Finally...a little bit of time

Well, it's officially done - planning the end of the season softball party (to be held next Sunday, June 8th from 3-5, a pool party @ the YMCA) AND trophies and plaques have been ordered. Here's what the trophies will look like..

Now, I just have to call all the parents and let them know (later today) and get their money no later than Wednesday :o) It feels good to have that taken care of.

What else has been going on...

1. Courtney is continuing her private pitching lessons every Wednesday afternoon during the summer. She has improved so much and can throw a curve ball and screw ball but doesn't know how she does it...LOL Those are later lessons but the cool thing is - she can throw them on target now :o)


2. We have changed Courtney's inhaled steriod from Flovent to Qvar to see if that will help with her coughing during the day since that hasn't gotten better. We'll go back to Dr. Brasfield on the 19th in the afternoon to see how things are. I do know that if Qvar doesn't do the trick - she'll be on a combo medication that is inhaled but that could change with how things go before returning to the office.


3. CJ has decided to start coughing at night - so this means we are starting up his albuterol inhaler again! If that doesn't help, we'll be going to the dr. for him. I'm sure down the line he'll be a patient of Dr. Brasfield....fun, fun!


4. Courtney is signed up for 2 different softball clinics/camps in June. The first clinic is on the 4th and 5th and then the camp is from the 9th-12th. She is looking forward to it!

And before I forget...here are some family pictures from Portrait Innovations.

Finally....some pictures

Well, softball season is officially over. Courtney did not make All Stars but that is fine with everyone here. It's nice to be home at night (at least at a decent time). BUT on with some wonderful news....Moody Elementary does a 3rd grade award ceremony and Courtney received 2 academic medallions!! One was for the A Honor Roll all year and the other was for the highest grade point average for a girl in her class :o) We are so proud of her!!!

So on with some pictures... (ones from Portrait Innovations will be in the next blog entry)

First from her Award ceremony....

















This was for the 'Good News Bear' club she was appointed to.

Softball pictures!

Busy Weekend ahead..

The softball team has entered into a tournament that is being held this weekend. Tonight is our first game at 6pm and then tomorrow - we have 3 - yes you read that right - 3 games!! The times are 9am, 1:30pm and then again at 6pm. Then they play again on Sunday and it's a one game elimination. So we could actually play all day Sunday too if we win every game we play. It's all coach pitch so Courtney won't be pitching but that's ok - I'll be sure to get pictures I promise!

Biscuit is settling in really well here. We take her to the vet today at 10 for puppy shots - that'll be fun. Thankfully she loves car rides and doesn't get sick. She is so small she can fit under the seats!! I'm sure that'll change soon but for now, it's cute.

I want to say Congratulations to my sister Misti - she graduated on Monday!! It's nice to say that you're never too old to go back to school :o) And I'm not saying she's old at all but for some - being in your 30's and going back to school isn't something they'd do - so I'm proud of her!

Also, Marti got another goat! I actually told CJ about it and he can't wait to see it. He keeps requesting to have Norton too!! I tell him he can't but he states that Norton loves him :o)

I promise I'll do better with pictures soon - most are downloaded now but I'm using my laptop currently which has no pictures on it. Next time, I'll post some softball pictures.

We have saved a life!!

We went last Saturday to look at a beagle puppy that was for adoption but didn't get her for 2 reasons - 1. You had to have a fence up already and 2. She was really cute but VERY skinny. Lizzie was already in a 'foster home' so we didn't understand why she was still so skinny. When we were on our way to look at her, we heard the radio ad for the Greater Birmingham Humane Society 31 hour Adopt-a-thon. Since CJ was so disappointed about not being able to get Lizzie, we decided to go there and just look.

We looked at a lot of them - from puppies to older dogs (only up to 4 years old). We looked at a hound that was named 'Ella' which she reminded me a little of Angel with the tri-coloring but when we got into the room to interact with her - she didn't have much to do with any of us. We then asked to see a yellow lab (only 8 weeks old). There was 3 of them in one kennel and Jason wanted to see the 'middle shaded one'....LOL Her name was Sheree and she was so timid and scared. She peed from the time they took her out of the kennel to even when she was put down into the room. She warmed up a bit to each one of us and the kids started to fall in love :o) Then...out of the corner of Jason's eye, he spots the little black puppy he saw someone holding when we went to the 'meeting room' for the first time. The puppy wasn't in any kennel the whole time we were there so we didn't see it. Jason wanted to make sure the puppy was a girl and then wanted to see her.

So, only weighing 5 lbs (at least their last weigh in) - Biscuit came into the room. She is a lovable and playful puppy. She has become part of our family :o) We are not 100% sure what she is...we've been told a few things but the vet suggested a shepherd/lab mix but most of those puppies were triple her size at this age (2 months) so we don't know what she'll become. She looks like a Manchester Terrier too. The joy of watching her grow!

Here she is...

One of my favorite pictures I have gotten to take :o)

Now, all we need is our 'Buttermilk' (which would be a pug puppy from Piper) to complete our little family. Jason stated a brown puppy would work and call it 'Gravy' but I want a pug!! We looked for pugs at the shelter and even online at the Alabama pug rescue but no luck :o( - we'll just wait patiently for Piper's puppies!!

Another update...

Courtney is done with Predinsone...YEAH!!! It really has helped her sleep at night even though it took a few days. She is still coughing during the day but hopefully it'll get better each and every day.

There are only 2 more games in the official softball season - tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon. It's such a short season but they'll be playing in a tournament May 16th-18th. Courtney did get to pitch again in a game (Monday night) and it was in the 2nd inning. She was not looking good during her warm up pitches but when the batters got up there - she was doing good. She almost walked one but didn't!! She actually did 3 up 3 down!! I'm so proud of her! PLUS during that game, she had a home run!! She has been lovin' this season and wishes it doesn't stop. It all depends on All-Stars (we'll find out hopefully on the 19th). If she doesn't make it, she'll be having fun at 2 softball camps!

I have my camera out and ready to take some pictures and then download some! I know I owe pictures to this blog and hopefully will get to it soon!!

Quick Update...

Well, things are still crazy here. Courtney started to cough last Friday so we did our Ventolin Inhaler (Albuterol) everyr 4 hours. It hadn't gotten better and by Sunday - her stomach began to hurt. So I got her in to Dr. Miller (regular dr.) on Tuesday and everything checked out but we are treating her proactively against walking pneumonia like CJ had with antibiotics and started Prevacid for heartburn (thinking that could be the cause of her stomach issues present and past). She'll take it for 2 months and we'll go from there.

The last 2 nights she has been coughing in her sleep that it has woken her up. I called Dr. Brasfield today and got her in (1pm) - gotta love that!! We have upped her steriod inhaler to the middle level, added Predinsone (2 tablets) every morning for 5 days and keep doing her Albuterol everyr 4 hours for one more week. Hopefully everything changes with this and it'll kick this awful cough. We now go back in 4 weeks and see what our plans will be for the rest of the summer. It's been so bad at school that Mrs. Simpson told me today that she thought for sure Courtney would have coughed up a lung today plus a few classmates told me about how purple she turned while coughing!! I'm so glad we got her in today!!

Other than all that....we still are doing softball and enjoying it. Our official last game is on May 10th but have some tournament games scheduled for later in May and possibly June. Plus we never know about All-Stars!!

That's it for now, I'm off to make sure Courtney is resting after her not-so-much sleeping night - hopefully she'll nap before practice tonight. She has already complained about 'little black lines under her eyes' - LOL!!