Christmas 2010

Was Awesome....It has been such a blast being on vaca here in Colrado with Family. Christmas morning went pretty well with lots of wonderful presents and company all around. I got a brand new kitchen pot and pans and skillets set!! I am SOOOOO excited to throw all of our 1$ diashes away from when we got married and have real cookwear around the house!! Anywho, sorry this post insn't very interesting in words, but here are a few pictures of everyone!! Enjoy and Happy New Year everyone!! I will write more when I get home....we are having too much fun for me to stop and chill on the computer for a while...

Hello Again!

Well, we did make it to Colorado and sick free!! Awesome!!! This is actually day 4 here, but we have been so busy, I completely forgot we even had a blog about our lives. It has been so fun hanging out here with Great Grandma and Grandpa, and Grandma and Grandpa-rado so far. Kids warmed right up to them in no time and now are crawling all over them. Did I forgot to tell you guys that Cason is waking all over the place??? 9 1/2 months old and a walker. It's killing me. I wasn't mentally prepared to have him walking yet and now he is into everything...including Grandma's dishwasher. Grandpa and Grandma took us to go see Santa last night and it was so fun! When Santa asked Adalie what she wanted for Christmas, she said a tea set and blocks....he answered by saying Is that all?? And Adalie happily said Yes. She will be so happy to see she got both for Christmas =) Anywho, I can't promise I will blog much for the next few days but I am sure I will be with the rest of the blogging traveling world with a catch up post soon. Till them, we are enjoying good food, great company, and my mother in law's bathroom and tub I could live in forever...

Enjoy the pictures!! In no particular order I might add.....I will have a million more in a few days I am sure

I. Am. Starving.

Half a bowl of Roman noodles. A Diet Coke. Half a small McDonald's Milk shake (not my favorite but thank you honey). Bottle of Water. Snuck a piece of string cheese. Bottle of Water. 12oz can of Sprite Zero.

No, I am not dieting....just getting ready to clean out my colon. Tons of fun to be had tomorrow on the toilet so don't call....

Goodbye Warm Weather

I have finally decided to put away the summer clothing. I have been in denial these last few days thinking that I will wake up to shorts and sandals weather, but it's just not going to happen. From here on out, I am sure there will be snow on the ground. It is sad that I am looking forward to the 20 degree weather that today will have to offer. It stays in the single digits here during the winter....isn't that terrible!?!?! I am at a lack for things to write about these days. I am looking forward to the holidays and also, the sick around here seems to be taking up most of the space in my head. Brett's last test is on Friday and we are BOTH excited for him to be done. It will be wonderful break not having to worry about books and lectures and tests. Hope everyone else is getting geared up and excited about the holidays too!! Merry Almost Christmas Everyone!!

More Stuff Around Here

Both of my kiddos have strep throat. No idea where or how they even got it, but it is so sad. Cason has a double ear infection again and if they can't get them cleared up by next week, we will probably have to go and put tubes in his ears. I haven't cleaned my house all week. I have vacuumed a few times and stuffed things in the corner so we don't trip on things, but I really haven't cleaned a thing. Adalie has gotten quite good at soaking up the sympathy of being sick. Today she asked if she could open a Christmas present from underneath the tree because she is sick and it would make her feel better. She was also running around playing Rapunzel with Daddy as her Prince. They danced and got married. Daddy even gave her a ring....Good signs that she is starting to feel a little better =)

Today was the first snow fall here in Iowa and will continue through the night. Up to six inches. 14 degrees now and 0 to 5 degrees around midnight. Niiiiiiiicccceeeee! We are supposed to leave for Colorado next Saturday and so far the 10 day forecast has a clear the whole route on Saturday and Sunday. So, ever still keep your fingers crossed that everyone will hurry and get better and the weather will stay nice so we can travel soon!

My sister Heather had her little boy yesterday. 10 lbs 7 ounces!! Vaginal birth!!!! And he was a little over a week early!!So glad the epidural worked for her. Poor little Colt though, his face was black and blue because he got a little stuck coming out and they had to do some rough pulling. I cannot imagine pushing something like that out...I would literally die I am sure. I think Heather deserves some kind of a reward if you ask me. LoL

Anywho, gotta get the kiddos all medicined up and into bed

Worst Luck

I feel like we have had the worst luck with sickness around here lately. Since the day we left Texas (almost 2 weeks ago) Somone has been sick. Mostly Cason...everyday since. Tomorrow both Cason and Adalie are going back to the Dr. Cason just finished a 5 day antibiotic 2 days ago and I am afraid he will have to go on yet another one. Poor kids both have high fevers. Cason is puking and pooping all over the place. Brett and I haven't really slept in 2 days. Poor Brett has a test tomorrow and 2 more next week. I have said it before, but schedules are impossible for sick children. I just want healthy kids. I want a healthy family and I want the worry to stop. My stress and lack of patience are at an ultimate high. I really want them to be better before I have to do my colonoscopy next Thursday and really, really want them to be better before we leave for Colorado on the 19th. Keep your fingers crossed and cover your mouths when you cough around my children please....and I have some antibacterial in my purse to for your dirty, germy hands.

p.s. i still have to write a talk for Sunday. Someone do it for me please.

Boring Busy Bodies

It is so stinkin cold here in Iowa. There is no snow on the ground yet, but the wind here is enough to kill you itself. 21 degrees outside with a wind chill of NEGATIVE 1. It is funny, but Brett says he is looking forward to the warm weather Colorado will have to offer us over the Christmas break....haha. Since we have been home, Cason has been so sick and we have been trying to get the house in order and cleaned before we leave again here in a few weeks for Christmas. These next two weeks are going to be a killer. Brett will be studying like crazy for his finals and I will try my hardest to play single mommy to decrease the stress of it all. Christmas break can't come soon enough!!

We saw the 7th Harry Potter.....soooooo goooooood!! Can't wait for part 2!! We started listening to the book on our way down to Texas so I know a lot of the story already but we were so excited to see the movie. I have been listening to the audio books on my ipod here at the house and I might have been ignoring my children a little in the process. Almost done with book 3 =) I have been on a Harry Potter craze these last 2 weeks.

Anywho, just wanted to say we are here. I am just feeling blah and haven't had the urge to blog at all lately. I am just trying to get the kiddos all better and ready for the holidays. Brett an dI have to give talks next week in church. Wish us luck. ME mostly...

Thanksgiving In Texas

Going to Texas was great. Getting to see everyone was absolutely wonderful. The week was hectic and busy because of all the funeral arrangements and Thanksgiving dinners, but it was still fun to see glimpses of people here and there. I always leave feeling like I didn't get to do all I wanted to do and go home penciling it in for next time. Something I really missed doing was hanging out with my sisters. I was so busy trying to help my parents and get the house in order.....trying to take any stress off my mom because she had just lost her mom, I forgot to just hang out with my sisters. Now that we are older, we get along a lot better I think =) True for anyone else? I realize they are definitely my best friends and the ones who I will be around with forever so I should jump on that boat and work on getting a little closer with them. My sister Rebecca and her adorable baby Blaze

Adalie had a blast having my sister's little girl Sophia around every second to play with. Her little cousin Zoe was there a few times too but she got sick during the week so playtime with her seemed to be cut a little short =(The trio all sucking their fingers while watching a movie

Grandpa and Grandmama let Adalie open her Christmas present from them and she was in Heaven!! A trunk full of dress up clothes!! Adalie also gave them their little Christmas presents of sweet treats.haha Love my dad's face

Mom has a nack for closing her eye right when the camera flashes

Thanksgiving day was really nice. We had a big dinner with all the Williamson's at my uncle Franks house, and of course I didn't document it with any pictures because I forgot the camera (shame on me!!) Brett made yummy gravy and mashed potatoes (real ones...my husband doesn't take fake ones in a box LoL) and his mom's wonderful sweet potatoes, the only ones I will eat! They were a hit! Nothing left of them by the end of it all....my husband is a wonderful chef. By the way, why is it called sweet potatoes when it is actually made with yams?? Anywho, we went over to my very pregnant sister (due any day now) Heather's house that night for a second dose of turkey and ham with all the trimming and it was great yet again. Good food and Good company. I cannot believe it myself, but I forgot to eat any dessert on Thanksgiving. Who does that?!!? Sheesh....I made up for it the next day with a huge piece of red velvet cake my parents had brought home and some iced sugar cookies. Didn't have pie though which is another shame on me, because Thanksgiving is all about the pie right??It was just so great and I can't wait to get back to good ole' Texas again soon. Love y'all lots and miss y'all TONZ!!

My Grandmama

Love you lots and lots Grandmama!

The whole trip was for her really....she was the reason we decided to jump in the car and go very last minute. Her funeral was Saturday and I think she would've been very happy with it all. She once said she wanted everyone to be balling at her funeral...not a dry eye in the house. While I was sitting there listening to the speakers, crying a few tears of my own, I couldn't help but laugh a little remembering she said that. It was said a million times, but she was so proud of all of her children and grandchildren. She had this wonderful ability to make you feel like a million bucks. I miss her so so much, but I know she is happy with our Father in Heaven and other loved ones who have passed as well. I wish you could've known her...

Prison Tree

This is how you have a Christmas tree with a mobile baby in the house who likes to destroy anything he can get his hands on ....





p.s. I will update on our trip soon. We just got home last night and I have spent all day trying to get things clean and back in order. Still not there yet...

Vidor

And this is how we do it in god ole' Vidor Texas....

Texas

Saturday afternoon Brett and I decided to drive down to Texas. My Grandmama has been very sick for a while and took a turn for the worse last week, so instead of my mother traveling away from her mother while all the stuff was going on, we came to her. We surprised mom and dad on Sunday (they were going to leave early am Monday) and completely caught them off guard. It was a fun surprise. LoL. It turned out to be a really great thing for quite a few reasons,,,I would even say it was inspired. My mother had horrible knees and she is swollen all over and can barely walk....and I live in a house with stairs. The main reason though is, I got to say goodbye to my Grandmama. She passed away early a.m. this morning. It was a very sweet and sad thing all at the same time. I am so grateful though that I know I will see her again and we are a forever family. She was the best Grandmama ever. Funny, sweet, caring, gracious, and helpful....just full of love for all her little grandbabies....all 60 of us. I love you so much Grandmama and I am so happy I know who I am and what I can be mostly because of you.

And thank you to my wonderful husband who packed up our car and left on the road with me to Texas an hour after I suggested we go. Love you honey

Da*lila

Brett found a new radio station for a button in our car. Guess who comes on after 7 pm?? DaLiLaaaaaa!!! Anyone know who I am talking about?? You know, the sappy love lady that takes peoples sob stories or love moments on the air and plays that song that just says it all?? Please someone tell me you know what I am talking about. She has been on for like 15 yrs at least I am sure....Tonight I made a trip to wal-mart to get some diapers so I won't have to go out in the cold with the kiddos tomorrow. Right when I turned on the car, I heard the familiar voice of lady Dalila. That's right, she is a nation wide idiot people. She was talking to a lady who was reminiscing about her children who are now grown and how wonderful the holidays used to be looking through the eyes of her little children. I am a little embarrassed to admit this, but I teared up a little at the thought of it all. Then I laughed hysterically at myself for being sucked into it. It reminded me of the time I pranked the Dalila show and it actually got put on the air.

When I was 14, my sisters and I used to listen to the radio while going to bed.....104.5 and at night it was the Dalila show. Sappy love songs all over the place. My sister Rebecca thought it would be funny to make up a story and call it in. I was the only one who could fake a good accent and keep a straight face so I was the caller. We didn't even think she would answer but you know what?? She Did!! Well first it was a guy who asked who I was and where I was from and why I was calling and THEN it was Dalila. My name was Trista and my husband Gordan had just left to do volunteer work in Africa for the tribe of the Wasantchee African people. I was also a Dr and would normally go with him, See, that's how we met in the first place (doing medical volunteer work all over the world). I didn't go with him this time though because I was taking care of our newly born twins, Keagen and Kirsten. Our twins, by the way were a medical miracle. After 15 yrs of trying to get pregnant. On our last volunteer mission together, a tribeswoman "blessed my womb" and 3 mths later, when we returned to the states we had found our we were pregnant. Now my husband Gordan was returning to the same people for 3 mths and I wanted her to play a song for him and our amazing love for each other. I even remember the song she played....that Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill song, It's your love...it was way popular then. It had just come out I think. Haha.

True story people, true story. So if you were listening to the Dalila show late one night back in 98ish and it all sounds familiar...it was me. Sorry I leid to you Dalila but it was the funniest thing on Earth that you believed it and even funnier than that when you put it on the air for America to hear.

Time For Class!

Well Adalie had her first little installment of classes this week. Wednesday was Dance Mania and today she had cooking. Dance went pretty good. There was a little girl in there that was just running around and not listening to the teacher and Adalie kept trying to gt her to come back to the circle with the rest of the kids. It made Adalie look a little like a hellion herself but after a quick talk, she was back on track and let the teachers do the correcting. It is such a fun little class. Great to get the energy out. They do lots of stretches and exercise. Mostly it is a class about fitness and following instructions. Perfect for a 3 yr old. I am so mad at myself for not getting many pictures...my camera died. I will have to get some better ones next week.
Today was cooking. Since Thanksgiving is coming up, they just made little turkey's with oreos, candy corn, chocolate icing, and peanut butter cups. It was fun and messy. Right up Adalie's alley!!! Again, kind of mad at myself for not taking enough pictures...I had to go get Cason out of the Daycare because the class was right during his nap time and he was craaannnnkkyyyy!!! I felt lreally bad leaving a screaming baby with strangers.And here is the little stinker himself.....check out that drool filled shirt. Eww.

November

November seems to be a hit or miss months so far with weather. Some days it is gorgeous and sunny, some days the wind will blow my head off, and some days the rain literally makes me cry. It hasn't snowed JUST yet but is coming soon I think. Today it was gorgeous and what did I do all day?? The usual....laundry and a little cleaning and lots of lounging...in the house. Ugh a day with a little regret of not enjoying the sun while it was here. I hope it is pretty again tomorrow so we can make up for mommy's laziness today.

Oh and no funny colonoscopy story. It got rescheduled for December. They wanted to do more blood work and put me on an antibiotic for a bit. But, it is inevitable. The only real way to tell what the problem is, is to do the uncomfortable and embarrassing. I had myself convinced I was ready to do it and heard the evening before it had been canceled. Now I have to prep myself again and assure myself it will all be ok =) Woo Hoo!!

Kids Workshop

Adalie had tons of fun today at a little kid's building class they had a Lowe's. These things are so cool! My dad worked at Home Depot for a bit and would have a ton of these kid friendly projects from their store's workshops and bring them home to build with the grandkids. Adalie was always too young to really go to one, but she is in such a learning and "I can do it myself" stage right now...the class was perfect for her three yr old mind and hands. She got to build a periscope. She even got an awesome patch to put on her mini work apron later. They collect them for each class they go to...kind of like girl scout patches. Next week we get to build wooden snowmen. She is already buggin me to go back and use the little hammer again.And here is cute little picture of chubba wubba Cason thrown in for good measure. He found a paci under the couch....doesn't really ever suck on them, just chews them to death.

Mocking Bird

So I know kids suck up everything like a friggin sponge. I know people can give you tons of advice about raising your kids. I know other peoples advice does not always work. I know that the first kid is the "practice" Kid. At least that is what I think. haha

Here is a bad parenting moment from the practice kid......although there are many I just picked two for today.
Adalie: "Holy Crap! Come on!!" said in a her own frustration because she couldn't zip up her boots.
Adalie: "My teacher says to be nice! It's not enough to say sorry mom!" (i screamed at her and hurt her feeling) I say this to her in moments of high frustration when she ruins my stuff i.e spills yogurt on the couch, breaks something etc. And so does she.
Adalie: "Cason won't shut up mom! He is so annoying!" I said shut up to Cason one day when he kept wining at my feet every 2 seconds....and she heard me.

Oh Adalie, I am learning so much from you. Mostly what NOT to do with my children. LoL

Baby Monitor

What is under that piece of tin foil you ask?? That is our baby monitor. Who out there hasn't suffered the frustrations of static or humming with their baby monitor?? Really I would like to know... We have been through 4 monitors between our two children so far because i cannot stand the static bursts and weird ringing noises that come out of most of them. I have a love hate relationship with them for sure. Before Cason was born, i made Brett buy me the Sony one. Sony is a pretty well known and has a reliable electronic market right?? Loved it for about the first 3 months now it is crap. I swear companies make sure they work for about a minute so you can get comfortable enough to throw away the box and the receipt and then BAM!! Your monitor is out to get you and laughing to itself about how confidant it made you feel in the first place. So Brett found us a solution that I am surprised has worked rather well for almost a full week now. Tin Foil. It cuts down on the interference that is around and seems to reduce the static and annoying humming. My hubby is so smart...thank you for finding a temporary solution for the problem.I know I have been driving you nuts with my constant huffing and puffing at night trying in every way possible to make the static stop. If it does however, go out, be prepared to fork over a little doe for a pricey monitor. I promise i will keep the receipt and its original box forever so we can return it. =)

Pictures of the Kiddos

These two kids crack me up when they play together. Adalie is constantly trying to show Cason how to play with the toys the right way and gets extremely frustrated that he will not listen to her. Cason just wrestles with Adalie all the time pulling her hair and climbing all over her. Adalie will let it go on for a few minutes before I hear her scream for me to get Cason OFF of her which is quite the battle considering Cason is hanging on to Adalie's hair for dear life.

There are a few things I like about this picture...1. Brett and Cason just hanging out. Cason always just likes to sit with Brett. I can never get Cason to just sit and hang out with me like He can 2. Brett was laughing at something on a show we were watching and i love that it was caught on camera and 3. Cason has a little mermaid princess doll in his hand.

Look at that smile. Sheesh, he is going to be a lady killer. Or the class clown....haven't figured it out just yet. Seriously this kid can be the happiest kid on Earth sometimes. His laugh is too cute and always smiles when i get the camera on him and he notices. What a ham.

Grandpa-rado would be proud I think. =) He always says Milk is for cows or to put some coke in that bottle. Once upon a few weeks ago, Cason got a taste of a coke left out over night on the living room floor once and, now he wants first tastes of everyone's. Don't worry, it's not opened.
These two again....Adalie has been teaching Cason to dance

Monday, Monday....here is to a fabulous week! I am keeping my fingers crossed that something wonderful and exciting will happen.

As for news about the family. Everyone seems to be doing ok. A few of us still have a lingering cold and nasty cough (Cason and I), but it is only at night which means croop right? Well for Cason at least. We ordered Adalie some leotards for her dance class and now she wants an apron for her cooking class. I can't even tell you how excited she is about it all. She wakes up almost everyday asking if today is the day she gets to go to her classes....it is sad that I have to say no. Gets the tears going every time with her. On a good note, we have finally set up a great routine with her at night. Bath at 6:45, Cartoon at 7:00 Prayer, scriptures and story at 7:30, Sleep by 8. It has been working great except for the occasional melt down here and there. Cason seems to be on a good schedule too. Bath at 6:45 bottle at 7 sleep at 7:30. We Don't even have to rock him to sleep anymore. He is finally starting to get the hint that it is bedtime and we are serious. He has however, started his waking up during the night all over again which is waaaayyyy not fun again. I blame it on the sick. Sick kills bedtime routines. And I love routine at bedtime.

I am getting geared up for Thursday. I haven't thought about it much, but am now getting a little nervous. About what you ask?? My wonderful colonoscopy procedure. Gunna be toooonnnnzzzz of fun I am sure. Don't expect me to do much on Wednesday either as the toilet will be my best friend that day. I have to drink some nasty stuff that cleans out your system. Yuck. Only good thing I see coming of it is losing a little weight. haha Not exactly the way to do it but it just might get me out of this 5 lbs rut I am in. I understand I will probably gain it, plus some back the next day but let me live in the delusion of being 5 lbs slimmer for a while.

What the Heck?!!?

I probably saw the scariest thing ever today outside my window. A boy, no more than 12 or 13 carrying a huge hunting knife!!! A good 7 or 8 inch hunting knife!!! Can you believe that!?! I had to do quite the double take to make sure I saw what I was seeing....but ya a 12 yr old was outside my door swinging a REAL hunting knife around. He thought it was pretty cool too and I just stared out the window my mouth gaped wide open in disbelief. Really scary. You know what I did?? I ran over and locked my front door. LoL Hey, whatever the age, someone swinging a knife around outside my apt is scary and I want no part of it. Who gave him that?? Who said he could carry that thing around?!?! Where was he going with a friggin knife??? Ya, all unanswered scary questions. The only consolation I could offer myself was maybe it was a very convincing Halloween prop...very, very convincing.

Today

I cannot believe it is November. Even though it has been November pretty much all week, I just realized it. We have a lot happening this month and I am excited!! Mom and Dad are coming for Thanksgiving and Bertt is getting excited to attempt our first Thanksgiving dinner on our own. Adalie is signed up for a cooking class and a dance class at the YMCA and is so excited for them to start. The winter is coming. I can tell this because we are all sick. Always happens with the changes. Hopefully though things will pass sooner than later and I can stop wiping runny noses and picking up used tissues I find all over the house. Gross. My hands are already so dried out and cracked from the hand sanitizer that are also all around the house. This post is un exciting in almost every way, but I just wanted to let you know the basics of what is going on. School and sick.

My side and Your side

The other night I convinced Brett to switch me sides in our bed. After 5 years of sleeping on the same side from day ONE of our marriage. I even remember the conversation when we moved into our first house together B: "So, what side of the bed do you want?" L: "Um, I guess I will take the right and you the left?" I like to face the door that leads out into the hallway so I can see the kids coming down it just in case they might wake up or anything that shouldn't be there or out of the ordinary (paranoid me) , but I also like to sleep facing Brett. From my side though, I always have to choose one or the other which, as silly as it might sound, always requires a good ten minutes every every night to decide which I would rather do that particular time. It has become quite the cockamamie struggle. So, Brett humored me and switched sides. How did it go? Brett kept waking up every half hour-ish and I fell off the bed. Last night I had to go back to my side and was once again faced with the ever daunting decision of what I cared about more that night...the hallway or my husband =)

Biopsy News

Well I heard back from the Dr about the biopsy of my neck. Turns out they didn't get enough cell samples to actually figure if it was benign or malignant and will have to do it all over again. It looks like there is too much blood and fluids all around the actual cyst and she couldn't get enough of what she actually needed to get a result from the tests. Because of the healing time for your throat-ish areas though and the damage she did to it scraping around in the first place, I have to wait a few months before they are ready to do it again. They will have to use more needles next time and a pathologist will also be there taking lots of x rays to make sure they get exactly what they need before I leave again. So, now I have to prep myself all over again for the horrible experience. Thanks so much for the thoughts and prayers though y'all, it means a ton. I am sure everything is fine...I have a tendency to freak out a lot more than needed. LoL

Halloween Part One

So I don't know if y'all know this but trick or treating happens here on the 30th...it's called Begger's Night so that's what we did tonight!! Just a quick little trip with Adalie and I around a little neighborhood close by. Daddy stayed home with Cason who has his turn with a runny nose around here.

I don't think however trick or treating is a big deal around here like I am used to it being other places. Out of the 50-ish condos here where we live, maybe 12 had their porch lights on to pass out some candy. And I expected hundreds of kids on the sidewalks where we were walking all dressed up in costume, but that was a no go too. Just a few patches of kids here and there. Adalie had lots of fun though and still racked in some nice goodies.

We also had a branch trunk or treat party last night and got some good stuff there.

PLUS the 150 candy bag we bought didn't get much damage so we still have that hanging around. All in all, lots of candy to chow down on through the next week. Who am I kidding??? Tomorrow....

Ugh

I had to change my e mail address because someone got into mine and started sending out adds and other things through my name. So if by chance you get something from liddybug4u@hotmail.com , it's not me anymore. This will decease concerns of any offers or porn I might send you. Haha Happened to you yet?? ? Ya, it's annoying to say the least. Although funny....blogger still makes me use my hotmail account to sign in. Anyone know how long that will last or how I change my log in name to my g mail account name now?? Or can I even do that?? I am very Blogger-illiterate still.

Tuesday's Dr Apt

Yesterday I had the biopsy done for the cyst on my neck. My visiting teacher was able to watch the kids so that Brett could come with me, which was wonderful. I was a nervous wreck all day and my hart felt like it was going to beat right out of my chest. I know, I am such a baby. But 2 things were really freaking me out....1. The unknown of exactly what was going to happen. 2. At some point, a freaking needle was going to go into my neck.

When we got there and in, the Dr was very nice. She explained what it was that was on my neck. She said hundreds of people have growths there and don't even know about it. It becomes a problem if it continues to grow or if in fact the biopsy comes back "abnormal" aka cancerous. She looked at it with the ultrasound machine again and while she was explaining the procedure, the lights kept flickering and went out. As if I wasn't scared enough you can imagine how this helped the situation. Well, she got a needle ready with some anesthetic to help numb the area before she started the biopsy. Holy Ouch. The medicine she gave me would take about ten to fifteen minutes to work so the nurse got the room and tools ready for the procedure. One needle. Two needles. Three needles. Gunna pass out. Have to lay down. Four needles....right next to my head. Nurse "Are you okay honey?" Brett "She doesn't really like needles" Nurse "Here let me cover them up, will that help?" A little, but I still knew what was under there.

The Dr came back in ready for business and got the ultrasound machine ready again so she could see where to stick the needle. The fire alarm was going off the whole time too because the lights had gone out and no one new how to turn it off. Not really helping. I looked at Brett and asked if I was supposed to be numb because I wasn't. She stuck the first needle in and it huuuuurrrrrttttt. Have you ever tried not to swallow?? I was concentrating so hard on not swallowing thinking that if I did the tip of that needle would break off and get stuck in my throat and then they would have to rush me into the ER downstairs to remove it. Anywho, making this really long story short, she stuck me 4 more times after that, scraping the cyst in my neck and removing some of the fluid she found in the cyst. All in all, very uncomfortable and painful. Now I am going to have a bruise in the middle of my neck and I don't look forward to explaining that to people. I will probably just blame it on the kiddos and their rough housing.

I will know the results Friday or Monday. There is a 4 in 100 chance that it might be cancerous and I will have to have it removed. Obviously I want to be one of those 96. Or, if it keeps growing I will have to have it removed. Playing the waiting game is killing me slowly enough. Kind of a scary thought about having something in my body betray me like that, but Brett and I are pretty confident everything is ok, so no worries for now. Just trying not to think about it so much every second.

WalMart Adventures

Today while shopping at our local wallyworld, we told Adalie she could pick out a treat. We told her this at the exact time we were walking down the alcoholic beverage isle towards the bottled water. Daddy said "You can pick out anything you want....but not down this isle (in reference to her picking out alcohol)" She started freaking out because she wanted something on THAT isle and it wasn't fair that she couldn't have anything there. I said, "This is for big people and it is bad for little girls and boys" I said that because there was a man beside me picking out a 12 pack and I didn't want to offend him by saying, "We don't drink that because it is bad" and I could only imagine what she might have said to him about what he was getting....She comes back with, sobbing "But I AM a big girl!!" With the gentleman gone with the alcohol, daddy steps in to say, "Adalie, Heavenly Father doesn't want us to drink that kind of stuff because it is bad for our bodies. I am not saying you can't have a treat, we will go find the treat isle so you can pick something out." Adalie "Oh, ok." Hopefuly she will always pick a cupcake over alcohol.

Also, did I ever tell you about her eating a coffee bean while at Wal Mart? You know how they have those self grinding, pick out your own blend stuff down the bread isle? Well, someone had spilled some on one of the shelves that was in Adalie's reach. I didn't see it happen, but She puts one in her mouth thinking it was chocolate, next think I know she is spitting up on the floor and her breath is horrid. "What did you put in your mouth?!?!" "Some chocolate" "Show me where you got it" She calmly walks over to the coffee beans "That! I think it is old chocolate because it taste really bad. Why would someone want to give that to kids??"

Halloween preview

We had a fun little Halloween get together with our Branch members and some of our neighbors today. Fun food and fun atmosphere! There were so many kids!! Adalie was super excited to have the chance to put on her Cat costume on. Next week we have a boo coo of activities planned and she will pretty much be in it all week!!

Here is our little Cat and Mouse!