The house is all decorated for Christmas now and Micah is excited about the new look our living room has. He has been very good not to bother the decorations. Friday morning, I dressed him up in his Santa outfit and we took pictures in front of the tree. Several of them are posted below. Just so you know...I got the outfit at Walmart after Christmas last year for $1.50!!

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Merry Christmas!

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Thursday night we decorated the Christmas tree. Micah helped by hanging his rocking horse ornament. He is going to have so much fun at Christmas this year!

Ebay Pays Off Again!

Every once in a while I will get on an Ebay kick and sell things to make a little extra cash. It has proven itself successful many times. Right now I am interested in making a little extra cash for Christmas. The item I am saving for is a surprise, so I can't spill the beans quite yet.

Well, the day after Thanksgiving my mom and I hit the "early bird specials." As I mentioned in my prior post, we usually make out very well by doing this. We got some really great deals at Target. One of the things that I picked up was the complete four seasons of the hit show "24." They were all four priced at $54.99, but the early bird caught the worm and I got them for $16 each. Now Charlie or I neither one are interested in that show. We love "Lost!" But my wheels started spinning and I just knew that I could not pass up a good deal...I would sale them on Ebay!! Well, the auction ended last night and overall I made a $50 profit. I should say that is pretty good for just picking them up at the store, listing them on Ebay and shipping them.

This gets me in the Ebay selling mood, so I think I will look for some more things to sale while Micah naps!

Could NOT Resist!

Every year for the past 6 or so years, my mom and I have hit the "early bird" specials the day after Thanksgiving. We have always enjoyed the rush and the great deals that we get by getting up early. We both said that this year we would not do it. I have not been shopping in forever, because I have just not felt up to it and I thought for sure I did not want to fight that crazy crowd of Christmas shoppers. Well, we sat down to a wonderful meal Thursday at noon and then all sat back and relaxed. I was bored and decided to go get a paper. Curiosity was killing me!!! I had to go two different places to get a paper, because they were a hot item. The paper was so big, that they put it in a bag for me. I was so excited when I walked back in the door and dumped it in my mom's lap. We both frantically took out the sales papers and put the rest to the side. We circled the good deals and pondered what we could buy for each person on our list. It would require us to get up at 4:20am and be at Toysrus before 5:00am. We were not too excited about that idea, but could not turn down the bargains. So we set our alarm and went to bed early. I woke up at 6:00am and realized that the alarm did not go off. I rushed into my mom's room and told her what had happened. We were both disappointed, because we knew that all the sales that we wanted would be gone. I convinced her to get ready anyway and see if we could still get any of the doorbusters. We got to Toysrus over and hour late. We were not very hopeful that we would get what we wanted, but wanted to check it out anyway. To our surprise, we were able to get everything that we marked on our list, get out the door within 30 minutes and head to the next store. From there we proceeded to Walgreens, Burger King, K-Mart and Target. We got what we wanted at each of the places, so the venture out in the cold was well worth it. We got to sleep a whole extra hour and did not even have to stand in a line waiting for the doors to open.

My Christmas shopping is pretty much done and all that is left is the wrapping. I am trying to sweet talk Charlie to get the tree up for me tonight, so that we can decorate and have somewhere to put the presents after I wrap them. I can't wait to see the excitement on Micah's face this year when he sees the tree, decorations and presents!

To Grandma's House We Go!

Well, we are headed down south for the Thanksgiving Break. Charlie is off work today and we are getting last minute things done around here before we leave. Micah had therapy this morning. Charlie is getting ready to go workout, I have a OB appointment after lunch and then we will be headed on our way to the big W.R. We have not been out of town in over 3 months. I have really felt too sick to go anywhere. It will be nice to get away and relax. My mom will do most of the Thanksgiving cooking, my dad will entertain Micah and I can REST!!! I will try to do a little Christmas shopping. My mom and I usually get up around 4:30 am the day after Thanksgiving and hit to early bird specials. I'm not sure if we will do that this year, since I am not feeling a 100%. There will have to be some pretty darn good deals to get me up that early.

WHAT A BLAST!!!

I always thought that parents that spent tons of money for their children to see childhood celebrities were crazy, but now I have a bright eyed Wiggle loving toddler. Micah has had a crazy obsession with The Wiggles since his 1st birthday. He has a couple of Wiggles shirts, several Wiggles videos and even more Wiggles toys. Most of his Christmas presents this year have to do with Wiggles and his 2nd birthday party will be done in Wiggles.

When I realized how excited my sweet little boy got over The Wiggles, I knew that I had to some how, some way get him to a concert to meet them. We have had our tickets for over a month now and I have prayed that nothing happen to keep us from going. Well, we made it to the big day. No major illnesses, but the weather was awful. There were several tornado watches throughout the area, but we had come to far to miss this concert. We braved the weather and made our way to Atlanta.

When we got there, we bought Micah a Big Red Car light-up wand. He loved it and held onto it the entire time. When we walked through the auditorium doors, Micah began to realize what was going on. They had The Wiggles singing on the big screen. There were hundreds of kids all around us, all waiting for one thing...TO SEE THE WIGGLES!!!

Micah thoroughly enjoyed himself at the concert. At times he was a bit overwhelmed at it all and all that he could do was just sit and stare at the stage. I think his favorite part was seeing them come out in The Big Red Car. His least favorite part was when they brought a huge blow-up Murray out on the stage. They had to Murray deflate several times and come down on Jeff and then Jeff would fall to the ground. Most of the kids got a kick out of this, but not tender-hearted Micah. He began to get upset and had to go sit in his dada's lap.

Everyone there had a great time, even the adults. The Wiggles really know how to put on a concert. When we left, Charlie said that he really enjoyed it and that is coming from a guy who never really wanted to go in the first place. Way to go Wiggles!!

We are here! Mama has been telling me about this forever. Today I get to see The Wiggles!!!!

This is going to be so much fun!!!

Just waiting to see the Wiggles!

Here come the Wiggles! I love "The Big Red Car!" It is my favorite song.

Wake up Jeff!!! If you look at the big screen at the back of the stage you can see that Jeff is alreay asleep.

Anthony Wiggle walked right by me. This is my mom's favorite Wiggle, but silly her did not have her camera ready to get a face shot of him.

Play your guitar with Muarry! Do you see the huge Murray blow-up on stage. This scared me, so I had to go sit with my dada.

Murray Wiggle walked right by me. I was sitting on the end, so I got a good chance to see what he really looked like. He looks just like he does on t.v.

Dorothy the Dinosaur is on stage dancing now. I brought roses for her. One of the Wiggles Dancers is going to come get them from me. They sure smell good!

Here he comes!!!

Giving my roses to Dorothy. The Wiggles Dancer told me that he would make sure she got them.

Mama can't keep up with me.

Doing the "Twist!"

I love to Wiggle!!!

Dancing with mama! She loved singing the songs with me.

I brought a bone to give to Wags the Dog and got to meet one of the Wiggle Dancers. He told me that he would make sure Wags got the bone I gave him.

This has been so much fun, but I am pooped. Thanks for bringing me mama and dada.

We had a blast! Even dada enjoyed it!!!

Bye Bye Wiggles!!! See you next year!

We'll be Wiggling!!!!

WE ARE GOING TO THE WIGGLES CONCERT TOMORROW!!!! We have waited for this day for several months now and have been pumping Micah up about it. I spent a lot of money to get my little man into that concert. I never would have never dreamed I would have spent that much money to see a few childhood celebrities. I realize now that a mama will do anything for her children...even if it is crazy! Micah absolutely loves them and I am probably more excited about seeing his reaction when he sees them live for the first time. Micah, you are in for a huge treat tomorrow!!!!! I will post pictures when we get back, so stay tuned.

No MRI for Now

I had my long awaited visit with the Neurologist yesterday. Let me give you a quick update of why I went in the first place. I have been having headaches everyday for about two months. Along with the headaches, I have blurred vision and numbness in my hands and arms. I have also had stiffness in my neck and a few other crazy symptoms. My OB did not think my headaches were normal at this point in my pregnancy and referred me to see the Neurologist. That brings us to yesterday's visit.

I really liked the doctor. He was an older guy. I was expecting a young nerdy looking guy with glasses, but I am glad that I got someone with lots of experience. He asked me lots of questions and then did a long neurological exam. I thought that was interesting. I did weird things from sticking my tongue out to pretending to walk a tight rope. He said that is the test that he used to diagnose things such as brain tumors before the MRI came about. After examination, he concluded that from his experience, he believed that my headaches were related to the pregnancy. Praise the Lord...nothing serious. He said that I was just that unlucky percentage of pregnant women that get them. I hope he is right and if so, that is the good news. The bad news is that he said I could have these headaches for another 6 weeks and even until the end of the pregnancy. That is a little discouraging, because they have gotten to the point now where they are ruling my life. They are daily and there is really nothing they can give me to prevent them at this point, so I must press on and try to keep from going crazy in the meantime. One day this little one will hear the story of what it put it's mama through. If Micah could speak and understand, he would probably give his little sibling an earful too, because he doesn't understand why his mama doesn't feel like playing with him right now. Sorry little Micah, I'll make it up to you when I'm feeling better.

Too Tired to Eat!

Micah has had a runny nose and cough and the medicine I am giving him is making him sleepy. Yesterday, he took a 3 1/2 hour nap and today...well, he could not wait for nap time. He was eating his bannana sandwhich and the next thing I know, it is in his lap and he is fast asleep.

STUPID FLU SHOT!!!!

Well, as you read in my previous post, I got the flu shot today. I did not think any thing about it...just knew that I needed it to keep from getting sick on top of being pregnant this season. Well, here I am up at midnight with the worst body aches and pains that I have ever had! I tried to sleep, but every time I moved, I woke in pain. I also have the chills and a fever of 101. Sounds like a case of the flu to me. That is just my luck right now! I have never had a reaction to a flu shot, but now when I am pregnant and already feeling awful, this happens! I ask myself this question..."What is the Lord trying to teach me through this pregnancy?" It is a daily struggle, but I know that beautiful baby will all be worth it in the end. So, keep me in your prayers, as well as my dear family as they put up with me. This too will pass, but in the meantime, I hope that you don't mind that I vent occasionally.

Flu Be Gone!!

Last Thursday, Micah got his flu shot. Today, he saw me get mine. He got his at his doctor's office. I had to get mine at the health department. I was shocked by the price of them. It was $25 for one shot! They are making a killing off of those things. But we had to have them, so the price really did not matter. When they called me back to the room, Micah saw the shot sitting on the table and started to cry and run the other way. I assurred him that it was not for him, pulled him onto my lap and let him watch. When I was done, he got a whole sheet of car stickers. What was wrong with that picture...I got the shot, but he got the prize!!!!????? Well, at any rate maybe we will both miss the nasty flu bug this year.

Recent Posts

I have not posted in a while due to complications with pregnancy, so I have posted three updates below. They are from things that have happened within the past week or so. Enjoy!

It was Veggie Tale Day at Preschool today. We had the Veggie Tales make a guest appearance in all of the classes. Who do you think was Larry the Cucumber...you guessed it - ME!

We did a corn maze with our Sunday School Class over the weekend. Micah loved it, because he got to walk the entire maze. What a big boy!

My Little Cowboy on Halloween night at a fall festival in the area. His favorite game was the duck pond, because he got suckers!

You Call That a Hearing Test

Micah had his hearing screening on Tuesday. I am convinced that is was a waste of time. The only way he would have failed the test is if he would have had pretty moderate to severe hearing loss. I knew that this was not the case to begin with. When we were done with the test, the Audiologist said, "he did great, he is very responsive and alert." I knew that too. I asked if this ruled out the fact that he had any hearing lost and she said not really. I was thinking to myself, "so what did we really accomplish????" She said that he needed to start speech therapy. We are in the process of getting that started for him. He will have a speech evaluation some time in November and then they will start it after that. The speech therapist will let us know if we need to do the sleep study after working with him for a while.

This morning I left Micah and Charlie at home and went to church by myself. Micah was sick, so Charlie had to either stay home with him or go to church to cover nursery duty. He chose to stay home with Micah. This is a picture of what happens when the two boys are left home alone. I had baked this festive pan of brownies for a social at Charlie's school. While Charlie was on the couch playing on his laptop, Micah was at the table enjoying a chocolate high. He also wiped it all over his clean clothes that I had just put on him before leaving. No wonder Micah seems to have more fun with daddy then he does mama. Daddies are all about the fun!

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Trick or Treat with the Playgroup

Thursday we dressed up all of the babies and toddlers in the playgroup hoping to take some cute pictures of them in their costumes. Well, with ten babies and toddlers it was almost impossible to get a good picture. Some of the best ones that I got are below.

The tiger!

Ninja, Tigger and Flower

The Ninja and the Bumble Bee

Another Eventful OB Visit

I went to my scheduled OB visit yesterday in hopes that it would be uneventful, all would be well and I would be on my way. I have come to the conclusion that nothing about this pregnancy is going to be normal. This baby is already letting me know that it is going to be a stubborn one.

The first thing that they do is listen to the baby. Well, he/she decided to be stubborn this time. The nurse could not get the heartbeat on the first attempt, so she said let me go get the other monitor. She left the room and I was a little worried, because it was not that hard to find the heartbeat the last time. Well, she came back with another monitor that she said was better and sure enough we found the fast little heart beat. I don't think I will ever get tired of hearing that sweet sound. Come to find out, the baby has decided to take up camp down low. Much lower then Micah! So, he/she is putting lots of pressure on my bladder. The OB could not believe how low the baby was and how small my bladder was. I can believe it, because I can't stay out of the bathroom!

The OB came in and was excited about my report from the heart doctor. I gave her the lastest on my headaches and blurred vision and she did not like what she was hearing. She said that it was time to see a neurologist and get to the bottom of the headaches. She said that they did not seem like normal pregnancy headaches to her. I was a little discouraged about that. I did tell her that I had not had one in the last two days, hoping that would make a difference in her decision. But she still said it was not normal to be having as many as a I am having, as well as the other symptoms that go along with them. So we are off to see the neurologist in November. Although I really don't want to go, I will feel better to have him check me over and hopefully tell me that my head is okay.

The heart is GOOD!

Well, I had the Stress Echo done yesterday. I made it through it alright. I was just really tired after working so hard. The Cardiologist said that my heart looked good and functioned well under stress. What a blessing! It is a relief to know that nothing is wrong with my heart and that it should be able to meet the demands of the baby with no problem. There is still one more problem though. My headaches have not let up and with them comes blurred vision and numbness in my left arm and hand. I have had a headache everyday this week. I think they are probably what is making me so tired. The pain medicine that the OB gave me does not seem to be helping either. I go back to the OB on Friday, so hopefully they will give some suggestions as to what might be causing them and what I need to do next.

The Life of a Toddler

Micah fell off of a step at my friend's house the other day and got a huge boo boo. His forehead hit the concrete. He really did not cry much about it. I guess it looks a lot worse then it really is. The funny thing is that we have picture day at school tomorrow. Every time we have pictures scheduled something like this happens. That's a toddler for you.

What a Bruise!

Pregnancy Blues

I have decided that my body is just not cut out for pregnancy. I had a hard time with Micah towards the end of pregnancy and I have had a rough time with this one since the very beginning. I am about over my morning sickness (PRAISE THE LORD), but over the last couple of weeks several new things have surfaced. I have been having migraine headaches with blurred vision and numbness of my arm. I have also had a couple of episodes of chest pain with arm numbness. The symptom that bothers me the most at this point is that I am extremely tired...more so then I was in my first trimester. I don't feel like doing anything and tire out very easily. I some times feel as if I am going to faint at any moment. I figured all this was just normal pregnancy stuff and how this pregnancy was affecting me. I went for an OB check up on Friday and found out that several of these things did not seem very normal. The OB referred me to a Cardiologist for testing. I go there tomorrow for an evaluation and testing. Hopefully it is nothing, but I am glad that the OB is checking it out. It will at least give us a peace of mind or let us know what steps need to be taken to make this pregnancy a healthy one.

By the way...the baby sounded great on Friday. That is a blessing!

Jaemor Farms

Today our playgroup met at Jaemor Farms. We went on a hayride, picked out a couple of pumpkins and ate hot boiled peanuts. The weather was wonderful, so it made for a perfect day at the pumpkin patch. After a couple of hours at the farm, we went back to one of the ladies house for lunch and a few more minutes of play. See pictures below.

Twins!!!

What a cutie!!!

Time for a hayride!

Cute little pumpkin!

Is this a ball?

Pickin Apples

National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day

Yummy!!!

For those of you who may not know, today was "National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day." I am sure that everyone participated. We celebrated at preschool by bringing our teddy bears and have a tea party. Micah is pictured here in his class enjoying a cupcake. He does not get many sweets, so that was a real treat for him. He ate every bit of it. In the background on the shelf is Micah's favorite teddy bear that he took to school today.

Wiggle Obsession!

Lovin the Wiggles!


Micah is in love with The Wiggles!!! He has loved them since he was 12 months old. He gets to watch 30 minutes of television a day and The Wiggles is always his show of choice. He owns several Wiggles toys and will be getting a few more Wiggles things for Christmas. We are going to be taking him to The Wiggles Concert in Atlanta on November 15th. He is going to go crazy when he sees them in person!

Chillin Out!

The search is over!

I have been looking for a toddler bed for the last several months. I have searched Ebay, Walmart, Toysrus, Kaybee, etc. I realized that by the time I bought a matress for the bed, I would be spending a couple a hundred dollars. That, I did not want to do. Today, I got lucky. I opened the newspaper to search for yard sales. I was not really in mood to go to yard sales, due to pregnancy sickness, but was specifically on the search for a CHEAP toddler bed. I was in luck! A house just a few miles from here was selling two toddler beds. It was 8:30 and the yard sale had begun at 8:00. I was not dressed or anything. I got dressed in all of ten minutes, threw Micah in the bed with Charlie (who was still sleeping) and was on a mission! I pulled up in the driveway and one of the toddler beds was still there. It was a car bed, with the matress included. All for $25. What a deal! I loaded it in my van, picked up breakfast for my boys and was smiling all the way home. I love to find a good deal!

The plan is to give Micah the toddler bed for Christmas, and give him a few months to get use to it before the new baby comes and takes his crib.

Cowardly Lion

Once again, it has been a while since I have posted. I have not been very good with the blog thing lately. Pregnancy has hit me hard, as I am having a really rough time with this one. I guess I can say with a good bit of confidence that this will be our last. I am about 13 weeks now. I am past my first trimester and hope that the next two fly by....that is if I don't get to feeling better soon. Well, pregnancy is not what I was going to post about, so let me get to my funny story.

Yesterday, I met a friend at the Mall of Georgia to have pictures of Micah taken in his costume. Last year he was a cute little pumpkin. This year he is going to be a lion. He is not a brave, roaring lion, but a timid, cowardly one. I put him in his costume and everything was going good. Then the photographer pulled down the white background that Micah was to stand on. Upon hearing and seeing that, Micah freaked out and had a death grip on me. It is hard at times to figure out a nonverbal toddler, but I think I know what was going through Micah's head. The white backdrop reminded him of the white paper that they pull down over the exam table at the doctor's office. Micah has had his fair share of the doctor's office in his short 19 months of life, so he was not going to get on that paper on his own will. It took three of us about 20 minutes to entice him to sit on the paper and put on somewhat of a happy face. That was the only pose that we got. He usually gets 6 poses, but not today! That made the picture choosing decision an easy one. We did get one really cute picture of him though.

What did I learn from yesterday's experience? 1) Have them pull down the background when he is not watching and 2) NEVER USE THE WHITE BACKGROUND!

Breaking News!!!

Well, it has been quite a while since I have posted. I was going to post earlier this week, but our Internet has been down for several days. My excuse before then, is due to having felt sick and tired all day. So sick, that I did not even want to move from the couch. I did not feel much like doing anything, but what was necessary. No....I do not have a bad disease. It is nothing that the next 7 months or so will not take care of. We are expecting again!!!! We have known for several weeks, but have been keeping it a secret. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and had an ultrasound. The baby looked great! So far, so good. I am ten weeks along and due the end of April. It is really perfect timing for us! We are excited and hoping that this time we will have a little girl. We will find that out in about 8 more weeks. I am hoping that I will start feeling better soon. I was sick with Micah, but some days with this one are a lot worse. The joys of pregnancy!

Babygirl

My parents came up for the weekend and brought with them the newest addition to the family....Babygirl. She is like a tiny little cotton ball. We all fell in love with her. Micah did not know what to think about such a small dog. He loved holding her and was very sweet to her. I think he knew that she was just a baby. My parents left to go back last night. I wanted them to leave Babygirl with me. They said only if they could have Micah. She was cute and sweet, but...NO DEAL!!!!

Micah and Babygirl

Babygirl

Micah, Snickers and Babygirl

How Sweet!!!

First Breathing Treatment

Micah's cough has returned and so yesterday we started his first round of breathing treatments. We gave them to him when he woke-up and then again right before bed. I thought that it was going to be a fighting match to get him to sit still for them, but it was not bad at all. He seemed to even like it. My parents were here for the weekend, so he sat with my dad while taking his first one and then with Charlie for his treatment last night.

He did not cough at all last night, so maybe they are helping him.

Micah and Pappy

Micah and Daddy