Preparations

SO overwhelmed!

We are leaving for Israel tomorrow! Yikes. I'm so excited but getting everything ready before we leave is so overwhelming.

 We have been planning this trip for about 6 months. The things that are overwhelming is getting our family ready to go in all different directiosn. Gracee to the Wirth's, TJ to Arkansas, us to Israel, and our hosue ready for guest the second weekend we are gone.

It never fails that when I completely overhaul my house and make it spotless the next day when the guys get home TJ will be playing and make a big mess.

I know everything will be fine but I have that nagging feeling in my stomach that I'm forgetting something. I just hope it isn't a big thing.

Next post will be about the trip! YAH!!!

Snow..what? 12 inches...what??

I can NOT believe this winter....

I have never seen this much snow in my life. I have been to states that will get a lot of snow but while I'm there it doesn't snow and then for sure doesn't snow this much.

We got 12 inches of snow here in DFW. I am still floored by it all. And 4 days after the snow fell there is still some snow in areas. Now when it snows in Texas we may get 2 inches and it only stays for the days. So once you get a chance to play in it you better. Heck we even go play in the falling snow even if it doesn't stick. We are out there with cameras and all....haha.

This snow was one we could go an play in whenever....while it was snowing, that night, the next day or even the next day. So nice to experience this!

It started snowing Thursday morning so when I first woke up this is what I saw:

This right here was a lot for me and I would have gone and played in it if it wouldn't have been 6 in the morning. It continued to snow ALL day and all night. When I got home at 4:20 this is what I saw:

WOW. At this point we didn't have power because one of OUR trees fell on some lines in the backyard and the power was cut off. Our neighbor had called at noon and I called twice when I got home. The power came back on that night at about 7:45.

Thursday 4:20

 Thursday 9 pm

Thursday 9 pm

Neighbor's tree...so pretty

our sweet boy...hating the snow..hehe

TJ really didn't like the snow. We stuck him it at one point and he just stood there and screamed. I guess its the uncertainty of it and not knowing what to do. He did love throwing snow balls and watch Gracee chase them. Fun memories.

Allergies...ugh

Since we did are bedroom flooring last Saturday, T.J. woke up all snotty and coughing on Sunday morning. I knew it was the dust and dirt in the house from pulling up the carpet.

TJ doesn't ever really get allergies. He just gets nasty colds that last for days. I can always tell when he has allergy problems versus colds. His eyes get runny and red when he has allergies (just like his Mum and Dadt).

Tuesday night I would say was the worst. He started to develop a fever that afternoon. My parents were out of town so he was going to daycare this last week. Of course if he had a fever he couldn't go back. We both couldn't miss anywork and our brains were going crazy trying to think of a plan. The fever didn't come back and he was able to go back to daycare he just slept a ton the next few days.

Finally Wednesday night we found out about how much benadryl we could give him. The decongestant and Tylenol weren't helping with fighting the allergy they were just keeping things from getting stuck in his sinus'. Thursday morning he woke up SOO much better.

He still has a little runny nose but it isn't affecting him at all. I've been cleaning the house like crazy over and over again.

Next time we do flooring he won't be here.