Turned upside down!!!

When things happen they seem to happen fast and the ones that take you for the biggest loop are those things in life you least expect. This past Friday was one moment that we least expected and has taken my family by surprise and it'll be awhile till we all get back to normal. What is it that has happened? Hope your sitting down.... my sister Tricia has broken her neck!! Yes, you have read that right!! On Friday evening she and my father and nephew were in a car accident. A 17 year old driver pulled out in front of them and change my sisters life for now and inadvertently our lives too. Thank god it wasn't worse as they were almost T-boned by a U-Haul truck but dad avoided that and ended up in a ditch. Thank god no one was killed and that my father and nephew were unharmed but Tricia was left with a broken neck. At first it looked like surgery but thank god after many CAT scans and tests they decided to wait on surgery and let it be for now and see how the fractured vertebrae heals. So that's where we are now. Tricia is in a crazy neck brace and in alot of pain but she seems to be making improvements so that is positive but the road ahead is long. My heart goes out to her as she will be down and out for some time to come. I can say if I were in her situation I would be losing it. I ask for your prayers for our family and most of all Tricia and Joe as they will need the love and prayers from many to help get thru this hard time.

Slish Splash!!

Keaton is taking really well to swimming. He has always loved water and being in the pool but he always had to have us pretty close. I am happy to say he has really gained confidence in the water thanks to swimming lessons. The picture on the left is of Keaton on the night where they were learning water safety using life vest.His confidence showed when this past weekend we went to my nephew Cadence's 5th birthday pool party. Keaton grabbed hold of some pool noodles and made his way all around the pool both shallow and deep. He tried to shoo us away but we weren't going for it, however he did find the vortex pool fascinating and had to be pulled out as mommy was getting nauseous going in circles for so long!! We are looking forward to the start of the next session of swimming lessons and I can only imagine what he'll want to do then.

Privacy

Ok, Keaton is getting older and yes, sometimes that's hard for me to accept but sometimes he's just to grown for his britches. Lately he has been asking for privacy, yes I know a 4year old needs his privacy!!! Chuckle, chuckle. To me hearing this means he is doing or going to do something that I'm not so happy about or it makes me wonder what he thinks he's going to do that requires me to leave him alone. Today I had to laugh as he asked for some privacy to go to the bathroom which I am fine to give him however when he was taking forever I checked on him and he was pulling up his pants and he shooed me away, when asked if he had washed his hands he informed me he needed his privacy again so he could get away with NOT washing his hand!! I had to inform him that privacy was not for getting out of an important thing like washing his hands, he than said "No privacy than just go away so I can do what I want." OHHHH my things are only going to get more interesting!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON!!! TODAY IS MY LITTLE BROTHERS BIRTHDAY AND HE'S NOW THE BIG 32!!! I WILL SOMEDAY HAVE TO GET HIM BACK FOR WANTING A 80'S THEMED COSTUME PARTY ON A 90DEGREE DAY!!!

AUGHHHHH!

Let's just say that staying up late and my boys do not go hand in hand. Yikes what a morning we have had and thank god that as I write this I am the only one in the house that is awake!! Last night the neighbors all got together and decided to have some drinks and play yard games and so that equals a late night for all, fun last night, not so fun today!! Theirs lots of kids Keaton's and Ryan's age on our street so they play and run themselves into the ground all night well last night I called it an earlier night (9pm) to put Ryan to bed and Ben was to bring in Keaton to me in a short while however he was playing with his friend Rylee so good that Ben just let them play until after 10pm. In theory doesn't sound to bad except Keaton Woke up at the crack of dawn and by 10am was whining, and complain so much I wanted to put duck tape over his mouth!! "For the love of god child STOP THE WHINING!!" that is all I said to myself all morning long!! After lunch and a painful stop at Target all the boys in my life went down for a timeout nap and all is peaceful once again. Keaton hasn't napped in I don't know how long so I am truly enjoying this moment for all its peace!!! Needless to say I don't think a late night for the boy is in his future our ours as I almost lost my mind. Oh and as a side note to share of the painful morning we went to McDonald's to have lunch and let the boys play since it's so darn hot outside (96) and our beloved Ryan decided right before we were leaving that he would climb up into the play structure and not come down and while he was up there why not take a BIG POOP!!!!!AUGHHHHHHH!!! Then I went to the diaper bag and guess what NO DIAPERS OR PULL UPS!!! Cleaned him up and he had to be at one with nature for the drive home. I guess that sums up our fantastic morning. Oh what a fun Sat!!