Christmas post and pictures coming soon!

Sorry I have done so poorly in updating the blog. I have lots of stories and pictures to share from our Christmas celebrations last week. I could have posted the stories but I wanted pictures to go along too. I finally had a chance to upload/download pictures on to the computer.(Not sure what the correct term is on that so I included both.) Once, I put the pictures on the computer I like to send them to my Wal-Mart account before I do any adjustments to put them on the blog. Well, for some reason I can't get them to upload to my Wal-Mart account! UGH!!! Its really frustrating! So hopefully I will get that done today and be able to let you in on all of our fun we had last week!

FYI

To all of you that have children or even yourself when you get colds try this! I think I had actually read this last year but I tried it with Baby Vick's and it didn't work. Last night only a few short hours after the kids had went down the coughing began. I started praying over them. The Lord reminded me that earlier that day my mom had told me to rub Mentholatum Ointment on their feet and put socks on them. So I did it! It worked! Both kids slept great last night. They had a few coughs here and there, but nothing like the nights before. We didn't have to get up once to give medicine! YAY! As I am typing Jackson is still asleep! So thank you Jesus for always leading and helping us and providing wisdom and advice through our parents!!!

A house full of coughs!

Both children have pretty wicked coughs. For the first time today, my house is silent. Which is fabulous. That means the medicine, the baby Vick's, and humidifiers are doing their jobs!!! Thankfully, Jaycee has only a cough. Of course, little Jackson man has been sick this entire week!

So as eventful of a week we thought we would have it didn't turn out so. I am very thankful that we had the colds this past week and not Christmas week. I am sure by the time the big family gathering rolls around on Friday the kids will be back to normal!

We did have a pretty eventful night last night. It took Jackson about an hour and half to go to sleep. Which is quite unusual. Jaycee was down at 7:00 because she had spent the day with my mom. Jaycee awoke about midnight and I put her in bed with me. It was probably around 1:00 am when Jackson started crying. I crawled out of bed and went to his bed. He proceeded to flop around for about an hour coughing quite a bit. Then he asked for some milk. I thought, sure why not. It might coat his throat a little and since he hasn't been eating fill his tummy. About 20 mins. after drinking the milk, it all came back up in his bed and on me! At this point, I really couldn't move, so I screamed extremely loud for Byron. I didn't realize that he had moved to the couch b/c Jaycee was sleeping wildly in our bed. So he came into the room to rescue Jackson from the mess. At 2:30 in the morning, Jackson is in the bath and I am stripping his bed.(Byron was watching Jackson in the tub.) Not in the mood to deal with the bedding, I put it in diaper boxes and sat it out on the porch! It was better then leaving it in the house for us to smell the wonderful aroma of milk vomit! Once, we got Jackson settled down and some more medicine in him, Byron, Jackson, and I hung out in the living room. What else did we do, but watch Mickey's Once upon a Christmas! Did you notice I didn't say TWICE? I now have both of them recorded! YAY! Those are Jackson's only request at the moment and I desperately needed a break from the Twice! Shortly after Jackson and I got settled in the recliner and Byron on the couch, Jaycee came out of our room. She joined her dad on the couch. Jackson once again threw up but thankfully it was water this time, but still called for a change of shirt for him and me. Also, for us to gather up some more blankets. At this point, Byron and Jaycee had moved into Jaycee's room. Finally, about 4:30 am Jackson and I went to my bed and we got some great sleep! So I told you it was eventful! How many beds were slept in by multiple members of the family? All of them!!! We might not be getting a lot of sleep, nor by any means do we look glamorous around here, but I do know I wouldn't trade any of it. Yes, its definitely miserable to have your babies sick, but I am thankful that it is only colds we are dealing with. I am so thankful that I am able to be with them every second of it. I am SUPER thankful that I have a husband who is here and helping me take care of our children!!! I do know that I wouldn't make it by myself. I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father that is keeping us safe and protected! That He gives this momma and daddy the extra strength, patience, grace, mercy, and love we need!!!

I am off to bed! Hopefully, tonight will not be so eventful, but only time will tell! I hope by tomorrow I will get to tell you about Jaycee's great outing with her Mam Mam!!! Good Night from the Lohrer household in Oklahoma!!!

Going on 3 days!

Well, Jackson and I are working on our 3rd day of being in the house. Little man has come down with a pretty yucky cold. Even though I have enjoyed all of the snuggling in my lap, I pretty much haven't gotten anything done around here. I feel so sorry for him. His nose runs all day and then as soon as he goes down, he coughs b/c of all the drainage. Last night was a pretty bad night.

He went down about 8:30. At 11:00 I hear him saying Mom, Mom, Mom! By the time I can get myself out of bed he was entering our bedroom. The plan was to head back to his bedroom, but he didn't want that at all! Byron moved to the couch and Jackson got what he wanted. He rolled around for awhile, but couldn't go to sleep. He also kept trying to crawl out of the bed, so I turned on cartoons for him. We have Mickey's twice upon a Christmas recorded. I think we watched it 3 times last night before he was ready to fall asleep!!! He would sleep for an hour and then wake up screaming! I think its b/c he is so tired and he feels so bad. That is the only way he can express that to me. I would place his blanket on my chest, he would lay down, and I would sing Jesus Loves You. Thank you Jesus, singing that song calms him down every time!!! Needless to say, it was a roller coaster of a night on sleeping!

I pray that today he will get good rest and he will be on his way to recovery!!! I doubt we will get out of the house today. Hopefully, tomorrow we can get out and do something!

Our weekend!

Friday night was one spent at home. We had gone to a basketball game the night before and so we decided since our weekend was going to be busy we would stay in for the night. It was a hard night once again for Jaycee because she didn't want to eat. She is one stubborn and determined little girl. So she sat at the dinner table for over an hour. The last thirty minutes of it she spent crying and saying I want Mommy! I was so thankful when Byron took her to her room and put her to bed. This mommy couldn't handle her calling my name like that. I am guessing this week we will probably go through some more not eating days. We allowed her to eat Saturday morning because she was staying with my mom that day. Its not fair or fun for a grandma to enforce rules. Jaycee and Jackson spent Saturday and Sunday with my parents. So our joke was that Jaycee would eat all she needs and wants there, and then it would last her all week!!!

Saturday, Byron and I went up to Norman to do more shopping. Our plans were for the kids to go, but when Byron stopped by my parents after work on Friday to borrow my mom's stroller she said that she wanted them. She said, Byron and I would have more fun and get more done without them. Also, she felt that since Byron had them the weekend before she needed to return the favor!!! What a sweet mommy!!! Byron and I are now done with our Christmas shopping! YAY! I do need to get a few little things for the kids' stockings, but that is a "quick" trip into Wal-Mart. We did have a tremendous time being together. We were so blessed to have a day to ourselves.

Yesterday, Jackson and I went to church. Jaycee's nose is stopped up and so we thought it might not be the best for her to spread her germs to all of her friends in class. She feels fine, its just when she sneezes snot goes everywhere. Of course, she totally freaks out and hates that. So it would have been quite the distraction in class. After church, Jackson and I had lunch with my parents. Oh my, Jackson ate a lot. We had Mexican food. Mom introduced Jackson to cheese dip! This is now his new favorite. He ate 2 cup fulls of it and we had 3 bowls of chips before he finished. He did quite well for the fact that he got to dip his own chips in his own cup of cheese dip. He was so cute. Then, after his cup had nothing left he picked up the pepper and ate it! WOW! I am so thankful we don't have a food issue with him! I don't know if I could handle 2 children being so darn picky!!! After lunch, Mom dropped me off at Pastor Jerry and Deania's house. We were giving a good friend of ours a baby shower. She is due January 10th with her 3rd little girl!

Mom drove our car back to our house. Dad and Jackson picked Mom and Jaycee up and headed to my parents' house. Byron drove over to Sulphur because last night we had our Small Group Christmas party. We had a blast. We had 37 people there. I know you are saying that isn't really a typical Small Group size. No its not. I think we are about to divide it. Our church isn't a big church so our Small Groups are made up of age groups. Our group rages from 20-30s. We have recently had a lot of early 20s enter the group making it quite large which is totally awesome. Anyways, we played Dirty Santa. Can you imagine?! It was a lot of fun and a lot of laughter! Byron and I made out with probably some of the best gifts there. The limit was $10. Some found the best gifts for $10 and others well basically gave anything they could find. One guy ended up with a 1980s worship cassette tape! WHAT?! Who even has a tape player anymore? Byron ended up with a box of 12 different flavors of coffee packages! WOOHOO!!! I got a beautiful new billfold!!! We also had a large game of Catch Phrase. Unfortunately, the girls lost both games of that! Only due to the fact the guys cheated!!! All in all it was a great and fun night!

This week is going to busy! Tonight we are taking the kids into Duncan to drive through the neighborhoods to see Christmas Lights. I can't wait! It will be so much fun as long as the kids stay awake. Tomorrow night, we are going to watch my old high school coach's team play basketball. After his game, his son Case, is the starting point guard for the boys' team. Which I can't even believe Case is a Senior. When they came to Velma, Case was a first grader. Case is one awesome kid and I am so excited to go watch him play!!! Wednesday night is church. Thursday night we are going to another basketball game. We are going to watch Roff play Red Oak. It is one of the biggest games of the year for Roff. Both teams are ranked high in class B and they could face each other in March in the State Tournament. Our associate pastor's son plays for Roff. So it should be a great game. Come this weekend we will be ready to relax!

Since the weather in Washington has been so cold I thought I would share our weather. Yesterday, was a true testament to the weather style of Oklahoma! Yesterday, our high got to 80! This isn't normal by any chance to have that high of temperature in December. We hung out at Trey and Serah's house before the Christmas Party. When we left their house it was still in the 70s. Ten minutes later arriving at the Christmas Party, the wind had changed and the temperature dropped to the 50s. By the time the party ended it was into the 30s. This morning it was 19!!! That is Oklahoma weather at its finest!!!

There you have it, another update of what is happening in Oklahoma! Have a very blessed week!

This is Awesome!

If our greatest need had been information,
God would have sent us an educator.

If our greatest need had been technology,
God would have sent us a scientist.

If our greatest need had been money,
God would have sent us an economist.

If our greatest need had been pleasure,
God would have sent us an entertainer.

But our greatest need was forgiveness,
so God sent us a Saviour.

Ray Lessin


This is on the front of my Mom's Christmas cards this year. Its too good not share!!!

Sorry!

Sorry for not posting lately! Its definitely not because I haven't wanted to, its because our Internet connection has been very bad. With us living in a small rural town our options are limited. The only semi-fast option for Internet is wireless. We receive signals from local towers. Lately, I have felt like we were back using dial up. The computer guy came out today and changed our IP address and switched something around so we can receive from 2 locations instead of just 1. So for the time being we have semi-fast Internet again! WOOHOO!

The last time I posted was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving! WOW! That has been a while. I guess I have a little catching up to do. Thanksgiving was great! Lots of wonderful food and dessert. We had a good time with our family in Loco. It was great weather too. The kids played outside and rode the golf cart around. I didn't get too many pictures though. The first part of the day Jaycee was sleeping. She had spent the night at my parents with my nieces the night before. Then Jackson slept for the latter part of the day.

Black Friday, Byron and I journeyed into Wal-Mart! The kids stayed at my parents so we thought we would experience the joy of shopping on the craziest day of the year. Neither of us had ever participated and I doubt we will ever do it again! Wal-Mart was insane! We thought we might have the slightest chance of getting the kids Power Wheel jeeps. In 30 seconds they were gone and we couldn't even get close enough to touch one! We did however get a new printer. Our printer had crashed a few months ago. They had the newest version of ours for $30. I can now print out recipes instead of hand writing them! Yippee! I was thrilled to buy the kids winter coats for $8 and to also get them some nice but comfortable sweat suits for $4 a piece! All in all it was good!

Friday evening our nieces came over and stayed the night. We had lots of fun playing the Wii. Saturday morning my best friend Tracy, whose parents live across the street from us, came over for coffee. Its so wonderful living across from the Crook family. Now, I am able to see my best friend whenever she comes home from Austin, TX to visit her parents! Saturday night of course was the Bedlam Battle in football. University of Oklahoma Sooners against Oklahoma State University Cowboys. Once again, the Sooners came out on top! They have now earned their way to play in the National Championship game January 1st! WOOHOO!!!

I also got up all of the inside Christmas decorations Thanksgiving weekend. Byron finished up the outside stuff this past weekend. The first week of December was pretty calm. We bought groceries, went to church, and watched 2 Velma Comet basketball games. So glad basketball season is here. I LOVE it! Even though its still hard at the games to totally watch what is going on, I still enjoy it. Jaycee does great! Jackson is the squirmy one. The only way to keep him still for 5 minutes is a sucker! The kids get full of sugar, but we all have a grand time!

This past Saturday was girls shopping day! My mom, sis, and I left from my house at 7:00 a.m. For good shopping we travel about an hour and half away to Norman, OK. Its a little south of Oklahoma City. We arrived back at my house at 10:30 that night. So we shopped for 12 1/2 hours! YES!!! We so thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We hope to do it more often not just at Christmas time! We all did really well. I have Kiley, Keely, Amy, and Mom's gifts. I also have our small group's dirty santa gift. My mom's suburban was packed. The only room left were the 3 seats we needed so we could make it to our next destination!

For today, Jackson pushed over our Christmas tree!!! Lovely! He is truly all boy! Jaycee broke an ornament her first Christmas and since then hasn't laid a hand on a tree. Hopefully, Jackson learned his lesson and will keep away from the tree! I am not crossing my fingers though! For Jaycee its back to her wonderful eating habits! I made one of her favorites, Creamy Burrito Casserole. She decided she didn't like it anymore. She went on to say that the food I make her is disgusting and that it taste like Bubby's spit up! UGH! Needless to say, that didn't make this mommy too happy. I snatched up her plate and she will go without food for the rest of the day. ZERO food! I am pretty sure she will be introduced to lots of food that will make her very thankful for when mommy makes her favorite meal again!!! I have forgiven her for her very rude comment, but she will learn to be thankful for the food that is placed in front of her to eat!

I think you all are now caught up on the Lohrer family in Oklahoma. Hopefully, in the next couple of days I will post some pictures. This is of course, if our internet cooperates with us! Hope you all have a fabulous week!