Pictures

Grant and Chloe making sugar cookies.













You can always count on Memaw and Pepaw for a Coke or Sprite.











I forgot what they were eating, but it must have been good. I bet we were coloring cookies or decorating something.









Sometimes the kids get upset if they aren't able to lick the brownie bowl. They look happy to me.

Just Pictures

Grant is a willing object his cousin Chloe as she practices being a beautician.

Grant didn't want to leave the soccer game, not because of the great game. He didn't want to leave the dirt.

There's nothing quite like a birthday at the McGooden household. This is my Dad's birthday in January. Listed from left to right: Adrienne, Chloe, Yoda and Muscleman from Fantastic 4.

Grant loves Aunt Nikki and BJ (her dog). He also enjoys coloring cookies.

Me and the kids cruising in the 'Stang.

Brows

Check out these beautiful brows I made while using one of my Christmas gifts. Pretty hot huh? If Sarah wasn't pregnant already this would have put her in the mood for anything. I wasn't paying while I was using my 6-1 trimmer. I was looking at my brows in the mirror when I leaned forward and forgot to move the trimmer. I hear the noise and see my eye brows falling. So in attempt to make them look equal, I botch the left side as well which ended up looking worse than the right side. The craziest thing about the whole ordeal is that no one noticed! I told everyone that I cut my brows, except for a lady at work. She noticed. I hope the pic isn't too grainy.

Demolition

Dan from Complete Restoration came today with another to take one final survey of the area and set the demo day. Demolition is set for May 1st, so we will most likely be in the hotel on Sunday night. Sarah has said that she would like to build a house and currently that is not a reality. What I have been telling her is that we are building a new house, but we're going about in a slightly unconventional fashion. I'm sure Sarah will put the details together on her blog about what is going on.

After our deductible, $1,000.00 US, we are probably going to be an additional $500-$1,000.00 for a shower pan, $200.00 US roughly, and any other repairs that were caused by the water leakage. I am asking everyone to join us in prayer for God to raise all the money we will need. We don't have $1,000 or any additional money that will be required. Thanks for your prayers and I am looking forward to seeing what God does for us again.

Best Meal Ever

As most of you know people bring food to you after you've had a baby. Thankfully this occured again for the birth of Jack. We have had lots of good meals and I am thankful for those who have brought them. I have to give a special shout out to the Henry's. They called and asked what we wanted to eat and Sarah told them pizza. They brought us a couple of pizzas, salad, drinks and beer. Never before has anyone brought over beer as part of a meal. Also, he had one of the pizzas deep dish because he thought I would like that, which I did.

Carrie said, "I hope you like thick crust because Patrick said that's what Nate
would want." Then PW said, "I know what Nate likes."

PW was right. So I wanted to say a special thank you to PW for thinking of me as well. He even brought light beer to help me watch my figure. Generally I tell people to ask Sarah what she wants since we are receiving these meals because she gave birth. I got to do the fun parts, have sex and watch the birth. Any chump can do that.

Working

I've been working for about 3 hours I guess by now. I have a lot to learn still, but I really enjoy what I am doing. The work is fun, creative, and entertaining. One of the cool parts of the job is I get to work from home. I feel more connected to my family this way, even though I'm not always in the room with them. I hear most of what's going on so I get a better understanding of what Sarah is going through or what the boys are doing. Another cool part is I get to listen to music while I work, which helps the time pass a little quicker. I also get to check my e-mail, blog, eat with the family, etc...I feel free, which I like a lot. The flexible work schedule is nice also. I should have Sarah take a picture of me while I drawing a plane.

What a Day/Morning

Yesterday and into the morning were a whirlwind. I found out after Bible study that there was another paint drawing for me to do so I was excited about that. I also got paid for my initial paint drawing which is also exciting. I didn't go work for my Dad because I thought I would get my paint drawing in the morning, but I didn't. They had bigger fish to fry to first, but I did receive my new paint drawing. Since I didn't get the drawing when I thought I would I took the boys and myself to get haircuts at Leon's Beauty College. The boys behaved exceptionally well so we went to Sonic for a reward, then we went to Old Navy to do a little Easter shopping. The boys then began to get tired and hungry so their behavior was not good. We bought a shirt, went home, ate lunch and put the boys down. They were behaving worse now than before. Sarah and I watched House, because we have a DVR now, for the first time in a long time. We enjoyed the time together. Then I called Brenden to have him help me set up my AutoCAD program so I can work. That ran me until 3:15ish, which is when I normally leave for FedEx. Thankfully, Sarah remembered that Max lost the keys to the car in the mini-van and began looking for them while I got dressed. We couldn't find them initially, so I told the boys to get ready because they were taking me to work since Max lost the keys. Max was only wearing his underwear at the time. Sarah found the keys as I was putting the boys in the mini-van. So I leave for work and I arrive 2 minutes prior to my starting time. While I was gone the boys were horrible and got paint all over their room. I'll let Sarah tell you about that since she went through it. So I go to work and it was fine, until I got back to the station. While we were doing the re-load, which is putting the boxes in cans so they can be sent to their proper destinations, one of my co-workers recieved a call from his mother who informed him that his Dad just died! Hello!! So he walks by me crying and talking on his cell phone. I ask him what's wrong and he tells me his Dad just died. What do you do when someone tells you that? I did the only thing I knew to do. I gave him a hug, told him I was sorry and he left. So I get home, begin working on my paint drawing a little before I go to bed. Around 1:30ish I hear Grant screaming. It's not his normal scream he has from a bad dream or being scared, this is loud! So I run to get him. After I pick him up he pukes on my shoulder. It was a small amount thankfully so I call to Sarah for some back-up. She is nursing Jack so she has to go back to him to finish his feeding so he won't cry himself! Is anyone else tired yet? I am. So I clean the puke in the boys' room with Grant at my side. He is reading books, playing with toys and being rather chipper considering he was just screaming about 10 minutes ago. I have all the lights on in the room while I am cleaning up and Max slept through everything. He rolled over once but he never knew that I was in there cleaning up puke. So Sarah puts some sheets on the couch for Grant and a trash can for him to puke in. I go back to bed and around 2:00-3:00 Grant is screaming again! This time he puked in the living room on his way to the toilet. I guess he forgot about the trash can. So I clean that up while Sarah tends to Grant. She asks me if I want to sleep on the couch with Grant? I said no, but I guess I will. Grant falls asleep around 3:30-4:00. He wakes up when Sarah is taking Max to Mother's Day Out. Grant sees that Sarah is leaving and he begins to cry because he wants to go with her. I try to explain he can't go because he might make the other children sick, but it doesn't work. So here I am working at Sprint Tax, then going to FedEx, and then coming home to work on my paint drawing. It feels like the insanity will never end, but I know it will. I hope everyone has an exciting day.

I forgot to mention how Grant spits into the toilet. I showed him where to put his hands on the toilet and then told him to spit. So he puts his hands on the toilet, leans his entire upper body into the toilet and then spits. I see the water move! I don't know if is from Grant's spit or if he just dunked his head into the toilet. Fortunately, it was from his spitting and his face was not wet. I'll try to get a picture of that to post later. It is funny business!

God's Provision

Many of you know our story either through reading our blog or by knowing us, so most of you know our struggles. As I posted prior to Jack's birth, I need and want to make money so Sarah doesn't have to work again unless she chooses. The couple in our Bible study who I am working for part-time are giving me another job to do tomorrow morning. I am very exicted. I also received my first check from them, which is also exciting. I wanted to say thanks for your prayers and please continue to pray. As my father often says, "I need the prayer and you need the practice."

I also wanted to let everyone know that Shelli Jones' blog is definitely worth your time. I don't know the woman but she ranks in my top 3 favorite blogs. I have played cards with her husband at the men's retreat and he is cool also. His name is Justin.

New Computer

As many of you know we have a new computer. Yea!!!! It is nice to be able to check e-mail, news, sports, etc...from home again. The computer has some features on it that we are not used to having on a computer. We are able to watch and record TV. It's pretty amazing! Now I know how all of you Tivo and DVR folks feel. I fast forwarded through 7-8 hours of TV in about 2 minutes. I hope it revolutionizes our television watching as many of my friends state it will and has for them. It has a sub-woofer, remote control, flat panel, and it's pretty! I told John Nelson it's the prettiest computer I have ever owned. As Max would say, "It's beauuutifulll!". I might post a pic of it later if I'm feeling crazy.

Funk

Sarah doesn't think anyone wants to read about my funk. I told her I disagree, it will be funny. Isn't that why we blog? That's why I blog. Sarah takes care of the serious side of our lives, mainly, and I generally take care of the humor. I'm not saying that Sarah's blogs aren't funny, because some of them are.

After I got home from work I noticed my toe nails were hurting. So I took off my sock to find that my toe nails were too long, so I decided to cut them. I cut my big toe nail last and I wanted to show Sarah because it was so long. I showed Sarah my toe nail and she thought it was disgusting, but it wasn't. I continued to look at it for a few minutes in amazement that I cut it off in one piece and at its size. After all of this I smelled something on my fingers. Initially I thought it was from Jack's diaper I just changed but I didn't see any mook on my hands. I continued to search the smell when I saw my toe nails. My feet were sweaty from work and but I never dreamed that to be the smell. My feet can get funky, but they've never smelled like this before. I do have one pair of sandals that I will not take my feet out of until I go to bed or wash my feet but I wasn't wearing them last night, obviously, since I came from work. So I pick my the long toe nail and smell it. Bingo! I never would have guessed that my toe nail would stink so bad, but it did. Now I wish I had taken a picture of it for everyone to see.