Laying Low!

I realized when I got in my car this morning and my gas light was on I hadn't left the house since Friday night and yet I had a wonderful weekend.

It started with a wonderful Friday night game of Pokeeno at Lori's beautiful house in Hendersonville. I walked away with a $10 Starbuck's gift card and another wonderful time with these great girls!

Saturday night we had our friends Sarah, Patrick, Natalina and Rob over to play Trivial Pursuit! Of course the girls won! And we had a great time!

Sunday we spent the day lazing around doing a whole lot of nothing!

Except for Mr. Kingston he discovered that with his push toy he gained freedom go anywhere he wanted-fast- so he spent his day walking all over the house and screaming bloody murder if he got stuck somewhere, which means mommy and daddy took turns getting him unstuck! Which wasn't too hard since he was so darn cute!

We also decided to do away with bottles this weekend. Kingston had no trouble at all I don't even think he noticed a difference. He even went all day at daycare today bottle free! Our little boy is growing up so fast! Tomorrow he will be eleven months old! It's so hard to believe! Hope you had a great weekend and have a wonderful week! Being lazy felt so great I think we will take advantage of that as much as we can this week :)!

Valentine's Day Delight!

We had such a wonderful Valentine's Day filled with so much fun! Alfred and I met some of our friends downtown at the Somet Center on Saturday morning to run in the Predator's Fangtastik 5K. Although the race was challenging it was very fun to finish something so amazing with Alfred by my side. After the race we headed over to Rippy's to have a few congratulations to us beers with our friends! It was such a wonderful morning! Of course I have to thank my friend Jodi and her son Peyton for watching Kingston so we could do the race baby free!

As a perk of the race we got tickets to Saturday nights hockey game. So we went home cleaned up grabbed Kingston and headed down to Rippy's to meet some friends for some pre game cocktails. Rippy's was a blast. And although I kept thinking of the line in Sweet Home Alabama "You have a baby, in a bar" there were other kids there and Kingston had a blast dancing to the music and the band even dedicated a song to him!
We then headed over to the game which ended up going into over time and then finishing up with a shoot out which we won. The game wasn't over until 10:30 and we worried that Kingston would get bored but he loved every minute of it! He ate french fries and hamburger and loved the jumbotron. He would throw his hands up when people jumped and cheered. It was a wonderful end to a wonderful day! I hope all of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day too!

Just wanted to leave you with a picture of my Valentine's enjoying the game! Have a wonderful week!

Can I get an upgrade?

Alfred and I left last Wednesday for a 5 day Adult only get away in Gatlinburg with 7 of our friends! This is an annual trip that we were scheduled to do last year but since Kingston surprised us 5 weeks early (the week the trip was scheduled) we were unable to attend! When we arrived at our cabin on Wednesday night we noticed the things that were promised weren't there such as a theater room and Jacuzzi tubs in all the bed rooms. We probably could have gotten over this since there was an indoor pool but all the TV's had also been stolen (apparently an epidemic right now in GBurg). We quickly called the rental place and they said tough it out for one night and they would put us in a different cabin the next day. So we did what any parents on vacation without kids would do, grabbed our beers and headed for the pool and hot tub. The next day they moved us to the most wonderful cabin I've ever laid eyes on! It was 3 stories, 6 bedrooms, 7 1/2 bathrooms, 2 game rooms, theater and a view to die for. This was an upgrade that was amazing!! No pool but who cared! It was a wonderful time hanging out with old friends and making new ones!

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And although we had a wonderful weekend it was amazing coming home to this dude!

And a special thanks goes out to my mom who drove from WV and Alfred's mom who drove from GA to spend a Grandma's long weekend with Kingston and make this possible for us. You guys are amazing!

And the Verdict is.....

Sinus Infection! This is the 2nd one in his short little life. But if he's anything like me and my family he has many more waiting for him. This one is so severe he will be on antibiotics for 30 Days! I didn't even know you could take antibiotics for 30 days! But anything that will curb the projectile vomiting and runny nose is fine by me! And before you ask it was not the outside freezing cold zoo run that did it. He was most likely already feeling bad which is why he was grouchy in the cold weather! And you know this little trooper has kept to his normal sleeping schedule and hasn't woken up one night! I have to give it to the little dude! He loves his sleep! Just like his mama! Here's hoping for healthy kids!

It's the weekend!

Let's start with an update from our doctor's visit. All is well with our original problem, however, the doctor is now almost certain Kingston has a hernia so we are on the look out for that and if nothing is seen before May 18th we head back to the urologist and hope for an all clear. In the meantime we are to go about our everyday lives.

Our everyday lives have been a bit busy this weekend. Since Alfred and I will be heading to Gatlinburg on Wednesday for a 5 day baby free trip with some of our friends Alfred spent the weekend working! That left Kingston and I at home to do as we please! Saturday we went shopping and out to eat, then when Alfred got home from work I headed over to my friend Jennifer's for a Hello Kitty themed birthday party to honor our friend Rosanna! Everyone had a blast!

Here's Dawn and I enjoying ourselves at the party.

Sunday Kingston wasn't feeling wonderful but we decided to head to the park and hang out with our friends Elizabeth and Riley. We didn't want to waste such a beautiful day! The boys had a great time but you can tell from this weeks picutes Kingston isn't feeling like himself! I was able to get a lap of running in though!

When we got back from the park it was Superbowl time! I walked upstairs during one of the plays and was able to snap this picture of my boys drinking there bottles while watching the game!

Tomorrow we are going to take Kingston to the pediatrician! Usually I would wait and see if this played itself out but with us leaving in just a few days I want to go ahead and get the OK. I hope you all had a great weekend! I'll be counting down the days until I'm Gatlinburg bound with my hubby!