Transparent

So I'm just going to be real with you.  Transparent.

Something I'm not all that good at.

The longer I am pregnant the less hope I have that I will actually get to bring my baby home with me.

Backwards thinking, huh?

I know it's totally satan messing with me.

But it's how I feel.

I just have to remind myself....my hope is in the Lord. 

He will not leave us or forsake us.

Worship music is a must for me right now. 

It's the only way I will make it through this week until I have my sweet baby girl in my arms.

What's Happening??

In case you haven't heard....our sweet girl did not make her grand entrance into this world today. 

Yesterday I had an amnio done, which revealed that her lungs are not quite ready.

Of course it's hard news to swallow, when you have your heart set on meeting your baby!

However, we know it's much better for her to stay in there & keep growing so when she does arrive, she'll be healthy!

After the amnio, I didn't feel good all day & it progressively got worse as the evening went on.

I had a lower back ache, cramping & a weird pain in my upper right side.  By the end of the night I could barely walk. 

I did not think I was in labor, but I knew it wasn't right.  We called the doc & they wanted us to go in to get it all checked out just to make sure the baby & I were okay.

We spent a few hours being observed & were sent home.

We're waiting results from a urine analysis to see if I have some kind of infection.  We should know the results by the morning.

I still don't feel all that great, but I'm not nearly as uncomfortable as I was last night.

We'll have another amnio on Monday to see if this baby girls lungs are developed and if they are, she will arrive late Tuesday morning.

And if they aren't mature?  Well lets not even get started on that.  I just might need to be checked into the looney bin. 

The Great MN Get Together!!!!

Cheese curds, deep fried pickles, pronto pups, fudge puppy's, giant pickle, deep fried cheese on a stick, deep fried candy bar on a stick, quesadilla's, gizmo sandwich, smoothies, cotton candy, corn on the cob, taffy. 

I think that's it. 

That is what we ate at the fair last week when we went on opening day!! 

Thank goodness we were there for over 7 hours & shared just about everything. 

Otherwise, can you say heart attack!!!!!

Here are some picture highlights!!

I did a lot of this.....sitting in the shade!

We did more than just eat....David, Caleb & Erika at the top of the giant slide!

Caleb was too fast so I didn't get a picture of him going down the slide, but I did get Daddy & Erika!

This was one thing Erika REALLY wanted....a giant pickle!!!  The girl LOVES her pickles.  I wanted to get a picture of it before she devoured half of it, but I wasn't quick enough!

Yummy corn on the cob.  I wish I knew how they made it so I could duplicate it!  SO YUMMY!!!!

Choo Choo Bob's was at the fair, which if you know anything about Caleb, then you know this was the highlight of his day!  They had a little show and a cool layout with wooden trains they could play with.

Next up was rides!  Caleb likes rides, but he is very cautious.  He has fun usually but doesn't typically show it on his face until after the ride is over.  Erika on the other hand, that girl has no fear & likes to give her mommy a heart attack!!  She giggled the ENTIRE time on this swing ride.

This was her favorite ride!!  She called it the "tummy flying ride" 

Caleb liked this one too, I think he felt secure so he let himself enjoy it! 

Erika went a 2nd time with Caleb! 

The last treat of the day....pure sugar!!

We made one last stop on the way to the car.....the Miracle of Birth Barn!

These cuties were less than 24 hours old!

This one was only 10 or 12 hours old!  Amazing!

And these little piglets were about 9 hours old!

We ended up having a great day at the fair!!!!  Wish we could go again....just thinking about some of the food makes my mouth water! 

Probably our favorite new thing we tried this year was the deep fried candy bars!  The Reese's Peanut Butter cups were the best!!  Next time we'll have to try to deep fried oreo's!

Just some randomness....

I am exhausted.

I am beyond ready to have my girl in my arms.

My 1st baby starts 1st grade next week!

My 1st baby will be 7 (!!!!) in just a few weeks!

Erika is completely out of sorts lately.

She knows change is coming, I'm sure.

My kids are grounded FROM their room tomorrow.

They aren't taking care of their toys & therefore can't play with them for a day.

Am I the only mom who grounds their kids from their room???

My hubby & kids are going out of town this weekend for a wedding.

It is a wedding I so desperately want to be at. 

I have known the bride since, goodness I want to say, she was 4 or 5.

There is a SLIGHT chance my doc will okay the road trip. 

But it's not likely.  :(

However, I am more than happy to not risk having a baby in Kansas City.

Weird how you can feel so many emotions at once. 

I want more than anything to be at that wedding, but I want to do what's best for me & baby.

To help out, I've got a girls night planned with some friends from church.

Scrapbooking.....I can't wait!!!!

I'm really blessed to have such great friends at church.

Looking forward to Friday night too....Camp Rock 2!!  Party at my house!!!!

I LOVE that I have a friend who will watch any cheesy Disney movie & love it, just like I do!

My kids are OUT for the night!

I am working on laundry.

I will try to blog again before baby makes her grand entrance, but I make no promises!!!! 

OH YEAH, one last thing.  My sister is home!!!!!!!

She's been at Basic Training for National Guard all summer.

We missed her big time!  :)

Good night & God Bless!

29 weeks 5 days

That's how far along I am as of today.

Seems like such a random point in a pregnancy to blog about, but it's not.

Making it this far & seeing a beautiful heart beat this morning means more to me than most at 29 weeks 5 days pregnant.

The day I delivered Dylan, I was 29 weeks 5 days pregnant.

The ultrasound I had that morning on November 24, 2004 compared to the ultrasound I had this morning....breathtaking. 

Knowing that this baby girl inside me is alive & well....breathtaking.

Even when I'm uncomfortable & she is doing jumping jacks on my bladder, I'm thankful.

I know all too well what could be happening at this point of the pregnancy.

So far, this pregnancy is going much like Erika's and we have every reason to believe that we'll be choosing our daughters birthday around 37-38 weeks vs. having it chosen for us because there is something wrong.

We are very anxious to get this sweet baby girl in our arms, but we cherish every day she spends inside me growing.

Bad bad blogger.....

It's been WAY too long since I blogged! 

I do however have a good excuse. 

I'm currently growing a human being. 

That takes a LOT of energy!

I have a post brewing in my head, but for the most part it will have to wait till Friday! 

Come back then! :)

P.S. If you live in my area & need boy clothes let me know!  I'm selling all my boy clothes size newborn-5 in a garage sale this week!!!!

A few thoughts from our beach trip today

Today we ventured out to a new beach.  Thankfully this new beach is very close to us!!! 

Here are my thoughts:

1. If you don't like sand you probably shouldn't bring your kids to a sandy beach.  One mom there was flipping out over the sand! 

2. I'm all for self confidence & being secure with the way your body looks.  But sometimes no matter how secure & confident you are,  you still shouldn't be wearing a bikini.

3. If your kids "need" something from you every few minutes, tell thim it's almost time to go & then magically they don't "need" anything for at least a 1/2 hour!  :)

4. I just *might* be willing to get sand in every crevice of my body & do all the work of a beach trip every week if it guarantees me napping kids afterwards!!!!!

We're having a SISTER!

Those were Caleb's words.  :) 

A few weeks ago David and I found out that we are indeed having another little girl.

We are thrilled!  And so are the kids.  Both of them wanted this baby to be a girl, but both for different reasons.  Erika really wanted a sister & Caleb...well he just wants his own room! 

I have thought all along that we were having a girl, so I will admit that it was kind of fun to be right!  Ultimately though, all we wanted was a healthy baby.  It appears we are having just that, a healthy baby. 

I still struggle with believing that we will get to bring a baby home, but I kind of think that's normal.
I think I could be pregnant 10 more times & will still always wonder what is going to happen to the baby. 
But don't worry, I'm not going to be pregnant 10 more times, this is it!

We told the kids by wrapping up an outfit & blanket that we plan to bring this sweet girl home in.  Before they opened it, we showed them the ultrasound pictures & then told them if the presents in the bags were blue, they were having a brother and if they were pink they were having a sister.  

I think they are both happy.  Look at those smiles!!

Five Question Friday!!!

WHOA!!!  I'm actually a) blogging and b) doing 5QF!!!  It's been a while since I've done either!!!  AND I'm doing it on Thursday!!!!

1. Is there something you've always wanted to try but just can't muster up the courage to actually do yet?

Hmmm, not really.  I mean there are plenty of things that I haven't done, but nothing that I have always wanted to do. 

2. If you had $100 handed to you in cash without your significant other knowing about it, what would you spend it on?
Well first of all, I would tell my hubby that I had the money!  Having a successful marriage starts with communication!!!  Besides if someone handed me $100 & I wanted to spend it, he'd let me!!  Right now I'd probably put it into the "new tv" fund.

3. What was your favorite piece of playground equipment as a child?
I loved the swings & tire swings, but they made me sick!  They still do to this day.  I sit on a swing & within a minute I feel sick to my stomach!!!  My favorite thing that didn't/doesn't make me sick is long & windy tube slides!  They are fun & never get too burning hot in the summer since they are covered!
4. Do you prefer a sweet or hearty breakfast?
I like a little bit of both!  I have a sweet tooth & could eat something sweet at every meal!!

5. Are you a Neat Freak or a Messy Bessy?
Somewhere in between, but WAAAAYYYY closer to neat freak than to messy bessy!

Tomorrow I'm headed out on a field trip with Caleb's class, so I'll link up with all the other 5QF'ers once I'm home.  (5QF'ers.....that just sounds wrong, oh well!)

In Limbo

That's kind of how we feel right now.

We know we are not where we want to be forever. But we don't know our next step.

This baby helps big time. We aren't making ANY changes until at least January 1st.

We've moved with a newborn before & it isn't fun. Not even a little.

It was ONE week after my c-section with Erika. And then again when she was three weeks old.

(New house wasn't available right away, but we had to close on the old one)

Although part of me wishes we could just move this summer & be settled.

Considering we don't know what's next for us, that would make it a little hard.

And then there's the whole health insurance thing too.

I have phenomenal coverage right now & I don't want to loose that.

It's SOOOO hard to be patient.

But for now that's what I'll have to do.

Be patient.

The Lord knows how we feel.

And the Lord knows our next step.

Please help us to be patient while we wait, Lord.

Barbie's house??

Last weekend I took the kids to a few garage sales in one of the nicer neighborhoods in our city.

As we drove past some HUGE houses my daughters eyes were big as saucers.

One house in particular, her mouth was wide open as she saw the sheer beauty of this house.

"Mooommmm, look at that beauuuutiful house!"

It was beautiful. If I had my camera with I would have taken a picture.

We went on our merry way to the next garage sale.

Afterwards we drove past the beautiful house again.

And again my daughter was in awe.

"Mom, do you think that is where the REAL Barbie lives?"

Priceless. Seriously.

To have the innocence of a child.

To think that Barbie is a real person & could live in our town.

If I knew my way around the neighborhood I would go back to take a picture.

Although "Barbie" may not appreciate some stranger coming by her house to take a picture of it.

Streams of Consciousness

Do you read MckMama's blog?? She does posts titled streams of consciousness, and I think these kinds of posts are right up my alley for now. I can't seem to sit down & get my thoughts together enough to do a regular post.
So let's see. I can't wait for Caleb to be in school everyday of the week. It's not that I don't enjoy having him home a couple days a week, it's just that he is READY to be a full time student. I kind of had a feeling this would happen since he's the oldest in his class.
In other Caleb news, he is currently building a Pinewood Derby car at church and is very excited to race it this Sunday!! Daddy is looking forward to it as well!
I really think this baby is going to be a girl, but we'll find out May 17th as long as the baby cooperates!! I'm finally feeling much better, just dealing with some gagging & dry heave issues.
My dishwasher is currently running.
My kids are crazy this morning. I think a trip to the park is definitely in order! They have SO much energy.
I absolutely love this time of year when you don't need the heat OR the air conditioning running! It's so nice to just have my windows open and enjoy the fresh air.
So there you have it! All my random thoughts of this morning!

The REAL reason....

Ok so the real reason I haven't been blogging.....

I'm pregnant!!!!!

We are very excited. I've been so nauseous and I can't stand looking at the computer screen for very long right now!

I'm hoping it will get better soon though.

I am 12 weeks along right now, due October 3rd. (but b/c of my history I'll have a c-section in mid September)

A little over a week ago I got to hear the heartbeat! That was music to my ears.

I'll be back to regular blogging hopefully soon!!!

A little funny story!

I don't want to forget about this, therefore I'm blogging about it!!

Last night we were doing our nightly bedtime routine, which includes a group hug & good night prayers.

We were all sitting on Erika's bed, she was playing with her puppy's (the stuffed kind...no we don't have a dog) & Caleb, who hasn't been feeling the greatest was coughing a little.

We all talked a little & then it was time for our group hug & praying.

David was praying & said "and help Caleb to feel better & not bark so much"

And then the laughter started. oh.my.goodness.

Then Erika pipes in & says "bark? That's whay my puppy's do, not Caleb"

Hilarious!

So fun to end the day laughing all together as a family!

The Tooth Fairy

Recently the tooth fairy visited our family for the first time!

Not this tooth fairy though:

Oh no, the real tooth fairy visited our house!

Caleb lost his tooth in the middle of the night actually, and he ended up loosing the actual tooth! Not sure if he swallowed it or where it ended up. He was pretty concerned that the tooth fairy wasn't going to come because of this! The remedy? A letter to the tooth fairy!

Here's the finished product! Complete with a picture of a tooth "just in case the tooth fairy can't read"....too funny!
He's very proud of the empty space in his mouth!! Although, the new tooth is growing in pretty quickly.

Caleb has another tooth that is just starting to be loose & he can't wait for the tooth fairy to visit him! He's hoping he doesn't have to write another letter this time!

Cinderella

Have you heard Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman?

Please tell me you have.

If you have a daughter and you haven't....well grab some tissues and watch this....
(it's the music video and also the story behind the song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLYxtuC0oRk

This is Erika's FAVORITE song. I mean seriously. She'll hear the very first notes of the piano playing in the beginning and know's it's "her" Cinderella song.

When we are home and this song comes on, she stops whatever she is doing to dance. And you can only imagine what happens when she says "Daddy, you want to dance with me?" David drops everything for his princess. There is no doubt in my mind that this song will someday be played at her wedding. There is also no doubt in my mind that David will be a sobbing mess at that point.

We'll probably also use this video at some point in her wedding....

I know I'm biased....but that is precious!!!

YES

We are still alive....not that anyone has asked!  I haven't intended to abandon my blog for so long, it just happened.  I've been a busy mama!  I am watching two extra kids during the week now, so far it's going great.  I just don't have nearly as much free time to sit down & blog.  Starting this week they are actually going to just be part time, so I will have a couple days with just Erika (on the days Caleb has school, obviously) and I'm looking forward to it.  Since this past fall when Caleb started school, Erika & I have had a TON of one on one time & I think we both thuroughly enjoyed it.  Tomorrow will be the first day that we'll have together in over three weeks!  First up?  A coffee date to Caribou!  Don't worry....she'll get a hot chocolate!

Caleb's birth story.....

I'm joining in Mama M's fun & posting Caleb's birth story.

Oh Caleb....my 6 1/2 year old.  Wow.  Can't believe it's been that long since I became a mommy, yet I can still remember the details of his birth like it just happened!

When I was 32 wks 4 days pregnant, I went into the doc for a normal pre-natal visit.  All the regular visit stuff had occured and the doc & I were sitting in the little room chatting when I see this piece of paper come sliding under the door.  She looks at me & looks at the paper and says "that's never good".  And she was right.  There was protein in my urine.  She had taken my BP earlier in the visit & it was a little high, so she wasn't surprised.  She took my BP again, it was still high.  Not high enough to be overly concerned at that point.  I was sent home with a note for my employer that I was only allowed to work 4 hours a day until further notice.  Wohoo!!!!  4 hours a day versus 8!  Hey no problem!  Especially if it was what was best for the baby!  By day #2 though I was so sick of the couch and my bed!

The week before all this happened my best friend Erika moved to San Diego!!!  (Yes, I later named my daughter after her!!!)  I was missing her big time as I did nothing but watch TV & movies for three days!  My hubby started a new job that week.  It was a crazy time!

When I went back to the doc on Friday of that week, I was exactly 33wks pregnant!  I was pretty swollen from retaining fluids, but felt good & thought everything would be the same or better then when I went in earlier that week.  I was wrong.  Completely wrong.  My BP was WAY too high.  David wasn't able to get time off that day to come with me, so I was a wreck.  To make matters worse.....his cell phone wasn't working.  It hadn't all week.  So my Dr. called the hospital to let them know I'd be there in a couple hours and she wanted me to be there for the weekend pretty much for observation "just in case".

The only way for me to get ahold of David was to go home and get his works # off of our caller ID.  Thank the Lord, David had called me from there earlier in the week or I would have really been a wreck.  I convince my Dr. that I really will be okay to get home, call him & get to the hospital.  So I do just that.  Get home & call him.  I think I had to tell him three times that he needed to come home because we had to go to the hospital.  Once I heard his voice I lost it, I was sobbing & he couldn't understand me!!!!  Then I wait.  and wait.  and wait. and wait.  When you have time to wait like I did, you have time to either freak out more or calm down.  I actually calmed down.  Packed a couple things and relaxed till David got home.

David walks in the door in a complete panic.  I offer to drive to the hospital since he's freaking out at this point.  (I later learned....his truck wouldn't start no matter what he tried & he had to get a ride from a co-worker, which was why I waited so long for him.  And remember.....no cell phone to call me & tell me what was happening!)  He calms down & we leave.  I remember on the way to the hospital saying "we really should come up with a boy name in case this baby is born this weekend & comes out a boy"  When we had the u/s they could see the umbilical cord between the legs & said there was nothing else there, but since this was grand baby #7 on daddy's side and there were no girls yet....I was certain it wasn't a girl. 

We get to the hospital at 4:30pm, get checked in and to our room.  The doc comes in to check things out & says we are there for the weekend for sure and there is a good chance the baby will be born at some point during the weekend.  WHAT!!!!  I'm not ready for this, are you kidding me!?!?!  Shift change.  New doc comes in to check everything and says the baby will be born TONIGHT!  Um for real.  This is September, I'm not due till November.  I'm not ready!  Then the doc comes in with an u/s machine, does the u/s and says "ok we are headed to surgery.  This baby needs to come out NOW"  WHOA baby, for real????  Of course I knew at this point it was better for both of us to get baby out, but when you are going there "just for observation"....it's a little shocking! 

Now remember we got there at 4:30......We were wheeled to the operating room, got the big huge needle in my back, went numb, & the baby was delivered at 6:18pm!  Talk about fast!!!!  Baby boy was 3lbs 8ozs.  They showed him to me & then he was whisked off to the NICU.  David went with him.  Oh & in the rush of it all....we got no pictures of his delivery!  David forgot the camera back in the room & there was NO time for him to go back or he would have missed it all.

Once I'm in recovery David comes back to tell me that Baby Boy is doing great!  He's breathing perfectly on his own & at this point no oxygen is needed!  PRAISE THE LORD!  I was so greatful!  One of the things I remember from that night: one of the nurses said "We just don't like to see BP at xxx/xxx (don't remember exactly what it was), that's when things can start to get out of control fast.  Our eyes were big as saucers....my BP was VERY close to what she had said.  The amazing thing was that once I calmed down waiting for David, I was so calm all evening it was unbelievable!  I should have been freaking out, but I wasn't!  (I wasn't freaked out about my health....just that we weren't ready for the baby yet!) David on the other hand was VERY nervous & scared about my health.  He did very good at being calm around me though.  We are so very thankful that our doc sent us to the hospital.....things could have turned out very differently that night if she hadn't!

I think after the recovery room they wheeled me in to the NICU to see Caleb, but I was so out of it and in pain.  David was taking pictures & bringing the camera back to me all night.  David got to hold him first, & thankfully remembered the camera!!  We still didn't have a name.  In fact on one of the papers the nurse wrote "Baby Boy Ruch" but apparently whoever did the wrist bands thought it said "Baby Roy Ruch"......I quickly had that corrected, it was kind of funny!  Once he was a little over a day old we settled on Caleb Thomas. (had he been a girl he would have been named Lindsay)

I stayed in the hospital the full four days the insurance allows.  I knew that we would be leaving the hospital without our baby & took full advantage of staying as long as we could!  The hospital that we delivered at had just opened a brand spankin new NICU!  Each baby was in their own room, with a pull out couch, sink & refrigerator!  Doesn't get much nicer than that! (for a NICU, that is)

Caleb stayed in the hospital for 20 days.  After one week he was out of the incubator.  After the second week he started bottle feeding a little bit at each feeding, and the rest was through the feeding tube.  It only took him a couple days to fully catch on & he was chugging his bottles!  The last week or so he could have gone to the step down unit, but since the NICU was not anywhere near full, they let us just stay there so we could have our own room!

We are so thankful that Caleb was a healthy preemie!  Once he learned to maintain his body temp, could eat on his own & didn't have any weird heart rate drops during his sleep he came home!!!  (The heart rate dropping is pretty normal in preemies.  It happened once when I was holding him & freaked the living daylights out of me! Thankfully our nurse was standing right there when it happened!)

It's FRIDAY!!! Time for 5QF!

I haven't blogged at all this week!!!  OMGoodness!!!!  It's been a good, busy & kind of weird week.  I could really use a day or two of warmth & sunshine.  But all is well!  I'm caught up on laundry, my house is clean, the dishwasher is running & I've had two cups of coffee this morning.  Sounds like a great morning to me!  Oh & it's Friday!!!!!  Friday's don't mean a whole lot to me right now since David works Tuesday-Saturday.  Our Friday doesn't happen till tomorrow!  ALTHOUGH.....here comes a MAJOR praise report.....starting next week I am going to be doing full time daycare for a family with two kids!  We've been praying & trying to figure out a way to better our finances and this family pretty much fell in our laps!  We feel very blessed!  So I guess starting next week, Friday will have a new meaning for me!  It's going to be a huge adjustment for me since I've pretty much been carefree with my days since May 2008!!!  It's good though.  My mind is already preparing to be in daycare mode.  I did it before with six kids everyday and being stuck at home, so I can do it again with four kids. 
Now on to the reason for this post......




1. What is better, growing old with out money or dying young and wealthy?
Definitely growing old with no money!  You can't take it with you when you leave anyways, so I'd rather live a long life full of love & happiness and money can't buy either of those things!!!!

2. Who takes out the garbage at your house?
My husband!  I refuse!  That is a man job for sure!  It's GROSS!!!  And even though sometimes my wonderful hubby doesn't think it's fair, Erika will never have to take the garbage out!

3. Have you ever had the same dream many times?
When I was little & when I'm preggo yes.  But not any other time!  When I was little I always dreamed there was a giant rat trying to get in my room and chasing me down the hall.  And when I say giant, I mean giant.  Like a six foot tall man giant!
4. Can you play a musical instrument?
Yes.  I played the clarinet in school, but ditched that for choir, but I'm sure I could pick it up again!  I can monkey around on the piano too, but I can't "play" play.  If that makes sense.  Like I could never play during worship at church or anything.  I would love to learn to really play someday and I'd also love to learn to play the guitar.  Maybe when I'm growing old with no money I'll have time to learn to play.  I won't have money to do anything else!

5. If you owned your own store, what would you sell?
 Hmmmm, that's a hard one!!!!  Maybe some kind of remembrance store.  After we had Dylan, I was always looking for the perfect stuff to put out at the cemetery and to have at home & it was always hard to find stuff. 
 

One penny!

Ok so a couple things from tonights trip to the grocery store that bugged me.

First off, I bought Ken's salad dressing.  It was on sale for $1.99 and I had a $2 off coupon.  I had two coupons, so bought to bottles.  The cashier scans all my coupons is about to tell me my total and all of a sudden realizes that the salad dressing was ONE PENNY cheaper than what my coupon was.  SO she takes the time to go through and delete the coupon and rescans it, but puts in $1.99 instead of $2.  Seriously?  And she wasn't fast about it either.  I was ANNOYED simply b/c my kids were at the end of their rope....they were hungry & just plain DONE grocery shopping.  She could tell but golly gee, she wasn't going to let me have my grocery bill a whole two pennies cheaper!  The thing that really gets me though is that when they redeem that coupon they will get their full $2 plus 8 cents back. So really, was it worth the almost two minutes that you spent changing my coupon price??  Probably not, wonderful cashier.  You probably cost your company money by doing that with the time you wasted!

The second thing that bugged me: when we walked in the door there was a mom & her child.  She had put her child (I'd say no more than 2, but probably 18 months) in the cart and used at least FIVE sanitizing wipes.  Now don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of those too.  I typically use them.  However after cleaning practically the whole darn cart I notice that she failed to buckle her kid in!!!!  For real???  If you are going to take the time sanitize your whole cart to try & keep your kid from getting sick, shouldn't you also buckle your kid in so you can keep him from falling & cracking his head open???????  I mean, really, what's worse???  Where is the logic?

On a positive note.....I got 32 items for $28!  Wohooo!!!!  Love when I have good coupons matched with good sales!