It was bound to happen...

Well, it was bound to happen. Pool + baby = heart failure!! brayden had gotten really brave with the pool towards the end of summer. He'd walk right to the edge, but someone would always catch him...and he'd laugh like crazy. We all told him "no-no" everytime and I really thought we were done with the worry. NOT!

Today Jim was working outside in the shed and Brayden was "helping" him out. I went outside to see how things were going and I thought it was a bit too chilly for Brayden to be wearing just pants and short sleeves. So he and I headed in to get him a jacket. We are headed back out to the shed and I look out in the field to the west of us and see buzzards swarming over what I assumed to be a calf. I assumed this cause I could see the Momma cow walking around it and charging at the buzzards (or that's what it looked like). Honestly, this all transpired in like a minute or less...but obviously a minute too long! I look back to see Braydon at the steps of the pool hovering one of his sweet, little, fat feet (in his cute new Nike sneaks) and no sooner could I scream "BRAYDON NO..."...splash...he was under. I was only a few feet away so I was able to snatch him before his hair could get wet. Holy Smokes!!! I squeezed that baby so tight Jim was having to really wrestle hard to get the wet clothes off of him. He was very calm telling Braydon (and Me) that it's all ok. I still couldn't release him. I knew he was ok, but I couldn't let go. Ugh! So scary.

So I strip us both down and get warm dry clothes on. He's still unsure if he should stop crying so I grab the burpa and woobie and we snuggle up in the big blue chair and I patted him into nigh-nights. :)

We haven't gone back outside. So I wonder what his reaction will be towards the pool. I hope that it'll keep him back from the edge, but I also hope that he isn't terrified of it next summer...only time will tell.

OMG

Oh my goodness. Please take the time to listen to the clip I have linked here. And before you do...please go potty...you'll thank me later :)

http://www.chumfm.com/MorningShow/bits/march24.swf

Now go have a great rest of the day!!

Weigh in #3

Here are the weights from this Friday's weigh in:

Jim - 228 (lost 1 lb)
Angie - 166 (gained 1 lb)
George - 238 (same)
Katie - 134 (newbie & happy to have her)
Mom - (on vacation)
Dad - (on vacation)

As always, anyone who wants to join just send me your weight on Fridays.

Way to go Jim on the loss and George for maintaining!!

Tagged

I’ve been tagged by my dear friend Kim.

The rules are : List 5 weird things about yourself or your pets. Tag 5 friends and list them. Then, those people need to write on their blogs (or email) about 5 weird things, and state the rules, and tag 5 more people. Don’t forget to let the people you tag know by posting a comment on their blog!

1. I love pickle snow cones (not the pickles...just the juice). I have ever since I was a kid. It was the "in" thing at Roby Elementary!! Now I'm just considered a freak :)

2. I just hate it when people don't give "the wave" when you've done something nice...like letting them cross into front of your car in the parking lot (as opposed to plowing them over), or when you let someone pass.

3. I love to kiss my babies feet. I love baby toes!!

4. I have an obsession with clean counter tops. The rest of the house could be in shambles, but the counters must be clean!

5. I clean my ears twice a day...everyday. And if I try to go to bed without cleaning my ears after a shower I'll lay there till I drive myself nuts...and get up to clean my ears! Gross but true!

I have tagged: Lisa, Beth, Jim, Reagan, and Cheryl

Weigh In #2

Here are the weights from this Friday's weigh in:

Jim - 229 (lost 2 lbs)
Angie - 165 (lost 1 lb)
George - 238 (lost 2 lbs)
Mom - (on vacation)
Dad - (on vacation)

As always, anyone who wants to join...please do. The more the merrier on this journey :)

Great job every one!

Finally.......

Stop the presses people! My husband has blogged. Please take a moment, drop by his blog (his link is on the right side of my blog), and write him a comment. Maybe this will encourage him to continue :) I definitely want to leave all football blogs to him since he knows all the ins and outs of the game and I know diddly squat :)

Random Act of....Cruelty

As parents we know the day will come that someone will hurt our child emotionally (and hopefully never physically). It just really sucks when you can't really do anything about it except tell them that you love them and you do understand what they are going thru. I still remember my parents trying to console me, but at that moment you feel as if no one can understand your pain.

Nat's group of friends, from the most part (and from what she tells me) are pretty tight knit. She even got them to take in the new girl I mentioned a few blogs back. Well, obviously this sweet act has now worked against her :(

...here's the story...
I got to get Nat on Friday afterschool. She gets out at 3:20. It's 3:40 and still no Nat. I'm in between mad and panicked. They I see her...wiping her eyes...so I shift to heartache. She tells me that the blue jacket (a very special one that Grandma Racecar bought her - that she's been looking for all week) is still missing. And to top it off, her sandals that she left in her locker at gym time were gone when she came back. So after school she went to the office to ask if anyone turned in some shoes. This wasn't handled very well by the ladies in the he office because they start joking with her and say "I have a shoe (and hold up their foot)" and then the other lady does the same. (.......not happy with them by the way! (Waiting to talk to the principle about this.) Well that was the straw that broke this little, tiny camel's back. When she got into the car and told me all of this, I told the kids to sit tight cause I needed to talk to the principle about this (he was still out in front of the school). I was gonna lead right into what the ladies said, but the second heard me say that one of the items missing was a jacket....he says "a light blue jacket with white stripe down the arm?" I was delighted. That was her jacket...yea! But he comes back with less enthusiaum and says "I need you to meet with Mrs. Watson (asst. Principle)". I was a little confused as to why this issue needed the asst. pulled in, but I didn't care. I wanted the jacket. He takes me to her office and I think I'm gonna grab and go...I have kids in the car ya know. But they both tell me that they need to speak with me...and shut the door. What the..??!! She starts off by asking me if Nat's told me of any bullying towards her of if she's acted like something's wrong. I told her no and that Nat does usually tell me if somethings happening at school. She said "well we are VERY concerned about where we found this jacket..." I feel my chest tighten and I hold my breath. She said it was stuffed in the toilet!!! What the h-ll did my little girl do to deserve this? As we talked, the asst. told me that it could be someone did it maliciously or it was just a random situation and the kid thought "hey, a jacket...lets stuff it in a toilet."

I head back to the car and sugar coat things best I can and I ask her if anything's going on that I should know about. Then I ask her if she has any idea where the jacket was found. She has no clue. So I tell her. Matt got mad (way to go little brother)!!! Nat got confused and sad. She then tells me that her current group of friends are excluding her out of things and that new girl that she was so nice to was one of them. She said they make fun of how she dresses, where she lives, and that she's flat chested. I have some VERY immature response I want to tell her to use...But I didn't. I just told her that now is a good time to be more selective of her friends. Try to find someone who's more consistently nice, not consistently cruel. It's also hard cause another one of the girls is a friend from softball. But even after all that, she still doesn't think that anyone of them was responsible for the cruel incident.

She's such a good kid. Even as "broken" and hurt as she was...and I'm sure feeling very insecure (as we all have at that age)...as we drive past this couple who lost their home and now live in a group of tents, Nat tells me to please stop the car cause she knitted them some tobbogins for when it gets cool!!! AS far as I see it, those kids should be lining up down the road just to get the opportunity to be her friend.


***Update***
Just got a call from the Principle and the shoe have been found and he apologized for the ladies behavior towards Natalie. Looks like a good start for the week ;)

Weigh In #1

Here's the starting weights. Any who want to, can join at any time.

Me - 166
Jim - 231
Dad - 193
Mom - 166
George - 240

Good luck to all of those who are taking on the weight loss battle :)

Matt's 9th Birthday Party

As you all probably know, Sunday was Matthew's birthday. He turned a BIG OLE 9 years old. And he was busting at the seams waiting for that day to get here!





He he is with his birthday loot (minus one present from Brayden that he got to open the day before).








Well despite the rain (the much needed rain)...we still had a great time. The Water Park actually never opened, so we had the party indoors at the Natatorium.







As you can see, it has an indoor slide at one pool and high dives at the Olympic sized pool. Everyone had a good time and we all played hard.







Oh Matt... :)






It wasn't easy to catch the action shots off the slide, but I tried. Here's Jim in a sheet of water.





Daddy managed to have just as much fun as the kids :)







Mom and Dad didn't swim, but seemed to have a fun time watching all the kids (big and small) play.





Thanks goodness for Brianna. She was Nat's saving grace at a boy's party:)






Brayden may have not gotten to have real cake, but he had no problem chowing down on the rice crispy "cake".






How do you know if you've gotten the birthday boy the right toy or not.........