Backstory on the Matress in the Living Room

So the beginning of the mattress in the living is kind of 2 fold.

The first part is that our boys have pretty much always slept in the same bed with us. I know that some people don't agree with allowing your kids to sleep in the same bed, and that's fine but this is my house and my kids and, in the words of my youngest, This is How we Doos It. And all the cosleeping was great when the boys were small but now that they are getting bigger it's harder to find prime space in the King size bed and even if there is space, it probably sweaty or drooly from a munchkin being there a few minutes ago, add to that the fact that John Avery loves to DIG his toes/feet under any part of whomever he happens to be touching, even though he knows that it drives all of us CRAZY!!!! Soooooo, that has lead to Brian sometimes getting up in the middle of the night and sleeping on the couch. (Normally the boys don't get into our bed until around 3 or so and I am unconscious next to everyone and can sleep through ANYTHING)

Ok part deux...I decided to have a movie night at home and put the single mattress in the living room so ten boys could relax and even go to sleep if they felt like it during the movie....well it never left!!! And with it being summer, we haven't been very firm on bed times so we just let the boys sleep in our bed while they watch their channel while we watch our channel in the living room and then Brian ends up falling asleep anyway so he just starts sleeping on the mattress because he knows that that is where hens gonna end ho anyway, why delay the inevitable.

And that, is then story of the mattress in the living room. Oh and I told Brian that i told all you guys that there was now a sheet on the mattress and he said that that just meant that the mattress was here to stay...ugh, hopefully not.

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So my boys are gonna be starting school soon and John Avery's teacher wanted me to put some photos of him together for a class project. This actually worked out great because I was trying to think of how I can get some pics on my blog even though all I have is my iPad.
So I'm hoping to use Flikr to make this possible.

If anyone knows of another photo sharing thingy just drop me a note.

oh and this pic is of John Avery when he was around 6months old. Isn't he hilarious?? If you know him now, he is still hilarious. Man I love this little boy!!!!

Update on our mattress in the living room...

Well folks, Brian decided to put a sheet on the mattress that he sleeps on in the living room. I'm not sure why but he did. My husband never ceases to surprise me. I hope that when school stars back (August 9), the boys will be back in their own bed and I might be able to sleep with my husband again...but in this house, you just never know.

The boys are going to be spending a few days with my brother and his family so I hope to get a date night out of Brian, but probably not. Il let y'all know.

Have a great weekend and if you're looking for a fun app for your iphone or iPad try iglowsticks. It's free too!!!!

Pig Mania!!!! And post titles

I really suck at post titles and I apologize now and for all the future post titles that will be crappy from here on out.

On a different note, if you haven't played the game Pig Mania you need to go out and get it...your kids will love it too. You can find it on ebay but I haven't seen it in any stores. It is a game that Brian played and loved as a child.

Ok good night all:)

Stuff and things

Is it bad to steal blog post ideas from your "friends" blogs?? I put friends in quotations because I am really a blog stalker. I read all different kinds of blogs and I may know the people but I don't KNOW them. Like today, when I was keeping a nursery class at church, there was a mom that came to pick her child up and I almost said something about her blog but luckily I caught myself. See, I only work in the nursery once a month but I read her blog like everyday!!!! Hehehehe. Ok so the real blog post is .......


DREAM HOUSE

My dream house is not a doublewide trailer, although the price would be. I LOVE craftsman style homes and all the built-ins and the light styles....oooooo ahhhhh. They have great entry ways and are simple yet really elegant. I have a feeling that I will be living in a huge mtetal building because I am all about space......I have two boys, I need lots and lots of space and several doors in between too....boys are stinky. Hehe. Oh and I want a porch out back with a nice grill (because I am the grill master at my house) and a housekeeper. I have a book of all the neat things I want inside but I would need tomscan them and maybe I will one day so you all (all three of you) can see what I am like in real life...hahahahahaha. As if you three don't know me.

Ok that wasn't reallly about my dream house much so here's a tip....... Check out this blog. Www.thepioneerwoman.com. She rocks!!!!!! I wanna be her

Tucker family

1. Brian is my husband



2. Brian doesn't have many friends



3. Brian has one friend that he has known for about 20 years



4. That friends' mom passed away this weekend. Please pray for the family



5. Brian's friend has a sister that works at the school my boys attend



6. At the service today the sister introduced us to her husband and described us as "the folks that got grannies house when she died".
I hope they don't think we are gonna come to their house and get stuff now.

And I hope this post wasn't insensitive. I love the Tucker family and would do anything for them and I think they know that.

Whew....

Ok so I am well on my way back to the real world and the blog world. I do fear that all this time off work will lead to some pretty stressful days ahead so I apologize ahead of time.

Hmmm...some funny stories from my trip to the Emergency Room....at Huntsville Hospital.

HH is a wonderful hospital and I enjoyed my stay as much as someone can enjoy a horribly high fever of 103.5. Ok so I woke Brian up at about 4:30 am on Monday the 28 th. I was barely able to walk and everything was very fuzzy and I really had to focus if someone was talking to me. So we get to the ER and Brian drops me off at the door while he parks and I go into register.....remember all things are fuzzy, hearing, seeing, walking....I read the question and I read it as "when was the last time you were hospitalized?". So I put 'childbirth' and then have a seat to wait for Brian (sometimes it just makes you feel better to have someone there, even if there isn't anything they can do). Well this kid comes over and asks me when my baby is due....oh sorry, I'm not pregnant. I thought it asked when i was in the hospital last. He looks at me like i am seriously challenged.

Now let me tell you about the beautiful outfit that I chose for this occasion. I have on lime green flip flops, yellow pj pants with green frogs on them and a UAB shirt that I have had for about 11 years now and have some great ventilation holes in the armpits. I am so sick that I have not had a bath in several days and have not brushed my teeth either. Funky, I know but I was REALLLY sick. At least I got to change my shirt ( ever the planner, I had a bag ready with ban extra shirt in it).

Enter the doctor, a mighty fine doctor by the way in looks and doctorlyness...hehehe. Then a whole bunch of hospital stuff happened like x-rays, and urine samples and blood and temperatures. Enter hunky doc and he says that I have Erlichiosis, a tick bite illness. So he gives a prescription for the illness, then as he isnleaving he utters my favorites words.......Rectal Exam.

WHAT?!?!? Brian thought it was a joke, I knew it was no joke. Brian bailed. I prepared for the inevitable.

See my red blood cell count is low and hunky doc said he wanted to make sure that I wasn't bleeding In my butt.....if you know me well, you know that my butt has had many trials and tribulations that I may tell the rest of y'all about one day. I thinkn the real reason was my frog pj pants....hunky doc was diggin' the frogs.

So that was the great finale to my ER visit. Thanks Huntsville Hospital and hunky doc.....he's also a farmer.....ahhh dreamy :)