Very Random Thoughts...

Saturday....Spring......Softball.....the beginning of a wonderful season. Today was Saturday, so much was accomplished. Rian did yard work for 5 hours. The girls helped as much as they could. They did a lot of jumping on the trampoline. Alot of riding bikes. I folded 2 weeks worth of laundry. Cleaned the house. Cleaned the screened in porch. Blew off the carport. Cleaned the front porch chairs. Jumped rope with Kylie. Played "can you find" with both girls. Both girls are in bed. We are ready to relax. The day started at 7:45am. It is now 9:45pm...we are ready to sit down and relax. Tomorrow is a big race. Everyone is coming to our house. Kenzie is ready to see Aubry. Hoping for a wonderful, nice weathered day. It is Spring. We are enjoying being outside. The girls are loving the later evenings. It makes for horrible bed times. Dinner is not served until 7:30 (at the earliest). We are learning to feed them before we do. Makenzie is almost fully potty trained. She went all day Friday in "Big Girl Panties" without one accident. (BTW if anyone wants to send her some 2T panties, I do not remember them being so expensive. $8 for 3 pair....Wowzers) Kylie has started Softball and so far no wins but today was sooooooooooooooooo close. Kylie though, could not be asked to do anything better. She is a natural. She is definitely her daddy's girl. Very athletic....and it comes easy to her. We are looking forward to a busy softball week ahead and weekend. (Hoping, Grandma and Grandpa from Florida will be able to make a game this season!) We hope that everyone is as excited about the change in season as we are. New season...new times. Again...these were Very Random Thoughts!

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste fo adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." -Anne Bradstreet

Spring is coming!!! It is a beautiful 70 degree day today in Georgia and it is FRIDAY! This weekend is going to be in the mid 70's to 80 degrees and full of sunshine. What more could you ask for? Just think...only 4 days ago we were all home on a Monday due to a SNOW day. Now that's true Georgia weather for you! I'll take it, where else can you have 2 days of fun snow to play in, a day off of school, and then the next weekend warm and sunny to enjoy? Makenzie was fascinated by the snow and even as her hands were almost purple and her face was nearly frozen she had no interest in coming inside. The magical white flakes falling from the sky enthralled her and she could not get enough of it. Kylie of course was more than excited about playing in it and even built a snow man with her daddy and Uncle Steve. The next morning when I informed her there was no school was even more exciting I believe. It was a good thing though due to the fact that we had to stay at my mom and dad's house since ours did not have any power. Nothing new there, if the wind blows to hard we lose power. That's what happens when you live in an older neighborhood that consists of nothing but trees (back when they built the house around the trees instead of tearing them all down to build the house). This week has went well and we are looking forward to a full, warm weekend ahead. This evening Kylie has softball practice as well as tomorrow morning. After practice the girls are going to stay with my parents so that Rian, myself, and my brother and Jessica can head up to Reid and Allison's house for a birthday dinner Saturday night. Sunday is the Atlanta race (big deal in our house hold) and Kylie has a birthday party to go to. I hope everyone else is enjoying beautiful weather like us and has a glorious weekend! I know we will.


"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." - Margaret Atwood

Wow...what a world of a difference the last two weeks have been. Makenzie's hand is healing really well but is still being kept wrapped until all of the burns are healed. I am afraid that she might become a lefty after all of this is over. Kylie's parent / teacher conference went really well last week. I wouldn't expect any less! The weather was absolutely beautiful last week but the cold returned this week. I am so ready for Spring and Summer and outdoors.


That was written on the 20th and I am just getting back to post some more....

Well Makenzie's hand has healed so well and this week she has been able to go to school without her bandages. She still has new skin growing but it looks amazing. This past weekend we had my sister-in-laws and cousin's husband's birthday party at our house and it turned out wonderful. Kylie has started back in softball and this is her second week of practice. It has been miserably cold at night during practice but she is absolutely loving it. Tomorrow we are taking her in to the dentist to have an x-ray done as her adult tooth in the front still has yet to come in. She lost both top front teeth at the same time before Christmas and one is almost all the way in and the other still has not even tried to come through. Who knows where it could be? =) Not much else happening in the Ferrero household. Looking forward to a quiet weekend and hopefully some warmer weather! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!


We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." - Sir Winston Churchill

Not the kind of Excitement I was looking for....

I have to admit it has been difficult to get on here and write about anything lately. Things have been tough and not much has been happening. Last week Rian went back to work so we were very optimistic that things were on the up. We even headed up to see some friends of ours that we had not seen since New Year's Eve. The night was fun and the weather was perfect for hanging outside and a bonfire. Makenzie and I went to sleep early as we usually are the first in bed. She slept through the night (which we have had trouble with lately, not really sure why). The next morning we were outside having a smoke and commenting on how hot the fire coals still were. Rian went inside to use the restroom and I am still not sure on what exactly happened but at some point Makenzie tripped and fell backwards into the fire pit. I reacted quick enough that I was able to grab a hold of one side of her jacket at her shoulder and pull her back but that was not before her backside and right hand hit the hot coals. We were very lucky that she had a jacket on, a shirt and jeans as the back of her jacket did melt but was not able to get through her shirt and her jeans were fine minus some singe marks. Her hand though, did not fair so well. We took her to the emergency room and she has 2nd degree burns over most of the palm and fingers as well as wrist of her right hand. She was a trooper and had all the doctors and nurses in awe of how well she was doing despite the burns she had sustained. After getting cleaned. medicine (they also gave her Lortab for the pain and wow is that a site to see), and bandages Makenzie and Kylie both got a popsicle and stickers. She waved everyone bye when it was time to leave and blew kisses as well. She is one amazing little girl. We had to change her dressings last night and this morning and she was an absolute angel during both. She must keep everything wrapped for a week or until there is no open sores left due to such a high risk of infection in burns similar to hers. If infection develops than we have contact information for a burn center that the ER doctor gave us as well we brining her back to the ER for IV antibiotics. We are praying like crazy that does not happen! I also could not be more proud of Kylie. She was the best big sister and through all of the tears, Kylie held it together. Kylie has always been one to get upset when Makenzie was either hurt or getting shots, medicine, etc. I had to explain to Kylie that both mommy and daddy had to be in the room with Makenzie so she had to be brave also. She never once shed a tear and did a great job of keeping her entertained while we waited for one thing or another. All in all we were very lucky as it could have been much worse and Makenzie seems to be fine now and is adapting to using her left hand for things! Praise God!

On another sad note...last one for today...My parents are having our dog put to sleep today. He has been in congestive heart failure for some time but with the help of medicines he was able to enjoy many months of life. Unfortunately he has gotten to the point that his quality of life is no longer quality and they hate to see him suffer. He was only 8 years old but due to his breed type this is something that can happen at an early age. He was also diagnosed as a puppy with a heart murmur and we knew he could possibly have problems in the future. He will surely be missed by all.

On a happier note we have been enjoying beautiful weather and the girls have loved being outside lately. Rian has been able to get some yard work done and we are praying the weather stays nice or at least there are not too many more cold days ahead!

We hope that everyone is doing well and is having a Fantastic February!



"A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice." - Bill Cosby

It has been a while since I have posted anything. Things have been rather calm around the Ferrero household. We celebrated Rian's 30th birthday on Saturday surrounded by 30 of our closest friends and family. We had planned a suprise dinner but when it came time to go Rian decided he didn't want to go to the particular restaurant that everyone was waiting for him at. Kylie said to him, "But daddy we have to go eat at ShoGun's, it's a secret!" So we ended up telling him. Dinner was wonderful and several people came back to the house and we played 31 all night. That has become our new game that we love to get together and play. Makenzie and Kylie are doing well although Kylie has been running a mysterious fever the past couple of days. Not sure what all that is about. There doesn't seem to be anything else wrong with her. Rian is hopefully going back to work in the next week so we are very excited about that. I know he is ready but I am sure it will be a big change having to get up at 4:45am again! I don't have much time today but I will try to post some more stuff before the weekend!



"The years teach much which the days never know" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Potty training...Ahhhhh! I can't say that we are in the full swing of it but there is definitely an interest on Kenzie's part and I am happy to oblige her curiosity. I think she actually gets it but is having a hard time with understanding the process. It started a while ago with her just wanting her diaper off and to sit on her potty. Nothing ever happened but she was proud of the fact that she was doing it. Then around Christmas I decided to bring the toilet out to the living room one evening and let her go naked for a while and see if I could catch her to go on the toilet and maybe that would help to make it more clear. This went on for about 30 minutes of me making her sit on the toilet until she went potty. Nothing happened. I decided to step outside for a moment to have a cigarette and when I came back in she had done it!!!! She peed on the potty (although some got on the floor due to her not having herself all the way on the toilet). I was so proud! Kylie and I cheered and cheered making a very big deal out of it. We put her diaper back on (come to think of it, I may have told you guys this already...oh well) and 30 minutes later she was saying she had to go again. Rian said there is no way...she just went. I told him to take the diaper off and we would see. This time we did not make her stay on the toilet like we should have and as I was stringing the lights on the tree, I stepped in it. Yep, she had gone behind the tree and peed. There were no celebrations this time. So I have started letting her go on a more regular basis in the bathroom. The only thing is that no matter how long I make her sit on the toilet as soon as I leave to get a diaper thinking she is not going to go, she stands up and pees on the floor. It never fails. So I started acting like I was leaving and standing outside the door, she never peed but I swear as soon as I went to get the diaper she would pee. Just for the record, I seriously dislike potty training. Anyone have any miracle system for this? Other than that Makenzie is doing really well. Her leg is looking better and better every day which we are truly thankful for. Her personality is developing more and more everyday and she is quickly becoming her own little person. It amazes me how two kids can be born from the same parents, raised the same, and yet be so completely different.

Kylie is doing wonderful and continues to amaze me everyday in her knowledge and thirst for learning. She got her report card last week and of course it was excellent. They are not graded on a Letter scale yet so it is hard to explain except to say that she can't get much better. The two weeks alone since she has been back to school she has jumped two reading levels to level 16. Like I had mentioned before she only needed to be at 7 by this time of the year. Every evening she is the one who reminds me that she has homework that has to be done. She is also always the first to point out the time as her bedtime nears. If the clock hits 9:01 she starts running around saying "I have to get to bed, it's after 9:00!" She is definitely very dedicated to school and her learning, which makes my job that much more easier. She seems to keep growing and matureing far beyond her years. It is scary sometimes the things that come out of her mouth.

We are fast aproaching Rian's 30th birthday and it is hard to believe that I will be married to a man in his 30's! It is hard to believe that they are not that far off for myself either! It is even harder to believe that we have a 6 year old daughter and that our "baby" will be 2 in 4 months! Were has the time gone?...Where does it keep going?

Hope everyone is having a wonderful, blessed week!

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." - Will Rogers

January 5, 2009 at 10:45pm

"Today the world may have cried a river of tears for a little boy’s life that ended way too soon, but we believe Heaven is REJOYCING over Coleman’s job well done." - Peggy Larson

Coleman Scott Larson earned his ^^Angel Wings^^