Last week started and ended CRAZY...

So i have to start this blog off by apologizing. It seems like it has been FOREVER since I have had a moments rest in the past week, or at least since this time last weekend. Last Sunday night, Cas spent the night at Gammy's so Mike and I could have a night out. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed getting to spend some quality time together. It's amazing...even after eight years of marriage, I still get butterflies in my stomach when Mike gives me that sweet look. I love my husband so much...with that being said, we got to have two date nights last week and they were wonderful. But, on Monday Cas started to turn south. My Mom told me that she had some congestion the night before, so I figured it was the usual stuff. I gave Cas a breathing treatment, and it didn't seem to help to much, but just enough. I got up on Tuesday, and went into the office, Mike did his normal thing and got Cas off to school before he went to work as well. About 8:00 Tuesday morning, I got the dreaded call.
"Mrs. Black? This is Ms. Mendoza from Cassidy's school..."
"Yes," I replied
"Cas just came up to the front desk and her temperature is 102.1"
"OK, I will come get her."
It was a mad dash from that point. I almost ran out of my office trying to get out the door fast enough to get to my poor precious baby...I calmed down as I was driving long enough to call the doctor's office. When I called they asked me to bring her in. I picked up Cas in a panic and hurried off across town about 40 minutes.
Luckily, Cas goes to the same doctor as I do, it is not a pediatrician, just a MD, Family doctor. The office wasn't too busy, so Dr. Kumar told us to come on in. When we got there, they took us right back and checked out Cas. Her fever was still high. They gave her some meds, and it seemed to come down a bit. The strep test came back negative, so then we got the news...
"TONSILLITIS!" YIKES! Last I heard that word, I was a junior or senior in high school, and I had to have mine removed.
Well, at least we knew what we were fighting now. We got the lovely pink amoxicillin, and came home. I got Cas comfie and settled in for a long week. I was finally able to go back to work, thanks to my wonderful husband. Cassidy broke her fever finally on Thursday, and we have had a fairly nice weekend. We haven't gone out to much, as I have wanted her to still get as much rest as possible.

Anyway, Mike helped out as much as he could. There were only two problems, this past week, Joint Commission was supposed to come to his clinic (which they ended up not coming so he took Friday off), and MIKE still HAS HIS TONSILS! I knew from experience that if Mike got it as an adult, it would be ten times worse. So, I was Nurse Black this past week.

With a lot of prayer, and a lot of medicine and rest, Cas is all back to normal. So that explains why I hadn't posted in a while. I have a couple of pics that I will try to put up soon.
Take care until next time.

Memorial Day Weekend

So this has been a nice long weekend for Cas and I so far. It was my Friday off, so Cas and I spent a lot of time running around on Friday doing errands. We went to the grocery store, DSW (to return something), met a truck to pick up my "Cajun Microwave"(I explain more about that later), and went to Target to finish up on some baby shopping for a couple of baby gifts. I feel like we ran around all day.

Cas was a huge help as she always is, and even let us get all of that done. I am hosting a baby shower for a girl at work, and so that is what the baby gift was for. Also my step-sister who lives in Missouri (Katie) and her husband (Adam) are expecting their first on June 22nd. So I did a little shopping for them as well. I can't wait to meet the little one as we will be there over the fourth of July. No pressure on Katie, but I hope she has had that baby by then!!!

OK, so off the tangent and back to the "Cajun Microwave". I went to OTC(Offshore Technology Conference) and actually dropped my business card into the cajun microwave, and my name was drawn...Go figure the one time I win something I will not use. The best way to describe it is as a smoker. I have put the link for the one that I got on this post, so if you are interested, you can go check it out. I am not keeping it as Mike and I would not use it enough, but I have already sold it to my cousin...I know Scott will enjoy it. Here's the link if you are interested in seeing it. I hope the link was embed right... http://www.cajunmicrowaves.com

So Mike just measured Cassidy and she is 39 and a half inches tall, and 34 pounds. My little one is growing up...=-( Actually even though I am a little sad she is, I am so excited. The older she gets, the more fun it is...

Saturday morning started out fun for me...(Just kidding)...I decided to go to the gym, mow the yard, and then clean the house...sounds great huh! I know secretly you are jelous as you read this. Cassidy as always was a big help, and Mike helped as well. Nothing like a nice clean house...

There are a couple of pictures of Cassidy in our clothes laundry baskets...she has loved this since she was a little girl. If they are empty, she will drag them out to the living room, tump them over and now can get them back up. She will sit in them for hours. I wonder if she will do this when she is sixteen...

FROGGY PURSE!!!!! So I know it seems crazy that I am excited about a Froggy Purse, but I bought it for Cassidy about a year ago. I will admit it, it was a bribe. We did the wrong thing and let Cas sleep with us for a while when she was younger. Sometimes I think it was more for me than anyone. I guess working full time, I loved having that closeness to Cassidy. Anyway, I bought a froggy purse for Cassidy and told her when she started sleeping in her bed full time she would get it. We still have had a couple of nights where she gets up in the night and wants to come downstairs, but she starts out in her bed! So I have to say how proud I am of Cas. Good job Big Girl!

Mike and I had a date night last night because of our wonderful babysitter and friend Kathy. We went out to dinner at PF Changs and ate way to much, and then went to see Night at the Museum II. It was good, but definetly wasn't as funny as the first one...I was a little dissapointed. Anyway, thanks to Gammy, we are having an afternoon and entire night alone. Poppa and Gammy are letting Cas come over a little later and spend the night. They are so wonderful! Thanks Mom and Garth. We love you!

For a three and a half year old, Cas is very imaginative. I don't know where she gets that (WINK!) Just a little bit ago, I was upstairs in the study, listening to Cassidy and Mike's conversation...
Cas: "Daddy, what flavor would you like?"
Mike:"Of what?"
Cas: "Lollipops"
Mike: "What are my choices?"
Cas:"Well...there's Winter Watermelon, Artic Apple, Polar Pappaya, Burbur Banana, and Chilly Cherry. So which one do you want?"

Mike responded back with his answer, I didn't hear the rest of what it was...anyway, I am always amazed.

Cassidy got a new electric toothbrush...Barbie...(I know my Mom will love that!) She loves brushing her teeth. I am excited about that as I can tell she is getting older and can do more on her own. I have posted some pictures of Cas and her new toothbrush...(Only a dentist's daughter)

This morning Cas helped Daddy with making Cinamon Rolls, she always has a good time with that. She also somewhat helped me with organizing some DVD cases. (I was really trying to get them upstairs, but she decide to lay them all out and try to jump across them).

Here are some pictures that I have taken recently, mostly this week, and this weekend...Enjoy!

Catching up for this week

OK...so this week has been a ZOO! I think it is about time I check myself in somewhere. Talk about feeling the grind. It all started with last Friday. Mike is usually home by about 6:00. He called and said that they had a patient at the clinic, and he was going to be a little bit late...I told him that would not be a problem as I wasn't home. I was at BABIES-R-US. Now don't get me wrong, Babies-R-Us is fun, but when you are trying to put together a baby shower, and are in charge of buying all the gifts (from donations at work), it gets to be a little bit crazy. So anyway, I had my little helper (Cassdidy), and she was telling me what she thought about getting certain things. Although she thinks the baby should only have "toys" I reassured her that my friend Stephanie needs more than that. With much conviencing, we bought the stuff Cas though was "boring." Afterwards, I looked at my watch and realized that I had spent about two and a half hours in there! So, Cas and I grabbed a bite to eat and headed home. On Saturday, I ran errands which is always fun, when you really don't want to go, and then on Saturday night Chris, Kelly and the kids came over. We had a good time and the kids got to play. We give all of them a bath and then crashed out. On Sunday, we hung out as it rained most of the day.

That rolled us into this week...work has be constent, which is good, but also bad. I feel like every time I think I am getting ahead, I end up being a bit behind. I did however attend a very interesting class at lunch this week about Hurricane Response and the Guld of Mexico. I know, I know to some of you that don't deal with the Oil and Gas industry, that sounds boring, but I loved it. It directly affects my job as all of my foremen and crews are about 150 miles out floating on a spar in the Gulf of Mexico.

I also helped a friend of mine Danita out. Her wonderful son Jeremy is graduating from Klein Oak this year. She had some pictures professionally taken, but it ended up being a big mess. I told her as part of Jeremy's graduation present, I would take some pictures, and in return be able to use them on www.noellephoto.com (my photography website). She agreed, and I started snapping. Anyway, it is always hard to do a photo shoot in the middle of the week, with a three and a half year old at home.

This weekend, with it being Memorial Day, we are going to be in Houston! YAY! We might be blowing up the pool and putting it in the backyard. (WOW! With that last sentence, I feel like a redneck!) Mike and I are going to have a date night as of now on Saturday night. Our wonderful friend and babysitter Kathy is going to come over and watch Cas. I don't know what Mike and I will do, so you will have to check out the next post to find out... I think we might go over to Gammy and Poppa's for dinner as well maybe Sunday night. We will see.

OK, so enough rambling...I will upload pictures when I get home since today is my last day of the week.
Until next post.
Shelely

Weekend Happenings

So we had a nice weekend. Cassidy got a new water sprinkler, we made ice cream, Cas and I had our first mother daughter trip to get our toes painted at the salon. Cassidy loved it. She got to sit in a bear chair, and the water changed colors! She thought it was great. During the day on Saturday, Cas founds some magazines in a bag, and decided she wanted to read on our bed. We have no sheets, as they were in the wash, but she looked so grown up. I had to run and get my camera. On Saturday night, Chris, Kelly and the kids came over. We let the girls play for a while why we caught up. It was really nice. Not much else went on this weekend. Cassidy did get a new water sprinkler for the yard, but it ended up raining. Cassidy also got a new lap desk for the car ride to Missouri this summer. She LOVES that! Anyway, take care for this post, and enjoy the pictures!

Mother's Day Weekend Pictures

OK, so these are the pictures from the post of Mother's Day weekened 2009. I am still trying to figure this out...enjoy!

Mother's Day Weekend

So this has been a wonderful Mother's Day Weekend. I have been spoiled, and it still is going on. Friday I spent the day with my wonderful sweet daughter. It was really nice to spend the day with her. I did do a photo shoot on Friday, but Cassidy came with me and was a big helper. On Friday night, we went to an Astros game with some friends of ours, and the five of us had a great time. We even got to see the Friday night Fireworks at Minute Maid when the game was over. Cas loved that part. Saturday morning, I took Cassidy to the donut shop, and let Mike relax for a while. The donut shop has only happened about three times in Cassidy's life, so she gets so excited every time. Once we got back, Saturday mid day, Mike and Cassidy went to the garden center and picked out some spring flowers for us to plant. They did a wonderful job picking out the flowers, and it gave me a chance to do some editing from my Friday photo shoot. Once they got back, we planted a few flowers, the yard looks great now. Yesterday afternoon, we went to a BBQ for a while, but left before the drinking really began. Love seeing our friends, but hate Cassidy around a lot of people that are drinking. We got home early enough to play a little bit on the Wii, and then went to bed early as well. We all got much needed sleep. This morning in honor of Mother's Day, Mike and Cassidy let me sleep in and brought me homemade pancakes in bed. What a treat! My little munchkin got me flowers and a singing card. She is such a cutie pie! Well, I think we are going to maybe go to Academy, and then just hang out for the rest of the day. It's a little overcast today, so maybe we will get the blowup pool out. Who knows. Here are some pics from our weekend. Until next time!

Happy Birthday Dad, OTC and sliding into Friday

Dad, Shannon and I

Above is my sister Shannon and my Dad

Above is Dad and I

Above, Dad, Cas and I

So to start, I have to say Happy Early Birthday to my dad! His birthday is on the 9th, but he will be out on Kentucky Lake. So in honor of you Dad, I have posted some pictures from our Hilton Head, South Carolina trip back in 2007. Can't wait until next year! I am looking forward to the beach again! I love you and Miss you Dad, have a wonderful birthday!

So, today is Thursday (my Friday) and I am ready for the weekend. Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend OTC otherwise known as the Offshore Technology Conference down in Reliant Stadium/Arena. It is always an awesome experience to see any new gadgets they have, and meet with the vendors one on one. It's always amazing to be standing on the floor of Reliant Stadium with booths all set up. It doesn't look the same as when in the stands, but now I would know how it feels to be on the field. I was able to climb into a "survival capsule" which is used if they have to leave a platform in an emergency. YIKES! I do have to say I could only handle it for a short while. They get hot!

Other than OTC, we have a fun weekend ahead. Tomorrow night we have the Astros games with some friends at Minute Maid park, and then we have a BBQ and get together on Saturday with some friends. I hope Cas has fun at both. I should have some pictures once the weekend is done.

Take care until next post!

Dinner with friends, Making homemade ice cream, Gardening and a Diaper Cake!

WOW! What a wonderful but busy weekend. On Friday Mike got home late, but we did make some homemade ice cream in my new gift. I got a Cusinart Ice Cream Maker as my five year gift from work. We got to pick out our gifts ourselves...I am so excited. Not to mention it made GREAT ice cream. On Friday night, and Saturday mid day, we got some much needed housework done. On Saturday morning, the yard work began as well. I mowed the yard, Mike edged, and we did some much needed weeding. Cassidy loved helping her Daddy with trimming bushes. On Saturday afternoon, I got to go have a special treat and get my toes done. I would take a picture, but that would be strange. On Saturday night our friends came over for dinner and the kids played and had a great time. This morning, I got a very special treat, Mike made Cassidy and I french toast. YUMMY! Today I finished off my diaper cake that I am making for a friends shower as well. I hope she likes it. So I guess we had a busy but fun weekend after all. Here are some pics. Hope you like them! Until next post, take care!