Big Day at the Porter House...

Well, not only did we enjoy the snow for about 5 seconds...(no pics, by the way...I was not thinking!) we also closed on our new house today. Yep, that's right, we are now in debt like crazy!! But we are excited! Our new house needs some love and care (and paint and carpet...) but we are ready to step up to the challenge! If anyone wants to come help us...ha ha! We hope to be in as soon as possible...well that's ME that hopes to be in as soon as possible...I'll post some pics as soon as we have a chance! Hope everyone stayed safe today in this crazy Mississippi weather!

Leah

Too good not to share...

These were too cute not to share...I am sure one day these will resurface when he turns 16 and starts dating...ha ha ha

We're back and better than ever...

I promise he had fun...

We can't go anywhere without our "tools!"

We're back in the blogging world again...I'm gonna try to keep this thing updated for the 5 people that actually read it...or rather, used to read it! We are doing great. John Parker is talking up a storm-favorite words right now are "drewdriver" (screwdriver), "sopsicle" (popsicle), "uh oh", and "monmower" (lawnmower). We are also very proud to report that our little guy is TEE-TEEING in the potty!! He is a genius!! (Gets it from me!!) One day not too long ago he came up to me and said, "Tee tee potty, mommy??" I thought, "WHAT??" But I got up and we high-tailed it to bathroom where he proceeded to impress me with his skills! My mom thought it was fluke but he has proven us all wrong! Been interesting! Anyhoo...put a few pics up of him from Halloween. He was "Melmo" (Elmo) complete with the tricked out Melmo bucket! Enjoy!

OFF THE RADAR...

Hey Guys...YES, we are still alive! We have been VERY busy around this joint. Plus we have cable internet (which seems to move VERY slow...well too slow for the impatient one that resides here...ME!) Just some quick updates...Terrell and I got married on March 29th. It was beautiful. John Parker is loving his new house! JP is a little over 15 months old and is into EVERYTHING! He is the sweetest little fellow...don't know what I did to deserve him (or Terrell for that matter...but I thank the Lord every day!) John Parker now weighs in at 23lbs(45%). He is 32inches tall(75th%) and...get ready for this...his head is 50cm in diameter...it was off the growth charts...BIG time off the growth charts...Hope there is a LARGE brain in there!! His newest "phrase" is "Golf Cart Key." No lie...he says all three together and they make sense! I am seeing dollar signs JK!! Terrell is a BIG golfer and that means that John Parker and I have to join in the fun...so we both have a set of our own golf clubs...JP and me!! Look out Tiger...I'm gonna be on the LPGA in NO TIME!!!! ***DISCLAIMER-you might want to beware on your local golf courses...I'm still trying to perfect my swing:)

I've been tagged!

My cousin, Rebecca, tagged me and I'm supposed to list 7 random things about myself. Here goes nothing...

1. I can't stand for a cabinet door to be open. Terrell leaves them open on purpose to tick me off. He apparently gets a big kick out of watching me shut them.
2. I love Rachael Ray...I wish I could cook like her...but I really don't think that will ever happen. We're not in any danger of starving but I'm no gourmet chef :(
3. I have to sleep with the overhead fan on, a tower fan, a sound machine, and JP's monitor. I wasn't always like that but people change...
4. I got a Clarisonic MD for Christmas this year (the face scrubber as seen on Oprah that promises to make you look 10 years younger...it seems to be working and soon I hope my body returns to what it looked like 10 years ago!) :)
5. I wish I could go on American Idol...but I don't think Simon would let me through to Hollywood ;(
6. I love music of any kind but I REALLY love Johnny Cash :)
7. I count my steps...weird, isn't it?? I've done it for as long as I can remember...

To all of the 8 people that read this blog...please pray that my poor, sweet, cute baby doesn't inherit all of my weird tendencies...I think that it might be too late, though. He already uses his cloth diapers to "dust" the coffee table off. Maybe me posting this will make others realize we've all got issues...some of us just cover them up better than others :)

I don't know who to tag...so if you read this and you have a blog...you're tagged!

Catching up...

It's been awhile and JP is asleep right now so I had a little free time on my hands...He's a busy little fellow these days. He is taking a few steps by himself these days (I know my life is never gonna be the same after he starts walking on his own but I'm okay with that :)) Anyways here are a few updates in condensed form.

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  JP weighs around 21 lbs (give or take a dirty diaper) and he's around 31 inches tall


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  He has 2 and a half teeth (the bottom 2 and half of a left fang-he looks rather "Jack-O-Lantern-esque" with the whole orange motif and funky teeth


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  I am getting married sometime this spring (at risk of sounding cliche, I AM truly blessed :) to have this wonderful guy in my life. He is a great role model for JP and he fit right in with my crazy family!)


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  I am enjoying work. I got pulled to work on a med-surg floor last weekend (probably the worst floor in the hospital...because of the acuity of the patients...think Peg tubes, trachs, mental health problems, detox, etc.) It took me getting pulled to that floor to realize how lucky I am to be working with patients that WANT to get better and get out of the hospital (well, most of them anyways!) And to risk sounding cliche again...I realized how blessed :) I was to be on the cardiac floor instead of the "dreaded" med-surg floor!


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  JP is talking these days...he says "mama," "dada," "PaPa" (my dad), and "NaNa" (my mom-she was wanting him to call her "GiGi" but he had other plans for her.) He is also saying "bye-bye," "ba" (for Ball), and we ask him what the sheep says and he says "BAAAAA" real loud and country-like (it's rather entertaining). He is a smart little guy :) I think he gets he gets it from me...He hasn't said any dirty words yet ...I'm sure he's saving those for church :)


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  Mississippi State won a bowl game..."GO DAWGS!" :) The future husband is a HUGE Ole Miss fan so it made it that much sweeter :)


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  Last but not least...I am starting to "train" for a 5K...not sure how successful I'll be but I'll try to keep updated post about it...for those of you that know me you know about my "allergy" to working out...it ought to prove quite entertaining! I figure none of these post-CABG patients want a "jiggly" nurse teaching them about proper heart healthy diet and cardiac rehab :)

Anyways...that's all I can think of now...I have a few recent pics of JP. Enjoy! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and hope the new year brings lots of excitement! Bless everyone's heart:)