baby sis is growing up!

Old friends and familyall came to see the baby girl graduate from William Carey!
(yes - it is official! I am the shortest in my family!)

proud momma and the graduate

daddy and the graduate
(I know daddy was excited, but she is going back for 2 more years! Don't close that wallet yet daddy!)

She is waiting.........

Was she nervous they were not going to give it to her???

Well does not matter because they did!
It is true - she now has her Bachelors of Psychology and is headed back to get those Masters!

one HAPPY graduate!
We are so proud of you Aunt Shelby/Little Sis!
Congratulations!!!

That was a SICK boy???

Well, yes he was - but after the first day he had some energy and thank goodness UMC had many things for our little man to do. He had some fun for sure!
He was an ambulance driver!

We did lots of coloring, and thanks to the Harrison's we had new art supplies, lots of junk food, games, and stickers!

He loved pet therapy!
Can you tell?

He did lots of painting, such an artist!

His favorite toy in the playroom was this race car track.

He loved it!

Of course - he had to show off his new prizes to his sisters!
He even was sweet enough to give Phelps a coloring books(his idea)!

Lawson Joy and Phelps even had a little fun in the wagon.

He wanted to leave in this police car, but...........

he settled for a wagon ride with all his goodies!
Thanks - Kellen, Lucian, Lily, Joseph, Taze and Townes for the balloons and basket!

Yes - I let him eat these cookies and I did give him lots of chocolate for being such a good patient!
Again - thank you for all your thoughts and prayers!
We are glad to have that little man running full throttle again!

a video

Go to this link and you might see someone you know.
www.broadcastmediagroup.com/believe

I miss.......

Emily,

who had this little man and then moved to Auburn,

Gabbi(in the red), Amanda (in the green),
and Laura, who left me for her little cutie, but honestly who could resist that little smile!

Overstreet just is NOT the same without my favorite sidekicks!

I think I am going to make it (I really like the new girls), but I REALLY need you guys!

Hope you all are having fun with your babies and in the upper grade Gabbi!

Please note - you all better check up on your lefty at Overstreet.

The First Day of School

The first day of school was today!
Everyone was very excited.
Check them out!

Lawson Joy our 5th grader.
Can you believe it!

Katherine our 3rd grader.
She is very excited her number this year is 1!
This means she always comes first.

Watkins is in 4 year old preschool.
Acting silly!

Phelps will be with her brother.
She has to, so she can keep him in line!

Love this picture!

Acting silly on their first day!

Can't believe it, but they let me take 2 good pictures in a row!

Happy first day of school everyone!

good news

These two have been busy and having a blast catching up with each other since they spent a few days apart!

GOOD NEWS!!!!

All of Watkins' tests came back normal from UMC!
What a relief! Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers for our little man.
We go back to the doctor Friday to check his lungs out.
Hopefully, they will be clear!

Our babies start the school year off in the Zebra room in the morning they are excited to say the least.
They have their nap pads, backpacks, and extra clothes all ready!
We are SO glad Watkins is well enough to go!

this is where I will be

Yes, this is where I will be tomorrow and the next 183 school days.
OVERSTREET
I am not ready for the summer to be over.
I will report tomorrow at 8 a.m.
Good-bye, summer! Hello, school year!

home

We are home!
Watkins is doing MUCH better, and is SUPER excited to be home with his sisters!
The test results are not in, but they saw no reason to keep us there until they came in. Our next step is unknown until the results come in. Catching pneumonia twice might have been bad luck, but they are not sure of this and are running several tests on his immune system to figure this out.
Please keep our little man in your thoughts and prayers.
Looking forward to finding out what is causing him to get sick, so we can fix the problem!

very sick to much, much BETTER

Right after I made the last post, JD called to say they had decided to transfer Watkins to UMC in Jackson - in an ambulance.

My heart sank.

I called Viv, she rushed over, and I went to say a quick good-bye to our little man. JD rode with Watkins in the ambulance and I went home threw clothes in a bag, loaded the girls, and took off on the LONGEST ride ever.

Here at UMC, they have taken excellent care of out little man. They have talked of maybe considering asthma, but for sure he now has his second case of pnuemonia this year.

They are very concerned about this and are doing several tests to figure this piece of the puzzle out.

He is MUCH better.

Keep praying for our little man.

a sick boy

Please say a prayer for our little man.
JD took him to the ER tonight because he was running fever and having trouble getting a deep breath. We have experienced this earlier in the year, when he had pneumonia and was in the hospital for 5 days.
In the ER they put him on oxygen, gave him an IV, and have done an x-ray. The chest x-ray has a little spot on it, but not enough to be called pneumonia. They have done a RSV swab and we are waiting on the results, in the mean time they have gone ahead and admitted him to the hospital.
Him feeling bad all just occurred this afternoon, considering he went swimming and skating today and did not act like a thing was wrong.
Please pray that we find out what is wrong with our little man, and that we can get him feeling better soon.
I am at home with all the other kiddos while they sleep, and I am worrying.
I will keep you updated.

Jump-Slide-Slide-Kick!

Not a new dance move, but "Jumping G's"!

Thank you Jumping G's for keeping this crew having fun for 2 hours on a not so sunny Sunday afternoon.

We are all bummed our last week of summer is not so sunny.

I hope I can figure out something to keep all these kiddos occupied.

bet MSU fan club wishes

they could get the girl who painted these sweet faces to paint at the football games!

look at that detail, and no that is not a tatoo.

football season - i am looking forward to you.

GO DAWGS!

matching hippies?

we can pretend, right?

not a care would be nice for a few days.

Watkins said, " This is the best........

ride ever. Need one of those momma!"

Phelps might think different.

Thanks for the ride, Carley.

my momma is sweet but..........

this chocolate is sweeter!

I was making brownies and left the kitchen for a minute, returned, and found this little girl enjoying licking the bowl!!! She thought she was in trouble, but this momma let the baby girl enjoy all she wanted.

Who doesn't enjoy licking the bowl?

These Nerdy Girls and Superhero Boy.......

are ready for school to start. Can you believe it?
I guess this momma is no longer good enough entertainment, nor can come up with good enough suggestions to keep this crew occupied.
We were at FUMC where the twins go to school and Phelps said,
"Momma, when are you going to bring me back to this place for school? I need to come back, it's time. Wat and me want to play with our friends."
So there you have it, the babies are ready!
There is a sign that I always take that summer is coming to a close, when I tell the kids to load up we are going to the pool and they all want to know just how long they have to swim.
This momma is not completely ready for summer to end, but I do love that first few days of school excitement.
School will start 2 weeks from 2 days ago.
Got that?