My last few weeks.....

*EDITED* To add, Yes Gina, Heidy cut her hair too, I think I purposely blocked that one out of my mind!! Thank God it wasn't much, but a few strands here and there, and enough to have a few strands of the long swoopy bangs in front. :-/

While I was in Florida, I had a great time with my daughter and son in law, and Gina and Maci. And Milady is doing some better, still nauseated and throwing up some. But better.

But a couple of things happened, one was I almost choked to death , seriously. (Honest) And another is I broke a front tooth!! Not a back one where no one would see but the top front right tooth!!! It was 2 days before we were coming home so I waited to get it fixed by my own dentist. My great friend Gina called it my Buford tooth !! Also while I was there my dad had a colon test. (It has come back fine)

2 days after we got home, we left for a business meeting for Mark, in Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, where he was getting a couple of awards for work. We drove. On the way there, my 2007 Expedition that I have had for 3 weeks was going up the hill on the bridge and the engine stated speeding up and the vehicle started slowing down. The transmission completely disengaged from the engine. We coasted up the hill and across three lanes of traffic and down a ramp.... So we called road side assistance and was towed to a Ford dealer that was closed by the time we got there. We left my vehicle and rented a car to finish our trip another hour down the road. We found out that it would be completed on Monday, so Mark went home and I stayed with the girls. On Monday, when I got to the dealership, I was told that it wasn't fixed, that they did fix that part but when they drove it there was something else wrong. So I had to turn that rental car in and got a rented Ford Explorer. We drove to my brother in laws house. We stayed the night with them. It was actually a good thing! Oh and while I was gone to Missouri, my mother had a heart cath, and all is ok, she needs medication is all. Thank God!!

So today when we were driving home, a very small spider came out and Skyler said oh a spider and killed it. and then there was another, and another, and another!!! We killed about 20 spiders. All babies!!! Some dumb spider decided that a Ford Explorer's sunroof was a good place to lay eggs!!! When I got home and called the rental place, one guy was very nice and another was like how is all this my problem..... he didn't put it there. Well, I, a person who is terrified of spiders, wouldn't put it there!!! When I was a child my mom got bit my some baby black widows, whose mommy had them in my mom's bedroom!!!!!!! I called the ford dealer and talked to them and they were much more sympathetic!! They are also now paying for the rental car!! Anyway, my hubby got a bug bomb and put it off in the car, so I could at least unpack my suitcases and all the things we bought!!! We were afraid to unpack them before he did that because of fear of bringing spiders in the house.

Is this not my month????????

Home

We are home, Milady is some better. She is 10 weeks now. When they wean her off the medicine pump I may go back down, if she gets sicker again. She is trying to go to work every day, some days she does go home early. We are out of town right now too, at a business meeting for Mark, but I wanted to update everyone.

Milady update #2......

She went to work today! She was nauseous, but she lasted all day. She was very tired, too. Tonight we fixed what she wanted for dinner, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob and green beans, and grilled pork chops. Then we went to the beach for a little bit, we took a few pictures there until I ran out of memory on my card!! I am taking it to Walgreen's to get pics printed and CDs made of them. We will go again and take more!!

Milady update.....

On Friday, when we got her, Milady had an IV pole with IV fluids hooked up to her. She also was taking nausea meds in a pump similar to an insulin pump. She said she had gotten up and put make up on so she wouldn't scare Heidy. :) She didn't look bad to me!! We did nothing that day and went to bed fairly early since we had been up since 3 something that morning!!!

Saturday they took her IV out and we went to Chick-fil-A , where Milady wanted to go, and ate lunch. We also stopped to get ribbon, to make bows for "The Thread to Mylee" blog. That wore Milady out. We came home and rested the rest of the day and took naps!!

Today we didn't go to church because Milady didn't feel like it. We laid around all day and while Gina and I took Heidy and Maci to the pool, Milady wrote out menu for us for dinner, and a shopping list. So we put the little gals down for naps and went to the grocery store. We got everything and more that Milady wanted. We did cook and she ate some and it stayed down!!! YEAH!!! Oh and Happy Fathers day to my dad and my husband!!!

She is going to try to go to work tomorrow......

Fast trip to Florida......

My baby, Milady that is having a baby is very sick..... She wants her mommy so I am going to take care of her!! I leave tomorrow and Heidy is going with me and so is Gina and Maci!! We are flying down to Tampa and Chad is picking us up. We are staying until the 24th.

Milady is on IVs at home and a medicine pump that has meds for nausea. Please pray fior her!!

Secrets.... An Announcement!!

Milady called Heidy and told her a secret.
She couldn't tell until Monday.
It was a big secret.
So shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

We went to help decorate for a wedding shower and my friend Julie gets in the car and Heidy says, "Did you know my sissy.... oh I can't tell you" Julie asked, "You can't tell me what?" "I can't tell, it's a secret" Julie then asked, "Is it Sissy Milady or Sissy Rachel?" "I can't tell, it's a secret" Then after waiting a bit, Julie asked "Heidy, does Milady have a baby in her tummy?" And Heidy replied, "Sissy Milady said not to tell" We laughed so hard!!

I had to call Milady and tell her the conversation and Milady laughed and said, "Well I am proud of Heidy, she tried to stop herself." She did try.

But YES!!!
I AM GOING TO BE A GRANDMA!!!!!!!!
Milady is due January 21, 2009!!!

This is Heidy and her Sissy Milady.... Last June at Milady's wedding to Chad.

FFF # 13 -- MESSY SPACES/ CHAOS

This is a good messy place, Christmas morning!!!

Heidy's little ones....

Heidy just came in and told me I was her baby, I said "No, you are my baby, you will have your own someday." She asked "Where?" I told her "Either in your tummy or you can adopt. Do you think you will adopt someday?" She got all excited and said, "Yes, from China, Guatemala and Ethiopia. They will be named Baby Shrek, Lisa and Maci ." I was like "OK!!!!!!"

Don't you just love it??

FFF # 12 Pajama Party

This week is Pajama Party.....



Heidy and her Papa, her daddy in pjs right after she came home!

Heidy with her papa, her in PJs, in San Diego last summer.

Taking care of her baby, both in PJs

I love pj pictures!! Here is Skyler and Heidy, only Heidy is in pjs.

What we wish for our kids......

A friend sent this to me and it says so much! We can't protect our children from everything and we shouldn't, that teaches them nothing, not responsibility, not to be caring, only to be selfish. It is sad.

Paul Harvey Writes:

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.

I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.

It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.

I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.

I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him.

When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her. I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.

On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.

If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.

When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.

I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.

I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.

I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with them.

May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.

I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.

These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.