Weekend in Review

I hope you've all had a good weekend.  


Friday didn't start out very well for us.  I ended up having to pick Chris up from school early because he was throwing up.  The stomach bug made it's way through our house really fast and he was the latest victim.  Thankfully he was feeling a lot better by that evening so we just spent the day cuddling and hanging out.  


On Saturday, we took the boys to a late St. Patrick's Day party that the mommy group I'm a part of was having.  It was a lot of fun.  They had a bunch of fun themed games to play, some yummy snacks, and some cute crafts.  We were there for almost 3 hours.  There was some music playing in the background for us to enjoy.  Chris decided to get up and dance to the music in front of the entire room.  It was so funny!  He is such a ham.  All of the kids had fun playing together, bopping balloons back and forth to each other, and playing the cabbage bowling game that was set up.  Who knew you could have so much fun with a head of cabbage?  ;)  

Chris dancing to the music

Logan's rainbow craft

Cabbage bowling!

Posing with the funky glasses

Clover crown that everyone got.  Cute, right? ;)

Not long after we got home from the party, a friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook asking if we wanted to get the kids together to play at the park.  It was really nice outside and it sure beat being in the house for the rest of the day being bored so we loaded back up into the car and met them at the park.  Mary and I hadn't gotten to hang out in such a long time so it was nice to hang out with her for a while and our kids loved seeing each other again.  They have always gotten along so well.  

They made a little train going down the slide
Mary's girls and my boys <3
Love those kiddos

My little monkey

Our blonde kiddos <3
Friends forever

On the "boat" that rocks back and forth

Yes, that would be my little daredevil
hanging onto the *side* of the spinner
WHILE it was spinning

After we got home from the park we spent the rest of the evening hanging out watching America's Funniest Home Videos.  We love that show!  


On Sunday we went to the late service at church.  I forgot to mention this, but a couple weeks ago we officially became members of the church.  We're so excited about it.  Last week we were presented in front of everyone as new members.  This week there was a luncheon after the late service.  It was a time to have a meal together and get to know other people in the church.  The pastor mentioned that they were going to try to do something like that about 4 times a year now, so that will be something fun to look forward to.  Eric and I are becoming more active in the church and are in the process of trying to find a life group to attend as well.  Eric is going to volunteer with the production people.  I put in my paperwork a few weeks ago to help in the children's area and next week I will be shadowing during the service to see which age group I feel more comfortable helping out with.  I already told the children's leader that I would either stay with the babies or the preschoolers.  Chris and Logan are in the school aged room and I know if I was in there with them it would probably just be a distraction for them.  Helping out with the babies or preschoolers will also help with the baby fever I've been having lately, I'm sure.  ;)   


What did you do this weekend?  

Sunday Social

It's been quite a while since I linked up with the Sunday Social, so I thought I'd take part this week.  :)




1.  What are 3 things you can't go a day without doing? 
Loving on my boys, checking Facebook, checking on my blog and visiting others


2.  What are 3 things that scare you the most? 
Something happening to my family or someone I care about, spiders, heights


3.  What are 3 places you want to see before you kick the bucket? 
Italy, Ireland, England


4.  What are 3 movies you will always love? 

5.  What are your 3 favorite current songs?  

Always by Kristian Stanfill.  This song hit me really hard at church a couple weeks ago.  We were going through a very tough time right around when we were going to move, and this song spoke to me so directly.



Let It Go (Frozen) cover by Brian Hull
This has gone viral on Youtube, Facebook, and other social media.  This guy sings the popular Let It Go song from Disney's Frozen.... in Disney characters' voices!  Very cool.



Girl on Fire by Arshad
This song was written to go along with the Hunger Games.  It is such a beautiful song.  I'd love if it made it into one of the movies.

One Year Ago

Isn't it crazy how much things can change in just one year's time?  

This time last year we were preparing to take Logan to a different neurologist to discuss my concerns.  I brought my concerns up to the pediatrician time after time after time.  I was "just being paranoid."  Logan was "just being a boy, it is a phase, it'll go away.  He'll grow out of it."  I knew in my heart that something wasn't right so we switched pediatricians.  I brought my concerns up to the new pediatrician and she agreed with me.  What a relief!  We had a referral to a neurologist.  I would finally get some answers.  

Or so I thought.  

We had the visit from hell with the doctor from hell.  

I was absolutely crushed.  All I wanted was some answers for my son because I knew something was wrong.  After a few phone calls, I was given a referral to a different neurologist.  

This new doctor listened to my concerns.  He really seemed to care.  I asked questions, he asked questions.  We interacted with each other.  He took the time to really listen.  My gut was right.  I wasn't all that surprised.  When it comes to being a mother, I have dead-on gut instincts.  I haven't been wrong yet.  

But even so, the words "Your son has ADHD" just about knocked the wind out of me.  That may seem overdramatic to some.  According to some people, ADHD isn't even a real disease.  But it is.  It is very real.  And Logan will have to struggle with it for the rest of his life.  

We got the diagnosis almost a year ago.  We got him the help he needed.  Does he still have bad days?  Of course.  But they are few and far between now.  Has he come a long way?  Absolutely.  

Logan was in preschool before we got his diagnosis.  His teacher was fresh out of college and inexperienced to say the least.  Instead of helping me get answers for Logan, she belittled him every single day because she couldn't handle him.  She labeled him as a problem child and treated him with disregard.  She didn't want to bother with him.  If he had a bad day, she'd put him in a room in the hallway with only a very small window toward the top of the door.  Nobody could see what was going on inside.  All I know is what Logan would come home and tell me.  The teachers assistant would call him a mean little boy.  A bad boy.  A loser.  Logan's bad days were becoming more frequent.  His self esteem was crushed and he was acting out.  I ended up having to pull him out of school to get him away from that environment.  I taught him at home to get him prepared for Kindergarten.  I had to rebuild his self esteem.   

Now?  We are most of the way through Logan's kindergarten year.  At the beginning of the year when we met Logan's teacher, I told her about the ADHD.  She understood.  She listened.  She doesn't get mad at him.  She doesn't call him names.  She treats him with love and kindness just like all of her other students.  I can't thank her enough.  For making Logan's school experience a good one.  For helping him.  He loves school now instead of dreading it.  He is very intelligent and he knows it.  

Logan has grown and accomplished so much in the past year.  I can't wait to see where he ends up.  He can do whatever he sets his mind to.  

Weekend in Review and Monday Funnies #4

What. A. Weekend!  

In my last post I mentioned that things had been crazy for us lately.  The reason is, we moved this past weekend.  We started packing things about a week ago a little at a time.  

By the time Friday came around, I was in full out stress mode.  We met with the landlord to sign our lease and get a key, got the power turned on at the new house, set up the transfer for our water, phone, internet and tv.  The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent packing or getting rid of things we weren't going to take with us.  

Saturday was our moving day.  We finished up all of the last minute packing and my parents rented a U-Haul truck for us so we weren't trying to cram all of our large furniture and appliances in our SUV.  The whole family came together to help so that was pretty awesome.  In addition to renting the truck for us, my parents also helped us with moving the boxes and furniture to the new house.  Eric's brother, brother-in-law, and nephew also came over to help us move things to the new house.  I apparently lifted a box the wrong way because that night I was in a nauseating amount of pain.  Since it was so late by the time we were finished moving everything and we didn't have time to get the boys bunkbeds put back together, my parents let Chris and Logan stay the night with them.  That helped us out a lot.  Eric and I were able to rest for a while, do a little unpacking, and take our time getting the beds put together.  It was after 1am by the time that was finished so we crashed pretty easily.  ;)  

Sunday morning we got up early and went to church for a special serving project our church is doing.  It's called Because We Love.  We had a short service at church and then went out into our community, doing random acts of kindness.....because we love.  ;)   

The rest of the day was spent unpacking and organizing.  It's finally starting to look like we have a house instead of a space full of boxes.  :)  I'll be so glad when everything is finished.  

I had to hang out at home today to wait on our phone and TV service to be installed.  While that was going on, a few things went wrong inside the house so on top of everything else going on today I had to wait on a repairman also.  The stress from today definitely has me in need of some laughs, so without further delay, here are my Monday Funnies for this week.  :)   I hope you get a laugh out of them too.

Oh, Chandler.  You can't do anything right!  ;)  

One of my favorite scenes!  

Sounds about right.

I can't even begin to tell you how true this is.  LOL 

This describes my boys perfectly.  

Anyone else do this?  

Definitely.

Aww, poor Mer.  

Mom Lovin Link Up

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Our guest co-host this week is Jackie from Adventures in Mommyland

Jackie is a Southern gal, who has two little boys. She writes about her life and her family. Check out her new Monday Funnies series, sharing funny things she has come across in the last week. Definitely good for a laugh on your monday morning!

Our featured mama this week is Kristin from Sounds of my Pitter-Patter

Kristin's blog is super sweet! We love her heart for encouraging other moms, because that's what we are all about here at Mom-Lovin! Kristin is a mama of one little man (who has the cutest craziest spikey hair! adorable!) as well as a photographer! Check out her recent mini-series on Breastfeeding!

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Monday Funnies #3

Hello everybody and welcome to another week of the Monday Funnies.  Sorry I missed last week, things have been crazy busy around here lately.  More details on that later though. I hope you all get as much of a laugh out of these as I do.  

For all the Finnick fans out there.  I'm more of a Peeta girl myself.  :)  

You know you just read that to the tune of Sexy and I Know It.   Didn't you?  :)  

Truth! 

Don't you just love Joey? 

My sandwich??  MYYYYY SANDDDWWWWIIICCCCCHHHHH????!!!!   

Everyone has a friend like this, right?  

Exactly!  You can never go wrong with books for this girl.  :)

Yep!  I was not blessed with kitchen skills.  

I know, right?  Leave our characters alone, Shonda!  ;)  

Of course! 

I know!  

I *LOVE* this movie!  

This is just adorable.

Love that face. 

Has this total brain fail ever happened to you?  ;)