two doctor visits...

wednesday...i went to have my teeth cleaned. we switched dentists when we moved...we LOVED our old dentist, dr. edge. we felt the change was necessary though and one of my high school friends is a dental hygenist at the new office.

this is my new dentist...

dr. beck...

i thought i was going to get out of there with just one cavity and a teeth whitening tray kit that they are running a special on...that was until dr. beck made his visit to the exam room i was in...

he noticed that a tooth on the bottom was a little discolored...so, he asked for this electric current thing that he puts on teeth to see if they are "alive" or "dead." he did the tooth beside the one he was concerned about..."alive." the tooth that he was concerned about...of course, "dead." so, what does that mean? a lovely root canal. WHAT?

my good friend, amy, told her daughter once that a c-section was less painful than a root canal. i told dr. beck this...he wanted to know if i wanted to have a c-section. i told him that unless he was pulling a baby out...that would be a big NO! ha!

i then proceeded to ask him the million dollar ???...because my mom and dad have paid a pretty penny for these teeth...how is he going to fix this discolored tooth? and i also asked since i inherited these teeth from my mom and dad...could he just send them the bill. :0) they are already invested!!!

the game plan is...to inject whitening "stuff" into the tooth when he does the root canal. after this...i will do the teeth whitening trays. so, my discolored tooth (it is not really noticeable...but i know) will no longer be discolored and my other teeth will join in on the fun with the tray kit.

so, after my next dentist appointment...i will have had a lovely root canal, a cavity filled, a tooth injected with whitening "stuff", molds made for my whitening trays and a nice big dentist bill! ha! it will be worth it though...

just a note...dr. beck also has his complete name on his "dentist" glasses. LOVE it!!!

i got home on wednesday from the dentist and 10 minutes later noticed qualls nose was running. i asked jq how long it had been like that and he said it just started. so, from 5pm to 1am...he progressively got worse. he had a temp of 101, coughing and having a hard time controlling the drainage...we started meds trying to get a hold of it but really couldn't. his temp got up to 102.5 thursday night. so, off to the doctor we went on friday. qualls has the croup again along with an ear infection. we have had some very long nights here!!! he has gotten some better over the last day and we are hoping and praying that he is much better soon!!!

build a bear...or in quinn's case...a dragon...

yesterday, we took the kids to build a bear. jessica's (my brother's girlfriend) parents gave the boys a giftcard when qualls was born so we went and used part of it. quinn has been before but he was much more into it this time than before.

jq and quinn getting ready to stuff quinn's dragon

picking out a sound...

sweet qualls watching his brother

stuffing the dragon...

sweet little foot...

qualls...his eyes are a little pitiful. he did not take a nap all day long!!! he is soooo very nosey and does not want to miss anything!!!

putting the heart in his dragon


telling the lady that his dragon is the dragon off of shrek...he is silly!!!


stories of the day...

we went to lowe's later in the day to pick up stuff for our backyard patio. we were checking out and everytime the cashier would scan something in our cart...quinn would clap...say "good job" and give him a thumbs up! jq and i were cracking up!!! quinn is very supportive! ha!

we always have supper with gigi and pops on friday nights. we went over their house last night. quinn was being a stinker about something...so, he said his usual..."i'm sorry" then hugged pops...then turned around and looked at jq and said "i'm so sweet." so funny!

super word club and some recent projects...

tuesday...we went up to the elementary school for the kindergarten awards day. cousin noah and luke both got awards for being in the super word club! all of the kids were so cute!!!

cousin noah with his award

quinn and meredith playing with stickers that gigi and pops got them...and this is also before quinn took a fall off a step and started screaming in the middle of the awards...oh me!!!

luke with some of his classmates...check out each kid and their expression...cracks me up!!!


afterward the awards day...we went to eat with meredith, aunt abbe, aunt jo and granny/memaw. we had a really good time!!!


quinn and meredith

granny/memaw, aunt jo and qualls



here are a couple of recent projects that i have completed...

a funny story (not at the time though)...

the other night...the boys and i went to gigi and pops' house for supper. i just grabbed the formula container and took it with me. well...at 1am...qualls woke up for his bottle. i go in the kitchen to make it and realize there is NO formula. i left it at gigi and pops' house. oh me! i had to wake jq up to keep qualls entertained so i could run to wal-mart to get formula. i really don't remember going to wal-mart...which is really scary. when i walked in the door...i had a screaming 7 month old.

what have we been doing?!?

qualls loves carpet. we only have carpet in our bedrooms and we do the majority of our playing in our living room...so, when he goes to gigi and pops' house...he constantly rubs his little hands on it.

quinn went and played with meredith and luke at gigi and pops' house...

playing outside...qualls loves the tags on his exercauser...

quinn running...running...and running...

sucking the thumb watching big brother play....

we also went to a birthday party (where i did not take any pictures), went out and about with aunt abbe and meredith, played with quinn and qualls' friend, cole. we have had a great few days and look forward to a wonderful week!!!

qualls is 7 months old...

our sweet qualls turned 7 months old on the 5th of may! i cannot believe it! i ordered his big boy carseat today. he has not reached the weight limit (even though...carrying him around in his infant seat feels like it)...but he has reached the height limit.

what is qualls up to at 7 months?

wearing a size 4 diaper

going to sleep around 7pm at night (we can not really mess with this...i tried moving it back to 8pm or so...not going to happen...he got overtired and was up ALL night!!!). he wakes up at 1am for a bottle then goes back down till around 8am. he usually takes his last bottle around 6pm and a solid after that...

has tried all vegetables and fruits...LOVES oatmeal...is not a big fan of fruits. he makes these faces and shakes his head after he tastes it...cracks me up!!!

loves his exercauser and jumper

loves his brother and his brother loves him. quinn gives him a kiss and a big hug when qualls gets up in the morning and before bedtime

loves taking baths and splashing

sits up pretty well...he is a lot of boy though! he tumbles over a lot though

started doing raspberries all the time

still loves his elephant that uncle tobey and miss jessica gave quinn when he was a baby

will roll and inchworm all over the house...cracks us up!!!

the sweetest LOVE bug ever!!!

mother's day...

we had a great mother's day. we went to church that morning and then went with gigi and pops to the log cabin restaurant for lunch. it was yummy!!! the chocolate pie is the BEST!!!

memaw/granny's mothers day present

gigi's mothers day present

gigi and quinn waiting on our table

jq and qualls

quinn's newest thing...
i can't see you...i can't see you...

boo!

one silly boy!!!

some momma love...

mom,

i am very thankful for you...

i am so very blessed to be the mother of these two boys!!!

nothing like a good day playing outside...

we had a wonderful day today. we all went over to memaw/granny's house and played. meredith, luke and noah were there too...so, they had a wonderful time!!!

having a picnic outside on the patio...


cousin noah was also an indian...love kids imaginations!!!

the boys had a thing with the limbs in the yard today...each one of them had one at all times...

meredith danced for us. at one point..she was swinging her ponytails...and she looked just like jan brady!!! so funny!!!

quinn went up and down the slide a million times...

taking a rest...


since all of the great grandchildren were there...we took pictures for a mother's day gift for memaw/granny...all of the older ones had theirs taken outside...

qualls...we did inside...

bless his heart. he was outside for 3 hours yesterday and his allergies started acting up horribly!!! so...in return his eczema has been a pill too...

he is one sweet...off the charts boy though!!! such a snuggle bug! i cannot believe he is 7 months old!!!


tonight...gigi and pops came over for our usual friday night dinner...catfish...



today is also abbe's, my sister, birthday!!!! happy birthday aunt abbe!!!



quinn and qualls love you!!!

a little fun activity...

it started out with this...

but quinn decided he would like to taste the non-cooked noodles...and after that...he was over this little plate...

so, we moved to this...


i remember doing this as a child and thought quinn would enjoy it...after the 1st activity was shot! ha! he did not really enjoy the glue much...because he was getting it all over his hands. i helped him out a lot because he was too worried about the crayons that were also on the table.


as you can see...he no longer wanted to glue and use construction paper...

he wanted to use the crayons for qualls' name...

then...he decided he wanted to draw our family...

i really don't know about the tail looking thing coming from j.q. pretty funny!!!

on another note...

you can order tshirts to help the nashville flood victims...

every little bit helps!!!