Hopefully...

I am hoping that we are all now getting over the "crud" that everyone has been passing along these past few weeks. It all started last Wednesday...Tucker is out of school that day, so I packed up a lunch and got the kids all dressed. Everyone but Taylor was loaded and buckled into the van. I started to walk around to the other side of the van to buckle Taylor up when I Tucker scream "Oh Yuck...she threw up all over your van mom!!". Yes...Taylor was sick.

Needless to say, we all stayed home and by the end of the day...Taylor and Tucker were both sick. Taylor never ran a fever, but Tucker did...and they both were on a Sprite only diet...but only after punishing myself a couple of times first (if you know what I mean)...I won't elaborate.

Anyhoo...everyone seemed better on Friday. Tucker went back to school and Taylor and Turner were fine. We all met Brad for dinner at Chick-fil-a for dinner and went to bed...well, at least the kids did. Brad and I were up all night Friday sick...again, I won't elaborate.

Brad felt better than I did on Saturday, so he graciously let me stay in bed and he took care of the kids. It's the first game this year we haven't had people over to enjoy the victory. ROLL TIDE!! But we are all doing better now.

Tucker's birthday is this week. I can't believe he's turning 5! They grow up so fast...where has all the time gone?!

Hopefully I'll be able to post pics from the birthday party and Halloween this weekend.

Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween...be healthy!!!

Recent pics

Look at the curls on Turner!

Tucker as a lion at the Birmingham Zoo

Turner playing at the park

Tucker on the "horse" at the Birmingham Zoo

Taylor watching the turtles at the zoo

Tucker feeding the goats at the Pumpkin Patch

Taylor feeding the sheep at the Pumpkin Patch...
She loved it and screamed bloody murder when I had to rip her from the "barn"

How addictive is it?

I went to the doctor yesterday for my insomnia. She had to start me off on Ambien 10...which she stated was highly addictive and was a controlled substance...GREAT! She also said that if it didn't work and I didn't start to feel better and the headaches weren't gone within 10 days, I had to go back for something stronger. On top of that...she said all the symptoms I gave her also pointed to a thyroid problem...and after examining my throat...she said my thyroid was enlarged. She took tons of blood and said she would call me back with the results.

The thing that scares me is that she said that once I start using Ambien, I won't be able to go to sleep without it and that I will have to "wean" myself off of it. This doesn't seem like my longtime
solution...but I am grateful for the 10 hours of sleep I got last night. I took the pill at 9:30 and don't remember 10pm. I woke up at 8 this morning feeling great!

Tucker is not feeling well today...so he's been lounging around the house. Taylor who evidentially got the memo that she has officially turned 2 and can start acting like a total brat...decided to disobey the memo yesterday and has been back to her usual happy-go-lucky self. For about 10 days all she did was scream and throw temper tantrums...it was horrible! Lucky for all of us she's been much better so far this week. Turner has been growing like a weed and has started to refuse to eat bottles. He would rather have his whole milk and table food. I would say that it was a good thing, saving money on formula and everything...but the way this kid eats, I don't know which is cheaper...formula or half a cow?

My laptop is still in the shop, Best Buy said it should be fixed and shipped back to me by the end of the week...the screen went out again. If it happens again, I get a new computer. Anywhoo...once my laptop is back, I'll download some updated pics for everyone.

One sheep, two, sheep, three sheep, four......

I want to start by saying I'm sorry it's been awhile since I've "blogged"...

First, my laptop had to be taken back to Best Buy for the 3rd time because the screen has stopped working...they tried to tell me it was a software issue again...but I made them send it into the "shop" for further diagnostics...they told me that the first time I brought it in and I got home with it and it still didn't work. They finally replaced the backlight for the screen and it's worked for almost a year now. If I bring it in again, it will get replaced with a new laptop...that's according to the geek on the Geek Squad...and let me tell you...that's a perfect description of this guy.

I still haven't gotten a good nights sleep...well, I did have to take a large amount of Nyquil on Monday night because we all have some sort of "sinus" crap...so I did get more than my normal 3 hours of sleep that night...but I'm not counting it because I was drugged! I have an appointment for the 14th to see the doctor...I just can't take this anymore...it's been months since I've had a good nights sleep on my own. When I get to 10 days without a full nights sleep, I'll take an over the counter pill...but I don't like the way I feel when I get up in the morning...anyway...hopefully it will be over soon.

The kids are great. Turner in less than a week went from army crawling all over the place to crawling up on his hands and knees and pulling up on stuff and walking around while holding on to something. I think he's tired of seeing everyone else walk around and he's ready to join us.
I'll be taking Taylor and Tucker to the Pumpkin Patch on Tuesday, so I'll make sure to add pics.