Saturday, October 3, 2009

evil strikes...



...in the form of the flu. and yes, the dr. said he THINKS it's the swine flu since it was tested as type A. and this is all happening to our poor lil graham. i took him to the dr. thursday morning because he ran up to a 104 fever all night and was just not acting like he usually does and you can certainly tell by the above picture. graham is usually going 90 to nothing til he crashes in bed and does NOT sit still so we knew something wasn't right.
by the time we got to the dr, his fever was already down to around 100 so i thought it may have just been a little bug but then doc said he wanted to do the flu test. i was thinking to myself, you have GOT to be kidding me. no WAY it's the flu. no way on earth. so off to the lab we went for the good ol nasal swab...that came back positive. so off we went to walgreens for tamiflu which worked REALLY fast. by thursday evening, graham was getting back to his old self...attitude and all. but then saturday morning i found him covered from head to toe in a horrible rash. called the doctor and they said he is having an allergic reaction but we can't stop the tamiflu. we just have to give him benedryl 30 minutes before the tamiflu. so here's hoping for a super speedy recovery and that chad and i don't get it.





thank you for all of your prayers!! please don't stop!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Kreativ Blogger Award!! YIPPEE!!!

Courtney gave me my 2nd bloggy award! thank you! how fun!! i must be pretty boring cause i never get awards. ha! pity party? maybe. ;)

So here are the rules:
1-Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2-Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3-Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4-Name 7 things about yourself that people may not know.
5-Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6-Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7-Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they've been nominated.

7 thing's about me that you may not know...or may already know...who knows...

1) i am an insomniac. i have to take medicine to sleep or i will stay up all night tossing and turning and being mad about it. so many times, my dear husband has woken up to me beating my pillow out of frustration. it's so annoying because i don't want to have to take medicine for the rest of my life to sleep. and a lot of times medicine doesn't help. i feel like my doctor(s) don't listen to me and don't have my best interest at heart because all they want to do is prescribe sleep aid, or anti-anxiety meds, or anti-depressants. I'm depressed dang it because no doctor cares to LISTEN!! lol. i haven't had a sleep study done yet but that is the next step.

2) growing up, i had a complex about being half asian. in elementary school, i remember the girls not wanting to play with me and calling me names and pulling their eyes taut and ridiculing me, telling me that i would never be anything. their mothers even looked at me as if i were an alien. i told myself then and there that i would be the best at EVERYTHING that i did. and not to toot my own horn, but i think i've done pretty well at fulfilling it. I've always been an honor roll student, always had the top score at cheerleading tryouts, always made all american at cheer camp, graduated in the top 20 in high school (with over 300 students) and in the 20 top in college, started at the very bottom where i work and in three years worked my way up to deputy director (2nd in command) at a top state government agency by the age of 25. i am head strong and determined and i will NEVER let ANYONE get in the way of my dreams and goals. i would like the thank all of the girls who have made fun of me throughout my life because i wasn't fair skinned enough or because my eyes weren't round enough. you have made me the woman i am today. a woman that i can say that i am proud to be.

3) i'm VERY outspoken and it's hard for me to hold my tongue. and often times, to my detriment, i speak without thinking. but at least you always know how i feel and what i am thinking. i know my husband absolutely LOVES this quality about me. ha!

4) i am married to the most patient, loving, considerate, compassionate, understanding man that i have EVER known in my life. he works so hard for our family and is so good to us. he goes without things that he wants and needs so graham and i can have. he hardly ever raises his voice and when i'm being a tyrant, he just looks at me with so much love in his eyes. and not only is he an awesome husband but he is the world's best daddy. yes. i said the WORLD'S BEST daddy. when we were in the hospital having graham, i didn't have to change ONE diaper. not one. he even volunteers now to get the bad ones. and if you know what it's like to have a toddler who eats solid food, then you KNOW how terrible these diapers stink. and he hardly ever complains. not about the stinky diapers, well, he does tell me how terrible they are but he doesn't gripe about doing it. he doesn't complain when i make all of the plans, only to tell him about it an hour before. he is just so laid back and just wants to make me happy and make graham happy. ahhhh, give me a minute so i can sit here, chin in hand and daydream. he's the man of my dreams. plain and simple. no, we don't have the biggest of houses, we don't drive the fanciest of cars but we sure are rich with love. and that is all that matters.

5) geez. this is getting pretty long, huh? anyone still with me??
Pandora radio is simply awesome and sure does good at getting me through the work day. it's so fabulous. if you don't know, now you know.

6) being a mom is the best thing i have ever done. i know that some people say that kids aren't for them but i just don't get it. yeah, it's nice to be able to get up and go anytime you want without having to think about what you need to throw in the diaper bag or who you can get to babysit. and yeah, it's nice to sleep in. and yeah, it's stressful knowing that you are responsible for the raising, rearing and life of another person. but i really wouldn't have it any other way. there is no love like the love that you have for your child. NOTHING compares. no, not even a love for a pet.

7) let's keep this last one simple. ha! I worked for an interior decorator for three years during college and it was ones of the best. jobs. EVER. of course, right? i mean, duh.

okay! whew. done.

The 7 people i nominate:

jill @ http://sophieblair.blogspot.com/

rebekah @ http://theboonefam.blogspot.com/

melissa @ http://melissaperkins.blogspot.com/

brandi @ http://brandihargis.blogspot.com/

whitney @ http://babybell-whitney.blogspot.com/

kelsey @ http://3scotts.blogspot.com/

kristi @ http://livelaughlovekristi.blogspot.com/



GIVEAWAY!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!

Hey everyone! My friend, Courtney, is so creative and such an awesome painter...and lucky for you all, she is giving away a 16x20 canvas painting. CHECK IT OUT!!!

http://cbdesigns13.blogspot.com/


Friday, September 25, 2009

Super Saturday

last saturday, graham and i went to see my friends, jennifer and trent, in Bryant. they just bought a new house so we went to visit.

here's graham on our way to lunch...he looks like he is up to no good, huh?





water bottles are such easy entertainment


Monday, September 21, 2009

High Tide???

chad had to pull graham's pants up sooo high because they were long and he kept tripping over them. we could not stop laughing.

p.s. ignore all of the cords. it's temporary and driving me crazy.





GO HOGS!!!


we all had a blast watching the game together. even if their defense IS horrible and they lost their lead and ultimately lost the game. we still love our razorbacks!!



Our New Piece of Furniture







how cute is this little chair for graham? we have been looking for a chair for him for quite a while and just couldn't find anything that we were crazy about and didn't want to spend a fortune on it either. we know our child well enough to know that it will have scratches and teeth marks in it in NO TIME FLAT. so chad found this one at target and it's adorable. i'm still on the fence about it though. it's not all that comfortable. but sure is stylish. maybe it will just take some breaking in.