Sawyer's Future ...

Here is a pic of a 5yr old AaronBoone at the beach ... Looks just like another Boone kiddo I know ...









If you can't tell, Aaron has a wee bit of Indian in him ... Feather not dot ... Obviously.

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Unforgettable Friday

This week hasn't been very funny. Or fun. Or forgettable. It's really just been b.a.d. Am I starting to sound like a broken record? It's just not a good time over here right now. All the kids are "ailin'," (Avery: poison ivy; Dalton: Bronchitis; Sawyer: Ear infection + allergies + beginnings of bronchitis + imboundanddeterminedtogivemymommagrayhairat25), Aaron and I barely get to talk, all three kids have woken up with plans to destroy me at 3am for 4 out of the last 5 nights ... I'm kinda understanding why moms run away from home. Just keepin' it real.
BUT, I'm going to keep reading my Bible (or licking it or something so I can get the words in me, bc I don't even have time to sit down and read it) and I'm going to try to keep breathing ... And other things to get me through these impossible days!!!!! Aghhhhh!!!
I did write down a few cute happenings this week ... Here ya go:

-Every time Dalton takes a bite of something yummy this week he says, "Mmm ... Momma, that's my Fay-Wit (favorite)"

-The other night Avery and I were laying down in her bed and she started saying her prayers and in the middle broke into, "God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for ... " then she looked up at me and said, "wait, is that just for food? I think I should start over."

-We went to my mom's house to play Monday and their dog , Russell had just gotten a haircut ...







He's a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier that usually has long wirey hair, but when they cut it his skin is exposed and you see he is all speckled! When Russell got home from the vet I said, "Look Dalton, Russell got a haircut! What's all over him?" He screamed, "Sprinkles!!!!"

-Avery has started finishing every question with, "or what?" examples:
A: "Are you gonna take me to Sonic, or what?"
A: "Are you gonna make Sawyer stop screaming, or what?"
A: "Are you gonna spank Dalton, or what?"

-This is probably TMI ... But oh well. The other night D was in the bath tub and I had to tinkle ... So being in the bathroom I went ahead and went. D jumped up and started clapping, "Yay Mommy!!" Bahahaha

I'll end with some pics from this week. They're wild, crazy, and driving me nuts- but at least they're cute.












































Tomorrow, I'm bound and determined to write a wedding post from Rachy and Ben's big day! Here's their 15 seconds of fame from the High Profile section of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. It was such a fun weekend!!









I think tonight I'm going to make some comfort food ... and a bottle, I mean a glass of wine. I'm going to do some grilled cheese fancy schmancy sandwiches and The Pioneer Woman's Sherried Tomato Soup ... Have you had it?? Because it's dee-wish-uss!
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Here we go again ...

We went to the doctor AGAIN today. Dalton has bronchitis and Sawyer has a pretty bad cough, plus the beginnings of another ear infection. I kinda want to cry. And I was kinda embarrassed to be back at the doctor. She said that their allergy symptoms probably turned into bacterial infections. Sad, sad, sad. Last night Dalton came coughing and hacking in my room about 3am with 101 fever ... A few minutes later Sawyer woke up crying. Sawyer was up from 3 until after 5. I kinda feel like I'm going crazy. Or maybe just becoming more crazy.
I did have a fun little break today when I went to go meet all The Swap Shoppe customers to give them their purchases. I swung by and grabbed a Large Vanilla Coke and chilled out listening to my Kari Jobe station on Pandora. It was like a mini-vacay for sure! It was a WELCOMED break for sure!

Well, back to reality ...


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Poison

Poison Ivy has gotten Avery. Itchy, itchy, itchy. However it does give me a reason to give her Benadryl meaning she might sleep alot today ... Score.

Kidding ........ ;)


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Unforgettable Fridays!!

This week Avery had her first friend over. This is her little best friend at Mothers Day Out, Addi. They had the best time dressing up, playing outside, and of course running from Dalton. Have you seen Max and Ruby? If so just think of Avery and Addi as Ruby and Louise; and Dalton as Max. That was pretty much how the day went.







Aaron doesn't know it yet, but D may be wearing a few jon jons this summer. I'm not sure where- maybe the beach or if we go frolic in a field or something. But after trying this on him the other day I'm pretty sure his jon jon days aren't over.







My wittle lamby. Even though almost all sleep deprivation, constant baby holding, and general feelings of "icantgetamomenttomyself-itus" is due to this little guy, he is just the most presh thing I've ever laid my eyes on. He had a pretty bad week ... Or 6 weeks really. But, he's so cute and sweet and snuggly that I don't even care. Love this boy!!



I feel like I could have a reality show filled with quotes from the week of funny things the kids have said or done. Some are mildly inappropriate, some are probably just funny to me, and some are so silly, they're sweet. Multiple times through out the day I have to bite the sides of my cheek to keep from laughing at them. So. Stinking. Funny.
I don't want to forget all these funny, precious, cute things they say and do! So, I'm going to start documenting on Fridays all our "unforgettable" moments that week.

Here are some faves from this week ...

-A few nights ago we were saying our prayers and I asked Dalton what he was thankful for, he said "Jesus." Sweetest little thing I've ever heard!!

- Avery loves to say all the time, "We're mommies, so we ..." she'll fill in the blank with "we read books, we go potty, we play on our computers." Then when she's really lovey she throws her arms around me and says "best fwiends foredder." Oh, I love her. She also uses this against me, like if I'm getting on to her she can yell, "you're not my best friend anymore!" and go running off. She has a flare for the dramatics- I don't know where she gets it.

- Avery has recently become obsessed with Disneyworld. Anytime Aaron takes Dalton somewhere without her she asks if while they're gone we can go to Disneyworld. Or she'll wake up in the morning and say, "Mommy, on this day, can we go to Disneyworld." sweet baby.

-Dalton is very confused with some opposites: on/off; does does not- like if I'm wiping his nose he'll scream, "that doesn't hurt me!" thinking he's telling me it does hurt. Makes me laugh.

-Dalton just loves. his. mama. Like, a lot. He always begs me to sit by him on the couch, hold him, if he's laying down for naps he begs me to "lay down by me and get under the cudders." He just melts my heart. Some nights he comes and gets in our bed and he climbs in, put both hands around my neck and says, "I gotcha, I gotcha." And then I let him stay because I'm co-dependent and because I think they're only little for a little while.

-Dalton has started doing this new thing where when he comes
out of his room for the 547th time after we've put him to bed and prefaces his arrival into the living room with "wait, wait,wait Daddy!!" with his little hands out so we wont get mad he's up ... Again! It works- We laugh every time.

-if in the strange event D is getting in trouble ;) Avery will run after him yelling over her shoulder, "I got this, mommy!" Like she'll take care of disciplining him. So funny.

-this week I've noticed Dalton is getting a southern drawl like Avery. I love it so much!

-the other night Avery was laying in my bed and we were saying prayer and she started on one of her forever and a day long stories that has no beginning, middle, or end- just blabber, but in there she said something about how Facebook was in the bible. I stopped her and said, "Avery, Facebook isn't in the bible." She thought I was kidding and died laughing saying, "YES! Yes it is!"
Whoops.


Of course the MOST unforgettable thing that happened this week was Rachel and Ben getting married!! Eekk!! It was a beautiful wedding and such a special weekend and I of course took tons of pics, but they aren't on my phone meaning I have to blog from my computer. BUT, it will happen soon- just not tonight. :)






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The Grand Years

"Those were the salad days, the halcyon years! The sleepless nights, the wailing babies; the days the interior of the house looked like it had been hit by a hurricane; the times i had five kids, a chimpanzee, and a wife in bed with fever. Even when the fourth glass of milk got spilled in a single night, or the shrill screeching threatened to split my skull, or when I was bailing out some son or other...from a minor predicament at the police station, they were good years, grand years.
But it all zipped by. One minute my wife and I were in it up to our eyeballs, and next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. And now, here I am. In my nineties and alone."
Water for Elephants, by Sarah Gruen

I just finished reading this book ... it only took me a couple days, it was excellent. Now, there were definitely parts I had to skip through that made my face turn bright red, but all-in-all it was an amazing book. I became totally immersed in the characters, era, and story line of the novel. I used to be a big reader, I love, love to read. But now I just don't have time. And after Dalton broke my Kindle last night, I'm kinda over it for a while. I ended up downloading the book and finished reading it on my iPhone. ANYWAY, this quote obviously caught my attention. I'm so there. I'm right in the middle of the sleepless nights, ear piercing screaming, messy house, whiny toddlers and just loooonngg days. I'm exhausted. I'm overwhelmed. And I'm in over my head. True story. We've been inside for the last six weeks with a variety of illnesses. I'm so over it. Today's dreary downpour couldn't be more appropriate. We didn't get out of our pajamas, I've had four cups of coffee, and we've been watching tv all day long. Stellar. My whole family is overwhelmed right now with the upcoming wedding this weekend. Everyone has a full plate, so all of my aid's hands are full. This makes for an emotional breakdown- So, I've had a couple ... just keepin' it real.
As hard as these days are, I don't want to wish them away. I don't want to miss out on all the special parts, because the monotony of it all, I'm supposed to be teaching these little ones all the important things in life. Not physics, and algebra, and the history of western civilizations. But, love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, thankfulness, and self-control. Sadly, this is only learned by example. And I'm the main example.
A few weeks ago, I saw an episode of Oprah. This in and of it's self was extremely rare, because I almost never watch TV that hasn't been DVR'ed (with the exception of The Today Show). It was a family that had sextuplets (that's six right?? They had six. I just hyperventilated thinking about it again). A camera crew went in and recorded a normal day. My mouth hung open as she talked about their daily routine. Every minute of the day was accounted for. And her house was totally orderly, organized and under control. I couldn't believe it. I justify my messy house often because of all these little people, but she had twice as many and hers was in perfect order. (I will say she had like three volunteers a day coming to help her, but still.) That got my butt in gear. I'm totally Type B- down to my marrow. I'm impulsive, laid back, easy going, high mercy, and it takes a lot to ruffle my feathers. I also suffer from an extreme case of optimism, so I just always believe everything is going to be OK and work out in our favor. Aaron is the complete opposite- it's one of the MANY ways we're opposite. ;)
However, I heard her say if she didn't have her day planned out and orderly then she would go crazy, which is right where I was heading: straight to crazy town. So,I drew up a little schedule for every day at home- our meals, naps, TV, play, "school" and one-on-one time is all in there. (Today we veered off our norm ... but you catch my drift.) I also try my darndest to stay off my computer and phone while they're awake. They LOVE our little school time. We color, count, work on letters, and memorize bible verses. Dalton doesn't catch on as well as Avery with the verses, but he does the hand motions and mumbles along. The first week we learned Genesis 1:1, and last week we learned Psalm 121:1-2. Makes my heart swell. Even Baby Sawyer sits on the table in his Bumbo and soaks it all in.
A song on the radio right now by Francesca Batistelli, called This is The Stuff reminds me that "In the Middle of my Little Mess, I Forget How Big I'm Blessed," and "I've Gotta Trust [He] Knows Exactly What [He's] Doing." And, I do. I know God is teaching me big things in these long days. A wise, wonderful lady at our church, Camille Richardson, says "God gave me a husband so I could see I was selfish, and God gave me children to show me I was angry." I love that she says she "was," like she's cured now. I'm so with her, and I'm so ready to be cured! It's so easy to get mad and not die to myself in these long days. I'm praying God shows me how to do it better. I know I've been blessed, and I know He know's what He's doing ... I just hope I can live every day like I believe that!

Cooties

I am SO over all the bugs at our house. I think we have been sick for over a month now. It's gone through everyone in our family but just LINGERS on the babies, especially Sawyer. It's pitiful. He's had an ear infection for 3 weeks, been on 3 different antibiotics and yesterday we found out his little ear is still infected and he now has RSV. I just knew that's what it was immediately when he woke up with a terrible cough Sunday Morning when he woke up with that cough. It's going around, several of my friends kids have it and it just seemed inevitable. I took him in yesterday morning. Dr. Rhodes decided to start him on 3 days of Rocephin (sp??) shots for his ear and wanted him to get an inhaler for breathing treatments, which he is less than thrilled about. It is very stressful watching and listening all the time to make sure he isn't wheezing, breathing hard, or in any kind of distress throughout the day. The doctor said it could go from bad to worse quickly, and if so to rush to the ER, which is pretty much my worst nightmare.







Here he is waiting on his little shot. Could he be any more pitiful? He's not nearly as interested in his bottle but will suck down some pedialyte!
We finally came home and he napped late in the afternoon and then didn't go back to sleep until 11. He slept straight through to 8am. Sweet boy. We went this morning for his 2nd shot and then he came home and took a
short nap. It's hard to get much sleep around here when Avery and Dalton think we live in a bounce house and they need to climb the walls, screaming the whole way. My sweet mother-in-law took them home with her last night so we did have several hours of peace and quiet before they arrived home this morning. It was lovely.







This was when we got home from the DR this morning ... Avery insisted on being in the picture.
I feel WORN out! It's exhausting constantly worrying about sicklings on top of everything else. Not to mention being so out of our normal routine.
PRAYING that God will heal Baby Sawyer soon ...

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