Emily's First Tire Change

The pictures say it all. She did such a good job on Daddy's police car.

Our New Car

Yes, we downsized. I love driving a smaller car. We bought a 2008 Honda Fit Sport. I would almost swear it has as much room as out Saturn did. I love it.

Jacob's 2nd Birthday Party

We had a small party at the house for Jacob with family and a couple friends. I think this is the way birthdays should get back to. Not where it is going to be or how much it is going to cost. It was a nice day. Jacob had fun and thats all that counts. He loved his cake Mommy made for him and all the Mickey Mouse stuff. Thanks to everyone who made his day special.

Kailey's 5th Birthday Party

As many of you know I have taken to making cakes. It is a lot of fun to me. Anyway, Kailey had a Hannah Montana party and I volunteered to make the cake, I will admit it did not come out like I had imagined. This was the first shaped cake I have done besides Jacobs police car cake for his first birthday. Anyway, the kids had a blast and I enjoyed helping out. They are wonderful people and Kailey is a great kid.

First sleep in Big Boy Bed

Well, its official. My baby is not a baby anymore. He is a full grown little boy with his own mind and attitude. I love him so....and miss my baby at the same time, bittersweet. His Great-Granny made him this cars blanket for Christmas and he loves it. The bear is his "night night bear." This was given to him at birth by Uncle Bubba and Aunt Windy. He plays it every night to sleep. This reminds me that he still needs that security and is still at least a little needy of me. I love him so..........

Texas Granny and Papa's visit

They came to visit and see Em's recital. It was a nice time. The kids adore them and want to spend every waking moment with them. We can't wait for our next visit in August.

Emily's First Recital

Her class were fairies for the Peter Pan portion of the show and Dorthy's from Wizard of Oz for the 2nd part. She did really well and we were so proud. Thanks to all who supported her in this dance year.

Cancer walk 08

We took the kids to the Cancer walk this year which honors people who have survived all types of cancers. The Police Dept had a booth out there. The kids had snow cones, balloons, played games and jumped in the bounce house. Emily's picture was in the paper a couple days later. It was a good family evening and a great cause.

Cinco De Mayo Party

We went to Amber and Robby's Sunday for all the fun. We had so much fun and Robby cooked so much awesome food. GO ROBBY!!!. I have not laughed so much in a long time. We are lucky to have great friends like them. We will do it again soon I am sure. Love you guys.

Emily's Dance Pictures.....She makes a cute Dorthy!

We had pictures done for dance the other day. They are doing the Wizard of Oz this year. She has another costume that is a blue sequence leotard with fairy wings. Here are some pics I took with my camera phone so they are not great. Her recital is Saturday the 17th. She is so excited. After all she has been through with her sickness, she so deserves this and I know she will do great.

Emily's hospital visit

As many of you know, we have had a bad time with Emily's breathing this year. Any little runny nose or cough triggers her wheezing. It hits her very hard. This landed us in the ER last Thursday night. After giving her a breathing treatment, inhaler, cold meds, Ibuprofen for a fever we ended up going anyway. Nothing was helping. Her oxygen levels we down to 87% when we got there. It was a very scary time. They stuck her twice to draw blood and had to dig quite a bit with the needle. I was crying more than she was. Poor thing, it hurt her so bad. I told them they could not do it a third time after the test came back wrong. They put her on oxygen and after about 3 breathing treatments her oxygen levels finally came back up to decent levels. She was exhausted. We were admitted for the night and she was able to get off the oxygen at about 2 am after her 3rd breathing treatment. They have finally diagnosed it as Asthma. We now have to keep a very close eye on her. Even just playing for too long causes her to breath too hard. She is now on 2 different inhalers, her breathing treatments when she needs them,Singular, and she has just finished a week of steroids. I hope this gets better soon. She was a trooper and she is so strong. I love her so.