WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO HERE IN NY

Mostly we have just been hanging around the house visiting with family. For those of you that don't know, Brianna has 4 cousins that live here:Katelynn(who is just 2 months younger than Brianna) and her brother Christopher(9mths), Nicholas(almost 4) and his brother Ryan(3). As you can imagine, it has been a mad house here. Brianna loves it though and its nice to visit with Brian's brothers and their families. We have ventured out a couple of times. Our first trip out was a 3 hour trip to urgent care Wednesday morning. Brianna woke up crying with an ear ache and her doctor recommended we take her to urgent care. And no I am not exaggerating about the 3 hour wait. We got there at 12:35 and left at 3:40. Crazy I know, but we did leave with a prescription for an antibiotic because she did have an ear infection. We have also visited Chucky Cheese. That was alot of fun for her. I have to tell ya that I experienced alot of anxiety there. Especially since she decided to crawl up in those tunnels. Not only was I worried about germs(*Heather), I was scared to death that she was up there having a panic attack because she couldn't find her way out. And then what if there was a fire, I would have to somehow try to find her in there to escape the burning building......I know, I have a VERY active imagination. Like I said, I had a lot of anxiety about it. Yesterday, Nana & I took Brianna and Katelynn to see Alvin and the Chipmunks. We went to the 12:25 showing, only to find out that it was sold out and the next showing would not be till 2:50. So we had about 2 hours to kill. Which we did by going out to lunch at Wendy's then back to the movies where we waited in line for popcorn and drinks. The girls had a lot of fun at the movies. All I can say is that they better for the amount of money that I spent.....$56.00. And that didn't include the $16 that Nana spent at Wendy's on lunch. Today, I am wanting to try to get out to the outlets to see if I might can catch some bargains. If anything it will get me out of the house for awhile. Oh yeah, speaking of bargains, I went to Kohls the other night and got 4 shirts and 1 sweater and only spent $35. So all my employees at work, I would like to say thank you for my gift certificate. It came in handy, and I still have money left over for another trip to the store. I really wanted to go to the city, but I really don't know if we are going to. Brianna has been sick the ENTIRE time we have been here, from her asthma to now an ear infection. I really don't know if she would be up for the trip into the city. If we don't go to the city, maybe we could at the very least take a quick trainride or something. Who knows, its hard to make plans for something like that when you have family coming over to see you. This may be my last post till we get back to South Cakilaki. If it is, I'll just "blog" ya'll later.

BRIANNA GETS A VISIT FROM SANTA

Brianna woke up at 8:00 Christmas morning to see what Santa had left her. She was so excited to see all her presents. Santa had brought her an AQUADOODLE RAINBOW DOODLE, MY LITTLE PONY THINGS, RESCUE PET WAKE ME UP, BARBIE TAWNY HORSE DRESS UP, and a APPALOOSA HORSE. So she had all those toys there, and what did she want to play with.....a dinosaur skeleton that her Uncle Kevin had bought her Christmas Eve. So here goes Brian and I trying to put together a 50 piece dinosaur fossil. What fun!!!!!

PICTURES FROM CHRISTMAS EVE

BRIANNA IS READY TO OPEN UP PRESENTS


KATELYNN AND CHRISTOPHER JR.

NICHOLAS JR.

RYAN

LOOK AT THIS MESS. THESE KIDS WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE PRESENTS IN NO TIME.

CHRISTMAS EVE

Hello Everyone,
We just wanted to wish everybody back home in South Carolina a very Merry Christmas. Ya'll have fun. I will post some pictures tomorrow.

Love you,
Kristy

IN NY WITH A SICK CHILD

SO, AS I MENTIONED IN MY LAST POSTING, BRIANNA WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT AN EARACHE. I CALLED HER DOCTOR ON SATURDAY. SHE RECOMMENDED A DECONGESTANT AND SAID THAT SHOULD HELP HER EAR. WELL IT'S NOW 3 DAYS LATER, AND SHE IS NOT ANY BETTER BECAUSE THESE FRICKEN PEOPLE UP HERE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE MEDICATION THAT THE DOCTOR CALLED IN FOR HER. I HAVE JUST GOTTEN OFF THE PHONE WITH THE ON CALL NURSE, AND SHE TOLD ME TO JUST CONTINUE GIVING HER ALL THE MEDICINES THAT SHE TAKES ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT TO INCREASE THE NEBULIZER TO 4 TIMES A DAY. I ALSO BROUGHT ALONG SOME ORAPRED WITH ME, AND THE DOCTOR SAID TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT TO HER FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS. I GUESS I SHOULDN'T COMPLAIN TOO BAD, IT COULD DEFINITELY BE WORSE.(AIN'T THAT RIGHT, HEATHER).

BRIANNA FLIES TO NEW YORK

WE FLEW INTO NEW YORK FRIDAY NIGHT. I WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT HOW BRIANNA WAS GOING TO DO ON THE FLIGHT, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE STARTED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT AN EARACHE ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT, BUT SHE DID GREAT! WE FLEW OUT FROM CHARLOTTE AND THE WHOLE WAY SHE KEPT ASKING WHEN WERE WE GOING TO BE AT THE AIRPORT. IT WAS EXCITING AND NEW TO HER AND SHE ENJOYED IT. IF SHE WAS SCARED, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW IT. OH, AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW I DID, I MUST SAY THAT I DID PRETTY GOOD. I GUESS I WAS JUST SO CONCERNED WITH BRIANNA, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME TO WORRY ABOUT MYSELF BEING SCARED TO DEATH OF FLYING. I SAID A PRAYER BEFORE WE TOOK OFF AND LEFT IT IN THE LORD'S HANDS. I AM POSTING PICTURES OF BRIANNA ON THE PLANE.

BRIANNA VISITS WITH SANTA

Brianna went to see Santa Friday night with Carson & Heather. As soon as we walked in the building, Brianna started saying that she wanted to go home. All her friends from school were there. I tried to tell her that they weren't scared of Santa. I thought maybe that would make her want to stay. It didn't. She was determined to leave. Then I asked her if she would just go and talk to him, she didn't have to sit in his lap if she didn't want to. She said she would only if I went with her and held her hand. She must have had a change of heart because when it was her turn to see him, she hopped right up there in his lap. I was very shocked. I even got a picture of it. After seeing Santa, the kids went to play in the "snow". I don't think I have EVER seen Brianna have as much fun as she did last night running around in the snow. Too bad she's never really gotten to do that with the real stuff. Maybe this winter we will actually get some. The night ended with a cute litte puppet show and a trip to McDonalds. We really had a good time.

BRIANNA'S GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Brianna's class went to Chapman High School today to make gingerbread houses. She has looked forward to this all week. She was just so excited. I didn't even have to fight with her this morning to get ready. She was up and ready in no time! Too bad they can't make gingerbread houses everyday, it sure would make my mornings go a little bit smoother. She was just so proud of the little house that she had made, so I took pictures so that ya'll could see it. She really did do a good job. But I have to tell you, it smells soooo good and lucks so yummy I'm having a really hard time not eating it.

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NEW TEMPLATE

So, how do ya'll like the new template. I have spent about 2 hours this morning(not to mention about 1 1/2 yesterday) trying to figure out how to change my template for the holidays. All you other bloggers out there don't seem to want to give up the secret to it so I had to figure it out myself. After much work, I finally got it. I am a little disappointed that I lost some things with the new template, especially the Quotes From Brianna. I think I saved it though. I hope. Anyway, for any of you that may be interested in changing your templates just click on the link above my header. It really was easy once I found a site that would allow me to download to my blog. HAVE FUN!

O CHRISTMAS TREE

Brianna and I put our Christmas tree up last night. Ok, so it's the little one. But hey, that's what she wanted to put up. I have to tell you that I was so thankful that I didn't have to spend 3 hours putting a tree up. Heck, it took an hour to put up this little 4 footer here. The only bad thing about it is that we have WAY too many presents and they are all never going to fit under it. I also put some lights up outside on the porch. It looks really cute. Heather and I made it to the Holiday Fair in Greenville yesterday. We got some pretty good gifts. I bought Brianna a horse backpack. I thought that would come in handy when flying to NY in 3 weeks. I also bought her a pair of maryjane Crocs. They are really cute. I couldn't resist giving them to her now though. She was being so good, and after we finished putting up the tree and lights outside Brian and I told her that Santa was just outside and left her a little something for being sooo good. She got a kick out of it. I know what ya'll are thinking......................yes she is spoiled.

GREETINGS

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF BRIANNA WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO TAKE ONE FOR OUR CHRISTMAS CARD:

HELLO EVERYBODY

Sorry I haven't kept you bloggers updated in awhile. It just seems like with the holiday season, there just isn't time for anything. Not to mention that I hardly ever get a chance to "play" on the computer because Brian and Brianna are always playing Webkinz. But at least they are playing for something. Brianna now has $3000 in Webkinz money. It won't last long though. She plans on buying another room and fixing it up. I really do think that Brian likes it more than Brianna. Everytime I come home from work, he's in here on this computer playing her games on Webkinz. He says he just does it to help her win money, but hey, those of you that know about Webkinz have to admit that those games are pretty fun. I have been spending some of my time in the evenings working on Christmas presents for the grandparents from Brianna. I can't really tell you all about it because I don't want to ruin the surprise. But it is a really cute idea. Maybe after the holiday, I will post some pics so that you can see them. Brianna stayed down at my mother's last night so that Brian and I could have a date night. It was fun. I beat him in GinRummy and we watched a movie. And I drank 3 beers. And let me tell you.....3 beers is alot for someone that doesn't drink too often. Let's just say I probably should have stopped at 1:) I am planning on cleaning this dirty house up this morning. We haven't put our tree up yet, so I have to pick up around here before I make a new mess with decorating a Christmas tree. It sure seems like alot of trouble to go thru, putting up a tree on Dec 1st just to leave on the 21st and come back home on the 30th. Just in time to take it all back down. But I have a little one here, and there is absolutely nothing that I would not do for her to make this time of year special. So anyway, after cleaning I plan on picking up a few more gifts and then hopefully Heather and I will meet up to go to the Holiday Fair this afternoon. And then later today, all the stuff will come out of the attic so that we may FINALLY put up our Christmas tree.