Today is my Grandpa's surgery

So this morning my grandpa went in for his double bypass sx. I haven't spoke to my grandpa in about 5 years b/c of things that happened when I was there in Fl going to collage, but I wish him well today and hope everything goes Ok with the surgery. My mom and dad and some of the family are there with him and my parents will stay about 4 to 6 weeks to make sure he recovers well. Now I'm sitting here waiting the four hour wait to hear how the surgery went and how he's doing.

I'm so proud!

Paul came home with a Commendation Medal! I am so proud of him. He worked so hard as a crew chief and it seemed he never got any recognition for all of his hard work and effort. Well this Commendation Medal is for Meritorious Service for the dates of 14Dec 2004 to 3Jan 2008. Talk about recognition. Paul really excels in the Air Force and I really do think this is his calling. He puts everything into his job and strives to be the best he can at whatever he is doing. He put in a ton of long hours and dedication as a crew chief and it's nice to see they acknowledge his hard work. These medals are not easy to come by and if I recall correctly he has another one on the way from his time in Honor Guard. I could not be any prouder of him if I tried.

Gotta love them

So Kailee's new thing is dress up. All she wants to do is dress up in my clothes and shoes. I actually think she can walk better in heals than I can. She has so much fun and really thinks she's hot stuff. It's a fun stage to watch her in since she's never been into dressing up on her own before. Justin did the cutest thing tonight. He fell asleep on the floor in the computer room. Never have any of the kids just fallen asleep like this before. Maybe a couple of times in their high chairs but never on the flood. He was out too. He didn't even wake up when I picked him up off the floor. He looked so peacful and cute. Gotta love kids. :)

Sneak Peak

Remember when I said I had the kid's pictures taken at Olan Mills.? Well they came in today and mom picked them up and scanned them for me. It'll be a while before I can send them out since they are leaving in the morning to FL for my grandpa's heart surgery. So... since it's going to be a while here are the poses I ordered and I will be sending out, minus the ones with my brother.

GRRRR...

Tonight I decided to take a drive by our house here in Texas, ya know just to see what the outside of the house looked like. Well, I am so disappointed. The outside looks terrible. I mean we have St Augustine grass in the front and have always had the greenest best looking Yard in the neighborhood. Not so much anymore. Actually it was one of two of the worse on the whole block. I don't know what our renters are thinking or what the heck they have been up to the last 9 months but the grass wasn't even cut, there are weeds all in the yard, it's overgrown where the pretty rock design is, and as if that wasn't enough there's a HUGE dead patch next to the drive way. I mean how in the heck do you kill grass? Not only has it been raining like crazy, but we have a sprinkler system in the front yard. I mean hello turn it on every once in a while. I'm super upset. I even peaked in the backyard which has always been beautiful and green. All along the fence there are nothing but weeds and over grown grass. It's also light green and almost dead. I know they have a weed eater and a lawn mower. After seeing the outside I'm really curious to what the inside looks like. Before we left she painted the whole house with the exception of Kailee's room so I thought they took pride in the home and she's always said nothing but positive things about the house. I just can't believe they would keep their yard in the condition it is, especially since it's not there's. Good thing we aren't trying to sell the house or anything cause I doubt a realtor would even stick a sign in the yard. :(
I'm going to have a meeting with the renters and even take a walk through of the home on Monday so I'm super nervous. We've been having other issues with them as well and I just want to hear what their explanation is for everything. We'll see and I'll post pics of the Yard as well as an update when I upload my camera and take the walk through on Monday. Thanks for listening to my rant.

Achoo!

So Kailee has allergies and man are they acting up on her. She started yesterday with a runny nose, and some sneezing and by the evening she had a fever of 105. All night long I was up every four hours alternating between Motrin and Tylenol. So this morning she wakes up with fever and I've been giving her Zyrtec, Tylenol and Motrin and man does that stuff just wipe her out. I sure hope she gets some relief soon. She walks around like a zombie with all the meds. :(

Say Cheese Baby!

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I love picture time. It's been since Justin was 12 months since I've had the kid's pictures taken, so I've been looking forward to today since I left Tucson. Plus mom had an awesome coupon for 75 cents a sheet. Heck you can't even print your own for that price. The kids and I, my mom, my brother Chris, my brother James and his family went to Olan Mills to have some family shots taken. Kailee looked so pretty and smiled perfectly. I can't believe how much she still loves having her picture taken. She cheesed it up big time. And, poor Justin. He never has liked the guy at Olan Mills and boy did he not enjoy taking pictures today. Then again it was during his nap time. I did manage to get one good shot of him minus the baseball he clutched onto the entire time LOL. Kailee and my nephew Lucas took a super cute picture together, my brother Chris did amazing with the kids and we all got great shots of him with the kids. He looked like such a great uncle. My other brother James and his family got some really good pictures of their family as well. My mom got some great shots of her and the kids and you could tell she is super proud of her grand kids. I was so proud of my nephew Lucas. I promised him a surprise is he smiled w/teeth since I always here he's not the biggest fan of having his picture taken and typically doesn't smile. He smiled so great and looked super cute. :) I kept my promise and he got a cherry icee. One big surprise I got upon arriving was the photographer showing me an award he won for a picture I had done of Justin when he was 6 months old. I brought in a HUGE Texas star teacup and placed Justin inside the teacup on his choice of background. The guy looked and acted as though I was crazy at the time and I remember him saying this has never been done before and he was very reluctant to take the photo. After seeing Justin's huge smile and being all cramped inside the teacup he instantly fell in love with the outcome and asked if he could submit it for a merit award. I mean I suppose it's odd asking someone to take your kid's picture inside a huge teacup so I didn't exactly blame him for his reaction. Any who...he ended up submitting the picture and got an award for it. So Justin's picture is hanging on the wall of Olan Mills for all to see. Too cool! Perfect ending to a fun day.

30 days til Halloween

I was on a friend's blog and she reminded me that we only have 30 more days til Halloween. Anyone who knows me knows this is my favorite holiday! I love to see the kids all dressed up and take them to a festval. I can't wait to see what Tucson has to offer. I guess it makes up for not being able to be here for Halloween.

Big Time Bummer :(

Man I was so looking forward to coming back to Texas w/ the kids again this month, but I just got word that my grandpa is having double bypass sx on the 22nd which means my parents have to take off to Fl again for another 2 to 3 months. So looks like I wont be seeing my family, friends, or Texas for quite some while. I'm more worried about my grandpa and his sx than coming back but it still bummed me out. :(