Tangled

Naomi and "her Pascal"

A you can see some one has a new favorite movie.  Back in December we took her to see Tangles in the theater.  When the movie was over she asked to see it again. She LOVED the movie.  She talked abut it for quite a while.

Fast forward a few months.  The timing was perfect!  Tangled came out before her birthday (Which was what I had hoped for)  So Naomi got the movie for her birthday.  We have had the movie in our house for almost a month and I think we have watched it almost a dozen times.  

The whole family loves it.  Yes that means Adam.  Although I don't think he is willing to give up Cars as his favorite movie to watch with his daughter.   

Well at one of the Easter egg hunts Naomi got this lizard.  At first I was thinking that it is great to have a few boy toys around for company.  then one day she found it and said "MY PASCAL!  There you are!"  So now my little Rapunzel lover has her own Pascal.  Which also works well with the Rapunzel doll she got for her birthday.

Texas (pt3)

So to conclude my trip.

We went to my sisters graduation.  While there Naomi's diaper leaked through.  My 5-10 year old khaki skirt split up the back.  Naomi tried to comb a bald man's head in front of us. I took a TON of blurry pictures because the lighting was CRAZY.  But here it is...My sister graduating from collage...

I am so very proud of her.  Once we got her moved out of the dorm we headed to my parent's house.



The next few days we fed ducks, Had a birthday/Graduation party (birthday for Naomi and I)and we read books.

 

It was a great visit. But I was sure glad to be home.

Texas (pt 2)

OK

This was how Oklahoma greeted me...

a partly sunny sky! My ideal driving conditions!

And...

Road Construction. Not so much for ideal driving conditions.

Most of Oklahoma seemed like it was under construction. I think the most anoying parts was the "ghost construction." (at least that is what I call it).

You know when they warn you

Construction ahead
Fines double in work zones

They slow you down to 55 or 60.

You drive, expecting construction to pop up any moment.

And there are no signs of construction.

Maybe an orange cone or two.

Then after driving for 10ish miles there is the "end construction" sign.

Ummm, What construction?

At least Naomi had a good time. I decided we would eat in the car to ensure any moment we spent out of the car she could spend running around.

We made a stop in Saginaw, TX for the night. We have some friends from newton who recently moved there. They were awesome enough to take in Naomi and me for the evening. We were even treated to a school play.

It was about bugs. It was adorable! And Naomi LOVED it! The boy in green is the youngest son who was in the play. He was an Army Ant. He did a great job! And he was quite the ham.

The same evening this young lady was inducted into the junior Honor Society! Way to go!

And I had to take a picture of the middle son. He got to stay at home.

I was quite blessed to be able to stay with these friends. thanks meg for giving up your room and bed for me. We are very appreciative!

The next morning I hit the road again. sadly I got lost in down town Fort Worth and then ended up driving 15-20 miles in the wrong direction. But finally...

two stops, a McDonald's later, and 5 hours later (it was only supposed to take me 3)

I reached my destination...

Huntsville, TX

Home of the Sam Huston Bobcats!

I met up with my family, we checked in to the hotel and then we vegged. while Naomi trashed explored the room.


(Stay tuned! Part 3 is on the way!)

Texas trip (part one)

To let you in on a secret the previous post occurred in Texas at my parents house.

I took a trip.

Naomi came with me too. 

But Adam stayed at home.

Yep, I drove 16 hours by myself to Texas.

Why? you might ask...

Well my sister graduated from Sam Houston State.  I wanted to be there for the occasion.

So I packed up the car and went.

So,,, Here is my trip...

It all started at 7 am in the rain.  I don't like driving in the rain.  (But I guess It was better than the blaring sun.)  

(Please note I just held the camera up to shoot the pictures in the car.)

Naomi did a great job of entertaining herself...

Untill she was so board she fell asleep (right about the time I had planed on stopping.)

Well, My computer does not seem to want to cooperate right now.  So I will have to continue later.  Till next time!

Frog

We had an adventure.  My mom called me out of the house while I was unloading the car.  I find my mom, daughter, and sister standing in the grass.  "Come catch this frog for Naomi." So I grabed it. 

Put it into a jar. 

Grandma has just given Naomi a book with a frog in it.  So we got the book out and showed her the jumping frog in the book and looked at the frog in the jar. 

Then it was time for the frog to go home to his mommy and daddy.  So we let the frog go in yard.  This morning we went outside and she looked for the frog.

As promised...

We have been sick at our home. I watched and waited as it went through all of our friend's households. At the fist mention of the flu. I finally put the mattress protector on Naomi's bed. It last week it hit every one. Naomi and I had it mostly at night and made for a rough time. By the weekend i thought we were all clear. Then On Sunday Naomi got sick again. We thought it was a "fluke." But then she spent Monday and Tuesday sick. We took her to the doctor on Wednesday. She said she should get better in the next 24 hours. Well last night we were at a friend's house and she got sick again. YUCK! I think her tummy was not quite ready for milk last night. And this morning I woke up sick again. So break out the Clorox wipes and Lysol again. But I had promised some of Naomi's silly stories...

So here is one:

About a week after starting Naomi in her big girl bed we started letting her sleep in it at night. So one night Adam get's home from class. We then hear a large "Thump" from Naomi's room. We listened to see if she would cry because it sounded like a pretty hard fall.

No cry was heard.

We then head upstairs to check on her and get her back in to bed. We figured she must have slept through the fall.

We peek into her room in time to see her crawling back in to bed. But she only get's her top half in the bed. As I reach the bed to help her. I realize that Naomi was asleep. She had sleep crawled back in to bed! Crazy girl!

OUCH!

I will spare you the gore that has become my fingers for the time being. under those bandaged lie 2 blood blisters (which the Dr. popped), a small cut, a large cut with 5 stitches, a hole in my fingernail (which the Dr put there) and a tuft fracture(I fractured the tip of my finger).

I also have a story that my daughter will be hearing for many years to come (especially if I get a good scar).

Now for the story...

I was vacuuming and saw that Naomi had ventured up stairs. so i went to check on her. At first glance I could not find her. Then i heard her knocking on the bathroom door. She can't open the doors yet(she is a smidgen too short) so i went to let her out. The door was locked!

I laughed. (great mom huh?)

I tried an assortment of objects that i had close by, a pin, seam ripper, a hair clip, a skewer, and a bobby pen. nothing worked. So I called Adam (who was at work).

"So your daughter is locked in the bathroom, Any sugestians?" 

We decided the next plan of action was for me to climb out out second floor bedroom window and into our bathroom window.  There is a resemblance of a "balcony" out there and our bathroom window has some issues so it would be easy to "break into." 

"Give me call back when you get her out."  he says.

So I open the window, push the glass storm window up to the top notch, and as I am fiddling with screen....

I hear the guillotine

I scream and grab my hand.

I race down stairs leaving drops of blood in my wake.

I get to the kitchen and try to get my hand under the water to see the damage.

I then find my cell phone. 

"Honey, change of plans...I need you to get home now.  The window fell on my hand and split my fingers open. Naomi is still in the bathroom."

The next 15-30 minutes are filled with me calling friends trying to get someone over to a) get Naomi out of the bathroom and b) watch her while I head to the doctors (Thank you Lord! There was an opening).

Once I have a friend on the way, a Dr. appointment ("your appointment is at 11 but get here as soon as you can")  and had slowed the bleeding down, I decided to try to get the door off (no I had not though of this sooner). 

As Adam arrived home I was coming up the stairs with a screwdriver.  he grabed it and went upstairs.  put it in the key hole and the door unlocked(grrr). 

Naomi had been wonderful the whole time.  The only thing she got into was some lotion. otherwise she just lied on the floor and played with her tub toys.

Fast froward about 15 minutes

At the doctors the x-ray my hand and numb me. I got 5 stitches and found out I had a Tuft fracture.  This means that I fractured the very tip of my finger.

I think my favorite quote form the Dr's office was: "It is a lot easier if you numb the patient before you explore the wound.  Another thing is that you probably don't want to use the work explore around the patient either. It tends to put them on edge." This was the doctor teaching a resident (or something like that).

That's my story...and I'm sticking to it!

PS forgive any mistyping/misspellings etc.  I can only type with one hand right now.