THANK YOU!!!

It's kinda surreal when you can sit back and see some of the things that God has put in your life, and why.

In the words of my dad, "This ain't my first rodeo". Dude and I have lived in and out of the hospital since the first day we met. We have gone through surgeries, viruses and coding. I have made many nurse and doctor friends, and I have gone toe to toe with just as many. I have learned how to give shots, change feeding tubes, silence alarms, read monitors and know when to trust them. Let's face it, being a mommy to Dude has been the biggest learning experience I have ever encountered, and I did the majority of it on my own. I will never ever complain about any of it. I've never had to. Just because I didn't have anyone physically next to me, didn't mean that I was alone.

This trip has been so much different than any other hospital stay. Not only have Dude and I had so many people on our side mentally and emotionally, but physically. In the past, I have turned down company so that I could focus all of my time and energy into getting us home. This time, I didn't have a choice. And this time, it was for the better. This time, I couldn't have done this alone. I couldn't have taken the news that I got the other day by myself. I couldn't have told anyone, and keeping it to myself would have been detrimental to me and my health.

So I owe a HUGE thank you to everyone who has been here forcing food down my throat (Tia), sitting in the background, texting me without reply, leaving me messages and for being so concerned that you follow my blog. I can't tell you all how much it means to me that people care about me and Dude so much that you take time out of your day to pray for us, think about us, and read my words. It makes me cry just thinking about how blessed we are.

Again... Thank You to everyone who loves and cares about us!!

As far as Dude goes, today has been an amazing day. His muscles have been spasming which is a little bit painful for him, but it's a good sign. That means his brain is making connections to the parts that had stroked. Poor guy has also been very frustrated because he hasn't been able to form the words he wants to say. Because of that, he can spend a good portion of an hour screaming. The good news in this is that his thought process is normal. Getting frustrated means he is going to try and make those words come out. After a good sleep he has been able to form some pretty important words and more importantly, been able to answer questions. He not only said I love you, but told his Auntie, I love you too. He says mama and when he was tired of being in his chair said "upupupupup". He also answered "good" when Aaron asked how he was doing.

God is good. Life is good. Thanks again everyone for building my strength.

xoxo
-whit

I FOUND IT!!!

No no, not my marbles. I think those are gone for good! When you have 3 kids like I do, and they are all in every single activity known to man kind, you not only lose your marbles but you lose just about everything else that pertains to you as a person.

Since time is of the essence [and I never have any of it] I just HAD to share...
I found this product, and I fell in {love} You literally don't have to scrub your toilets for MONTHS! I'm not kidding you! The problem is, the stores around me stopped carrying it. They carry other products by that company but not this one. Are you ready for it?? Are you SURE????

I'm not even sure as to how I came across this in the first place, but now I can't live without it! I have a ton of minerals in my water so the bowl is always orange or pink or whatever, and like most people... I HATE scrubbing the toilet. So I don't! 

I hope that you try this out, because I just know you are going to love it as much as I do! I mean seriously... no more toilet scrubbing... HALLELUJAH! 

I hope you have a wonderful day. Smile often and Love always. 

xoxo

The Inspiration Tree: Some Thoughts On Love

If you are ever feeling down on yourself, and you feel like the world around you is caving in..... I have a WONDERFUL blog for you to read! Just remember that when you smile at the world... the world smiles back :)

The Inspiration Tree: Some Thoughts On Love: "[ Submitted by inbedallday , visit her tumblr :) ] Before anything else we need self-love. Otherwise we won’t feel we have anything to of..."

Time for Livin

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I said I didn't know what I wanted to be when I [grew up]?!? Well, it's summer time and there's no better time to grow DOWN!

So far, we haven't had much of a warm summer but that hasn't stopped us from having fun! My kids have only been swimming ONE TIME... yeah that's exactly what I said... ONE TIME!!! Not to mention, it was freezing! Luckily, my kids aren't scared of being a little chilly! They are just like me when I was a kid. {OH, and their dad too!} Nothing could keep me out of the water. :)
     

     

Even though it was cold, I had a blast watching their cute little lips shiver as they are running around to the diving board to jump in "Just One More Time"

There has also been a TON of baseball playing at out house. These kids get stuck on a sport and man oh man. They have been outside every day that I let them from sun up to sun down. Since the older kids have such an advantage over Dude, we decided to come up with a new Tuttle Family Game... Flag Baseball!!! It was a huge hit!

xoxo

I would just like to add a Thank You to all of the people who help me raise these wonderful kids! When they say it takes a village, they aren't kidding! And for those of you who get offended by people parenting your kids, or those of you who let the kids do the parenting, I hope you wake up one of these days! I feel sorry for you. {I mean that in the most LoVING way} I was raised with a village as parents, and not because my mom and dad didn't care about me, but because everyone did, and I turned out okay. So, again, Thank You to everyone who loves me and my kids enough to jump in and help out. I get to enjoy life and my kids are wonderful because of you!