Ouch!

"Steve" cut his finger open pretty badly this morning, but won't go in to get stitches. Instead he has it super glued to keep it sealed up. Pretty gross! This is what it looks like this evening...


WARNING: Not for the faint of heart! :)

our day...ugh!

Here is the start of our day after a nice walk at the mall...notice we are in the toy aisle? BIG mistake. JF decided because we looked at toys that she needed to have one. I was able to pry her away at the first store, but then we proceeded to store #2 and once again ended up near toys. But this time JF was not happy about not getting a toy...not happy one bit. So much so that she ended up crying and throwing herself on the ground! I am not a fan of tantrums, and especially not tantrums in public, so needless to say I was not happy!! I managed to get her into the car with her fighting me every second and she proceeded to cry (or scream!!) the whole way home...and still cried once we got home. She spent a while in her room until she was calm enough to talk to me about what had happened. But pretty soon, she was at it again throwing a fit about something and woke GA up. So JF went to go take a nap as well. This is a big deal since she stopped taking naps when she was 2. But in a matter of minutes she was quiet and fast asleep and slept until I woke her up a few hours later! I guess she just needed a nap. She has been fine ever since. She told Daddy when he got home that she did not have a good day...neither did mommy!! ugh.

Big Boy Toys

Here is GA playing like a big boy (or at least trying) with his friend Kyler at Peter Piper Pizza! :)

Photos from our weekend...

Here is a bit of randomness (is that word?!?) from the Futrell household this weekend! :)

A Saturday morning game of LIMBO!
An outdoor adventure...Playing in the sandbox...

GA also went to his first birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza on Saturday. He loved "playing" all the games. I forgot my camera and had a friend take some pictures, so I will post them when I get them! :)

I feel like I don't update this blog as much as I should now that I am doing 2, so be sure to check out my daily postings at www.futrellproject365.blogspot.com as well! :)

Errands...

This is what a morning of running errands does to my kiddos! I wore them out...JF has an extra excuse because she is not feeling well. Luckily GA stayed asleep when I moved him to his bed! It was nice to have a super quite house for a bit cause I got lots done!! :)

Biopsy

I had my biopsy today and now I have to wait for results. Not sure how long it will take to get them back. The procedure was pretty quick and painless (except for the shot to numb me up, but no biggie). The doctor dug a pretty good hole in my arm. It is still bandaged up for now because I tried to take it off and it obviuosly was not ready to come off. I started the gush of blood all over again....oops! But anyways, it is done and hopefully the results will come back okay.

Doctors...ugh!

So, after putting it off for years (literally) I went to two different doctors today! I am not a fan of going to the doctor unless I am having a baby! I will take my kids, but I just never go. I was 3 years past due for my "annual" check up and now I can avoid going to that doctor for at least another year! Thank, God!! :) I also went to my primary doctor today about a growth that I have had on my arm for about a month now that won't go away and instead gets bigger! I am having it cut off and biopsied on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully it is nothing, but the doctor didn't know what it was and thought it looked suspicious enough to send it off to be tested for the dreaded "C" word!

But, it isn't the doctor's visits that I hate so much! It is the WAITING!!! My first appointment was at 9AM and the doc finally walked in at about 5 till 10 with my next appointment being at 1015! I rushed over to the next appointment for nothing, because the doc there didn't walk into the room until after 11! UGH!!! My opinion of going to the doctor certainly didn't change for the better today!!

MOPS

One of the Mentor Moms from my MOPS group snapped this picture the other night at a Steering Team meeting and posted it on her blog. I thought I would share it with you all, too! These are the ladies I work with in MOPS...minus one Mentor Mom behind the camera and another not at the meeting. We have a good time when we get together and our MOPS group is lucky to have these ladies in control of the group! :)

The Empty Tub

For some reason, GA is obsessed with my bathtub...when it has no water in it. He can climb in and out by himself, so that is often where I will find him when he disappears. Today he decided to take his snack in and take a little rest in there, too. Silly guy!! :)

Paci be gone!

So, yesterday I took GA's paci away. It was a rough day, especially once nap time came and went and he would not go to sleep without it...instead he screamed!!! Evening came and he was NOT in a good mood. Every little thing bugged him and by that point he wouldn't even eat! So I layed him down for bed a little later than usually hoping he would just be exhausted...and low and behold, although he was mad at me for putting him down, he didn't cry for long at all and slept all night!!! WOO HOO!! And I am happy to report that he is down for a nap right now and is asleep with very little protest. He did ask for his paci before I left the room and cried for a second, but I think we may have success!!! :) Since he is almost two and seemed to be becoming more and more attached to it, I decided it was time! Maybe he will talk more now?!?! We'll see...

Friends!

Here are some random pics from New Years' Eve and from dinner out with good friends! :)

The guys rocking in the New Year!

JF hanging out with Abby! This is the daughter of a good friend of mine (that I grew up with) who was here visiting!

Happy New Year! Shortly after midnight...Eating at Vinny's! Me with my good friends Jenn & Jen!

Family Game Time!!

More fun with my oldest brother and his family! :)

They're back!!! :)

My oldest brother and his family are back in town for a few days! The kids had a fun time together watching a movie tonight while the dads watched football!
Smart kid up there in the top bunk away from the chaos! :)

"Homemade" Haircut

Yesterday GA had his first haircut a home. Daddy got the scissors out and chopped it off! GA did surprisingly well. We took the laptop in the bathroom and put "Yo Gabba Gabba" in front of him and it seemed to help keep him still...except for the occasional dance move to the music! :)

The new do! :) (a bit messy and not "styled" yet...although it went into a mohawk!)

Project 365

Here is the link to a new blog that I have started www.futrellproject365.blogspot.com.
I am doing a scrapbook kit entitled Project 365 and have made a blog dedicated to sharing it with you all....I will be taking one picture for the next 365 days and will be "scrapbooking" it in my kit. At the end of the year I will have a complete album of our family & events over the course of 2009. I was told about this by a friend of mine and I have since recruited 3 other friends to do it as well. The kit went on sale at 9AM this morning and after a frustrating time, I finally got mine ordered! Because of the the high demand and traffic on the site there were some definite issues...and the kit sold out a few hours later! There are lots of disappointed people out there who really wanted this kit but didn't get online in time or had worse computer issues than I did! I am fortunate to have gotten it and I am so excited for it to come!! I thought it would be fun to blog my journal entries and picures througout the year for you all to see...so check it out...the year has begun!! Happy New Year to you all!!