The Boys Today

     So.. My friend Lindsay tells me I don't blog enough and in truth she is right. I want to keep up but it's so hard to do right now with all I have going on. School is kicking my bootie!! But I wanted to update you on the boys.
     Bryce is all boy as always. He has picked out EVERY toy in the Toys R Us big toy book this year and he drags it around everywhere! He is completely potty trained and has slept in his "big boy bed" in his room with Jace for the last three nights in a row. YEAH!!! Mommy and daddy have their bed back after 3 almost 4 years!! We have started a new routine where we have baths at 7:30 and in the bed by 8:30. If theres a movie they want to watch great, but bed by 8:30 it is. So far it has worked!! Bryce is almost four and it breaks my heart to think he's growing up soo fast. He is 39 pounds now and he's up to my hip in height, however tall that is!! LOL!
     Jace is almost two and yet again my heart breaks when I think about how fast he has grown. Before long I'll be writing about how he will be driving it seems. Anyway, he is 28 pounds now and he is up to Bryce's shoulder in his height. Shaun keeps saying how he thinks he's small for his age but I think he's probably just right. ;) He has become more active over the last few months and he's getting where he is all about tractors. Who would have thunk it? Wonder where that came from? He is still a little sweetheart, kisses all the time. Last night after bath time he had to play with daddy and everytime Shaun would blow in his face he would grab Shaun's cheeks and pull him to him for a big 'ole smack!! He is too funny and sweet!
     Just a quick update on the boys and how they are growing so fast!! A glimpse into my beautiful life!
~Luv

Jace @ 17months

So my "baby" is 17 months old now and it seems like he is growing inches everyday. I can't believe how fast time flies. It seems like he was just born and then we just had his 1st birthday and now he's almost 1 1/2 years old. He is such a happy boy, he's always laughing. He LOVES to play with a ball, anytime and all day. He can entertain himself for hours just throwing it around. He is sooo cute. He'll hold the ball over his head and wait for you to count. One....Two.... and then he screams TREEE and throws the ball at you. You had better be ready to, for such a little guy he certainly has a big arm. There have been many times when he's caught me off guard and hit me in the head, HARD!

He loves to laugh too. Anything will get him started. He especially likes to play "Where's Jace?". If you ask him where's Jace he'll put his hands over his eyes and stand completely still for a few seconds and then throw his arms out and holler "Eyyyyyyy". Then he's all laughs and giggles and then it's time to repeat. He now says Momma, Dada, thank you, welcome, and meows like a cat while he's chasing the cat around the house.

He's growing so much and changing everyday. I love my little men with all my heart.

~This is my Beautiful Life~

Father's Day!

     Well, today is Father's Day and it has been wonderful. I was supposed to be working today but since the units census is so low I got to be off. I actually left early yesterday because we were discharging patients. It's been a nice weekend for me.

     Friday, Shaun and I and the boys went to spray sunflowers in Arkansas for a guy Shaun works for and Bryce and Jace got to ride the tractor with daddy. They really loved it, it was lots of fun. Then we left and went to meet Shaun's parents, brother and sister and brother-in-law at Cheminahaut State Park where they had rented a cabin for the weekend. Bryce decided he would stay the night so Shaun, Jace and I came home so I could head to bed and be ready to work on Saturday.

     Saturday found me at work and Shaun and Jace headed back to the park to hang out with the family. I got off work at 2:30 and went to the park to spend some time with the family as well. We played outside, Bryce and Jace loved to big playgrounds in the park. We grilled pork chops, sausage, and duck stuffed with cream cheese and some HOT Bordenaro jalapenos and wrapped in bacon. The duck was awesome! After supper some played dominoes or UNO while Shaun and I bathed both boys in the sink in the bathroom since there was only a shower and we forgot their earplugs! LOL!

     Both boys stayed the night Saturday night. I was lucky enough to be called off work today so I got to eat lunch with Shaun's family for Father's Day. I'm glad to have someone to spend the day with since today is usually hard for me. I miss daddy everyday. Fried Fish and 100 degree weather now finds both boys passed out at home in their beds. Hopefully we won't be up at 11:00 tonight trying to get them back to sleep.

     I'm so lucky to be married to someone who is so dedicated to our two lil men, Shaun is the best with them and I could not ask for more. He has been so good with them and I feel I am truly a lucky woman!

                                 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

Business!

So I have been sooooo busy this week! I was off Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and then worked Thursday and Friday. I started my new patho class Mon. and still can not figure out how to turn in assignments on this certain system our instructor prefers, and of course she was of NO help when I emailed her asking for directions. How do people expect you to do your work if they won't help at all. Any way...
Tuesday and Wednesday were dedicated to cleaning this NASTY house but after I busted my booty in the hall - I literally think I broke my tailbone - I limped around most of the day there after. I decided after falling in the hall, and having my 3 year old telling me "That's why you have to watch where your going", which I tell him ALL the time, I needed to get to cleaning. My house is now clean, well most of it. Lindsey M. would be ready to get on hands and knees and start scrubbing I'm sure, LOL, but for us it's pretty clean!
Thursday and Friday @ work were AWFUL! I worked the big ICU unit Thursday and was ready to run away half way through the day. And then Friday was CRAZY, literally! But now today is Saturday and Family Reunion day for my mom's moms family. Not really thrilled about it since I will probably be the only younger person there, with two children! But I promised MaMaw I'd be there and I'm going.
Oh, and I started Atkins on Thursday so cheer me on as I try to loose around 65lbs. It's gonna be hard but I'm ready to get it off. So far so good. I've eaten more salad the last three days than probably the last 6 months, but I'm not really minding it. Oh and the Atkins bars and shakes are pretty good too. Overall, not a bad diet. I'll keep you posted, but I don't plan to step on ANY scales until next week sometime, and then I'm only gonna tell ya how much I've lost. Too embarrassed to tell the actual number! LOL!
Well, this is MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE, feel free to join in!
~Luv~

Today

So... today I'm working. UGH! Kinda sux since my hubby is off and the boys are home, but what ya gonna do. It has however been a good day, sorta slow, but good. I found out I finished my technical writing course with an A today! YAY!!! So glad that one's over with. Now on to Pathophysiology which starts tomorrow, not so thrilled about that. Hoping I don't struggle. Maybe the boys will stay occupied enough this summer so I can pass these next two courses. But with a fifteen month old and a three year old that might be a little difficult.
Jace, my sweet little 15 month old, is sooo on the go. Always into something, always doing something, never still. And he LOVES sunglasses, shoes, and hats. If there are a pair of shoes on the floor, even if they are five times too big, he wants them on his feet! He'll bring 'em to you hold 'em up and say " uhhhhh", like hello I need these on my feet, NOW! It's too funny. And Bryce, well he's into everything outside and he's all boy! Loves the dirt and loves to help! He has to help his daddy with everything! And he loves to mow! He is truly a boy to the core!! As you can probably tell, I'm at work missing my sweet family. Can't wait for 7:00 pm so I can get home and see them.
This is my beautiful life!
~Luv~

New to This!

So, this is my first entry and I'm pretty much completely lost! I'm starting this to be able to keep a record of the boys, family life, and of course my life. At this moment I have two wonderful little boys, Bryce who is now 3 and Jace who's 15 months. They are my life!!! And of course my hubby, Shaun, who I could not do anything without. Currently I'm enrolled at Northwestern State University pursuing my BSN and then I plan to apply for the Nurse Practitioner school there as well. I'm working at Glenwood in the ICU 3 days a week and enjoy my home life with the boys the rest of the time. I finished up my first class yesterday. A technical writing class, and boy am I glad it's OVER! Next is pathophysiology for RN's that starts on Monday and I'm not so overjoyed about it, but it's one step closer.
The boys are crazy active. Jace is nonstop, on the run, literally! And Bryce, well Bryce is never still either. I love my little men!! This is my beautiful life, feel free to join in!
~Luv~

Jace is here!!

Jace arrived Thursday February 18, 2010 at 10:11am. He was a whopping 8lbs 14 ozs and 21 inches long. He was just perfect in every way! After all the complications with this pregnancy, preterm labor, high blood pressure, etc. he finally made his way here. I had gone to the doctor Wednesday and she told me it probably wouldn't be long but she wasn't comfortable inducing me yet. I was very disappointed. When you get to the end of a pregnancy, you're just ready for them to get here already! That night while laying in bed, I started having contractions about 5 mins apart. My mother and I decided it was time to head to the hospital about 11:00 that night since they weren't going away. When we arrived, naturally my blood pressure was outrageous so Dr. Pennebaker decided to keep me and induce me the following morning. YAY! After 4 hours of Pitocin (that stuff is the devil), a terrible epidural experience, and awful spinal headache it was time to push. After three pushes he arrived. Beautiful baby boy! Just perfect!! We are so in love and can't wait for Bryce to meet him!

Baby #2 is.........

Well, if you guessed girl, you were wrong, just like me. It's a BOY! Another one! LOL. We are so excited. Jace Kellen Jaxon Coleman is on his way. I was so convinced this one was a girl I almost didn't believe the US tech when she said boy, but when I saw the screen, there was NO denying it. He is definitely a boy, lol. And soooo precious. We can't wait to meet him.

We're Pregnant Again!

We found out we were pregnant with Coleman #2 today! We are so excited and can not wait to find out what it will be. I had been feeling really yucky lately and had actually taken a pregnancy test the weekend before but it came back negative. Thinking I was just coming down with a cold or something, I wrote it off as no big deal. But the farther along the week went the nastier I felt. So Monday I went shopping and picked up another test not really expecting it to be positive. When I took it however, it was. I was completely shocked!! I couldn't believe it, we hadn't even been trying, if anything we'd been trying to prevent it. WOW! I was half way through nursing school with another baby on the way. We soon took it as a sign this little one was supposed to be here and with us and were overjoyed. Our families were as well. We were so surprised and happy with this new development in our lives. God is good!

Bryce is here!!

Our sweet little boy arrived today, and he could not be more precious. We are ecstatic. My water broke while momma and I were eating at Olive Garden, yes this really did happen. I didn't realize what it was at first but then after talking with Dr. Pennebaker's nurse I was instructed to go straight to L&D. I arrived there around 3:30 or 4:00 and it was confirmed my water had broken. I was admitted and Pitocin was started. I finally reached Shaun after many call attempts and explained that I was in the hospital in labor. He didn't seem to believe me at first though after a few more minutes of me insisting it was true he finally realized I wasn't joking! I finally got my epidural around 1:00 am and then was able to rest comfortably until it was time to push. Bryce made his appearance at 5:24 am after and hour and a half of pushing. All 8lbs 13oz, 19 1/4" of him. LOL. He is so preciuos and we are so blessed.

We're Pregnant!

We found we were pregnant with our first little one in May 2007. It was Memorial Day and I was home alone. Shaun had to work and I happened to get the holiday off. I decided to run some everyday errands since I was home alone. For some reason I decided to buy a pregnancy test while in the store and took it when I got home. To my surprise it was positive. I remember standing in the bathroom and looking at myself in the mirror as I jumped up and down with excitement. Then I quickly stopped jumping not knowing if I would hurt the baby. How funny! I wanted to do something special to tell Shaun but I just couldn't wait until he was off so I went back to the store, lol, and bought a father's day card. It just happened to be that time of year. I placed the test inside and drove from Monroe to Bastrop to his job. I called when I got there and he came out to meet me. When he opened the card, he was really confused at first with it saying happy fathers day, but when he opened it, his face lit up. It was one of the biggest smiles I think I've ever seen him have. He couldn't believe it. I remember him asking if I was serious. Ha, no I was just playing, yeah right. Anyway, we did the same thing to break the news to his parents and to my mom. I had to tell her over the phone however and give her her card later. They were all plesantly surprised and so happy for us. Little Coleman #1 is on the way!

I Do......

Our wedding day......
It all began with me waking up to a loud crash at about 9:00 am. I had stayed at my grandmothers house the night before with my mom and thought that she must be up in the kitchen cooking or something. I got up to see what the noise was and realized I was home alone. So I decided I needed to investigate the cause of all the clatter. After searching the house I decided to peak out the window to discover my grandmother half in the driveway and cars lined up behind her. Apparently, as she tried to turn into the driveway a man decided to pass her in a no passing zone and they had a collision. Luckily, neither were hurt, a little bruised, but ok. So after all that was cleared up, I left to get my hair and nails done at my aunts beauty shop. When I arrived, I found my mother there getting her hair and nails done also. My aunt curled my hair and sprayed it with enough hairspray for about 10 little old ladies I think and then it was time for my nails. After hair and nails it was lunch time and then off to the church. When we arrived at the church the girls and I grabbed a sunday school room in the fellowship hall and the men stayed in the family life center. Makeup was done, dress put on, garters in place, more hairspray applied, and then it was picture time. I think we took pictures for about 2 hours before the wedding and by that time my cheeks felt like they were paralyed into a constant smile. Who knew smiling so much could hurt so much? Shaun and I didn't keep to the old tradition of not seeing the bride before the wedding. We're pretty new school anyway. We had all our pictures done before the wedding.
Our ceremony started promtly at 6:00 at Rayville United Methodist Church with Brother Ted Freeland marrying us. The sanctuary was decorated with flowers only in shades of purples. The church is already beautiful, there's not much you can add to it. The girls all wore purple and lavendar strapless plaid tops with ankle lenght purple skirts. The men were all in tuxes. I walked myself down the isle since daddy watched from heaven, I know he was probably breaking down since he was convinced I wasn't getting married, even after we ordered the dress, LOL! We finished our ceremony in a record 30 minutes and then had our reception to follow in the family life center. For our reception, Shaun and I built small wooden boxes that held our centerpieces for each table. Each one was filled with lillies and each had a small birds nest with eggs. We had also cut down a small tree that we placed into another very large "planter" we built and placed it in the center of the room. From here Mrs. Chris hung flowers and tea lights which were lit. We served mainly appetizer type foods like meatballs, roast with small buns, there was of course plenty of cake. We were there for all our pictures, the garter toss and bouquet toss and then Shaun disappeared. It was only after I recieved a note from the men that I realized he had been kidnapped by his groomsmen. I was told I must collect at least $100 to have him return. I started out collecting money and then my junior bridesmaid Bella decided she wanted to. Fine with me, I fixed a plate of food and kicked back to eat while she did the "hard" work. Once we had the money, which was well over $100, we placed a call and Shaun was returned unharmed, LOL. We changed and headed to my car to find it covered in, ahem, well, we just wont say what, lol. Anyway, we loaded up, said our goodbyes and headed for home where we packed up our cat and hit the road for Hot Springs!

The Coleman Connection.

Shaun and I met when we were still in high school. However, we were dating different people at the time. Somehow, our significant others decided they would rather date each other than us so we began a friendship. Our friendship soon became more and we officially began dating in November. We spent ever minute we could together and I think we only had one day apart for then next six months or so. Crazy, I know. We've been together ever since.