My Best Friend

Tomorrow, Jarrod and I will celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. It has been an amazing three years. He is my best friend and I am so blessed to have him in my life. We are going to celebrate our anniversary at the beach this week. We leave tonight and will be back on Sunday. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!! I will think about you while I am laying in the sand. :)

A Great Start To My Friday

A box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts...

and a happy baby!!

Don't you wish you could wake up to this smile in the mornings?? There is nothing like it!

Rubber Ducky You're The One...

This week I have been trying to get some cute pictures for Barrett's birthday invitation. Since we are having a rubber ducky theme party I figured it would be cute to have him in a tub playing with duckies. This was a little harder then I thought. As soon as I pulled out my camera he was trying to pull up on the side of the tub and grab it. I tried to hold him with one hand to keep him from slipping and take the picture with my other hand. It was quite an adventure!!Well....after putting 16 rubber duckies in the tub with him and about 50 pictures this is what I got. Maybe they will turn out ok on the invitation. I guess we will see!!!

Lately

I know, I know...it has been a while since my last post. Not much has been going on. We did take Barrett to the Georgia Aquarium last weekend and he had a great time. I thought he may be too young to enjoy it, but boy was I wrong. He loved looking at the fish!! His eyes would get huge when a big fish would swim by.

Also, my mom is back from her beach trip and Barrett was so happy to see her Saturday afternoon. When she left her name was "Grandmommy" now she is saying Barrett is going to call her "E-Momma". I guess we will see. Who knows...he might even come up with a name for her on his own.

We will be going to the beach next week with my parents and sister. I am soooo ready for a vacation!! Jarrod and I will also celebrate our 3rd anniversary on June 24th at the beach!!! Yay!! Jarrod proposed to me at the beach almost 5 years ago so it is a special place for us.

On a sad note....please pray for The Mcleod Family this week! Ashley was one of my sorority sisters and her brother, Trent, was killed in an accident on Sunday. I cannot imagine what they are going through right now and they will need lots of prayer in the weeks to come.

I am in the process of planning Barrett's 1st Birthday party and hope to post how the planning is going in the next few weeks. We are going to have a Rubber Ducky theme party. I cannot wait!!

I hope everyone has a good week!!

Vitiligo Update

Ok, so I started my Extrac Laser treatments last Wednesday and just wanted to give everyone a little update. The doctor said they would like to do at least 30 treatments. Repigmentation should be seen by about 12-15 treatments. I go for my 4th treatment today. Each treatment last about 3 minutes. I go on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday each week during my lunch hour. I still do not know if insurance will pay for it, but the Doctor said it is usually not a problem. The laser is like a EXTRA strong tanning bed light, or at least that is what it feels like. Each place that the laser treats turns red and feels like a sunburn. It is not painful at all. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this is going to work.

Anyways, on another note, My mom and her sisters leave for the beach on Saturday for a "cousin reunion". I really wish I was able to go but they said "no children allowed". Oh well, I will just hold out for our beach trip at the end of the month. Jarrod and I will be going to Georgia on Friday afternoon to see his family. I am hoping that we get to take Barrett to the Georgia Aquarium on Saturday. I know he still a little young, but it beats sitting around and doing nothing! As everyone knows, I cannot stand to sit in a house. I like to be on the go all the time. Well, I hope everyone has a good rest of the week. I will keep you updated on my progress with vitiligo.

Quote for the Day

If you treat someone badly, it will ALWAYS come back to bite you in the butt!!!

Polka Dotted Arm Pits

Ok, so many of you know I have a skin disease called vitiligo. For those of you who do not know what this is....it causes parts of my skin to loose pigmentation and turn completely white!! When I say white, I don't mean just skin with no tan, I mean like purple white. As of right now, it is on my underarms and around my eyes. Yesterday, I went to see a dermatologist in Birmingham who I was referred to and told she might be able to help me out. After receiving a lecture from her about going to the tanning bed and being way too dark, she told me that she would like me to have laser treatments on the parts of my skin with no pigment. She set me up an appointment for next Wed. to see a doctor here in Montgomery who will be doing the treatments. She said it may or may not work, so I guess we will see. Now...here is the bad news...she said there is no way she can keep it from spreading to other parts of my body. She said the most common spots for it to spread are, around the mouth, hands, feet, boobs, and well....lets just say your private areas. Or, as a friend of ours calls it "sister". Yeah....not so happy about that news. I will keep you updated on my progress. It should take about 10 treatments with the laser to see a difference. I will be doing 3 treatments a week. Please pray that it does not spread. I will have to go into hiding if it does :) On another note, my husband only has 3 days left of work and then he will be off for the whole Summer!!! I am very bitter about this :) It is not fair at all, but I will get over it. Maybe I should go back to school and get a degree in education. They seem to be off all the time, and if they aren't off all day they have 1/2 days at least once a week. :) Well, that is it for now. Have a great rest of the week and LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!