The great No Crib escape and Storms

Thank you guys for some great advice but I think it was all for not. I put Silas in his crib yesterday and told him try to get out after I pulled all the big toys away from his crib that he could use for footing and quickly found out that the dinosaur ball drop thing was the little boost he needed. He took a nap and slept all night in his crib without climbing out! ;o)

Yesterday was a day of chasing Silas around picking up after all his crazy mess's he makes. And this boy can make some crazy mess's. Around 12:30 the school called and the kids were getting out early from school because impending bad weather. So I went to pick the kids up at our store cause that's were the bus drops them off. We leave from there after cleaning up Bo's office that the girls have destroyed. And head to McDonald's to get us some food to hold us over till dinner later. Well we go to turn into McDonald's and the barley made it off of HWY 72 that's how long the line was. I figured we have not got anything better to do. So we sat in the line and listened to Radio Disney singing Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers and some other's they knew that I did not. Well we get home eat our food. The girls go upstairs to watch some Disney and I sat down here watching Dan the Man Satterfield. After like an hour or so I just turned the channel thinking "Dan said the storms were weakening" around 3:00 or sometime around there Bo calls and is screaming Go over to mom and dad's get in the basement We are under a tornado warning the sirens are going off. He freaked me out cause he knows I am always scared of storms. So I get the kids over in the basement under the stairs and threw all sorts of blankets and pillows on top of them. Then My mother in law walks in with my nephew Walker! Anita said the severe storms were over but to stick around there for a while so Walker could play with the kids. Ha Ha I think there was a little jealousy issue going on for Walker. He is not use to having to share Granny when he comes to her house. He kept telling Silas "No Silas" when Si was playing with the toys. Then he knocked Silas off of the exercise bike and hit him in the head with the toy foam bat. So I decided that was my cue to head back to the apartment. It was 5:00 anyway and I normally have supper on the table by then.

As I was walking back to the apartment I saw Bo looking at something and he told me to get the girls and come help him pick up sticks and haul them to the road. Well after I got the kids and got out there it was not just sticks it was a blame Bradford pair tree. Bo got the chainsaw out and Me, Kenzie, Bella and Pop (after he got home) hauled the blown over remains to the road. I have to say it was not that fun but I knew it had to be done. Kenzie was being a little baby was getting wet and dirty. I promise you I wanted to whoop her tail. I kept telling her if she needed someones help she would hope that someone would help her out and not moan and groan and complain. She got a better attitude once I mentioned ice cream. ha ha Bella on the other hand was a happy helper loved helping her Daddy and Papaw out. She would go right over get some sticks and try to hold them over her head and throw them on a pile. I was very proud of her for not once complaining. That's my girl. She kept saying "A little work never hurt nobody" ha ha She is so funny. Well we got the tree cut down and on the road. Then we all came in and got showers cause we were soaking wet and covered in mud. Then we all sat down to have some good ol chili dogs. Bo made us some brownies and then we all went to bed. The girls staid with us since Walker was in the main house. It went very well everyone slept and slept very well might I add. I don't have a clue what we are doing tonight. Its suppose to rain and I need to go get some groceries and a few other things. I hope everyone has a great safe weekend. Its going to be a nasty one. Blessings

The great Crib escape!

So over the weekend Silas learned how to climb out of his pack and play. I thought well since it is the smaller of the pack and plays that it was just easier to get out of. NOPE we put him in Cassie Jo's pack and play in Misty's Motor home. He climbed right out of that bigger one as well. I told Bo this weekend it won't be long and he will be climbing out of his own crib. Well last night some time around 2:30 I hear Silas say Momma Daddy. Then I heard foot steps I opened his bedroom door and he was standing at the door to greet me. YES Silas Warner at 22 months old has learned to shimmy up and down his crib. He climbs in my bed and sleeps all over the place. Silas does not stay in one place to sleep. He has to be right under me. Which boots me right off of my bed. I have a California King Bed Its not like its a full size. We have tons of room but when he is in the bed neither Bo or I get any sleep. I woke up this morning feeling like I did when he was a newborn up and down all night long. So please if any of you Mommy's that read this could give me some much needed advice on how to keep him in his bed I would appreciate it much. Blessings

Your not a Silly Momma your crazy!

One of my Bestest of the Bestest Friends wrote this great little book about her Mom called Silly Momma. Its about silly things Alli said as a child and her Momma just looking at her with loving eyes and let her imagination run wild. When I read this book to Kenzie and Bella for the first time the very first thing out of Bella's mouth was " Mommy you are not silly you are CRAZY" ha ha Typical something from my Bella. You know most people will take the time this Mother's day to write about there Mommas but I think I will take this chance to write about being a Mommy to my three beautiful babies.

MacKenzie came into this world very, quite (that changed)her eyes wide open. She was the first grand child for both my Parents and Bo's Parents. She was the new crowned princess of both of our families. She was the sweet little soul. Always worried about other people if say My Mom would sneeze she would say You alwhite Nanny you alwhite? She was the most loving and cuddling baby I have had. She always wanted to be right in my lap always wanted to sleep right beside me or her Daddy. Her favorite place to be when she was going to sleep was on her Daddy's chest. She ran a close second in the 1st love of her Daddy's life race. ;o) I of course win hands down. ha ha She looks just like me but has her Daddy's personality. She was not the baby long as a matter of fact her baby sister was born just three short months after her second birthday. I have much guilt over not allowing Kenzie to just be a baby. I pushed and pushed the potty training so that I would not have two babies in diapers. I just don't think I allowed my sweet baby to just be a baby. I had another baby and did not have time for two babies so I expected more out of Kenzie then I should have. For some people this does not make sense but it makes perfect sense in my mind. Her name was beautiful to me and I could not find a middle name to go with it. So I was saying MacKenzie Mackenzie what goes with MacKenzie at my sister in laws store and someone was yelling at there kid and screamed Claire right after I said MacKenzie and I LOVED IT. The seal on the deal was when I found out My favoritest man on the planet other than my daddy and Bo MY father in law who I call PoP. His mother's name was Claire. Done I am all about family tradition and all that stuff.

Isabella came into this world RUNNING. I seriously was in labor maybe 15 min and to me labor begins after your water is broken because well lets be honest. The water cushions the baby's bones from grinding on your own bones down there. That or at least in my labor's was the worst part of having babies was not getting my water broken but the pain that comes right after when the babies head is grinding on your girly bone. Well like I said Isabella was born 15 min after my water was broke. My sister had just enough time to break the computer and us have to move rooms and Bella was born. She was the loudest of my babies she came into this world early and never missed a beat. She has always had this crazy funny humor about her. My favorite memory of Bella is one Christmas we were trying to get a Christmas picture with my new nephew Walker and while everyone was focusing on Walker Bella was walking around the Christmas Tree singing Jingle Bells and when it would say Hey in the song she would leap up in the air. She is always making someone laugh from the way she talks she is so country, to the funny thing she says, or the crazy things she does. She is a tiny little girl but she has a huge personality that does not fit her little tiny body. Bella looks just like her father. I mean so much like her father that if I had not been there I would not believe she was mine. Till she got older She may look like her Daddy but she has my Sassy attitude. Always got a head roll, or an eye roll to give. She has def got the middle child syndrome just as I did. I think Bella and I connect on that level. ha ha Isabella was given that name because well I LOVE THE NAME and her name and my have the same meaning. While I was pregnant with Miss Bella one of my very close friends was killed in a car accident her name was Ashley Nicole Evett. So we gave Isabella her middle name Nicole.

Wow fast forward five years, yes five years. I was not about to do to Bella what I feel like in my mind I did to Kenzie. Silas was born 6 weeks early. I had the worst pregnancy with him. I will never forget my Birthday the April before he was born. I had been having some blood in my urine and my crazy doctor called me and said "I am scheduling an emergency appointment with an urologist." He was such a moron he had me all freaked out that my Kidney's were shutting down. Turned out I just had some crystals in my urine that were trying to make a kidney stone. PRIASE YOU JESUS NEVER HAPPEND. But had me so freaked out my husband had to come pick me up from work. My family surprised me with a visit to the Boro that night to cheer me up. My baby sister saved the day that day! But back to the story six weeks early Silas made his entrance into the world. It was a peaceful not crazy delivery like Bella's but when he was born he had a hard time breathing and could not regulate his own body temp. So right after they handed him to me they took him away from me and told me I could not touch him. The NICU team comes in and so I screamed for my older sister who's baby was in the NICU for weeks on end. Laura understands the terms so she goes right into My BIG SISTER Roll and starts talking to the doctors and telling me just what they are really saying. They took him to the NICU to get stabilized. Finally around 11:00 something that night my BIG sister got my baby to me. It was the best feeling in the world to finally get to have my first born son in my arms and healthy. Silas who is named after Bo's great grandfather Silas Reed and His Middle name Warner is after my mother's maiden name. Is always on the go, does not stop for nothing. He is addicted to his gankie his Aunt TeeTee got him a few min after he was born and his pacifier. LORDY BE this boy is not scared of anything. He climbs and falls all the time. HE LOVES race cars and from the moment he started making noises it was sounds like a car. That child may be into everything but you take him to a drag strip and he turns into the most chill and silent baby you have ever met. He loves going to the races with his Daddy. HE IS his daddy's child.

I typed all that out to say. I am so blessed and I know most people say that about there children. But my babies have been through a lot and have not a clue in the world and I pride (yes I said PRIDE) myself on the fact that they don't know anything that happened. We are not the perfect family by no means. I yell and I have a short fuse and my hubby is to passive most of the time. Or oldest child talks to much and gets in trouble almost daily at school for it, my middle child is a sassy little turd and my baby is a wild man. BUT I WOULD NOT TRADE MY LIFE FOR THE WORLD in Good time and in Bad. God has been faithful to see the Boatner family through everything and I LOVE MY CHILDREN AND I LOVE BEING A MOTHER. So Happy Mother's Day to all you Mommy's. Blessings

Monday

Well we got up and got the girls from Anita's house. The girls are sleeping over in the main house for a couple of weeks. See in the apartment there are only two bedrooms. One of these days I am going to take a picture so that you guys can see it. But like I said in a post before our bedroom is loft like you walk up the stairs right into our room and then you go through our room into what use to be mine and Bo's bedroom. And that is where all three of the kids are sleeping. Well Silas is not a very sound sleeper and my girls BOTH talk in there sleep. So when they start talking Silas wakes up and it takes forever to get him back to sleep. So we decided since my in-laws have a guest bedroom in there house that we would just let them sleep over there. They eat dinner with us and take baths here layout all there school clothes and around 8:00-8:15 they head over to the main house to go right to bed. No snack no hang out time just sleep. ;o) They get up brush there teeth and get dressed at Granny's house then come home for Bfast and I do there hair then off to school they go. ;o)

Well the girls did really well this morning got up got dressed without anyone having to tell them over and over they just got up on there own. They got to school early too. ;o) Today was Bella's field day but since they don't allow younger children to come with parents we did not get to go. My Mother in law had to work today at the shop so so far I have not done any of Bella's school activities this year. :o( But we have her field trip to the Zoo next and I get to go. yippee
Silas was in rare form so I did not get to do much of anything except clean up after the messes he would make and finally I just had enough i sent him to bed and got myself dressed and ready to go. Bo had given me some money to go buy me a few shirts and My good friend Misty had told me Goodies had a great sale going so I wanted to hit there. Si did not wake up till 1:45 so when he got up we went to the store to see if I had left my long lost sunglasses there. NOPE and by the time I could get him out of the shop. His sister's were getting off the bus so we all piled in the car and went to Goodies. I got 5 shirts one pair of nice blue jean shorts and the kids each a shirt for 85.00. I was very proud of my bargaining. ha ha Then we ran to Wal-mart to get some veggies to cook for supper then headed home. Bo grilled some steaks and played with the kids while they cooked outside. We ate supper and cleaned up some around the place and sent the kids to Anita's for bedtime. ;o) Then it was night night time. Not much interesting but wow I wrote allot. ha ha Blessings

Wow What a Weekend!

Friday I got up and hit the ground running. I had to make sure all the drawers were sprayed down with Lysol again and then let all the packing start. I just put all our clothes in laundry baskets so that WE could just put them in the closet and not have to put them in the drawers. I know I cleaned them and put new contact paper in but it still just grossed me out that we even had that rodent issue. YUCK!

Well around 3:30 Bo gets home and we do a once over to make sure I remembered it all. HA HA Normally Bo is the one that packs the motor home up since it’s always at his shop. It was my first time since having children that I packed it up. So if anything was missing I could not say Bo you forgot to bring _______. We headed to lake side to get some gas. WOW it was 212.50 to fill it up. I about had a STROKE! Then we headed to blockbuster to get 27 dress's (super cute movie by the way) then to Verizon to get one of those Broad Band access cards. So we could have Internet while sitting at the track. We did not need it but it was very nice to have it this weekend so we could check weather.com since we did not have the satellite set up we had no idea if we were having severe weather or not. From Verizon we headed back to Deals on Wheels to get the trailer with our and the Davis's golf carts on them. While there we realized we had not trailer lights. So we had to wait while Bo & Alan fixed it. We were by this time so late meeting my cousin at the KIA dealership to hitch a ride to High School Musical on Ice tour. Well we got there 15 min late, but it was alright since she was running a little bit late herself. Her garage door started acting up so she had to get it closed. We got to the VBC about 10 min before the show started. We headed down to our seats and the Anderson's headed to there's we made a place we would meet back up after the show. OH MY MERCY that was the bestest show we have seen in a long time. Bo said it was better than his favorite show we have seen Beauty and the Beast on Ice. ha ha Bo just had to buy the kids those light things you get at these shows. HOLY MOLY they were 18.00 a piece. He cracks me up cause we had just said in the car don't ask for anything because we are not getting a bunch of crap. Well our kids never asked for any of it, so I think Bo wanted to reward them for not asking. ha ha Anyhoo He got me and him some cotton candy! ;o) Well after the show we headed straight from there to Montgomery. We did not get there in time to go into the track so we had to sleep outside the gates.

Saturday Morning rolls around and we realize we are having some issues with our generator and that our fridge is not working either. Bo fixed the generator but our fridge that we just had serviced at the end of the season last year was not working again. UGHHHH this trip is getting expensive. So I take our milk and stuff we need cold over to Misty's motor home. THANK GOODNESS they were there and had room for our stuff. Well somewhere around 9:00 is started raining and I mean pouring down thunder lightening. So we decided since we were not going to be able to run for some time since it would take a couple hours to get the track dried after the rain stopped we would head out to Sam's. So we all piled in our motor home since we did not have a big trailer attached. All the Boatner's and all the Davis Clan and then Heath's friend Woody. We looked like a band of gypsy’s piling out of that motor home. HA HA We bought some shorts and some capri's for me. While we were walking out of Sam's we saw the sun trying to peek out and we all got excited and clapping. Those folks thought we were nuts. Well we went to eat and let me just say there are reason's we don't take our 2 year old out. GOSH he was cranky. We got back to the track and started racing. We got put out 1st and 2nd round so we hung out with Misty and Heath till it was bed time.

Sunday got up and was not feeling so good so I went back to bed. Bo and the kids went to church in the grand stands. Isn't that cool that we have a preacher that travels with us and has an hour or less sermon every Sunday. I just think that its way cool. I also love that at all George Howard tracks that I have been to they broadcast the sermons over the loud speaker so even if you are not in the stands you get to hear it. Those that are not believers still get to hear a wonderful sermon of Christ Love. I think it’s so neat. Well then we started racing. Bo won first round then got beat 2nd and bought back in then got beat 3rd round. So we started packing up getting ready to come home. We waiting around to see how Heath did and he broke a Tranny so we had to help load the cars into his trailer and then our golf carts onto our open trailer. Then it was homeward bound. We had a great weekend and very tiring but I think Bo got to forget all about the house stuff and just have a good time. He said he did not care if he won or not but just glad to have a good time. ;o) Well I got lots of laundry to do so I better get going. Blessings

Winter Guest

Well this week has been so stressful for my husband actually the past two weeks has been stressful. I am doing any and all things I can to pitch in and help him out. I have scrubbed things I normally don't scrub and packed things that I normally leave to Bo. I have done my best to bite my tongue and not grip at him. I realize that this has been very rough on him. I just want everything to go as smooth for him as possible. So anyway Bo has not been racing since the TURKEY TROTS which is the Thanksgiving weekend race. Oddly enough a hectic drag strip is like a private beach to my husband. He is so relaxed and in his element that I decided that we would travel this weekend to a Three day weekend race.

So with that being said I told my stressed Hubby bring the motor home baby I will clean it strip the beds and start loading. Well when I go to look in the drawer's to see what was left over the winter I FOUND MICE POOP. I was so sick every drawer I opened there was more. On our bed on the floor in the bathrooms in the cabinets where our pots and pans were. In the linen cabinets. On our Table. I will stop now I am pretty sure you all get the picture. I had to bleach the whole motor home. Pull every thing out wash all the dishes again all the pots and pans. Wash all linens and we have a ton in the motor home. Then wash all the clothes that were left in there. So I decided to pull all the drawers out of the motor home and spray them with bleach and let them dry and line them again with contact paper. WOW what a chore. I scrubbed the floor on my hands and knee's with bleach and paper towels. Vacuumed up all the Poop. UGHHHHH

Last night after we got everything all cleaned and ready for me to start loading today. Bo said just to be safe we are going to put some traps out. So as we are cutting the lights off Bo sets traps. We come in and have to take showers. Bo and Silas went to bed I had more laundry to do. So I did a little more laundry then went to bed. I don't remember my head hitting the pillow. ha ha We were beat.

This morning I awoke to my hubby running up the stairs excited as can be. I GOT TWO I GOT TWO! I was like what? He said I caught two mice. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww They were still in there. I gotta go buy some more Lysol and clean again. I gotta get busy we got a busy day planned. We have to meet my cousin Mistee in Huntsville at 5:30 to go eat before we head to High School Musical on Ice! Well I hope everyone has a great weekend. Blessings

Worlds longest Blog but Gotta keep ya up to date!

WoW there has been so much going on that I forgot to publish the detail of my Birthday get away! :o( I had it all written but forgot to post it. Sorry So I posted it earlier today!

Lets see what do I remember ha ha April 17th I kept my nephew Canaan He had tubes and his tonsils taken out earlier that week and he could not go to school for a full week so our family pitched in and watched him that week so Laura and Sean could save there vacation days. We gotta have some so that later in the year they have enough to travel to Africa to pick up my niece Mercy. Have I mentioned I am so excited about this. Its really an emotional roller coaster for my sister and I am proud of the way she is handling it. For watching CT for her she took me and Silas out to lunch. Laura and I don't ever really get to sit down and have a one on one conversation and I got to tell her how I have been feeling here lately with all the stress's in my life. So it was nice and a very productive meal. ;o)

Well on April 19th we met some friends of ours at Chucky Cheese to hang out. With there kids and it was Bella's Birthday so we let her choose where we were going to hang so she chose Chucky. :o( Anyone that knows me knows I hate me some Chucky Cheese I refer to it as Parent Purgatory! ha ha We had a good time. Then after we left there Misty sent her kids home with her Mom and then Silas, Bo and Heath all went out to the drag strip to watch. Misty, Me, Kenzie and Bella went to the mall. We hit Justice up they had really good sales so we got our girls some clothes then went to the other mall to make Bears for them at Build a Bear. They had a great time but Misty and I were ready to pull our blame hair out. ;o) I got a couple things for myself which is odd. I am to much like my mother I would rather buy for Bo or the kids than me. My mom was that way she would walk around with holes in her garments and we would be sporting the latest and greatest.

Well we decided it was time to move out of the house since our closing date was coming up so quick. So Friday Some of our BEST friends volunteered to help us so we took them up on the offer. WE LOVE to hang out with the Garrisons so while we were eating Linds says "Lisa there is a strange man on your screened in porch" looked up it was the man buying our house. I thought OH LORD THIS IS NOT GOOD. So we waited it out and Bo finally comes in after a little bit and says Von needs to go ahead and move in so I told him we would be out by Sunday and that he could go ahead and move in since he is going to close before us that way he won't have to stay in a hotel with 7 people. So that put us into OVER DRIVE. We did not get in bed till 2:00 am moving stuff into our old apartment behind the in laws house. Then that Saturday I staid here in the apartment to try and straighten up some of the mess and get some things organized while Bo, Rashad, Kenzie, Mom and Dad (yes Buddy and Martha came down from Grant to help) We kept on trucking and did not stop till well after dark on Saturday. Sunday we had to finish getting things settled cause the girls are going to need some normalcy.

Monday I spent the day putting things where they need to go and trying to clean this place up while still doing my normal house wife duties Laundry and house choirs. It has been stressful to say the least. We went up to the Lands house to get our hair done. We always love going up to there house my kids love there kids there grown 18 year old children ha ha Really though they are great kids and I don't mind my kids being around them at all. They are really good roll models for my girls!

Tuesday- I kept Cohen for Alli she is stressing about childcare. I told her she needed to try and find someone to keep him full time because I can't here in this small apartment. I normally keep Cohen locked in my bedroom because with Silas being just a baby himself you just can't tell what accident might happen. So being in this apartment I have no way to lock Cohen into a room because my bedroom is loft like you walk up stairs and there is my bedroom. There is no door. Well Bo calls to tell me Kenzie's school called her face is covered in a rash and want him to bring something to treat it. So he takes old Benadryl gel (that expired in 99) ha ha ha Well he gets back to work and an hour later they called to say come get her. So he did and just kept her at the store and let her sleep in my father in laws office. She got home bless her bones she is covered from head to town with small itchy bumps. Bo grilled some chicken and I made the pasta and the alfredo sauce and we had chicken alfredo. It was the first time in a long time that all five of us got to sit at a table together and talk and enjoy a meal. It was wonderful.

Wednesday- I did not have Cohen cause well I was not sure what Kenzie had. Today was very hectic I had so much to do to get ready for our trip. We were getting Kenzie ready to go to the doctor when My Mother in law said she would take her for me. It is so wonderful to have a Mother in law that would do this for me. My Girls love her so much and when they are sick would rather be with her anyway. When they are sick she puts them in her great big bed all to themselves puts movies on for them and makes them home made chicken noodle soup and gives them ice cream. I would want to be there myself. ha ha So they go to the doctor and they said it was a food allergy or a Virus either way there was no way to find out cause by the time we got in with an allergist it would have been gone. The only thing different she had was one of those new fruit smoothies that come in a bottle. So we won't be having those anytime soon. ;o) I got so much done yesterday it was crazy. I scrubbed and scrubbed the kitchen and the bathrooms, got the bathrooms all organized. Cleaned my room and living room did all the laundry even washed bed coveres for the motor home and cleaned all the motor home dishes. ha ha I worked my hiney off yesterday. Sometime after 5:00 my hubby calls and says he is going to be late the fuel pump went out on his dragster so I said well let me just meet you there. So when I got there it was just like old time's at the drag strip I was helping as much as I could washed the car down and turned the power on and off when he told me just doing whatever he needed to make it easier on him. Our Friends Misty and Heath Davis came up to pick up Bo's car for him. Our Trailer we normally pull with is full of Brooms for the Lions club's broom sale so they are going to pull it to the drag strip this weekend for us and we are going to pull our golf. They got here we loaded car's and fuel. Then we all went to eat at a local Mexican restaurant. We had a good old time. Then Me Bo and kids all went to Walmart to buy grocery for the race. Then came home and put the kids in there bed and I finished up some things then off to bed we went. It was somewhere around 10:00 cause I know I caught half the news.

Today I woke up early got some things packed and had a little time of praise and worship with my coffee. I am so thankful to the father for working all things out for my family's good. We are really trusting the father to lead us right now to the best home for us. Right now we are living here and loving being back where it all began. I hope everyone has had a great week. Blessings