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It has been brought to my attention recently that I had some material on my blog that was offensive. Of course I immediately deleted the offensive material. And I regret that. I wish I hadn't. The material in question was absolutely not meant to hurt or offend anyone. I was trying to be funny. Clearly that was lost on some. The things I put on my blog are really only for the purposes of keeping a record of these days for James and for my family and friends to keep up with what we are up to. Hopefully, if you are reading this blog you know me and know my heart. Maybe I have a warped sense of humor. But those who truly know and love me understand that. And if they don't...here's an idea...stop reading my blog. If you are offended by my sense of humor...by all means...feel free to NOT read. It won't hurt my feelings one little bit. But those who know and love me will see that I deeply love the Lord, I deeply love my family, I am crazy about my husband and son

Ok...so I know I said I wasn't going to be posting much this week because of my computer woes...but I've figured out that if I just post one or two pictures I am ok. So small posts it is! Anyhow...I snuck in tonight to take a peek at James. I could've jumped right into that crib with him and kissed him he looked so cute. And this was this morning while he was chilling and watching some Einstein. (Sorry about the red eyes...haven't figured out how to correct that on this computer yet).

I love you and I miss you Daddy. So does Mommy! (Brad's out of town this week for work).

Today my Mom, sister's and I hosted a bridal shower for my cousin Chelsea. It was so much fun! Christi made this cake... This is the cake I made... Mom and Carrie made this one... And Mom and Carrie made this arrangement. Here is the bride and her Mom, my cousin Cheryl. Adorable. My fabulous and stunning nieces. And the bride and groom-to-be. What a fun day! Chelsea's wedding is May 22nd. Brad, James and I aren't going to be able to go but I know it will be a special and beautiful day. And because I am incapable of posting without saying something about my Jamesie...here is a picture of him chillin with his Maddie. He has some crazy love for his Morgie and Maddie. Who could blame him?

This morning as I was getting ready to leave for CBS, I gathered my books and purse in one arm and James in the other. I lost my balance and fell on my back with James landing on my belly. I started having sharp pains above and below my belly as well as on my back. I went ahead and took James to Mom's and went to CBS. On the way I called my ob's office. The nurse told me to come in to check the heartbeat. I left CBS early and went to the doctor's office. Thankfully the heartbeat sounded great. The little squirt was very active and swimming everywhere. Which only makes me more sure that this is another active little boy. She said I just pulled those muscles that don't get used very often...or in my case, never. She also told me to take Tylenol every 4 hours and take warm baths every 4 hours...my pleasure! I told you the other day about James' sweet attitude about helping me. Well today after I fell, I went to the other room and when I came back in he had g

I am blessed to be the mother of a child who loves to help. And he helps with such a sweet attitude and big smile. It thrills me. He helps me make the bed everyday and has the biggest most precious smile on his beautiful face when he brings me the pillows. He gets this helpful attitude from his Daddy. Brad will help anybody, anytime. James also loves to help with the laundry. He is becoming a master-sorter as well as helping me carry the laundry to the laundry room. He especially loves to help put the wet clothes in the dryer. He got a little carried away today. But he always makes extra sure we get the dryer balls in there! He also loves to help with the trash, picking up his toys, carrying in the groceries, vacuuming and dusting. I pray he always eager to help others with such a cheerful spirit.

Brad is continuing to feel better. He is branching out a little with his food choices and so far so good. We had a nice Saturday today. Brad gave Jamesie a bath and tried out a new hair do. Pretty cute. Then Daddy dried him off. Jamesie loves his bath time...and his Daddy. He loves snuggling with him. And he loves to clap clap clap his hands!

Brad tried to go to work today and made it all of 10 minutes before he had to come home. So we spent a nice lazy day inside listening to the rain. James decided to try to drink out of my water bottle and spilled it all over himself. Then he offered some to Puppy. Good friends share. He was such a sweet boy in spite of the boring day we had. He played sweetly by the bed. Hopefully tomorrow will be a much better day for Brad. If not, I'm sending him back to the doctor.

Brad is steadily on the mend. He is not 100% yet, but he's getting there. Brad is thin. He was thin before all of this happened. He was thinner after. But now being on a clear liquid/brat diet...he is going to waste away. We were talking today and he waved his hand and his ring flew off. He has lost so much weight he can't even keep his wedding ring on. Poor guy. He may have to borrow some of James' pants. Thank goodness James was there to catch his ring for him. ~~~~~ My sister-in-law Karin, her husband JT and their two little girls are moving to Lubbock this Friday. They came over today to say good-bye to us. This is Lauren. And this is Addison. I love how girly she is with her beads! P.S.~Do you know what the "brat diet" is that I keep referring to? It stands for: bananas, rice, apple sauce and toast. Just in case you wondered. Yum-yum. P.S.S~My diet today consisted of creamy spinach dip, potato skins, chicken strips, and nachos from Cheddar'

Unfortunately Brad is not out of the woods yet. Last night was a really rough night for him. He went to the doctor today. This doctor told him to have only clear liquids and to stay on the brat diet. This is NOT what the hospital told him, hence the painful setback he had last night. A representative from the hospital happened to call today at the height of my frustration and I told her exactly what I thought about our hospital stay, since she was asking and all. She said she would have someone call me. Super. I hope I'm in a bad mood when they do. The doctor today also gave him two prescriptions. Wonder why the geniuses at the hospital didn't do that??? Anyhow, enough about that. James found my sunglasses this morning. He's so funny.

Saturday night Brad ate a piece of bacon-wrapped chicken (not prepared by me btw, lest you think I tried to poisoned him). A little while later he started feeling sick. He couldn't even smell the food without needing to throw up. By about 9:30 pm he was in excruciating pain. I won't go into all of the graphic details of his intestinal woes...but I am sure you can figure it out. I called my brother-in-law Andy (he's a doc) to see if we should go to the ER. He said we should go. So I called my Mom to see if she could come over so we could leave James in bed. Brad didn't even make it to the car before the barfing started. Copious amounts of barf. We waited for a cessation in the puke and then made a mad dash for the ER. We got there at 10 pm and finally got back to a room about 11:00. Things rapidly went downhill from there. Brad's pain just got worse and worse. I have never seen anyone in that much pain. It scared me. After 3 hours, a lot of prayer, much

It's not like me to go so many days without posting so let me tell you the skinny version of the past few days events then give you the real scoop later. Brad is in the hospital for...well...we aren't real sure what it is yet. We are still waiting for that info. My wonderful parents have kept Jamesie for me and I miss him so much. My mom sent me some pictures of him to tide me over until I could see him. He was just the little ray of sunshine we needed to brighten our day. I miss those sweet chubby cheeks. We are hoping and praying that Brad will get released from the hospital today. I'll let you know.

This is one of those days. I've been awake since 3 a.m., James has decided to be extra-active today, he climbed up on every surface in this house before 8:00 a.m., he has also decided not to eat, he spit his food at me, and other trivial things that I won't bore you with. So what are the positives? I have a healthy, active, adventurous little boy, he'll be hungry at dinner and hopefully eat what I serve him, I can go to bed early, I get to stay home with my little monkey child and don't have to go to work, etc. Way more positives than negatives! Ok...so in order to burn off a little of his excess energy this morning I took him to Nana's to run and play in her backyard. And guess what?!?!?! She had a great big empty box thanks to her fabulous kitchen remodel! So much fun for a little boy! I don't know what makes empty boxes so much fun, but they are. And I figured out one of the reasons that I love pictures of sleeping babies so much. Because it means he i