Update

Hello all just wanted to update you on Katelynn's condition...she is doing much better. We took her for a chest xray and found out that she does have bronchitis which is ok now we know how to treat it. Everyone else is battling the cold that we all get when we live in Florida; you know the one where your running the heat for 3 days then you have to turn on the air so I'm trying to head off everyon else getting sick. Abbie is doing well she is very proud of herself she won a race that they had in her class so she is now the fastest girl in her class. Still trying to figure out how to get her to like doing school work and working on her letters. She is so smart but she get's bored real easy so when we are trying to work with her she deliberately frustrates us so we don't want to do it anymore, so in a way yes I've been outsmarted by a four year old. Taylor is the mother hen of the whole group which is really funny. She tries to take care of all of us. She also reminds Abbie constantly that she is not the boss of her and not to tell her what to do which is really amusing to watch her tell Abbie that. Charlie's birthday is on Saturday, so mom is going to watch the girls for us so I can take Charlie out to eat with out the kids. He says that's the only thing he really misses is being able to go out to eat and actually eat without threatening someone ( if you know what I mean). Hope everyone is doing well Love Ya

Katelynn

Well I don't now but it seems lately when I post it is just nothing happy. Please pray for little Katelynn, she has been very sick and they can not figure out what is wrong with her. She has had a bad cough with some chest wheezing now for about 6 weeks. Charlie took her to the dr on Friday and he put her on a steroid and nebuliazer treatments well they aren't working. So today he ordered a chest x ray hoping to figure out what is wrong with. It's hard when you know they are struggling to breathe and they can't tell you what is wrong. On top of that Abbie and Taylor are now getting sick due to the weird weather we keep having. So please just pray that God will touch our girls and heal them. Love Erin

Randomness

Just some pictures of the girls growing up. The first one is of their new playet that Charlie's parent's bought them for Christmas. The gingerbread house they made with Grammie one night and they were so proud of it, and then the one with all three of them is us getting ready to go somewhere. I can't believe how big they are getting. This morning was a frustrating morning and my loving kind husband that he is says aren't you getting a little loud and bossy? Of course in my head I'm the one that has been getting up at 530am so everyone can have lunch, clothes laid out and breakfast made including him; it's Friday and I'm tired and ready for the week to be over. So I took a step back and said to myself they will only be this little for a season then they will be gone so shut up and deal with it. I've been praying and I am asking for all of you to please pray I am going to try to get a job with the school system as a secretary. I have my application in for one right now so hopefully I will get a call sometime about it. I love my job that I'm in now but I need something that is more flexible so I can be with the girls if I need to. Abbie will be starting school well VPK next year then kindergarten and I want to be able to be off with her on her breaks and what not. I don't want to be the mom that always ships her kids off to the baby sitter or daycare. So I'm just praying about it if it isn't supposed to happen then well I guess I'll stay put and enjoy my job and try to do with her class as I can. Please keep praying for Charlie's job so far they haven't laid him off so that is a good sign. One day he would love to go and work for the Sheriff's department in the jail so I just pray one day he can do what he wants to do. I know this sort of sounds like a downer but we really are doing well and everyone is happy just one of those mornings that all it does is make you thik. Love and miss everyone!!!!

Bead is out

Just wanted to thank everyone for praying Dr. Milstead was able to get the bead out of her nose yesterday with out having to do surgery. She just numb her nose a little, blew some air up her nose and then was able to grab it with what looked like to me a pecan pick. The funny thing is that it wasn't even round it looks like a triangle. Thanks again for praying!!!!

Bead in the nose

Just wanted to write real quick, please pray for Taylor, she put a bead up her nose on Saturday night ( no colleen not the one's you got her). I took her to the ER and all they did was make her little nose sore and push the bead further up there. So I am waiting on an ENT to open so I can try to make an appt for her today. We think that because it is so far up there that she might have to have minor surgery to get it out. So just pray that all goes well, sometimes I joke and tell her that she should of been a boy for all that she gets into. Anyway I will up date you when I know something.

Waiting on the Lord

Last night when I got home from work Charlie told me that his job will probably end either today or tomorrow, his company is really in bad shape and is going to do more layoffs. To show how bad it has gotten they've taken all the equipment off the trailers and have lined everything up and seeing what they need to sell etc. SOOO I know that the Lord has everything under control but we just thru something like this about 6 months ago, not really wanting to go thru it again. The bad thing is that where we live there really is no work for what Charlie knows so he is now talking of relocating where I don't know but he said that is just about the next option he is at. So please just be in prayer for our family and we journey thru this. Love Erin

Happy New Year

I guess that I'm not really good at this whole blogging thing but hey I really try. We still haven't gotten the internet back at home so I do this all from home so that is probably why I'm not so faithful with this. I guess I need to update everyone on what is happening at our house: Charlie-- well he still has a job but it is still up in the air. As we all know the economy is really bad and it is only going to get worse till the Lord comes back so we just keep praying that while we are here on this earth that Charlie still has a job! He enjoys what he is doing but would really like to get a job at the Sheriff's office working in the jail it would just be more stable for him so we just keep praying that it will happen. Abbie-- is just getting bigger and smarter. Her teachers at school tell me to watch out that she is really smart and is going to go far so we are thankful for that. We've even had to start talking in "pig" latin around her and then sometimes I wonder if can understand that. Taylor--- I really think she should of been my boy because she is just rough but she can so sweet at times. I wish we could get her potty trained but she just isnt' interested in it at all so we just keep trying, hoping and praying that one day soon it will click with her. She is also really smart.. she can count to 10, say all of her abc's and then try to mother the other two. Katelynn--well she is now 4 motnhs old. She is trying to teeth already so maybe she will be my baby that has teeth before she is 2 :). She is also really trying to make conversation now and her and Taylor really go at it's really cute to watch. Me-- well I still work for a therapy office as the front office coordinator. I like it but it's not something that I want to do for the rest of my life. I really want to go back to school to become a nurse or even work for the school system that way I can be off when the girls are off, but no school anytime soon have to get the kids a little bigger. I decided though that I was going to loose all of the baby weight that I've put on the last 5 years so I've started Weight Watchers and have about 70 pounds to loose. I guess that is about it I will try to post pictures tomorrow so you can see how big the girls are getting. We love and miss everyone.