Congratulations are in order!

Just wanted to say congratulations to my good friends Amanda and Paula who both found out this week, that they are PREGNANT!! I am so excited for them both and cannot wait to meet their little ones! They are both going to be great moms!!

Counting the days

Most of you know that my best friend, Brandon Phillips, left for Afghanistan 2 weeks ago. We have missed him so much. He calls about 3 times a week to let us know how he is doing and that he is safe but we just found out that he may have to stay a little longer than expected. Please keep Brandon and his wonderful family in your prayers over the next few months!

Sick Baby

This morning Ritchie took Jackson to the dr, since he woke up again today with a fever. He saw Dr. Bramley and although he thought it was a virus, he decided to do a strep test just to make sure. He said it was really rare for a child under age 2 to get strep, but when he came back, that's definately what it is. My poor baby! They gave him some antibiotics so hopefully he will be back to his wild self again before long. Please pray for him!

Dinner & A movie

On Saturday night, Ritchie asked me if I wanted to have a "date night," so we went to the big city of K-town and ate at The Barn Steakhouse (which I still call the Beef Barn but anyway.) The food was so good! After that, we had some time to kill before our movie started so we took a romantic trip to walmart! There were a million people there. I guess it's only in kinston where the only thing there is to do on a saturday night is go to Walmart. We went to the theatre to see "Obsessed," and I was so excited about it. The movie was good, I think, but we couldn't hear half of what was going on for all of the people in there talking and yelling. I could not believe it. I know half of them were 13 or younger and it was the 9:30 movie! There were even some people in there with their toddlers. Am I the only one who thinks this is strange? Every time Beyonce would hit Ali Larter, they would all jump up and scream. I thought Ritchie was going to kill someone. We left about 15 minutes before it was over. I will never go back to that place again!

Four-Wheelin'

On Sunday, Jackson woke up with a cough and fever of 103.3. I immediately thought swine flu (just kidding!) He laid around all day long and finally around 3:30 he started acting somewhat normal and wanted to go outside. His favorite thing to do now is ride the four wheeler so I took him for a ride behind the house, way back into the woods. Every little bump we went over he screamed "weeee!!" A little later, Ritchie rode back in the woods with us and Toby (Ritchie's black lab) followed us every step of the way. Ritchie threw the ball with him and Jackson loved watching Toby swim out into the pond to get it! We had a really fun afternoon!

Migraines, Migraines

So, as most of you know I have terrible migraines. Most of the time several a week. Recently I saw a new neurologist and she took me off of the medications I was on and started me on Flexaril (muscle relaxer) and zonisimide (anti-seizure) meds to try to help. She said if things weren't dramatically better in six weeks she wanted me to come back. For a while I thought they were better...I went almost 2 weeks without a migraine which is like amazing for me. Then for the past 2 weeks I have had 6 migraines. I guess my only choice is to go back to the dr and have a series of injections done into the back of my head (sounds like fun doesn't it??) This is something that, if it works, I will have to continue to do every 3-4 months. But, hey, if I can go 3 or 4 months without a migraine it will be all worth it. Please pray that these terrible headaches will get better one way or the other. I am about to go crazy and I am just so lucky that Ritchie helps me with Jackson the way that he does. I don't know what I would do without him. Thanks babe!

Nina's shower

On saturday, we had a family shower for my cousin Nina's wedding. It was nice to have all of the family together and we got to finally meet her fiancee's parents. I can't wait until their wedding in June! I know everything is going to be really nice!