I Love You Mommy

This morning after I woke up Carlie and gave her some "wake up" time, she motioned me into her room. I laid down beside her, and she put her little hands on my cheeks and said, "Mommy, I love you." That is why I am a parent. That is why I put myself second (or third, or fourth). That makes each and every sacrifice worth it. Those four little words made my morning, and will probably ring in my ears for the day. I wonder if as she gets older if those words will mean more or less to me? I wonder when I tell my mom, "Mom, I love you" if it makes her day too. But I bet it never, ever gets old hearing that - no matter the age of your child. So this one is for you mom - "Mommy, I love you!"

Recovery is Rough

As most of you know, Jeff had surgery on Friday for his deviated septum, and to clean out his sinus cavity. Not a pretty surgery, nor a pretty recovery. The surgery lasted about 1 1/2 hours, and we were in the recovery room for about 2 hours. Luckily, we left without "packing" in the nose, and just bandages to catch any drainage. I thought that after two children, I had a pretty strong stomach. But a nurse, I am not. Two times since Jeff's surgery I have felt the blood rush from my head and the need to sit down immediately. The whole blood thing, it's just not for me. I am quite good at tracking his medication, making sure his water is fresh, with a clean straw, and making sure his has a little something in his stomach. BUT, not so good at the changing of the bandages, and when he has to conduct the "Sinus Rinse" (3x a day) - I must leave the room. No, medical care was not my calling. Keep praying for recovery for Jeff. He is doing much better than we anticipated at this point, but the Sinus Rinses are kicking his butt. Seriously -it's like squirting salt water into a wound. How can it NOT hurt? The doctor was very positive about Jeff's ultimate outcome after the swelling and healing takes it's course - so I am excited to see what the next few weeks hold! Thanks for all the prayers!

Bad Mommy

Today is my day off, and boy - what a good day to stay home!! I got Lucy down for an early nap, proud of myself because that way I didn't have to wake her too early to go and get Carlie from school. Work has been busy, so I spent a lot of the day working as well. Lucy slept a little over two hours, and I was in the process of slowly waking her, warming the van and shoveling the driveway. When I got to school, I was a bit concerned, as there were NO cars in the pick up line - had I missed an early dismissal alert? I know the weather was bad, but everybody I talked to said CLS didn't dismiss early due to weather. I started to panic a little, heart rate rising some. Mind you that Lucy has no shoes - still in her pajamas from nap. So I parked the van and went in...guess what - I forgot about early dismissal today! My angel was sitting in her coat on the office floor and they were talking about calling her [horrible] mom. I could have cried!! Carlie told me that she thought I forgot her...what kind of bad mom am I? She doesn't seem too harmed over the event, but I feel like such a bad, bad mommy. We laugh about it now...but you better believe...I won't forget again!

Carlie is 6 (again)!

Today we celebrated Carlie's 6th birthday...for the third time. With her birthday falling shortly after Christmas (Dec 30), I tend to "over do" it so it is not lost in the shuffle of the holidays. Now this does not fair well for Jeff and I financially, but I hope some day Carlie remembers it. Next year we may opt for the "family" or "friends" birthday option. She is getting to that age. Hard to believe six years ago I was just home from the hospital with a 2 week old. I don't necessarily miss the baby phase, but I miss my babies being babies. Carlie wasn't necessarily an easy baby either. God makes mommies forget about the bad stuff..I know he does. Or else there would be no second, third or fourth children in families. God blessed us with Carlie, and there isn't a day that goes by I don't thank him for that special miracle. I think I'll go upstairs and kiss her goodnight...again.

The Girls

Can our girls be this big?? We had a small "college friends" reunion on Friday with Jenifer, Shelly, Brian and us -- with our families. Lots of girls! Poor Jake! The girls had a blast playing dress us, and proceeded to play the Wii most of the night in costume. Oh..the trouble we will be in some day very soon. Start praying now!

Taa Daaahhhh!

Whoever would have thought that pictures of a FLOOR would be so exciting???? Me, me, me!! They started & finished today! They did a great job...mind you I worked from home today and every hour or so, I went down "just to check." I made them re-do a couple of places, for the most part, I was VERY happy with their work. Noooowwwwww, I really need to repaint the walls. The green walls just don't compliment the new floor. Hee hee. And then I need to go shopping for new decorations and pictures, and then I need to get new towels for the half bath, and then....and then....and then.....

We're Getting There!

Another day down. I am glad we aren't big drinkers (any more...) because doing this on a hangover would be horrendous! Today we moved the island, appliances and continued scraping, scraping, scraping. We decided to move the dishwasher too...I didn't realize how handy my husband has become. He has removed the toilet, dishwasher and vanity sink. I was very impressed! My what you learn when you own an old home. Pictures of the new floor to come!! Whooo hoooo - let me tell you - it better be GrEaT!!!!