Random Pictures from this week

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Deep Breath

I would like to go on record by saying this... Trying to prepare to go to college was a lot easier when I was 1)Still in high school and had teachers, my parents, guidance counselors breathing down my neck to fill out all my applications for schools, scholarships, etc. 2)Younger and felt I had my whole life ahead of me and all the time in the world and 3) I was living with my parents.  If I had a question or wanted help getting the ball moving all I had to do was ask them.  Now that I'm 7 years from my high school graduation and 5 years from my *first* college graduation I feel completely lost.  Like where in the world do I start?  How do I get this ball moving?  I know once it's all said and done and I'm holding my degree all this will be worth it.  But it's stressful thinking about how I'm going to do this.  How am I going to juggle being a wife, mother and student?  Where is the money going to come from (do they sell those money trees yet?)?  How will the kids react to me not being around as much?  And when will I find time to study?  Good gracious alive.  Where to start.. where to start.. where to start...

To:

Nathan-

You completed our family.  You are my baby boy who tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 3 ounces.  In the short 4 months and 20 days that you have been here, you have enriched my life more than you will ever know.  You have taught me that the heart is never too full, that there is always room for more love.  You have shown me that each child is different and with each child there are new challenges and new blessings.  You, my sweet chunky child, have the prettiest, gummiest smile.  Your cheeks are plump and gorgeous.  I love to smell the top of your sweet baby head while you nurse.  Moments like that I hope to hold in my heart and treasure for always.  You give your cuddles sparingly but it's makes it all the more wonderful to enjoy when you do cuddle up for a nap.  My littlest man you have a lifetime ahead of you and I wish and hope for many good and wonderful times in your life with a few bad.. just to make you appreciate the good times.  Thank you for allowing me to be your mommy and thank you for being my son.

Love,

Momma

Sweet Potatoes

Nathan had his first taste of sweet potatoes today.  He didn't really show a negative or positive reaction to them, so I couldn't really tell you if he liked them or not.  He ate about 1/4 of the jar.  We'll try again tomorrow.

Perhaps a new adventure

With full support from my husband I'm possibly going to be embarking on a new adventure come January 2009.  If the money falls into place and the planets aline just right... I'll be starting school.. again.  (Ha, ha, ha.. daddy bet ya didn't see that coming!)  I am going to go talk to the school's counselor and see if my credits from my accounting degree will transfer over to some point and see what all I still need to get a nursing (my Aunt Karen Kay just perked up.. lol) degree.  I'm wanting to get my RN and then transfer over to either Jacksonville State or UAB and get my bachelors in nursing.  When it's all said and done I want to be an OB nurse.  I guess you could say I was inspired by Kent's sister by her decision to do the same.  It's amazing how an 18 year can do that to an elder (ha!) like me.  I was telling Kent that I just really want to do this and feel it's the right thing.  I had such a good experience with my OB nurses with all my kids and I would love to give someone else the same good experience.  It will take a lot of work to do this, especially with 3 kids and a husband but I know it can be done.  It will take time and I'll graduate eventually...  I just hope we can figure out a way to make the money end of all this work.  So anyway, there is it...  I think I may just have lost my mind!

At least it's her favorite color...

Pink.  As in pink eye.  That's what Zoey has.  The doctor said that she is pretty sure that's what it is but if the eye drops that she prescribed Zoey didn't start making the eye look better by tomorrow, to call her tomorrow and get her reseen because it could be something else that is more serious.  She also put Zoey on antibiotics.  Jon Kent has an ear infection in his right ear.  He is also wheezing again and does with every cold he gets.  We have been putting it off for awhile now to actually say in writing that he has asthma but she finally wrote it in his charts today.  So he is "officially" diagnosed with asthma now.  He is on two puffs of his inhaler a day until Spring and then we will recheck him then.  For now he is on breathing treatments every 4 hours and also on an antibiotic.  Jon Kent goes back in 3 weeks with Nathan to have their ears rechecked.

Frustrated Wuss

We'll be going back to the doctor tomorrow.  :::HUGE sigh:::  The kids came home this afternoon and Zoey's left eye was runny with green gunk.  By the time bedtime rolled around it was pretty bad and her whole left side of her face was swollen.  So after JUST being at the doctor's today I'll be there tomorrow.  I'm going to take Jon Kent too and let the doctor give him the once over as well.  Might as well because if I don't, I'll just have to take him before the week is over.  Not to mention he has been complaining today of his stomach hurting and he is coughing, snotty nosed, etc.  It's not even winter and all this junk has started.  I was talking to a friend of mine and she said her daughter has the green gunky eye and my nephew also has it as well.  The common link in all this.. they all go to the same daycare.  I don't know if it's going through the kids there or if my kids picked it up from a store or a playground or what.. but it's not sitting well with me.  They don't HAVE to go to the daycare.. it was just more of a luxury for me and a socializing thing for them.  But if they are going to get sick from going there.. well the wussy, over protective mommy that I am will just give up her two free days and keep them home.  I'm going to wait to see what the doctor says tomorrow as to what she thinks it is.. so I'll make my final decision on that later.  I just don't want to go back to the cycles of going to the doctor every few weeks like we did last winter... at least if I can help it.  Blech...