2011

Things started to look up and Century Link decided to make good with Darron and gave him a nice raise so we could start getting back on top again.  We were able to move back into a beautiful house on July 1.  It was so nice to have a yard back for the kids to play in.  They made some great new friends while we were in the apartments, but so grateful for a house to call our own. 

DJ is having the good year, still struggling in school but he loves his teacher and she really does a great job with him.  DJ is wild in school, constantly up and around, can't stand still for one minute, always talking....(alot like me..oops).   I do not regret holding him back one bit.  I think it was a great decision.  When people ask what grade DJ is in, he says, "I am supposed to be in 3rd, but I got held back".  He tells EVERYONE that.  He is so funny.  He has made some great friends this year that will hopefully continue through his school years. 

Morgan started Kindergarten and Loves every minute.  I never thought 2 kids would be so different, but here they are.  Morgan is so easy and quiet in school.  She is lucky enough to have the teacher that DJ had last year.  Mrs. Connie Harland.  She is the best teacher ever!!  Love her and so do all my kids!! Morgan has struggled with her alphabet sounds and was seeing someone in school to help her and give her some extra time.  I have become close friends with Mrs. Harland and when she told me this, I was shocked.  Morgan would repeat everything at home just fine...so when we went home that night, I recorded Morgan on my phone and then played it back for Mrs. Harland to let her know that Morgan did indeed know everything...I don't know if she was just not confident enough or just being too shy.  Little stinker.

This has been Morgan's big year for things to happen, although I am not sure anyone will ever out do DJ.  Morgan was playing house one day with her friend Juliette and Morgan was playing the baby.  Juliette was carrying her then accidently dropped and fell on top of her, fracturing Morgan's foot.  I was sure that Morgan was okay, but after not being able to walk on it for 2 days, I took her to the Dr and of course, we had to go to the Orthopedic.  They casted her foot...bright pink.  Pretty cool and she got to have that one for 2 weeks.  Kids heal so fast!!  It took her about another week after it was off, to get back to normal, but she was tough.  Morgan also lost her 1st tooth.  It was so loose but she wouldn't pull it out.  It was just hanging there...so gross.  At lunch, Morgan's TA got to help her pull her tooth out of her hotdog.  Morgan was so excited!!! 

Porter....well, Porter decided to fall out of bed one night....I am not exactly sure what happened...he came into my room crying, I picked him up thinking he had just had a bad dream and put him back in bed.  He went right back to sleep so I didn't think anything of it....until the next morning.  I go in and there was blood everywhere.  Porter had split his eyebrow right open.  oops...bad mom moment.  I took him to the urgent care and they wouldn't treat him because it was too close to his eye so we had to go to the ER.  I went home and got Darron and took him up to Duke ER.  They gave Porter a cool stuffed Penguin that he named Mr. Popper, and put numbing medicine on his eye before they gave him all the shots, well that medicine didn't work and we ended up having to pin him down on the table to get in his 2 stitches.  Darron and I were both in tears knowing this little guy could feel everything.  He did a great job and got blue stitches!