Uncle Stan's Birthday

Well, some of you heard me talking about that big birthday bash planned for Monty's brother who turned 60 on Saturday (yes, Monty was an OOPS baby). Since we had to drive over to Donalsonville, we thought it would be great to take the boat to the Flint on the way over and spend the afternoon. Here are some pictures of us enjoying our day. It was beautiful weather!

He pulled a couple of these things out of the water. He was giving us flowers he said! hee heeAnd this is Bug riding the knee board!

We left there and dropped the boat off at the "po-po's house" better known as the Sheriff's Department. We changed our clothes and put on LOTS of deodorant and headed off to the birthday party. Now this party was really cool. They had rented this building and decorated it up sixties style and had an Elvis impersonator coming to entertain after we ate! Bug's little cousin, Kate, she dressed up for the occasion. Check it out.

Isn't she just a doll baby?? I think she and LaneBug favor a lot in the face. They definitely have the mark of a "Johnson Baby"! It was so amazing to watch and hold her. Man, she is completely opposite of Bug. She is sooooo calm and sweet. Lane is sweet too but you have to be patient to see that side of him sometimes.

So here are two cool dudes awaiting Elvis' entry.

This is Monty and Mr. Marcus in case the coolness was too overwhelming to recognize them!!And here is Elvis!!

And this is where the story gets sad. LaneBug was having a great time dancing with Kate.

This was the last picture I took before Lane came over to my chair and tripped and hit his mouth on the corner. He screamed for about 10 minutes which completely unnerved me. He has never cried that long when he was hurt before. Now when he is mad....that is a totally different cry and I hear it far longer than that. This cry just broke my heart. We quickly left and headed to into town to pick up some Motrin. We called our friend Darlene who is a hygienist and got some advice. It seemed everything was going to be just fine. We headed on home and Bug fell asleep in the truck. His teeth looked the same as always except they were loose. When we woke up Sunday morning the swelling was terrible and it had pushed his teeth around a bit. His gums and inside lip were black and blue. We called Darlene again (at 7:30 AM) and she came right over. We called my Dentist and arranged to meet him at his office. Darlene came to check on us there (she is the BEST) and helped get an x-ray that showed the roots to be without an trauma which was an answered prayer. This means the teeth should stay in and not fall out. I always said that I didn't think LaneBug would loose all his teeth naturally and I thought I would always be prepared if/when this arose. But I tell you, man it rattled me. I know on the large scale of things that could happen to him this is very mild and I am so thankful. But I guess the thing that upset me the most was hearing him cry and knowing he was in so much pain. And then seeing his mouth Sunday morning. I have a weak stomach - and I almost fainted when he showed me. So here are a few "after" pictures. These were taken in the car on the way to see Dr. Lewis.

And these are of Bug eating lunch. Poor thing. His swollen lip looked the worst.

He is better today. The outside swelling has gone down a little. The inside is still very bruised. Monty and I think that will take a long time to go away. I am very thankful that things turned out as good as they have.

Friday Night Football Returns

Well, it is that time of the year again! HOT, SWEATY August high school football season! Jeepers man, it was so hot last night in the stands. But the game was great - except for the end. Our team lost. It was very sad. We played the County School here in town so it is always a huge rivalry each year. THS played an awesome game and had every opportunity to win but didn't. TCCHS scored at the very end off an interception. So, yes, that was heartbreaking. Once I looked past all the dejected and griping adults in the stands down at the kids on the sideline, I really felt sad. They were riped up about it and it was painfully obvious.

So here are a few pictures. We saw our neighbor and one of Lane's favorite "big kids" Emily.

He adores her. I am so glad too. Emily is about to be the perfect babysitting age. And did I mention she lives right next door?? .....sweet.....

OK, getting ahead of myself.

Lane and Daddy right before we walked in the stadium.

The mascot dog. I know there is a joke I could insert here about "dawgs" and legs but.....I suppose I will keep that one under my lid.

The players entering the field. I guess we have a tradition of our own. We never go sit down until after the players have ran onto the field. Bug loves to stand here by the dog statue that all the players pet before walking on the field and he yells "Good Luck" to them as they run by. It is something we always do and I suppose will continue as long as he wants. He used to actually yell "Good Uck" in previous years! hee hee

And this is Bug with his friend Gracie. Ignoring the really dark and grainy picture you can see TWO HUGE SMILES. They have seats right next to us so he has seen Gracie since he was born. She just turned 4 and Bug will be 3 in November so there is a bit of an age difference. They never took a large interest in one another before last night. But I would say they most certainly made up for lost time! They played and had a wonderful time together. And that made the night a lot easier for us and Gracie's Mom and Dad too. Did I mention that Gracie's Mom and I are good friends too? Yep - we play Bunco together so we see each other at least once a month.

So that was our first of many nights for high school football games. Next week will be interesting! THS plays my old high school CCHS! We are planning to drive to Mo-town for that one. Guess I will have to bust out some of my old black and gold for this game.

I'm BAAAAACCCKKKK

Sorry to be MIA again. It seems be a trend this Summer. So anyway, not much to tell of late.

Bug has developed a really bad habit of getting out of the bed about 20-25 times each night before staying in it and falling asleep. No joke - it is about 45 minutes of constant warfare to get his booty in the bed for good. Of course, first thoughts are bungee cords or duck tape but you know, DFACS frowns upon such as that......so I think we found the solution. Tear up our season football tickets. That's right. I told him if he didn't stay in the bed; we wouldn't go to the football game Friday night. It seemed to sink in pretty good. He only got up one time and he was quick to announce to Monty that he wanted more milk in his cup and wanted to still go to the football game. I hope this works. It is really just a bad habit that he has developed over the last few weeks so maybe this will nip it.

Tropical Storm Fay thoughts....well, I had to eat some words on that one. I think my line was "Oh these weather folks are just dying to talk about something because we have had such a dry spell. They are blowing this WAY OUT of proportion." OK, so maybe they didn't. It seemed logical. I certainly didn't think we would get 18 inches of rain over the weekend. Yeah, the weekend I went to Panama City Beach with some girlfriends. Poor Monty and Lane....they braved it all their own. And they did a great job. I think it got pretty hairy when Bug locked Monty out of this car Saturday night and Monty had to stand in the driving rain for about 10-15 minutes to get him to unlock it. I think Monty gave him a good 'ole "Benadryl Cocktail" when they got home. Can't say I blame him. I would have done the same thing.

Hmmm....in re-reading my post I have mentioned duck taping/bungee tying my child down to his bed and administering sleep aid medication. I think that is enough for one post. Let me sign off before someone calls DFACS on me.

Monday is OVER!

Y'all, I know I am a complete Drama Queen. In fact, one of my best friends ever has referred to me as such since she has known me. But let me tell you, yesterday was one of those days where you just want to find a fast moving bus.....and step in front of it. You know what I mean. We have all been there right?? Come on - don't be one of those folks who are always so stinking happy and perky! Man, no one believes all that anyway. Just shake your head agree, ok.
So the day started out running behind with taking LaneBug to daycare. Somehow I managed to walk into work before the 01 hit behind the 8 AM. Then I dove head first into the work I left at about noon on Saturday when I worked. My head was hurting but I didn't stop to take any medicine. Then it is almost 1:30 and I realize I haven't eaten. Of course, I had drank 2 Diet Cokes (can you say a-d-d-i-c-t-i-o-n) and put nothing on my stomach to soak up all of that caffeine. And by the way, my head was hurting much worse at this point. But still didn't take the time to grab some Advil or Motrin. So I nabbed a bag of peanut M&Ms out of the machine at work and munched those down while sipping on my 3rd Diet Coke. Yeah, great idea DK, throw another caffeinated drink and some sugar on a raging headache - GOOD ONE! So fast forward through all the work stuff (yucky) and I wind up logging off to leave at 6:00. Poor Monty, I had to call him in the field and ask him to not work late because I needed to. So, I get in the truck to leave and I have that cold sweaty thing working for me. Yeah, not looking good whereas my head is thumping like crazy. I had to just sit in the truck with the ice cold air blowing on me with my eyes closed for about 10 minutes before I could drive. I ran to CVS and grabbed some medicine and came home. Luckily my boys were outside playing. I warmed up leftovers for Lane (Monty had to grab his own) and sat with my eyes shut for almost an hour and asked everyone to talk really soft. It eased off good enough to tolerate my eyes being open again and I made it through to bedtime. Of course, Bug didn't want to get in his bed and stay in bed...ugh! But finally we all went to bed.
This morning, my head is still hurting and it is sore from last night too. But I have already taken some Advil and will follow up with more later. And I plan to EAT today too. Hopefully, I will grab some water instead of all the Diet Coke and avoid all that mess again tonight. I haven't had a full blown migraine since July 2003. Man, that was nasty!! I still remember Monty driving home from Bainbridge with me hanging out the window crying and puking. Obviously last night was not that bad but it was the closest I have been to it in a long time. I am not a migraine expert so if I ain't puking and can have my eyes open, then it is a really bad headache and not a migraine to me.
Well, enough whining huh? Today is going to be great!!!
Tah-tah!!

Random Thoughts

Yeah, I know. It is a scary title coming from me. I am aware! Monty left town yesterday for a "big boy's weekend" so Lane and I have stirred up trouble since then. LaneBug immediately noticed the boat was gone last night when we got home - LOL. He demanded to know where it was when I tried skirting the question. He wasn't too happy to know it was in the water at the "big boy's weekend" but loosened up a bit when I explained we would be boating on Sunday afternoon. He has whimpered and cried for Monty a few times. Keep in mind it was either nighttime or I was spanking him.....go figure! He always wants his Daddy at night. He will literally tell me to "get out" of his bed. Jeez...that's a great feeling - NOT!
So we went to eat at Mr. Chick tonight with our good friend Ms. Jessica before heading down to Tally town to do a little shopping. I almost choked on my food from laughing though. We were sitting there eating and Jess was chatting away. I picked up the squeeze ketchup to give Bug some more "dip dip" and it made...well, you know....it was squeeze ketchup so it made a funny sound. Without skipping a beat, LaneBug said "Excuse me" and kept right on eating. Jess & I just howled. I guess all the good manners we are teaching are starting to kick in. Oh well, if you aren't laughing, then I guess you had to be there because I still get tickled when I think about it.
Speaking of eating, Lane is FINALLY up to almost the 40th percentile in weight. For those of you spend ample time with me, you know I stress on this daily. The fact that he will be 3 in November and a size 18 month swim suit fits his waist perfectly does tend to make me obsess. His height is still good - bumping around 75-80 percentile. He ate a huge dinner on Friday night (for his standards) 4 Chick-fil-a nuggets, the fries that came with the kids meal AND a small fruit cup. I was amazed. He never eats that much at a sitting. Of course, I once worried about all the fried chicken he eats but then thought about all the Cheerios he scarfs down and decided his cholesterol was most likely even-steven between the two factors.
So anyway, I guess I will go to bed. I have been sleeping like crap-o-la all week. Hope it is just because of this stinking full moon and will pass in the next day or so.

Silver Springs

Final post for our weekend trip - we stopped at Silver Springs for a few hours. Monty and I went here for our Honeymoon also. We knew we were all tired but we wanted to stop and share it with Lane anyway. Recipe for meltdown.......

Here are some pictures. We did have a major meltdown before we left but that's okay I suppose. It was very hot and we were all tired.

So here are the pix.

The entrance. The glass bottom boat ride (Bug called it a "water bus") Bug taking a picture holding his giraffe in front of the real giraffes. (Look familiar Shirley?)

Not sure why, but Bug waved at the lady operating the Carousel every time instead of Daddy.

Bernard the talking tree.Emu....if I had a dime for every time I was asked about these flightless birds at work....MAN!!!

Can't remember much about this cow. Poor thing! BTW JJ, this is how I felt after lunch the other day!!! hee hee

Me feeding a giraffe a cracker.

Another spin on the Carousel.This is cute - Lane's Aunt Regina gave him a Cheeky Charlie stuffed monkey JUST LIKE this one the day he was born. Cheeky has logged some miles over the last 2 1/2 years. Lane was amazed to see one in the gift shop there. Cheeky was not with us (Giraffe came this time) so he wanted me to take a picture so he could show Cheeky. Isn't that cute???

So that's wrap guys. Have a great evening. C-ya!

Mid-week

Ahhh....and tomorrow is Thursday and the next day is FRIDAY. Good grief! I can hardly wait. Why is it that some days you have 0% productivity level? I can't understand the phenomenon but I do know it exists. I admit....part of the day, I didn't want/care if I got anything accomplished. Then when I did become concerned (just a smidgen), all I did was run in circles. But alas, tomorrow is a new day and I am certain I will hit the ground running and pump on all cylinders. I think part of the problem are the Olympics. I am staying up later these evenings than I normally do.
Anyway, off to Wednesday night activities at church. I have a fingerpaint activity for the class tonight. Need I remind you I teach 2 year olds......and it is raining.......pray for me.