SHE isn't HERself

SHE would break your heart.

literally, your heart would fall out of your chest and break in two if you saw HER in HER hospital bed.

SHE is not HERself at all.

SHE is very sick.

SHE calls out for mommy, daddy, brenton, and brady.

yes, her cousin brady.

he must treat her good.

SHE is miserable and can only lay there and whine and fall asleep.

her grandma made her smile with a toy pig that laughs when you squeeze it and a night lite that changes colors.

SHE cannot talk (no voice), doesn't wanna eat (even though SHE gets room service), and rarely drinks (i think her throat and fever aren't helping that).

SHE is now sleeping with both of those things tonight.

grandma also bought toys for all her other healthy grandchildren that aunt nicole was taking care of for me.

SHE got a special visit from her grandpa, aunt molly, aunt dixine and uncle ross. and grandma too, of course.

hopefully SHE gets to come home sometime today.

crappity crap crap

too tired to blog.

sick child.

now she is sick with the croup.

a really really bad case of the croup.

the husband and i are fighting about the need to take her to be seen.

i, of course, thinks she needs to be seen.

he does not.

happy freakin anniversary to all.

UPDATE: i won. tessa went to ER at 1 AM.

UPDATE 2: she is now at Primary Children's. send her your prayers.

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO ME and you too walter

stuck in a Texas airport

i knew we were gonna be stuck for a looong time so, that meant shopping and buying the kids something to entertain them.
there was supposedly "free Internet access" but, all it did was lead you to a site where you had to pay for use.

and i got to the point where i didn't even CARE if tessa rolled around on the dirty, grimy, grody, airport carpet anymore.

the very last photo...i think i had a headache and we were going to be boarding in like 45 minutes. brenton and kylee had to sit near an older man who was so nice to him and kylee. he let brenton talk his ear off at the beginning of the flight about all of the safety precautions and what to do (he has it down pat now) and then about 40 minutes into the flight he let brenton fall asleep on his arm/shoulder. THANK KIND GENTLEMAN FOR BEING SO NICE TO MY KIDS ON AN INSANELY LATE FLIGHT!

can you guess this sound?

turn up your volume and HEAR MY PAIN!

this is why my husband is not allowed to sleep in the same bedroom with me.

i taped this in the middle of the night when we were all sleeping in the same room at the Hilton in Orlando. which was the MOST AWESOME HOTEL WE HAVE EVER STAYED AT!

BECAUSE, that's why!

i just really really really want one KAAAAYYY! i have no reason for absolutely needing it, i just think it will come in handy for all of our road trips to Cali and flying to NY and Cabo (yes, we are heading there too). and for everything in between that. ooooo i want one soooo baaaad. on another note: i haven't been complaining about the weather this week. NOW THAT IS GROWTH!

doing the "told ya so" dance

first go HERE AND READ THIS

then imagine me dancing around doing the told ya so dance, because i totally am. also, i am getting over the flu and just want to get back into bed and watch some more of my TV. that is my excuse for the short post today. also, you need to watch the episode of Ghost Hunters called BEST OF STANLEY HOTEL. it is the hotel where the movie "THE SHINING" was filmed. my favorite episode yet!

REDRUM

fwee years old

Gatorland Part 2

and so we continue...

they have this walk that you can go on that takes you through the swampy area. it was the most quiet peaceful walk...REALLY!
and that spanish moss grows EVERYWHERE. to be honest, i kinda like it!

and naptime hit
another close up of the gators jumping for the food

the friendly massive turtle

with tessa standing on it for a ride

deep in GatorStew

the white gator (i forget what the real term for it is...)

and finally the photo that had my children and us in absolute AWE.

a conversation between Auntie and Nephew

my sister and her little family are leaving for California today. SAFE TRAVELS! am i jealous? i am so jealous, that i complained about it to my nephew while we were tossing the ball outside.
me: so Brady are you so excited to go to California?
Brady: yep
me: you get to go swimming and go to Disneyland! how much fun are you going to have?
Brady: yep
me: i am so jealous of you Brady. i want to go with you.
he then stops throwing the ball and walks up to me and says...
MARCI, YOU ALWAYS GET TO GO TO CALIFORNIA SOMEDAY
to which i sat there and then replied: you are right Brady, i ALWAYS GET TO GO TO CALIFORNIA SOMEDAY!

the best and the worst

kylee: mom what is the best thing that has ever happened to you?
me: moving to California.
kylee: moooommm, we haven't done that yet!
me: but one day we will and that will be the best day ever!
kylee: mooommm, can't you be serious...what is your best thing ever?
me: hmmm, my family is the best thing ever.
kylee: hehehe, yep we are
me: cause now i have built in servants to serve me.
kylee: so mom, what is your worst thing ever?
me: oh i shouldn't tell you, i don't think you want to know.
kylee: it was school wasn't it!?
me: no
kylee: it is having tessa, right? she is such a pest.
me: weeellll, it is along those lines.
kylee: so what is is?
me: it's being pregnant ok! i really really don't like it....at all.
kylee: why?
me: because you are tired and sick all the time and i don't like that. AT ALL!
kylee: yeah, but not sick SICK, right?
me: no, you get sick SICK too.
kylee: for how long?
me: for me, it was THE WHOLE NINE MONTHS.
(overheard after i stated this) brenton: I AM SO THANKFUL I AM NOT A GIRL

me(thinking):BIG SHOCKER THERE BUDDY BOY

as a side note per my little giveaway: i am going to have my tessa draw a name and mom says that she should win it because she noticed it first on tv. she was watching it live and made nicole come in and started yelling, look it's sark on vampire diaries. so according to my moms logic she should win. since no one else entered it will be between MY MOM, NICOLE, AND MOLLY. all you other fools out there, you should have entered! buh-bye

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twins

vampires shmampires

first off, let me say that when i go on vacation, my TV watching gets all wonky. my tivo is completely backed up. so, starting with that, i am just now catching up on my Vampire Diaries...and boy oh boy did i have a surprise waiting for me!

i just have to say that DAMON is my most favoritist character on that show. the Bad Boys always get the BEST LINES! and they aren't to shabby to look at either.

so when i started watching a three week old show someone showed up that knocked me off my bed. "Uncle John"! i have REALLY missed that face and smirk!
so, i haven't had a contest for awhile and here is what i am gonna do. if you can tell me what TV show he was on and the character he played that i LOVED, I AM GONNA GIVE YOU SOMETHING! hint: bad boys, bad boys

Gatorland Part 1

so we found out about a place called Gatorland and we decided, HOW CAN WE GO TO FLORIDA AND NOT VISIT A PLACE CALLED GATORLAND...so off we went.

a child VERY HAPPY TO SEE a whole amusement park devoted to Gators
another child who placed RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE FENCE NEXT TO...
a ginormous GATOR. yes, we love to put our children in dangerous situations.

Gators, gators, and yes...
more GATORS

they have a show that they do that has the Gators JUMPING out of the water to get raw chicken meat.
here's a close up shot
our kids LOVED IT

just look at them all