Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are having a great time (albeit sleepless) sleeping over with my bestie Laura and my sissy. That's six adults, four kids, two dogs, and a ton of toys in one house. Yikers! Can't wait to head over to Grannie's for a wonderful Thanksgiving lunch and time with family!

Gobble gobble y'all!

Thanksgiving Plans and Apps!

I cannot believe it is almost Thanksgiving! We have big plans to travel to Nashville for our "Last Thanksgiving" and to Montgomery for the Edwards Family Thanksgiving.

I say "Last Thanksgiving" in Nashville, because honestly, now that Grannie Annie gone, I'm not sure how many more Thanksgivings we will have together as a HUGE FAMILY. It was a central location, and now....who knows? So, we are going ahead with the holiday as planned. As Grannie had planned. I mean, she wanted to set the table in July! Very prepared, that one. :)

I can't wait to get away as a family and SEE family, especially family we don't get to see often. Hi, far away aunts and uncles that I only see 1-2 times per year!

So with all of the fun that comes from traveling with young children, (ha bloody ha!) I have to have some app and dessert plans to share with la familia!

Up on the "menu" is cream cheese sausage balls, crockpot spinach and artichoke dip, and pecan squares. YUMMY.

So, what are you all making for Thanksgiving? I'm so excited that I'm not having to host dinner this year! I'm happy to just make some fun appetizers and desserts!

Harrison gets tubes

Harrison was diagnosed with another double ear infection on Monday. This is his tenth one in ten months. I was so done-I had a mini breakdown in the pediatrician's office. Then, I called his ENT and said let's do this. Let's get tubes so my baby can feel better and stop getting sick all the time. Thankfully, he does surgery on Wednesdays, so he fit us in and today we went down to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for the surgery. At 5:00 am. Surgery at 7:50 and we had to be there by 6:00. We live about 30 minutes away and there is never any telling about Atlanta traffic. Yikes. Harrison didn't know what was happening-when we got there at 6:00 am, he was just glad to see a playroom in the waiting room.

Playing in the waiting room.

 Pitiful. I hate seeing my babies in hospital gowns. Hope to never again! 

He was playing with some "tools" he chose out of the treasure chest for taking his nebulizer.

 Ball!

These little pre-op rooms were perfect! We got in ours around 6:45, and to wait for awhile, they thought of it all! Basketball hoops, a box of toys, TV, a little bed. Boyfriend was having fun!

He did great until anesthesia. I thought he would be wigging out because he couldn't have any food or drink, but he played and chilled.  I took him back to the OR and held his little hand and sang to him while they put him under. PS-that was the most NON FUN thing I've ever done. So pitiful! But it was quick.


I went and got a coke, used the bathroom, texted Jason, and then the surgeon came in! Wow! Maybe 15 minutes? A minute later, I heard a cry that I knew belonged to my heart. Sweet boy rolled in and was pissed! I got some snuggles and then just loved him up while he came out of anesthesia.


After a few more minutes of crying with his eyes closed (heart wrenching), he opened his eyes, saw me, cried, then pounded a huge cup of juice. We got our stuff together and left!

I set him up in the car with juice, teddy grahams, a Thomas movie, snuggly blanket, and he was all happy for 5 minutes. Then, I looked back and saw this.

Sweetest angel

He slept all 40 minutes home, and I even was able to transfer him to bed without him waking. That never happens! He's been asleep for 3 1/2 hours now. I am sure he will be feisty when he wakes up, but I have him some soup and grilled cheese and applesauce all ready.

Here's to hoping my sweet boy feels better by tonight! And maybe I can take him to his school feast tomorrow! Thank you all for saying prayers for him this morning! They were felt!


*Update-I started this post during nap time, and when Harrison woke up, he was his old self! He killed his lunch, played, layed down for a while and had quiet time, ate a good dinner, and had a bath (with earplugs!) He was ready for bed at 7:30 and went right down! He's back! Going to school tomorrow for the feast!!

Halloween 2012

Halloween this year was a blast! Emma has an opinion and actually voiced it. She wanted to be Jasmine, from Aladdin. She is obsessed with Jasmine. Harrison has no preferences, except to run around, so Jason selected a fly fisherman costume that was to die for! I'll let the pictures speak for now!

But first, the outtakes of trying to get 2 kids to look at the camera at the same time. Hahahaha!

We had a great time trick or treating with my good friend Jill. We always go to her 'hood and do hay rides, Halloween party, and walking around, Emma loves her sweet friends Reed and Sara Kay!

It was a wonderful Halloween! And Emma is STILL digging through her treat stash each night after dinner for the good stuff. Ha!

Miscellaneous Biz

First and foremost, this is my beautiful grandmother, Anne McCary Trickey, God rest her soul. My grannie passed on October 13. She lived a very full, long life with her four children, nine grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. She was a master bridge player and still played actively, multiple times a week. She was involved in her church and was just a sweet, precious, loving, entertaining lady. I miss her more than I thought possible. She was my last living grand parent. I feel like 33 years was not enough time to learn all about her. I did love going to visit her, especially with the kids, because she would talk to me about her life growing up and it was so fascinating and nice to have grown up talk with her. I have so many memories tucked away of her. I just love you so much Grannie Annie, and I know you are happy. But it still hurts.

This is my beautiful grandmother on her wedding day.

This is Grannie on her birthday. I believe she was a young lady, around 16 or 17.

And my photography skills of pictures in glass leave much to be desired. Can anyone give me some tips (other than looking online) on how to get a good picture without the horrid flash? I turned the flash off on some other pics, but then I saw MY reflection. So, anything?


In other news, the Sunday before Halloween, we carved our pumpkin. Emma chose a ghost for the carving, and they set to work while I supervised.

Yay, daddy!

And on Halloween, Emma's class had a little pumpkin patch at school.  It was so cute! It was also PJ day, so seeing the kidlets in their PJ's was precious!

That's about all for now! Next up, Halloween! :)

Pumpkin Patch 2012

Hello! Do I have any readers left? Hope so! I know, it's 11 days after Halloween, but I haven't been able to get it together enough to actually blog. I've been using my time when the children are in school to grocery shop, clean, volunteer, and work on projects! So, I'm finally getting some blogging in. Sorry it's old news!

We went to our giant local pumpkin patch in the middle of October. It is so fun! Harrison and Emma both wore orange shorts, obvi, and he practically blended into the patch in some pictures!

And this picture cracks me up because Emma asked to go look at these yard decorations, and then when she noticed the black cat up close, she started crying. ha!

And one of my twitter friends saw me there (we've never met!) then tweeted me asking if I was there! Ha! I wish we could've met!!

Randomosity (aka catch up!)

Well friends, the last time I left you, THIRTEEN DAYS AGO, I was about to partake in a colossal consignment sale. And partake I did! I got a few Christmas toys, and way too many cute outfits for the upcoming colder months! It was a major success. I don't know how (cough, cough LG) people take pictures  of all their loot and make an album, but that wasn't happening. Mainly because I was about 2/3 of the way through the pile, taking off tags and safety pins and hangers, then realized it. Also, because I had a lot of stuff and am lazy. And that's not how I wanted to spend my naptime hours. Anywho, I scored good deals and returned home.

We are not traveling until Thanksgiving. Yay! I love going to see people and do other things, but it is SO tiring to pack up yourself and the munchkins, get to where you're going with minimal tears from all involved, then watch the kids transform into loons wherever you go. Cause they all do. So, we are hanging at the homestead for awhile.

That's not to say we don't have a lot of fun things planned locally! We've already done the pumpkin patch, went to see some really cool waterfall by the patch, we are going to a cook off this weekend, and I have the return of my beloved book club bee-otches to look forward to! We have also started back to church after a wee hiatus of um, about 8 months. Maybe more.

So, what have we been doing? Well, the kiddos both started school! They are in a Christian dayschool complete with weekly chapel, music classes, lots of arts and crafts, and Bible. Yay! Emma goes three days and Harrison goes two days. It is a wonderful four hours per day for me to focus on grocery shopping (alone!), cleaning house (without people in it!) and just getting things done that I've been meaning to do for...........3 years.

I am a mom fail because I didn't take a first day picture-because obviously we were running late. And we had no cute chalkboard holding to say, "First Day of Pre-School" or whatever.

There are no naps at school. It's from 9-1. This has proven interesting for Harrison, who looks like a zombie when I pick him up. If I hustle, I can make it home quickly and put him down, stat. Emma has also developed a lovely attitude after pick up, thinking she can do whatever she wants. So we are working on that. On the days that Harrison is with me alone (Wednesday), we go run errands, come home and play, eat lunch together, and just have us time. Because we have never had that! It is super fun, but he really misses Emma and the first week he walked around calling for her. Didn't want to play with me!

I am also back to normal person functions in that I shower every other day, actually fix my hair each day, and apply make up. Because I don't want to be seen in carpool line looking like a grubworm. Ha! So this is good for me, too. Needed to step up my "care of self" thing. Next step is to find some clothes that are not yoga pants and tee shirts since I don't do yoga.

I hooked up with some new Scentsy at a church bazaar (no shipping, what what!) and got some new fall scents: pumpkin roll, some cinnamon and cloves thing, and Christmas cottage. Can't wait for all the yummy good smells!

My sister is now a contributor at Poop Whisperer. If you don't read her already, you should. She's pretty freaking funny.

I really want to try some new K-cup flavors, but I'm too scared to buy a whole box. Maybe a visit to the online site to build my own flavor box is in order??

I'm starting to make my master Christmas spreadsheet detailing gifts. It's awesome and I'm excited.  I'm also trying to think of a few things I want, because I know I'm going to have to tell the parentals something.

I feel like there is more stuff that I wanted to update you guys on, but now I can't think of it. Harrison is up from nap, so peace be with!