Jennifer's Baby Shower

Due to the weather, we were only able to decorate about an hour before the shower, so it didn't get as much "tweaking" as I would have liked, but the main thing is that Jennifer had a great shower and got lots of great baby stuff and we were all able to spend the day together! Here are some pics of the table. I made the banner, cupcake toppers, candy bars, Hershey kisses and decorative tins. I also made the oreo truffles on sticks and pretzel sticks and cream cheese mints-all BLUE of course!!

Stratton looked so cute, I wish I had taken more pictures at the shower, but I was busy watching Jennifer opening all her neat stuff. And also watching my son be passed around! He was quite the attraction!

I think Jennifer still has one more shower at her school but she shouldn't need much! She got loads of stuff-and she got a good mix of both practical and cutesy stuff! She is due June 12th just 6 weeks away! It's weird to think when I was as far along as she is I had a baby?!

Scary storms

Friday night we spent most of the evening watching the weather and it finally got pretty bad and we were under a tornado warning so we prepared ourselves and got in the hallway off the garage-the most inner part of our house- we don't really have a lot of options, all our rooms have windows and outside walls. We got Stratton out of bed and huddled in the entryway and waited it out. Luckily nothing major happened. Just some wind and lots of rain. He slept through the entire thing!

After the first round went through we opted to leave him in the hall laying on some blankets, rather than take him back to bed and risk having to get him out again. He slept there in for quite a while. Then he sort of rolled off his pillows and it woke him up.Well after that he didn't want to go back to sleep. So, after trying to let him "cry it out" for 20 mins, I gave in and moved to the rocking chair with him and I didn't get to bed until 3:30am!! We had planned on trying to head for Searcy around 9:30 Saturday morning, but then Jarrod got called out around 6:30 and I was so tired I didn't feel like going by myself. Friday afternoon I started running a fever again and the dr put me on some stronger antibiotics, so between not feeling good and no sleep I really wasn't in the best position to be driving anyway. My mom came up around 9am and took care of Stratton so I could get a little more rest.

Jarrod got home about 2pm and then we left for Searcy. We got to Jarrod's mom and dad's house and fed Stratton his supper and then we all went out for Daniel and Jennifer's bday- Daniel's was in March and Jennifer's was like three weeks ago- we tried to get into Who Dats but the wait was longer than we wanted to wait, so we ended up at KJ's in Judsonia. They had the news on in the restaurant and we were keeping a watch on the weather, and of course it started heading our direction. So our meal was cut short and we took off to Jarrod's aunt & uncles storm cellar. We drove through the heaviest rain I have even been in. I was pretty nervous that we were going to end up being in the middle of something really bad! But we made it and after a RUN to the storm cellar we were all soaked, it looked like we had all just gotten out of the shower we were so wet. I bet their yard had 3-4 inches of standing water! I had on flipflops and I really thought I was going to loose one running, but I was just going to leave it! With all the wind, rain and lightening I could have cared less! It was Stratton's first time in a storm shelter, and it was getting close to his bedtime so he was pretty sleepy, but he acted fine. I think he was just really confused about what we were doing and where we were. In the storm cellar there were 10 of us! I don't know that we could have gotten another person in there! It was packed. But a least we were all safe! After that storm finally blew over we went back to Terry and Margie's and stayed up till after midnight watching the weather. It continued to storm but not as bad. I guess the conditions were just perfect for severe weather, but what are the chances that we have to deal with it two days in a row?!

Say Momma?

When he first started jabbering he said "momma" all the time. But not anymore. He likes the Ba-Ba sounds and says Dada a lot. It's frustrating to me that he was saying it perfectly and then all the sudden stopped! I try to get him to say it all the time and will repeat it over and over and he'll just grin at me and say dada. Little stinker, I think he's doing it on purpose!!

Conversations with a brush. . .

. . . it's usually this brush or a shoe or some other inordinate object that he gets fired up at? I don't know what he was trying to tell the brush, but you can tell by his voice that he meant business! If we could only know what they are thinking. . .and trying to say!!

This boy loves his bath!

 

First "Cookie"

Okay, so it wasn't a REAL cookie. It was a teething biscuit, but hey he doesn't know the difference! Apparently he LOVES these. He can be just as fussy and I can give him a cookie and he's good. . . for a WHILE! Which helps me cook supper or do laundry! Don't worry I am keeping an eye on him while I do so! He did bite off a chunk the other day but I'm not surprised, have you seen his chompers?

My doctor appointment and the weekend

I had a doctor's appointment last Thursday afternoon, and as it happens I was feeling Horrible. Sore, scratchy throat, I was running a little low fever and just felt bad. He checked me out and said I had Strep throat (and no he didn't swab me-Jarrod wants me to be clear) so I guess he just saw the back of my throat (it must have looked bad) and assumed that with my symptoms I had strep. But we can't be positive that is what it is. . . Either way, he put me on an antibiotic. He decided to keep me on the same stomach medicine right now, since it does seem to be getting somewhat better, he wants to see me back in a month. Anyway,things with me went from bad to worse, I felt horrible Friday and most of the weekend. And then when I did start feeling better it didn't take long to wear me out! I am back at work today, but not feeling so great. Stratton on the other hand seems to be doing much better! He still has a runny nose and some coughing, but acts like he feels a lot better.

Friday night I convinced Jarrod to run me into Hobby Lobby so that I could get somethings so I could work on Jennifer's shower while I was inside feeling crummy. . .well while we were there the tornado sirens went off and we had to go to the back of the store to wait together. It was a little frightening. I mean Hobby Lobby is NOT a place you want to be in the midst of a tornado! Think of all that ceramic and iron stuff!! Well it was no big deal and we just stood in the back for about 5 minutes until it past and then we went right on back shopping. We weren't in there very long at all, but when we got there it hadn't started raining yet and by the time we left the parking lot was flooded!

Saturday we pretty much took it easy. And I stayed in all day Sunday. I definitely  wasn't going to church and share my germs! Jarrod left this morning going to Harrison. He will be gone till Friday night. I hope I can handle Stratton by myself! He has been a handful lately!

Here are some pictures from last week, when we gave Sadey a bath and let her stay in the house for awhile, till she dried off good. She was so good letting me bathe her and then we used the blow dryer on her. She wasn't a fan of that, but at least she let us (yes, that part took both of us) dry her for a few minutes! She spent the most of the time in the house chasing the cat. Or should I say "stalking" the cat. . . 

As you can see, she doesn't get too close to Taki- I think she's been swatted a few too many times and has learned her lesson! She confiscated one of Taki's toys, the cat doesn't play with it anyway! It's a stuffed fish with a squeaker inside. Isn't she cute carrying it around?! She has already grown so much in the last few weeks!