Beach fun

We are having fun at the beach!!! The weather is absolutely perfect!

Yeah.. I know his eyes look freaky. These were taken with a point & shoot and I have no photo editing software on this computer.

Anyway....happy 4 months old my little man.


me & the little ones

In the arms of the Anna...

having fun on the beach

His shirt says "King of the Beach" :)

balloons from the leprechaun @ margaritaville

Fun at the beach!

So yesterday it was pretty cloudy and rainy all day so we decided to shop the day away. That was after the kids did *some* of their homework. Why Why Why do teachers give homework over spring break? I'm sure that teacher is spending her time grading papers and doing lessons while on vacation right? Anyway...here are the good students working together.

After homework we hit the outlets in Destin and ate at Cheeseburger in Paradise.
Tatum & Kaeli

Saydee,Tatum, Anna & Hudson

The kids have been great and Tatum & Kaeli are like a form of entertainment. Finally...the sun is peeking through the clouds so we're about to sunscreen up and head to the beach.

Funny story:

We go into a candy store. The kids were wanting a caramel apple with m & m's. We pile all 5 kids into the candy store. Tatum has a lose tooth and decides the only way she can consume said apple would be to quickly pull it..which she did right then and there in the store while I'm inquiring on the costs of apples. Now..I dont care if I was wealthy..Im not paying $4.52 PER APPLE. So..sorry kids you're not getting one. We can go to the store and get the supplies to make everyone here a apple for $5. Imagine the look on Tatum's face.. standing there with tooth in hand and bleeding gum waiting on her apple only to be told no. Ok..it was funny to me & Madelyn..not so much to Tatum but she really didn't give us too much flack. The tooth fairy did come so she wasn't too upset with us. So..be looking for pictures in the next post of the kids making their own apples because we bought the stuff last night to do it.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Edited to add: I tried Hudson on rice cereal Saturday and he had a episode where he vomited 4 times and then was back to normal. We discounted to maybe sinus drainage upsetting his stomach. Again last night I put a teaspoon or so in his bottle and again he vomited 3 times. Could he be allergic? Anybody had this happen?

Cousin Eddie

Ok..so cousin eddie has had a transformation on the inside. Click here for the reason that I call it cousin Eddie .

Here are some before..

The reason there isn't more before..you can't imagine the smell...gag.

The materials used for the remodel came mostly from my grandparents house. The walls and the floors my grandfather got from old churches and schools when my grandparents built their house around 1955. We used the same reclaimed wood for the walls, floor and even the countertop in the kitchen. The ceiling is tin that came off of a chicken coop that was being torn down. The kitchen cabinets, appliances, washer & dryer and living room furniture came out of a house that was being razed to make way for condos here at the beach. Doesnt it look like a beach bum shack?

Anyway, here are the after pictures.
kitchen
living room

Hallway to 2 bedrooms and bathroom

floor in hallway
bathroom

later...pics of the girls doing homework. how fun is that on vacation?

Teetering at the edge!

What a busy week..this is how we all feel after this week:
(doesn't she have the prettiest lips?)

Lets see how the week was spent..

Tatum put in:
16 hrs cheerleading
2 hrs softball
6 hrs homework

Anna:
1 hr dance class
2 hrs softball

Ok..that may not look like much but it went like this. Pick Tatum up from clinic, run to K's house, 2 hrs later pick up from K's house, then go straight to ball park (luckily Billy did ball park all week). Get home..9:40. Help with T with homework, get shower..crawl in bed at 11:30. One night cross out softball and put in cheer gym. My lord I feel like I've spent the week in the car!

But it all paid off. SHE MADE IT!!! Tatum I'm so proud of you..all the hard work you've been putting in the last year or so paid off. She made cheerleader! I'm *SO* proud of her!

Now...me & the kids are off to the beach for some much needed rest!

Keep your fingers crossed!

Tomorrow:

Tatum is trying out for Jr. High Cheerleader.

Hudson is going for his 4 month checkup (shots).

Not sure which event will push me over the edge but just know I'm pretty close to that edge! Funny how I have 3 children at 3 completely different stages of life! One approaching Jr High, one taking on kindergarten at the moment, and a baby and all that comes with the baby stage. All I know is this week couldn't be over fast enough!

Next week: Spring Break!

Pictures from the weekend...

I took some pics of my Hud man this weekend. I've been meaning to take this pic of him on this scale since i was on maternity leave but never got around to it. It's so old..I'm afraid he's going to break the basket. (in case you can't read how much he weighs it's 17 lbs. I'm hoping that it's just an old scale and wrong)

Look at those rolls/neck!

Here is big sister..."loving" him. Doesn't he look thrilled?
Purse worthy pic? Not sure..I mean I have all 3 in the picture and somebody isn't crying. That's a good thing..right? Why does Anna's hand have to be covering his face?I think hell has frozen over. Tatum is dressed cute, wearing a ribbon, and giving her mom a kiss. This must be some cruel joke..right? Sigh..doesn't she look gorgeous?!?Daddy took the Hud man on his 1st tractor ride. Well..his first John Deere ride!and Anna wasn't going to let that action get away without her...
I'm dead tired today. That 3 hrs 45 mins sleep I got wasn't near enough last night. Thanks mom for putting the thought in my head that eating pork that is pink in the middle will give you worms. I was up half the night thinking we all have worms. We couldnt though...the blasted thing cooked in the crock pot for 8 hrs. I'm so over pork. :X I think I'm going back to my non pork eating days. Maybe it was because Billy wormed the goats yesterday..I dunno. All I know is I couldn't sleep and all I could think about was worms. yuck.

Happy Birthday Haley!

I miss you more than I can put into words. I wonder what she would be like at 29!

Momma Goldberg's -Now in Montgomery!

One day my best friend, Revelle, calls with "OMG MOMMA GOLDBERG'S IS OPEN IN BIRMINGHAM WE HAVE TO GO THERE". Well..things got in the way and we never made it there. One day I was brave and decided to venture to Momma Goldberg's in Homewood and try out this Momma's Love that Revelle had been raving about. I've been hooked ever since. So much after having Hudson, Billy and I couldn't stand one more night of hospital food so my sweet husband went out and got us a Momma's Love.

Now, they have tons more food there but I haven't ventured away from the Momma's Love. Hey..I'm still in shock that I went into a new restaurant by myself and tried something totally new so give me time. I did eye the "bullrider" from the menu yesterday but went safe with the Momma's Love. Oh and they also have that good crunchy ice and reusable plastic cups!

So..where is this post going you might ask? There is a new Momma Goldberg's opening today in Montgomery at the corner of Taylor & Vaughn. 7960 Vaughn Road to be exact. I want everyone to stop by there and try a Momma's Love! I know I will on the way to & from the beach!

To my sweet friend Chris & her husband Hal..I wish you both lots of luck, good fortune, and success in your new venture. I hope the opening today with a overwhelming success!

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!

Gosh..it seems just like yesterday I was arguing at Parisian with the sales lady when I bought this dress for Tatum. Yes...there were 10 of these dresses on the sale rack..don't put them there if they aren't suppose to be on sale! I miss Parisian and Tatum being small enough to wear it. Sigh..time goes by so quickly.

What a busy week!

Chaos has begun. The chaos where it seems one kid (well...the oldest 2 anyway) has at least something every day.

We'll start with Sunday...here is a cute (quick) pic of the Hud sporting his cute outfit for church. Anna has a matching dress but shed it as soon as we hit the door so no pic of her.

Monday I get to have dinner with my sweet friend Jessi from AZ (look to the left...she's the Webb page). We had dinner at Dale's where she enjoyed some southern food (I hope anyway) and some yummy sweet tea. I stopped my Milo's to put her sweet tea overload since they dont have sweet tea in AZ. Tues we had lunch, where else but my fav...Zoe's. She's back home now but I sure did enjoy spending some time with her!

Tues Mr. Hudson was apparently worn out because when we laid him on the bathroom counter to get undressed..he didn't wake up. Gosh he's THE sweetest thing! (If he'd sleep he'd be the perfect baby!)

lets fast forward through the rest of the chaotic week to Saturday..both girls had ball practice and it was canceled. So I set out on a mission to clean up my area of the playroom. When we started getting Hudson's room all my stuff got thrown into laundry baskets and put in the playroom. I saw a organization magazine that I think my mother left for me how they put a peg board against the wall and organized the craft room. So..I take my measurements and Billy & I load up all 3 kids in the Expedition and take off to Lowe's. Our plan was to hit Lowe's, Target, eat lunch then head home. We get to Lowe's and realize the sheet I needed was too big to fit in the Expedition. I come up with the brilliant idea to strap it to the top of the car and he obliges because really..I don't want to get home, have to wait for him to drive back to Lowe's & back to start my project. I wanted it done ASAP. So we strap said peg board to the roof, decide we can't have lunch because it's misting and it will turn to mush. We start driving and BAM BAM BAM..the peg board is slapping the top of the car. Hmm. So I run into Target to get bungee cords and I managed to pick up this little (heavy) cubicle set while I was there. The bungee cords kept the slapping at bay but only at 30 mph. SO..we have to drive the entire way home 30 mph. It took us an hour to get home. I'm so glad I couldn't read Billy's mind. I'm also glad I couldn't read his mind while he put together my cubicle thing and cut my peg board and hang it for me.
This is what the room looked like before:

and after:

I actually have hung more ribbon since that picture yesterday and have that whole box to the right of my sewing machine left to hang. Yes..I know I have a problem.

Sunday we woke up to..

SNOW....YEA!!!!
Guess who she's throwing that at?
Ok..so Billy has to go to work 1st thing this morning. I hear Tatum mutter something to Anna about having to wait til daddy gets home so they can ride sleds. HELLO..why can't I ride sleds! I'm just as cool as daddy! Get your clothes on we're going out to play kids. So..we all 3 pile on the sled pictured below and take off. It never occurred to me that I had no idea how to stop the darn thing once we get to the bottom of the hill. Anna, the smart one, jumps off. Me & Tatum stay with our sinking ship that sunk right into a bunch of brush and a few small trees. Which freaked Anna completely out. She was afraid we were hurt and refused to get on it again. Now me, trying to be cool like daddy, hops on the little blue disc pictured below (think Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation..wow I reference that movie a lot in my life). I take off down said hill again thinking maybe if I lean I can turn. Um no, the thing flipped and I now have a case of road rash on my lower back. Once daddy gets home we load up and decide to head next door to Nina's & Papa's house to hit their bigger hills. Again, trying to be cool and go faster than Billy on the little blue disc we take off. We're both heading wide open down the hill where again I have that "hmm..how am I going to stop this thing" moment. I see I'm heading for our concrete driveway so I have to make a decision A) hit the driveway (concrete I need to throw out there again) or B) try to stop it with my leg. I decided to try to stop it with my leg..which entails leaning..which means I didn't learn from the lesson above. As I lean I flip..going somewhat airborne and land right on my lower back (same place as road rash). I'm laying face down screaming "MY BACK MY BACK" and Anna runs "MOMMY IS HURT" and I realize I've freaked her out again. I don't want her to be afraid of the (evil) sled so I not so gracefully pull myself up, stand up and start walking trying to act like I'm fine. Anna's lesson learned: Mommy can't ride a sled..stay with daddy. I, meanwhile, have spent the remainder of the day on a heating pad. I never knew there was an art to sledding..it looks so easy on TV..not so much in real life.
Pops & Tatum riding down the hill!

Billy, Anna & Will
(See evil blue disc below)
So..have a great week. We have a filled week so I'm not sure if I'll be able to update again. Just know that Friday..me, Madelyn, mom & my aunt..hitting Cottontails WIDE OPEN!!