We pulled another one!

Yep, last night when I was brushing Corbin's teeth he was saying "ouch" because that other bottom front tooth was hurting him. I asked him if I could try just one time to pull it. He really didn't want me to because last week when we tried it wouldn't come out and it really hurt! I convinced him though that we would only try once and in my mind I knew I needed to give it my best shot because it really has been hurting him a lot in the last few days and he really didn't want to have to have the dentist pull it. Problem is, the big tooth is already growing in behind it and they were fighting for space. So, I got a wet rag, stuck it in there and got as good of a grip as I could and pulled...and pulled harder for a sec...and as Corbin was in the middle of a big "ooooowwww"...it came out! :-) He cried for a few minutes and had to hold a rag in his mouth because this one was bleeding quite a bit but once he settled down he was sooo glad it was out and not hurting any more! He was even more excited when I reminded him of the tooth fairy that would come again! :-) So here are a couple of pics from this morning...as you can see, the permanent tooth on the other side is already 1/2 way in! He's so cute!

Snagle Tooth!

So I posted a while back that Corbin had two teeth loose. Well, I'm a bit behind in blogging, sorry!!! Only 3 days after finding the first loose tooth it fell out. Well, not really fell out, I pulled it. He was eating lunch and started to cry pretty hard. He said that his tooth was hurting. So we went in the bathroom to look at it and I could tell it was REALLY loose so I asked him if he wanted me to try and pull it, fully expecting him to say no, that's just his personality normally. BUT, he said yes much to my surprise so I got a rag wet and grabbed the tooth and pulled a bit and low and behold it came right out. Both of us kinda looked at each other shocked and smiled and looked at the tooth and the hole in his mouth. It didn't hurt any more! :-) Well, first things first, he wanted to know if the tooth fairy was real and if she was really going to come into his room to get his tooth. He was visibly nervous/scared about that so we took the same aproach as with Santa Clause and just told him the truth. Hopefully he won't ruin it for all his friends that 'believe' but it made it fun for him to not have to worry about it but still get to do it. So we put it in a bag and put the bag in a tin and put it under his pillow and the next morning...there was $3 in there (I told the tooth fairy he was going to go broke with 4 mouths worth of teeth at $3 a pop!!!). He was SO excited. So now the other one on the bottom is trying to come out and hurting. We've tried to pull it but it's hangin' in there so we'll see.
Are we really about to do this?!
Holy Cow!!! It came right out :-)
And there it is!
So cute missing a tooth!!!Putting it in a bag for the Tooth FairyPutting the bag in a tin to put under his pillow.

Closing it up tight! Then Nighty Night...can't wait to see what's in there in the morning!

A Sick Week! :-(

Well, I want to begin by saying that God has been SOOOOO good to us as a family because we really have not been sick very often! Praise the Lord for an overall healthy family!!! This week though, not so much. :-) It started on Sunday, we went to church and of course exposed everyone to the wonderful stomach bug that we got, but didn't know we had it yet, later that afternoon. Cade, Corbin, Callen and I all threw up for a good 6+ hours each. Fun times.

So we went to the doctor on Monday for Corbin's 6 year old well check and ALL 5 got the flu shot. Yeah! Maybe we won't get it.

Well, then we wake up Tuesday morning and the right side of Corbin's face and neck had swollen up about twice the side of the other. Yikes, what is that? My first thoughts were lymph nodes because he has had a problem with that before in the same side of his face. So I called the doctor and we went in again, two days in a row...not sure if we had ever done that before. Dr. McCoy made me very nervous because at first he thought it was the mumps but couldn't figure out why he would have that after having been vacinated twice already. It ended up being that the stomack virus we had decided to settle in his salivary gland on that side of the face and cause parititis, which is very painful! Just took about 2 1/2 days to run its course and clear up.

So then we move to Thursday morning. When we got up I just didn't feel like Cade looked right, although he really didn't have any symptoms. I guess I should have stayed home but if I stayed home each time I thought one of them didn't look right I would never go anywhere! And most of the time it turns out to be nothing. Well, by 4:30 Thursday afternoon he was running 101 fever and sneezing and coughing. Uh Oh!!! He was just flat out miserable all evening. Poor little guy! So This morning rolls around and I call in AGAIN and they wanted to see him to run a flu test. And they did, and he not only has the flu....drum roll please...he has the H1N1 (SWINE FLU)! Oopies!! (at least that's what Cade would say!) I kinda figured it was eventually bound to get one of them but it still took me by suprise! So he is now on Tamaflu and we are all praying the rest of us don't get it although we kinda feel like sittin' ducks. I trust that the Lord is going to take care of us just like he always has!

So on a side note...I've decided that it's better and easier for all of us to get something at the same time than to get it all strung out and at different times! You just all lay around and moan and groan and sleep a whole bunch, then after you are all better you just blow up your house and get a new one! :-) Sounds good doesn't it! No really, that's what happened with us and the stomach bug and it was so much easier to just wash everything once after all being sick than having to wash it multiple times because people keep getting sick for weeks! I'm kinda praying that IF the Lord is going to allow us to all (or several of us at least) get the swine flu that He will allow us to have it together and just get it over with and out of this house! AMEN!!! :-) We'll see and I'll get back with you on that.

So for now I continue to quote multiple times a day outloud as well as in my heart..."I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!" Even Cade can say that verse now and I love it! He is with us all the time and I trust He is taking care of us!

Sent chills down my spine!

So last night we had just left Chris' Nanny's home and were driving decently slow through a neighborhood street in Dallas about 10:30PM. The boys were asking me a couple of questions and I saw something in the distance that looked kinda fishy. As we got closer and my headlights made the road brighter, it became very clear what was crawling across the street...a HUGE (4-5in. leg span when crawling at least) Tarantula!!! That sent chills from head to toe (to a degree that I don't get very often), that's for sure! I grew up seeing these here and there, we even caught a couple of them, but you never really get used to seeing them if you ask me. They really do creap me out. So the rest of my drive home I kept getting a small itch here and there and I know it was just because I kept thinking about that spider! Good thing is I haven't seen one out and about like that in about 10 years or more so maybe it will be that long before the next one I see!!!

Aligators, Snakes and Vacation...Oh My! (PART 2)

Tuesday afternoon, after our morning of fun at Jump Zone, we all packed up again and drove to Houston for an Astros game! We had never been to the newer stadium so that was really fun....very nice! They didn't win but we still had a good time! The boys were beyond cute with their jumbled, mixed up sports questions/sayings they threw at us all night long. Here are just a few: Callen-"have they made a shot yet?", "did we make a touchdown?", Corbin-"how many points do we have?", "let's go see the court". Can you tell what sport they are into the most right now? (it's basketball in case anyone was wondering, we even have a basketball goal IN the dining room...what's a mom to do with 4 boys?) :-) It really was a great night and Chris even got to have a little fun with Kendal (the rest of us didn't know about it until after he got back)...Chris got up to go walk around with Cohen, because of course Cohen did not want to sit still, and while they were out and about the entire stadium, Chris would text Kendal and ask him if he could find them. I think he did pretty well, actually, finding them all but one time! A little game of 'where's Chris and Cohen' if you will! Next time I want in on the game! :-) Here are a few pics from the night.
Checkin' out how high up we are.
The train that 'goes' if they get a home run!
The field from our view above home plate.
In our seats.
Brothers excited about the game!Checkin' out the 'court'! :-)
In front of the Astros Boot.
Ridin' the escelator with Uncle Kendal
Havin' fun in the funny fold up seat!
Coming back from one of our 'million' bathroom trips! I kept thinking they were just wanting to go up and down the stairs but they really did 'go' every single time.
Riding on uncle Kendal!!

Check this out.
The next day we just hung out at the house and chilled...needed the rest from the past two packed days! That afternoon G-Daddy pulled out a bunch of water guns that he had bought for us all to have a water gun fight in the back yard. Of course the boys went crazy and had sooooo much fun. The pics tell a better story than I can!
Getting a lesson from Daddy on aiming and shooting!
Sneeky little guy!
Armed and Ready! :-)
No fear!!!
You want a piece of me?!!
You know I'm Bad!
Here I come!Bobbing for?...I'm just not sure.Cohen in the cooler, he thought that was so funny!
Cade chillin' in the cooler, I might too if I could fit!
Nanna-D joined in on the action!
The refil station.
On Thursday, we got up and went to the Gator Farm. That was a lot of fun! There are several ponds full of them and you can buy hot dogs and tear them up and feed them. The boys really enjoyed throwing hot dogs and seeing then come out of the water after them. We got to get up withing 6" or so of a couple of those gators. Then before we left, the head guy came and gave us our own little personal 'talk' and told us all about the place and we got to hold a 4 yr old 'baby' aligator and a 6 1/2 foot albino python. An experience I'm glad we got to share but pretty sure I never care to hold another snake that big!!! I'm sure though, with only boys our family other than me, there will be more snakes...and many other cool adventures I'll get to experience that I might not if I only had girls! :-)
G-Daddy and the snake.
SERIOUSLY!!! Somebody better get this snake off of me fast or I AM going to flip out on the outside instead of just the inside!!!
So cool and calm! Not me! :-)
And if you look really close, YES, the snake began to wrap himself up between Callen's legs! Didn't even phase him!
So brave!!! I was so proud of all of them!
And then there was Cade, holding onto the snake as if it is his friend! :-)
Not as bad as the snake...actually kinda cool!
I think it kinda flipped Nanna-D out though...that's ok! :-)
Can we take him home Daddy?!
I did it Mommy!!!
This is so cool (especially now that I've seen Cade hold it and everything was fine!) :-)
Poor sweet Cade, when the guy ask who wanted to hold the aligator first Callen piped up and said "Cade does" while Corbin just pointed over in their direction. Cade just stuck his hands out with a smile and was so brave!!!
Is that real? They all weren't sure that it wasn't alive! So cute!
AAAAHHHH! He's eating our arms!
Feeding the aligators.
One of the aligators waiting to be thrown a hot dog...or he may be hoping a kid falls in, who knows!

Great Home Guidelines!

So a friend of mine tagged me in a note on facebook and this is what it contained. These are Home Guidelines 'written' (I put that in quotes because some of these are just basically straight out of scripture!) by Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar. I knew they had a million (well, I guess only 18 or so) kids but we don't have cable so I really didn't realize that they are a strong Christian family. All of the things below are things we each 'know' we should do but whether we put them into practice or not is a different story. I just wanted to put them out there as a challenge to other moms who may read this. It was deffinately a reminder and challenge to me of a heart goal that I should be striving for each day as I love on, pour into, teach and take care of our 4 precious boys! Enjoy!

Always use soft words, even when you don’t feel well.
Always display kind actions and joyful attitudes, even if you have been mistreated. Have the right response by quickly forgiving others in your heart even before they ask.
Always be enthusiastic and look for opportunities to praise others' character.
Always deflect praise and be grateful to God and others for the ways they have benefited your life.
Always use manners and be respectful of others and their belongings.
Always do what is right, even when others may not, or when no one is looking.
Thank God for how He made you, for what He has given you and everything He allows you to go through. (Romans 8:28)
Don’t mock or put others down. Develop compassion and pray for others.
Never argue, complain, or blame. Quickly admit when you have done wrong and ask for forgiveness (even if you were only 10% at fault). Don't wait till you’re caught. Be sure your sins will find you out. He who covers his sin will not prosper, but he that confesses and forsakes it shall find mercy.
Have a tough accountability/prayer partner to daily share your heart with and to keep you in line (your parents, spouse). The power of sin is in secrecy.
Be attentive and look for ways to serve others with sincere motives and no thought of self-gain.
Think pure thoughts (Philippians 4:8, Romans 13:14).
Always give a good report of others. Don't gossip! Never tale-bear unless physical harm will come to someone. (Use Matthew 18.)
Never raise a hand to hit.
Never raise a foot to kick.
Never raise an object to throw.
Never raise a voice to yell.
Never raise an eye to scowl.
Use one toy/activity at a time. Share!
Do your best to keep your surroundings neat, clean and organized.
Never let the sun go down on your wrath. (Don’t go to bed angry or guilty)
Amendment J.O.Y. -
Put Jesus first, Others second, Yourself last.