WWU

Our weekend started on Thursday afternoon when Dolly and baby Michael arrived in Charlotte. Dolly came into town just for the big consignment sale that I go to twice a year. In order to attend the preview sale, a person has to volunteer, so on Thursday night we both did just that. It was so good to see Michael! He has grown so much and is the sweetest thing. He is such a calm baby and just sits back and takes everything in. Caroline LOVES him to death and Roy Austin even grew attached to the little guy. He even stopped his playing once to come give Michael a kiss all on his own! Here is the Bumbo Boy:

Friday was the big sale day. Dawn came into town around 2:45 just in time for us to hug hello, leave her with the kids and head on over to the sale!! Let me just say that Dolly was one excited girl. She made me laugh because that is the exact way I felt the first time I went. It was an exhilarating feeling. Here she is while waiting in line, pondering which direction she'll take when she enters the sale:

I found her a little while later with her finds and scouting out the next direction she would take:

She really did find some good stuff. For her point of view, check out her blog soon. She took pics of her loot. A big thank you to Auntie Dawnie for watching the children for us! When we got home, we all went out to PeiWei for some Chinese food and learned that Dawn HATES Chinese food. Who knew? Again, she was a sport.

Shoo! It's hard work taking care of kids! It wore her out.

Saturday got off to a great start. We had our whole day planned out around SouthPark Mall and then had a little setback. Roy noticed a hernia looking thing on Roy Austin's stomach that morning. We kind of didn't think much about it, but when I changed his diaper, it was really sticking out far and was really scary looking. So, I called the doctor's office and they told me to go straight to the Children's ER! Talk about scarring a mom and making her cry! Thank God my sisters were there. They took Caroline with them the entire day while I met Roy at the ER with our little guy. He was acting totally normal...totally Roy Austin. Here he is in the waiting room, climbing all over the furniture, but taking a second out of his active state to watch CNN:

He was so cute in his little hospital gown. I couldn't help but snap tons of pics on my phone camera:Don't be scarred, RoyBoy. He hated the hospital bracelet and tried his hardest to pull it off. All was fine until he bumped his head on the wall after jumping on the hospital bed:

Long story short, he suffers from Diastasis recti. Google it. I don't quite understand it all the way, but apparently this is normal in little boys and it "should" correct itself by age 5. It looks gross and scary though! I couldn't help but think on the drive to the ER that this was probably the first of many visits there with our little RoyBoy. Thank you to those that I called on the way there. I honestly could feel your prayers and by the time I got to the ER I was very calm and not worried at all.

Saturday night Dawn and Roy got the Wii Fit out and had some challenges. That Dawn is a competitive one! Here she is trying to master the ski jump game:

Sweet Caroline had to give it a try, too. Here she is trying to do the hula hoop game:

This weekend really flew by. It felt like my sisters had just arrived and then this morning, it was time for them to head on back to Virginia. They got ready to leave while we got ready for church. Now, for all of you non-smock lovers, bubble wearing, knee-sock haters out there (you know who you are) please pardon this next picture. Check out our Diastasis recti boy in his little firetruck smock bubble and new saddle shoes I got at the consignment sale for $3:

It was basically impossible to get a still picture of him this morning, right Dawn?! I was literally chasing him around our downstairs with my camera trying to get a shot of him. He was obviously running when I took the above picture. Speaking of consignment sale purchases, I didn't do too bad. I only spent $60 this time because the kids didn't need much. The best purchase? The above saddle shoes for $3 and another nice Willet leather pair for Easter for $5. Hip Hip Hooray!

Here's a picture of Caroline as she says goodbye to her baby Michael. She really loves this boy:And because today is such a gorgeous day, we ate lunch outside after church and enjoyed the sunshine. Afterwards, the kids played in the grass and on the playset. RoyBoy learned a new trick...climbing the slide all on his own at 16 months of age. He climbs all the way to the top and then lets go and and slides down on his belly. Like I said....yesterday was the first of many trips to the ER, I believe.

This week: Double coupons at KMart and Triples coupons at Harris Teeter for an entire week straight!!