I Love Bubba, Too!

When The Professor saw the blog about Bubba being OTG Boy's birthday present - he said, "that's not fair... I loved Bubba when he was a baby, too! Can you please put put a picture of me with baby Bubba on the blog?"

Yes I can... here are two of my favorites!

Our Crazy B-day Week

Around 5 years ago OTG Boy got a birthday present like no other...

A Baby Brother!

Okay, Bubba was born two days before OTG Boy's Birthday, but he did come home from the hospital just in time to help wrap presents and sing Happy Birthday!


Which in case you're wondering there is definitely not a shortage of sweets, or food at HaHa's house once Birthday Season kicks in. Here's a sampling of what's happening this year.

OTG Boy had a Golfland Party with a few of his favorite friends.

It was hard to tell which they liked more - laser tag or the bumper boats! Either way, a great party for a bunch of boys with never ending energy!

Food? Pizza, soda & Cake!

Then came Bubba's Birthday!

Food? Hot Dogs & chips (his favorite meal) & cupcakes!

Next, OTG Boy's real birthday...

Food? KFC and more cake!

Follow that with our Thanksgiving feast and... I think I'm understanding why our baby-on-the-way has such chubby cheeks.

If you think we're done... hold on...

My birthday is right around the corner, followed by Christmas (and all of it's parties involving food) and finally we'll be able to slow down once we're sitting around the table enjoying our New Year's dinner of ham, black eyed peas (for good luck) and of course one last dessert!

Happy Birthday, Everyone!

Getting Closer

First Things that Come to Mind:

Bowling Ball

Tired

Sore

Slightly Nauseous (yeah - only slightly!)

Hopeful

Excited

I need to start getting things ready - I've put that off long enough!

Favorite quote from my ultra-sound last week - the tech said, "I've never seen a baby this young with such chubby cheeks!"

Just One of Many

There are so many things I am thankful for today... 2008 has been a very eventful year with more blessings than I can count. But, there is one that stands out so hugely today - I've been thanking my Heavenly Father for it in every prayer since Tuesday afternoon. I am so thankful for the blessing of Bubba's safety!

After a long visit to the doctor that morning (for me), I fed Bubba his lunch and put him on his bus for an afternoon of school. About 15 minutes later the phone rang... it was a representative from the school district's transportation department, they said, "Your son's bus has been in an accident, he's crying... he's scared... an EMT is checking on him right now... they'll give you a call in a couple of minutes and let you know what needs to happen next."

It was probably only 5 minutes at the most - but it seemed like forever. The call came... "he's got a few bumps and bruises - and pretty scared. " While talking with the firefighter, I decided I would drive over and pick-up Bubba myself.

When I arrived at the "scene" I found Bubba surrounded by six firefighters all talking about how cool his back pack was and how awesome it is to be a fireman. By this time the tears were gone and he was high-fiving everyone. They'd also been giving him a few snacks...

his prized possession?

This bottle of Gatorade!

Kids get over things a lot faster than mothers do. Bubba really wanted to go to school - he couldn't miss the Turkey Trot. So that's what he did - went to school - ran in the Turkey Trot and showed everyone the special Gatorade that he got from a real fireman.

Bubba's doing fine - just a bruised elbow and one bruised knee. The first thing he said when telling his brothers about the accident was, "Now I know why seatbelts are so important!" (Luckily, he was on a little bus - so he had the seatbelt to help keep him safe.) Then of course he was showing off what was left of the Gatorade.

As for me, I'd be perfectly fine if I never got another "your son's been in an accident" phone call again. This was my first (hopefully my last) - and I am so thankful that Bubba was safe!

Soccer All Stars

I made it to my second game of the season this last Saturday... here's a little bit of what was going on. (My pictures are taken from pretty far away - so if you want to see more detail - just click on the picture and you'll be able to see everyone a little bit better.)

Handsome Hubby Coached (he's the guy in white)...

OTG Boy played all over - this is him at forward (look for the sunglasses -that's him) - he did a great job!

The Professor has been an excellent defender this year - he's number 4 out on the field!

Bubba spent his time rolling down the hill - life doesn't get much better than that!

What did I do? I came home with a nice sunburn - that's the most sun I've had all year. Leave it to me to get my first sunburn of '08 the second to the last Saturday of November!

Transitions

Inside Clear...

Outside... Sunglasses!

Thank you transition lenses!

OTG Boys was very excited to get "sports glasses" this year... now he can actually see the ball while he's playing soccer!

Lighting Up the Night

What do you think of our Christmas lights this year?

They are very economical - they light up all night and don't add a penny to our electric bill!

Really, what started out as a city employee coming by to let us know our gas-line needed some updating (since our house is about 50 years old)... has turned into quite the project.

It began with this little hole in the front of our yard... then they decided they also needed to chop our tree down...

and remove the stump.

(still working on that one)

Thanks to the help of a few neighbors our yard is now cleaned up (from tree branches -not giant holes). One loaned us a chainsaw - we now how have a pretty large pile of firewood for camping...

(Handsome Hubby had entirely too much fun with this wonderful power tool!)

...the other offered a truck and a ride to the dump (if you look close you can see it parked across the street) - not to mention several helpers from across the street helped us get the little stuff raked up and into green garbage barrels.

Thank you everyone for your help!

The biggest blessing - we've been thinking about how to redo the landscaping in our front yard ever since we moved in - thank goodness we haven't been able to do it - we've had tractors driving all over the yard for a week. Now we're extremely thankful for our not-fancy-yard and dead grass!