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Trying to get my nonsleepy little boy to bed. Daylight savings time is taking its toll on the both of us!
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Fun day @ the park.
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Fun day at the park
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Tube Time...

Here in Nashville we are always looking for snow, but never seem to get any. When they call for it, we all run to the store and purchase food just in case we can't make it out of the house for weeks. Luckly I had already gone to the store, but I still needed a few things (coffee).

On Wednesday Owen had to get another set of tubes put in. I took off work from Wed.-Friday to stay home and take care of him. We had to arrive to the surgery center at 6:45 to get prepared for the 7:45 surgery. I was a little worried that Owen wasnt allowed to eat/drink past midnight. Needless to say, he never asked for juice when he woke up. We took Owen in his jammies b/c 1. they said to and 2. I knew he would be really tired once they were finished.

They called us back and started to process to prepare Owen for surgery. The anesthesiologist was wonderful and knew exactly what to do with a 2.5 year old child...BLOW BUBBLES!!! He had these bubbles that wouldnt pop and Owen was amazed. Here is a picture of him with these bubbles in his hair.



They never truly went away and looked like he has lent in his hair. It drove me crazy, but Owen loved it! He was not wanting to head back with the doctors, but they put him in a wagon and took him off. It only took about 15 minutes to put the tubes in and he would be in little/no pain afterwards.

The doctor came in and told us that Owen STILL had an ear infection in his left ear and we definately needed to be there. Owen got sick on the way home and we were expecting that. Last time he has this done he got sick so I knew to bring a towel with me so there wouldnt be a mess in the car. We got home and he slept for 2 hours, woke up, and was like nothing happened.

He still has a lot of drainage in the left ear (the one that was infected), a nasty cough, and funky nose. I am glad all of this is draining out...

SWL

Cookies for Santa...

As I think back to my childhood, I remember certain traditions we did while I was growing up. One of my fondest memories of Christmas was making cookies for Santa. Now that I have a child of my owe, we are starting our own traditions here. Since I have a wonderful job that allows me to be off work the week before Christmas and the week after, we made sugar cookies.

Like always I decided to look on the FoodNetwork for a recipe and found one that wasn't that hard. I made it and put it in the fridge for 2 hours, got it out, and started rolling.



Owen really loved cutting out the cookies and so did I. I think it's even cute that you can see he is in his "bog boy under ware".



I baked the cookies for the amount it called for, but let me tell ya. They were as hard as bricks! I literally thought I was going to chip a tooth on one of those darn cookies. :O) Poor Santa!

After they cooled and I made royal icing, we decided it was time to ice the cookies. We had a great time with icing and sprinkles. He picked out three cookies for Santa and we got it all ready for Christmas Eve.







Finished product for Santa.



This is the plate we made for Santa @ Brushfire Pottery.

Over all, this was the best week! I am so thankful I am able to make memories with the most important gift God has given me...OWEN!



Here is the plate of cookies and the apple juice Owen left out for Santa.

I will post Christmas morning pictures tomorrow.

SWL

Hi! My name is...

Stephanie & I have a PROBLEM! Yes, that's right! I have a HUGE problem. The first step to healing is realizing you have a problem, right? My problem...♥ FOOD ♥. Over the next 17 months I plan to face my problems and take the bull by the horn & shake this addiction. You might laugh, but I swear I ♥ food! Did I mention I ♥ true SOUTHERN food that is cooked like my Nanny use to cook? However, I have let my guard down and let this control my life. NOT NO MORE!!! Over the next year+ I plan on doing some things.

Now as you read these, dont think they are going to happen over the next year, but more likely over the next 17 months. I figure if I write them down, I can go back and look at them each week to check myself. Here they are

♥ for once and for all lose this weight
♥ become a runner (I use to be in my skinny days, but not so much now :O))
♥ complete a marathon
♥ get with DAVE (Tasha, just for you)
♥ focus on my +30
♥ organize my life
♥ blog daily on Owen/weight (blog to come)
♥ focus on my son
♥ set mini goals (check out weight blog for that)
♥ go to chuch weekly
♥ heal my body

I think there are lots more, but this is a good start. I will post a link to my journey maybe tomorrow. :O) Until next time...

SWL

Santa & Christmas Program

This week was a busy week at The Garnder School. From Santa & Cookies to Christmas program to their Christmas party. We had fun, but it was so tiring. Here are some pictures.














Owen told Santa he wanted a "real tractor" for Christmas.