FRIDAY!

Well, it's friday and i worked until noon and Jackson came with me. Today the kids were out but the teachers had inservice...which is not good for those kids who have no child care.  But Jackson was such a trooper!! The 4 hours went by pretty quick, if there is a such a thing as quick when talking about work. I LOVED spending that time with just Jackson. That NEVER happens and i need to make sure we have these small get togethers penciled in often. I miss him SO much...just me and him!!
But, then there is my little WILD man too...and i could never imagine my life without him. He has totally turned our OCD family upside down and i think that has been a good thing for us. He has broken more things than i can count and is WAY more into everything than my little Jackson was in to. He does have a bit of a temper also, which we were totally not used to dealing with. He SO acts like his daddy that i just don't know what to do with him!!! HAHA!!! That was a joke.
I cooked dinner tonight also and mom came over to eat with us. We LOVE shrimp around here and the 2 ways that i usually fix it are a tad spicy but Jackson and i love it that way. Tonight was made with butter, italian seasoning and sliced lemons. JJ preferred this recipe over the spicy but Jackson and i thought it was good but not as good as the other 2.

We are about to hit the sack because we have not slept much with a sick baby. So, GOODNIGHT!!

FAILING ...

This week, i was supposed to be back at eating healthy and exercising. And guess what, i failed. And i failed miserably! Monday was going to be the perfect restart. It didn't happen but i was not going to give up. So Tuesday when i woke up, it was ON! I felt good and was ready to get back on track. And then Chayton woke up with fever and that day for exercising went downhill. Wednesday went good diet wise but i was not able to exercise because i had to take care of my sick baby...and i would not trade that for anything! So i wake up today and i just don't have the energy today to even think about being good, much less exercising. I am going to have a "Come to Jesus Meeting" with myself over the next few days and come Sunday, i am going to bring it! Whether i want to or not. I have WAY too much to lose to even think about continuing to FAIL!! I want a better body by the summer and i have got to do what it takes to get there!!

WOW!! I read this chick's weight loss story in Oxygen Magazine and her results are amazing as you can see. Just takes a healthy diet and exercise. DUH!!

And this defines the way that i feel. I WILL do something about it for sure. I won't let myself down or any of you!

~ Praying ~

Chayton is sick, obviously really sick. Like a fever of 104 degrees sick. And i hope it is just his ears, as Dr Scott said yesterday. I pray that there is not another cause for the fever...my worst fear!! What do you do?? Go pick them up and love on them! I will have to admit...poor baby boy looked AWFUL today when i picked him up. Just broke my heart. He was burning up with fever and just so weak and pitiful looking. I so wished that it was me, that felt that bad and was sick like he is. We got home (after picking Jackson up from school), gave baby boy some medicine and just sat around until about 4ish.  And then, the medicine kicked in...

And sweet Chayton was ALL into himself!! This is how i LOVE him acting...like he is fine and all into himself. Well, it didn't last too long. He did not eat dinner and was back asleep by 6:30. 

Since i got home early, i looked up a new recipe to try and it was on the diet and really good!! Here are a couple of pics...

 Easy Cheesy Chili Chicken before cooking

 And after. You already know...found it on Pinterest.

Here are a few pics of my sweet boys over the weekend before Chayton felt bad. I am SO blessed that they love one another so much. Jackson is such a great big brother!!!

 Yes...they hang from Jackson's pull up bar!

 And another shot of Chayton hanging on!

The LOVES of my life!! I could not imagine loving anything more than i love these 2 boys of mine! They are the reason that i wake up every single day. If it weren't for these precious boys, i may still be living in that dark hole that i was in for so long after the death of my daddy!!

Sick Baby Boy

Ok, so waking up today started out pretty eventful! Chayton's temp was 102.5 but he was up and ready to go. I totally knew that he could not go to school so i decided to stay home with him. JJ had to go to St Jude with the baseball team and i did not want to mess that up...what a great trip they make annually to visit such a special facility. Jackson figured out (about 5 minutes before us leaving to take him to school) that myself, as well as Chayton, were both staying home, so the begging began!!! I totally caved and decided to spend the day with my angels. We spent the day going to the doctor (for Chayton), monogramming something for my mom, appliqued a shirt for Chayton and cooked more mushrooms, as well as dinner for tonight. It was a good day/early evening for me and the boys!!

Then 7:30 came around and Chayton was BURNING up!! Took his temp...it was 103.9!!! He didn't eat dinner or drink his night time milk. I totally freaked and called Bryan and also the RN for Pediatrics East. I had a feeling of what i needed to do but definitely needed reassurance. And that she gave me!! Just watch him and wake him up to give meds and force fluids and see how he does. Sometimes you just need someone else to give you their opinion to make your mind ease!! Please pray that he does well through the night and everything goes well.

Super Bowl Sunday!

We had big plans to go hang out with friends last night for the Super Bowl game but ended up changing our
minds yesterday afternoon. I know we missed out on a great party for sure but it ended up being easier to stay at home with the 2 boys and we had our own little party. I made Jalapeno Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms that i found on Pinterest and they were DELICIOUS!

Here is the link to the recipe if you would like to try it!

http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2011/12/jalapeno-bacon-stuffed-mushrooms/

Since we didn't make it to Amy's for the party, our other friends (Jack and Sonya) came by and scooped up some so they could try them. They loved them as well. I will definitely be making these a lot more.

The Williams Household was pulling for the New England Patriots!! A very dear friend of mine, David Nugent, actually played for the Patriots. So anytime they play, that is usually who we are pulling for. 

Tom Brady and David Nugent

When David was playing for the Pats, he and Tom actually lived together. How cool is that?! Needless to say, the Giants beat the Patriots and we were sad to see that but there is always next year!! And when i saw this sweet picture of Eli Manning with his wife and daughter after the Giants win, it melted my heart ♥

Decisions, Decisions...

Today was one of those days where a whole lotta stuff ran through my thick skull! Kinda like those brain going 90-to-nothing days. Things from a summer family vacation, an elective surgery that i want done, looking at a new 4-wheeler for Jackson, wanting to be skinny by the morning, a new wardrobe for the skinny person i want to be, miss working at The Med, CANCER, moving out of Memphis, sports, birthday parties for the boys... and that may just about cover it all. I need to prioritize the things that i want for me, what i want for my family and try not to think about the things that i have no control over. It is amazing the things that you find yourself focusing on that you think are gonna happen and that the chances of them happening are not as high as what your mind tells you. How about that for a run-on sentence?! Are you ever afraid that you happen upon blogs and read things that keeping resurfacing (CANCER) because it was meant to prepare you of a possibility to come? This has happened to me often over the past week. I could sit here and cry over what these people and their families are being faced with and just pray that i never have to go through it with my two boys...that is my fear!! I cannot elaborate any more on the subject because i will just lose it and will never finish this post. So...now back to pondering over a family vacation, a surgery that requires me to pay cash for everything or a new 4-wheeler for Jackson??

* SLACKER *

Well, today is Thursday and it has officially been one week since i have exercised!! And boy does my body feel it. We had a lot going on from last Thursday-Sunday and i got off track and just knew Monday that i was going to get back into my groove and i just haven't! The past three days were not crazy busy so i had time to do it but other things stopped me from doing it. Monday- the roofing guys were at our house when we got home and i could not really get into the driveway and barely into my house. That totally threw me off and Jackson and Chayton wanted to play outside and watch so that is just what we did until almost dark...and there went that window of opportunity. Then Tuesday- Chayton had an eye doctor appointment at 2:45 so i left work early, checked Jackson out of school and was planning on picking up Chayton and heading to Germantown. Well... it was 71 degrees outside and partly sunny when we left Oak and Jackson REALLY didn't want to go to the appointment. So, we didn't go!! We picked up Chayton and went to the store and Baskin Robbins. We were planning on heading to the new playground at the park in our neighborhood, and it started sprinkling and then raining. So, we headed home. It stopped so we hung out outside until JJ got home. And yesterday- my only excuse is the rain. I could have ran on the treadmill but me on the treadmill + no one else home to help with Chayton = disaster! So...there ya have it. Is that enough excuses in 3 days??!! And today Jackson has a basketball game so tonight is out also. There is always tomorrow and another excuse right?! And Super Bowl Sunday. HA! I will get back to it. I PROMISE!! But it may be Monday. I have a LONG way to go to give up.