Dalton's birthday & a few other pictures

I love this picture of Dalton. He was ver anxious to eat the cake & cupcakes that he helped decorate. As I was getting out the icecream, he sat there with his head in his hands. It was too adorable to pass up taking this picture!

Braden says "Hello!"

Dalton got a new bike for his 4th birthday & Braden got his very first tricycle. Karl took them to get their helmets & they each picked out Thomas the Tank Engine, which also came with knee pads & elbow pads. Those already came in handy, when Dalton fell off of his bike & said "It didn't hurt when I falled!"

I think that Shelby has permanently dented this cushion on our sectional.

Mommy has to have her picture taken every now & then!

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What have we been up to?

Well, it has definately been a very busy couple of weeks for our family. I realized that I haven't posted anything new since June 15th, but I promise I have a good reason!

On June 16th, my husband, Karl, had a heart attack. We were sitting at home, watching a soccer game on tv & just having a very leisure Saturday afternoon, when Karl told me that he didn't feel well. "What does that mean?" I asked him. "Well, I have this pain in my chest," he says. I said "Let's go to the ER." But stubborn Karl said, "No, let me just lie down & rest for a little bit & see if it goes away." But then even-more-stubborn Megan (and you will probably never hear me refer to myself as stubborn again!) said "Okay, how about if we go to urgent care instead?" Luckily, Karl agreed to this. Once we got to urgent care, we weren't there very long before he was rushed to the hospital. He had a couple of stents put in that evening. On Monday afternoon, he was released from the hospital. However, he will still be needing bypass surgery later in the month.

Then a week and a half later, I started back to school. I am taking online courses to obtain a Criminal Justice degree. I will have my associates degree in 18 months & my bachelors degree in 3 years.

I will be posting pictures soon of what else we have been up to, so check back soon!

Life

Things are really good here. Just busy. I need to download some new pictures to post here. Check back soon!

New Car

Here is our new car! It's a 2006 Pontiac Vibe! It's so cute & drives really well! It's smaller than my Chevy Lumina & not as wide, but yet, it feels like you are sitting in a chair!

I matched the car, by wearing RED today! Karl usually does most of the driving, when we travel together as a family, but he might have to fight me to get into the drivers seat now! :)

Sleeping Habits

We thought that it was strange, when we adopted Shelby that she didn't sleep with us at night. She would come up onto the bed & let us pet her for a few minutes each & then she would either sleep under the bed or sleep in the hallway, right outside our room. Here we are, in this huge king size bed, with soft sheets & a down comforter that is perfect for snuggling under & she doesn't want anything to do with it! So when Lily joined our family, we thought it was wiser to put away the dry-clean only down comforter & buy a cheap, machine-washable comforter, since little puppies often have accidents. The same day that I changed the comforter, was the same night that Shelby decided to come up & sleep with us all night long! I figured she just didn't like the down, which I would expect a cat to LOVE!

Lily likes the new comforter also! She's not picky, she will lie down just about anywhere. But her favorite place to snooze is on my lap or curled in, under my chin.




I am not sure how much Shelby likes Lily being in such close proximity to her! I mean, they are in a king sized bed after all. It's not like they have a TON of room. They are practically breathing the same air. Maybe Shelby is afraid that she will get doggie germs!

I guess they decided to take an afternoon
"catnap" together, after all! Aren't they cute, when Shelby isn't running around, terrorizing poor Lily?

I feel a cold coming on...

I think I am getting the kids' cold. I am supposed to go to the gym tomorrow, but we will see how I am feeling. If my body tells me it's time to rest, then it's time to rest.

On the plus side, both Dalton & Braden are feeling better. :)

New car?

Karl & I have been discussing maybe getting a new minivan. But then after seeing what kind of mileage they got & after watching the gas prices skyrocket here, we decided that that probably wouldn't be such a great idea. But now we are thinking about a car, either the same size as the Chevy Lumina or maybe even a little smaller & more economical. Plus, the chevy has some sort of transmission problem. It just doesn't shift very smoothly. And all of the fluids were changed at the beginning of winter, so it's not that.

So we did some searching online & found the 2007 Honda Civic Sedan Ex with manual transmission. I think we would be interested in at least going to a car lot & looking, but we don't want to be hounded by a salesman.

Hopefully, there will be some good deals, with tax time fast approaching.

Welcome to my Blog!

So I decided to get into blogging, one day a couple of months ago to help keep me accountable on my journey to a healthier lifestyle. And since I have found blogging to be so much fun, I decided to create this blog, to keep track of our family's daily activities.

I hope you enjoy! I know I will!