Mother's Day

My first mother's day with a little girl! I am so excited to get off of work later this morning and spend it with my babies. Hopefully today will be filled with a nice nap, a little couponing, and my son's basketball game around 5.

I asked Chris to cook dinner for me and he told me that he was going to buy an ice cream cake and act like he made it! Gotta love a 12 year old boy. I told the boys I wanted them to cook but no chili, pizza or tacos (that is all my husband knows how to make!)

Well, gotta finish taking care of some patients who are stuck at the hospital on their mother's day.

Happy Mother's Day to all of those who are mothers, who have been mothers, or who desire to be mothers. A mother isn't made so by the presence of her children but by the love and intention in her heart! (quote by muy!)

Coupons!

Yes, I have to admit it. I have been bitten by the coupon bug, and no I don't watch the show. Some friends started and I read some things online and have started a coupon book. I figure this will be a time worthy hobby since we need to scrimp and save every penny we can right now with me working part-time.

I figured this would be like most of my endeavors, I would have fun for a week, be really excited, and then poof I would be over it (like scrapbooking, working out, etc). But, as my hubby said, "Nope, this one will last because you really like saving money!" I think he might be right.

Getting a great deal or even making money off my coupons is like a scavenger hunt, Its almost like a high to find a great deal. So soon we might see pictures of dental floss and deodorant to the ceiling, but this is one obsession that will actually save me some money!

Priorities

It is so funny how your priorities in life are constantly shuffled on the list. My family has always been a priority, but my career was equally important to me. Lately, I find my career falling farther and farther down the list. Not saying this is good or bad, just something I have taken note of as of late.

I really think I need a change with my career. A part of me is regretting not taking the previous opportunity that was offered. I luckily work with a great group of peers whom I would hate to leave.

Right now the top of the list include raising happy healthy well-adjusted (if that is even possible these days) children and getting my husband's cpap machine here ASAP!

Sleep...what is that?

I was meanly teased by my dear Savannah over spring break with 12 hrs of un-interrupted sleep each night. She is now punishing me for all the rest I got! :)

The last two nights she has gotten up at 2am and 345am and it has been miserable to get her back to sleep. I am hoping that we are cutting our top two teeth and this will be over soon. The first night Daddy took over at 4 and I got up with Chris at 5. Last night I did the 2-5 then Daddy took Chris to the bus stop. Tonight I am on my own. Lamont is having a sleep study so I am hoping my dear girl has mercy on her Momma tonight.

It is so funny how things seemed manageable as a single parent with Chris and now if Lamont isn't here to help I am ready to snap. I think that kids know what we can and can't handle and adapt.

So keep us in your thoughts tonight. Savannah just might have to watch 4am Cheaters with Momma!

Vow renewal

Spending some alone time with Lamont this Friday was great. We had dinner at the Paula Dean buffet at the casino. It was okay, seafood was great the rest was fairly blah. But, it was laid back and he wasn't uncomfortable like he usually is at the restaurants I like to go to. Then we spend a night in a hotel, which neither of us could sleep since we are so used to being up with the kids. It was still a great and relaxing night.

Saturday night I went with a good friend to another friend's wedding. The wedding was the beautiful. It was at My Old Kentucky Home in Bardstown and the weather was perfect.

It did get me thinking about the things that I missed by having my wedding at the courthouse. It was what was right for us at the time, but I would like to have some of those special memories. So I am thinking about trying to plan a vow renewal/reception so that we can have a cake (which Lamont doesn't eat :)) and dance (which he doesn't do)etc.

Lessons

This past weekend we were able to take a trip to Bristol VA to see my paternal grandparents. This was a weekend of firsts. My grandmother is pretty sick and we really wanted her to meet Savannah for the first time. This was also the first time that my husband had met my Dad's side of the family. Several of my cousins and their children along with my parents were able to come too. And to top it off, this was Savannah's first road trip/hotel stay. I decided to sum up this weekend in lessons that we learned about life, family, and everything in between.

1. Savannah is not a baby who likes to travel at night. Every time she fell asleep she wanted to turn over and started screaming when she couldn't.

2. Chris is no longer plagued with car sickness. We didn't medicate him and he didn't have one pang of nausea!

3. It is hilarious to have your children and their cousins see pictures of you and your cousins when you were their ages.

4. I am still severely allergic to cats. Thank-you to my cousin for Zyrtec!

5. It is quite profound to sit beside a woman (my grandma Jo) who is so fulfilled spiritually that she has completely accepted her own mortality. I have spent time with many, many patients who were dying and have never met someone so at peace with the inevitable.

Mimi and Poppi

My parents are finally coming up to visit! They haven't seen Savannah since after she was born. She can't wait to show off all her new skills and I can't wait to have extra hands to keep her out of stuff.

The visit will be a little bitter sweet since on the way here, my Dad is stopping to visit with my grandmother who is very ill. She has decided to be at home and have hospice come in if needed. We will be going down to see her in a couple of weeks or sooner if we need to. I'm hoping that getting to see Savannah, now that she is a much happier baby, will help to keep his spirits up. They will also get to see my Mr. Basketball Chris at a tournament in Lexington.

When my parents were here before we were right in the middle of her full blown colic and milk allergy, on their last days here we were getting her on the hypoallergenic formula. They didn't really get to hold or play with her since its a little hard to do that with a screaming baby.

I hope to have lots of pics to post and updates to give after the visit!