I just wanted to write to say Eric, I Love You! You have been there by my side to rub my back, get me my medicine, run me to the E.R. in the middle of the night, calm my nerves, listen to my ranting, make all the meals, do the laundry, play with the kids, take extra steps for me to get seen by the doctor, and still work. I am so grateful God gave me you! You are awesome Sweetheart! THANK YOU!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Update
Well here I am literally laying over the dining room table with the laptop trying to stay mentally busy(it is actually a somewhat of a comfortable position)! My sciatica has only gotten a little better since I have been on the medicine. I woke up at 7:00a.m. this morning and was not ready to get out of bed but needed to stretch and walk around. It is now only 9:30 and I am ready to go back to bed! On top of that I have a little nausia going on! I think my craving for a Dunkin Donut will help with that!! There is a new one that just opened up a little down the street! I have not had a donut since last October!! Well that will have to wait for another time, I am still unable to drive because of the medicine :( I saw the doctor yesterday and she gave me my referrel to the Physical Therapist! I hope to be seen by the end of the week!!! Well I need to change postitions so I will end here and hopefully be back to write more later! I also have some work to do for church!
p.s. the time on my posting will be off, it is still set for Iraq!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sorry for no new posts these last couple of days. It is actually taking everything I have to stay seated at the computer. My sciatica is acting up so bad, there is not a point during the day I do not have any pain. I finally could not take it any longer so I went up to the E.R. last night. They gave a pain reliever that knocks me out, but is not suppose to harm the baby. It really does not help with the over all pain. It does relax me enough to get some cat naps in during the day, and sleep better at night. I go back Monday for a follow-up and to get a referral to Physical Therapy. I am also thinking about going to a Chiropractor. Well I have some new pictures to post, hopefully in a little bit I can sit here at post them! Right now the medicine is kicking in and I am heading to la-la land!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Another Freebie!
Here are some of the boys enjoying another treat! McDonald's had a special today if you buy a drink, you get their new chicken sandwich free! So after the library on the way home I surprised them to dinner! Now we are off to the pool to work it off!
Another Baby!
Another Baby growing up so fast. Here is my Joshua serving at his middle school spaghetti luncheon fundraiser at church! I cannot believe he is old enough to go to camp! He is way too excited to go this year! He has worked at every fundraiser to raise enough money to get him a spot to go! I dont know if he is more excited to go to camp or get away from his family! HEHE! I do know he will be ready to come home after a few days of their food though! Keep up the hard work Joshua you are almost there!!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Words of Logan
Oh, the sweetness of a five year old! He has such a tender heart who is always thinking of what God is doing and how he is doing it! A few months before Eric came home, he was saying he wants a baby girler (he has a hard time saying girl)! So, I told him we need to start praying for God to bless us with a baby girl! Well not a day goes by that she is not prayed for by him or anyone else for that matter because he reminds us all, “oh, you didn’t pray for a baby girler”! Well shortly after all the praying began, he moved the numbers up a little. He wanted 6 baby girdlers, one for everyone except Ty because he was too little! So a week ago he stood in the kitchen while I was making dinner and he commented on how God will never give us a baby girl, and that it is just taking way too long. So I explained to him how we need to be patient, and maybe God just does not think right now is the right time. Somewhat satisfied with that answer he went off to play! Well we were sitting at the dinner table the other night and praying for our baby girl once again and he says”MOM, I know why God has not given us a baby girler yet! There is someone else praying for a baby girler too”! Oh, I Love You Logan! I know how your heart desires a baby girler just like mommies! I pray everyday it is God’s will for us to share that experience of all that comes with having a little girler! I just know you and your brothers would treat her like a princess, and then ask if she can wrestle!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Ty and Cody enjoying the "show"
So how do you end a perfectly "free" day?? You take them to church for free popcorn and a play, and then to 7-ll for free slurpees( it was free slurpee day for 7-11-08)!!! The kids had a great day!!!
The family!!
Mendy and John, I know you got the memo to dress up! What happened?
Connie and Christian, Thank You for joining us! We had a blast!
A "Free" Day
How do you feed a family of 7 for cheap? Well you go to Chick-fil-a for cow appreciation day!!! If you show up fully dressed as a cow, you get a free meal. If you show up partially dressed as a cow, you get just an entrée. Well the Dalton family decided to give it a shot! Now note my 16 year old did not participate, so he bought his own meal! The little ones thought it was the greatest thing to do! I have a feeling they will be talking about this day for years to come!!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
What a day!
I forgot to post this when I wrote it last night.
It is 8:30 p.m. and the house is quiet! All but one is asleep! Boy has it been a long day. I have been decluttering closets, Eric is working his night up at the hospital and I threw my back out again! Thursdays are our relax at home days! The days we do not have to get up early to take little eric to work, or have anything scheduled! You would think the kids would love a day to do pretty much what ever they wanted. Well I am starting to rethink that! As much as they want to just "chill", I find them more restless and at each other!!! They need a schedule even when school is out! As I got a few minutes in to talk to my best friend Heather on the phone today(she is going on baby #10 next month!), we were discussing, well I was discussing how I need to find someone that can teach my boys how to be Best Friends. So through our discussion we went over all our "large family" circle of friends whom I could turn to for advice. Funny thing is EVERYONE we came up with all have almost ALL girls!!! And we both think girls are definitely wired differently. So she told me she expects me to get it all figured out then I am suppose to write a book about it! WELL, We will just have to see about that one! But I do think working on character and their relationships with each other will be a big part of our home schooling for this coming up year! Well I am off of here to run to the store to pick up some things. Eric asked if I would make my famous Pineapple Upside Down cake for a potluck they are having at work tomorrow! He knows I can never say no to him!
Well because I forgot to post this, I now get to post what an uplifting ride I had to the grocery store! After such a long day, all it took was one song from my favorite radio station K-Love to put it all back into perspective. The song was basically saying God is in control and he is apart of us. So it just made me stop and realize even on those hard days, I do not need to take the burden on myself, but to give it to him and he will see my through it!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Pre-Deployment
I have decided to start my blog backing it up to August of 07. That is where so much of our life changed and so much of this year has revolved around. Eric got news July of 06 that his name is on the list to deploy again. It was not as hard to hear as it was the first time(2003), but I think it was the waiting that made it hard to bear. Finally in April of 07 we got the official word of when(Aug, 07) and where(cannot say). We spent the next several months living life one minute at a time and cherishing every moment we had together, as a couple, as a family, and just Daddy and the boys. It broke my heart to know he was going to miss so much of their everyday lives. 310 days was way too long. I know families all over go through longer deployments and come out just fine! I just know my kids and their relationship with their Dad! I knew this was going to be a hard road to travel. At such an important time of growing, not only spiritually but socially, my almost 16 year old was going to have to be apart from his Best Friend. Who was he going to talk to if he was needing someone? Who was going to help him with his Math? AGH! And the little ones, how do you tell them he will be gone for 310 days when they don’t understand the concept of time? Will it seem like eternity to them? Will they forget him? How am I going to make this easy for them? How am I going to home school all of them and still keep my sanity? Well through the grace of God we did it!! Yes there were those many times I was ready to throw in the towel, and then there were the growing moments. Well he is home and it is like he never left! Well except Eric and I have a stronger bond then when he left!
A whole new world
Well I am entering into a whole new world. A world I did not think I would ever go to! But I am excited to be able to use this as a way for all my family and friends to keep up on all the Dalton happenings! I am sure there will be days when I wont even be able to get to the computer, and others where I cannot wait to share what one of the boys had done or said!
SO here it goes.......................
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