Poppy Seed

The day has finally come.  Today we took Burke in to have the cyst that has formed in the lower inside of his lip off.  It was an early morning.  Taylor and I got up around 4:30 so we could get ready and get Boo up so we could be at Children's at 5:30am. Once we got there Taylor did a lot of walking around with him.  He kept signing to us "more".  He was so hungry and we couldn't give him food or water.  That totally sucked! Once they took him out we did pretty good.  He was crying really hard but we knew he was in good hands.  We are so grateful to Dr. Richter for getting us in so quickly and taking such good care of our little man.  We also ran into another friend that is an anesthesiologist that helped us with Burke and helped me keep my mind off everything when they wheeled him away. After seeing all the babies and children in the waiting room knowing that some of them most likely were having really big surgeries put everything in p...

So we are so excited to announce the great news.  We are expecting another baby :)  YEA!  It happened way quicker than we thought and we feel so very blessed.  Both times with Mamie and Burke it took us a while and with this little bean it happened just like that.   :) I am 9 weeks this week making me due March 19th 2013.  We believe this little blessing was conceived right around Mamie's birthday.  How cool is that! I haven't been feeling great I will admit.  I have been really tired, nauseated and super emotional.  I know my hormones are all jacked up right now but they have also taken me off of my lexapro which I started taking about 2 years ago.  I know I need to do what is best for baby bean but man is it hard.  I cry at everything and I am freaking out about this baby.  I have nightmares all the time that I am miscarrying.  I know it has to do with what I do on a daily basis with Mamie's Poppy Plates.   I ju...

We spent most of yesterday outside working on the pond and lounging on the deck.  Our fish pond is all messed up so Taylor worked on that while I took care of Boo.  There is no better way to spend your Sunday afternoon that nakey on the deck :)  Burke had fun splashing in his duck and water table.  Crazy enough Taylor got the pond completely cleaned out and first thing this morning we had a HUGE storm and the rain filled it back up.  Oh well :)  I will be so happy once we get it up and running again. Have a great Monday! - Sarah

As of right now we are in the hospitals listed below. If you or your business or organization would like the honor of sponsoring all of the plates in one hospital for an entire year, we recommend this level of donation.  For $1,200 every plate distributed by the partner hospital will  be funded by your gift.  Your family or business name will be painted on the back of every plate used at your adopted hospital. UAMS Little Rock Children's -adopted by Miller McNeil Woodruff Foundation unlimited time Baptist  Heath Little Rock-adopted by Merrill Lynch Little Rock 2012 St. Vincent Little Rock Baptist North Little Rock Conway Regional Washington Regional- NWA adopted by the Miller McNeil Woodruff Foundation 2012 Mercy NWA - adopted by J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. 2012 & 2013 Northwest Medical Center Bentonville Willow Creek Women's Hospital- adopted by Mellow Mushroom of Fayetteville and Rogers 2012

I am so excited that we will be moving into our new headquarters the first of August. This all couldn't have come at a better time. God has lead us every step of the way with Mamies Poppy Plates. Once we get in and settled I will post some pictures. I can't wait to hang the amazing painting Bethany Cannon painted at our race. It will look so good there. Since the race lots of new and exciting things have happened. First is getting our awesome headquarters donated to us from Dr. and Mrs. Strong . They have been so kind to us! I couldn't thank them enough as well as their daughter Sharron. Sharron and I went to high school together. I hadn't seen or talked to her in probably 10 years when Mamie died. She sent me the kindest letter and this amazing book that she had put together for me of quotes people had posted on Facebook and places for me to insert pictures of Mamie. Through tragedy you really see who your friends really are and make so many new amazing frie...

My rock star baby Burke spent the whole afternoon on the boat eating watermelon.  He loves some watermelon A little picnic by the lake :) So so tired!.  He lost his balance and got stuck on his back.  He didn't even care:) Burke loves his jet ski