Big Boy Bed

It is official - Luke has a big boy bed now! He is the proud new owner of a full size bed with spectacular airplane bedding. He does love his new bed indeed, but still would rather watch TV, read a book, go pee pee 15 times  than go to bed!

Can I whine for one minute? pleeeaaasssee?

I had a doctor's appointment today at 8:30am. I arrived at 8:20am like any good patient would. There was only one other person checking in at that time and the waiting room had one person in a chair...... So three total people. Miss Thang at the front desk already lost her Friday happy and it isn't even 9 AM yet! Then on the scales - we won't comment, and blood work.... So wait, wait, wait..... It is now 9:15 and SIX people have been called in front of me...Count them S I X....... so I begin to get a little frustrated ( ok - really - alot frustrated) Finally, Lori Springer..... so I voice my concern with having to wait 45 minutes for what should be a first thing appointment..... I mean how in the world could the doctor be running behind for her first appointment of the day? Needless to say, Nancy Nurse just kindly informed me that we get there 30 minutes ahead of appointment time for "their convience" since the line bottlenecks (I always thought that was a traffic jam term) so early in the morning.
uuuggghhhhh! As you can tell I am still not over it! I proceed to check out and schedule my next appointment - they say 9:15 is the earliest - So I ask is that really 9:15 or is it really 9:45 HA! I got the truth and I will get there when I get there next time!

Ok - so what's going on with you non-hormonal folks out there? Any fun trips planned? We are still working for the man - every day is a new joy!
Our June is packed with Baseball, Cheerleading camp, Vacation Bible School, Swim lessons for Luke and church camp! Whew - Did I mention baseball almost every night for Dougie? He made All-Stars for his team - and then after that, we have travel ball.

Doug and I are so very happy, we wouldn't have it any other way. We were just talking the other night about how life gets in a groove and gets fun. We are in that groove.

I want to send a Shout out to my brother's daughter - Katherine Moore - graduated from HS and off to Ole Miss - pharmacy school!
And her mother, Heather, who graduated from Nursing School! Woo Hoo!

Love to you all!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all my peeps who are Mothers. What a great day! Nothing about the day being focused on us, not about us going to our favorite restaurant for lunch after church and overeating enjoying a great meal with fabulous company, not about the coolest cowboy boots I have ever seen waiting for me to wear, not about my husband being at my beckon call enjoying the afternoon with me - just because - not about the kids being extra sweet - literally just because it is such a blessing to have all of these people in MY life.
Most of my childhood, in fact all of my childhood and early adulthood I only wanted one child - little did I know that God had something totally different in mind for me. He put a man in my life that already had two children - hence the name Lovely and other funny jokes like they have "a brother from another mother". Emma and Dougie have been wonderful to me and I couldn't ask for more wonderful children. Then along came Luke, our wild man - talk about a blessing. Doug always told me that there was something special about a baby and snuggling. I love being a mother to him - watching him transform into a little boy has been exciting for me and I just hope that I can etch every memory in my what seems to be worsening forgetful mind! Therefore, I have resorted to writing things down. All of a sudden I was a mother of three wonderful children. What fun this has been - maybe not all the nights being up in the middle when I should be sleeping - for those of you who don't know - we are adding a fourth to the mix. Yes, Rob and Kerri, Frank and Heather just trying to keep up with you all. After serious praying and more praying we decided to see if another baby was in our future. Lo and behold a mere two months later - I am 10 weeks pregnant. So, this being the first mother's day that I am pregnant - I thought I would list the reasons I love motherhood best......
5. All the children have vomited on Doug and none on me.
4. Hustling from school to homework to dinner to ballgames can be exhilarating!
3. The sound of Luke falling out of bed can be funny - unless he breaks a finger.
2. Being with Emma last year when she did not make cheerleading was heart wrenching, but this year when she did - sharing in her excitement was heart warming!
1. Prayer before bedtime with all three children - hearing about their concern for others, the world around us, and their thankfulness for our family.

So to all you mothers - and especially mine - Happy Mother's Day!

Our Family

I know I know - Easter was a month ago but here is our latest family Easter photo!

                                                             take one

                                                              take two - Dougie fell asleep! hehe

                                                    take three = Luke says - I 'm over this!

Thud......then uncontrollable crying

Thursday night was just like any other night at our house - 8:00 - 8:30 rolls around it is Luke's bedtime. We do our usual rituals of going pee pee, putting on PJs, reading a book, then singing two songs and prayer.

Then about 1:10 am I was awakened to thud.....and then uncontrollable crying. Luke fell out of bed (again) - but this time it was very different. Normally he doesn't even wake up and gets right back in bed by himself. If I ask him the next morning if he fell out of bed - he would say no. This time he cried and cried so I decided to check on him - apparently he wasn't hopping back in bed. I went in and he was saying my finger, I broke my finger.... On came the lights and he showed me his pinky finger was hurt. There was no immediate swelling so I gave him ibuprofen and rocked him for a bit then back to sleep he went.

The next morning he came running into our room guarding his left hand and his pinky was swollen and starting to bruise. Off to the doctor we went......diagnosis a broken pinky finger. Age 3 - 1st broken bone......

Guess what - in children that age there is really no treatment - just taping the finger to the ring finger and Ibuprofen for pain. We go back in three weeks for another xray to see that it heels properly. The ortho said kids are mostly cartlidge still at this age so it should be fine.

Luke is such the smart guy - when they asked to x-ray his hurt hand he told the man it was "this hand" as he was putting his right hand in the air. Actually it was his left hand and he didn't want anyone touching it!

Spring Break - 2010 more pics!

We had so much fun on St George Island this year for spring break. A group of us rent a house together, pack up our kids, and head to the beach for a week. Only Luke and I went (Emma and Dougie were with their Mom for the week visiting grandparents in Atlanta!) Dad's don't generally go - due to other commitments. Doug could never go and just sit at the beach for a week! He is too mobile - needs to be on the go! Each night a mom cooks for the entire crew and we all eat as a big family! We had 7 families down there! Luke met a buddy - Peyton, he was 4 years old - but they had a blast playing together. All the kids did wonderful together - ages 3 - 16. Here are some pictures.......

Luke hanging with the big kids

Our Rental

Luke and Peyton

Cool Dude - washed ashore

Spring Break - 2010

Wow - Where did the last three weeks go? Do yalls weeks fly by as fast as ours? oh my? Well it is Spring Break and we are at St George Island again with some friends. Luke is having a blast. Will catch up next week - we are totally relaxing...snacking...reading....sunning....walking on the beach....playing with our friends! What a time!