Best Shot Monday: Nashville Edition

Even through a rough "vacation," we were able to have a little fun. Two out of six days isn't bad, right? :)

Here are some of my favorite shots:




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A Few Of My Favorite Shots

Here are some of my favorite shots from Nashville. They are all untouched... because I am too tired to do anything fun to them! :)

Daddy's Birthday- I just love this photo!

Adam, in the park.

The boys, at the museum. Adam was pretty afraid of the dinosaurs. He was making sure the robotic dinos weren't going to jump over the glass. haha.

A loooong way down. At an outdoor theater, in downtown Nashville.

My Buckeye Babies! :)

I just LOVE this of Matthew. He's so sweet.

Adam slept so well, the entire trip!

My little Picasso. We painted MANY pictures, at the Art Museum.

At the Aquarium, located in the Opry Mills Mall, located on the grounds where the Opryland Hotel and where the Grande Ol Opry are located. I just love the look on Adam's face!

Daddy feeding the stingrays. Brave man.

Mommy and Matt watching the water fountain.

Mommee and her boys ;)

Finally going home. Matthew was pooped!

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Diego was interesting today. Adam was a mess. He was exhausted. He actually fell asleep during the second Act. AH! Our niece, Kayleigh, had a wonderful time! She sang, danced, and really enjoyed herself. I will admit. The show was cute. I would have paid to see it! :)

I think Adam is getting sick or has what Matt did. He slept a lot today and has been VERY cranky. He had a low fever this afternoon.

Someday this plague will END!! :)

Hope you enjoyed some of the photos. I will share more throughout the week!

(sorry about the writing portion of this. It's crazy-like, I know. I am exhausted....and can't write/think straight!!)

Home

Sweet HOME!!!! :)

We are home- and I promise to post more tomorrow. But for now, I am pooped. I am so pooped, I think I need another vacation. haha.

Thanks for the prayers! Today was MUCH better! We had some fun today! yay! :) Again, I will post more later.

Tomorrow is Diego and then LAUNDRY. So... if I don't get to posting until late tomorrow, please forgive me! :)

Happy Weekend!

Please, Lord, Gimme a Break.

Dear God-
This mommy needs a break. I am sleepy. I am cranky. I am just plain ol' done.

Lord, I know that you give us trials in order to teach lessons or to make us stronger. So, I am assuming that now you have me sick for this same reason. Please Lord, take the

vomiting away and allow mommy to be strong enough for her boys today. (yes, my friends, you have read that right. I was up last night vomiting and other fun things... AH!) Thank you for allowing that to stop, and I just pray that it was something I ate and that I will be well today.

Matthew's fever is still pretty high. He is showing no other symptoms, besides the crying. Thank you, Lord, for medicine and helping him rest comfortably. Lord, please help him feel well soon, so that we can enjoy our last couple of days here.

Thank you Lord, for calming Adam's heart. He's been doing much better and is at least TRYING to listen. He is two, and I realize what comes with that, so thank you for allowing him to be mindful and respectful to myself and daddy.

Lastly, Lord, I just pray for a safe trip everywhere we go, in the city and then on the way home.


I am going to go back to laying down, for a little bit. The kids are still sleeping, so I am going to take that as a direct sign. sigh.

Update 2

Sigh. Matt has spent the last hour screaming...again! He is in pain! I know he is. I just don't know where?!?! I went and got ear numbing drops, and put them in both ears. I gave him more Tylenol. He's now just acting cranky. Not screaming. GAH! Pray for us! :)

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On a good note. We went to this party supply store and I found stuff for Matt's 1st Birthday!!! I know. I know. I am insane. But seriously... where else besides Nashville am I going to find COWBOY (it will be a cowboy/farm animal party) birthday supplies? uh huh. Unfortunately, they didn't have plates with Brad Paisley's head on them, but I did find some cute things. :) Yee-haw!

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Piggly Wiggly- hard to findey Windey, so I skippied-wippied (I am coining this phrase, people.) on it. That's when Matt started his screaming, so I figured it was a sign.

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Oh, and the last fun of the evening. I have filled up the ice bucket FOUR times, because some little turkey keeps dumping the ice bucket ALL over the floor. Once it was even dumped in the hallway. sigh. I didn't yell at him either. I am impressed with myself.

I wonder how high my blood pressure is right now?

Smells Like Poop

Yes, you read that right. The hotel room smells like poop. Why do the boys take dumps at the SAME exact moment? Why??

Anyway- I know you're all here to hear about how today has gone, thus far. Well, it's going...that's for sure!

Here's the rundown:

1) Andy felt terrible for me, and how my day went yesterday, so he got me all kindsa goodies. He brought me candy, a Starbucks Frappucino, salad for dinner (you don't understand... I have a severe love relationship with salad!), and got the VEGGIE pizza (not the ALL meat) for dinner. He's too good to me. ;)

2) Matthew did well, last night. I drugged him up and he fell asleep...AND slept all night. Thank goodness!

3) Adam did NOT fall out of bed last night! Thank Goodness.

4) I got to sleep ALL by myself! Adam and Andy slept together and I slept diagonal on the bed. Is it terrible to say I really enjoyed having a bed to myself?

5) Both boys woke up pretty happy, today. Matthew was a little warm, so I gave him more Tylenol and Motrin and he seemed to be in a pretty decent mood. He ate a good breakfast, and seemed to be feeling pretty well.

6) We went to one of the local malls, played at the play place, and rode the carousel (in the middle of the mall! I wish we had that back home!!). We rode the carousel THREE times. I felt like I was going to puke. Apparently, I can't spin in circles anymore. We also bought Adam a Diego shirt, to wear to the show on Saturday! (Many of you asked when the show was and I forgot to post about it. The show is at 11 am on Saturday. We are going to be sleepy people, during this show... good thing it was free!)

7) We then stopped by daddy's work, for a visit. Adam wooed all of the women and Matthew spent the majority of the time crying. At least it wasn't blood curdling, this time.

8) We are now back at the room, Matt is sleeping and Adam is running around in only a diaper, drinking hot chocolate (compliments of the hotel...ha ha. Love this free hot chocolate, coffee, cookies, cakes...goodies galore!).

9) As long as Matt wakes up well, we are going to go find some new grocery stores (I have a small obsession with grocery stores, and love walking around them). We already found Publix (much like Giant Eagle, but dare I say I like it more????). I think we're going to go on the search for Piggly Wiggly and something called HG Hills (I think that's what it's called). Those are the three we don't have at home, so I need to see them. They also have Kroger here, but those are on every corner at home so I don't need to visit them here.

We might also do some more shopping. It's rainy, today, so it's a good day to shop. We are in a pretty heavy retail area, so WHY NOT?! ;)

As for tomorrow? I think we're going to hit the art museum. I love me some good art, and I love art museums! I am hoping my kids will love it, just as much! :)

Thanks for the prayers, everyone! I can feel them working!

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An AWARD!

My most lovely of friends, Carey, gave me an award to brighten my day! She always knows what to say and do, to make me smile. Thanks Carey!! :)


I pass this onto Kelly, at Don Mills Diva, because she is genuine, kind, funny, and has a REALLY cute little boy. Hope this makes your day, Kelly, because reading your blog makes mine!

Update- True Madness This Time!

Only to me:

1) Had to leave the restaurant, at dinner, last night because Matthew was hysterical. I'm not just talking about a little crying, but hysterically crying! We gave him Motrin, and got him to go to sleep. I was able to finally eat dinner at 10:00pm.

2) Adam fell out of bed last night and hit his head on the end table. He has a huge purple egg, and a gash on his forehead. He was pretty upset, woke Matthew up, and gave me the scare of my life.

3) I woke up with severe woman issues. NOT supposed to have woman issues right now... Not sure why I am. Called doctor. They want me to come in. Umm... sorry... no can do. Today there's been a lot of pain, and I'm pretty cranky. Stupid woman parts.

4) Took a trip to the scary part of Nashville...to visit an URGENT CARE. BAH! Matthew woke up crying... hysterically crying....again. He cried for two hours. Nothing consoled him. He had a fever. He was pretty sick. So, I took him to Urgent Care, because I didn't know what else to do. The wait was 2 HOURS! AHH! But luckily the nice nurses took us right back so that I didn't have to hold a screaming, flailing baby, for 2 hours. Thank you nice nurses, in scary Urgent Care.

5) The doctor thinks he has a virus. His throat is pretty red, his nose is runny, and his ears were red but no fluid or infection. Apparently, one of his eardrums is also completely covered in wax. My child is "waxy," so says the doctor.

6) Adam has forgotten what the word "no" means.

7) I paid the Urgent Care $62.00 and went on my way. Nashville has become expensive.

8) The weather is AMAZING today! It's sunny and 80 degrees! It's perfect.

9) We are stuck in the hotel room, with virus baby.

10) Adam is washing the windows, currently, with fresh wipes. I am blogging. Matthew is sleeping.

11) Thank you hotel, for having complimentary coffee. :)

Tomorrow is a new day, and we plan on picking up where we left off! Please pray for us! Pray for little Matt, as he really is feeling awful. Pray for Adam, that he will stay entertained with the books, coloring supplies, movies, and toys we brought. Pray for me, that I stay sane! Pray for Andy, that he can get his work done without having to worry about us! :) Please, and thank you! :)