Caring for T.J.

As some of you already know, I am caring for our neighbors 12 week old baby full time. They both work full-time, so they ask if I would babysit while they work. Well yesterday was my first full (10.5 hrs) day with him and it went well. Maybe I shouldn't brag, so it will continue to go good. He seems to be a good baby, so maybe he will stay that way...haha. He only cried twice yesterday and only fussed a little bit today.

The picture shows how I felt after many hours with him. It was a little bit stressful yesterday, cause I am not use to worrying about a little baby. Of course I will and did take very good care of him and wrote down things throughout the day to tell his parents.

I have the base of his carseat in our van, so he will going places with me. Since they live right next door, I can just go over there and get things for him - if I need them.

I am not worry about my summer being ruined by babysitting, cause if we plan to go any place - I will just let them know ahead of time, so they can make plans for someone to care for him. Also I will taking care of two older kids all summer. They are Luke's co-worker's stepkids, they are a 9 yr old girl and a 8 yr old boy.

Well the baby is crying, chat later.

A Hero's Story!

A hero can come in any shape, size and age. A hero does not have to be in the military or be a fireman. It can be a child just having fun!

While we where at the beach today, a man was looking for his sunglasses. He had dropped them in the very swallow water, but it was not clear water. He had mentioned this to us, so if we had found them we would give them to him.

A few minutes had passed and Casey had found his $200 sunglasses. He was so very happy that he was screaming and called Casey a hero. His wife told Casey, that just saved them $200.

As a thank you gift, the guy's mother gave Casey $20. She was a very happy child, cause she knew she could get herself a new DS game.

Memorial Day Weekend

This past weekend, we had lots of fun....

...having fires in our fire pit

....boating

...getting in our pool

...going to the beach

RESULTS!!!

Casey passed the state exams that she has to pass 3rd grade to get into 4th grade. She took the test this week and found out the results on Friday. She only got the results back from the math portion. She will find out in November about the reading portion. The teacher told her that she got the highest you can get on the math part - that is AWESOME!

She is SO EXCITED! We went to Wal-Mart to get her a Nintendo DS (hand held video game system) for passing 3rd grade.

Justin Update and Look at Us!

Well Justin had a follow-up appointment today and it went a heck of a lot better then Tuesday's appointment.

First off, we did not see the same darn Dr. we did on Tuesday. This time the Dr. we seen listened to me about how worried I was about this and gave Justin medicine that he can take everyday to keep any bites down. Also Justin will be getting an appointment with an Allergist soon. So I will keep you posted on the results as we get them.

Well look what our kids wanted me to see - Justin walking on Casey's legs. I didn't think that was good idea, but I of course I had to get a picture of it first. They got the idea from Luke - of course! I told them that Dad's legs are a lot stronger then their's.

The cost of things!

Ring Pop = $0.33

New Shirt = $1.00

New Pants = $1.00

Happy Child = Priceless

Is this what got him?

Wow, look what Luke discovered in one of our little trees out front. BEES BEES and MORE BEES! Don't know what kind they where, but now they are the dead kind. Luke sprayed them with bee spray and they didn't chance him one bit.

Even through they did not chance him, one did ended up in his shirt...haha. I'm laughing because it did not get him, but he was sreaming like a little kid...haha.

I'm glad Luke has an eye for these kind of things, because I didn't even notice it.