The Barleycorn Family

Madison Update

2010-05-01T13:30:00.003-05:00

Oh my big girl!!! She is doing great! She will be turning five soon and WHOA I can already feel the teenager in her coming out! AHHH! LOL!!! She finished up Soccer and loved it! She is also doing Swim lessons right now and we hope she can start the Swim team also!! She is just like her daddy when it comes to swimming! She loves it! She is busy learning new things and enjoying school. She is going to graduate preschool in two weeks. :( We registered her for the Elementary school here! I know she is going to LOVE it but it makes me so sad to know that she is going to KINDERGARTEN :( But I guess she has to grow up sometime! I will be sure to update about her swim and graduation!!

Rylee Update :)

2010-05-01T13:26:00.002-05:00

I felt bad because I dont ever update on the big girls enough!
Well, Rylee is doing GREAT! Still just as fearless as before. She loves to sing and dance and be the center of everyones attention! She is also PRISSY! Which is great I guess but WOW she is something. She has to have a purse, high heels and rings or bracelets EVERYWHERE we go! She has started Swim lessons and is doing great! Next Thursday is their last class so I will be sure to add some pictures! She is writing her name and practicing with both her sisters names and Mom and Dad! Madison had an advantage because "M" and "O" are both already in her name so she got that right away. And "d" and "a" too! LUCKY GIRL! But Rylee has proved to be super smart already! Her school year is coming to a close soon and we will have ALL summer to play and learn!

Abigail 9months!

2010-05-01T13:18:00.002-05:00

DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! Abby can now have MILK :) Yep thats right! No more soy and making special food for her! Her little body just needed some extra time to get used to it! thank GOODNESS! I am so very excited about this! The doctor told us to slow her into it and we started about a month ago giving her some things that had milk cooked into it and then gradually went to more and more. and started more diary and then PLAIN WHOLE MILK! By the way! SHE LOVES IT! Amazing how just 2 1/2 years ago when Rylee was a baby you werent supposed to give kids Cow milk until their first birthday! Now its 9months! WAHOO! Anyways I had to add that first off because I am just BEYOND excited about it! :)
Now her stats!
Height--27 3/4" this puts her about in the 30-40th percentile
Weight-17lbs 14oz. this is about the 10-20th percentile
Head--17"
She is all over the place! Crawling, cruising, scooting. You name it! EXCEPT walking! LOL! Soon enough though!! She is getting soooo big!

Happy Easter 2010

2010-04-12T21:14:00.003-05:00

A little late but I guess its better late then never :) We started the day by getting up an hour earlier than we would normally because my clock Sprang forward again :( But it was ok! Worked out to where we had PLENTY of time to enjoy what the Bunny brought the girls! And he even hid a MILLION eggs outside the front of our house! The girls were beyond excited!
After that we went to church at 9 am and boy was it PACKED! We got there about 830 and we still had to sit outside. The girls were VERY well behaved and enjoyed sitting outside in their pretty dresses. I was very proud that they sat there and read along with the readers the whole time! And of course everyone said how gorgeous they were and how well-behaved! Made me feel so wonderful! I love hearing how well-behaved my kiddos are! And I do have to say that they really are very well-behaved! Only with occasional flareups! Anyways! We then headed over to my parents where the girls had yet another egg hunt! And of course got lots of candy! Girls had LOTS of fun!!! For dinner we headed over to Colins parents house. And yet again another egg hunt! Girls were pretty good at it now! LOL They had soo much fun and were in such great moods the whole day! I am so very blessed to have such great kiddos :) LOVE THEM!

Snow Birthday Party :)

2010-04-08T10:23:00.003-05:00

This was at a friends little boys birthday party :) Everyone had a lot of fun! Especially Madison and Colin! HA! Madison got to get in a snow ball fight with a older boy LOL!

See told u that Colin had fun too :)

yea this was seriously the cutest thing. He is the older brother to the boys that had the birthday party! As most know my girls are pretty rough. So David was in heaven when he threw a snowball at Madison and she threw one right back. SOO they chased each other pretty much the entire time throwing snowballs at each other! SO DARN CUTE! Not sure if Daddy thought her playing with an older boy was as entertaining as I did :)

And even RYLEE touched the snow :) WHOOP WHOOP!

She had just slammed one at him and took off running the other way before he could get her! Notice his intense face :) :)

At the park with daddy!

2010-04-08T10:08:00.004-05:00

On the top of the rock climbing wall with Daddy!

They are soo stinking CUTE!

My baby in the swing! She LOVED it!

Big Girls playing in the sand!

Abigail 8 months :)

2010-03-26T21:05:00.004-05:00

We went to the doctor because of her allergies and her very odd behavior the other night. Come to find out it was an allergic reaction and she has SUPER bad allergies. OH MAN! BUT the good thing is she is growing great. 17lbs 9oz which puts her between the 10th and 25th percentile. BIG difference from her 6 month appt. She was over 75 :) Her length is 28 3/4" that puts her in the 75-80th percentile...so she is one tall skinny girl!!

**EDITED TO ADD***
I wanted to add that until this last dr appt we had always measured her as her DUE DATE not her actual Birthday since she was premature. SOO that is why there is a huge jump from last time being in the 75th percentile to now in the 10th! but hey at least she is on the chart now :) :)

Kids say the Darnest things---Madison!

2010-03-09T11:00:00.002-06:00

Sorry Facebook friends BUT I had to post it here too because it was just the FUNNIEST thing EVER :)

This is a conversation I had this morning while telling my oldest daughter who is 4 (5 in July) to go get some clothes on to go to school

Me- Go get dressed for school
Maddie-(goes in closet and is digging through everything huffing and puffing)
ME--Maddie whats wrong?
MADDIE-Mom, I just have NOTHING to wear. I NEED new clothes. All the clothes I have is for babies. I need something cute. Hayden** is going to be at school today
ME-WHAT?!?! (Dying laughing at this point)
Maddie-Mom its not funny. All my clothes are ugly. I want NEW ones
ME-Little girl u better hurry up and get some clothes on
Maddie-Mom, I am FOUR now almost FIVE and these clothes are just NOT cute anymore
ME-(Grabbing some clothes for her to put on) Put these on and get in the car
Maddie-FINE but i dont like them
Me-U dont have to like them. I do :)

**Hayden is a little boy at school that is in love with Madison and Madison with him! SO DARN CUTE! although Daddy doesnt see it that way! She once told me that she was going to Marry him so she could kiss him! I said Good Job...as long as ur married u can kiss :) :)

I seriously could NOT stop laughing at this. She is FOUR years old and worried about what she is wearing because a boy she likes is at school! OH MY WORD! I am just in shock! LOL! I guess I can add this to the Kids say the darnest things :)

Daddys Birthday :)

2010-03-08T08:27:00.000-06:00

Colin got home this month just in time to celebrate his 24th birthday :) Girls enjoyed helping me decorate his cake and Madison had a soccer game that night. It was the first one Colin got to see! And it was ADORABLE watching him stand on the sidelines :) then the next day we had his parents, sister, brother and sister in law (HEHE) over for dinner. We had a lot of fun for his birthday!!

Opening gifts from his parents and siblings :)

Yep I made him cook for his own birthday :) Only the night of his parents coming over :)

Big girls helping him cook!

Trike a Thon for St. Jude

2010-03-07T20:18:00.004-06:00

At the Big girls school they did a fundraiser to raise money for St. Jude. They got to bring their bikes to school and ride around in the Main hall at Church and they had a BLAST :) I remembered my camera for Rylees day (the girls had to do it on different days since Rylee is in the 2 year old class and Maddie is in the 4 year old class) but I totally forgot to bring it for Maddies. BUT Colin did take some with his phone so I will post it when he gives me those pictures! I am sure as soon as he reads it he will send them! HA! Anyways! If you would like to help St. Jude and donate for them here is their website! stjude.org It is a GREAT organization and I hope you decide to make a contribution to them :)

Soccer Game pictures 2/20/10

2010-02-21T19:03:00.004-06:00

She is getting SOO big :O)

Snow Day Pictures :)

2010-02-19T23:18:00.005-06:00

Our house when it first started snowing :)

Madison was SOOO excited!!

So precious :)

Yep Rylee is wearing SUNGLASSES in the snow :) LOVE HER!

Rylee

2010-02-17T10:31:00.005-06:00

I am going to try to make this story as short as possible. It was the most scary moment of my life. And I hope NO ONE has to ever go through this EVER

On Feb 10, 2010 (I remember because it was my moms birthday) my world fell apart.
Madison and Rylee were outside playing with the dogs on the swing set. Much like they do EVERY DAY! I was inside tending to Abigail because she was hungry and tired. I was getting her bottle ready when Jojo (our German Shepard) barked. It wasn't a bark I have ever heard but honestly didn't think to much of it. It was a startling bark though and I did look outside. As I looked out the window I saw Madison with this look on her face of fear. I though Jojo had caught another animal. This must have been when I put Abby in her swing because I don't remember actually putting her down. BUT she was in the swing. thank goodness :) I walk out the door and ask Madison what was wrong. She didn't say anything but I could tell something wasn't right. And plus Jojo was still Barking like crazy! And eating something. (I found out what the next night by the way) So Madison looked at me then back at Jojo and screamed as loud as she could while she pointed to Jojo. Still I thought she caught an animal. Not thinking anything of it I started to walk that way and called "Jojo". she looked at me and as soon as she did I saw Rylee's feet. and arm. My heart sank in my chest. I knew at that moment something wasn't right. I ran over there and as I got closer Jojo finally moved and I saw Rylee's face Blue and she was not moving. She was just hanging there. From what I got from Madison once we were in the car was that they were playing with a Jump rope and climbing up the slide with it. It was tied to the top bar on the top of the slide. Rylee had it hanging on her shoulder and ended up falling down and went down the slide with the rope around her neck. And that is when I saw her. So now back to what happened. I pushed her up on the slide and the rope just fell off (I will also explain why this was at the end because at this moment it didn't dawn on me what had happened). I laid her on the ground and looked down her chest. She was in fact not breathing. So I did what I needed to and breathed into my precious child one good breath. Again I looked down her chest. Still NOTHING. Still BLUE. I began to panic. Again I breathed for her and in the middle of my second breath she moved. I felt her try to cough. I backed up and surely she coughed and I am pretty sure threw up. Not positive because I did have a dog right there watching my every move. (Also Madison ended up telling me later on that Buster was with her on the ground during this whole ordeal. Which was funny because I didn't even think about where the dog or Madison was but again more on that at the end) She finally came too and was crying and I picked her up and ran inside. I put her sitting on the basket of blankets by the garage door while I put the other two in the car. I grabbed Abigail and Madison and Madison buckled herself and Abby up. Such a BIG Girl! I then proceeded to put Rylee in the car. She was calmer now and wasn't crying. I buckled her up and got in the car. I was headed to the nearest doctor I could find which happened to be at the Lake After Hours about 12 minutes away :) And my In-laws live right there so I called my FIL who was at home and told him I was dropping the oldest and littlest off and I needed to get to the DR. My heart was pounding and I knew she was going to be ok. She started to get color back in her face and even though she was pale I knew it was better than blue. And she even smiled at me at one point. I dropped them off and headed to the LAH right there. Of course I knew I needed to go to ER but I also knew my nerves were not going to allow me to drive my child all the way over there (at least 30 min away). And no it never crossed my mind to call 911. It never dawned on me. So I get to the LAH and they checked her oxygen levels and it was a little low but not bad at all. I thought it was 97 BUT from what the nurse said that when they called to tell them that we were coming her O2 level was 95. Sooo in was somewhere in there! But either way it was still GREAT! They told us to head over to the Lake for her to be examined even more. So we head there. Took LOTS of different test and ended up staying overnight. It was nice though. She enjoyed all the attention and won the hearts of EVERYONE who worked in the hospital! Especially her nurses and doctors. They were great!
So all in all my baby girl is ok. A very tragic accident that turned into a pure miracle. It still amazes me the strength that I had to get through it and not to mention the strength Madison showed along with both dogs.
Now to go back to a couple of points!

The rope--Come to find out the night we got home that Jojo was actually Eating the rope to get it off of her neck. It was almost completely torn and I think if I would have been just 3o seconds later, if that, Jojo would have had her completely free off the rope. Such a great dog! It still amazes me what she did to warn me that something was happening.

Now Buster--I never even thought to see where Buster was. Never dawned on me until yesterday actually! I did see Buster with Jojo when I first asked Madison what was going on. And then after that had no memory of Buster. Come to find out Buster was sitting on the ground with Madison. Madison told me that Buster was taking care of her while Jojo and I were with Rylee. Madison said that She was hugging Buster the whole time. And he just sat there. That is SOO not like my hyper doggies! But I am soo thankful to him that he did that for her. I am sure it was because of him that she calmed down. And I am so glad that he took care of her while I was with Rylee. So Buster you are DEFIANTLY a hero to me also!!

Rylee is doing soo much better now. Still not sleeping great and nervous to go outside without me or Jojo but is getting better. She is coughing but not too bad. At night it is pretty rough but I think she is just scared. But with every day she is doing soo much better. I just know that God was on our side that day and worked through Madison, Jojo, Buster and me to make sure we kept Rylee safe. And although it was the hardest thing I have EVER done I know it made me stronger. It made me appreciate my dogs and my daughters strength along with mine. I never expected that I would be able to do the things I did but now it gave me some peace of mind knowing that if HEAVEN FORBID something happened to one of my girls again or my Husband I know I would be able to get it done and help them as much as I can. Now don't get me wrong. I freaked out BIG TIME! But not until I realized she was ok. And that is when it hit me how severe this really was.
And I have some GREAT friends that prayed for Rylee along with all of our family and workers at Our Lady of the Lake. Everything happens for a reason and I know my baby girls are truly wonderful :) ALL THREE! Even Ms Abigail and her cute smiles when I kept flipping out in the car. Every time I cried I would hear her giggle and it calmed me so very much!

this is Rylee about an hour before we got to go home. My mom got her phone out and took a picture of it! She was sooo cute and having so Much fun :) All the nurses and everyone kept bringing her colors and blocks and puzzles. It made her feel soo much better! Here she is showing off her "bracelet" like mommy and her IV! Oh and I totally forgot to mention her IV. when they came in to give her that we had her held down and she freaked out. She was scared of being held down. She wanted to see! So I let her up and she watched the WHOLE thing and never even cried. She even saw all her blood coming out and it never phased her. She had such strength!!! And was soo proud of her IV pole or as she called it "her friend"! She loved pushing it around! LOL

Snow Day 2/12/10!!

2010-02-14T16:38:00.003-06:00

Yep thats right! ANOTHER snow day here! I still cant believe it! We woke up on Friday morning to a white ground and roof :) It was amazing and for this southern girl I actually get used to that Well only if it could be about 70 during the day :) But that wont happen SO I will have to deal with it when it does happen.

Well, the Saints won the Superbowl as EVERYONE knows :) It was a HUGE deal here! I dont think I have ever been so excited about the Superbowl. Anyways, it was always a saying that if the Saints ever won the Superbowl that Hell would freeze over! I guess that it wasn't just a saying! Hell really must have frozen over because not even a week after the Superbowl it snows AGAIN in LA :) This is just not normal. From what I have read it was snowing on Friday in 49 out of the 50 states. How cool is that! Hawaii was the only state that had NO snow! Which is actually not normal because of all the high mountains there they usually have snow at least somewhere. But it honestly amazed me. I think twice in one year is just a miracle and we couldn't get enough of it! And at OUR house we got a ton :) It was a great thing to be able to come home to from the hospital! I am going to try and find the plug for the laptop and camera so I can show everyone all the snow!

I would like u to meet Jojo and Maddie :)

2010-02-12T13:20:00.005-06:00

First Jojo our German Shepard! She is the MOST WONDERFUL dog in the whole world! I of course already knew this BUT now I know 100% she is GREAT! She saved my daughters life and for that I am so truly greatful for her. I am not going to get into details of what happened because I honestly can't just yet! BUT Hopefully soon I can :) Just know that my German Shepard is wonderful! and it amazes me how dogs KNOW something is not right. I just love her soooooo much its not even funny! And now as I type this she is laying on my lap with her head and hand on Rylee. She doesnt let Rylee get to far from her now :) Gosh I love her!
And Secondly Maddie my 4 year old :)She is wonderful too :) She let me know not by words but her actions that something was going on. Although she couldnt tell me exactly what it was because of the look on her face that I knew something was wrong!

God worked through both of them and everything worked out! Thank you SOO MUCH!
I love u Jojo and Maddie! You both are definatly my heros :) :) I love u both soooo very much!!

An update on Rylee--She is doing GREAT! Back to her totally normal self getting into trouble with her sister and all! Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts! I know they worked :) I wil update later with the story! When I can get the chance! But for now I am just thanking God and my two angels here!!

I had to edit this post and make sure that Buster was now mentioned! LOL Buster stayed with Madison the whole time and calmed her and looked out for her while Jojo and I were with Rylee. He helped Madison and stayed by her side the whole time.
Everyone had a part in the whole situation and I love each and every one of u so very much :)
This picture makes me laugh! He found a hole in our yard and stayed in it. He is probably about 10 times bigger than that now but its still cute :) He is the same size if not bigger than Jojo is! I think this was in November when it was taken!

Is it REALLY that bad :X

2010-02-08T16:41:00.003-06:00

I am NOT one to freak out when it comes to blood or anything gruesome like that! I actually laughed when my daughter got her tooth knocked out when she was ONE :) For some reason I am still not sure why but when people, including myself, get hurt I find humor in it! NO I AM NOT A CRAZY PERSON or anything but I guess that is just my way of dealing with it. Instead of flipping out I laugh. Or gain control of the situation. Depending if I am needed to deal with it or if it cant be handled by me! ANY WHO!
The girls and I went over to my nieces Birthday party at my sisters house. It was GREAT! VERY cold but it was a lot of fun. My sister got it to SNOW at her party! The kiddos were having soo much fun! Rylee not so much! But I think its because she definitely took after her mom in the fact that she HATES the cold :) Well, everyone was leaving and it was just me, my parents, and my aunt still there. Of course my sister and her fiance' too! I was helping pick up outside because EVERYTHING was flying everywhere. I picked up everything and was about to get the trash out the garbage can and put it in the big garbage can :) WELL I did not realize there was a HUGE piece of glass sticking out of the trash bag because she broke a picture frame earlier. I went to grab the bag and push down the garbage can and I pretty much SLIT my wrist :( I Took one look at it and PANICKED! All I cold think was that I hit my artery and I was loosing blood quick! I ran inside as quick as I could (as my dad described it I could have won an Olympic medal with how fast I ran LOL) calling for my mom who had 3 or 4 cases of Cokes. As I found her she dropped them ALL on the ground and I ran over Hannah Grace (2 1/2) flipping out. And I also yelled at my sister and Richie to leave THEIR kitchen LOL! My mom and I fell to the ground as she gripped my wrist to stop the bleeding. I was starting to calm down a bit but I could see all over my moms face that she was panicking too! So I kind of calm down and my mom takes a look to see if she thinks I should go to MD. My Aunt at this point comes in and tells me I need stitches ASAP! YEA I panicked again. Not over her saying that just because I needed STITCHES soooo close to my artery :( I flipped out. After about 1o more minutes I finally get calm again and realize that I really should go to MD to get it checked out at least. It hurt like HELL! So my mom and dad bring me to MD. Dad ended up bringing girls back home with him. i was VERY nervous. I finally got called back and was pacing in the room. and of course LAUGHING! I knew it would come :) I couldnt sit down and when they took my BP it took 3 different times to come up and finally she MADE me sit to get it. It was normal :) A little high but nothing to be alarmed! And my HR was through the roof OF COURSE! So I go into a bigger room so they can Examine my wrist to tell me what I needed to do.
A Nurse Practitioner came in to tell me I definitely needed stitches. It was 3/4 of an inch wide and a little over an inch long. Yea it was GROSS :) At this point I was laughing hysterically :) (If you havent realized by now that is my way of NOT freaking out) and talking A LOT! She gets the needle out and numbs it up. I watched it all! Wasn't too bad by the way! And I also watched her stitch it up. BTW it was SOO COOL watching my once open flesh get pulled back together :) Sorry if that was rather graphic! It was awesome! And I litterally LOVED every minute of watching them stitch me up. Probably because I didn't feel a thing. The regular doctor ended up having to come in because the NP couldn't figure out what she should do about this piece of skin just hanging out. He came in and did this AWESOME thing and made it look like it still belonged there! After it was all done I came out with 6 stitches and 2 steri strips to hold in all in place. And I was on my way! Very dramatic day :) But although it was my first real freak out over something I do have to say it was pretty neat in the end. So I had to post my very dramatic wrist injury! I was pretty excited to be able to watch them stitch my arm back together BUT I would rather not have to do that again! Although the big girls think its the COOLEST thing ever and told their teachers all about it today at school!!

Saints Superbowl Campions!!!

2010-02-08T16:35:00.002-06:00

WOW! What a game! They played AMAZING!! I still cant believe that they won :) Final score was 31-17 SAINTS :) Of course LOL!
I do have to say the onside kick to start the 2nd half and the interception that scored the touchdown really defined this game. They were playing with all their Heart and you could tell they came to WIN! Way to go Saints! We are ohhh sooo proud!
WHO DAT!

Super Bowl Saints vs Colts 2/7/10

2010-02-06T08:47:00.002-06:00

Yep that is right! Saints are Superbowl Bound for the FIRST time EVER :) GEAUX SAINTS!!!! I wanted to put this in here since we are a part of the Saints history now!!!
WHO DAT!

The Girls and Doe Doe :)

2010-02-04T20:08:00.004-06:00

yep! that is what they call my dad! HAHA! I love it! It started with my baby cousin who is now 8 almost 9...still can not believe that. We have always called my dad Kevo (his name is Kevin) and my cousin Mason was the first one born in a while and was VERY close to my mom and dad and ME :) Well he would try to say Kevo and it came out Doe Doe! Well of course it was the funniest thing EVER and now 8 years later it has STUCK :) So now that I gave you the insight of his name here is a GREAT picture of my dad with Alexa, Madison and Rylee! It was Alexas birthday and we met her and my sister at the park and my mom and dad came too!

They were just having SOO much fun and you can tell on each of their faces :) :)
Happy Birthday Alexa!

Abigail 6 months :)

2010-02-04T19:33:00.003-06:00

My big girl is SIX months old now!! WAHOO! I still cant believe it! She is growing sooo fast! I love it! She is also looking more and more like Rylee every day! Well except she has Madisons hair! So I have a feeling Abigail will look JUST LIKE her daddy! And it also makes me laugh all THREE of the girls look totally different! I love it! :)
She weighed in at 14lbs 14oz and is 27inches long! So that puts her in the 90th percentile for height (go figure right LOL) and 20th for her weight! She is such a big girl! I love it! We are still battling her milk issues and have pretty much decided she has a milk allergy and cant have ANYTHING to do with it. Its hard because my big girls are always trying to feed her :( They are slowly getting it though! Hopefully she grows out of it but if not we will work through that :)

Isnt she just the cutest and look JUST like Colin :) WOW! (she needs a bow now though!! LOL)

A little better with the bow :) She is just so darn cute I love it!

some pictures of the Rig!

2010-02-04T13:07:00.006-06:00

This is the rig my hubby is on :) Have u ever been in -30 to -60 degree weather. Well I haven't but my hubby is everyday!! Up on the north Slope!! I dont think I would survive! HA He works on the Largest Land Rig in the World. Its on the North Slope in Alaska on a man made island! Can u say COLD!! If u arent sure where that is Look up a map of Alaska and go to the VERY top of the state. That is where he works! Cook huh!! Or if u have ever seen the show Ice Road Truckers? Those Trucks are going to rigs where he is!!!

The Rig in the snow!!! I am not sure if there is ever NO snow LOL

Another View of the Rig

This is a Sunrise :) SOOO Pretty!

Alaska weather :)

2010-02-04T12:39:00.007-06:00

My husband is NOT the one to over react over ANYTHING! Well unless its when Rylee knocks her tooth out and has blood all over him and her. THEN he will freak out! LOL! Well the other day I was talking to him on the computer since well they have really NO phones...lol! Well!! He tells me the weather is getting pretty bad up there. I didnt think much of it. Just that snow was flying everywhere because it was windy! Then he comes back like 5 min later and says in these words "weather bad. gotta go. phase 3" Like I know what that means. And usually I am pretty good about not googling that kind of thing. BUT I did it anyway! Oh My WORD. It scared me and all I found was phase TWO! I of course got freaked out. But all was well! LOL! of course! But I wanted to show u some pictures he took of what the weather was like! Just think Hurricanes with SNOW yea i can ONLY imagine :)

This is a Phase 2!! U think this is Pretty Bad right......

And well that is because u havent seen Phase 3 on Alaskas North Slope...oh BOY! Makes me all warm inside LOL Doesnt it do that for u!!!

A life as an Oilfield Family :)

2010-02-02T00:25:00.004-06:00

Take it how you want and judge what you must. But its the Oilfield and that is who we are :)

So A friend of mine wrote a blog out tonight that I have wanted to write soo many times. But haven't because its so personal to me. I am an Oilfield Wife, my kids are officially Oil Field Brats and my husband is an Oilfield Worker. It is our life and it is who we are. Its hard as hell and might not work for most but its OUR life and it works for us. My husband is one hell of a man that I love more than anything! He works his butt off so we can have the best life! So I wanted to share this blog with all of my followers on here!

A great note on the Oilfield :)

big SURPRISE :)

2010-01-28T22:35:00.003-06:00

Since my girls go to school everyday its been hard to get together with any of our friends. And Madison and Rylee have been BEGGING to have everyone over. So I gave in. Even though we have no furniture and the girls mattresses are on the ground :) HAHA! oh well dont think the kids cared :)
Well I invited everyone over and WOW I got one big surprise. All our friends decided to SCHEME behind my back and plan a 6 month birthday party for Abigail! I was sooo shocked. I couldnt believe it at all! I just stood there as they walked up my driveway! HA! I was totally surprised. I realized (although I did already know this before hand) that I have some GREAT friends. And I love them soo very much! Thank you ladies soo much for doing that. It was not expected at all but greatly appreciated!! And I know Abigail loved it too :) Thank yall soooo very much!ok so with this picture i had to add it. I couldnt believe how much our kids have grown! And how much Rylee and Owen look alike...WHOA! I am sure its just the eyes and hair but still! They could be twins. They are only a month apart!!!

When it rains it Pours at our house :(

2010-01-24T18:12:00.003-06:00

I am still trying to recoup from the other day but I had to share it. At the time it was SOO not funny But now that I look back on it. Yea it was hilarious!!!
It started with us bringing Colin to the airport. Granted it was an early flight but not as early as he used to fly out on. Well we say our goodbyes and head to the car. Rylee starts fussing. Like she usually does when we drop him off. I go to put her in her seat and WOW the craziness starts. She throws a massive fit. To be honest I have NO clue what it was about anymore but I think because she wanted to be held and I couldnt hold her. So she gets in the car and I take a deep breath :) we head out and head over to Academy to get her some cleats for tball! I figured this would make her happy since it was for her. She was happy while we were trying the shoes on and that was it. I told her she had to take them off before we got to the register and she LOST it. So I hurried and got the shoes and headed for home. most of you know we live in the boon docks. So that means more than 30 min to our house from Academy. YEA! She screamed the whole way home. I was hoping she would go to sleep but no such luck. Just SCREAMS! We get home and she falls OUT of the car (big all wheel drive SUV) because she is crying so bad. It was about 10 by now. She is flipping out still. Finally I get her to lay on the sofa and she falls asleep around noon. For 4 1/2 hours she was crying NONSTOP! That will wear on a momma!
So I was so happy Rylee fell asleep because I was getting pretty tired myself. I was fixing Madison something to eat and put a movie on for her to enjoy. She picked it out :) So I am sitting on one sofa and she is laying on another then all of a sudden she has a melt down. Throws herself on the ground and starts screaming. I had NO clue what was going on. Not a clue. She gets the remote and THROWS it across the room and it lands no where else but on RYLEES head. Like Seriously! Rylee just fell asleep. Thank goodness Rylee was so overly tired that it didnt phase her too bad. She cried for a second mainly because it scared her and then was back asleep.
So I put Madison in her room and let her cry it out. She was freaking out sooo bad. I just stood by the door and cried myself! I didnt know what else to do. She was kicking the wall then all of a sudden I heard her throw up. Oh MY! I got her all dressed again and new sheets and blankets on her bed. If you have never tried to dress a 4 1/2 year old while they are throwing a fit you are lucky! AND DONT TRY IT :) NO FUN!!!!
I keep her in her room because I hear Abigail start crying. I head her way and WHOA what do I find. POOP everywhere. And when I say everywhere I mean it! On her, the bed, sheets, bumper, and so on. I couldnt even get it off without giving her a bath. It was YUCK! I get her all cleaned up and sheets changed and give her a bottle then put her back in her bed. Just as I lay her down (shes sleeping by the way) I hear MAdison scream again. I head in there to calm her down a little and she falls asleep. then Abigail screams again. This is not even 20 min after I put her down! I walk in there and YET AGAIN there is Poop EVERYWHERE! Just as bad as before if not WORSE! It was yucky! SO I give her another bath and so on and put her BACK down for her nap. FINALLY some peace and quiet right?!?!
OH NO!! I go sit in the chair and start watching a movie and I look out in the back yard in time to see Jojo and Buster sneak out the back fence and start running full speed. Of course I run too because I had no clue what they were doing. And then I find them. And they found a CAT! SERIOUSLY!!! Jojo is slinging the cat around like a rag doll. I yelled drop it (Thank goodness she listens to me :) :)) and of course she drops the cat and I told the lady I was going to bring them home and come right back. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my dogs. If you know me you know this :) Well I snapped I guess and I felt sooo bad for it but I was pissed. All I was thinking was this lady was going to be soo mad about this and it was going to be a HUGE vet bill. So I was dragging Jojo back home by her collar. She was walking so it wasnt hurting her of course. But she knew I meant business. So I run over to the neighbors yard and she has a towel trying to pick up the very much alive cat. Although it had a huge gash in it and blood everywhere. She told me that it wasnt Jojos fault! Jojo was actually trying to play with it and the cat clawed and hissed at Jojo. (I didnt see any of that) And she informed me that it was a stray cat she was just feeding because she felt bad for it but it had no home. And that she was not a cat person. She was bringing it to the pound today :( So she said she was going to take care of it! I felt soo bad. I dont really care for cats either but I dont dislike them. And it is NOT acceptable for my dog to attack them!! Under ANY circumstances. Well I go home after I told her that if she needed anything to let me know.
When I get home I hear Abigail screaming YET again. Can you guess what I walked in to? Yep for the THIRD time. I was DONE! I gave her yet ANOTHER bath and change all her sheets and put her in her swing as Ihear our doorbell ring. It was the lady. She informed me that the cat was dead and she took care of it and buried it by the trees in the back. I almost cried. Granted I dont think ANY doctor could have saved it..it was pretty bad off but I really wish she would have brought it in. I am not sure how she TOOK CARE OF IT but Jojo killed a cat. I still cant believe it. But I dont think she will EVER get out of the fence again. I honestly dont think she meant to hurt the cat at all. I dont think she likes cats but I also dont think she meant to be mean. Although clearly it was.
So this is my day and it was only 3 :( Once everyone woke up from their naps and I had a good cry because it was just the only thing I could do (LOL) everything got better. We ate and sang and all! It was a blast. Although I was mentally and phyiscally DRAINED :)
So I had to share. and hope to look back at this and laugh. I am just still not there yet!

SPORTS :)

2010-01-14T10:36:00.002-06:00

The last few years Madison has been wanting to play soccer soo bad and it was just not working out UNTIL NOW :) Last year I was a million months pregnant and in Lafayette you have to be 5 to play soccer and she wasnt quite FOUR yet :( She was pretty upset so I told her next year when we move into our house she would be able to play. Finally its time :) We just signed her up for our local Soccer league. She is super excited. Her daddy comes home on Friday so we get to go and get her shin guards and cleats :) She is soo beyond excited and tells everyone she gets to play soccer. Trust me lots of pictures and if I can figure out how to do a video that will be posted as soon as it starts :)
Now for T-ball :) I played softball back in the day and loved it. So I really wanted the girls to at least TRY to play! Although Madison was CLEARLY more interested in Soccer but she said she wanted to try. We are going to play with some friends from our playgroup we have been knowing for THREE years now :) It will be a lot of fun. Rylee will also be playing so she is excited she finally gets to do sports this year! So check back for all of our Sports updates to come towards the end of February. Madison starts Soccer the last weekend in February and then it ends on March 22. Then T-ball will start March 28 :) We are going to be SUPER busy and we can not WAIT

New Years 2010

2010-01-10T15:53:00.003-06:00

2009 was an AWESOME year to say the least :) We got soo much accomplished and I loved every second of it. Yes not everything was wonderful and actually some things totally sucked but I have my 3 girls, a hubby, and my 2 dogs so I loved 2009 :)
Here are some EXTRA special things that happened throughout 2009 of course in no certain order:

Colin got a new job in Alaska with a SCHEDULE :)
We bought our first car as a married couple HAHA! It was only my second car my whole life!!
We welcomed a special little girl to the world 4 weeks early :) Abigail Dawn! Although she had to have a GRAND entrance it was all worth it and she is so very special and we all love her dearly!
We got a NEW puppy :) He is a Doberman/Lab mix and his name is BUSTER
Madison turned FOUR!
Rylee turned THREE!
We bought our first HOUSE!
We Moved back to Baton Rouge!!!

That is all I can think of at the moment :) I am sure there was TONS more but that is what I could come up with while 2 kids are slip and sliding on the floor in the living room! And screaming laughing!

Christmas!

2010-01-10T15:45:00.004-06:00

This Christmas was lots of fun as usual! And we got to celebrate EXTRA long. Santa came on the 28th instead of the 24th! Girls were so excited that Santa made a special trip JUST for them :P I am so glad that they handled it so well! Even with all the kiddos around us talking about Santa! And I am especially happy that Colin got to celebrate Christmas with us!Merry Christmas 2009
Love,
The Barleycorn Family
Colin, Heather, Madison, Rylee, Abigail, Jojo, and Buster :)

Seriously...

2010-01-10T15:43:00.003-06:00

Are we really still in Louisiana?!?! I have lived here all my life and certainly don't remember it being below freezing for the HIGHS for more than one day much less 4 :) This is just too much! Although we are taking advantage of the cold air! Doesnt stop us for sure :) We are still going and are busier than ever! Sorry for the short post but I thought the winter air deserved its own post! HA!

Table

2009-12-16T00:07:00.002-06:00

Here is a picture of our dinning room table I promised :)

Thanksgiving :)

2009-12-03T11:21:00.002-06:00

This year was the first year we (as in Colin, Me and the girls) got to have our very own Thanksgiving Dinner. I was actually kind of nervous. We ended up inviting my sister and her family over because we werent going to see them at all on Thanksgiving Day. We had it on the night before Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a BLAST in the playroom and it got totally destroyed which I have come to expect now. And we had good company! I cooked it all by myself except the turkey which Colin fried :) It was AWESOME by the way! My man is such a good cook. I made some sweet potato casserole, rice dressing, Paula Deans Cornbread dressing, gravy, green bean casserole, and a cheesecake. All from scratch :) I was super proud! And I honestly loved every minute of it. Being in the kitchen all day then family over at night. Maybe my sister and I will make this a regular tradition. I am definitely looking forward to next year!

New House :)

2009-12-02T19:27:00.003-06:00

Yep thats right! We are in our new "Monster" house!! As the girls call it. We ended up painting the Master bedroom, the big girls room, Abbys room, and the girls Bathroom. I left the living, dining and Kitchen alone because that was a LOT to paint! LOL! Although we do have the paint already! HA! But all is great here! The girls LOVE the house! And so do my doggies! They love to be outside! And they espeically love the big hill! My camera is dead right now so I will have to post some updated pictures later :) We got an awesome table for the breakfast area! I LOVE IT! It fits WONDERFULLY in the area and the color is great! We ended up getting it from World Market! (My new favorite store LOL) I dont have a picture of it yet but here is the link to it! http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3557631 that is the link just to the table but it has a picture of it all. We have the 4 chairs and large bench! Fits our family Perfect!!! We have my sister and her family (boyfriend plus 3 kiddos!) And we all fit wonderfully at it! I am sooo excited! It was the first piece we bought for the house! I am going to get some kind of green cushions for the seats.
We do not have a bed for us or the big girls yet. Big girls will get theirs when Colin comes back in January so he can put it together. I dont want nothing to do with that! HA! Our bedrooms set will wait a little while because we want a super nice one that will last us a lifetime! LOL! Hopefully! And our Formal Dining room set will be even longer! LOL! But I dont mind at all because the I know I will get the one I REALLY want and not just have to settle for something because I think I have to have it!!
This year will be our first Christmas in a HOUSE! We got to decorate outside and its so cute! Of course we didnt get everything we wanted this year but I can get all that together after Christmas and next year we will be decked out :) We have the lights around the trim of the house and it looks great! The girls love it! We also got a BIG blow up Santa the girls are obsessed with! It looks so cute! We also put up a HUGE tree! Its 9ft and awesome! I love it! Of course our ornaments do not cover even half the tree since I had ornaments for a 6ft tree :) But the girls love it and are excited and that is all that matters right!
Well I will hopefully post pictures of the house and all soon!! Cant wait :)

Abigail 4 months :)

2009-11-25T09:43:00.002-06:00

Baby girls is FOUR months old now...Time has flown by! Her stats at the doctor were as follows: 25 3/4" tall and 12lbs 9oz. So that puts her in the 80th percentile for height and 25th for weight :) What am I going to do with all these tall skinny girls! Daddy is going to have a hard time with these three :)
She has started LOTS of new stuff! She is starting to sit up more on her own and loves to stand! (While you are holding her of course) She coos and talks and giggles all the time. She is SUCH a happy baby! So glad she is over her reflux/throwing up/lactose intolerant phase. I call it all three because we wont know exactly if it was lactose intolerant until 9 months I think :)
Abigail has started her veggies! AND loves them! She loves to eat with a spoon and is VERY good at it! VERY different then the other two that we had to teach them how to eat with a spoon.

We stay Busy :)

2009-11-25T09:42:00.004-06:00

We are all still here. We have just had a SUPER busy month! We got a house, new Table, girls started a new school, Rylees THIRD birthday, lots of friends birthday parties, Rylees Birthday Party, Thanksgiving Feast at school, Christmas lights, Christmas Tree and of course Thanksgiving. I will post later tonight on all our new adventures....stay tuned :)

What do you think?!?!

2009-10-30T13:07:00.003-05:00

Here are pictures of ALL three around 3 or so months! I honestly do have to say before I looked at these pictures I honestly thought it was the other way around BUT now wow! Its very obvious who Abigail looks like as of now :)

Madison

Abigail

Rylee

So I always said Abby had Madisons hair (for obvious reason LOL!) And looked like Rylee in the face! WELL Now not so much. Rylee had a much much rounder face and the biggest eyes EVER :) Wow! Amazes me now looking at all the pictures of Abby and Madison how much they look alike. Its crazy! YAY for me though! I get TWO that will look like me :) Colin has one! LOL!

Finally Pig Free or are we?!?! lol

2009-10-26T22:48:00.002-05:00

It has been a week. I do have to say yes this flu could have been a lot worse but man I am glad that its over now. It amazes me the different ways it affects each person. There were 2 other confirmed cases from our playgroup. All ranging from a slight cold to brutal hell :) Excuse the language. Yes I know it could have been MUCH worse but it was still pretty rough. Even in our family we had different varieties of it. Madison had fevers, chills, hot sweats, sore all over, and very little coughing. Rylee had a slightly lower fever but not by much, chills, soreness, achiness, coughing like CRAZY and wouldnt move. Abby had a max of 101 fever twice :) I had a super high fever, chills, soreness, cold then hot spells, sweating bad, and no coughing until AFTER the fever was gone. So although I am truly grateful we had it how we did and it wasnt worse, it was horrible while it lasted :) But now we are good to go I hope! We have been fever free and everyone has rid their cough BUT me. Mine only comes out during night or if I am running a lot. So it isnt too bad. I am just so happy its over. That was not fun.
Thanks to everyone that was sending well wishes, and praying we got over it quickly. It was not a fun 7 days!! But we all appreciate you caring :) Thanks!!!

We are gonna kick this Piggies Butt!!

2009-10-23T00:38:00.002-05:00

We are going in on our 4th day and whoa its been a roller coaster :) to say the least. Madison is getting better slowly. I thought this morning she had totally fought it off but she spiked another fever around 2 so we will see how she is doing tomorrow. She is starting to get her strength back up slowly but its getting there. Rylee was trying to play with her sister this morning but she didn't succeed too well. Poor baby is so ready to be better. Abby is doing surprisingly well. Only had a 100 degree fever a couple times and that is not a high fever at all for a child so we are doing good. Yesterday she was fussy but I think it had more to do with her belly hurting her and not her being sick. But of course I don't really know. I am getting there. Still very achy and fever is still there but getting better hopefully.
Me and Rylee headed to the doctor tonight while a good friend came over and kept an eye on Madison and Abby. The Dr wanted to make sure Rylee was doing OK and didn't have any infections from the flu. And she needed some more intense medicine. Her coughing has been HORRIBLE to say the least. But Dr assured me that her coughing was a good thing because she was getting rid of all the yuckiness. He gave her a steroid shot (funny story to write at the end), an inhaler and some new medicine. He did notice I had some fluid in my lungs and gave me a shot and some breathing treatments since it was getting harder for me to breathe. But now I feel a lot better and I think Rylee does too. It has been an experience. But we are back home now and hopefully on the road to recovery now. Dr said we should start feeling better tomorrow afternoon. So lets hope he is right!
Now for the funny story at the Dr office. I of course went first to get the shot so Rylee wouldn't be scared when she got hers. Well as the Dr was about to give her the shot she looks at me with her pitiful face and says "mommy why is Dr gonna shoot me in the butt" I couldn't help but laugh. So did the Dr. It was precious. We were all laughing so hard Rylee didn't even feel the shot. YAY! She was very proud of her shot though! As soon as we got home she told Madison that the Dr shot her in the butt! ha! That kid! At least I can count on my kiddos to keep me happy no matter how bad I am feeling.
It has been rough but I have a great group of friends that have helped and checked on us to make sure we are doing good. And although I would never ask them to infect their families they all offered to help! I guess I can tell who my true friends are. They are always there when I need them.
And also, you might be wondering why Colin couldn't come home since we were all super sick? Well, its because I told him to stay at work :) He wanted to and we even got in an argument about it at one point but I really didn't want him to get sick too since it went through our family so quick. And him coming home would have taken about 8 hours at the LEAST so by the time he got here we would all either be perfectly fine OR he would have gotten it too. SO he gave me some moral support from Alaska. I appreciate him wanting to come home and I probably should have made him come home but I am glad I didn't. I am glad he is not sick and hopefully now we are on our way to recovery! But he does know he will get the shot before coming home LOL! Poor guy! And plus we are closing on our house on Nov. 6 and someone had to make sure they were healthy then :)
Well, I hope everyone is doing well and feeling better.
Looks like our playgroup friends got infested with the Pigs also so if you could keep our family and our playgroup families in your thoughts it would be appreciated :)
Thanks, goodnight, and God Bless

We got the Oinkers :(

2009-10-21T14:32:00.002-05:00

Well I have to have some kind of light in this dark hole at the moment. But its official Madison was the first to get diagnosed with the H1N1 flu. It is not fun at all.
We went in on Monday night because Madison kept throwing up and wouldn't stop. I thought it was just a stomach virus or something she ate at first. But a friend of ours ended up testing positive for the flu so I went ahead and wanted to get the girls tested just in case. Mine, Abby's, and Rylee's came back negative but Madison's test was positive. Dr gave her some Tami-flu and told us that is what we need to take just in case we do get it so it will make it not so bad if and when we do get it. Monday night we had to go into the ER to get fluids for Madison and ended up staying at the doctors from 730ish Monday night until 330ish Tuesday morning. She had an IV on her pumping her with fluids and a round of antibiotics because her white blood cell count was elevated. Not bad but with dealing with this flu infection is not good. So we went ahead and did the antibiotics. she was such a trooper. And so were Rylee and Abby. But it was defiantly an experience bringing all three of the girls to THREE different doctors in the middle of the night!
We finally got home and we all went to bed. Got up at around 11 and Madison was feeling a lot worse. She was complaining that she was sore and her body hurt then she would be cold, then hott. It was so sad seeing my little one like that.
Well as the day went on I could tell Rylee was starting to feel pretty bad. When we woke up this morning Rylee had a fever, chills, sweats, and so on. NOT fun! So I had two of them sick now with the darn Oinkers.
Now its 2:45 and Abby has a fever of 102 and I am at a 103. Lord please help us. Looks like we are all coming down with the darn Pig Flu...I wonder if we get to turn into piggies? Wouldnt that be pretty neat!! HA! Well, everyone stay healthy and sanitize everything. GermX and Lysol is my new best friend! Ha!

Boo at the Zoo of Acadiana

2009-10-19T16:44:00.004-05:00

This time of the year is by far our favorite time :) We have so much fun going to pumpkin patches, the zoo and doing lots of fall and winter things! I love how busy this time of the year is! Its the start of the holiday season! I will be posting a lot about all of our adventures. CANT WAIT!

This past Sunday we headed over to the local zoo here for the Boo at the Zoo. If you have never been to Boo at the Zoo you should! Its lots of fun. All the kids dress up in their costumes or halloween outfits and go around to different booths to collect candy. We met some friends there. The girls love when we see Mrs. Brandie and Madison are around. They have lots of fun together!!
Here are some pictures from the zoo :)

Here is both the Madisons collecting their goodies :O)

Petting the animals
The girls dancing to some music! (BTW at any Lafayette function there will always be music!)

The girls in front of the alligators

Madison watching the alligators!

the girls again!

When we first got there standing by the snakes!

Its the WHITE Mike!! HAHA!

Annual playgroup Halloween Party!

2009-10-19T11:40:00.002-05:00

Over the weekend we had our BR playgroup Halloween Party! We have done it every year for 3 years now! It is a BLAST! I love watching the kids together. For the most part all of them have grown up together! Its so cute! They really do enjoy being together :) Although we dont see our friends too much since we moved to Lafayette, the girls love getting together when we do with all of them. But hopefully we will see them lots more once we move back in TWO WEEKS :)
Anyways, the party!
All the kiddos were dressed up in their Halloween costumes or Halloween outfits. They looked adorable. And the house we had it at was SOO PRETTY! the kids got to enjoy a huge bounce house and plenty of toys. The weather was Gorgeous and it was a lot of fun. The girls had sooo much fun. I of course totally forgot to take ANY pictures but I did steal one from my friend Kim of some of the kiddos :)
This was at the end of the night...the kiddos were watching Finding Nemo...From left to right its, Madison, Rylee, Owen, and Carly! Madison and Carly are a couple weeks apart and Owen and Rylee are right at a month apart!! It just amazes me how much the kiddos have grown. SO CUTE!
I am so glad I have made the friends I did when I did. These ladies are amazing :)
It was a great party! Now I cant wait to be able to host playdates at my house! It will be soo fun!

Michelle did it now I will :)

2009-10-15T23:24:00.005-05:00

Should be fun!!
First I am going to explain how we came up with our kids names HAHA!

Madison-well that was always my favorite name for a girl...Colin didnt have too much say in it :) But he liked it so that was that! She was easy!
Marie-This is Colins mothers middle name....

Rylee- we didnt have too much time with this since I was 7 months preggo but I wanted something to do with Leigh :) (my sister) We went through every name that ended with -ly, Hayleigh, Carlee, all of them! Colin then came up with Riley one day! I loved it right away. BUT I hated the way it was spelt. I always said I wanted traditional names for my kids and for them to be able to find their name on cute stuff BUT I changed my mind on this one. SO I chose Rylee :) I have a feeling Colin came up with this name from a sign that was on the side of the road right before Siegan coming from Praireville. Its a big white building by the hummer dealership that is called Reilys! But he wont admit to it!
Nichole-Its my middle name :)

Abigail-WOW now this little girl was SUPER hard to name...by the way! We tried EVERYTHING and we couldnt agree on ANYTHING. Madison from day 1 was stuck on Abigail (it was her best friend in her class) I liked it but it didnt seem right at first. Colin thought the same. But for some reason we kept going back to Abigail. So about 2 months before she was born I called colin and said i am tired of looking up baby names and her name is Abigail...to my surprise he said OK! But I wanted to call her Abby. Funny thing because I was also against nick names for the kids...I wanted them to be called what is on their birth certificate. Well, once Madison came she became Maddie. So I wanted to keep the e sound at the end. So I have a Maddie, Rylee, and Abby! BUT Madison gets to say that she got to name her baby sister
Dawn-its my moms middle name...we figured we had one off his side of the family, one for me, and one for my side! Worked out perfectly!

So that is how we came up with their names!

Now for the other post :)
This one is called "Over the Top". You can only use one word for each question.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse 2. Your hair? blondish 3. Your mother? nurse 4. Your father? operator 5. Your favorite food? steak :) 6. Your dream last night? preggo 7. Your favorite drink? water 8. Your dream/goal? happy 9. What room are you in? master 10. Your hobby? running 11. Your fear? failing 12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here 13. Where were you last night? home 14. Something that you aren’t? sleeping 15. Muffins? strawberry 16. Wish list item? iphone 17. Where did you grow up? Prairieville 18. Last thing you did? dr 19. What are you wearing? pjs 20. Your TV? flat 21. Your pets? dogs 22. Friends? awesome 23. Your life? family 24. Your mood? worried 25. Missing someone? hubby 26. Vehicle? caddy 27. Something you’re not wearing? bra (HAHAH!) sorry that was all i could think of :) 28. Your favorite store? Target 29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? just
31. Last time you cried? tonight
32. Your best friend? Colin
33. One place that I go to over and over? Target
34. One person who emails me regularly? Mrs. Lauren
35. Favorite place to eat? home

Now I tag all my blogging friends :)

Buster

2009-10-07T18:55:00.004-05:00

We were looking at getting another dog for Jojo to play with once we moved into our house. So we figured that would be a good gift from Santa! We were very set on what type of dog we wanted. Large, playful, good with kids and other dogs of course, a BOY and a mut. Oh and it HAD to be a puppy. We got Jojo when she was 7 months and although I love her to death and she trains SUPER easy (its a German Shepard thing...they can be trained very easily no matter the age) she does have some tendencies that I know if we would have had her from a pup she wouldnt have. AND I dont think she would be so skinny. but She is my baby and I love her dearly even if she is hyper and sucks on a leash! HA! ANYWAYS! We were looking around and seeing mostly what the girls liked...types and such! Well we saw this one dog. He was Black with Brown around his eyes and on his paws. He was adorable. you could tell right away that he had a lot of Lab in him. He also has some retriever. So he was a Labrador Retriever. HA! (you know I thought I made that up and come to find out that is the real name for them! Oh well. The girls played with him and fell in love. As soon as I saw him I knew he was the one. Mainly because he looks just like Colins old doggie, Cookie, except Cookie was a Rottweiler mix. But they looked a lot alike. Colin also knew he was the puppy. SO instead of waiting for Santa to bring us a new dog we got a new puppy early. We wanted the girls to name them so they thought and thought about it. Coming up with some CRAZY names. Well as me and Rylee walked away to go potty and left Madison and Colin and Abby with the puppy, Rylee told me all excited....MOMMY HIS NAME IS BUSTER...YEP ITS BUSTER!!!!!! She was so excited. If you know Rylee and how she loves loves Pooh Bear you will understand. Buster is the puppy in the show My friend Tiger and Pooh. So as soon as we got back to the rest of the family we informed them of his name! They also thought it fit VERY well. He was a perfect puppy for us. The only test was JoJo. Because I WONT get rid of jojo sorry :) She is my baby! We know Jojo is very good with Dogs, we take her to the doggie park all the time so we werent nervous about that. I was just nervous because yea she plays with the dogs at the park but they dont come home with us. So we got Buster all his stuff and drove home (oh we got him in BR and had to drive an hour and a half to LAF) The drive home was great. We stopped half way to let Buster potty because I was not about to have a dog potty in my car HA! Talk about getting mad :) Then came the test. JOJO! Colin went in with the dog first. I have NEVER seen Jojo so excited. it was adorable. I think Buster passed her test.
Now those two are inseparable. Buster sleeps on TOP of Jojo and they play ALL the time. I even saw JoJo put Buster on the couch the other night. It was cute. jojo lays on her back and Buster jumps on top of her and they wrestle. I love it. I have already seen a difference in Jojo since we got Buster. Its great. Jojo does torment her so I hope she realizes Buster will be a lot bigger than she is! HA! But she takes a lot from Buster. He chews on her ears and her mouth. And jojo just sits there! He fits in well with all of us. Now just to get out of this apartment and onto our house!!!!

Oh I forgot to add...Buster LOVES LOVES Abby and Abby LOVES LOVES him...they swing together. he gets in her lap and sleeps there. She just giggles. Its cute.

Offer on a house!

2009-10-07T13:07:00.004-05:00

Yep! thats right! We are finally moving forward! Colin and I put an offer down on a house. Its in Watson which is just North of Denham Springs. Its so pretty! And the yard is Amazing :) And best of all its still in a subdivision like I wanted and still has over an acre and a third! Everything has gone great so far. our offer was accepted and we are just waiting to close now. Cant wait!!!!
Its a 4 br/2 ba 2197 sqft and over 1 1/3 acres. It has a huge hill in the back yard which is fun!
here are some photos of it! we close on Novemember 6th!! Yay! I guess Rylee will get a Huge present for her bday! HA!
this is the kitchen/breakfast area!!

Abby at 2 months

2009-10-07T13:03:00.002-05:00

Yea so its been a while and I have LOTS to post :) it will of course be in different post though!
First on Abby-

We went to her 2 month appt on Sept 25! It went great! We started her on juice and cereal. She loves it!!! She is doing so much better with her reflux since we put her on the soy milk. its great :)
She weighed in at 10lbs 7oz and I cant remember how long she was. OOPS! She is very alert now and completely holds her head up! BIG GIRL!
She also sleeps through the night! WAHOO!

Girls stats :)

2009-08-26T00:56:00.002-05:00

Abby got switched to Soy formula :) So hopefully this works and it cures her fussiness and throwing up issues and sleep issues. Oh please let it work!! If this doesnt work we will be trying one more formula (super expensive kind) then we will have to resort to medicine if nothning else works. So far so good though. I gave her first bottle of soy fomula to her at around 7pm and its currently 1 am :) And she didnt spit up ALL her food! Not even a little bit! Way to go Abby! Now lets hope I dont jinx this.
Dr told us other than her relux she is doing great and looks perfect (I already knew this of course! HA)
She weighed in at 8lb9oz. and was 21.5" long! Her head measured 14"! Still cant believe I remembered her head! I never can remember that! Abby did have to get a shot today but handled it pretty well. Cried for a total of one minute. If that! You go girl!

Madison-she is pretty much the same. Has an opinion about everything and acts sooo much like her momma it scares me. Have I mentioned lately how much she looks JUST LIKE ME when I was her age. Scares me how much we look alike and act alike sometimes. All I can say is oh poor poor Colin!!! Madison does enjoy to shop A LOT! She has gotten into the punk rocker look. Which is taking a LOT of getting used to on my part. Especially when my 4 year old tells me "Mom that SO does not go together. THIS does" My goodness what am I going to do LOL! She is getting too big TOO fast! Maddie goes to the dr for her big Boosters next week :( I thought this is what we got on her bday but unfortunately we were behind on some shots (still not quite sure how that happened) so we got makeup shots then. So I will update more on her stats next week!!

Rylee is just as funny as ever. She loves to entertain us. And is so very lovable! Yep RYLEE! HA! Granted she has her moments but for the most part she is all around a snuggler! She is also getting into the punk rocker phase but I think this is mainly because Madison likes it. She loves to follow what Madison does! Its adorable! And I cant wait to see what she will come up with on her own when she is older! It will be lots of fun! I think. Rylee has recently gotten majorly into the song "Cant touch this" I am sure you remember the MC HAMMER version well some kid remade the song and Rylee is OBSESSED with it :) It is hilarious! Especially because this was my ALL TIME favorite song when I was growing up! I even had the MC Hammer pants that I had to wear EVERY DAY! I so wish I still had them! They were fun! But everytime that song comes on I have to crank the volume up ALL THE WAY and she is dancing away in the back and singing! I need to get this on camera one of these days but for some reason as soon as rylee sees a camera she runs :)

That is about it for now. I have lots of cute pictures but keep forgetting to ask Colin where the cable is to download them. One of these days I will remember. Hopefully :)

Abby is ONE month old

2009-08-24T22:03:00.002-05:00

I still cant figure out how to upload pictures on this laptop but as soon as I can remember to ask Colin I will definitely get those to y'all!
My littlest one turned a whole month old today. Tomorrow is her one month appointment so I will update her stats then. We find out tomorrow if she does have reflux or just a sensitivity to her formula. But something has got to give because poor thing is so not comfortable. But even with how different it is with feeding her then I am used to she is still a great baby! She is so lovable! I just want her to feel better. I still cant believe how fast time is going by. Some pictures will be added soon :)
Her new developments:
Abby can now hold her head up 75% of the time. She still gets tired and lets it down but for the most part her neck muscles are doing great!!
She also smiles! I love babies first smiles! She doesnt do it all the time but every once in a while she will smile for us and melt our hearts.
Thats pretty much all that is new...she does sleep for 4 hours in a row at night now :) Which is doing pretty good compared to her every 2 hours wanting to eat! Well that is all for now! more updates tomorrow after her appt and on the big girls :)

Who does she look like?!?!

2009-08-17T12:14:00.003-05:00

So I have been trying to figure out who Abby looks like more. Me or Colin. OR Madison or Rylee! Well I have finally came up with an answer. She looks like Abby. Of course she has Colin and Rylees nose and me and Maddies lips but as for everything else. She is just her own Mixture of all of us :) Its kinda funny! I love it how none of my girls will look alike! Abby will have Red hair! Its a given since we already have a Brown hair-green eyed baby and a blonde hair-blued eyed baby!
I actually think Abby favors Colin more but I am sure that can change. Madison looked JUST like Colin when she was a baby now I think she is a spitting image of her momma ATTITUDE AND ALL! HA! Poor kid (well more like Poor Colin!!) Rylee I find still resembles my side of the family with her light skin and blue eyes but other than that she is a spitting image of her daddy! ATTITUDE AND ALL! Amazing how you can see your self in your kids in their actions. Its hilarious.
Here is how I desribe my girls :) Colin might agree or not...not sure!
Madison is just sassy and demanding. It always has to be her way. But she is also so sweet! She is a very loveable child! And so very motherly! She actually has very good taste in clothes and likes to pick out her clothes and show her personality in many different ways! I used to think she was going to be a girly girl but I was def. wrong on that one. She loves sports and getting dirty which is not a bad thing at all. But she also loves to get her hair done and her nails! But not all the time! Only when she is in the mood! She is also a daddys girl 100% of the time. And she lets me know it too. (wow I feel like I am describing me as a child!)

Rylee is bubbly until she clicks and once she clicks its over. She is a mean little thing! I call her my free-spirited child! Does what she wants when she wants! HA! She is a daddys girl when Colin is at work but when he is home she is a mommys girl! Yea she is different! I think she knew she would be the middle child as soon as she was born! She craves attention and dances and sings ALL the time. She is also very prissy! and When I say Prissy I mean it! She walks around with her hands on her hips and and swaying her hips. She is something I tell ya!

Now for Abby! Well obviously she is too young to really know how she will be when she is older so I wonder what she will be like. Probably a girly girl that wont go anywhere without her hair done and dressed perfectly! Which isnt bad but it will take some getting used to :) It will be intresting to see how she turns out! I cant wait!

OK! Well this was just things I was thinking of! Hope everyone has a great day!

Aquarium of Americas in New Orleans

2009-08-12T21:28:00.005-05:00

Last Friday we headed over to New Orleans so Colin could pick up a part for his truck he got off of Craigslist. We decided to make a day trip out of it since we dont live that close to it. And we havent been to the Aquarium together in a long time. It was a great day! The girls had sooo much fun!

me and my girls

so everytime we have been Colin takes a picture with his girls in this spot :) Glad we arent having any more kiddos!!

she had no clue the shark was there...pretty sure she was telling me something :)

I love this one :) daddy and his princesses

my goofballs :)

2009-08-08T14:41:00.001-05:00

2009-08-08T14:38:00.001-05:00

Happy Birthday Miss Abby :)

2009-07-31T20:18:00.003-05:00

Abigail Dawn Barleycorn was born on Friday, July 24, 2009 weighing in at 6lbs 13.2oz and was 19inches long! She was a hefty one being that she was born at 36 weeks :) She is doing well and we are all adjusting well to her being here earlier than planned but I can already tell she will definately be the princess of the bunch HA! Even in the NICU they were calling her Princess! It was pretty funny! She just wanted a grand entrance and to take everyone by surprise! She fits in our family well!!!!

Here is her birth story and the dramatic day before LOL :)

Thurs morning I had a doctors appt and everything checked out GREAT! Dr. did still think she would be here earlier than the 15th of August and he even mentioned he was on call that weekend in case something happened! He probably shouldnt have told me that :) Well, since we were in Baton Rouge already me, Colin, Madison and Rylee decided that we could go to Blue Bayou since it was probably one of the last times we would be able to that summer with all four of us! We had lots of fun there! I didnt do too much since the girls like going on the slides and I couldnt do that of course. So I would wait at the bottom for them to get down! They had sooo much fun! And I have to admit I had a blast too! It was super nice to get out and do something just us. Well that afternoon I wanted to go to dinner with 2 of my good friends for a last minute MNO since I wouldnt be getting one of those for a while. Colin took the girls over to his parents house to spend some time with them so I could go out and have a good time. I met Amanda and Christy over at BJs (by the way it was super good). I just wanted a simple dinner with close friends before my chaotic life began and they were the perfect two to help me to relax and take my mind off everything. But I am guessing I was having too much fun since I started feeling some pain about 30 minutes into the meal! I havent gone into labor on my own before so I of course had no clue what to expect. With Madison and Rylee I was induced! But I kept quiet at first since I figured it was that I did too much that day and Abby was just trying to get settled :) I ended up feeling more pains and by the time dessert got here it HURT! I finally said something and of course the ladies were worried. they didnt want me to drive all the way to Denham by myself but of course my stubborn self didnt listen and told them I could do it. I think I was in denail still that nothing major was going on. So I drove all the way to Denham. It was about a 20 min drive. And yep I definately had to pull over on the side of the interstate! NOT COOL!!! I finally got to Colins parents house and actually felt a little better. I was in denail :) I layed down for a little while and then around mdnight called my doctor to see if I should come in. He told me to go ahead and come in since I do live over an hour away from the hospital. Once we got to the hospital they hooked me up to all the stuff and determined that I was in fact in labor but it was very early labor. Around 2 am they finally talked to the doctor and he said to keep me overnight (it was already 2!!!) for observation. They rolled me upstairs and got me comfy! Once I got settled Colin went ahead and drove home (to lafayette) to let our doggie out and feed her. She has been alone since 8 am! Poor thing has never been alone that long! HA! He got back to the hospital around 6 or 7 am just as my doctor was coming in to check me out. By this time I was having regular contractions about 8-10 minutes apart (still very early into labor). I was dialating more though which is good!
At the dr that morning I was 1 1/2 cm and not effaced yet when I arrived at the hospital I was 50% effaced and 2 cm. When dr checked me I was a little over 3 cm and almost all the way effaced! At this point they were trying to determine if they were going to send me home to wait it out or if I was progressing fast enough for them to keep me there. So dr told me he would come back in one hour (dr time it was more like an hour and a half almost 2 hours!) to check me again to see if more was happening. When he came back in around 9-930 I was in a lot of pain and contractions were stronger. And I was pretty sure my water broke :) He determined my water did indeed break so that was a good sign but he had bad news! I of course knew exactly what he was going to say but Colin thought he was sending us home! Well he told us that Abby was face up and feet first. He will have to do a c-section. I of course got very scared and nervous but mainly because no one was there...just me and colin. I had just sent my sister home and told my mom to go to bed since she worked all night. Well I called everyone and let them know that my dr was prepping me now and I would be going back in an hour! My sister got there before we went back so that was nice to be able to see someone before I went back!! She was taking pictures of Colin putting on his "scrubs" and we determined that they do not make them big enough! It was HILARIOUS! It definately made me feel lots better and calmer before I went back! So finally I got wheeled to the Operating Room and they did the Epidural and set me all up. My Blood pressure dropped a lot and that was pretty scary but they got it under control. I dont really remember too much after that but I do remember some! I actually enjoyed the C-section better than the vaginal births because it was a lot calmer and relaxed. but once my meds wore off it was BRUTAL! It didnt take long for them to get Abby out!! At 10:57 am miss Abby was born! It was so sweet! She looked just like Madison only a lot smaller! She went straight over to the nurses and Colin followed and never took his eyes off of her. So sweet :) They did determine that she was breathing fast so she needed to be monitored. Which is not a super bad thing. Granted its not great but it could have been a lot worse being that she was born 3 1/2 weeks early. She did great though! She only spent one night in the NICU and then got to come up to the room with us.
She has been a great baby so far! She sleeps a lot and eats a lot :) Fits right in with her older sisters. They are loving her so much! Madison has been all about Abby since she met her! Its so sweet! Rylee took some getting used to it though! Which I knew would happen because she is very attached to me! But she is getting a lot better and is loving on her just as much as Madison now! They love to feed her and change her. I think their favorite though is to burp her. Its so sweet! Abby even recognizes both of their voices and will look around when she hears them. So cute!!!! Well that is all for now! I will get a slide show together of her and post them tomorrow!

Some people have a lot of nerve!

2009-07-08T19:32:00.002-05:00

So this post really isn't about the kiddos or me or Colin at all! But I wanted to vent! Sorry in advance!!!!
I have had 2 kiddos already as you all know but I swear I must have a huge target on me this pregnancy because everywhere I go someone has something to say or Fuss about to me. I am not a mean person but some times people just push the limits.
So today I could tell both my girls were getting cabin fever since we have been trying to stay inside with the raining the last couple days (OK only yesterday) and Madison's ears (yep double ear infections in BOTH ears and her tubes fell out like 4 days before this happened but that is a whole different story). Well Maddie had gymnastics this morning which is right by the mall so after gym we decide to go head to the mall. The girls have been wanting to get a new bear from Build a Bear (CUTE CUTE STORE). They have been great so I decide this is the perfect time. I pull in the parking lot and park almost all the way in the back since there is lots of people there due to lunch. Get the girls out, get the stroller out, load up and head inside. All was fine. Got the bears, had fun, you know the usual!!!
As we were leaving I was already a little annoyed because I cant walk very long with being a million months preggo :) So by the time I got to my car I was HOT and tired of walking. Need not mention the girls were cranky because it was a long walk. As I walk up to my car and stop I see this car behind me stop waiting for my spot. No big deal. I have 2 kids and a huge bag and a stroller to put up so I am sure she realizes it will be a second. First off I hate when people wait especially when just 2 spots down from me there was a lot of open spaces. But I tried to hurry my crying kids and buckle them in and get everything ready to go. Well, the lady not 2 seconds after I get to my car rolls her window down and tells me to "hurry your fat (butt) up, you know you see me waiting here" (I edited it since this is a blog for my kids and family!!) I was in SHOCK people to say the least. I laughed and turned around and said "Excuse me? Please tell me you are not talking to me like that, there is no need for any of that" so what does this crazy lady do?? SHE GETS OUT HER CAR! And tells me "what you think you are all high and mighty and people SHOULD be waiting on you" I was still in shock. WHAT?!?! I closed the girls door at this point even though neither was buckled up but I had no clue what she would do or say to me. So as she is walking up to me I tell her as nicely as I could although my blood was boiling at this point that she needed to turn around and leave or I was calling the cops. (Not sure why I didn't say something to her but I guess its because my mom always taught me to kill people with kindness but man at this point I REALLY wanted to punch her) I also informed her that there was a spot only 3 down from me and one on the other side. She starts saying F* u and calling me all these names and I am pretty sure she started speaking french because I didn't understand half of what she was calling me although I could tell it was not good :) And I also let her know that no I will not be rushing to give her this spot and put my kids in danger because of her being impatient. (I have yet to put the stroller up OR buckle them in by the way because of her) So she gets in her car and tells me to go ahead and call the cops and is still swearing at me but she does PEEL off and park her car. I do have to say I was a little nervous when she was walking up the lane since I was still at my car and I didn't want her to do anything to me or my kids or my car :) I finish putting everything in and buckling the girls up and sit in the drivers seat and I just started balling crying. I just did not understand why I am the one that ALWAYS has to deal with all these rude people. I mean seriously. It was like 30 feet away. And did I mention she had a little boy with her that was maybe 5 and he spit on the ground by my car?!?! I mean seriously what nerve. So I actually as I drove off from the mall today felt bad for her. Obviously something bad had happened to her but seriously there was no excuse as to why she needed to attack me like that. ARG! I am SO over all this :)
So I just wanted to share my adventure for the day! Sorry for the rant!!!

Swimming at GiGi and DoeDoes!

2009-06-29T10:18:00.003-05:00

Here are some pictures of the girls swimming at my parents house. Notice how they had to pull ALL the toys in the pool. GEEZ! They even had tables in there! HA!

Beach with Daddy!

2009-06-29T10:03:00.003-05:00

Spur of the moment trips are always the best! We headed up to Biloxi, MS before daddy went back to work and had soo much fun! Even when we did get kicked off the beach by the cops :) HA! The girls really love the beach and enjoyed themselves more than I thought they would. So did Jojo! She just loves to swim and chase birds so it was RIGHT up her alley!

Here is the story on how we got kicked off! We went to the part of the beach where no one was since we did have JoJo with us. No biggie. There were no signs or anything and no one too close to us so we didnt disturb them. We had JoJo on her leash anyways so if someone did walk by we could hold her so she didnt disturb anyone. Well some rude man came walking up and was picking fun at Jojo so she was barking. She doesnt really bark at people unless she sences something wrong. Well it was by no means a mean bark more of a "I really want to play" bark. But either way it would kinda keep me on my toes since its a big bark :) So as he was walking by he started like egging her on in a way. Saying stuff to her and provoking her. I was getting mad but of course JoJo just really wanted to play so she barked. FINALLY the man walked away and told Colin that dogs werent allowed on the beach (there was another dog we saw down the road by the way). So we said ok. No big deal. Well not like 10 or 15 minutes later they had two poice officers come up on 4-wheelers to where we were sitting. Just wanted to add that JoJo sat there quietly and NEVER even barked and they were on 4-wheelers! and they were super nice and just told us that they didnt allow dogs on the beach. They noticed there was no signs but they did inform us of all the rules :) So needless to say we had to pack up and leave. But of course we only drove like 10 miles down the road to another beach where we saw other dogs and NO SIGNS! We thought it was pretty funny though! At least now we know for next time. Texas beaches yes Mississippi beaches NO!

Lowes Build and Learn Clinics :)

2009-06-29T10:01:00.004-05:00

If you havent tried these yet they are soooo much fun! Any kid would have a blast. We have been to a couple and love them! They are on Saturday mornings at Lowes and Home Depot. We have not been to the Home depot ones yet but plan to go this coming weekend. Go to their websites to find out more. Or just ask :) Here are some pictures of the girls with Colin making their project!

Zoo of Acadiana

2009-06-29T09:33:00.008-05:00

I keep forgetting to post all the pictures we took from the zoo so here they are :) Since there were lots of differnet pictures I wanted to add I put them on a slide show so I can add more! Enjoy!

1 year married/6 years together

2009-06-26T16:00:00.005-05:00

Sunday marks me and Colin's 1 year wedding anniversary and 6 years together. Hard to believe we have been together for so long :) God has blessed us so many times and taught us that no matter what life throws at you, he will always be there to help you through it. We have been through a lot this year but it was definitely rewarding for the most part! We have been through a lot and I am sure we have a lot more to overcome in our journey together but I am very glad I have a wonderful man like him to go through it all with. He is such a great man and daddy. He inspires me everyday and I am beyond lucky to have him by my side! I do have to say I have the greatest husband in the world. So Colin, Thank you for being such a wonderful person, husband, and father! I love you very much!

Me and Colin at his sisters junior high football game 2003

Me and Colin right before Madison was born 2005

Me and Colin on our wedding day June 2008

Me and Colin at the National Championship game 2007

Madisons Gymnastics :)

2009-06-25T13:35:00.004-05:00

I have been meaning to get some good pictures of Madison doing her gymnastics but of course I always forget. Well I remembered to finally take SOME pictures although not very good. I will try to remember to take better ones on her next gym class. She is doing sooo good and she LOVES it! I am so glad we put her in it! And its so cute watching her do her flips and cartwheels!
Here are a couple of the pictures. Sorry they are far away but its a big gym and the parents stay in a watching room. Next time hopefully I remember to start taking them when they are right by us :) She of course is the one in the lime green unitard! HA! Of course SHE had to pick LIME GREEN! But I do have to say it goes sooo well with her dark skin :) The last two are of Madison and Rylee on the way to Gymnastics that day in the car. I think we had just pulled up or something. Rylee was being silly :)

Denist Visits :)

2009-06-17T11:42:00.002-05:00

We (as in the whole family) went to the dentist last week :)! It has been forever since I have been (over 10 years) so I know I needed to go and Colin wanted to get his cleaned and checked out. I was SCARED out of my mind. Colin thought this was hilarious of course. I almost had a panic attack before I even sat down. But once I sat down it was a breeze! I was very glad I went. Of course I didn't even think that I wouldn't be able to get my x-rays since I am pregnant. DUH HEATHER! So I of course had no x-rays but the dentist did see some cavities. Which I knew. And also advised me to get my wisdom teeth pulled. Which I was VERY against until he told me that if they come all the way through and there isn't enough room for them it could make my bottom teeth crocked (ok so I cant spell too good but you get what I am saying) And I definately didnt want my teeth like that since I have always had pretty straight teeth without braces. So I will be getting those out once Abby gets here. but of course I will get my x-ray before then! Hopefully no root canals. The dr said most likely I wont since my teeth do not seem that bad! YAY! Colin is getting his wisdom teeth out finally. He wasnt sure if he would or not but decided that it was best. Poor thing :( So all in all Colin and I's appt was great.
Now for the girls :) Colin was gone of course so I had to take them by myself. I was pretty nervous since it was Madisons first time and Rylee usually throws a fit each time she has gone. NOT THIS TIME! It was wonderful! The girls went to the back by themselves. They dont let the parents back there its a kids only zone :) I think Madison and Rylee really loved that. The lady came back to tell me that they cleaned both girls teeth and BOTH laughed and giggled the whole time they were doing it. Madison didnt need x-rays but Rylee did to see how her teeth were since her fall last Feb. (she lost her bottom tooth and has to go get x-rays every 3 months although she has only gotten 3 so far OOPS) She did great with the x-ray and the dentist even told me that she sat in the chair all by herself this time. She is such a big girl! I was super proud of both of them for being such big girls. The dentist said that they both brush their teeth VERY well and he was super impressed! He said he figured I was still brushing their teeth. And I informed him that I dont brush their teeth anymore that they do better when they watch me do mine. So we do it all together! YAY! So no cavaties and their teeth are doing great. Rylees front teeth are a little darker than last time but they show no sign of dying which is good so he was pleased. So all in all each of us had great dentist appointments. Daddy and I have to get follow ups but I am actually looking forward to it and I dont think I will have a panic attack this time.

New car, Blue Bayou and some other what nots :)

2009-06-01T07:19:00.002-05:00

Ever since Colin has gotten home we have not stopped. Between swimming, visiting family, getting ready for Abby, getting a new car and all this other stuff that has come up its been crazy around here. This week we are finally slowing down though. I think we ALL need it!
So first about my new car. As most know my little Escape hasnt been doing very great since we moved last year. I guess all the driving back and forth really did a number on it. But these past few months it got bad. And then it just died. I was sad but also knew it was time for a new one. And plus we needed an upgrade since Abby will be making her debut in about 2 months. While Colin was gone we searched online and I decided that I needed 3 rows with bucket/captain seats in the middle for easy access to the back but I also wanted a lot of room in the back :) So I was picky. Pretty much I wanted a suburban!! So when he got home we went look around and at about 2 places and ended up getting my new car! I LOVE IT! It is perfect for our family and best of all I dont have to be scared of it breaking down. LOVE IT! So I am almost 23 years old and finally have a new car!! Pretty nice! My hubby spoils me! HA!
Now for Blue Bayou! We knew even with me being pregnant that we wanted to get season passes to BB this year since the girls LOVE LOVE the water and arent scared of anything. Well, we finally went the other day. WOW! I always knew they werent scared but I never thought in a million years they would be soooo adventurous. My 2 and almost 4 year old BOTH went down the slides. BY THEMSELVES! WHAT?!?! They had a blast. Rylee even got super mad when we told her she was too little to go down the Black Snake Slide (Thats what she called it) and the straight down slide (Plunge) WHAT! I am not even a fan of the plunge. And I do seriously think if they would have let her she would have went down BOTH. They had a BLAST. Which I knew they would but now I am in trouble if I try to bring them by myself. So I guess I will have to steal the BIL or someone to come with me so they can ride the slides together! I am so glad they had a blast. And I think Colin had just as much fun as they did :)
I have had a couple doctor appointments since last time I posted. Everything is still great of course. Abby is doing great and kicking like crazy. I love it. The girls are still singing to her EVERYDAY! They love her so much already. Its sooo sweet. They are always kissing and hugging Abby. Although Rylee does still get mad when she is trying to sleep on my belly and Abby starts kicking away. but she is getting better. HA! At my last doctor appointment Abbys heartrate was 162 bpm :) She is RIGHT on track to what the girls were! I get another ultrasound soon to check everything out and hopefully get my induction date FOR SURE this time. We are throwing Aug 4th around. But its not set yet (meaning its not in the Drs little black book, its just on my MASSIVE file on a yellow sticky note). Speaking of having a massive file. Man mine is HUGE. I was almost embarressed. HA! I guess when you have 3 kids at the same dr and have been going to him since you were 13 yours would be huge too but it was a little much. Pretty funny though. The dr. said it was good to be that big as long as its pregnancy related :) So I guess its a good thing. Well, thats it for now. I have a slide show I will be posting later when Colin gets home so I can get my pictures :)

Busy, busy and Swimming :)

2009-05-11T13:59:00.003-05:00

Not sure why but lately has just been SUPER busy. I guess summer time is always busy but geez! Anyways! We have been swimming almost everyday so far since it has been warm. The girls are doing great this year. They cant wait for their daddy to come home so they can really learn to swim. Madison has it down pretty well and Rylee too but she of course will take a little longer because she just gets so excited. Its precious. Madison is swimming under the water for longer distances these days which is awesome. And she is super proud of herself for doing it too. Rylee is swimming super fast. Its so funny watching her get from one point to another. I have learned that they love to race each other. They both are pretty fast but I think Rylee might be a tad bit faster. Oh well its cute to watch!
I guess being pregnant really takes a toll on swimming. I never realized it would be so hard to swim laps with a baby in my belly. WOW! Its a challenge. I guess that is why they tell you its great excercise during pregnancy. It sure is! We have lots of fun and the girls love watching Abby swim! HA! And I do think Abby likes it too since she is always kicking up a storm when I stop! So sweet. I guess we will have another fish added to our family. They all take after their daddy so well. I will have to take some pictures of the girls swimming since I have YET to take any. OOPS!
Daddy is coming home!! YAY! The girls are super excited. They talk about it everyday. They go look at my calendar and count how many days it is each day. Its so sweet. They love knowing exactly when he will be home. They are such daddy's little girls. I am sure Abby will be too! Daddy will have a lot to look forward to when these girls get to high school. I bet he will scare all the boys away :)
Well, I havent been taking many pictures lately but will have to start. We have a lot coming up so pictures will be needed.

She has a name :)

2009-05-06T17:48:00.002-05:00

After a lot of researching and everything we finally came up with a name for Baby Girl number 3! Her name will be Abigail (Abby) Dawn Barleycorn :) I cant wait until she gets here! We are just super excited that she now has a name! YAY for Abby!

The Verdict is :)

2009-04-27T22:45:00.002-05:00

Its another GIRL!~ YAY! I was super excited to find out it was another girl mainly because well I know girls already! HA! Colin seemed actually very relaxed with the idea of three girls. I think he just knew deep down we cant "make" boys. The girls got to come to the ultrasound with us and enjoyed it so very much. Right after the lady announced it was a girl Madison said to all of us, "See mommy I told you the WHOLE time it was a girl." Rylee is also super excited about a new baby sister. So now daddy has 3 little princesses to spoil! I cant wait and I am sure Colin and the girls cant either. We still havent decided on a name but as soon as we do I will let the blogging world know :)

Easter Egg Hunt at Church :)

2009-04-13T19:18:00.004-05:00

Here are some pictures of the kiddos hunting for eggs at Colin's parents church. I had my cousins Mason and Reed with me and we all enjoyed doing the egg hunt! It was precious.

This is Madison waiting before the hunt with Daddy :)

Rylee looking for her eggs!

Madison with the lady that walked around with her during the egg hunt!

Rylee and the same lady that helped Madison! She helped both my girls!

All the kiddos with their Easter Baskets!

THE EASTER BUNNY....

2009-04-04T21:59:00.003-05:00

This year for the Easter Bunny was totally differnet than last year. Madison loved him last year and Rylee wanted NOTHING to do with him. Well this year things changed :) We didnt even mean to see the Easter Bunny since we were waiting on the girls dresses to be able to take pictures with him. Well as we were picking up the dresses from a little boutique called Allie Kats (by the way its sooo cute!) where we were getting their dresses monogramed. The Easter Bunny was in the shopping center waving at all the cars passing by! Both girls of course went nutts! So we had to of course go see him. I didnt even have my camera ready because I didnt think either would go to him. Much less smile for a picture with him! So of course neither was dressed for the occasion but we tried! Rylee went nutts over him. She was a little shy at first but she actually sat in his lap for the cutest picture!! Madison on the other hand was very shy. She was fine as long as daddy was holding her but as for her sitting by herself it wasnt happening! No problem right! Just make daddy sit with her! GENIUS! So Madison sat next to the bunny with her daddy protecting her! But she was all smiles! It was super cute! And the Easter Bunny was PRECIOUS!! He was dancing and cutting up making the girls laugh and laugh! It was precious!!!

MOMMY MOMMY THATS MY BABY!

2009-03-14T17:09:00.002-05:00

I have been feeling the baby move for a couple weeks but it was not enough as to where anyone else could feel it. Until last night. Madison and I were watching a movie and I felt the baby move. Madison said she wanted to feel so even though I honestly didnt think she would be able to feel it I put her hand on my belly. And behold the baby went nutts when Madisons hand was on it :) Madison got sooo excited. She kept saying "Mommy mommy that is MY baby" It was precious. She held her hand on my belly for an hour and a half waiting for the baby to kick her. She said that he must like soccer like her :) (she is OBBSESSED with soccer)! So its officially, Madison is hooked. She loves the belly! She sings songs, and talks to him, and reads her books, and tells him how much she loves him! Its soo sweet. Maybe Rylee will be up tonight for her to feel the baby too! I will post as soon as she does :)

Rylees new Haircut :(

2009-03-13T18:55:00.002-05:00

Madison is a sneaky little kid. Right under my nose she got on top of the microwave and got scissors, cut her sisters hair and then RAN. HA! I was soo upset at first and so mad but then after I took a step back I thought it was actually pretty funny. Granted I am still sad that her hair is gone now but it could of been a lot worse! Good thing is that the guy that cut her hair said that now that we cut it short that it will grow thicker :) I was pretty happy about that since she has some THIN hair...well here is some pictures of the incident :( At least she has a cute haircut to match her spunky attitude!

BEFORE

AFTER:

Look at the past :)

2009-03-12T10:15:00.006-05:00

I was just thinking and going through some old stuff from when the girls were babies. And wow they were sooo small. Its amazing to me how little they really were. Now they are so big and have opinions and cut each others hair (yea I will post that next :)) So I wanted to share some pictures of my girls from when they were babies!

Me in the hospital about to have Madison!!

Madison on her first night home :)

Me and Rylee in the hospital right after she was born

Rylee a couple weeks old :)

I also wanted to share some other pictures I saw that I thought was just too cute :)

Both girls on their First Birthdays

Day to Day!

2009-02-27T10:30:00.004-06:00

Life just seems to get crazier and crazier by the day! But its fun! And I def. wouldnt change it for anything!

Mardi Gras just passed and boy did we have fun! We went to TONS of parades. I LOVE Mardi Gras in Lafayette. Crazy enough I am really starting to love it out here. The culture, the festivities, the people (although I dont know hardly anyone) and by far the houses. I guess just mainly because you can get so much more house and land out here. But I am still hoping to move back closer to friends and family. We will see.

Back to Mardi Gras. We started off the season with two small parades here in Lafayette on Valentines day. It was lots of fun. And so great to see so many families there. No craziness where we were :) Then we went down to New Orleans for our anual parade with Colin's moms good friend from college. It was a blast as usual. Then we went to a parade in Youngsville! Its a small town probably about the size of Prairieville or Walker! Colins parents and sister came to our house for it. I dont think ANY of us were expectiing it to be as big as it was. WOW! I didnt think that it would ever end. We got sooo much stuff. And the girls REALLY enjoyed themselves.

Here is some pictures of the girls at the parades :)

This is Madison and Maw Maw (with Aunt Lindsay getting cut off Sorry) at the Youngsville Parade!! We got TONS of stuff from this parade...and they had soooo many floats we didnt think it would end! We had a blast!

This is Rylee at the parade we went to in Terrytown. She got a sword and was BEYOND happy! And her and her Uncle Bubba got into lots of sword fights! It was pretty funny!

Updates on all my kiddos :)

2009-02-19T15:54:00.002-06:00

I have REALLY been slacking with my blog lately and made myself a promise that I will start to post at least once a week now. So here is the scoop on us lately :)

Madison-she is turning into such a little lady! And getting sooo big on me. She is so much more like a little kid then a baby now. She amazes me! She is LOVING school. And often tells me that I am no longer her best friend and that her teacher, Mrs. Tammy, is her best friend. She loves to learn new things. And is super excited to be a big sister AGAIN! She kisses my belly all the time and asks me if the baby is ok in there :) It melts my heat!!

Rylee-SHE STARTED SCHOOL! Yep that is right she now goes to school with Madison! She is loving it. And gets mad that she doesnt go everyday. I knew Madison would love school but I HONESTLY thought Rylee would be a little more hestitant since she has ALWAYS stayed home. But nope not my "Mommy;s girl" she went in FULL SWING! Never missed a beat. She is getitng soo big. I love how she is developing her own little personality now (much like mine so its kinda scary though) And I love how she learns from her sister. They are such great friends. But boy do they fight!! It just makes me laugh and think back to my childhood though on how me and my sister used to be. I honestly think those two will be the very best of friends!

New baby Barleycorn-Well everything is pretty much the same. I am almost 15 weeks now! TIME FLIES by the way! I went to the doctor on Wednesday and everything looked great. I got to hear the heartbeat for the FIRST time on the little doppler thing! It was pretty crazy! It did take a while for the nurse to find it and I was getting pretty nervous but then we heard it and it was sooo worth it! And SUPER fast! Heartrate was 167bpm! It was precious! A lot faster than BOTH girls heart rate EVER was! I will have another ultrasound coming up soon so I will keep you updated!

And for the rest of us we are doing great! Colin is finally done with all his classes and will be heading back out to work very soon! We have been to LOTS of parades so far and plan on attending MANY MANY more :) I will post some pictures of that tonight! The girls are now HOOKED on parades! And I thought Christmas was bad! Well stay tuned! I have a feeling some exciting news will be heading our way pretty soon!

Award :)

2009-02-17T16:43:00.002-06:00

Thanks Katherine :) You are pretty great yourself :)

First The Rules:
1. Admit one thing you feel awful about (involving being a mom). Once you have written it down, you are no longer allowed to feel bad. Remember you are a good mom!
2. Remind yourself that you ARE a good mom, list 7 things you love about your kids, you love doing with your kids, or that your kids love about you.
3. Send this to 5 other moms of the year that deserve a reminder that they too are the best moms that they can be. Remember to send them a note letting them know you have selected them, and also add a link to your post that directs people back to the person who nominated you

Ok, here goes:

1. I hate that both of my girls go to school 2 days a week while I stay home. Granted I get a lot done in that time but I actually feel guilty everytime I drop them off. But they love it.

2: Seven things I love about my kids:
1. They are my best friends :)
2. I love belly laughs. I tickle them all the time just to hear them laugh so hard. It just makes me feel soo good inside!
3. I love how much they love me. The way they look at me when they say I love you mommy just melts my heart!
4. I love their unique personalities. They are sooo different! But yet soo much a like.
5. I LOVE that my girls will try anything at least once whether it is eating a weird food or jumping off a HUGE slide. They will do it.
6. I LOVE hugging my girls.
7. I LOVE the looks on their faces when daddy comes home after being gone (even if its just an hour) They glow and get so excited EVERYTIME they see him.

Now, I am awarding my following friends:
A lot of my friends have already been awarded this but I am just going to put my top 5 awarded already or not!! (I will do the same Thanks Katherine)

Amanda
http://hallwick.blogspot.com
Christy
well she doesnt have one but WOW she is just wonderful :)
Victoria
http://redstickrenegades.blogspot.com/
Katherine
http://kkghoffman.blogspot.com/
Julie
http://artonboys.blogspot.com/
Now get to blogging Ladies :)

New Addition :)

2009-01-23T09:59:00.002-06:00

Its official...we are pregnant AGAIN!! I am super excited! I just feel bad because I totally dont know how to calculate when the baby is concieved and its my 3rd! HA! I guess I will never know now right :) I went to the dr at the beginning of January thinking I was about 10-12 weeks. YEA! I was wrong. But a good wrong :) I was only 8 weeks! Well 8 weeks 5 days. It was great!! I got an ultrasound to find out the exact due date and its August 15th 2009! But we are more than likely going to get induced that first week of August. Havent set the exact date of induction yet though. Yes I am one of those ladies that has to have it scheduled. Before I wanted it scheduled because I was scared to death to go into labor and no one being there and also because I REFUSE to go over my due date and I didnt want just any doctor. I WANTED MINE! But now of course I am still scared to go in to labor but if its scheduled Colin will be there. He works a lot right now and I would DIE if he missed it! So we will be doing another induction :) It makes me feel better to know exactly when the baby should be here! (Hopefully) So we have our last addition getting here towards the end of the summer. We are both super excited to have our family complete. Especially me since I did want them all close together but since we got pregnant with the other two so soon we knew we had to wait a little while! HA! So now its here. And the best part is that I have tons of friends that are due right around the same time as I am! And my good friends just had their babies. So I told Colin with all these babies around that I am glad I am pregnant because I would have baby fever bad! ha! We will find out in either the end of March beginning of April as to what the sex of the baby is. THINK BLUE! Although I think the odds are against us! But whatever the sex is I dont mind! I am still not sure which I want! HA! A boy because of Colin...but a girl because we have EVERYTHING. So who knows :) We will see!

Here are my stats!
I will be 11 weeks tomorrow
And on 1/8 the baby was 2.5 cm (rylee kept saying that it looked like a peanut so now Rylee calls the baby Peanut!)
Heart Rate was 171 And everything looked great!
I will try to keep everyone posted as we head to the dcotor :)

Its been a while...

2009-01-03T11:55:00.003-06:00

It has been a while since I have posted anything and LOTS has happened. We had another Christmas go by and another year. I still cant believe its already 2009. 2008 was great! There were some downs but most of all it was the most fun yet! We had a lot happen in '08! Here is just what I can think of!!!
Colin graduated from LSU in Petroleum Engineering in just 4 short years! (Takes most 5 plus years)
I made a lot of life long friends!
We all moved to Lafayette
We got Married
Went to Disney World
Madison started school
Rylee fell off her bed and lost her tooth! HA!
Colin started his job at Pathfinder! (Well its now Smith)
My car completly died! (well it just to happen to be the air conditioner seized up and that made it not be able to start but it still left me and the girls stranded at the mall!)
and I know there is just so much more but of course my mommy brain cant think of them! HA!
We have had a lot of downs also but of course I dnot like to dwell on the not so great so I will stick with all the fun things we have started!!

Christmas was GREAT this year. I think it was the best one yet since Madison is really starting to get it now! The girls got their very own car this year. Its a purple corvette! And boy do they love it! They of course got tons more but if you ask them what they got they of course only say Princess Scooters (from my parents), a Purple Car, and a HUGE bike that goes on the TV (Its a smart Cycle from Colins parents) We had a busy Christmas. We had to drive back and forth from Lafayette to Baton Rouge, Denham and Gonzales for a week. Yep that is right. Everyday for a week we were back and forth. We were exhausted to say the least! thank goodness my dad let us use his car since my car was dead. I dont think we would have been able to manage with just Colins truck!
For New Years Eve we actually went somewhere and let the girls stay up until Midnight. It helped that I pushed their nap back until like 4!! HA! But of course they were all up bright and early on New Years day! We went pop fireworks at one of Colins friends house from work! We had a blast. EVEN ALEXA! I met lots of new people and had a great time! Made me like Lafayette a little more.
But now it is time for 2009. A new Year and a new beginning. We also have another big year ahead of us! We get to get our VERY FIRST HOUSE! WAHOO!!!!! Trust me I CAN NOT WAIT! HA! Being in a 2 bedroom apartment with 1 bathroom has been hectic to say the least! I am greatful because we are on our own but oh so ready to get a house with some room. Colin and I have still been debating whether or not we want to live in Baton Rouge. To tell you the truth I love love love Lafayette. Its so different. Not so busy and more laid back! But of course my family and all our friends are in Baton Rouge. So what to do? I guess we will know for sure soon!

Colin is about to leave again for another job. He will be in Arkansas again. Which he is pretty happy about. I think he likes the rig out there. But this just means he will be gone for about 2 months give or take a week. THAT IS A REALLY LONG TIME! But we are getting used to it more and more now! So it wont be so bad! At least it helps up with a down payment on a house and maybe a new SUV for me (Can we say SURBURBAN!!! HA! But I am sure it will be a while before we get it :(....oh well)

Well, this is enough for now, I will post some pictures later. Too tired right now! HA!

"Mommy, it will snow on Christmas, Santa will make it!!!!"

2008-12-13T10:23:00.004-06:00

Yep, that is what Madison keeps telling me. Its so cute but I feel so bad because in the South we dont get snow. Right?? Well, that is what we have been telling Madison. Some places it snows and some it doesnt! I never thought it would snow here. BOY WAS I WRONG! And much to my surprise it snowed here on Thursday morning (December 11th). Daddy called us around 5 in the morning to let us know that it was snowing outside. But of course I didnt believe him and didnt want to get up! But of course he sounded like a kid on Christmas and MADE me get out of bed to go look! I think he was thinking that there was some snow but most wasnt sticking to the ground. WOW! There was a TON! I was so excited! It was of course still dark outside but I didnt care! It was gorgeous! So of course I had to wake the girls up since it was supposed to stop here around 8 or so. Well, when I woke Madison up she was BEYOND thrilled. And all she kept saying was "see mommy it does snow here" GREAT! But Rylee was a little more resistant. She doesnt like to be woken up for anything. HA! Remind you of someone else! OOPSS! But finally they were both up so I start getting them dressed. Then I realized we have no clothes that will be good in the snow. So I layered them in case they got soaked! Which of course they did! When we first went outside Madison went crazy! She was so so excited! She just lit up! Rylee on the other hand well she thought the snow was great until she actually touched it and it was cold! So of course she liked the idea of snow just not the actual snow! But she did play in it a couple times but then worked her way back to me! Madison had so much fun! She kept throwing snowballs at me and Rylee. And they were big! She saw all the snow on daddys truck and was so excited! But the snow was so much harder on the other side of our apartment building. But she was very content with playing in the snow by daddys truck. We did walk over there though and there was sooo many kids playing! They built a snowman almost as tall as me! And I am 5'10"! So the girls wanted to build their own snowman! So Madison ran back to her spot and started to roll the snow together. And she did it! She made her own little snowman!! It was precious! Of course later she used it as a weapon and was throwing it at me and Rylee. But all in all the girls had a blast in their first ever snow!

Just some pictures!

2008-12-07T22:27:00.005-06:00

Here is a couple pictures of what has been going on with us!

Grady and Owen pushing Rylee!

Madison and Rylee on the Carousel

Again!

Rylee having so much fun!

Madison singing!

The girls on the Firetruck!!!

Christmas time!!

2008-12-05T12:41:00.003-06:00

Its here!! Christmas time! And all the busy stores and crazy people on the road. I love this time of the year but WOW they have manaiacs this time of the year. I always wondered why my mom never wanted to shop after Black Friday until after New Years. Now I know why. I do the whole Black Friday thing of course because I try to get all my shopping done that day! Yea well that wasnt the case this year. We did get a lot of stuff but we didnt get everything. For some reason this year we have lots more people to buy for. It seems like our list doubled! Not sure how. The only people that I cna think of that is new is Richie's two kids, Lance and Hannah Grace. Richie is my sisters boyfriend. But they were actually not hard to buy for. Although shopping for boy toys is TOTALLY new for me. To be honest in all the times I have been to Toys R Us I dont think I have EVER stepped foot down the boy aisles. Or at Walmart or Target for that matter. Crazy! But our family has been girls for so long. HA! My poor dad has no hope of boys. Granted I do have cousins that are boys but I guess it just isnt the same. My dad has a sister and she has 3 girls. My dad has 2 daughters (me and my sis) I have 2 daughters and Leigh has one daughter. Poor man!! No wonder he was always working! HA! But anyways, I am trying to figure out how it grew so much! But I guess it doesnt matter. Its Christmas time!!! My favorite time of the year!
We are pretty sad though because Colin wont be able to be home (most likely) this year for Chrismtas. I figured that if I say he wont be here and then ends up being home it will be a wonderful treat. But not to get our hopes up of course! But I sure do wish he would be here. We will discuss what we will do a little closer to Christmas.
This year we had our tree up early of course! Once daddy got home from his last job before Thanksgiving we decided to put the tree up. I am very attached to our tree this year. It was my tree when I was growing up. I love love that tree. Its about 7 feet tall and about a million feet around :) Never did I realize how big it really was until we put it up in our small apartment! But I still love it. But of course my mom wants it back after Christmas! HA! My crazy momma! But she is trading me a 7 1/2 ft tree that already has lights! WAHOO! And it isnt as wide! Which is good! But anyways! Our tree is lovely and huge this year! The girls wanted colored lights (much to my dislike) but it actually looks great! And they love it!
So I guess here comes Christmas everyone!! Hope yall enjoy it!
I just hope Madison isnt too disappointed when she finds out it most likely wont snow for Christmas. These darn movies spreading false hope on these kids!

Sorry I was rambling!! Merry Christmas Everyone!

Potty Training!

2008-12-04T15:57:00.002-06:00

It has been about 4 days now and Rylee is doing GREAT! Better than I expected. I of course did the cold turkey approach! I have lots of size 4 diapers if anyone needs some!!!! But I am so proud of Rylee. I figured it would take forever to teach her because she is so young and so stubborn! I think she gets it from her momma!!!! But she loves being a big girl. We did get a liner for her bed in case she has any accidents in it :) But only one so far! And boy that liner works! HA! And she hated having her bed wet! She never wakes up for anything and it woke her up! HA! . So I really dont think she will be doing that again.

Here is my approach if anyone is curious! I know lots of our friends are about to tackle this also so I wanted to share how we do it!!
As most of you know that read this, I dont do diapers even at night time (not even pullups) because it ruins it in my eyes. They get the confidence of wearing big girl/boy panties but at night they get back in the diaper or pullups. I know it works for some but for mine it doesnt! I would rather clean the mess then potty training take months! So I think just taking away diapers all together and doing panties always it is so much easier. Yes, there will be a mess but kids soon learn that they dont like it and it teaches them not to do it! Well, at least it has worked for my family :) In my experience it has only taken no longer than a week for my kids to be fully potty trained. At night and all. Of course we are on day 4 with Rylee and she only wet her bed on night 2. So I am pretty sure we might be passed that. But it is also important to do it at the right time. If you do it too early it will take longer of course. The only reason I started with Rylee now when she just turned 2 was because she loved going on the potty!! And she hated to be wet or dirty! HA! I think watching her older sister helped out a lot! Oh and another key thing is I asked them EVERY 10-15 min so they get the hang of it. On day 1 I make them sit on the potty every 10-15 min. Then on day 2 I still ask every 10-15 min but I only make them sit every other time I ask! Then hopefully they get the hang of it. We also did a Potty Poster. Everytime the girls went potty they got to put a sticker on their poster and got to color on it with glitter glue! They liked that they got to put the sticker on it where ever they wanted. I of course would date it and put the time on it! Madison enjoyed it a lot more than Rylee does though. For Rylee she wants a sucker everytime! HA! Which is fine with me. If that is what helps her then I say go for it~ HA! I hope everyone has fun tackling the potty training!! Good luck!

At the Park with Daddy

2008-12-03T12:29:00.002-06:00

While daddy was home during the 2 weeks we took the girls to the park. They love the park of course since we go like twice a week. But its always extra fun with Daddy!! They were all so cute together! They ran and chased each other and Daddy even threw them in the air which they love. And since I dont do that they enjoyed it even more! Here are some cute pictures of them :)

Rylee a big girl?? WHAT!

2008-12-01T14:13:00.002-06:00

Its official! I am tired of diapers! HA! I have been going back and forth on potty-training Rylee. I would want to start and then I would back off. Well not this time. I am DOING IT! We started last night and she is doing great! Usually I dont go anywheres for like 3 days when I start potty training. But the girls really wanted to go to Story Time at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore so we head out. Rylee did GREAT! I was so super proud! She is loving the attention. I just feel bad because Madison doesnt understand why her sister is getting all the attention when she goes potty and not her! But she is doing great helping her sister! So soon enough my baby girl will be potty trained! I am so proud! I will update soon!

Our Crazy Life!

2008-11-08T12:04:00.005-06:00

Life has been nonstop lately! You can definitely tell that the holiday season is just right around the corner. And Rylee's birthday is coming up!! The girls have been asking to put up the Christmas Tree also! Ever since Halloween they have been so excited. We actually went as far as to put the actual tree up with the lights but no ornaments. Its so cute. And the girls are super excited. We are trying to wait for Daddy to get home before we do the ornaments. I just hope its soon since I am not sure how long they can hold out! (or me!!) :-) We have started writing out our Christmas list for Santa and will mail them soon. It just feels so weird that it is already Christmas time, granted Thanksgiving is first I know but as soon as they put all the Christmas stuff in the store it feels like time to celebrate! Madison said that it isnt Christmas time until it snows. Poor kid! If only she realized that it didnt snow here! HEHE! However, it did snow for her first Christmas. Well it is what us Southern folks would call snow :) It was so fun! But I am sure she doesnt remember since she was only 5mths old! But it did happen. I am pretty sure that is the only time since I was born. But it was great.

Anyways....I have a couple of pictures that have NOTHING to do with this blog but they are cute! It was from when we went play at the Playplace McDonalds. They had tons of fun!

7 intresting things about me!!

2008-11-08T00:16:00.004-06:00

I saw that a friend did it and I thought it was really cute. So I decided to do it too!

7 intresting things about me-new or old!

1. I love being with my kids. They truly are the greatest kids ever. We have soo much fun together! I am sure every mom would say that but its true. They are seriously my best friends. I would pick hanging out with them over anything. Staying at home with them has been so wonderful!

2. I have a very odd relationship with my family! I love them more than anything but we have our moments! But I would do anything for them and they know it!

3. I have always wanted to get back in pagaents! I did them when I was younger and want to get back in them! I loved it. Getting all dressed up and being put on stage in front of hundreds of people. That was great. One day I will do the Mrs. USA pagaent...maybe!

4. Colin and I were both dating other people when we first realized that we wanted to date! And ended up ending our relationships both of 2 years and started dating each other 2 weeks later :) And we were oh so different when we first started dating!! And neither one of us thought it would last past the summer! HA! Oh and I used to steal his poptarts from him all the time!!!!!! HAHA!

5. The first time I met Colins parents I was BEYOND nervous! It was hilarious. The whole time during dinner I laughed and they just thought I was being nervous but really it was Colin's brother kcking me under the table but he wouldnt admit it! He just wanted to make fun of me!

6. I am VERY scared of flying. I actually flew for the first time ever when we went to Disney World in July! It was VERY nerve-racking! And my kids thought it was GREAT.

7. Colin and I started dating on June 28, got engaged 5 years later on June 28, and then got married a year after that on June 28! It all just seemed to work out on that day! It was great! And I got to have a fairytale weddng with my prince charming!

Now I tag everyone on my blog list!!! Enjoy~!

The Election!

2008-11-05T11:05:00.006-06:00

Since I haven't changed my address yet I needed to go back to Prairieville to vote yesterday. Which is OK with me because we can see our family and friends! Although yesterday we just spent time with Family! My uncle (well actually he is my Godfather) was running for Justice of Peace in the Gonzales area. So he had a big shin-dig to watch the results! It was great. We had good food and we all got to see what the results were.

We actually were just going to come in town and vote then leave because Madison wasnt feeling too great. She was pretty grumpy and tired. She has been doing this for a while. I think this time change might be getting to her. Who knows. She had a tiny fever but nothing too bad. And she really wanted to go so I turned around and we went celebrate with them :) And much to my surprise she was fine the whole time. Although she was clingy at the end when she was ready to go to bed! But that isnt anything new!

The party was great. There was a lot of people there and we had a huge projector so everyone was able to see as the votes came in. And let me tell you that is nerve-racking. I was dying. I can only imagine how my uncle was doing! He kept pacing back and forth and only watched it every now and then! And they came in SLOW!!! Well not really but it surely felt like it! The good thing is he stayed in the lead the whole time! But we had to wait for 22 precients! So finally the time came and it was on numbe 21 and he was ahead by a little over 600 votes! So all we needed was one more....and after about 5 minutes it finally came in! 7,613-Jamie Frederic Braud, 8,517-John C. Hebert!!!! He won!! 47.2% to 52.8%!!! It was great! I was very excited! And so proud!

Halloween over??

2008-11-02T11:44:00.002-06:00

Well, Halloween came and now is gone! The girlsreally enjoyed it this year! We all went over to my sisters house in Central to trick-or-treat there! All the kids got to ride on the hay ride! how cute right. Well I would show you but of course like all the other occasions my camera is MIA! ARG! Me and that thing will go at it one day! HA! I am so mad at myself! I always forget it when I need it! HA! Oh well. I should be getting pictures soon and will post them! We all had a great time! Madison was knda over it after an hour and a half but not Rylee! She didnt want to stop! My little trooper! It was so cute! And plus she got LOADS of candy!! We have enough candy now for the next 10 years! HA!
Halloween came quick and left even quicker. Rylee I think misses it! And wants to do it every night now! She put hr costume back on this morning and kept saying trick or treat! It was precious!
But now comes the real fun! Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS! Santa is shopping early this year! He knows just what the girls want and is ready to go!
But first before that happens Rylee TURNS TWO! AHHH! I still cant believe my baby is 2 already. We are having her party on the 16th in hopes that daddy will be home. He is going to be so upset if he misses another birthday party for the girls. He already missed Madisons 3rd party! But at least he was here on her actual birthday! Everything will work out I am sure! Will post pictures as soon as I get them!

Day back in Baton Rouge!

2008-10-30T15:18:00.003-05:00

We decided to go back down to our Hometown for another Halloween party!!

We headed out that morning to meet a friend at the park since we have not seen them in about FOREVER! HA! It was soo good to see friends! Annika even gave us a big Hello when we first got there! I was impressed that at 2 she remembers us!! Shes so sweet! Then fnally I went over and saw some of the ladies from our group! It was great! Especially since we only planned on meeting one! We had a lot of fun! The kids played soo well! We just love that park because it is in the shade and has a great playset!

After that we decided to go to the movies. They have been OBSESSED with High School Musical so I figured that would have been perfect. And plus I have been dying to see it :) So we went in and of course had to get a Coke, a HUGE Popcorn (that we finished in the first 30 min of the movie), and some Sno Caps. Bcause you cant see a movie without SnoCaps! It was the cutest movie! The girls LOVED it and so did I! They were singing and dancing the whole time. I am so glad there was only one other family there!! It was precious!

Then we headed over to GiGi's house to get changed and ready for the party! Yep another Halloween Party. This was with the BIG Mom's Like Us group! We had a lot of fun! The girls got to jump, paint their pumpkin, make spider hats, and decorate their treat bags. It was so cute! And it was great seeing all the moms that I dont see as much anymore. After that both girls were just plain exhausted! Which was good because we had a long drive ahead of us :) All in all it was one CRAZY FUN day!! I will post some more pictures later!

Halloween Party!

2008-10-27T01:51:00.003-05:00

On Friday night we went back to our hometown for a Halloween Party! All of our friends were there! The girls had soo much fun! Usually both girls are very shy when we walk into a big crowd but not this time. They were both super exited to see everyone. They had a big jumper that Madison got straight in and jumped. It was precious. We all had a blast. And I even got to catch up with some friends! It felt so great to talk to a grown-up!! Here are a few pictures that some of the ladies took. I didn't have my camera so I had to use everyone eleses pictures :)

Me and the girls!!

Madison getting ready to hit the Pumpkin!

Parker and Madison in the Jump House

All the kiddos!

Some of the kiddos!

Alexa's Weekend With The Barleycorns!!!

2008-10-21T20:10:00.002-05:00

We finally got to snatch Alexa away to come spend time with us! Madison and Rylee love when she comes over. They all have a blast together! They are super close. We picked up Alexa on Friday morning and headed to a pumpkin patch with our friends in Denham Springs. The weather wasnt so great but we still had fun. We also got some great pictures. Each of the girls got to pick a big pumpkin and a smaller one. They all enjoyed picking out the pumpkins! After the pumpkin patch we went eat with our friends at Mr. Gatti's pizza! It was a lot of fun. The girls ate soo much. And all the moms got to catch up! Once the kids were done eating they all got to run around in the room that they let us sit in since there was a lot of us! HA! I think it was more to do with soo many kids. 7 in all!! After that our little family went to the Mall to let the kids blow off some more steam. They had a blast running around! Then we headed to book Rylees Birthday at Bouncing Tigers. After that we headed to Colins parents house for dinner. The girls were pooped by the time we headed home. They all fell asleep by the time we were out of Denham!
On Saturday we went went to the doggie park, and to the girls park. We also went to the Doggie store to get JoJo a new collar. Its one that goes over her mouth to teach her to walk right when we take her out. IT WORKS WONDERS! Its like walking a new dog I love it! Then we got her a bed and bunches of treats. Needless to say we spoiled JoJo on Saturday!
Sunday Colin and I had signed up to give blood at our church so we got up early and headed over to the Church. While Colin and I were giving blood the girls went and played with these High School girls. They had fun coloring and watching movies! After that we headed to lunch since we ended up taking longer then expected and missed the mass. After lunch we all headed home for my two to take naps and I wentmeet my sister to bring Alexa back. All in all we had a great busy weekend! And we were all totally exhausted from it! HA!
Here is some pictures of us at the Pupkin Patch!!

Painting!!!

2008-10-21T19:26:00.005-05:00

Me and Colin took the girls to Hobby Lobby to find something to put on our door for Halloween/Thanksgiving. I just wanted a cute wreath for the door. We ended up finding these cute wooden things that hang on the door. All you have to do is paint them. Fun idea right!! So we got all th paint we needed and headed home. I put the girls and me in some worn out clothes since I knew we would get really messy!! HA! That was an understatement! Colin got to paint the Halloween one that was a Frankenstein that had a sign that said boo and I painted a big Turkey that said Thanksgiving. I got some paper out for the girls so they could paint on it! They had a great time. Rylee lost interest in it after a little while but Madison painted like 5 pictures! They both did an awesome job! Rylee ended up painting more of herself then the paper though. And painted her sistr too! HA! It was so precious! sorry Rylee is sideways!! Couldnt change it!!

Pumpkin Patch!

2008-10-15T23:58:00.004-05:00

Today we went to a church pumpkin patch around here with a small playgroup. It was so cute. The girls loved it! We watched a cute movie about Pumpkins and how they were made. After that we went on the hay ride and sang halloween songs. They were confusing though! HA! After that we went to listen to some stories and get snacks and juice. We all enjoyed that! Then off to the pumpkins! They had a baby pig that they brought out and Madison just ate that up. It was precious. They also had goats that the girls enjoyed feeding! I didn't realize I was raising little farm girls though. I was so proud of them for not getting scared. They also had ducks, chickens, rabbits, and some other animals. The girls ran around looking at all the pumpkins. They even got to do a maze! It was precious. And all for $3.50! And it also included a small *munckin* pumpkin and some coloring sheets with 3 pumpkin seeds and directions on how to plant them. Now I am going to have a pumpkin patch in my backyard when we get in our big house as Madison calls it! We had lots of fun today! We are going to another pumpkin patch with all our friends on Friday so we will post more pictures from that one! But here is some from todays!

Our JoJo

2008-10-15T23:38:00.003-05:00

Story behind our puppy!!
I was looking on Craig's list one day just being bored. And I saw this add about an 8 month old German Shepard named Jojo. It caught my attention right away because first I love love love German Shepard's and second was her name. Colin had a German Shepard when he was little named Joey. Joey saved his life when he was only 2. Colin fell into a well in New Jersey and Joey got his parents to come save him. He was down there for a few min. But if it wasn't for Joey, Colin wouldn't be here. He loved his dog!! And Joey was a GORGEOUS German Shepard. Anyways, I ended up showing it to Colin and he said we can go look at the dog. Yea he should have known then!! I just thought it was fate for us to have. Colin with his male German Shepard growing up named Joey and now with our girl the same age with a female German Shepard named Jojo! So we went meet the family trying to get rid of her. She was VERY hyper active and skinny. But I fell in love with her. And so did the girls. And of course since ALL dogs love Colin she loved Colin right away! So we got her. I at first felt bad because we do live in a small apartment and she is a pretty big dog. But since I am home a lot I figured it wouldn't be so bad. I would be able to bring her to parks and walk her as much as she needed. Plus I really wanted something to protect me and the girls while Colin was gone. I think it made him feel better knowing we had a big dog that wouldn't let anything happen to us.
Well since we got her she has gained over 20 lbs. and is sooo spoiled! She just seems sooo happy now! Its soo cute watching her sleep with the girls. I love it! She does bark a lot but that is because she is still a puppy. She is getting soo much better about it. So anyways I just wanted to post some pictures of her on here!!

GOOOOO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-15T21:07:00.004-05:00

I think I have the biggest LSU fans! HA! They love watching the LSU football games. Its soo cute! Ganted LSU didnt win this past weekend against the Florida Gators but you would have never known at our house! They were soo cute cheering the Tigers on and yelling at them when they didn't do what the girls wanted them too! HA! Here is some pictures of the girls in their LSU Cheerleading Uniforms!

Hanging with GiGi

2008-10-07T10:39:00.009-05:00

Yesterday was loads of fun! I had an appointment in Denham Springs for 9 am so we had to leave SUPER early to get there on time. 6:30-6:45 AM to be exact. But getting out the door was smooth since I just left the girls in their PJs. The girls stayed with Colin's dad while I took care of my stuff!! They had so much fun. They love spending time with their Paw Paw! He is their best friend! I ended up getting done around 11:45! After I picked the girls up we headed over to GiGi's house (my mommy)! GiGi picked Alexa up early from school so she could spend time with us while we were in town! They get along soo well. GiGi ended up treating us all to Chuck E Cheese! We had so much fun! There was hardly anyone there!! All 3 girls were so good the whole time. We were there for 3hours!!! That is by far the longest we have EVER stayed there. Needless to say they were tired. But GiGi wanted to go get the girls some clothes at Old Navy so we went straight there from Chuck E. Cheese! That was an adventure. 3 small kids exhausted in a clothing store! WOW! But we survived and got some really cute clothes for the girls and ME!! We had loads of fun. Finally around 6 pm we were heading home. WELL!! As soon as we got on the interstate we were at a stand still. Not slow moving traffic we were not moving at all! It was nutts. People were putting it in reverse trying to get off the interstate. Come to find out they had about 3-5 stalled veicles (probably because they ran out of gas since they couldnt go anywhere) and 3 wrecks on the bridge. One was one the other side than what we were on. But 2 were on the side we were! It was nutts. The wreck on the other side was horrible. It had 3 18-wheelers and at least 2 cars I could see. It was most likely the worst wreck I have EVER seen. So finally after sitting in traffic for 3 1/2 hours we were finally on our way home. It took us over 4 hours just to get home. ARG! I was soo tired. But all in all it was a great day! Madison even told me on the way home that she had a really good time with GiGi today! It was super sweet!

CRABS!!! YUMM

2008-10-03T22:37:00.002-05:00

Tonight we went over to a friends house to hang out and eat crabs!!! The girls had a blast playing with their little boy Peyton! And he was soo great with them! Madison didnt even want to come home! HA! We had a great time!! And the crabs were ohhh so good!! We really enjoyed the time out of the house for once!! I am sa though because we didnt take any pictures. Except Jerry took some of Rylee eating her M&M cookie!! It was a mess! Of course everything those girls do is messy!!! HA!
I have been really busy lately trying to get rid of all the junk in our house. I have finally gotten rid of a lot of stuff that we really didnt need and now we have a lot more space. I am just soo ready for a house with a yard! Poor JoJo just wants to run!!
Me and Madison are finally over being sick. The stupid stomach virus going around sucks!!!!!!! Trust me if you know anyone that has it stay far away!!! I am just lucky Rylee didnt get it as bad as we did. It was really rough trying to deal with one sick kid and one well whe you are sick yourself. It was a really long couple of days. But hopefully all is well now.
Colin is still working right now! Hopefully he get to come home soon. Its hard with him gone for so long. But we are doing great still! Trying to stay busy busy! We have lots coming up so say tuned!!!

Sorry I haven't written more!!

2008-09-29T23:37:00.004-05:00

It has been a pretty hectic week! I have been trying to update it at least every other day. Well with the week I have had I am surprised I am on now :)

To start with I have started couponing to save money since we will be buying a house soon. I love it! It makes shopping so much fun! And the girls love it! Its like a game for us all. And our new favorite store is CVS!!! I never even went there before until 2 weeks ago. And it is GREAT!! I have gotten soo much cheap/free stuff there. For instance today I went and I got 4 Gillette Shampoo for men (2/$9)
1 Fushion Razor ($10)
3 Dawn dish liquid ($.99 each)
2 ColgateToothbrushes (2/$5)
2 Colgate Toothpaste(2/$5)
2 Cover girl base (which I dont even use but wanted to ECB's for it! ($5.79))
2 Febreeze

I had a coupon for everything!!! And ended up spending aroung $10 for all! The only reason I spent that much is because I needed the Febreeze and that didnt earn me money! With only spendin $10 I earned over $15 ECBs for my next time! (ECB is Extra Care Bucks that prints at the bottom of your reciept for a future purchase!! I used some on the purchases on the above items today just used more than one transaction! It was great!! I was super proud!! The girls loved it! Now I feel like I am doing something to contribute to our life! And Madison and Rylee are getting great at cutting! HEHE! I always thought that it was easy and the reason I never did it was because I was too lazy and didn't feel like going through all that just to save like $.50 on something. Well little did I know what all was in it! Its actually fun! And now I am spending like 30% less on our groceries/household items!! I know it will come down more but since I just started I am doing pretty good! Well enough about that for now!!

I have tried to stay busy this week because both girls were starting to get a little ansy with daddy being gone for awile!! It has been 2 1/2 weeks and he still says it will be a while. I am thinking the end of Oct. but hopefully sooner. Although I have learned not to get my hopes up now! I just wish he had a set schedule on when he leaves and when he comes back home. I think it would be easier on the girls and ME! I feel like a single mom all over again! But life goes on. We know he misses us and we talk to him everyday!
Madison had a couple of rough nights (3 to be exact) where she would wake up SCREAMING at the top of her lungs for daddy. And she didnt want anything to do with me. I felt soo hopeless. Rylee didnt seemed phased by her screamig the first night but the second it was a nightmare. Finally I called Colin because all 3 of us were sooo exhausted and I let him talk to her. He decided he would come home for a couple hours the next day to see all of us. The girls were sooo excited. I just felt bad because, although I knew the girls needed him and wanted him to come home, he works nights and that would mean he wouldnt sleep the day he came home. But he didnt care of course. He is such a good dad. So after he came over the girls seemed ok again. FINALLY Madison was sleeping again. Of course then Rylee gets sick! It never stops of course!! She is such a good "sick" baby. All she wants to do is cuddle! I LOVE IT! Although I hate when she doesnt feel well.

Madison has been doing great in school. She loves it! She is learning to do soo much. She colors better than I do! GO MADDIE!!! Granted that isnt saying much but she is doing great!

Rylee loves her time with just mommy! We get soo much done together! She has turned into such a little helper! So sweet. She folds clothes with me, puts them in the washer and dryer by herself, unloads and loads the dishwasher and she even vacuums!! We have this vaccuum cleaner from our old apartment that is a rechargable one. VERY LIGHT! We had it because of the stairs. Well that is now hers! She vacuums her whole room and the hall way! And is pretty good at it! She is such a big girl! She reminds me sooo much of me though with her little sarcasm and temper! HA! Its cute. Sometimes I cant help but laugh!

We have slightly started looking for houses! GREAT right?? NOOOO!! I realized that with how much we pay in rent each month we can get a pretty nice house! Yea why didnt we? Oh yea because we didnt know the area. Well I found an area that I love and the schools are great! But the only thing is that Colin does not want to live in a Subdivison. Which is fine with me but geez there is a lot of Subdivisons out there!! His reasoning is because he doesnt want to live somewhere that he is going to have someone telling him what he can and cant have on his lot. Which is totally understandable! But its pretty hard. And I am pretty picky! HA! I dont want a new looking house I like the older white homes. They just have sooo much character to me! Who knows. Hopefully we find what we want. And there is also a possibility we could move back home?? WHO KNOWS!!! Stay tuned to find out just where we move? Down in Cajun Country or back to our roots?? Who knows?? ;)

Fall is HERE

2008-09-23T10:58:00.002-05:00

We have had some GREAT weather here lately!! Not too hot and certainly not too cold! HA! Like it gets cold here right? We are outside almost every day which the girls absolutely LOVE LOVE! This past weekend we went to see Colin's Parents and my parents! Colin's parents took us to an alligator farm. It was sooo cool! I forgot my camera so I will have to get some pictures from them. The girls REALLY seemed to enjoy it! It was too cute. Rylee also loved the Cajun music and dancing. She wanted to dance the whole time. Madison wasn't feeling too great so she slept through the music. It did rain on us but it was still a blast. Good food, Good music, and Alligators Who couldn't love all that right?!?!

Then we went over to my parents house to eat some supper and watch the game! GO LSU TIGERS!! We weren't planning on staying for the game but of course we couldn't miss it so we stayed! It was fun! The girls ate all their food and I gave them a bath so they would be comfortable on the way home! The girls are just as big of fans as the rest of us when it comes to the Tigers, if not bigger fans!! Rylee ended up finally falling asleep in the 3rd quarter! VERY unusual for her! She always goes to bed early!! And then Madison fell asleep a little after her in Gigi's arms!! It was cute! My mom of course ate that up.

Sunday we went to church and then we came home! Daddy cooked us steaks, potatoes, mushrooms, and onions on the grill for lunch! It was YUMMY! The weather of course was gorgeous so the girls enjoyed playing while daddy cooked!

Monday was a pretty boring day! We went to story time that morning, then to the library! After that we picked up Jojo and headed to the park to play! Madison still wasn't feeling like herself so we didn't stay long. They did have this big tractor that both girls went crazy over the whole time we were there though!

We have been doing a lot outside because of this weather. We just cant get enough of it! HE HE! It is our favorite time of year! The Holiday season is quickly approaching!!!!!

Overalls???

2008-09-18T10:32:00.006-05:00

OK So I cant hide that my girls are definate DADDY'S GIRLS! Even when he is not here they try to be JUST like him. Its sooo cute! I dont even think Colin realizes just how bad it is. I dont think I did until the other day they both found their overalls in all the winter clothes I was going through. It was priceless! They both wanted out of their clothes and to put on their overalls like their daddy! At first I said no because that just means MORE clothes for me to wash since they had already worn the outfits they had on most of the day. They were upset to say the least! So I of course caved in and let them put them on! They were SUPER excited. Oh and just to let you know if you dont know Colin that well he wears overalls that he has had forever when he works on the cars! And they think it is GREAT! Anyways, so they were prancing everywhere saying that they were just like daddy now! So cute right! Well bedtime came and time to take the overalls off. NOPE! They wanted to sleep in them! HA! Of course this one I didnt give in on but they threw some fits! Still thinking it was cute I put them in the dirty clothes and the girls finally went to bed. The next morning both ran in my room already in their overalls! OH GEEZ! So needless to say my little country bumpkins are obbsessed with them! Its cute of course but geez! 2 days in a row! they do have 2 pairs each but I can only do so much overalls! At least they are cute! I guess daddy and "cajun country" is starting to rub off on us!

Madison Marie Age 3

Rylee Nichole Age 23 months

Daily happenings!

2008-09-16T10:01:00.005-05:00

I have cleaned the girls toys and clothes out FINALLY. And started to go through what I can sell and what I can donate. WOW! Its a lot of stuff. I didnt realize it would take soo long to do. And I also didnt realize all the stuff that the girls STILL need. I started to sell everything to a little second-hand store here in Lafayette called Once Upon A Time. Cute Cute store! And we have gotten a pretty good bit back so far! YAY! I figured if we got rid of all the things we dont need it wont feel so cluttered here. I think we are all ready to get a house to be able to spread out all of our stuff. Right now its just clutter. But hopefully soon right!
Colin left again for work. He went back to the same place he was before which is good because its close to home. But I am sure he will be gone a while now.
Madison is in school today! She is doing GREAT! Starting to really open up. She also didnt cry this morning and was SUPER excited to go!! I think a whole weekend with all of us (Daddy included) was more than she could handle! HA!
Rylee is starting to speak so well now. She is getting to where she will tell you what she wants! SO WONDERFUL! She is turning into a little girl right before my eyes. I miss my baby!! Its cute though. And she LOVES LOVES LSU Football! She sat and watched pretty much the whole game and cheered in her little cheerleading uniform. All she kept saying is GOOOO TIGERS! It was precious.
Well that is it for now...

Hurricane Ike and Birthdays!!

2008-09-13T23:57:00.002-05:00

Ike touched down last night! And wow it was nutts!!! The eye went straight up Galveston, TX and they had a lot of flooding there and in Houston. We had some pretty bad winds here in Lafayette and a lot of trees snapping. We actually went walk our doggie, JoJo, yesterday around lunchtime (wasnt supposed to be too bad then) well when we were on our side of the apartment building the wind was not bad at all. But as soon as we turned to go towards the back of the building the wind was CRAZY! Not sure how fast it was but it was hard. JoJo got knocked over a little and Rylee got knocked over pretty hard. I would have never went out there to walk JoJo with BOTH girls if I would have known it would be that bad. Madison did OK but it scared her so I grabbed both girls and the dog and ran inside. (We were pretty far from our door at this point). That was a VERY scary thing. They had trees snapping because the wind was so hard. CRAZY! But all in all we all are good and the power only flickered a couple of times. There were A LOT of tornado warnings and a bunch touched down but no harm to us! We are VERY lucky!

This is a picture around lunchtime! One branch down! HA! The pictures I took later on in the middle of the night didnt come out! Sorry!

Today we decided not to let Ike keep us inside all day! We had a friends birthday party in Gonzales that we really didnt want to miss! So we packed everyone up and headed out to Gonzales! The party was a blast!! Although I did forget our darn gift on the table at home! GREAT! It seems like I am always forgetting something. They got a new swingset for the birthday and it was a huge hit! Madison and Rylee loved it!!! After the party we decided to go see the house I grew up in since a tree feel through the middle of it during Gustav. It was a lot worse then I thought. It was horrible!! I cried. I had a lot of memories there. It was just so sad. After that we headed to Colin's parents house to watch the LSU game. We had lots of fun! The girls LOVE LOVE LOVE going over to Maw Maw and Paw Paws house! They are best friends! HEHE! We ended up waiting until the end of the game to leave! And of course the Tigers WON! YIPPIE! The girls both cheered them on the whole time in their cheerleading outfits! SO CUTE! And I of course forgot my camera too so couldnt take any pictures.
Today was a super busy day! But we all had a blast! No hurricanes can stop us!

Stupid Hurricanes & GAS!

2008-09-11T22:51:00.003-05:00

Yep thats right another hurricane headed our way. As if one wasnt enough right? Well this one is Ike and its headed straight for Houston/Galveston area! So that means we are on the bad side of it. People arent nearly as bad as they were for Gustav but I guess only time will tell if this will be a big devastation as Rita was to our part of town in 2005. Ike is supposed to make landfall late Friday night to early Saturday morning. But they keep changing it every broadcast. So far its a Cat. 2 hurrricane with 105 mph winds. We are supposed to get at least 80 mph winds here if not more. But I am not really worried about that part I am worried about TORNADOES!!! Never experienced one but I am terrified over them! Hopefully everything will be good!
Also, all of the refineries have shut down due to Ike in the Gulf and you know what that means GAS GOES UP! But only in the Gulf states! From what I understand some Gas stations arent even getting gas if they run out until AFTER the hurricane and if they do get it they will have to pay like $4.50 a gallon. Of course they cant sell it at that since that is what they are paying so that means gas could get to $5.00 a gallon! OH MY GOODNESS! And to think I was mad when I first started driving when gas was $1.35!!! Man I wish we could go back to that. HEHE! Colin I think likes gas this high! He says its job security! HA! At least thats a good thing right?
Madison update--Today was her second day of school and she is doing great! She loves it! She did get upset when we left her there this morning but was fine as soon as we walked out the door. And her teacher said she is starting to open up more! Which is good since the first day she didnt say a word! She is also taking her naps with no problem! YAY MADISON! Its so cute when we pick her up! She goes straight for her sissy! SO SWEET!
Rylee update--Rylee loves being at home with mommy! We play and play! I have realized just how smart she is! She amazes me!! She knows her colors and her ABCs! And she speaks soo well now. She is saying full sentences. Its so cute watching her copy what you say to her! Although sometimes it isnt always that great! HA! She is growing up so fast its sad. But she is becoming her own person and has her own little personality! Which is TOTALLY different than Madisons. Rylee is very daring. She will try ANYTHING. Madison is a little more hesitant but will still try it! She has to think about it before she does it! Rylee just goes for it!
Well I think that is it for now....gonig get some sleep since this hurrican is supposed to make landfall late tomorrow night. And we are supposed to out of power for a good bit of the day!! GREAT! Take care everyone!

Madisons First Day of School and Rylee and Mommys Quality time!!!

2008-09-09T23:17:00.006-05:00

Well she is officially in preschool! The day couldn't have gone any better.
We woke up around 7:30 am (late for us!!!) and Madison was still in bed. So me and Rylee went in there and as soon as we walked in Madison sat up in bed and said I get to go to big girl school today! It was so cute!! So of course we sang and danced and cheered in their room while daddy got dressed! Daddy was in charge of breakfast while I got the girls dressed. I ironed Madisons clothes and she put the on all by herself because she is a big girl now (she tells me this!). I get Rylee dressed and we head into the bathroom to brush teeth and wash faces so we are all clean!! HA! Well then I let Madison pick out which bow she wanted to wear on her first day and I did her hair! It was cute! All curly and precious! After that we ate breakfast really fast since it was getting late at this point! And after breakfast we were out the door on the way to school!! We finally got there at exactly 9 am!! (doors open at 9 they are offically late by 9:15!) Madison was soo excited. She had her princess nap mat and booksack all ready to go! She wanted to wear them both but then soon realized she couldnt so she made her daddy wear her princess bookpack! We all walked in together! Madison held her daddys hand the whole time. I think he asked if she wanted him to hold her but she said no! We walked in and as soon as we got in the room she was taking off her princess nap mat and down playing! She was so not worried about us! Rylee even went straight for the toys! We finally convinced Madison to tell us bye and give us hugs and kisses! She did and we told her we would be back!! NEver even phased her that we were leaving! It was really cute when Rylee kept giving her kisses and hugs!
As we were leaving I of course cried. At first I didnt think I would but I did! It was sad leaving her there but I know she loved it!
When we got home Rylee got really bored REALLY fast! She kept asking where is sissy? where is sissy? So I decided to take her to ride around so she wasnt just home thinking about it! We went to a couple of stores and she was having a blast! She was sooo good!! I didnt even put her in a stroller! hehe! She was pretty worn out though and fell asleep at 12:45. So I got a little time to myself which was nice! I did some dishes and cleaned up a little. Then it was time to go get SISSY!
Rylee was SUPER excited! She was running around in circles because she was so excited! It was soo cute! So when we get to Madisons school Rylee runs in and pretty much tackles Madison! I think we might have actually scared her a little! OOPS! But she was very excited to see us! I asked her teacher how her first day was and she said great! Madison even took a nap for her! WHAT?!?! She doesnt take a nap for me anymore! But Mrs. Tammy said she went straight to sleep and slept the whole time. Madison was so cute telling me about her day! She got to ride a bike, sing the ABC song, color a red apple, and lots of other stuff! Mrs. Tammy even told me that Madison didn't talk the whole day! CRAZY I know! But I assured her that it was because she was observing everything and her surroundings and that once she is fimilar the teacher won't be able to stop her from talking!! HEHE! just like her momma I guess. But all in all I think MAdison loved her first day of school. She was upset when I told her that she wasnt going tomorrow! It was sweet and sad! But Rylee enjoyed her mommy time and Madison enjoyed meeting new friends! Hopefully it keeps going as good as it did today!

Madison starts preschool tomorrow!!

2008-09-08T22:45:00.005-05:00

Well, my baby is going to school. I say baby but of course she isnt anymore :(. We had her open house tonight at 6:30 and Madison had a blast. She loved meeting all the little kids in her class and her teacher. When we first got there the teacher Mrs. Tammy had the table set up with all the kids folders on a chair with their name on it! It was sooo cute watching all of them dig through their folders to discover all that was inside (of course it was just important papers for the parents but they didnt know that). Her teacher was SUPER sweet and Madison loved her right from the start. And of course I got the picture of Madison with her teacher!! I had to! I am so happy with my choice to send her there. We also got to see what the Computer Bus was!! Found out that it really isnt a bus! Well at least not at Madisons school! HA! It is a super cute program and we are thinking very hard about signing her up. We will see! Madison loved being in her big girl school so much that she didnt want to leave.

After we left the Open House Colin and I decided to go drive around Youngsville since that is where we want to move next May!! It was super nice there! We loved all we saw! Colin even got a kick out of this one house that had a shop off to the side for the man and it had one of those old Gas pumps in the front of it! Super sute! Of course it was not real but it was once!! HA! I think he wants one now! Great right!! But now that we drove around we decided that was our top place we wanted to move too!

Well once we got home we gave the girls a bowl of sherbert and then baths. Madison was super excited about tomorrow that she went straight to bed tonight! WAHOO! I just hope Rylee handles it ok! This is the first time Madison gets to do something without Rylee. But I think Rylee will really enjoy her time with just me and her!

Tomorrow dropping her off will make me very sad but seeing her so excited makes it all worth it! She is ready to be a big girl now and make her own friends! I will post again tomorrow on how her day went!