I guess he wouldn't be a BOY if his knees and elbows didn't look like this:

Oh well, at least he is still smiling!



On an even scarier note: Our friends are back!!!

So, I borrowed my neighbors hair cut kit and decided to give Fischer a haircut. I have never cut hair before, but I am pretty darn proud of myself! I even convinced Franklin to let me butcher him...haha!! He was actually impressed and I am glad he trusted me!


Here are some pics...I forgot to take a before of Fischer. Why do Fischer and Franklin both look traumatized? Hey, it will be saving us about $30 a month! YAY!

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Today I took on the task of planting flowers. Let me just say that I am SO thankful that I was not a pioneer woman. I can't even imagine being pregnant and doing all of the hard work that they did. I feel like I can't move right now. I have decided that I like planting in pots and not in the ground. I'm pretty proud of my pots, but I need to get a few more fillers for two of them. The sweet potato vines will be so beautiful by the middle of summer. They grow really long and spread easily.I also posted a pic of our deck with flowers. I bought the hanging pouch at Menards and it has just turned out beautifully.

I finally gave in to turning on the A/C. I held out pretty long, mainly b/c I am cheap. But today was just too hot!

This my friends is called a miracle! My child sleeping in the middle of the day. Oh, what will I do with myself?

Well, I survived our camping trip! Oklahoma was HOT and muggy...just like I remembered it. Fischer went fishing for the first time and caught 5 fish! He caught more than anyone else in the boat! He also had a great time riding in the golf cart! The drive was pretty brutal..9.5 hours! The drive home was full of adventure. We were driving through this small town in Oklahoma when a guy pulled out in front of us. He was turning out of the Gaming Center, which of course made me suspicious that he was drunk. It didn't take longer than about 5 seconds to realize that in fact he was drunk. He swerved into oncoming traffic 3 or 4 times, almost hitting a mini-van and a truck. After watching this idiot for about 20 seconds I called 911. After we followed him for about one more mile(staying far back of course) he pulled off on the shoulder. I hope an officer was able to catch him and send him to jail. I hope they took my call seriously.

Then we drove through Picher, OK and noticed that the entire town was destroyed by a tornado. I have seen tornado damage before, but never anything like this. When I got home I looked up Picher on google and found out that six people died and 100 were injured in the tornado on May 10th. FEMA had to test the air quality in the town because it is known for its lead mining.

On a lighter note, I am back to my frugal ways. While in Oklahoma my sister-in-law let me read her book, "America's Cheapest Family." It is written by the Economide family. The book is full of ideas for saving and cutting back, which is right up my alley. Today I went grocery shopping and spent $120 for two weeks worth of food($10 of that was a gift card for a graduate, plus I spent about $15 on food storage items). I might have to go back next week and spend $20 or so, but I think that is pretty good. Anyway, I would recommend this book, especially with the price of gas going up!

Here are some pics of our Memorial Day Weekend!

Lake Eufaula at sunset.


Fischer hates bugs...so this was a big step!


My cousin Esther! She is SO sweet!

Just thought I would post a few pics from a friend's wedding we attended today. We decided to take a family picture since we were all dressed up. Of course Fischer is hamming it up, plus the wind was blowing so hard it was hard to pose. And yes, I am only halfway through my pregnancy and yes I am huge!

I have absolutely no idea who posted the helicopter thing on my blog. Weird. Anyway, we do have helicopters in our yard.

And Now for Something Completely Different...

Have you ever seen these little plants? I call them "helicopters" because you can throw them in the air and they spin like the rotor on a chopper.
Cool to find one and throw in in the air.
Not so cool to have about TEN BILLION of them in your yard!

Just wanted you to know that the doctor called and said that everything looked great! I wish I could post more pictures, but Fischer "stole" my SD card and I haven't been able to find it. Hopefully I will get around to buying a new one!

NEW PICS OF BABY!!!!

HERE ARE SOME NEW PICS OF BABY BOY! WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DOCTOR ABOUT ANY RESULTS. HE KEPT PUTTING HIS THUMB UP TO HIS MOUTH, BUT HE NEVER QUITE MADE IT IN!

Hopefully you can tell by the last pic that we are having a BOY!!!!!!!!

Don't you just love his sweet little profile? Everything went well, my OB just wants to do another ultrasound in two weeks to check on his heart again. The ultrasound tech couldn't get a good picture due to his position. My OB kept reassuring me that this has happened before, and she has never had an abnormality come of it. I told her that I would try to take her words to heart, but that I would probably worry a little bit anyway! But, on the bright side, I get to have another ultrasound on the 20th!!

Well, tomorrow is the big day! Is baby Wood a girl or a boy? I keep having dreams that it is a boy, so we will see. Tune in tomorrow for the big news!!

Well, it didn't take a week, only two days! Thank you Jay! You are awesome. Tomorrow he is going to put on the stairs and third railing. It is SO nice to have a real deck!

Here is the before picture...To Be Continued(It may be a week or so before the after pic is here)!

Just had to post this pic of Fischer and his daddy. This is the second time in a week or so that Fischer has fallen asleep in the chair with Franklin.

Boys will be Boys!

Well, he did it again. Only this time, it was worse! The first time involved little crying, and one stitch. This boo-boo had screaming, crying, convulsing and four staples to the head. Poor little guy. We had just arrived home from Bible Study, and I was rummaging through my purse to find my blood sugar monitor. I heard this horrible sound, and I knew that it was going to be bad. He fell off his little riding truck and hit the corner of the wall. Fortunately, I stayed somewhat calm. I drove him to Urgent Care and his daddy showed up within minutes. He's doing alright now. He had a hard time going to sleep the night it happened. He kept saying, "What did the doctor do to me?" and "What's on my head?"

I have 12 days until my ultrasound! Maybe if it's a girl this time, there will be less trips to the urgent care!

Just when I thought it was getting fun that Fischer can express himself, he muttered these words to me before bed tonight:

I don't love you

You are not my friend


OUCH! Where in the world has he heard that from? I think he does it just to get a reaction out of me, b/c right after he says it, he will say, "No, I do love you."

Oh the prayers of a two year old:


Fischer: Dear God, Thank you for our blessings(he says bessings), thank you for my house, thank you for daddy, and thank you for ME!

How come I always get left out of the prayer? I'm the one that wipes his little butt all day!

This is a conversation that took place two nights ago around dinner time:

Fischer: "Mom, what are you doing?"

Me: "I'm making dinner, honey,"

Fischer: (Said in the most high-pitched, enthusiastic voice a 2 year old can muster!)
"You're making dinner mommy? For me?"

Me: "Yes dear, I am making dinner for you and daddy."

Fischer: Pats me on the behind and says, "Good girl Mommy, good girl!"

Well apparently the baby is doing some major growing today because my moods have been wacky today! These are Franklin's words:

"You are very hormonal today. Your moods range from anger to crying to serial killer to laughing to depressed and back to anger."

HAHA...It's true. Sorry baby, maybe it will be better tomorrow!

I am finally back from Florida. Apparently while I was gone, blogger changed too. You can add music and new layouts. Of course, I don't know how to do any of that. So, you are stuck with my old format and boring blog.

We had a great time in Florida. We took Fischer to DisneyWorld and we swam our hearts out. The last couple days that we were there we had to DRAG Fischer to the pool. He was pretty tired of swimming.

We had some great experiences while down there this year. Franklin and Fischer both got to see the Magic Kingdom for the first time. We also heard the shuttle re-enter the atmosphere and then saw it streaming across the sky to land. Fischer also saw the ocean for the first time. Also, while we were at the beach, dolphins were swimming up and down the coast. I posted some pics of our vacation.

Life has been crazy around here. Spent a week in Atlanta at the Youth Ministry Conference! We had some great experiences and enjoyed spending time with old friends.

Franklin and I are still trying to get pregnant. We have been thrust into the world of fertility treatments and shots. I don't know how people endure this month after month. I received my first hcg shot yesterday and I haven't felt the same since. I had a migraine the size of Texas last night, my whole body aches like a 93 year old, and this afternoon I slept for 3 1/2 hours!

I had a conversation with a friend of mine today who is also taking fertility shots and hcg. I asked her if she ever felt guilty, like we were playing God when we go to such lengths to have a baby! Where's the line between having faith in God and putting your faith in modern medicine? Then again don't we go to such lengths when we have a heart attack, cancer or get in a car accident? We allow the doctors to do everything they can to save us. What are your thoughts on this subject?

I have such a wonderful husband. I know that God looks down and smiles upon his servant heart. He takes every opportunity to teach our teens about service and he tries to get them out of their comfort zone. He would give the shirt off his back to a complete stranger and he is as gentle as a mouse.

My heart breaks for him when someone tries to tear him down with petty complaints about issues that won't matter in 5 hours(I stole that from Jim...thanks). Maybe this is why youth minister turnover is at about 18 months. This brings me to the National Conference on Youth Ministries in Atlanta! We are looking forward to fellowship with our fellow youth ministers! This is a time of renewal, a time to vent, and a time to talk with other people who know EXACTLY what you are talking about!

I am grateful to our shepherds who send us to the conference each year!

Well, it's offical: I'm 30! I wasn't looking forward to turning 30, but I had a wonderful birthday! I was reminded of how much I am loved by my friends and family!

Travis and Meredith bought me a cake with trick candles on it, so after they were all extinguished(literally with water) the cake looked and tasted a little waxy!

Fischer was in his preschool's Christmas program tonight. It is so fun to be a proud parent and watch him get up on stage. I will have some pics of him on stage soon, but for now I just have some pictures that I took before he went up on stage. I also have some pics of me with my wax cake...haha.

I feel bad because I haven't blogged in such a long time. I don't really have that much to say! Fischer's lead test came back as a false positive...that was a huge blessing!

Getting extremely excited about Florida...I am ready to thaw out! It's not even winter yet and we have had two straight weeks of ice, snow and COLD!!

I turn the BIG 30 tomorrow. I have 7 lours left to be in my twenties. Remember that show on TV called "The Thirty Somethings." I think that was the name of it. Anyway, I remember when that show came on, how OLD I thought those people were.

I added some pics of Fischer at Thanksgiving. The second one is Fischer with his great grandparents.

Well, it has been a stressful weekend. Fischer was tested for lead poisoning at his 2 year visit, and it came back positive. So, we went to Children's Hospital yesterday and had a second blood test. I know in my heart that he will be fine, but as a mother I was a little crazy. It is hard when your child's health is at risk and there is nothing you can do but sit and wait for the results to come back. I thought about all of the children who have leukemia or some other childhood illness. I can't even imagine how those parents watch their children suffer day after day.

This morning at church, several people(including a doctor) reassured me that many of those lead screenings come back as false positives. So, until then pray that this is the case. I don't handle health problems very well. It makes me feel very out of control. It's something that I need to work on.

Anyway, here is a pic of Fischer. I told him to go to his bed and start reading his LeapFrog Pad and that I would be there ina minute. This is where I found him:

So, not only am I going to the Natalie Grant concert, I won a Meet and Greet with her before the concert! YEAH! When I told my mom, she said, "Man, you are a lucky person, you seem to win a lot of things."



It's true...in the past three years I have won:



A $150 set of professional chef knives


A video IPOD(which at the time was worth $300 and I didn't really know what it was)


An $80 CD that has the entire Bible on it(like an audio book).


And now a meet and greet with Natalie Grant...the female vocalist of the year for two years now!

ANYWAY, here are some new pics of Fischer:

Random thoughts for today:

1) I have encounterd three sales people today...every one of them was rude, aloof and apathetic.
I guess customer service does not exist anymore.

2) Why is getting pregnant so difficult? I guess I will have to resort to drinking, smoking, drugs, and welfare...then I am assured a child or two.

3) Natalie Grant is having a FREE concert in Omaha next Thursday. I am SO excited! I am going to get there 2-3 hours early to make sure I get a seat!

4) When I arrived home tonight, my son was asleep on the hard, cold floor. What is his aversion to his new bed? Every morning at 4am something tells him to get out of his bed, turn on his light and come crawl in bed with us...grrr. I am fast forwarding to when he is 21....will it really matter that he woke me up every morning for months or possibly years? I will look back and wish he would still cuddle with me.