First Haircut

Grant went for his first haircut yesterday and he didn't like it one bit.  He cried the entire time.  We are hoping he will get used to it and the next time it won't be quite so traumatic for him.  A man that was in the shop even offered him his cell phone (which he normally loves to play with) but that didn't work either. 

Glen, his barber, was very patient and said he was used to first timers being upset.

He looked so cute and is all ready for his first birthday!

Stay tuned for more haircut news in the next couple of days.....

ANOTHER HOLIDAY - ANOTHER ER VISIT

Well, make that two ER visits!  My little Parker had an accident in Walmart last night - somehow falling out of the cart.  He had a bump on the head and a busted chin.  Ashley and Pete took him to the ER here in Wynne and they were so busy they didn't know when they could see him.  After an hour they still hadn't signed him in.  Soooo, Pete took the other kids home and I went with Ashley to the Forrest City ER.  Thank goodness they weren't busy and saw him right away.  They cleaned up his chin and put dermabond on it and said it didn't look like he had a concussion so he was all fixed up.  He was so good I couldn't believe it.  Whatever they asked him to do was fine with him. 

Anyway, these holidays are about to get the best of us.  I'm still thinking about that cruise but now we will have to go from Thanksgiving until New Year's Day to keep everyone safe. 

Also, when Parker was in the Wynne ER, Russ' grandmother was brought in with a broken hip after she fell at home.  Keep her in your prayers - she has had a tough year!  His other grandmother went in the hospital on Monday with a broken pelvis after a fall. 

Ashley and I got home right before Midnight to welcome a new year (lots of fireworks around my house) so I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! 

Merry Christmas to All!

Although we were so busy during Christmas and I didn't have time to post anything I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with lots of days full of great times with family and friends! 

It's always fun with my grandkids and they had a great day seeing what Santa brought and also spending the day playing with all their things. 

Luke will now be skateboarding in the house with his Tony Hawk Ride Wii game and skateboard... 

Rylee will be coloring and cutting hair in the future..

Parker will be doing all of the gardening this summer...

And Grant will be begging for wagon rides...

However, he wasn't too crazy about Santa this year!

So many memories to enjoy!!!!!!

WHAT IS UP WITH US AND THANKSGIVING????

Backup to last year when Erin was in the hospital Thanksgiving night due to blood pressure problems and facing a way too early delivery of Grant.  We had many reasons to be thankful since she did not have to deliver and Grant was born right on time in February.

And then there was the year before at Thanksgiving time when Parker made his entrance in a way too dramatic fashion.  Once again we were thankful that all was well with him too!  More on him later...

Fast forward to this year (in fact, just yesterday).  Grant was not feeling well and as the day wore on and our Thanksgiving celebration continued he started looking worse and worse.  Erin and I decided about 8:00 p.m. that he needed to go to the emergency room and get checked.   We were off to Memphis and after chest xrays, blood work, flu swab, RSV swab, oxygen and an IV they got a positive result for RSV.  So he was admitted to receive oxygen and IV fluids.  Today he is feeling a tiny bit better and we are hopeful he will get to come home this evening.   We are once again so thankful that he is better and very very thankful for Jill Davis (his ER nurse and Erin's friend for 20 years).   We were so happy to see her in the ER when we got there. 

On a lighter note - yesterday was Parker's 2nd BIRTHDAY!!!!  He had a great time and slowly opened all of his presents (Rylee thought he couldn't get them open fast enough for her to start playing with them).  We had a Mickey Mouse cake Ashley made AFTER we ate our Thanksgiving meal.  He is getting so big so fast and is as cute as a bug!  I love you so so much Parker.  Happy Birthday!

And in the middle of all of this Rylee and I worked to put up one of their Christmas trees!

Next year we are all going on a cruise to try to avoid our annual Thanksgiving trip to the hospital!!!!!

Happy 8 Month Birthday Grant!!!

Grant somehow got to 8 months old very fast and Erin still wants time to slow down!  He is about 20 pounds, has two teeth with two more starting to come in, and is such a sweetheart.  His smiles just melt my heart.  Pretty soon he will be crawling and getting into trouble with the rest of the kids!  For now he enjoys watching them play and he can't wait for Halloween (one of his Mom's favorite holidays).  

Grant, I Love You more than you will ever know!!!!!