Someday, I'm sure I'll be glad I have pictures of me. Well, the kids will be glad. I am ridiculously uncomfortable posting pictures of myself.Okay, so everyone's doing it, I guess I will too...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Embrace the Camera
Someday, I'm sure I'll be glad I have pictures of me. Well, the kids will be glad. I am ridiculously uncomfortable posting pictures of myself.Okay, so everyone's doing it, I guess I will too...
Busy Busy Busy
So in an effort to do better about blogging more often, I have dragged the laptop to the football field. There just aren’t enough hours in the day.
So we just replaced the a/c unit at our house. Naturally it was way too hot to stay there while it was out, so we went to a hotel. I told everyone to think of it as a mini-vacation. As much as the whole endeavor cost, that will be the only vacation we’ll be doing for quite some time!
Our days are super busy these days- Jackson and Jacob are both playing soccer and Josh is back in football. Jacob has also started mascotting (is that even a word?) again. He loves all the attention he gets, especially from the cheerleaders!
So this weekend will be a long one. I’m ready for it! Josh is going to his Dad’s and Jacob is going with his Pappy. Practically an empty nest. We have a pool party Sunday with one of my new TMOMS friends. I’m really looking forward to it. Except for the pool part. Some of us should never be in bathing suits. The twins, however, look adorable in their suits and love the water. I’ll have to post pics.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Long Time, No See
Wow! It's been a loooooooooong time! And boy, has my life changed. We had TWINS. Shut. Up. Twins?!
I knew after we had Jackson, that there was no way I would stop there. I just knew I needed one more. Yes, one. I have this weird thing where I wanted an even number of children. (Shush... I already said it was weird.)
Anyway, we decided not to "try" but more "stop trying NOT to" have another baby. I went off the depo shot. And sure enough...by the time I went to Kansas for the birth of Miss Maddy, I was certain I was pregnant. And figured I was 12-14 weeks along, just judging by how tired I was, and how sick. Oh wow, was I sick. I was losing weight. That's a new one for me.
Funny, while I was in Kansas we found out that my nephew, Travis, and his wife, Becky, were expecting twins. I got a good laugh out of that one. I mean-they already had 3 kids, what were they going to do with 2 more?
Again-Karma's a bitch.
**Tangent Alert**
Miss Maddy was born June 22nd and I have never been so happy as I was for Chris & Angela. Seriously, I can't think of anyone who will be better parents. They have Seth, but Chris needed a little girl!
Abigail Isabella Renee (left) 5 lbs 7 ozs
I knew after we had Jackson, that there was no way I would stop there. I just knew I needed one more. Yes, one. I have this weird thing where I wanted an even number of children. (Shush... I already said it was weird.)
Anyway, we decided not to "try" but more "stop trying NOT to" have another baby. I went off the depo shot. And sure enough...by the time I went to Kansas for the birth of Miss Maddy, I was certain I was pregnant. And figured I was 12-14 weeks along, just judging by how tired I was, and how sick. Oh wow, was I sick. I was losing weight. That's a new one for me.
Funny, while I was in Kansas we found out that my nephew, Travis, and his wife, Becky, were expecting twins. I got a good laugh out of that one. I mean-they already had 3 kids, what were they going to do with 2 more?
Again-Karma's a bitch.
**Tangent Alert**
Miss Maddy was born June 22nd and I have never been so happy as I was for Chris & Angela. Seriously, I can't think of anyone who will be better parents. They have Seth, but Chris needed a little girl!
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Anyway, so after getting a little chuckle at Becky & Trav having FIVE kids... on July 8th, I found out that guess what? I was having twins. And I was only about 8 weeks along.
I thought they would NEVER get here...but I delivered them at 36 weeks 3 days on January 25th. 
Abigail Isabella Renee (left) 5 lbs 7 ozs
Avery Carter Vaughn (right) 6 lbs 10 ozs
Okay, so I'm pretty much out of time. Sorry this was so jumbled! But I have lots more to blog about. It's been a super-busy year!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
RandomNess
Okay, so I'm cruising through McDonald's this morning. I'm hopelessly addicted to their hazelnut iced coffee. I mean, it's not Starbucks, but it's cheaper-and on the way to work.
Anyhow, this ...guy...working in the drive thru looked at me like I was nuts because I had to grab my coffee with both hands. Those are biiiiiig cups. You might as well order the extra large-it's only a few cents more and I need all the caffeine I can get. But my hands are really small. And it takes some doing to reach out the window with 2 hands to grab the thing. I'm gonna be pissed if I drop it though, so he can just look at me like I'm stupid if he wants. Whatever.
Oh. And I got halfway to work and looked down and realized that "the girls" were trying to escape. Seriously- I was wearing a lovely purple bra, but not everyone needed to know that. Sigh. I turned around and went home to grab a cami.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Josh's Accident
Okay, as tacky as it is, I think I'm going just going to post the whole story the way I had to write it up for the attorney.
I feel like I should share the story because everyone should know what an amazing kid Josh is! He's so tough- not a complainer. And he's been through so much this past year- I'm so ridiculously proud of him it's not even funny!
He is a bit of a screamer though (understandably)- he just said last week that he was surprised the hospital didn't tack on an extra $20 for all the screaming! lol
Joshua Nimmo Accident
Saturday, April 5th , 2008
Joshua had a soccer game in Pryor that morning. One of the other players, Jeffrey and his mother, Vicki rode to the game with us. When we returned to Catoosa early that afternoon, the boys wanted Josh to stay the night with Jeffrey. We agreed and the boys left with Vicki.
When they got back to Vicki’s house, she asked the boys to help with some yardwork. As a reward for helping out, she gave them each a little money, which they decided to spend on an old set of golf clubs. She loaded up the boys, two bikes, and the golf clubs and took them all to Rodger Berry Sports Complex on east Pine in Catoosa.
The boys started off by hitting golf balls. Since it’s a large open area, Vicki was reasonably sure they wouldn’t break any windows and it was a good place to take them to play. When they got tired of golf, both boys hopped on the bikes. They ended up racing to the end of the soccer fields, which is still within sight of where Vicki was standing.
Josh was the first to arrive at the end of the fields, and jumped off the bike to run up the nearest pile of what appeared to be gravel. In fact, it was a pile of smoldering embers from the brush that had been burning there since the ice storm in December 2007.
There were piles of brush as well, but there were several piles that had already been burned. The pile Josh climbed was gray and rocky in appearance. There was no flame or smoke visible.
Josh took several steps up the pile when he said he noticed his pants were hot. He was wearing a pair of windbreaker-type athletic pants that he typically wore over his soccer shorts on game day. As he slowed down, his feet began to sink into the ash. He turned to run back to the bottom of the pile. By the time he got to the bottom and was able to sit, his shoes were filled with hot embers that were being pressed into his feet. He was not wearing socks. When he pulled the shoes off, the skin was already blistering and some skin was removed with his shoes.
Because the boys were getting far enough away that Vicki didn’t feel like they could hear her, she called Jeffrey’s cell phone. About that time, Josh was taking off his shoes, so Jeffrey told Vicki that Josh was hurt.
When she got to where Josh was, her first thought was to get his feet in cool water, but there was no source of water available. There was a watery mud puddle, so she carried Josh to the puddle and immersed his feet to try to cool them and stop the burning.
At about 6:15 that evening I received a phone call from Vicki. She said Josh had been burned, and she needed to know what hospital to take him to. I could hear Josh crying loudly in the background. I told her I would meet her at St. John’s Emergency Room. Not knowing the extent of his injury, it did not occur to me to have her call an ambulance.
I loaded up my younger son, Jackson and hurried to the ER. When I arrived, they were just getting Josh settled in an exam room. He was screaming and crying and obviously in horrible pain. They were taking his vitals and getting ready to start an IV.
The emergency room staff started pumping him with pain medication, trying to get him stabilized. He was crying and screaming the whole time. They administered several types of pain medications, including large amounts of morphine, and finally added a sedative to try to get Josh to calm down- he was exhausting himself. The screaming lasted at least 2 ½ - 3 hours. It was after 9 o’clock before they were able to get him comfortable enough to move. He was slipping into a medicated sleep as we began moving him via ambulance to Hillcrest’s Alexander Burn Center for treatment.
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That's the end of what I needed for the attorney. The rest of the story is basically that we spent 12 days in the hospital. He had 2nd and 3rd degree burns and had to have skin graft surgery. Channel 6 got wind of our story, and came out and interviewed us. (Stressful!) Craig Day is super nice and he was so good with Josh! http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?s=8165295
(Of course, idiotic people posted on the story, but I chose to ignore those and focus on all of the supportive ones.)
Josh missed about a month of school. He had to wear custom-fit special socks for almost a year after the accident. He was bound and determined to be healed in time for football season, and amazingly enough he made it. There were some nights I had to pull him out because I could tell he was hurting- he would NEVER tell his coaches that himself. Again, a tough kid- I couldn't be prouder.
Thanks to everyone who came to see us and sent cards & gifts! We all really appreciated it!
Especially Linda- who kept us fed (bleh-hospital food) and helped watch the other boys- and her sister Patty and daughters Brittany & Tiffany! I wouldn't have made it without Linda!!!!
Thanks to my sisters Darlene & Carrie for coming down to help and CLEANING HOUSE! Shut up! That was above & beyond!
Sisters Angela & Jacki came and helped with the boys... Papaw Abell came down... I have an amazing family.
My coworkers sent food, backed me up at work and were just there for me the whole time-including our benefits department.
Man, we are blessed.
I feel like I should share the story because everyone should know what an amazing kid Josh is! He's so tough- not a complainer. And he's been through so much this past year- I'm so ridiculously proud of him it's not even funny!
He is a bit of a screamer though (understandably)- he just said last week that he was surprised the hospital didn't tack on an extra $20 for all the screaming! lol
Joshua Nimmo Accident
Saturday, April 5th , 2008
Joshua had a soccer game in Pryor that morning. One of the other players, Jeffrey and his mother, Vicki rode to the game with us. When we returned to Catoosa early that afternoon, the boys wanted Josh to stay the night with Jeffrey. We agreed and the boys left with Vicki.
When they got back to Vicki’s house, she asked the boys to help with some yardwork. As a reward for helping out, she gave them each a little money, which they decided to spend on an old set of golf clubs. She loaded up the boys, two bikes, and the golf clubs and took them all to Rodger Berry Sports Complex on east Pine in Catoosa.
The boys started off by hitting golf balls. Since it’s a large open area, Vicki was reasonably sure they wouldn’t break any windows and it was a good place to take them to play. When they got tired of golf, both boys hopped on the bikes. They ended up racing to the end of the soccer fields, which is still within sight of where Vicki was standing.
Josh was the first to arrive at the end of the fields, and jumped off the bike to run up the nearest pile of what appeared to be gravel. In fact, it was a pile of smoldering embers from the brush that had been burning there since the ice storm in December 2007.
There were piles of brush as well, but there were several piles that had already been burned. The pile Josh climbed was gray and rocky in appearance. There was no flame or smoke visible.
Josh took several steps up the pile when he said he noticed his pants were hot. He was wearing a pair of windbreaker-type athletic pants that he typically wore over his soccer shorts on game day. As he slowed down, his feet began to sink into the ash. He turned to run back to the bottom of the pile. By the time he got to the bottom and was able to sit, his shoes were filled with hot embers that were being pressed into his feet. He was not wearing socks. When he pulled the shoes off, the skin was already blistering and some skin was removed with his shoes.
Because the boys were getting far enough away that Vicki didn’t feel like they could hear her, she called Jeffrey’s cell phone. About that time, Josh was taking off his shoes, so Jeffrey told Vicki that Josh was hurt.
When she got to where Josh was, her first thought was to get his feet in cool water, but there was no source of water available. There was a watery mud puddle, so she carried Josh to the puddle and immersed his feet to try to cool them and stop the burning.
At about 6:15 that evening I received a phone call from Vicki. She said Josh had been burned, and she needed to know what hospital to take him to. I could hear Josh crying loudly in the background. I told her I would meet her at St. John’s Emergency Room. Not knowing the extent of his injury, it did not occur to me to have her call an ambulance.
I loaded up my younger son, Jackson and hurried to the ER. When I arrived, they were just getting Josh settled in an exam room. He was screaming and crying and obviously in horrible pain. They were taking his vitals and getting ready to start an IV.
The emergency room staff started pumping him with pain medication, trying to get him stabilized. He was crying and screaming the whole time. They administered several types of pain medications, including large amounts of morphine, and finally added a sedative to try to get Josh to calm down- he was exhausting himself. The screaming lasted at least 2 ½ - 3 hours. It was after 9 o’clock before they were able to get him comfortable enough to move. He was slipping into a medicated sleep as we began moving him via ambulance to Hillcrest’s Alexander Burn Center for treatment.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's the end of what I needed for the attorney. The rest of the story is basically that we spent 12 days in the hospital. He had 2nd and 3rd degree burns and had to have skin graft surgery. Channel 6 got wind of our story, and came out and interviewed us. (Stressful!) Craig Day is super nice and he was so good with Josh! http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?s=8165295
(Of course, idiotic people posted on the story, but I chose to ignore those and focus on all of the supportive ones.)
Josh missed about a month of school. He had to wear custom-fit special socks for almost a year after the accident. He was bound and determined to be healed in time for football season, and amazingly enough he made it. There were some nights I had to pull him out because I could tell he was hurting- he would NEVER tell his coaches that himself. Again, a tough kid- I couldn't be prouder.
Thanks to everyone who came to see us and sent cards & gifts! We all really appreciated it!
Especially Linda- who kept us fed (bleh-hospital food) and helped watch the other boys- and her sister Patty and daughters Brittany & Tiffany! I wouldn't have made it without Linda!!!!
Thanks to my sisters Darlene & Carrie for coming down to help and CLEANING HOUSE! Shut up! That was above & beyond!
Sisters Angela & Jacki came and helped with the boys... Papaw Abell came down... I have an amazing family.
My coworkers sent food, backed me up at work and were just there for me the whole time-including our benefits department.
Man, we are blessed.
Friday, February 6, 2009
How Strange
I had dinner with my ex-mother-in-law and ex-sister-in-law tonight. I just love them. And then they took Jacob with them to their little town about an hour from here for a sleepover.
I'm so proud of Jacob- he read his first chapter book (of any size) and finished it this week!
The parts of it that I read were actually really funny. I think I'll probably end up going back and reading the whole thing.
Right now, I'm reading a series the Girls are loaning to me.
The Girls? Oh- they're just these completely awesome 16 year old twins that happen to be the daughters of my best friend/partner in crime. They're fantastically talented and willing to watch my kids (which makes them even more awesome)! Check my Youtube videos on them by searching for BACP or Broken Arrow Community Playhouse.
I'm going to go see them in The Sound of Music this weekend-if it's not sold out!
I'm so proud of Jacob- he read his first chapter book (of any size) and finished it this week!
The parts of it that I read were actually really funny. I think I'll probably end up going back and reading the whole thing.
Right now, I'm reading a series the Girls are loaning to me.
The Girls? Oh- they're just these completely awesome 16 year old twins that happen to be the daughters of my best friend/partner in crime. They're fantastically talented and willing to watch my kids (which makes them even more awesome)! Check my Youtube videos on them by searching for BACP or Broken Arrow Community Playhouse.
I'm going to go see them in The Sound of Music this weekend-if it's not sold out!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Thanks, Thomas!
Okay, so Randy was remarkably sweet and gave up on his plan to buy a new (to him) truck with his tax return in order to spend the money to get me a laptop for my early Valentine's present. Awww, wasn't that sweet??
But, the laptop would have been a high-falutin' solitaire game if it wasn't for our buddy Thomas. He's really Randy's buddy, but I'm claiming him now because not only did he set up the internet on my laptop, a couple of months ago he totally rescued our home pc too. He's handy to have around in a pinch and I hope he knows how much we appreciate him.
Plus Jackson just loves him for some strange reason.
But, the laptop would have been a high-falutin' solitaire game if it wasn't for our buddy Thomas. He's really Randy's buddy, but I'm claiming him now because not only did he set up the internet on my laptop, a couple of months ago he totally rescued our home pc too. He's handy to have around in a pinch and I hope he knows how much we appreciate him.
Plus Jackson just loves him for some strange reason.
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