Cullen's 1st hospital trip

Ryan's sister Georganna, her husband, and their 2 kids decided to take a trip up to see Ryan for a little mini vacation. Cullen and I thought it would be a great idea to ride along and spend some time with Daddy. We had already seen the zoo, but it would be fun to see it with Trey and Julien as well!! We planned it all out and we piled into my Tahoe and headed up there the Friday morning of Memorial Day Weekend.

You can't see Trey, but he is curled up sleeping behind Cullen.

Our driver making funny faces for the camera!!

It was an 8 hour trip, but with 3 children between the ages of 1 and 11 and a smoker we planned to stop often!! Half way there we stopped to get something to eat and realized Cullen had a fever. I didn't think much of it. I honestly thought it was his teeth because he had one more molar coming out. As the day progressed his fever got higher. I gave him some Motrin and he went to sleep and it broke. Once we got there it was back and it stayed until Saturday night.

Saturday we went to the zoo and had a great day there. Cullen and I struggled because we were hot and he was whiny. We were going to stay at the camper but Ryan was convinced it was something in the camper making him sick! Sunday morning we woke up and he was wheezing very very badly. We decided to take him to the ER and i'm glad we did. They diagnosed him with Croup and Bronchitis. He went through torture while we were there, but we made it out ok and we are now healthy and back to normal!!

They drew blood, gave him a breathing treatment, drew more blood, gave him an antibiotic, and gave him a shot all at the same time...it wasn't pretty!!

Momma's baby was not very happy!!
Daddy waiting to be able to leave...we were sort of delirious!

He was getting some life back into him!

The ride back the next day was H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E, but we made it and we have come to the realization that we will not drive anywhere over 4 hours....sick or healthy baby!

:-)

I have more pics from that weekend, but they aren't on my camera. When I get them from Georganna I will post more!

Aimee and Chase's Wedding

May 22, 2010

Ryan's cousin Aimee got married to her boyfriend Chase. We were so happy to be able to share in their special day

Cullen and Mommy outside of the reception

Cullen kissing baby E'lise!!
He must have given her about 4 kisses in a row!!

Nanny Cheryl
Mother of the Bride


Jordan and Alaina
(Jordan's first wedding to serve in, so you can imagine the excitement!!)

Megan and Wyatt....they were too cute!

Uncle Richard and Aimee

Adalie was ready to be at the reception cause she was hungry

Mr. and Mrs. Chase Patin!!

Congratulations Aimee and Chase. We love y'all very much and wish you all the best!!

Memphis Vacation!

Ok, so I have been a completely horrible blogger, but I am going to make up for it now!! Ryan left to go to West Helena, Arkansas for work. He is supposed to be gone for 10 months, but we aren't sure exactly how long he will be gone quite yet. He left on April 10th and then we went to visit on the 21st. We were there from Wednesday until Tuesday. We flew because it is an 8 hour drive and I wasn't willing to do that with a 1 year old by myself!!

Waiting to take off on his first plane ride ever!!

Looking out of the plane window. Not long after this he put his head back and fell asleep for the entire plane ride!!! It was G-R-E-A-T!!

We made it!

Excuse the nunnie....he usually isn't allowed to have it unless he is going to sleep but on the plane you can have ANYTHING you want as long as you behave! :-)

On Saturday, we headed to back to Memphis because Ryan got rained out at work.

We went to Graceland. I was so excited!!!

The Graceland Mansion

Cullen and Daddy waiting to go in the house.

Don't ask why my child is making this "cheese" face, but it is pretty funny!

The "Front Room"

I can only imagine how all of this white would look like if it were my family living there!!

The jungle family and play room. This was a really neat room.

The racquetball court.

This room was absolutely amazing. It honestly took my breath away when I walked in. This is only one wall of it, but all 4 walls looked this way. It is unbelievable.

Cullen and Daddy behind the Presley graves.

The Lisa Marie plane....one of the 2 planes he had. The inside was definitely dated, but you could tell that it was pretty fashionable for the time period!

1 of the 10 gift shops on the park grounds. I liked the way they had his signature on the wall.

It was unbelievable how many gift shops they had....how many different things can you have with Elvis' name on it????

I was really excited to be able to experience Graceland. It was a really neat place and Daddy was excited to tour the car and motorized toy collection. We can mark that off our "bucket list!"

On the way back to the camper Daddy's driving became a little rough, so Cullen put on Daddy's hard hat to make sure he was safe!!

On Sunday, we headed to the Zoo!

We had read that it was voted the #1 zoo in the U.S. so we were pretty excited to go.

I think Daddy had more fun than Cullen and I combined. It definitely was an awesome zoo though!

Cullen and Daddy looking at the ducks. He was most amazed by all of the animals that we either have on our property or are within a mile from us!!

The big rhinoceros. I was waiting for her to knock this zoo member off of the fence. She came pretty close a couple of times.

The huge elephants!

Her wrinkles make me grateful that my wrinkles won't ever get this bad!!!

Cullen got tired so Daddy put him on his shoulders....then he stole his hat!

The orangutan...she was so sad. They had a few kids that were teasing her with their candy. It was really sad.

The polar bear....YES a polar bear. Across the hall from him were the seals, and the penguins were next door!!!!

We were at the zoo for almost 5 hours, and when I looked back to make sure Cullen was strapped in I found this.....

We had an awesome time and were so glad to be able to spend some time with Daddy. Cullen and I did have a lot of bonding time due to the fact that we aren't in a very good part of town. We were not allowed to leave the RV park without Ryan, so it made for a few very long days!! Trying to contain a 1 year old in a fifth wheel can get a little tricky. Needless to say, our next trip was from Friday to Monday! :-)

HORRIBLE BLOGGER!!

I am definitely getting to be quite horrible at this. I have about 3 updates I need to post, but haven't been able to find the time to do it yet! It takes me forever to upload pictures to here, but hopefully I can get them done soon.

Here is a picture just for you to see my little munchkin!