Dad and Charlene are coming back for a couple of more days. They had a bad experience in San Antonio the other night. They were attacked by two young guys in S.A. I thought Charlene was kidding when she told me. They are both ok, but were very shaken up by the experience. I would consider SA a safe town and was shocked when they told me. Fortunately, a WONDERFUL taxi driver stopped and helped them. He also called 911. They were able to identify one of the guys, but they never saw the other one so they couldn't positively identify him. It was a scary ordeal so they decided to come back here for a couple of days and spend it with us rather than stay in SA til Saturday. So, they rented another car and will arrive here in a few hours and leave early Saturday.
We are going to go to Galveston tomorrow to see what it looks like after Hurricane Ike hit on Sept. 12th. I'm curious to see the damage as well as the reconstruction that has begun. I also would like to support Galveston to help get it back on its feet.
Then, Friday night we are going to go to our church for a Halloween party for the community. It should be fun. We may also go to some friend's houses to celebrate Shelby's first Halloween. :)
Saturday I'm going to my friend's house to hang out and show off Shelby. I also hope to get back to church this Sunday. I haven't been since Sept. and I REALLY miss going. I was going to go last week but Shelby woke up really stuffy so I decided to stay home.
Shelby is sleeping and I'm tired so I'm going to attempt to take a nap while she naps. I'll add new pics next week of Galveston and I'm sure I'll have new pics of Shelby too. Surprise, surprise! :)
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Long Day
Today started last night around 12:33 when Shelby was fussy for Ryan. He had taken the early shift so I could go to bed around 9:30 pm because I had to be up and out the door by 6:40 to make my 7:30 doctor appointment for Shelby. Unfortunately Shelby had other plans. I took over thinking she would be sleeping by 1 AM ish and I would still get me a good nights sleep. Of course, children are like animals and they all have minds of their own. So, needless to say, it was a long night. She fussed and fidgeted for 2 hours. Then, around 2:30 AM I put her in her bouncy seat and turned the vibrator on. She continued to fuss but I believe she fell asleep around 3:00. I fell asleep on the couch waiting for her to be sound asleep. Around 3:30 I tried to take her to her room only for her to wake up and look at me. It is as if she was saying..."Oh no Momma, your job is to hold me all night long." So, we got another bottle, changed her diaper and around 4:30 she fell asleep and I was able to put her in her crib. That gave me a full hours sleep...actually 1 1/2 hours cause I was so tired I slept til 6 AM. Ryan helped me pack things up and sent me off with a mug of coffee....
The doctor's visit was fine, but it annoys me that it took me 1 and 15 min. to spend 5 min. with the doctor and get a prescription cream to help her with a rash type thing on her neck. Doc gave me a fancy name for it...I just asked for something to take it away. :) Anyhow, I hate waiting more than 15 min. for any doctor. I pay a lot of money for our insurance and I also pay a lot of money in co pays...to me it's a service and I deserve to be treated with respect. If I were to keep the doctor waiting he would move on...so I plan to do the same.
I was supposed to call the pediatrician we had in the hospital today but today got away from me and I never got to it. I have a list of 'to dos' and the only one I accomplished was calling a potential babysitter to set up a time to meet with her next week. So much for the "To Do' list. We'll try again tomorrow...
I did get a nap in for about an hour. Ryan had to go back into town to put some shoes on a horse and I am pretty sure Shelby sensed that cause as soon as he left she woke up. Go figure...lucky for me she was only up an hour and wasn't too fussy. She stays up way too long and then gets too tired to sleep. So, we're working on that...
Oh, we also took Romeo (formerly known as Bobalou) to get worked on. He's one tough dude cause the lady that worked on him said he was out in his back end. She worked on him for over an hour. She also taught me some stretches I need to do with him to help keep him in line. She recommend staying off of him for a month. So much for Ryan breaking him this month. That is ok though, he's a nice horse and will be worth the wait. She said we can start round pen work on him the end of next week. I hope to be well enough to start working horses in the round pen at that point. He also needs to get his teeth floated and probably needs his wolf teeth pulled as well. She uses a guy out of Oklahoma and so that's probably who we'll use. The problem is he only comes down once every 6 weeks or so. The good news is he is coming sometime next week...the bad news is we just dropped $95 having him worked on and to get his teeth taken care of will be another $100+. Horses are like kids, they are always needing something and it's very seldom something that is free. :)
Well, off to check my other Internet sites to see what's going on in everyone else's world.
The doctor's visit was fine, but it annoys me that it took me 1 and 15 min. to spend 5 min. with the doctor and get a prescription cream to help her with a rash type thing on her neck. Doc gave me a fancy name for it...I just asked for something to take it away. :) Anyhow, I hate waiting more than 15 min. for any doctor. I pay a lot of money for our insurance and I also pay a lot of money in co pays...to me it's a service and I deserve to be treated with respect. If I were to keep the doctor waiting he would move on...so I plan to do the same.
I was supposed to call the pediatrician we had in the hospital today but today got away from me and I never got to it. I have a list of 'to dos' and the only one I accomplished was calling a potential babysitter to set up a time to meet with her next week. So much for the "To Do' list. We'll try again tomorrow...
I did get a nap in for about an hour. Ryan had to go back into town to put some shoes on a horse and I am pretty sure Shelby sensed that cause as soon as he left she woke up. Go figure...lucky for me she was only up an hour and wasn't too fussy. She stays up way too long and then gets too tired to sleep. So, we're working on that...
Oh, we also took Romeo (formerly known as Bobalou) to get worked on. He's one tough dude cause the lady that worked on him said he was out in his back end. She worked on him for over an hour. She also taught me some stretches I need to do with him to help keep him in line. She recommend staying off of him for a month. So much for Ryan breaking him this month. That is ok though, he's a nice horse and will be worth the wait. She said we can start round pen work on him the end of next week. I hope to be well enough to start working horses in the round pen at that point. He also needs to get his teeth floated and probably needs his wolf teeth pulled as well. She uses a guy out of Oklahoma and so that's probably who we'll use. The problem is he only comes down once every 6 weeks or so. The good news is he is coming sometime next week...the bad news is we just dropped $95 having him worked on and to get his teeth taken care of will be another $100+. Horses are like kids, they are always needing something and it's very seldom something that is free. :)
Well, off to check my other Internet sites to see what's going on in everyone else's world.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Baby Stuff
I decided to take the trip up to our church so I could use their DSL to upload all these fun pictures of Shelby as well as some pictures from the fair. I thought y’all would enjoy the pictures of Shelby. She has grown so much in just these 2 ½ weeks. Crazy how fast they grow isn’t it?
I have also gotten some pictures from Dad and thought I’d add those as well. I have added another link to put pictures of Michigan events. I love the fall colors and miss seeing them. October was always my favorite month in MI cause of the color changes and the cooler weather. Hard to believe I used to think the 70/80 degree summers in MI were hot. LOL It’s all relevant isn’t it?
Not too much is going on here. We got the cold front last night. The winds are stronger and the weather is cooler. It’s wonderful. I actually got to put Shelby in something other than a onesie. She gets so hot and she gets really mad when she gets hot.
She is getting stronger each day. She is now holding her head up by herself for longer periods of times and her hands are always in the way during feeding time. If only I could come up with a way to put milk in her hands. LOL She would love that. She doesn’t like to nap, so evenings can be challenging for us since she is usually over tired by that time. Luckily we pulled out the bouncy seat JoLynn gave us and she loves that. So, she takes naps in there as well as in her crib. That all depends on her mood. Oh how she has us wrapped around her fingers. I tried to let her cry it out in her crib yesterday afternoon but after about 10 min and tears in her eyes I couldn’t take it anymore. If I could just tell explain to her then I would feel better but since she doesn’t understand it sure makes it difficult.
I just made plans to meet with some of my friends this Saturday so they can all meet Shelby. I’m looking forward to that. I believe it might be the big event of the week for me. Hahaha…Oh, well I take that back…Friday (Halloween) my church is having their Halloween party for the surrounding neighborhood. We plan to take her to that. That should be fun. I got her a cute little Halloween outfit. It isn’t a costume, but with her being so small it doesn’t make much sense. The good news is Mommy and Daddy get to eat the candy this year. Hahahaha…..
Well, that’s it for me. Enjoy the new pictures I have added to the Texas link and Shelby’s link. I have also added the “Michigan” link.
Finally, I have decided to add a funny video of Shelby. I couldn’t resist cause her facial expressions were priceless. Let’s just say she is ‘relieving herself.’ J Sorry for the shaky video but I was laughing so hard I couldn’t help it.
I have also gotten some pictures from Dad and thought I’d add those as well. I have added another link to put pictures of Michigan events. I love the fall colors and miss seeing them. October was always my favorite month in MI cause of the color changes and the cooler weather. Hard to believe I used to think the 70/80 degree summers in MI were hot. LOL It’s all relevant isn’t it?
Not too much is going on here. We got the cold front last night. The winds are stronger and the weather is cooler. It’s wonderful. I actually got to put Shelby in something other than a onesie. She gets so hot and she gets really mad when she gets hot.
She is getting stronger each day. She is now holding her head up by herself for longer periods of times and her hands are always in the way during feeding time. If only I could come up with a way to put milk in her hands. LOL She would love that. She doesn’t like to nap, so evenings can be challenging for us since she is usually over tired by that time. Luckily we pulled out the bouncy seat JoLynn gave us and she loves that. So, she takes naps in there as well as in her crib. That all depends on her mood. Oh how she has us wrapped around her fingers. I tried to let her cry it out in her crib yesterday afternoon but after about 10 min and tears in her eyes I couldn’t take it anymore. If I could just tell explain to her then I would feel better but since she doesn’t understand it sure makes it difficult.
I just made plans to meet with some of my friends this Saturday so they can all meet Shelby. I’m looking forward to that. I believe it might be the big event of the week for me. Hahaha…Oh, well I take that back…Friday (Halloween) my church is having their Halloween party for the surrounding neighborhood. We plan to take her to that. That should be fun. I got her a cute little Halloween outfit. It isn’t a costume, but with her being so small it doesn’t make much sense. The good news is Mommy and Daddy get to eat the candy this year. Hahahaha…..
Well, that’s it for me. Enjoy the new pictures I have added to the Texas link and Shelby’s link. I have also added the “Michigan” link.
Finally, I have decided to add a funny video of Shelby. I couldn’t resist cause her facial expressions were priceless. Let’s just say she is ‘relieving herself.’ J Sorry for the shaky video but I was laughing so hard I couldn’t help it.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
A Great Birthday
Yesterday was my birthday...yes, I'm 21 again. :) LOL...actually I would never want to go back in time. I loved my 20s and those of you who know me know I made the best of them. But, it is good to be where I am with Ryan and Shelby and everything we've accomplished together. :)
Anyhow, it was a great day! Charlene and Dad were down so we had fun hanging out with them. I had a doctor appointment and a dentist appointment so they took me to that. Then, we went to Sam's club to get more formula and then back to Rosenberg to eat my birthday meal. We ate at La Casona, my favorite mexican restaurant down here. I even got a strawberry margarita. Man did I miss those while I was pregnant. It was wonderful! Then we all went back home and hung out for a couple of hours before Dad and Charlene headed off to San Antonio.
Charlene also made me a German Chocolate cake from scratch...frosting and everything. So, we enjoyed that yesterday afternoon as well. It's been many, many, many years since someone made me a birthday cake other than myself. It was a wonderful and thoughtful gift.
After they left we had to go to a friend's house so Ryan could trim his horses' feet. Since Shelby has been so crabby at night I thought it'd be a good idea for us to tag along incase I needed some extra assistance. Overall she was very good. We even went in and visited with Thomas and his wife, Francis, for a little while.
We got home a little bit later and Shelby was great all night. What a blessing!
She did wake up around 7 am with a stuffy nose. I believe I've been taking her to too many places so I am going to try and keep her a little more seculed to be sure she doesn't get sick. I gave her a little children's Tylenol to help her with her nose. That seemed to help because so far today she has been an angel. I gave her a bath and put some fresh clothes on her and she hung out for a while. Right now she's hanging out with Daddy watching a movie while I get caught up on all of this stuff. I say caught up as if it's a chore. It is my 'me' time and I enjoy doing it.
We have nothing planned for today other than to recoop from all the visitors and just have us time. In other words...be lazy and hang out.
Anyhow, it was a great day! Charlene and Dad were down so we had fun hanging out with them. I had a doctor appointment and a dentist appointment so they took me to that. Then, we went to Sam's club to get more formula and then back to Rosenberg to eat my birthday meal. We ate at La Casona, my favorite mexican restaurant down here. I even got a strawberry margarita. Man did I miss those while I was pregnant. It was wonderful! Then we all went back home and hung out for a couple of hours before Dad and Charlene headed off to San Antonio.
Charlene also made me a German Chocolate cake from scratch...frosting and everything. So, we enjoyed that yesterday afternoon as well. It's been many, many, many years since someone made me a birthday cake other than myself. It was a wonderful and thoughtful gift.
After they left we had to go to a friend's house so Ryan could trim his horses' feet. Since Shelby has been so crabby at night I thought it'd be a good idea for us to tag along incase I needed some extra assistance. Overall she was very good. We even went in and visited with Thomas and his wife, Francis, for a little while.
We got home a little bit later and Shelby was great all night. What a blessing!
She did wake up around 7 am with a stuffy nose. I believe I've been taking her to too many places so I am going to try and keep her a little more seculed to be sure she doesn't get sick. I gave her a little children's Tylenol to help her with her nose. That seemed to help because so far today she has been an angel. I gave her a bath and put some fresh clothes on her and she hung out for a while. Right now she's hanging out with Daddy watching a movie while I get caught up on all of this stuff. I say caught up as if it's a chore. It is my 'me' time and I enjoy doing it.
We have nothing planned for today other than to recoop from all the visitors and just have us time. In other words...be lazy and hang out.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Reality
The reality of life right now is I am still recovering. I thought for sure I would be healed up and feeling good by now. It is frustrating to still be so limited and tied to this house because of my own issues. Shelby, she's a trooper, she'll go anywhere. She's anxiously awaiting the time we can go outside and work horses. She's anxiously awaiting her Momma to feel better...and so is her Momma. My heart aches to go out and work with the horses even if it is just round pen work. I go out and feed with Ryan and dream about being able to work them again. I miss that so much.
Oh darn, short blog...Shelby is waking up...anyhow...pray for my recovery or sanity...I think they go hand and hand. :)
Oh darn, short blog...Shelby is waking up...anyhow...pray for my recovery or sanity...I think they go hand and hand. :)
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Facebook & the Blog
Here I am getting some down time from Shelby as she takes a nap and I find how much I enjoy reading my facebook and reading my friend's blogs. With Ryan and me living so far from everyone it takes me to a place where I don't feel so distant. I love that about technology. Since I've started my Blog and created my facebook account I have found so many of my old friends as well as my current friends...well...actually they have found me. I have also seen several of my friends create their own blog. What a great way to stay in touch in such a busy world. It's also my little 'oasis' as I enter into this very busy world called "Mom."
I can log on to my computer and go back in time for just a little while. I can just be Stacie Boudrie...the barrel racer on hiatus....the technology integrator...or the friend...It's nice. Then, I get my little fix and anxiously wait for Shelby to wake up so I can look into her pretty little blue eyes and tell her how much I love her. Isn't life great? It's true, you can get your cake and eat it too. It's all in how you live your life. You can live it with regrets or in depression or you can thank God each day that he has blessed you with your life and blessed you with people who love you and think of how lucky you are each day.
Thanks to all my friends who keep up with their facebooks and blogs. I enjoy reading them all. Thanks to all those who read mine and challenge me to journal my life each and everyday.
It's all out there for you to read...the good, the bad, the ugly...nah...just the good! Life is good...don't ever forget that!
I can log on to my computer and go back in time for just a little while. I can just be Stacie Boudrie...the barrel racer on hiatus....the technology integrator...or the friend...It's nice. Then, I get my little fix and anxiously wait for Shelby to wake up so I can look into her pretty little blue eyes and tell her how much I love her. Isn't life great? It's true, you can get your cake and eat it too. It's all in how you live your life. You can live it with regrets or in depression or you can thank God each day that he has blessed you with your life and blessed you with people who love you and think of how lucky you are each day.
Thanks to all my friends who keep up with their facebooks and blogs. I enjoy reading them all. Thanks to all those who read mine and challenge me to journal my life each and everyday.
It's all out there for you to read...the good, the bad, the ugly...nah...just the good! Life is good...don't ever forget that!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Cool October
I love October in Texas. The weather is just perfect. The nights are cool and the days are not scorching hot. It’s wonderful! The only thing to make it even better is to feel well enough to go outside and enjoy it. I’m still recovering and so I have to make myself lay around more than my brain wants to. The good news is I can see the light at the end of the tunnel in regards to my year off and being able to get back to riding. It will still be a good 4-5 more weeks, but that is nothing compared to 10 months. We all usually go outside at least once a day to get outside. It is great. Shelby and I enjoy going out to the barn to see the horses. Nancy has been feeding the horses a lot or I haven’t felt up for the walk to the barn so I haven’t been out there much. But, come this week I plan to go out with Ryan at least once a day.
We are going to start taking Badger swimming starting the beginning of November to help get the weight off of him and get him in shape so all I’ll have to do is work him on the barrel pattern and hopefully be competitive again come January.
Dick and Nancy left on Saturday to go back to New Mexico. We had a nice visit with them and we are now adjusting to not having Nancy around as an extra pair of hands. Shelby decided to test us and our ability to be parents by fussing from 2:30 til about 6 am off and on. Ryan originally got up with her but she wouldn’t quit fussing so I took her for a while. Around 4 am I laid her on my chest and patted her back. That went on til 6 am. Then she rested for an hour and let me take a cat nap before she woke up again at 7 am. She continued to fuss but not near as bad. Thank God for the over the counter medicine that helps with gas. I believe that was our savior.
She is doing great today and is now sleeping in her crib. She didn’t like it and would only take cat naps in it so we have been having her sleep in her car seat at night and during the day it kinda switches around from the swing to the crip to our arms depending on what’s going on at that time. Well, this is the good thing about having so much time to think while your baby fusses at night. I came up with the idea to make a cocoon in her crib with a fuzzy blanket and then lie her in the middle of it all. She likes that cozy feeling so it has worked so far today and we are on nap two. We’ll see how tonight goes. I’m determined to get her on a schedule as well as get her in her own room.
We took some pictures of her with us and her with her Grandparents. I’ve added them to her link. Enjoy.
Ryan just got a call from our friends inviting us over so it looks like we will be off again once Shelby wakes up. Sounds like fun….
We are going to start taking Badger swimming starting the beginning of November to help get the weight off of him and get him in shape so all I’ll have to do is work him on the barrel pattern and hopefully be competitive again come January.
Dick and Nancy left on Saturday to go back to New Mexico. We had a nice visit with them and we are now adjusting to not having Nancy around as an extra pair of hands. Shelby decided to test us and our ability to be parents by fussing from 2:30 til about 6 am off and on. Ryan originally got up with her but she wouldn’t quit fussing so I took her for a while. Around 4 am I laid her on my chest and patted her back. That went on til 6 am. Then she rested for an hour and let me take a cat nap before she woke up again at 7 am. She continued to fuss but not near as bad. Thank God for the over the counter medicine that helps with gas. I believe that was our savior.
She is doing great today and is now sleeping in her crib. She didn’t like it and would only take cat naps in it so we have been having her sleep in her car seat at night and during the day it kinda switches around from the swing to the crip to our arms depending on what’s going on at that time. Well, this is the good thing about having so much time to think while your baby fusses at night. I came up with the idea to make a cocoon in her crib with a fuzzy blanket and then lie her in the middle of it all. She likes that cozy feeling so it has worked so far today and we are on nap two. We’ll see how tonight goes. I’m determined to get her on a schedule as well as get her in her own room.
We took some pictures of her with us and her with her Grandparents. I’ve added them to her link. Enjoy.
Ryan just got a call from our friends inviting us over so it looks like we will be off again once Shelby wakes up. Sounds like fun….
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