Last Sunday, the day after Tuff’s birthday party, we had a “Sprinkle” type shower/Brunch for baby Gunner. We didn’t have a big crowd but it was nice to be able to sit in a secluded area so we could talk and visit! The food was yummy and the company was sweet and we are all getting all excited about Baby Gunner’s arrival.
We only have about 5 more weeks before we welcome Gunner’s sweet face and we are all getting pretty excited!!
Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!! MeMe and PaPa love you to pieces and could not imagine life without your sweet face with those BIG brown eyes.
I am overwhelmed with feelings of disbelief as today is your 2nd birthday!! Seriously?? I just can’t believe how time has flown by!
You have been so sweet the past few days. Giving out love to me and your “Pah” (as you have chosen to call Papa) Of course I don’t get all that love until Pah leaves for work and then you decide I am worthy enough for it! Ha! You are such a Pah’s boy. The very first thing you want to do when you get here every morning is go for a ride in Pah’s truck. Of course Pah is right there ready to go!! Your personality is really coming out and I see more smiles each day! You have started being a typical 2 year old with little “terrible 2” episodes. And you are such a little helper. Today you helped me dust the walls and you had a ball climbing the ladder trying to do what I was doing.
We had your birthday party this past weekend and it was the Curious George theme!! So MeMe and Pah got you 2 Curious George t=shirts. Eee Eee (Curious George) is your favorite movie right now and I love it because when I was a little girl I loved monkeys and I even had a stuffed monkey that I loved and carried everywhere.
Always know that your MeMe and “Pah” love you to pieces and that the joy that you bring to us each day is humbling!
Just a quick update on my mama. She is doing just great!! Her doctor said that she has done so good and he says that is due to not having any other health issues. She has to wait 1 more week before she can drive and then she is good to go. God is so good!!
Ok now for my little spa week with my cousin! We had an amazing time! We didn’t really do the spa thing everyday. We did have a facial on Thursday and it was wonderful!!
So I fly out on Sunday morning with beautiful weather and slightly calm nerves! My flight went amazingly fast and I was thankful for that! We stayed at my cousins house on Sunday night and had a really relaxing afternoon/evening. Her husband grilled steaks for us and we had a nice spread of steak, baked sweet potato, sautéed asparagus and mushrooms and the best bread I have ever put in my mouth.
On Monday I got up early of course and while everyone else was still sleeping, except Cole, I was up having coffee and checking Facebook, emails etc. and enjoying this view…….
We all got out of the house by noon and headed out to have lunch before we were off to our resort. We ate at Captain Eddie’s Seafood and of course it was wonderful! I had the fried rock shrimp and it was yummo!!! It was so nice to have seafood that actually tasted like real seafood and not froze
We arrived at our Resort at 3pm sharp and it was buzzing with activity! It was the 4th of July and we quickly realized that the resort offers the general public access to the pool and grounds on this day for a fee of $25. So it was quite busy on the 4th. We decided to eat close to the resort since by the time we got checked in and settled it was late afternoon and the fireworks were gonna start at 9pm. So we headed across the street to Crispers and we really loved it!! We had flatbread salad which was delish.
and for dessert we tried Gelato (which is Italian ice cream) and we chose coconut and I have to say it was the best ice cream I have ever had. We ended going across the street every night to get a scoop (or we may have had 2 scoops) of this yummy goodness!!
Then we headed back to our resort to wait for the fireworks…
On Tuesday we headed out for a day at Caledesi Island which is a remote little island that we had to take a ferry to get to.
We spent about 4 hours out there under an umbrella and just enjoyed the beautiful day! The view of the ocean was just like being in the Caribbean.
And then we decided we would rent a kayak and step out of the box and do something neither of us have never done.
These birds can get pretty aggressive and mad when it comes to food. This bird was a little mad when we wouldn’t give up our little snack we were having..
That night we had dinner at a Japanese restaurant which was okay but we enjoyed the atmosphere and then a little drink when we returned to our resort.
and then we headed out to the pier for this beautiful sunset that God blessed us with…..
On Wednesday we headed out for the mall to browse and stay a little cooler than the day before. I didn’t get any pics of the outing. We did get lost and lots of laughs. But we found our way and had a nice time. We decided we would just eat at the mall and had chick fila for dinner and of course we had the famous coconut gelato when we returned to our resort.
On Thursday we had our facial that was scheduled in the afternoon so we hung around our resort that morning then went to Burlington Coat Factory for a little browsing and planned on dinner at Clearwater beach that evening.
The weather turned a little rainy so we didn’t get to walk the beach like we planned but still had a great dinner of fish dip for appetizer and Grouper sandwich’s at Frenchy’s.
This was the view of the sky on our way back to our resort. We made it just before the big belly washer started and let me tell you….. once it started it didn’t stop!! It went on all night and was still going strong when we checked out and we drove for a solid hour and a half in torrential rain on our way to the airport. Boy were we glad when it stopped. It certainly makes for a stressful drive.
I made it to the airport and the rain stopped right before I loaded the plan so I was so thankful for that. My flight home was a little more “bumpy” but I made it safe and sound. Thanks to my SIL for picking me up at the airport.
I had a busy weekend, with Tuff’s birthday party, Ashley’s baby shower brunch and getting Victoria off for camp. Will do a post on all of that soon.
First I would like to thank you all for your prayers for my mama. I’m sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you all but my mama did great with her surgery! She came through with flying colors!! Her only restrictions are no driving, flying or lifting for 6 weeks. That’s a little sad since she was due to fly up to see me on July 11th. So we have had to cancel her flight and she was given a credit to use in the future. It has been really crazy since I got home on Monday afternoon so I will do more of a detailed update after I return from my week with my cousin at a spa resort next week.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July. And not to forget all our soldiers and their families for the sacrifices they make for our freedom.
It seems that way when your healthy, never had surgery, or been admitted to the hospital for anything (other than to have her 3 daughters) 70 year old mother calls to tell you that she is being admitted to the hospital because she has 90% blockage in her carotid artery!!
I will back up a few months. My mom went for her physical and her doctor wanted her to have an ultrasound on her carotid artery and when she went to have it done the place told her that Medicare didn’t cover it. That her doctor had listed the wrong code!! So she called to tell her doctor’s office, who I guess didn’t tell her doctor or he failed to follow up with her. So on Tuesday she had an appointment for a kidney infection and just happened to mention to her doctor that she never had the test done because of insurance. He sent her to a Vascular Surgeon and they did the sonogram and told her she had a 80 to 90% blockage and to go straight to the hospital and be admitted for further testing. Talk about CRAZY!!! She was floored!!!! So she was admitted to the hospital last night and had a CT Angiogram this morning along with some other testing on her heart and they found that she does have 90% blockage in her left carotid artery!! So they told her she had to stay in the hospital until the surgery which will not be until Monday and then she would be there until Wednesday and go home if all goes well. She is going to go crazy!! Also, they told her she wouldn’t be able to drive or fly for 6 weeks and she has had her flight booked for a few weeks to fly up here to me. So that will have to be postponed.
UPDATE:
So my sister called this morning to let me know that my mom’s heart doctor came in this morning and said she could go home until Monday. He told her there was no sense in her staying in the hospital before her surgery and that her insurance would probably “bark” about her just “sitting” in there for 4 days before the surgery… So that is good news for her since I pretty positive she was going nuts!!!
Please keep my mom in your prayers that all will go well and she will recover nicely with no complications and also I will be leaving in the morning to drive down and I will be going alone so please pray for safe travels for me.
That’s what me and my Boogs were doing this morning!! Barking at each other! Why? you may ask????? Well because I thought it was quite warm in the house and when I looked at the thermostat it said…….79 degrees!! So I told my Boogs that I thought our air conditioner was going out and would he call his co-worker to see if he could come out and fix it. He proceeds to tell me that he wasn’t hot! Well that was the WRONG answer!!! First because I for one DO NOT like to be hot and two we have grandbabies that are here everyday all day!!! So he finally called his co-worker and then Boogs tells me that he said he would “try” to get out here today!! So I said “Well it has to be today because me or our grandbabies will not last in this heat”!! Then he tells me that I could call whoever I wanted if he didn’t get out today!! Well, that would mean we would be scorching hot for the rest of the day and night!!! Oh goodness!! So needless to say his co-worker did end up sending his worker right on over! Then I felt really bad for being such a grump! I just couldn’t imagine having to sit in the 100 degree heat tonight!! So our air conditioner did get fixed right up thanks to a speedy repair man and I am so so thankful!!
Isn’t it sad that we depend on such luxuries this day and time. I can still remember not having an air conditioner up until I was 12 or 13!! It just seems like it is so much hotter now than it was back then. All I know is I think I would melt if we didn’t have the luxury of an air conditioner. Thank you Lord for such things as the air conditioner!!!
I don’t know if you remember but last year, in July, my sweet cousin, Snooge (Vonda) came for a weekend visit and we had such a good time just visiting, catching up, going down memory lane and doing a little eating!!
Well, this July I will be flying (YIKES, since I am scared to death of flying) down to Orlando to visit with her! We are actually going to spend 4 days at a Spa Resort down on Florida’s Gulf Coast!! Can I just say that I am super excited!! I have never had any kind of spa treatment, except a pedicure and only twice in my lifetime!! Sad I know but I have never had a desire to have a massage, facial, or anything of the kind. But I have decided what the heck!! I am 45 and it’s time to step out of my comfort zone and experience some of life’s guilty pleasures!! We always have such fun together! It gives us a chance to just relax and enjoy some girl time!! So I guess you can say I am counting down the days!! Oh and don’t worry!! I will be letting you all know how much fun we have!!
