Hello ladies,
I see everyone has been as busy as I have....or you've just lost interest. Too bad the Memphis Moms couldn't get together over Christmas break. Hope Grant is feeling better, Cari. Hope you enjoyed N.O. Carole.
Hey Julie, hope you had a great Christmas. Mom came down so she could be with the kids the first week of break. She stayed until 12/27 which was nice. We did a little bit of shopping on Monday 12/26. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I'm off this week which is very nice.
I have some returns to do, but actually did pretty well buying this year. Carter only asked for one thing (a Wii game that I had Mom get him) so all he got from Santa was mostly clothes. I told him if he didn't tell Santa what he wanted, Santa brought what he thought he needed. The jeans worked out great, Cari. I ended up getting Levi's 514 which are a slim cut (not skinny jeans though.....I couldn't get myself to purchase those for him). They look pretty good on him, but you were right.....it does seem to make him look even skinnier. I think we need to get him in some type of muscle building camp over the summer to see if we can beef him up. Still waiting for that eating frenzy to take hold that I always hear about with teenage boys.
Unfortunately, Carter's dog, Scruffy passed away on Christmas. We do not know why. He was perfectly fine the night before. We spent the morning in the house opening presents and the boys took a chew bone out to him that Santa left in his stocking around 10. I noticed that he didn't run up to them like he normally does. Carter walked the bone out to him. He took it and walked down the driveway, laid down and started chewing so I didn't think too much about it. That afternoon we went next door for dessert and he didn't come along like he usually does. Again, thought it was odd, but he seemed to be enjoying laying in the sun on the sidewalk so I didn't think too much of it. When we came back he had moved to the front of the garage, but was dead. I guess he must have gotten into something early in the morning or late the night before. Needless to say, I felt pretty bad about it. I've never been that crazy about the dog. He certainly had his problems, but dying at only around 5 or so years old just doesn't seem right. We had a hard time burying him because Jim and I both expected him to jump up and be fine. I wish I had checked him during the day when I thought he was acting odd. Don't know that it would have helped but it would have made me feel better. I don't feel like a very responsible pet owner, that's for sure. It's really odd coming up the driveway and not seeing him running up to greet me. Pets just break your heart, don't they?
Carter had four teeth pulled yesterday as part of his orthodontic work plus an additional 2 baby teeth that were no big deal. He bounced back amazingly fast. He was fine by the afternoon and eating like nothing had happened. I know Jim was really dreading it. He had he same thing done and had a very bad experience when he was a teenager. Luckily, that wasn't the case for Carter.
Emerson had a great Christmas and we enjoyed a couple of weeks of pretty good behavior. Had a bad day today, but hopefully those will diminish. His behavior is so connected to sleep. We've started putting him to bed earlier and I think that really helps. It may be a 7:30 night tonight though.
Hoping you guys get a chance to post soon. I would love to catch up. Hmmmmm I don't seem to have gotten Christmas cards from any of you. Am I just old fashioned?
Brenda
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