Moving Nathan, No AC, & Sick Baby

Saturday, my parents, Ryan, and I helped Nathan move into what will be his & Kacey's apartment. It was very cool to be apart of that experience. My mom & I spent the better part of the day cleaning the old apartment while the guys moved his stuff to the new apartment. I think by the end of the day, we were all exhausted!

Since Sydney was sick, Ryan's mom kept her that day & night. It was great to know that she was playing & having fun instead of getting in trouble for getting into things while we were moving! She had a blast there. So, it was a win-win situation. Thanks, Mama Rita, for keeping her!

Yesterday, Ryan stayed home with Sydney while I went to church. After church, he worked on a paper for school while Sydney and I took a nap. After our nap, Ryan and I headed out on the town while my parents kept the little one. We went to dinner at TGI Fridays. After dinner, we saw the new Indiana Jones movie. We both thought it was pretty good. Even if it would have been horrible, it would have been worth it to have a date with my hubby!

After returning to my parents, my mom & noticed some spots on my parents' ceiling. Turns out, the AC was leaking on the ceiling! That meant it had to be turned off for the night & people called this morning. I began wondering if we were jinxing them by being here! (Our AC is still not fixed.) At 8:30am this morning, people were ringing the door bell. By 9:30 or so, they were gone & the AC was fixed. Yea!

That brings me to now. My baby is still sick. She is much better than she was last week, but she is still not feeling 100%. I think I have figured out that keeping the windows open at the house instead of turning on the AC is what did it to her. When she is inside, she is so much better. It seems her allergies caused the ear problems & sore throat. :o(

Since the AC at the house doesn't work, we are staying with my parents until it is fixed. I'm hoping it's going to be fixed quickly because we were planning on having a yard sale on Saturday! We have it all pulled out, but nothing is priced. We'll see. That yard sale may have to happen another weekend...I'm just not sure we have any other weekends this summer free!

So, that's our weekend in a nutshell. :o)

Sick baby

Well, things have not gotten better since my last post. Sydney hasn't been throwing up anymore, but she's still coughing. I called the doctor yesterday morning & they wanted to see her. The doctor said her throat & ears were really red. Ryan and I are fairly certain that she got this bug at the doctor's office Tuesday, because she was fine up until that point. Quite frustrating! 

She looks like she's just miserable. Her eyes are red and watery. She coughs like someone who has been smoking all her life. It's just sad. I really think we have allergies going on in addition to the ears & throat thing. 

This weekend we are heading out-of-town. We're moving Nathan from one apartment to another in Nashville. I really hope that Sydney gets to feeling better so that she can enjoy the time visiting with family...we'll see. Prayers for my baby are welcomed! Thanks!

Easter 2008

Easter was a ton of fun this year! I wasn't sure that Sydney would get the concept of hunting Easter Eggs, but she did...sort of. When we clean up, I tell her to get one thing and put it in whatever it goes in. When she does that, she will put the toy in it's place and say, "Good girl". So, when she would pick up an egg & put it in the basket, she would say, "Good girl." It was quite cute, if you ask me! Then I started saying, "YAY!" When she would put one in the basket. She quickly changed from "good girl" to "yay!" That was cute, too. After she got all we would let her get, she decided it was time to hide them again & started taking them out of the basket and putting them back where she found them. Funny! 

After the Easter Egg Hunt, Nathan, my Mom, and me went out to the mall to hit the sales. I can't say that it was the highlight of the weekend for Nathan, but I had a ton of fun. It's not often that the three of us get to hang out, so it was nice being together. Plus, I was at a mall with others & no stroller! :o)

Saturday night we celebrated Nathan and my birthdays which occur next week. We had our favorite...lasagna! This year it was extra special because it was made by my dad! He doesn't cook things like that normally. My mom is usually the cook. Since Mom had a full day, he stepped up and made our dinner. It was delicious! Good work, Dad!

Sunday was great having our immediate family together. I love worshipping at Reidland, but it is extra special when all of us are together. That afternoon, we had another great meal at the Anderson home. The Williams came over to help us eat it all. It was a great time & we were all well fed. 

The weekend was almost perfect! Ryan's mom has been struggling with a really bad sinus infection lately & wasn't up for visitors. We were sad that we missed seeing them & hope that she gets better soon!! 

To see more Easter pics, you can go to our website.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter & remember the meaning of that special day!

Easter Weekend

This weekend is Easter weekend. I am quite excited & quite disappointed. What is with this weather? Is it ever going to get warm? Ah, I guess I'll just have to get use to the fact that Easter is cold here in KY. I guess it probably always has been, I just don't remember it that way. 

Anyway, it is going to be a FULL weekend. Nathan and my birthdays are week after next. Since we're both going to be in Paducah this weekend, we're going to try to have birthday time as well as Easter time! With two families (Hughes & Andersons) to visit, that is no small order!! Hopefully we can juggle everything and make everyone happy. 

Truth be told, we never seem to make everyone happy. I wish just once we could leave town and have satisfied all commitments. There just isn't enough time in one weekend to do everything we want to do. It does feel like we did a better job of it when we were in visiting from Texas than we are doing now. Maybe it's because we were in for longer period of time when we visited. Maybe it was because expectations weren't as high. I don't know. Hopefully this weekend will be different & we will be able to be all things to all people. (Now do you see my personality? I am definitely a "people-pleaser" and this situation has me going in circles sometimes.)

Well, wish us luck! I can't wait to see everyone. It feels like it has been forever since we've been in!! It will be great to see family & to worship with everyone at Reidland on Sunday. Love you all!! Hope you all have a very HAPPY Easter!

It has happened...

All of my life, I have dreaded the day that my brother would be engaged. I know that may sound funny, but I have. My fear wasn't him growing up or being replaced as a mom would feel. It was more of whom he would pick than the actual engagement. Nathan and I have always had a decently close relationship. Of course, we've had our moments as any siblings would. For the most part though, we genuinely like to be around each other. So, my fear was that I would not get along with "her" whoever the "her" turned out to be.

That all brings us to Saturday night. I knew when he was walking out the door to pick up his girlfriend for their date, he would return through the same door as an engaged man. With all of the years of dread I had running through my veins gone & excitement overwhelming me, I stayed up to hear "the story".

His way of proposing to some could be seen as mean (See Steph's blog for the details of the night.), I saw it as sweet. She knew he was going to propose eventually (we were already bridesmaid dress shopping). He wanted more than anything to give her the surprise that many women get. He didn't just want to pop the question in an obvious way. He wanted to give her "that" moment. I thought it was sweet that he cared so much about how she would feel in the moment that he proposed. "The story" went as he had hoped and planned. It was precious seeing the excitement come out of him as he told my mom & me. He was bubbly, and I was relieved.

Kacey is a great girl! My fear has always been that I would not get along with the love of his life. My dream has always been that our families can be close & our children (no rush kids!) will know each other. I am thrilled that he picked a gal that I can call my sister & am happy to teach my daughter to call her aunt. She makes my brother happy & she's a girl that I can easily just hang out with. That's all I could ever hope for.

So, you two: CONGRATUALTIONS! I hope the transition from dating, to engaged, to married is an easy & fun one for you! I pray that God will bless you with years of happiness & that you will grow to be one in mind, body, & spirit. I couldn't be happier & can't wait to officially call Kacey "sister". Love you both!

Update...longer than expected

So, I was told yesterday that it was time for an update....ERRRRR. I don't have much to say, but here goes.

Sydney's new bed hasn't had her sleeping a ton better, but we are! It is G-R-E-A-T!! We just climb in bed with her & go straight back to sleep. She'll roll over on her side & put herself back to sleep. When we wake up, we just head back to bed. I am such a nicer person these days! ;-)

Yesterday Sydney and I got up & headed to work with Ryan...well, sort of. Ryan was working in Nashville & knew he would have a short day. So, we went with him. He dropped us off at Rivergate Mall (because it was close to the store he was working in). When he picked us up & we headed to Opry Mills Mall! Whoohoo! Two malls in one day! How lucky can a girl get?!

After we were finished with the malls (funny that I actually got tired of being at a mall), he took me to see Nashville's Parthenon. It was really impressive. I never knew it was there until he told me! While we were out sightseeing, my brother called to say he was off work. Yay! We had coffee with the couple & then dinner with Nathan since the girl had to work. It was a good surprise to see her since we didn't think we would get to. :-)

I have to say that it was a little weird seeing them as a couple...not bad weird, just weird. We've been talking about it for weeks, but I haven't actually seen them together. Now it's real. Crazy!! My brother is growing up...cool & weird.

Anyway, back to the subject, while during dinner Ryan gets a call from the guy in Nashville that he's been working with. Ryan thought he would be in Louisville Thursday and Friday but found out that was wrong. He was going to be in McMinville on Thursday. For those of you like me who had never heard of this particular city, it is southeast of Nashville. He also found out that he would only be there for 45 minutes. That means a 3 1/2 hour drive one-way today for 45 min of work! Not cool! What did we decide to do? Leave dinner with Nathan, drive the 1 1/2 hours to get there, do the 45 minutes worth of work, then head home. We got in at 2 AM last night!!! But the good news...drum roll please...Ryan has today off. :o) Yay!

OK, so I said I didn't have much to say. This is a pretty long blog for someone who doesn't have much to say. Oh well...

We're back!

We left E-town Friday evening for Paducah, where we spent the Father's Day weekend. It was a fairly laid back weekend. We did a few things, but didn't feel the need to pack everything in one day. My dad and Ryan went to KY Dam to see the new bridge that is being built with a guy that is in charge of it. They both said it was really neat. Saturday night we went to Bob's Drive-In (YUM!) and then on to After Dinner downtown. Sunday we had a delicious meal made mostly by Gma. Nathan was in that day, too. :-)


We found out on Friday that Ryan would be working Monday & Tuesday in Nashville. We thought about Sydney and me staying in Paducah while he worked Monday & Tuesday, but once we realized that he would be working in Louisville on Wednesday that idea was ruled out. BUT, when Nathan said he had Monday off plans changed. Although we had only packed enough clothes for the weekend, we decided to wash the clothes at Mom & Dad's and have all three of us go to Nashville Sunday night & stay in a hotel through today. Ryan worked on Monday while Sydney and I got to hang out with Uncle Nathan. It was a lot of fun. We went to Opry Mills since it was raining and most everything else could be rulled out. When the rain gave way in the afternoon we put our newly purchased bathing suits on and went down to his pool! It was so great getting to hang out with Nathan. Although we only live 2 hours away from each other, it feels like we never get to see each other.



So, it is 6 o'clock on Tuesday night and we are just now getting in town. Quite a fun weekend!! Well...for Sydney & me anyway! ;-) Ryan got to have fun, too. He only worked until 2 on Monday & was done by 11 today!

I hope you all had a very happy Father's Day, too!