Go away Goose-tav!

It's Sunday morning here.  The sun is shining brightly.  Feels strange considering there is a huge hurricane heading towards Louisiana.  On this day, I am thankful for living in North Louisiana.  Although we will get gobs of rain, we are not boarding up windows and bracing ourselves for the effects of the hurricane winds like my friends and family in S. LA are.  Since it's looking worse than they originally thought- several friends and family are headed here to wait it out.  Thank you Lord that we are able to shelter them from the storm.

Last night was our anniversary dinner.   At the end of dinner we weren't sure if we would go back.  I mean food was good but not anything amazing, atmosphere was amazing and it took a long time so it was good to sit and talk but I got sick as a dog and was up till 3 am on the throne.  So sorry Village Grille- you are on the black list.  Maybe when this baby gets here- we can go there for drinks???

Little Aidan spent the night with Gree.  She is probably thinking-"why does this kid wake up so early?" right about now.  But I bet they had a great time together.  They always do.

Well-if I can persuade my nausea to go away, I am going to go to the grocery store and stock up for our "hurricane refugees"  (hehe) and then go and get my little man.  I hope the grocery isn't pure pandemonium.  Katrina really has people super paranoid-rightly so but nonetheless . . .

  

5 yrs. and counting . .

I was not able to write yesterday because Aidan and I didn't get home from work and "school" until 5:30pm and then it was snacks and quiet time (also known as mom taking a nap while Aidan watches tv, educational tv of course).  Then Ryan came home early (7pm) for the first time all week and we all headed to Cantina Laredo!  Yesterday was our 5 yr anniversary!  It seems like only "older people" could be married 5 years.  Surely not us!  Aren't we still 22?  Funny how the mind plays tricks on us.  Will I be 50 one day and still feel like I'm 22??

Anyway- yes, Ryan and I are actually going to do something to celebrate our anniversary.  Tonight we are going to eat at The Village.  Ryan's mom is going to watch Aidan.  He will be in Gree heaven.  I haven't been to this restaurant in a 4 years.  Looking forward to a date with the hubby.

2 notes about Aidan:

-He was actually a fairly well-behaved child with decent table manners at dinner last night!!  I don't know why but I'm hoping it wasn't a fluke!  We actually had a good family dinner in public!

-When we were in Gonzales for my HS reunion we were having a birthday lunch for Jacques and Jacques asked, "What does he want for his birthday?"  I said, "I don't know.  Aidan, What do you want for your birthday from Parrain?"  Aidan said plain as day, "I want a big oh elephant."  We all died laughing of course.  But yesterday as we pulled up to the house, I noticed yet another package on our doorstep.  I thought, "Geez- not another present.  When is Aidan's birthday gonna be over? He is getting so spoiled!  Well, you guessed it- in true Jacques style-it was a BIG OH ELEPHANT!  Aidan loved it and said, "It's just what I asked for!"  Parrain- you did not disappoint!  On another note- this incident makes me smile because it reminds me that Aidan will have some South Louisiana inherently.  Ever since I met Ryan he has made fun of me (basically all coon-asses) for the way we all say Big-O or Big OH- not sure how to really spell it.  I am so glad that Aidan will not be a cookie-cutter Shrevport-ian.  He will have little hints of his cajun heritage!!

Work. Work. Work.

That's all we do around here it seems.  Today I worked at the hospital and had to bathe someone with a huge, swollen scrotum.  Yuck.  And I thought I was nauseas (sp??) before walking in there.  Then he decided to pull his own tooth.  WTF?  Why do I do this job?  I know why- it's because for every huge ball sac there is a precious 94 yr lady who is someone's mother that they are desperately holding onto; there is an amazing 52 y.o. man who is engaged and just retired only to find out that he has terminal cancer- only 3 months to live.  It's b/c I can bring a smile to their faces and some sense of comfort.  That's why I do this job.

Still- after bathing people all day, it makes it really hard to come home and want to bathe Aidan which is usually Ryan's job, but it's harvest and we won't see Ryan until we are in bed already.  So I will suck it up, cook dinner, play with Aidan, bathe Aidan and do the nighttime routine all by myself.  Why?  Because I am blessed to have a wonderful healthy child and one on the way.  Because I am so fortunate to have the ability to cook a nice healthy dinner for my family.  I am blessed to have the ability to work and a husband who wants to work so hard for his family.

On another note:  When I was bathing Aidan last night, I noticed that he had a bite mark on his left forearm.  He said Shaun bit him and then went into some long-winded explanation that I didn't understand.  When I asked his teacher this morning she said it was some squabble over the slide on the playground???  So I reminded Aidan to be a good sharer and a sweet boy and went on my way.  When I picked him up today, no bite marks.  But one of the teachers told me that Shaun was absent today.  She then proceeded to tell me that she thinks Shaun is autistic but that the mom is in denial.  I told her- well great.  Y'all aren't really qualified to provide for children with autism, are y'all?  She said no but there is no official diagnosis.  Well= anyway, I offered to do an inservice to help them with some strategies.  But bottom line- I don't want my baby getting bitten!

Ugggh- as I'm typing this, Aidan is bringing me a huge package of diapers, asking me to put one on him so he can poop.  Do you know how much poop I've already cleaned up today?  What's one more?  Seriously.

Here goes nothing . . .

Well- I am finally doing it.  Jumping in feet first to this whole world of blogging.  I have to say I am a little intimidated but nonetheless feel as though "everyone is doing it."  So I must do it too.  Since I am now only working a few days a week, I feel as though I actually have time to do this.  So I will try my best to keep this updated so that you can laugh or cry with us as we navigate this interesting, challenging, life of parenthood and married life!

So funny story of the day (and yes it's only 9:02 am and we already have several funny stories- gotta love a 3 yr old).  This morning Aidan told me he wants a sister.  A few minutes later he said he wants a sister and a brother.  I told him that there is only one in mommy's belly and God decides whether it's a sister or a brother.  He said, "well, can I have a dog then?"  Thankfully I somehow convinced him it was better to just visit Grammy's one kitty, Callie.  So we evade the pet request yet again!  Whew!