BOY DOES THE TIME FLY!

IT'S BEEN A MONTH AND A DAY SINCE I LAST BLOGGED. WOW! THERE IS NO WAY I CAN POSSIBLY REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST MONTH BUT I WILL TRY TO REMEMBER A LITTLE SO I CAN CAPTURE SOMETHING FOR THE MEMORIES.
WE HAD JOSH AND ALICIA'S WEDDING! WE HAD A GREAT TIME SETTING UP AND GETTING READY FOR THE WEDDING ON FRIDAY. THEN WE WENT TO SUPPER AT MARKET STREET AND THEN TO THE CHURCH FOR EVERYONE TO PRACTICE AND I WAS BUSY TAKING PICTURES. WE HAD THE WEDDING ON SATURDAY AND BRICEN STAYED WITH MY MOM SO WE DIDNT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CHASING AFTER HIM SINCE I WAS TAKING PICTURES AND ALBERT WAS AN USHER. WE WENT TO NEIL'S FOR THE AFTER PARTY AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME! WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME GREAT PICTURES SINCE I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE TAKING PICTURES AND I TOOK AROUND 800 BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
MOTHER'S DAY WAS THE SECOND WEEKEND. I HAD TO WORK ON SATURDAY AT OUR SUBDIVISION LAUREN PINES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE AND MY BOYS TREATED ME TO DINNER AT THE LONG HORN AND MY PARENTS WENT WITH US TOO. THATS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO GO. I LOVE IT!
SUNDAY WE WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN TO MY MOMS FOR LUNCH. WE WENT HOME AND RESTED AND WE HAD OUR FAMILIES OVER AFTER SUPPER FOR ICE CREAM AND DESSERT. IT WAS A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY! IT WILL BE ONE I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. BRICEN HAD A LITTLE ARRANGMENT OF FLOWERS FOR ME AT CHURCH THAT HE GAVE ME. SITTING AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE HE GAVE ME HIS PRESENT HE MADE FROM SCHOOL. IT WAS THE BEST PRESENT EVER. HE MADE ME A NECKLACE, AND HAD PLANTED ME A LITTLE FLOWER AT SCHOOL, HE HAD MY HANDPRINTS AND HIS HANDPRINTS THAT THEY HAD MADE AT SCHOOL WITH A CUTE MOTHER'S DAY SAYING AND THEY HAD HIM ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS MOMMY AND THAT PIECE OF PINK PAPER WAS THE BEST!!!! IT WAS ADORABLE. HE ALSO GAVE ME SOME AZALEAS FOR THE YARD. ALBERT SAID WE WANTED TO GET YOU FLOWERS BUT THOUGHT THESE WOULD LAST A LOT LONGER. SUITED ME IT WASNT A WASTE OF MONEY. THEY ALSO GOT ME SOME OTHER FLOWERS FOR THE YARD AS WELL. ALBERT HAD TO MAKE SURE HE REMINDED ME THAT I GOT AN EXENSIVE GIFT FOR VALENTINES DAY THAT NEEDED TO CARRY OVER. IF YOU DONT REMEMBER IT WAS THE FLASH AND THE SMALL CAMERA BAG FOR MY CAMERA. I WAS TICKLED PINK WITH WHAT I GOT AND COULD HAVE CARED LESS IF THEY HADN'T BOUGHT ME A THING. HONESTLY WHAT BRICEN GAVE ME FROM WHAT HE MADE AT SCHOOL WAS THE BEST GIFT I HAD EVER GOTTEN! IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE SO MEANINGFUL. I HONESTLY CAN'T REMEMBER SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE GOTTEN BUT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW MEANINGFUL THIS MOTHER'S DAY WAS NOW THAT HE HAS GOTTEN OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
THE THIRD WEEKEND ALBERT AND I WENT TO GEORGIA FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY TRIP. WE GOT A NEW RHINO FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY AND WE LEFT BRICEN WITH MY PARENTS AND WE WENT CAMPING AND TO RIDE THE RHINO. WE LEFT ON FRIDAY AND CAME BACK ON SUNDAY. WE HAD A BLAST AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF FRIENDS COME JOIN US JUST FOR THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND THEY RODE THEIR 4-WHEELERS. IT WAS NICE TO GET AWAY SO WE HAD SOME ALONE TIME THAT WE GOT TO ENJOY WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT BRICEN GETTING JEALOUS.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. WE WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN TO MY PARENTS FOR LUNCH FOR MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY. THAT AFTERNOON WE WENT TO OUR OLD HOUSE AND RODE 4-WHEELERS WITH OUR FRIENDS AND THE KIDS AND WE GRILLED HOTDOGS. WE HAD A CAMPFIRE AND ALBERT, BRICEN AND I CAMPED IN THE TRAILER THAT NIGHT. IT WAS BRICEN'S FIRST CAMPING EXPERIENCE AND HE REALLY ENJOYED IT. HE KEEPS ASKING IF WE CAN GO AGAIN. (WE ARE FOR FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND AND WE CAN'T WAIT!)WE GOT UP ON MONDAY MORNING AND HAD PANCAKES AND BACON AND THEN WE RODE THE RHINO FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WE TOOK HIM OVER TO THE SCHOOL TO PLAY. WE PACKED UP AND HEADED HOME AROUND LUNCH TIME. IT WAS A GREAT RELAXING WEEKEND!
MONDAY WAS OUR 7TH ANNIVERSARY. TIMES REALLY GOES BY SO FAST. WE ENJOYED OUR DAY AT HOME AND WE WENT OVER TO THE GILLESPIES FOR SUPPER AND TO SWIM.
TODAY THURSDAY MAY 29TH- WE HAD BRICEN'S LAST DAY OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. ALBERT AND I WENT AND ATE LUNCH WITH HIM AND THEY GOT THEIR CERTIFICATES. IT WAS A LITTLE SAD FOR ME THAT THE YEAR WENT BY SO FAST. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST STARTED YESTERDAY AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW FAST IT GOES BY HE WILL BE STARTING KINDERGARTEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
I WILL ADD PICTURES LATER ON FOR THE PAST MONTH. SO THIS ONE WAS A LONG ONE JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP!

Guys Weekend + a few girls!

Guys Weekend! Albert went on a guys weekend, weekend before last. They left on Thursday morning and they went to West Virginia riding. Needless to say he was in need of some guy time and I needed sometime without him. LOL Bricen and I had a great time keeping ourselves busy. On Thursday evening Amy, Sage, Marli, Jessica, Payton and Georgia came over for supper and the kids had a ball playing. On Friday night the moms had a night out. We shipped the kids off to the grandparents houses. We went to Gaffney shopping and to dinner and we were rebels we stayed out a little late. We stayed at Fats until 11:30 PM. We had a great time and Amy and I came back to our house and stayed up talking and looking at pictures. Bricen stayed at his Nona and Papa's until lunch time on Saturday. We rushed home for a quick nap and off we went to Walter and Wyatt's birthday party. After the party we headed over to Amy's to eat dinner and have a sleepover. We got up on Sunday morning headed home, got ready and headed to Sunday School and Church. After church we ate lunch and headed to Rock Hill for the picture party. Albert got home mid-afternoon and we had a great evening spending time as a family. We all had a great busy and tiring weekend and we were all so happy to be home and back to normal.

My two Firefighters!

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Funny but NOT so Funny

This morning Bricen was at my moms and he wanted to go outside and my mom told him that he needed to wait just a little bit longer so it would be a little warmer. He looked straight at her and said you sorry jerk. My mom said excuse me what did you just call me he said a sorry jerk. He had no clue what he was saying. My mom asked him where he had heard that and he wouldnt answer. She said did you hear that from another little boy and he answered no little boy. When I got there she told me without me hearing him. She said no need to bring it up again. She had talked to him about it and he was upset that he said it when he knew it wasnt nice. So I know you are all thinking where did he hear it?? I honestly believe that he heard Albert the other night. A guy owes Albert some money and has for quite sometime and he can't get him to pay him the rest of the amount. So Albert called and got his voicmail and left him a message and when he hung up I think I remember Albert calling him that. It least it wasn't too bad. I can't wait to tell Albert when I talk with him. Albert left this morning with a big group going to West Virginia 4-wheeling and will be home on Sunday. Lord be with them! I am excited! It gives us a little time away. I think every marriage needs it. You get to see how much you miss each other when you are away for a couple of days.

Out of a mouth of a 3 year old!

I am behind but I wanted to post two things that Bricen said this week that was sweet and funny.

Yesterday my mom went to visit a lady in our church and they took her a pie for her birthday. Bricen loves to sing so he was singing Happy Birthday to her. He sang Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you- He stopped and held up two fingers and said you have two barns? He was looking out her window and saw them while singing. My mom said it was the funniest thing and they couldn't get him to finish singing once he saw the barns. He wanted to know where her tractor was and he wanted to talk about her farm and the birthday didn't matter anymore.

Then last night I was putting Bricen to bed and he gave me a big hug and he said I love you mommy, your my hero. I thought that was the sweetest thing. I don't know where he has picked that up but he melted my heart!

I love that kid. He is the sweetest thing. He has the best personality and he is very loving to everyone. Just out of the middle of know where he will just say mommy- I love you or daddy- I love you.

On a side note. I went with my mom to take Bricen and my two nephews to the park today. My nephews are 4 and almost 2 and Bricen just turned two. So they are great stepping stones. 4,3,2 well I wish you could have seen the people looking at us and there was two ladies that really thought I was crazy. They were looking and talking about us in another language so we couldnt understand but by the look on their faces they were wondering if I knew how to stop. My mom laughed she said yeah they know I am to old to have children this young. Just had to share because it was rather funny and to others they thought I had lost my mind. If they only knew Bricen is an only child and I hope soon that will change if I can get my husband talked into it!

I will be posting about Bricen's birthday soon!

3 Years Ago Today

I was pregnant with Bricen and I had a check up on Friday April 1 which was 3 years ago today. Dr. Peach was out of town and he was going to induce me on Tuesday April 5 once he got back in town if I had not gone on my own. Because I was on bedrest my mom took me to the Dr. and with my blood pressure being high I had to have fetal monitoring several times a week. Well I was at the Dr. office and I was hooked up to the fetal monitor and we could hear the babies heart beat but he wasn't moving. So they sent me in for an ultrasound. Well he wasn't moving on the ultrasound either. So I was informed that since I was so close to being due (April 10) that they were sending me to the hospital to be monitored and most likely induced. They were afraid that the baby was in fetal distress. So I called Albert while I was waiting for them to give me my paperwork to head over to the hospital. Well I couldn't get him on the phone so I called one of the guys (Wes) that working for Albert and got him. He let me speak to Albert and I told Albert what was going on and he was like ha ha Happy April Fool's Day! I couldn't get him to believe me. He thought I was playing around. Well after being worried that something could be wrong with the baby I was in tears. There was this sweet little lady sitting there in there in the hallway listening to me plead with my husband to believe me and she said honey do you need me to get on the phone and tell him your serious? My mom finally did. So I told him to head home and get my things that I had packed and I gave him a list of things that were just out that I had to use everyday so they weren't packed. Mom and I headed to the hospital for them to put me on a pitocin drip to make sure that the baby's heart rate was going to be ok and that he wasn't in fetal stress. If there had been any problems they were going to have to do a c-section. So I was checked into my room and was given a gown and then they started the iv of pitocin. While I was in the room with the nurse my mom was on the phone with my dad telling him to hurry. She was a nervous wreck. She was afraid something would happen and it was only she and I at the hospital. So before long we had lots of company. My dad, Albert finally got there, my brother and Albert's parents. Everything seemed to be fine with the pitocin so they induced me at 7:00 that evening. They came in and told everyone that it would be late the next day before the baby was born so we sent everyone home so we could rest and we didn't feel like we had to entertain and promised we would call if anything happened. At 10:00 PM they came in and gave me an Ambien. They wanted me to have a good nights rest and needless to say it really helped. The nurse was in my room at 11:20 PM checking my iv bags and I looked at her and said I have either wet the bed or my water has just broke. Sure enough it was my water. So we knew that he would be born within the next 24 hours. I was in real labor at that point knocked out with an Ambien. So I was sleeping good and everytime I would have a contraction I wouldn't say anything but I would lean up and grab hold of the bedrails and hold on until it was over with. Anyone who has had Pitocin knows the contractions are worse than just natural contractions. Thank goodness for epidurals and an ambien. At 2:30 AM they came in and gave me my epidural. I slept great until 7:00 the next morning. Albert on the other hand did not. Where my blood pressure had been high since I was three months pregnant. It bottomed out 3 times in the middle of the night and the nurses would come in and give me some medicine throught the iv to get it back up and everytime the baby would move the monitor would go off. I slept through all of that but Albert couldn't sleep. I should. have asked for him an ambien. They checked me at 7:00 and I was at 7 cm. My parents came around 10:30 AM and visted with us for about 15 minutes and they came in and checked me again and I was at 10 cm. So I got them to bring me my toothbrush and a cup of water and I brushed my teeth, combed my hair and put a little make-up on and I was ready to roll. The nurse came in at 11 and said lets practice pushing and she said stop right there I need to go grab the Dr. this baby is coming. So the nurse and the Dr. came running back in and I started pushing and I delievered a 6 lb. 14 oz. little BOY at 11:22 AM on Saturday April 2, 2005! We didn't find out what we were having because we wanted to be surprised. We named him Bricen Paul. Brice was my grandfathers name and is my dad and my brother's middle name. Paul was Albert's grandfathers name and is Albert's middle name. So we named him after both sides of the family. He was 20 1/4 inches long. Just thought I would share one of the happiest days of my life!

A visit with the Easter Bunny!

We went and saw the Easter Bunny at Walmart today!