PLAYING!!

THE BOYS GOT TO GO SWIMMING IN THE LAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEKEND AND THEY GOT TO RIDE ON THE SEA DOO! THEY LOVED IT AND ARE NOT SCARED OF THE WATER AT ALL!! THE WOULD RUN AND JUMP OFF THE PIER AND THEN SWIM TO THE BOAT RAMP WALK UP AND DO IT AGAIN. PAW PAW EVEN DROPPED AUSTIN OFF THE TOP PART OF THE PIER INTO THE WATER AND I ABOUT HAD A HEART ATTACK!! I WALKED OUT AND SAW PAW PAW LAYING ON HIS STOMACH ON THE TOP DECK OF THE PIER WITH AUSTIN DANGLING IN THE AIR AND THEN HE DROPPED HIM!!! I SCREAMED AND AUSTIN CAME UP JUST A LAUGHING AND WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN!!! THE BOY IS A DARE DEVIL AND IS NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING AND I MEAN ANYTHING!!!!

CHECKING IT ALL OUT!!

LAID BACK LITTLE MAN!!!

HE WAS SUCH A TROOPER LIKE ALWAYS AND JUST WENT WITH THE FLOW!! I JUST MOVED HIM AROUND THE HOUSE WITH ME WHILE I CLEANED. THE SECOND PICTURE IS HIM SNOOZING IN HIS BED THAT WE MADE HIM IN THE CLOSET OF THE MOTORHOME. HE IS SUCH A GOOD BOY ALL THE TIME!!!

I ALSO HAVE HIS 4 MONTH PICTURES IN HIS LAMB CHAIR THAT I WILL GET ON HER SOON! WE GO FOR HIS 4 MONTH CHECK UP AND SHOTS NEXT WEEK, SO WE WILL SEE JUST HOW MUCH HE HAS GROWN!!

WORK AND PLAY!

I THOUGHT THIS WAS SO FUNNY AND A PRIME EXAMPLE AND HOW DIFFERENT THE BOYS ARE. AUSTIN WAS UP STAIRS WITH DADDY AND PAW PAW WORKING WHILE AIDEN WAS DOWN STAIRS MAKING A CHOO CHOO TRAIN OUT OF STICKERS AND COLORING. WHEN I WENT BACK UP TO TAKE PICTURES OF AUSTING HELPING DADDY TILE THE FLOOR HE WANTED TO HELP TOO,BUT ONLY FOR A MINUTE!!

LAKE HOUSE!

WE CAN FINALLY SAY WE HAVE A HOUSE:)!!! EVEN THOUGH IT IS JUST THE LAKE HOUSE IT IS OUR FIRST HOUSE TOGETHER. WHEN RJ AND I GOT MARRIED HE ALREADY HAD A HOUSE AND I JUST MOVED IN, SO WE NEVER FELT LIKE IT WAS OURS. THE LAND IS OURS AND WE WILL HAVE OUR HOME OUT HERE ONE DAY ,BUT UNTIL THEN WE WILL LIVE IN THE TRAILER AND IT IS JUST HARD TO GET EXCITED ABOUT A TRAILER. SO THIS HAS BEEN FUN AND IS GOING TO BE LOTS OF FUN MAKING MEMORIES WITH THE BOYS THERE! WE ARE DOING LOTS OF WORK TO IT, BUT WANT TO ENJOY IT THIS SUMMER TOO. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST GETTING THE UP STAIRS DONE AND THEN THIS WINTER WE WILL WORK ON THE DOWNSTAIRS. THE BOYS LOVE IT AND HAVE ALREADY HAD SO MUCH FUN THERE! I HAVE TO SAY THIS PAST WEEKEND MADE ME LOVE MY TRAILER EVEN MORE!! IT WAS HARD KEEPING UP WITH THEM AND TOTING LITTLE MAN UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS ALL DAY!! I LIKE THEM ALL BEING RIGHT UP UNDER ME HERE AND TOLD RJ I THINK WE WILL ADD A COUPLE OF MORE YEARS TO THE TRAILER LIVING NOW:)!!!

I WILL POST PICTURES OF THE UPSTAIRS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AFTER WE GET THE FLOORS DONE THIS WEEK!!

MASTER BEDROOM, CLOSETS, AND BATHROOM!

THIS WILL BE OUR ROOM AND WE ARE MAKING ONE OF THE CLOSETS JAX'S ROOM FOR NOW. THEY ARE HUGE AND WE DO NOT NEED ALL THAT SPACE, SO AIDEN'S BABY BED WILL FIT PERFECT FOR LITTLE MAN UNTIL HE HIS READY TO MOVE TO THE BUNK ROOM WITH THE BIG BOYS:)! I LOVE OUR BATHROOM THEY HAD IT RE-MODELED AND IT IS O CUTE!

GUEST ROOM BUNK ROOM, AND KIDS DEN

THIS IS WHERE THE BOYS AND THEIR BUDDIES WILL BE HANGING OUT WHEN THEY ARE INSIDE!

DOWN STAIRS

THIS IS THE DEN, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, LAUNDRY ROOM, AND AN EXTRA ROOM THAT WE WILL USE AS A BEDROOM. WE PLAN ON REMODELING THE WHOLE DOWN STAIRS, BUT NOT UNTIL WINTER. I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY ALITTLE FIRST:)!
THEY LEFT THIS TREADMILL AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT IT WORKS! I TOLD RJ I MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAY THERE DURING THE WEEK NOW!! YES, I AM CRAZY AND LOVE TO WORK OUT AND HAVE WITHDRAWLS WHEN I DONT GET TO! IT IS MY "ME" TIME AND I ENJOY IT:)!!

UPDATE ON AUSTIN

AUSTIN DID GREAT THIS MORNING. HE WAS SUCH A BIG BOY AND DID EVERYTHING THEY ASKED HIM TO. HE ONLY CRIED WHEN THEY WHEELED HIM OUT OF THE ROOM,BUT MI MI WAS THERE WITH US AND SHE JUST WENT ON BACK WITH HIM! THAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT HAVING A MI MI THAT WORKS AND KNOWS EVERYONE THERE! SHE WAS ABLE TO HOLD HIM UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO PUT HIM TO SLEEP. I WAS OKAY UNTIL ALL THAT HAPPENED,BUT I KNEW HE WOULD BE JUST FINE. THE SURGERY WENT GREAT, BUT THE RESULTS WERE NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO HEAR. HIS STOMACH LOOKS MUCH BETTER AND ALL THE INFLAMMATION WAS GONE FROM THERE. HE STILL HAS THE INFLAMMATION IN HIS ESOPHAGUS AND HE IS SUSPICIOUS THAT HE MAY HAVE EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS. IT IS A RARE AUTO IMMUNE DISEASE THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT AT THIS TIME. IT HAS TO DO WITH ALLERGIES (FOOD OR ENVIRONMENTAL) AND WOULD TAKE LOTS OF TESTING TO DETERMINE. THE BIOPSY WILL LET US KNOW FOR SURE IF IT IS OR NOT. IT IS TREATABLE WITH STEROIDS AND OTHER MEDICATIONS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING HE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REST OF HIS LIFE. IF THE BIOPSY SHOW NOTHING THEN IT IS JUST SEVERE REFLUX AND HE WANTS TO DO SURGERY ON HIM TO FIX THE STOMACH VALVE THAT ALLOWS THE ACID TO LEAK INTO THE ESPHAGUS. SO EITHER WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE TESTING AND POSSIBLY SURGERY. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE WOULD BE BETTER AT THIS POINT. I DO KNOW THAT THEY BOTH SCARE ME AND IT REALLY SCARES ME THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE EOSINPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR MY LITTLE MAN AND I KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL AND WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM!! AUSTIN IS SUCH A BRAVE LITTLE BOY AND WILL HANDLE EITHER SITUATION FINE I JUST HATE TO SEE HIM GO THROUGH THIS AND WANT HIM HEALED. I KNOW THIS COULD BE WORSE AND I THANK GOD THAT IT IS NOT, BUT WHEN IT IS YOUR BABY IT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY. I WILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED, WE SHOULD HERE SOMETHING ON MONDAY.

PICTURES COMING SOON!

PLEASE REMEMBER AUSTIN IN YOUR PRAYERS TOMMORROW MORNING. WE HAVE TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT TIME WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE ENDOSCOPY,BUT I AM HOPING FIRST THING. HE WILL BE PUT TO SLEEP, BUT IT IS A ONE DAY SURGERY SO I AM THINKING WE WILL BE IN AND OUT. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT ALITTLE WITH HIM, SO HE WILL NOT BE TO SCARED. HE IS ALWAYS SO GOOD WITH THESE KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE POOR BABY HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH IN HIS SHORT LITTLE LIFE AND HE IS NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING!!! I AM SURE I WILL BE WAY MORE UPSET THAN HE WILL. I WAS TELLING AIDEN ABOUT IT THIS MORNING AND WHEN WE GOT TO CHURCH I REALIZED HE WAS REALLY QUITE AND CLINGY TO ME. I THOUGHT MABEY IT WAS BECAUSE AUSTIN WAS NOT THERE (HE STAYED AT THE LAKE WITH RJ TO WORK) AND HE WAS BEING SHY. AFTER AWILE I STARTED THINKING MABEY HE WAS UPSET BECAUSE THE FIRST THING HE TOLD MR. SCOTT(OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR) WAS THAT AUSTIN HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE MORNING TO BE PUT TO SLEEP. I FINALLY TOOK HIM TO THE POTTY AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT AUSTIN WAS GOING TO BE OKAY AND THEN HE WAS BACK TO HIS OLD SELF. I REALLY BELIEVE HE WAS THINKING ABOUT AUSTIN AND WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM. WHEN RJ AND AUSTIN GOT HOME FROM THE LAKE THIS AFTERNOON HE RAN OUTSIDE TO TELL HIM HE HAD HIM A SURPRISE. THEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT TOMMORROW. HE TOLD AUSTIN HE WAS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL AND WOULD GO TO SLEEP WHILE THE DOCTORS WORKED ON HIM AND WHEN HE WOKE UP HE WOULD BE ALL BETTER AND HE WOULD PRAY FOR HIM!!!! THIS CHILD AMAZES ME WITH THE WAY HE THINKS ABOUT AND UNDERSTANDS THINGS! I HAVE A FEELING HE WILL BE SMARTER THAN ME IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO:)!!! ANYWAYS, OF COURSE IT MELTED ME HEART AND BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES TO SEE THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT YARD HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND THEN THE KISS AND HUG AT THE END WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!! DID I TELL YOU I LOVE THESE BOYS AND MY LIFE AND THANK GOD EVERYDAY FOR IT!!! I WILL UPDATE YOU ALL TOMMORROW ON AUSTIN AND OF COURSE I HAVE LAKE PICTURES TO SHARE WHEN I FIND THE TIME!!!

MY FAVORITES!!!!

THESE ARE THE WONDERFUL SHOTS FROM JAX'S 3 MONTH SESSION!! I TOLD KIM ALL I WANTED WAS A PICTURE OF ALL MY BOYS TOGETHER AND I GOT WAY MORE THAN THAT!!! I LOVE THESE AND I AM GOING TO GET THEM BLOWN UP. I DONT KNOW WHY,BUT I JUST LOVE THEM IN THEIR BLUE JEANS WITH NO SHIRTS ON!!! THANK YOU KIM FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK!!

BIG BROTHERS!!!

OUR BABY BOY!!!!

MORE FUN PICTURES!!!