my nephews and my nieces birthday party's so we had a group birthday party for them at My Parents house last Friday night.

Then we spent the day Saturday getting ready to go have family pictures made.

The pictures turned out great and we had a very nice dinner and called it a night.

Sunday after church we went to Presley's outing with our IRL Friends Kelly and her Family and our IRL Friends Mandy and her boys, we had a great time, the boys had a blast playing frisbee in the water and building sand castles with there friends. Mandy fed Easton his 1st Watermelon!

Tuesday we had a great play date with some friends in Mobile. It is nice to be able to get together with friends and just have a great time.
My friend Tracey and I and the Little boys {Easton and Landon} had a really good visit while Grayson, Brayden & Ryan played in the pool. It is always an adventure when you get 5 boys all under the age of 6 together under one roof.
We were supposed to go to Gulf Island Waterpark Wednesday for the day, but our plans quickly changed when Easton woke up at 5:30am that morning running fever and had a stuffy nose, so we ended up at the Doctor instead.

We were so happy that Isaac had a 5 day holiday Wed-Sun,

{gotta love those long weekends}.

My Dads birthday was Friday so we went out to celebrate.

At the restraunt they sang Happy Birthday to My Dad and to Easton {since his birthday is coming up this week}.

It was too cute they brought out a saddle for one of them to sit on, so as you probably guessed Easton got to sit on the saddle.

Easton loved his roll!

My brother and His family and my sister had gone back home last weekend but came back down for the day Saturday.

We had a great 4th of July, with great food {fried catfish & fried shrimp} and alot of fun.

We also had a little family birthday party for Easton since My parents are going to be in Jackson for My Mom's chemo the weekend of his big birthday party.

Then after the family all left Isaac, myself and the boys went to watch the fireworks in Lucedale.

I was suprised that Easton liked the fireworks as much as he did.

We were all talking before the fireworks show started, That 1 year ago, I was really pregnant with E and thought that we still had over a month to go before he was supposed to make his Grand entrance.

We were joking because we were not sure if he liked the fireworks then or not because that had been the most active that he had been, he kicked everytime the fireworks popped, I thought for sure that i was going to go into labor right there.

Then today we had a very relaxing day.

We took the boys to the new splash pad at our park and then came home and grilled out while the boys played in the pool, and had a nice relaxing meal on the deck.

I hope you all had a great & safe 4th of July Weekend.

My Family! {Pictures, Pictures & More Pictures!}

2009-07-01T21:43:00.001-07:00

Our Family

Grayson

Brayden

Easton

Grayson's 7th Birthday Picture

My Silly Man!

My Boys!

Easton thought the Photography was hilarious!

My Sweet Baby!

Me and My Hunny!

Momma's Boys!

Easton's 1st Birthday pictures!

My Sweet Miracle Baby!

I Don't think he could get any Sweeter!

Too Sweet!

He had a Blast!

Only Two Months Behind!!!

2009-06-25T21:37:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by IRL friend Kelli @ Random Thoughts of a Supermom about 2 months ago.

So here it goes.

I am sorry Kelli that i am just getting around to this but things have been a little busy around here and this takes alot of thinking and my poor brain has been on overload lately.

Thanks Jen for reminding me to do this.
Remember, if you already did one of these, just
put a link to it!

8 is Enough

8 Things I am looking forward too...

1. My Mom's transplant being over and her starting to get back to normal.

2. Isaac not having to work so much.

3. Getting our Baby Girl from Asia.

4. Going with My Hubby and Boys to play at the waterpark next week.

5. Going to Belly Dance saturday with Jennifer & Chik-Fil-A {so please don't eat cereal sat morning Jen.}Lol!

6. Going to spend the day with friends Sunday.

7. Going on Vacation this fall{Paula Deen here I come}.

8. Having Family pictures made this weekend and looking forward to having Family pictures made with Our Family of 6 including our Baby Girl from Asia hopefully next year.

and an extra one...

9. FROSTED PECANS.

8 Things I did yesterday...

1. Woke up early {well 8am is early to me}

2. Went shopping with My Mom and My Boys.

3. Bought Birthday gifts for 5 of my Family members.

4. Took some gowns to a friend for her to fix for My Mom.

5. Cooked Dinner for My Family.

6. Checked on My garden and picked a few veggies that had not burned due to our 18 days with out rain.

7. Played on My Computer until 1:00am

8. Went to Bed.

8 Things I wish I could do...

1. Play the guitar.

2. Sew really well.

3. Be really organized.

4. Hire a Maid. LOL!!!

5. Have the nerve to sing solo, I traveled and sang with My Family for 22 years. {Gosh i'm getting old}.

6. Keep my house spotless.

7. Take Great photos.

8. Start My own buisness.

8 Shows I enjoy...

1. Jon & Kate plus 8 {well until recently}

2. Extreme Home Makeover.

3. Friends.

4. The Bachelorette.

5. The Secret Life of an American Teenager.

6. 18 Kids and Counting.

7. American Idol.

8. What I like about you.

8 Friends I tag to play along too...

1. My IRL Friend Kelli @ Random Thoughts of a Supermom.

2. My IRL Friend Jennifer @ The Life and Times of Mommy.

3. My IRl Friend Amber @ The Ranew Family.

4. MiMi @ He & Me +3.

5. Alicia @ More than Words.

6. My New Friend Leigh @ One Day at a Time. {the girl has great taste just look at the title of our blogs and we are both trying to Adopt.

7. My IRL Friend Karen @ Diary of a Domestic Diva.

8. My IRL Friend Tracy @ Simply Smith.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY! Easton's cute crab clothes!!!

2009-06-23T21:51:00.001-07:00

{Cute Crab Jon Jon & Patty Cake}

{Rollin' them up}

{Dancing a jig}

11 Years ago Today!!!

2009-06-20T13:26:00.001-07:00

11 years ago today I Married By Best Friend. I have been really blessed with a Wonderful Loving Husband. He is a Great Dad to our 3 Little boys and I could not have asked for a better soul mate.

This is just a few pictures from Our Wedding.

{Man those were the days, I weighed all of like 97 lbs.}

When i got these pics out to scan I noticed how young we looked.

The Funny part is, is that when we arrived at our hotel that night for our Honeymoon, the guy at the desk would not give us our room key, even though our room had already been paid for.

He asked for my I.D. and of course it was packed in my suitcase or well in one of my suitcase's HEHE!!!

Anyway he asked how old i was, which i thought was a little odd, so then he told us that i would have to show ID or we could not stay at this hotel{which Isaac had already paid for}.

So Isaac said you don't understand, We are on our Honeymoon, and the guy had the nerve to laugh and say, yeah right!

The guy asked for our parents phone number and said he would have to call and verify.

to which I said {I DON"T THINK SO}.

So long story short we went out and unpacked my suitcases and i did not have my ID, But we did find our Marriage License.

So needless to say we did get our hotel key. But we really should have gotten an apology and a discount, but we didn't. But it was fine because we were married and we were on our honeymoon and that was all that we cared about.

Mom Update!

2009-06-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

My Mom went to Jackson yesterday and had Pulimonary Lung Function test today, the nurse said she did great on the lung test but that they will not have the final report back until Monday.

So after the Lung test they went to meet with the Transplant coordinator @ University of Mississippi Medical, she had to sign all of the release forms for the transplant and Talked with her Doctor{Dr. Bigelow}, We have been making a list of questions for the Doctor, so we were glad Dr. Bigelow came in to see her today. They also took My Parents to see what is going to be there home away from home for a month, from what My Mom has told me the unit is set up really well, other than my dads bed that he will be sleeping in for the month will not really be a bed but a recliner, so we are going to have to ask if there is anyway that they can get him a cot or if we can bring in an areo bed or cot of our own.

My Dad has done GREAT since we found out about my mom's cancer, but he has got to get his rest because he himself suffers from a chronic illness, he was formally diagnosed 5 1/2 years ago {about 2 weeks after I had Brayden} with Multiple Sclerosis. If he gets to stressed or does not get enough rest he will have another attack and end up back in the hospital again, and that is not what My Parents need right now.
But anyway this is what the schedule looks like.
She will go to Jackson on Thursday, July 9th. She will check in to the hospital early friday morning July 10th, they will start her on iv fluids, she will be on them for 2 hours and then they will start her on meds to help condition her Kidney's because the Chemo that she will be on is really hard on the kidney's, she will be on these meds for 24 hours, at the same time they start the meds for the kidney's they will start her Chemo it will take about 3 hours for the iv chemo. She will remain in the hospital over night {Saturday July 11th}, Once her 24 hours is up with the meds for her kidney's they will give her a nuprogen injection{which is to help the stem cells to release, then she will come home.

She will have the nuprogen injections for 9 days at home starting on sunday the 12th, And guess who gets to give her the injections{ya! you guessed it, ME}. She will go to her Oncologist in Mobile on Mon, Wed & Fri. to check her blood count. The Doc told her that she would likely have flu like symptoms and feel really bad and that her hair would fall out with the first round of Chemo, She will also not be able to be around anyone{other than the shot nurse{Me} and My Dad} for that week because of her blood counts being so low, but i will have to wear a mask and gown just to give her the shots. But when she goes for the blood count on friday they said that her counts should be really high so as long as they are were they need to be she will leave that same day and head back to Jackson for the Harvesting of the stem cells, Which will be on the 17th of July.

We {Isaac, the Boys & I} will be going then to stay for a few days, the harvesting will be out patient so the hospital will put them up in a hotel for the time they are there. The harvesting will take 1-3 days for about 4 hours a day, but since her blood counts are back up she will be able to be out and around us. Once they have gotten enough stem cells she will come home for 2-3 weeks to recuperate from all that she has already been through.

Then she will go back to Jackson sometime around the 1st of August for the 1 month stay in the hospital, We did find out today that the boys {Grayson, Brayden & Easton} will be able to go in to see her but for a short period of time while we are there. I was really worried about the boys not being able to see My Mom because thay are used to seeing her several times a week and also for My parents because thay are so attached to the boys.

My Mom and I have talked about the fact that My Dad is very attached to me and the boys so it is going to be really hard on him to not be able to see them every few days, on top of all of the other stress that he will be dealing with. But we will be going up every weekend to see them. Once her 1 month in the hospital is up she will come home for at least 70 days of isolation. During that time we will have to get used to talking to her through the window and she will have to get used to watching the boys play in her backyard, but as long as she is getting well, we will do anything we have to do.
I know you all have been Praying for My Parents. But please continue to lift them up in Prayer because we are really just getting started with all of this and it is going to be a very long road. We really do appreciate your prayers.
And for my IRL friends I will probably be calling on you alot for support during the next several months so I hope you are ready to go have some fun playdates. LOL!!! No, I guess it is really just starting to hit me that i am going to be going without My Mom for awhile and i don't really like the idea of that but i guess i am going to have to deal with it. Or like My Aunt would say

"Put on your Big Girl Panties and deal with it".

So i guess i will.

Sorry about the long post.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

2009-06-17T20:14:00.000-07:00

Please pray for My Mom, she is in Jackson for a Lung Function test tomorrow. She will also get to tour the unit that will be her and My Dad's home for a month while she is having her Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant. She is also supposed to get her schedule tomorrow for the dates that she will have her Chemo and the harvesting of the stem cells and then finally her transplant.

Not Me Monday! Summer Style!!!

2009-06-15T19:49:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. Head on over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

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I did Not! spend all of last week waiting {not so patiently} for the A/C guys to come fix our air in our house.

I was Not! a little aggrivated that it was in the 80's in my house last week and the A/C guys could not figure out what was wrong with our A/C.

I Did Not! rush around saturday morning to get everyone dressed and ready to go to meet My Hubby at the shipyard where he works for family day only to get there and find out that the line to tour the LHD 8 ship that My Hubby did some of the Design work on for the Navy was about 4 or 5 hours long and I did not tell my hubby that there was no way that i was standing in line for that long when i had already planned on going shopping for Easton some new church clothes. And I also did Not! bribe my boys with a new toy {like we need more toys in the house} if they would not be upset that we leave the family day early. Nope, Not me. Iwould never bribe my children.

We did Not! make a mad dash to pick up Easton from my parents house and run to Mobile to go shopping for clothes. I did Not! spend ALOT of money on some really CUTE clothes for Easton and some really expensive sandles thanks to his fat little feet. Lol!!!

But He did Not! look too stinkin cute Sunday morning in one of his new jon jon's and white sandles.

It was Not! as HOT as hades! in our house when we got home from church sunday, so hot in fact, that we did Not! spend the rest of the afternoon outside in the pool and on the waterslide.

Easton did Not! completely LOVE the water.

He did Not! have a blast until he was attacked by an ant, he did Not! have 14 ant bites under his arm. I did Not! feel awful that the poor baby got attacked by the spawn of satan ant.

He was Not! all better after some Benedryl spray, hydro cortisone creme, bottle and a nap.

We also did Not! get our A/C fixed today, after 2 weeks of burning up. i am Not! so excited to go to bed tonight in a nice COLD house. Because last night it was 87 in here.

I was Not! a little {ok alot depressed} to go buy Easton's birthday party stuff this weekend, I am REALLY!!! Not! looking forward to My Baby turning 1.

I am Not! really looking forward to my Belly Dance class starting Saturday, it is Not! a great workout and a whole lot of fun.

I did Not! manage to do my new Shred workout one day last week only to be sore for several days {ok i am still alittle sore}, No really, Not Me! i am in great shape and could so move right on to level 3 with no problem. JK!

Thankful Thursday!!!

2009-06-10T19:38:00.001-07:00

Well, I know some of you may be wandering{or you may not be but I am going to tell you anyway} Lol!

I mentioned a few post ago that We {My Hubby and I} have been feeling the Lord leading our Family in a new EXCITING direction well that new direction would be:

The Lord has layed Adoption on my heart a long time ago, it was something that i thought about almost on a daily basis and prayed about.

Isaac and I had MANY discussion's about it, and Isaac always had his reservations about it.

Before we got pregnant with Grayson we went through a really hard time when we lost our first baby to miscarriage, we were both absolutely devastated, we at the time knew of no one that had been through a miscarriage other than My Mom with her first baby{back then you were not encouraged to talk about that kind of stuff}. So we felt completely lost and alone{or at least I did}.

But anyway we had several conversations about adoption back then because I was terrified of losing another baby. But we both still really wanted to have a child of our own if it was the Lords will, well as you know it was the Lords will for us to have children of our own and we were Blessed with 3 Beautiful Sweet Little Boys, Grayson, Brayden & Easton, and we could not be more Happy with what the Lord has given us.

We always wanted to have at least 4 kids if it was the Lords will.
Even as a little girl I always wanted 4 kids of my own {well actually 6 kids, I wanted the Brady Bunch it was my favorite show lol!} But I always dreamed of having 1 little girl. I have always been a Momma's girl so that is what I wanted.

About a year and a half ago Isaac said he too felt like Adoption was something that he now felt like we needed to pray about.

Well when we found out that we were expecting, we prayed that the Lord would show us what he wanted for our lives and that if he wanted us to adopt a little girl that he would bless us with another beautiful little boy, and well he did He gave us an amazing Little boy that will melt your heart with his pretty blue eyes and his big somewhat toothless grin {and of course his Awesome head full of hair}.
We have prayed and sought what God wanted us to do and prayed that if it was his will for us to adopt a little girl that he would open the doors for it to happen and that he would give us the smarts to know that he was opening them.

Well just in the last few months we have felt the call and prayed and we know that the Lord is opening the doors and leading us to Adopt our Little Girl. I don't think that I have ever been so at peace with anything, i have always been the kind of person that likes to know what is going to happen and i LOVE to plan things out. But i am just excited to sit back and give it God and let him take us where he wants us to go. {not that he needs me to tell what to do or where we want to go}. But he is working in us and in Our Family, The boys are really excited about having a little sister{Brayden asks if we can get 5, and I stopped myself the other day before i told him NO! because you never know what the Lord will call you to do.HaHa!} But God is working in us and the doors are opening.

We have found an Agency that has several offices in our area and we have talked to alot of people and are going to an Adoption seminar June 23rd that the agency asks that you go to. Easton our sweet baby will be 1 on July 8th {it seems unreal} but we are going to turn in our application on July 9th. The reason we are waiting until July is that your youngest child has to be atleast 1 year of age. So our youngest turns 1 on the 8th and the paperwork will be sent on the 9th.
We are going through the China program and are SO Excited about bringing a Beautiful Chinese Little girl HOME! We have been talking and praying with our pastor and we went before our church family this past Sunday and told them what the Lord had laid on our hearts and asked for them to please be praying for our family during this time. But we have also felt like the Lord is calling us to Adopt a waiting child{children with special needs minor-severe} we will wait upon the Lord to tell us which.
Our pastor told in church Sunday that we are following God where he leads us and we are praying that if he decides to close the doors for any reason that we will except it and know that if it were his will for us to Adopt that it would happen and if not we know that that will also be his will.

We might not understand it but we trust him.
Please Pray for Our Family, it will be a long road and an expensive road but God will provide what we need to get there.
I love all of you guys and cherish your friendships.

{If you have a minute take a look at this video and when it is over say a prayer for all of the children that deserve a loving home.}

www.youtube.com/watch?v=demRHgul2Zk

"For you have not received spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, Abba! Father!" Romans 8:15.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY! Fun in the garden!

2009-06-10T13:55:00.000-07:00

Not Me Monday!

2009-06-07T20:19:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. Head on over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

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I Did NOT! turn a little lazy this week, and take a week off from finishing up Brayden's bedroom.

I Did NOT! spend an entire week researching something very important to us on the internet this past week and spend just as much time talking on the phone, when I was not taking My Mom to the Doctor.

I also Did Not! hate that the Boys & I were NOT! able to go to VBS this week.

I Did NOT! have a great time thursday taking my boys to pick tomato's and eggplant.

and I Did NOT! get a kick out of watching Grayson & Brayden playing in the garden and picking tomato's. I Did NOT! tell Brayden that he was Crazy when he got excited about our tomato picking and started telling people that we were going to start making our own ketchup, WHATEVER, I would rather buy it!

I Did NOT! spend the whole week with Isaac at work and just me and the boys hanging out all week and weekend. We Did NOT! go to O'Charley's and then go grocery shopping at Walmart, And We Did NOT! cause a MAJOR!!! pileup at Walmart when Grayson & Brayden ran into a stack of Special K {so if you shop at Hudson's and you like Special K you may want to check at a Hudson's near you because they are probably going to be recieving several boxes of Special K Red Berries. LOL!!! And to think we were almost finished shopping and Grayson & Brayden turned the corner with the buggy and took out the stack of cereal. { It was Hilarious too see the look on there faces, They were both so shocked they were speechless}. And the funny thing is, is that as soon as it happened i looked in my purse for my camera and remembered that i had left it on the counter at home. I would NOT! be so inconsiderate of my childrens feelings to laugh when they were so mortified. Nope! NOT Me. And to think I missed a perfect opportunity for a great picture. Oh Well, we may have to reenact it one day. {Just Kidding}!

And then after our trip to Walmart I Did NOT! get home unload everyone & everything and start peeling 5 gallons of tomatos and stew most of them and then decide to be brave and try my hand at making homemade salsa. I was NOT! canning salsa at 12am sunday morning only to still have to get everyone's clothes out and ironed for church. I am NOT! REALLY!!! excited that my salsa turned out really well.

I have NOT! always wanted to be able to make something that we could share with some of the older people in our church and in our community. I Do NOT! feel like something so simple could turn out to be an Amazing ministry for myself and for My Family, to be able to share something that we made with love.

I Did NOT! decide to follow in a fellow blog friends{MIMI} footsteps and go purchase the SHRED! workout video. Even though i am worried that if I get the nerve to try it I will not be able to move, But I need to try to get into shape before My Belly Dance class starts in 2 weeks.

My Hubby and I have NOT! been feeling the Lord leading our Family in a New Direction{and I don't mean salsa} and We have NOT! decided to take a step out in Faith and follow the Lord where he leads us. I will NOT! be telling ALOT! more about it in the Near Future. :)

In closing, We have NOT! been so HAPPY! :) and felt So BLESSED as we have this past week with the Path God is leading Our Family into. We Do NOT! know that we Serve an AWESOME God!

We also would NOT! really appreciate your prayers, that we would follow where he leads us.

One of our Favorite Meals!

2009-06-04T19:53:00.000-07:00

I decided to grill out this afternoon before Isaac got home from work: so this is what we had for dinner tonight.
I know it looks like alot of food{we really don't eat this much at one meal}, but when i fix this for dinner i always try to fix ALOT so we can eat it the next day.

Steak & Chicken Skewers{steak or chicken, onions, bell pepper, tomatos and 1 of our favorites, pickles}

Roasted Corn

Sauteed' Squash

And we even ate off of Our FINE China. LOL!

Wordless Wednesday! Summer Fun!

2009-06-03T15:53:00.000-07:00

A Cool Father's Day Giveaway!

2009-06-03T15:27:00.001-07:00

Go check out "The Life and Times of Mommy" for a chance to win a $15 Target Gift Card to buy your Wonderful Hubby a cool gift for Father's Day.

Just click on the button!

Not Me Monday!!!

2009-06-01T08:45:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. Head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I Did NOT! talk My Wonderful Hubby into Repainting just about every room in our house.
I Did NOT! also start last week repainting our sunroom, and then decide that i didn't like the new brighter color with my old furniture. So then I Did NOT! go to Pier 1 and buy some new chairs to go in the sunroom, I am NOT! now completely obsessed with Pier 1.
I also then Did NOT! decide {talk or bribe} Brayden into letting me paint over his animal murals on his bedroom walls just because I am so tired at looking @ tree frogs and lizards and snakes Oh My!!!
I then in turn Did NOT! have to go to Target & buy new bedding for the boys bedrooms since there old bedding is not going to match the new paint. And when I say paint we Did NOT! take 2 little boys to LOWES and tell them to pick any color of paint that they wanted in there rooms. I was NOT! a little shocked when i started rolling Braydens paint on his walls and then go and doctor it up a little {thank the Lord I had some darker paint in the shop}
I have also NOT! been giving My Hubby a hard time because he is clearly NOT a painter{he HATES} painting. I wouldn't give him a hard time {because that would not be nice} just because every time I asked him to paint something he would say you might want to come back in here and fix this. ARGGGG!!!
I am NOT Super excited that My Hubby did in fact makeup for his poor painting skills by building benches and adding a hand rail onto our bakyard deck, and He Did NOT! do a GREAT job!
I have NOT! spent a week and a half cleaning out rooms, painting and then putting everything back together again.
I am Not tired of painting. Nope NOT Me!
I now Do NOT! have to repaint Grayson's room, the Kitchen, the Living room, hallway, and foyer. I am NOT! wishing that I hadn't had the idea to repaint.

Well that has been My NOT ME! Monday for this week, Hopefully once we are finished with my house I can get back to blogging and get things together for a really cool giveaway!!! so keep watching.

My SUPER SUMMER Giveaway! Package

2009-05-29T12:14:00.000-07:00

This past week I was so excited to get my SUPER SUMMER giveaway package from Kelli @ Random Thoughts of a Supermom!
I wanted to post a picture of all of the Great stuff that was in the package.
Thanks Kelli for the AWESOME givaway!
Kelli is hosting another giveaway so head on over to her blog and leave a comment to get yourself or someone you love one of these SUPER! cute Monogrammed beach towel.

Wordless Wednesday! There is nothing like fresh veggies!

2009-05-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

USAF Tops in Blue!

2009-05-24T23:11:00.001-07:00

My cousin Tim is in the USAF, and this is his first year as a member of Tops in Blue the Air Force Band. I am VERY proud of him. He sang the National Anthem Sunday @ The Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte NC. He also sang a solo to Only in America by Brooks and Dunn @ the pre race show, if i can find a video of it I will post it.

Tim is in the Middle:

It looks like

there is a glow around him.

In this picture he is the 2nd from the left: {Do I sound PROUD or what?}

Nascar COCA COLA 600!!!

2009-05-23T23:59:00.001-07:00

I am so Excited, For those of you that watch Nascar or have Hubby's that do, Tops and Blue which is the Air Force Band will be performing in Charlotte NC tomorrow @ The COCA COLA 600 Nascar Race. The exciting part is that My cousin Tim is part of the group Tops and Blue so he will be performing, He will be soloing to Only in America by Brooks and Dunn, for the pre race show which will aire @ 3:00 to 3:30 pm Central Time. And he will also be singing the National Anthem with TIB @ 4:48 Central Time. I am so proud of him, this is his 1st year with TIB. He has always loved to sing, and has been in the Air Force for 3 years, so this summer he went to San Antonio for about 4 weeks and tried out for the group as a bass player, but while he was there he was asked to try out for vocalist, he did and found out a few weeks later that he got a vocolist position. We {Our Family} are really proud of him. Please say a Pray for Him and his Wife and his Children, He has a 3 year old boy Jovi and a 9 month old girl Lennon. He will be away for 1 year, which is going to be an Awesome experience for him, he will be traveling all over the world for a whole year. TIB will be in {China, Iraqi, Germany, Sweden and several other countries and all over the US}. But I know that Leeann and the kids are missing him already and he has only been gone since the end of March. I hope you get a chance to tune in to the race tomorrow. I know I will will be watching.

A Week of First's!!!

2009-05-21T15:22:00.000-07:00

First, I was SUPER! excited this week to check my blog and find out that I had won Kelli's @ Random Thoughts of a Supermom!, Super Summer Giveaway, This is the 1st time that I have won anything from blogland.

I want to Thank Kelly for the Awesome giveaway, Girl you Rock!

I love reading your blog and seeing all of your cute pics of the boys.

Next I was SUPER!! excited to check my blog today and find out that I had been given a really COOL! Award from My IRL blog friend Jennifer @ The Life and Times of Mommy.

I love reading your blog and seeing all the cute pics of the kids.{Especially my future daughter in law}. LOL!

You Guys are AWESOME!!!

To answer a few questions about the pics in my last post: The county is burying water lines for our FORCED utilitys. So they started digging up My yard last week and they have now made it down the road past my IRL blog friend Mandy's @ Confessions of a Drama Mama! house.

But one of the only good things about the forced utilty's is with us having 2 fire hydrants { 1 in my yard & 1 on the corner across the street} is that my house insurance will go down a little.

I don't mind having a fire hydrant on my land but the problem is that when thay put the 1 on the corner across the street they dug a REALLY big hole and then did not fill it in all the way so know after an afternoon of rain it was under water.

So I guess if my house or yard{My Hubby doesn't have a good track record with burning things LOL!} we will have to wait until they can find the hydrant. LOL!!!

Seriously people I knew we lived in the sticks but can we not figure out that the fire hydrant is not going to do Anyone any good with it under a foot of water. HAHA!!!! These were taken a few days after the rain storm, I am sure you can imagine how high the water was.

2009-05-20T19:46:00.000-07:00

Our New Fire Hydrant courtesy of the Jackson County Road Dept.

{If we need it, we will have to dig it out} LOL!!!

Can you tell we live in the country!

Wordless Wednesday!!! Giddy Up Horsey!

2009-05-20T10:22:00.001-07:00

For more Wordless Wednesday check out 5 Minutes for Mom!

"Update" on My Mom

2009-05-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

I would like to thank all of you that have been praying for My Mom and Our Family, We Covet your prayers. I am sorry that i did not post yesterday about what all we found out about my mom, But this what My Mom's treatment schedule will be.

They did a Chest x-ray yesterday, Labs, & EKG.

In the next month she will have several test done {pulimonary function test, EKG and several others}. but she will be able to have all of these test done here at home so at least she will not have to be traveling every week to and from Jackson.

In 1 month from now{on a thursday) she will go back to University of Mississippi Medical Center, on Friday she will be admitted into the hospital she will undergo 1 round of Chemo and on Saturday she will have a Nuprogen shot{it builds up the stem cells} they will watch her sat and as long as she handles the chemo and Nuprogen shot well she will be able to come home the same day. Then starting on Sunday someone will have to give her {probably me} a Nuprogen shot once a day for 9 days.

We don't know how soon after she takes her last Nuprogen shot that they will call for her to come back to Jackson, they said it could be 1 to 2 weeks.

When they call for her to return to Jackson she will be in Jackson for 1 to 3 day, during that time she will have another Bone Marrow aspiration{which she is dreading more than anything right now}, but they will also start harvesting her Stem Cells which will take 1-4 hours a day{they withdraw the stem cells through her IV}. They say that since she has not had Chemo that there is a chance they could get all of the stem cells that they need on the 1st day but if not she would have to come back the 2nd day and or until they get all of the stem cells that they need . When they have finished harvesting the stem cells they will freeze them until time for the transplant. She will come home.

Again we don't know how long before they will be ready for her to come for the transplant {they have 12 unit facility at the hospital where Mom & Dad will stay so they will have to wait until they have room open for them, but we think probably just a week or two}

When it is time to go back to Jackson, She will be there in the Hospital for 1 month, The 1st day will be getting them settled and then the 2nd day they will start the extensive Chemo treatments, she will have 2-10 days of Chemo. They said the week that you are on the Chemo is not bad but the week after the Chemo is AWFUL they told her that she will be extremly sick but she will be on antibiotics and Nausea meds from the 1st day in the unit. During the 2nd week {her sick week} she will have the Stem Cell transplant {they say this is the easiest part}. Then she will remain in the unit for another 2 weeks for monitering to make sure that the Stem Cells are growing & attaching like they are supposed to. When the month is up {as long as everything goes as planned} she will come home.

There is a 100 Day time frame from the day she goes into the hospital that she will bascially be in isolation, they said that there is a list a mile long of things that she can not have or do, some of those are {no fruits or vegtables, no pets{funny since she has a little fluff ball dog in the house, so guess who gets to keep the dog? yep! you guessed it, or at least until Grayson's Ashtma starts acting up since he is highly allergic to dogs}{no visitors, we are not sure if we will be able to be around her or not}, and about a thousand other things. Once she reaches the 100 day mark she will get to start adding a few things back into her routine. It will be after the first of the year before she will be able to get out and go. Which is going to be really hard on her and on Dad.

She has a really long road ahead of her but we Know that the Lord has got his hand on her, and that he will be there every step of the way.

She has been so blessed that everything has gone so fast starting with that 1st oncologist apponitment, & We have been blessed with such a Wonderfull medical staff taking care of Our Mom!

Please contiue to Pray for Her {Martha Barrow}, for our family, and for the medical staff that will be taking care of her.

And i just wanted to say Thank You to Jennifer, for coming to get us the other night when my van decided to take a breather on the side of the road.

And Thank You to all of my IRL blog friends who have supported me and been there for me this last year, i could not ask for better friends, you are all AWESOME and a gift from God.

and Thank you to my blog friends, for people that i have never met face to face you mean alot to me, I pray for you daily and even if we never meet her on earth i know that one day we will meet in Heaven and we are going to have a blast when we do.

Please Say a Pray for Easton!

2009-05-13T13:23:00.001-07:00

We had a Nerve racking night last night with Easton, He had 3 Apnea Episodes during the night.

I called the Doctor after the 1st episode and while I was waiting on the Triage Nurse to call back he had 2 more episodes, the 1st time Isaac got to him before I did and he turned the Apnea Moniter off and said that the moniter showed that his BrPM {breathes per minute} were 16 BrPM, but the Apnea Alarm was going off, but we checked him and he seemed to be ok. I went to call the Doc. and while i was waiting on the nurse to call back, the Apnea Alarm went off the 2nd time, this time I took off running and got to him the same time Isaac did, we checked him it was dark in the room other than the light in the bathroom being on, but from what i could tell he did not look blue when i got to him, the machine read that his BrPM were 4 {breathes per minute},

We again checked everything and within a few minutes of laying him back down he had the 3rd Apnea this time it was 5 BrPM, I was freaking out, the nurse finally called back and said since he had recovered from the Apnea's, that instead of taking him to the ER she would just call Our Pediatrician and see what she wanted us to do. The Nurse called back and said since he had recovered from the Apnea's that we should just stay at home and watch him closely and that if he had another Apnea episode to call them back, luckily he did not have another one, but the Doc also wanted me to call and have the home health nurse come out and download the machine and have the information sent to her which they are supposed to do in the morning {so that means no sleep for me tonight} so our Doc will be getting the download information tomorrow and if it was a true Apnea {which the nurse thinks it was due to the Apnea alarm and Low Heart rate alarm going off}, we are going to be Requesting {DEMANDING}a refferal to a Pediatric Cardioligist to see what is going on, We have asked several times before for them to explain what is causing the apneas and low heart rates and have always gotten the same answer that with Easton being premature, the part of his brain that tells him to breathe is immature, {but come on he is 10 months old and is developing normally, so what is the problem} I am tired of being scared to put him down to sleep at night, I am tired of worrying if something is wrong with him and I am scared to Death that he is going to have an Apnea Episode sometime and that He is not going to recover from it.

Please be in Prayer for Him and for Us!

I will try & post when we hear something from the Doctor.

Sweet Little Kayleigh!

2009-05-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

My Heart is breaking this morning over Little Kayleigh, I can not even begin to imagine what Adam & Aimee are feeling. It is something that we may not ever{on this side of Heaven} understand. But I do know that she has been healed, no more pain & no more suffering, and it is comforting to know that she is in Heaven sitting at Jesus's feet.
I have been touched by Kayleigh's story like So Many! others, I have hugged my children tighter, Appreciated them more, and Prayed over them more, since I found Kayleigh's blog last year. I am Grateful for My Family & for Our Health.
My Heart and Prayers go out to The Freeman Family!

Don't forget to tune in to The Doctors tomorrow for the show with Adam & Aimee. Also go to www.thedoctorstv.com and look at the In Memory of Kayleigh Button they have on there main page.

I HEART Faces Week 18 LAUGHTER

2009-05-11T13:14:00.000-07:00

I love to take pictures of my boys!

Go check out I Heart Faces Blog to see all of the cute faces!!!

Just click on the button above!

Not Me Monday's

2009-05-11T10:47:00.000-07:00

I Did Not! have a Great Mother's day with My Family Yesterday! I did not enjoy the fact that I did Not! have to cook for everyone like I normally have to do since My brother cooked lunch for us.

I Did Not! have a Great time Saturday Night going out with friends, we Did Not! cut up like a bunch of kids at the dinner table, and I was Not! glad that at the resturant they put us in a small private room because if we had been in the middle of the restraunt we so would have gotten kicked out. LOL!

I Did Not! get a Really cute dress, clutch, & jewelry, from My Hubby and My Boys for My Birthday {even though I did pick it out}.

I Did Not! volunteer to cut grass after church and lunch on Mother's Day just so I could get out of the house so I could have some time to myself. Nope, Not Me! (SAD!!! I know)but you do what you have to do.

I Did Not! get a little excited {ok, ALOT excited} when we recieved our Adoption paperwork this week for a China Adoption.

I Was Not! a little shocked that My Hubby {REALLY} wants to try and Adopt {2} yes, 2, baby girls from China.

I Did Not! think yesterday when we were taking family pictures at My Parents house that if we are able to Adopt 2 little girls that we are going to be a Family of 7. Wow! it still shocks me.

Well that is Not! my Not Me Monday for this week.

Hope you all Do Not! have a Great week this week!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

2009-05-10T09:51:00.002-07:00

I just want to Wish all of My Blog Friends a Very Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all have a Blessed Day!

I am Very Blessed to be able to spend Mother's Day with My Mom today and with My Hubby and My 3 Wonderful Little Boys, My Dad & Brother & Sisters and their Families.

I am Very Blessed to have Wonderful Christian Parents that Love Me and have Always been there for me. We are blessed to have a a very close knit family.

In January, When My Mom found out that she had Cancer, I was not sure if I would ever have the chance to spend Mother's Day with My Mom again, But Praise the Lord, I am able to spend this Day with her and I pray for MANY! more days with her.

Please take the time today to tell your Mom just how much she means to you and just how much you Love her.

My Crazy Kids!

2009-05-08T09:13:00.000-07:00

Well, last night we were going about our nightly routine pj's on, teeth brushed, read a book (or 2 or 3)LOL! and last but not least prayers. I told the boys to hurry up and get the books that they wanted to read because it was getting late and we still had to say there prayers, so Grayson said Well, momma i can pray by myself, and I said Well good i'm glad that you can pray by yourself so know you can talk to God anytime you want to, Grayson asked if I wanted to listen to him pray and I told him I would Love to listen to him pray, So he started his Prayer and it went something like this. Dear, Heavenly Father I thank you for My Mommy & Daddy and Brayden & Easton, thank you for our family & our friends, and keep us safe, and healthy, and Please help me and Brayden not to have ANY bad dreams, help us to have good dreams in Jesus Name we Pray AMEN! ( Well i was quiet Proud of him, and could tell that he listens really well when i am praying because he repeated alot of what i say when i am praying with them at night. Well, anyway i told Grayson that he did a great job on his prayer and then Brayden said, yeah you know you can't pray for jelly bread (WHAT!) I said Brayden What are you talking about and he said, You can only say that at lunch time, Again I said Baby, what are you talking about, and he said( getting aggitated), You can only say that at lunch, (my kids call every meal weather it is breakfest, lunch, or dinner, LUNCH!) and he said you KNOW!
God is Great, God is Good, Let us Thank him for Our food, by his hands we are feed, Thank You Lord for JELLY BREAD!!!
Let's just say that i almost fell out of my chair, I had no idea for the last 5 years, when he is blessing his food he is Thanking the Lord for his Jelly & Bread.
I hope that put a Smile on your face because it sure did put one on my face last night.

2009-05-07T22:37:00.000-07:00

I am trying to figure out how to make a button, Wish me luck!

2009-05-07T20:34:00.000-07:00

Well, I think that I have finally got my blog setup, minus the button (that will take a day in itself. )LOL! But, let me know what you think!
I really would like to Thank everyone for your sweet comments to my post about My Mom, We really appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
All I have to say is get ready Kelli & Jennifer because i will be calling you this summer to get out of the house with me.

Please bare with me!

2009-05-06T20:38:00.001-07:00

I know some of you may have noticed that My Blog has changed alot today, I am trying some new things and trying to figure this out. Please bare with me.
As you can see i now have a 3 column blog which i am VERY! excited about, THANK YOU JENNIFER W. Jen logged into my computer tonight and fixed a few things for me. I owe you girl(A BIG KING SIZE BUTTERFINGER)LOL!
It looks like my header could use a V8 drink!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY! First Tooth!

2009-05-06T17:07:00.001-07:00

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Go check out 5 minutes for Mom and take part in there Mother's Day Giveaway!
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2009-05-05T21:55:00.000-07:00

i heart faces is a photography blog that host weekly photo contest of faces for kids and adults. This weeks contest is Hats! I Love taking pictures of my kids. This is a photo that I took of our Little Man E on the beach with his cute surf board hat!
To join in the fun & enter this contest click on the i heart faces button at the top of my post.

Kelli's 100th post!!!

2009-05-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

Go check out Random thoughts of a SUPERMOM! so you can tell Kelli what you are most looking forward to this summer.
I am so ready for summer to be here, My Mom was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma Cancer(cancer of the bone marrow) in January and has gone through radiation and we have been waiting for a refferal for her Bone Marrow/Stem Cell transplant, Well our waiting is OVER! YAH!!! We are all REALLY! excited but also REALLY! Scared. She will be going next Thursday for her consultation and we should know more then. We do know that it will be long process, We know that there will be several trips to be made to Jackson (which is about 3 1/2 hours from home), and we know that once they start the transplant process that it will take 1-4 hours a day for 5 days to take out her baby stem cells and then they will be frozen until she is ready for them to be ready to be reimplanted in which during that time she will go through extensive Chemo treatments to kill off all of the cancerous cells and then once she is (what the doctors have told us at her lowest) they will reimplant her baby stem cells, which will be 1-4 hours a day for 5 days. We know that she will be in Jackson @ University of Mississippi Medical Center for 3 to 4 weeks once the transplant starts.
As everyone who knows me knows I am VERY! close to My Mom, I live next door to My Mom & Dad, I take my mom to all of her doctors app. I see her every day and talk to her several times a day, so I am already REALLY!!! dreading not being able to be with her everyday that she in Jackson, But it is really hard to be able to go when i Have 3 little boys that need me at home, and can't go with me. We will be trying to go every weekend to visit this summer while they are in the hospital. (Ok, I am already a basket case and they haven't even left yet.) Please Pray that the transplant will work and that she will not need another one(about 50% of people need a 2nd transplant in 18 to 36 months because the cancer comes back, but because my mom is 60 almost 61 years old if she needs another they may not do it because it is to risky to do on anyone over 65 years of age (but i am trying not to think about that.) So that is what I will be doing this summer it is not going to be a nice relaxing summer but hopefully after all of this is over we will be able to have a nice relaxing end of summer bash to celebrate My Mom being Cancer FREE! and that will make all of the stress of the summer SOOOO! worth it.
Sorry, this post was to tell you guys to check out Kelli's blog and tell her what you are looking forward to this summer and it turned out to be a long post. Guess you can tell what has been on my mind for the last few days.

This is a pic of My Mom and My Boys!

I am So NOT! Excited about NOT ME MONDAY!!!

2009-05-03T21:33:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I am NOT! so glad to have Not Me Monday's back.

I am NOT! Happy that Baby Stellan and MckMama are back with there Family.

I Did NOT! tell Grayson that I loved his choir t-shirt and tell him that i wished that i had ordered one for myself, and he did NOT turn around and tell me that He could get me one because he has connections.

We did NOT! ask the boys where they wanted to eat tonight after church and they did NOT! say Burger King, so we did NOT! head toward BK only to have our van run hot on the way and we did NOT! call my dad who had just got home from church and get him to bring us some water for the van. Isaac did NOT! make the comment that we would NOT! be able to go to BK so we would have to go home and find something to eat and Grayson did NOT! say Daddy do we not have to live and we did NOT! look at each other like our sweet 6 year old had lost his mind and say what are you talking about and he did NOT! say Don't you have to eat to live. We did NOT! crack up!

I did NOT! put a cute white hair bow in Baby Easton's hair just so I could see what our little girl, (if we ever have one) might look like,(I would NOT! do something like that, it could scar my little boy for life.)HEHE!

I did NOT! have a Great time spending my Birthday with My Family, We Did NOT! go grocery shopping on My Birthday. Yah!

I am NOT! TOTALLY looking forward to going out this weekend with our Best Friends Paul & Jennifer. We DO NOT! ever have a great time with them when we go out, and We DO NOT! act like a bunch of kids even though we are all in our 20's (ok, NOT really we are all in our 30's).

I DID NOT! go dress shopping again this weekend even though I have 7 new dresses in the closet with tags still on them just because I wanted to spend birthday money. (because i am always wise with how i spend my money).

A Great Birthday!

2009-05-01T21:19:00.000-07:00

Well today is my 31st Birthday! (I know you can't believe it LOL!) but it is true. I had a Great Day! Isaac took the day off today, so i was able to sleep in this morning(which was WONDERFUL) and then he made me breakfast, and then Isaac and the boys surprised me with a birthday cake that they had made. (SCARY!!!)
We then had to go to Mobile and do that thing you call going to the grocery store.YAH!!! Not exactly what you want to do on your birthday but you know. Anyway then we had to beat it back to Miss. to church for Grayson's dress rehearsal for the children's choir program(Man! the things we do for our kids). Then once G's practice was over we went to Mom & Dad's to watch a movie and have birthday cake. I had not seen BOLT yet so we watched it. It was a very cute movie. Needless to say I had a GREAT day with my family today and I am VERY blessed.

Me and My Babies!

Me as a Baby(Well, a 1 1/2 year old)

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

2009-04-29T20:32:00.000-07:00

It was a "CRAZY" week.

2009-04-27T17:46:00.001-07:00

I took Easton for his 9 month checkup last Tuesday, He was 20lbs. and 29 3/4 inches. He has been doing Great over the last 2 weeks, and has recovered from the RSV.
Thursday, I took Grayson & Brayden to the doc for there 6 year and 5 year checkups, Poor Grayson has not grown any in the last year (they think it is because of his Asthma meds). But other than that he is in Great health, They did another Diabetis test on Brayden and Praise the Lord it came back normal, they also did a hearing test and we found out that he does not have hearing loss (he in fact has selective hearing like his Daddy!) JK!. No, the nurse came in all serious and said I hate to tell you this (Ok Scare me to death why don't you)but Brayden has selective hearing.)But anyway he is in perfect health.
Then we were back at the Doc on Friday with Easton who has yet another double ear infection. I was really hoping since this is his 3rd ear infection in a month and a half that She(the pedi) would recommended doing tubes but no such luck, she wants to wait a little longer.
We went to Relay for Life friday night in honor of My Mom, I was so excited that she was able to walk the survivors walk and we were able to walk with her as her caregivers. It was a Great night to be able to Celebrate with My Family.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

2009-04-22T10:10:00.001-07:00

Easton & My Mom(Shashi)

Earth Day 2009'

"Orange for Stellan"

2009-04-21T12:38:00.001-07:00

We are praying for Sweet Stellan, MckMama & The Whole MckFamily!
My Boys and I wearing our Orange for Stellan!

What a Vacation!!!

2009-04-14T13:56:00.000-07:00

>We are home from Vacation, we got home around 2am monday morning.
Just wanted to show you alittle of what we did this past week.

>No! Easton did not drive and he did not ride in Isaac's lap on the way to Disney on Friday! This was one of our stops to let Easton out of his car seat to stetch out.

Saturday we went to Cocoa Beach Fl. and spent some time on the beach, Isaac and the big boys all got there 1st surf boards, they were all so excited. Grayson and Brayden love the beach. Easton was content to sit on a blanket with Mommy while I soaked up some rays.

Poor kids they could not see anything with the sun in their eyes.

They begged Isaac to bury them in the sand.

I don't think he could get any sweeter!

He is Too Cool for his own good!

At Downtown Disney!

>Sunday we went to Magic Kingdom!p>

This is before he started coughing so bad( you can see the watery look in his eyes).

Brayden on Buzz Lightyear Ride. (our favorite ride)

Babywearing is wonderful!

Sunday Easton started coughing and then Sunday night his cough changed, I called the pedi. and they told us to get him albuteral for his breathing treatment and so off we went to find a 24 hour pharmacy @ 1:30am. We got the meds and headed back to the resort got the big boys back in the bed and gave E his meds, within a few minutes of his breathing treatment his breathing changed, so Isaac called the triage nurse @ the resort and they called an ambulance, it took about 3 minutes and they were there and checked him out and said that his oxygen levels were really low ( his levels were 76) so they rushed him to Dr. P.Phillips hospital in Orlando. He was given 2 treatments in the ambulance and did not respond to them. That was one of the scariest & longest 10 minute rides of my life. They started an iv and did more treatments and gave him a steriod shot and his oxygen levels finally started to go back to normal, but they wanted him to go to the childrens hospital, so as soon as they were able to get a room ready he was transferred to Arnold Palmer Childrens Hospital in Orlando. I was told @ AP that he had tested positive for RSV. I was shocked because we are so careful with him after all of the problems he had birth.

Long story short I was at the hospital with Easton and Isaac was at the resort with G & B because Grayson And Brayden were not allowed on the floor because E was in isolation. Lets just say I creid alot. It is awful to have a sick baby but it is even more awful to have a sick baby, be 9 hours from home, be seperated from your husband and kids andnot have anyone there to help so I could come to the hospital and bring anything to me. I relized shortly after we got E setteled that I had no wallet it was in his diaper bag at the resort so i had no money so as you can imagine i was stressed, worried, tired, hungry, and had an awful headache. all I have to say is WHAT A VACATION!
I really appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers! you all have no idea how much it meant to us to know that so many people were praing for our little man.

Easton and his poor little arm with his iv( they had his whole arm wrapped to keep him from pulling out his iv)

The boys in the lobby of Arnold Palmer Childrens Hospital( this was an amazing hospital)

He was released Tuesday afternoon and we were so excited to be back together.

We did get to go on with our vacation so here are a few more pics of the rest of our week.

I just had to add this pic for Mimi @ He & Me plus 3
Anyway!

The boys and I in Tinker Bells Garden

I don't think we got a single pic of Easton looking @ the camera, he was so amazed by the characters.

My friend Bridgette made these Super Cute Outfits for the boys!

Easton snozzing @ Animal Kingdom!

Brayden and Ethan (my nephew) My brother and his family came down on Thursday (to bad they were not there the first part of the week).

The Boys ( My niece Brittney was riding Everest with Uncle Isaac)

My 3 Baby's!

We are HOME!!!

2009-04-13T23:51:00.000-07:00

Easton is hospitalized in Orlando...

2009-04-06T08:22:00.000-07:00

Morning all. This is Jennifer. I am posting for Konnie this morning because she is stuck in a hospital room in Orlando with Easton. He had been coughing for several days, but seemed better yesterday. Then last night he had several coughing spells and at the recomendation of the Dr via phone they gave him an albuterol treatment. Just a few minutes later he started having trouble with his breathing, and they had the front desk call an ambulance. Anyway, long story short, he is in The Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando with RSV. He is quarantined, and Grayson and Brayden are not even allowed on the floor he is on! Isaac and the boys are stuck at the resort and Konnie and Easton are stuck in the hospital. Please be in prayer for all of them, but especially for Easton. They have all been up since about 6am yesterday and are all exhausted. I will keep you posted as I find out more, and Konnie may be able to update herself later-they have wi-fi at the hospital, but Isaac will have to bring her laptop to her.
Jennifer

The Dooley's

"It is Well with My Soul"

*Urgent Prayer Request*

PLEASE PRAY!

Playing catch up!

Learning to Dance!

Disney World Bound!!!

Another Awesome Giveaway!

Great Giveaway's!

Publix Trip May 1, 2010

Pray!

Weekend on the River!

Praying!

My new favorite passtime!

Publix Visit # 2

Saving Money at PUBLIX!!!

One step closer!

WHO DAT! BABY!!!!

WHO DAT!!!

Joy comes in the Morning!

Happy Birthday Brayden!!! {a little late}

Accepted!!

Rub a Dub Dub Easton's in the tub!

The Dooley's "Christmas 2009"

Wordless Wednesday!!!!!!!! A Proud Momma & Daddy!!

HOME!!!!

We have a Winner!!!!!!!

Custom Random Number Generator

Tired!

"Random Things! & Giveaway's!"

"Ready or Not" Here it Comes!

"Remembering Our Babies"

Not Me Monday!!!

My New Ride!!!!

Welcome to "Little Belles and Bows"

COMING SOON!!!

Wordless Wednesday! Fun in the sun!!!

Hospital Visit!

Walking the Walk! He's Everywhere, He's Everywhere!

Keeping ourselves entertained!

Still playing Catch up! Grayson's Birthday!

Wow! What a summer! {Now it's time to play catch up}

Not Me Monday!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

You Made Me A Mother!

Playing Catch up!

Caring Bridge

What a Week!

Please Say a Prayer for My Mom!

Mom Update! part 4

Giveaway!

Mom Update! part 3

Mom Update! part 2

Mom Update!

One Year Ago Today!!!

Our 4th of July and Birthday Party's!!!

My Family! {Pictures, Pictures & More Pictures!}

Only Two Months Behind!!!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY! Easton's cute crab clothes!!!

11 Years ago Today!!!

Mom Update!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

Not Me Monday! Summer Style!!!

Thankful Thursday!!!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY! Fun in the garden!

Not Me Monday!

One of our Favorite Meals!

Wordless Wednesday! Summer Fun!

A Cool Father's Day Giveaway!

Not Me Monday!!!

My SUPER SUMMER Giveaway! Package

Wordless Wednesday! There is nothing like fresh veggies!

USAF Tops in Blue!

Nascar COCA COLA 600!!!

A Week of First's!!!

Wordless Wednesday!!! Giddy Up Horsey!

"Update" on My Mom

Please Say a Pray for Easton!

Sweet Little Kayleigh!

I HEART Faces Week 18 LAUGHTER

Urgent Prayer Request