Random Thought Thursday!

Just my random thoughts for today:

I am so ready for some football, SEC and NFL!  I guess I should say college football but really is there any other team worth watching that is not in the SEC? :-)

I am beyond excited for the Olympics to start, I love it, even the badminton!  Funny that I love all sports but the most un-atheltic person in the world.  Is un-athletic a word???  :-)

If it were not for a crock pot and ideas from Pinterest my family would not eat.  My husband has taken a vacation from the kitchen and I am not sure how I feel about that or who gave him permission for the vacay!  But I do love the crock pot...it creates a surprise for dinner.  Kinda like that box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get!

I always have a fear of cracking my windows on my car in the heat, doesn't it just invite an afternoon thunderstorm?

I am pleased to admit that I have actually done the Shred video for 8 of the last 9 days.  And I can still walk...miracles do happen :-)

Hope everyone had a great Thursday and if not, well tomorrow is Friday so it can only get better!

Always Something But Praying It Is Nothing

I haven't written about Steven's bp in awhile so I thought I would give a quick update.  We were increasing his dose there for awhile to get the bp regulated and I think we have found the right dose.  Of course, last week we paid a visit to Texas Children's for an appointment with Dr. Riley.  Because he is doing so good we are going to change one of his medications to a new one.  We are pretty pumped, this is another 12 hour medication which means bye bye to every 8 hours!  Woohoo!  He will still be on two different kinds of medication to maintain his blood pressure but they will both be given in the morning and evening.  This makes us very happy.  We are also looking into daycare.  Not sure how he will handle that change and I am not sure how grandma will handle it either.  We are so thankful that she has been able to keep him for this first year, it has kept him away from the cooties and it has allowed us such peace knowing she is the one giving him the medication during the day.  We are not sure when he will start daycare.  I was surprised (shouldn't be) that there is a wait list for the one we wanted, if anyone can pull strings at MFB Daycare please do, we haven't really talked about other ones.  That will be a conversation perfect for tonight. 

But of course just when things start to go smoothly with his health, I received a call from Dr. R's nurse and it seems that his lab results showed his liver enzymes to be high.  There is a huge possibility this is a false reading and so that is what I am believing.  Steven is already scheduled for some more lab work this week, to make sure the new medication is going well, so in a two weeks we will have more lab work to retest and see how the liver enzymes at that time.  Again I am sure it is nothing but I am still mom and I still worry a little.

Oh and one other thing, I can finally say that he is walking.  He has been walking for awhile but he was still much faster at crawling so it always won out.  He is all about the speed but this weekend he decided slow was ok if he was standing tall.  Right at 13 months old, just like his big brother!

A Little Virus and A Little Trip

Nothing like planning a little getaway and catching a nasty, evil, horrible virus before you leave.  Yep, that is how we roll!  First family getaway that was not to include a trip to Texas Children's Hospital and Steven catches his first virus.  Starting at 3 am the Tuesday before July 4th the little dude was SICK.  Of course because when we do it, we do it right, his pediatrician was on vacation and had to see a different doctor.  Famous last words, "it will just have to run it's course.  He should be all better in a couple of days."  So I am thinking we are safe to leave on Saturday, it being more than a "couple" of days away.  I wake up around 5:45 Thursday morning just as SICK.  Now of course for me, I seem to deal with it pretty well but he was still SICK.  Friday rolls around and he seems even more lethargic than ever.  So back to a different doctor and well he said the same famous words.  But not only were we leaving for a couple of days, we were also having Miller's birthday celebration on Saturday afternoon.  Somehow and I am not really sure how, we pulled it all off.  Birthday party and got on the road Saturday afternoon to go to Kemah for a couple of days and to Galveston.  Steven and I hung out the first night in the hotel room since he was still feeling rather bad and after a hunt for something to give his body the bacteria it needed to keep things in on Sunday he began to feel better.  The only other downer of our trip was the weather.  It RAINED everyday...which was ok because it kept other people away but I felt like I needed to get a spray tan on our way home.  It just didn't seem right to not get a little sunburn while outside for 3 days straight.  Of course it didn't seem right to get rained on for 3 days straight either.  But overall the trip was a success and believe it or not, we didn't melt!  Haha  On our way back home, I got to take a trip down memory lane via Crystal Beach.  I haven't been there since before Ike and maybe not since before Rita so it was kinda sad to see it with such fewer cabins.  (SIDE NOTE:  funny that I call the hurricanes by their names only without the Hurricane in front)  But as we passed the water slide that holds all kind of memories we decided on a
u-turn and Miller and David took to the slide for an hour.  Now we had a wonderful trip but that hour just might have been the best!



7 Years Old...No Way!

My Sunshine has grown from this...

To this!

I am still having a hard time with Miller turning 7.  He is such a fun boy to be a parent to.  Without a doubt he can press my buttons but he finds the laugh button the most.  The things that come out of his mouth just crack us up.  He still has a love/obsession of trucks, boats and trailers.  I am concerned that he might not grow out of it but simply grow more into it.  There is much talk of is that truck bigger than our's or is that boat bigger?  Boys and their toys!

Miller will be starting 1st grade in the middle of August and we are praying he has a fun year.  I know that school is not supposed to be "fun" but it should be a little bit enjoyable.  The countdown has started and I hope that some excitement will build with it. 

Miller is a ball full of energy that must be entertained 24/7.  He loves hanging out with his "best buddies" on our street, which is a lot of fun for us as parent's too.  A house full of kids running in and out and next door and across the street and back again.  It reminds me of my childhood.  He is growing a lot as a big brother too.  Let's face it 6 years apart creates a lack of interest, but he is coming around.  Occasionally I will even find Miller playing with Steven.  He still cannot understand why Steven cries but I think that has more to do with his hope that there would simply be no crying.  He detest the sound of a baby crying.  He will shove a pacifier in Steven's mouth before you can blink :-)

Honestly I could go on and on about Miller.  But as much fun as he is today and how sad I am that he is growing too fast too soon, I really cannot wait to see what the future holds for him.  He is my heart and he makes me so very proud to be his mom.  It will only get better!

Playing Catch Up!

There will be several post today.  Hopefully I will get everything in that I want to remember.  We have been pretty busy these last couple of weeks and we still have several busy weeks ahead of us and then the dreaded school year will be starting.  Miller is already on his countdown, this has been a question every couple of days, "How many more weeks before school starts?" It gives me giggles because every Sunday evening, David will look at me and say "I can't believe that it is 5 o'clock on Sunday?"  I think we really need to be reprogrammed, we are too busy focusing on the countdown than enjoying the time off we have. 

How many days until the weekend???  haha :-)  Happy Thursday everyone!

Another weekend = Another Birthday

So this weekend we had another birthday party in the family but this time it was for Grandma Rita.  David's grandma turned 90 last week and we celebrated her birthday on Saturday with an open house.  It was a huge success with a great turn out.  I however took very few pictures and I didn't have my camera out for the family photos.  Hopefully someone will send me one.  But I did get some pics of some of the kiddos.

This weekend will be Miller's birthday celebration as my boat loving, Dr. Pepper drinking and gumbo eating boy will turn 7 on Sunday.  Wow, it is hard for me to believe.  Where has the time gone?  So the next post will be all about Miller. 

Have a safe and happy July 4th everyone!

Here are a some of the pics that I did take on Saturday...

I trimmed the front of Steven's hair, can you tell?

 Speaking of hair, I have hair envy for this little girl's hair...love her curls!

 Steven and Meagan hanging out, everyone beware Meagan will be 16 next month!  Yep, legal on the roads!  :-)

 Getting some time in with little man, Brandt!

 Lauren having a seat on a pelican...luckily no sea gulls around :-)