Nolan's Open House

Nolan had open house last night at his school. They are learning all about the ocean and had made a lot of cute things for the big night! Nolan is such a big boy these days. He is doing great in school and we are so proud of him. I was so sad to realize that the only picture that I took of him and his teacher didn't turn out. I will have to get one next week on his field trip! He led us all through the school and was so proud to show us his work and the different places he goes in school each week like gym, computer lab, library and art class. He loves school!

Caden's 2nd Birthday Party

On Sunday we celebrated Caden's birthday at this neat little place called Abbey's Playground. The little kids all loved it! Aren't they just the cutest???

Granny's Birthday

Saturday night we went to eat with all our family for Granny's birthday. After dinner we went back to Granny and PaPa's house for cake and presents. Nolan was excited to play games on Uncle C's i-Phone and Hudson was excited to play with Matt. It was nice to spend the evening with the family and just laugh and hang out. We don't get to do it enough! Notice in the picture below that Hudson is helping Granny blow out her candles. The next day at Caden's party Hud decided to also "help" Caden and blew out his candles after everyone sang Happy Birthday. Super embarrassing!

Monster Jam

Since Nolan wants to be a Monster Truck driver when he grows up it seemed pretty important to take him to the show when it was in town this weekend. :) It was also the night of Stevi and Ashley's b-day bash so Scott and I decided to tag team the night - he would take Nolan to the show and I would go to the party. Plans were set, tickets purchased and then the virus set in... Poor Nolan! As soon as he threw up for the first time on Saturday he started crying. Not crying about feeling sick - he started crying cause he thought this meant he wouldn't be able to go to see the Monster Trucks. He said "Does this mean I can't go tonight? I've been waiting my WHOLE life to go to this!" Poor little guy! How could we keep him from that? Scott decided to still try and take him to the show. He packed some walmart sacks in his pocket for emergency puke bags and they took a bucket with them in the truck and off they went. Nolan got sick a few time on the way there but was okay during the show. (Thank goodness!) but after about 45 mins he told Scott he was ready to go. You know the kid feels bad when he was ready to leave early he even looks sick in the pictures below. At least he was able to go for a little while.








When they got home, I headed out to Fat Daddy's to spend the evening with the b-day girls. We had lots of fun! I only took a few pictures but I attached them below.

February Flu

Every February we get sick. It has happened since Nolan was six months old and came down with the Roto Virus. I hate that about February. I actually was starting to think that we were going to miss it this year - no such luck! Yesterday when I picked up Hudson from my mom's he threw up. I really didn't think that he was sick since my kids gag and throw up all the time over everything. Just last week I was buckling Hudson in his car sat and he threw up. Turns out his new little jacket collar was "too tight" and made him gag and throw up. Right!?! It wasn't even tight at all - I think it just must have touched the side of his neck in a weird place or something. Anyways, like I said - this is common for us so I really didn't think he was sick! Smells, shirt collars, throwing fits and anything messy looking can make my kids puke. Ugh! Anyways, it turned out to actually be a stomach bug that lasted for three days. Then on Saturday when I thought we were finally past it Nolan threw up. Sucks. Here are a few pics from the other day with Hud just laying on the couch with Daisy.

We Are The World

It's weird when your kids know more about current events than you do. Nolan came home from school today telling me about the "new" We Are The World song. He didn't know about the original one. We talked about it and I explained to him why the first one was made and why they remade it. I hadn't really heard the new version just a part of it off the radio. He asked me if I would download it from i-tunes for him. (hilarious) He was naming all the different artists in it. Like how does he even know? Then he said "Did you know that Lil' Wayne is going to jail? But he hasn't had to go yet because he has REALLY bad teeth." Seriously? How does my kid know that some rapper is going to jail and needs dental work? We don't even really watch live TV at our house when the kids are awake so unless they were talking about that on Curious George, he did not learn about that at home! I asked him who told him all of this information and he said that all the kids were talking about it at school. Kindergartners? It was SO funny to me!!

Anyways, I downloaded the song and listened to it in the car last night for the first time. I didn't really like it at first but when I heard the part where they left in Michael Jackson, I had to choke back tears. I guess it just shocked me and saddened me instantly. Such a loss, so much magic and talent lost to drugs and society. The love in his voice was so evident and so selfless. I was truly moved to tears by the passion in the song even if it wasn't exactly what I expected. This morning I downloaded the video from i-tunes because I was trying to figure out all the voices. Scott, Nolan and Hudson all watched the video too. It made me think of being a kid and gathering around the TV to watch the world premiere of original video on MTV with my parents. It was such a vivid memory that I had not remembered until today. I was exactly Nolan's age. I wonder if years from now he will remember huddling around the laptop to watch the new one? I wonder if in 25 more years there will be a third version released and if he will watch it with his kids? Weird.

Lights Out!

Well after my post on Thursday things went a little crazy around the Mays' household! We lost power about 11pm on Thursday night and it didn't come back on until Sunday night at 9pm. That was three full days of being homeless! Ugh! We toughed it out on Thursday night since it was late and everyone was still warm in their beds but on Friday morning we were cold and had to leave. I packed up the boys and went out to Mimi and PaPa's for the day while Scott was at work. We played in the snow and made snow ice cream and had a great day! When Scott got off work we went up to the mall and killed time just hoping the power would come back on. No such luck! We ended up going out to Nana's and spent the weekend with her. Scott and some of our neighbors took turns driving over and stalking our neighborhood all weekend. Reporting back to each other for any signs of progress. FINALLY the Oncor trucks and tree trimming trucks were in our neighborhood on Sunday. It was hard to be away from home for days even though my mom was an awesome host. I just kept thinking about all the things that needed to be done at home - laundry, grocery shopping and cleaning! Luckily our office was closed for Presidents day so I was able to still get stuff done on Monday before going back to work.

Our Valentine's plans changed a little but we were still able to spend time with the boys and have a date night which was great! We took the boys to the Dallas World Aquarium on Saturday and met up Becca and Conner at Twisted Root for some yummy burgers. The boys loved the aquarium. We took Nolan on his 2nd b-day but just hadn't made it out there again until now. Hudson is a lover of all animals and spent most of the day saying "Awwwwe!" in this sweet little voice about everything - even the snakes, bats and the tank of Piranhas. This lady was standing beside us when he was talking about how "sweet" the little Piranhas were and we were all cracking up! The boys got to feed some of the birds blueberries and pet a few things. It is really a neat place. My favorite thing to see were these teeny-tiny monkeys - I don't remember what they are called but they were full grown and the size of hamsters. They were so little, but sure had a mouth full of teeth! I am putting some pictures below but they not very good because my lens kept fogging up!

After a fun day with the kids, my mom watched the boys and we went out for dinner. I wanted to try this new place in Fort Worth that I have heard about from a few people called Tillman's. We didn't have reservations but we figured even if we had to wait a while we would just have a drink at the bar. When we got there it was closed to walk-in guests for Valentines. :( Then we drove around forever trying to decide where to go. It was kinda a bust for a little while because we tried a few other places that had unbelievable wait times. Just when we were going to call it quits and head back to A-town we passed Joe T's and decided to give it a try. Joe T's never disappoints! We got right in and we sat in a back room that was all candlelit and quiet. It was perfect. Good margaritas and yummy fajitas. Sunday, we went back to the church that we visited last week. We really like it and are thinking about joining it. Last weekend we visited it without the boys just to see how it worked and check it out without introducing them to a place we weren't sure about. It turned out to be a perfect fit for our family! We went early so that we could get the boys checked in for the first time. We talked about it all week to Hudson because he has never been left in a daycare setting before. He seemed okay when we first went into his room because there were lots of toys and things to do, but once he realized I was leaving he flipped out. They said to just leave him and they would post his ID number on the screen if he didn't stop crying. We made it about 10 minutes into the service when his number flashed on the screen. Poor baby! He just had no idea what was going on and was so upset. I ended up just sitting in the "cry room" with him for the rest of the service. I hated that he felt so scared but he is going to have to learn to go. We will try again next week and hopefully it will be better! The ladies were great and very helpful and said sometimes it just take a few weeks for them to get comfortable. I hope so! Nolan loved his class and had a great time. The church just started a new series called "Love Busters" and it was a good message. I have really been putting my focus on God. Praying for His guidance for my family and help to be the person I am supposed to be. I feel his presence in everything I am doing lately - "ask and you shall receive". God's will is really working in my life these days and I am grateful.