Our growing family!

(not mine though)
Last sunday night Justin was given the news that his mother had a baby boy back around 1970's and then gave him up for adoption. Justin and I were absolutely shocked. He had told me that he thought his mom had lost a baby but not by adoption. I can't imagine my life without mine and have often told him that he needed to have siblings. All I knew was his name given at birth and that it was in San Diego. After a lot of research this week and a very helpful "angel" we were able to track him down in West Virgina. He is 40, married, and has 3 kids, one of which goes to University of West Georgia which is where my sister Julie graduated from. What a small world! He has a lot of similar traits to Justin. Justin seems to be pretty excited about it. I dont think its really sunk in though. Most people search months and years to find adopted siblings or birth family, but we found him in 5 days so its all still pretty new. I just thought I would share the news that Justin has a big brother named Jonathan, like I do, and we hope to be able to meet him in person. He has a lot of things in common so it is just so cool to see how DNA really works!

Broken Arm, take 2!

Well, it was the first week of school and we were enjoying our nightly walk around the pond with the family. Gage had his bike, I had the two little ones in the wagon, and Justin had Meeko. After playing on the playground, we continued walking and I saw Ethan being a monkey and hangin from a bar and told him to keep walking, then I look up and see Gage on top of the bar on the right, and tell him to get down. Well, he hopped down and landed on his right arm, same one he broke before, and grabbed it and then gave me the look. If your a mom and you've gotten "the look" its terrifying! I knew he hurt himself but I thought he rebroke the same spot. When we both looked at his arm we saw his arm bent like a "U" and I started yelling for Justin. We paniced and called 911. We had no vehicle, the dog, and the kids. It didnt end up costing my $1000 like I was told so Im happy I called. They were able to help with the pain almost instantly. Once again GG was there to the rescue to take Ethan and Sadie so Justin and I could be with Gage. We were in the exact same room that we were in the previos month with Ethan. Heres a picture from my phone of his arm at the hospital. You can see where it bends inward. Almost like he put his wrist out and it just snapped his arm when it hit.
I have never paced before in my life but when I was watching Gage get x-rayed, and the pain that he was in with the different positions, it was terrible! Here's Gage getting upset talking about breaking his arm again,
He was put in a splint and then the following morning I took him to an orthopedic surgeon and he was put under so they could set his bones back in place. He ended up breaking the radius and ulna bone. Everything went well and he chose a red cast, (I can't find a picture of it at the moment but I know I have one somewhere)(FOUND ONE)
and then made a comment about next time it will be a blue cast. I told him there better not be a next time! At least it was his right because he is a lefty and it wasnt the same spot as before. He was casted for about 7 weeks and is now start to do some physical therapy with it. He has trouble twisting it. Doctor said everything is healing and he should be as good as new soon.

Funny Moving Story

So heres a funny story that I told Justin he would appreciate later when I blogged about it. We borrowed a moving truck from Justins Boss and the boys loved it. So much in fact, that Ethan thought that it would be so much fun to ride it home just like this, .
When it was time to go and Justin broke the reality to him that it just wasnt going to happen, this happened... Justin was looking at me so funny for taking a picture but I knew that I would want to remember and share this moment! And the poor pitiful face...

My Big 1st Grader

August 10th was a special day. Not only was it my 7 year wedding anniversary, it was also Gages first day of first grade at a new school. He was scared because he didnt know anyone but I wasnt worried. He had already made a few friends in the neighborhood so I knew he would have no problems at school. We have a lot of kids in elementary school in our neighborhood so Im sure he'll be mr. popular in no time...
We got him a school shirt to help him get some school spirit, He's officially a huddleston hound. He joins the club along with Aunt Jessie and his cousin Tyler. He even has the same teacher that Tyler had last year, Mrs. Bernard.

One last horrah!

We had such a crazy summer and with Gages broken arm for part of it, we didnt do really anything fun. We had a free ticket to six flags for Gage from a reading program and were able to purchase one from ebay for Eman for like 10 bucks. Justin and I got a BOGO deal so we headed to six flags! When we first got there I tried getting a picture of all the kids together by the water but all I could round up was Sadie...
After the boys and I rode the mini big rigs, we found Sadie playing in the water fountain...
Me and the kids riding the new Thomas the Train ride...

Heres Ethan with Justin, he was getting so worn out his feet were hurting!
Here are some from the hot air balloons, pirate ship, and carisail. Sadie and I only did the Carisail. I dont think shes old enough for that, plus it gives me an excuse not to have to! I dont know if you can tell but the boys faces are great! They are all smiles! This will definitely be an annual tradition.






We had fun on the monster plantation boat. There were a few thinkgs that jumped out and scared the kids! (and me=) The best part was Skull Island which is like a mini water park. No pictures because we were busy chasing around Sadie and keeping our eye on the boys. It was a blast though!

I finally reupholstered!

I finally reupholstered my nasty dining room chairs. Ive had the set for about 3 yrs and the kids have definitely done their "thing" to it. Now I finally realized how smart my parents were to cover our dining room chairs with plastic wrap.(although I think I remember that we were young tweens at the time???) So I took some new fabric and plastic wrap and went from this,
to this...


I didnt realize the plastic wrap came in different thicknesses so the kids have already started to rip the thin kind that I used. I guess thats ok though. I needed to change the fabric to match my current decor in my new place. Its really easy though. A lot of fun with a staple gun!

Happy Birthday to Sadie!

Since this blog is like a journal for me I have to go back and continue trying to catch up on what Ive missed. Its been crazy for the past few months and I am finally getting organized! Not 100% but Ill get there soon. Sadie turned 2 on July 24th and started off the day with a rockin guitar!
We got Sadie a Little Mermaid music player with microphone with the giftcard from Papa and Nina....
Heres Sadie with GG clapping after blowing out her candles on her Minnie Mouse Cake. The cake toppers were from my 15th or 16th b-day cake...
Sadie got a new princess purse. I thought it was the cutest thing, It came with keys and a coin purse, a phone, and Sadies favorite was the lipstick, .
Had I realized that Sadie would use it as a weapon and wack Ethan in the head with it multiple times, I would have went with the soft material one! She also got pots and pans, you think she liked them?=) After opening them, apparently she had a pretty funny phone call! Papa Anthony and GG both made the party!