Things I should be keeping to myself....

It is late night at la casa de Foresee, all are asleep and I decide this is the most a-prope time to be blogging!  SMH! 

1.  Here it is, 10:20, there are bad storms getting ready to blow on through in our area, and I am just thinking how in about an hour the dog will start acting a lil nutty (knocking his bowl around, crying, and trying to jump the baby gate from the laundry room (yes, that is right, I put my dog in the laundry room during the night... all night), and with all of the jumping comes all of the peeing!  Not just a spot of pee, but rivers of it!  It is so gross, and then he steps in it , and it is a mess.  So, this is just something that I try to avoid, so I will try to go and get him and put him in the bed with me (man friend totally loves  hates that with a passion).  Chip and I, we are obvi two "pees" in a pod (ya see what I did there?  peas in a pod to pees in a pod??  cause we have the bladders of an untrained toddler)!  Ya get it??

2.  Anyways, that is not the only reason I am awake.  Right before bed, my little guy started complaining of stomach pain.  (this is totally something that I should be keeping to myself)

After the complaints, started (dun..dun....duh) the yakking!  I know, people that have been around me or my littles are probably thinking... I will be next!!  Hopefully not.  Hopefully, he just ate something that did not agree with his tummy (which makes me sad bc the restaurant is one of our go- tos for a quick bite.. it is Mexican and it is within walking distance to our house.... just an FYI, we DO NOT walk there, just saying if our car broke down, we could totally walk there).  Finally, he has fallen asleep, and I am just kinda staying up to make sure that he is okay.  I never sleep when littles have a stomach issues, I just am a major worrier!

3.  Since sick kid is on the floor (yes, he is on the floor) and pee dog will probably be in here within the hour, that means that man friend is sleeping on the couch.  Now, don't go starting the rumor mill that we are on the outs... not the case!  He will never get any rest with sick kid in the room, me tip typing on the laptop, and then the dog gnawing on his feet for the duration of the night!  I was trying to be kind, he needs his sleep... me on the other hand... I run on mom fuel.

* side note, I walked out into the living room earlier to get my phone charger and just happened to pick something up so he would not step on it in the middle of the night (Lego people + the dark= crying man friend), so I stand up and was kind of standing over him and he opened his eyes (I guess he could feel someone standing there) and I scared the ba-jeezes out of him.  I wish I had his startled sound on tape... #AmericasFunniestHomeVideoWinner

Man friend... sorry, I shared, I shoulda kept it to myself.

# 4 thing I should keep to myself... I ate chips and queso for dinner (and I do not feel bad about it... at all).  I would have eaten all of the cheese dip, but I noticed that lil Red was triple dipping her chips which made me a lil squeemy feeling on the inside.  Should have had more, now my stomach is growling, but do I take a chance and fill it with something?  Or leave it empty because I could get a stomach bug from sick kid on the floor???  Decisions... decisions.

5th thing that should be kept under wraps tonight... I attended parent teacher conferences tonight and my fears of the kids becoming elementary school drop outs have vanished.  Turns out the littles are doing amazingly in school, and that just validates my claims that my wee ones are tiny geniuses!  Seriously though, they are doing so well, and I was surprised to learn that my guy can read... not a novel, but is sounding out words and really figuring things out!  Praise the Lord for his sweet teacher for working so hard with him and his class (because his momma has kinda been a slacker... just keeping it reals).  Red is reading and writing so well too.  I was even able to read/ decipher some of her prompts with her teacher.  So pleased with how well they are doing in school and I was so proud to call them mine!!

6.... I have not run/ walked in a few days (4 to be exact).  Hello, I am supposed to be doing this whole marathon thing in a month!  Back to the grind tomorrow!  I am just gonna be honest... working out is kind of hard!  I want to do it (kinda just saying that).... but I also want to sit down and do nothing!  It is the worst!!  I feel so conflicted!

7.  I ordered a tea at 2:40 today (before teacher conferences) and I am still drinking it.  That.  Is.. Gross!  It does not even taste like tea, all of the ice is water, and just so y'all know, I will sip on it all through the night.  I am so weird!

8.  My most favorite pair of Spanx ripped today.  I know, I know, keep it to yourself Caryn!!  I am so upset!  I am sad because now, I have to go and buy more (every time I do go shopping for under things, I always see someone I went to high school with (and it is always a someone that is buying cute lingerie and still a size 2) and there I am diggin' through a bin of granny panties while holding my nude color "power panties" with matching color over the shoulder boulder holder... #NothingAboutMyUndergarmentsArePretty  I guess you know where you will catch me this weekend!

9.  One of the last things that I should be keeping to myself... This morning, I had volunteered to take a few items to the school, the PTO was feeding all of the staff since they would be there late tonight for parent teacher conferences.  I waited until the last moment... stopping at the store before work to buy a thing of pre-cut French bread, a bag of chocolate candies, a chocolate cake, and lemon cake slices. #NeverShopWhileHungry I was so hungry that I opened the French bread and took 3 slices of the bread, and then packaged it back up (as if it had never been disturbed)!  I ate all 3 pieces in 4 minutes!  I am sure the school cameras have me on film carb loading in the car!  What is wrong with me!  For pitys sake, I had Fruit Loops in a snack bag for my breakfast (which I ate later, but said... while eating it, I had not eaten anything all day)!  I have got issues.

Final thing that I should be keeping to myself.... I am starting to feel a little bit squeamish.  Maybe it is just sympathy pains for Bray, or maybe it is just real deal gonna be a long night sick stomach pains??  I am kicking myself for letting him drink from my cup yesterday!  #WhatWasIThinking

Hi, I might be a bit obsessed with you...

First things first!  Today would have been my MamMaw's birthday, and today she celebrates in heaven.

I still miss my girl terribly!  I would talk with her everyday and we would just laugh and talk and then laugh some more..... and then she'd just say...."okay, .... " then I would hear a dial tone.  Every single call, she would end like that!  Every time I would call her back and say, you just hung up on me, thus starting another conversation!  Ughhh, I miss those chats.
Happy birthday MamMaw, I am sure you are watching over us!

..... and back to the obsessions!!  I love to write in my blog... but I also am a bit obsessed with other peoples blogs.  It is a fun little peak into another persons world.  When I first started blogging, I did not even know what a blog was.  I started working a merchandising job at the Wal-Mart, and I met a girl who became a for-eva friend for me.  We bonded over children.  She had them and I wanted them.  I confided in her my desire to have kids, but it was just not a happening (all Gods timing... not my timing).  My for-eva friend told me about a girl that went to our church, and that she had a blog.  She would often share of her struggles to be pregnant and her pregnancy losses.  I went home that night and looked this chick up (Kelly Stamps, it was you my friend).  I voraciously read from all of her posts it was just like her heart opened up on the screen (not physically, but she was very open).  It was so personal, and I felt a little bit strange reading it.  (a little strange.... but that did not stop the reading).  I began following her (not in a weird way on the street or in the Wal-Mart) but following her blog.  I got to know her without really "knowing her".  I realized that as I read her story, it was helping me to have a peace about my own story and I realized that I was not alone.  Someone else shared my thoughts, and it was a good feeling.

Fast forward a few months, my for-eva friend (we will call her Jessica, because that is her name and nothing really rhymes or fits with Jessica... maybe Jerrica, yea, okay so my friend Jerrica invited me to come to Sunday school.

me and Jerr, this was in the wayyyyyy back, I was invited to come and play bunco with the girls from Sunday school.  I loved that time meeting new girls and making friends

I was all..... ummmm no thanks, I don't really do that (attend Sunday school).  We go to church, but we are not super involved.

She was all..... ummmmmm, no you need to come.

I was like..... ummmmmm, you're a bit pushy (and I really did not like that I also did not say that out loud, but felt it in my guts) and told her maybe this weekend we will go.

She was like...... good.

So, Sunday came, we got dressed and got to church.  I remember thinking how we will run out quick after the service ends and just tell Jerrica and her husband Willy (not real name y'all) that ooops, sorry I forgot that they were doing that whole Sunday school thing after the service (like they had done ever since I had started attending that church in the early 90s.

Little did I know "Stalky McStalkerson" would be waiting for me when we exited the sanctuary and pretty much walked us to Sunday school.  It was not in a drag us there kind of way, but it was a way that I felt I could not just leave her hanging.  I mean what if she had a friend quota she had to meet in Sunday school and man friend and I were her 2 people and she would get like a free devotional book or maybe a calendar or something....

Anyways, we get to the class and it was filled with some of the sweetest couples.

God loving, Bible reading, normal and kind couples.

It was a small group, possibly 12-15 couples, and they were precious.  I instantly fell in love with the group.  One of the last couples we met was Kelly's Korner. (I guess I thought that might be her last name, I don't know, but that is what I knew).  I wanted to hug her and tell her thanks for sharing her thoughts because I knew I was NOT alone.

(FYI, I totally just did not say anything but hi and nice to meet you, and I left it at that)!  Ha!!

This is kind of how my blog took flight.  I kind of thought her stories were helping to drag me outta a little pit of sadness, and I was thinking maybe my thoughts could help someone else too.

Voila.... the blog was born!  I started with some lame name (that I cannot even remember) and after Brayden it was changed it to Sophia + 1 More Makes Four

I still read Kelly's blog, and I think that is where some of my 10s of readers have come from!  Welcome 10s!!

Over the years I have stuck with many other blogs and here are a few that I love reading....

1.  Addison's Wonderland

Brittany is an amazing wife, momma, and decorator!  Y'all, I die!  She uses colors, patters, has the most fun tastes and it works.  I wish I was as brave!!  If I could just have her come over on Friday evenings and Saturdays and she just tell me what to do with my house... I would be so over the moon!  Brit.... consider this your invite to come to B-town!

2.  Barefoot Blonde

Amber Fillerup Clark is so fun.  I think that we would bond instantly, talking kids, clothes, travel, and life.  We would do this while sitting on the floor French braiding each others hair.  (check out her blog, you will see what I mean... her hair is too fun... kinda Rapunzel-ish)

3.  Pioneer Woman

Ree Drummond!  Can she be anymore fantastic?  Girlfriend is a BIG deal, living on a ranch, whipping up dishes for her cowboy husband and alllllllllll of their children.  She is a blogger, author, cuisine extroidinaire, and I know that we would meet and she would want to make me something yummy in the kitchen!

4.  Tori Spelling

What?  I know!  Yes, I read Tori's blog and I think that she is just fascinating.  I like her style and her decorating.  I used to read all of her books (yes, she is a writer) but now I no longer have to wait for a book, I can read the blog!

5.  The Wiegands

Casey Leigh!  She is always sharing her family and their adventures.... and the pictures are always flawless (this is a far cry from all of my blurry mouth-breathing pics)  She is just lovely!  I know we would be friends!

6.  Blue Eyed Bride

Honestly, the girl changed the blog name to her name... Erin Akin Carroll, and I hate that she has not posted in a year!  Ughhhhh, a year!  I check back often, still waiting for an update.... is that strange?  Possibly, yes, but not psych ward strange.... right??  I loved getting book reviews from her!

Last one....

7.  Blessings and Raindrops

This blogger lives in my town, and she is the only blogger I have had an encounter with that I actually almost died!  My mom, grandmother, and I went on a tour of homes in our down town area.  I was so beautiful.  Well, we walked into one of the homes, and I instantly recognized her from the blog.  I was starring at her and she introduced herself, and......

(please know, this is only how I remember the story)

I said.... oh, I know, I am a super fan of your blog, not a fan I read.... I can read.... I mean, I read your blog.  I did a weird laugh and I may have snorted.
That was the last time I ever told anyone I read their blog.... it was like meeting a famous person, and I became all tongue tied and acted like a ding-bat!

Any good blogs I should be reading??  Do tell!

Mom Fail

I have not even made it to 8 o'clock and I am already wanting to jump back in the bed and start my morning over!  It is chilly outside, the time change (3 days ago) still has me as a sleepy mess, and my "Mom of the Day Award" has already been taken away!!  (Whomp whomp)  Mornings are tough.... in fact mornings with little people are tough.... Mornings with little people, a momma who overslept, kids that will not put on shoes, and kids who are not listening are tough!!

Do any other mommas have mornings like this or am I all alone??

I hate that before 7 the kids had already been scolded and had to hear my crazy loud mom voice!  It comes out everyday, but sheesh, before 7 (I was even annoyed with me)!  We had not even been awake 40 minutes!

On the way to school everyone was quiet and the only thing that I could hear was my dragon breathing (What??  I am still struggling with a bit of nasal blockage which is causing mouth breathing!)  I was already feeling bad, and I am thinking we were moving so slowly but we actually left the house 9 minutes before we would normally leave.  So it looks like all of my overreacting was for nothing, and there was no reason for me to even lose my "mom of the day award".

I was feeling so guilty about how the kids day had started out that I had to pull over the car and tell them I am sorry.

Ugggggh!

I am not good at saying that I am sorry, and it is hard to tell your little people sorry.

As soon as I turned around and saw their sad faces, I knew it was the right thing to do.  I grabbed their little cold hands (one of them was a bit gross because I had just witnessed Brayden using it as a Kleenex when wiping his nose... so that reminds me I need to disinfect my hands) but anyways, I just held them and looked at their sad faces and told them that sometimes when mommy is stressed and is in a hurry she acts like a nut job.  This morning I was a complete and total nut job and I yelled at you and I did not need to do that.  I said my sorrys and asked for their forgiveness. 

I love the rebound rate of a little.  They were very quick to forgive me, tell me that they loved me, and that I was the best.

Now that all of the crazy is out of the way, I am sure I will be able to move forward and have a good day, I just hate that sometimes we freak out on the ones we LOVE the MOST!!  Hopeful that they will not need to much therapy in their future.

Thankful that tomorrow I will get a redo-

What's White Lightning Been Up To??

Just a few things...

1.  My hair has been out of control as of late.  It has been a combo of 80s hair band and hot mess express.  I rarely ever get my hair cut, it just takes too much time (that I hate to spend on myself), and I hate to spend the extra money when I think that it should go to something else.  (Do any other mommas feel like this?)

Anyways, it was a bit long, a bit frizzy (honestly, because I stopped putting gel in it, and that is a natural curly hair nono), and dried out.

The bottom 6 inches did not even curl (which is strange since I have curly hair)!  Welp, today was the day.  I called up an old friend (not age old, just a friend who knows me and this mop on top)!  PTL she had an opening....  Upon walking in, I explained how it needed to be cut and she got right down to business (before I even sat down in the chair, she ponytailed it (yes, I made ponytail a verb) and then cut the ponytail off)!  There was NO looking back after that!  6 inches on the floor (possibly more)!

I know what you are thinking...

1.  Why is your collar popped?

I don't know!  I blame it on my 80s hair, and I think that poppin' a collar was a thing back in the day.

2.  Why is your shirt unbuttoned to your bubbies?

I don't know y'all!  Tomorrow I will make sure to utilize all buttons (there is no need for bubbies to be out on a Monday... geez, I was at the beauty shop!)

3.  Is that your best pose when taking a selfie?

Possibly.  It is what it is.  Most of my selfies CANNOT be photo shopped, and in most of them I am being a mouth breather!  #CantFixThat

Anyways... I left the shop feeling so much better about my hair and myself.  Sometimes it is good for mommas to take a few minutes out for themselves.  Tonight, I feel 10 pound lighter and a little bit happier about myself!

2.  This morning, I was looking in the mirror... like super close in the mirror, and I was very surprised to see not gray hairs, but WHITE hairs!  WTH?  Fa-reeking WHITE!  I am 37 and turning into a white haired middle aged woman?  It just doesn't make sense.  I would pull them, but I am afraid that 10 would grow in their places!

3.  I cannot believe that I am typing this, but I have been walking/ running (and when I type running, I really mean very fast walking.... like super fast jogging, you might even call me White Lighning).  It is a new thing I am trying.  It is not easy, I am 37 and my physical activity is well.... nada.  In fact, I am doing all of this to run/ jog/ walk fast in a marathon with my Red!  There is a 5K and a fun run, and I have not decided what I will be able to accomplish, but I am going for it!  I know it will NOT be easy, and that I will possibly pee all over myself, and that I might die (just die die or die of embarrassment), but my Red will see me work hard to do this with her, and my husband will also see how athletic I am (or not)! 

4.  When I am not jog- walking, mommin', or wifin', I am spending WAAAAAY to much time playing some silly game on my phone... ToyBlast.  It has become such a time-suck for me and I def need to delete it from my phone, and that is a struggle since I am completely ADDICTED!  I feel like I need to go to "Gamers Anonymous". I wonder if there is such a thing?  The other night I was playing and I looked at the clock and it was not even night anymore, it was morning- 1 something!  I could not believe it!  The last thing I was completely obsessive with was that Friday Night Lights show, remember when I watched all of the seasons/100 episodes of the show in almost 2 weeks?  Which reminds me......

#YoureWelcome #Riggins

5.  Our family is planning a little vaca in a few months to New Orleans!  We have never been before, but are so excited to go.  My cousin Mary (that is her real name) is getting married, and we will be coming for her BIG day!  So far we are planning on taking the kids to the zoo, maybe the aquarium, and we are planning on giving a luncheon before the wedding!  It will be such a packed trip of family, but I am hoping we can have a little bit of fun on the side!  The kids are most excited to see their cousins (and I cannot wait to see mine)!!

Tens of readers.... have you been to New Orleans?  What is something that we should check out... family friendly!!

6.  The other day before work I turned on the television and I was able to watch the pilot episode of Growing Pains!  Ughhhh, I adored Kirk Cameron... like I thought he would make his way to Btown and take me away to be his wife one day!  Ha!  I even wrote him a letter (thinking that he would write back) and I gave it to my daddy to mail.  Sad.... he NEVER mailed it!  He placed it in his sock drawer, and he gave it to me a few years ago!  I was half sad and half relieved!  Sad because I just knew he woulda read my super deep pre-pre teen thoughts and felt a connection between us, and I was embarrassed because of all of the words I misspelled and all of the hearts that were doodled all over were a bit much!  Sheesh!  I needed spell check!  #NeverTheSpellingBeQueen #OneDoodledHeartIsOkayButTwelveNOWAY

Anyways, that was such a good show!  I have watched a few episodes this week, and I love that I grew up watching it.  They just do not make tv like that anymore!

7.  and just because I think it is funny...

February Do-Over??

What a few weeks!  I finally feel like we are coming out of a fog of sneezes, sore throats, yak, flu, and snot!  Ugh, I know!  Super disgusting, I know, I've been living it!  I guess it is just the season we are in.  One day it is in the 80s and the next day it is 30?  Who can figure?  I have tried to be a kind and nurturing momma, but all I want is to break out of this germy house!! 

It's been a few weeks, but I think it all started when sweet boy had strep (coulda been my Red, it has been so long ago and so many germs have been passed back and forth that I have lost track (and my sanity, but that's a post for another day)!  I reached out to his teachers to let her know they would be out, and the response was that just in their classroom they had cases of strep, stomach viruses, and the flu!  I was so thankful it was just strep... I mean just some fluids, amoxicillin, and a new toothbrush and we'd be back on track!

Whomp... whomp!!

After strep, there was the stomach bug!

Y'all, why does the stomach bug happen during the night after you have only been asleep for close to two hours??  I can not think of anything worse than a little with vomit on his clothes coming to your bed (during the night, and I was having such a fantastic dream... man friend and I were on an island... alone.... there were drinks, waves, and tans (yes, I had a tan.... must have been a dream)!!  But nooooooo, I wake to, "momma, I threw up on my bed and my floor."  Pit-ti-ful!!  I stick sick kid in the shower and then go and survey the damage.  I tried to wake up man friend because.... well, I am not sure why.  He has a horrible gag reflex and it would have just been no bueno to have him assisting me!  Good thing he did not wake up!  So, I make my way to the bedroom and I can already smell it, in fact I can still smell it!  It will forever be with me burned in my nose!  After I peek in, I can see that the yak is in a small mound, not like a Mt Everest mound, but def a mound!  Ugh!  Sorry, for the graphic nature!  I remove the sheets, the stuffed animals (there were 7, all large size Ninja Turtles (yes, there are only 4 turtles, but we have multiples), and then clean the floor!  Thirty minutes, many hand towels, and a half a bottle of Febreeze later the mess was cleaned (oh yea, did I mention Brayden was still in the shower and man friend is still asleep)!  Anyways, we did survive the stomach bug!

Just a little FYI, because I am a sharer and someone shared with me...

If you get throw up on your carpet, you can clean and clean and clean (trust me, I know), but sometimes you can still smell yak!  Ughh!!  Well, my girlfriend commented on FB when I was looking for moral support from FB land, and she said bowl water on the stove and them pour the boiling water over the yak infected and cleaned up area.  *Make sure you have on shoes!!  After you have poured the water over the whole area, then stand on a towel to clean up the excess water!  Friends!  No joke!  It worked.  As soon as I did this little trick the smell was gone!  #Thankful

What, y'all thought the illnesses would end there?  Well, no.  Then I got sick... a little coughy coughy with a fever!  Two appointments later, and a round of negative flu tests, it turned out to be the flu. I tried to tough it out, but it did not work out.  Sometimes when momma is sick, you still have to function!  I mean, I still had to help with Valentines, reading our pig book each night, keep up with laundry, and cleaning the bathrooms (shocked, I know, but I was still nervous about the stomach bug and if I get it, I cannot stand the thought of throwing up in a dirty toilet)!  Is anyone with me on this??  Anyways, I just could not kick it.  I am still struggling with cold symptoms, but I am glad to be out of the flu woods!

I finally returned to work, after missing a day or two and then it was the weekend, and then, Bray gets some random virus with a high fever!  Wha????  I know!  I contemplated burning down the house, because well I was just thinking crazy and not getting a lot of sleep!  So, he had to stay home and could not return to school (24 hour fever free)!

We had the weekend to re-coop, and I was thankful we did not have school on Monday and Tuesday, but I really needed to get back to work.  So I took the kids to childcare, and on Monday night, I could just tell Brayden was not feeling well.  I tried to ignore it, because, well, I am just being honest.  He woke up during the night with a high fever, I was crying on the inside because I just mentally could not handle it any longer!  Really, 101.5!  He was pitiful.  I went to the bathroom to regain my composure, and then I walk out of the bathroom (lights off) and I trip over a little!  Yes, Sophia was laying at my bathroom door!  I fa-reeked out and knew for sure I broke a body part and would have to go to the hospital for a vacation away from my family (what, a girl can dream, yes?)  I snap at her for laying lifelessly on the floor, and she just cries.  "I have no spit in my mouth and cannot swallow and I am so cold mommy!"  I reach for her face... in the dark, and could feel it was soooooooo hot!  That is right, another one bites the dust!  I call for man friend, because, well he was asleep and I wanted him to share in this glorious event I call motherhood!!  That morning, I took both littles to the dr, and it turns out everyone had the flu!!!

Yes, this is us, after 2 hours of being at the drs office.  Both people with the flu, sitting/ sleeping on me!!  We were just waiting for my flu test/ strep test/ mono test (yes, mono??)

The rest of the week, I have been sitting around playing nurse to all of my people, praying for patience and a kind attitude, and for my job (that I don't get fired).... hello, can y'all see all of the above sickness and I have been missing work!!!

So, I am kinda thinking February was a BUST!!  I would say that we need a re-do, but I am afraid we would have the same outcome.

A few things I have learned...

1.  If you do not turn in a doctors note to the school, within 3 days of the dr visit, absences are NOT excused!!  What??  I had no idea!  I was just holding onto them in case anyone ever asked for them!

  #MomFail #ElementarySchoolDropOuts

2.  I am super thankful for VUDU and the fact that they have new releases available to watch before the actual release date!  Yes, I have paid to just have the movie instead of waiting the 2 weeks to rent it!  I obvi think that money grows on trees, and will just spend $20+ on movies for the day.  No biggie!

3.  Moana.

I spent the money on the movie for us to watch, and welp, it is not my favorite.  I mean, I cannot even sit and watch the movie, it is possibly because the Rock is one of the main characters and when he sings it is like nails down a chalkboard to me!  #JustSaying #SeriouslyHitANote  I normally love these Disney movies, in fact, I am really looking forward to the Beauty and the Beast movie with Hermoine!!  Anyone else excited?

4.  We had free movie channels over the past few weeks!  Thank you Dish!  I watched a new show with Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley.  It is called Big Little Lies, and it is on HBO.

Can I just say, that I think if those 3 women met me like we could be besties!  I am sure they would sit around and talk about how hard it is to be rich and famous, and I would be all, I know what you mean!  Best friends, I am sure of it!  Anyways, the show is a bit intense, and is following the lives of these 3 women who seem like they are super perfect wives and mommas to 1st graders, but behind closed doors these women seem to be a bit of train wrecks (hello, welcome to my world)!!  Of course, the free preview is over, and now I will have to watch the show on VUDU, but I think that I will keep on tuning in.  Anyone else watch?

5.  Not only have we all been experiencing every sort of fever in our house, but we have also contracted a bit of puppy fever!  Every other day Sophia asks questions about dogs and when we can get a dog.  Her daddy has pretty much promised her a puppy for Christmas, but Christmas cannot come soon enough!

She wants to learn everything that she can about dogs and wants to learn about every type of breed.  In fact, the other day, I found her watching a movie about dogs on Netflix.  This is not a big deal, but I sat next to her and she was just sucked in!  I look at the screen and realize that she is watching a dog giving birth!!!  Geez Louise!!  Is there nothing else that she could be watching, My Little Ponies or Tom and Jerry??  No, dogs giving birth!

6.  Last night I declared the evening to be movie night (because we have not watched enough tv over the past month).  I got to choose, because well I just did not want to watch anything they would pick (just being honest).  I picked out ET.  Possibly too soon, I mean this film still keeps me from going outside at nighttime.  But they sat quietly and watched, and cried.  That movie is such a tear jerker!!  I just knew that everyone would have bad dreams, but nope!  Everyone slept through the night!!

7.  We were able to celebrate my baby sister a few weeks ago!  19 years old!!  I can remember when she was born!  She invited her college friends over for dinner at my parents house and we were able to come over and see her!  The night was so fun (until man friend left sick... I know!)  We were still happy to be together and celebrate Kitty!  We love her!!

8.  This shirt!  I must own it and wear it proudly!!

It is my new mantra!!

9.  It is Sunday, and so far the kids are hopefully on the mend and will return to school tomorrow!  Praise the Lord!!  We will spend the rest of the day working on a new puzzle with 300 pieces (I know, what am I thinking) and putting together a new Lego contraption!  We really should be focused on our 1 District 1 Book, and play a little catch-up we need to read 9 chapters before school starting in the morning!!  So much to do, so little time!!

 10.  I guess I would not want to re-do the whole month... we did have a few fun moments!!

School Valentines Day parties and there have been a few days of health and those were spent outside climbing trees and exploring local trails!

 

BIG prayers for Lora!!

La casa Foresee is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!  This house has been struck with a handful of different things:  strep, stomach bug, and the flu!  (I think this is where all 10s of my readers should collectively say, "whomp.... whomp!")  I have had to put a few things, that I have been wanting to do on hold....

1.  I am having a birthday party for my Baby Bear (yes, his birthday was in December.... and yes, it is February)  I am just running a few months late.  Go ahead judge me!  #WorstPartyPlannerEver
**Note to self, after I post this I need to order a birthday cake for Saturday!  (I know, I have not even ordered the cake yet and the party is in a day)!

2.  I wanted to wash all of the sheets in this house.  (whomp... whomp)!  I do not even want to get out of the bed, so disgusting sheets will have to stay on the mattress till Sunday.

3.  Lil sister has a birthday this week!  She is 19!  How did that even happen?  Katie are you reading this?  It is 19?  Right? 

4.  I was supposed to have a lunch date with my friend Lora.  Y'all remember Lora, yes?

Lora is sitting right next to me.

Anyways, the above picture was taken after dinner a few weeks ago, and when we left the restaurant, we had already planned to go to lunch and go shopping at some of the local shops on the square.  I have been looking forward to this (because, y'all, sometimes mommas just need to be with other mommas and eat, talk, and talk some more)!  It is good for the soul and sometimes that time kind of rejuvenates you and gets you ready to go back into the "motherhood trenches"!  (and all of the mommas said, "Amen!")

With all of the sickness in our house:  strep, stomach bug, and me down and out with the flu, the lunch plans have not worked out!  Since my friend just finished her radiation treatments this past week, I did not want to expose her to any extra germs!

I messaged Lora this morning to say Monday!  Monday for lunch!  Let her know we had been sick, but Monday I am all in for our lunch date!

I did not expect for her to type back that she is in the hospital and had been life flighted to a hospital in another state.

(I am just letting that sink in.... again).

So, trying to be funny I asked if she was just trying to get out of lunch!  Ha!

Waiting her response, I clicked on my FB and the first few updates were posts for Lora.

???

What in the world is going on here?

After I started reading all of her friends and family begging for prayer on her behalf I read that my friend had a MRI last night and the doctors saw a tumor on her brain.

First things first....

I hate that she has to go through this trial right now.

I hate this for her family.

I hate cancer and this battle she has to fight right now.

Sweet Jesus, I know that you are holding her in the palm of your great hands.  Heal my friend!  Be with her doctors and nurses as they are giving her care.  Be with her family:  her husband, her 3 children, her parents, and her brother and his family.

This morning I have been praying this for Lora.  I hope that you too will pray over her.

*  Lora... seriously!  You got this!  I am waiting for you to come on home!
UPDATE** Oh, yea, Lora, I know I said no more blogging without asking.... but I already clicked the "publish" button!  #KindaSorry #ButNotSoSorry

Super Sunday...

I am going on day 3 of sitting in the bed and watching television!  I am not snuggled up watching the Super Bowl, but trying to catch up on my Netflix episodes of The Queen.

*update and yes, a spoiler alert!!!

I have just finished the last episode of season 1, and I am so ready for season 2!  Heart broken that Elizabeth did not let Princess Margaret marry Peter Townsend!!  Boo!  That was her love!  Talk about rip my heart out!  This show has just shed so much light on what "may have" gone on behind the closed door... have you seen it??

Whaaa??  I know!  I do not even watch the Super Bowl for the commercials.  It is just not my thing!  Half time... nah, I am sure that someone on FB will give the play by play on how awesome or not awesome it was!

I am going on day 2 (kind of day 3) of recooperting from a mystery illness.  On Friday, I finally bit the bullet and went to the dr.  I had been having a bad headache, stomach stuff, and a cough since Wednesday.  By Friday afternoon, I realized that Advil was not helping me at all.  Off to the dr I go.  After being swabbed for the flu and strep, the dr said I had neither!  Wha?  I know!  She for sure thought I had the flu, but instead treated me for strep (since Lil Red had it the week before... better safe than sorry).  I have quarantined myself from the kids and Aron since Friday afternoon, and all I have done is sleep and watch movies.

First things first...

The Legend of Tarzan

 Yeah, you're welcome 10s of readers!  That is right.  Never have I been so fascinated with jungle life, gorillas, or Samuel L. Jackson (yes, he is in this movie). 

Spoiler Alert... Tarzan may be the best thing about that movie!  Enjoy!

The other thing my attention was on... taxes.

I know, whomp whomp!  At least they are finished/ filed, so now we can enjoy our return of 10s of dollars (be jealous, be very jealous)!

The other parts of my downtime over the week have been with the man friend and the littles.  Our school district picks out a book for every child to read...

Each night, we have been able to sit together and read from our new book.  Most might find this to be boring, some may not even be reading (that is fine too), but I have really enjoyed being with my people each night before bed and learning all about Flora.  The kids have had a good time and I have most loved listening to man friend read to the kids!  So sweet, and each word he speaks melts my heart!  I just love him so much!  Such a precious daddy to our babies!

Today, the kids and Aron spent much of the day outside, enjoying another "6 weeks of winter".  Ha, it was a ridiculously beautiful day outside, the sun was out and the air was warm!  Wish I could have been out there with them, but I just opened the windows and enjoyed some fresh air (this will just have to do)!

O my goodness... so annoying!  Man friend is shrieking because his team just did something ah-mazing!!  So much for taking a nap (at 6:45, that would more than likely turn into bedtime for me at 6:45)!  Guess I need to go in there and check on him, sounded like he coulda strained a vocal chord or something!

Happy Super Bowl Sunday to you!!