Week 5 of summer

On Monday, we got up and went to rusty's for an ice cream breakfast. We ran into Shandra and she incited us swimming. We went to visit Meme A until time to swim, but she was headed to Chan's so of course we tagged along to visit and hold sweet baby Chase. He was so sweet once again. When we left we headed to the pool. Zeke stayed on the steps the whole time of course, but we sure enjoyed visiting. When we got home we cooked supper and then headed to Abbi's game. Zeke played with Tessa the whole game ;) on Tuesday, we were lazy, all we did besides watch tv was play and ride the golf cart. On Wednesday, we got up early to go to the library with Abbi! After the library we had lunch with chan, auntie, tera, meme, and all the kiddos. Zeke really enjoyed playing with the kids. We left and went swimming at Abbi's and hung out in her room until Rach got home. Then we went to eat with her and her fan for her bday. On Thursday, We visited meme alvalene and meme nan for a couple hours and then were lazy all afternoon. On Friday, we got up and headed to Jonesboro to pick up my new glasses, eat, and get groceries. We ate at mazzio's and looked at big boy beds too! Friday afternoon was time for the lake!! When we got there we got a few necessities at dg and spent the evening being lazy!! Saturday we went to the flea market, went on tge lake, and ate at Jr's for supper. After that we played at the park and got milkshakes, yum! We also looked at a houseboat and spent tge afternoon with Auntie, Jack, and Em!! On Sunday, we went to church and then stayed in our cove and swam! Zeke got off the ladder and swam, yay!!

Week 4

On Monday 11, I sat most of the day at the court house waiting for jurors to be picked. At 2:30, we were dismissed so I rushed home to take Chance to the vet. When I got home we ate supper at Lisa's. On tuesday, we had an appointment with our lawyer about buying some land in SWIFTON. Meme rode with us and we stopped in the library to get a library card, ate at mcdonalds, and got a few things at the dollar store. When we got back, I took zeke to visit with meme nan while Dustin and I went out for our anniversary. We ate at skinny j's which was good as always. Then we went to check out our land survey. On Wednesday, zeke and I waited for our library card in tge mail and then headed to the library. We missed story time bc of the mail being later, but he loved playing and checking out books. When we got home, we cooked supper and headed to church. On Thursday, I had to have my mole cut out some more. Mom and zeke went with me. We stopped at tcby for I've cream where zeke had rainbow cream, "the best ice cream he's ever had". He enjoyed their little table and his ice cream. On Friday, we visited meme alvalene and then Tessa came over to play for a few hours. They had so much fun!! We spent the weekend at the lake. Zeke loved making fathers day stuff for his daddy on Saturday and giving it to him early Sunday morning. Zeke is still afraid of the water so we didn't stay out long and went to visit poppy and nana instead. We ate at Colton's for Dustin snd headed on to Charlotte. Zeke loved visiting his poppy, papaw mike, and daddy all day. No jury duty tomorrow.

Week 3

Week 3 began with company on Monday-Caden! Zeke and Caden were so excited to spend the day together, we picked him up about 8:30. They played, ate lunch, napped, and then played outside. They had alot of fun, with only a couple of fights over a toy. On Tuesday, I had a workshop so Zeke stayed with Ma and Cole. He had so much fun and took a really good nap while I was working my tail off :) (the joy of being little). On Wednesday, I had another workshop so Zeke stated with meme alvalene. He had a good time with her too. I got home early, but with a migraine so he played until later in the afternoon. When Dustin got home, I took a nap so I could feel better for church. On Thursday, I had my derm checkup so I took zeke and mom to jb with me. They played in the mall while I had another mole removed, then we headed to chic fila to eat and play some more. Zeke loves to make new friends and will talk to anyone. I hope he keeps this self confidence, something I've never been able to do. We shopped a little and then headed home for supper at Ma's. On Friday, I had another workshop so Zeke stayed with meme nan until noon. At noon, we came home to play and rest before getting ready for the lake. We headed to the lake, went on a nature hike, and ate supper Friday night. Then on Saturday, we played out in the lake all day before Zeke fell on tge ladder and hurt his leg. I thought we'd be in the er when it happened, but it seemed better pretty quick. On Sunday, we went to church twice and amares party. I have jury duty this week.......

Summer week 2

The last week has flown by because we have been so busy. I hate that even summertime seems so busy, but hopefully the next several weeks will slow down a bit. On Monday 28, memorial day, we went to Rachel and bryan's for a cookout and swimming. Zeke started going under, a big deal for him. On Tuesday 29, we visited meme alvalene, napped, and played in his little pool. On Wednesday 30, I had several dr's appointments so zeke played with meme nan. When I got home he proudly read me two new books, I like colors and I like shapes. On thursday 31, I had to take Zeke to the dr bc he had a sinus infection and then we went to chic fila and back home for a nap before his tball game. He loves to eat there chicken nuggets, so we plan to come a few more times this summer. On Friday 1, we stayed home most of the day because we knew it was one of our only chances for a long time. On Saturday the 2, zeke played his final tball game for year 1. He was sooo excited to get his trophy and even said "y'all were right I did get a trophy, this is the best thing that ever happened to me"! Then we headed to the lake for Saturday and Sunday!! We had a good family weekend, but Zeke has developed a fear if the lake, our summer could be interesting!!

Day 5-7 Disney 2012

On day 5 at Disney, we headed to Animal Kingdom. We went to get a fast pass for Kilimanjaro and then headed to Asia for Kali River Rapids. Zeke was so excited, which surprised me because he typically hates to be splashed. One person in tge boat always gets soaked head to toes and the others get very wet too so I was a little scared about his reaction. When we got to the top of the largest rapid, I realized the wettest person would be Zeke. As we hit the bottom, I waited for him to cry and scream as he calmly looked up at us and said "it's ok guys, it'll dry" which made me laugh. He is so full of character. On the safari, we saw lots of animals and Zeke enjoyed photographing every one of them....got to buy him a camera of his own. We did both walking treks and saw quite a few animals. Then we went to camp Minnie/Mickey to stand in line for the characters. Then we headed to Dinoland to ride Triceratops Spin, he hated this ride last time. We made a stop by the boneyard to play and Zeke got away from us because we didn't realize the playground went across the street over a bridge. When we found him he was playing in the sand digging for fossils without a care in the world, much better than my experience with being lost at Hollywood at 10 years old. After that, we headed to rainforest cafe to eat (a must for us at ak). Zeke got to sit by his friend "mr elephant" and he visited him throughout our meal. We got the volcano dessert and it was amazing. My chicken Parm was very good as well, but way too much food for me so I finished it for supper. At about 2:30, we left rainforest and headed to the motel. Dustin and zeke went swimming and I slept because I was feeling extremely tired and a little sick. We were going to head back to a park that night, but I was still feeling bad so we swam and played at the park. Zeke met a friend at supper named PJ, a very sweet 6 yr old that he loved playing with the rest of the night. On Thursday, we headed back to Magic Kingdom for the whole day!! We decided to drive because we were tired of standing up on the buses and we got there much quicker. We got there for extra magic hours and rode several rides before park opening: pooh, dumbo, small world, and Peter Pan. Then we headed to adventureland because all the non emh people were headed to fantasyland. We rode pirates, aladdin, tiki room, and jungle cruise in about an hour or so. Then we headed to tomorrowland for an early lunch, buzz and zurg, and people mover. Then we got a fast pass for Mickey and watched some shows on main street before actually meeting Minnie and Mickey at town hall. We stopped at the main street bakery for water and an ice cream sandwich!

We watched dream along with mickey at tge castle and Then we headed to find a spot in frontierland for the parade. It began to rain as soon as the parade started, but there was no budging Zeke. I enjoyed watching the parade with him in the rain, just knowing he wanted to watch it that much was enough for me. When it was over, we headed in the hall of presidents to cool off and Zeke fell asleep in the show. He slept right up until it wad time for dinner at the crystal palace with pooh and friends. He got really excited when we got there especially when tigger came to our table. He had his baby tigger with him so tigger played with him more, so sweet. After supper, we found a spot for the parade and sat and played star wars while we waited. It was well worth the wait to see the look on my boys face when he saw the parade and fireworks!! He loved it. We boarded the ferry with a happy but sleepy boy that was asleep before we got to our resort. We packed up and went to bed too. Friday morning we swam and loaded up the car before eating lunch. By noon, we were beach bound. When we checked into the Hilton Oceanwalk (priceline special-$70) we were given an awesome ocean view room. The view was beautiful. We spent the afternoon building sandcastles and jumping waves then had supper on the ocean at bubba gump's. We walked along the beach and shopped in some shops that evening. This morning (Saturday may 26) we ate at five guys and are now headed part of the way home!!!

Disney trip-May 2012-day 1-4

We began our trip on Friday, may 18, the last day of Zeke's first year of pre-k. We drove to Macon, GA and stayed the night in the La Quinta. We drove on in to Disney on Saturday, arriving at All Star Movies at around 3. We checked in, unpacked and headed to Epcot for dinner and fireworks. We ate at Garden Grill and visited with Pluto, Mickey, and chip and Dale! They were alot of fun and the food was excellent. The rides we rode were: Nemo, Donald Duck, Figment, Captain EO, Living with the Land. Zeke was really excited about all of them, but said he liked figment the best. We watched the fireworks show again, which I love, but he was less interested than the other times because of the noise. We got back to our room about 10 and went to sleep early bc we were still tired from the night before. On Sunday, we headed to Hollywood Studios for Star Wars weekend, boy was that a bad decision, it was busy and Zeke was low on sleep (which causes him to have more energy than ever :)) We got lots of signatures in the morning: Darth Vadet, Boba Fett, Jake, Handy, Pooh, and Sorcerer Mickey. Then we rode Toy Story Mania and headed home for a rest, which we all really needed!! After nap, we headed to TREX cafe for dinner and to Magic Kingdom for Late night magic hours (11-2). This was the best experience we have ever had.....we rode It's a small world, pirates, aladdin, haunted mansion, dumbo, tomorrowland speedway, buzz, Peter pan, snow white and pooh all in two hours!! It was sooo much fun not having to wait. On Monday, we woke up and headed late and headed to Epcot for a few hours. We rode Nemo again, ellens energy adventure, And Maelstrom. We had a private meet/greet with mickey, minnie, and goofy for being a chase card holder. I think Goofy might have remembered us because he was extra attentive, it was fun. We shared a really great frozen lemonade and then headed back to the hotel for a nap before Chef Mickey's. We loved Chef Mickey's, the look on Zeke's face was priceless as he carefully watched each one and got so excited when his turn was next. He was so excited that other people in the restaurant were getting excited for him, it was soooo sweet and really brought tears to my eyes watching him. Afterwards, we decided to go to fantasmic, which we had never done. Zeke loved it and it was one of tge best shows I've ever seen. When that was over we stayed for extra magic hours and Zeke went to a dance party with Mickey, Minnie, Einsteins, Jake and handy!! He had so much fun, but kept trying to hug on them while they shook their booties. Then we rode star tours and Zeke kept saying "mom that wasn't even a little scary, I can ride anything" lol. We got in late, but were sure we'd be up early, however, I couldn't even roll zeke out of bed until 9, so we went bank to magic kingdom. We rode Pirates again because zeke loves it most and then got pics with woody and Jesse!! After that, we watched jack's pirate tutorial and Zeke loved it, but was too shy to go on stage. After the show, a lady asked came up and said to me "captain jack would like to meet your son if you don't think he will be afraid?" I said oh no he would love it, even though I wasn't sure. They took us behind the stage and we had a private session with him and the other pirate. Zeke was shy of course but was super excited when it was over and talked about it all day. Then we had lunch at Pecos Bills and headed off to Tomorrowland to meet Buzz. He wasn't there so we rode tge people mover and the move it shake it parade. We left magic kingdom at 12:45 to ride the monorail to epcot and then a bus to Hollywood. However, we didn't arrive until 2:30 and had to go from epcot to another hotel and back to Hollywood bc they don't run buses between parks very often. While at all star music, we met a mousekeeping staff member that had a granddaughter with an arm like Zeke's and we were able to share our boy with him. He was an older gentleman from a large family that was close knit and they were fearful of several things, I tried to ease his mind and let him know there's nothing she won't be able to do. I love God's nuggets of goodness that are hidden in 2 hr of annoying bus transfers to get where we are going. He knows right where/when we are needed and will use us if we allow him. When we got to Hollywood we watched the parade, muppets, Indiana jones, and ate at Hollywood and vine. We came back to the hotel to swim and play at around 6. Zeke loves the kiddy pool and sprinklers, suprisingly. He's not into having water in his face.

September and October 2011

For labor day, we went to the lake. It was the last weekend we could go for a while so we really enjoyed it! On Saturday, just before the game we were getting ready to go to the park. Zeke is all about dressing himself these days, he picked out some 12 month Mickey swim shorts and a t-shirt. They were really tight so he could barely move in them. He began calling them his heavy pants, apparently that's how he thought they felt. It was the highlight of the weekend to say the least.

The next weekend we were really lazy. On Sunday, September 11 we all woke up to watch the footage on tv. It was crazy to think back 10 years and remember the awful tragedy. On September 16, zeke had his dr appt for his 3 year check-up. He had a sinus infection and got amoxcillan. By night, he was running fever. We had a fun day of pizza hut and the mall playground before he got sick though. He had to go to caden's party feeling bad, but he enjoyed celebrating with Caden. On Sunday, he was worse so he stayed home from church! On Thursday, he stayed the night with papaw and meme so Dustin and I could go to see third day. That concert was amazing!! September 23-25 we made one last trip to the lake, it was too cool for getting in the water though. It was a relaxing weekend. The next week consisted of getting ready for mod march on Saturday oct 1st. On sept 30, we went to eat at the cafe with meme nan and then headed to abbi's dance party. Zeke had lots of fun and now swears he is having a dance party when he is four!! The walk went well and jcsd raised around $4000 for mod. On Tuesday, I had my first nb meeting at vv so zeke tagged along and we went to craighead to play before I went to my meeting. That was such a fun day, zeke said it was the "big park" and he wasn't ready to leave! The weekend of oct 7-9 was cynthia's bday so we had a big party complete with a pony, hayride, marshmallow roast and 3 worn out grandbabies as the night came to a close :) it really was alot of fun for all of us!! On October 13, zeke had an appt with dr Sawyer. He was doing so well, he said we could become prn or come as we needed to. He is still shocked at how far zeke has come! We went to the zoo and had a picnic afterwards, a very fun afternoon. On Saturday, zeke stayed with Rachel and bryan and Abbi so Dustin and I could go get a new car, eat, and see courageous. Oct 21-23, we had a fun weekend of playing at the park, eating with family at the cafe, and visiting at rachel's house. On the 27th, zeke and I played in the mall before my nb mtg at vv. Then that weekend he stayed with meme nan so we could go out with Rachel and Bryan. We ate longhorn and then just came home to visit, fun night! Oct 31 was Halloween, we ate chili and trick or treated with Clancy. Zeke was jack sparrow and he was super cute-hair or no hair lol. Nov 4-6, we went to who dats on Friday for trav's bday, went to Jonesboro to meet Braylon on Saturday and stayed home sick on Sunday. Today, we went to the dr and he has strep. He has been feeling bad this time, it's so sad when he is sick!!! Praying for zeke to feel better!!

Week 2 & 3 and the weekend in between

Our little family has been too busy for words, not sure how I am supposed to do my national boards this year!! Zeke is still loving preschool. They have been working on red, blue, circle, and square. Next week they will add lots of stuff to their day. They will read books and talk about how they are all unique and draw a picture of their favorite thing at school. They will be learning to count and work on yellow and triangle. I told Dustin the newsletter said we should work on these daily. He looked at zeke and said what color is your shirt, his reply was "R-E-D red" then what color are the letters on your shirt? Blue. He then told me to draw the center of the flower because it was a circle :) I think we got this!! He learned his abc's within the first two-three days of pre-k and we have never worked on that!! I think this has been a success so far. Last weekend, we were lazy. We went to see penny in the hospital on Saturday and out to eat with the crew (Rachel, Bryan, Abbi, Robby, Angie (&braylon)) at lazzari's! Sunday was church, lunch at church, bday party, and more church. Last week proved to be just as busy--Monday- school & workshop, Tuesday-chiropractor & supper at dad's, Wednesday-dr & hospital, Thursday-haircuts & ma's bday supper. Whew that made me tired!!! Now it's time for some much needed relaxing for labor day weekend!!