Silly Six (aka my first tag)

I was tagged by Jill.

The rules are:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules.
3. Tell six unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. Tag six bloggers by linking.
5. Leave a comment for each blogger.

Here you go:

1.) All of my books are in a very specific order. The are grouped by type (example: religious, historical, romance, fiction etc.). Within each group they are separated by author and then alphabetically.
2.) When I sleep I have to be on the right side so I can lay on my right side and face out.
3.) I have to have 4 pillows when I sleep. One under my head, one on each side of me and one between my legs. I can not sleep or can't sleep well with out this.
4.) I have to read or watch tv to fall asleep. I can't just lay down and go to sleep. This drives my husband crazy!
5.) When I sleep I have to have just a comforter to cover me no sheets. The comforter has to be able to pull over my head and I have to be able to lift my feet up and tuck some of it under my feet. Again, drives my husband crazy because I will wake him up to get the comforter right.
6.) My closet and my kids closet or organized with all the shirts together, skirts, pants, shorts, dresses etc. Within each group the are organized by good clothes, play clothes and then by color (light to dark).

As I type this, I realize how messed up my head really is.

I am tagging Shannon, Sundae, Lynsey, Sarah, Linsi, and Kelly.

Happy blogging!

It's picture day!

I wanted to show everyone the kids new haircuts but didn't want to type alot so you get lots of pictures today.

Mattie's New Haircut














Wyatt's New Haircut















Mattie playing Wii Tennis (and winning!)














Jamie playing the lion















Wyatt playing the lion

Jamie and Mattie on the 4 wheeler in Bowie

Mattie and Wyatt having a campout in the living room

Jamie's new drink of choice

Hope you enjoyed!

And now a boobie story....

I was told by my sweet friend Shannon that I need to put the funny stories I tell her on my blog, so here it goes.

First, the not so happy part of the story. I started experiencing some very bad pain in my left breast. I went to a new general family doctor (what a way to meet, "Hi my name is Delilah, can you fell my boob and let me know what's going on") since I couldn't get in to see my ob/gyn for a week. The Doctor checked me out, with both of my children watching since I got the 10:40 appt at 9:15 that day, and informed me in his deep doctor voice "Yep, you've got a nice size lump at 6 o'clock". Now, I have never thought of my boobs like a clock but yes the area that hurts would be at 6 o'clock. The doctor also informed me in his deep voice "good news is it hurts, its the ones that don't hurt that we worry about". As I am sitting on the table in my paper half shirt that my two year old is lifting up (I think he wanted to make sure the doctor didn't do anything to his built in pillows) thinking back to a few moments ago when the doctor was almost punched in the face while he was probing the "nice size lump" I am not real happy about the pain even if it's a good thing. I was then informed that I will have to be scheduled for a diagnostic mammogram so he can see the "nice size lump" before he can decide on the next course of action. I asked is there anything I can do to help with the pain. Just so you know, its a constant dull pain and when I move wrong or lift my arm or have a two year old use my boob as his pillow it throbs with jabbing pain and when I try to sleep it hurts even worse. Gravity sucks when you have a pain in the boob. The doctor gladly gave me pain medicine. So while I'm getting dressed (side note my four year old wanted to keep the cool paper half shirt so she could use it when she plays doctor) I am thinking how exactly do I take pain medicine and function plus properly supervise my children. You guessed it, you don't. So pain medicine is only for night night time. (another side note it doesn't help) The doctor comes back in and takes me to his nurse to schedule the mammogram.

Here's the funny part. The nurse looks at me and checks out the girls and nice as can be says "SO THOSE ARE IMPLANTS, RIGHT" I look at her and say "No, no implants they're real" and she replies "Oh really." I have 38DD boobs that have been through two rounds of breast feeding got up to 40G's during said breast feeding and are saggy as all get out. So the nurse schedules my appointment for a mammogram, begins to explain it all to me and stops mid-sentence and says "I don't need to tell you this you've had these before, right?" I look at her, pause and say "No, I'm only 33 and they aren't a required test yet." Again she says, "Oh really." So in one day I was told that I have a "nice size lump", I have implants and look old enough to be required to have yearly mammograms. All I can say is I love God. On a day that was stressful and painful God provided me my own comedy relief. Every time I wanted to cry I thought about my implants and stopped. God knew what I needed to stop myself from drowning in a sea of despair. A big safety ring of implants and 6 o'clock lumps. Thank you God.

I will keep everyone updated on the mammogram and the 6 o'clock lump. Or as Mattie says "my mommies sore booooobbbbieeeee", she really likes saying it because it makes me laugh and her giggle. I will also try and post more funny stories and tomorrow I will try and post our back to school haircut picture and that fun story. It involves me losing my temper and calling a corporate headquarters, three hair cuts and my son stripping in the hair cut place while my daughter hides under the chairs laughing. Fun times!

Weekend fun at Fair Park

This weekend was really great. James didn't work on Saturday for the first time in weeks. We decided to take the kids to Dallas Fair Park Museums. I had been to some of the museums a long time ago during the State Fair. James had never been. We went to the Dallas Aquarium, The Museum of Nature and Science (which is the old Science Place and Museum of History), we had lunch at the Old Mill Inn and took the kids on a paddle boat ride in pond. We really had a great time and saw a lot of really cool stuff. Wyatt liked the fish at the aquarium best and Mattie liked playing in the Children's Museum in the Nature and Science Museum. James and I liked the fact that we did lots of cool stuff from 10 - 5 and only spent $50. Since we aren't taking a family vacation this year we have been trying to do fun stuff every couple of weekends with the kids. There are still 5 more museums at Fair Park that we will have to visit. We are also going to try a weekend trip to Abilene. James was born at the Air Force base there and has never seen it. So, if anyone has been there and can tell me something fun to do with the kids or good places to eat let me know. Also, if I can figure out how to get pictures from my phone to my computer I will add some pictures of our trip to the museum.

Just a heads up, the first Saturday in October we are having an Early Christmas Sale in Keller. I will have my bows and some new stuff I am making including notebooks and belts. Plus, there will be some very cool other home made stuff. Mark your calendars!

Yes, I am still alive.....

Ok, so it's been 4 months since I have posted. The delay was caused by two things. One, I got really, really busy. I'll explain the really, really busy later. The second reason is it took almost 4 months to get our Internet to work correctly! What a headache. So, I promise to try and post in a more timely manner!

Here's a quick recap of the last four months.

*Gave a portion of my testimony at my church's women's retreat

*Started attending celebrate recovery at my church.

*Worked with Wyatt and three different therapists multiple times a month

*We had a major storm with tornados ( at the end of my street)

*Mattie played soccer

*Had my 33rd birthday

*Had my 7 year anniversary

*Celebrated Memorial Day, Flag Day and Forth of July

*Went on our first family camping trip

*Wyatt got his first concussion during our first family camping trip

*Mattie finished Pre-K 3 class

*Worked with Wyatt and all his therapists some more

*James and I began working in our kids rooms on Sundays at church

*Found a lump on Mattie's head

*I got a teaching job for the summer at a mother's day out program

*Started school

*Mattie's lump started to grow

*Worked with Wyatt and his therapists some more

*Visited a surgeon and scheduled a date to have Mattie's rapidly growing lump removed

*Still working at school, kids love it

*Had Mattie's lump removed (it's benign)

*All the work with Wyatt paid off and therapists have back down to one visit every other month ( THANK YOU GOD FOR ANSWERING OUR PRAYERS)

*Last day of summer school today

So, its been a busy few months.

Wyatt is doing outstanding. He is saying more words than we can count, his favorite is "nooo aaay mommmma" translated means no way momma. Mattie is healing from surgery, has a small scar and a little patch of hair loss that will grow back. I have a few weeks off before school starts back in the fall. Really we have been enjoying life. Our family has gotten closer and stronger. Our relationship with God has deepened and it's awesome. Things have been going pretty good. So, I will work very hard to post once a week. Hopefully!