A Tale of Two Exhausted Parents

This picture sums up our last few days very nicely.

Carson has been very sick, starting out with a bad cold that sent his reflux into overtime. After a few days of washing, and rewashing, and rewashing bedding, clothes, floors, and anything else that had the misfortune of being in the way, I start to get really weary. Not to mention trying to find different things for him to eat that will stay down, and dealing with his out of whack emotions. Add to the mix an ADD 4 year old and you have stress city. So, on Friday (at the last minute) we decided to meet some family and friends for supper and then go to the GBS Choir concert in Pell City. We were very careful about what Carson had to eat etc. Do you really think it made any difference? No such luck. He got sick in the car and I couldn't catch him fast enough. Good thing we threw in an extra car seat and suit of clothes. We were late for the supper AND the concert. Oh, and I forgot to mention that Jackson fell asleep in the car and slept so soundly that he soaked himself to the skin. I didn't have the foresight to pack him any extra clothes. Needless to say, we sat in the very back of Agan Tabernacle. Then during the concert, Carson was sitting in my lap, and left a big wet spot on me. He had some wardrobe (or rather, Diaper) malfunction. Oh the joys of Motherhood! All we wanted was a nice restful evening. After the concert, we were too worn out (and some of us were too wet) to drive the 150 miles back home, so my folks were gracious enough to put us up for the night. But the story doesn't end there. On the way to their house, Carson got sick yet again, pouring his blessings on the other car seat and clothes. We made it to my folks place around midnight when I promptly began doing some laundry. In honor of the occasion, I got the boys matching shirts that say "My Parents are Exhausted". Saturday hasn't been a whole lot better. My folks took us out for lunch where Carson got sick in the restaurant. It's so hard not to get over frustrated when you deal with a sick baby day after day. Anyway, he did sleep all the way back home, and believe me, I thanked the Lord for it!

I happened to catch one of the few smiles of the day.

On a more positive note, we're seeing some signs of spring in Alabama! The daffodils are popping up in the midst of the cold weather. I firmly believe God put them there as a sign of hope for me. Winter is not forever -

This, too Shall Pass!

Thanks to all of you who "introduced" yourselves! It's so nice to hear from old friends, and to meet new ones, too.

Scrapbooking, Etc.

Here is the product of my last scrap session. I really had fun with this one. It's called " One Brave Little Patient". I bought a new sewing machine this past weekend and I learned how to use it on this page, so don't look too closely at the stitching. I'm thrilled with the new machine - it sews so much nicer (and easier) than my old one.

Speaking of Carson, he's sick again. He has a nasty cold with lots of drainage which makes his reflux that much worse. He hardly eats anything at all, and when he does, well, you know what happens. He's pretty miserable right now. David's a bit under the weather, too. He has gotten a flare up of tendonitus in his hip - he can hardly move that leg. Carson has stopped limping, so now David started it. Is there some kind of law that says everyone in our family can't all be well at the same time? Someone is always sick, or so it seems. I'm blaming it all on the cold weather - I blame everything on the cold weather.

Brrrr.........

I'm freezing.

So I've been browsing through pictures from Spring time and Summer time

in an effort to warm my spirits. So, humor me here...

Ahhh, doesn't the beach sound good?

And Daffodils? I can't wait.

I just read that the third week of January is the time when more people are likely to become depressed. I don't doubt it, I tend to get depressed in the winter time myself. So I am making a valiant effort to beat the blues. I think I'll go scrapbook some spring pages....But not until I put on my big fuzzy socks.

Snow Day!!

Attention all of my Northern buddies!

I now have a snow picture of my own to contribute to the blogging world. If you look closely, you can see it. It came down pretty heavy for a while. Call me a mean Mom if you like, but I didn't take the boys outside. They stood at the front door and watched it snow while I shivered on the couch with a dreadful sinus infection. When I finally made them shut the door, Carson pitifully said, "Bye Bye Snow." He was right - it's already all gone.

So, naturally with such heavy snowfall, church was cancelled. Not really, there were other reasons as well as the snow, like the afore mentioned sinus infections. So my 3 "Boys" stayed in and played. The coffee table was removed and my living room was transformed into "The Island Of Sodor". They put all of Jackson's Thomas train sets together and it literally filled the entire living room. Thanks Daddy, you made two little boys very happy!

We call Carson "King Kong of the Island of Sodor". Sir Topham Hatt would have a fit if he saw how Carson runs the trains on the railways! But he has fun anyway, even if he does cause Jackson to have a nervous breakdown.

The Birthday Boy!

Carson received his first florist delivery this morning!

Bro. Don and Sis. Linda Davis sent him a balloon bouquet with an adorable little monkey.

It really made his day.

Mommy had to help him blow out the candles on his Birthday cake.

He really enjoyed licking the beaters after mommy made the cake!

Carson had a very nice Birthday. Granna and Papa came up for a few days to help him celebrate. They took us all out to Logan's Steakhouse for a terrific New Year's Eve dinner. Then on New Year's Day we had a little Birthday party for Carson. We had some church friends over for cake and ice cream. He got lots of fun new toys, clothes, and books. He and Jackson are having a great time playing with all the new things!

Happy Birthday Carson!

Carson turned 2 years old today!

He put two pennies in the birthday offering this morning at church.

We will be celebrating his birthday on New Year's Day, so I will post more pictures then.
Happy Birthday, Carson!

Christmas Smiles

Today I took some Christmas photos of the boys. They did pretty good - they have to be in just the right mood for photos. It's not their favorite thing to do! I know, I know, Carson needs a haircut - I just hate cutting it. It hides his ears a little bit. He'd be a cute little elf, wouldn't he?

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to my sweet husband, David! Nine years ago, today, we said "I do". Little did we know what all that would involve! We've been through a lot of things in 9 years - happy times, sad times, deaths, sicknesses, heartaches, parenting, you name it! Having a good companion makes it easier to go through all those things. He's a great husband, my best friend, and a wonderful daddy. I love you, punkin!