Things...

Around here has been absolutely nuts. So, I started school, and there is a butt-load of studying and reading involved in all that. SO I am trying to dedicate time for that on top of being mommy, which I have done a good job of it. Until, last Wednesday, Granny decided to take a tumble at the mailbox. She decided she would jump on out of her car like a spring chicken and get her Albany Herald. See when she did this, she fell. When she fell, she nicked her temporal artery. So she made a huge mess on the sidewalk. We spent all night Wednesday night in the Emergency Room, and she is still hanging out in the hospital. She is doing okay. She is having problems seeing out of the eye on the side she had the laceration on, she is very weak, and in a bit of pain. It scares me, heak she took a tumble for an 85 year old woman. Thank God she did not break anything. The latest, they are going to evaluate her for physical therapy, and it is looking like she will be doing in-hospital rehab for a few more days. I was just talking to Dad, and we both agree she is getting depressed. So if ya would just lift her up if ya think about it. She hasn't really been up and around since she fell. The whole overall situation scares me, not necessarily from a medical standpoint, but just the simple fact that things are not right at home. Granny is missing, and I HATE it! Well enough about that.

Kate, have you popped little Micha out yet?

Some Stuff!

It is Sunday evening, and I am very excited and nervous. On Wednesday of this week, I start school, like for real school. No more online classes, I actually have to show up to a classroom. I have been working towards this day for over a year now, and I am getting nervous now. So if ya think about me on Wednesday, shoot up a quick lil prayer. So the other good thing about this week, is I am finishing up my English class. HALLELUJAH!! I am very excited about that.

Pretty much everyone is kickin' along pretty well around here. Today at lunch, I was informed that Harrison was sitting at the table and looked at Ben, Mrs. Len Hagan's brother that farms, and said, "Ben, your irrigations is broke in front of Aunt Len's house because it is dripping on the ground". How bout that. Harrison is Mr. Irrigation now. He is so funny and so sweet. That is pretty much all that is going on around our house. I hope all is doing well.

For Mrs. Claire!

I wanted you to read this about Harrison. So I decided to do a little copying and pasting for ya! I made it where you can now comment on my page now! Great to see ya!

You all know when you got in trouble when you were younger when your parents sure enough meant business, they would not only call you by your first name, but your first and middle name. You know it always got your attention. I always hated to hear it come rolling out of one of my parents mouth. That usually meant that it was not fixing to be pretty. Anyway I have a funny to tell on Harrison....Last night Harrison was building a 'train' with his big blocks. His train with his big lego blocks consist of lining them up behind each other and calling it a train. Anyway, the first time he had about three or four blocks lined up, and Kitty which is about a 12 week old kitten or so saw an opportunity to mess with his train he was building and took the opportunity. Kitty knocked over his blocks with one pounce, and it made Harrison MAD! Well he lined the blocks up again and Kitty pounced once again knocking the train off the track. Harrison stood up and put his hands on his hip and said "Kitty Robert don't knock my train over or you go to time out". How do you keep your composure? That is my child. I guess he has personally experienced the "Harrison Robert....." scolding enough, he thought it would work with Kitty. Unfortunately, it didn't!

Another Harrison Funny!

The other evening, we were just hanging around the house playing with trains and watching freaking Thomas the Stupid Train. Anyway, Harrison heard Granny in the kitchen and he walked in there and told her he wanted a vitamin. That is Granny's job around here, to make sure Harrison takes his vitamins. So anyway, she had no idea what he said, either because he was talking too low and she just can't hear, or she was trying to talk to him while he was talking either way. Harrison told her four or five times he wanted a vitamin and granny kept say "What Harrison, what do you want"? So finally my child made it very clear what he wanted. He said, "I WANT A VI-TA-MIN!" Just as loud and just as clear making sure to enunciate every syllable of every word. It was great, it cracked me up!

The Shack

If you have not read it, go get it!

Harrison Robert!

You all know when you got in trouble when you were younger when your parents sure enough meant business, they would not only call you by your first name, but your first and middle name. You know it always got your attention. I always hated to hear it come rolling out of one of my parents mouth. That usually meant that it was not fixing to be pretty. Anyway I have a funny to tell on Harrison....

Last night Harrison was building a 'train' with his big blocks. His train with his big lego blocks consist of lining them up behind each other and calling it a train. Anyway, the first time he had about three or four blocks lined up, and Kitty which is about a 12 week old kitten or so saw an opportunity to mess with his train he was building and took the opportunity. Kitty knocked over his blocks with one pounce, and it made Harrison MAD! Well he lined the blocks up again and Kitty pounced once again knocking the train off the track. Harrison stood up and put his hands on his hip and said "Kitty Robert don't knock my train over or you go to time out". How do you keep your composure? That is my child. I guess he has personally experienced the "Harrison Robert....." scolding enough, he thought it would work with Kitty. Unfortunately, it didn't!

My lil cutie

A couple of pictures from our recent trip to the beach!

There is no wonder why my child thinks that the world revolves around him. His Papa lets him stand at the bathroom sink and brush his teeth. Brushing his teeth usually involves a towel to clean up all the water all over the bathroom floor,sink, and mirror. Most of the time it drives me bonkers, but Harrison's Papa makes it all okay. It doesn't bother him at all. We just did some remodeling at the house, and Harrison now has his own room, and he is so happy. He has had his own room for about a month now, and everyday he comes home he says, "Come see my new room Mama, Harrison loves it". This is after spending a most exciting day with Uncle Blake and Heather when they returned home from China. He just konked on out trying to watch Thomas and Friends. Didn't even eat a single chip.

Hey you guys!

I figured that I would post something, but as I sit here I draw a complete blank of anything to blog about. Harrison is doing wonderful, he acts as if he is about 20 years old. He is hilarious. Some of the stuff that he comes up with just cracks me up. I am doing well, enjoying a much needed break from school. When I start back this coming up Monday, I will be taking five classes.... UGH! Not looking forward to it, but it will be better sailing after this semester. I will actually start nursing classes in October so that is exciting. If all goes as plans, I will be graduating the RN program in December 09. I am planning on continuing on after that to get my BSN, then who knows after that. I have tossed around a lot of ideas and thoughts I guess I will just have to see where life has us at that point. I have been keeping up with all you guys and I am glad everyone is doing well. Until next time....

Here I go!

This is for Anna, since she called me out in one of her blogs! Ha! Things have been pretty stinking hectic around our parts. It all played out in my favor though. The last two weeks have been full of short nights and loooong days.

In the past two weeks as I have stumbled around in pure exhaustion, BUT I did responded to one of the most memoriable calls I have responded to in my six year career as a medic. I had the opportunity to bring life into this world in the back of my ambulance on last Wednesday morning. It was one of those experiences I always wanted to have, but I never want to do it again. It all started out with your typical female patient in labor calls at midnight or around that time. So as usual you get out of the bed and go to the truck and just ride on to the call thinking good lord if you are in labor why the crap do you need me? Can't you drive yourself to the hospital? Little did I know on that night I was needed. We pulled up to the house, and low and behold there she was. Laying on the floor telling me that her baby was coming. I took her word for it. Lets just say this was not her first rodeo, nor her second or third or fourth. All I thought to myself was holy.....! So we load her up and got her in the back of the truck. When we check things out, we found a crowning head. So right there in this little ol ambulance in a little ol back yard, I delivered or let me rephrase that, I caught a healthy baby girl. Once the baby started crying, I took a big sigh or relief! It was honestly one of the most awesome things I have done in my line of work! Usually it is death that we run across, but to bring life in this world, was a high that I have never experienced before. Do I want to do it again in the back of my lil ol ambulance in the back of a lil ol yard? HEAK NO!

So after two weeks of longs days and short nights and birthing babies and everything that went along with the past two/ three weeks, I got to take a trip to Cozumel, Mexico. I today actually just got back from a cruise that Ann Lamb and I went on. Much fun was had by all. It was very relaxing, caught up on some R & R, worked on a tan, met some really cool and neat people, and overall just had a blast. My Harrison was so excited to see me today when I picked him up from school, it was the icing on the cake. Hope all is doing well...

Saturday...

So Friday night Harrison spent the night with who I believe is his most favorite people in the world- Len and Gerald. I got to have a Haley night. Anyway, Saturday morning I got up and went to the gym and worked out for a while. When I got out to our country house- The Hagans, Harrison came running to the door, so happy to see me. Being that I had just worked out and got out of the tanning bed, I was drenched in sweat. He ran up to me and threw his little arms around my legs and hugged them tight, then wanted me to pick him up. I started with all the, "Mama's hot", Mama's sweaty", Mama's tired, how bout we sit on the floor instead", but he was persistent in wanting to be held. So I picked him up and he just loved all over me. The sweat and the stench didn't even seem to bother him the least little bit. As I was standing there in the kitchen loving all over Harrison, God gently reminded me that He wants us just how we are. Even if we are all hot, sweaty,and stinky. He doesn't want us to clean up for Him, He desires to clean us up. I kept on pondering the thought, and I just was so thankful that my Heavenly Father loves me enough to take me all hot and sweaty, and stinky too. I truly believe that He desires us to come to Him like that. It is not always the easiest thing to do, but my comfort lies in His promises.

Here's some more.... Harrison just turned two years old a month ago, WOW! I can still remember bringing him home from the hospital and all that stuff. Anyway, I had a friend tell me while I was pregnant that people will tell you that the first time you see your baby you will fall in love and you will be so in love with them..... She was encouraging to tell me if it did not happen don't feel bad, because she didn't have all those googly feelings either. Well neither did I. Let me clarify here a minute. Now I have loved Harrison since day one but not all that googly crap that some people make it out to be. Maybe the pain was just too much from being cut from hip bone to hip bone who knows. Anyway, now I just look at him and i get that tight chested feeling you get when you are super excited something. I love him so much that somedays I think that I am not going to be able to keep my chest from exploding. He looks at me and says "Mommy I wove you", oh crap, it gets me everytime. My eyes fill up with tears and I am ready to let them all fall. Time stands still when he is laying on the couch or in the bed with me. To see his face lite up when he learns something new does it to me too. I went and had his pictures made on his birthday, and when I went and picked them up the girl that took them laid them out on the table at her house, and I just lost it. I think she was a little freaked out by all of it, but I just could not help it. I love that little boy more than I can put words too. I was just thinking today how thankful I am that God chose me to be Harrison's mommy. How thankful I am that God has showed me how to love him, because honestly in his early days I worried that I would not be able to love him like he needed and deserved to be loved, but I think I got that down now. I could go on and on, but it is time to do a little studying before hitting the bed.

Catching Everybody Up!

Hey All!!

So I have been reading a few blogs that some friends of mine post on here, and thought that I would give it a shot. So my first blog will catch everybody up on what is new in my life.

My Harrison just turned two, actually a week ago. He is so stinking funny. He is a chatter box. It is always intresting to see what is going to come out of his mouth. Sometimes I struggle with discipling him for some of the things he says, because my first reaction is to laugh. Usually that is what happens, I laugh and then getting on to him is funny to him. The other day I was reading and I realized I had not heard him in a while, so I went looking for him. I found him in my room sitting at my desk in my chair. He was "working" as he calls it on my laptop. As soon as I called his name, he spun around in the chair looked at me and before I could say anything, he said " No, Mommy leave me and my chair alone!". I just stood there. I did not really know what to say. So I distracted him with his monkey and it was all good. As the day went on I was just amazed at how bossy and adamant he was about leaving him alone. He is too funny. I took him yesterday for his well baby check and the pediatrician asked if he was makin two to three word sentences. I looked at him and told him to ask Harrison a question, so Harrison and Dr. Wehbah had a nice chat about pine trees outside. Needless to say no more questions about his vocabulary.

Me, well I am still working EMS- liking it still. Not loving it. It really really sucks being away for 24 hours at the time. Before Harrison the hours were great. Now it is not so grand. It sucks now, sometimes in the morning when Harrison sees me dressed for work, he will just plop down on the floor and tell me he is not going to school that he is staying with mommy today. That is when it really stinks, cause I know I will not be with him at five that afternoon, because I will still be at work. So that is a big reason why I am in school working on my RN degree. It will be a slow go, but I am determined. If all goes acccording to schedule, I will be done December 2009. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't seem to terribly long I don't guess. Between work, Harrison, and school I keep a pretty busy schedule. That is about all that is going on in my little world.

I am going to try and blog on a regualar basis. I have really enjoyed keeping up with friends through their blogs. It is fun. I hope you enjoy!