Atlanta weekend and more

We had a great weekend in Atlanta. It was quick but very nice and much needed time away for me and the Trentie. Luckily I got called off work on Friday night which we thought was great cause I could sleep that night and drive Saturday since the both of us was supposed to work. Nope, no such luck. I could not sleep and only got an hour. Trent got off work and slept for 2 hours then he slept part of the way to Manchester while I drove then he took over the driving from there after meeting my parents. On the way to Atlanta we knew we were gonna try to go to the Aquarium once we got there but I suggested that we just try to make it to the Saturday game also. We got there at about the 3rd inning and bought tickets off a scalper and got to watch that game. Of course we won, on Saturday that is. Unfortunately we got beat on Sunday but I guess we gotta loose one every now and then. Lol. There record while we are at there games is 3 for 4. Not bad, cant complain. Here are some pictures from this weekend.


Me and my Trentie during Sunday game.


Me with mom and dad.


Me and my daddy were twins on Sunday for the game. As if we don't look just alike anyways we dressed alike.


Me, Trent and Colton during the game.


I must say I got the cutest little nephew ever. He always makes that face looking down when taking pictures. Silly boy.


Mom and dad before the game.


Me, Trentie, mom and dad. I love this picture.


Trent and Lele.


My wonderful inlaws. Ricky, Linda, and Leah.

The whole gang other than Trent's parents and sister. After the game Colton got to run bases and Trent's family left before we could get a whole group picture.

We got to see something that we never ever thought you would see in real life. It was top of the 9th inning Red Sox batting and we were making a come back. We were 1 strike away from the last out of the game and some idiot goes running across the field. He had about 6 security guards to tackle him. It was absolutely hilarious. Click the link below and you can see a you tube video of it. The video says it was a Red Sox fan but I am pretty sure it was a Braves fan trying to break up the streak that us Red Sox was on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-4CVyI3tE

While we were gone we took Bullet to a place called Canine Solutions. It is a boarding place that we have heard lots of good things about. Bullet was in an indoor / outdoor kennel where he could stay in or out which ever he preferred but once it got really hot they would trap the outdoor part to where he had to stay in the cool air conditioned air. He also had his own large fenced in area to go run around in 3 times a day and got to go on a nature hike. This place has lots of land. Anywho, I didn't want to drop him off anyways. I felt like a crazy over bearing mother cause I did not want to leave him but I knew they would take care of him. We went to pick him up Monday and they said he done great. We got him home and he acted fine. Me and Trent went to Fayetteville to watch one of his co workers little boy play in an all star game and was gone for a few hours and when we got home before even opening the utility room door from the garage there was an overwhelming smell of poop. I opened the door and literally about got sick to my stomach it was so bad, rounded the corner and Bullet had the biggest mess ever all in his cage and on the floor. Apparently while we were gone, Bullet had gotten Diarrhea but it was bad. Real bad. We had to totally take his kennel outside to clean it with water hose and also give Bullet a bath. While Trent was outside doing all that, I was inside with all the windows raised, spraying the house with numerous things to try to get rid of the smell and sweeping and mopping Bullet room. He ended up throwing up outside once we got him out and had a little more diarrhea. We called the vet today and they think it was just stress and nerves from him being boarded but told us to take his food for 24 hours and see how he does and if no change then bring him in. We are watching him closely today. He seems ok, he is laying around a lot but does have spurts of hyperness. I guess we will see how he does when he eats a little later. My poor Bullet. Yes he is our problem child but it literally broke my heart to see he was that sick. I honestly felt bad for leaving the house and him being all alone. I felt like a mother neglecting her child because I am sure he was barking wanting to go outside. He doesn't use the bathroom in the house much less his Kennel. I sure hope he is not sick and picked something up from the Boarding place.

We have another very busy weekend ahead. Me and Trent both work Wednesday and Thursday and Friday we will be going to Manchester. Uncle is coming in so we can't wait to get to see him. We never get to spend time with him so it will be nice to see them. He is bringing up his boat so we may get to go to the lake with him. Unfortunately our trip to Manchester will be cut very short because for about 2 months now we have already had plans to have a Shift get together with Trent shift at work and that is on Saturday. I am looking forward to that. Should be a good time to meet more of the cops wives and their families that I haven't met yet. Sunday we have possible plans to hang out with Ashley and Bradley. We have not got to hang out with them in a long time due to Bradley being in California and training for Iraq. So Wednesday through Sunday is gonna be go, go, go for us.

Anywho, I reckon that all for now. I am sure I will post more after the weekend. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July.

Update on Hives and More.

Father's Day weekend went great. We went to Manchester on Saturday and spent it with my family and then Sunday came back home to spend it with Trent's family. Not only was it Father's Day but it was Linda's birthday. Sunday before we came home, Trent wanted to go golfing and we called Brad to see if him and the girls wanted to go with us. I knew Jalie would probably be good but did not know how well Brynlee would do being so young and riding in a cart the whole time. Both of them were so good and they both had fun. We would get out and run around some while Trent and Brad were playing then jump back in the cart to ride some more just to jump back out again. It was lots of fun. Anywho here are a few pictures of the girls.

My little Jay Jay is getting so big. She is now about 4 and a half years old and I can't believe it. She was my baby girl when she was little. I miss keeping her so much.

And my my how big little Bryn Bryn has gotten. She is now about a year and a half. Wow now actually thinking of it, she will be 2 in August. Not long at all. I guess it is cause I don't see her much but it seems like everytime I see her she has leart something new. She is just precious.

I love these babies so much. They are just simply the sweetest. I love this picture and thought it was just way too priceless.

Anywho, about the hives. They appear to be going away. Not quiet sure what I said in the previous post so if I repeat anything sorry. As everyone knows I had a horrible break out on Friday which sent my into a tizzy. Saturday I only had 1 very small spot and then every since Sunday, I have not had anything. Starting on Friday, as the hives started giong away, they were just turning into bruises. Horrible looking bruises. They even looked a bit worst on Friday than this and these pictures were actually taken on Saturday. This is both of my legs.

I have read that if they bruise that is more of a sign of it being a thyroid problem which the Dr is already testing on me so we will just have to see how that comes back. Noone in my family has a thyroid problem so it is pretty unlikely but I guess we will see. Actually I found out yesterday that my Aunt has it but that is the only person we are aware of. Guess we shall see when the results get back.

On another note, we are leaving for Atlanta this weekend and we can not wait. Me and Trent are excited to finally have a small get away since we haven't seen each other all that much lately. I think we will try to go early and maybe make a trip to the Aquarium since the one in Atlanta is supposed to be so big and nice. It will be a great weekend of just me and Hubby time and also a great weekend of family time too. Shall be fun. Pictures shall be posted after the weekend is over.

That shall be all for now.

HIVES, HIVES, HIVES!

The hives has consumed my life. I have done pretty good over the past 2 days not really had anything to mention of but low and behold, I wake up today and I am overwhelmed in these horrible, horrible things again. It has spread to spots that it has not broken out in before. Spots in which no normal person would ever want to break out with any type of rash much less the hives and I really don't want it spreading any farther if ya know what I mean. Here are a few pictures which is still not the worst of it. I have yet to get some good pictures but no pictures are truly doing it any justice.

Arm

Leg

Leg again.

Anywho, when I woke up and called my mom bawling like a baby she convinced me to call Dr. Smith back again. I know they gotta be getting tired of me cause I have already called a few times just since this has been going on. Well, I talked to Dr. Smith and we have come to the conclusion that high dose steroids worked wonders for me however the low dose is not doing a thing for me. He has now put me on 2 weeks of steroids and starting back at high doses. If this mess is not gone by Monday he will be sending me to a Dermatologist to try to get it all figured out. I have no idea what it could be from. It was gone yesterday and this morning. I stopped and ate a doughnut on my way home from work, went to bed, and woke up with it spread. As you can tell there is nothing that I have done or been around to cause anything. What in the world could it be. I WOULD NEVER EVEN WISH THIS ON MY WORST ENEMY.

EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS. I need this stuff gone something awful. I just don't know how much longer I can take this stuff especially if it keeps on spreading.

Life as of now!

Wow my life has been turned upside down with these crazy hives since Friday morning. So as I have already blogged, my hives started Friday morning, went to ER Saturday morning, they pretty much went away on Saturday, and woke up Sunday and they were back. Well, I woke up Monday morning in Manchester with it breaking out on my face, not only on my face but a welt right beside my eye. It sent my into a tizzy and crying fits. I was so upset. That was the absolute last thing that I wanted to happen. I cried for about an hour saying I was going home then after thinking about it myself wondering if it would do me any good and then good ol' Heather suggested it again and got me thinking more about it, I decided on going to Dr. Smith. I did not want to pay the extra money being unsure if he would do the same thing the hospital done or if he could do more since I had already spent $80 on ER Copay and fixing to pay $20 more dollars on Dr. Smith copay. Anywho, after breaking down and going I was waiting there for doors to open, could not wait to get this stuff gone. He evaluated me and agreed that it was hives and agreed with the Epi shot the hospital gave but was unsure of why they did not give me a steroid shot with a steroid pack to take. The epi shot was a quick fix but only short term to how the Steroids are a long term fix. He gave me the shot and said it should be out of my body and gone with in 24 hours. This was the best news I had heard in hmm let me think about it, FOREVER. lol. Then he said to take the steroid dose pack that he prescribed just in case it did not get rid of it. That would finish pushing it out of my system since it is a 6 day prescription. Anywho. I was exhausted after not sleeping due to this crap so went back to Manchester and took a nap. Woke up and low and behold it was almost gone. Not much at all was left. By the time I got home it was gone. I was so happy. Well around 11 that night I had slightly broke back out but nothing bad and I though well it will just go away. NO I WAS SO VERY WRONG. I went to bed around 4am on Monday and woke up numerous times scratching. I was scratching before I was even awake. It was rediculous. Well by 7:30 am it had already woke me up so many times I decided to get up and take my medicine and look how bad it was. Yes it was all over my body yet again. On my face, neck and everywhere. I laid in bed and just cried till Dr. Smith office opened up for me to call and see what to do about the uncontrollable itching. Itching so bad that it hurt if that makes since. Trent rolls over out of a dead sleep worried about me cause I am crying. He though someone had called and gave me bad news or something till I broke out the no I got this horrible itchy CRAP again thing on him. Call Dr office and he is a little more concerned with it now since it has just went away and came back again. Really thinking it is something I have came in contact with since that has happened. I have not a clue what it could be because I am being very careful about what I am doing and where I am and what I am around. Well, I now can not use any sprays, no fabric softeners, etc etc etc, for a few weeks till we can find out what is causing it. I know this is horribly disqusting but I was broke out so bad yesterday on my arm pits that I could not even use deoderant. Yes it was horrible. Anyways, Dr is going to run a thyroid test on me because if your thyroid is out of whack, it can cause hives. Until we get results back I will just continue to be very cautious of what I am doing and such. Here is a story concerning the hives that I can laugh at now but I was OH SO PISSED when it had happened. Yesterday I was broke out pretty bad on my neck however me and Trent had things to do so I didn't have much of an option of going out. No I didn't have to but wanted to go with Trent to do what was needed to be done. I had already been to walmart looking like absolute crap so I decided I would atleast halfway do something with my hair (without any hair products) and I put on makeup (yes I know I shouldn't have but I was thinking the looks of my face may take away from my neck somewhat). Me and Trent go to get his hair cut and I notice this woman staring at me and would not quit. Not onlly was she staring but she made EYE CONTACT NUMEROUS TIMES. I was paranoid anyways cause I know it looks like crap but then she proceeds to turn to someone and they are talking then I hear them say "she really should not be out in town looking like that". That pissed me off so bad. I jumped up from my chair and told Trent the stupid (choice word) lady was talking about me and told him what she said. I got the keys from him and went to sit in the car. After sitting in the car for litterally maybe an minute and a half I started thinking boy that was stupid you should not be in this sun getting sweaty, that makes you break out worst. I walk back in and Trent and Ashley (the hair dresser) are questioning the people talking about me. Trent asked if I was not gonna sit in the car and I explained to him that I am not supposed to be in the sun and getting sweaty that I was not gonna make it worst due to immature people running their mouth when they where not the most attractive person themselves. Anywho, they swear they were not talking about me that they were talking about someone else wearing a bathing suit. 1) the woman was staring directly at me and 2) the stupid hepher made eye contact with me NUMEROUS times. It was a bit obvious that she was talking about me. Yes the other lady might not have been but the one that made eye contact there was no doubt about it. Needless to say I was very upset and embarrased as it was. I did not need people talking about me. I woke up today with a few very tiny spots on me however have kept taking my meds like needed and Thank God, tonight they seem to all be gone. Please keep all this mess in your Prayers that it goes away and that the test results on my thyroid come back ok.

Enough about the hives. After leaving the hair place, we went to Walmart. While we were in Walmart, we hear all this yelling and commotion so I tell Trent to go get them and check it out. We just continued to look for what we was wanting then it kept getting louder and louder so Trent took off and I grabbed the buggy and took off. We found the problem at the front of the store. Someone was shop lifting and was denying everything. Trent walks up to them flops out his badge and gets to the bottom of it while dude is still denying it all. It was so funny to sit back and watch. It was funny but also somewhat nerve wracking becuase Trent and myself both thought that he was gonna have to fight the kid. Yeah go figure it was a juvenille punk and his brother. Anywho, Trent was fixing to call to get a city officer there to arrest the kid and finally when Trent pulled out his phone the boy came back inside and paid for it.

We were originally in Walmart looking for a new comforter. Ours was getting really messed up becuase we always slept with it. I finally convinced Trent your not supposed to sleep with comforters cause it does mess them up so we went looking and got a new one. We ended up finding ours at TJ Max for pretty cheap. We got the whole set for $99 and it was a 24 piece set. Plust we also got just a plain brown blanket to cover up with so we don't ruin this comforter set. Here are some pictures of it.

It is very shimmery looking. I never have liked the solid stripes look but I loved this set.

If you look at it from the side it kinda has a burnt orange look in some spots. You can't tell much but if ya look at the bottom you can kinda tell. It came with the curtains also. It also has valances that have the stripes like on the comforter but we will have to buy some new rods that hold valences to hang those. I can't wait to hang those cause I think it will look much better once those get up.

Anywho, to another subject. Trent finally got home from Omaha on Monday night and I was so glad to see him. We definately say our vacations without each other are over. We can not wait to go to Atlanta and have the night away to ourselves.

Here is just a picture of Trent and his dad in Omaha.

I reckon that is all for now. Sorry this was such a long crazy blog.

Oh what a week!

Friday night at work around 2:30am I started breaking out with a bad rash on my back. It got somewhat better by the time I went home but was not totally gone. By the time I actaully got home, it had gotten even worse and then by the time I woke up that afternoon it was really bad. I went to work that night totally suffering and itching to death. It had already spread to my back, sides, chest, legs, basically everywhere but my neck and face. It got so horrible during the night, I went Saturday morning around 3:30 to the ER there at Baptist since I was working. The doctor said that it was the hives and it could be caused by numerous different things. (Allergic reaction, stress, early pregnancy) Well I have not done anything differently. No new foods, no new detergents, no nothing. Well all of a sudden today I realized that the other night at work I used someones lotion I had never used before. I just can't remember if it was Thursday night or not to make me do that early Friday morning. That could be it. When doctor said early pregnancy I let him know that we were trying and it was not time for me to start yet but very soon. He done a Blood Pregnancy test and it came back as a BIG FAT Negative. :( Guess it could be stress but I really do not feel stressed. Who knows. Anywho, here is a picture of what my neck looks like and it is no where near as bad as what my whole body was the night I went to the ER. Imagine very little parts of my body being white and the rest nothing but red blobs like this.

I am just praying that this mess does not spread to my face. It usually takes 3-4 days to go away which means by tomorrow or the next day it will be gone. THANK GOD!!!

Anywho, I have came up with the baby's name whether it is a boy or girl.

Boy: Justin Gage Vaughn Haddock
Justin - Trent middle name
Vaughn - My maiden name

Girl: Tristin NaCole Haddock
Tristin - Trent and Justin Combined
NaCole - My middle name

This means whether it is a boy or girl the child would be named after the both of us.

Trent is in Omaha and will be home tomorrow and I can not wait. We are still totally looking forward to our RedSox game.

Anywho that all for now

More Red Sox!!!

So we found out that our RedSox would be playing the Braves in Atlanta. That being semi close to home, we could not pass it up. We just bought 12 tickets for everyone going. We are making it a good fun WHOLE family trip. It will be Me, Trent, my mom and dad, Amber, Jack, Colton (my sis, her husband and his son), Leah, Mike, (Trent sis and her boy), Trent dad and probably his mom and his cousin. It will be a great trip and I can not wait to go. I can't believe we actually get to go see them again. This is the view from our seats. Unfortunately it is on the Braves side but you better bet that we (Me, Trent and Leah) will at least be sporting our RedSox gear.

Me and Trent did not get a ball from our last game but did get dirt from Fenway. We would love to come home with a ball this time. I said it would be awful tempting to give the ball to Colton but I feel like such a kid myself. I want it. Lol. Maybe we can get 2 so me and Colty don't have to fight over it. Lol.

Anywho, that all for now just wanted to post the latest.

Pictures

I know, I am picture crazy lately but here are a few cute ones I took today.

He is momma's little stud. He such a pretty boy.

I love this picture.

Daddy had just woke up and Bullet thought he needed to crawl up in the bed and lay with him. If you look at his stomach, he looks tiny. Yes he gets fed (obviously since he is only a year old and 2 weeks ago he weighed 87 pounds). It is just the way he is all stretched out.

Anywho, that is all for now just wanted to post them.

Some newness

Today my little Bully went to get his hair cut, bathed, nails clipped, blah blah blah just a good full grooming. When I went to pick him up, the groomer informed me that we need to change his name from Bullet to Angel because he is nothing but a little Angel. Aww that warms a mothers heart lol. I have always thought my bully was an exceptionally well behaved Lab due to knowing labs can be very rambunctios till 2 years old but it is nice knowing that others think he is so good too. Also I was shocked. Trent was showing me where our groomer moved to and he was in his patrol car and uniform and when I went to get Bullet she said that she never knew Trent was a cop, we could have been getting a discount all along. Even though our baby is a huge monster dog, she only charges us $35 now. I was not shocked that she gives us a discount beause of Trent ( I have come to realize being married to a cop, we get discounts on several things. LOL) but shocked at how little she charges us for as much as she does for us.

Me and Trent went outside and played ball today and Bullet decided he was gonna play with us.

Trent would toss the ball up and Bullet would catch it.

He is our little ball player indeed.

Trent put the ball in the air and Bullet was jumping for it. He is such a darn Hoss.

I love love this picture of him. He is such a pretty boy.

I know Mom, I know. Extremely cute picture however Trent head is chopped off.

Ugh, ok so I tried yet again to post a video of Bullet and its not letting me. This is like the 3rd attempt in different post. I give up.

Well everything is going good however there is some small stupid drama in our Lovely life right now. Nothing that is really concerning but just like I said stupid drama. Anywho, there are good things also. While I was on my cruise, we got the power bill in and I did not think to look at it when we got home. Trent usually pays the bills so it was not a concern to me. Yesterday Trent comes do me and asked if I saw how much it was. Oh my gosh, I about passed out. A few months ago I was passing out becuase it was $300 two months in a row and HOLY COW WOW my bill was only $78. Whoa that was a total shocker. It has been about $125 since getting the unit fixed but $78 how in the heck did that happen? Oh well no complaints here. Just thanking God for blessing us so very much. Also some more fun newness, we plan on doing landscaping within about the next month. I can't wait for that. We have lived here for 2 years now and that is the only thing that needs done. (Holy cow it just hit me how long we have had our house. I can not believe it has been that long) Anywho, the landscaping is much overdue and I know it will make our yard and house look tons better once it is done. Yes pictures will come after it is done.

Anywho, I reckon that is it for now.

More of Grand Cayman and Just Life!

K so here are some more pictures that I said would be posted yesterday.

Me and mom rasing into the air while parasailing. We were just taking off and mom was loving it. She was so nervous at first but said it was the best experience ever up to date.

Me and mom after just arriving into Grand Cayman and getting off the ship

Turtle Farm. They have hundreds of turtles there. This is just a baby one but they did have some huge ones there.

Just a holding it like a baby.

The sun was setting.

Just a view of the busy pool area.

Me and Amber after arriving in Grand Cayman.

We fell asleep at the back of the ship watching the ocean. There was no land in site. It was so very peacefull to lay here each night and just relax.

The view of leaving Tampa

Stingray city. Note our funny faces: stingrays breath in the water while they are swimming, once brought out of the water, they spit it out. The stingray had spit the ocean water all over us.

We were in "Hell". That sounds so bad. The city of Hell in Grand Cayman. Anywho, we were trying to look like devils with horns and this actually turned out pretty funny because we are making the same face and did not even know it.

The 3 of us on Captains night.

Anywho, I guess that is all of the pictures. I know everyone is thinking Thank God.

While I was gone, Bullet had an appointment for his one year old shots. Trent said the vet was so very impressed with my baby. For one, he is a big whopping 87 fat pounds. However Bullet really does not look fat and the vet is not concerned with Bullets weight because he is just very stalky, not fat. (Remember, Bullets dad did weigh 100 pounds and they expect him to out weigh his dad). Two, the vet was very impressed with Bullets coat. He was asking Trent what all we do and feed him to keep his skin and coat looking so shiny and pretty. We feed him Purina Beneful Healthy Radiance which is supposed to help with the skin and coat so I guess it is a good thing and it is working. Three, the vet was thrilled to death with Bullet's recovery from Parvo and said he looks so good and Healthy. He had some blood work and everything ran and he is a very healthy dog. The vet also commented on how he could not tell at all that Bullet was so spoiled (with much exaggeration when he said it). Yes we have a very spoiled dog. Everytime we take Bullet to the vet, the vet is always so impressed with the way Bullet acts and his health and his looks. He is just a rotten little boy. I still get so amused with how much I love the rotten little thing when I was anti animals previous to getting him. Bullet will be going with me to Manchester for fathers day due to Trent being out of town and no one here to keep him. He has not been with me in 5 months due to him having parvo and not supposed to be around other dogs. He was much littler then and Berlie (moms dog) hated him. I can not imagine how much Berlie will hate my poor Bully this time. Mom and Amber had made the comment they were gonna have to dope poor Berlie up on Xanax to get her through the weekend.

On another note, my baby is doing so good at learning to stay. We will throw a treat down the hall and he just sits there till we tell him to go get it. Also, we tell him to sit and shake and he just picks that little leg up and knows exactly what he is doing and shakes. I will have to video those 2 things and post them for everyone to see.

Enough about the rotten dog. Everything is going great these day in the Haddock house. Nothing new. Still just living life to the fullest and loving the married life. Trent will be going this weekend to watch the Reds play with his dad and cousin for his cousins graduation present and then next weekend he leaves for Omaha for the College World Series Baseball as they did last year. So I am sure pictures of his vacation will be coming in a few weeks for everyone to see. After he gets back our lives will settle down Thank God because between work and our vacations, we have not had much time for each other and that is really getting Old. We are very ready for some good alone time after being away from each other so much lately. Anyways, I quit cleaning the house and took a break to post this so better get back to cleaning before dear Trentie gets home from work.

Hope everyone has a great week.