Final Exam

Today was my final exam for school! I'm ready to be out so I can actually spend time with Brian. I'm with the boys all day and study at night. My hardest tests this semester was learning all the bones and muscles. No, not just femur and gluteus maximus. I mean every grove, all the hand and foot bones, if it's on the right or left side of the body, how everything rotates. You name it, I learned it. Ironically, I got over 100's on both these tests. The lowest grade I got was on a lecture test and it was an 84. I got MAD. I talked to the teacher and she said I got the highest grade out of all her classes. She told me she was going to have to redo the test for next semester because no one did good. Well, I guess that made me feel a little better. Luckily she drops the lowest test grade. So now, I'm done and proud to say I got an A! I got my same teacher next semester so hopefully I'll get the same grade. Next up, Anatomy and Physiology 2.

Nana

While I was taking my exam, Brian’s grandmother was taken to the hospital because she couldn’t breathe. I went to Brian’s Mom’s to pickup Austin and she told me what happened. I ended up spending the day over there with Brian’s sister waiting to find out what was going on. Around lunchtime, the doctors decided to keep her overnight. We all headed up to the hospital to visit. Austin was thrilled to ride the elevator and go into a big building. I showed him where we were going when we got off the interstate (Saint Francis), and you couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. The building is kinda mirrored so he thought it was cool. There was also a manger scene out front which we had to checkout.

Once we got to the room, Austin was all over the place. He acted really well but kids just don’t belong in hospitals. Brian’s Dad pulled a dime out of Austin’s ear so he was pretty excited to have some money. Nana was eating lunch and had an orange that she wanted to give to him. He took the orange, looked at it, and then gave her his dime. He said he needed to pay for it. Of course she made change and gave him back the dime but it's the thought that counts.

Austin's Christmas program

Today was Austin's Christmas program at school. He's on the top row right in the middle. They sang 3 songs in English then Jingle Bells in Spanish. When it was time for Jingle Bells, the Spanish teacher stood in front to help. She reminded them to sing loud and the next thing you hear is Austin at the top of his lungs "don't forget to smile". The entire place busted out laughing. He sang his little heart out up there. He waved and blew kisses at us the entire time. After the 3 year olds sang, they had to sit on the stairs and the 2 year olds stood on the floor in front of them. Austin put his hands on his knees and propped his head up because he was bored. When his class finally left the Sanctuary, he turned and waved yelling "bye Mom". He melts my heart!!!!!

ENT trip 2

Man am I glad I got my appointment back!

I took Kaleb to the ENT today and nothings cleared up. He's been battling a sinus infection since a little before Halloween and none of the antibiotics have done anything. He's on the last antibiotic(Suprax)before we consider another surgery. He goes back in two weeks and if the x-ray comes out clear, life will be great! If not, Kaleb will get his first cat scan. There's suppose to be air in your sinuses which on x-ray's would be black. His x-ray's are completely white so nothings draining or moving. Please keep him in your prayers. He's been such a trooper through all of this.

Allergic reaction

The boys spent the night with my parents last night and when Mom brought them home, Kaleb looked terrible. He had 103 temperature, whelps on his face, and threw up his medicine. I called the ENT as soon as they opened. The nurse told me to call the pediatrician because Dr. Naidu's in surgery on Thursday and Friday's. I got an appointment for 11:00 and raced out the door.
Austin had a birthday party for Jesus so we headed to Target for a present, then off to school. Brian stayed home with Kaleb and took him to the doctor. They were there for 2 hours waiting on everything. They checked him for strep, took his blood for bacteria, and had to wait for the paperwork from the ENT to be faxed over. Everything came back normal so he was just having an allergic reaction to the medicine. She told us to cancel our appointment with the ENT because everything was clear. She didn't give him another antibiotic and told us to give him benedryl and everything would be okay once all the medicine was out of his system.

I called the ENT and cancelled the appointment as soon as I got out of school. I was really excited because that would save me $50. Right at 5:00 the pediatrician called and told me that the ENT did want to see Kaleb and she had hoped I hadn't cancelled the appointment. I called and thankfully got my appointment back.

Children's museum

Brian and I took the kids to the Children's museum today. We haven't been able to do anything like that in awhile so it was a nice family fun day. Everyone needs that every once in awhile!

This is Kaleb and Brian snow skiing down a hill. It doesn't look like they got too cold:)

Early decorations

We decorated the house for Christmas today. The boys had fun putting their ornaments on the tree. If it wasn't theirs, they didn't want anything to do with it. This is the first year the boys actually wanted to decorate the tree. They usually put about 5 ornaments on then lose interest but this year, they actually decorated the tree and helped decorate the house. Their growing up WAY TOO FAST!!!!

Thanksgiving party

Today was Kaleb's Thanksgiving party at school. Austin had a blast because he got to help setup and got his own plate. Must be nice to know Mom's in high places;) It wasn't too entertaining. They ate, then we went to his class so I could check him out. I think they make things like that on Friday's because their ready to get rid of our kids. Fine with me! For a special treat, we headed up to the gym to go swimming.

My Mom

My Mom's been on my case about updating the blog. I do try, but when it comes down to it, my grade is a lot more important than updating this. Yes, I love my family keeping up with us, but if I don't get an A in Anatomy and Physiology, I'm not going to be a nurse. I do have a very low A so far:) I've got a 93, but 1 test could make the difference between an A and a B. Yep, I'm a full fledged dork! I study all the time!
The boys are just like I was when I got my first Biology book. They like to look through it and find all the booties and tete's and laugh hysterically. I've come to the realization that the body isn't as funny as it use to be. It's the most amazing thing God has ever created.

I can't believe what a body can do to heal itself and clean out foreign debrie.

I use to tan a lot and am not sure that I'll ever get back into our tanning bed.

I think bones are amazing and can't believe they're as strong as they are.

The list could go on and on but I don't want to bore anyone with science.
I haven't taken science since high school and had a HORRIBLE teacher then. I knew nothing when I entered this class but have learned more within the last two months than I could have ever dreamed of. I'm so thankful for a great teacher and will still be studying every night until December 14. She's tough but at least she speaks English!

Fall is falling

Today was our first of many leaf days of the year. Our yard was covered from head to toe within one week. Austin got a blower for his birthday and had to help Brian out. Most of the time Brian blew between Austin's legs so it looked like he was really blowing leaves. I didn't get a picture of that because my job is picking them up. Yep, my allergies and I are ready for fall to be over.

Roll Tide

As most of you know, Brian and I are Alabama fans. We love watching the Tide roll over their opponents and live for Saturday's during football season. Yes, were even fans during the bad years. No matter what the season holds, as long as we beat Tennessee, were happy. We've told our kids we'll pay for any college they want to go too as long as it's not Tennessee. Their okay with that because Tennessee is throw up orange and not a cool orange:) Even though we love Alabama and their biggest rival is Auburn, for Brian and I, it's Tennessee. Brian and I are not smack talkers but every Tennessee fan we know, is. It drives us crazy! Were trying to teach our kids dignity and to hold the upper hand in sports so we like to put our game faces on and keep our mouths shut. ROLL TIDE!
PS: If our kids do decide to go to UT, Brian and I are buying an amazing RV and traveling around the US instead. Maybe they will want to go there so the 529 money is OURS:)

Pictures

Today, we went to the Memphis Botanical Gardens. I tried to take a couple of good pictures of Austin, so here are some of the best ones.

Happy Holloween

Here's Optimus Prime and Darth Vader. Yep, I know your scared!

Garage Sale

I've never had a garage sale but the weather's been so nice that I decided it was time to clean out the attic. I've been talking about having one for the past 8 months but I haven't followed thru with it, until I mentioned it to my friend Trish. Next thing I knew she booked the clothes rack to be delivered. At that point, I knew I actually had to follow thru with my intentions. I'm so glad she pushed it along or 8 months from now I would still be saying "I think I'm going to have a garage sale."

Today was the day. Trish came over at 6:20 (I thought I was gonna die) then we headed out to stick up the signs. I'm glad there wasn't much traffic on Poplar because I felt like an idiot. We laughed the whole time hoping no one we knew would see us.

The weather was gorgeous, the traffic was good, and then there was Austin. I'm not sure if you've ever done a garage sale with a child before but I wouldn't suggest it. I sold a lot of their baby toys and he moved pieces from one toy to the next over and over. He also pulled a lot of toys out of the garage that weren't for sale. I got so tired of telling people "it's not for sale" that we finally had to put signs up. About 3 hours into the sale Austin started getting into it. He was our little salesmen. Older people would walk up and he'd go right up to them, put his hand on his hip, and say "what do you want to buy". Trish and I would giggle and the customers would get a stunned look on their faces then laugh. When he would sell something his customers would give him the money(with my supervision) and he'd put it in his pocket. Towards the end of the day, he would try and give them a dollar to buy something. Luckily, everyone turned him down but he was really trying to get a sale. He loved talking to all the new people and showing the kids how the toys worked. If the kids really wanted a toy and their parents wouldn't buy it for them he would tell them "it's okay, you can just have it". He was so sweet and cute the entire time. If I went to a garage sale and he was working it, I'd buy something from him.

It's been awhile!

Sorry it's been so long since I updated this thing. I feel so bad but it really hasn't been that high on my priority list. Here's the breakdown of everyone.

Kaleb's going to school 5 days a week and doing great. His school work has been phenomenal but his conduct is always a question. The first week of school he kept getting in trouble for playing in the bathroom. He would climb the walls thinking he wouldn't get in trouble because his teacher couldn't come in the bathroom because she's a girl. He found out real quick that she could and has finally stopped climbing the walls in the restroom. He cut his hair the other day but didn't get in trouble. He thinks it's too long and I'm working on getting him a haircut.

Austin's going to school 2 days a week and loves it. He wants to walk into school by himself because Kaleb does but I don't let him. He thinks I'm cramping his style. Oh well! He can get over it because I'm not ready to let go. On Monday's and Friday's we go to the gym then do a ton of errands or clean house. Wednesday's are our fun day. We've gone to the Big Backyard every Wednesday except for 9/16. He doesn't care about the Big Backyard as much as he does feeding the fish. I went to Walmart and bought a huge bag of fish food so we take our own and feed them for hours. It's really quite entertaining.

Brian's work was crazy last month. They had a goal to sell 500 cars and sold 596! He worked the entire month from 8 am till at least 10 pm everyday. I couldn't wait until August was over. It was by far the hardest month of the year for all of us. The stress was way too much for Brian and I and I probably cried at least every other day if not more. Brian was gone, Kaleb started Kindergarten, and I turned 30!

About me...........well what can I say, life is CRAZY! I'm back in school taking Anatomy and Physiology. My teacher is awesome and I'm very fortunate to have gotten her. She speaks English which is a plus for Biology teachers because most of them barely do. I'm in school the entire time Austin is so I have zero time to myself this year. That's why Monday's and Friday's are extremely packed with errands and grocery shopping. Austin's such a trouper.

Brian's picking the kids up from school on Thursday's because I don't get out until 3:30. It breaks my heart when I drop them off because I know I won't be there when they get out. Yes, I still cry so if you see me on Thursday's walking out of school, please don't talk to me. I'm making a beeline to my truck so I can boohoo by myself. Pathetic, I know. I've even been doing my labs before hand trying to get out earlier. It's worked so far but next week I have to use a microscope so I can't do it by myself.

My first test is Thursday. I understand all of the Anatomy but the Chemistry is where I'm having problems. My mother in law is going to watch Austin on Wednesday so I can study. Hopefully, I'll do good but we shall see. I'm the only person I know of in my class that is taking it for the first time. Everyone else is repeating it and seems to have the upper hand. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to study a lot harder.

Riding bikes

Both the boys learned to ride their bikes without training wheels today. We took Kaleb's off first and he took off. Austin decided he also wanted to learn. We nervously took his training wheels off and he did great. He makes it the curviest straight road you've ever seen but he's so cute riding his bike. Brian and I are so proud of them.

1st Project

I hate school projects with a passion! Of coarse, the first day of school a project got sent home. I hate school already......
We had to make a "me" of Kaleb. It tells about what he likes to do so his class can get to know him better. So Sunday we went to Michel's and bought scrapbook stickers for his project. The boys helped about 5 minutes.

Then the three of us got bored and started being silly. Needless to say, Brian had to finish the rest on his own.

Waterslide

Our yard is too small for the water slide so we left it with my parents when we moved from Rossville. It was our first time this year to use it so you couldn't wipe the smiles off the boys faces. Austin's finally big enough to climb up the ladder and isn't scared to go by himself. It's so much less work for me. The boys played on it Friday night and all day Saturday.