Exciting Changes Along the Path of Life

New Adventures

2009-10-10T22:21:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday Terrell and I were able to get out to PF Changs for our three year anniversary. We had a great time together. We ordered A LOT of food. We started with Lettuce wraps as an appetizer. Then we also order Mongolian Beef, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Egg rolls, and Chicken fried rice! So much food and it was delicious!

On Thursday I went to my first spinning class at the gym. It was a blast! I loved the workout. It went by fast and you burn a lot of calories. I went to another one on Friday and I loved it even more than the day before. I look forward to doing more this coming week. I want to get a bike so I can do some long distance rides next summer.

Today Terrell and his band ( www.One2wentyOne.com ) had a photo shoot in Minneapolis. So his friend Ced's wife and two kids hung out with me and our kids. We just hung out around the house for hours eating snacks, getting to know each other, and watched the kiddos play. Then when the guys were done, Marcy came over and we all had pizza and watched the guys play video games. Then one by one each of the kids had a meltdown and before I knew it mine were all in bed, Marcy and CaJuan left, Ced and Rashida were loading there kids up, and Terrell fell asleep on the couch! Now it is just me and good ole Sugar Ray.

Tomorrow is church in the morning and some baking in the afternoon! I am making lemon bars and pumpkin bread to bring to small group in the evening!

This week we will have all the kids over MEA starting Wednesday night! I look forward to seeing them. Since school has started we don't get to see them as much during the weekdays as we did during the summer. It is a hard adjustment and we always look forward to their days off from school.

You can download a free song from Terrell's band at www.301studios.net if ya'all are interested! They just keep getting better and better. It's amazing to see how far they have come. They are all so talented!

Hope ya'all had a great weekend so far!

Pictures of Annaleah and Miles

2009-10-04T18:43:00.001-07:00

Welome to October

2009-10-04T17:02:00.000-07:00

Ok so could Annaleah BE anymore annoying right now? She is so whiney right now! But, I will take this any day over what we experienced Friday. Annaleah had H1n1 AKA Swine Flu. She got worse throughout the day and we ended up in the ER after hours. She has bad asthma so it makes things more complicated when illness arrives and it it also makes illness arrive often. But she has been feeling better though she is still being emotional. Miles is fighting something and so am I. I hope it is just colds and not the flu.

We missed out on quite a few fun events this weekend because we didn't want to expose anyone to what we have over here. My friend Jenni's baby Nolan turned 1 and had his party on Saturday! Happy Birthday Little Man, sorry we couldn't be there!

Today is my mom's birthday. I did go over there for a little bit. They food was awesome- A pork loin that dad made on the grill, au grautin potatoes, and some delicious cheesy bread!

Terrell and his band are playing at our church tonight for the communion service. They have some new band members and I haven't seen them all perform together yet so I am a little bummed that I didn't get to go but....priorities are at home with the sick babies.

This week will brings in a new schedule for me! I am really excited. It will benefit the kids as well as my sanity. I am looking forward to taking some new classes at the gym and doing some new activities with the little ones. Anna and I are going to start swimming on Thursdays. I think she will really like that.

This week brings 3 years of marriage for T and I! I cannot believe that it has been 3 years already. Time really flies as I get older. It is crazy how much 3 years of marriage has brought us. Here is a short list of the big things in the few years:
1). We bought a townhouse
2). We regretted buying the townhouse and sold it :)
3). Bought 2 vehicles together
4). Had 2 babies
5). Got a puppy

There is many more things that have happened in the last three years but that could make for a long list. I don't know what we will do to celebrate. We are planning on doing something on Wednesday and then again on Friday night. We will most likely go to PFChangs one of the days and spend the other at home.

The Lord has blessed us in so many ways. He has got us through some "times"!! We have been encouraged by others who have been there with us through all the ups and downs of our relationship. Thank you to my family who has been extremely supportive and loving. Life is more difficult than we imagine it in our "fairy tale" minds. I would not trade any of it though. I love my husband and my family so very much!

Bad at Blogging

2009-07-26T22:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone! This is pretty much the first quiet moment I have had all day. Talaya, Jae, and Annaleah are asleep upstairs, Mac (aka Miles, aka Moe) is asleep on our bed, Terrell is asleep on the couch, Sug is on the carpet (where is is NOT allowed) and I am sitting in this chair. I am totally exhausted but enjoying this peaceful moment. I am pretty sure that if I go into our room to move the baby he will wake up and there will be no sleep for me. Not fun! He has been really crabby all day. Poor lil guy...Mac Millie as Terrell calls him.

I have challenged myself to the 14 day challenge. I am wanting to get back in the groove of working out again since Miles was born. He is now 3 month... which is totally crazy... and I am ready to get back into my old clothes. So I challenged Terrell for us both to work out 14 days in a row. I have 4 down and 10 to go. I am feeling pretty good about it so far but this week is going to be tough.

The kiddos have VBS all week at church. My parents have family friends in town, and then there is the birthday parties to attend, bible study, work, etc.... so I hope to stay committed. Drop me a line of motivation if ya want!

Also again I am looking for simple recipe ideas for dinners. I am horrible at feeding our family super healthy things and should probably get on board with some veggies! I feel guilty :)

Ok I must go to bed....Goodnight

2009-06-27T07:29:00.000-07:00

Friday was a great start to the weekend! Terrell had the day off of work so he did a little work on some music and then we went to see Transformers 2. We have been waiting FOREVER for it to come out and finally got to go see it. LOVED IT! Thanks to my parents for watching the little ones while we went out :) After the movie we came home and Talaya, Jaelyn and Arianna came over. Later Marcy, CaJuan, and Arrie-Sky came to hangout.

The kids played together for hours and seemed to have so much fun! It's great to see them all together again! Including Arrie-Sky!! She is CaJuan's four year old daughter. She is super cute! I wish I had taken some pics. Next time. The girls were looking up Michael Jackson videos on the internet. My mom asked me the other day if I think any of my kids will remember/know who Michael Jackson is. Then asked me if that made me feel old! I said Jae knows who he is so therefore I am still young!! Jae and Arianna seemed to know a bunch of his songs.

I still think that it is weird that he died...but I guess we all go sometime and who knows when that will be. We are not promised tomorrow or even the next minute. I am so thankful for the many blessings the Lord has given this family. The Lord continues to provide for us in so many ways. He showers our family with grace. He continues to love us. I was really burdened on Thursday by the deaths of Farrah and Michael, a story my mom told me about a mother who accidently left her 2 year old in the car and she died, and I saw a horrible motorcycle accident. It just reminded me of how the Lord is in total control. All I could do was pray. We need Him more than anything. It's amazing the grace he shows this family. He has protected us on many occasions. If I go through my life there are many ways I can remember he has protected me and my family from when I was a child. It is such a blessing the way he hold this family, with our kids and Terrell, together. We have a unique family dynamic and he holds us strong together with love. For this I am very grateful!

Hello Again

2009-06-10T19:05:00.000-07:00

Sugar Ray

Miles at 7weeks old

Annaleah and Miles

Jaelyn and Anna love spending time together!

Talaya at her kindergarten graduation

So it has been forever since I wrote my last blog. I have been thinking about it for the last couple days....so here I am!

A lot has happened since my last post. We got a new dog in Feb. He was about 7 lbs when we got him and he is well over 40lbs now! He is crazy big, well at least from the time we got him. He is half boxer and half something else. They say he will probably be 60-80lbs. HUGE! He is needy and laid back at the same time. Oh I forgot to tell you his name. It's Sugar Ray. Anyways, he is great with the kids but needs around the clock attention though it is hard to give it to him.

In April Miles Lamont was born. He was 7lbs 13oz. He had to stay in the NICU for a week due to some pneumonia. He healed up quick and came home after that and has been doing great ever since. He started smiling last week. Super cute! Of course I would say that since I am his mom. He is getting big and will be 8 weeks old tomorrow. I am amazed at how fast time goes. This time around the whole newborn thing seems a lot easier than last time. He actually sleeps at night!

Annaleah is doing a great job at being a big sister. She gets a little overly worried about Miles sometimes but it's all good. She cries when he cries and tries to shove is pacifier in his mouth. He doesn't always like that. She said her first full understandable sentence the other day when we were in the BK parking lot. It was "Mama, I wanna eat". She loooves eating! She is also pretending to talk on the phone all the time. She says "hewwo, Nanna, wuw woo, bye". That means Hello, Anna, love you, and bye. These are the same things she says to her sister Jaelyn on the phone almost every night when they talk. It's cute when they talk on the phone because Anna has a big smile on her face and sometimes is holding the phone backwards.

Arianna is Terrell's 9year old daughter. We have not seen her more than few times in the last few years, but she reunited with us all a couple weeks ago. She is one of a kind! She is a very funny girl. It has been great watching the kids together. It's awesome how kids can click together again so quickly like no time was lost. Terrell and Miles are going to have their hands full with all of us women....Me, Jaelyn, Arianna, Talaya, and Annaleah!! Wow!!

Summer vacation started for the girls this week. Jaelyn is in summer camps most of the summer but will be here for three full weeks and of course on her weekends. We look forward to the weeks she spends here. She just finished the 4th grade!!

Talaya had her kindergarten graduation last week. It was super cute. They sang songs and had their little caps and walked on stage. I cannot believe that little Talaya is going to be in first grade!!!! She is losing all her teeth and getting her buckys :) She is growing up!!

Terrell is still holding down the job and school thing. He is crazy busy but making it work. CaJuan and him have been doing a lot of shows. They won a spot at the Sonshine Festival. They will be performing their in July. They just put out a new album too. They are working really hard! You can check out some of their stuff at http://www.one2wentyone.com/

Oh and for me....hmmmm...Well I am enjoying my last two weeks off from work. Not like I work that much anyway. I will be going back to Lifetime Fitness and working my part time gig in the child center. Other than that, I am enjoying the sunny warm weather (not these last couple days) but I know more sunshine is on the way. I will try to blog more! Talk to ya later :)

Ending November

2008-11-24T20:38:00.000-08:00

We had been planning on going to the game on Friday night to celebrate my 29th birthday with our friends CaJuan and Marcy. CaJuan ended up in the hospital Thursday night due some illness that he has struggled with his whole life. It got really bad this time, and he is still in the hospital. I would give more details, but I don't think it is my place to share all :) Anyways, we visited him there instead of going out with them. He seemed to be feeling better at the time, so we chatted for a while, had some dessert and Terrell and I went to the game alone.

We got to the game at the end of the first quarter and it seemed hopeful that the Timeberwolves might actually make a game out of it. They were playing the Boston Celtics with the return of KG, so it was a big deal. The Wolves blew it though in the third quarter and it was actually pretty disappointing. But oh well. Terrell, Anna and I went to lunch that day at Pizza Luce. It was really good. We shared hot wings and pizza! YUM! Annaleah was so good that day, it must have been her little present to mommy!

CaJuan wasn't feeling good at all on Saturday or Sunday. He was feeling very bad actually. We visited him again on Saturday and that was hard to see him that way. He was moved to the ICU. Today was a hard day for him also, but he looked better, not saying that he felt better, but there is "talk" from the doctors that he might get to go home this week.

It is really hard to see a friend in such trouble with their health. It's sad and really makes me think about the things we take for granted in life. He is in my prayers and we love him very much.

I can't believe how fast November has flown by. It is totally crazy how fast time flies. Next week is already December. WOW! I am looking forward to Terrell having Thursday and Friday off this week and looking forward to Thanksgiving. We find out on Monday if the baby is a boy or a girl. We are totally excited for that!!!!

Timberwolves Games

2008-11-20T18:15:00.000-08:00

Terrell won Timberwolves tickets this week. We went to the game last night. They were great seats. We were in the the 6th row. They actually won. It was their second win of the season. It was last minute that he got the tickets. My friend Marcy offered to watch Anna. It worked out great, I was at her house when T called so Anna just stayed with her.

I got Annaleah's allergy tests back. She has no food allergies! That is great, though it does not explain the really bad skin issues. Hopefully she will just grow out of it. We had a pretty low key week. She had a busy week I guess, spending lots of time with lots of people. She spent last night with Marcy and CaJuan. Today she spent a few hours with grandpa while I went to the doctor. She also got to play with her friends at Lifetime 4 days this week. She will spend tomorrow night with grandma and grandpa while we go out for my birthday for a few hours.

We are going to another Timberwolves game! We had already bought those tickets before Terrell won the other ones. We are going with Marcy and CaJuan. We are going to dinner at Pizza Luce before the game. I am really excited. Also I will be spending time with Jenni during the day. I will let ya'all know how it goes.

Doctor Visit

2008-11-11T19:04:00.000-08:00

I took Annaleah to the doctor yesterday for her 1 year check up. The visit took an hour and a half!! It was very informative. She got 4 shots and it did not stop there. The doctor decided it was time to do some allergy testing because of her severe eczema. I am very happy about that. Her eczema is so bad it makes me so sad for her. Her arm is now wrapped in what looks like a mini cast, but it's just around the middle of her arm. It seems to be getting a little better since it has been wrapped up. The doctor also prescribed new medicine for her that will hopefully be better. It was awful when they were drawing her blood for the testing though. They started with the right arm because the left arm is the sore arm. They put the needle in and just dug around. They never found any blood, so they switched to the left arm and tried not to hurt her sore. They had problems with that arm too. They dug around for a long time and never even got enough blood, but they didn't want to poke her again since it was already so bad. I felt helpless, like I should make them stop and get up and take her home. But the testing needs to be done so we can figure out what is going on. I just hope that even though they didn't get as much blood as they wanted, that they have enough to do all of the testing.

I took the bumper off of her crib today so now she thinks her crib is a giant jungle gym to jump around and play in. She is up there right now playing, trying to avoid going to sleep! We just got back from the grocery store a little while ago. I am trying to make new recipes and get away from our usual burgers, chilli, tacos etc.... If anyone has any recipes that are EASY let me know. I am looking for new ideas.

We have a busy rest of the week meeting with friends. Oh yeah, and only 20 days left until we find out if the new baby is a boy or a girl! I am super excited about that. Of course I will be letting everyone know as soon as I know!

Long Day

2008-11-06T16:06:00.000-08:00

I went to vote on Tuesday and it was a little bit of a hassle. I had my dad come over to watch Annaleah and the place was just down the street, so i thought it would be a piece of cake! Nope not so easy. I have not renewed my license since we moved and could not find one bill with my name on it!! After being sent home from the polls I did find a random piece of mail addressed to me from the garbage company and they accepted that. Thank goodness otherwise I would have had to go to the DMV and that is never fun! I must say that I am not surprised, but a little disappointed with how the election turned out. I will just trust in God and try not to worry about it. With that being said, I need to GET OVER IT!

Also this week there was not one, not two, but THREE cases of head lice reported at my work! That is really gross to me, and now I feel creepy crawly. I have done all that I can to keep Anna and myself clear from it, but we have spent some time in there this week. So far so good though! Then today Annaleah seems to be sick. She has thrown up a couple times and often sounds like she is going to. The first time was after breakfast and she seemed a little disturbed about it, and the second time was out to lunch with grandpa. We were at Chilli's. She didn't seem to upset about that but I felt kinda bad for those around us. I am not sure if they even saw it. I feel really bad for her because she cannot communicate clearly to me and I want to be able to help her. I am not sure if she has the flu or what is going on. But the doctor told me to just give her clear liquids for the rest of the day and no food. I feel so bad because she has to be hungry, she hasn't eaten since noon! I feel so clueless on how to help her. If she could talk I would at least know if she could eat a little.

Since Anna is sick, I missed two classes at work and a I will be missing my shift tomorrow morning. She has to be symptom free for 24 hours. I hope she will be feeling better soon. We have been just hanging out at home for the second half of today and probably will be tomorrow as well. We get a little stir crazy though.

Terrell is at class and I am waiting for him to get home. We don't get to spend too much time just hanging out these days. He is so busy with school and work. They had midterms this week so he is half way done with this semester! Work seems to be going really well for him too. I am so greatful that he is doing so well. He seems to be pleased as well.

I am looking forwad to the weekend. Talaya will be coming on Saturday and I am excited to see her. I think we will have another bonfire this weekend. I had one last weekend with the girls. We made smores and had lots of laughs. It was nice "girl time" as the kids would say!

Halloween

2008-11-01T07:17:00.001-07:00

We started of our activities for the day with a trip to the mall to meet Marcy, Scott, Erin, and Madison. We had some lunch and the kids played for a while in the play land. This is a picture of Annaleah driving the hot dog truck!

When we were done we came home to take a nap to get ready to go to Grandma's for trick or treating.

We went to my parents house to take Anna to a couple neighbors houses. We really only went to two houses but she had fun and so did we. Terrell pulled her in her new wagon that she got for her birthday. Anna dressed up as a pumpkin!

When we were all done outside we went back to Grandma's so Anna could count her candy! She loved it! When we were all done we went home and she went right to bed. I think she had a great time!

Our week so far

2008-10-29T21:27:00.001-07:00

Not much going on around here. Keeping busy, but nothing fancy has happened this week. Our friend CaJuan moved out this past Sunday so that has been an adjustment around here. We already miss him and it has only been a few days!

On Monday Annaleah and I went to meet Terrell for lunch. We were on our way to meet Marcy but we were being too slow, so we missed out on that at saw dad instead. It was nice to be able to spend some time with him since we see little of him these days with him being busy with school and work! Tuesday I worked and that wasn't too exciting. Today Anna and I were on time and actually got to hang out with Marcy and Scott. Scott is the little boy she nannies for. We met at Target for lunch and some shopping. Then we went to Cub for a little more shopping! Annaleah was really good today, we didn't lose any shoes or socks at the store.

When we were done shopping I notice Anna's eye was a little messed up. Not really sure what happened, but underneath the eye started to bleed.... so we made a special trip to the doctor. Of course they said they didn't know what was wrong with it and just to watch. I feel like that's the same advice I get everytime they tell me to come in. Which makes me wonder why I continue to go in, but I am a mom and I just want to know that my baby is ok. But some good did come out of the visit... Turns out she has a bad infection in her arm so we got some meds for that. Good thing because I wasn't really noticing that her arm was that bad since she had long sleeves on all day. She has Eczema and it does get really bad on her arms and legs. It used to be on the left side of her face and her forehead, but she grew out of that. Her arms and legs bother her really bad and they get pretty bad/infected often, so I am happy that we got another rx today. Hopefully she will be feeling better by tomorrow, and hopefully the eye gets better too.

Tonight we went to church and then afterwards we went to Applebees with some friends. We just got home about a half hour ago. Anna is now on bed, I am wide awake, and Terrell is asleep on the couch. He still has to write a paper that is due tomorrow, so he will be waking up soon! Oh how I am glad to be done with school. I don't miss those days! That's all for now. Sweet dreams to all!

Happy Birthday Annaleah

2008-10-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

Saturday started out with a 5k for Annaleah, Jaelyn, and me. We met up with my brother Chris, his wife Erin, his daughter Norah, Erins mom, Kris, Erins sister Sara and her two kids, Brooke and Jaxson. We walked around Lake Harriet in Minneapolis for the Monster Dash. It was a lot of fun with lots of costumes and candy. We were prepared for the cold, but it really was not that bad.

Following the race we prepared for a birthday party! Annaleah had her 1st birthday this weekend. We celebrated with a Dora the Explorer party on Saturday. She had a blast! A little crabby at first but once the food was brought out, so was her smile! She is so funny about her love for food! The kids dressed up in costumes for the party. Anna was a pumpkin, Talaya a Rockstar Princess, Jaelyn a Vampire Cowgirl, Norah was Hello Kitty, Brooke was a Princess, Jr was a Dinosaur, and Jaxson was Curious George. We ate fried chicken and potatoes and the kids played and watched a short movie. Annaleah was given many great gifts. She really loves them! She got a little baby doll and a stoller that she can walk behind and push. This is really exciting because she had a little lion that does the same thing, and she couldn't do it, but she can do the stoller like a pro! She has been playing with it pretty much nonstop during playtime since she got it. She may be one step closer to walking on her own. She also had her own little chocolate cake to enjoy. Some of you know how much she loves to eat... well she loved it so much, she threw up when she was done! She felt better right away and went back to playing.

Sunday was her real birthday. Annaleah was still really tired from the day before so we didn't do much after church. She napped for a long time until we went to small group at the Coopers in the evening. We were going to do a little celebrating when we got home, but we just watched a little Dora Halloween, played with the new toys and read some of the new books. Shortly after that Anna was ready for bed.

It's crazy how fast the time goes. I cannot believe that she is 1 already. It is so amazing to watch her grow. I was telling Terrell how much I love her last night and it's just so crazy, because I feel like I love her more everyday. I also feel like I need to tell him this everyday! I am so excited to see what this next year brings with her, but I don't want time to just fly by. I want to be able to enjoy every moment of it. I am just so grateful to be blessed with her as my child. A lot changes in a year in the life of a Ferguson. By the time Annaleah turns 2 she will be a big sister! I look forward to watching her grow! Happy Birthday again to my baby girl!

Changes of Life

2008-10-24T07:09:00.000-07:00

It's Friday already and I don't know where the week went, but I am not complaining! This week was a very exciting week for our family. We are going through a lot of changes. Terrell was unexpectedly laid off this summer and went back to work with a new job this past Monday for the first time in three or more months. He also started school at the end of September. He is going for a bachelors degree in Business Management with an emphasis on Music. This is very exciting for us and he is staying motivated and doing great. I am really very proud of him. We have gone through many and I mean many issues with careers in the last three years and it gets a little frustrating for us all. This is a little hope for job security for the future.

Annaleah will be turning 1 this weekend. We are having a birthday party for her on Saturday. We, Anna and I, have been spending a lot of time getting ready for the big event! She has been such a trooper. In and out of the car over and over again. She just goes along for the ride in the shopping cart wherever I take her without a peep. She does like to take off her shoes and socks when I am not looking and drop them on the ground in the store though. We were at Party City the other day when she did that and thankfully a woman found us to return the shoe before we left. Annaleah is such a character. She is a hyper little girl with a lot of personality. I can't believe she will 1 already!

Today is a day of girl time. Jaelyn, my 9 year old step daughter, is off school and she is spending the day with Annaleah and me. We will be going to library and running last minute errands. Later today Talaya, my 5 year old step daughter, will be joining us. They will both be here for the weekend. The party is a Dora Halloween party. The kids will be wearing costumes, so I am very excited to see what the girls have picked out this year!!