April & Realizations:(

Hadlee ready for dance class in her

darling new tu-tu from Aunt Lynna!!!

Boys.are.SO.much FUN!!!

Hunter tried out for a spirit group at MHS.

I made him this shirt and cape for

his try-outs.  Unfortunately he

didn't make it...I'm not even going

there because that was such a shame!
Hunter is the most kind-hearted,

best spirited, sweetest kid

 you could ever find!

Their loss because he would have

been awesome!  ;)))

Kimberly and Chloe sent me these pictures

from Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY MADE ME SMILE SO BIG!!!

I had sent them these shirts because I knew

she couldn't find superman shirts down under!

I love and miss these two SO, SO, SO much. :(

Baylor and A&M were both in

the college basketball finals. 

We realized that we were a house

divided and Hudson would have to

be the tie breaker

(yes, Haddie cheers for Baylor!!!).
We set out both of these bears and

told Hudson to choose.

EVERY single time he would pick

up both.  It was hilarious!!!

So then Troy started showing Hudson

how to throw the Baylor bear down

and stomp on it.  Yep, that's how

those aggies roll sometimes;)))

I often find pictures like this on my camera.

Walker is all about his Legos;)

Hello Spring!!!

Huddy & I at Dr. Graham's...

texting daddy our sad face.

Mean 'ole ear infections:(

Hadlee saved her money for a

special trip to Build-a-Bear!!! 

She is just so sweet.....

A little bit of Heaven on earth...

Cookie cake much?!?

This little girl can PUT AWAY some cookie cake!!!

She chose a really cute pink daisy bunny

with some Sketchers just like her own!!!

This was actually the week after I had a

VERY serious staph infection (MRSA) on my leg.

It.was.AWFUL.GROSS.TERRIBLE.SCARY.

I have pictures, but they are too yucky to post.

Basically I had a bug bite, it got infected,

I shaved not thinking/knowing it was infected

and spread it all over my right leg.

I had to make five visits to my doctor

in one week.  He had to lance three

spots (as in CUT them...I'll have the scars

there forever).  My leg felt like it was constantly

on FIRE and my foot swelled and turned

bright red.  I had to take two

powerful antibiotics for a LONG time.

One was so powerful that I had to

immediately stop nursing Hudson.  :(

Talk about abrupt...the poor guy hated

the bottle and refused to take one.

I was ready to quit nursing,

but had been putting it off because

Hudson hated the bottle and, well, 

because he's my last baby. ;(  

Anyway, my doctor told me

that it was more important for me

to have this antibiotic (I was so close to

being hospitalized over this crazy, sick stuff).

SO, with Troy away on a business trip

(he came home after the second day of

this madness though), I had to go cold

turkey with Hudson.  I was

engorged and he was sad. :(

BUT only for like one night...

THEN, the stinker immediately

became OBSESSED with the bottle!!!
He turned into one of those toddlers

who walk around all the time with

a bottle!  That doesn't float with this

mama though!!!

Except, I guess, sometimes at the mall;)))

Such a MESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every so often, I am taken aback by

how fast my kids are growing up.

Walker insisted this spring on

growing his hair out...

after MUCH pleading against it

from Troy and me.  I have ended up

LOVING his hair except that it makes

him look SO MUCH OLDER!

His height and shoe size (his foot is the

size of MINE...he's EIGHT...
I wear an 8 1/2!!!!!)

do that enough, but now his hair, too.

One day he was sick and I let him

ride to the doctor in the front seat

since it was just him and me.

I couldn't help but look over

and realize that my baby boy

is truly growing up and there's

not a thing I can do about it.  :(

Checking out that aforementioned hair

in the mirror.  He's all of the sudden really

into styling it...especially right when

he gets out of the shower. 

He reminds me of Logan with his hair like this.

I used to hold him in my lap while

we waited on Dr. Graham to come in...

Sure enough an ear infection, but he

was feeling better so he and I hit the

mall for a lunch and play date!

I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALONE time with this precious young man

growing up right before my very eyes is

 PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!