7 Months Old

Timmy is 7 months old today. I thought I'd take some pictures for the occasion. He loves to play with his toys in his highchair. It's also the only place that the dogs won't get his toys. Enjoy the pictures!

"Not more pictures! Haven't you taken enough already?!"

What a face! We caught him in the middle of a laugh/scream.

"That orange light on the camera sure is interesting."

"I love toys that I can chew on. Thanks cousin Tristan for giving me this toy. I like it a lot!"

Monday Evening

Monday evening I was doing some paper work for our business and Timmy and his Daddy were having some play time together. After I was done with the paper work this is how I found Timmy:

Stages and Changes

I just wanted to take a moment and give you a picture review of how much Timmy has changed since he's been born.

This was taken right after he was born.

He's about a month old here.

He's three months old in this picture. This is one of our proofs from that photo session. I haven't had time to actually scan in the pictures.

This one was just taken for his 6 month picture and Christmas pictures.

Anyhow, that is an overview from birth to now. Enjoy looking at the pictures.

Explosive Diaper

OMW (oh my word), When Scot went to get Timmy out of his high chair this evening he thought he smelled something and did the butt smell test (you know the one all us moms do just before going somewhere) and was puzzled and asked me to smell and I didn't smell anything. But, when Scot turned him around facing my direction Timmy's shirt lifted some and then I saw it. There it was on his white onesie that he had on under his shirt. It was green and yucky. He had poohed big time and it went up his front. How gross!!!

This was our first experience with a blow out and the process of taking care of it was too funny. I wish that I had the camera handy so you could see how funny the clean up from it was. I'm glad that Scot was home when it happened b/c having to take care of it by myself would have been even more funny I'm sure.

Anyhow, I just had to share with all you moms and dads b/c I'm sure you understand and can imagine how it was.

HOORAY FOR SLEEP!!!

After giving Timmy some Infant Motrin last night he slept good!!! He and I got some much needed rest b/c there hasn't been much rest over the past four days with him cutting his first tooth. Even though I'm not a fan of giving meds it was such a blessing when I gave him the motrin and he slept. Praise God for motrin!

Timmy has had such a good day today after getting the rest he needed. I've had a good and productive day also b/c I got some much needed rest. I'm very excited about that.

Well I'm going to go and give Timmy a little snack (maybe some baby bananas) b/c he slept through lunch today and he will be eating his dinner in a little while.

Doctor Visit Yesterday and More

Timmy has been a bear for a few days now. We found out the day after Thanksgiving that my sister's son had strep throat which Timmy was exposed to on Thanksgiving Day. So because Timmy had been so fussy and pulling at his right ear I decided to take him to the doctor yesterday to make sure he didn't have strep and that he didn't have an ear infection. He doesn't have either. The fussiness we were experiencing was just from teething and the doctor confirmed that. He also said Timmy had a little bit of a cold so we are keeping an eye on that. The doctor also found some build up of wax in Timmy's right ear that we are using drops for in order to get it all cleaned out. All this at the same time that he is cutting a tooth. No wonder he was so fussy.

It's so exciting that Timmy cut his first tooth yesterday. It's not to where we can get a good picture of it yet but as soon as it is we'll post a picture. I just hate that he had to have so much happening at once:-(.

Anywho, just wanted to let you all know how eventful the last few days have been for me with Timmy. You hate to see them in pain and not be able to do anything to take it away. It's so sad:-(.

My Birthday

My birthday always falls around Thanksgiving. Having your birthday around Holiday time can be lots of fun or a real bummer. For me, most of the time it's lots of fun. This year was one of the best because I got to go see TSO in concert and I got a couple of movies on dvd that I've been wanting.

If there is one thing everyone knows about me that is that I am a movie person. I have lots of them. In fact, several of my friends call me "Lisa Buster". Movies are a gift that keeps on giving. When someone gives me a movie as a gift that is huge to me because I can enjoy it over and over again. Of course, that makes it easy to buy for me and hard all at the same time. Easy because movies, for the most part, are cheap and hard because I already have so many that it's hard to know what I don't have.

At any rate, I had a great birthday. I may not always get to celebrate it exactly on my birthday but that's ok. I understand that it's around a holiday so I make concessions. This year it was the TSO concert a few days before my birthday and a couple of dvd's that I've been wanting on my birthday.

Everyone has been asking did I do anything special on my birthday? Not really because I was busy getting my house in order for my family coming over on Thanksgiving. Some people when they hear that think what a bummer but it wasn't. I enjoyed getting everything ready for everyone coming over. I don't have to go all out on my birthday. I know that is how it is with some people but it's not that big of a deal for me. I consider myself very blessed to have gotten the movies I've been wanting and seeing TSO. Those two things were huge for me.

Thanksgiving

This is the first time that I've been able to get on and blog since Thanksgiving day. We had my family over for Thanksgiving. My brother (Calvin) and his wife, my mom, my sister (Regina) and her son (Tristan), my brother (Ernest) and his girlfriend (Amy). We had lots of fun. The food was great!!! My mom cooked and I cleaned with the help of my sister in law. All in all it was a very pleasant Thanksgiving and that's saying something with my family.

Timmy did real good with everyone here. He was being his usual cute and charming self. He pretty much steals the show. We tried giving him a tiny bit of mashed potatoes but he didn't care for them at all.

After everyone was fed and full some of us sat around talking while others sat and watched the latest Indiana Jones movie. Alvin and the Chipmunks was also watched. A good time was had by all.

Scottie got to relax for a change. He needed it because he's been working a lot lately. Thanksgiving day was all he got because he worked a big commercial project yesterday and today. He's actually finishing it up as I write this to you now.

We are looking forward to going to church tonight and spending Sunday resting and having family time. After all the action over the past few days it will be nice to have some time to ourselves.

As I've sat back reflecting about everything I've thought about how blessed we are. We have family and friends to share our lives with, a roof over our heads, heat for when it's cold, a/c for when it's hot, running water, an awesome church family, a handsome baby boy, two dogs that give us lots of laughs (mainly b/c one is a pup and the other an adult), money in the bank, and a deep love that binds us together with bonds that can't be broken.

In a time when so much is going on and so much is changing it's nice to think about all that we have to be thankful for in our lives. Take time to reflect and realize how blessed you are today and everyday.

Things that make you go HMMMM

I will start out by saying that this is a story only the members of my family will be able to relate to. Because several of us have lived it before.

Today, I started a 2 day commercial carpet cleaning project. I took every precaution to make sure I had all of the supplies I needed and to make sure all of the equipment was in good working condition because it is a Holiday and supply stores are closed.

The day started out great and we were making good progress. When we took a break for lunch, I noticed that I had used most of the water in my supply tank. I decided to connect to the building water supply. Initially, everything was fine. After several minutes, the pressure pump on the machine stopped. This usually means that the cleaning solution tank is empty or the small water tank on the machine is empty. When I got to the machine, I found the water tank on the machine was empty and a safety switch had shut the pump down.

I knew that the water supply was good, so I thought it must be a stuck check valve in the input line. After taking the water system apart, the check valve seemed to work correctly. I put the system back together and I still have no water getting to the machine. I then decided to take the check valve out of the system entirely. Still no water.

My mighty carpet cleaning machine that has taken on and beaten the toughest Chinese Restaurant carpets, the nastiest rental house carpets and the most disgusting pet contamination you have ever seen is for the moment a boat anchor.

At this time, I started to reflect on some of the methods I have seen used to get things to work. I and several others have witnessed the execution of these methods and they are a sight to behold. I must say that the correct tools must be used to get the desired result.

The first repair method came to mind, so I looked for the correct tool. My carpet repair tools are still on order so I didn't have a 22 oz claw hammer. Darn.

I thought some more and the next repair method hit me. This one was good, I have witnessed great success with this one. I think to myself, this is a carpet cleaning truck, I am sure I have the main tool for this one. I look franticly, I can't find it. I say to myself "What kind of carpet cleaning truck doesn't have a throw rug on it?" At this point, I think to myself that it probably would not have worked anyway because I am not sitting on the shoulder of I75 somewhere in Georgia during rush hour and it isn't raining.

At this point, I decided to take all of the brass connectors and pipes apart. When I got the last two pieces separated, I found the problem. What was it that temporarily defeated my mighty carpet cleaning machine?

An acorn!!!!!

At this point, all I could do was laugh. Acorns and peanuts, small but powerful.

Even More Christmas Pictures

Here are some more of the Christmas pictures that we had done at Lundies Photography. The first one is what we have chosen as our main Family photo and what we are giving out to the entire family. To look at these pictures you would never know that we were dealing with an extremely fussy baby that day.