Almost short of crazy....

So, things have been almost short of crazy around our household for the past couple of weeks. We have all had and passed on some type of flu bug for about the last two weeks which is never fun...especially when there is a whiny eight year old and a helpless 7 month old involved. Other than the occassional bout of sickies, we've all been good.

Brian is currently job searching which has not posed as being the easiest task with the market in it's current state! Also, to add to the complications, Anthony has figured out that his Daddy is currently looking for work and attests everytime Brian gets on the phone with a potential lead. Hopefully, we can bribe Grammy into coming over a couple of days again next week so that Brian can get something done! Brian has such amazing talents and ideas...I seriously doubt that he will be on the market for too long.

I, on the other hand, am once again a working girl...okay wait I'm not actually a "working girl", but I have been working. Four days this week. I can't say that I am enjoying it as much as I was when I was at home with the little guy but it's great that I am fortunate enough to work for a company that really lets me come and go as I please! The extra money has been nice and we are using it to pay for a trip to a wedding in Florida that we will be attending at the end of May (Congrats to John and Whit!). After that one is paid for, then we get to charge up the card for our Vegas wedding trip at the end of June (Congrats to Mike and Ly!). Weddings, weddings, weddings!

Jaiden took her reading TAKS test last month and missed...are you ready for this....two questions! That's it, two questions! She even got commended for her score. It's no secret that J-Bug struggles in school so when we got that news we were ecstatic (and shocked!) to say the least! At the end of this month we face the dreaded Math section of the TAKS and we are not looking forward to that one. We recently had her tested and the school has decided that she has a learning disability. I honestly believe that Jaiden is queen when it comes to working the system and boy did she work it this time. Who knows though, it could be something other than just her sheer laziness, but I am now just going to let the school decide that. Other than school, Jaiden is loving gymnastics! She is picking everything up relatively quickly and flips around the uneven bars like no ones business!

Anthony is now 7 months old! Can you even believe it? Time flies. He is sitting up by himself now and he is absolutely determined to crawl! He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth and has actually lunged himself forward a couple of times, but we are as of today, still immoblie! Thank you Lord! Not to say that I am not looking forward to the absolute cuteness that is a baby crawling, because I totally am, but this is my second time around...I learned from the first that once they start crawling it is a never ending chase for about the next four years! ; )

I haven't gotten any pictures up in a while, mainly because the computer that I normally use has been on the blitz and I am waiting now to get my laptop repaired, but as soon as all that gets worked out, I will get some pics up.

I hope that everything is going good for everyone! God bless and I will try and post again soon!

The "Surprise" Trip

On Friday Brian took Jaiden and her friend Daniela to Six Flags. We surprised them, or at least we thought we did, Grammy. I have to tell you...Jaiden could possibly win an Academy Award someday! See, what happened was Brian and I (last minute of course) decided that we would secretly plan this trip to Six Flags. So we invite Daniela (J's friend) over after Jaiden got out of gymnastics, then Brian and I told the girls that we had to go somewhere and that we were going to drop them off at Grammy's while we were gone. So, we drove up there and as we near the park the ooohhhs and aaaahhhs were abundant to say the least! I told Brian that he should at least "drive through" the park so that the girls could see it. So, he pulls up and stops the car and tells them to get out. They went crazy! While they went to the park, I took Anthony over to Grammy's and we hung out for a while. While I was hanging out with Grammy, she told me that she had already asked Jaiden about the Six Flags trip that her dad was taking her on the day before...

You now see where the Academy Award comes in to play! So, moral of the story....when you are trying to surprise someone, just don't, it never works out well! ; )