Sad Day

Saturday October 25th, a beloved man lost his battle with cancer.

John Sonnier was my father in law. He was very kind soul, and I only wish I would have known him better.

Funeral services were Wednesday October 29th, the day after his 64th birthday. It was a beautiful service and I am honored to have been a part of it.

Too fast

He's getting so big. I can't believe he'll be 2 years old in a little over a month. He's blossoming into a beatiful, sweet, and kind little piece of a person, and I'm so glad he's mine.

What a week

Thank goodness the weekend is almost here. Man, what a week it has been.

Monday started with a bang. I go to drop off Andre' at the sitters like every other day. I get there and she tells me that her husband has been having pains in his side all weekend, and that he may need to go to the hospital because they think it's either his gall bladder or appendix. GREAT. Just what a full time working mom wants to hear, that her sitter can't sit. So I leave him there and hope that she doesn't call me. Low and behold less than an hour later I get the dreaded call. They admitted him to the hospital to run tests, and she's going to meet him. So here I am, at work, scrambling to find a place for my son to go for the day, and maybe a few more, depending on the situation. First person I call, no luck, no answer, andI don't have time to wait for her to call me back. Second person came through. She has been a lifesaver on more than one occasion, and it's always so last minute, but if she can help she doesn't seem to mind at all. Thanks Crystal.

So that afternoon I get a call from the sitter who is back at home. Seems that all tests came back negative and the doctor said it must just be a pulled muscle. At least it wasn't anything serious, but all this trouble for a pulled muscule.

So Tuesday everything seems back to normal, or so I thought. About 4:45 in the afternoon the sitter calls me to say that Andre has a fever of 103.7. Now that's no little fever that you can attribute to teething, something must be really wrong. I didn't freak out, because I was going to pick him up in 30 minutes any way and he was playing just fine, just HOT. After we got home, and the Motrin started to take affect, the fever was going down, but not breaking. Like I said though, there were no other symptoms, so I wasn't too concerned. Woke up on Wednesday, temp was 100.7, so I gave him a dose of Mortin and we headed to the sitter's. I called her mid day and he was doing fine, but then she called after he woke up from his nap and it was back up to 102.8. I called the doctor and what do you know he was out of the office for the afternoon. Just peachy. The nurse suggests bringing him to the ER, so that's what we did. Can't hurt to get it checked out right?

Thankfully it was the middle of the day, and there was no one there, so we were in and out in an hour. With a diagnosis of "viral syndrome", sounds kind of scary. Fever jumped back up to 103.1 last night, but after a good night sleep, everything seemed normal this morning, and I haven't gotten a call yet.

Not to mention the fact that Acadiana Moms is "under construction" and I'm having withdrawls.

Let's pray that Friday is pretty uneventful.

No new pics today, but the weekend is right around the corner.

Till next time~

First of many

So this was the first busy weekend of the month. After working Saturday, I hurried home to clean up and head right back out the door. The party started at 3:00 and I didn't get there 'till 4:00. I hate being late. I didn't really know anybody, but the couple who it was for and her Mom, so I kind of hung back and observed, and watched Andre' of course. The first picture is of he and Emma, my friend Melissa's little girl. They hit it off right away. We left there at about 8:00, and I figured since I was on that end of the city I would take the back way home. UM, never again. It was pitch black almost the whole way, on unfamiliar roads, not to mention you had to go 45mph the first half of the way, on a 3 hour drive. Andre's slept almost the whole time, and I thought I was gonna run out of gas (remember, we're in the middle of the swamps AT NIGHT), but I didn't and it was a pretty uneventful trip.

Then Sunday was busy as well. We were meeting some new friends at the local park at 10:00. Had a good time. I couldn't believe that I was the first one there, so I rode around a little waiting on the others to show up. We fed the ducks and played on the slides. At home Daddy helps him climc UP the slide, so he figured he could do it at the park to, until another kid came down and almost knocked him over, that was the end of that. He did really good climbing up the equipment by himself. He's getting so big. We only stayed at the park for about an hour, 'casue it was getting hot, and we had to go to Sugar's house for lunch.

So we get to her house, and everyone's already there. Duke and Duchess, Genie, Leah, Hana, and Coty Jo (the dog). We had a blast. Andre' and Coty were running around the house having such a great time. We had a BIG lunch and it was fabulous. It was such a beautiful day, and we spent most of it outside, but I can't wait for cooler weather. Will (Parrain) was squirrel hunting, but showed up for a couple of hours. We really don't see him enough.

All in all a great busy weekend, and I'm already ready for the next one.

Yep, I'm here

So, yeah. Here it is , a beautiful Saturday and I'm at WORK. No, I don't usally work on Saturday's, but seems that the oilfield is pretty busy these days. Who'd have thunk it?

I work at an oilfield supply company n south Louisiana. We provide oil companies with pretty much anything they need. From Pipe, to valves, to cases of diet coke if they so desire. I do my job by myself all week long, and the measly answering service can't keep it going on Saturday. REALLY? Aren't there like 10 people that work there? Doesn't make sense to me, but it's extra hours, so I'm here. Only till lunch though.

This is the first weekend of the wedding festivities. I have to be across the state by 3:00p for the "couples shower". Granted it only takes 2 1/2 hours to get there, but remember, I'm at work.
SO, I'll be leaving here no later than 12:00, have to head home to get ready, and pick up Andre', THEN go to Mom's house on the other side of town before getting on the road. Should be fun, YEA, NO.

Tomorrow is another fun filled day. We are meeting some new friends at the park, so the kids can play a bit and the Moms can visit. I've only really met one of them, but we talk everyday, so I feel like I know them already. After the park we are going to Mom's house for the once monthly "1st Sunday family lunch". D & D, Genie and Leah, and hopefully Will are gonna be there. Good food and great family, who could ask for more.

Will have pics on Monday. Have a great one.