Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother figures in everyone's life!! We went out to eat yesterday to celebrate and Daddy is grilling mommy some shrimp tonight for dinner yum yum!!! We went to church this morning and afterwards Will made me a card. (Daddy says I have a gift coming via UPS sometime this week...we will see!!!) Mother's Day is a special day for me because both of boys were baptized on Mother's Day...Will in 2006 and Ben in 2008.

Bad weather

During breakfast yesterday our weather radio went off for a Tornado warning in a neighboring county...before I knew it the radio was going off again for us and the sirens outside. I got the boys in the bathroon with shoes and bike helmets on! Well turns out we had a EF-2 tornado and it came pretty close to our house! We live at the end of our street which backs up to another subdivision and a field. I drove through that subdivison today and there was damage to the homes the street over from ours!!! There were a ton of trees down, windows blown out (plywood over them now), and fences down everywhere! I am so glad no one was hurt. Chip sometimes thinks I overreact during storms but after the EF-4 tornado of 1989 (which killed 21 people) being less then a couple of miles from my house...I don't mess around!

Spring School Pictures

These are the Will's and Ben's spring pictures done at Will's school by Melissa Tash from Spoiled Rotten Photography (www.spoiledrottenphotography.com). It was so hard getting a pic of them together...I sure hope it gets easier when they get older!!

Rain, Rain, Rain

It has rained soooo much the past few days. Chip has a rain gauge in the backyard and we have got 7.75 inches of rain! The garden is still doing ok..it did not get washed away. The boys and I have tried not to go stir crazy with this weather and "swine" flu scare. I have been trying not to take them to stores. We got word today that school will start back tomorrow. Will did not even realize he missed 2 days of school. Mommy sure did so we went to Gigi's house last Thursday and she did some crafts with Will. He is now cutting really well with scissors. She also let him loose with a glue stick. Needless to say he had lots of fun.

Nothing too exciting has been going on around our house. Ben continues to get into everything and never ceases on trying to hurt Will. Will on the other hand has been more loving to Ben. He even tried to wash Ben's hair the other night during their bath....It was so sweet! Will gives him hugs and says "You are a sweet baby." Ben then tries to either pinch, scratch or bite him...oh I hope he outgrows all three!!! Ben's last day of antibiotics is tomorrow and we will return to the doc at the end of May for an ear re-check.

Ben is 15 months!!!

Ben had his 15 month doctor's visit today. He weighed 23 lbs. (29%) , 31.25 inches tall (57%) and his head was 50 cm (95%). Ben's development is right on target..I actually think he has more words than Will did at this age. We did get some bad news...Double ear infection! I told the Dr. Laue I would take ear infections anyday over ITP....he said "me too!" Hopefully this new antibiotic will take care of it...I can't stand it knowing that his hearing is not optimal.

The vaccinations have not gotten him down. He is playing up a storm this afternoon and is very active.

Relief...I hope!!

I went back to the doc today. Gigi watched the boys..she is now under the weather too. Well, they took a x-ray of my face and guess what...my sinus cavities are full of "cement". Now I am on 2 nose sprays, antibiotic, something for congestion and steroids. Hopefully my face will quit feeling like a truck ran over it!

Will's Spring Program

Will's school spring program was on Thursday. He was not feeling his best but was not contagious so I took him so he would not miss it. Gigi, Pop, Ben, Mommy and Daddy were all there to watch it. Will's class had painted shirts for the occasion. His class wore shirts with painted cats and bowties and homemade hats on their heads...They were dressed like "Cat in the Hat". The other 2 year old class was dressed up as "Thing 1" and "Thing 2". All the other age groups had really cute outfits also. Afterwards Pop and Gigi took us out to lunch. Gigi then came home so mommy could rest...this sinus infection has took it all out of me.

I can't believe the school year is almost over. Will loved school this year and we are so THANKFUL that he was a healthy (platelet wise) little boy and could go!!! This summer we have some fun stuff planned... a trip to the beach, art lessons, swim lessons for both boys, bible school and the annual Bagwell Family Reunion.

I feel blessed that our church has such a wonderful Child Development Center. Will starts big boy Sunday School in June and guess who his teachers are...Mommy and Daddy! We will be teaching his class in one month stints in June, October and Feburary. I am sure it will be interesting with a room full of kiddos born between Jan. 06 and May 06!