Nashie

Tomorrow Nash will be 5 (for real). I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I swear just yesterday Sam was sitting on my bed at the "baby store" petting her new baby brother, who, she was determined was going to sleep in the bathtub & not her bedroom.

I never thought I'd be much of a "boy mom". But now I can't imagine my life without my boys. They make me smile every time they find joy in the mud or any of the other simple things in life.

I was so worried when I was pregnant with Caleb about how Nash would treat his brother. Now I can't believe I was ever worried. Yes, sometimes Nash is a stinker to his brother, but what big brother isn't? For the most part, Nash is an awesome big brother and actually, a pretty amazing little brother too. When I asked Nash what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday, he told me, "I want white so Sam will eat it. She doesn't like chocolate and she'll be sad if I have chocolate cake because she won't get to eat any." What 5 year old kid, let alone a 5 year old boy, have you ever heard say anything even remotely close to that? I must admit, I was stunned. I then asked him what kind of cupcakes he wanted to go with his cake (we have big family parties). I was thinking he'd want chocolate (the kid is mine after all). Much to my suprise, he once again said, "I want white. Sam will be sad if she only gets to have cake and can't have a cupcake too." Seriously?? I tried to get him to tell me he wanted chocolate because I know how much he likes it. But, he stuck to his guns. Even when we went to the store to buy ice cream to go with HIS birthday cake, he didn't miss a beat when it came to amazing me. When I asked him what kind of ice cream he wanted, his first reply was, "I want the rainbow kind for Sam. And, can I have white for me too?" What a kid. I don't think I even know too many adults that would put what they know their sibbling likes ahead of what they like on their own birthday.

Nash has been learning so much at preschool the last two years. He loves his Teacher Barbara and I don't think he realizes yet that she isn't going to go to Kindergarten with him. The day this realization hits him will be a sad day at our house. He can write his name fairly well and recognizes many of the numbers and letters. Samantha likes to play school and he's pretty good to just go along with what she wants. He generally doesn't poop out until he's tired of her phonics lessons (Believe me, the girl has it down pat! I know exactly what a Saxton phonics lesson sounds like, and I don't even teach it!). He is pretty excited about the fact that he'll get to go to "Sam's school" next year. I just keep crossing my fingers that he'll have a decent teacher!

This boy is SUCH a boy that it isn't even funny. He's always in the dirt and mud and hates to wash his face or comb his hair. He'll pack a stick around for days & loves to box his dad's ears in when he isn't looking. I've never been around a boy that likes Star Wars or Transformers so much (thank you Hamblin's). It always surprises me at how difficult it is for me to go gift shopping for this kid!

Despite his boyish charm, Nashie has soft side too. He is VERY much a mama's boy and nothing melts my heart faster than when he comes up to me, gives me a big hug with a smile & says "I love you mama." He never was a snuggler as a baby but he sures makes up for it now. He's the best snuggler of the 3! About a week before Mother's Day I stopped in at Maurices to see my mom. They were having a killer sale & I decided that since Trav would be gone for Mother's Day I'd save him the pain of trying to pick something out for me. So, Nash helped me pick out a super cute new outfit. After I tried on 47 outfits and Nash had put his 2 cents in on each one of them, he helped me pick out just the right one. As I was going up to the counter to pay, I stopped to look at the jewelry. Nash was broken hearted when he thought I wasn't going to buy the jewelry he thought would be perfect with my outfit. What mother can resist a boy who has a big tractor lip & is holding a super cute necklace in his hands -- even if it TOTALLY does not match the outfit he just picked out? Yep, I bought that necklace (and a bracelet that matched my new outfit). I wore the necklace today just for him too and the smile on his face was worth the money spent!


I just realized this is a much longer post than I intended! Oh well, I am bragging about my birthday boy!

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Positives for the day

Even though I took the day off work & it was a day without pay, I had a good day!

**Got a rental vehicle (only took 47 calls to insurance, a trip to the car rental place at 5 pm, & a multitude of patience).

**Found out my spine is now 17 mm to the right instead of 4 mm to the right and my hips are out of place. Glad I'm not paying for these chiropractor visits!

**Got the kids new books at Sam's book fair.

**My crowning jewel: Landed 800 sq ft of sod, in Hyrum, for FREE! Yay, I can have a front yard sooner!! (I now may become a ksl.com junkie ;) )

Update

I didn't feel hurt at all on Wednesday night after my accident. Thursday morning was a whole other story! When I got up on Thursday, my left arm was hurting. As the day went by, it began to hurt a lot more. I had about 4 people tell me my left arm looked swollen up by the elbow. So, Thursday night I convinced my sister to take me to InstaCare. InstaCare told me to go to the ER. The ER blew me off. The dr. told me, "You don't have any bones sticking out and there aren't any major spinal cord injuries. And besides, anything major would have been obvious right after the accident. You'll be fine." I told the nurse I wasn't impressed with the dr. and would they please x-ray my arm. They x-rayed my shoulder (duh). 45 minutes after my x-ray the nurse comes back in and asks if the dr. had come in and talked to me about my x-rays to which I had the pleasure of replying "no." She told me my x-rays looked fine and I could go. They sent me home with a sling and told me to take Tylenol with my Ibuprofen 800. Still wasn't that impressed. Friday I went in to see this dr. that my parents go to. He told me I have deep tissue bruising in my left arm and elbow and that it's going to take quite a bit of time to heal. He gave me about 10 Lortab for the pain. He also told me the injury is equivalent to tennis elbow and that I should get a tennis elbow arm band to wear during the day. Still working on that one & am thankful for the Lortab. Taking Monday off work to deal with insurance, go back to the chiropractor to see my x-rays & hopefully baby my arm a bit more than what I have been! Thank goodness Trav comes home Tuesday!
PS You try typing with one hand!

Ever have one of those days?

I was on my way home from work, minding my own business. I was following behind 1 or 2 other cars. The car in front of me passed the west entrance to the Hyrum grocery store. The lady sitting in the entrance waiting to come out, begins to pull out. I start thinking she isn't going to stop. I begin moving toward oncoming traffic. The lady from the entrance pulls out and t bones me & proceeds to push me down the road. Oh goody. Now I've totaled my car, am late to pick kids up from daycare, miss my chiropractor appointment (have barely been able to move for about 5 days) and Sam misses dance class! Oh, and did I mention that I was on my way home after the lockdown order on my school was finally lifted??

If the kids would have been with me, Samantha & Caleb would have taken the brunt of the force. The passenger side window shattered & covered me with glass.



It's a good thing I was able to get a hold of my brother to come pick me up. Unfortunatley for him, he was the one that had to wake up my dad (who swings in his sleep).

Can you see where my brand NEW windshield is shattered too?



Notice the dashboard & how it's up about an inch more than what it should be?

You can see my "souviners" as the highway patrolman called them, sitting on the passenger seat too.

You can see the cracks in the brand NEW windshield in this picture too. Can you tell I'm a bit bent out of shape about the windshield?

See how even the back door is sticking out? That door wouldn't even open either.

Like the black scrap down the entire side of my car?

I think what makes me the most mad isn't that I was hit. It's that we just put in $150 windshield, replaced a $75 park break, paid $100 registration, paid for 2 inspections at $17 each & I just filled it with $26 in gas tonight too!