4 days until

A little Heaven on Earth. LA where I got married to my best friend.
Last time I went Little B was in my belly. Redlands is the closest. 30 minutes depending on traffic. I think. Jennette will have to leave comment.
San Diego where I got confirmation to marry my Best Friend.

New Port Beach. I've never been yet. I only wish that my companion could be there with me. With Atlanta being 4 hours away and Orlando 6 I gotta make up for lost time. If I do wanna drive 4 hours I can make it to the Las Vegas Temple. I think that finding a baby sitter shouldn't be a problem. ahem Grandma M cough Lara cough..

5 more days until

The Hat has the best pastrami sandwiches. I never seem to be able to finish it. We'd also get the chili fries and split it. The drink of choice? Cherry Fanta Ah good times. They built one across the street from my parents house which happens to have an In n Out across the street from that. A guy that Brian works with has family out in Cali and knows the Hat. Well I guess this guy's family would freeze the pastrami meat and ship it out to him in Alabama. Brian tries to get me to freeze and stash it in my luggage on the plane. Sorry B, not gonna happen.

The drink of choice? Either Strawberry shake or pink Lemonade. Years ago when I was living in Utah my good friend Steph was coming up from Cali. She stopped by the last In in Out in Nevada so I could get my double double fix. It was so sweet of her. It was a little cold and mushy from the sauce soaking thru the bun but it was the thought that counts.

C is for Cookie

This is what happens when I have a clean kitchen. It felt weird at first cuz I haven't baked like this since before B was born. I used to bake up a storm and it was usually to give away. This time it was for my good friends Michelle and Jason who were in town just for a day or two. He's a traveling nurse and so I guess that their next stop will be Sacramento Ca. It would have been too cool if it was a bit closer to my hometown. Then we could have met up while I was there in like 8 days. They only stayed a minute cuz their poor little girl was done for the day. A cookie didn't even entice her she was so tired. It was good to see them.
I'll be getting together with a few other Moms and their kids so I'm hoping that the cookies will quickly disappear.
A side note: Brian gets the good husband award for watching Lil B while I cleaned up the kitchen, did some laundry, and started the cookies. Thanks Honey. Mmmuahh

The ending of a week.

It's Sunday. Lil B is sleeping and Big B is on the phone with his family. I've talked to my family earlier this evening. Sundays are wonderful. I went to church, came home, fixed some lunch for the family and then took my Sunday nap. Ahhh Heaven.

This Sunday was a bit different I went to church by myself so B stayed home with Lil to make sure that his temperature stayed down. Since our son was born I've never gone to church by myself. It was so odd. I was surprised on how much I missed him. It seemed like he's grown a lot in the past 3 hours I was away. Around 3 Brian had his Union meeting. He came home and said "Bad news I have to go into work Monday night" Yippee. No strike. It was like 61%. What a relief.

I guess that I'm off to check on Lil B one last time and then head off to bed. It's hard to believe that next Sunday is Mothers Day and then the next day I have a Dr's appointment and then after that I leave for California. It's gonna be so cool.

high temperatures and allergies

Life in our home these past couple of days have not been all that sweet. Brian came home early from work one night cuz his allergies were so bad. He's been taking it easy and when things are starting to look up Little B has a high temperature. You would never tell by looking at him that he wasn't feeling well. He had a good appetite, doesn't cry or fuss. He was just really warm and a tad more clingy. We'd keep a close eye on him, take his temperature, gave him Tylenol, and cooled him down in the bathtub. We called Dothan Pediatrics and the nurse said that they usually don't want them to bring them in until the temp was 105. I was like huh? Isn't that a little too high? He woke up from his morning nap and it was 104.9 We spent a good part of the day in the ER. He was a good sport the whole time. The nurse took his temperature with a device that she used to rub against his head. By then the temp was down to 101. They gave him Motrin and a few hours later the Dr ordered blood work and said that he looked really good. He thought that he had a virus. With Daddy and another nurse holding him down Brian had blood taken. Lil B didn't even make a peep. Not a whimper, nothin. I was such a proud Mama. A side note: They gotta do something about making those chairs more comfortable. I had the padded one but I'm not sure that you can even call it that. We were happy to come home. So our sweet baby boy is a doing a lot better. We'll see what tomorrow brings. The highlight(s) of the day were B's temperature coming down and running into Sara M in the Walmart fruits and veggies section. It was great to catch up with her for a few minutes.

Some grow fruits and veggies, others grow flowers, I grow weeds. :(

I'm kicking myself for not doing a before/after picture.

Today seemed like a somewhat productive day. The weather was perfect, Brian woke up earlier than normal, and Lil B was sleeping for the next few hours so I knew that I had no excuse not to get out there and do some yard work. The over growth and the weeds have been haunting me for awhile now. I would hang my head in shame every time I would pull in and out of the driveway. It was so embarrassing. Last time I said something about trimming the bush Brian teased and replied "I'm gonna hire someone to come out and trim it to look like an elephant or something" I thought to myself that would look so nice right next to my yard full of weeds. Well today was the day.

Brian mowed and trimmed hedges. I attacked weeds. I hope that I made some sort of improvement. Poor Brian. His allergies almost did him in. I haven't done this much work in a long time so I'll probably feel it tomorrow.

We discovered that we have raspberries or black berries growing inside a the bush next to the street. The fruity bush has thorny branches and I would get pricked constantly even with my gloves on. We rewarded ourselves by having pizza for dinner. There are no elephant statues in our front yard and I can hold my head higher when getting the mail. As for now the backyard will have to wait till another day.

My Husband the spider killer

My Husband is my hero. I am so grateful for him and the fact that he doesn't become paralyzed when there is a spider around like I do. It happened today when I was coming out of the shower and there was a huge black hairy spider on the wall. Ugh, yuck, blech Gross. He usually catches it in a tin and throws them outside. This time Brian used the fly swatter that I've been using on mosquitoes. ( every time the dogs come in and out it's like 2 more mosquitoes find their way in but that's another post) I made sure that B flushed the intruder down the toilet cuz they've been known to play dead. Sneaky little buggers.

Brian and I are big on the Discovery Channel. We watch Dirty jobs, Planet Earth, How it's made, But now they have a new show that creeps me out. It's a show where they have exterminators come out and spray for infestations of spiders, rats, cockroaches, everything creepy crawly. I thought I'd watch a few minutes of it but oh no. It was disgusting. Who'd watch this? What were they thinking? It made Deal or No Deal look pretty good but it didn't last long cuz I fell asleep. I'm curious as to how long this show will last.