Sickness

Sickness has been looming over the Blessed house... Tuesday Dylan didn't even get to go to his Thanksgiving Party at preschool. I dropped him off and no longer than 20 mins. had passed when I got the call to come and get him. So puked on all Tuesday... Wednesday morning Lincoln woke up in a funny mood. I put him down for a nap and he screamed and screamed and screamed. So- I picked him up and what do you know?!? Puked on all Wednesday... Wednesday evening Andy came in not feeling well. Thanksgiving was eventful. Dylan began the other end issue and Lincoln was still puking everywhere. So we ended up coming home for a while. Friday- boys still acting weird. Lincoln other end issues now... I got my Christmas shopping done and we went out to my Grandparent's farm for dinner. Boys still acting funny. At 10:30 I went to bed. 12:30 -- I woke up and ran to the bathroom. I was up every hour looking at how disgusting my toilet is. So I lost 7 pounds over night. Not a great diet but hey- it was a painful one. So as we began today- I am able to sit up on the couch without running to the bathroom. We still have a really busy weekend and coming up week so I am hoping to relax this afternoon and knock this sickness out! The kids are still acting tired and whinny but that is the young children attitude during the Holidays. Ready or not here we come! So here is a quick run down of the weekend and week ahead- actually maybe all the way to Christmas so I can see how crazy it is beginning...

This Evening- Thanksgiving at Andy's Family Farm (Before this we really need to take naps, decorate a third tree, and clean up a little)

Tomorrow (30)- Church and Hanging of the Greens at Church

Monday (1) - Out to dinner for Andy's birthday

Tuesday (2) - Women's Party at Church/ Andy going to his parents

Wednesday (3) - Fellowship Dinner and Church

Thursday (4) - I think an open night!

Friday (5) - Tastefully Simple Party

Saturday (6) - AM going to Ikea to pick out a Christmas gift with in-laws
PM Birthday Party

Sunday (7) - Lincoln being dedicated at church in the AM
Christmas dinner at Church in the evening

Okay I am already overwhelmed so I am going to stop! Hope y'all have a great upcoming week!

Winding up a Hectic Weekend

This past weekend and the few days before have been hectic. We are getting ready to get into a hectic time of year. I have THREE days to get things together and things are really starting to add up. To top it all off- I feel pretty bad. There are also a few things that just popped up as things always do. So here is a quick list of things I will try to get down each day. It looks like a boring week because I will be at home most of the time but it will not be boring with all the things I need to get done. So here begins the list....

* Make Thanksgiving sugar cookies to 3 yo's preschool party on Tuesday
* CLEAN UP kitchen -mop
* CLEAN UP dining room -mop
* CLEAN UP our bedroom
* CLEAN UP boys bedroom
* Go through Christmas gifts
* CLEAN UP living room
* CLEAN UP toy room
* CLEAN lower level bath
* laundry/ laundry room -- Tuesday and Friday
* Mop the Rest of tile
* Clean carpets
* Master bathroom
* boys bathroom
* Get down Christmas decorations

Dinner Plans:

Monday) Chicken and Noodles with mashed potatoes
Tuesday) Tacos
Wednesday) Bourbon Chicken with rice
Thursday) Thanksgiving dinner
Friday) Breakfast for dinner
Saturday) Marinated chicken in sauce with pasta

Just a quick look at what I am going to be doing during the early days of next week... I am also planning to try and get to the gym Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The husband wants to run on Tuesday so we will be doing that.

Looking Towards My Weekend...

My weekend looks like it is going to be jammed packed! Tomorrow I have to run some errands. I am going to pick up some food. A local church does the Angel Ministry and they were doing - buy one unit and they will give one away. So... I bought one unit. Therefore, I have a set time I have to and get my unit. Then I need to help my husband find our Christmas decorations so we can put them up next Friday. I need to clean because I refuse for my house to be a mess over Thanksgiving. I need to clean out my car there was a Pepsi incident. Then I need to get a gift wrapped for a Birthday Party at 11A. Then I am coming home and finishing whatever of my list I didn't get done. After that we are having some friends over for a potato and chili soup bar and watching Lord of the Rings 1.

Then we get into Sunday and that's church, a birthday party, and church again!

Sincerely Fro Me to You - The Birth of Lincoln

This is Dylan and me right the night before we went in to have Owen. It was so hard to part from Dylan- I was so nervous. We had a crazy day. I was trying to get my house cleaned up and we had given our dog away because I am not a "pet" person and that is a whole different story.

Lincoln is born after a horrible delivery. He was born at 10:54P. He was 6 lbs. 12 oz. and 21 inches. They induced me at 6A and at 10:30 P- I got an infection and had to have an emergency C-section. It was horrible and I was horribly drugged. I do not remember anything from the first night and second morning.

This is a picture of me holding him and remembering him for the first time.

Andy was such a proud daddy!

Quick Menu Plan for the Rest of the Week

Here is a quick menu plan for the rest of the week:

Wednesday Dinner -- Tex Mex Mexican Dip with corn chips and salsa
Thursday:
Breakfast- Cinnamon Bread
Dinner- Bourbon Chicken with steamed white rice

Friday:
Breakfast- Left- over cinnamon bread with bananas
Dinner- Hot ham and cheese sandwiches made with homemade bread and seasoned potato slices

Saturday:
Breakfast- Cold Cereal- we are having a lot of food today so I do not want a big mess or a lot of food
Lunch: Cousin's Birthday Party
Dinner: Potato bar (includes sweet potatoes, baked potatoes, and potatoes skins) and Chili bar with includes white chicken chili and regular chili

Sunday:
Breakfast: Pancakes
Lunch: Chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes made from leftover potatoes and potato filling from potatoes skins
Dinner: Leftovers

We're Weird...

We are considered weird by a lot of people we know. We believe in loving discipline and having family duties which are jobs that everyone does to contribute to the family. I started really teaching Dylan to help out when he turned 3. So here are some darling pictures of him doing one of his family duties.

Learning to Crawl

My little baby is trying to learn to crawl. It is too cute. He scoots and gets his legs underneath him but will not lift his head off the ground so by the end of the day he has rug burn on the sides of his face. He is getting so big so quick!