Sick Day

Well, Emmy and I are at home today. She is sick. John Robert had a fever on Thursday and I took him to the dr to find that he had a fever virus. Rob got up Saturday with the same type of virus. I was hoping that Emmy and I would escape it but she got up with fever last night but didn't have any this morning. We went on to school and on the way in, she threw up at the front door. Thankfully, Stephanie Bulger came by about that time and took John Robert for me. God surely does take care of me through my wonderful friends and family! Anyway, I gave Emmy our last dose of phenergren and she has slept on the couch for most of the morning. That give me the opportunity to clean and well....blog! I hope that this is short lived and we are back to normal soon.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

My wonderful husband were married 5 years ago on Friday.  To celebrate, we took a trip to Panama City without the kids.  I did pretty well until it was the time that I usually pick them up from daycare on Friday.  Then I started to miss them like crazy.  Once I talked to Pop, I knew that they were having far more fun with him and Gabby than they would with us.  See the pictures below to prove it!

I am so proud to be married to Robbi.  He is a wonderful Christian man who has the biggest heart of anyone that I have ever met.  He i

s a fabulous husband and a wonderful daddy.  God has truly blessed me with the love of my life!  I am so glad that he has been able to put up with me for this long :)!

Happy Birthday John Robert!!!

My little man turned 1 on Saturday! I can hardly believe it. I found some of the video from the day that he was born and some of the days shortly after. The hardest thing to believe is how much Emmy has changed. John Robert's changes are so obvious, but Emmy is slowly becoming a little lady right before my eyes. What a difference a year makes. I just wish that I could freeze time for a little while. He had his well baby visit today. 24 lbs. 12 oz. 31 inches long. He's a whopper!

John Robert loves his Granddaddy!

Update

I haven't slowed down long enough to post lately and I didn't think that any one would notice but I have had requests for updates so here we go...

I have included a slide show of our beautiful Easter Sunday. This is my favorite time of year. Celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior is something that I always look forward too. What a way to stop and remember how loving and gracious our Heavenly Father is! There are also some pics of John Robert's day with Gabby and Pop. He is an outside baby! He is hard to bring inside (as Gabby and Pop soon discovered!)

I hope to have a more detailed update soon.

Chocolate!

If you know Emmy at all, you know that she loves chocolate. She is a natural born chocoholic. She had some chocolate pie at Grammy's the other day and before I knew it, John Robert got caught with his hand in it. Notice the "who me" look on his face. I thank God everyday for the joy that he has brought me with these children. He is truly a wonderful Creator!

Mixson Family Update

We are still hanging in here. I haven't posted in a while so I better catch you all up. Emmy is still loving Guardian Angel. She loves all of her little friends so much. There is always a lot of hugs and kisses when I pick her up everyday. She has really started making up crazy words that actually have meaning to her. Like the other night she said "turn around peppelgum" means "my Daddy loves me." If we don't pronounce these words of hers correctly, she makes us sound them out. It is hilarious.
John Robert is in to everything! He is trying so hard to walk. He almost won't let you sit him down. He wants you to hold his hands so he can walk. It is so funny to me how he knows that he can be rougher with Rob than with me. He just attacks Rob and pounds his head in excitement and pulls his hair like crazy. It is a sight to see with all of this and the two of the laughing hysterically. Don't get me wrong, he cranks on my hair too but not like he does Rob.
Daddy has started his Remacaid treatment for his colitis and is doing well after his first one. He will go back next week for his second infusion, and then in 4 weeks for his third. After that, he will have them every 6 weeks in Pensacola. I pray that this makes him feel a lot better. Mother is getting over pluracy but seems to be recovering well. We are all praying for warm weather to come and stay!

My sweet Valentine's

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day. We did at the Mixson household. Rob sent beautiful roses to work on Friday. When I picked Emmy up, she asked me where I got the roses and I told her that Daddy sent them to me. Well, she got very upset because her daddy didn't send her any roses. I mean she was really upset. Saturday, I went and got some little roses from Wal Mart and let Robbi give them to her. Who would have thought that a 3 year old would be that jealous! Leave it to Emmy!
The best thing about Valentine's day was that we are all finally on the mend and no one was sick! YEAH! John Robert is much better and crawling and cruising all over the place. I didn't think that he could possibly be into more that Emmy was at this age, but he is. He is FEARLESS! I mean no reservations at all. He climbs up on the hearth and flails around in the bathtub and under tables and into chairs. You definitely have to be on your toes with this one. He follows Emmy everywhere. The other day, she was in the bathroom and of course, he followed her. She shouted, "Mama, your SON is in the bathroom!" I am afraid that that is only the beginning of many more of those situations. They are so cute together though.
Anyway, again, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine's day. It is a wonderful time to stop and thank God for the blessings of loved ones. I am very blessed to have a wonderful husband and children and thank God for them everyday!

Long Time...No Blog

I have neglected to blog for so long that I don't know where to start. We had a wonderful Christmas. Emmy wanted to open everything and so so excited no matter what it was. John Robert really enjoyed the paper and bows. I enjoyed being together with all of our family. Time is so precious with those that you love.

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This week has been one of the toughest weeks that I can imagine. It started out fine, the kids were a little stuffy and Emmy had a cough that she couldn't shake that just seemed to get worse but we had family pictures with Amy Nichols and they were great! I made the kids an appointment with Dr. Baldwin for Monday afternoon to see if I could get something to help with the sniffles. We found that they had bronchitis. John Robert was swabbed for RSV but it came back negative. So we came home with a new "taxi cab" nebulizer and breathing treatments 3 times a day. This was frightning enough for me because I have never had to take breathing treatments myself so knowing absolutely nothing about them and having to administer them to my children was a new experience. Emmy sounded better and I took her to school on Thursday. John Robert still sounded terrible and acted as if he felt worse so I made another appointment with Dr. Baldwin. She agreed that he sounded terrible and he was swabbed for RSV again. This time it was positive. Then she told me that we were going to have to admit him into the hospital. That is something that I did not want to hear. I was terrified. He was dehydrated and needed stronger breathing treatments than we could administer at home. Rob got Emmy situated with Grammy and he got to the hospital for the part that no parent wants to see their child go through, the IV. They stuck the poor baby twice before getting a vein in his arm. He did amazingly well with his little arm taped to a board. He was too sick Thursday night to fuss with it. By Friday night however, we was ready to be turned loose. He was such a trooper though. We came home today. He is still a bit wheezy and runs a temp from time to time but over all, her is much better.

Times like this remind me of what is really important in life. All the work and running around that we do is so trivial compared to the time that you share with your family. It was wonderful to be home tonight with Rob and Emmy and John Robert. All too often, I get caught up in what all needs to be done around the house and the schedules and chores that I don't always take time to sit and laugh and enjoy the little things. I am so thankful for a wonderful husband who loves and cares for me and our children. I couldn't have made it with out his support. Again, my mom and Elaine have rescued me. It is such a blessing to have family to help in tough times. Dr. Baldwin was absolutely wonderful. She had worked endless hours but still took time to hug me and tell me that John Robert was going to be ok. God truly carries you through times that you can't walk through yourself.