Thursday, October 29, 2009
Pumpkin time
Here are a few pictures of our pumpkins that we carved on Sunday afternoon. One of them Michael carved using a pattern, the other one is his "free-handed masterpiece" see if you can figure out which one is which!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
What a weekend!!!
This is going to be a weekend to remember for years to come!!! It all started on Friday morning when Christina, my sister-in-law, began having contractions and we all were hoping labor would begin very soon!! I decided to head to south Georgia in the hopes that baby Colt would be born this weekend. I arrived in Coolidge around 10:45 and as soon as I walked in the door Mr. Mike told me that her water had broke...I was thrilled I had come on down to meet my new baby nephew sometime in the next 24 hours!
Saturday we headed to the hospital around 10 am (I really had thought the night before he would be born before I awoke the next morning) to wait for baby Colt's arrival. A few hours later, around 2:00 pm the doctor's decided a C-section was necessary. So at 2:09 pm Colt Matthew Keown arrived on this earth weighing 7 lbs 11 oz and 21 in. long. He's a cutie and his cousins were there to see him as he came out of the OR..I'm glad I brought them home for that!
On Sunday we were able to attend homecoming at First Newark Baptist Church, what a great bunch of folks! It was a wonderful service...the music was excellent, the preaching was great and the food was awesome! Newark will always feel like home to me! During lunch Andrew was not feeling good, but I just thought his allergies were getting to him, he was running a low grade 99.6 temp, so I didn't think anything about it! I was planning on heading north Sunday afternoon but I was too exhausted because of the lack of sleep Friday night (waiting on the baby) and Saturday night (Andrew didn't sleep), so I was going to take a nap and then leave after we woke up...well Andrew began getting sick. That evening he required a breathing treatment but perked right up...no worries on my end! So I decided to wait until Monday morning to leave.
Monday morning we awoke and he was definitely not feeling well...he was just laying around (which is NOT normal behavior for him). I called the doctor after much debate but I wanted to make sure it was not the flu, since we had all been around the baby. I'm so thankful that I called the doc, they got us in at 10:00 am. We showed up at doc office and Dr. Cooper immediately gave him a breathing treatment and then started fluids. About 30 minutes after fluids and a breathing treatment she came in and gave me a diagnosis...Pnemonia! So she gave me a choice...A. you can take him home push fluids, give him antibiotics and steriods and breathing treatments every 3-4 hours or B. you can take him to the hospital. I asked her what she would do if it were her Andrew (her son is also Andrew) and she said she'd take him to the hospital...so that's what we did! We were being admitted into the hospital as Baby Colt and Christina were being discharged! 
We spent Monday afternoon, Monday night and all day Tuesday in the hospital. And Tuesday was Andrew's 3rd birthday...not the place you want to spend you birthday!!! He did get several birthday presents brought to the hospital for him that day..which he enjoyed and is still enjoying! By Tuesday mid-morning Andrew was feeling much better and he was ready to go, but we had to wait to see the doctor. She did release us that evening because we had a nebulizer to give breathing treatments with..now we are in Coolidge getting well. I have to do the breathing treatments with him every 4-6 hours and give him his antibiotics and steriods (which he HATES)..we see Dr. Cooper in the morning for a check up and hopefully he is good to go!
It is so hard seeing your baby being sick and not being able to make him feel better! I could feel the presence of the Lord with us and I know He was taking care of my baby!! It has been a very eventful weekend..one I won't forget!!!
Saturday we headed to the hospital around 10 am (I really had thought the night before he would be born before I awoke the next morning) to wait for baby Colt's arrival. A few hours later, around 2:00 pm the doctor's decided a C-section was necessary. So at 2:09 pm Colt Matthew Keown arrived on this earth weighing 7 lbs 11 oz and 21 in. long. He's a cutie and his cousins were there to see him as he came out of the OR..I'm glad I brought them home for that!
On Sunday we were able to attend homecoming at First Newark Baptist Church, what a great bunch of folks! It was a wonderful service...the music was excellent, the preaching was great and the food was awesome! Newark will always feel like home to me! During lunch Andrew was not feeling good, but I just thought his allergies were getting to him, he was running a low grade 99.6 temp, so I didn't think anything about it! I was planning on heading north Sunday afternoon but I was too exhausted because of the lack of sleep Friday night (waiting on the baby) and Saturday night (Andrew didn't sleep), so I was going to take a nap and then leave after we woke up...well Andrew began getting sick. That evening he required a breathing treatment but perked right up...no worries on my end! So I decided to wait until Monday morning to leave.
Monday morning we awoke and he was definitely not feeling well...he was just laying around (which is NOT normal behavior for him). I called the doctor after much debate but I wanted to make sure it was not the flu, since we had all been around the baby. I'm so thankful that I called the doc, they got us in at 10:00 am. We showed up at doc office and Dr. Cooper immediately gave him a breathing treatment and then started fluids. About 30 minutes after fluids and a breathing treatment she came in and gave me a diagnosis...Pnemonia! So she gave me a choice...A. you can take him home push fluids, give him antibiotics and steriods and breathing treatments every 3-4 hours or B. you can take him to the hospital. I asked her what she would do if it were her Andrew (her son is also Andrew) and she said she'd take him to the hospital...so that's what we did! We were being admitted into the hospital as Baby Colt and Christina were being discharged! 
We spent Monday afternoon, Monday night and all day Tuesday in the hospital. And Tuesday was Andrew's 3rd birthday...not the place you want to spend you birthday!!! He did get several birthday presents brought to the hospital for him that day..which he enjoyed and is still enjoying! By Tuesday mid-morning Andrew was feeling much better and he was ready to go, but we had to wait to see the doctor. She did release us that evening because we had a nebulizer to give breathing treatments with..now we are in Coolidge getting well. I have to do the breathing treatments with him every 4-6 hours and give him his antibiotics and steriods (which he HATES)..we see Dr. Cooper in the morning for a check up and hopefully he is good to go!
It is so hard seeing your baby being sick and not being able to make him feel better! I could feel the presence of the Lord with us and I know He was taking care of my baby!! It has been a very eventful weekend..one I won't forget!!!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Tallulah Gorge
Tuesday was our final day of Fall Break and we wanted to get out and do something the kids would enjoy....so we headed a few miles south to Tallulah Gorge. I'm sad to say that we have lived in Rabun County now for more than 2 years and have yet to go to the Gorge. It is beautiful there, we asked ourselves why we haven't been sooner...my guess is we've just been too busy! We hiked a trail that was about a mile or so and looked at the Gorge at various points, the views are awesome!!! If you are ever this way you better call us and we need to go to the Gorge!!! Here are a few pictures from our trip!
One of the Waterfalls at Tallulah Gorge
The kids at one of the Overlooks...Carrie looks scared!
The kids laying on a rock during our hike!
At another overlook! Haven't a clue what Carrie is doing!
Me and the kids, there is a waterfall behind us! 
Another part of the Gorge!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
South Georgia Visit
We had a short Fall Break and we were able to go home for a few days! We all had a blast!! The week previous to us going home Andrew got to go stay for about 5 days with KK and Papa all by himself, he had a blast!!! KK tells me he is a little con-artist in the making!!!
During our visit we were able to see a lot of folks, it is always so good to see everyone! We arrived in Coolidge late Thursday night, but KK, Papa and Andrew were waiting on us when we got there. We were so glad to get to see Andrew, we all missed him so much while he was away from us! On Friday, we rode to town so we could go see my dad for lunch and it was so good to see him, we had a great lunch visit! On Saturday, we got to see a lot of friends...Matthew and Christina came over for lunch and we got to visit with them, Summer brought Madison and Carson over for lunch and swimming, Melissa came and it was so good to see her, then Allan, Christy, and Abigail we have not seen them in a while and it was so good to see them too!! That afternoon Summer and I took the kids to the fair and they all had a blast, our next visit we are planning on tak
ing a trip to Wild Adventures b/c they loved it! Then that evening we met up with a lot of our old friends from First Newark for dinner, that was a blast!!! On Sunday, we went to church with the Keown's and then headed to Cairo for lunch at Grandma's where we celebrated Andrew's 3rd birthday, it's a little early, but we won't get to 
see everyone on his actual birthday, which is October 20. We left Grandma's and went to my dad's house and got to see them and Chandler came over, it was so good to see him! We then left Coolidge at 9:30 to come back to Clayton and arrived back here at 2 am!
ing a trip to Wild Adventures b/c they loved it! Then that evening we met up with a lot of our old friends from First Newark for dinner, that was a blast!!! On Sunday, we went to church with the Keown's and then headed to Cairo for lunch at Grandma's where we celebrated Andrew's 3rd birthday, it's a little early, but we won't get to 
see everyone on his actual birthday, which is October 20. We left Grandma's and went to my dad's house and got to see them and Chandler came over, it was so good to see him! We then left Coolidge at 9:30 to come back to Clayton and arrived back here at 2 am! I still miss home lots! It really was a great trip, we all enjoyed it so very much! Even Michael didn't have any complaints, except that Colt wasn't born while we were down there!!! We were hoping that we would have a new nephew before we left, but it looks like he is happy right where he is for now!
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and our next trip home!
Andrew's Birthday Cake
Made By: Pam Crosby Howard
Andrew with Grandaddy Andy
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