Back from the Beach

Wow what a great vacation! I truly am a beach girl at heart, no doubt, and so are my kids. Jacob keeps asking "can we go back tomorrow?" I would sell this house and pack up and go in a heartbeat, just getting Chris to agree is the hard part. I'm so up for a new place, but he's so not. ANYWAY. Got down there dropped our stuff and hit the jetties at St Andrews for swimming and snorkeling. Returned just to sleep and found our room was less than sleepable. The office was closed, we picked one of those places where each unit is individually owned and there's no real staff. We suffered through the night and as soon as the office opened the next morning got a refund and hit the road for a new aboad. Found the Beachcomber and LOVED it. Worth every cent more it cost us. Mom and Dad came in the next afternoon. We spent time at the jetties every day. Did the usual putt-putt, go-karts, and souveniour shopping. And of course had to take our Pirate Cruise, which we almost missed b/c they were so booked up. Luckily they had a cancellation and we got tickets. Chris stayed face down snorkeling the WHOLE time and was sooooo sunburned. I just chilled on the beach, snorkeling only once, never knew this baby belly could make it so much more tiring to just float above water. Chris and I got a night out alone and that was nice. But funny thing, we got back in earlier than our kids did - boy we're getting old. Got a call the 2nd day there and found out I failed my 1 hr glucose, so I went yesterday for my 3 hour one. Being stuck 4 times, drinking pure sugar on an empty stomach, and hanging out in the waiting room for 3 hours is certainly not a fun way to waste a morning. But we're back and today I have to work on getting settled back in, I have a buttload of laundry to do, but somehow I bet that will be left to do after we hit the pool this afternoon. lol I love summer! Here's a link to some pics, enjoy:

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Happy Mother's Day to Me!

so i was supposed to get a gazeebo for mother's day but target didn't get one in this week of the particular one i want.
then today my van died. ok maybe died is harsh, something broke that's not to hard to fix, but we don't know what other problems lie in the future, it's a 2000 with 140k on it, so i got a new car..........

















it's a GMC Yukon Denali, the pic was taken in the dark sorry. it has everything you could imagine and we got it at dealer cost b/c we got it from chris' dealership. i'm so in love with it.

surgery for zach

*sigh*
zach is having his tonsils and adnoids out Tuesday. i know i've been through this with the other two but i feel way more nervous this time. they saw them last week, we saw the ENT yesterday, and are set for surgery Tuesday. it was all so quick, but the kid litterally has a very small airway b/c they are so huge. they are keeping him overnight b/c they are concerned about his respiratory problems and the anesthesia, but all should go well. i'm actually relieved that they are going to keep him instead of just sending us home. i just remember neal having it done and this same age and how much he hurt and how it took him 6 weeks to recoop. not looking forward to this at all.

Happy Birthday, Zachary!

hard to belive he's 4. my sweet little angel baby has grown into a wild and crazy little boy!

Museum Photos & Jacob's Birthday

Took the kids to Chattanooga to the Creative Discovery Museum yesterday, we had a great time, perfect day trip!

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Jacob says "Being 5 Sucks"

So today is his big 0-5. We went to IHOP for breakfast and he cleaned his plate and drank two glasses of chocolate milk. Put him in the Jeep and up it comes! He had to ride home in his underwear. He cried and said "I didn't want to puke on my birthday!" Then he comes to me a little bit ago with a bloody big toe, the storm door had shut on his toe and ripped off half of his toe nail. He said "being 5 sucks".

He's only been 5 for half a day and already it's a tough road. Poor guy!

Zach & the ER, Take Two

It's just not poor Zach's week. This morning on the way back to Papaw's from dropping the brothers off at school, Zach and my dad were in a wreck. Some guy decides traffic is too backed up and just does a turn around right in the middle of traffic. My dad doesn't have time to even react, hits the car head on and lands in the drivers side of a van. Both are fine, and were evaluated at the ER. The nurse said "didn't I see you earlier this week???" lol. Zach has a knot and abraision on his left forearm. Dad has an abraision on his right arm and bruised knot on his cheek bone. They were in my Dad's truck, because I'd forgotten to leave him the keys to my van. The airbags deployed and filled the cab with that powder and Dad couldn't get the door open so he got freaked because of Zach's asthma. They finally got out and my dad was so concerned with Zach I don't think it really hit him until about 3 hours later. Both Dad and Zach are sore, the truck is totalled, but in the end, both are going to be just fine. Zach keeps telling the story, which is cute to hear his version. I am just greatful they are ok. The other drivers were ok and refused treatment. The guy's insurance has already called, and the other lady in the van just got her van back last week where someone hit it while it was parked in her driveway, poor thang. The emergency staff was super, Zach got a bear from the fireman on the scene and keeps talking about riding in the "am-lance truck where the am-lance mens took good care of him".