Wow how things work out..

Well I have to tell this story... Like most of you know we had a house fire in Aug 2009. Tyler's hand was over 30% burnt with 2nd & 3rd degree burns. His hand has healed AWESOME!!! like you wouldn't believe. Literally the other day I was staring at it trying to find scars! Which I finally found it but it took forever! Anyways our insurance came back saying they weren't covering 100% like we thought so we were hit with a BIG bill. We had the money but I was really sad that it would take alot of our savings. And I had really felt like the Lord was going to take care of it.(He did of course just not the way I thought) We kept going back and forth with the insurance and hospital and finally realized that it was what it was. Anyway in Feb a job at the Kids hospital came up and Tyler had already wanted something to do on his off days so he applied. Out of 30 people he got it! his first check covered the bill too! ain't that amazing! So you see God did take care of it because he gave Tyler that job at the hospital to cover the bill! He didn't say everything was going to be easy but that he would be there and help!! Also then because we took the opportunity that God provided he let the job that Tyler has been waiting on for over 2 years became available!! lol

Tyler has been waiting for a Fire Marshall to retire for going on 2 years or for them to have a job opening. Well it wasn't but 1 week ago Madison Co Fire Marshall's office needed an emergency investigator and guess what they called Tyler!!! He knew the guys there his whole life practically and had taken several classes on his own for this position because he knew one day an opening would happen and he wanted the job. Well it paid off!! Just a few days before it happened Tyler finally said if it isn't meant to be I don't want it. I believe he got willing to let it go even though he wanted it so bad.. Then everything started falling into place. Amazing how the Lord works things.. when you let him. So my husband is a Madison County Deputy Fire Marshall!!! wow look at that title! lol can you tell I'm proud of him!

Wow is it almost MARCH!!

ok so it has been awhile since I updated this... where to begin? So the past 2 months have been busy and worrisome. Matt (Tyler's dad) had to have a stint put in because he has 70% blockage and a few 40% blockages that they will try to control with medication. The procedure went really good and Matt has been feeling a lot better. Tyler has started a new PT job @ the pediatric er. So he has been busy working @ the fire station, school, and his part time job! but yes we actually do see each other occasionally, we see each other in the hall way and are like oh yea your the other person that lives here... lol j/k its not that bad...

Anyways earlier this month we took Jasmyn to the circus. When we finally told her where we were going she was like ok, whatever. I had been jumping up and done when Tyler said we were going!! lol I was expecting that reaction from her MISS DRAMA QUEEN!! we were like she doesn't know what it is... so we get there and when finally got to see the tigers.. she went crazy!! oh if I could have gotten the facial expressions this kid makes it would have been great! So she loves the circus and wants to go about every night now....

So I have another story about my "Too smart for her own good kid".. I had went to Matt and Gayles one night. Me and Gayle were eating at the bar.. Matt walks in and says "What are we going to do with her?" I was like oh no what has she done now!! He starts laughing as he tells us this....Matt was at the computer as usual working... Jasmyn jumps up in the stool beside him and says "hey pop, Nick jr." which means she wants to go to the nick jr website and play games. He told her wait. Well Jasmyn is VERY VERY persistent and kept bugging him until he finally went to that website.. The second he did this Jas " ok you can get up now pop" oh my gosh my 3yr old just told her pop to get out of the seat for her!!! He dumbfounded got up. She slid into the seat. " ok you can scoot me up now".. so he did just that. " ok pop you can go in the other room now" lol...it was her turn and she wanted him to leave.... oh my gosh!!! This kid loves Nick Jr and PBS kids website and get around them better than I can finding little paint and sticker games...

Just took Jas to the Dr for her check up and she weighs 40.4lbs and 39.75 in!! wow she is growing!

The Holidays are OVER!!!

Ok so from the title I guess you know that I am kind of glad all the holidays are over!! Can't help it but there was so much to do, so many places to go, and just not enough time!! Well lets see where I left off.....ok so Wednesday Dec 23 was my last day at work.. Christmas Eve morning Tyler got off work and came home. yay!! he was home for Christmas this year which means next year is going to be hard to plan because he probably work it..anyways.. Tyler and Trevor put the trampoline together for Jas..she had no clue!! this was what she always had on the top of her list when we asked her what she wanted Santa to bring her. We had 2 Christmas's on Christmas Eve @ Tatum's it was fun. Then we got up the next morning!! lol Jas opened her small gifts that we got her. She was all excited then this sad look came upon her face. I asked her what was wrong and she goes "He didn't bring me a trampoline!" thats when Tyler told her to come look out the window. This kids looks out the window in shock and starts jumping saying" he did he did he did bring me a trampoline!!!" lol it was so cute. well now she believes he (Santa) will bring her what she asks for so she has already started on this years list!! can you believe it! she is already cleaning her room saying I can't let Santa fall in my room..I want him to bring me a see saw for christmas... well it never ends... well I thought we (Tyler and I ) weren't going to get each other anything. Well Jas got him some accessories to go with his new MP3 player he got from Tatum for Christmas. well then Tyler tells me to open mine .. I was like I don't have one..hmmmm he tells Jas to go get it..they had a lil secret...I open it and its this gorgeous red Christmas ornament. I was like wow thats pretty (it really is but yes I was a lil dissapointed) I was turning it around when I heard the cling!!! lol and thats when I was like WOW NOW THATS REALLY PRETTY!!! lol there tied to the ornament (my husband can be creative with his gifts) was a BEAUTIFUL sapphire ring!!! I have always wanted one!! I love it!! He done great then I felt bad about his little gift but then I remembered the big red truck that was sitting in our driveway as the 3rd car and I didn't feel so bad..lol...

Well we went to moms the Saturday after Christmas because we were supposed to celebrate our Christmas on Sunday. Well Tyler and I both woke up with our stomachs hurting awful.. We thought it was the frozen pizza from the night before. Tyler literally couldn't get out of bed on Sunday he slept 19 hours!!! we head home that night because we both were feeling so bad and couldn't really enjoy being at moms. I hated it for mom so bad... the next night I get a phone from Cassie "its not the pizza...thanks for the present" yeap you guessed it.. it was a virus and we gave it to everyone!!! Mom dad Hildary toby cassie clint alea and wes... and somehow tatum got it also sooo..don't know how that happened but someone was carrying it! oh yea it must have been jas becuase she was sick Christmas morn about 3am and I thought it was all the candy she ate sneaking behind my back. anyways we are all better now and never want to get it again!!!!

So now I am back at work..yay to have somewhere else to go but I hate getting up!!!!

Winchester Christmas Play and the Dino attack!

Well, so Winchester's Christmas play was Friday night Dec 11th. Jasmyn was a twinkling star! She was so excited to be a star and sing twinkle twinkle. Anyways Tyler was supposed to work but took off that night to surprise me!! how sweet I know, I have a great husband!! Jasmyn was so excited that daddy was going to watch her in the play!! She did so good!! oh let me tell you I have 2 stories about my kid.. hmm hmm there is never a dull moment with TYLER's kid!! lol

1) Thursday night @ practice I am sitting on a bench and Jas is talking to her friends just down the same bench. Chasity was sitting beside me and I hear her say "What is she doing?" I look to see my 3 yr old with her arm around a CUTE 7 yr old boy just at the end of the bench. She turns and grins at the other girls while scooting in closer to the boy!!! The next thing I know she kisses him on the check and turns to say that they are getting married. Chasity and I lost it how funny!!! Jasmyn then gets up to get a toy and another little girl scoots in to the boy. Jas doesn't like this...her jaw drops hands go to hips and she walks over to them.. puts her hands between their knees to make room for her to wiggles her butt back into her seat!!! she is not letting this sit with him!!! She has started early!!! all prayers appreciated!!!

2) Friday night, we were on our way home and was about out of gas so we stopped at the gas station. Well Jasmyn wanted candy.. she just ate a cupcake in the car so I said no.. She then goes to knock on the window to get Tyler's attention. Which he told her no too.. I then said "Jasmyn I told you no" She goes " I wasn't talking to you" say what!!!! lol "Jasmyn!" " I was talking to my daddy" she says this with a 13 yearold attitude!!! "Jasmyn you need to be quiet" I was trying to not to laugh because how does this 3 year old but these sentences together.. "I was talking to my dinosaur" see she got this 2ft Trex that moves and roars for Christmas from Colton her cousin at the play..I was like whatever until I heard the next words that came out of her mouth.."Bite her.." SHE TOLD HER DINOSAUR TO BITE ME!!!!! How just HOW does she know to tell her dino to bite me for her benfit!! I don't understand how her mind works it amazes me she is 3 going on 13!!

Missing her grow up!

ok so have you ever had one those moments. Where you look at your kid and feel like you missed that centimeter that they grew!! lol Last night Tyler and I went to Higdon for the viewing of Bro. Tommy Holland. I grew up @ Higdon and am best friends with Tishina his grand-daughter so we went for her and the family. Anyways, Jasmyn was with Gayle and had went to Christmas play practice. When we got home Jasmyn was telling us about her going to be a star in the play.. Well while she is running around talking and laughing it hit me that I missed something like she had grew up from the time I seen her that morning til the evening. Have you ever had that?? Like I wanted to rewind her day and watch it because I didn't get to be there.. sad.. I wanted to cry... This morning Jas asked me not to go to work and stay home with her. I have been working 80hrs in 9 days for the past few months just so I can every other Friday or now Monday off to be with her and Tyler when his schedule permits. I have enjoyed the long weekends with them and think they have done some good for Jasmyn too. She likes it when I tell her I don't have to work the next day and that we can have a picnic in the living room!! lol

As we head into the Holidays and try to fit every party in I realize that there just isn't enough time or me to go around!!! I want to do all this stuff and it just isn't happening!! we will see how next week goes!!!

Turkey Day has come and gone!!

Well since Tyler had to work.. Jas and I made the trip to Higdon to be with my mom's side of the family.. Had so much fun. Saw some family that I don't get to see alot and that was good catching up with them. Jas of course loved playing with Alea and Wesley..THen realizing that she has more than 2 cousins!! lol she is so funny... All the kids played and played so well together. Jasmyn of course wanted to play firefighter with Cuz JenJen who is a neonatil nurse.. Jasmyn was upset she didn't have any doctor stuff to work on Jennifer with. lol At one time Jasmyn fell out in the floor and told Jen to save her. Jen looked at her and said I don't have my DR stuff. Jasmyn opened her eyes and said " your a firefighter duh!!" oh so then jen knew to drag her out of the burning house..lol my kid loves to pretend!!

got up at 4:30am on Friday to go to Walmart with mom, got what we wanted and left!! lol it wasn't that bad. then we ate breakfast at Krystal in kimball, Tn. Went home to moms unloaded the car and tehn headed to Chattanooga! we shopped til we dropped! when we returned to moms I unloaded my stuff from her car to mine then went home to HSV!! oh what a day!! I was so tired.. Jasmyn was exausted and upset that we left Granna. She made them let her borrow "The Mask" with Jim Carrey because he is soooo silly.. Her words..

So my tree is up and decorated!! yea!! I wish I had more decorations in my house but hate to spend the money on that when we are buying all these presents! maybe after the holidays when everything is 75% off.. I do my tree in gingerbread menand candy garland which Jas loves the "cookie man" lol Monday night, I cooked a good dinner and made rice crispy treats while we (Tyler, me, and Jas) all decorated the tree.. it was fun and hopefully going to be a tradition from now on. I am excited this year to celebrate Christmas with Jasmyn because she is so DRAMATIC with presents.. Last year was fun also but she is getting the hang of opening presents now.. She has been telling us whenever a toy commerical comes on that that is what she wants for Christmas.. lol and she can name everything that Santa brought her last year now that is amazing..Can't wait and its getting closer!!!

Thanksgiving!!

Wow here comes Thanksgiving!!! We just had Halloween, Jasmyn's 3rd birthday and Wesley's 2nd birthday!! They are exactly 366 days apart! How funny/.... Anyways, Tyler has to work on Thanksgiving so me and Jas will be making the drive to Higdon..

It has been so busy here at work lately that I am so drained.. so many new labs coming on board and having to purchase EVERYTHING from the paper clip to the sequencing machines!!! wow I love my job but I am so looking forward to be off from Nov 26- Dec 1 wooo hooo then from Dec 24 - Jan 5!!!! yea!! all paid Holidays!! got to love that on top of vacation time. Well I have joined the volunterr fire department with Tyler so hopefully in Jan I can take my EMT classes. It has been fun getting to go to the station with so we can actually have something to do together..We had to calls last night but one got cancelled and the other a false alarm so haven't really been anything interesting yet... we will see how this weekend goes.