Poor Little Mister

Today marks my first visit to the ER.... for stitches.

ugh.

The Victim

I knew this day would come. I know there will be more.

But it was still terrifying.

We were getting ready to leave to go to the park.

Jack walks across the floor, stubs the toe of his shoe (darn pumas) and slams his forehead into the corner of my baseboards.

I'm just finishing a diaper change for the wee one.

I hear the hollow thud, i see a white face and the silent scream.

I run. I move his hand. The blood is pulsing out.

UGH.

Thank goodness for Abigail. She is truly the star of the show.

She answered the phone. Followed all of my directions to a T.

She snuggled with Jack and held the towel on his eye while I loaded the baby in the car.

She finished snapping the babys clothes, got the carseat, etc. Love her.

Thank you to Cori who met me and took Abbey for the day. such a lifesaver.

*Mom of the Year Moment*

Abbey is in the car with Jayda and Jayda says "Abbey, JackJack is going to be ok, I said a prayer for him." Abbey says "Jayda will you say a prayer with me?"

The two little girls bow their heads, fold their arms and Abbey prays.

I guess we're doing *something* right.

As usual Jack charms the entire ER. He only cries once when they were using the needle to numb him.

He lays there calmly and lets them stitch him up.

The hospital staff were giving him treats left and right. So funny.

all better.

oh, I love love love that sweet face.

Grocery Girl

I am not frugal.

There I said it.

I never have been, not even when I really should have been.

I have been known to buy 20$ bottles of shampoo.

And I have paid what some would consider *outrageous* for jeans, handbags, shoes, etc.

But I *think* I may have found a way to not feel *so* bad about my purchasing problem.

The Grocery Girls.

*THE* Grocery Girl Michelle is my darling from from highschool.

I loved hanging with Michelle and her family. They are super fun. She is #2 out of 8.

I have uber embarrassing pictures of Michelle dancing on a bed at cheerleading camp wearing our friends hilarious silky pjs.

So funny.

Anyway... I was not surprised when I learned of Michelle's new blog.

She is totally that girl who makes saving major buckage on groceries look easy.

It was funny that I learned of her new blog because weeks earlier I was making fun of my friends Sara and Melissa.

They went to Shoppers one day and bought 200$ (or some ridic amount) worth of groceries for 50$!

ummmm sign me up.

So I sent Michelle a note and said *please oh please* Grocery girl, let me in on your secrets.

So now the lovely Grocery Girl is going to hook us up too!

She already does all the hookups out West (see blog for deets) and now we VA ladies can get in on the action too.

HOORAY!

So Thursday night she's going to host a "call" at 7pm to help us all get started.

Let me know or email her at michellelmarkland@gmail.com for deets.

I really hope this works for me, then I won't feel so bad about my frugality problem.

Birthday Girl

How does a child go from...

to...

On Saturday we celebrated Abigail's 4th birthday at her bowling party!

It was insane and super fun.

She had such a great time.

I cannot believe she is 4.

She is such a sweet little girl, she has her moments as all kids do but she really is wonderful.

She has been asking me to teach her to read.

So we have been working in Bobs Books and she is trying really hard to sound out words.

She can write her name, Mom, Dad and now she is working on Jack and Josh.

She tells me that "s" is the hardest letter to write.

She is excited to go back to school.

I love her so much.

I think the look on my face says it all.

blowing out the candles.


Tanner and Abbey.
I hope I will mail this out as an engagement announcement in 20years.
kidding...well not really. :)


If there's food... my kids are there.
Please note Jackson's *cheese*face.

I need a reminder to quit saying "Say Cheese"



Abbey's bff Jayda and her Daddy Mr. Russ.

Abbey and Jayda are more like sisters than just friends.

They argue, love and protect eachother.

We love Jayda.



Happy Birthday lovey.

The 'burg

2 weeks ago Joseph and I took the kids and headed home.

Home, as in where I grew up.

It's only geographically 45mins away but with the traffic in this part of the world it takes 2 hours.

So we don't go home very often.

*i have a strict napping policy.*

My family was hosting a party for my grandma's 87th birthday.

She is such a sweet lady. funny too.

I really think she will outlive us all.

My brother and his family were there.

Abbey and Jack love being with Madison.

We had a great time lunching and laughing.

Jack and Pap (my Dad)

Me and Glaa (my grandma)