The George Adventures

welcome

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” -Ashley Smith

Last post for the day...


Updates on our lives.

Kevin is unemployed...paycheck has ran out...and unemployment doesn't know if they are going to give him benefits. Woohoo. This makes things a little difficult. But we will make it because not even a sparrow drops without the Lord knowing it...so he knows we are hurting. People didn't think about what their actions would mean in the long run...Kevin may not be able to get another job because of all this crap we are going through.

Joel has two new teeth that cam in this week. He was very cranky!! He also say "stinky" and "baby." He takes big boy steps up the stairs! And his newest thing is giving kisses!! It's adorable, he will run up to my belly, say "baby!", and give my belly a kiss!! Oh, we also can't go to the store without Joel saying "Hi!" to everyone he passes. You can really tell who are kid people and who aren't!

Ephraim is so strong! He is very active. He got our midwife good at his last prenatal! She even yelped and said "Oh sorry!" Then when trying to listen to his heartbeat there was a lot of static because he was squirming to try and get away! When she did get his heartbeat it sounded great! She also made the comment that he's a nice sized baby. He gets another ultrasound on Tuesday at Maternal Fetal Medicine...which means he should get a 3D picture!!

I have my gestational diabetes under pretty good control. I have to get it down to an exact science to getting good blood sugars so I can have a home birth. Ephraim being breech would not risk me out of home...but the blood sugars would! I love my midwife...she gives me so many chances, up to a point anyway! She still follows her guidelines and will risk me out if need be. So I have to be really good! I have been craving a coke, a doughnut, ice cream, a cupcake, really just about anything I can't have! I've done well and stuck with my "No Cesarean for Chels" diet! I am pretty proud of myself. My blood pressure has done amazing with all of the stress we have been under lately! As long as it holds out for a couple more months we will be good there too!

So that's about all! We are doing ok with all the stress. Wishing things would just blow over so we could get back to a normal life! Even though normal has such a different meaning now! The people around us have taken on different meanings now. You never know who's for you and who's against you. We have a lot of good friends and family helping us through the storm! And we love them dearly!

Food INC.


Watch Food INC. trailer here.

I want to see this show on some levels. And then on other levels I don't even want to know! I have hear reviews and hear that this is something everyone should watch. If I can figure out how to see it I'll write a review on it. Let me know if you have seen it and think it's worth the watch!

Photos!!


Forgot to post our recent photos!

 Joel loves chocolate doughnuts...probably because of the sugar content!!

Joel loved the slides!! He only went down once with his Daddy then he was Mr. Independent!

Joel and Daddy on the big slide...Joel wanted to go down this slide on his own and Daddy wouldn't let him...I'm glad though because that would have freaked me out!

Joel getting ready to go down the slide!

Isn't he cute!?

Joel turned around and walked/climbed back to the top!

The big slide yet again!

JoelBob.

Merry Go Round was a favorite of Joel's too!

JoelBob and Daddy.

Joel was chasing this little girl around while she yelled, "Aah a baby!"

At the petting zoo.

Joel is so comfortable around animals! Love it!

Llama and goat.

I so want some of these ducks when we have a farm!

Peacocks! If our neighbors didn't care we would so have some of these right now!

Well, that's all for now...hope everyone enjoyed!!

Aweful...


I love Woman Uncensored's blog. There are so many good posts on there...she could keep a person busy for days!! One post that really made me think was her post titled '"Pearls" Before Swine'. I was given books by these people and have thrown them in the trash. Because that is where they belong! Please read the post and see what you think. I did some research on the Bible verse, "spare the rod, spoil the child." Do your research on Hebrew translations of the Bible verses! You'll be amazed. Think about this...would Jesus hit a child? Hmm....just to get one thinking...

So stupid...


I think it's stupid that someone can't even go to a gas station in their own town because people from 1/2 hour away have to take over your town as well. What is one supposed to do?...stay at home 24/7 instead of getting things they need or even want? Speeding through a gas station isn't recommended unless someone who has threatened your life is one pump over. This is so ridiculous...and almost everyone knows it! UGH! Hope they are happy...actually that's the only thing that makes some people happy...to try to make others miserable just like they are! Haha, we are doing just fine, tyvm!

Bring on the rain...And the blessings....


Well, the rain fell hard last weekend...Kevin went to jail with a $2,200 bond. Now we owe our lives to the people who bailed him out with CASH so he could be with his family for Easter! He sat in there for 9 hours "thinking and praying." We are so extremely blessed to have such caring people in our lives! He got out of jail to find out that he was no longer employed...can't say that he was too sad about that though. That place is toxic and since he's not there any more his chest pains have diminished greatly!

This weekend was quite an adventure as well! We found out to keep our lawyer we needed $2,500...we have tapped all our resources so we had to give him up after paying him $600!! However, Kevin went and met his court appointed lawyer today and said he felt a lot better about him! Then Friday JoelBob went to stay with his buddy Keely while Kevin and I went to a gestational diabetes class. I got a new bright green glucometer!! Woohoo! Then we busted our humps getting ready for our Saturday only garage sale! I was up until 4am making carrot cakes to sell! Kevin got lucky when Joel woke up inconsolable at 2am and didn't want anyone but his daddy...so Kevin got to lay down with Joel in his big bed. He said he didn't sleep a wink though because Joel kept stirring. Saturday at the yard sale we had a steady crowd all day and made around $200!! That was not including the paintings I sold...one of which was gifted back to Kevin by one of my dear friends just because it was his favorite! How sweet!! Kevin got his picture in the paper depicting him as a horrible person...my favorite part was when they put his address in there. Hello, we have children to think of paper people!! Anyway, we also were told by many people that we need to open a bakery! Kevin jumped all over that like white on rice! We got an order for a cake needed by next weekend! It's going to be a new Ford Mustang! We are also going to do some pretty blue cupcakes to fill up the order!

I am going to do some more paintings for our next garage sale...which I think is going to be Friday and Saturday. Still accepting donations!! Drop them on the front porch! Kevin and Joel love throwing garage sales...they are such people persons! Now on to the fun part....new pictures! There are so many cute ones...so bear with me!

One of my cakes...this one went to my Nana and her hubby.

Joel woke up with a fever one day and decided to cuddle with Daddy and fall back asleep! It was adorable!!

Later fever day when Joel was feeling better he apparently climbed in the stroller and Daddy found him and took this laughable picture!!

I cannot resist taking sleeping baby pictures...only problem is, this is a sleeping big boy!! :-(

Joel's bunny that we got him for Easter! It looks a little evil in this picture but it is a very sweet bunny!

 Joel and Daddy mowing the yard with the reel mower...also adorable!!!

Joel and Daddy using the Moby wrap for the first time. Joel picked those flowers himself!

Another adorable picture!!

Auntie Penny brought some bikes over for the yard sale next weekend and Kevin promptly grabbed the Moby wrap and wrapped Joel up. Joel loved it so much he threw a fit when he had to come inside!!

Look Mom!! No hands!!

So after the fit was thrown Joel and Daddy had more fun on the elliptical. Too bad everything about this picture is messy because it is really cute!! Joel looks like a ragamuffin and his Daddy has a scraggly hasn't shaved in a week beard...not to mention the messy garage sale stuff in the background. Oh well, it still says "love!"

Well, that is all for now. I am sure there will be many more stories and pictures in the weeks to come!

Oh Dear...


I erased all of my blog posts! Oops! Just have to keep writing I guess!