HUNTING, Not for the weak stomach!!

My very talented hubby, shot himself a deer this year. It was a 4 by 3 point whatever that means. It was big though and I was proud of him. He went out in the wee morning hours so he would be in posistion when day broke. He had his Deer shot, gutted, and back to work by 1130 that morning. Then on with apple harvest he went. now Payton pretends he is hunting with his toy guns, and he guts his deer, with his knife when he is done. (his knife is actually a sock, what an imagination my little boy has.)

Ready for church

My beautiful babies!!! All ready for church.

Soccer Star!!

Jenna played soccer this spring. She is starting to get the hang of it. However, our team was not good. We lost every game by a ton. I don't know what the coaches were thinking, oh wait my sister and I were the coaches. Oh well there is always next season.

She had to be number 8. Aaron was always number 3, and I was always number 6, but she would have nothing to do with those numbers. Funny girl likes number 8!!

COPY CAT!!!!

A friend did this on her blog, and I loved it. So, I'm going to copy her and blog my own. The best form of flattery is imitation right.

I'm going to compare how I treated my children from pregnancy until now.

Jenna: When I was pregnant with Jenna I was so sick that I had to get shots 3 times a week. There was an oral medication that was too expensive for us to buy, and it wasn't covered under our insurance. Those of you who know me know that I am not a big girl. However, pucking your way to a size 2 at 6 months pregnant is not a diet plan that I ever want again.
Payton: I was still very sick, but no shots. We ponied up the cash and bought the drug. 24 dollars a pill. I would wait to take it until after I pucked, and only take half at a time so if i did puke it up I didn't lose the entire pill. Eventually my Dr. won his appeal with the insurance and they paid for part of this medication. I managed to gain 30 lbs with this pregnancy.
Update this medication is called Zofran, or Ondansetron is the generic name. It was so expensive because they weren't selling the generic form yet. Now they are, and it is a 10 dollar co pay for most insurance companies. trust me it works, and it is worth it.

Jenna: when i was in labor with Jenna they said she had meconium. Didn't know what they were talking about, didn't care. I wasn't a baby nurse at this time.
Payton: When I was in labor with him they said he was a meconium baby, and i instantly started to worry. Meconium before delivery is a bad thing!!!

Jenna spit up everything she ate, and screamed like a banchie until she was three months old. Didn't know that spitting up all the time is not a normal baby thing to do. It is a sign of reflux and there is medication to help make it stop.
Payton: I knew this, we skipped all the low end crappy meds and went straight to the specialist and got the prevacid. God Bless Prevacid!!!

Jenna's binki hit the floor i washed it with soap and water before i would give it back.
Payton's hit the floor and aaron popped it in his mouth to clean it, and then we gave it back to him.

I rocked both my babies to sleep for naps and bedtime every day until they were about 2. Payton now goes to bed on his own, in his own bed everynight at 8 pm, and so does Jenna.

Jenna got a fever, stuffy nose, and a cough we went to the doctor.
Payton has to have a high fever, a cough and stuffy nose for a day or so before we go.

Jenna always sings, dances, and plays with dolls.
Payton runs over the dolls with his truck, break dances, and loves to play football where he gets to tackle everyone esp his sister.

Things that I will not own for fear of my childrens safety.
Big trampolines. Not even a consideration way to dangerous i have seen way to many injuries on that bad boy to even list.
Two story home. one story with a basement is more my style, and the kids can't fall out of the window.
Swimming Pool That is just an ulcer waiting to happen. kids drown every day.
an infant under 1 years of age sharing a room with a sibling under 5. Even then it makes me cringe at the thought. Why you ask, because the older well intentioned child can climb into the crib and sit or lay on the baby. Can attempt to get infant out of crib and hurting baby. and several other things that my mind can for see. my husband call me a pessimist. I say I'm a realist, and i'm just preventing bad things. I drive him crazy!!!

Disclaimer: just because i'm scared of these things does not mean that I don't know of people how do them, have them, or whatever, and feel that they are safe. I know that I am over paranoid, if you worked with critically ill children you would be paranoid too.