First trip to the Dentist

Today was Nathan's first trip to the Dentist. We took him to our Dentist and he saw our Dental Hygienist, Susan. We just love Susan she is like a member of the family she comes to all our parties and also even went to my Dad's retirement party. I had debated on trying to get an appointment with a pediatric dentist but the more I thought about it the more I was more comfortable with him seeing Susan. He has said all day that he was going to see Ms. Susan and when we would ask him how he was going to do for Ms. Susan to look at his teeth he would open his mouth wide. That was before we got there. He was not real sure about laying down in the chair. And was not real thrilled about her looking in his mouth. So we had to pretty much hold him down and force him to open his mouth. She got to look at all his teeth and said they looked good and no cavities. So that was it for the first visit. He goes back in June. One of the receptionist recommended letting him come with one of us when we have to get our teeth cleaned so he can see what she does. So we will probably do that. Dr. Dacus was working on someone in the next room and Nathan kept going in there watching them. They are so nice and laid back there that they did not even care. So he has at least gone and met Susan and hopefully each time he goes will get a little better.

I am addicted

to blogging. I have come to the conclusion that I must be addicted I just love to get on my blog and just type whatever is on my mind and do it often. I just hope that all my friends and family are not thinking Oh no Sherri is blogging again. Well all I can say is you can blame my wonderful sister-in-law, Khristy who started blogging and got my hooked. So anyway not much has been going on since my last post. Nathan is still out of school and he goes back to school on Monday and Donald goes back to work on Monday. I have really enjoyed having them both home with me. Today we went to the base, Daddy had to sign some time cards at work, so Nathan and I tagged along. Daddy will have a whole new office when he goes back on Monday. It is so nice they have a big fancy 52" TV and a big leather couch(could be fake leather but it is real nice). I am sure the TV is for training DVDs and such only. And their little cubicles they had before are so much bigger now. So it is real nice. Then we went to Walmart and got my freezer. Yeah!

Just a little note about Nathan. I don't even know how many years ago it has been but he lost his big toe nail. Well the nail never did grow back normal. Yesterday we had gone to the store and when we got home he took off his shoes and socks. Well a little bit later Donald was going to take him on a walk and noticed that his toe nail was bleeding and it was what looked like torn. So since it was bleeding well you know what that means we had to put on a band aid and for those of you that don't know Nathan absolutely hates band aids. Well I was holding him down and Donald was trying to put the band aid on and Nathan was crying, "Put the band aid on later." I am not kidding if anyone would have heard him they would have thought we were cutting his toe off. So we have to keep a band aid on it for a few more days. Mema suggested putting super glue on the toe nail. So she gave me some with a brush that we can put on like polish so we may try that.

Well I guess I have rambled long enough. Thank you to all my family and friends that tolerate my rambling on my blog. I hope everyone has a great week.

Trans Siberian Orchestra

AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! That is really all I can say about the concert last night. It was a 3 hour concert and they put on such a good show. This is Donald and My 3rd year to go. We will probably go again next year. Mema was our babysitter. Nathan likes from Mema to give him a bath because she lets him play for a long time in the bath tub. We had a good time and the weather was not cold so we did not have to worry about having coats. The weather today is stormy and warm we are all wearing short sleeves today. Tomorrow it is supposed to get cooler again. Once again the crazy weather of Arkansas.

We took down our Christmas stuff today. I told Donald that I loved Christmas but it was always so nice to get everything down and your house back to normal. Of course it is rainy so Donald did not get to take the outside stuff down.

I hope everyone has a great week.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope everyone is having a great Christmas so far. We have opened our presents here and are going to go to Mema and Granddad's house later and have lunch and open more presents. Nathan was not excited about opening presents which did not surprise us. I figure one day he will like opening presents. He did know that Santa came he kept saying last night that Santa was going to come and bring him toys. So he did know that Santa came. I got a few pictures of him playing with some of his things he got. He got a Curious George stuffed animal from Mema Hullett and really likes him and Uncle Shawn and Aunt Khristy gave him a big truck that he has been playing with. We got him a Spider man Sit N Spin and he likes to make it play music he got on it once and did spin a couple of times. He keeps saying he likes that Sit N Spin but I think he likes to make it play music more than ride it. I will post more pictures later after we get home from Mema and Granddad's.
Donald got me a small digital camera. I always carry a disposable camera in my purse and always want a camera with me. So Donald bought me a small digital camera. He also got me a very pretty diamond necklace and a digital frame. Mema Hullett gave me a very pretty heart necklace with emeralds. So so far I am doing real well with the gifts.

OK we are now home and Christmas is coming to an end. We had a great day at Mema and Granddad's. I took some more pictures with my new camera, which will probably become our main camera now. It is a lot smaller and I can carry it with me. We got some good presents. Mema and Granddad gave Donald and Me a gift card to Walmart for a new freezer. So I am super happy about that I kept telling Donald I was going to get a freezer to put in the garage because our freezer in the fridge is always so packed full. Mema has one and loves it and got hers at Walmart so she got us a gift card to get one. Donald has to go out in the morning because my beautiful necklace(it is the open hearts that Jane Seymour designed if you have seen the commercial)is missing a couple of diamonds and my digital frame the adapter does not fit. So Donald is going to take them back tomorrow. But other than that everything was great. I have added a few more pictures.

Tomorrow night Donald and I are going to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert. We went last year and it was great so we got tickets early and are going to be on the 4th row. So Meemaw is going to babysit and we are going to the concert.

I feel old

OK yesterday after church we went to the Chinese restaurant. Nathan likes to go eat Chinese, well the Moo Goo Gui Pan Chicken only and a lot of it. Anyway we went to the restaurant and we were eating and Nathan kept giving me hugs. This older couple were leaving and the lady asked me, "Is he your Grandson?" Excuse me do I look that old? I told her no he was my son and she told me he was cute and she could tell he really loved me. So I said Thank You and when they left I told Donald OK that is the first time anyone asked me if Nathan was my Grandson. I thought they looked like Grandparents but they probably had kids young and were probably Grandparents at my age. So I put on extra face cream for my wrinkles last night and I might have to cover up my gray hairs.

Tomorrow Granddad has an appointment at the VA Hospital in Little Rock so Daniel and Rachel are going to stay here tomorrow. They are out of school for Christmas and of course David and Michele have to work so they are staying at Meemaw and Granddad's during the week. Since Meemaw and Granddad will be gone tomorrow they are staying here. Nathan will be excited because they will be here. Of course Rachel will get her coloring stuff out and probably make up a game for everyone to play. She has already made Christmas presents for everyone and wrapped them and put them under Meemaw's tree. She is so cute I was over there the other day and she had made Granddad's present and was showing me and Granddad walked into the room and she hid it behind her back. She is so sweet.

Christmas at the State Capital

We went to the State Capital tonight and looked at the lights and the decorations. It was very pretty. I remember when I was a little girl they used to get a great big tree and put it right in the middle of the bottom room and it went all the way up to the ceiling. Times have changed and now they have a smaller tree. But I managed to get a few pictures and actually got one of Nathan in front of the tree(he was looking at Daddy but Oh well he is in front of the tree). After that we drove through the lights at Burns Park. We had to wait in a long line for about 15 minutes before we got in and Nathan is not known for his patience so he had a small break down before we got in to see the lights. But once we got to rolling he was fine.
I went with Mema and one of her friends to hear the Arkansas Symphony Christmas show today. We went to lunch before the show and had a very good time. The show was very entertaining. Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend.

Less than one week until Christmas

Can you believe that is is less than one week until Christmas? My shopping is done the cards are finally mailed and all the gifts are mailed so now I just have to wait until Christmas. Today was Nathan's Christmas party and Toy land where they all got a toy. They said that Nathan's class would be in toy land 11:15 until 11:45 so I got there at 11:10 and they were finishing up they started early and I missed it all. I got there to see him open his present and he saw me and did not open his present and said he wanted to go home so when I left he was crying and I had to shuffle him off to Ms. Patty and Ms. Amber(his occupational therapist and speech therapist) to calm him down. He loves Ms. Patty and Ms. Amber. I almost did not go but decided to so I should have gone with my first thought because I was there about 10 minutes long enough for Nathan to see me and start crying because I was not taking him home with me. Oh well if there is a next time I will know better. I did get a cute picture of him and Gavin playing this morning when they got to school. Gavin and Nathan play very well with each other. They are so much a like. Donald is taking leave for two weeks so I get both of my favorite guys home with me for two weeks. I am really looking forward to having them both home.
Of course the weather in Arkansas is so crazy. We had icy cold weather in the 20s on Tuesday and today the high was 66. Tomorrow night it is supposed to get cold again. Crazy weather.

Baby It's Cold Outside

OK for my friends and family that live in the North and in Alaska it is not real cold for y'all. It is 29 degrees here and that is cold for us. It started sleeting yesterday afternoon and last night so needless to say we have icy streets this morning. All the schools are closed and not too many people are out. Donald called in and no one is at work so he is still home. He went outside to see how everything is. This is one thing I like about not working I don't have to worry about getting to work. On the news they are saying stay inside unless you have to get out. So we are all staying inside and staying warm. It is not supposed to get above freezing today or tonight and the high tomorrow is supposed to be in the lower 40s. So Nathan might not go to school tomorrow either. Of course just to let everyone know how weird Arkansas weather is, it is 29 today and is supposed to be 64 on Friday. So Nathan will probably not miss his Christmas party Friday. Friday is his last day of school until Jan. 5.
I hope everyone has a great rest of the week and try to stay warm.

The Ornament Party

Our ornament party was a success again this year. I think this was our 8th year to have the party. We always have so much fun. There were 18 women here and a lot of laughing and just having a great time being together. I posted one picture. Do you like my reindeer antlers? I just wear them once a year at our ornament party. It was so much fun now we will start working on next years party.

Also I got all the gifts mailed yesterday. So now it is smooth sailing until Christmas.

Yeah! I have finished my shopping

Ok so I have finished but that does not mean that I am done going to the stores and shopping because of course I love doing that done with my list or not. I am going to try to get the gifts mailed tomorrow or the next few days. Tomorrow we will be busy trying to get the rest of the food for our ornament party on Saturday. I will try to take some pictures and post them or at least post an update on how the party goes. Of course I know we will have a great time.
Donald got back last night about 9 from an overnight trip he went on. He rarely goes on an overnight trip and thought he would go on this one. They were going to fly up to Pennsylvania and pick up troops to drop or vice verse. They left Tues. morning and it was raining and nasty. He called Tuesday night and said the weather was very bad and the plane got hit by lightning(which I thought sounded bad but he said it was no big deal, minor damage to the plane) so they got diverted to Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport. They spent the night there then flew to Pennsylvania and did the drop. So he got home safe and sound.
I did post a few cute pictures. I hope everyone has a good rest of the week and remember Christmas is just around the corner.

Almost Christmas

Can you believe that it is a little over two weeks until Christmas. I hope everyone is doing good and almost done with your shopping. I still have a few things to pick up but I have gotten a lot done. We started taking our Christmas stuff out and putting it up the Sat. after Thanksgiving and Nathan loves the trees and has done great about not bothering them or the ornaments. Nathan has his favorite decorations that we put up last year and the singing snowman is one of his favorites. Next Saturday Meemaw and I are having our annual ornament party. We always have such a great time if everyone comes there will be 30 people. It seems like we add people to our list every year. Oh well we always say the more the merrier. Nathan's class party is on the 19th and that is his last day of school until Jan. 5. We are planning on doing the same thing this Christmas that we do every year. Go to Mema and Granddad's house and have lunch and open presents. I hope everyone has a great week.