I'm Rick

For Keiton's birthday we got him a suit with dress pants, shirt, vest and tie, also black dress shoes. He loves tie's. On the way to church he said, Karson, when we get home can we play Rick and Amanda? I'll get my guitar and I'll be Uncle Rick and you be Mrs. Amanda. It was so cute. They play this all the time but usualy it is Karson's idea. They get her baby dolls which she has named Allee and Evan and she puts on my dress shoes and they walk around the house playing. Just remember little ones are always watching.

My Baby is 4

We just celebrated Keiton's 4th birthday. I can't believe he is already 4. It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with him. He is our little miracle. We had pizza and cake for him after church on Sunday. His b-day theme was buzz lightyear. We painted his room and gave him Alabama sheets and comforter, suit and new dress shoes for his birthday. He was so excited. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated his special day with us.

I Give GOD the Glory!!!

As most of you know, I have been dealing with thyroid issues for the past month. I went to Dr Lovelady with an ear infection and his nurse practitioner Kim found that my thyroid was enlarged. She sent me for a thyroid ultrasound. It came back showing several nodules so she sent me for a thyroid scan. I had to take 3 radioactive pills and go back to the rad clinic 4 hours later for a scan. I got the results about 3 days later. Kim called me at work and told me that I had a 4.3 cm mass on my thyroid and I needed to go see another dr. She told me that there was a chance that it was malignant. My world came to a standstill that day. I know that you are not guaranteed another day but when you hear that, it makes it real. I had faith that God was in control but my human nature made me worry. On the way to work the next day I was flipping radio stations and it landed on Moody radio. They were talking about prayer. I had church in my car on the way to work. God is so awesome!!! I went and saw dr Kamal. I had 10 biopsy's on the left side of my neck and 4 on the right. I was so nervous!!!!! The lidicane hurt like crazy but the actual bx's didn't. Before each bx, I prayed and gave each one over to God for his will to be done. I never worried about my results after that. I knew that no matter what, God would always be in control. I got my results back this past week and the mass is benign!! I have to see Dr Kamal in 8 months for a recheck. He also told me that if I wanted to have the mass removed that I could but that there was no rush.I just want to give God all the glory. I give him the victory over my health. He is in control.

Finally Starting to Paint

before

After (they made up their own beds)
I was off of work this past Mon, Tues and Wed. I spent all day cleaning the kids rooms out. I got several bags of toys, clothes and garbage out. At the end of the day I decided that I was tired of putting off painting. I was so sick of looking at those ugly walls. We went and let the girls pick out paint for their room. Of course Kaylee wanted one color and Karson wanted another. Finally they decided on yellow. They were so excited. They helped paint. We moved their furniture around also but I'm not sure if I like it this way. This week I hope we get to work on Keiton's room. I want to fix it up for his birthday. He wants Alabama.

1st Day of School

I can't believe school has already started this year. Kaylee is in the 4th grade and Karson is in the 1st. They were so excited for the first day. Wednesday night they were so excited that they could not sleep. We went to open house on Tuesday afternoon and met their teachers and found their classrooms. The school is decorated in a beach theme. Kaylee's teacher is Mrs Jones and Karson's is Ms Byrd. Kaylee's best friend Halee is in her class again this year. They sit at the same table (may not be a good idea). She knew several people in her class so she was not to nervous. There is a couple of kids in Karson's class that she knows. Keiton pitched a fit on the way to daycare on Thursday. He was mad that he had to go to Flatwoods. He wanted to go to the big boy school not the baby school. I told him that he would get to go next year. That didn't make him feel any better. He still cried all the way.