~Christmas, Come.....& Now Gone....

We had a Great Christmas together as a family, no one sick, ( which anyone that knows me I'm OCD about sickness, like the flu/virus stuff, makes myself sick worrying about me or someone in the family getting it), but I had a sinus/head cold which kinda stunk, but not a biggie by any means..

The Kids had a BLAST opening their gifts from Santa, and we thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas gatherings with all of our family members, here, there and everywhere! See last Christmas my uncle was in the ER and so our Christmas at my grandparents wasn't quite the same. We LOVED Celebrating the Birthday of Jesus...Chloe & I were constantly singing Christmas Carols every day, every where we went...

Here are a few pics from Our Family Christmas 2013.....

BIG Birthday Boy, Hard to Believe

This year has flew by....2 kids, working outside of the home, church, household chores etc.....I literally don't sit down at night at ALL...I think my couch is collecting dust in my spot....LITERALLY! Ha!Ha!

I used to be so organized and had everything accomplished and now, I feel like the clock actually skips a few hours each day,my head spins from running from one direction to another...day in, day out.

Enough on all of that...My Baby Boy, Colton Grant is #1!!!! I can't believe it has been 1 whole year already...He is learning & discovering so much, every single day...Here are some photos from his John Deere birthday party...!

Vacation 2013.....

Gosh, its been so Busy the last month....from Chloe staying most of the week at her Papa & Nana's, to Colton growing and learning so much, plus working a fulltime job! We're on the GOOOOO!!!!

We ended up going to Pigeon Forge for a few days since James started his new job back in Fall didn't have much time saved up....so we went to Dollywood, for 2 days of riding rides and getting wet on water rides!
We had fun! My parents and sister went with us, so we had a few "babysitters" to help out too.....

~KINDERGARTEN GRADUATE....NOW I HAVE A 1ST GRADER......~

I can not believe My BABY is already out of Kindergarten...!!! Time has been flying for sure....seems just like yesterday she was getting ready to start Pre-k...She has grown so much this past year, she is still stubborn like her Daddy, but I am so proud of the Little lady she has become!

Chloe Elise is the Best Big Sister Ever!! LOVE this girl to pieces!!!!

Ready for Spring.....!

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind and they have been pretty stressful as well. Colton has been in/out of doctors office, he has been having trouble with his eyes, we still haven't figured out the exact cause, which has stressed me out as well. I try my best to stay positive and with my current health issues as well.

I need, the sun...the sunshine...time outdoors! Strange how the weather makes your feelings feel or your moods....but very true!
I can't believe that Chloe is about to get out of Kindergarten, my baby girl....sniff, sniff and my baby boy is almost 5 months old....Time is flying for sure!

Until next time....Soaking up these sun rays....! :)

Easter - 2013

Its been Crazy-busy the last few weeks, but this past weekend being Easter was a great way to step back & enjoy some time together!
Didn't seem quite as much like Easter since my Granny was not feeing well and we didn't end up having an Easter lunch at her house, we did go visit though...

Here are a few pics from this past weekend:

Mr. COLTON GRANT BRASWELL....Newest Addition to Our Family!!!

3 Months ....Later!

Well haven't been on here since a few days before I had baby Colton. As you can see from previous post, my baby came about 2 weeks early. My husband kept predicting I would have him on 12-12-12...I kept saying, No way! At 9:00 pm on the 12th, I said "see, told you so." and to my SUPRISE at 1:00 am, I started hurting really bad and my water broke...I had never experienced this before so wasn't so sure what was going on...so in middle of night I'm in the bathroom with my phone googling what it feels like for your "water to break".
I woke James up and told him I think my water has or is breaking...slowly....I said no hurry, I'm going to get a shower and put on my makeup. I was so calm & peaceful...and then we woke Chloe up to tell her the GOOD NEWS!!!

As we get to hosptial I am very calm, just so ready to see our little guy.....still NO ONE knowing what we are going to name him! At 5:58 am, COLTON GRANT is born, 6 lbs.5oz.

Back home, maternity leave going okay, Colton has colic which isn't too great, he is a "needy" baby unlike Chloe....we had to try about 4 different baby formula until we finally found one that agreed with him.

When Colton was about 3 weeks old, I got really sick, which actually I felt it coming on right after having him. I felt sluggish, kept having a fever every few days...no energy...and having complications with my colitis. I kept dealing with it....and then finally decided to find out what was wrong with me. I ended up being in the hospital at NEGMC for 1 whole week. I had to have 2 bags of blood, tons of fluids and strong medicines...I literally thought I was dying, it was that BAD!! I got really depressed that week too, my husband didn't have any leave from his new job, so he came a few nights, but hardly had visitors....Finally got home on that Friday afternoon! Feeling tons better.....but little did I know I would be back at a hospital about 7 weeks later, but I wouldn't be the patient!

Went back to work after 7 weeks of maternity leave! Worked 2 whole weeks and then Colton got deathly sick! Had been to his local doctors several times, was sent to NEGMC on Thursday afternoon, then was advised by the baby doctor on call that we needed to be airflighted to Egleston....THIS is when I lost it!!!! I was thinking no biggie we will get a room, stay a day or 2, but when I heard these words....my heart dropped!
Colton was VERY bad.....they even said that he had turned "gray"....was really made me think how bad he was.

We made the decision that I was the parent to fly with him to Egleston....Colton had pneumonia, RSV, Hypernotis ( kidney problem) and Horizontal Nystatia ( his eyes started jumping in the middle of our stay)....
Those hospital walls brought back too familiar feelings....sad, depressed, etc. We were in PICU for 4 days and then moved to regular room. Colton had to have his lungs suctioned out tons of times, which I couldn't stand watching....James stayed over the weekend, but again he didn't have leave fromm work...he came down a few evenings, but with Egleston being almost 2 hours from Habersham county, we only had visitors 2 times....I was going stir CRAZY! With Colton hooked up to so many cords, I could only lift him to change diaper and right beside bed to rocking chair. Sleeping on the teny-tiny couch fold out, me and James when he came to stay.
The only time getting to leave the room was for lunch or dinner daily....
FINALLY getting to go home on Thursday evening....1 week later!

After Colton getting so sick, I KNEW he was not going back to the daycare, even though Chloe went there, I personally couldn't get past the part that I KNEW he got it from there only 2 weeks after being put in there. I went back and forth with where we were going to put him....I texted and called people non-stop....I got 3 people to look into....and we settled on Miss Terri !! She is a great Christian women, felt really good with talking with her and we went to visit her and her husband as well...I had prayed all week and knew several other people were praying for us to find the "perfect" babysitter for Colton. I just felt a Great peace when we went to visit them...

So now our lives are getting back to normal....as a Family of 4 !!!! Looking forward to spring/summer so much!!!