Trick or Treat!

Grammy, Mommy and Alyssa went Trick or Treating tonight. We had a good time and Alyssa was so cute!!! She did great saying Trick or Treat and Thank You!! Guess she had lots of good practice this past week. Here are some pics of tonight.......... Uncle AJ, Mommy and Alyssa (trying to get down to eat candy and drink milk)

Uncle AJ, Mommy and Alyssa - getting all 3 to look at once.......impossible! :)

Alyssa's last stop trick or treating.....Daddy :)

Alyssa in punkin land trick or treating

Grammy and Alyssa - ready to get some candy!

Daddy, Alyssa and Uncle Sean

Alyssa, Mommy, Nana and Grammy (the 4 generations)

Daddy, Alyssa and Mommy

Alyssa getting her hair fixed - getting ready to go out trick or treating.

Mommy attempting to put Alyssa's witch hat on......would not stay on.

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween everyone!! We took Alyssa tonight to pick out a pumpkin.........she picked out a small pumpkin that had a painted face on it for hers. Daddy picked out the bigger pumpkin to carve.
We let Alyssa draw the face on it......then we all shared in cleaning (Daddy did most of it because Alyssa thought it was yucky - and so does Mommy) :) and Mommy made pumpkin seeds while Daddy carved the face out. We hope everyone has a great Halloween!! And I'll post pics tomorrow from trick or treating!! Mommy, Alyssa (scary face) and Pumpkin

Daddy, Alyssa (scary face) and Pumpkin

Alyssa helping make a mess! :)

The "yucky" comment came out here.....

Alyssa helping Mommy clean the pumpkin

Cleaning still.......

Alyssa getting the pumpkin seeds and coloring the newspaper

Daddy & Alyssa cleaning out the pumpkin

Update - Doctor

I went and saw the Gastro Doc today. I have an appt for a lovely "procedure" on Dec 3 at 7am. I will be put to sleep thank God!! So I get to be a little loopy that day and hopefully won't remember anything :)
He has a feeling I have some form of colitis and is sure this will show him I either do or do not have it. If I don't we'll talk about it after the procedure, and if I do he will let me know what type and how to care for it. There are so many forms of colitis and he doesn't want to go through all types and treatment now until we know what type I have.
He was quite concerned mainly with my weight loss and all of my symptoms including that point to colitis. He was a little upset with my regular Doc that he waited so long to send me with the constant weight loss and that he made me go dairy free for 5 weeks, when he really knew sooner that wasn't the issue - but what's done is done and I think I am in great care now. He was very nice, quick to the point (which I like) and feels he can help me solve my problem. Woohoo!!
So until my procedure I'll try and manage the issues with diet all while trying not to lose much more weight.
Just wanted to let everyone know. Things will be quiet with this until December.
Love everyone!!

Trunk or Treat

Tonight we took Alyssa to Trunk or Treat at Nanny and Poppy's Church. Alyssa had a really good time and got lots of candy.....she wouldn't say Trick or Treat or Thank You but she was sooooo cute. Alyssa is a witch this year but won't wear the hat......she actually calls herself a witch princess when we put her costume on :)
Thank you Nanny and Poppy for inviting us, we all had a great time :)

Trunk or Treat

Random Pics

Tony

Tony is Anthony and my Son. He was born stillborn on April 13, 2004. The pic above is a tattoo I got last Friday on my upper back. Anthony has an awesome tattoo with Tony's hands and foot prints on his chest and has had it a long time now. For about 2 years I have wanted Tony's footprints as my tattoo......so last Friday it struck me that was "the day". AJ went down with me while Anthony kept Alyssa and I got my tattoo. I love it and am so happy!! Didn't even hurt......which was awesome :)
We Love and Miss Tony everyday......and this only made me feel a sense of peace and closure that has been a long time coming.

News News and more News

So alot of you know some of these things but the past couple weeks have been kinda busy and crazy. A little over 2 weeks ago I was in an accident in Lexi. I am ok - got a little banged up and bruised but I am ok and all healed now. I was driving on Slaughter one night and a car was coming at me head one just before our subdivision. To avoid hitting him/her head on I went off the road. If any of you know Slaughter Rd. it is mainly ditches on the sides, so I went into a ditch (someone's front yard). Hit a mailbox and some other things ending in a cement wall. The airbag deployed, lots of damage to the under carriage of the car, the front end had a lot of damage and my windshield was broken. Needless to say Lexi was totalled :( The other person never stopped so that wasn't too good. We filed everything under our insurance and are pretty much done with the settlement for the total loss.
So......last week Anthony and I drove to Birmingham and we bought a new and improved Lexi :) We bought an 06' GS 430. Just what old Lexi was but newer body style, lots of awesome features and she is black. I will take some pics and add them for everyone to see. Anthony cleaned her up today so she'll be nice and shiny tomorrow for pics :)
Another exciting yet stressful event this week was a new job offer for me. Most of you know I have been with Brown International just over 2 years and have loved it! I love what I do, love the people and I have been extremely dedicated to my position with the company. Well, out of the blue a friend of mine referred me to Sage Systems for their Procurement and Logistics Manager position. I agreed to go in and talk with the Director and interview for the position. The next day, I was offered the job. They are a sub contractor for a very large Nasa Protective Services Contract. I am very excited to take the position, although it will be tough to leave Brown and everything I have there. I turned in my resignation Thursday and will end there on 11/7. I start with Sage on 11/10.
Everyone at Brown and other friends I have made through Brown are very happy for me and have been extremely supportive in my decision. I will miss everyone (on a daily basis) there but am very happy to say I have made some awesome friendships there that will last forever, so I'll still be seeing them alot.
Medical Note: Dr. took me off dairy free diet - yay! Going to see a Gastro Dr. Monday at 9. He will then set up any testing I need to have done. I'll keep you all upated. Thanks for all of your support and prayers throught this already!!
Wish me luck and keep me in your prayers!

Fun at the Park

Last weekend Daddy and Alyssa went to the playground. Alyssa had a great time and as you can see loved playing on the slide.
Cracks me up how her little tongue is out in this first pic :)