iPhone picture dump

Before I begin completely overloading you with pictures, let me first just say thank you. The comments, texts, and calls after my last post were all so sweet and supportive.  You all totally get my anxious feelings and I really appreciate it! Andy's CT is Tuesday morning.  He can't have anything to eat or drink beforehand so that will be a challenge in itself- haha! She said they are going to try to do it sedation-free at first since the procedure will only last 2 seconds (if they can get him still...that is a BIG if with our little honey badger).  We won't get the results for about 48 hours.  Obviously, I will let y'all know on here when we know anything. 

I think my nervousness is kind of on a roller coaster ride.  Sometimes I am worrying myself sick, and other times I am not worrying about it at all because I just know everything is totally fine.  Today has been one of those days where I am not freaking out.  So I am taking advantage of that and sharing some of the pictures off of my phone. 

Eddie and I switched from AT&T to Verizon so we got to upgrade our phones to the iPhone 5.  The camera on the phone is really incredible.  I am loving it...


Bowl Game...

Visiting practice...

Thumbs up, racing!

Andy's nap was cut short so I took him on a stroller ride.  Can you see me??

Word.

Showing off his muscles on top of Poppy

He is so stinkin' sweet....

 The Carries and Nug

 On the bus heading to the game

Representing the OLine...and the Williamsons

At the game, cheering hard

After a long day of travel, this is where he wanted to be

This is so gross.  I know.  It really is.  But, y'all, we could NOT stop laughing at this hot mess.

New Year's Eve!

We were fortunate enough to be invited to three parties on New Year's Eve.  Carrie Beth offered to stay an extra day to babysit the kiddos (seriously, how awesome is that?!?!) since babysitters are hard to come by on NYE.  We went to two of the parties and had so.so.so.much.fun.  Probably too much fun.  Let's just say we were hurting the next day.  In fact, Eddie was hurting so bad that he stayed in bed for most of the day on New Years Day.... it was ugly.  But soooo much fun.

With some of my friends at Susan's house...

SALLY!

ohhhh yeah.  this happened.  it's hard being this cool...

Love my girls!

Having fun!

the pictures went downhill from there.... and there are a few videos that will not be posted, but are freaking hilarious...

Random other stuff

Cal and I on a date to Wich Wich! He loves that place.

CB gave the boys these hats and I had to get a picture for her-- and it just might be my favorite picture of them...

Andy had a birthday party for Alston

This little guys has been testing the waters lately...and learning about time out! 

But when he plays like this, could you not just melt??  He was so content just playing with that car and sucking those fingers...

On the table...being Andy...

Hank was trying to tell me he needed some attention...

Gorgeous day means outside fun! 

Nugget loves his books

I love this...it was saved on my phone so I am posting it here...  how TRUE is this??

My little guys in their sweats...

One of my closest friends moved to Greensboro (about an hour away) and we went to visit her this past week.  The kids had so much fun playing.

My little boys love to hold hands in the backseat.  They do it all the time when I am not looking (because I am....ahem...driving!) and then Cal will say "look at us!" and they are just riding along holding hands.  Warms my heart right up.  

CalBoy was going to school and I thought he just looked so old.  Also, he fell down hard about 45 seconds after I took this picture.  He had his hands in his pockets and couldn't catch himself.  I made him hold one of my hands, but I was holding Andy too, so I could only catch him so much before he went down. Only one knee hit, but he was pretty upset walking into school.  Thank goodness his teachers are so awesome-- they had him fixed up in no time! 

Andy and I can not go to Target without opening just about everything in the world to keep him happy.  This day, all he wanted was apple sauce.   We put the box in our cart and he had four before we left.  

Snuggling before bedtime.  We have started to snuggle before he goes down and I love that time with him....sweet guy.

I know I post pictures like this all the time-- the boys all waiting for daddy to get home-- but they make me happy, so I keep on taking them!

We picked Andy up from school and brought him home.  He spotted Cal's lunch leftovers and helped himself....

Just, you know, fighting the bad guys...

My little CalBoy has been ALLLLL about his momma lately.  I mean, we are pretty much inseparable.   He wants nothing to do with anyone else.  I know this is only a phase and soon he will be constantly annoyed with me so I am thoroughly enjoying this time.  He is my little love bug.

It has been 65 and above this week in NC-- today it reached 75-- insane for January! We decided to skip naps one afternoon and take out the truck and the doggie to enjoy the outdoors.

 Phew! Lots of pictures!!!

Now I have to get everyone in bed so I can watch the Golden Globes.  You know I have to watch all of the arrivals....duhhhh!!!!

xo

 

anxious

I have lots of things to blog about.  New Year's Eve, getting back into a routine, an iPhone picture dump....

But, I am feeling a little anxious.  I really do know that the CT scan is going to show the bump on Andy's head is nothing.  But, still, I feel anxious.  Because he's my baby.  Because I am his momma! Because I love that little nugget. 

I have been talking about it some with people (not a lot, but some) because I am a very open person- hence the blog.  Sometimes it is helpful...like when people agree with me, "yeah, I am SURE it's nothing!" But sometimes it can be scary.... like when people feel his head and say, "oh yeah, I would definitely get that checked out."

Andy isn't acting any differently.  He is still wild as all get out. He still cracks himself up.  He still screams bloody murder for no reason at all.  In my mind, though, I am over-analyzing things (WAYYY too much).  I think, "wasn't he talking more before?" which-- truth be told, I think he got lazy while we were traveling....if he pointed and grunted, he had enough people around him to get whatever he wanted.  Then I think, "what if his random screaming fits are actually because there is something wrong with him....?"

I realize I am being ridiculous, but honestly, I can't control my thoughts, and this little blog here is not just for pictures and fun.  I have to keep it real.  So, I am being really honest in my fears.

One week from today, they will sedate my baby and do the CT scan.  Then we will know.  And I know it is nothing.... but BOY, can this momma worry!

So y'all just bare with me and my what ifs, k?

I am off to hug BOTH of my munchkins. 

 

The Bowl Game, Baby

After a really fun day of travel, we were thrilled to be in Arizona!

There was a scheduled trip for all of the kids the morning of the 27th.  The men had meetings and then practice, and the women had a luncheon and shopping day.  We skipped all of the above and instead joined the kids at Jake's Fun Park. 

Each kid had to wear a certain shirt to specify their group. Andy's was a tad large...

Andy with his aunts....

Cal and daddy got to ride go carts, so Andy watched from the sidelines...

Tricia is a little on the tiny side, so she had to use a back cushion to help her feet reach the pedals...a problem I don't think I've ever had...

Thumbs up!

Andy wanted to ride...

After the fun park, Eddie took Cal to watch practice.  We were calling it the game since the real game was too late for the boys to come.  He thought it was awesome and came home talking about all of the touchdowns they got- haha.

The next day, we took the boys to a train park-- it was adorable.  They had a train ride and a carousel and several play grounds.  Before we left, we took a few pics...

The boys are in to hugging each other...   

Mimi with her boys

Riding the carousal-- Cal was nervous; had a death grip on Patty's neck.

Shosh leaned in for a picture.

Waiting for the train--

We had dinner in the room and then headed outside to one of the many fire pits to cook s'mores! 

CB, Mimi, Cal and Daddy sitting around the fire pit!

Cal came over to snuggle up with his momma...

They were showing Andy how to hold your hands out to warm them up-- he thought it was hilarious.  Cal was very timid around the fire...Andy wanted to run through it.  Fearless!

You know I was in heaven having both of these little guys sitting on my lap...

Poppy got out of a meeting and came out to meet us! Cal sat on his lap, where it was safe...

Poppy stood up next to the fire pit and propped a leg up.  Cal tried his hardest to get his leg up there too and said, "Just like you, Poppy!"

The only family shots from the whole trip.  Of course this was on the day where the hot water went out in the hotel and I had yet to shower... lovely hair, huh?

The girls!

This night, Poppy finished all of his work so he and Mimi offered to bathe and get the kids to bed so that I could go up to the  hospitality suite with CB and Tricia.  As soon as they offered, I think I sprinted down the hall- haha!

We got back after some yummy cocktails to find Cal asleep like this, in Tricia's bed. 

Whoops! After a transfer to his bed, he slept great!

The next day was GAME DAY! Like I said, the game started late-- 8:15 Arizona time, which was 10:15 home time... that means we wouldn't get home until at least 1am and I just couldn't do that to the kids before traveling home the following day.

We headed out that morning for a nearby park to have some fun.  The boys wore their TCU gear to support the frogs...

We had to get a picture in our matching shirts...

Even Andy is trying to do the frog sign!

The playground had a HUGE field which was really fun for the boys.

We went down slides...

Cal had a thing for Mimi's glasses the entire trip.  He wore them constantly! This thing was a little mini surf board/boogie board and was so much fun!

Then, Poppy got out of meetings and came to the park! Cal was so excited, he ran all the way to greet him!

After lunch, we headed back to the hotel for naps.  Then it was time for us to leave for the game! We had an EXCELLENT babysitter for the boys.  She texted me pictures the entire time and they had so much fun together! This was a source of a LOT of concern for me, so I was so relieved it went well.

Unfortunately, we did not pull of a win at the bowl. :( We were leading for almost all of it, and ended up losing by 1 point.  Sadly, we didn't play well enough to win.  That's all there is to it.  But I can assure you, it was not from a lack of us cheering!

We had a fun time on the trip, and the boys were excellent little travelers.  They slept great and adjusted to the time change fine.  I was worried about having all of us in one room, but it worked out fine.  Cal wakes up some at night and calls out, but this wasn't a problem, thankfully.  We moved Andy in his pack n play into our bathroom at nap time because Cal woke him up during one nap-- he was watching ESPN and we heard him say (we were in the next room): "look Ahh-ndy! They got a touchdown!!!" Andy woke up and was a mess.  Oh well...

Traveling home was fairly uneventful.  We had to run in Charlotte to catch our next flight.  I sent CB, Cal and Eddie ahead to hold the plane while I waited for the stroller with Andy.  They couldn't find it- sigh.  After getting that, I loaded Andy and started to sprint through the terminals.  We made it fine, thankfully.

One funny story I have to share that happened while traveling home was in the AZ airport, Cal and I were washing hands and a woman was standing by the changing area getting make up out of her bag.  Cal was staring, I am sure, so she was talking to him, saying she needed to look prettier, etc.  After she finished applying make up, she asked him if she looked better and he nodded (ha!).  Then she said to me, "do you think he would like some of this orange flavored gum? I just started chewing this and it still has lots of flavor."  and pointed to her mouth to show me the gum.  Seriously.  And y'all, she didn't even look crazy.  She looked like a grandma or someone nice looking... sigh....

Anyway, we made it home around 9:00 and put those kiddos to BED!

I took a TON of pictures with my phone and will dump them all at some point on here...

So glad to be home! We are all working on adjusting our schedules.  The boys are sleeping in, so we are not complaining!