A Week In The Life: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Many people do posts about their daily lives.  My daily life is pretty boring, but if you give me a week something interesting might happen.  This was such a week.  We'll start with the ugly.  I was changing Brody Bear's diaper last Saturday afternoon.  Knowing me you would think this was the ugly part, but unfortunately it wasn't.  While I was changing his diaper, Greg was playing around and making him smile.  I was closing the last tab on the diaper and POW.  And then pain.  I wasn't really sure what happened at first, but I realized that in an attempt to entertain Brody that Greg had popped his head up really fast.  The back of his head slammed into the front of my face.  When I went to throw the diaper away I realized my eye was starting to swell.  This was like five seconds after it happened.  No bueno. 



Yes, frozen peas actually do come in handy.



I looked like a Cyclops the next day at church.  #Yikes



This was Monday morning before any makeup.

This was after makeup.  I look like I'm rocking a ton of purple eye shadow, but I'm obviously not wearing
any eye makeup at all.  #toopainful

And yes, Greg felt terrible.  I loved that he kept telling me that it didn't look that bad.  I kept thinking that I hope it does look that bad or else I walk around all the time looking pretty pitiful!

Things started looking up mid week.  The good.  We met two couple friends for dinner and then went to a Shane & Shane concert at church.  Great concert and lots of fun.  LB hung out with Granna and  Grandad.

Shane & Shane

Thursday night, I heard Brody moving around quite a bit like he wasn't sleeping very well.  When he woke up this morning he felt a bit warm and he was not acting like himself.  Temperature:  101.6.  I made an appointment and sure enough ear infection #2.  The bad!  This poor kid who had never had an ear infection in his little life got two in the same month.  The very bad!  Praying his ears clear up and stay that way.  This Little Man makes me so sad when he doesn't feel good.

He looks SO pitiful in this picture, but he did perk up when we got some
medicine in him.  Oh, how I love this little boy!



 

My Little Sidekick

Brody and I spent the week together...just the two of us without Daddy.  He supposedly had a "conference" for work in Las Vegas.  Not really sure about that but Brody and I had a good week and managed to survive without him.  However, this is not something I want to get used to.  It's always better when he's around!

Play date.  He literally picked up the microphone and guitar all on his own.  A star waiting to be born?

Sweet friends!

Managed to get our weekly pic taken!

Happy to be hangin' with mommy.

I'm awake and ready to go!



Um...let me in please.



My little stinker!

Lovin' the stairs!

Brody thinks it's fun to throw toys through the gate and down the stairs.

My munchkin!

Sadly I did not get a picture, but Brody and I made it the pool/splash pad on our own.
This was after the fun.  Eating a snack in the car.  Trying to figure out how to use our Snack Trap.

A Day of Decadence

We celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday.  We lived it up and took the entire day to celebrate sans Precious Little Munchkin.  Here he is looking a bit like a pimp while playing with a stuffed animal.

Of course we talked about how this is such a happy anniversary because we have him in our lives as opposed to the past several anniversaries.  Last year was a total SUCKO day because Jemma broke her back and we had to put her to sleep the next day.  The two years before that were good all in all, but man we really wanted to have little people in our lives, so it was still kinda hard.  So, in order to make up for all of that we took the entire day for just the two of us!  Greg totally let me sleep in, wake up and get myself ready.  That's it.  I literally did nothing else.  I didn't wash a bottle.  I didn't pick up a toy...nothing.  Well, I did of course pick up Brody Bear and give him lots of love since we were about to spend the entire day apart.  Aside from that, he totally took care of Brody including changing not one, but two poppy diapers (yes, both before 9 am...he poops A LOT) and packing his stuff to spend the day (and night) at Granna & Grandad's.  We are so thankful for them and appreciate them watching and lovin' on Little Man so we could have such an awesome day.

We went to Bagel Cafe which is my favorite breakfast place and now a total tradition.  This sign was above our table and I thought it was appropriate for the day.

Then we went to a movie.  Yes, we went to a movie #1.  just the two of us 

and # 2. in the middle of the day.  So fun!  We saw Now You See Me which was very enjoyable and entertaining.  You don't need to rush out to the theater to see it, but I would recommend it.  It would make for a good rental. Then I used a gift certificate to get a pedicure.  Pretty much total relaxation and awesomeness for free.  Double score!  After that we went home to relax.  You know, because we had not gotten enough of that already. Greg read and I took a nap.  And as if our day had not been awesome enough, our evening plans were just beginning.  Greg had made reservations for us at a really nice steak restaurant down town and then we went to see Wicked!  

Dinner was super yum. I really think it might have been the very best steak I've ever had.  It literally melted in my mouth.  And Wicked was so good!  Everyone that I had talked to that's seen it said it's funny and it really was!  

The best part though was spending the day with my man.  I know I talk a lot about my Little Man, but Greg is the first love of my life.  He totally gets me.  He makes me laugh.  He's kind.  He loves me and our son and is so dedicated to making this family and our lives Christ centered.  I love him so much.  I'm so thankful we met at a Super Bowl party, said I love you for the first time standing outside of my apartment, got engaged looking like a ragamuffin (me, not him) and got married in a beautiful church by the bay.  And now in the six short years we've been married, through the ups and downs we've already experienced, I'm so thankful it's Greg...I couldn't imagine anyone else.

A Trip Within A Trip

Brody had his first ER visit while we were in Pensacola.  If we had been home it would have been a regular doctor visit, but alas that's how it goes.  Thanks to teething, drooling and snotty nose Brody got his first double middle ear infection.  Our sweet boy was pretty pitiful with his 103.1 temperature, but he did great at the hospital in spite of it!  He looked a little homeless, but I still had to document his ER visit.  I have personally never been to the ER, but it was nothing like what I thought it would be.  We were in and out so fast and no one was sitting in the waiting room with any kind of trauma head wound.  Yes, I'm basing this off of too many movies and TV shows.  Anyway, altogether it was an ok experience minus hemorrhaging money (obviously).

When we first got there...feeling really bad.



But he was still our sweet boy!

Then he got the good stuff...

And started feeling a bit better.

These pictures crack me up because...
#1.  He looks likes he's smoking a cigar
#2.  You would have thought someone just gave him the best toy of his life

Watching a little TV to pass the time.

We put the arms of the bed up and he went to town.







Finally his fever had come down enough that we were released to go home!

Sweet Summertime

We went to Pensacola for 10 whole days and it was wonderful!  Greg and I used to make the 8+ hour drive and not think too much about it.  Now that we have a little, we want to make the drive totally worth it, so we decided to pack up the car with everything including the kitchen sink and basically move in for awhile.  Thanks, mom and dad! 

When Brody was 3 and a half months old, we drove to Pensacola for Thanksgiving.  It wasn't horrible, but it most definitely was not easy getting there.  Brody got tired of being in his car seat very early on in the trip and we had to get a hotel and make the rest of the drive the next day.  Not life altering, but not an ideal trip.  We haven't made the drive since then. Brody has been getting bigger and bigger (obviously) and his little infant carrier has become less and less appealing to him.  He doesn't throw a fit, but he's kinda pitiful after a fairly short time of being in it.  With this information we decided to go ahead and buy his big boy seat for the trip.  We tried it out a few days before we left and it was a big hit.  We were hopeful this trip would be much better and it totally was.  Brody did great!  I mean, he seriously rocked it!  Even at the end when I knew he was ready to be out of his seat and out of the car, he held it together.  What a champ!




Starting out...not really awake yet.



Brody took his bottles and food in the car.  We only stopped once!



If only the whole drive was this nice...but Brody enjoyed looking out the window.



Our sweet little traveler.



Not sure what to think about going through the tunnel in Mobile.




This is the very last part of the trip...still hanging in there! 
We're almost to Nana & Poppy's!



The next day, we went to a sandwich place for lunch with Nana and Poppy...
this is where some lady thought Brody was a girl.  Seriously?!
 #1. He's wearing a blue collared shirt.
 #2He has trucks, trains and cars on his seat cover.
#3.  He looks nothing like a girl.
We politely smiled at the lady (who we assumed was on drugs) and told her he was our precious BOY!



Sarah, Audra, Maren, Kennedy, and Gray arrived on Saturday afternoon.  Brody
got a baby buddy to play with.

Not sure what to think...

Can't you just sense the excitement?

Happy to be out of the car!

 



Aunt Audra loves the Brody Bear!



Nana and baby Gray.



Trying on Poppy's hat.

The little buddies. 

 

Brody had an amazing time at the beach!  He wasn't quite sure what to think of the sand.  He just kept running his fingers through it, not able to understand why it wouldn't stay in his hands.  He LOVED the water.  I mean, this boy giggled and giggled he loved it so much.  #beachphotofest

So many fun toys at Nana's house.

 

 

We went out to dinner at Cracker Barrel one night and Brody seriously flirted with three different
older ladies.  It was so funny!

Fun at the movies!

Our all American boy!

Maren and Kennedy helped Nana in the kitchen.  Cutest little bakers I've ever seen!

 

#FourthOfJulyphotofest

Brody's adoring fans.

The boy cousins!



Bath buddies.



This is Brody showing off his new blinking skills.



Brody was very interested in bowling.

This empty Kleenex boy kept him entertained the last 15 minutes of our trip home.
It's the little things.  Happy to be home, but had a great time in Pensacola!