New Orleans Weekend

Boy am I behind on posts. I guess it really doesn't matter when I only have a few people read them anyway. At least Abram can look back over the years and see what all his mom wrote about!! LOL, I doubt blogging will even be around when he grows up. Those young kids will probably think bloggin is ole school.

A few weeks ago we went to New Orleans to see some of Bradley's good friends, Luke and Brandon. Luke hooked us up with some sweet box seat tickets to the Hornets and Saints games. It was a quick trip but fun nonetheless to get away and visit.

 

Luke, Bradley, & Abram (sporting his helmet)

Saints game: He looks like the perfect Saints player, doesn't he? He loved the game but got tired after while. Can I say how nice it was to be able to see the game and have food at your disposal. No waiting in lines, no ppl saying excuse me as they pass by hitting your knees. We sat in the governor's box seat at both games, of course he was not there or I would have been all about some pics with Jindal!!

I think this was one of Bradley's favorite part, next to our box was the owner of the Saints box. He just had to get a picture of him and his box....so here you go.

Abram absolutely loves riding on shoulders, doesn't matter whose just as long as he is higher than anyone else.

Poor things sick!

Whatever shall I do with my little man getting sick like this?!  I took him to the dr. Sat morning just to check his left ear. He has been pulling on it for about a week and a half but for the most part has been feeling pretty well. That is until I took him to the dr.  Low and behold he has an ear infection. Of course, the dr and I counted and this makes it #4. They keep mentioning an ENT but nothing becomes of it!! When I took him in, he was not running any fever. When I left the dr it decided to sky rocket! Sun. it was 104.4 and pretty much bounces around between 102 and 104.  It seems like the motrin and tylenol arent doing much for him right now.  Until then, it's back to the dr tomorrow we go!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!  Oh yea and like all other sick children he has been sleeping with us. Covers + sick baby with fever = NO SLEEP!!!

Can I tell you how GOOD GOD IS?!?! Doesn't matter...I'm gonna do it anyways!!  GOD IS SO AWESOME!!! He continues to show me HIS GLORY and HIS PROVISION each and everyday!!! It still brings tears to my eyes how much HE LOVES ME AND PROVIDES for our family. I'm a rambler so bare with me. Most of you know that Abram is wearing a helmet and the company is based out of Dallas. We are having to travel back and forth about every 2-3 weeks.  Now I don't know about most of you, but generally I would look at this as being a fun trip. Well it really isn't! We are leaving early in the morning (mostly on Fridays), getting to the dr.that afternoon, spending the night in a hotel, getting up early and driving back in time for Bradley to study his Sunday School lesson.  There isn't a whole lot to do when you have no money and know that you are going to do all this over again in another week or so. Get ready, here comes the good part....

I teach at a pretty nice school! Each of our families have mentioned this organization called Angel Flight. They help families that have a medical need and help fly patients to and from dr. appts. Not saying this boastful by any means but Bradley and I dismissed it because we thought we wouldn't "qualify" financially or medically.  Did I mention that I teach at a pretty nice school? Anyways, I knew that one of my students parents owned a plane and that they flew a good bit. One day last week, I thought I would just ask this parent if they charged a small fee to fly people to and from certain places. She said generally no, but wanted to know what we were doing and where we were going. Let me tell you, when I told her this she lit up and smiled so big and said "we have been praying for a "ministry" that we could be apart of  and for a way that we could help out more for this company called "Angel Flight" . She then went on to tell me that her husband is one of several  pilots for Angel Flight and that they would love to do this for us.  She gave me a number to Angel Flight and told me to request her husband. She then went on to tell me that if we couldn't do Angel Flight that they would help us anyways.  I contacted Angel Flight and this is how it all got started. This being one of the reasons I took Abram to the dr. on Sat. just to check the ole ears before we flew over there.

Today we got up at 4:20 a.m. flew over to Addison/Medical City or Park for our 9:30 appt. Got to our dr. appt right in time and had our appt. The appt only lasted no lie 30 minutes. We got picked up by our "Earth Angel" as they are called and he drove us back to the airport. We were boarding and taxing off the runway by 11:00.  We made it back about 1:30 p.m.......All in a day's work!

We were not out anything. We did not have to pay a dime.  The pilots are all volunteers and do this out of the kindness of their hearts. They even provide transportation to dr. appt and back to airport for the families.  Like I said, GOD is AMAZING and opened so many doors for Bradley and I. HE took care of us and showed us HIS BEAUTY even up in the sky!!  Thanks Angel Flight and Mr. R & Mrs. M!!   Pictures to come of Abram's 1st airplane ride.

P.S.S

Oh yea....did I mention that I did not get to vote!! McCain did not win b/c of me :( Boohoo!!!! Long story short... Ouachita Parish canceled me being a voter b/c last yr for the governor's race I filled out an address change form. They removed me as a voter in Ouachita Parish but forgot to send the form to Richland Parish, so they could add it.  Do not fear...my complaint will be heard tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My soapbox real quick....I wish people would have voted for the issues that the candidate believed in rather than race!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am all for a black president if the right man comes along. My heart breaks at the thought of a president being Pro Choice and other things also that I do not believe in. AAARRRGGGG to OBAMA!!!!! McCain is not just wonderful but out of the 2 he would do a much better job!
O whatever his name is ...........He is not even CAPABLE of being the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!  Can you sense my frustration??

News

Wow time has flown by! So much has happened but not much has happened...or at least nothing worthy of blogging about. All of our time is devoted to Abram so as usual this is all I have to blog about. Abram is getting so big and my time is flying by with him. He is almost 8 1/2 mo. old and doing new things every day. No teeth yet nor are we crawling. I will say this though, he sure can scoot around and resembles a wet little snake in the bath tub with the way he slithers back and forth on his tummy! I feel like he should be doing some stuff already but I know our time is coming and I am not going to compare at all. All I will say is we have the best baby in the world. He is so good and rarely cries. He is such a momma's boy too and I'm loving it!!

On to other news. Abram celebrated his 1st Halloween. I purchased an outfit off of Ebay but then we changed our mind. This is the costume he was going to wear.

Yep, he was going to be a Junior Mint. * Outfits look bigger hanging from a bed** Bradley and I decided that he couldnt be a Jr. Mint cause of some things we have been going through.

Things we have been going through...Abram is now having to wear a helmet to correct his "flat head".  The helmet will reshape his skull. We noticed a pretty good size knot on one side of his head when he was little and had it checked. CAT Scan came back great but pediatrician mentioned that he had plagiocephaly and this is why he has a knot. Anyways we watched it for a few months and then the dr told us we needed to see a dr in Shreveport.  The dr. in Shreveport uses a company based out of Dallas. So Bradley and I have had to go to Dallas for the past few weekends.  Hopefully, we will only have to come to Dallas every 3 weeks instead of 1- 2 weeks like most other ppl that live near the area.

So without further a do...here is Abram in his "new" Halloween outfit.

We went to a friend of mine who I teach with for Halloween. Many of you know Brad and Brooke Martin. I absolutely love Brooke and my job would be boring without her. She is so funny and always keeps me laughing.

This is Brooke's little girl. I loved her costume. She came up with it all by herself.  A. was so happy to wear it , she just couldn't bend over/down very well to get the candy.

The 1st night with the helmet was awful but now it does not seem to bother him. He has to wear it for 23 hrs a day and hopefully will only have to wear it for 3 or 4 months.  I thought he was  so stinkin cute before now I think he is adorable.

I will leave you with a few of my favorite bath time pics!