Jason, Megan, McKenzie, Landon, and Matthew

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Nurse Maid's Elbow

Last night as we were leaving for church, Jason was holding MG's hand walking toward the car. For some reason McKenzie decided to fall to the ground without letting go of Jason's hand. He heard a pop and she started screaming. She cried most of the way to church but stopped before we got there. I took her to her class and told her teacher what happened. I wanted to see what she would do in class, if she would just forget about it and play or if it really still hurt. So about half way through church last night, the preschool director came and got me. She said that MG had not used her arm at all. So off we went to the urgent care. The doctor that we saw was so nice! I loved him. He played with McKenzie's doll and everything trying to get her to use her arm. He diagnosed her with nurse maid's elbow. That is where the elbow pops out of joint and stretches the ligaments in her arm. It is very common in children because their mussels are not very strong yet. However, it is very painful and sore afterwards. This morning she did not want to do anything but rock and just complained that her arm hurt still. However, this afternoon she woke up from a great nap and announced that her arm no longer hurts. She has begun to use it again! Never a dull moment here!

Fall Flowers

Monday, Jason and McKenzie planted all the flowers for fall at our house. It was so sweet to see them outside doing that. McKenzie loves to help her Daddy outside in the yard any chance she gets.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

5th Anniversary, Vegas Style

The Famous Sign...and yes, a couple was about to get married at the sign when we were there taking out pictures! They will have the same anniversary as us!

What a great time we had in Las Vegas! It was really fun to hang out with Brad and Brooke. When we landed at the airport, Jason and Brad had arranged a limo to take us to our hotels! It was really fun! Brad and Brooke have been to Vegas several times before so it was fun having our own personal tour guides! The first day there we walked and looked at all the hotels, which are amazing! One is bigger and better than the next! We also got to take a gondola ride which was actually inside our hotel and see The Lion King. Hans down, the best performance I have ever seen! We celebrated our 5th anniversary on Friday and it was Brooke's birthday on Saturday! We ate at great restaurants along the way! Jason and I also went to a wax museum where we saw lots of celebrities made of wax! It was very fun! Brad got us a car and we drove to Hoover Dam. That was amazing. We got to see the new bridge they is about to open up. It was a very cool experience. It was an awesome trip but as always, it was great to get home to our little MG!

The water show outside of the Bellagio...Jason's favorite part of the entire trip!

New York, New York

Excalibur

The Venetian...our hotel

The lions at MGM

AWESOME!

M&M World...very cool!

Hoover Dam

The new bridge

Jason and Brittany

Julia and me

Jason and the Kennedy's

Whoopi...what?

Our limo to the hotel

Our driver waiting for us!

Brad and Brooke on the gondola ride!

Jason and me

Inside Encore...beautiful!

The inside of the Bellagio

This lady is made completely of chocolate!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Hey Baby, Lets Go To Vegas

Jason and I are headed to Vegas today! We are so excited! We are going to celebrate our 5th Anniversary, all ready! We are going with our good friends, Brad and Brooke. It should be a fabulous trip! We are going to see the Lion King on Saturday night. I got the tickets for my birthday and now it is time to use them! I am so excited to see the Lion King. It is one of my all time favorite movies and I love the music in it too!

McKenzie is off to Grandma's house. She was so excited when I woke her up today and told her that today was the day to go to Grandma's! McKenzie told me right away that she was going to feed the fish and the dog with Papa Norton. They have a big fish pond and McKenzie loves to feed the fish. She is going to have a blast and be spoiled all over!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Food Fears

Last night at supper club there was a huge event! We all faced our food fears! It was so much fun! Heider went first. He eats nothing and I mean nothing green. So he had to eat broccoli, and yes it was covered in cheese! Very yummy to me! Next went Katie. She has not eaten a hotdog since 5th grade. That was years ago. So, she ate a corn nugget. Yes, it was covered in batter and fried! Lobello went next. She has not eaten pork or beef in 15 years. She stopped eating it thinking she was going to be "healthier" and never ate it again...until last night! She ate pork loin and yes, it was covered in a syrup sauce. I had to eat turnip greens. Guess what, they were not covered in anything. They smelled awful and guess what...they tasted AWFUL too! Jason did not have to try anything because he does not have any food fears. He will try anything once. McKenzie was the cheerleader for all of us! It was really fun to face a fear and be able to say, I have tried it and I just don't like it. That just sounds better to me than, I have never tried it! Lobello is defiantly the winner though. She ate most of her piece of pork. And...she LIKED it!! Next time she will be trying beef!

Dinner is served!

Heider is first with broccoli!

The bite!

The after face...he did not like it very much!

Katie and her corn nugget!

She did not like it either!

Lobello showing off her bite of pork...she was ready!

Chewing, chewing, chewing!

Gone and a smile too! She liked it!

McKenzie cheering us on!

Precious!

Yea! You can do it!

Turnip greens on the fork...

in the mouth...and it was all I could do to swallow that mess. It was so gross! Heider was brave too and tried them also! He hated them too!

After we all faced out fears we had a delicioud Publix cake to eat! It is a bit of a joke as well. Lobello does not eat beef, well not yet, and Heider does not eat tomatoes or onions and neiter do I. So, there we faced another fear!

Katie even had our names put on it!

Such a fun night!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday Braden

Yesterday was Braden's 1st birthday party! He turned one on Friday and we all celebrated Saturday. Braden is the son of Brad and Brooke, our really great friends. Brooke threw a fabulous football party for their lil' quarterback! Everyone was supposed to dress in their favorite sporting attire. We were the only UGA fans there. Everyone else was Auburn! We had a delicious BBQ lunch and wonderful cake for dessert! Braden was not that into making a mess with his cake. I think that he was in shock that it was all his and he could touch it! He was so sweet like he always is and just went with the flow. We had a great time and as always it was great to hang out with our friends! Happy 1st Birthday sweet baby Braden! We love you!