I need a weekend, to recover... from my weekend!

I seriously do.   Seriously........... I might actually be serious about it...  er...  apparently I'm serious... 

Saturday Dennis spend the morning running around getting food.  He had taken a very unwilling (at first) Nathan with him for runs to the Meat Market, Mega (grocery store) and Target.  They kept calling .... Nathan infact hung up on me at one point and called me back.. it was kinda funny.  Between Mega and Target he called me (bypassing Walmart) asking me what we needed to get there, saying he knew he was suppose to stop there for something.  I couldn't remember ...  course I think by this time, I was already concussed.  Yeah, concussed... keep reading.   Dennis even got Nathan to eat a Jo-Jo fry ... which, because we call him Tator and he has rejected eating almost any potato product since, we joke about it being an act of cannibalism for him. (Daddy took this with his cell phone, had to get the potato eating documented! LOL)

Anyway, while they were gone I was cleaning out the fridge... ditching the bad left overs and other stuff (like mostly gone containers of sour cream and cottage cheese which had probably gone bad cuz they had been opened and sitting for a few weeks, and if not, they were pretty much empty anyway.) ... etc and so on.  Took me about 10 minutes... maybe 20...  anyway when I stood up, my head met the plastic door to the butter area built into the refrigerator door.  (See that corner here?)

I got a huge lump on my head that I put ice on, it go the bump to go down some and I started feeling funny after.  Tired, nauseated, just off.  I felt like my right eye was going to explode and every time I stood up it got worse, I had a ton of cleaning I wanted to do, but I physically felt worse every time I stood up, that I couldn't get any of it done. Well, very little of it done.  Dennis came home, and he agreed that I probably had a concussion.  Today, Monday... my head STILL hurts, all the time.  It hurts worse to the touch, but there is a nagging dull pain all the time.

Anyway ...  once Dennis got home, and started to unpack, I recalled what he had to go to Walmart for.  The CAKE!   We decided to pick it up on Saturday because Church was early on Sunday and we didn't want to run after.  (Turned out Dennis had to run out anyway)  So he ran out for that, came home with more, and got down to work cooking.  He made pulled pork for sandwiches.  He literally cooked about 25lbs+ of meat forEVER and it all broke down just enough to fit in our crock pot!  Amazing huh?  He made a cold soup for appetizer that no one but him had tried, and we were all cautious about.  Spinach and Artichoke Dip.  It all was gorgeous food and I wish I had taken pictures.

Skipping through the rest of Saturday, we went to bed late after changing our clocks ahead (that we needed to) Dennis and I were so tired we couldn't fall asleep.  We literally ended up laughing so hard while laying in bed that we were up for another hour or more.  He got only about 3 hours of sleep, because he had to get up around 5 to get some meat out of the oven, and I ended up sleeping until about 7.  He woke me up a little after 6 and I just couldn't seem to get up.  Anyway, got up and started doing what needed to be done.  Getting me ready, getting the kids ready ... bath time for the babies, had to comb and hair jiz their hair (yes I said jiz not gel, LOL) ...  Kaedyn got some of the stuff I use to keep from being frizzy and helping the curls stick around, and Nathan got some to help his hair stay spiky ...
This first picture was the first picture taken of Kaedyn, and it had a dirty lens, and I think the picture still turned out really neat. 

I couldn't get the little stinker to hold still to get a decent picture of him in his outfit

Cal ended up staying home because right now we only have a 5 person car.  We were going to jam him in there and see if he could hitch a ride back with Kaedyn's Godparents on the way home, but he had a hard time fitting between the carseats, so he felt more comfortable staying home. 

We got to church and met with Pastor Heather and made sure we knew what we were doing, when, etc... Pastor Kurt, who had been the man who was consistently involved in all 4 boys baptisms was there helping in the baptism also.  All four boys were baptized in the same church as me.  That was very important to me, and why we suddenly jumped the "we gotta get this done now" bandwagon, before we move.

The service started and Nathan was kinda running around infront of us, trying to escape, and just being generally goofy.  During the service, the kids were invited to up during Children's bible time.  Kaedyn's Godparent's children were with them, of course.  Kaedyn's Godparets are ... well, one of my best friends, Cathy, from childhood, a good friend, Adam, from high school whom happen to be married, and then another of my best friends and her husband who are not here in the area.   Anyway, Cathy and Adam have their own group of boys, and together we have a small army.   My "nephews" Kyle (6), Jacob (3 - who is only 3 months older then Nathan) and Evan who is 9 adorable months.

Kyle, Noah and Nathan up on the alter steps during children's time

Then we finally talked Jacob into going up ... look at him compared to Nathan.

Kaedyn, who had been DYING to get down and run around a bit, even ended up going up there. 

Then Kaed tried to take off around the stage, to go play with the church band. So Dad had to take off with him, and bring him back.  As the Children's time is ending, Dennis hands me Kaedyn and says he has to go to the bathroom, I beg him to take Nathan... he won't.. LOL... so of course, while he is in the bathroom, Nathan gets up and runs onto the stage, and he runs ACROSS the stage, back and forth ...  ugh.  Pastor Heather had to get up and bring him to me, how embarrassing.  I couldn't get up because I had Kaedyn who was still bucking and trying to get down to go and run, to play with the really cool instruments.  There was a wonderful lady behind me who offered to help me out by holding one, which if I had children who accepted being touched by strangers would have been a God send.  LOL....  So after Dennis came back, I took the two younger boys out into the lobby to let them run.  A little while later, Adam ended up coming out with Jacob just as I was thinking about taking Nathan to the nursery.   So I asked Jacob if he wanted to go play with Nathan where there were some toys, and Adam and I took them to the nursery.  I went back into the church with Kaedyn and Dennis was looking at me like, "aren't you missing a kid?"  LOL.   I told him I shoved him in a closet somewhere, left him there.  He gave me that "whatever" look and then I told him I put him in the nursery. Dennis went out with Kaedyn in the lobby to let him run around until it was time for his baptism. 

Then it was time.  And this photos were taken by Noah, with the help of Mary S. at Church (who happens to be the mother of one of my classmates from highschool.)

His Godparents got these neat little certificate cards... 

And he got this.... his certificate, his candle, the hankie that they use to wipe away the water, and the shell.  Calahan and Noah both got an actual shell and they would use it to scoop water out of the bowl and pour it on their heads. 

After prying the children from the nursery, Jake decided he wanted to live there - period, we hit the cars and headed home.  I wanted to get some photos at the church, after the service, but I don't think Kaedyn would have anything to do with it.

So we came back to our place and Cathy and Adam changed - then Dennis did ... and we had an afternoon filled with chatting, laughter, the boys played so well together.....  oh, and I mean the older ones...  Adam and Dennis were having a blast playing different games on the x-box... oh and the littler boys had a blast too!  They all ended up outside getting muddy and a mess, including Nathan, but whatever.  I should have taken a ton more pictures then I did. 

Here is the adorable, best behaved baby in the world - 9 month old Evan.  Seriously, there were a couple of moments where he was so quite, that I would totally forget he was in the room!!  He liked to seek out any and all paper on the floor!  First he demolished a book that Nathan & Kaedyn started to demolish .. and then enjoyed some wrapping paper, and THEN choked on a tiny piece of tissue paper he managed to bite off! LOL... he's going to be a stealth trouble maker that one! 

 The very willful Jacob who is 3 months older then my tiny Nathan.  He saw me with the camera and got all up in my flash! LOL....  apparently he's a camera ham!

 I didn't get another picture of Kyle other then on stage at the church, he was to busy playing with the boys.  Kyle is 2 years younger the Noah and stands about a head taller.  LOL...  it just makes me laugh at my little shorties.  However... in my short children's defense, Adam is 6ft!...  And I wanted to get a picture of Cathy and I .... but I think, I didn't do it.... because he HAVE to see each other again before we move. 

Later on they gave Kaedyn a gift.  It ended up having an engraved little photo album in it.  Awwwww...

(complete with Kaedyn finger prints!)
And the monkey!  Well, the monkey on the Monkey's head...

Turned out I loved the Monkey and Kaedyn loved the currently photoless photo album, so it was all great!  Thanks Cathy & Adam & da boys!!   I gave Cathy a couple of sheriff badges I had bought the boys awhile back and she showed them to them this morning.  They were engraved with their names.  Apparently I'm pretty cool with them now.  LOL....

And when Cathy left we started to cry.  They make it really hard to leave.  We may not get a chance to see each other very often but if we did, the boys would all be best friends, just like us.  :(