What have we been doing?

I can't believe it is already May! Dalton has his last day of Kindergarten on May 25th (sniffle). I can't believe my little baby is going to be a in first grade.. So much has happened since my lazy bum has posted..

• Dalton started Kindergarten.. (I just realized how long its been since I posted)
• I chaperoned my first field trip.. to the Zoo. Fun was had by all. I couldn't walk for two days afterwards lol Getting old is NOT fun!
• Field day! Little guy didn't get a ribbon...but was so happy to get out there and try! I am a proud mommy!
• Easter and Easter Egg Hunts in the backyard with our neighbors
• Playdates with his friend Emma..with lots of Just Dance 2 involved
• He lost his first tooth. Tooth fairy left him $5. According to him the most important part of this is that the $5 was all in one dollar bills. ;-)
• We went to the Giant Treehouse in Crossville.. So much fun.. until an excited little boy who is jumping down the stairs starts to fall. I tense to grab him.. and I do..but I tore part of my quadricep muscle. That is some hardcore pain!

Busy time in the Brady house! I am going to do better about posting. Next post will be pictures, but it is time to go get Dalton from school.. So I have to go!

Pictures!

Yes, the Christmas pictures are out of order...but I'm too tired to fix it. :-D

Brady, Jake, and Dalton posing with the favorites of the day.

Christmas Morning- The "Loot"

Christmas Eve- Yes, I made them wear matching PJs.. :-)
"Crazy Pose" Picture

12/23/09- Mandatory Slumber Party

12/23/09- Jake, Dalton, and Brady at lunch before seeing the Chipmunk Squeakuel. Why am I not surprised none of them could look at the camera?

This is my new hair (jan 2010)

A Little Bit of Everything

Well, I am back! I finally decided to bite the bullet and start blogging again. Last night I spent an hour or so deciding on a new layout and figuring out how to personalize my header... What do you think?

So.. my life since November...

• My *coughcough31stcoughcough* birthday came and went.. I spent it with family and friends, we had a great time!
• We spent Christmas in Georgia with my sister and her family. The kids were spoiled..of course.. I will post pics in the next post.
• I believe I slept thru NYE.
• January was a great month! Mom and I headed to Nashville on January 19th for my pre-op appt with Dr. E, my Vanderbilt EP. The next morning, super bright and early.. I checked in at the Children's Hospital.. YES, the children's hospital.. Laugh all you want.. it is funny. haha Dr. E said my case was "challenging" and he wanted Dr. F to assist plus they had better mapping equipment. The procedure lasted almost SIX hours!! Appears I was just as difficult under general anethesia as I am awake. lol The SVT wasn't starting in the area they previously thought.... They had to ablate around 50 different spots! They went thru both legs and my neck. I woke up in horrid pain...was dosed and passed back out.. this happened for a few hours. I had to keep my legs completely still and lay flat for 6 hours! Luckily over half of that I was drugged. But the last few hours were hell. Then I woke up around 2am.. crying in pain. Once the nurse came in she realized that I had started bleeding internally on my left groin area and developed a rather large...okay huge.. hematoma. Better to bleed in than out I guess.. not as messy. Blah blah blah.. I wasn't allowed to get up and walk until they day I was released..>Friday. Walking was an ordeal.. onlookers thought it was a bit funny. I had that just pushed out a 20lb baby...but didn't ya know I didnt. Anyway....long story a bit shorter.. after much monitoring I was SVT free! I stayed SVT free until about 2 weeks ago.. Not great news..but it could be worse. I have had maybe 5 episodes since then..but not a one compared to pre ablation episodes. My followup in Nashville is Mid April.
• I am back at work! Yay!! After being out on leave for basically 8 months.. I was more than ready to go back! I missed my friends!! (love you guys!)
• Oh, pre surgery I had my hair done.. Elisha is the most awesome talented stylist ever!! (Enve Salon..) Pics on next post!
• Most that know me...know about the house fire in October.. They have finally started on the house...and man do they work fast!! They almost have the whole house gutted already!! Its amazing to see! At the rate they are going, we will probably be back in the house before August!
• Speaking of August.. my little monster starts school in the fall. I have been back and forth about where to send him...public or private. My cousin sends her boys to Freedom Christian Academy.. so Mom, Dalton, and I met with the principal on Wednesday and took a tour. That place is great! I really feel in my heart that is the place for Dalton. So I am filling out the application and praying that they will have a spot for Dalton in the fall!

Okay..update wise I think that is the scoop!

So.. I think that is it for now..update wise....

Peace and Quiet

Let me start out by saying that Dalton dislikes storms..
He's not scared of the rain.. or even of the lightening..it is the thunder.
It petrifies my son. He does get it honestly.. I have been scared of bad storms my whole life. He doesn't know that..because I try to be brave for him. (LOL)


Anyway, so the other night we had on heck of a storm. Everytime it would thunder he would drop whatever he was doing and dive onto my lap or mamaw's lap (depending on who was closest). Mom had been trying to talk to him the past few storms about thunder. She told him that when it thundered it was only God clapping his hands. So this is the conversation post lap dive

Dalton: Mommy, I don't like thunder.
Me: Oh I know honey but its nothing to be scared of.. remember what Mam told you? (Mam is his nickname for mamaw).
Dalton: Yeah.. it is just God clapping his hands.
Me: Thats right.. and clapping our hands isn't scary is it?
Dalton: No, Mommy but its loud. I don't like it when its loud. I think God should stop clapping His hands and go to His room and lay down. I need some peace and quiet.

Little man was just so serious.. it was all I could do not to bust out laughing!

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


*I have NOT been staying up until daylight hours multiple days this week.. and IF I had..it would not be because I was up too late watching "Big Brother After Dark" on Showtime.. Nope not me!

*I am NOT addicted to watching Big Brother on CBS.. I wouldn't watch any reality shows.. I have better things to do..and if I did..then I totally wouldn't be talking about the castmates (or to the TV for that matter) like I actually knew them! Nope NOT me!

*My son did NOT call me "Probie" the other day ( and yesterday and probably today too) ala NCIS..No..I never watch that show..and my son does not know all the main characters names.. Nope not me (him)!

*Dalton and I don't just randomly break out in song... never.. My life is so not a musical! Nope not us! But if we DID sing.. it wouldn't be the Hannah Montana theme song or "Who's your Daddy" by Toby Keith.

*I didn't let my wonderful child stay up until midnight last night because I didn't feel like fighting about bedtime..Nope, we keep strict bedtimes around here! But if he did.. it might be because we slept in.. lol

*I am NOT addicted to FarmTown and FarmVille on Facebook since a friend recently explained it to me.... NEVER! I don't have an addictive personality..Nope NOT ME

* Dalton and I did NOT spend over 2 hours at McKay's Used Books today.. and we did NOT leave with a bag full of books for us both.. Nope..not us!

*I have NOT already read one of the said books that I got yesterday. I am much more productive than that!!

* I did NOT watch CSPAN the other morning..and actually enjoy it! Nope not me!!

I'm going to stop there..but trust me.. there is so much more I could list!

Trying again..

I am horrible at keeping up this. I apologize!! New Year.. New beginnings.. right??

I'm Backkkkkk

New posts to follow shortly!!