Germ Killer

Friday Night Tatum had ANOTHER stomach bug

Sunday night Bowden got it.

Is it too much to ask for a germ killer?!

I mean this is the 3rd time Tatum has had it since Turkey Day.

Second for Bowden.

And YES i bleached all the toys in the house after all 3 of them.

(or should I say 5?!)

You know because Bowden didn't get it either time until after 48 hours so I had already cleaned them after Tatum's attack, and then again after Bowdens.

So if you have any secrets wont you sent them my way?!

And just for fun ... look at my babies - they are so cute! - When they aren't throwing up on me!

Bowden and his MarshMellows

How do I add my video from YouTube?!

This is Bowden telling me he is going to eat his snack ...

it is too cute!

Snow in Myrtle Beach, SC

I think the last time it snowed in MB was 1989?!
I am sure I could google and find it, but your lucky I am blogging at all!

Well as you can tell by the post title we got SNOW ...

What could be more adorable than babies in the snow?!

NOTHING ... so here ya go:

Getting the babies ready to go play!

Tatum not real sure about the white stuff ...

she got hit by a snowball and the fun was all over!

Sledding ... you know they don't sell sleds in SC ...

so my Daddy used a storage bin lid

Bowden tasting the snow!~

He loved it!

My beauty!

Health conscience Valentines Day

Both my babies are in Day Care ...

With each passing holiday I TRY to make each teacher a little something.

I am in the construction business and just like everyone else

we are HURTING for work and our cash flow SUCKS!

So the "little" something must also be cheap, but not cheap looking!!

This year for Valentines I was at W*al-Mart

I saw the little $1 hearts with 4 pcs of chocolate in them!

Cheap, Easy and still nice!

Then I thought "How many of these will one teach want?"

So I went with something different ....

Who doesn't love a candle?! The candles were only $0.97 each

The craft ribbon was a $1

and the other ribbon was left over from Christmas!

So ... I still kept it cheap and CUTE and stayed Healthy too!

What did you do?!

We love the Fishes!

As a local we can go to the Ripley's Aquarium for just 10$ ... we can get a season pass for just $30 - it is awesome and my kids LOVE it!

I love it!
We love it!

Wanna see ...

Christmas ... Came and went ...

Hey everyone ... um yeah the one person who still reads me ...

I am so so sorry that I have not posted since the first weekend of December -

It seems that life has taken over me.

I used to wake with the gut feeling that I had to blog ...

and then 2 house, 2 babies and a failing business later I am here ...

Trying to live life and stay on top of all the laundry and house cleaning.

Lets see what is happening here ...

Bowden is the love of my life - (Never thought I would say that)

if you have been here before you know that the first 8 months of his life were nothing to be desired, and if it wasn't for the hubby and I NEVER being on the same page at the same time he may not be here! He is freaking adorable! I just want to mush his face with kisses.

Tatum - she is the bell of the ball. One of the funniest kids I have ever met - and I must say beautiful ... she is now potty trained and at 2.5 (30 months) old she was just moved up to the 3 year old class. I do not think it was because she is super smart - because she isn't - (Still doesn't recite the ABC's by herself and sometimes messes up counting to 10 - but she knows all of her colors, shapes, can identify her veggies, knows all of our FULL names and she can sing all kinds of songs ... just not the ABC's - But she is funny as all get out and freaking adorable!

My business - SUCKS - last year at Christmas we had a HUGE party - gave out bonuses, and paid the guys the week of Christmas to stay at home with their families - this year ... No Party, No WORK, No Bonuses, and the last year 38 employee line has been reduced to 6 - yes 6 ... that includes me ... I even fired my dad.

My Hubby Business ... well someone was going to buy him out - it was going to put A LOT of money in our pocket, and a good job for him ... that would have been a literal move ... Sounds okay to me - But it fell through ... the Banks wouldn't help the 10 million dollar a year company buy him ... for a mere 2 million?! Didn't make sense to us ... but they will try again in a year and maybe we will get even more money?! Everything happens for a reason right?!

Okay now onto what all of you come here for ... yep the one of you that still Visits (Thanks Mel) Pictures:
We went to see Santa -

Cheese - this is the best I could do to get them to sit still - hahah

Such a Sutie Pie - Look at those eyes!

The Little things that Santa left Tatum ... he left her a Kitchen as a big gift

The little things that Santa left Bowden ... he left him a tent with balls and a tunnel as his BIG thing!

Bowden being a ham! Love him!

SnowBE's

Christmas is just around the corner and like ALWAYS it was SnowBE Christmas week. It ALWAYS is the first weekend of December and as always it was a BLAST! Thank you Melanie for hosting.

BK showing us the ornament that MelBel's mom made us!

The 2009 SnowBE Christmas Group!

Our lovely faces!

SnowBE Necklace that I got for Melanie and Naji - wanted to do it for everyone but they were a little $$$ so maybe everyone will get one for their birthday's?!

Me and Amy hiding from the rain.

We had a blast - it was COLD ... we adopted twin 5 year old girls for our "project" each got a new 16" bike, each got a pair of jeans, with a shirt and a fleece jacket. They both then got a smaller toy that was on their list. It was a blast. Hope you are all doing well!

Halloween

We were Shreck-n' it!

My Dronkie and Fiona

She just eats him up with hugs, and kisses!

My Dronkie ... isn't he so cute!

Our 3 princesses ...

Left - Right and by age ... hahah Olivia Kate, Tatum and Emily Scott!

The Antols and The Kemps had a blast!

All 4 of our babies riding the motor boats! It was a blast!

Flash Back to My Little Pumpkin

Do Ya'll Remember THIS?!

Travels ...

So I was going to have a blog make over done to this plain jane blog, but I can't get it done. I can't find the hours in the day to do what needs to be done, never mind the things I just want done. hahah So you are stuck with this ... blog for now!

Traveling ...

Lets see, we have been camping at Yogi Bear, had family in town for Labor Day weekend, the race in Richmond, Cancun, and a Panthers game since my last post. I can tell you that while all of it was a blast I am TIRED OUT ... too much! Too much for me! This weekend (well tomorrow) we are leaving for the Charlotte races ... yes I just came home from Charlotte Monday ... Next weekend is my mini reunion party that I have been working on for MONTHS! Halloween is open, then Naji and Jarretts wedding, 1 weekend break and then family in town ... weekend break and then headed to Raleigh for my SnowBE's Christmas! Can we say I am ready to be HOME!

Yogi Bear: Our set up ... 4 camper quads and behind us were 4 other campers with us!

This was the "fun" for most of the weekend!

Play-dough time ... the kids LOVED it!

Bowden ... being the happy baby he now is!

Labor day fun:

Most of the gang
Babies at the baseball game!

Bowden playin in the sand!

Tatum building a sand castle with her daddy!

I have so much more to post - but for now this is it ... we went to the Charlotte Races this past weekend and this weekend I have a reunion! I will be back with more pics soon!

Could we be 5?~

So I know that I said be on the look out for a change, but geeze the change has still not happened ... and I was holding out for another post until it did ... but I am giving up on my blog make over. 2 reasons ... 1st I am broke! Broke as a JOKE! Just cut my pay in 1.2 at work to "save" my company. Down from 36 employees to 5. 2nd gave up on the makeover when I figured out that I have to find all of the art work ... OMG that is hard! I can't do it right now!!!



Okay I am rambling ... let me move onto the could we be 5 ...



Over the last 3 days I have been wondering if it is normal that after 5 months of crying (when i found out I was preggo with Bowden) then 3 months of praying for him to hurry up and get a little older so we could get past ALL of HIS crying ... begging people for help because I could NOT handle him, his constant crying and I could not handle the fact that I had 2 babies under 2 ... So after all of that How can I sit here and miss it. Miss my babies, so small and wrinkled ... miss the new born stage with missing it HOW ON EARTH could I have actually said to Andy "we could have another!" He looked at me like I was growing a horn out of my eyes. Bowden walked into day care today. Holding my finger of course, but he walked from the car to his room, then asked me to pick him up, (pull on pant leg and grunts) of course with his big blue eyes and his dimples I could NOT resist! I love that boy ... how could I have so seriously HATED the infant stages with him. He was such a rough baby, really he was ... at 8 months old he was still waking 3-4 times at night. It was tough. It put a lot of strain on me and Andy, our relationship, Tatum, our parents (he was to stay out of day care with them until 1o months, we sent him at 7 months) But my GOSH he is such a good boy now! He is SO SO loving, hugging, kissing and smiling! I want to eat him up! For several split seconds I have thought about WHAT IF ... What if we had another ... I am hoping here that Kimmy will snap me out of this and tell me that it is normal, it is a phase and I am just weird!

Look for a CHANGE

Hey everyone ... all 3 of you that read. I am sorry I have been absent. I knew that 2 would be hard, but then when you throw in ALL the other stuff that we do I am way behind. Bowden had a great 1st birthday. We didn't do anything big ... kept it small and had 3 different small celebrations. Tatum thinks that everyday is "Bubbie Burfday" now. It is too cute!

Andy has asked me to make a camping blog ... so rather than doing another one I have decided that this blog is now going to have a BIG CHANGE! I will if needed blog about other things, but I will be mostly posting our camping things.

The first one will be this weekend ... we are going to Tabor City, NC. Yogi Bear Camp Ground. I can't wait!

I think I will become a Dr.

This is serious ...

Pay attention!!!

Last Wednesday we left Myrtle Beach to go to Ohio.

We go to Ohio every year to see my family.

(Well my mom and dad's family)

Thursday we arrive ... have to call my Aunt's Dr and BEG them to see Tatum.

She was diagnosed with the Croup.

IT IS VIRAL ... which in turn means NO MEDS for you ... good luck with cranky baby!

Friday Bowden started to get very very cranky.

I chalked it up as a tooth (that has been trying to come out for MONTHS) and the "Croup!"

He ran a fever ALL day ... but as you know NIGHT time is 100% WORSE!!!

So at 4 am we woke with a 103 fever ... his legs were swollen and he was SCREAMING!

We finally left for the ER around 6:30 am.

They sent us home ... "it is viral, it will play it's course."

That day was rough ... a lot of crying and in and out of sleep ...

That day was not SO FUN!

Saturday night was HORRIBLE ... he cried all night HOURS and HOURS of screaming!

FINALLY at 4:15 am Andy and I decided that it was NOT viral and it was time to go back to ER.

(now remember we were in a RV with 4 adults and our 2 kids, also a MEAN ASS dog)

On the way to the Dr I called our local Dr. Crying ... yes of course I was crying!

She told us to go back to ER and demand that we not leave UNTIL they tell us SOMETHING!

X-ray, Blood work, and a catheter ... still NOTHING!
Things from there started to get a little better, but not great ...

He had a low grade fever and we decided to come home a day early ...

We packed up and headed home on Monday!

We got home Tuesday ... swam in the pool and river ... relaxed and just hung out!

I kept them from home on Wednesday ... thought that they needed a "break!"

Thursday I took them to day care ...

We didn't even make it to 11 and they called!

He was miserable ... has a rash and high fever, wont stop crying!

We go get him and take him to our Dr.

Guess ... just Guess what they said ...

VIRAL ... NOTHING is wrong with him!

Are you shitting me?~

They did give him a steroid to try and kick his body into getting better ...

I am loosing MY MIND!

I am going to go to school to become a Dr.

I think it would be cheaper than ALL the visits to the Dr.

I'm Praying ... are YOU?!

Praying for Stellan!!!
Please pray with me!

SO MUCH Going on I can't see straight!

Last weekend we went to a wedding ...

Lisa and Vinnie got Hitched!

It was in MD!

We had a BLAST!

Missed the babies!

This week it has been Dr appointment after Dr appointment!

Wednesday Bowden went to MUSC to see the GI specialist about his acid reflux.

Wednesday night we went to a Baseball game ... we were in the box!

Tatum fell off of a stool.

Fell right on her head/forehead! Scared me to death!

I called the Dr that moment!

They told me to "watch" her close!

I did ... she seemed fine!

Thursday daycare called at 2 - she had blood coming from her ear!
I went as fast as I could to pick her up and took her to her Dr.

Dr said it was fine - she could have caused a blood clot to bust loose ...

I was so upset I never asked if it was her head ... they told me to take her to the ENT ASAP!

That night I woke her every 2 hours just to make sure she was fine!
ASAP was this am at 8:30! (Thank you Dr Rosner, we love you)

We got there ... Dr said everything was FINE.

Blood clot was from her body trying to get rid of the silicone ear tube!

The fall knocked it loose, it was not her BRAIN!

YES I cried!

They drained and suctioned her ear.

SHE is fine! I however need a drink!

Need Bloomers

Can anyone tell me where to get cute bloomers for Tatum ...

All I can find is the long ugly old ones!

All of her Dresses up until now have come with them ...

NEED SOME TO COVER THOSE DIAPERS!

Family Night Out

Well I am not that great at just "doing!"

I am sure if you have been visiting my blog for sometime

that you know I am not great at differing from my schedule.

My Children are VERY scheduled!

(note the VERY)

Breakfast between 7 and 8 am ... 7 m-f 8 on the weekends

they are obviously on a schedule at daycare

even at home ... they are scheduled ... on Saturday and Sunday

we have 2 snacks one in am one after nap

we still do nap around 12 - and it lasts 2 hours

Dinner between 5:30 and 6 (no matter what day of the week)

Bath no later than 8 (usually is around 7)

and bed is usually no later than 8 ... we have been off the 8 pm bed time 4 times ...

Tonight was one of those nights!

For the FIRST time since Bowden was not considered a new born we went to dinner.

Dinner OUT ... yes we did. I was so so worried ...

but for the most part my kids rocked it!

We only got the eye roll from 1 person in the restaurant and really it was not worthily!
Bowden was "talking" loudly, but it was not a scream and it was not a cry ...

BaBab Dada Mama NiNi ... that is what he was saying and while she could hear it ...

she was definitely a BITCH ... old and must have been past her bed time! hahah

Anyway it went well ... we are home and in bed ... they made it to bed with bath by 8:15 ... so still not bad! I know this means we can do it more, but it wont be OFTEN! Stresses me out!

PICTURES ...

Tatum goes to the Ball Park

Um yeah this was one of 3 times that the child has been up past 7:30 pm.

I am a freak about her schedule ... it really stresses me out if we are not home and in bed on time ... but we did a late nap and guess what ... she did GREAT! Not even 1 melt down!

I think it helped that we were in a box with food and place to run!

The crowd cheered for a good play ... she joined them!

Tatum and her friend Kaylie ... so glad her and her Daddy joined us!

I love this one ... she was sitting on my lap ...

Bowden Gets Tubes ...

Just like his sister ... I couldn't resist the pictures in that cute little gown ... Of course we were again the only ones in the place with a camera! HAHA

To see Tatum in her gown click HERE

We arrive at the surgery center at 6:30 am

Bowden is STARVING ... hasn't eaten since 11:30 pm

I woke him to feed him knowing if I didn't this would be a bad day

he was happy and really was a good baby!

Look at that diaper hinney ... don't you want to pinch it?!
He has no idea they are coming to get him!

Arrive Surgery at 6:30

Leave by 8

Home playing by 8:45

He did GREAT!

Fun in the Fort!

My mom bought Tatum a tent/tunnel thing for her Birthday ... She has been begging Bowden to go through the tunnel ... but he wont! I decided we (me and dad) needed to play with her ...

Um yeah ... check this out:

Mommy crawls through the tunnel ... Tatum came over top of me and out of the tunnel also!

Daddy trying very hard to get out of the tunnel!

Bowden trying to tell Dada that it is okay ... he IS here to help with a pat pat pat!

Update

• Bowden got tubes on Tuesday, he is doing well! No GREAT changes yet, but I think things will start to get better with his breathing and his constant ear aches.
• I have tons and tons of pictures I want to share with all of you and NO (NONE) time to do that right now!
• I am not sure who I let schedule all the things for me that are on my calendar, but I say it every year ... I wont do all of that again.
• I am not so much into blogging that much anymore ... why you say?! Well I really feel out of control. EVERY blog I read is struggling with; loss, money, posting, romantically, or even with pregnancy. It is not building my spirits any and yes I am one struggling also!
• um yeah that is about it for me ... I am out ... love you all ... sorry I have been absent and I will be back to post some pictures!

Do you think she is excited?!

Tatum LOVED, LOVED the cake, singing and the candles ...

all she wanted was more more more!