Aleena's Bridal Shower

This last Saturday we had Aleenas bridal shower. I had been SO stressed over it. I worried that no one would come, we would run out of food, and that it would be boring. Thank goodness I had everyones help. I am so appreciative of Amanda for being so willing so help me out. I didnt want to overwhelm her. I know how hard it is to have little ones and I just kept thinking I could do everything on my own. She did a good job with her game to. She asked Jarom some questions and recorded it. Questions like, "How many pairs of jeans does Aleena own" and "When was your first date and what did you do". I would first ask her the question and then we would play Jaroms answers and if she got it wrong she had to eat a piece of bubbalicious. She only ended up with 3 1/2 pieces, but that is still a lot of gum! For my game I had everyone split up into 5 groups and gave them a 4-roll pack of toilet paper and 1 roll of paper towels. They had 15 minutes to pick a model and make her wedding dress. Everyone worked together so well and the dresses turned out AWESOME! I was so impressed by how creative everyone was. Aleena then got to pick the winners(who had the best dress). Everyone ended up being a winner though! Tiffany was a big help to. She filled a container with candy and everyone had to guess how many pieces were in it. We ended up with 2 containers because the night before me and my mom decided to do a 2nd filled with M&Ms. We ended up eating chicken salad on crescents and lil smokies wrapped in bacon(thanks to my mom), a vegetable tray(thanks to Amanda), Crab dip and crackers(thanks to Tiff), pretzel salad and peanut butter fingers(thanks to Sheila), and Chocolate covered strawberries and eclairs(Thanks to me...LOL) I think that was it, but I am not sure! Everything was delicious and Thank You to everyone for coming and showing your support to Aleena.

Rough day!

Today Jayden got his cavities fixed. We had to be there at 7 this morning which is WAY to early. The good thing is, is that he was the 1st case so we got in and got out really quick. We were out of there by 9:00 am. The Dentist said things went well and they didnt have any problems. Some of his teeth were starting to become infected so its a good thing we got it taken care if now! He now has 4 new silver crowns. When they brought him out of the room he had a bloody nose, which kept on bleeding on and off for half of the day. On the way home he kept saying, "get this medicine out of me so my teeth will stop hurting". He complained of them hurting on and off all day to. The poor kid! He has rashes where they placed the stickers that monitored his heart beat. I hoped to get some cute pictures to make up a scrapbook page but as soon as he came into recovery I held him in the recliner. They let him keep his clothes on and they just covered him up with a drape. I stayed home from work to keep an eye on him as he hasnt felt well and if something were to happen I could never forgive myself. I know I am paranoid but thats what happens when you hear the horror stories at the hospital and you know all of the possible complications from things. Hopefully this is the first and last time that we have to deal with this from now on we will be brushing and flossing morning and night!

Oh boy, what am I doing?!

I just thought I would share something funny with you all. As most of you know I work graveyards 6pm to 6 am, 3 night a week. Well this has messed up my sleeping pattern quite a bit and I used to stay up until 2 or 3am even on the night I didnt work. Even if I got home from working and only slept for 3 hours, that night I would still think I needed to stay up all night and couldnt wind down. Well this caused me to be tired all day long and I would sleep all day once I got Jayden off to school. I finally went to the Doctor and got a prescription for some ambien(sleeping pill). So I take it about 3 nights a week, when I know that I am going have a had time getting to sleep. So the problem is is that I still try to fight it. So lately I have been randomly thinking I need to "put my mascara on to see how long my eyelashes are" and to practice putting on my fake eyelashes. This has happened 3 times since I started taking Ambien. The first night I wasnt sure if I had really dont that when I woke up the next morning. I would vageuly remember putting on too much mascara and making them look like crap. It would usually only be one eye. The thing with taking ambien is it makes you, not so coordinated and lets face it its hard enough to put on mascara when your 100% with it. One night last week I tried to put fake eyelashes on, half asleep, and ended up glueing my eye shut. So from now on I am going straight to bed. No more playing makeup artist! I seriously wish I would have taken pictures. But I wasnt even fully aware of what I was doing or had done until the next day when I noticed the leftover mascara on my eye.

Oops!

Today I took Jayden to the Dentist for the 2nd time ever. This was the first time he got x-rays. They couldnt get side x-rays because he gagged on the little mouthpiece every time they tried. He did really well! When the tech would go to clean his teeth with the tooth tickler he would clench his fists and scrunch his face up and growl. I guess he expected it to hurt. Turns out he has 6 cavities, poor kid! This would mostly be my fault as I havent been the best at making him brush morning and night. He thinks that you only have to brush when the sun comes up. So we get to go next week to the surgical center and have them taken care of. They will put him under general anesthesia. This really makes me nervous. We will have Grandpa give him a blessing the night before and pray for the best. From now on we will be brushing and flossing morning and night!

We have also put a deposit down on a Cockatiel. We will get him later this month. We are so EXCITED! I have been wanting to get a pet for awhile and since we cant have cats or dogs we have chose a bird. Jayden is so excited to get him. He has already named him sam, which was the name of the cockatiel we had growing up. I ordered his cage today and we bought him some toys and treats. This bird is being hand fed which means he will be better with people. The lady we are buying him from has kids so that way maybe he will be less likely to get to annoyed by Jayden. We will post some pics as soon as we get him.