Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my wonderful daughter. I can't believe you are 7 years old. Mom and Dad are so proud of you and the beautiful sunshine you bring to our family. God has truly blessed us with such a wonderful daughter.

The Sun is Gone

As we packed for our trip it was very hard to believe that the weather would be in the 90's for the week. I just couldn't wrap my brain around only packing shorts and bathing suits. When we stepped off that plane the heat hit us with a force. It was amazing!!!!!!!! The same thing was true when we flew home last night. We still had our flip flops on and short sleeves. It was really hard to wrap my head around needing sweat shirts and jackets. When we stepped off the plane the cold hit us.

I'm going to give you the cons of the week first and then the pros's:

CON'S -

1. Six crazy kids running around ALL day long.

2. Major colds for all

3. Brandan waking up every 30 minutes with his cough

4. Drinking a hot apple cider in 90 degree weather. It really doesn't work.

That is really all of the con's I can think of.

PROS's

Tons of pros

1. Hugging and kissing my four beautiful nieces whenever I wanted to.

2. Sitting after a long day with the kids and talking to my sister in law and brother.

3. letting the kids swim.

4. watching the kids run through sprinklers

5. the sun

6. the sun

7. the sun

8. drinking a frapachino in the fall

We had a wonderful time. It is always so hard to say goodbye. I will miss my nieces so much.

How could you not miss these beautiful faces?

Fun In The Sun

Well, don't be to jealous but the kids and I are off for sunny Arizona for a few days. The average temperature for the week will be 90. I am really excited for the sun, but also for the chance to see my brother and his family. The last time we saw them was last Christmas and a year is way to long for us to go without seeing each other.
I'm really bummed I'm going to miss my friend Julie speaking at MOPS this week, but I know she is going to do awesome.
Have a great week and I'll have sunny tan pictures when I return.

The Dentist

Let me start out this post by saying the worst thing I can ever imagine happening to me while I am pregnant is visiting the dentist. Who wants to be seven months pregnant and have their mouth poked in? Well apparently my dentist thought I was the perfect pregnant person to undergo this.
Let me take you back to last week. My wonderful friend Leslie and I were talking on Tuesday evening about the dentist and how we hate going until we are in pain. Well, you guessed it at 3:00 in the morning I was awoken by a horrible tooth ache. The next morning I went into the dentist and he said you really need a root canal and I just happen to have a cancellation how about we do it now. SURE, why not!!!!!! 2 1/2 hours later I thought the story had ended. I left the dentist office with the idea of returning after the baby is born to get the permanent crown put in. In fact I even said to the dentist have a great Christmas because I won't be seeing you till January. Well the joke was on me. Two days later my filling fell out so I scheduled an appointment to go back in and have it fixed. Let me make this story clear as far as I knew the root canal was done and I had a perfect tooth again.
When I scheduled my appointment the women said plan about two hours. For some reason I didn't seem to question that.
When I arrived today at 9:30 the dentist said ok lets finish up that root canal. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! I am done with it, we finished it last week. Well, apparently we didn't. I learned alot today about a root canal. There are four roots and two of mine were really stuck so he wasn't able to get them last week. I wish he would of told me. He said lets try again and if I can't get them then I will send you out to a specialist. I am so happy to report that 4 1/2 hours later he was able to clean all four out. Yes, I said 4 1/2 hours!!!!!!!!! Upside down in major pain for 4 1/2 hours. At the moment all I have is tylenol to cut the pain. Let me tell you it barely even touches the pain.
Well, I just really wanted to write this down so you all can feel sorry for me. I also want to put it in Logan's baby book so he can see what a hero I am.

thank you

Thank you all so much for the thoughts on our final names. You guys are so awesome. At the moment it looks as though Logan Joshua has won. If you know me very well you know that the name can still change but for the moment we are calling the baby Logan. I will be sure and let Logan know that I had many friends help me with his name. You guys are the best.

The Name

It's just not coming to us. It is not like us to have a hard time making a decision, but this time is different. For the life of us we can't decide on the babies name. We need your help. Here are the three names we have narrowed it down to:
1. Dylan Joshua McNally
2. Logan Joshua McNally
2. Nolan Joshua Mcnally (thank you Sharon)

Please I am desperate anyone who reads my blog vote. This is a major decision in our household and your vote can make all the difference.

3 blind mice

3 Blind Mice
3 Blind Mice
See how they run
See how they run
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Not in my garage. Any suggestions on how to get rid of these very gross things in my garage. My kids think it is the coolest thing ever. While I am trying not to panic and just put my house up for sale, or burn it down. Neither of these two options seem like good choices to my husband so I am left asking if any of you have experience with these little things.