I know that it has been over 2 months since I updated this...but time has seriously been flying by! I just got so wrapped up with the holidays, cruise, etc. So here is the latest...
I was actually off this Thanksgiving! Yipee! We had a wonderful thanksgiving dinner at my house this year...but I didn't have to cook anything! (don't ask how I got out of that one...I don't think anyone really wanted to try my cooking anyway! It's getting better though!) My family, Morris' family and his aunt and uncle from Florida all came. It was so nice to have family together. Having it at my house was a little different this year, but with our growing and expanding family, it just made things easier.
Then Morris, myself, Morris' brother John, my sister and brother all went on a 7 day cruise from Dec. 12-19. It was a very much needed break, however...I did miss my baby boy like CRAZY!! We went to Cozumel, Isla Roatan (Honduras), Belize and Costa Maya. We had the luxury of cruising on Carnival's brand new ship, the Dream. We really enjoyed ourselves, but were also really happy to be home. The week before we left my life was a whirlwind! I knew that we would get back on Saturday the 19th. Sunday would be spent unpacking, doing laundry and spending time with my baby, and then Monday and Tuesday I worked evening shift. Christmas Eve was on Thursday. So the entire week before, I did ALL of my christmas shopping, wrapped all of the Christmas presents, grocery shopping, laundry, packing, cleaned my entire house from top to bottom (because who wants to come home to a dirty house?). That was a very stressful week for me...and on top of all that, you have to throw in there being a mommy and wife, which we all know is another full time job. Ohhhh...and don't forget the couponing, my new part time job.
And while we are on couponing...I don't think I've touched on that in this blog. Well, we all know that I am very patiently awaiting a day shift position which will be a pretty significant pay cut. Sooo...I've started couponing. But it isn't just "clipping" some coupons and going to the grocery store. I'm talking about going to the grocery store and spending $226 and only paying $89. Or spending $70 and only paying $9.86. That is right friends...these are real figures from some of my grocery outings. I ALWAYS save at least 50% off of my bill! If you want to know the trick...I will definitely teach you or you can visit
www.southernsavers.com and see for yourself. The basis behind it is this...buy a paper every Sunday (figure out a way to organize it...whatever works best for you). Then visit that website. She tells you what is already on sale, and where to look to find the coupon for it (it could be an online coupon or a newspaper coupon). Then when it is on sale, and you use a coupon, and the store doubles it (how much they double depends on their policy), you end up only paying pennies for some items; there are usually a couple of things you end up getting for free each week. Very time consuming, but totally worth it!
Now on to Christmas. This year we did Christmas a little differently. We celebrated Christmas at my parents house on Christmas Eve. We had a very yummy dinner together and opened presents. That was the first time this year little Morris had opened presents, and he got sooo excited! I loved it. Seeing him so excited on Christmas Eve had me so excited for Christmas morning...which didn't exactly turn out the way I had envisioned it. Christmas morning, before anyone came over, Morris and I did give little Morris his stocking, which was filled with DVD's, bath toys, etc, and when he pulled out the Elmo DVD, he was so ecstatic. He just kept saying "Melmo" "momma....Melmo!" It was so cute. So then my family and Morris' family came over for breakfast. The plan was to have breakfast, then open presents. I learned my lesson! By the time we finished breakfast, sorted through gifts and started opening, Morris had opened maybe 3 presents and was OVER IT! He was overstimulated and sleepy, so I had to put him down for his nap. He didn't even get to finish opening his gifts and I was so sad. I ended up getting called off, and didn't have to go to work, so we went to Morris' parents house, had dinner and went home and finished opening presents. This time it was much more exciting for little Morris and so I was happy. Next year we'll do presents first!
And so that brings us to the New Year. It has started out rough for us! Ohhh...back up to Christmas Eve. Morris and his cousin Bradley were horse-playing and little Morris fell. He cried, but only for a few minutes. Well when we got home, I realized that one of his front teeth had been chipped! Yep...I cried...ALOT! Of course daddy says "he's a boy. That's what boys do. He's tough!" And all I can see is his chipped tooth...oh well...he is still handsome! Ok, back to now. Well, on Wednesday he got a hold of a pair of scissors (can you tell this isn't going in a good direction?). When I saw that he had them and told him to give them to me and went to take them from him, he squeezed them. The next thing I knew was that he was screaming and there was blood dripping. I applied pressure and ran to my neighbors house and asked her to take us to the ER because Morris was at work. We got to the ER, and my fears were confirmed; he needed stitches. The next hurdle was "how." The ER doctor wanted to get a clean suture line and wanted to get a good look to see if there was any tendon or ligament damage. There was no way he would accomplish this because we were literally having to pry little Morris' hand open and away from his body to even get a glimpse. The only option was conscious sedation...so off to dream land my little baby went. Can you image what a wreck and mess momma was at this point?! I'm glad Morris was there because he was having to take care of me at some points. Then after we got him to wake up, he got sick. Which didn't end at that moment, it carried on through the night. Momma and baby slept in the bed together and daddy (what a trooper) slept on the couch. We go Friday the 22nd to see a surgeon to be sure there wasn't any damage to any ligaments or tendons. It doesn't really seem to bother him much. He is still playing and acting like a boy! It slowed him down for that day and that day only. He doesn't use it unless he HAS to, but he does. And it is all wrapped up in guaze. Please pray that we won't find any damage.
Little Morris was supposed to start daycare on Monday, but because of the stitches, I asked them if we could start on the 25th. So that is when we will start! Please continue to pray for a smooth transition.
I'm sure this seemed like the never-ending post, but this is what happens when I get slack and don't update frequently enough. We love you all! I'll go ahead and publish this post, and I'll post some pictures after I work this weekend.
Daddy and "Tank Man" on Christmas Eve...before my baby chipped his tooth!
Christmas Morning...He was excited about his dvd's! Espcially the MoMo DVD (Elmo)!
The infamous MoMo DVD!
This was Christmas Evening (Wayyyyy past his bedtime) when we finished opening presents
Play date with Ava - they did that all by themselves! So cute huh? 
