March 2009

Welcome Spring!!!

This past month for me has been full of Spring Cleaning (sort of). We are planning on putting our house up on the market soon, so I have been going through every nook & cranny of our little house packing up stuff to put in storage so our house doesn’t look so “full” when we show it. For those of you who have been to our house, you know how “full” it is…especially the office!!! The plan is that we’ll sell our house & be able to buy something bigger for our growing family. Right now we’re pretty much bursting at the seams in our 1086 square feet. We of course have a lot of projects that need to be done in the next few weeks, so it will be a busy time…especially with Rhett working 2 jobs. He will be buying new blinds for the office & bedroom windows tonight, so that’s a start.

Austin is nervous about the TAKS test tomorrow. They have been preparing for it in class though and I’m sure he’ll do great. This is the reading test…the math test is next month. For those of you who don’t know what this is, it is the Texas Assessment of Knowledge & Skills test that is required in our state to be passed in order to move on to the next grade level. Wish Austin luck!!! He is trying to decide whether he likes taking piano lessons or not. He likes learning, but doesn’t like the homework part. I hope he doesn’t get frustrated & want to quit. It would be a nice skill for him to have.

I ended up at the Emergency Room with Logan last month. He had what appeared to be a hernia (in his private area) and he was screaming out in pain. We had a friend of ours who is a Dr. look at it and he said it would probably require surgery. Well, he cried & cried the whole time getting to the E.R., the whole time we were waiting, the whole time the Admitting nurse was checking his vitals, then he stopped once we got settled into an exam room and said “Mom, it doesn’t hurt anymore!” I was just looking to see when the Dr. came in to examine him, and sure enough, it was gone!!! They determined that it must be what they call a reduceable hernia, which comes & goes on its own. So basically it resolved itself within a few hours. The only problem is that we don’t have insurance on the boys, so we ended up with a hospital bill of more than $2000!!! What is up with the cost of healthcare I say??? All we did was sit in the waiting room, get his temperature/blood pressure checked and then they did an ultrasound. Luckily we’ll be getting our tax refund back soon.

Carson hasn’t had as exciting a month. He just hangs out & plays with Logan all day. He has pretty much stopped taking naps, although he’ll fall asleep on his own once in awhile. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be though because it helps in getting him to bed at night. We’ve determined that Logan & Carson can’t be in the same room when going to bed. They just play, talk & laugh for hours, despite the threats we give them to be quiet. We decided that when we get a bigger house we’ll put Austin & Logan together, since they’ll both be getting up for school next year.

Jackson is 2 months old today and is growing so fast. He is getting chunky and is just so loveable. He is truly the best baby anyone could ask for and I’m loving spending my days with him. He continues to be the center of attention with his brothers and they can’t seem to leave him alone sometimes…especially in church!

Over the past couple of weeks we have been able to take the kids to some fun things. First of all the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo was in town and we went as a family to see the animals and have some fun. We watched pig racing, visited the petting zoo, bounced on the inflatables, and rode on the carousel, along with seeing some of the animals. The next day I was able to take the kids to a Train Show at a convention center downtown. We saw tons of model train layouts (including one made of Legos), rode on Thomas the Train, and bought some train souvenirs. We all had a great time!

I guess that’s all for us this month. Hopefully by this time next month we’ll have our house ready to put up for sale. We have lots to do between now & then, so wish us luck!

Love – Rhett, Maren, Austin, Logan, Carson & Jackson