My poor baby boy!!

Well, I spoke too soon!

The past couple of days we have had to give Owen breathing treatments. It's not the end of the world, but I just hate how he kicks and screams and pushes the mask away - which makes me have to get a little forceful in holding him down to get him to breathe in the medicine. It's a bit difficult - unless you're daddy...



No kicking and screaming here! I can't say he was completely happy, but Ryan definitely didn't have to hold him down like I did!


Towards the end, he got a bit upset, but still no wrestling match! :)

I guess I've held you in suspense long enough!

So sorry I didn't post this sooner! I really intended on doing this Saturday night, and then again Sunday, and once again yesterday, but time has just gotten away from me. Yesterday I was a mother of 6 for half the day(my two nephews and niece slept over) and Owen and Ryan were sick. So, needless to say, I've been busy.

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Despite what some of you may think, I DID NOT force her to do this!! She wanted it done so bad, but she was just so scared! After she was done, she was just fine, and SO GLAD that she was brave enough to go through with it.



This picture was taken just a minute or so after it was done, and she was just fine, and so glad that it was over with!!

Afterwards, we went out to lunch with my sister Melanie, and her son Simon and Grandma Betty and she was so cute, in the car, she asked Simon to check and see if both of her earrings were still there! :) And then in the bathroom, she asked me if they were o.k.!:) So sweet!

How's this for a teaser!?!?!?

Chloe is doing something REALLY special today!!

Check back for details! :)

I would so LOVE this right now, as my Kitchen-Aid is starting to bite the dust...

A Cowboy’s Wife is having a contest on her food blog! You can win a Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer and she’ll ship anywhere so everyone is eligible!

I now have to hide the microwave popcorn

My boys LOVE microwave popcorn. They would eat it all the time if I let them. I usually only pop it for movie nights though.

Yesterday, I was taking a shower (I can usually sneak one in if I put a movie on for the boys) and I was only in there for about 5 minutes - TOPS! Anyway, I heard some running around when I got out, and I yelled down the stairs "what are you guys doing?" And Brett replied, "we're just making popcorn mom!!" I'm sure you would've loved to see me run down those stairs! :) Anyway, on Friday night we had a movie night, and Brett wanted to help me make popcorn. So, of course, I showed him the popcorn button on the microwave and the start button. Well, that was all he needed.

Today, I was in the boys room sorting through clothes (seems we have way to much - I'm not complaining though - most of it is hand me downs!) and the boys ran down the stairs for just a minute. I come down the stairs only to find another bag of popcorn in the microwave. It's 10:20 a.m. - they don't need no stinkin' popcorn! :)

Guess I better move it to the top shelf of the pantry!!!

We LOVE Rachael Ray!

For most of you, it's no suprise that in our house, we love Rachael Ray. We will watch it alot of days at 5:00, and sometimes again at 5:30 if Ryan isn't home from work yet. I can remember Chloe saying one day, "Brett, sit down, don't you want to see what Rachael Ray's making for dinner?" Too cute!

Well, anyway, yesterday I made Butterscotch Chip Cookie Bars. Owen asked if he could have one. I handed it to him, he took one bite, and said, "Oh my word - that yum-o!:) Need I say more! :)

They bark and they bark and they bark.....

I try to keep my blog as upbeat and positive as possible. I try not to complain, (too much) but today I just have to.

You see, we have three dogs that live next door to us. Well, they do have owners, but mostly we just see/hear the dogs. These dogs have a tendancy to steal toys out of our backyard - even if they've only been there for 2 minutes - it's not for lack of cleaning up after ourselves. They have stolen countless pacifiers/sippy cups. To date, they've only gotten one pair of Brett's sandals this past summer, however, our neighbor had a pair of $300 golf shoes chewed up. It's crazy really.

But the thing that gets me the most is the BARKING!! It's actually more of a yelp/bark. And it goes on FOREVER!! I can remember times that I've called Ryan and said - Oliver has been barking for 43 minutes, or 41 minutes whichever the case may be. I can pretty much pinpoint at around 12 or 12:30 they are going to bark, and there is no telling how long it will last. Oliver, in particular, will bark at a stick or a rock for endless amounts of time. I've actually had Ryan go out under the cover of darkness to steal the blasted rock in the hopes that it would stop the barking, but good ol' Oli found another one to bark at the next day.

On Saturday morning at approx. 6:37 a.m., the owner was clapping for Oliver, Charlie and Clyde to come in. Now, here I was in bed, my kids were in bed and I get woken up by the neighbor yelling for the bloody dogs! I was pretty livid. There was also a time at 2 o'clock in the morning that they were barking like crazy. I actually got out of bed, and was going to call the neighbor and ask them if they heard them. because it's just ridiculous, but I couldn't find their number in the phone book. (lucky for them!)

I guess the reason I'm so hot about it today, is because Owen was in bed for no more than 30-40 minutes, and the dogs started barking and woke him up. He usually sleeps a good 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Thankfully he's pretty happy! But mommy's break just ended.