End Of Watch

On Friday, the Hubby and I along with his "best buddy" who he works with Nick and his sweet wife Nicole went to see a`movie. At first I  thought we were going to see Lawless, because honestly it looks really great. I am an action movie type girl. Taken, is my absolute favorite movie so I am sure that you get my drift.

I had not heard of End of Watch yet, mainly due to the fact that I never watch TV so previews are typically something that I miss unless I see them while watching AMCs Hell On Wheels. Curtis first told me that End of Watch was kind of like Training Day, so I became fine with the fact of missing Lawless (again) and going to watch (another) police movie.

But whoa, I never realized how huge End of Watch would impact me. I honestly think I was still baffled by it until the next day. I tweeted something to the effect of "Just finished watching End of Watch with the Hubs, if you love a police officer do not watch it, even if you love action movies." Now come to think of it, I think I could of been wrong about that statement. I think movies of that sort are always good for police wives or girlfriends to watch so we can see what it is like. Especially when the movie is very legit (except for one part, maybe.) Now, does my Husband experience everything that was shown in this movie. Why gracious no! But is he part of a brotherhood that loves his coworkers and will go to extordinary meausres for his people, of course he is.

Jake Gyllenhaal did an absolute amazing job playing the role of an officer as well. Thumbs up to these guys for this movie.

If you click here it will take you to YouTube to view the trailer for the movie.

Baby Bryar Chuckles

This video can make any bad day turn good and makes my heart melt into a million pieces.

I love this little guy and our special moments together.

2012 NICU Reunion

Last Sunday, on 9-9 our family attended the NICU reunion along with my sister and her baby Trace. As most of you may remember Trace was born 7 weeks early very unexpectedly on my birthday, and spent 2 weeks in the NICU. The week that Trace went home from the NICU, I went into labor with Bryar and we spent the next 20 days there.

During the boys stay we came in contact with some of the most wonderful nurses on this planet. One nurse in particular that we had such a wonderful friendship with is named George. He was the most kind, gentle, and carefree individual in the NICU. When my sister first told me about the different nurses, I was all like "George? Are you kidding me?" but she was not kidding. We felt so close to George that we even sent him a Christmas card last December. Hopefully, it was not to weird (haha), we wanted him to see our family and how well Bryar was doing.

As we entered the reunion we saw a lot of the nurses that I had become close to over the time that we spent there. Each of them are SO sweet and special to us in their own way. One nurse that cared for Bryar as much as George did, is now expecting her second child. She was the nurse that was on Bryar's watch while I was giving him a bottle, and he started to reflux then his feeding tube came out of his belly and throw is mouth. Ah, it was awful! I think she is one of the most special women to me out of the entire hospital although she probably has no idea how wonderful she is.

We were finally able to see George when he came down from the nursery. He was quickly surrounded so it is easy to see that Mr. George is a very loved and well thought of nurse. All in all it was such a please to see him and to be able to catch up with him before having to leave. He did mention to Curtis that he was thinking about retiring. I pray that he does not, being that the chances of us having another preemie baby are very likely. Although, we do not know what is in store for our family in the future. George did tell Curtis that he had hoped that we would be there and that was one of the reasons that he came down from the nursery to see the guests. He also loved B's huge smile and said that he can tell that "he lives a great life" from his personality and he knew that he would never have to worry about him. I am pretty sure that this made Curtis fell ten feet tall, in fact I know it did and it made me feel the same.

Yesterday was NICU nurses day and although I had thought to take our NICU staff treats like got in the way. If you know a NICU nurse or any "hero" for the matter, be sure to tell them thank you because you never know how far a thank you can go!

Making Daddy Proud!

I am pretty sure that this was one of Curtis' most proud moments of being a Daddy thus far. It may not seem like much to us women but there was a twinkle in my Hubby's eyes as he saw his boy go to town on his first steak.

...yea, I just went all redneck and stuff blogging a photo of my son eating his first steak. I have become THAT Mom!

No YOU Cry It Out.

Has anyone ever said that Motherhood is hard? Yes, I know. No one ever shares the real nitty gritty dirty truth. But I will.

This stuff is like a slap in the face some days. Then again, some days it makes my heart skip a gazillion beats. At times I wonder how I ever made it past my single days with Charli or how I will ever make it out of my sleepless year of Bryar. I have struggled in the deepest hole to been the happiest lady in the world. This is a rollercoaster of emotions and work, yet men still ask us why we are emotional? Come on now...

For the last many (because I truly cannot remember how long it has been) I have been working with Bryar on getting him to sleep through the night as well as being able to calm himself down. Some nights we have a great routin of:

-Rocking with night bottle of 8 oz. (some nights with cereal - it does not matter, he still wakes)
-Laying him down
-He wakes up
-I let him CIO for at least 10 minutes if not longer - but I do calm him in the process
-Then I rock him for less than 2 minutes and he is o.u.t

Most nights when I go back into calm him he is sweating like crazy, practically shaking, one night his pants were at his ankles and two times lately he has thrown up in the floor. Really? This is nothing like anything that I ever experienced with Charli. The first time I was really just baffled by it and had Curtis to calm him while I cleaned it up. But last night, I couldn't help but to almost laugh at the fact that this boy just needs to snap out of it, before Mommy snaps out of her sanity. (not kidding kidding.)

Then tonight Charli was worried about a dream that she had a month ago were I was shot and killed. Horrible, I know! But she was fine and then suddenly she threw up out of nowhere. Luckily, she made it to the bathroom. Is this how it is going to go? We all get upset and throw up around here. Hopefully not and hopefully she is completely fine but for now I am going to go take a hot bath and smile at the fact that both kiddos are asleep and I do not hear any crying. I win tonight.

Anyone out there?

It seems as if half of the bloggers that I follow on my dashboard are no longer blogging or have not in quite sometime. If you are a reader please let me know if you are still blogging, so I can be sure to follow you!

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Happy Birthday!

Happy 1st birthday to my nephew Trace! :)

It is such a blessing to be your aunt and to share our birthdays!

...that's right I am the big
2-5 today..yikes.

Remembering all of the victims of 9-11 today as well.

I would post on where I was 11 years ago but to be honest that is so very small and inadequate to all of the lives and love lost that day.

I pray that our country continues to grow stronger and in God's name during this rememberance.

Pizza Casserole

One of my favorite easy dishes for a quick supper is Pizza Casserole. A church member brought this to our family after coming home from the NICU with Bryar and I quickly emailed her asking for the reciepe because it was SO good for as simple as it was!

Ingredients:

1 can of pillsbury crescent rolls

1 bag of shredded cheese

1 jar spaghetti sauce

Any toppings you prefer: Pepperonis, mushrooms, onions, etc.

1- 1.5 lb hamburger meat

Brown hamburger meat (I add onions but you can do whatever you prefer), drain meat and add spaghetti sauce. I do not use the entire jar, only because it makes it a little to "runny" if you do, {but hey to each our own right ;) }

In a 13 x 9 baking dishes, sprinkle a layer of cheese on the bottom, then layer with your meat and whatever toppings you may want to add in, then add another layer of cheese. Afterwards, roll out your crescent rolls to add on top. Make sure to pinch the seams together so that it is somewhat smooth. ( Honestly, I know nothing about smooth; s ee above photo for an example. If it tastes good, then great but looks..whatev.)

Bake for 20 mins on 350

Enjoy :)