May 21 - Jason surprised me with a birthday trip to Hilton Head Island...wow, was I surprised. He gave me the airline tickets on May 20 at the lake and we didn't get home to pack until May 21, 11:00 am. Our plane left at 6:30 pm. But it all worked out, we are here save and sound and Maggie is at the kennel for the first time in 7 years.

Here are is Carson hanging out in the Delta Crown Room at the Atlanta airport...this boy already knows how to travel. 

Happy Mother's Day!

Today I spent the day with my two favorite boys and best girl...of course I'm talking about Jason, Carson and Maggie. Wow, what a great Mother's Day! After feeling a little under the weather all weekend I awoke today ready to go...hmm, must have been because it was MY day.

Carson woke me this morning with two cards - one from him and one from daddy and he presented me with a special flower he made at school. What a great kid, he even wore is I love Mom PJs.
We ate breakfast and headed to church. After church is was lunch at home and then nap time for all of us...see what I mean about it being a great day? What's better than a nap on a Sunday?

And finally, after a long nap, we were able to take my Mother's Day gift out for a little spin. I've wanted a bike for a long time and now we can all ride together. Carson fights us a bit when we put his helmet on but after we get going he's all smiles.

Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful Mother, Step-Mother, Mother-in-Law, Aunts, Jason's Grandmother Ward and Winn, and all my friends who are Mothers. I love you!!!

And finally, this isn't Mother's Day related, but we still aren't doing too well with a spoon. Hands are just so much easier and obviously more fun! We have had an explosion of words lately. Today he busted out with "Amen" after our prayer and "help please." He's been using the sign for help for a while but just now is able to use the words together!

This is now a MONTHLY blog

This is turning out to be a monthly blog rather than my much anticipated weekly blog. Let's see,

where do I begin. We've been at the lake every spare moment we
have and it's really starting to shape up. This past weekend we
had several trees removed to improve our already awesome view!
For those of you who have been anxiously awaiting all the before and after pictures, you view them all here. We are still waiting on a few pieces of furniture for the basement so that room is a work in progress and therefore isn't in these pictures.

The other news from the Winn's World has been Maggie. As I mentioned on a previous blog, she has epilepsy and had a very serious seizure, or serious of seizures, last Thursday night. I was home with Carson and Maggie by myself and just before dinner, Maggie had one seizure. Naturally I thought this would be the end of it because she's only ever had one. We went for a walk after dinner and she had another. We got home and she had three more. I called the vet who suggested I rush her to the emergency pet clinic and it was there that they told me Maggie wasn't reacting to the medicine they'd given her to stop the seizures which most likely meant she had a brain tumor. As you can imagine, I was a total wreck! Jason was on his way home, Carson was with a neighbor, and I was with another neighbor sitting in the emergency clinic listening to them tell me I had to put Maggie to sleep. I told them to keep doing what they could to get the seizures under control and Jason would be by in a few hours. When Jason finally arrived, the seizures were much better and she was resting comfortably. She made it through the night and went to her regular vet on Friday where she rested all day although she continued to have mini, facial seizures. She must have heard the emergency vet say she might have to be put to sleep because she rallied and was a "new" dog by late Friday afternoon when I picked her up. She has to be on a very strict dose of medication twice each day to keep the seizures under control. We are so thankful to have our little Maggie home. Here's a picture after she arrived home...she still has her catheter in her front leg but other than that, she looks pretty good for almost 12 or almost 84!
Here are a few other pictures for your viewing pleasure ;o)
Although you can't tell it in these pictures, Carson's favorite thing to do everyday when we get home is to take a ride in his wagon. He loves to take a snack and water along and watch all the big kids on their bikes and skateboards. If we let him get out of the wagon at the fountain, it's hard to get him back in because then he wants to push the wagon himself. He's so independent these days!
Easter Weekend was a wonderful weekend spent at the lake - it was Uncle Teddy's fist visit and also the fist time we put the NEW boat in the water. Carson isn't sure he really likes his new life jacket.
The weekend before Easter, Jason, Ashlea, and Emily Parks came for an Easter Egg hunt (among other things). The weather was a little cooler than we anticipated but Carson loved the bunny and enjoyed playing with Emily.


And finally, it wouldn't be a blog posting without a picture of the Carson's together ;o) Can you guess which one will always be the one getting the other in trouble? Hmmm?