Sending out an S.O.S

For some reason Blogger isnt working on my computer so I am unable to upload pictures and thats my reason for not updating. I am really frustrated. I hope to have the situation resolved quick! Keep checking back for updates! Hope everyone is doing well!

I turn my back for one second...

Garrett is an expert climber now. And he is QUICK! Today I was getting a bag together with towels and bathing suits so we could go swim with Leia and Cheyenne and look who climbed up into the sink? He was so proud of himself. Gosh, He is keeping me on my toes big time!

Here are a few pictures of our monkey boy climbing on the table at the park:

Goofy Boy!

I just love this new outfit on Garrett so this morning I took some pictures of him in it. I was making the goofiest noise I could to get him to laugh. Well, it REALLY worked cause he was cracking up and mocking me. Its so hard to get him to smile on cue now. He mostly gives serious looks. I cant really blame him because I have had the camera in his face every day of his life and he must be sick of smiling for my benefit! Well tonight when I was on the phone with Uncle Gabe- Gabe Garrett wanted his sandals on and then walked over to the mirror and pulled up his shirt and put his belly on the mirror. He thought it was pretty funny. Whatever posessed him to do that is beyond me but it was sure cute and we both got a good laugh! Notice that he is in SHORTS! The weather continues to be gorgeous! And it looks like we are in for several more pretty days!

Another Beautiful day!

We've been having gorgeous weather the last few days. It has been wonderful to open the doors and windows and let the fresh air in. If only the summers could be like this. Perfect, and very little humidity. Its the humidity that gets to me during the summers. Anyways we spent the day outside in the yard doing various things like weed eating and sweeping leaves off of the walkways. We also washed my car and the dog. Garrett washed himself in the process. Hey, a little car wash never hurt a kid right? Then we grilled burgers for dinner. I love grilling on days like these. Its like standard in our house. A pretty day calls for grilling something! The fresh air in the house has renewed my spirits. I was feeling pretty blah for a few days. I think it had to do with being sick and then being so bored of being stuck in the house while we all tried to get better. Also Brandon is getting ready to leave for a month so I am sure that has something to do with the blah's too. You would think I would be used to this by now! I think this time I am dreading it because Garrett will be aware that his daddy is gone. They have a special afternoon routine each day when Brandon gets home. And he has been such a daddy's boy lately! This should be interesting.

On a side note, our azaleas are in full bloom and they are gorgeous! We neglect them so bad but they are troopers and every year produce some beautiful flowers! I will take some pictures tomorrow because rumor has it we are in for another pretty day!

Mona Lisa Moonpie Parade

So Mardi Gras is officially in full swing. Last Friday night we went to a night time parade here in Slidell. (These are family friendly ones, not like the all out ruckus that happens on infamous Bourbon St.during Mardi Gras) Anyways it was freezing cold (hmmmmmm maybe THAT'S why I got sick!) but we had a good time. The parade was sponsored by Moon Pie. We came home with 90 moon pies that were tossed to us. Yep, you read that correctly NINETY. We will never go hungry thats for sure! (Of course I am not too big on moon pies! But Garrett loves them!)

Our health update: Our entire family is being treated for influenza. Garrett's pediatrician went ahead and prescribed us all something so we can get it out of our house! We are all pretty low on energy and have been taking it easy. I still can't believe how worn out it made me. Garrett and I have nasty coughs and snotty noses. Brandon has been fighting it off with the help of the meds. He's had a few bad days but seems to be feeling a little bit better! Hopefully we will be healthy as horses soon!

And the award goes to... (Get your flu shots people!)

I just wanted to take a moment to show how thankful I am for my husband. He had to really step up to the plate this weekend and be Mr. Mom and a Nurse on top of being Daddy and Bread Winner. I awoke on Sunday with a fever and nasty cough that progressively got worse through out the day. By 8:30 sunday night my fever had reached 104.7!!! And that was with taking tylenol every 4 hours. Well at noon on Monday my fever was back at 104.5 so I took myself to the doctor but I wasn't given really any explanation for the high fever except that it was probably a viral infection. I left the doctors office with instruction to go to the ER if my fever got higher but my doctor didn't think it would. hmph! Well last night I awoke at 12:30 and I was dizzy and nauseous and burning up. My fever had reached 105.5 and so Brandon loaded up me and Garrett (bless his little heart cause he was sleeping so good) and took me to the Emergency Room. We were there from 1-4am. Brandon has to be up for work at 5am and I know he was probably hating the thought of having to go to work on so little sleep. Luckily his Chief was understanding of the matter and he got to have the day off! They took chest xrays and did an RSV and Influenza test. Turns out that I have Influenza A. I got a nice "Lesson Learned" I was the only one in my family who didn't get one but you can bet that next year I will be first in line for a flu shot! I am still running a temperature but I feel like a million bucks compared to last night.

Brandon has spent the last few days taking care of Garrett and me. Garrett and daddy had so much fun playing while mommy slept. He had to run several errands for prescriptions and meals. I am thinking that he is probably looking forward to going to work tomorrow so he gets a break! :o)

I love you Brandon and I hope you know how appreciative I am of all that you do for me and littleman! Thanks for letting me get some much needed rest at the sacrifice of your own. I couldn't have made it without you! I love you!

Papa's Suprise for Garrett

Well we finally got a new fish tank. The one we had was not safe with a little one running around. It had and open style base that Garrett could easily get under and I was terrified that he would toppel the whole thing and get hurt. We only had one fish left in it so we decided that it was time. And we set it up a few days ago. Our lone fish had to live in a cup temporarily. Well with a new tank comes new fish naturally. But these new fish are more aggressive types (Angel fish, some kinda snail eater that looks really cool, and an algae eater that can get up to 18 inches long! not that any fish seem to live long enough in our house to reach that status) so while Brandon was out getting new fish today he came home with a bowl just for Garrett to put our little fish in. And a couple of buddies for our little yellow guppy so he wouldn't be lonely anymore! Garrett was super excited. He woke up from his nap and Daddy couldn't wait to show him what he had got for him.
Inside of the little fish bowl is a shark with sunglasses leaning up against a sign that says "No Fishing". Its pretty cute! And the whole idea was pretty sweet of his Papa to do for him! What a guy!

Feeding my baby...

Well its not really a baby but he pretends it is! We aren't sure where he picked up on giving babies bottles and pacifiers but he is a little daddy in training I guess! Or a little mommy's helper! Too cute!

Our 1 1/2 year old!

Its official, our boy is 18 months old. Well actually he has been for over a week and I am just now getting around to loading some new pictures. Garrett is such a joy in our lives. As first time parents we feel so utterly blessed by him. He has such a funny and sweet (and on occasion a sassy) personality that really shines. He keeps our home filled with laughter!
Some of his latest favorites include:
The Wiggles, Elmo, Veggietales, The Doodlebops.

He loves music and dance. Just learned "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" and is the "Chicken Dance" pro.

LOVES water still. He recently decided that he loves to take showers. As soon as he hears the water start he is stripping off his diaper and clothes to jump in.

Loves babies (this is a good thing for future siblings)

Loves to feed his babies bottles and give them pacifiers and wrap them up in blankets. (Another good thing for future siblings)

Just discovered how to plug both of his ears with his fingers. He thinks he is so funny when he does this. As long as the words "I cant hear you" or "I'm not listening" do not accompany such gestures we are ok with it!

He is saying more words clearly and he will pick up on words that we say and try them for himself. His favorites are "Da Da, Hot, Eye, Eyes (as he is poking you in them) Oh Maaaaaaan!, Uh- Oh!, Oh No!" Just to name a few.

He pretends now. His latest one that we find so cute is that he will pretend that someone is asleep and he puts his finger up to his mouth to say shhhhh but its more like he blows on his finger (gets a little confused) and then will whisper so he won't wake the person. (or doll)

We are having a hard time getting him to keep his clothes on as he likes to take them all off and either run around nekked or try to put them on himself.

He loves the park and outdoors in general.

Well geesh I could go on and on but thats enough for now!

The Mutt

Eating my toes

Delta our black lab mix. Mixed with what we aren't sure. I suspect he is mixed with red bull (the energy drink) cause he is quite rowdy! He sure looks different than the skinny mangy puppy we took him in as. His coat is shiney and thick and he is healthy as a dog can be.

Here are a couple of pictures of what he looked like when we took him in.

Olive Fingers

Garrett thought it was pretty funny to have olives on all five of his fingers. He came running in to show papa. And then promptly began eating them!

To my Beautiful Cousin...

I love you girl! I hope you like the "Shout Out" on your birthday!

Playing with my new digital scrapbook software

Oh goodness this is addicting! Digital Scrapbooking is so much fun! I have been messing around with it for a day now. What a fun and creative way to share my photos with everyone! Stay tuned, more to come!

Commercial Bowl Sunday

Its Superbowl Sunday and you know what that means, right? Commercials! They are the only reason anybody watches I am sure of it! I got my new table for scrapbooking today and I plan on getting started on Garrett's baby album while the superbowl is on in our house! If he will let me!

Our weekend has been quiet but nice. We started off by going to play at the park. The wind was howling so we only lasted there for about an hour. Then Garrett and Papa went to get Garrett's hair cut while I started the grocery shopping (my leaste favorite chore. I would rather scrub our toilets than go to the grocery store!) He got to sit on a really cool tractor chair with a steering wheel while he watched The Wiggles. Needless to say our boy did wonderful for the lady who cut his hair. She originally had told Brandon that Garrett didnt look like he had enough hair to do too much of a haircut on. But when she was done she told him that his hair was decieving. Its so baby fine. But he looks like a big boy again! The rest of the weekend we have been getting stuff done around the house. We have all of our windows open and its so nice to have some fresh air circulating in here! Both of my boys are still under the weather. So far I am holding out. No sniffles yet! I just keep saying that I don't have time to get sick!

Hope everyone is having a great and relaxing weekend!

Yummy, Yummy!

Our little boy is sick! Monday I took him to the pediatrician and they prescribed him an antibiotic. Well this means that he has to eat extra yogurt so his intestines stay ok. Look at the fun he had when we gave him the yogurt to eat by himself! Apparently he thinks it makes good lotion and hair gel! We were laughing so hard at him as he was smearing it around on the tray of his highchair and then dabbing it into his hair! Yummy, Yummy!