Helping words to get through life

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did" When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.' "

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Hating Allergies!!!!

Well tonight I feel like a really bad mom! For those of you who don't know both my kids have serious allergies, Paisley to Jalapeno (easy to keep away from her) and Keyton to Wheat (not so easy to find food or to think about what could have wheat in it)! Paisley just gets really bad hives all over, Keyton use to get hives all over... Well for the story... we have been watching him for hives and some wheezing after getting some wheat and we thought he was getting over it because he would only break out around the mouth and be (what we thought fine). We still tried to keep him from wheat. Well tonight we had chicken divan, (nothing to it just chicken, soup, cheese, and broccoli) and after a little while Keyton started feeling bad and crying. I got a good look at his face and it was all swollen, his lips, face, eyes, neck!!! I was going crazy trying to find out what he got! Then his nose started to bleed just a little!!! I was scared and we gave him meds. and watched him for an hour before things started to go back to normal. Tryon went to look at the cream of chicken soup that is in the dish and sure enough it has wheat!!! I am so mad at myself for not checking it before!! So is allergy is worst and it is so my falt because he has had wheat a lot from things we did not even think to look at!!!! My little baby is really sick and its because of me right now. I am calling the doc. tomorrow to see if he need to be seen by an allergist because of the swelling and bleeding!! Now it is scary because you can't just look at him for hives we have to make sure he does not swell up to much or it could cut off his air! I really wish it was not this way!!!! I will from now on read all labels before giving him anything and really stress at church that he can not have any kind of wheat product!

Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Fair and Balloon Fest

Last week was the Fair!!! We had a great time at the Parade on Sat. and the Fair on Thurs. The kids loved the parade and it was really Keyton's first one! Paisley had a great time but was sad that she did not get candy. At the fair we walked around and had some great fair food (snacks) of fried pickles, Fries, and everyone had some turkey leg. We then took the kids to the rodeo for the first time! They loved it and clapped for everything! It was really cute, but poor Paisley got sick and we did not get any pics. of the rodeo :(


Getting ready for the Parade!

At the Parade





They got flags and loved to wave them!!!




At home between the Parade and the Fair!! Paisley got stuck in the stuffed animal bucket! It was too funny.


Then later Keyton got in with her and they both where mad! But it was funny and cute so I took a pic anyways.

So the day of the Fair Tryon was at work and Paisley was at school so Keyton and I had a fun special time at the park! He loved it and did fine with out his big sis. We have had so much fun on our special days....Keyton on the slide at the tot side of the park.


Playing in the tunnels under the slide!!!

He is really big in to planes right now!!!! He loved flying this one.

After Paisley got out of school we went to feed the ducks. Paisley was sad that daddy was a work for both drop off and pick up from school. We also wanted to kill some time before the fair!
They loved it but I was so glad I took Biscuit along because we would not have been able to get out of the car!!! They where crazy hungry!! Every time they got to close or to many we sent Biscuit after them to clear them out!! It was funny and he loved to chase them back to the water.
Paisley with the Ducks
After Biscuit did his work


Waiting for them to come back to feed them


Keyton with the swarm of ducks

Poor Paisley got bit by a duck and she was showing it off. Now Keyton says Mean Ducks all the time it is really funny but I hate that they got her.


More ducks

After we feed the duck the kids pick flowers!!

Ok this is just to prove how crazy these duck are...We were back in the car ready to go when another mom pulled up to feed them by the time she got her son out of the car the duck had surrounded them!! She feed them some and then just put her kid back in the car and feed them from there!!! I took this pic and was really glad we had Biscuit with us!!!


Now for the Fair!!! Petting Zoo was all we really did other than the rodeo
The only thing we got her to pet thanks to the dumb ducks

Keyton's fav. thing to pet!! He was so gentle with this little hedge hog and has talked about it all the time.


Turkey leg time!!

A few days after the Fair we were eating dinner and Paisley crashed hard in her chair! How she feel asleep like this I will never know!

Being cute while Paisley was out!

So this past Friday we went to Balloon Fest with our dear friends. The Kids all had a blast in the bounce houses and then they all rode a horse!! We loved spending the day there but we did not go late enough for the hot air balloons to show so my kids where mad about that. Maybe next year.
Keyton's first bounce house. He did not know what to think at first but loved it after a few min.

Paisley and her sweet friend Gracie in the Bounce house. They loved it and we almost could not get them to leave them at the end of our time there.

Paisley coming out of one of the big obstacle courses.

Keyton coming right after her! He loved following the girls all day!

Keyton and Gracie climbing the walls!

Gracie was the first to ride the horse. She started out holding on like this and it was too funny and cute!!

I thought Keyton was to little but really wanted to ride. Tryon tried to put him on by himself but the horse was just to big and Keyton would not get on. Tryon then rode with him and Keyton loved it. 18 months and his first time on a horse. He did good holding on and was sad when his turn ended.


Paisley had told me NO when I asked her if she wanted to ride like Gracie but after Keyton did she just had too...Hahaha. Could not let little bro show her up! She did good and loved it when the horse tried to stop and eat a few times. First horse but she has been on a pony before.


Funny stories...

Paisley is now being more of a mommy but in a cute way... If Daddy burps she tells him to say excuse me and when he does she tells him good job Daddy. It cracks me up every time!!

Keyton has been falling down the stairs! No not for real... He lays down on his belly and says Whoo Whoo Whoo all the ways down pushing himself down!!! It is really funny and cute. So now if he is not wanting to come down the stair we tell him "lets go fall down the stairs"!! He get so excited and then does it, I can't stop laughing when he does.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here SHE is everyone!!!! Yes we found out today that we are having another little girl! Paisley was so excited that she screamed when she found out it was a baby sister, now she wont tell me to take it back Hahaha! Keyton really does not know but we told him he now has a big and little sister! Poor boy stuck in the middle. He is happy and helped me rub my belly while she was pushing on one side. It was too sweet. We are so excited to know who she is and hope the next few months fly by so we can bring her home soon!

Presenting:
Brezlyn Keylee Condra
Not the best pic. My doc. could not get a good face shot because she did not like the camera but loved to show her little arms, feet and her butt. It was funny. We even saw her ear! Crazy I have never seen that before on a sono. She is a good 1 lb already (week ahead on the weight) but right on for height! And had a great heart beat. Looks like she maybe a short chubby baby?


Thursday, September 10, 2009

New bed, fun, wedding and school

Ok... So the kids finally moved up to their new beds on the 20th of Aug. Thanks to Keyton climbing out of the crib and getting a bloody lip. So now Paisley is in a loft bed and Keyton moved to the toddler bed that is set up under the loft bed. They love it and Keyton does really good about staying in his bed all night!! We where going to wait til the baby was closer to coming but hey what can you do when they are ready.

Paisley in her bed!


Keyton in his new bed



Fun time at the park!!

Keyton in a big boy swing for the first time! He loved it and did really good about telling us he was done and holding on tight.


Fun times at the Grace...On the stage dressed as cowboys! So funny


In the Ambulance dressed like docs. To cute Keyton had to do everything Paisley did.

Paisley up in the tree house.

Now they are driving the ambulance


Dress up time!!! The last few weeks the kid have really been in to dressing up
Keyton is daddy for the day
Poor Biscuit...They had me put these glasses on him. too funny but poor dog
Keyton in his glasses...He loves these and wears them all the time.

Paisley looking cute


Keyton is the next Karate Kid..Watch out!!
We had to go to Dallas for Tryon's old room mates wedding this last weekend. We had a lot of fun and the wedding was beautiful. Here are just a few pic from the special time.
Paisley running around with the Brides bouquet at the rehearsal Friday night. She loved getting to hold it for her.


Keyton playing or being chased by the Groom..Adam

At the reception they had a Money dance where you could pay the Bride or Groom for a dance and both the kids wanted to so Keyton walked up to Megan with his dollar. She asked him if he was going to dance with her and he said Yeah! She picked him up and they danced it was to sweet. Paisley gave her dollar to Adam but realized everyone was watching so was to shy to dance with Adam.
Keyton and Megan

The Kids loved the dance and that is all we did the rest of the night!!! It was so much fun watching them run around and dance to all the songs.
Paisley and her daddy...Sweetly dancing
The kids running around dancing together.

Paisley dancing on Daddy's feet...she did it so Keyton did with me but I had the camera so no pic of us but it was really sweet.


So a fast song came on and Paisley started shaking her dress. It was too funny and cute, don't know where she came up with that one.

So on Sep. 8th my little girl became a really big girl. It was her first day of school. (two days a week). She has been wanting to go for over a year and we finally got her into a program at Pioneer Drive. She has been counting down the days to go. Anyways so I wake her up to get ready on Tus. and she starts saying "no Mommy don't take me to school. I want to be with you and Daddy and Keyton" witch I tell her she will have so much fun and we will be back soon to get her. She got a little better but kept asking if she could take Keyton with her breaking my heart every time. We drop her off and she is so scared and was about to cry but she did fine. Mommy not so much we get out of the class room and start to walk down stairs and I am crying my head off. I just hated the way she was acting and I hate leaving my babies anytime. We get to the car and head home and Keyton is sadly looking at her car seat wondering why she was not there, again sending me into tears for him. All day he was lost with out her and I missed having her around but liked the little bit of quiet that came with it. We pick her up and she tells us all about her day and the fun stuff she got to do. The best part for her was eating lunch there and seeing her best buddy at the playground (she is in the 3s and paisley is just in the older 2s thanks to b-days). She has loved it and can't wait to go back next week.
Pic. of her in her first day outfit!! Shirt says "C is for Cutie" and the shoes match!!
All ready to go...So big in her backpack and Lunch box all pony's!!
Getting excited about the day!!!
In her classroom The teddy bears....This is the face she made the whole time we where there! Can't you see why she made me really sad. Well I would have cried anyways
Kisses from Keyton goodbye
My sweet big girl at school!!!

To big but still my little girl. It is still hard to take her but I am glad she is having fun and making new friends. I also love all the alone time with Keyton before the baby gets here in Jan. I just wish they did not have to grow up so fast.