MMMMMMMMMMMM...............I sure do love cake! Can you tell by the icing all over my face?

You were so happy that everyone was singing Happy Birthday to you! I just love that smile :)

Well my baby girl recently turned 3 years old! The above photo is her showing me how much she grew over night from being 2 and then turning 3. It is heartbreaking and exciting at the same time for her to have another birthday. Heartbreaking because she is my baby and I can't believe that she is 3 years old already. Exciting because as she gets older she continues to thrive in different situations and is changing every day. It seems like just the other day when I woke your Daddy up and said we need to get ready to head to the hospital.

We called Nanny and Pappy and told them we would be on our way over with Colton so that we could get on the road. I was up and down for several hours before waking your Dad up. We got to the hospital and we were only there about 30 mins when my water broke. It was a good thing that this happened at the hospital as they realized that some mecconium (sp?) came out with it and they took extra precautions when you were born. Your heart rate kept dropping and they had to push additional fluids so that you could stay "afloat" and it would not cause you as many problems. For awhile they thought they may have to do a C-Section to prevent any more major issues. I started to panic when they started discussing this. I had never had any kind of surgery and was not prepared for such a thing. Luckily things turn around and I was able to have you naturally. We were so excited that you had arrived. Your Dad and I had a very, very hard time deciding on what your name would be. You did not have a name until 2 weeks before you were born. It came down to Mallorie or Callye. We asked your big brother Colton to say both of them. He could say Callye very clear, Mallorie he had some trouble with. Therefore your Dad and I decided to go with Callye.

Your middle name is Marie after your Great Grandma Shirley. She passed away just 2 weeks after we told her that we would be expecting your arrival in about 7 months.

Everyone says that you look exactly like me, some have even said your a "cookie cutter" image of me. I do believe we look alot alike, but I feel that you look alot like your Auntie Em and your cousin Bethany when they were little. You are very petite for your age. You are starting to get a little bit taller finally. You suffered from "Auntie Em short leg syndrom!!!!"

You are very girly but at the same time you love to get down and dirty. I have a hard time dealing with you being girly, as I was never really that way growing up. You love to get dressed up and play with your baby dolls. You are really good at riding your bike and love to swing!!!!!

You will be attending FCCP this fall and you are so very happy to be able to finally go to Colton's school. I think you will do well there, you already know how to count to 20 and know your ABC's. You love to read books, however your favorite book is the Napping House. I have read it to you so many times that I have it memorized and don't even have to look at the book while reading you the story.

I Love you always and forever

Mommy :)

Colton is 5

What a week we have had! The start of February has been a good one for the Earnest Family. Colton turned 5 years old on Wednesday. It is still hard for me to comprehend that he is already 5. It seems like only yesterday that we were telling everyone we were expecting our first child and that NO we would not be finding out what we were having. We wanted the thrill of finding out once he arrived. I had a pretty good pregnancy with Colton overall, I did have to be on mild bedrest the last three weeks due to issues with high blood pressure. I will never forget the moment when he actually arrived and they said "It's a Boy!". I was actually very excited and relieved, as we had a boy name picked out but had never really agreed on a name for a little girl.

You have changed and grown up so much in the past 5 years. It's crazy to think that you will be starting Kindergarten in August. You are a very rowdy, yet caring and kind hearted boy! You love to play outside in the dirt and ride your bike. One of your favorite things to do is spend time at Nanny and Pappy's and wrestle and play Tai-long with Pappy. This comes from one of your favorite movies Kung-Fu Panda. You are doing well in Pre-school and I am glad that your daddy and I decided to send you to FCCP. It is such an amazing school and you always have lots of fun stuff to tell me about when I pick you up.

Your a good big brother to Callye for the most part. You two have your disagreements at times, but that's what siblings do! Or at least that's what Uncle Ryan, Uncle Derek, and I use to do when we were younger......lol.

You look alot like me with your big brown eyes and most people say your like a boy version of me. However, I see some of your daddy in you especially as you get older with some of the manuerisms that you to have in common. You love to spend time at the firehouse with daddy and that's what your room is being decorating in.

I can't wait to see what the next year brings for you as you continue to grow and thrive.

I love you, always and forever!
Mommy

He is Home!!!

Pop got home late yesterday evening, he is settled in and so VERY, VERY, GLAD to be back home!!!! He got the chest tube out yesterday, and all of the Dr's said he was clear to come home. I went down and saw him after the board meeting and he was back in his comfy rocking chair! He is on oxygen along with some additional meds. He only has to have the oxygen for activity and while sleeping so that's a good thing. He said he was a little nervous about being at home, but that is to be expected after spending 4 weeks in the hospital. The home health nurse will be by bout 9:30 this morning to draw his blood to test his levels before he can have anymore cumodin. Someone will be staying with him at night for awhile until he feels more comfortable. If anyone would like to visit, I am sure he would enjoy it maybe just give him to the middle of next week before you stop by. Again, I just want to Thank everyone for all the prayers, thoughts, and kind words during this journey. He as well as all of us, feel blessed to have such loving an caring family and friends.

Not Me Monday!

I did NOT allow Callye to watch cartoons at 3:30 in the morning just so I could actually get some sleep. I would NEVER let her do that just because she is restless and can't sleep.

I would NEVER tell my childrent that they could go to Auntie Em's house and play just to get them to go to bed without any problems. Letting them think they can have their way just to make life easier on me, is NOT something I would ever do.

I did NOT forget that my babysitter was not going to be able to keep my kids today, therefore, I did NOT load them up and drive all the way to town and get Callye out of the car and up to the door before realizing that she was not there today. I would NEVER be so forgetful as to not know where I should be taking my children and who was actually going to be supervising them.

It's Friday!

Well Pop was supposed to get to come home yesterday or today. However when Fred went down last night he had fluid build up on his lungs again and his white blood count was elevated. So they put him under today and they were going to go in and suction the fluid off of his lung. Hopefully this will help with the white blood cell count problem as well. Fred and I are heading down in a few minutes to see how he is doing. Will keep everyone updated once we know more. Please keep praying for a healthy and full recovery. He has now been in the hospital for 3 weeks and he is definatly ready to come home!

On a lighter note, tmrw is Heston Michael Henrichsmeyer's Diaper/Gas Card Shower at our house. We hope that everyone comes out and has lots of fun all while helping out Mike and Shawna Sue. They are such amazing parents to little Hagan and I know that they will be even more awesome parents to both of them when Heston makes his arrival!

Wacky and Wild Wednesday!

Well I didn't have the intention of have a Catchy Weekday related title to my blog each day but so far this week that is the way that it has worked out! Yesterday around lunch Chad text me and asked me to see about getting him a Dr appt because his knee is bothering him. I called our Dr and they said he is no longer an active patient there as he has not been since 1998! Yes, I know that sounds crazy to most of you but he is not generally sick. In the 14 years that we have been together he has only had a few problems 2 of those being surgery on his wrist (one of which was just a few weeks after we started dating the other just a year after we were married) Other than that the only other time he has seen a Dr was in the ER for a REALLY BAD case of Poison Oak. Don't get me wrong he has seen a Dr since 98 but it's been for his DOT physical that they send him to for work and that is the Dr they send him to.

So here was our dilemma, wait 2 days for them to call and let us know if they would accept him as an active patient again or send him to the ER. I told him he just needed to go to the ER as the Dr would end up sending him to get X-Rays anyhow. (Mind you his knee bothered him for 4 or 5 days before he bothered to tell me about it!!!!!)

So off to the ER he went after work, they did blood work and x-rays, nothing broken but it is a very bad sprain. He is to keep it wrapped and to stay off of until next week, they even gave him crutches as they don't want him bearing any weight on it for the next several days................So Tuesday turned out to be a crazy day in our house but that's nothing new. He took it easy and for the most part slept pretty decent last night. He took off the rest of the week and will be at home. I am sure that he is using his crutches and resting like he should while I am away at work!!! (sense the sarcasm in the afformentioned statement!)

On a good note, spoke with Uncle Fred yesterday evening after his visit with Pop and all is going well on the road to coming home. They are going to unhook him from everything today and see how that goes. If it all goes well he will get to come home tmrw!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going down after work to check on him and make sure that all is well and that he will get to come home tmrw! (Thanks to Megan and Chris for coming to help with the kids this evening)

Terrific Tuesday

Well I headed down to see Pop after work last night and I have some wonderful news!!!
The Dr's told him yesterday that he will be able to come home in a few days. Looking at Wednesday or Thursday. He is up and moving around more every single day, he had walked 3 different times before I got there at 5:45 last night and that is not including the 2 times they came to get him for some tests. The swelling in his hand is getting much better, he can actually move his fingers and you can see the lines and wrinkles in his hands again. This is a good thing, because the swelling was so bad prior to that you could not see any of that. He finishes his Argatroban (spelling is correct, I checked the bag last night!) today and they will start him on his Cumidin. He was in a very good mood and is looking forward to coming home :) As we all are also!!!!! I will continue to update as more information becomes available and will definatly let everyone now when he comes home!