Kindergarten Christmas Party

The Masterpiece!! It started off as Rudolph's antlers but, he got carried away! :)

CJ, Jacob and Abby

Concentrating on the "stop light" cookie!

PROUD of those cookies!

On Thursday, CJ had his Christmas Party at school. I went thinking that we were making Gingerbread houses but, apparently the milk cartons weren't dry so that changed over to cookies right before the parents arrived. CJ had a blast and the other kids did too. I actually think the cookies were a great idea for Kindergarten since they were mostly just sneaking the candy and eating it. It was so cute, they all had frosting and candy canes everywhere. Santa came to their class and talked for a while and as he was leaving CJ asked him a question.... "Santa, how do you get back up on the roof after you come down the chimney?" Well, Santa the genius he was piped up and said "he was magic". Apparently, he's never read the original "Twas the night before Christmas" ha ha! Anyway, it was fun.

We are all headed to Dallas, Texas after Christmas for a long New Year's celebration. I'm sure we will run into a TON of Ole Miss Fans as well since they made it to the Cotton Bowl (woo hoo)! I'm betting that they won't win (just realistic) but, we can always dream!!! It sure would be great since this is the last game that will be played in that stadium. There will be a new one for 2010!

Until then, May your season be touched with the simple grace of Christ's love, Merry Christmas and we wish you all a blessed 2009!

Our Christmas Addition

This is our new "Christmas" addition. Otherwise known as "Bella" who arrived at our house on 12/13/08 (Saturday). Chris decided about 2 months ago he wanted for us to get CJ a puppy for Christmas so as organized as I am, I started the search (you can quit laughing about the organization now.. lol). Anyway, we both had criteria for a dog (good with allergies, great personality, doesn't bark alot, great with children, and virtually doesn't shed)! Well, once we narrowed the field down, a maltese was it. We found her in MS and fell in love. She's SO sweet. We decided to go ahead and tell CJ about the puppy since she would be available before Christmas and we let him choose the name. Originally, he wanted to name her "spackle", then decided on "sparkle" then decided neither were "girls" names so he asked me one day if "Bella" was a girls name. When I said yes, that did it. She's been Bella ever since! In the meantime Kristi (Chris's twin sister) moved to new home and decided she wanted a small dog too. When we told her they had one more female, she was in and purchased the sister (aka) Daisy (named after her favorite flower). So, for the last week or so, we have had 2 puppies who were NOT trained to contend with (fun I'm not so sure) but, they are both learning and CJ loves them both and is still on cloud nine. So... on with our adventure!

It's Not Gone Yet

We as well as the rest of the US have had an eventful week so far.

First, we have a new president be it good or bad, the voters have spoken and although he wasn't my personal choice, it's just that a personal journey and one that we all as adults have the right to be a part of. So those of you that are whining about the outcome and didn't choose to vote - get over it. It's done! You'll have to step up and vote in 2012! Until then we have to deal with what we are given and we will just have to wait and see what the "change" is really going to mean. I for one am concerned for myself, my family, my child and my friends. I'm not looking forward to it.

Secondly, CJ is doing great with his tooth. The doctor decided to not take it out. He's going to let it remain, die and fall out on it's own. He wants to let "nature take it's course". CJ of course is thrilled and loves that it's started changing colors. He's still on fairly soft foods but, is reaching out to other items as well in small portions. I hate the thought of him losing that great perfectly straight smile (oh, wait... it's not straight anymore) - hah!

Chris continues to work himself to death on the new place morning, noon and night (mostly nights and weekend).

As for me... I'm on the countdown to vacation (woo hoo) and I've got boxes, boxes, boxes everywhere going through junk. It's amazing how much junk you accumulate!

Accident Number 2...

It's been a bit since I've updated so here's a quick overview. Chris's CT went great (CANCER IS STILL GONE)!!!!! Yeah! He only has to go once a year for follow up's now and we are thrilled and feel so completely blessed! On the home front, it looks like we are down to the wire and we are moving sometime between the weekend of Thanksgiving and the first weekend in December (just in time for Christmas). Better late than never - at least we will be in for our first Christmas in the new house this year (only 2 years in the making). lol.

Now, about CJ's accident... It all began with a phone call from the school on Halloween that CJ fell during PE with another child and hit his mouth on the floor. There was blood involved but, the school nurse got it stopped and said no teeth were loose and he's back in class eating cake with his class. So.... being the mom who doesn't over-react (and maybe sometimes should) and thinking that the nurse knew what she was talking about we went on about our day and let CJ do the same. However, when I picked him up from school his mouth was swollen and I just didn't like how it looked (it looked like his front teeth had shifted) so I ran to the pediatric dentist only to find he was closed on Halloween (duh, who wants to go to the dentist on halloween) so I went on down to our dentist not wanting to go through the weekend with the way it looked. After a few x-rays it was determined that he did in fact have an issue... he broke the root of his front right tooth in a clean full break and it was dying and will turn gray! He didn't want to take it immediately out, he wanted to talk to the pediatric dentist on Monday and go from there to see if we can save it in any fashion. So, right now we are eating soft foods, on antibotics and waiting until Monday afternoon to see what to do. Please keep him in your prayers. We don't want him to lose the tooth as according to the dentist it can become a problem down the road when his permanent teeth come in. Since he's only 5 it's going to fall out soon anyway but, we need to keep it as long as possible. CJ of course, the tough little guy he is hasn't complained about it hurting and is trucking on. However, alert and knowing something was up he keeps asking when his tooth is going to turn gray and die (he heard the dentist) so now he thinks its cool and is continuing to look in the mirror over and over waiting for it to turn. Ugg... definately not cool! Needless to say, Darth Vader had an early evening of trick or treating to just a few houses and had to come home and put his candy away and save it for a later time (when he can bite). Here's to hoping you had a much more enjoyable halloween evening than we did! We'll keep you posted on the tooth as things change!