Ok so I know that it has been FOREVER since I last posted but I have been super super busy.
FIRST... WE CELEBRATED BRAXTON'S 4TH BIRTHDAY!!! OH WHAT FUN!! OH WHAT A BLESSING!
Braxton is our miracle and with every birthday that we share with him I count myself so so blessed. It's scary to think that we were so close to losing such a sweet angel.
We were so glad to have my mom and sister {Gammy and Aunt Ginny} come to stay with us for a couple of days. They drove for 10 hours with a special gift for Braxton. He now has a new friend ( a yellow lab) named Sammy. We welcomed Sammy with open arms and so far he's a good little pup.
On his actual birthday we went to the dreaded fantastic Chuck E Cheese and it must have been his lucky night because I have never seen Chuck E Cheese with less children. Brac and his cousins got to enjoy the place practically to themselves.
Friday night we took my mom and sis to downtown Indianapolis to see the "big city" and ate at the yummy "Spaghetti Factory". We walked and enjoyed the time together.
Not sure what everyone else has been feeling but Indiana was hot and dry for most of June and July. I prayed and prayed that the Saturday that we had his party that it would be nice. I figured if it rained that would be ok too they could still play outside {what kid doesn't like to play in the rain?} And you know what??? The day of the party, it was B-E-A-UTIFUL! About 85 all day and partly cloudy. We had his party in the evening, and there was a nice breeze blowing (I have to say that this is something that I like about Indiana). The kids played outside and enjoyed the kiddie pools, slippin' slide, water balloons and water guns. We ended up doing the cake and presents outside. All 30+ kids (that's right 30+!!!) had a blast. I didn't see Braxton from 5pm until about 9:30 when I had to drag him in and throw his muddy self into a bath. UGH!! Lots of fun there. He did have such a great time and the Superhero theme was so much fun. Thanks to everyone that helped to make his party a blast. Special Kudos to my brother in law JR for running that grill like a pro, best hotdogs I've ever had.
We had superhero capes that I made out of ...get this.... plastic table clothes {Thank goodness for the creators of you tube}
I modified it a little. Instead of the Superhero emblem I took a sharpy and wrote "Super ____" and then I let them decorate them with stickers. They loved them!!! And an added plus they were water {mud} proof.
The look on all the kids faces made the organized chaos worth every moment.
I even whipped up a quick "batgirl" costume for Zoe. She was too cute fr words.
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| OK so she wasn't too happy in this pic :) |
So all in all the party was a BLAST!!! All ready thinking about next year. :) Start saving honey :)
So fast forward about 2 weeks and here we are... Brac had chemo yesterday. Today he is just kind of hanging out. He plays and plays but the steroids and the chemo tend to make him a little grumpy. So this is the week that we sort of stay away from others, not because of the risk he might get sick but because he is ...ummmmm.... not so nice :)
In other news ***pregnancy stuff***
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| Baby #3 at 13 weeks :) |
I am 17 weeks... so hard to believe. I am getting more and more excited and dying to know whether I have a lad or lassie awaiting the outside world :)
So frustrating because I knew with both of my other babies early ;) Patience is a virtue.
At least the holidays are coming up and I will be plenty busy with that and occupying my other 2 monkeys and that should make the end of the pregnancy fly by.
Oh and before I go I must take a moment and brag a little. I had the wonderful privelege of being there when the newest Adkins baby came into the world. On July 18th I became an Aunt again! My brother in law JR and his wife Stefanie, welcomed their 3rd child a beautiful... LITTLE GIRL!!! They choose not to disclose what they were having and then in the end we all get a big surprise. After having 2 boys, I don't believe Stef thought she was going to have a little girl. After a few moments the boys were embracing the pink ;)
TTFN
Amanda {The Sassy, pregger's, Southern Belle}
