Sick.....Again!

We came up here to missouri to visit mother. Caleb has strep and something else I'm not sure of and then I guess he gave it to Keagan who gave it to me. We're all coughing and have the runny nose, sneezing, throbbing headache scene going on. At first we thought Keagan just had allergies so we gave him a bit of children's benedryl. But then he started coughing and you can hear it all the way in his chest. Ick.

Luckily, I now have someone to look after me and Keagan both. Brandon has an amazing immune system and he's been catering to us both for the past few days. It's really nice but I'm scared I'm getting spoiled. The other night he ran me a hot bath and gave me a massage. Tended to my every need. It was really romantic too. He put a lamp in the bathroom but put a pillow case over it so it wouldn't be too bright and he played Colbie Caillat's album. Which is a recent favorite of mine. It was seriously one of the sweetest things that has ever happened.

Keagan has one tooth but it doesn't look like he's gonna be getting any more for a while. He seems so behind on these things. A lot of people told me that it's better this way. He's almost completely lost his apetite though. If he can't feed himself he just doesn't want to eat. Unfortunately, he can't grasp the concept of scooping things up with a spoon so that's out. Basically the only things he can eat is macaroni, pb and j sandwhiches, cheetos and animal crackers. NOT healthy! So tonight I got some pasta pickups to try to even things out. They're raviolis with stuff in them. Vegetables and such. But if you have any other suggestions that would be great because surely this isn't that healthy either. I feel so bad. I don't want to be one of those mothers that has a 400 pound 5 year old because they didn't know how to say no. But I don't want him to die of starvation either. Eeep.

That's it. Not much else is happening.

Sleeping. Doing this a lot lately from being sick

My sweet sleeping angel

Hair blowin in the wind. I thought it was funny.

Well it's 7:00 AM and we're going to be on the road in a couple of hours. I haven't slept all night so I'll try to do that now.

-Alyssa-

To finish up

The face he made when the feather tickled his nose

The face he made when my mom was laughing at him this cracks me up

He climbed up there. It was so funny. Oh and we're parked and just sitting and waiting for someone to hurry up and meet us. Not doing anything illegal or dangerous.

Getting down. lol

His first bubble bath.

Mohawk and beard. He was having a lot of fun.

Playin with 'em

Stickin his toungue out at me.

Okay that's all I've got for now.

More about me than much of anything else. Pics though

Hey guys,

Not too much going  on here. Still in Missouri visiting my mom.

This trip has been so great. We're getting along so well and she's so happy for Brandon and me that she has helped with the wedding like nothing else. She got my ring, it'll be ready to be picked up from sizing tomorrow at four. She got my dress. Which will be ready to be picked up Saturday at one. She got Brandon's ring and tux he has both. She got herself a tux because I asked her to walk me down the isle as my dad wants nothing to do with me because apparently I'm a lying slut and I don't deserve his attention. And finally she got keagan's vest. We're gonna have to find the rest of his suit because he didn't fit the one we found.

We're going back to Texas on like the 28th or 29th. I'm chopping my hair off again so I'm scared/excited about that. The wedding date has changed from the 17th of June to the 21st.

I babysat the other day/night. That was a nightmare. The lil boy was 2 and a half months. His name was Bradyn. Keagan wanted to play with him more than anything but Keagan was huge compared to lil Bradyn and plus Keagan doesn't know how to play easy. So Keagan ended up screaming cuz he couldn't play with Bradyn. Which made Bradyn cry. This went on seriously all night. I got a lil bit of sleep between bouts but when one kid would wake up he'd wake up the other. I was going nuts. So I have decided I will not plan to have any more children until Keagan is in Kindergarten.

Bradyn in his make-shift crib. Actually sleeping

Other news. We have (had) mice really bad cuz we're out in the middle of no where. So we set mouse traps. I think we got rid of them all. Also, mom went to take Miley, our Yorkshire Terrior, out and when they walked off the porch a snake reared up and almost bit Miley. Mom was freakin out. The thing slithered into our screened in porch and she caught it with a chair then picked it up. She killed it soon after but not before bragging and getting pics made. This is my life.

Yep. My mother and the snake she caught.

Snapping at us

That's about it. I didn't sleep last night and my brain is in a coma. So is the rest of my body. But I'm definitely sure it was worth it. : )

Pics:

His new firetruck. Gosh he's getting big

Keagan and nemo

Keagan playing with a feather.

Okay guys my internet is screwing up so it's taking me 10 minutes to upload one picture so I'll finish this later.

-Alyssa-

Another first

Keagan cut his first tooth. Friday, Aprill 11, 2008. He FINALLY cut one. I didn't think it'd ever come through. But we were sitting in the living room and he did what only MY child could do. He completely fell over and hurt himself.... while he was already SITTING. Anyway apparently this helped the lil tooth push through but it also caused it to bleed. So he started bleeding out his mouth and when he felt it trickling down he tried to wipe it away thus causing his face to become covered in blood. It was pretty dang scary. I cleaned it all up and found the source. I was so happy for him. It's been trying and trying for 3 months now.

Not much else has happened. Visiting my mom in Missouri. New pics though. We got them done professionally for free so that was exciting.

Our first family picture.

Stuff

So. Keagan's tooth is just about in. I can feel where it's trying to break through his gums and I can hear him cry 10x more than he ever has. There's drool and snot EVERYWHERE. Also I have a question because it seems to be getting worse. Is it normal for him to pee so much? He drinks a normal amount. But I change him right before bed and when we get up he's absolutely soaked. His diaper, clothes (even socks), bedding and everything are all soaking wet. He has an 8 oz bottle before bed but that's about it. I mean, he eats more so he doens't need as many bottles so we feed him at dinner time and at bed time I give him a bottle. When I wake up. Ick. It's all over the place.

Now a little about me. I think I already said this but I'm getting married. We've decided on a date. It will be June 17th, 2008. I found a dress that I want really bad at DEB. Wish us luck on getting it before it's sold. lol It's only $130. I know "ONLY? ONLY $130 How can you say that when you have a baby and only one party working?!" But... we looked in places like Goodwill and stuff and their dresses were $250! So $130 is a huge improvement. We're doing everything as cheap as we can. My ring is coming from the pawn shop and his is a $10 ring from the mall. We're going to see if one of our friends will do the photography and I may take a swing at makin a wedding cake. lol. At the moment we're waiting to get some documents from my mother so that we can get a house. Once their we'll start setting up and living like a more functional indpendent family. That should happen in the next 2-3 weeks. He (being Brandon) is getting a job in Sears (hopefully!) which will pay $13.50 an hour. So wish us luck on that.

Nothing much more to say. Here's some more pics because we're camera whores. : p

Keagan with us at the mall

Momma and Keagan and the brush he's teething on. Dunno why he chose a brush but he did. Chews on the handle all the time.

Trying to get momma's camera

Aww he's so chubby

Mommy being silly (and very very white)

Mommy and Daddy :)

And finally........  the dress.

Later,

Alyssa