Gals Night Out

Last night, a bunch of my friends and I went out for Amber's birthday, also a friend. She has really never been to bars or even drank so we wanted to take her out for a fun night on Dickson Street. She had never been to Willy D's so we thought that would be a fun place for her on her birthday. We got there pretty early but it was a good thing because there were TONS of birthday groups and they had reserved all the tables but ONE! We were lucky and had a table just for our group. It was a super fun night with LOTS of drinks and even more singing. I will definitely be hoarse for a while! I am feeling the effects of drinking this morning. Probably won't be doing that for a while. It was such a fun night and hopefully for my birthday we will do something just as fun.

The Birthday Girl

Tutu Time

I just put some pics on the computer from Parker prancing around the house in her tutu and thought that I would post them. She loves that thing and will most of the time wear it without any panties on but I think she had some on this particular day!

Kids Say the Darndest Things

This morning while I am driving to work. I look back and say "Hey Parker" her reply "What's up?". I had to stop and think, did she just say that. So, I said it again, "Hey Parker" and her reply again "What's up?" Did my child just say that? So I asked, "Did you just say What's up?" and her reply again "Yes, what's up?" Man she is just too cute sometimes!

"Baby graveyard"

If you were to come into my house at any given day, below is what you would find in at least one of the rooms. Parker takes as many babies as she can, lies them down (usually on one of her food boxes) and covers them up with my dish towels. If I can't find my dish towels, I know who to come looking for. Once you see this spread, it looks like a graveyard! So, I have named her set up the "baby graveyard" but don't tell her that. To her, they are just sleeping and we must all be quiet.

a group shot

Elmo napping on by himself

Thrush!

I received a call from one of the doctors at Willow Creek, the children's clinic Parker goes to, and they tell me that her results from the strep test are negative, which I knew, but she did have a positive culture for Thrush! I thought only babies got thrush. It seemed to explain why her mouth isn't getting any better. Yet another prescription was called in so hopefully her mouth will begin to heal. It has been AWFUL!

My Little Sick Girl

Thursday, I picked Parker up from her classroom, like usual, and noticed that she felt really warm. I grabbed a thermometer and took her temperature; 101.4. Wow! I grabbed some Tylenol and we headed home. Later that night, she was still running a fever and just didn't seem like herself. I was extremely happy that I don't work on Friday so I could stay home with her. I also noticed that she was barely eating anything and later that evening noticed some bumps on her tongue. She already had one on her lip but I just thought it was a fever blister. By Saturday morning, she had more bumps and was eating less. I remembered there was a confirmed case of hand foot and mouth at school so I just knew that was what she had. The fever continued, as the did the bumps, throughout Sunday and Monday but Monday morning I made an appointment at the doctor. Luckily, it wasn't strep throat but only a viral infection, which they can do NOTHING about. Give her Motrin every six hours and put Benadryl on her sores. She seems to be doing a little better today. Her fever is gone but we are still battling the sores in her mouth. Picked up Magic Mouthwash and hopefully that will make things a little better for her so she can finally eat something!

Vacay 2009

Last week I went with my family to Florida and we had an absolute blast! Everyone was able to go this year, except for Jeff and he had to stay and work and go to class. We are really hoping that he can make next year because we had such a great time. The trip down there was a complete mess which included forgetting our condo key and getting pulled over TWICE! We eventually made to Panama City Beach and were ready for the fun to begin. Most of our time was spent at the beach and one day we decided to just hang by the pool. I was happy to get some sun and a little relaxtion. Now I'm ready for a Parker break! I love her to death but we spent way too much quality time together, :). A few nights we were able to walk around and look at all of the shops which was nice and the weather was absolutely perfect to do that.

One of the things I love about Florida are the Daiquiri stands and if you have been to Florida or at least where we stay, they are EVERYWHERE! You can order them and take them with you down the road. Amy and I made frequent trips and my poison for this trip was the Pina Colada. Delicious! Why can't we have those in Arkansas??

Tuesday night, everyone loaded up and we went to a karaoke/oyster bar called Shuckums. We ate dinner and afterwards decided to drink a little and partake in some singing. Amy and I made it up there twice to sing Ironic by Alanis Morisette and I Love Rock and Roll. During the first song Amy was a little timid and I was drowing her out but by the second she was liquored up and belting the tunes out. We didn't get any pictures but it was a blast. They did a lot of line dancing so we did the cupid shuffle, electric slide, cha cha slide and my new favorite the soulja boy dance. My 12 year old sister had to teach me this one but it was all SO much fun. Everyone had a great time.

Here are just a few pictures of our little trip.