12.12.08 "OH NO! NOT THE TEETH!!!"

Ok, so you have all heard the sad tale of poor Bubba's teeth...not to mention the amount of $$$ we have spent to get said teeth fixed. Well when I picked him up from Daycare on Friday he was crashed. He had cried so hard he was zonked. He still had blood all over his face. Apparently, he was running on the playground and fell and hit the slide WITH HIS FACE. Yikes! Of course teeth went thru lip and it was a bloody mess. Bubba hates to have owies cleaned, so they did their best and he cried himself to sleep. (I didn't even get a phone call...but thats another story). Anyway, when i get there the first thing i say is, "Are his teeth ok?!" Now don't get me wrong...i was concerned about the sleeping boy on the floor too..but these are $5,000. teeth we are talking about. They aren't even paid off yet! They told me from what they could see at the time they seemed fine, so i scooped him up and loaded him in the car. He is still sleeping and continued to sleep for the next 2 hours while we started on the gingerbread house. When he finally woke up I had my friend Wendy look at the carnage to check (since i am quezy and dont handle blood and stuff well at all) and guess what? He completely knocked 3 of the 4 teeth out of whack, and one is practically dangling it's so loose! Ugh. Long story short, emergency call to dentist, roads so bad Saturday a.m. (the kind where winter storm warning/advisory scrolls across bottom of all local channels) we couldn't get all the way to Missoula. The dentist on call was fairly sure it would be ok to wait until monday since these are fake teeth and they either stay or will go. Monday we got in to see his dentist, they x-ray'd, no permanent damage. Thank you Jesus. We decided as a team to leave them and se if they would root themselves back in the gumline and recheck in 3mo. If no improvement they can bridge the fake teeth together so he can have function of the teeth. No biting into apples for this little boy. We are back to cutting into slices and eating with the rear teeth. When it rains it pours. He is still his happy little self, and isn't bothered much by it.
Here he is sleeping it off that day it happened, poor baby!

12.04.2008 Katie the Krazy Kat

Our cat is fully crazy. She's mean! A friend recently sent me this video (thanks Jacque!!!) and we just cracked up because i swear it's hidden video of Katie. It looks just like her and ACTS just like her. It's crazy. So enjoy its Katie /aka/ Sparta.


Now that you are done laughing hysterically, and have had your fill of "eye candy" for today...here is the sweeter side of the girl. We still have the highchair out from when DeRell's sister was here with Sadie. I think the cat likes it. Every chance she gets she climbs in for a nap. (Kind of like the sink in the video) She also likes the filing paper bin next to our printer. LOL

12.01.2008 Trim a Tree

Ok, so i did it. Egads. I actually have the forbidden Fake Tree in my house. For those who know and love my neurotic ways, you are probably thinking "say it aint so". Because i said i would NEVER have a fake tree. It's un-christmas, it doesn't smell good, and it's just plain ugly. Well it is! Budget being what it is there is no money for a tree. So i unpacked this lovely (NOT!) pre-lit baby from storage set it up, and put the presents underneath. Oops, forgot to decorate it. It sat for a few days so i could feel sorry for myself (poor me) and then i gave in and let the kids have fun decorating it.

Here is the NAKED tree, it is prelit so the lights came with.

They did the entire thing, tacky garland and all by themselves. It is beautiful. I have learned to never say NEVER and it brought them such joy and it has grown on me (...like a fungus...but whatever!) I still miss the pine smell...but at least my mom sent the annual real pine wreath for the front door so i can stand at the front door and sniff anytime.


Danielle getting ornaments in all the hard to reach places!

Bubba having fun too!