Boo Boo's and Owwies

Knock on wood, my kids are usually pretty healthy. Last year Chris made it a whole year without a doctor's visit... well, besides a broken arm! But lately, we've been having wierd things going on... First, Addie had a growth on her arm... She got the stitches out and now we're just putting neosporin on the wound to try and keep it from scarring- She was such a trooper. Now, Chris has been battling a wart on his foot. It started as a small wart about 2 months ago. I have taken him to our pediatrician twice and it's now been frozen twice, and nothing really happened- It just seems to keep getting bigger and it's on the ball of his foot and hurts him.:( Since the dermatologist was so good with Addie, I took Chris this week to see her. She had to laser his foot and we're hoping this is going to take care of it... It looks like it may be dying... and I hope so because poor little Chris screamed bloody murder during the laser. I know it had to be so painful- I have NEVER and I mean NEVER heard him scream like that- it sounded like pure pain.:( Let's hope we're done with these crazy ailments soon!

Gone, but not forgotten

Awwwww. We visited the cemetary this weekend with the kids. It's so sweet how they ask questions... Chris is really interested in learning about our loved ones that we lost and that makes me happy. He's also interested in knowing if a grim reaper is going to get us at the cemetary, but it's all good. Oh, and yes, there is snow on the ground, and yes, Addison is barefoot at the cemetary. I guess I'm not in the running for mother of the year yet again. Some fights just aren't worth fighting... but you might want to remind me of that if she has a cold later this week!

Birthday Partays!!!

Parents must get busy during the same time of the year--- because there are a ton of January birthdays!!! We had a weekend full of birthday parties and we had a great time celebrating... We got to swim at Claude Moore, play games, and spend time with some of our best buddies!:)







Notice Addie had to share the chair with the birthday boy... D.J. and Addie have a speical bond... Should I be worried that she says she has a boyfriend already? At least I'd love her in-laws!:)

Fun with friends...

We've been staying busy with our friends... Playdates are so fun these days- the kids play, and I can actually sit and have adult conversation!!! Here are the kids with Kim and Aaron Smith's girls... so I guess it was a cousin playdate.:)

Cabin Fever

It's still freeeeeeezing here and we've been holed up in the house. The kids have been so cute playing together. Chris is actually big enough to give Addie "horsey rides" and she loves it. We ventured out to the pool at Claude Moore this weekend and the kids were in heavan... summer can't come soon enough! Chris got to stay up to watch the Cowboys win last night- he made it until halfway through the 4th quarter and then he crashed- he just couldn't stay up any longer!

Addie is still becoming quite the handful. She's little Ms. Priss Pot... I looked at her and asked her why she's so cute... and this picture was taken as she was saying, "Because I'm soooo pretty.":) She also likes to come up with new words... she is so much like her brother- she does everything he does! Today's word was "Bunga, Bunga," and she even has me saying it.




Tonight, we went to Chuck and Jackie's to celebrate Dean Alex's graduation from the BEST college in the world- Virginia Tech- WOOO HOOOO! You would have thought that we were some high class family or something... We had a cocktail hour and then a catered dinner of salmon, beef tenderloin, asparagus wrapped in proscuitto, mashed potatoes, bread... and more. But if you had listened to our dinner conversations, you'd quickly realize that we're just white trash with a little money... But I'm soooo proud of my family- we are a family that loves each other so much.




And I'm super proud of this guy right here... We love his girlfriend soooo much. Alexis- you're the best... Doesn't this look like a cute little family.:)



But poor Alexis... now that Dean's gone, Brendan is trying to figure out how he and Mike can crash at your place for their annual guy's weekend at Tech for a football game... Get out your shorts now- Ha!

She did it!

I never thought it would be such a joyous event... Addie did it... and this might be a picture only a mother could love!:)

Soooo not prepared

Poor little Addie had a little red dot on her arm about six weeks ago, so I took her to the doctor... They said it was a small swollen blood vessel and looked at me like I was crazy for making the appointment because it was the size of a pinhead- so tiny. The past couple of weeks it has been growing... and it had gotten very noticable- so I took her to the doctor this morning. They referred me to a dermatologist and it was my lucky day because they had a cancellation and I was able to get her in today! I was not prepared for this visit... The doctor told me that it probably started as a bug bite or something and her skin had healed "too good." I guess sometimes skin gets confused and it kept healing and healing and healing. It had basically built up a bunch of capillaries on top of one another. The doctor then wanted to remove the growth, and I was glad because then we'd just have one doctor's visit... They gave her a shot of novicane... and then did all out in-office surgery! They removed the growth- which was about an inch longer under the skin- where I couldn't see! It was pretty big- and is being sent out for testing but should be just fine! She said it would have kept growing and would have been bigger and harder to remove- but just the little growth left a cut in her arm and she needed several stitches!!! We have to go back next week to have them removed! Addie was such a trooper- and Chris and I couldn't believe what we watched! Her arm was cut open in front of us... Of course, Chris thought it was the coolest thing in the world... but I was upset for my baby!



Thank you soooo much to Paigie K for watching the kids while I worked out today- You're the best... but slow down on training Addison... I picked her up and she had on lip gloss and now thinks she needs Juicy Couture perfume!