Feeling a little panicked

So tomorrow I'm having a minor little outpatient procedure and I'm finding myself starting to freak a little bit.  I mean I work in the OR and I know everything that goes on back there but when the shoe is on the other foot it's a bit different.  I guess I'm a little crazy for feeling so scared cause let's face it I've had 3 c-sections so I know how all this works.  I guess it's the fear of being put to sleep and not being in control and relying on someone else to take care of you while you're in La La Land.  I know that the MDA's and CRNA's do this everyday but I'm still feeling sick to my stomach about it.  So if any of you out there are prayer warriors could you squeak in a little prayer for me tomorrow.  Thanks :)

Hobby or Side Job?

Ok, so last spring I decided to try my hand at cake decorating.  I've always wanted to try this and love watching the Cake Challenges on Food Network.  It has always amazed me at what those people can do this cake.  So I finally got up the nerve and bought me a few piping bags and decorating tips and started practicing.  I finally got confident enough and made my first "decorated" cake for my sweet little Landon's 3rd birthday.  He requested a Lightning Mcqueen cake and this is what he got

Then at Landon's party my friend asked me "who made the cake?"  When I told her I did she then proceeds to say "Great!  Jacob wants a Spiderman cake for his birthday, will you make one?"  His birthday was in 3 weeks.  EEEK!

Ummm...ok?

I had NO idea what I was going to do, so I went to Hobby Lobby to see if they had a Spiderman cake pan, and they did so I immediately started practicing.  This one is the hardest of the ones I have made because of all those dang webs :)  This one is NOT the one that I made for the party, this is the first practice cake.  The first clue might have been that the piping at the bottom doesn't match.  I ran out of blue icing and had to finish with red

Then my eldest son puts in his birthday cake request 3 months in advance, which was great for me.  This is the request he made...

"Hey momma, I know what kind of birthday cake I want.  I want one that has my baseball jersey on it with my name on the back,"

"ok", I said

"and then could you put me at home plate using my orange and blue bat and me hitting the ball over the fence and the other team is running after the ball and they are trying to get me out"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa", I said.  I mean I had to put an end to it somewhere right, or else I would be trying to construct Yankee Stadium.

Since his birthday is during football season I talked him into a football jersey cake and I think he enjoyed it just as well

Ok, I just realized that I mispelled birthday and it's been 4 months ago.  Geez!

Ok, so let me know what you think.  Should I keep my day job or try my hand at making a little extra cash on the side?  I promise I'll learn how to spell between now and then :)

Happy Birthday Papa!

This weekend we went out to eat for Papa's birthday.  He turned the B-I-G 50!!!!!!  He wanted to eat at AJ's so we met them there and had a great meal and then they came back to our house for birthday cake. 

Mom and I were wanting to surprise him with his cake but when your children see you make the cake they can't help but spill the beans.  The first thing out of Landon's mouth at the restaurant was...

"Papa, my mom made you a cowboy boot birthday cake!"

I mean it's kinda hard to keep it a secret when your children are watching your every move at making the cake.  Oh well, it was funny none the less.  Here's a few photos from Saturday night.

Look at those anxious little faces waiting to get some cake!

Over the Top Award

Ok, So all this stuff is kinda new to me so bare with me as I try and get this right.

I (my blog) have been nominated for the Over the Top Award and I was asked to answer these questions in only one word then pass it along to 6 other blog friends so here it goes...

1.  Where is your cell phone? desk
2.  Your hair? neglected
3.  Your mother? amazing
4.  Your father? respected
5.  Your favorite food? Chinese
6.  Your dream last night? weird
7.  Your favorite drink? Mountain dew (fully leaded, no diet junk)
8.  Your dream/goal? own a home
9.  What room are you in? office
10.  Your hobby?  decorating cakes
11.  Your fear? snakes
12.  Where do you want to be in 6 years? debt free (this one word thing is kinda hard)
13.  Where were you last night? home
14.  Something that you aren't? sane :)
15.  Muffins? Blackberry
16.  Wish list item? house
17.  Where did you grow up? Cullman
18.  Last thing you did? work
19.  What are you wearing? uniform
20.  Your tv? big
21.  Your pets? live at parents (long story, my parents adopted my australian shepherd Sadie when we moved to town, she needs a good place to run and be free)
22.  Friends? many
23.  Your life? awesome
24.  Your mood? good
25.  Missing someone?  all my boys
26.  Vehicle? grand-prix
27.  Something you're not wearing? necklace
28.  Your favorite store? Hobby Lobby, DUH!
29.  Your favorite color? plum
30.  When was the last time you laughed? today
31.  Last time you cried? Saturday (a good cry)
32.  Your best friend? Eugene
33.  One place that I could go over and over? home
34.  One person who emails you regularly? Mandy
35.  Favorite place to eat? Cheesecake Factory

God Is In Our House....

Lately I've been talking the ears off our sweet heavenly Father and I know He has been listening with ears wide open.

Over the past SEVERAL months things at our household have been difficult and stressful to say the least.  I'll spare you the details.  Just know that I was afraid that my marriage of nearly 8 years was about to end.

Bare with me because I'm not sure why I have felt the need to tell my entire family and friends about this, especially through a blog post, but for some reason I feel the need to share.

Tuesday morning I was listening to "David and Russell in the Morning" on WDJC on my way to work and heard them make this statement...

"There's a reason to make your relationship work and that reason is Jesus."

It hit me like a ton of bricks.  They were absolutely right!  Jesus wants us to succeed in our marriages and He wants us to be together and He wants us to work our problems out, otherwise we wouldn't be together, right?

As I parked my car I began to pray.  I prayed that God would heal my marriage and make us stronger as a couple and to be the mother and father to our children that He wants and needs us to be.  I've come to the realization that I'm not in control.  HE is in control and if we would just let Him take over and give all our problems to Him, all will be well.

Now that was only two days ago and I can already see a transformation taking place between my husband and I.  There is finally a sense of peace there that I haven't felt in a very long time.  We will continue to fight for our marriage and let God be in control.  You know He has a pretty good track record when we obey Him and just let Him take over. 

We are still trying to find a church home and I have a feeling we're getting close to achieving that.  Please keep us in your prayers as we still have a long way to go.

Love to all!

It makes my heart smile!

As any mother of more than one child will tell you, there can be some VERY stressful times regarding sibiling squabbles and quarrels.  Whether it's a knock down drag out fight or a temper tantrum because one or the other isn't sitting in the right seat at the dinner table.  And granted we have more "stressful" moments than not, but every  once in a while they surprise me and have a really sweet brotherly moment like this.....

As I came home yesterday afternoon the bigger boys were in the play room, Carson was in the living room playing with his toys and Eugene was in the kitchen cooking dinner...

I know, awesome right?  Even the hubs can be sweet when he wants to be ; )

So I walk into the play room and kinda peep my head around the door to see why they are so quiet and to my surprise I see them both sitting in the floor using their new magnadoodle things and Hayden is teaching Landon how to draw his shapes.  I watched quietly for a moment and then slowly made my appearence.  Their eyes light up light firecrackers when they saw me (which always makes my day) and then Landon says...

"Momma, loo look what my can do" 

he was so excited he started stuttering

"Ok, show me", I said

He grabs his magnadoodle and "magic pencil" and draws a circle

"Look, it's a circle!"

"Wow!  That's great Landon!"

"Thanks", he replied with a huge smile on his face.

Hayden then looks up at me and grins and said "I teached him that"

PRECIOUS! 

Oh how I LOVE me some sweet little boys.

WARNING........

The story I'm about to tell you is real and happened just this morning.  For those of you who have weak stomachs, you may not want to continue reading this post.

Seriously, you've been warned.

We all wake up this morning and start our usual routine.  I shower and start getting ready for work.  I'd put Carson in his little stationery bouncer thing and the boys are watching cartoons.  I finish getting ready and come back into the living room only to find the most disturbing mess I've EVER seen in my life.....

I've spared the photos so you all won't vomit all over yourselves.  :)

My sweet little baby boy has pooped......and it has exploded out of his diaper.  I stood there just looking at him in disbelief for what seemed like 10 minutes.  He turns around to look at me and just gives me the biggest grin you've ever seen. 

LUCKILY,  the bouncer thing has a hard plastic bottom that he stands on or we would have been replacing the carpet.  His feet are slipping and sliding all over the bottom and there's poop squished between his toes, runny down his legs and somehow even got in his hair.  BLAH!

Landon, being the nosey little thing he is, starts inspecting the damage and asks "Mommy, what is all that?" , while making gagging noises.  I said right then and there "Go to your room until I get finished because I'm not cleaning up puke too."  I know it sounds a little harsh but I was seriously not in the mood to deal with vomit AND poop all in the same morning.  Nope, not happenin'

I carefully start taking Carson's clothes off while he's still in the bouncer, that way I could try and keep it all contained to one area and not have poop scattered everywhere.  I pick him up and head to the bathroom to give him a bath.  As I'm walking down the hallway holding him out as far as I possibly can, he starts laughing and kicking his legs, which in turn splatters poop all over me, the floor, AND the walls.

Really?  Is this really happening right now?

Thankfully everyone, including myself, came out of this incident unharmed and squeaky clean.....well everyone except the bouncer that is.  You see I got the thing at a yard sale for like $5 and I'm debating on whether to clean it or just trash it. 

Oh who am I kidding, it's going to the dumpster right now!

Can I get some Phenergan over here please...

I know this sounds crazy but I woke up this morning feeling nauseous about tonight big game. 

I mean it's just a game, right?

Oh who am I kidding? 

It's the stinkin' National Championship Game and the Crimson Tide is FINALLY back on top after 17 LONG years!

I really hate to be one of those obnoxious Alabama fans that continuously talks about how many bowl games we've been to, and how many SEC championships we've won or even how many national championships we've won (which by the way is 55, 21 and 12 in case you were wondering) ;). 

But even though I AM an abnoxious Alabama fan there is one thing that we as a Bama nation need to get over and that's Bear Bryant.  I mean yes, the man was a great coach and he did alot of great things at Alabama but he's not the coach anymore......he's dead.  And he's been dead for about 27 years now. 

GET OVER IT PEOPLE!

Ahh, that feels better :)

Now......Can I get a ROLL TIDE for that???!!!!!!

Do you ever wonder if you're doing a good enough job as a parent?

I know I question my parenting skills quite often and wonder if I make the right decisions in diciplining my boys or giving the right answers to random questions asked by such wise little minds. 

Since Eugene's grandmother passed away in April, Hayden has had several questions about God and why people die and things to that nature.  There were even some questions that I didn't know how to answer, questions that you wouldn't think a 6 year old would know to ask. 

Struggling to answer his questions made me question my own faith.  Although I somehow answer his questions, I don't feel like it's enough to explain to him how awesome our God really is.

Do I believe there is a God?
Absolutely

Am I a Christian?
I like to think so

Have I been setting an example for my children?
Not so much. :(

It's my job as a parent to teach my children about Jesus and being a christian all the wonderful things that go along with that, and if I don't do that I have failed them and I've failed my heavenly Father.

Eugene and I are looking for a church to call home.  A church to where we aren't just another face in the crowd but a brother and sister in Christ.  Please pray for us in that we will find where God wants us to be. 

God Bless!