Emergency....Emergency....

NOT!! BUT we've joined the "My Kid Called 911" club tonight!

Kimberlyn was missing. We ate dinner and called her a few times. She was upset with me for making her take the recyclables to the bin in the garage...I figured she was ignoring me.

SHE WAS OUTSIDE! Not two minutes after getting her to the table the door bell rings and classically Larry and I "fought" over who'd get the door :) I don't like answering the door at dark (it was dusk) when I'm not expecting company :)

A police officer...asking if somebody called 911? Hmmm? Then he said a little girl called from our number saying there was a fight...

Well here's the story best as we can get... Kimberlyn took the phone off the counter and headed outside to try and catch the cats. Worried as she thought they were fighting. She walks down the street two houses where the cats were "fighting" by a "barn" (a neighbor's shed)~ She deemed it an emergency and called 911 RIGHT on the sidewalk down the street from our house...to let them know there was a cat fight! When asked if anybody was home with her she said "yes, but they are talking." This was a very well organized plan of attack on the cat emergency it seems!

To just be five again....

P.S. The officer was very nice and wished us a good night. I think he got a kick out of the visit, he even had a BACKUP cop on the street. Two cops for one sweet 5-year old worried about a cat fight...

FOUR MONTHS....

WOW....four months until Larry's graduation from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Four months until we're OFFICIALLY moving to our new house. Four months.... This is insane and exciting all at once!

Mourning the third trimester....

I thought I was done...

I really feel fine and okay about Tommy's arrival 11 1/2 weeks early almost 2 years ago...so I thought!

I had a blast shopping this morning! Black Friday...fun, fun :) I was standing in line at Toys R Us just before 5am chatting (imagine THAT) with the gal behind me. She mentioned being pregnant....6 months along....we'd already talked about our kids and how she was hoping to get a train table for her 3 yr old and how we are hoping Santa brings Tommy one... I had mentioned Tommy's birthday being Christmas, but don't recall telling her the NICU part.
All of a sudden the "6 months pregnant" clicked and I had to ask when her actual due date was. It is March 14th.

I haven't had a breakdown in a long, long time...mourning the third trimester that I missed out on. It was extremely hard at first especially while Tommy was in the NICU to see "extremely pregnant" women. Anyhow, I felt like such a baby, my eyes teared up and the emotions flooded back like it was just last month! Absolutely CRAZY... Yes, Tommy was due on March 14th too.



Here is us two years ago...Nov 26, 2006. The exact time I realized I was swelling a lot...and to think one month later the baby would arrive.

Five Dollars...

Seriously, I bought this airborne Santa for $5 a few MONTHS ago at the base Thrift Store. It was a donation to the Thrift Store and not returnable and not guaranteed to even FUNCTION properly, as regular consigned things are returnable if they don't function... I found it with another two blow-up displays since they weren't returnable I wasn't willing to "gamble" ten or fifteen bucks, I thought risking five was acceptable. Larry thought I was nuts and it'd never work properly...to tell you the truth, I was nervous too. BOY, if you could have seen my face. It was the coolest to walk to the door and see this going strong. Snoopy joined our family a year or two ago, so now he has a partner in the sky! Yes, Larry made them fly in formation...would you expect anything less?

A few random November shots....

Hot-diggity...I can unzip things too! He opened the bottle of pepto tablets earlier today... I found a LIGHT BULB in his CRIB for the second time tonight. Yes, Mom didn't move the lamp far enough away from the bed or possibly somebody else moved it back, either way, the kid unscrewed the light bulb AGAIN. Can you say PISTOL!!! This is from a few mornings ago, I found him unzipped in his crib. P.S. Thanks Wendy...he loves his blanket sleepers and especially loves this one- he can unzip it and it has airplanes :)

ADORABLE...isn't she adorable??
Kimberlyn waiting on the parade welcoming Santa in last week. They had a high school marching band, a horse drawn buggy with a family and another horse drawn buggy with SANTA....THAT WAS THE PARADE...P-L-E-A-S-E we waited 30+ minutes in 30-degree weather and FROZE for the shortest parade EVER. They did surprise us with fireworks before Santa lit the huge tree...we finished the evening up with Krispy Kreme :)

Don't miss the updated posts below...Thanksgiving Day picture of Betty... And also Kaitlyn's blue thumb....really it IS BLUE now :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING....

Wishing all our friends and family a day full of great joy as we remember all we are blessed with.

Love,
The Nances



Here's my Miss Betty Crocker :) She peeled all but TWO potatoes of from the 5-pound bag! She had a blast helping in the kitchen and I appreciated the help....'bout time I could pass on the chore of getting my hands nasty mixing the dressing. Fond memories and so exciting to share them with my children...

We had an enjoyable day visiting with friends and eating too much turkey!

Kaitlyn's Blue Thumb...

UPDATED: November 28 Kaitlyn's thumb looking more blue but feeling much better :)


Okay....I didn't get a before picture and you're thinking this isn't very blue. Oh my, had you seen the before shot....you'd been feeling woozy too...this was right before church 8 hours after the ER visit.



Kaitlyn went out with Dad shopping on Saturday. She was thrilled and giddy about the huge snowflakes falling. She got out of the car and slammed her thumb in the door. The door was actually latched on her thumb, somehow she managed to open the door herself before Dad got to her and then simple fell to the ground in pain. It immediately turned black and blue. We iced it and then after a few hours gave her Motrin to help with the pain.

She went to bed and about 3hrs later she woke hysterical in pain...I seriously can't handle blood, or my kids in serious pain. I sat alone in the bathroom as Larry and her talked about WHAT to do. I felt as if I was going to pass out...I just don't do blood at all. (I know how pitiful- there was NO bleeding, it was all under her nail)

We were out of Motrin and we knew at this point as the swelling changed so much in three hours that she had to go to the ER anyhow...She asked for me to take her...yeah, right! Love ya, but I think Daddy is a better choice! Dad took her in and they burned a hole in her nail to release the pressure and drain the blood. The process was fast and not really more painful than the pain she was enduring at the time anyhow. She also got herself some more Motrin :)

She woke in the morning at 6am thanks to her baby bro. This is his new standard wake up time. NOT FUN AT ALL! She insisted on going to church. Larry and I decided we were skipping as we all had a very long night and didn't get sleep. How do you tell a sweet girl no to going to worship our Heavenly Father...

I'm off to catch a nap....I'm STILL Not caught up on sleep!

Fall Fun...

Enjoy....pictures from the other evening!

Cameras and Nances don't mix....

Tommy was playing with our camera. Our camera is like 6 months old as the last one got attacked by a soccer ball at a soccer game of Robby's... Trouble T KNOWS he is not allowed to touch the camera, but that doesn't stop him. The camera was on the computer desk STILL PLUGGED in from my last picture download. When I caught sight of the situation it was HANGING from the cord and just before I could grab it, the cord unplugged and the camera fell about 12 inches to the carpet......I thought it was spared damage. That was until Kaitlyn was out in the rain selling hot chocolate using the hatch to my van for shelter in our driveway. Definitely picture worthy....also Tommy was using a snow shovel in the rain on the driveway...again picture worthy.

That would be when I realized the camera was in fact broken :( I was so mad/ill feeling all I could do was smile. In fact, I'm shocked he hasn't gotten his hands on the camera sooner....wait, his hands are on it daily as we don't have a high enough spot to store it. Seriously as Larry was upset with me, and suggested I put it on the kitchen counter....if you REALLY know me, that counter is not a safe place. To top it off Tommy either opens the dishwasher door and uses it as a step stool, or actually gets the real step stool and gets anything and everything he wants off the counter.

Anyhow....THIS MORNING when I went to get Tommy up he was completely OUT and had his legs so darn adorably crossed and stuck out the crib slats I had to take a picture to share...his bedroom is not big what so ever....especially with a loft bed for his sis in there. Imagine trying to use this big telephoto lens to capture the sweet pictures below...YES, I did crawl up on the loft bed for the second shot. What moms do for the perfect pictures :)




PS...thankfully the camera is FINE, just the lens needs to be fixed or replaced. Still not ready to trade him in....

This past week's happenings....

So how appropriate to start a post with this....this is Tommy every single morning after eating breakfast. He gets out of his highchair and sneaks out of sight. Right about the time I realize he's too quiet to be up to any good....he comes down brushing his teeth...with whomever's tooth brush was in reach. SOMEHOW the toothpaste is always in reach :) November 3rd.

Teefee-Brusher....

Then I had Kimberlyn claiming this was cute and I should take a picture of it...I think she was right on the money! ADORABLE...

JUMPING...Kaitlyn in her very own saddle!! Nov 3rd.


NOTICE her purple-ish stirrup pads...

Thought it was cool that my shadow is in this picture...

November 4th...Shaw Elementary 3rd Graders Veteran's Day Program Kaitlyn singing her heart out. It was a very special program honor all veterans. There were a few grandpas there and they teared up causing a chain reaction. So special for those children to have local grandparents. Biggest downfall to this military life on the run we live! Kaitlyn was very proud to have her Daddy there as they requested the military members come in uniform.


November 6th...While browsing at Once Upon a Child resale shop I found THIS. It's a wooden restaurant style highchair. I was ready to do away with his huge deluxe highchair and have Tommy join us at the table for meals. He's just not ready for the foam type booster without STRAPS quite yet, this is smaller and still has STRAPS! Sure helps with the lack of extra space in our dining area! Growing up too darn fast! Way too close to two years old!