Mr and Mrs. Donnie Boston Sept. 27, 2008

The beautiful bride and groom after the wedding..it is officially Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Boston!
The cake topper..beautiful!
Hailey enjoying some chocolate & cherries..yum yum!
After eating the cake, a little kiss is in order!
Very comical with the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX underwear!

Everything was perfect at the wedding. Very well done. The bride was stunning. The groom cried seeing her walk down the aisle....ahhhhwwww.....the reception was a huge blast. Chocolate fountains and strawberries/cherries....made everyone's day even happier. The men loved the beer or at least loved the fact it was free! Good time! Lots of good music and happy faces.

It was a little sad also since her dad was not invited(at well as my mother) . They both wanted to be there so badly and couldn't because of a fight that just didnt seem to get resolved. It is horrible to think that something that started as such a small thing escalated into a daddy not walking his little girl down the aisle. I was heartbroken because of it as well as so many others were also. Hopefully someday this heartache can be mended but the day can not be taken back. I hope the two of them realize the impact this will have on the rest of their lives....i hope for them to find each other again and for happier days to take over!

Grant took a step or two while crawling

I got Grant on video trying to crawl(on his hands and knees). He mastered scooting and can make it to you in record time but is just starting to rock and try to brave a step leg movement..normally he falls facefirst into the ground crying. I try not to make a big deal out of it, i dont want to scare him. He also will get into the push-up position. I don't remember hailey doing that?? I am unsure but itis really funny. I guess he is just giving himself a good workout...I wish i could get my videos to post maybe i will have jason help me this weekend.

4 down, 12 to go!

Okay i am sooooo happy this week is over...as the semester gets harder and more things are due i am even more overwhelmed than before. But i have had my tests spread out which helps considerable..hopefully it will stay that way. The assignments on the other hand ar just gaining in momentum. I need more time in a day! I had a friend drop our humanities class because of the amount of work and difficulty leaving me to fend for myself...yuck! The class sucks bad enough without someone to struggle with me..hehe...anyways i have survived 1/4 of the semster. It goes so fast! Hopefully the rest will pass by as quickly!

Jason will be home tonight

Thank God he will be back late tonight. I am always so thankful to have him, when he is gone, i remember it even more so!~! It is so much work with the kids, house, school...i just don' think i could do it alone! How single women do it i am unsure! They have to be exausted. I know i am!! I need a nap! I think i might just lay down with the kiddos now and sleep for a minute then i will get back to the homework afterwards.

**O yeah, check out my Environmental website also. I just started it for a school project but i thinkit is really going to affect our daily lives and become a way of life!

3 down, 13 to go!!

I am starting to get overwhelmed and am so busy..the electricity being out last week set me back on my studies! I am happy my tests are spread out which gives me a little leeway? on what i need to get done but the reading is overwhelming. I will be lucky if anything this semester sticks beyond the test! It is sad because i really want to learn it all but it just won't happen. Every weekend from now through the end of the month we have 1-2 things planned. That makes my school work end up getting crammed in the small spaces throughout the week or very late at night! Sleep is a thing of the past! Just keep reminding me it is only 13 more weeks..i can do this!!!

Hurricane Ike damage

We were so lucky we didn't have any damage to the house/cars. Only one very large tree limb that fell on the power lines inthe backyard and made a huge mess! Here is the pictures before and after the the tree fell. We went from Sunday morning to Wednesday afternoon without power. It wasn't that bad. We had people freaking out wondering what we were going to do! I told them we would do the same things we always do minus lights, laundry, cooking! Made my life easier!haha.. It was somewhat relaxing and gave Jason some special one-on-one time with the kiddos and silence. I thought it was good to give him time being creative about what to do after dark. We are so dependend on the electricity and modern conveniences but sometimes we need to remember the simple things. Just turn it all off and go sit with the kiddos and play and talk and read! I think we all should make one day a week a day for no housework, no tv, no computer..just the kids and you doing things together!! I am going to try hard to do it. We are so used to having the tv as background noise and the computer on 24/7...we all need a break and get back to the simple things in life! We are missing so much!!

Outside they still have the caution tape up. I am guessing i will have to call them and figure out if they are finished. I am sure they are because the power line has been fixed for days but i am not taking any chances. Jason is out of town until tomorrow night so i will call tomorrow and find out if we can start clean-up efforts. They are having a heavy limb day through the town so they will pick all the mess up as long as we get it curbside this week! I am ready for it to be picked up. I hope it didn't ruin the kid's pirate ship! They love love love that thing.

Grant 7 month pics

Here is my darling baby..growing so fast. I love his precious little round head and blonde hair. I am hoping he has curls like hailey did when she was little! He is starting to crawl. We are in so much trouble! He sleeps like he wants a pillow. He likes thinks that are very soft touching his face. The picture shows him sleeping on his bumper pad because it is soft(yes i know this is dangerous, suffocation risk..blah blah..but it is so cute!!). Then the last pics are him eating green beans. Whole...he is growing and eating like a HOG!! I can't wait until he can eat even more table foods. It is so much easier..but messier!

No power

)okay we havent had power since sunday and just got it back yesterday. my life is CRAZy BUSY right now..i don't have time to blog but wanted everyone to know we are alive. I will get on this weekend and update you on our progress and upload pics of our damaged yard/trees!! later!!!

We are going shopping!

Woo-hoo!!! We finallyhave a date for our yearly girl's shopping ship to Edinberg(Edinbergh)-diferent spellings depending on the source you find. October 4..i am so excited because i have a nice list of things that i need for hailey ,grant, and myself...mainly myself this year! I wish i had a fortune!
I really want to go to the Coach Outlet...we will see what i can do! I am christmas shopping...is it okay to shop for yourself for christmas..can i wrap it and put it under the tree from myself. I am begging for a black purse and wallet. I love my brown one but i usually always have black something on and the brown is harder to match with my clothes....i want a purse..okay i am whining a little!!
They have so many nice stores up there. I love the children's place, gap and gymboree outlet's..last year i found soooo many good deals!! Most of Grant's clothes, for this winter, i bought last November. It is so fun to spend the whole day there...O yeah they have a Harry and David's!!! i am in love. Last year i was pregnant and they had truffles to sample...we went in there at least 15 times....i ate so much...it was decadent....you just can't buy choclate like that in another store. Also they have my yogurt/choclate covered bing cherries that we had at our wedding. Forever i will think about our wedding when i eat there...such good memories! This year, Tajee (who is prego now) is looking forward to it also!! Pass on the tradition...who will be pregnant next year...i can only hope me!! haha....
Anyways back to the story. If you want some great deals and great shopping you have to go there. They have something for everyone. Also they have a Montana Mike's restaurant there. One of our favorite stops since we don't have one in Evansville...but i am petitioning for onehere also! Okay i will post some of our cool deals once we get back. Last year we got skirts for .99 and polos for the boys for 1.99-3.99 such perfect stuff...i am happy today woohoo..woohoo.woohoo
O yeah and i am going to the St. John's church Mother-to-Mother consignment shop bright and early in the morning. It is no kids..thank God...i am stoked...should be a good time. Hoping to find a highchair for Grant if not i have to buy one this week. He is overdue. He should have had one over 2 months ago! He is already to solid foods...i want another baby..o yeah have i said that yet today!! yeah....i gotta sleep

2 weeks down, 14 to go!!

I have decided to start a countdown to school being out for the semester. I have been so overwhelmed by the amount of homework and reading, i am reassuried just to know another week has passed, i am still alive!!

With the next two months being jam packed with numerous activities. Every weekend has at least one or two things going on. Normally it is Jason doing things but the next two months it is all me! I feel almost guilty having him home with the kids so much..but really how is that different that me being home with the kids?? It isn't!! Then again that is what i am used to. I already miss my kiddos so much.

Hailey went to my moms for the weekend and i miss her..i mean i reall really miss her...i haven't really seen her all week. I haven't just sat down and read to her for two weeks or even just relaxed with her. Maybe that is why this weekend will be so special for her. Grandma always makes time for the little things. She gives her lots of one on one! Hailey needs it...she has been begging for attention but i can't get behind on school this early in the game! It has to be 100% or nothing at all. I have invested so much already... for the nothing at all route!

Someday hailey will understand all i have sacrificed..and maybe even what she has missed out on...just to make our future brighter. I hope she sees that this will make our life easier in the future. It will give me a better paying career that will give me the opportunity to spend more time with her. We can take family vacations and she can take lessons in whatever she wants! One more year of sacrifice is so little in the grand scheme of things. I am sure to her it is a lifetime of waiting. Normally i am so good at stoping what i am doing and just spending some time with her but lately it has been limited.

I have been just grabing her after school and cuddlingher for a minute and telling her just how much i love her. I want her to know how important she is to me. I have tried to explain my reasoning for being so busy but how much really stays with a 5 year old! I am unsure. I just count down the days and weeks and pray for every day off and break to spend with my husband and children to love and cuddle them. I want them to know how much i appreciate their support through my crazy school life!

My baby is starting to crawl and small tidbits about my hubby.

I am in so much trouble! Grant is starting to crawl..well scoot...well slide..whatever! He can get all the way acros sthe room in a pretty short amount of time. I feel like it is wayyyyy to early. I need more time before he is mobile. I am to busy to keep hailey's small toys locked up. Baby gates here i come! I am going to have to buy at least one if not two to keep him out of her room and out of the kitchen(mainly for when i am cooking). That is how i did it when hailey was little and it worked well. He can't even sit up by himself yet so how the hell is he crawling?? Every websit ei have been to seems to think that crawling comes after sititng up!! I wish i could get him crawling on video. I will try this weekend. Again my life is so crazy right now with school i am barely keeping up and i am only on week two...14 more to go!! I really want to figure out how to post a video..i will try to get my hubby to help.

He can figure anything out or he will ask his techie friends who know it all...the good things about marrying a smart man..he has the opposite brain of me..we complete each other(so corny)!! I love my hubby today and every day. He makes me so proud. He works so hard to support us so i can stayt at home. He had the kids asleep on time last night and the house picked up! It used to be such chaos when i got home at night the house a disaster and he would be asleep/watching tv and hailey would be running around 1/2 naked only have eaten cereal for dinner(maybe a bit of a dramatization) but pretty close! I hated going to school because i didn't liek the lack of structure at home. Now he is so in charge. He has adopted my schedule for the most part and has them fed and in bed..even baths done...it is amazing! This is how it should have been the whole time. He even has been helping with the household chores..i usually try and do it all but i have been so taxed from the enormous amount of homework i have had it just isnt going to get done. I am lucky to keep up with laundry and some of the dishes...I love him for all of this. Then last night he kissed me and thanked me for all that i do. Those little moments are what keep me going and knowing that this will all be worth wild once i am done..i am so ready to be done.

I want to be with my kids and husband..i am so jealous when they get to do fun things without me. Tomorrow Jason gets to take hailey to her girl scouts meeting...that was supposed to be me...i hate the fact i have to miss it...also next week is her PTA meeting..i will miss it also...this sucks! I am going to try and take off at least once in each class to go to some of the meetings. My kids future is so important..i need to be there...maybe i can con Jason into taking the camcorder for me so i can watch it later! That is a great idea...i hope he says yes! He is going to think i am crazy!!

Hailey's having another surgery

I hate the fact that my baby is having another surgery!! She has to have tubes put in and her adnoids taken out. She has had numerous reoccuring ear infections and we had to see a specialist. Hailey had to get a hearing test from an audiologist and talk to an ear, nose, throat specialist! They were so nice! We had the option of waiting to see if she had another infection this year then do the surgery but with all the pain she has went through we didn't want her to go through it again. Also she has had an ear infection every fall since she was two..the chances of it not happening was about zilch....the doctor really thought it was the best choice but left it up to us! Thank God we have met our deductible this year or this would be crazy expensive. Also she will be on pain medicine and out of school/down and out for about 4 days. We are doing it on a friday a day she has only a 1/2 day to miss so hopefully she wont have to miss so much!!! I will keep everyone updated but it sucks!! Two surgeries in less than three months!

Teeth, teeth, and more teeth

My son has 5 teeth through the skin(3 top, 2 bottom) and 2(1 top, 1 bottom) more on their way..holy moley!! that will be 7 teeth before 7 months...i didnt get any new pictures but here is the last pic of him with 4 teeth!! He is an early bloomer! My baby is growing up way to fast ...slow down big boy! o yeah and ignor ethe gross nose..he has horrible allergies and i didnt clean it before pics..yeah yeah bad momma!!

We have retired the baby swing!

I am very sad that my baby is growing up!

He doesn't like to be in the baby swing anymore. He wants to crawl around and move, move, move.....but i wasn't ready for it yet. Actually i am still not ready but know it is time. So the baby swing has been retired to the bedroom until i decide what i want to do with it next!

My hubby thinks we should sell it since he believes that we are done having children. I want to hold on to it and relish the thought that maybe i can change his mind and have him open up to the thought of another child. I don't want my babies to grow up. I still yearn for another....it is so hard as grant and hailey grow older. They are sooo much work but so much fun. They take up 95% of my time but i love them and they are what make my life complete. I would love another(in a couple of years)...so for now i will leave it in there as a reminder of the possiblitities of at least one more pregnant belly and one more baby swinging in the beautiful rainforest swing that we loved so much! Until then......

Pray

Please pray for everyone who has Cancer..especially Ovarian Cancer!! Pray for recovery, pain relief, and support!! Read my other blog for more details. It is so hard to have loved ones with Cancer..is is such an overwhelming disease that has affected so many people. I am heartbroken to know that anothe rperson in my life has to suffer through the horrible treatments that Cancer entails! It is a nightmare to watch and i am sure even worse when you are living it! I pray for them to keep their spirits and hopes alive through God! He is the only one who can save you Eternally!!!!!

Busy busy busy

Okay school has me going crazy..i have around 12-15 chapers to read for my 5 classes, i have at least 3 papers to write, and two discussion boards to post to....all due this coming up week....my life has now become a juggling act to figure out what is important. Sleep going to the other end of the scale and being reduced to about 5-5:30 hours at night if my son stays sleeping through the night, if not then you can take another 1/2 hour to 1 hr. off that time! Sleep is overrated right!! Gotta go get a shower before my son wakes up..i am wasting precious minutes i could be studying!

Exaustion

I am so sleepy..i have been running mad just keeping up with our daily schedule!! I am praying this gets easier...homework hasn't even started yet and i am up half the night just reading chapters! This should be an interesting semester! I am going to bed early tonight..if my kiddo will stay asleeep long enough for that to be possible. Hopefully the hubby can help and get some work done around here to catch me back up! I hate being behind on housework!! Thank God for 1/2 weeks!

okay can't get my video to post

I will keep trying...i have some clips on the computer but need to figure out why they won't upload?? Does anyone know about how long it should take to upload an AVI...i am going to have to get the hubby to help..he is was more tech savvi!! To be continued..i must now go stdy for class..my first night back..i am already missing the kids and i haven't even left yet!