We're Back!!!

WOW. What a crazy and AMAZING 2 weeks :) I've literally been counting down to the past 2 weeks for months. I can't believe its all over. Uhhh, I hate that part! Our trip to Arkansas was just perfect! Thanks to everyone that sent Good Traveling Vibes our way. Both the flights were easy. The kids slept the majority of the almost 3 hour flights. We also had to drive 5 hours to Fayetteville from Dallas and the drives were surprisingly great too. They actually went pretty fast. I did spend most of the drive in the back seat with Kallen (Raya was back there too) He really doesn't like the carseat. Luckily, the only time it was terrible was the last 2 hours of our drive there. So all in all I'd consider it a huge success! It was sooooo great to see my good friends. Fayetteville was just like I remembered it. It was really great to be back. And I knew when I went back I'd either miss it terribly and want to move back, or be ok that I didn't live there...and I decided that it was great to visit and I didn't need to move back. It was the PERFECT place for College. And I love the town dearly, but I don't miss getting starred out everywhere we go. Lol. I forget how Not Mixed the South is. It's getting better, slowly but surely, but its got work to do. I will say about 80percent of the time we were treated great and strangers were very warm to us...but there were still those people that couldn't handle our family. I'm sure they hate the fact that my kids are so dang cute :) Hehe. And I will say that its not just like that in Fayetteville, that's just where I was this weekend and compared to where we live now I was reminded of what its like living in a more conservative town. And to be honest, it was like that when we lived there and despite that I still Loved living there. Send good thoughts that way because they are experiencing severe weather! Horrible flooding and tornado warnings and craziness. I hope everyone stays as dry and safe as possible!!!

But anyways, back to the trip. It was a much needed vacation and I wish we could've stayed longer. I really don't think I've gone out like that since I had babies. So needless to say I am still recovering. I really miss my best friend Jen, and it was so freakin good to spend the weekend with her. Me, her and Jodie had FUN. Lol. I was so sad to leave. I hate that its so expensive to fly to Fayetteville because we'd do that a couple times a year for sure. But either way, we pinky swore we'd go to the Black Alumni Reunion/Weekend every time it was being held (which is every other year) I can't wait until April 2013!

After you graduate from The University of Arkansas your name is etched into "Senior Walk." I was SO EXCITED to see my name :) That's one of the coolest things ever. Ever! 

I have a bunch more pictures...these were just some of my favorite. The rest are in my facebook album: Arkansas Weekend

I have so much to blog about! Raya's 2nd BIRTHDAY!!! Easter. Kallen's newest accomplishments. Life. I gotta get on it! It's been a hectic 2 weeks. So sad they're over. I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things...can't wait to get all blogged up! (That's code for caught up on my blog ;)

Annoying

So its hard for me to say the weekend was Bad, because it wasn't. But it definitely wasn't the kind of weekend I would want to happen on the regular. Raya passed her cold on to me, but somehow she jumped from fever to runny nose and missed all the coughing. Which I'm sure means I'm coughing for the both of us. And after 30mins on WebMD I've convinced myself I have whooping cough. So needless to say I will be making a trip to my Doc tomorrow morning. Of course last week would be the week my Doc decided to go on vacation. She didn't check with me. But her family vacation was to ARKANSAS! So I forgive her :) I consulted with my other doc (aka WebMD) and he said Robitussin was ok to take while pregnant. So I went to Target on Friday because my coughing was seriously driving me crazy and I was at my wits end. I thought I'd just run the whole Robitussin idea by the pharmacist there and wanted to punch her in the face when she told me she didn't recommend it and I should just "ride the cough out." UHHHH. So I left Target with a bad attitude...and $50 of stuff I didn't need. Then Saturday came, the day I'd been waiting for ALL week...The Arkansas vs Alabama Game. I seriously thought about that game all week. Why? Cause I'm slightly ridiculous and because I bleed Razorback Red ;) HAHA. So Saturday was my day of redemption and hopefully it would make me forget about wanting to punch the Target pharmacist. I will be perfectly honest, I was fearful of Alabama. I mean, they're really good! So I made all my "clock wishes" (ya know, when its like 11:11 or 3:33) that Arkansas would win. WELL, the whole game the Hogs had my hopes up. I think maybe that's why the loss was even harder to except. Hello! We were winning like the whole time. And then we lose by 4. FOUR!!! UHHHH again.  So by Saturday afternoon my violent streak was alive and well. Good thing "I'm too cute to fight" LOL. So Saturday night I had cough drops for dinner and went to bed-oh and on my way I found my toothbrush in the dog cage. Pretty sure I know who left it there. Sunday I woke up to a termite infestation. And really, I didn't even have the energy to be mad. The screen to the back patio had about 30 termites just chillin on it and I discovered they were coming from their well established home that is also my door frame. Oh and did I mention they were on the INSIDE of my screen door? Seriously? Seriously. And this being the first week of Fall it was 90degrees. Go figure. And whoever decided that homes by the beach don't need air-conditioning because the sea breeze is sufficient was definitely not pregnant. Or fat ;) So now I'm a hot, coughing mess with termites and my Hogs lost. Annoying, annoying, annoying.

On a good note, Raya looked super cute in her Hog attire. And we got to spend the afternoon at the pool with some of my family. AND we got our new 46in flat screen in. Thank you Sunday!

PS- If someone puts in a toilet right next to the bathroom counter, there's a good chance you'll find a baby in your sink. FYI!