Look up in the sky.........

I'ts a bird, it's aplane, NO it's the SUN!!!!!!!! It has been so very long since we have seen the sun here in KC I was afraid of what I saw in the sky. lol OK, not really but i had to look way back into my memory and see if I could identify what that was. We have had weeks of rain and cloudy skies. I hate cloudy and blah. :-) I am glad todya is different than the last several.

This weekend has proved to be about the same as the last few around the Farley household. Someone has been sick. bah! Nathaniel woke in the wee hours of Saturday morning with an upset tummy and vomited once, Emerald went to bed on Friday not feeling too hot and awoke yesterday with :golf balls" in her throat. Took her to the urgent care yesterday, not strep so it is viral and we are riding it out. No fever today and she feels better but is starting to sound stuffy, ahhhhh the joys of motherhood. Even at 16 she still wanted her mommy to be there and comfort her, makes a mama's heart melt. :-D She and I stayed home from church today since she was feverish yesterday and baked the cake for Nathaniel's birthday get together with family today. Nothing else exciting going on here in Farleyville. His actual birthday is this Wednesday and he will be 13, yikes, another teenager in my home!!!! Seriously, I can't believe he is that old already, what is happening to my babies???!!! OK, off to make homemade chicken noodle and veggie soup and get ready for my mom and her hubby to come celebrate with us.

Michelle

Is it really April??

After last week's post and nasty weather on Saturday and it got better as the week went on, then we hit today, April 5 and we are having a "wintry mix" BAH I am so very done with winter. I know it is barely spring but I am sick and tired of cold weather and all the winter precipitation it involves. OK, enough about that.

We finally got to have Rebekkah's birthday party. All the stomach flu is gone from our house, please Lord keep it that way!!! All of her friends were able to make it, which made her very happy. They ate cake and ice cream and then swam for two hours. My kids all slept really well on Friday night. Yesterday was good, William and I went to weigh in at church, we are doing the Weigh Down program. Then home and he got a visit from a nurse to show him how to check his own protime at home, kinda nice now he isn't running to the doctor so often. At least not for protime checks. The kids and I ran errands, I gave my step brother's girlfriend a masaage, she is 32 weeks pregnant and was most grateful I could help her back pain out. Then we headed to Target, we had been given internet coupons for free glasses for kids 12 and under. Picked out frames and then told we had to have the "original" coupon. Well, we left there without glasses and I was not a happy mama since I was told the coupon would work. I will never go back to Target for optical needs. Tried looking for Easter shoes for all four and pants for Nathaniel but was tired and irritated so we came home. William grilled steaks last night, YUMMY!! Woke this morning and Noah has a sore throat. UGH He is my one who is most suseptible to strep, so he may coming in to see me, ok the doctor, at the office this week. So, I spent all morning snuggling with him. William and the others went to church, then William and Rebekkah went to dance to practice for the father/daughter dance for recital. They got home and William and I had to run to WM for groceries for lunches this week and potty paper and other basic needs for a family of six.

Tomorrow is back to same ole, same ole. Sometimes I wonder if "normal" is where I really want to be. lol Seems like "normal" is too much fun for me.

Please pray for baby Stellan. He is still in SVT and in the PICU. He has now been there since March 22. His family is making more and more important decisions regarding his health every day. Continue to lift them up and pray for God's will and a miracle!!

Michelle

Sickies, and ice, ice baby.....

Well, we have had quite and eventful last month or so. I have had early stages of pneumonia, thankfully I am much better now. William and both girls now have nasty upper respiratory infections, William got on antibiotics Thursday and the girls seem to be riding it out pretty well. But earlier this week they both woke around midnight(tues/Wed) puking, ugh what a thing to wake to. Emerald only had that one night/day and then was ok. Rebekkah on the other hand, had a nearly 48 hour stretch where she could keep nothing down, not even water, 7-UP, jello or popsicles. We had her into the doctor on Thursday(thankfully we all go to the office I work at so it was only one trip for William) and got phenergan suppositories. SHe is now better despite the nasty cough she has had for over a week now. I am thanking God that we didn't have to go for iv fluids. The boys have managed unscathed and have not gotten either "bug", praise God for that.

We were supposed to have Rebekkah's birthday party last night but rescheduled since she had been so sick. I did not think the YMCA would appreciate puke or diarrhea in the pool. They were not very nice about it but we rescheduled it for next Friday. Her actual birthday is tomorrow, March 29 and will be 8!!! How did that happen, my baby turning that old already??!! It goes so very fast.

They have been forcasting a nasty snow storm for here all week. Instead we have received lots of ice so far and the snow is expected to come in this afternoon. BLAH I am sooo over winter, although it has not been a terribly snowy one I am just ready for spring and warmer weather. Cold and winter never used to bother me but now that I am getting older I am just over it all. Tree limbs have begun to break and fall in our yard and as I type I hear ice hitting the window. They say 4-8 inches of snow on top of this. BAH Ok enough whining about the weather here in KC.

We spent the morning cleaning and disinfecting. Trying to get the bugs outta here. Still not perfect but much better. Now we are all showering and getting in comfy clothes to hunker down for the day. Watching movies, napping and just enjoying not having to get out in this weather.

Michelle

Will post pics later of our weather.

Prayers please....

Please pray for my internet friends, Kristy and MckMama(not her real name but her blog name)

The links to their blogs are on the right side of my blog. They are both facing some extremely trying times right now. Please lift them up and intervene on their behalf. We are called to lift one another up. Please take a few minutes to left these families up. If you click on the links, you can get all the details on each situation!!

Love,

Michelle

I love this man........

All six of us 2008

At the science museum in St Louis a few years back!!
I just LOVE to catch him "in the act"

Handsome dude!!

Geekiness and all!!!

I even endured a live football game with him, I love him so!!!

February 17, 1991!!!!!!! William's dad married us outside in Feb(in TX)

Engagement photo, December 1990

Christmas trip to KC December 1991

This is how he looked when we met!!! He actually had hair on top of his head!!!

So, without further ado, I want to declare to all who may read our blog.........I love this man!!!!! More now than 18 years ago!!! He is the love of my life, the head of my household, the father of our beautiful children, he is my everything!!! I am SO glad God put him in my life. I am one very blessed woman to call myself, Mrs. William Farley!!!

William, you are an amazing friend, lover, spouse and father. Just like the song says, when God made *you* he must have been thinking about me!!!!!!

Michelle

Few more pics

My camera ham!!! ALWAYS posing.

They really DO get along but don't ask them to admit it. lol

Me at the park yesterday, so my hubby won't complain and whine b/c my picture isn't in this post. Love you dear!!! More now than 18 years ago!!!

ATTEN......HUT!! My camo guy, posing for the camera.

Braids for bedtime. Rebekkah's hair is so fine AND long that is tangles terribly so I did this so morning brushing is not such a chore AND screamfest(her not me)

OK, just a few more shots to reel people in. The kids are all headed to church tonight, grandma let Em borrow her car so they could get there. I am home tending to my sick hubby, ok right now he is resting in bed while I am on the computer, he has that nasty upper respiratory junk that is going around. Not a good thing for someone who is high risk, cardiac/pulmonary, so I am babying him(role reversal) this time. I am so blessed to be able to take care of him!!!!

Michelle

February 10, 2008.....

Nathaniel, getting ready to play!!

Look ma, NO hands!!!! Rebekkah showing off.

King, er queen, of the playground!! Emerald, being a goofy teen!!

Mom, I am at the top and not holding on!!!! Noah, up to his daring antics(nothinh new for him)

William, walking and enjoying the sun and 60+ temps.

Well, yes, it is February in KC, ok EVERYWHERE, but you'll never guess what we did this afternoon. I will let the pictures speak for me. OK, I was there but only one shot of me and well, I am not heartbroken it didn't make it to the blog. ;-P Anyway, I got off at noon today(I get to work on Saturday) and it was beautiful and so we headed out to get some Vitamin D and fresh air. Wonderful way to hang with the kids and hubby. Making it even nicer is the fact that if I wasn't working this Saturday we could not have done this, it is gonna be cold and possibly doing that nasty four letter "S" word, you know.......snowing!!! Hey this is KC if ya don't like the weather we're having hang around a day or two, it'll change!!!

Michelle