mouse infested.....

well, ok, not infested, but....

this morning, about 1:00 am, cory wakes me up......"what's that noise"......well, thinking "someone is breaking into the house, but the alarm isn't going off". no, not that kinda noise, more of a squeaking noise. we thought it was coming from the attic. the more we sat around (ummmm, for about 45 minutes), the squeaking was coming from our fireplace. WE HAVE A MOUSE!!!! well, there was nothing we could do at almost 2:00 am, so off to bed we go. get up this morning and the noise is still here. call my sister from next door, yes, she has caught a mouse before, to see if she could help. this is what we find behind the fireplace insert......
cory did release the critter in the field. i couldn't bear to squish it! he/she was actually kinda cute....but i'm still not touching it!

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME???

ok, call it hormones if you wish, but, the past 2 days have been extremely emotional for me. i guess reality is setting in....you know, the whole 2 kid thing and all. well, my third trimester is knocking at my backdoor!

on wednesday, it all hit me. i got to thinking about luke....."wow, he's fixing to be 3 years old, oh, no, i need to schedule his 3 year check up, i need to order pary supplies, i need to call DHP and get on the books for pictures, i need to also ask him about allie's 6 week pictures, should i wait and do their pictures together, should i do maternity pictures, ummmm.....i need to wash toys for her that have been in the attic, i need to clean out the playroom, carseat.....oh, i need to order a carseat cover, Christmas, oh, no, Christmas......need to start on that shopping, i need to do this, and this, and this etc, etc, etc". so this morning, i had a break down. crying, crying, crying. and it just all came out when cory wanted to leave luke with his parents for us to go out to eat! UGH!! what is the problem here?? is this NORMAL??

i'm also having major seperation issues with luke...not that he's going far, and not that he's going into a dager zone, but i just don't want to be away from him. am i just trying to "soak" all of "mommy/luke" time up right now??

ok, breathe, sabrina! that's what i've been telling myself today! i know all i need to do about it is first of all, pray, and second of all, yes, i guess i do need to soak up "mommy/luke" time.

so, for now, i'm ok. but, if you ever want to just call and chat, that would be GREAT! and, for all you 2nd time mommies......advice, please!

daddy's big helper

luke wanted to help cory wash the cars on monday afternoon. he did a pretty good job and was a big helper!!! yeah, he liked playing in the bubbles, too!

kiddie carnival 2009

well, we've taken luke to the kiddie carnival every year so far. so, tuesday night, holly and brandon had kinley's birthday party there. YAY!! no lines for the rides!! all the kids had a blast and kinley had a wonderful birthday party. happy 2nd birthday kinley! luke had a blast!

well, i only have pictures of him on the cars and the BIG swings.....because that's all he wanted to ride! he went from one to the other.

I PASSED!!!!!

yay...i passed my glucose intolerance test!! no watching my sugar....well, i guess to some extent anyways. just keep praying that this pregnancy keeps going well. we've been blessed so far!

Delano park

last friday, cory and i took luke to Delano park in decatur. i must say, it is very nice.....and FREE!!! i highly recommend going there. luke had a blast playing on the playground and in the water area. he loves the water parks that have the water coming out of the ground. here are a couple of pictures from the day....

this is right after he gets sprayed in the face...

24 1/2 weeks....FAILED GLUCOSE TEST!

ok, so this pregnancy is FLYING by!!! wow, i'm already over 24 weeks. this baby girl will be here before we know it. the rest of the bedding came in yesterday. bedskirt is pressed and on the crib.
i went for the good ol' glucose test today......failed it....SHOCKER! i failed the first one when i was prego with luke, too. so, i guess tomorrow my morning will consist of a 3 HOUR GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE TEST at the medical mall. yay. as you can tell, i am jumping for joy. when i did the 2nd test with luke, i was in the hospital (one of many hospital trips), so at least i got to rest and watch some tv in between blood draws.
so, if you're reading this, here's one request from me........pray that i pass tomorrow's sugar test!

beanie baby CRAZY!

sydney has been collecting beanie babies to donate to the Children's Harbor at UAB children's hospital for about a month now. well, we delivered over 3,000 beanies on tuesday. the people there were so happy to see them. why beanie babies, you ask?? well, there is a "claw" machine (you know, the ones at wal-mart, chuck-e-cheese, etc, that you can NEVER win anything out of) at the harbor that the kids get to play, FOR FREE, and they have beanie babies in it. well, with this claw machine, kids ACTUALLY win!

here are just a few shots of the action on tuesday....by the way, that was her LAST RADIATION treatment, also! yay for sydney!

way to go syd! we are so proud of your strength and courage!

benefit for sydney

i know....been a little slacking on the blogging, but we've been super busy. yesterday was sydney's benefit at johnson elementary school. silent auction, bake sale, car wash and chicken plate lunches....ALL IN 1 DAY! cory and i have been super busy with the silent auction items here at our house for the past 2-3 weeks. we had so many things donated from everywhere; athens, huntsville, decatur...you name it. nick saban sent us a signed football, paula deen signed a cookbook, and rick and bubba sent us lots of things. if you missed this event, you missed out big time! i've never been so touched by one community. we may live in the "country", but i am so proud to be a part of it. yesterday showed how awesome everyone can pull together for such an awesome cause. there were TONS of people there just to be there for cynthia, jamie, dawson and especially sydney. they even arrived in a stretch excursion LIMO....oh yeah, sydney got to arrive in style!
here is the clip from last night's news channel 19.

thanks to everyone that came out to support our family. our hearts were touched greatly!

happy 4th of july 2009!!

we had a wonderful 4th this year. thank God that sydney felt good enough to come out and shoot some fireworks. luke was much more brave this year with the "fire", so we had to watch him like a hawk!! cory and jamie were the pyrotechnics this year and shot the "big" fireworks...well, pretty fireworks. we have so much to be thankful for this 4th of july, not only am i thankful for living in the country that i do, but i am so thankful to be a part of such a wonderful and blessed family. luke got to hold a sparkler by himself (for a milisecond!)

dawson and logan lighting up some sparklers!