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I helped my niece enter her mom, my sister in a contest from the local news station, Today's THV - local CBS affiliate. The winner was chosen this morning and out of hundreds of entrants, Mandy's picture was picked to be the winner.
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| Mandy Boone and Katie Dean (L) Lana Higgins (Center) Tisha and Shelby Black (R) |
Since I have a 6 year old daughter, I am familiar with a lot of the things that my 10 year old sister likes such as the Jonas Brothers. My little sister was wearing a Tee shirt the other day that had one of the "Jo Bros" on it which became the center of quite a comical conversation:
Jeannene: So, who's your favorite Jonas Brother?
Me: Ummm...well, I like the curly haired one.
Jeannene: Nick?!!? He's my favorite!!
Me: No, the older one with curly hair.
Jeannene: Kevin? He's old.
Me: Well, I'm old!
Jeannene: He's like 30 or something.
Me: Well, I'm like 30 something.
Jeannene: You should date him.
Me: Well, I don't think my husband would like that. Besides, if I were going to date someone, I would soooooooo date Zack Effron!
...and just in case you were wondering, the "old" one is 22. *grin*
Another weekend in the books already. This weekend was the annual "Higgins" family reunion. My little sister from Texas is staying with us for two weeks. She got to see family that she hasn't seen in several years. It was a fun time and I enjoyed being in the company of other CrAzY family members! I have uploaded the photos to Facebook and you can find them here. In the collage below, are my sisters and I with my Dad. In the bottom photo is my Aunt who made those purses out of juice boxes. The girls loved them! We do an auction every year to raise funds for the next year. I won't say what the purses cost, suffice it to say that the reunion next year will be nice! *grin*
Can someone please send some luck our way?! A 4 leaf clover, rabbit's foot...somethin'!
I got a call tonight from my sister that they admitted my brother into the hospital this afternoon. Apparently yesterday he went to the doctor with a sore throat. He was sent home with some antibiotics to ward off a throat infection. He woke up this morning and the whole side of his neck and face was swollen. He went to the Emergency Room and he was quickly admitted into the hospital. Many tests have been ran thus far and they have ruled out the obvious infection in his lymph nodes. My sister said that they were testing for leukemia.
On the way home from the hospital she stopped by and Shelby wanted to spend the night with her. She and her cousin, Katie are only 11 days apart in age. As we were packing her bag, she was holding her ear. She started whining a bit and said that her ear was hurting! She still wanted to go with my sister. She graciously accepted the offer, even though she'll probably be up with her in the night. She knew my hands were full with the sick baby. It doesn't look like I'm going to need Decaslim or any other diet supplement to lose weight. I think all of this stress just might do it!
It looks like I'll be visiting the hospital tomorrow and the pediatrician's office (AGAIN) on Monday! Seriously...someone send me some GOOD luck, please and fast!!!
The doctor said Emily was doing fine and growing like she should. He actually called her "perfect, just like the other two". I just love it when he says this. I had a hard time leaving the office, though because my head was so swollen it would barely fit through the door. She got three shots and she handled them well. She was not too fussy yesterday afternoon or last night. Hopefully today she'll do fine also. She weighed in at a whopping 10lbs 14ounces. Her big personality is really shining through now. She loves her big brother and sister. They also love her. She's even befriended Oscar the wiener dog. I have a feeling that she's going to be quite the talker. She loves to have attention and she enjoys conversing, although it's unclear what she's trying to say just yet but still enjoyable nonetheless.
Today was my last day at my current job. It was bittersweet to say the least. My sister has taken over my former position and I have no doubts that she is the perfect replacement and she will do very well. I'm super excited for her and hope that this position opens many doors for her.
The good thing about her taking over is that she went shopping with the boss yesterday and today not only did he buy us all lunch (my favorite, Mexican) but I was also presented with a basket full of goodies for the baby which contained a $100 Wal-Mart shopping card as well as a very sweet card signed by my friends, co-workers, customers, and even hubby (he's a customer) and he wrote the sweetest message inside that got me a bit teary eyed. *sniff*
I will still have my "mommy" duties of getting Shelby and Tyler to and from school and pre-school so I'll still have to get up and at 'em every morning but to know that I won't have the pressures of the job that I was in will be nice for sure. I will help Brien out at his office after the baby is born and we have some recovery time. Next week I am going to try to take it easy and have some "me" time in preparation for this new little addition. Daddy and Memaw (my mother in law) will have to assume the chauffeur role for a bit while I'm out of commission with the new baby.
For now, we're just playing the waiting game. With little to no patience, this mommy does NOT like to play this game. Hopefully it'll all be over very soon. Stay tuned...
Last night I was laying on the couch watching a movie. Hubby was on the other couch being tickled by our 2 year old son, Tyler. Tyler then raised his Dad's shirt up and began to blow on his belly trying to make him laugh. I laughed from across the room and then Brien thought it would be funny to send Tyler to me for some fun. Tyler raised my shirt up and began to blow on my belly. But not before he made an observation.
Tyler: Mommy, you belly is SO big. *gigle*
Mommy: Yes, I know my belly is big. Your baby sister is in there.
Tyler: She's in here *pointing to my belly button*
Mommy: Yes, she's in my belly.
Tyler: It looks like she's trying to come out right there in your belly button.
Mommy: Well, I can promise you that is not where she will come out. *laugh*
Tyler: My belly is not big like yours, yet.
Mommy: I hope yours doesn't get big like mine.
Tyler: Daddy's belly is big like yours, but there's no baby sister in his belly, though.
Mommy: No, there's no baby sister in there.
Guess we both need to look into getting some Fenphedra or some sort of diet pills after this little one arrives.
We had an ultrasound today. We discovered something VERY important about baby girl. She is just like her big brother and sister. She is stubborn! Yup, she had her little arms in front of her face with those fists of fury covering that beautiful mug and we could NOT get a shot 4D or otherwise of her face. So, I have no beautiful shot to show you. I can only say that everything looks fine! She is measuring about a week later than what she did last time, so her birthday might be sometime in September rather than August. She might be born on her Nannie or Aunt Lou Lou's birthday! We'll see.
She is going to kill me for posting this picture for the world to see, I just know it. Well, maybe I'll get a free pass this time since I'm still carrying her niece but if you guys don't hear from me after this baby is born, you'll need to look her up! This is my sister and I from way back in the day. I don't know why in the world we had hair cuts like this (well, I think there's a story about a grandma cutting it while she had us, but I'm not sure). Anyhow, this is some truly BAD hair, here. Needless to say, we both have way better dos now. In fact, her hair is awesome. Love ya sis! Actually I don't know what's worse...the bad hair or the bad shirts, can you see my rainbow belt?! Gasp!!
Yesterday when I got off work, I met a family member who was taking Tyler for the weekend. They had plans to go to the horse sale which Tyler loves. Shelby and I were headed to see my brother, his wife, and their new baby. I didn't get to hold Reagan the day she was born, so I thought I'd go get my turn since the visitation had died down a bit. I was going to take the new parents some dinner. Shelby and I were in line at one of those drive throughs that you can not get out of until after you place your order when I received a phone call from my sister. She informed me that she was headed to the hospital. I joyfully announced that I was headed there myself, in fact I was almost there. I could then hear the panic and fear in her voice. It turns out that she and my mom were headed there due to a frantic call they had gotten from my little sister. She said that her middle son, 17 month old Dominique, got "choked" and they had him in an ambulance headed to the hospital. At this point in the conversation with my sister, they had no idea of the current medical condition of this child. I deeply swallowed and asked her, "Is he alive?" As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I felt a lump in my throat. Shelby was in the back seat asking, "Mommy, what's wrong?!" I was trying to keep my calm because I could tell that my sister was very panicked and I didn't want to upset my daughter at this point. My sister told me that all they would say was that they were on their way to the hospital. They were both frantic and she couldn't get anything out of them. I told my sister that I would get out of line at the restaurant as quickly as I could. While I sat there behind the person making their decision at the loud speaker as to which value meal they wanted I thought to myself that my sister was at the hospital and I didn't know whether or not her baby boy was dead or alive. Those minutes I waited behind this person to pull up so that I could get out of line seemed like hours. I was about three minutes from the hospital at this point. I informed Shelby that Dominique was on his way in an ambulance to the hospital so we needed to go there quickly. We would come back later and get something to eat. She didn't ask any more questions and I tried to drive quickly but cautiously to the hospital all the while thoughts were running through my head. They weren't good thoughts either. Theresa is my sister who just had a baby boy a few weeks ago. They've discovered that he has some sort of a thyroid problem so she's been very worried and stressed about all of this already and now to deal with this. I just couldn't keep myself from worrying about her. As we entered the Emergency Room I spotted her in a small room giving vital information to a woman behind a desk. Beside her stood my brother, her twin (who was already at the hospital due to the birth of his baby the day before). I began to ask questions and he was trying to usher me out of the room. This made me a bit frustrated, but later he told me that he was afraid that I was going to upset her again. My main concern was is this baby alive?! When I found out he was, I quickly dialed my sister who was so relieved and I could hear the sigh followed by hysterical cries of my mother in the vehicle with her when she blurted out to her that he was okay. After a few hours of waiting and several viles of blood and chest X-rays later it turns out that he was not choked at all, rather he had a febrile seizure. These fevers are caused by high fevers, commonly over 102°. Symptoms of these types of seizures include breathing heavily, drooling, turning blue, rolling back his eyes, or shaking arms and legs uncontrollably. This is exactly what my sister had informed us that her son was doing in the back seat of her car as she went to unload him at her mother in law's house. I can only imagine the fear that my sister experienced and I could not wish that on anyone! Thank goodness the little guy is better now. He does have the flu, so hopefully he'll get over it quickly and it won't spread to the other children.
As for the new baby, Reagan I did get to hold her. She is a sweet heart. She has a very whimpy cry, though. I told her that she was going to have to work on that one. But, I'm assuming that since she's only 4lbs 12oz her little tiny voice will catch up with her eventually. For now, she has very proud parents, grandparents, uncles, and for sure one very proud aunt! I love her to pieces already and I can't wait to spoil this beautiful little girl!!! :)
I haven't talked about it much, but I am very excited that I am going to be an aunt AGAIN! :) This time we are expecting two new additions. My sister is expecting her third child. She has a two year old daughter, a one year old son, and is now expecting another bouncing baby boy. My sister in law and brother (who is a member of the guard and is about to be deployed to Kuwait) are expecting their first child. A beautiful baby girl. They lost a child two years ago in November. So, we are all very excited about these newest additions in our family. I'm looking forward to all of the cute baby clothes like the shirt pictured above! :)
