Thanksgiving 2008

We loaded up the car yesterday morning and headed to Monroe, LA to be with my entire family and my brother-in-laws family. We did this last year and it seems like this will be an on going thing. Which is very nice. Thanks to sister and brother-in-law for having us all over. Of course I have pictures to go with this post, so here it goes. All the children were dressed in nice clothes, but everyone of them started playing and got hot. So they all changed in t-shirts and shorts. I had to laugh because last year we froze and this year, well they had shorts on. Me, Nolan (3), Pittman(12) and Kim (older sister and son)
Mamie (6), Katelyn(9) and Margaret Ellis(7)
Mom, Me, Kim (older sister) and Leigh Ann (middle sister)
Nolan and Papaw watching a football game

WE ARE OLE MISS

HOTTY TODDY REBELS!!

NOTHING ELSE TO SAY!!

MOMMYYYYYYY

around 5:00 a.m. this morning i heard MOMMYYYYYYY, MOMMYYYYYYY. i thought, well he will go back to sleep. nope, MOMMYYYYYYY, MOMMYYYYYYY. kyle never moved. i thought, you know i am so glad i am wanted, but not this early in the morning, since this is a week that i get to sleep just a little late. so, i get up and checked on nolan. i laid down with him and asked "why didn't you just come get in my bed sweetheart"? he said "cause i wanted you" (o.k. that didn't make since) and then fell back asleep. now he was wide awake when i went to his room, but the second i laid down with him he fell fast asleep. how does that happen? again, i am glad that i was wanted this morning, but why can't anyone yell DADDYYYYYYY sometime? i know what would happen i would still get up because for some reason DADDIES just don't hear like MOMMIES do.

read and sing to me momma please

last night nolan wanted to get in bed with me and asked me to read a book to him. i told him to go get one and then he could jump in bed and we would read. well, he came back with one of my all time favorite books. BUTTERFLY MORNINGS. if you all do not have this book i highly recommend it. anyway, i read the book and when i was finished nolan said "i like that book". i said "yes, i like it too". so we laid there for a second or two and then he asked "momma will you sing to me"? o.k. i don't have the best voice, but i said "sure sweetheart i will sing to you, what to you want to hear"? he said "jesus loves me". so i told him you have to close your eyes and then i will start singing. he closed his little eyes and i started singing. i was laughing to myself, because i had my eyes closed a little and could watch him and he would open his eyes and look at me and then close his. it was funny. anyway, after i sang i opened my eyes and nolan looked at me and said "i like that song". i said "yes, sweetheart so do i". then he just rolled over said "i luv you" and fell asleep. i laid there and watched him for the longest time wondering what he was dreaming about, that sweet face and those little sweet hand tucked under his chin. boy, it doesn't get any better than that.

coughing, coughing and more coughing

well, everyone knows i had to take mamie to after hours last sunday afternoon. well we got some meds and everything seem to be moving along just fine, until wednesday. she started coughing. i called and got her a coughing medicine hoping that would work, but saturday rolled around and she can't stop coughing. we went to kroger yesterday and poor little thing coughed until she just couldn't cough anymore. we got home and i started breathing treatments just hoping that would help. it kind of did, but she woke up coughing her head off again this morning. anyway, i am going to give her the coughing medicine, the other medicine and breathing treatments and just see what that will do for her. if she is not better tomorrow i will be calling doctor and see what is going on.

OH MY WORD!!

WE ARE OLE MISS!!

HOTTY TODDY REBELS.

not strep

well, mamie doesn't have strep thank goodness, but she does have a very red throat and a cough. the doctor gave us some meds. i begged for a shot, mamie would just look at me with wide eyes, like mother stop begging for something that is not going to happen to you. then when the doctor said "no shot because she didn't have strep", she looked very relieved. so she has been laying in my bed watching the disney channel, and i am talking all day long. i got back from choir with a frosty from wendy's and i am sure that will make her feel a little better. anyway, for now she will stay home tomorrow and i am hoping that she will return to school on tuesday.

my baby girl is sick

well, it all started friday after school when i went and picked mamie up from school. we went to target and she started telling me didn't feel good. i just played it off and making it no big deal. i bought a thermometer and checked her fever at target check out. she had just a little temp. we got home i gave her something and within a couple of hours she was fine. we went and sang at barnes and nobles, went and ate. she felt fine the rest of the night. she woke up around 6:00 a.m. yesterday saying she didn't feel good and got in bed with me. i finally got up, got her something and again a few hours later she was fine. laughing, running and playing with nolan. we went to the jackson street festival and had fun, cold but we had fun. we didn't want to come back home, so we just took a little ride. mamie and nolan took a nap on the ride. we got back home and put them in their beds and i went to the store. i got back to find mamie burning up. i took her temp and it was 101.09. i thought because it was she was all wrapped up in blankets so i check it again in 15 mins. again 101.09, gave her something and again within a couple of hours she was fine. well, she woke up around 4:30 a.m. saying that her tummy hurt and that when she coughed her throat hurt. i thought well i guess we get to visit after hours again today. kyle and nolan had strep last week, so i guess it was just a matter of time that mamie or i would get it. i am fine, but my poor baby girl is sick. i will be calling the after hours right at 12:30 p.m. and take her in this afternoon, i am really praying that it is nothing.

just for angela (ha)

HALLOWEEN 2008

VERY RARE PICTURE OF THE FAMILY. OF COURSE NOLAN IS NOT LOOKING.

MAMIE, NOLAN AND ALISON ON A HAYRIDE.............

get ready for some pictures

O.K. so here are a ton of pictures from a weekend we had in Wiggins a couple of week ago. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making memories.
Nolan and Uncle Kent at the football game. One of the few outfits i have made for Nolan.. Better picture of the shirt below.

sweet, sweet smile

shake, shake, shake.
All the boots lined in a row.

going hunting with daddycoming back from huntingwaiting my turn to ride the motorcycle with daddy
finally my turn cameinto the woods we go (Lin, Papaw, Nolan and Mamie) my parents
uncle kent caught a snakefirst taste of root beer. yummy, yummy
like father like sonso strong
down, set, hut, hut nolan (3) loves to play football with kale (18)


these last three are some of my favorites. i could go on, but enough is enough

PICTURES THEY ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS..... OH HOW I LOVE MEMORIES...

everyone is feeling better around here

so far mamie and i haven't gotten sick. kyle and nolan are feeling much better. nolan woke up this morning and asked if he was going to school and i told him yes, but i would pick him up after i picked mamie up from school. he said no, i want daddy to pick me up late. i said oh, o.k. then. so, i took mamie to school this morning, then took nolan to school and then came back home and sewed alllll morning long. i got three pair of pants for nolan made and some shirts ready to applique. so i feel like i got tons done before even picking mamie up from school. i picked mamie up from school, ran a couple of errands, then had to take her to the dentist to pull a tooth. that tooth would NOT come out for anything. i have tried for about a week now to get that thing out. see the tooth was fast coming in right behind it and i was scared that it would mess her teeth up. anyway, the tooth fairy will be coming to night. she said she wanted to stay up and wait on her. i told her she could do that, because if she waited up then she wouldn't come and leave any money. i am behind in posting pictures, but i will say this the are loaded and ready to post. maybe tomorrow. i hope everyone has a happy tomorrow and rest of the week.

results are in

nolan has strep!!!! doctor told me to tell kyle to go get a shot as well. so right when i walked in the door kyle headed to the nearest MEA. i just pray that mamie and i don't get it now. i HAVE to go to work tomorrow, but i will be off tuesday for veterans day. thank goodness for state holidays and of course let's don't forget about the men and women who served our country. so for now i am off to wash sheets in HOT, HOT water and bring out the clorox whips to clean everything in sight. kyle and nolan will sleep on the other side of the house while mamie and i sleep in my bed tonight. the children are playing right now and you would never think that nolan is sick. he is running around laughing and having a good time. so tonight please say a prayer that mamie and i don't get what the boys have. i hate to say it, but i just don't see how we would avoid it. oh, and let's all say a prayer for the veterans as well. until next time..................

UPDATE AS OF 6:21 P.M. KYLE HAS STREP AS WELL..........................

nobody feeling to jazzy at my house

well nolan hasn't felt good for about a week and it has gotten a little worse. runny nose, coughing you get the picture. kyle woke up this morning running fever and has a little cold as well. i am not feeling way too good myself, but you have to do what you can to keep up with a child (nolan) that is bouncing off the walls and another child that wants to go play or just have my attention at all time. i just hope mamie doesn't get it whatever is going around my house right now. please say a little prayer that we all will be feeling better soon. well, let me run and call after hours to get an appointment for my little man. hopefully after we get back he will take a nap so i can take a nap.

SPEECHLESS.............

i am worn out and speechless today. it started friday night, i worked my regular job yesterday, then did my mistletoe shirt from 5:00p.m. 10:30 p.m. woke up early and went to a E-WOMEN CONFERENCE today with my sister-in-law and my niece at FBJackson, then came home and visited with them for awhile and then we went to barnes and nobles to pick up some books, home wash some clothes, bath children and now posting. up early in the morning for sunday school and church. o.k. so to the conference. it was wonderful. i walked out of there a different person. only thing is i don't know what to say. this was my first ever conference like this and i am just kind of here. i was feeling lost and now i feel somewhat found. i am still not at that place in my life i want to be, but let me tell you i am closer than i ever have been. i want to be a better friend, wife, mother, sister, daughter and person in general. i have never been one to talk about my spiritual side because i never knew were i was and i didn't know how to talk about it. i still don't, but again something happen today that i have never have ever felt. it is hard to explain, but i am sure that the ladies that were there today know what i am talking about. i am just so glad my sister-in-law and niece asked me to come along with them, it was really something. kyle has asked me a couple of times today if i was o.k. and i just say yes, but i can't explain it yet. so if you ladies ever has a chance to go to one of these conference, i would highly recommend it. i would go again....................... so for now i will pray that i understand what i am feeling and please would you please pray for me as well as i go through finding my other somewhat since i am not fully there yet. where i don't know yet, but hopefully i will find out soon.... sleep is coming soon, so i will say goodnight to all and have a wonderful week to come.