backtracking my steps this week...

Where in the world have I been and what in the world have I been doing? Well, I can't even begin to think of all that I've been doing. A lot it seems because I never found (or made) time to blog. It's not that I haven't thought about you.. I had my camera (or cell phone) with me snapping pictures just for y'all. The other day a friend called and when I told her I was running to the grocery store she asked if I had my camera..haha! I didn't have it then BUT I've had it just about every other minute of the week.. so lets see what "Murphy" has in store for us...



Visiting with friends- Friday the "R" family came to town. YAY.. They are the sweetest family ever.



I had not met Baby T



and they had not met our Little either! They've been gone just about a year. We had fun catching up, painting pottery (can't wait to show you what the Little painted). and eating mexican food!

These three would be fast friends if we all still lived near eachother.. what am I saying? They will still be fast friends.. just long distant friends!



"R" family- LOVED having you visit! It was too short... your boys are precious angels and I love you all!!!!

Next up:

Anna got a new carseat- and LOVES it.



This one we actually took back but she had fun playing none-the-less. We ended up with the Graco Nautilus and we all love it!


(Cell phone picture.. sorry)

Then:

Visiting with Zannie- My mom came to visit. It had been just about a month since Anna last visited with my mom. She absolutely LOVES her Zannie!!

They played all sorts of fun games:







Zannie- we had the best little visit with you. You are super sweet to come see us! We can't wait until next time.. so SOON too!!! LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

Anna's favortie thing to do lately is tackle her "big bear".. she loves it!





Lastly:

Soccer, Soccer, Soccer-Anna and I made our way to the sportsplex in town to watch the local highschool boys play soccer. My friend's son plays on the team so we were really "cheering" him on.



"Go number 8".. awww.. made me miss playing! One of these days I'll have to dig out some of my old soccer photos for y'all!

Anna loved it for the most part.. she was a little antsy at times. I thought she would fall asleep in her stroller...what was I thinking? She was awake, alert, and in my lap playing "dentist" the entire time.


(cell phone again)

They won and #8 had one stink'n good "throw-in" right infront of us that turned out to be a really great goal assist! He was super fun to watch if you can keep up with him... he's speedy! I love soccer so much.. I hope I have a soccer player one day!

That pretty much sums up my week.

Oh- there are two other little things:

First- Isn't Baby T adorable? You would never know from the pictures but he has an extremely rare blood disorder. If any of you know anyone with Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia please email me (momatt412@yahoo.com). You can click on it or HERE to read about this extremely rare blood disorder. I know it would be extremely helpful for my friend to have someone who is living through it to0 and be able to ask them questions. It is such a small world I was just thinking that maybe a reader might know of someone.

Secondly- I've been hanging out some over at Solomon's Portico and it's great! If you get a chance to check out my friends blog you should. Click HERE! She is just getting started but I think the road we will travel with her will be awesome. She's got a strong heart for God and He is using her to do wonderful things.. I just know it!!

Y'all have a great afternoon and we are going to wait for Uncle Rob to pop in for a visit!!

See ya soon!

Megan!

Today is the birthday of a VERY dear friend!!



We LOVE you!!!

Megan-
We do hope you have the best birthday ever. Anna and I tried and tried to make you a "happy day" picture... but take what you get with a near 11 month old! Here are some of our "bloopers"!

LOVE YOU!!!




All this to say...








As for everyone else...I'm working on a "Where in the world have you been? Do you know your last post was a WEEK ago?" post for you! Should be up soon!

It is!

(The picture has nothing to do with the blog.. just a "left over" from yesterday for you.)

Is it sad that I just said to myself "I think I'll watch a movie" and then when I looked at the clock and saw that it was 7:37 I re-thought that because I might be up past 9:30... IT IS! It is very sad!!

Remember when I said I wanted to be a morning person? Waaay'll- I'm not! BUT... unfortunately I'm not a night person either. I'm a "sleep" person. Ugggghhhh- I don't want to be.. I want to be a "productive morning" person and a "relax with a movie until late at night" night pereson! Could I atleast be ONE of those??
I'm going to watch my movie and I'll let you know if I regret it in the morning =)

Have a good night!

AND thanks K&K for meeting me and the Little for supper tonight. It was a great treat.. and totally kept me from going insane with "cabin fever".

See all you blogsters tomorrow!

Feeling Much Better Today!

Anna is doing much better today. She (meaning WE) slept through the night last night (PTL). When she woke up this morning she was still a bit congested but the medicine seems to really be knocking that out. She hasn't really coughed much today-which has been the biggest difference!

Today is one of Anna's favorite days of the week... "change the sheets day". She loves to pile up on the pillows and just laugh and laugh. Today I'm washing our duvet cover so she really had a blast jumping all over the down comforter!







I really knew she was feeling back to normal when she led me straight to "Pearly" this afternoon. She LOVES her rocking horse so much. We make many trips to see pearly every day!





Thanks for all the "get well" prayers. Hopefully she'll continue to feel great this afternoon, sleep soundly through the night, and be back full swing tomorrow!

Have a good afternoon!

on a few subjects....

Little Sicky is back... so sad! Anna didn't sleep at all last night. She was up coughing and crying most of the night and she refused to sleep in my bed (which normally helps). So, really... we were both up all night.

My poor little sicky... I hope she feels better tonight! We could both use a restful night!

I called the doctor and she said if Anna isn't better by tomorrow then she wants to see her. It may be an ear infection or something. Eeeeek! I SO hate her being sick!

Although you'd never know she was sick:



This picture was taken this afternoon when we were out playing with Huntley! Doesn't she look healthy and happy? I think so too...

But every now and then she would hold her ear (which makes me think we may end up at the doctor's office tomorrow after all).



Hopefully not.


******* sucject change *******


Remember the pink bathroom? I finally hung the pictures.. well Casey did!



This is what you see when looking in the mirror... our cute "Little" in the bath tub. Great pictures for a bathroom I think.



This next picture is over the light switch:



and this is over the commode:



The cutest picture of all (in my opinion)!

I think the bathroom as a whole turned out pretty good!

******* subject change ********

This is just a little funny for you... today Anna and I went out to throw the retrieving dummy for Huntley....



WELL, (which I would pronounce WAAAY'LL drawn out in two -or possibly three- syllables)-

Waaay'll, this dummy threw Huntley's dummy IN A TREE!



How does someone even do that? Poor Huntley...



I'm the worst "fake hunter" ever!!
BUT.. it is sort of funny!

Casey is going to absolutely DIE when he finds out... I don't even think he'll be able to get it out... Ha!

Okay.. well, I hope everyone had a good day today.
I'll let you know about Anna tomorrow!

I used power tools!

I know.. Anna laughed at me too!

But... it was OBVIOUSLY time to baby proof the cabinets!







Y'all have a great evening and I'll be back soon!

Today!

Anna felt MUCH better! One sneeze all day!

Tomorrow we're off to Lowes to buy all the things a mommy needs to baby proof the kitchen cabinets!

SweetMonday to you all!!

Trunk or Treat; Smell my Feet....

Anna got something good to eat!!!



I think Anna loved Halloween.. at least she LOVES a good sucker!



This weekend we went down to participate in the big Trunk or Treat Joey's family puts on every year. We had a blast and Anna was the sweetest little puppy you've ever seen for Halloween:



Casey and I dressed up like scarecrows to match our "trunk". I know! I couldn't believe Casey dressed up... I think it was more to shock Joey.



We had a good time! Anna loved going around and getting candy. Every time someone dropped something in her bucket she would just stare down into it to see what it was. Joey's mom let her pick out her very own candy from the bowl.. hilarious! Anna would start to go for something and then change her mind then go for something else and change her mind again.. FINALLY she landed on a three musketeers bar and she was so proud! You couldn't of pried it out of her hand!

Don't worry.. she didn't eat it. No chocolate for this little puppy quite yet!!

Here are a few photos from the night:



Unfortunately I have good "scarecrow" hair.. haha. uggh!

Anna couldn't quite figure out the face paint. She didn't know what to think!





We couldn't get her to stop staring at her candy!! haha.. and now I can't stop eating it!



She didn't mind her costume at all... as long as we just let her chew on the strap... she was the perfect puppy..haha!










I don't know why I love this picture:



I just do!

The weekend was pretty fun. Anna ended up getting a little bit of the crud so that stinks. But, I think she is close to being over it today. Hopefully I won't have to take her in to the doctor.

Hannah came to visit this weekend... THANKS HAN! (and Mags and Richie.. loved seeing y'all too)

Anna just LOVED Hannah. On more than one occasion she refused Me AND Casey because she only wanted Hannah!



Hope you all have a great day today. I'll be back soon!