What a weekend!!

This past weekend was anything BUT uneventful. The weekend started out great. Saturday Mom, Bethany, Brayden and I went to P.F. Chang's for lunch. I love it! We had a lot of fun eating and socializing and entertaining Brayden. The funniest part of the whole meal was when the waiter brought out the tray and set it beside Brayden. When he turned around to get stuff off of it Brayden casually reached up and grabbed his butt. You should have seen how fast he whirled around. His cheeks turned three shades of red when he realized it was a nine month baby who had just made a pass at him. We were laughing so hard. Needless to say, he avoided Brayden at all cost after that. After lunch, we went by and visited with Meemaw and Pawpaw. They love when we come to visit... well, when we have Brayden with us. :-) Then on Saturday night Mom, Bethany, Brayden, Danson and I all hung out at our house and had "homemade pizza night" which is Danson's favorite type of family get together. During this fun night Brayden threw up his whole bottle. I'm talking squirting out his nose throw up.
Skip to Sunday morning around 1am. Danson gets out of bed to go to the bathroom. When he came back I asked what was going on. He told me he was sick at his stomach. UH OH!!! Now, for a little back ground info, about three weeks ago Danson's sister JoAynn was thinking about coming to spend the night with us because Kevin had the stomach virus and didn't want to catch it. Danson has never had the stomach virus. He didn't know WHAT the big deal was. I told him that when he gets the s.v.(which he will eventually) he was going to eat those words and then have no choice but to throw them up!! By Sunday morning at around 7am Danson was in one bathroom and I was in the other. This bug lasted for over 24 hours. At one point Danson looked at me and said, "I think I would rather be dead." It didn't take long for Mr. Macho man to break under the torture of the dreaded stomach virus. Hopefully next weekend will be much better.

Hank's New Bed

     Well if you have been reading my blog you probably already know that we have a 90 pound rhodesian ridgeback named Hank. Danson decided a couple of years ago that he HAD to have one of these dogs. He researched them daily. They are very hard to come by so it took him several months to find one. That didn't bother me because we also have a weenie dog named Heidi who is my baby. Heidi started out as Danson's parent's dog, but there is no doubt that she considers herself my dog now. When Danson started talking about this HUGE dog he wanted, my first reaction was... that dog is going to be so mean to Heidi and it might even hurt her. Wrong!! Heidi rules the roost. Hank will bow down to Heidi in a second. As a matter of fact, Heidi is the one who constantly gets in trouble for being mean to Hank. When I look back I can't believe that there was a time when Hank wasn't around. I love him so much and I am so glad that his Daddy decided to get him.
     All that being said, Danson and I encountered a problem when we got married. Up until this point Hank slept in the bed with Danson every single night. Danson had one side and Hank had the other. When we got married we realized that two humans and a 90 lb dog were not going to fit in a queen size bed. Unfortunately, Hank is the one who got kicked out. :-) He was moved to his bed right beside ours but that was not good enough for him. We would scold him to get into his bed and he would stay until we were fast asleep. Then I would find myself being woken up five times a night by a cold nose on my leg. I would look over, and Hank's body would be beside the bed and his head would be under the covers. I finally decided that he needed a nicer bed. I found this bed online and it had great reviews. Needless to say, Hank loves it! From the moment it was taken out of the box he has hardly even gotten out of it. We are all sleeping very well now!!

Caught red handed getting a kiss from Heidi

 

Third Time Must be a Charm

This past weekend I attempted, for the second time, to have a successful sleep over with Daniley. The first time she spent the night with me she was very sick and did not feel good at all. So, this weekend I tried it again and I failed again. When Danica dropped her off she told me she had a little bit of a cold but I wasn't worried because it didn't seem to be bothering her. As soon as her mom left, Daniley asked for a reese cup. Naturally, saying no to this child is very, very hard. Especially when she is asking for candy. Her voice goes up a couple of pitches and she gets a very angelic look on her face. Normally she will cock her head over to one side and say, "May I please have a reese cup Aunt Brookie?" So we went to the "candy drawer" in the kitchen to get a reese cup. I looked and looked and looked but there were no reese cups. Unc loves reese cups too, so they don't stay around for too long. I told Daniley that there were no reese cups and that Unc must have eaten them all. She turned around, marched into Unc's bedroom - where he was still sleeping, and said, "Unc! Did you eat all the reese cups?!?!" He said he did so we had to settle for some num a nums (M&M's). This was the topic of the night. At one point she made up a story about Unc eating all the reese cups. This is how it went. "Once upon a time, there was a Unc and he was very, very bad. He ate all the reese cups. The end."

We then headed off to Mom's to eat ham and black eyed peas. Once again, the ham was delicious!! We came home, got a bubble bath, and watched her new Tinkerbell movie. When the movie went off she said, "That was such a good movie I think we should watch some more." I told her that we couldn't because that was the end. Her reply, "Well, you can just rewind it." Me, "Nope, it's bed time." Now, up until this point we have had a GREAT time. We laughed, played hide and go seek, Acted like Santa Clause and put a bubble beard on our faces, and so much more. This is where the story takes a turn for the worst.

Do you remember in the beginning when I said Daniley had a little cold? Well, we went to bed about 9:15ish. She woke up almost every 45 minutes crying for her Mom. Now, if you know Daniley you know this is not like her. The child does not cry for no reason. I would ask her what was hurting and it would only make her tears fall faster. I would get her and hold her until she fell back asleep. At about 2:30am I called her Mommy. When Danica talked to her on the phone all she would do was cry. So, Danica and I decided she needed her mom and she needed to go home. She cried the whole time I was packing her bags and while I was putting her in the car. Once we got in the car she made several funny comments.
1. I am so glad I don't have to sleep anymore.
2. As we are going through town she says - Let's stop at the barbershop and see what LeLe's doing. I assured her that LeLe was at home asleep.
3. At one point she wanted to know what we were going to eat for breakfast.

Once we got to her house she was much better. I think the fact that she had a cold and couldn't breath kept waking her up. When she would wake up and ask for her Mom and when she wasn't there it was very upsetting to her. Everyone knows that when you're sick all you really want is your mom. So needless to say, we will try again for a successful spend the night -all the way through the night -party. We still had a TON of fun!! I sure do love the Sugar Booger!!

Christmas 2010

Christmas was great this year. It was relaxing and low key for the most part, which is just the way I like it. On Christmas Eve we went to Danica's for supper and celebrated it with the Sugar Booger. She got a ton of stuff but her favorite present was the trunk full of dress up clothes from Pawpaw and Debbie. Then on Christmas Day I went over to Mom and Dad's house for lunch. We ate a delicious ham that Mom made. It was better than any honey baked ham I have ever eaten. As a matter of fact, I could eat some right now! I loved watching Brayden open up his presents. After the second one, he was tired of pulling the paper so I helped him out. He is such a pleasant, happy baby. He jumped around in his johnny jumper while we ate and never complained. Christmas night I went over to Meemaw and Pawpaw's house. I always enjoy going over there because I get to see all my cousins from Mississippi. We had a lot of fun catching up. I also get to see my wedding video that my cousin Tiffany recorded for me. It was so neat getting to watch it. I hadn't realized how much I didn't remember until I watched it. This was another Christmas that Danson spent working. I only have to make it one more year and we will be able to spend Christmas together.... well, if he stays on the same shift.

Some other highlights from the Holidays were: Going to the outlet malls with Mom, Bethany, and Brayden. Taking Hank and Heidi to PetSmart to pick out some goodies. Going out to eat at Outback with Danson. And many more that I just can't remember right now.



Attempt 1 of taking a picture of us




Final attempt of trying to take a picture of us



I refuse to take any more pictures





Such a happy boy