My Sweet Boy Harrison–An Update

 

Well, our Harry Boy is stilling in the Children’s Hospital working hard on getting well so he can go home.  It definitely has a stressful, emotional and heartbreaking time for all of us.  Me and hubby were up there most of the day on Tuesday and I have to say that Harrison was definitely not himself.  He slept the whole time and when he did wake up he was very lethargic and had no energy at all.  This was devastating to us.  But by that night, after we left, he was coming around just a little.  He stayed awake long enough for the ride to and from X-ray.  By morning he was showing even more improvements and by last night we all thought he would be coming home today.  Well during the night his heart rate dropped a few times so an EKG and blood work were ordered.  Doctors haven’t mentioned going home yet so we are all praying all the tests come back with positive results so our boy can go home.  So all in all he progressing well but it just seems like after he gets over on hurtle there are 2 more to get over. 

Thank you so much for all the sweet prayers that are being said on Harrison’s behalf.  Please continue praying for him to recover soon and for his Mom and Dad so they can get back to his own home and bed. 

Prayers Please

We are asking for prayers for our sweet Harrison! He was diagnosed with pneumonia last Friday and was sent home to be treated as outpatient!  Well we all had an uneasy feeling about this decision since Harrison has issues with his lungs, especially during the winter months!  On Sunday morning back to the doctor he went and a decision was made to admit him into the children’s hospital.  He has been on quite the roller coaster ride since and finally as of yesterday afternoon his lungs were doing a little better.  We don’t know exactly how long he will be there but know that he is in excellent care!! Pray for mom and dad as this is their first “hospital” experience and they aren’t a big fan.  Harrison also is NOT digging the “hospital” thing either.  He is very uncooperative when anyone comes in that is hospital staff and then makes it tougher on mom and dad.

I know there are so many sick babies/children out there that also need prayers.  So please say a little prayer for all these children also. 

This is Harrison The Great being a brave little man before he was transported by ambulance!!

 

Bring On 2011

Happy New Years to all my blog friends!! I hope everyone has a blessed and prosperous year!! 

Me? Well, I brought in the new year with a nasty stomach virus! Yuck!

New Years day is also my birthday and I had plans to go have a nice lunch with my family but since I had the stomach bug (and so did Victoria), and Harrison has pneumonia we decided it would be in everyone’s best interest to postpone my birthday dinner for another day.  I am feeling much better this afternoon but my little Harry Boy is not feeling to good.  He has such a hard time in the winter anyway with his breathing and I’m sure this has been really hard on him and Mama and daddy!!

I don’t really do resolutions because I don’t end up sticking with it.  I want to try and just live a little healthier and really just soak up all the blessings I’m given everyday. 

Happy New Years!!!

Guess What????????

 

I get to be a MeMe again!!! Yep, Ashley, Jordan and Tuff are adding another member to their family which means I will have 4 grandbabies!! Wow, our family is certainly growing by leaps and bounds!! I can’t wait to see the blessing this new baby will bring to our whole family!! Whether boy or girl we will love it unconditionally just as we do our others!!

Congratulations to Ashley, Jordan and Tuff!! I know Tuff will be a great big brother!!

Hoping Everyone Had a Fabulous Christmas

 

I know I haven’t posted in a while which is not surprise.  It seems I just feel like my life is boring and nothing really interesting to blog about!  That is so far from the truth!!! I have 3 grandbabies that I have everyday of the week so therefore my life is FAR from boring!! We have a lot of fun, crazy days around here and it just seems like I have bloggers block (if that’s even a saying/word).

So I will start with the grandbabies visit with Santa in a picture!!

So that’s how that went!! Ha! I’m sure we aren’t the first to have 3 different reactions from 3 different kiddos trying to sit on Santa’s lap at the same time!! It was definitely a rushed experience since there was a line a mile long so we weren’t able to really take the time to situate the kids like we would have liked.  But this will definitely be a great picture to look back on years from now.

We started our Christmas celebration on Christmas Eve by going to the candlelight service at church and then heading over to my SIL’s house to have some finger foods and exchange gifts.  We draw names and this is the second year we have done this and it is definitely less stressful this way.  I definitely missed my family in Florida but was able to get some pictures from my nieces Facebook.  All the pictures from our Christmas are on my MIL’s camera so I don’t have them loaded yet to post.

My niece Carrie with my great nephew Jayden

My baby sister Stacey with our 2 nieces, Christy and Carrie

My big sister, Lisa and her family

 

We ended up having a white Christmas which was a first since we moved to TN 14 years ago so I really enjoyed it.  On Christmas day I baked a ham and made a side and the girls brought a side and we enjoyed a traditional dinner and just chilled out the rest of the day.

On Sunday Lee had to work so I just kind of chilled out until he got home then we went to see Tuff and Ada so they could show us all their toys that Santa brought them.  Tuff was pretty excited and he was to happy to show us all his presents and Ada was glad to see MeMe and PaPa come visit.  After picking up some McDonald’s and heading home we watched a little TV and I finished a book I have been reading and then it was off to bed.

So I will leave you with a few random pictures of my sweet grandbabies.  Hope everyone has a blessed week and a very Happy New Year!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Has Anyone Had These????

 

 

OH.MY.GOODNESS!!! My daughter Ashley bought these for me last night and she said, “you probably won’t even like them”.  Oh boy was she wrong!! I have eaten half the bag already!!  I saw these on the end of an isle at Wally World and this lady comes by and puts 2 or 3 bags in her buggy and I said they must be good.  She says “oh you won’t be able to eat just one and you can only get them this time of year.”   So I snagged me a bag and can’t stop popping 1 or 2 or 3….in my mouth!! They are soooo smooth and have tiny little pieces of peppermint  mixed with white chocolate!! Yummo is all I have to say!

Thankful For Love, Laughter and Family

We decided we would head on down south to spend the Thanksgiving Holiday with my side of the family this year.  We had an uneventful drive there and back and I am truly grateful for that! Believe me I was stressing the drive during a Holiday week but it ended up being great! But you know, I had to worry the trip in the ground before we left and also the trip back but that’s just how I roll.

Anyway, we all (with the exception of BreeAnn, Ada and Will) headed down on Tuesday night and we all arrived safely! It was go go go the whole time.  We had Taco Soup that Wednesday night at my baby sister’s house since that was pretty easy and not a Thanksgiviness meal.  Oh boy is our family growing by leaps and bounds!!!

On Thanksgiving day we all headed back over to baby sister’s house and had fabulous food, weather and visiting!!  I couldn’t help having this huge feeling of Thankfulness come over me being able to be home for the holiday.  I got to see my two sister’s that are having to adjust to some big changes in their lives.  The baby sister will be having her first baby at the age of 38 and she looks amazing! And my big sister is having to learn to live with the recent diagnosis of MS.  I will say it was not easy seeing her struggle with her leg while walking.  I can tell she is trying to be so strong and not really let on that this disease is definitely a challenge for her. 

Me and my Mama

Me and Big Sister Lisa

Me and Baby Sister Stacey

We also had a surprise 70th birthday party for my Mama on Friday night and she was so surprised!!! Her friend of 48 years even surprised her by coming up for the party and boy was she surprised!!!

 

 

 

And these are a few more pictures from our visit!!

My beautiful nieces Christy and Carrie

My sweet nephew Bobby

Me, my mama, and sister’s Lisa and Stacey

My mom and great nephew Austin

Lee with 4 of our kids…April, Lee, Mark, Ashley and Victoria

Lee with his son Mark and his wife Sarah

GiGi with Tuff

Ashley with our sweet nephew Jayden

My niece Christy and her boyfriend Jason

My newest great nephew Jayden