Lots of Pictures

Celine

Saturday night, Tony and I went with his family to see Celine at Phillips Arena. We saw her a little over three years in Las Vegas. She does not dissapoint. She has the most beautiful voice I think I have ever heard! She sings so effortlessly and it is so clear and amazing! The Las Vegas show was just that a wonderfully GRAND show! I think I cried almost the entire time b/c it was just so spectacular. Her concert couldn't be so big and grand, but it was also wonderful. What truly makes it so great is her beautiful voice. When she came out and started singing, tears filled my eyes b/c it is just so marvelous to hear a gift like that...and it could only be a gift from our great God...I surely imagine that angels must sound a little like that but probably even more spectacular!

Jewelry Giveaway

Not my giveaway, but Chattahoochee Mama is giving away some really cool looking jewelry designed by her friend, Erica Hardy of erica hardy design! This is one of my favorite pieces...but there are many so choose from. So, if you like the jewelry, go to Chattahoochee Mama's blog and enter her giveaway!

Little Uni

Seriously...these Little Uni t-shirts are totally cute...they have them for boys and girls. Each of the t-shirts has a design and something printed on the design. You can also get it personalized. You know me, I'm trying to figure out if I could make these. I'm thinking I could probably make the applique and then get them embroidered with something...maybe I'll try it...if I do, I'll post some pictures. In the meantime...check out Little Uni .

Check these out

Look how totally cute these personalized rugs are. Darlene is having a give away...go check it out! I would love to win one...wouldn't you? Click on her link and comment there and you are entered to win!

RSV

So, is this something that has been around for a while and is just now getting really bad? I don't remember hearing it so much as I have in the last year. When Walker was about 3 months old, he got a cold that turned into more and we had to take him to Scottish Rite one Saturday to the ER. We sat for a while for them to tell us that he had a virus like RSV, but it wasn't actually called that because it wasn't the season for RSV. The ER doc gave me a medicine for a breathing treatment, a little different than the ones we had been doing from the doctor with the nebulizer, and said we could either give him the medicine or just stop the medicines and let the virus run it's course. So, that's what I did...I stopped doing the breathing treatments and he got better. But, each time he would get a cold, it would go straight to his lungs and he would make the most horrible sound breathing...it's hard to believe that was just last year. Now, fast forward to this year. He's qualified to get an RSV vaccination, and our insurance is paying for it. And, let me just say that if the insurance wasn't paying we wouldn't be getting it! He has gotten a shot once a month since October, and he'll have one each month until March. That's 6 shots. The cost for EACH shot is $4,000.00. Yes, I did just type four thousand dollars! Can you believe it's so expensive? And, I've heard from lots of people that their insurance did not accept to cover their preemies!!! The vaccine does not keep the little ones from getting RSV, it just keeps it from being so severe if they do get it! Seriously, who could afford to give their little one this shot if their insurance didn't accept it or if they didn't have insurance?

Change, change, change

When we bought our 4 bedroom house with a basement 5 years ago, it seemed soooo big for just me and Tony. Now, it really feels too small. Every bedroom will soon be occupied by our sweet little ones (it's actually hard to imagine those rooms as anything else now). It just feels like we're cramped...not really with the bedrooms, more with the stuff. We actually moved the dining room table to the basement and turned the dining room into a playroom, which I like because it's right off the kitchen and family room. We need more living space. The basement is nice for storage, but since it's not finished, we just need to have more space to live in! It's fun and exciting how much the years can change things!

Christmas Gifts

This year, I made most of our Christmas gifts. I got this idea from Joy over at Joys of Home. I should have taken pictures of each one that I did...but I just took a picture of ours, which I did first to see how they would turn out. I really had fun doing it. Maybe I'll get my friends and family to take a picture of theirs and I'll post that later! I used different papers for the background which made them all look so different. Thanks for the great idea Joy.

What's in a name?

I believe we finally have agreed on a name for the baby girl...the first name at least! It wasn't my original first choice, but Tony just was not really giving in there. I found this name the other night in one of our baby name books and I love it! Hudson and Walker say it so cute too! When we asked them which name they liked better...my first love or this new second, they both said the second one! Now...we'll not be saying it anymore lest the boys(mainly Hudson) slips the name out...it's fun to keep our secret! So baby #3...you've got a name!

A few pictures from Christmas

Some pictures from Hudson's camera from Santa...he especially enjoyed taking the pictures of me and Tony...

Back to reality

Tomorrow is my first day back to work since my wonderful holiday break, and I'm not really looking forward to it. I love, love being home with my boys and spending my days playing with them and taking care of them. Time seems to be flying.
I was going to try and make the bedding for the baby, but realized the other day that there were not enough weeks left to pick out the fabric, get started on making it and then actually make it all! So, I picked out something that I like and ordered it...I'm expecting it in the next few days! That's a picture of the bedding on the side. There is a great rug at PBK that I really love that has brown polka dots on the ends, but it's crazy expensive, so I'll just go without that! I think I'm going to find a brown slipcover and cover a big cushy chair that I've had since college instead of buying a new chair. For the boys, I've only had hard rocking chairs, which aren't very comfy for rocking very long! I can't believe that my due date is only 9 weeks away...there is so much to do before then! I also have been thinking recently...what if this baby is not a girl (although this pregnancy has been so different from the boys, if I hadn't seen the ultrasound showing that she's a girl, I probably would have guessed that any way!)

I will try to post some pictures from our Christmas adventures maybe tomorrow night...I'm almost done with the third of the Twilight books...I still love love this series, and I have one more book to go! Tony asked me what I'm going to do when I finish them...I said maybe read them again!? They are so good!

I want a better digital camera...one that takes pictures a little quicker than the one I have...any suggestions?