Be Still......

"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"

 

Psalm 46:10

 

 



A Baby Story....

 

New Year's Day

 

 

It's my baby boy's birthday!

 

It always brings back memories of his birth....which is quite the story.

 

 

He turned 25 yesterday.

 

He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and he even got his Master's degree.

 

He will be starting his "real" job in a few weeks and we are so proud of him.

 

But back to the story of the day he was born....

 

 

New Year's Eve.....I am very VERY pregnant.

 

 Shannon is determined to go hunting but I say he can't leave me

 

 so what does he do but load my fat pregnant butt up in the truck,

 

pick up Adam Gunter and we go hunting.

 

Well a few hours in I ask Adam to look at his watch and a few minutes later

 

 asked him the time again...you got it...I'm having contractions.

 

Shannon is too calm and doesn't want to end the hunt, I'm fairly calm but ready to go

 

 and Adam is freaking out! So we go , drop Adam off, check on Matt and head to Mobile.

 

 

We get to the hospital on New Years Eve...

 

so you just know all the doctors and nurses were ready to go out and celebrate...

 

I even heard them all discussing their plans and I'm thinking that's just great...

 

but we get set up in a room and they finally give me an epidural.

 

 Well of course I can't feel my legs at all and I'm watching t.v.

 

 and all of a sudden I hear a big BLAM!!!!

 

  I turn my head and look at Shannon (who wouldn't really make eye contact with me)

 

 and I ask "what was THAT?) He said "ummm....your leg...."

 

  I said "what?"

 

  He said " your leg was tangled up in the covers so I was trying to untangle it

 

and I lifted it up to unwrap the cover and I ummm....dropped it."

 

  Well you know after you have been poked and prodded and had contractions

 

you are not in the best mood so I kind of snapped at him to "not touch me!"

 

 And then he keeps reminding me that it would be nice if Tanner was born before midnight

 

 so we can get a tax break.

 

 Boy..if looks could kill.....

 

 

 

So the moment finally gets here.....12:01 the doctor walks in...

 

(I think he threw his party hat in the garbage as he walked in)

 

  Shannon and the doc had the nerve to be VERY interested in Evil Knievel doing his record breaking

 

 jump at that very moment.

 

 And I'm like....yoohoo....over here.....somebody's trying to have a baby.....

 

and we finally got down to the business of having a baby.

 

  I looked up at Shannon during and I thought it was so sweet because he had tears in his eyes!!!

 

  Awww.....all is forgiven.

 

 By 12:20 we had a beautiful baby almost 9 lb. baby boy!!!

 

  After celebrating and oohing and aahing they all left the room at almost 1 a.m.

 

Boy was I exhausted.....Shannon stayed in the room with me....they brought him a cot...

 

and it finally got dark and quiet and I was so tired I immediately started drifting off to sleep

 

and I hear......"psst" and then a voice whisper "Lisa...........are you asleep?"

 

   Wha????? Is someone waking me up...what is going on?

 

I realize it's coming from Shannon and I kind of snap "WHAT? What is it?"

 

   And he says "you are going to have to push that button and get the nurse back in here"

 

  I couldn't understand.....did he say I was going to have to call the nurse?

 

  I'm like....."why???????"

 

   He says "I burned my eyes welding yesterday and they are killing me!!!!"

 

  Well........I then put two and two together and realized that he was not crying at the beautiful birth

 

 of our child....his eyes were watering because they were burned!!!!!!!

 

 

And instead of being sympathetic I was mad!!!

 

I said "I am NOT calling the nurse back in here!"

 

 So he said fine I will go find a doctor myself!

 

  (isn't this a lovely baby story)

 

So he is gone for hours and I still couldn't sleep because I was a little worried

 about him but still mad too and he finally walks back in the room.

  I ask what happened and he said he blindly used his shoulder to rub against the wall

 and walked down the halls until he finally got a nurse to talk to the doctor

 who gave him eye drops for that kind of burn.

 BUT......get this.........

HE HAD ON A HOSPITAL BRACELET JUST LIKE MINE!!!!!

 Yep.....ladies.......you know it's bad when you can't even get the most sympathy

 and attention when you HAVE A BABY!!

  I say this is proof that all men are the biggest BABIES!!!

  He claims they wouldn't give him anything until he was admitted to the hospital.......

my oh my....and to top it off he went home the next day (to rest his eyes)

 and couldn't come back to see us. (grrr)

  So in conclusion we now have in Tanner's baby book.........



a baby hospital bracelet, my hospital bracelet and Shannon's hospital bracelet.

 

The end

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Merry Christmas!

FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS......

 

 

 



How to decorate "simply"

 

This is how I decorate for Christmas.

  I'm not doing much this year...keeping it simple.

 Well I guess I better at least put up the tree...a few lights...a few ornaments...try to keep a simple theme....maybe just red.

  Up the stairs..go through boxes....down the stairs.....up the stairs

.....can't find my lights....I know they are in one of these boxes.....

why not just take ALL the boxes down the stairs.

  Oh look at this cute Santa....maybe I'll put himmmmmm......................here.

  Okay...the lights....hmmmm........well here's the outside icicle lights

 I'll just throw them on the tree...all the dangly parts will look cute!

....oh and here's some blue lights....I've never put blue lights on the tree.....

throw them on there too!

  Aww...look here's the gigantic Christmas frame with Matt and Tanner's picture

 let's just put ittttttt.....ummmm.......here!...on the end table...

.just skooch the lamp over and move this tray....hmmm..where can I put this tray?....

wait......rumble rumble....here's a bunch of old ornaments......plunk...tumble...tumble....

throw them all on the tray....now hmmm.....where to put the tray......

let's just sit it on the coffee table...not bad......now the tree........

 

just red ornaments....keeping it simple......oh here's the ornament we bought on our family trip....

but it's green and has ducks on it.....oh well...just put it on......

 

might as well put all of these different random ornaments on the tree......

 

what about the mantle....I don't want to move the stuff that's on the mantle....

 

just too tired for that so let's just go outside and cut some branches and throw some more ornaments

 

 and hey here's an angel...will......she.....fit........on.....top.......of.....this........candle.......(propped it up).

 

.(stepped back and looked).....no that looks stupid.......I'll take it down later.

 

  I like these natural branches from the cedar tree from outside

 

 let's just stick them behind EVERYTHING on the wall......

 

YOU get a branch....and YOU get a branch...and You get a branch.....

 

now what about the tree....hmmmm....maybe I should stick some branches IN the tree!!!

 

  Stick, stick, stick.........(stand back and look).....hmmm....no that looks dumb.....

 

start pulling branches out and pull all those dangly lights out and half the ornaments

 

 and about this time Matt and Tanner and Shannon walk through the door....

 

and the look of horror on their faces.....one of them said

 

 "it looks like Christmas threw up in here"..........hmmmpf....

 

they just don't know what a "simple" Christmas looks like.

Warning!! Hallmark movies are not real!!

Must...stop...watching...Hallmark....

why hasn't Shannon taken me on a midnight picnic?

 Why hasn't Shannon hand carved me a special ornament?

  Why hasn't Shannon whisked me off to ice skate?

 

 

 Must stop watching Hallmark!

 

 

 

 

 

So after much research (more Hallmark movies)

I'm beginning to realize that maybe it's not all Shannon's fault that he is not like the Hallmark movies...

I mean I haven't seen the women in these movies laying on the couch

 in their 2x chicken themed pajama pants with powdered donut dust all over their sweatshirt .

 I really don't qualify as someone who is easily whisked away to ice skate.

 So I guess he is off the hook although I haven't ruled out the midnight picnic.

 

Television romance is so over rated anyway....just look at our examples....sheesh!!

 

Like....the Kardashi - hens...

 

 

Who needs romance when you have the real deal.....

although a teeny weeny amount of romance would be nice

 

 

 

and if I'm telling the truth I don't need much of that sappy stuff

 

I know that  the real acts of love are in the little things...

 

like..building my chicken coop..

 

or riding through the country in a beat up old truck with dogs on the back..

 

 

 

or not commenting when you cut your own hair and it becomes a mullet...

 

 

It's bringing me my favorite snack.....(although I don't need it)

 

 

and following him home because the truck has no tail lights..

 

 

Letting me be me and loving me anyway...

 

That's what true love is...

 



Rolling....

Well I had on a cute Alabama football jersey and I took it off because I looked like an actual football player....

but.....when I tried on my cute Alabama shirts they were all too small.....

 

due to my extra curricular activities (eating).....

 

so.....I will put back on my football jersey but the

 

first person that walks up behind me and ask "Sir, can you help me?"

 

I'm going home...:(

 

  ‪#‎signmeupsaban

 

Rolling with the Tide today!!

 

 

 

 

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Hello Darlin'

 

 

I would like to introduce you all to....

 

Mr. Conway Tweety!

 

 

 

The big ole fat bottomed girls aren't giving him the time of day yet...

 

 

He's still a little young and small but just you wait girls...

 

 

Just you wait until he starts crooning...

 

All he'll have to do is say....."Hello Darlin"

 

 

and he won't be lonely for long...:)

 

 

I already know he is going to be a big celebrity so of course I had to have a selfie with him..

 

 

 

It was all fun and games until the Fed Ex lady drove right up to us and caught us.

 

#twins

 

#selfies

 

#myfamilysaysimoutofcontrol

 

#stillmissrod