Amanda's Sweet 16 Party

Amanda's party was beautiful. The decorations were amazing and Amanda looked gorgeous! We had a really nice time. Clayton was not real interested in the party...he said the music was too loud. He spent most of the time sitting in the lobby playing his DS. He came in now and then to check on things. Ava had a blast. She danced to the music and was very social. I think Dale and I are going to have our hands full when she is older. She loves to dance and have fun!

Such WISDOM

Yup...it's finally time that my wisdom tooth must come out. Next Wednesday is the big "E-Day." (Extraction day). Needless to say I am not looking forward to it one bit. It really started hurting last week so I figured it would be best to get the darn thing removed.

I'm still debating on whether or not to be completely sedated (that's how I get through most days) or if just a shot of Novocaine will be enough. That will be a game-time decision. On the positive side, I won't be able to eat much so hopefully I will shed a few (or 50) pounds. (Hey...I can dream, right??!!).

Saturday night our niece, Amanda, is having her Sweet 16 party. Her mom, Dale's sister Denise, has spent many many hours preparing for this event so we are all excited to celebrate with her. I was in charge of creating a video montage of Amanda from birth to current day. It was so much fun putting the video together and then seeing the final product. The video will be shown during dinner on Saturday night. I hope everyone likes it! If I can figure out a way to post the video on here, I will let you check it out.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

The Lyndon Vote

I am happy to announce that all four of us (Dale, Clayton, Ava and I) voted today. Dale went this morning before work and only had to wait about 15 minutes. I went with Clayton and Ava a little later and the wait was about 5 minutes. It was a much easier wait than a lot of people went through during the 2 week early voting period. Some lines here in South Florida were 6 hours!!

Tonight we will be glued to the TV to see the results. It's incredible to be a part of such an important election. History will be made tonight!

(and just in case you were wondering, yes Clayton and Ava's votes will count. We live in Broward county!!! Everybody and anybody can vote!!! Remember 2004 with the hanging chads and the judges who went cross-eyed while recounting the ballots?? That was us!!!!!!!! This year they won't be looking at the hanging chads...they will be trying to read the crayon marks that Ava and Clayton used to mark their ballots!)

Ava's first ear infection

My precious little girl has been a picture of health for almost her entire 16 months of life. We have been very blessed by this and thank God everyday for her great health.

Few days ago, she developed a junkie cough and a really attractive runny nose. (I can add the title of "Nose Wipper" to my list of duties I guess). I took her to the doctor yesterday and found out that she has a nasty double ear infection. The doctor's exact words were "she is falling apart on you before your eyes!" Uh...OK! I didn't know that ear infections were considered "falling apart." So she is on antibiotics for that and lucky for us, she loves her medicine!!!

For the most part, she is handling being sick pretty well. She was somewhat grumpy last night and was testing Dale and I every chance she got. First she tipped over the fan in our room and then turned the computer off while I was picking the fan back up. Needless to say I lost the work I was doing on the computer.

Hopefully she gets better soon. I hate having sick kids....feel so helpless.

"Well here goes nothing!!"

So since I follow everything that my wonderful friend Sara does, I decided to give this blogging trend a try! It is free and with this economy these days, I can actually afford it!!

The Lyndon's consist of Dale (the loving, kind, generous husband), Kelli (me), Clayton (aka The Duke, Bubbs) and the newest addition, Ava (a.k.a. Little Crazy, Honey, Little Bit, Diva, Little Nut, AAA (that's B-Pa's name for her...All Attitude Ava), Piggy). From the outside we appear to be like any other family. But this blog will expose you to what goes on inside the Lyndon Nut House.

Enjoy!!!