The Teague's

I'm still alive!

2012-02-09T16:59:00.000-06:00

Yes, I am still around! We've been constantly going lately and whenever I sit down it's only briefly, and if I do sit down I find myself dozing off.

I hit 20 weeks last week. It was a big milestone and I was happy to make it to 20 weeks. I intended on doing a bump update but it seems my work schedule was so off last week, either I was working late, had an appointment or something going on. Friday I got off, went to get Landon, got home, relaxed with Landon and had to get ready to go back to work! I worked 5pm-11pm for Parents night out at work. I WAS TIRED! Before i'd left for for we got a phone call at 415 that we had a showing at 430. Dang! I was booking it trying to pack a snack for work and tidy the house up. STRESSFUL!

Saturday Landon was up bright and early. I of course got up with him and started on my weekend rounds of cleaning. We headed to Just Junk It to see if we could find a dresser for the little man. Sure enough, we did, and went ahead and bought it. It was $250. Which now that I think about it it is expensive. BUT, it is solid wood, in great shape, and they will sand it and repaint it in the color we want. We are going with a navy. I am excited to see the outcome, just hate it's going to take about 8 weeks!

It's very ugly right now, we are changing the hardware, she is going to make it "Shabby Chic" for us in navy blue.

SO after that we ran all our errands. We went to Sam's Club, ate lunch, went to a baby boutique and bought a baby gift, then went to Target to finish registering then stopped at the Commissary. I was a grouch by the time we got home! That night I had a gender reveal party to go to, so I went to that and got home about 745. It was a busy and long day!

It's a boy! Suheidi works at the CDC, she is due 3 days before me. There is a new girl she is due the day before Suheidi and we are all having BOYS!

Sunday was busy too. After waking up I cleaned again, then we went to HEB to get some stuff we forgot for the Superbowl. Greg wanted to have his guy friends over to watch, I was supposed to be at a baby shower. So we got home, I sat on the couch for a few minutes then headed to a baby shower. I got home, made a few dips then the Gardner's and Raz showed up to watch the Superbowl. Greg invited some other guys but they backed out. It was nice to have company, I was just SO tired from being so busy all weekend.

I had my 20week doctors appointment on Tuesday. When I got there I had a feeling I was going to be there a while. After almost 45 min I got taken back. I got my vitals and weight taken, then got to hear the heartbeat, It was 160bpm. The doctor took a while then finally came in. He measured me and everything. He also recommended me getting the Whooping Cough vaccine. It's a booster of the whopping cough, tetanus and something else. I was nervous, but he assured me it was safe for the baby and I. When I was done I had to go get my thyroid level's checked again. My arm was killing me from the shot.

Wednesday I noticed the baby wasn't moving nearly as much as he had been. I honestly only felt him once or twice all morning. And I have been feeling him A LOT! I started to wonder if it had anything to do with the shot, but everything I read said it was safe. When I got home from work I felt him a few more times so I started to feel better. We went out to eat for the Gardner's going away dinner. It was at Belle's Chicken house. It's family style and lots of fun. The food was pretty good too. It was sad to say goodbye to the Gardner's, I'm so sad to see Aften go :(

The kids loved to get up and dance when the "chicken dance" came on!

Today I started to realized I wasn't feeling the baby at ALL! I started to get worried. Everyone told me it was normal, and I know it is normal to not feel them all the time. But the fact that I got that shot, my arm was KILLING me, bruised and swollen, I started to worry that had something to do with it. I did not feel him at all. So on my lunch I talked to Greg and a few ladies and they told me to call to see if they can just listen for the heartbeat to reassure me. They said they could get me in at 220. I was getting off at 2. At 130 we had a base exercise, we were to wake the children and go to the hallway. UGH! So we woke all 18 kids and went to the hallway, the entire CDC woke their kids and we all sat there. About 30 minutes later we were released, I ran out the door to go to the Doctors. I made it to the Doctors just in time. I saw the Nurse Practitioner, I LOVE her. She listened to the heartbeat for a good 2 minutes. He was still there and alive. She told me it was normal to not feel him all the time, he is still little. I just told her I was worried due to the shot, and having a prior miscarriage. She reassured me it was OK to be worried and the shot is completely safe and won't harm the baby and anytime I feel worried to call and they will get me in to hear the heartbeat. WHEW! HUGE sigh of relief. I was TERRIFIED.

So here I am. I am completely exhausted, and ready for the weekend. I'll be 21 weeks tomorrow. And we are headed to Oma and Opa's house for the weekend. WE need to get away, we need to relax and I want to go look at baby stuff at Toy's R Us!!

Wordless Wednesday

2012-02-01T19:44:00.000-06:00

I sure do LOVE this boy!

It's a......

2012-01-30T19:22:00.001-06:00

I had my 20wk ultrasound today at 1! I got off work and 5 minutes in to my drive home my phone rang. It was my Doctors office. They needed to reschedule due to an emergency and asked if I could come in at 4. Grr! I was pretty bummed, but at least I was able to get in today.

Just when I was getting off the hwy they called and asked if I could come in at 330. Of course! Silly question. Those few hours seemed to take FOREVER!

We of course got taken back and got asked basic questions then asked if we wanted to know the gender. The baby's head is high up, towards my left side and bottom down towards my right. The legs were closed but she kinda got a peek, asked if we wanted a boy? She wasn't 100% since the legs were closed. She looked around and then went back, the baby quickly opened the legs and she said,

"It's a boy!"

Yay! I knew it was a boy. I had a feeling the whole time. I wanted a girl, heck, we all wanted a girl, but when she said boy I felt a sense of relief and felt so much better. Landon was sad, He buried his head in Greg's chest. Then we got to see the face head on, and we teased it looked like an alien, then we heard the heartbeat. A strong 150bpm, like a galloping horse. We teased Landon the baby was a horse/alien. He kinda cheered up, then the baby started waving his hands and Landon came around. She did all her measurements and pointed out all the organs, head, heart, genitals, feet and hands. We were back there a good 40 minutes. As soon as I stood up I had an instant headache! I didn't realize how tense and uptight I was!

We promised Landon would could go get a new little toy or something since he was so good. We went to Walmart, their shelves were bare, then to Kmart, theirs were bare too, then we finally went to base and he got something there. We grabbed a bite to eat and finally got home around 6! It was a long day, but all worth it in the end!

I can't believe we are having another boy, we are all so happy. I have a few pictures that I need to scan or take picture of, I am SO tired I just can't muster the strength to do it right now. Sorry!

SO now I am searching for boy things and bedding and stuff and we have already tossed around some names, I think we may have a first name, but not saying anything yet, it's SO early still. I'll definitely keep you all posted!

A day at the park

2012-01-29T19:55:00.000-06:00

Today Landon and I went and got Aubree for a play date. I know on the weekends Landon tends to get bored with us, and enjoys playing with other kids. We decided to go to the Zoo Park first to play and get out some energy! It was a pretty nice morning, and I haven't been to the zoo park in a long long time!!!

The kids were excited, they bolted for the park the second they stepped foot out of the car!

I remember taking Landon to this park when he was a little guy, just over a year old. It always made me so nervous, it was such a big park and he was so little. Now he just took off and it was a perfect size.

They started climbing and I soon realized Aubree was afraid of heights, uh oh!

SO we went on the tire swing instead. They giggled the whole time I pushed them.....

Look how big Landon looks on these things! Silly kids, wanted to play on the baby toys.

Landon had no fear, and tried everything that the park had to offer.

Aburee had to go potty, so we had to run to the zoo to go potty.

After the park we stopped at the gas station and got a Slurpee and came back to the house to play. They played in the room, played hide and seek, stopped for popcorn and juice and to watch some super hero cartoons, then we went out front and rode the scooters, then went out back to swing and pick flowers! It was a fun day, Landon LOVED having a friend over to play!

Family Day

2012-01-28T19:22:00.000-06:00

Saturday flew by before my eyes! Well, not really. We were really busy today, a good and fun busy.

We had a showing again yesterday and nothing today. Boo! I got up and cleaned my already clean house this morning in hope of some good traffic around here. Nothing. Oh well.

So Greg, Landon and I went and had some Mexican food for lunch. The whole time I was eating I could feel the baby moving. It was great. I couldn't stop smiling. After that we went over to Target and started a registry! It was fun. We didn't get to really do it with Landon since we were in Germany. Since we don't know what we are having we couldn't register for specific things, but it was nice to get an idea of what was out there and start looking. I can't wait to go back and scan either boy or girl things! SO fun.

After that we went to a local store called Junk It. They have old furniture and they refinished and paint it to what you want. Almost like Shabby Chic. Oh my! They had some NICE stuff there. We found two dressers we want. One is specific for a boy and the other a girl. Depending on Monday, we will most likely go back and get one. The girl one was $150 and that includes all the work, the other was $175. Not bad. You can check out their Facebook Page.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000972165948

We then went to Sam's Club and the Commissary. Whew! We were busy. Greg grilled some steaks for dinner and I made some red potatoes with garlic and onion. YUM! Then we went for a walk, Landon rode his bike while we got some more fresh air! It was a great day with my boys, I love days like these!!!!

Happy Saturday!

19 Weeks

2012-01-27T19:04:00.000-06:00

19 Week Pregnancy Update

How far along: 19 weeks, only 147 days to go.

Size of baby: 8 1/2 oz, the size of a large heirloom tomato.

Total weight gain: Um, don't want to know, haven't weighed myself and don't want to! haha

Maternity Clothes: A few shirts and pair of pants. My clothes are getting tighter now!

Sleep: I feel much more energetic lately, cleaning and keeping busy. I am sleeping HARD at night and having some dreams let me tell you.

What I miss: Being able to do things without getting out of breath! haha. Also not having to wake up to pee or feeling like I have to go to the bathroom all day long.

Cravings: Not really having any.

Belly Button: Still in

Symptoms: Terrible acid/heartburn

Best Moment: Little movements every now and then that I randomly feel.

What I'm looking forward to most: MONDAY, having an ultrasound and finding out if your a girl or a boy.

2012-01-26T19:58:00.000-06:00

Miss Kitty's hospital stay was a quick and expensive 24 hour one. Landon and I went to pick her up about 4pm on Tuesday. The doctor told us wouldn't usually let an animal that is acting the way she is go home, but he is going to let her. I guess this Vet doesn't really understand how kitty is. Kitty is picky about her food, used to not be, now all she wants is the cheap Cat Chow. She is a very quiet and scared cat. I am sure being there made her not want to eat, not want to go to the bathroom. Even though they stated she was doing better.

When we got her home she had a big pink bandage on her leg. She ran out of the cage and stopped, turned toward me starting purring and rubbing on me! Yay, kitty was back. She meowed her loud meow and went straight to her food and water to eat. She is on antibiotics and steroids for 10 day, now that's a pain in the rear, but we are dealing with it. She is SO happy now. Not leaving our side, constantly purring, eating and using the bathroom. It's nice to have our kitty back.

I was a mess before I went to get her. Greg was calling for updates and stuff and they finally said the total at the time was $339. What? I paid 150 deposit, and from what I understood, they were going to call if they felt they needed to do an xray, they would call if anything else came up. So why did we never get a call when they did an xray? The doctor was nice and took the xray off, a whopping 48bucks. Whatever. I knew it would be pricey, but geez. I am just glad kitty is ok, and I am she is feeling better and they couldn't really find anything wrong. They said it could have just been her pancreas, or very dehydrated and her body wouldn't allow her to eat or drink. SO....

Other news, we haven't had a single showing at our house in a week. Kinda sad, but we had such a busy first week and so many showings, I think we got spoiled. I think we are going to schedule an open house for this weekend or next. It has been SO nice to have a clean house at ALL times, now when things are out of place I get all upset! ha!

A funny Landon story. We went to that party last weekend and this boy Ethan was there. Landon told me when we got home yesterday he doesn't go to his school anymore, he moved to Mexico. I was kinda shocked since we just saw him. So at dinner I told Greg. And Landon says,

"Yeah he moved to Mexico."

Greg: "Oh, you mean New Mexico?"

Landon: "Yeah to New Mexico."

Me: "No, Landon said Mexico, I think that's where his mom was from."

Greg: " Did Ethan move to Mexico or New Mexico Landon."

Then Landon says, "NOO Dad, he moved to the Old Mexico, not the new one!"

I about died laughing, it was SO funny.

One last drama to my day. I am due for a refill on my prenatal vitamin. Since Walgreen's is done with Tricare I decided to take my pill bottle to the base pharmacy to get it filled there. That's what I thought you could do. I still have 3 refills left on it. So I waited for about 15 min. Get to the counter and the girl said, "No, you must have a new RX, we don't allow that here, transferring from downtown. Plus we don't carry what you are taking." WHY do I have such a hard time getting medications? It not like I am taking things that are impossible to find or rare. What the heck?? SOOOO I had to go to CVS and they took the info on my bottle and said it would be ready on Saturday. At least they carry it, there goes more $$$ for RX I should be able to get on base. Right? I think that's the thing the frustrates me the most. At least Tricare will pay for this, I'll only have to pay $12 a month, so $36 for my three month refill. After I get this RX Saturday I am DONE with pharmacy's for a while! haha!

Kitty

2012-01-23T20:03:00.000-06:00

Miss Kitty still wasn't doing better today when I got home from work. We called the vet and took her in on base to be seen. She couldn't figure out what was wrong from just a basic check, and since the base vet clinic doesn't do overnight services, she recommended we go off base to get her seen.

So I went and got Landon from day care and we headed over to an off base Animal Clinic. They did an exam and based on what we were telling them, her not eating since Friday or drinking, vomiting, diarrhea and bloody stool something was wrong and they wanted to keep her over night to do some observations.

So Landon and I had to leave Kitty at the vet for some blood work, IV, medicine and some close watching. Landon was balling when we left her, he did not want his Kitty to stay there. It broke. my. heart. It was so hard to see him so upset. We got a call about 530 (It was 4 when we left her) and the blood work came back OK. They were going to keep her and keep an eye on her and told us to call back about 830am to see how she was. If nothing changed and she didn't seem to get any better then they would want to do an xray and see if they could find anything.

Hopefully miss Kitty is feeling better in the morning and we can just go get her and bring her home. It's kinda sad to not have her around, her meowing loudly when we walk by. Her not standing and staring at us to pet her. But, hopefully everything will be ok and she will be home and be her spunky self again!

18 Weeks, Yard Sales, Birthday parties and bedding

2012-01-22T15:19:00.000-06:00

Well that title was a lot longer than I wanted it to be! But it explains what we've been up to these past three days.

Friday I was 18 weeks, I failed to take a picture and do an update. The only thing is I've been having TERRIBLE heartburn or acid. It's been so bad. Other than that everything has been the same. Only 8 days til we find out if it's a boy or girl. I can't wait.

We've had a huge pile of stuff in our garage for a yard sale. I finally got it all together to have a yard sale. Aften came over to help and brought some stuff to sale too. I got it all priced and sorted out Thursday night and Friday night. The weather had been SO nice the past few days. When I opened the garage at 730am on Saturday morning it was COLD! I checked the weather and it was 30 but felt like 20. OHHHH man it was freezing out there. I failed to take a single picture, but we had quite a few people and made about $220. I didn't have huge things to sale, but got rid of most of my things. I still have a lot of Landon's clothes, but I will sale that at the big consignment sale coming up. I took my clothes and shoes and some random things over to the Salvation Army when we were done. I had a good time, just wish it was a tad bit warmer. Landon had a blast playing with Zoey.

When the yard sale was over we went and ate lunch and grabbed a gift for a birthday party we were attending. The party was at Prime Time just down the road from our house. We hadn't been inside for a long time and it turned out to be a pretty fun party.

First thing was pizza and drinks, then cake and presents....

Landon was excited to see some of his friends from Pre-K.

The cake was so cute, it was a mini pillow pet. The kids all LOVED it, it tasted pretty good too.

Landon insisted that Wyatt wanted a Light Saber from Star Wars, so we got one, he seemed to enjoy it...

His little friend Amiele was SO shy when she got there, her mom finally got her to cheer up..

When all that was done it was time to go play. They had this big play area with slides, jungle gyms, and climbing things that the kids could run and play for about an hour. Then they all got 5 card to play games...

HE LOVED air hockey.

He had a blast playing with Greg! Was giggling the entire time.

Then they played this shooting game...

With the pretty girls on it, haha!

It was a really good time. When we were done there we HAD to go find Landon some new shoes. He out grew his ones we got when school started, he'd been wearing his old skate shoes, those were getting hole and kinda tight now too. So we found some nice New Balance shoes at the mall. We had to buy him a size 12, HOLY COW! Where did my little boy go?

Miss Kitty hasn't been feeling very well the past few days. She hasn't been moving much, eating or going to the bathroom. She is pretty old, and we feel pretty bad for her. If she doesn't get better we may take her to the vet tomorrow.

We finally got home about 530 last night and ate some dinner. We all moved towards the couch and then didn't budge the rest of the night, we were all SO tired!

Today I got up and cleaned. We went to Sam's then the Commissary. One thing we wanted to get with our money we made was new bedding. Ours was just getting old, and we wanted something new. I have lots of pretty quilts and stuff, but we wanted something else. While at Sam's club we found a 20 piece set that we loved. It was $139 for a comforter, bed skirt, 4 valances, 4 decorative pillows, 2 euro shams, 2 standard shams, a flat and fitted sheet, and 4 pillow cases. When we got it home and went to put it up we realized it was missing almost EVERYTHING! Someone had taken all this stuff out of it. SO, I had to go back to Sam's, turns they only had the king size left. Of course. There was another style that was $129, and I liked that one and ended up getting that one, I LOVE it!

This is the before. The quilt was something we tossed on the bed because we had to wash our old comforter.

And this is the new stuff...

I love it!

I need to buy bigger pillows and get it all straightened out, but I just wanted to show you.

I'm looking forward to just relaxing the rest of today. I hope this week is a lot smoother and stress free than last week.

Ugh!

2012-01-19T21:00:00.001-06:00

These pregnancy hormones are crazy! Let me tell you why my hormone's have been crazy today.

Since I got pregnant and needed a new RX for my Thyroid medication, my OB wanted me on the name brand pill. (I was currently taking the generic) So back in December when I was due for more I took my new RX to the pharmacy to get filled. The first pharmacy that I went to didn't carry the name brand. On to CVS. They did have it, but not in my strength. They would have to order it and it would be a day or two before it was in. Then I went over to Albertson's Pharmacy, they were the only ones who had it, and in stock. They only had a 30 day supply. When I went to pay they informed me Tricare will not pay for the name brand on this RX. Great. Luckily it was only about $22.

So, this week my RX is up, I got a new one my last visit. Monday I went to CVS to drop it off. They informed me they didn't carry Syntroid, and they didn't even have a spot on their shelf anymore. Great. So she called and they were able to order it, but it would be in Wednesday. That was fine, I still had some pills left. I heard that Tricare will cover name brand if you get a wavier from Tricare stating it's for medical reasons. So Tuesday Greg was on the phone FOREVER. He finally got a number for my DR's office to call and fax in a RX stating it's medically necessary and they would cover a portion of it. I then called my Dr's office to let them know. They then informed me they do NOT call insurance companies and I had to do it myself. She transferred me to the nurse, and she also informed me of that but would try.

Yesterday on my way home I went to pick it up, and it wasn't ready. Ugh! So I decided today I would go. I now don't have a single pill left and I take them every morning. I went to pay and she said insurance denied and won't pay anything. So I was on the phone again, they couldn't find a fax or anything stating it was taken care of. So Greg called Tricare. They denied it again because they didn't state on the RX, I was pregnant. So I called the office back again to tell them to fax in a new RX and it would be taken care of. Now the lady stated again they DO NOT do this. And I can either pay full price or they can give me a RX for the generic and I have to had my blood drawn every 3 months to get it checked. What? She said she was unaware of what the nurse was doing and they can only fax a RX to a pharmacy. She can not help me. I stated this was a HUGE NIGHTMARE and hung up the phone in TEARS! They want me on the name brand, but won't help me to get any coverage on it. What the heck? I would get it from base, BUT, they don't carry the name brand. I didn't know it was going to be such a hassle to find this VERY COMMON medicine at a huge pharmacy. I was SO dang upset. SO needless to say, I got my 90 day supply of Synthroid for $71.00.....

Enough of that.

We had a busy Tuesday. We had a showing at the house from 930-1030 and then another one at 230. The 230 showing was the people from Saturday to look again, they were VERY interested. Yay! Wednesday we had a Realtor open house and all of Re max came through to look at it. Our Realtor let us know they all had positive things to say about the house, which was a huge sigh of relief. When I got home today after all my drama, we got a call for another showing (in 30 min). We also found out from our Realtor that the first people who were really interested, that our house was their #2 choice. They made an offer on their number one and it's looking like they got it. We were SO close, and the house has only been on the market for a week! Crazy. So that was exciting, but also kinda disappointing.

Sorry for the drama post. It feels good to blog about it and get it off my chest. These pregnancy hormones are just crazy sometimes.

Day Off

2012-01-16T15:31:00.000-06:00

It's been SO nice having an extra day off this weekend. Especially after my crazy week last week.

Our extra day off was spent sleeping a little later than usual (730ish, yes, that's sleeping in for me!) Greg went golfing with his friends and Landon and I spent the morning together running errands and hanging out. I'm trying to get my thyroid medications filled and having some issues. So we went to take care of that, then went to Sam's Club, had lunch and went to the post office then headed home. Landon and I also cleaned out the car, cleaned the front porch and re-mulched our garden. Whew!

It sucks that our pictures of the front of the house are with dead grass. Oh well. There are of course the horrible patches of weeds...

Yep, think I am going to go pull those, if possible.

We have the lock box hanging on our house reel thing...

I had such a good helper all day today, I sure do love this little guy,

He is getting so big. I think he was having growing pains last night. He woke up in tears shortly after going to sleep. Just grabbing his arms and kicking his legs. We gave him some medicine to help and he didn't wake up till morning. We asked him this morning what was going on last night and he told us, "My bones, were hurting." Think my boy is growing again. Ahhhh....

So tomorrow will be back to work, at least I will be on my regular schedule. We have a few things going on this coming weekend two parties and possibly having a yard sale? Anyone want to help with with a yard sale? haha!

Official

2012-01-15T19:01:00.000-06:00

So it was official on Friday that our house was on the market!

Like I had said before I didn't realize how stressful it was putting a house on the market. We are now realizing how much work it is to have your house on the market. This trying to keep the house spic and span at all times is hard work, especially with a 5 year old. Saturday morning we finished cleaning out our closet. We had just stopped and Greg was playing with Landon and I was laying on Landon's bed watching them. My cell phone rang, they were going to show our house between 11-12! Oh my gosh, we got so excited and panicked. We put everything away the boys were playing with, got Landon dressed, put all the totes away that we just packed with stuff from the closet, took showers, hid all the cat stuff and we were out the door! It was stressful! Just the thought at someone coming to look at your house and potentially going to buy it, man!

We never heard anything, today Greg talked to our Realtor and she said they liked the house but they just started looking. It was nice to hear they liked it. We were worried about what people were going to think.

Other than the house stuff we have been hanging out. I went and got a much much needed pedicure this afternoon. The peace and quiet was AMAZING and it felt good to get my feet all pretty again. They sure were looking nasty. Saturday I went with Teresa (the lady I work with) to a local baby boutique called Kids Village. Her son and daughter in-law are having a baby. They live in Dallas but their friends and family here are having a shower for her. So Teresa asked me to go with her to help her get some stuff registered there for them. WOW! I had never been there, and I don't know why, but I do know I want to go back, and I do know it got me super excited for this baby. I can't wait to find out what we are having so I can start to shop. I haven't bought or got one single thing for this baby yet. CRAZY! With Landon I had a stash of diapers and wipes, the pack-n-play, stroller combo, bedding picked out (if it was a boy) and all that jazz. I think it's time to start getting some things. I do know if we have a boy we don't have too get much (blankets, socks, onesis, and things like that)

I wanted to throw in a few pictures of my two favorite boys.

Yes Landon is drinking out of the milk jug! They wanted milk, and there was a tiny bit left, so I set it down on the table and Greg drank from it. Landon was almost in shock, and asked if he could try that.

And now they are reading Landon's new comic book combo thing he bought today with his money from Grammie and Poppa Bob! Thanks Grammie and Poppa.

I LOVE my boys!

17 Weeks

2012-01-13T20:16:00.000-06:00

17 Week Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 17 weeks (Yay, I did it on time!)

Size of Baby: 5 oz, about the size of a turnip!

Total Weight Gain: Don't even want to say, I hate this question this pregnancy.

Maternity Clothes: Today I broke down and bought two more maternity shirts from Target. They were on sale for $6 each, one is a sweater and the other is a shirt. I wore the shirt tonight and it's SO comfortable.

Sleep: Still love to sleep. But some nights if I wake up, I have a hard time falling asleep. My mind is racing!

What I miss most: Bending over without it hurting! All this moving things around, packing and cleaning I've really begun to notice my big ol' belly.

Cravings: still no real cravings. Things are really starting to smell good though!

Symptoms: Nothing this week. Been feeling pretty good actually.

Best Moment: Hearing the heartbeat at my appointment. A strong 150 BPM. Such a wonderful music to my ears.

What I'm Looking Forward to Most: My 20wk ultrasound on January 30th to find out if you're a boy or a girl!

Now I am very hesitant about posting this photo. But I am going to post it. I still haven't "popped" yet, but I am SO thick around my waist, and my boobs are HUGE! I have go to find a bra that fits.

It's hard to believe I am 17 weeks. When tell people they are all like "really? Already?" I can't believe it either. I've tried to be so cautious this pregnancy, not get too excited, not buy a single thing, not look at baby stuff, not think about baby names. It's crazy. Totally opposite from when I was pregnant with Landon. Sometimes I will be busy and then all of a sudden I think to myself, I'm pregnant, oh my goodness, I'm going to have another baby. It's crazy. Happy Friday y'all!

Who Knew?

2012-01-11T21:21:00.000-06:00

This week has been busy! Monday we contacted a Realtor, got a storage unit and got the house ready for the Realtor to come over. I was SO tired that night. Landon and I were woke up by a thunderstorm Sunday night about 3am, and both of us were awake from then. I tossed and turned, as did Landon. So Monday I felt like a walking zombie!

Tuesday Greg met with the Realtor at our house. She had great things to say about the house, which was a sigh of relief. There is a few things we need to take care of, simple easy things. One of the things was to make sure all the light bulbs are the same. We have some of the energy ones, and some aren't. I cleared the fridge and left a few pictures, she said to clear it all off, and to take the dish towel off the oven. Simple. We also have to clean the ceiling fans, which is something I have been putting off. Another thing that is worrying me is she said to hide the cat stuff. Fine. But what happens when we are working and they show the house. Kitty will hide, but the box will still be out. She wants us to put it in the garage. And what if the cat takes a big poop before someone comes? Ugh. That is bothering me :) We have a huge pile of paperwork we had to fill out, a paper to get notarized, had to visit the Tax Appraiser's office to get a homestead exemption (something I wish we would have done before darn it!). And a few other odd things.

Tuesday I also had my doctors appointment after work. I really love my DR'S office. When I showed up they told me he was delivering a baby and would be back in an hour, I could either see the nurse practitioner or come back for the DR. I decided to see the NP. I really liked her! The appointment went good, it was a quick and easy one. The heartbeat was strong this time and was 150bpm. I was totally disgusted with my weight and kinda shocked actually. I'd better be careful. UGH! I also scheduled my 20 week ultrasound which will be January 30th! I am SO excited I can't wait to find out what I am having.

Monday night about midnight, or sometime around then, Landon woke up crying his tummy hurt and got sick a few times. SO, needless to say, I was SO tired from being up and being busy, now I was up with my poor sick little guy from about 145-3. My alarm went off at 445. Man, I was tired.

Today was another busy day. I worked 8-545. A lonnnng hard day. Greg took care of a bunch of things for the house, we finished the papers and hope to get them to the office tomorrow. They will also come out tomorrow to take some pictures of the house for the website and measure all the rooms. Hopefully we will have a sign in our yard within a day or two!

Who knew getting a house ready to put on the market and putting your house on the market was SO stressful! This mamma is tired, G'night!

DIY

2012-01-08T20:04:00.001-06:00

Busy! That is the one word that explained our day. And now, exhausted, is how we feel!

This morning Greg got started on finishing painting. We started with the small hallway right outside our bedroom. He finished the edges and then moved in to the kitchen.

The little hallway/area. I used to have pictures of Landon on the wall and two toy baskets on the ground and Landon would always go play right there. NOT anymore! All re-painted, pictures taken down, and toys put in the boys room.

I've been working in the kitchen area the past few days. I removed the leaf's along the cabinets, cleaned the fridge off, put my apothocary jar with candy away, put my recipe book holder away, took some oil decorative bottles down from the fridge and put them away. I also took the plaid curtains above the sink away, now it's just the Roman Shades. (This picture is before painting today)

Greg started painting in our dining area. I avoided the fumes and went to the front of the house...

I had all the window's open to get the air flowing through the house. We got low odor latex paint, so I think I was ok. But this is where Landon and I spent a good portion of the morning.

I pulled all his stuff out of the bottom of his closet. I had a small bag of stuff to toss, and a small pile for the yard sale. I also made a pile to put in tote's to place in storage. That was mainly his old baby clothes and stuff that we saved.

I also decided it was time to take down the white from when he was a baby. I also wanted to de-clutter the room as well. So I had to take this special stuff down...

It was sad to pack it away, but it will be nice when we move to get it all back out. So after sorting everything out, putting things away, dusting, vacuuming and cleaning the window's and blinds, here's what we have...

The wall to the right of his bed is where I had the white shelves. They were there from when he was still in his crib, it was so sad to see them go.

I also took the picture that I had in his nook by our room and hung them and took the white down. I don't know why I didn't do that before. It all kinda goes now, and it looks a lot better.

SOO, Landon's room is done. I just have to clean the spare bedroom and it will be done. Our room needs to be deep cleaned and so does our closet and it will be done! I need to shampoo the carpets, move some stuff to storage and have a yard sale and our house will be good to go!

It feels so good to get so much stuff done. Landon keeps asking if we can go to Colorado now, but then when I was putting things away he said, "I'm sad to move. I don't want to leave our house." So sad. I know exactly what he means and how he feels. We moved in when he was 11 months so this is all he knows. Plus being our first home :(

Tomorrow we have to get a storage unit and contact the Realtor! eek! I'm so nervous!

16 Weeks

2012-01-07T15:05:00.000-06:00

16 Week's Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 16 weeks 1 day

Size of Baby: A large avocado (so why does it look like I have a bag of avocado's in my stomach?)

Total Weight Gain: 9 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Still the same, haven't bought anything, But I need to go get a new bra, mine does not fit anymore!

Sleep: Can't get enough right now. Falling asleep as early as I can, and sleeping like a log til my alarm goes off. When I get home from work if I sit down I will fall asleep!

What I Miss Most: My clothes fitting and a good ol' turkey sandwhich!

Cravings: None right now. Which is good!

Symptoms: Round ligament pains? I think that's what it is, mainly at night when I turn over. My boobs are killing me again.

Best Moment: Hmm, making it through the week?

What I'm looking forward to most: My appointment on Tuesday and feeling the baby move. I'm not really feeling much. Every now and again I feel like I feel something, but then I don't.

We've been busy getting the house ready to put on the market. We bought some paint last weekend and did some touch up's in the hallway. We need to finish and do the kitchen. We also got the garage cleaned out, have a big pile for a yard sale and a big pile for putting in storage. We've decided to get a small storage unit to put some stuff away, de-clutter, while the house is on the market. This morning I cleaned the fridge, inside and out. Got all the stuff off the outside, poor thing looks naked now. I also went through my pantry which has lots of vases and extra stuff on the top, and we got rid of lots of that stuff. I filed all our papers from the last month and got the drawers cleaned out!

We are hoping to contact a Realtor Monday. We don't wan to wait too long. Any tips for selling a home?

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T09:53:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year 2012!

We had a low key night at the Gardner's house this year! We all made some different cookies to exchange and taste, I made a 7 layer dip, Aften made Black Eyed Pea dip and ham roll ups. We snacked and hung out. Then play some games, then it was time to ring in the New Year. Landon was pretty moody about 11, wanting to go home and go to bed. He never asks to go home. So I knew he was tired. Instead of just saying he was tired he was playing his tummy hurt game, and the game where everything hurts and bothers him. After hearing it all week since he wasn't feeling well, it was hard to be believe if he was telling the truth or not. I finally sent him over to his dad, since he wouldn't stop whining to me, and he fell fast asleep.

He stayed asleep through all the noise and ruckus...

Even when we rang in the New Year.

Beau and Aften,

Donae, Jaxson and Aubree.

Again, when it was midnight and all the whistles were being blown and everyone was cheering, Landon snored away on the couch.

The whole gang. It sure was hard to get a picture.

I, of course, have many New Year's resolutions. Probably the same ones I made last year, and the year before.

My first one is to save money and pay off debt. We are going to try the Dave Ramsey approach, I've heard great things about it, and just looking at our itemized spending report online, it's made us realize where our money is going, and it's almost sickening. SO, we will only eat out on paydays, a crazy amount of money was going to fast food, nasty, no wonder I am so freaking fat. I am also going to meal plan and try to cut cost on our grocery bill. With this, we should be able to save a good chunk of change. Now that birthday's and the holidays are over, we should be good to go on everything else. My car will also be paid off at the end of the year, that is a light at the end of the tunnel too!

My second resolution is to loose some weight. I know I am pregnant, but that doesn't give me an excuse to just gain weight and not worry about it. It's something that has been bothering me since I found out I was pregnant. Not being your ideal weight when getting pregnant is hard, especially when you've lost a lot of weight and gained most of it back. I hate looking at myself in pictures, and the fact that I have 6 more months to go. My doctor had said in the beginning I was already over weight and shouldn't gain too much. He also said he wouldn't be mad if I lost some weight. I am not trying to loose a ton of weight. I just want to get back to eating healthy and going to the gym. I am hoping by doing this I can shed a few pounds, and not gain too much more. I don't know if that makes any sense...

My third goal is just to survive this year! We have a lot of change coming. Greg cross training and going away to school at the end of my pregnancy. Putting our house on the market and hoping we can sell it. Having a new baby, and moving! It's a lot to take in, and it's all going to be happening at the same time! I also want to try not to stress about the house. I want to sale it, but I don't want it to sale too fast, but then I don't want to have to worry about it. I would love to stay in our house til we left, then have it sold when we leave, but I don't want to wait that long to sale, because I don't want to stress about it! See what I mean? ugh!

My resolutions almost sound like me whining, I guess that's my pregnancy hormones, I can thank them! I am looking forward to these next few days off to get the Christmas stuff put away and get our house squared away so we can contact a Realtor!

Happy New Year to your and your family!

15 Weeks (A day late)

2011-12-31T15:44:00.001-06:00

Yesterday I was 15 weeks! I can't fathom that next week I will be 4 months, and in another month or so I will get to see the baby again and hopefully find out if it's a boy or girl!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How far along: 15 weeks 1 day

Size of baby: About the size of an apple

Total weight gain/loss: 9lbs (ew)

Maternity clothes: Still my one pair of pants and one shirt. That's it. My normal clothes are tight, my shirts are starting to not fit, and it bothers me! With Landon I wore A LOT of my normal clothes most of my pregnancy! Ick ick ick, this scares me!!!

Sleep: Been sleeping pretty good. One bad thing, if I wake up at night I am having a hard time falling back asleep. This week most days I was up by 330am or 4. Not fun.

What I miss most: Clothes fitting, not worrying about weight gain.

Cravings: I think I am over my pickles now, I am digging flavored sparkling water now!

Symptoms: Round ligiment pains. OUCH! Mainly at night when I roll over or sleep on my side.

Best Moment: Just making it this far!

What I am looking forward to most: My next appointment on the 10th, hearing the heartbeat.

Like my new red Tom's I got for Christmas? I do! Landon wanted to be in all the pictures today. He is still talking about his baby sister and he will tell me I have a big belly now, and always touches it. He has no idea how big my belly is going to get! :)

I have to include a picture of the little man. He got a scooter for Christmas from Ava and so we went outside today to ride it. It's almost 80 out today, kinda warm, so we had to take advantage of the weather! We also bought Landon a new helmet so he'd be safe!

2011 was a crazy year, lots of up's and downs, but has definitely has ended great. Can't wait for 2012 and to see what it has in store for us! Happy New Year.

This and That

2011-12-28T19:05:00.000-06:00

Tonight is going to be a random post about this and that.

Yesterday morning when Landon woke up his poor little throat was bothering him. Since Greg is off and I was working, Greg made an appointment to get it checked out. I got off work a little early, so I came home, and we rushed to Walmart to get Greg's flat tire fixed and then headed to Landon's appointment. His appointment was at 300, we got in the office at 245. The waiting room was jam packed. There were SO many people in there. Kids were coughing, crying, vomiting, sneezing, screaming and everything in between. Landon just sat on our lap and watched a cartoon. Not sure how he heard it though. We started to notice he was getting warm. They finally called us back about 345, ugh. Turns out Landon had a fever. His throat looked red, his chest sounded clear, his ears were clear and his tummy and stuff seemed fine. They tested him for strep, of course that was negative. They said it sounded like he had a sinus infection so they put him on some antibiotics. By the time we got home we were ALL exhausted.

Landon had a rough night last night, woke up a bunch. Finally at 430 he was crying his neck was going to break and it hurt. I gave him some Motrin and he layed on the couch and watched a cartoon. By the time I left for work he seemed good. So when I finally got off work I called Greg and Landon was in tears again. He was crying pretty hard. He complained of his neck again and I started to get nervous. He was pretty upset and just balling. We finally got him to drink some juice and have some crackers. He seemed to cheer up a bit. He begged to go to Hastings, and since he seemed ok we went. He's been fine ever since. It scared me. When he said his neck hurt again, a million thing went running through my head. I just hope my little man starts to feel better soon and is ok. I don't like to see him not feeling well.

That picture was Christmas night, Greg was reading him a story and he said, "Daddy, I just need to close my eyes for a minute, keep reading the story." He was out like a light. Poor baby. He was tired, and not feeling well.

Tonight has been a great night, we opened more of Landon's Christmas gifts, he opened his school house from Sam, Katie and Martin.

It's really cute, and he really likes it. This is his first Playmobil set. I've seen them before, and Martin has some that we've seen and played with, so it is pretty cool to have one of our own.

I enjoyed putting it together and playing 'school' with the boy. Of course all the kids were kids from his class and the teacher was Mrs. Mayes!

Landon's also been using his desk.

It's perfect for him and he really likes it! Definitely a great purchase! (The stools hurt my bottom though, I think because I have a big butt, ha!)

Greg made Belgian waffles and bacon for dinner. I love breakfast for dinner, it sure was good. I actually made a BLT with the waffles, YUM! (yes, weird pregnancy eating, I know, Greg always looks at me like I'm crazy!)

Christmas 2011

2011-12-26T19:31:00.001-06:00

I don't even know where to begin! We left for Dripping Springs on Thursday afternoon. We were planning on going Friday but decided to leave a day earlier to have some extra time. Thursday morning was a busy and stressful one. Since I had the day off, Landon and I took my car to the dealership to get my oil changed, and my state inspection. I had a weird noise too and wanted them to check it out. What I thought was going to be a cheap and quick visit turned in to a 4 hour $400 trip. Yeah.....

Friday we got up and went shopping in Austin. First we went to the Round Rock Outlets. I really wanted to go to Gap, and I am glad I did. They were having a GREAT sale, and I walked out wishing I would have bought some more. After shopping we went to eat at Chuy's and then headed to another mall. Landon was acting kinda weird at lunch and was complaining of his throat.

Saturday morning Alex, Jennifer, Ava and Andrea's arrived, then shortly after Martin, Sam and Katie got there! Then the loudness began! The kids were beyond excited and going bonkers, playing and having fun. Landon seemed a tad wheezy at times, sneezing and saying his throat hurt, but nothing past that.

Christmas eve we had all kinds of finger foods to eat, visited and hung out while the kids went crazy.

Christmas morning Landon woke up not feeling well. Nasty cough, kinda warm, still complaining of his throat.

Santa sure was good to us this year! We got a ton of stuff!!!

The left is our stuff, right next to it is Martin, Sam and Katie, then Alex, Jen and Ava's, then Kenny and Tina! TONS of gifts.

Landon was excited when we told him Santa came, but like I said he wasn't feeling well and was coughing. The kids made sure Santa ate his cookies and the reindeer ate their food....

Then they say around and checked out the gifts while they waited for everyone to be ready.

Then the madness began!

The "Crime Syndicate" that Landon asked Santa for!

Aunt Katie gave Landon a Wonder Woman tin filled with Wonder Woman figures! Oh my. He was SO happy!

Mr. Andreas slept the whole time!

Greg had Landon pick out a gift for me. He even wrapped it himself. He was SO happy for me to open it, he wanted to open it himself :)

It was a beautiful necklace! (I'll have to take a picture of it)

Once all the gifts were open and the kids were well under way opening packages and playing, Kenny and Greg had a Belgian Waffle cook off. See we bought a waffle maker for Kenny, then found out they bought one for themselves for Christmas. So Greg kept the one we bought and the decided to see who's was better!

Um, Greg ended up putting too much batter in his...oops!

Then it was breakfast time!

Greg's waffles were the square one's, Kenny's were the circles, I ate Greg's, they tasted pretty good.

From those who sampled both said they tasted the same!!

Andreas is SO cute. He was very smiley this time and we would get a giggle out of him too.

Such a sweet little guy.

And the Christmas aftermath! Whew! Those kids sure did get a lot of stuff. This Christmas was definitely a fun one, it was nice to have all the kids there for the first time. We spent the rest of the day playing with all the new toys. Landon was still a little under the weather most of the day though. We had a nice dinner together then Sam and Katie left shortly after.

Today we packed the car, I mean packed it. It was jam packed with stuff. It was a nice quick drive home, Greg and I talked the entire time, Landon watched some movies and slept. Now we are home, getting things put away and settling back in!

Hope you had a great Christmas!

Merry Chritmas

2011-12-25T14:23:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!

Love,

Greg, Priscilla, Landon & bun in the oven.

Christmas Eve

2011-12-24T21:46:00.001-06:00

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve! All the tiny window's in our Advent calendar are open and the chocolate is gone..

Which means Santa will be arriving tonight! The kids were busy preparing for Santa's arrival.

First thing they had to do was make some reindeer food.

They mixed all sorts of things like oatmeal, sunflower seeds, marshmallow's, glitter and graham crackers. You know, the stuff reindeer love to eat right?

Then it was time to spread it out. Since Oma and Opa don't have a chimney they had to spread it by the front door so they can munch on it while Santa is delivering the gifts.

It's cold and rainy this year so they ran outside as fast as they could to spread it out then ran right back in...

The tree is ready, nice and empty, ready for LOTS of presents.

The kids each picked out a cookie for Santa, poured some milk and Ava wrote him a letter from all three of them.

I think the kids got all their work done, for now they are all snuggled in their beds.

Happy Christmas Eve Y'all!

14 Weeks

2011-12-23T21:48:00.000-06:00

It's that time for a weekly up date. I should have done one last week but failed to get a picture.

How Far Along: 14 Weeks

Size of baby: About the size of a small lemon.

Gender: Still too early! I think it's a boy though, Landon is dying for a sister...uh oh!

Maternity Clothes: One pair of maternity pants and sweater, both are way too big, but comfy. I am at the in between stage and I hate it. I just look fat right now, not pregnant. Ick!

Weight gain: 9lbs (I think)

Movement: I think I may be feeling some movement. The first time was Sunday night, I was sitting on the couch and felt a very,very tiny little flutter. I also have felt that same type of flutter a few times, at random weird times.

Sleep: I still love sleep. I am sleeping great at night, and I don't feel the need to nap any more, but, if I sit down I can pretty much fall asleep at any time. I don't know if that makes any sense!

Symptoms: A weird pain in my leg today, think it's from all the walking. Some stomach aches/cramps and feels like stretching. Luckily my headaches have seemed to go away.

Cravings: Pickles! Yum.

Best moment this week: The possibility of feeling the baby flutter.

Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas eve? Eek, I am pretty excited!

Landon's Class Christmas Party

2011-12-20T20:02:00.000-06:00

This morning was Landon's class Christmas party! We were all excited about it, I was happy to be able to go in Landon's class and check it out, and watch how he is. We had to show up early to decorate and get things ready. The kids were supposed to be in the room by 830, they got there at 9. I had to leave by 930 to be at work. That was the only thing that stunk.

When the kids walked in they were SO happy to see all their parents waiting.

There was a TON of food. They had pigs in a blanket, donuts, muffins, pancakes, cookies, pretzels, juice boxes and more donuts! The kids pigged out!

Once the kids got their bags put away they got to choose three items to start with. Landon only wanted a chocolate doughnut and pretzels.

Once the kids ate, they did a gingerbread boy/girl craft. After that I had to leave. I was sad. Greg got to stay and take pictures of the rest of the day and help with the clean up.

One thing I loved was looking at Landon's stuff around the class. Check out his snowman he colored. It was the best one up there! (Or so we thought!)

After the ornaments it was book exchange time. They played music I think and when it stopped the person that had the book got to keep it.

Landon was lucky, he got a great book! It's a Disney book with lots of stories in it! Greg said once the book exchange was done they sang some songs......

Then the party was over! Landon had a great time, I thought it was fun, I just wish I had longer. The kids seemed to enjoy it, especially having all the parents around.

I am now off til next Tuesday. Landon has a half day tomorrow then I am going to spend the next few days with him. I have some last minute shopping to do, mainly my family and Greg. Hopefully the shelves aren't wiped clean :)

Another Party!

2011-12-19T16:44:00.000-06:00

Yesterday we were invited to Aubrey' 3rd Birthday party! It's been party after party lately! I love it. She had a princess party at her house, and it turned out to be fun, sitting around letting the kids play and gossiping with the ladies!

Landon wanted to hold Charlotte, and he was so funny. He was holding her and looked away, then kept letting go. We had to keep telling him you can't let go of her!

It was pretty cute actually. He loves her, he always tells me how cute she is.

They played a few games, pin the princess on the castle...

Then did the pinata. I love Charlotte in this picture down to the bottom right.

Landon sitting next to the birthday girl!

Today was Pajama day at school. Landon thought it was pretty cool to wear his PJ's to school. Tomorrow we have his class Christmas party. I am going to work late so I can go. I am his room mom so I have to be there at 8 to set up and the party starts at 830. It will be fun to be in his class and see how it all goes. I am not looking forward to working late. Evenings aren't good for me. I am usually exhausted in the afternoons. I won't be getting my 10 min couch cat nap! Oh well. I'll have the next 6 days off!!! Yahooo

Fire Department Christmas Party

2011-12-18T18:49:00.000-06:00

Friday night we had Greg's Fire Department Christmas party. It's the first time they have had a party like this where it's for families and both shifts are involved. Usually each shift will do their own thing. They set everything up in the stalls. They had a craft area for the kids, a bouncy castle, santa came, they did a gift exchange, door prizes and lots of food! It was fun, Landon had a blast playing, I had a great time as always chit chatting and watching everyone.

When the party first started I thought the sunset was so pretty. It was looking out towards the fight line and the B-1's were in the background...

We had to make Landon stop for a little bit to take a break. He didn't want to eat, he wanted to play in the bouncy castle was he was out of breath and sweating! He finally sat down with Mrs. Meagan and Aubree to look at some pictures...

He wrote a letter to Santa, and made an ornament.

Then Santa came. Now don't laugh, it's a pretty real looking Santa, you may want to hire him for your party you know...

His Nike shoes and paper looking beard! Jaxon and Aubree sitting on Santa's lap.

Landon told us, "That Santa was fake!" We had to let him know that Santa was busy working and getting all the toys ready and it was one of his friends helping him out. And that Landon got to see the real Santa at the mall.

He got a new super hero book from the 'fake Santa'. He loves it! Donae was telling me that Aubree told her daddy that the Santa was fake because she could see the string to his paper beard! Oh my. I about died laughing.

I thought I got more picture of all the other kids but I guess not. I got one of the back of Zoey talking to Santa and getting her gift. I guess I was too busy talking! haha.

Yesterday we finished some Christmas shopping in the shear madness. We braved Target, Academy and the Mall. CRAZY! But we got lots done and bought. Today we went to Aubrey's third birthday party. It was lots of fun, I'll do a blog post about it tomorrow!

Appointment

2011-12-13T19:36:00.000-06:00

I had an OB appointment today after work. I am not going to lie, I was pretty nervous. One about gaining weight, the doctor had said he didn't want me to gain more than 9 lbs. Two, I was going to be late because I was working, and three I was worried about hearing the heartbeat with the doppler.

Everything turned out to be great. I was able to leave work a few minutes early, as soon as I sat down in the waiting room they called me right back. Woohoo! I got my stats taken, did a urine sample and went to the room. It was time to hear the heartbeat. I was SO nervous. It took her a few seconds to find it, but she did. It was very faint, but you could hear it. It was such a sweet sound. The heart was beating strong at 160bpm, which is the same from a month ago. The doctor came in a few minutes after and we just talked a bit, he went over my lab results from last time and asked if I had any questions. I talked about my headaches, he ok'd for me to take Motrin if I needed. He said just not after 30weeks. That's what I had read online, so it was reassuring to hear that. He also discussed my weight. I gained 3 lbs and he talked about it being ok for me to gain about 15 total. It made me feel MUCH better for him to say that. He said if I start gaining a lot of weight we'll talk about it. I definitely don't want to gain a lot of weight! ugh! SO, when I walked out of the office I felt great! I have an appointment for January 10th, i'll be 16 weeks, and I am sure we will schedule my 20wk ultrasound from there! Can't wait to find out if it's a girl or a boy!

It's still been rainy out there, which is so nice compared to our dry and blazing summer we had. The kids at worked are couped up, as well as my child! Landon and Greg had a sword fight tonight....

Landon is getting pretty good at it! It makes me laugh when he gets Greg and that sword snaps, the look on Greg's face, all I can do it laugh! So funny...

We've got a busy few days coming up. Tomorrow we have an appointment for our cat, Thursday I am working late. Friday night is the Fire Department Christmas party, Saturday I have a hair appointment. Sunday we have a birthday party. Monday Landon has Polar Express Day, wearing PJ's to school and watching movies. Tuesday morning is Landon's class Christmas party. Whew! Not to mention, I am not even CLOSE to being done shopping. What am I going to do?

Cookies, lists and lights!

2011-12-12T18:44:00.001-06:00

It feels SO nice to feel human again and have some energy! Man, I forgot what it felt like to feel normal. haha! I also feel like I have a 'bump' now. It seems kinda early, but it's there. I went to target yesterday and got a belly band so I can wear that over my unbuttoned jeans and to kinda squeeze my fat in. So far I really like it, it feels good to have it on, and it keeps my belly warm :)

Yesterday was cold and rainy, I bought some cinnamon chips at the Commissary on Saturday and decided to make some cookies. While I was making cookies I made some homemade chicken noodle soup, it hit the spot on a cold night. And delicious cookies for dessert.

They are oatmeal cinnamon chip and SO yummy. They really are good. (They don't look good in the picture) I LOVE the cinnamon chips, I've never seen them before.

Landon is super excited about Christmas and ever since Grammie left some gifts under the tree, he keeps asking to open presents and when is it going to be Christmas? He has an Advent Calendar and also he made a chain link where he takes a link off every day to count down the days....he loves doing it, but wants it to be Christmas NOW!

Landon also came home with a letter to Santa with what he wanted:

It reads, "Dear Santa please bring me teen titans Landon." SOOO proud of him, I LOVED it when I saw it in his folder. It is something I will keep forever!

And last but not least Greg put some lights up around the house last night and got our firetruck up and running. It's been cold and rainy and he was able to finally get outside to do it!

Tomorrow I have an OB appointment, wish me luck! I'll post about it and let you know how it went!

12 Weeks

2011-12-11T08:27:00.000-06:00

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 12 weeks 3 days

Size of baby: Not sure yet, have an appointment on Tuesday 13th.

Gender: Still too early to find out, but definitely want to find out!

Maternity Clothes: None yet, but I think I am going to go find some pants or jean extender or something today!

Weight gain: 3 lbs (doctor told me I can only gain 9 lbs, eek!)

Movement: No movement yet. I hear you can feel movement earlier with your second pregnancy. I can't wait to feel those little flutters.

Sleep: I LOVE sleep. I sleep like a log at night, and when I get home from work I have to rest my eyes for a few minutes or I would be in bed by 630 every night!

Symptoms: Headaches. I can't seem to shake them. I am able to eat now, which is good, but can be a bad thing.

Cravings: No huge cravings right now. Last weekend it was pickles, and in my early weeks I just ate what sounded good, and that was french fries and chips. Awful I know. Everything else grossed me out. Glad I am passed that now.

Best moment this week: Reaching 12weeks. Having family here for a visit.

I am going to try to do these pregnancy highlights on Friday's, when I actually start a new week. And starting today I am going to really buckle down and eat healthy and get back to the gym and go walking and stuff. I am so worried about gaining weight. I already feel like a moose since I wasn't at my ideal weight when I got pregnant. Plus with the Doctor saying I should only gain 9 or so pounds, I need to get on track. Any tips or suggestions? I am going to cut the junk and chips and meal plan healthier meals for home and work.

Visit/Christmas Party

2011-12-10T20:11:00.000-06:00

Last Friday my mom and Bob arrived for a visit! We were so happy to have them here with us. It's always nice to have family around and to have visitors. The whole time they were here it was cold cold and rainy, then it snowed. The weather was pretty gloomy, which made it nice to stick around the house and just hang out and visit. We did get in some shopping and went out to eat at Perini's Ranch for some steaks. Bad thing, I barely got out my camera and took pictures. I always had it with me, but I just was too lazy to take pictures!

We always talked about Perini's and how wonderful their steaks were. SO many people I know take their familes there when they visit and go there for special occasions. We made reservations for Sunday night. It was cold that night, snowy, and the place was pretty quiet. They had a nice warm fire going in the fire place. Dinner was AMAZING! The steaks are fantastic. It's pricey, but if you go once in a blue moon and for a special occasion I think it's worth it. The picture of the outside is the only picture I took that night. I wanted to get a family picture and take lots of photos, but it didn't happen. Can't really say why, I'm not really sure why, I just never got my camera out! Darn it!

Poppa got a big ol' icicle for Landon. He wanted a picture of it but it was too cold for him! haha!

Silly boy!

He made a craft angel ornament with Grammie....

We sure did enjoy our visit. I wish the weather was nicer and that I had more energy to do things! My energy was zapped! (Don't think the weather helped that!) Thanks for everything Grammie and Poppa Bob!

Last night was Greg's squadron, CES, Christmas party. Greg worked hard all year helping plan it. It turned out fun! Much better than last year. Aften watched Landon so we could go. (Thanks Aften)

Greg and his buddies made sweet Christmas sweaters to wear.

There was dancing (yes that's Greg with the red sweater vest and his arm in the air)...

Food, some games, a gift exchange, door prizes and then the grand prizes.

I HATE that I didn't get a good picture of them in their vests darn it. The light was too much, then not enough, then it was blurry. They were sick of pictures so I didn't get a good one. DANG!

Greg made it pretty far on the scavenger hunt game. He was down to the final two..

We came home with a two door prizes, and Beau gave Greg his signed Kitna picture that he won! It was a fun time to watch everyone and just be nosy, you know, my favorite thing to do! haha!

Next Friday is the Fire Department Christmas party at the fire station. It's the first time they have done something like this since we've been here. I am pretty excited, it sounds like it's going to be lots of fun!

Santa

2011-12-04T16:10:00.000-06:00

We took Landon to the mall today to see Santa. My mom and Bob are here visiting so they came with us. Landon was so cute, so shy and quiet with Santa, when he was done he said, "I liked Santa, he was so nice."

Landon told him he wanted the Crime Syndicate, and Santa looked at me, I had to tell him it was a super hero figures at Walmart. He kinda giggled, then Landon told him he wanted a picture for his mommy and he wanted Raven. Santa had NO idea what Landon was talking about.

When he was done he told me, "Santa was sooo soft mommy!"

Catching Up

2011-11-30T19:02:00.000-06:00

I feel a tad odd this afternoon. I am not extremely exhausted today! Wooohoo!!!

Around Landon's birthday we had all kinds of things going on. I planned on posting about it all, but you know, my energy was zapped, and I had a million things going on. The night before Landon's birthday party Landon and I went on a date to a co-worker's daughter's Quinceanera. I've never been to one before and didn't know what to expect. I of course have watched My Sweet 16 on MTV so kinda had an idea. Anywho, Landon was excited to go with me, especially as Mommy's date!

One of the girls from work whom makes amazing cakes made the cake for the party. It turned out SO cute!

This whole thing reminded me of a prom/wedding. It was fun to go to and watch everyone and be out. Some of the girls from work were there so it was nice to hang out.

It was long at times. We waited for a while, then they did a speech and a blessing of the food, then we ate...

Then we waited some more then some cute dancers came in and danced. Landon really liked this part!

Then we waited some more. FINALLY, the grand entrance. She came in on the back of her dads motorcycle, it was pretty dang cool, minus all the fumes.

(Her dress was SO pretty!)

Once the court performed their dance, then the dance floor opened and the fun began. Landon loves to dance, I do not. SO he went out with Jackson and Nicole and danced.

He danced and danced and danced! He loved it!

Finally after a while he came to me and looked kinda weird and worried. He had his hand on his chest/stomach, and was coughing. I asked if he was ok, he shook his head no. It was loud so I took him outside. When we got out there he couldn't catch his breath. He was coughing, couldn't barely talk and scared the crap out of me. So we went in, I grabbed my purse and we left. When we got to the car he was struggling to catch his breath. I gave him a drink, turned the AC on and his movie and we left. We headed over to where Greg was at. Landon was still coughing and wheezing. I was SO scared. A few minutes later we got to where Greg was. Landon finally caught his breath but was still wheezing and coughing. He had some more water and we talked to him to take his mind off of it. He seemed better.

When we got home we gave him his allergy medicine and laid him on the couch. He seemed better but was still a tad wheezy. We were getting ready to take him to the ER, but I went and steamed the shower up and took him in there to breathe. It sounded like he was croupy or something. He didn't like it in there and kept telling me, "Why are you making me smell this smoke mommy?" Poor thing.

His wheezing went away, we gave him some Tylenol and he fell fast asleep. I am not sure what happened. We were thinking the fumes and dancing around just made it hard for him to breathe? It almost seemed like he had an asthma attack. It freaked me out.

So needless to say, we missed most of the party, mainly the cake and presents and all that. We had fun the few hours we were there, just wish we didn't have to run out the door!

O' Christmas Tree

2011-11-28T19:23:00.000-06:00

Got your tree up yet? Our tradition is to put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving. Sometimes we would even get it out Thanksgiving night (If we were home) and start decorating.

I was excited this year because we got our new tree. When we got home Saturday night we put the tree up right away to see how it looked. Like I said, I was pleasantly surprised for a $49 tree. Sunday Greg took the Christmas totes out of the attic. I felt pretty nasty yesterday and didn't feel like decorating. I finally mustered up some energy and got started. Landon was excited to see all the ornaments and it was fun to see how many angels we collected last Christmas. Remember Landon's angel infatuation last year? That's about as far as I've gotten. I felt great last week, lots of energy and stuff. This week I have zero energy, and the thought of doing anything zaps everything out of me!

We've accumulated SO much Christmas stuff. I don't need to buy any more. We have so many different types of ornaments now.

Landon and Greg put the tree topper on. This tree is much taller than our previous one, so they had to get on a chair, very dangerous, yes I know.

While we were finishing the tree we of course started a fire. It was pretty cold last night. When I left for work it was 29 but felt like 21. Burr!

This little boy is pretty excited about Christmas. He is ready to start his Advent calendar.

I guess I need to get busy on our 4 other totes of Christmas stuff. Like I said, we have a TON of stuff. The thought of moving with all this stuff next summer kinds worries me.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2011

2011-11-27T19:09:00.000-06:00

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend! I know mine was great and just flew by.

Wednesday I got off work early and we headed to Oma and Opa's house in Dripping Springs. We got there around 3ish. We hung out and caught up for a little while then Greg and I went on a dinner date to Chuy's. I have been craving their salsa. It was amazing and did not disappoint. I got some to go so I was able to enjoy some more later that night. Alex, Jennifer, Ava and Andreas got in late that night while we were all sleeping. When we woke up Thanksgiving morning Landon was anxious to see Ava. Oma was busy in the kitchen getting everything ready. Sam, Katie and Martin showed up shortly after.

It was nice to have all the family together for the holiday. We mainly just hung out and chit chatted, snuggled with Andreas, let the kids play and scoured through the black Friday ad's.

When we got in to town Wednesday night I noticed a headache coming on. I figured it was from driving and the allergies in the air. On Thursday I woke up and the headache was still there, but not bad. I took some Tylenol to try to get rid of it.

Once the meal was ready, my head was really starting to throb. I thought since the Tylenol didn't work that it was a sinus headache. Greg went to Walgreens to get me some meds, and I took it with dinner.

Dinner was amazing. I wanted to take pictures of all the family, and of each couple and the kids.

But I only got a few pictures, by the time I ate my dinner I had a full blown migraine. It stunk. As soon as I was done eating I went straight to the room to sleep and try to get rid of it. I missed dessert and all the family time. About 1.5 hours later my head was throbbing so bad I was about to get sick. I couldn't take it anymore, and I couldn't take anything else with acetaminophen in it. I finally broke down and took some Motrin, I felt SO bad, but I had to, I was in so much pain. About another hour passed and I was able to get out of the bed and hang out with the family. By now it was dark. Opa had a camp fire going and the kids were roasting marshmallow's. I felt like I missed all of Thanksgiving because of this darn headache.

I was glad to be feeling better because Tina, Katie and I were going to go shopping on Black Friday. My favorite thing ever. I wait all year for it. I hated that most of the stores opened at midnight, but the stuff we wanted most was at Home Depot and they opened at 5. So we just decided to go to Home Depot in the morning. We got there and got what we wanted. I got a nice pre-lit Christmas tree for $49. We also got fresh wreath's, garland and poinsettia's. We headed in to Austin to get some shopping in. We pulled in to Target about 545. No cars at all. It was dead. Damn, we missed it all. They still had most of the deals, we got a few things then went to Walmart, again DEAD. Ugh. I wanted to fight with the crowds. After that we went to the Mall and got a few things there, had some breakfast at Ihop and then headed home. We were home by 10am. I was so sad. I guess next year we have to go at midnight if we want to see the crazy people and all the crowds. I did got off cheap this year, that is a plus.

The kids went to the Zoo with Opa on Friday. Us ladies stayed home and napped. Then that night Opa got the tractor going and took the kids for a ride.

Then we headed to Johnson City for their lights. The kids were kinda moody, they were tired when we got there, especially Landon.

We've gone to these lights every year and it's always dead. BUT, it was jam packed. There was a ton of horse and carriage rides, food booths, shopping booths and Santa!

It was actually nice out that night, usually we freeze out butts off, but it was nice to where you only maybe needed long sleeves.

Landon did NOT want to see Santa. He was in a sour mood. He was beyond tired. But once we got to them, I sat him on Mrs. Klaus lap and he was good to go.

Sam and Katie headed home after that and we went back to Oma and Opa's house. Saturday we hung out, let the kids play, enjoyed relaxing, ate some lunch packed the car and headed home!

It was a great weekend, I hate how fast they go. I hate that I had such a terrible headache, I felt like I missed the entire day, I was just out of it. But I am thankful we had a such a wonderful meal with all the family! Happy Thanksgiving.

Karate Party

2011-11-20T09:46:00.001-06:00

Yesterday Landon was invited to go to Aubree's Karate Party. He was SO excited and kept asking all day long, "How many more minutes til the Karate party?" Greg and I weren't really sure what to expect, we'd never gone to anything like that.

It turned out to be a lot of fun, Landon enjoyed it so much. They did so much with the kids and Landon was at a perfect age where he really enjoyed it. He listened, followed all the rules and had a blast!

She taught them to say 'yes m'am' anytime she talked to them, taught them to count to 3 in Korean, and showed them lots of great moves!

I got a cute video of Landon punching the punching bag, but it takes forever to download, I'll attempt it later. He loved that part!

And Miss Charlotte was there too watching all the action.

They sang Happy Birthday and had some cake....

Then Aubree opened her presents and then the kids ran around while they party wrapped up. It was a great time. They all got free two weeks of karate, we might go back tomorrow. Landon keeps asking to go to Karate. He sure was sleepy in the car...

It's cloudy out today, still warm, but it's a nice day to relax around the house. Too bad we have no food and need to go to the Commissary today. Then it will be a kick back day. I am glad it's a three day work week this week! Wooohooooo!!!!!

Big News

2011-11-19T07:57:00.000-06:00

For those few of you that read this are probably wondering why I am always saying how tired I am, and that i've been at the Doctors, have no energy and all that. Well, we have some news.

On October 24th we found out we got orders to Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs. We were beyond excited. That Friday, the 28th, I was feeling terrible, like I was going to get a stomach virus and I was nearly going to pass out. I tested my blood sugar and it was fine. Then I decided to take a pregnancy test because I couldn't remember when my last cycle was and was thinking I was due to start. So on my lunch I ran to the Commissary and bought a test, came back to work and took it.

It was positive! I'm pregnant!!!!! I was happy and shocked. We of course weren't trying (That's the same way it happened with Landon, finally giving up, then it happened!) I called Greg, he was golfing at the time, and was pretty shocked to say the least, and excited. I've had a flood of emotions going on. My first thought was how far along am I? My second thought was when I misscarried and I didn't want that to happen again. Since it was late Friday afternoon I had to wait till Monday to call the Doctors.

So Monday, Halloween, I called the Doctors. They have a new protocol where you have to be seen, then they will give you papers for Lab work, then you'll get a referral. I went and waited for a while, then had to leave because I was going to be late for work. I went again on Nov 1st, and got my lab work done. By Friday I had my results, I was pregnant. My OB couldn't get me in till Dec 1st, and I told them there was NO way I could wait that long. So I had my first appointment on Landon's birthday, the 15th.

I was a nervous wreck most of the day, excited to be seen, scared to hear what was going to be said. I waited forever at the Dr's office, then got to come back for an ultrasound later in the day. (Thank God, I thought I was going to have to wait a few more weeks for one.)

I was a wreck during the ultrasound. The lady had the machine facing away from me, and I knew she was going to tell me that there was nothing there. I kinda peeked and saw a little blob. Then she asked me if I wanted to hear the heart beat, OF COURSE! That was music to my ears hearing the heart beat, it made me feel SO much better. The heart was beating strong at 160bpm. We also figured out that I am due June 22, 2012 and I am now 9wks 1 day.

I know it's ify to tell before you are 12 wks, but we are excited and this little one is beyond excited to be a big brother,

and I am hoping by everyone that reads this can keep us in your thoughts and prayers till we can get over that hump. The good thing about this pregnancy is I feel REALLY pregnant. I've had some really good days, and some really terrible days. Nothing sounds or tastes good, besides fries. My boobs are huge and killing me, everything makes me want to cry, I can fall asleep anywhere and at any time, and I feel extremely bloated and fat!

Hopefully this can explain my lack of blogging! It's sad because I've had SO much to blog about lately. I just can't seem to get motivated.

Once last thing, Happy 50th Birthday Poppa Bob! Hope you have a great day, enjoy your sky dive, and we can't wait to celebrate in a few weeks when you get here!

Our Week

2011-11-18T20:02:00.001-06:00

Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week already? I can't. I am excited to eat some turkey and green bean casserole, my favorite things!

This week has gotten away from me. I don't know where the time goes. Sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day. On Tuesday I had a DR's appt, and spent most of my day at the DR's office. I wasn't too thrilled to be there all day, the main reason was it was Landon's birthday and I wanted to go have lunch with him. Since I was at the Dr's, Greg took Landon McDonald's for lunch and ate with him. We also took some special frosted cookies to share with his class. I was able to drop him off and pick him up so that was nice. Landon was SO excited that Greg came to eat with him. He'd been asking us for a while to come have lunch with him. So it made his day. When I went to get him, I got there a few minutes early and he was outside with his class, I snapped a picture of him doing his new favorite thing.

He is a PRO at swinging and can go HIGH!

We asked Landon what he wanted for dinner, we ended up at Cracker Barrel. It was good, nothing beats breakfast for dinner. Then we came home and sang Happy Birthday to him again.

I can't believe that my baby is FIVE now. He is such a little man and so smart now. I am so proud of all the new things he is learning and how smart of a little boy he is becoming. He is still a big time mommy's boy, and is a snuggle bug. I sure hope he stays that way for a long long time!

Landon got to pick from the birthday treasure box at school, and he got some cool guitar sun glasses!

Landon has been learning a lot about Thanksgiving and had been coming home with some great things he's made.

They had a little 'feast' at school and got to try several different things. He was telling me all about it and fun it was.

We also got back Landon's school pictures. They turned out great, I LOVE them!

I took a picture of the picture so it doesn't look great here, but they are cute, I LOVE his big cheesy smile. Such a cute little boy!

I'm glad the weekend is here. We have a karate birthday party for Miss Aubree tomorrow, and I have a baby shower right after that. Other than that, we have nothing else going on, boy am I glad.

Hope you had a great week! Happy Friday.

The Birthday Party

2011-11-16T18:50:00.000-06:00

Sunday we had Landon's 5th birthday party. We had friends and family come to help celebrate with a bouncy castle, lots of food, cake, ice cream, cupcakes and presents. The weather was nice and warm! It was a perfect day!

My mom made this super cute banner for his party. It turned out so cute, Landon LOVES it!

I had so much going on Saturday before the party. I was one tired mamma. But I think it all turned out ok.

I just did a few of my apothecary jars with Super Bubble Gum, Skittles and Red Vines. I also made some chocolate dipped pretzels, always a favorite of the kids.

I was worried we didn't have enough food. But we ended up having WAY more than needed, but that is always a good thing. We had ham and turkey and tray of cheese

with different rolls to make sandwiches.

I was upset when I got his cake from the bakery. I wanted it smooth, and the did the 'rake' look on it. I guess once I got the stuff on it turned out ok, I liked it.

I went and ordered some cupcakes from Sam's because when I ordered the cake they assured me that it wouldn't be enough for the amount of people we had. Ugh. Shouldn't have listened, it was more than enough. It worked out perfect though.

My mom made me a Wonder Woman apron to wear, turned out SO cute, everyone loved it.

Landon was SO happy to have all his ladies her, he didn't know what to do with himself. He had Leah, Karishma, Ava, Aubree and Zoey here. He was being pulled every which way.

It was nice to have Martin at our house for the first time. Landon was EXCITED to have him here!

The party turned out perfect! We couldn't have asked for a better day! I sure was worn out after the party. Lots to clean up of course. Sam, Katie and Martin stayed the night, it was fun to have them here and to catch up and let the boys play and go through all the new toys. It was hard to get up Monday morning, that's for sure!

Landon is beyond lucky to have such wonderful family and friends in his life. Thanks to everyone who came out to his party to help celebrate, and thanks to my mom for all your help!

Happy Veteran's Day

2011-11-12T09:11:00.000-06:00

Happy Veteran's day! Thank you to all the men and women in uniform who serve or have served this country, and a big thank you to my Veteran Greg, thanks for all your do!

Landon's class had a field trip to the May Farm today. Greg and I had today off so we were able to join his class. Landon has been before, we used to go at the CDC but stopped. It was chilly out this morning, but when we got there it was NICE!

Landon really impressed us. He was SO good and listened and sat so quietly. It's amazing how much he has matured.

Greg was standing there and this little kitten jumped up on to him. It was SO funny!

Miss May talking about the animals.

Landon stuck with feeding the smaller animals, especially the goats and sheep.

He was scared to hold the bunny, but loved to pet it. I don't know why he was scared. What a turd.

He got to ride Cotton Eyed Joe with Kinsley.

HE LOVED IT! Not to mention he was sitting behind a pretty little girl!

We went on a hay ride around the farm....

And got to see the Beefalo.

After that it was lunch time!

Then they headed back to school!

Greg and I went and had lunch then did some shopping for Landon's birthday. I've been a mad woman cleaning this house and getting things ready. Today we have to pick the cake up by 1130 (they close at 12 and are closed on Sundays) I need to get all the groceries, I have to go find something to wear for a party tonight and get all the stuff made for tomorrow.

Tomorrow we have to the cupcakes from Sam's at 12 and the balloons from the Balloon place at 1230. Busy busy busy! (But boy do I love it!)

This post was supposed to go out last night, I fell asleep while waiting for the pictures to upload. Silly me!

6 Days Away

2011-11-07T19:06:00.000-06:00

Landon's big 5th Birthday party is only six days away. I can't believe it. I usually have his party planned months, including the menu and all. Now we've had a good idea of what we wanted to do, and been knocking things out. But I've yet to plan the food and stuff.

The bouncy castle has been booked, the cake has been ordered, the balloons have been ordered and all the paper goods have been purchased. The goody bag supplies have been purchased, and my mom's made some cute superhero bottle cap necklaces to go in them. I'm trying to figure out if I want to make a backdrop or pom poms for behind the sweet table, but I'm not sure yet. I still don't know what kinds of candies I am going to fill the jars up with yet, and I don't have a menu....yikes. I'd better get my big butt in gear!

I finally knocked out the wands. I wanted to make masks as well, but I decided against it. Landon LOVES the wands and is constantly asking me if he can have one and play with it!

I am estimating between 40-45 people to come. Greg's shift is on duty, so the guys won't be coming, just the ladies and kids. I wanted to originally do it on Saturday the 12th, but a lady from work is have a Quincenera(I know I totally butchered that word) for her daughter on that day and has had invites sent out for a year. SO, had to do it for the day after.

Landon's doing great in school, loves to come home and write his letters and draw. He is FINALLY showing signs of letter recognition. They are on the letter H this week. We were out this weekend and he was pointing out all these letters to me! Made me so proud! I just think he never cared before.

Only 3 more work days. I need to get busy on this menu and figure out all the last minute details! Happy Monday.

Halloween (A week late)

2011-11-06T18:47:00.001-06:00

I can't believe I haven't blogged in a week. This last week was crazy!!

Halloween I had to work late, so I got home around 6. We met with our friends that we've been trick or treating with for the past few years. It's sad to think this is going to be our last year doing this with them all.

Landon wanted to be super dog. He insisted on NOT wearing his cape. And from the first time we tried his Scooby costume on til now, he's grown, that poor boy had a wedgie all night long! (It didn't seem to bother him one bit though.)

We attempted to get a photo with all the kids. Zoey was Little Bo Peep, Landon was Scooby, Aubree was Dorthy and Aubrey was Cinderella. Little Jaxson was a scarecrow and baby Charlotte was Zoey's sheep! SO cute!

I love that picture. We were telling the kids to say trick or treat, they were, but they were all doin their own thing. Jaxon was just yelling, he was SO cute.

The kids had a great time and got a ton of candy. They were running from house to house, it was hard to keep up. By the end Landon was asking to go home. He was tired of walking, and I am sure his wedgie was bugging him! haha!

I hated it was a work/school night, but we were home by 820 and in bed by 9, so it really wasn't too bad.

There was a ghost walking around the neighborhood and none of the kids were scared of it! The lady finally showed her face and the kids were saying, "SHE'S A HUMAN!" it was so funny.

Oh and I had to add a picture of Landon's pumpkin he carved. Didn't it turn out great?

Like I said, this was a crazy week. I felt like I was in the doctor's office all week, trying to get lab work done, then ending the week back at the doctor's with strep throat. I had an appointment Monday morning and needed to get lab work done, they couldn't get to me in time so I rescheduled for Tuesday. So of course I got one Tuesday afternoon, was seen and got my blood work done. Wednesday I made a turkey roast, green bean cassorole, mashed potatoes and a pumpkin pie and we had Greg's friend and his son over for dinner. I ended up slicing the side of my finger with the green bean lid, scared me! It was a good cut, but no stitches or trip to the ER. Thank god!

Thursday I started feeling yucky. By the time I left work my throat was killing me. Around 6 I looked in my throat and noticed some patches. Great, strep throat. So Friday I had to call off work. My doctors office doesn't see patients on Friday, so I had to go sit in the walk in clinic. I of course have strep, and got put on antibiotics. By Saturday morning I was feeling MUCH better!!! Whew!

We spent the weekend relaxing and running errands to get everything ready for Landon's birthday party next weekend! eeek!!!!!

Pre-Halloween

2011-10-30T19:50:00.000-05:00

Did you have a good pre-Halloween weekend? Ours was busy. Yesterday morning I had an appointment for a hair cut and color. I went dark last time, and I didn't mind it, but I wanted some blonde back, and blonde it is!

We also went to watch Puss n Boots after my appointment. CUTE movie! We went to Walmart then came home to rest and then headed to Greg's squadron's kids trick or treat event.

Me and Scooby. (My hair is BLONDE)

Landon was excited to go 'Trick or Treat' and Greg's thing. There was a few offices that put up some decorations and handed out candy...

Then Landon ran in to his friend who goes to his before and after care, and is in Pre-K. SO funny that they were both Scooby Doo. Funny thing is, Landon's is from last year and is way too small!

That was a cake, pretty impressive. Landon got some vampire teeth and he totally loves them!

We checked out the big fire, it was cool out last night so it was nice to stand by it.

Then he played and ran around a little more then we headed home. Landon had a blast, of course!

Today we had to go get a pumpkin. The one we bought a while back was rotten.

Then the boys carved it.

I made tortilla soup in the crock pot and realized Landon's party is TWO weeks away. I gotta get going on all my projects. The bouncy castle is now booked, and I knocked out his cool comic book banner.

It took me a while to get the right triangle shape. I went to Walmart and bought and exacto knife and some red bias tape. Once I got it figured out, I knocked that sucker out. Instead of sewing it, I just used my handy dandy hot glue gun. Landon didn't like the fact that I was cutting up a comic book, but when I was done and showed him he liked it. Next thing I have to get done are the wands. I FINALLY got some glue, I didn't have any, so now I can get those knocked out. I also gotta figure out how to make masks, or where to get some cheap??

Are you ready for Halloween tomorrow? Tomorrow is my last day of afternoon shift, WHEW, so when I get home we will have some pizza and do our trick or treating. We are going with our friends whom we go with every year, should be a good time!!!

We got orders!

2011-10-25T08:19:00.000-05:00

So last night about 7pm I was finishing the dishes, Landon was playing and Greg just sat down to watch the Rangers game. All of a sudden Greg said, "Uhh Priscilla?" It was a worried or concerned uhhhh. I came around the corner and he had his phone and was showing me something. He's gotten an email that said,

"Congratulations, you've received orders."

Whattttttt? Both of us were shocked. This was something we were not expecting. We were told that we could find out earliest, January. It was 7 at night and Greg and I couldn't wait till morning so he headed to base to log on and find out where we got orders too. I was SO nervous, as was Greg. Once he finally arrived to base and got to his desk he called and put me on speaker as he logged on. Then I heard,

"Peterson AFB in Colorado, WE'RE GOING TO COLORADO BABY!"

What? My stomach went crazy. I was happy! I can't believe we got orders to Colorado. Peterson was his #2 on his dreamsheet. Then I started thinking about family and leaving, selling our house. I was so excited, but then everything else sank in. My first thought was, 'My mom is going to be so sad.' Then I thought about Greg's family and leaving all of them, then thought about having to sell our house, and all the stuff that comes along with a PCS.

Good thing is, we still have lots of time. We have to report no later than 28Aug2012. That gives us about 10 months. We are going to take the next two months to get the house ready and then put it on the market in January.

So once Greg got home we quickly got on the computer and started researching everything. My first thing was to look at plane tickets. Good thing! To fly from Denver to California, a little over $200. YAY! And a little more to fly to DFW! That is great!

So, if you have any info on Peterson or Colorado Springs, please let us know!!! :)

The Boy's

2011-10-23T18:55:00.000-05:00

Landon has been enjoying going out back and playing lately. Probably because it's finally feeling a tad bit like Fall, and because the ground doesn't have craters anymore since it rained a few weeks ago. Greg raised his swings so he isn't scraping his knees on the ground, and he has perfected swinging by himself.

This morning they went out to play. I am not sure what they were playing, but Greg was laying on the slide and Landon was kinda running around then climbing on everything...

Once we finally convinced Landon to come in, we had to go get groceries and run a few errands, he decided he wanted to color. He is really in to coloring these days and drawing, writing letters.

I Love that he puckers his lips out, I love that he uses lots of different colors...

I love how he concentrates...

I love watching him color, concentrate and then take a sip of French Vanilla Hot Chocolate...

Then go straight back to coloring with out even looking up or acknowledging I am there. I sure do love my little boy. I can't believe he is going to be 5 in a few weeks.....

Fall Fest & Invites

2011-10-22T21:24:00.000-05:00

We had a busy Saturday today! We went and had lunch then ran a few errands. We stopped at the party store to check out what stuff they have, then went to Hasting's, then over to Hobby Lobby to get some more stuff for Landon's birthday. When we got home Landon's invites were here! Yay! I was so excited.

We went for a walk around the neighborhood and went walking through the big field behind our house. Greg rented Green Lantern and I fell asleep on the couch, within a few minutes Landon' climbed on me and fell alseep too. We had dinner then headed over to Landon's Fall Fest. It was held at the High School and there were all different booths, bounce houses, cake walks, silent auctions, food and fun. I had heard it wasn't that great, but we signed up to work at the Pre-K booth so we went early for Landon to play. When we showed up I was surprised! Nothing what I imagined, Landon was excited to be there, we ran in to his teacher right away and then he played.

Ok this big tiger stairs and slide was GIGANTIC! It made me nervous looking at it. I guess Landon went down it when I was working at the booth. IT WAS HUGE!

We signed up to work the Pre-k booth, Greg worked from 630-7 and then took Landon to go play, I worked from 630-735. It was fun working it, it was HOT hot in the building, and we were right next to the loud speaker. Other than that, it was fun. We had the Plinko game.

Each class had little wanted posters and I got a picture of Landon's. Mrs Mayes is on the left and Mrs. Smith on the right. (Mrs. Smith is the aide)

All in all it was nice to go and see some of Landon's friends and to see the kids in their Halloween costumes.

Here are the invites I ordered. I thought they were going to be paper, but they are on picture paper. Kinda cool....

So now we are relaxing at home and watching the Ranger's play. These games are making me NERVOUS!

I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing day tomorrow. Just a trip to the Commissary and that's it. Gotta start working on Landon's birthday stuff!

LET'S GO RANGERS!

Family Portrait

2011-10-21T09:04:00.000-05:00

Landon's class is talking about families this week and doing lots of different activities with families. One day he had to draw a picture of his family.

This is our Teague Family Portrait

From left to right: Me, Martin (The tiny little one by my leg), Greg, Ava and Landon! Isn't it cute? I thought it was so sweet he added Martin and Ava on there. He was very excited to show us when he got home. So if any of you out there need a hand sketched family portrait just let me know and I'll have Landon whip one up for ya!

I am so glad it's Friday. These past few weeks have been LONG and tiring. Yesterday I had to be at work at 9 and I got off at 535. We then had a staff meeting from 6-8. I had time to drive to the place, eat a sandwich then get to the meeting. Tuesday was a little of the same. I worked from 10-515, then rushed over to the Expo center for the big Breast Cancer Bunco event, got there at 555 when it started at 6, then got home about 915. I've been having some long days. Even though I am going in to work a little later I am still getting up at 6am to get ready for the day, to get Landon up and ready for the day, get his stuff ready for school then taking him to school. Speaking of school, I'm a little sad today.

I've been dropping Landon off at school all month since I've been working later. They have a drop off point where someone opens the door when you drive up and get the kids out and they can walk to the cafeteria. You can also park and walk them to the cafeteria. I don't like the drop off thing, I enjoy walking him. Today we parked and were walking and Landon said, "Mommy, can you please just let me walk by myself to the cafeteria?" Awe, made me sad. So I stood back and let him walk 'alone' and just stood there. Landon turned around and he said, "You can still look at me in the window." So I gave him a kiss and went to the window. He walked in, set his backpack down and then waved to me through the window. He had a huge smile on his face and was proud. I guess it's time for me to let go and let him walk in by himself. So sad, he isn't even 5 yet! :)

So other things around here, I got all my Scentsy Stuff in from my party last week. I LOVE my new stuff I got.

I got the Charlamange full size warmer for my entry way and the plug in for our guest bathroom. I LOVE them. They are so cute. Right now I have Sticky Cinnamon Bun burning in them, smells like Christmas.

It's time to do a few chores before I leave for work. I go in at 1030 so I have some extra time this morning! Happy Friday y'all!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-19T21:46:00.000-05:00

Party Time

2011-10-16T16:41:00.000-05:00

First off way to go Rangers for making it to the World Series! That's two years in a row they are going, let's hope they can pull it off and win this year!!!

Today was Landon's friend Leah's 5th birthday party. It was at Chuck E Cheese. He's known Leah for a while, they were in the two year old class together at the CDC, and then when they turned three, Leah a month before Landon, they went to separate classes. They would still play together and get excited whenever they would see each other. They are going to Pre-K together, are in different classes, but play together on the play ground. It also seems where ever we go, we seem them! It's pretty funny actually.

Landon of course enjoyed all the singing and dancing. His favorite thing.

Leah the birthday girl!

Leah got to pick someone to go in the ticket blaster with her, she chose Landon. It was SO funny, I was laughing so hard. I tried to post it on Facebook, so you can watch it there..

The first time they both came out with like 5 tickets! One was in Landon's glasses, hilarious!

I'm going to go and try to enjoy my evening. Not looking forward to the week. We of course have some things going on, but at least Greg will be off work at his normal time. Tuesday night I am playing Bunco for Breast Cancer with a bunch of ladies from work, I am looking forward to that. Saturday is Landon's Fall Fest with his school, not looking forward to that. I got talked in to being Landon's class's "Room Parent" and so we have to go and set stuff up and work at the booth. I don't mind working at the booth, but not one person in Landon's class signed up for our class time to work. Looks like it's going to be Greg and I working. Saturday is also the Boo at the Zoo, dress up in your Halloween costumes and go trick or treat at the Zoo. I guess we shall see how it's all going to pan out. I'll try my best to take more pictures and blog this week. Let's hope it's stress free!!!

BUSY BUSY BUSY

2011-10-15T21:49:00.001-05:00

This has been the longest short week ever! I'm going to recap my week starting from Tuesday, hopefully I don't bore you, just jotting this down for us.

Tuesday I woke up not feeling so well. Just lots of pressure in my head and my ears were hurting. I was also exhausted because Landon was constantly up all night long coughing, crying and tossing and turning. It was Fire Prevention week for Greg, so he was working LONG hours, going in early and staying way late. I was worried about getting Landon and him having to stay at daycare late. So anyway, Tuesday after a long miserable day at work, I went to the walk in clinic. I took Landon with me since Greg was working. I got checked, they again told me I had lots of pressure in my ears and they were bulging, it looked as though nothing was draining. So, a shot in my rear and RX for some stronger allergy meds and I was on my way. Landon was PERFECT for me while we were there. He was such a good boy.

Wednesday I was still feeling off, but a tad better. Landon slept a little better. And the day wasn't so bad. I spent my evening cleaning and getting my house ready.

Thursday I was feeling MUCH better. As soon as I got off work we headed to the local pumpkin patch with Justin, Donae, Aubree and Jaxson. I didn't have my camera, made me so mad, but we came home with a cute little pumpkin and had a great time. When we got home I made all my dips and stuff for Friday night since I was having my Scentsy party.

Friday I got off work at 535, and rushed home for my 6pm Scentsy party! I was almost late for my own party! haha. It was a crazy week. Greg was taking Landon to work with him in the afternoons, I'd get him and we'd head home. After I was dropping Landon off at school I was running errands, going to Wal-mart and the Commissary, BX. And I've also failed to mention all the Ranger's baseball games we've been watchin! GO RANGERS!

I made a Candy Corn Cookie Bark from here It was extremely easy and yummy!

I just broke some Oreo's and pretzels on wax paper lined cookie sheet. I added a few candy corn, then melted some Almond Bark and poured it over....

I then sprinkled some fall sprinkles and some more candy corn on top and let it harden. Once it was hardened I broke it up and put it in cupcake liners....

SO stinkin' easy and GOOD!

The Scentsy party turned out great. It was fun catching up with everyone and smelling all the good smells. I got lots of free stuff and some half price items.

Today we got up and chilled. We all slept like logs last night. I don't think I moved one time last night. Mr Jaxson wasn't feeling well so I offered for Donae to bring Aubree over while she took him back to the Doctors. Landon was excited, I think he gets bored with us sometimes. When she got here we went to the Comic Book store and grabbed them some McDonald's. They had a picnic at the house and watched some cartoons.

They also did some painting before Aubree went home. Those two are so cute together.

I also realized in the midst of all my getting ready for the Scentsy party that Landon's birthday is coming, and SOON! I found these here that I wanted to make for his party. SO we went to Hobby Lobby and Michael's to look for some stuff.

That was the first one I made. I got some glitter red cardstock and put a Batman sticker on it and added some ribbon. Easy peasy...

I printed up some images of Wonder Woman and some other super hero emblems and made another one. Landon likes this one...

Turned out pretty cute.

Now if you lasted through alllllllll of that I commend you :) Tomorrow should be relaxed, we need a few groceries for the week and have a Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and that's it!

First 6 Weeks

2011-10-10T20:14:00.000-05:00

Landon completed his first six weeks in Pre-K! He is still doing SO well and loves it. I've been enjoying dropping him off in the morning since I've been going in to work later. He is so grown up about it, stops me at the door and gives me a shy little kiss then walks in the cafeteria with his big old back pack on. I stop in the window to watch him drop his backpack off in his class line then head to get his breakfast. Sometimes he see's me through the window and will have one of those proud smiles on his face and will give me a little wave! Gosh I love that boy..

He also got his first report card. He did great for the most part, but he is 'still developing' in some areas. His main thing is letter and number recognition, which is something I need to start working on at home.

He had to recognize number's 1-5 and letters A-C. He knew 1,2,3 and A. I am surprised he didn't know the others, but we are going to work with him. Another thing was a few colors, he get's black and white mixed up. ALLLL weekend we've been working on white.

He is still doing great and learning so much, it will be interesting to see what he learns in the next six weeks!

It's back to work tomorrow. Blah. I am dreading it, but at least I have a 4 day work week. I get to end the week with a Scentsy party on Friday! Yay

I can't wait to get some new smells. If you guys need anything let me know!!!!!!

Happy Monday and hope you have a great week!

Fire Prevention Week

2011-10-09T19:47:00.000-05:00

Today kicks off Fire Prevention week. Since Greg is now in Fire Prevention this is a big week for him. They kicked it off today with a parade through base housing. This is my first parade to see since being here, we always saw them in Germany though! The sky was still filled with clouds, it was cool and quiet out. The first street we went down a lady came home and yelled her baby was sleeping. Really? People slowly started trickling out of their house and started waving and smiling.

Before we hopped on the fire truck Landon had to get a tattoo.

He was SO happy to be back at the fire station, he hadn't been for a long time. He was enjoying running around the stalls and being silly.

We got to rid in the crash truck, they go for the airplane fires. It was pretty bumpy and fun.

The above picture is what we were looking at when we were sitting in the fire truck. The B-1 bombers. Pretty cool.

We were third from the back. They had the two chief vehicles, the pumper, rescue, us in the crash truck, a hose truck and then a truck with sparky in the back throwing candies and footballs.

Landon got to control the sirens, he had fun doing that. Anytime we would see people he would say, "Oh there's more" he'd turn on the siren and then wave to them. SO cute.

This is the front of the crash truck we were on.

It was a lot of fun, after about 45 min's we were finished, it was pretty long.

I think we still smell like fumes from the exhaust of that truck, but memories were made today, that's for sure!

New Arrival

2011-10-08T20:34:00.002-05:00

Thursday afternoon our new nephew was born. He arrived around 1230 and was a whopping 8lbs 3oz! We were itching to go visit so last night after I got off work we headed in to Dallas. We booked a hotel right by DFW in Irving. When we got to our room there was about 6 crickets on the bathroom floor, ick, and we had to go to Walmart so when we left our door wouldn't lock. We stopped at the desk to let them know and they didn't have any rooms with two beds left, so they upgraded us to a suite! Yea buddy!

Landon loves hotels, but he was actually pretty moody this weekend. He was always good where ever we went, but he always moaned, whined and complained whenever we would first get some where.

The hotel room was big and pretty nice. The other room was nice too, minus the crickets, but those things are EVERYWHERE in Texas. We were right near DFW, so every few minutes this morning there was a plane flying over....

There was a lot going on in Dallas this weekend. The Texas State Fair has been going on. The UT -vs- OU game was today at the fair, the Ranger's game and a Taylor Swift concert at the Cowboys stadium. (At the same time as the Ranger's game!) Traffic is always crazy in Dallas, but more so this weekend.

After breakfast and getting ready we headed up to the hospital to visit Alex, Jennifer and the baby. Poor Ava came down with a fever the morning Jen went in for the C-section. She has been staying with her Grandma and getting better. We sure did miss seeing her today.

Here is Mr. Teague. They still don't have his full name yet, they are still trying to figure it out! He is SO adorable, SO handsome and I Just want to snuggle and squeeze him!

He seems to be a pretty laid back baby, they say he only cries when he is hungry. Landon really liked him, he just rubbed his hair and hands. He enjoyed watching all the cute faces he made.

It was cute watching the guy's change him. (Well Alex at least, Greg kinda lent a hand)

Look at those cheeks!!!!

Landon was ready to go after a while, I think he missed Ava. He played on our phone for a little bit so we could chit chat.

Ahh, we just love him. He is so sweet. Congratulations Alex and Jennifer. He is gorgeous, you guys did a great job! I hope you recover quick and get to feeling better fast Jen!

Stuff

2011-10-05T21:24:00.000-05:00

First off I want to say good luck to Jennifer and Alex for tomorrow. They will be welcoming their new son in to this world via C-section. I hope everything goes smooth, painless and fast. We can't wait to see the new little guy and hear what you are going to name him!!!

In other weird news. I have traded shifts for the month of October. It's a long story, but I am now working the opposite shift from what I was. I am working 1030-530. I am enjoying getting Landon up, feeding him breakfast, getting him ready and dropping him off at school. I do hate the fact that he is having to stay at his after care for a few hours. So far he seems to be ok with it. Greg says when he goes to get him he is happy, which is all that matters. He does question me every morning when we are getting ready and at night as to why I am not picking him up, and when do I get to pick him up again?

It seems to be birthday party time again. We've gotten a few invites for birthdays. One have one this weekend for Landon's old BFF at the CDC, one for the weekend after that for his other lady friend whom he goes to Pre-K with, and we got another one for November. Speaking of parties, I am having a Scentsy party on Friday the 14th. I am excited, I love parties, and I love Scentsy. It will be fun to have a get together with the ladies. I will also be playing Bunco for Breast Cancer awareness month in a few weeks. It's a big event that goes on every year. It sounds like lots of fun and I am super excited to go! I hope I can win something.

Landon's been doing great in school, getting nothing but smiley faces all the time. He is learning SO much and I love listening to him talk about school and teach me what he's learned.

Sunday kicks of Fire Prevention Week, so Greg will be busy with all his stuff around base! I can't wait to ride in the fire truck in the parade! That should be fun.

Happy Wednesday.

Fun Weekend With Family

2011-10-03T21:09:00.000-05:00

We've been busy! Thursday night my Dad and Alma came in from California! It's been almost a year since we've seen them so it was nice to have them back. They got in a little late, and Landon had already fallen asleep since he had school on Friday.

We enjoyed our visit with them. Friday while Landon was at school we went for breakfast at Cracker Barrel, then went to Sam's and the Commissary. We picked Landon up from school and he was happy and shy when he saw Grandpa and Grandma waiting with me. He warmed up pretty quick. I made goulash for dinner that night, and we just hung out and caught up. Landon of course was the center of it all.

They brought Landon a remote control helicopter, and he loves it! We've played with that thing all weekend long. It's pretty cool.

Landon loves their iPads. They have all kinds of games on them and he will sit and play on them for a while. He keeps asking for an iPad for his birthday.

Saturday we got up and drove to Fredericksburg for their Oktoberfest. It was about 2.5 hours away, and we met up with Greg's parents Kenny and Tina. It was nice weather, and there was a ton of people there. I didn't know what to expect, but it was fun!

There was different places and tents with different bands playing, lots of food booths, a few tents with vendors, a kids area and LOTS of beer!

Landon was adament about getting his face painted, I was pretty surprised about it. We waited FOREVER to get it done, but I think it was well worth it.

He was the cutest Dalmatian dog ever!

We were so tired by the time we were done, but that didn't stop us from hitting some of the shops along main street. The drive home was long, and we were all tired, but it was a great time.

Sunday we went to lunch and Walmart then watched football and relaxed. Greg grilled some ribs and sausage for dinner. After dinner we went and rode the go-carts then stopped at Hastings. Very fun and relaxing day. Today we took Landon to school and Grandpa and Grandma left about noon. IT's always nice to have company, and when the company leaves it's always so hard for me once they are gone. I hate being so far away from all of my family. But we were so happy to have them and enjoyed our time with them and miss them already!

Super Hero's and Pumpkins

2011-09-28T20:43:00.000-05:00

With Landon's birthday just around the corner I have been keeping my eye out for things to get for his party. I'm still on the hunt for the Justice League plates, I found a site that had them, and when I went to purchase them the site had something up with it so my laptop wouldn't allow me to buy anything.....SO..

I found some super hero Halloween candy at the Commissary so I grabbed those. I can put those in the loot bags, we also found some stickers at Hobby Lobby for dirt cheap, so we grabbed two packs, and I found the '5' cup cake toppers for super cheap and I figured we could used those to take cupcakes to his class on his actual birthday! So things are slowly coming together, thanks to the ever so addicting Pinterest, I've got lots of great ideas.

Now that it's fall, even though it doesn't really feel like it here in Texas, it's still HOT, there are pumpkins every where we go. Landon of course is getting antsy and excited and keeps asking if we can carve a pumpkin. I told him that thing would be mush by Halloween, so we decided to get a small one and some paint and let him have at it.

He was so cute painting it, he made a face and hair on it.

He asked me again today if he could paint his pumpkin again, looks like we may have to grab another one when we are out this weekend!

(He did that all by himself! So proud)

I've been a cleaning woman today. Getting ready for company always has me cleaning weird things, do you find yourself doing that too? Happy Hump Day

Internet

2011-09-27T21:01:00.000-05:00

I've been trying to blog since Saturday night, and our internet was going in and out! It was so darn frustrating. I would get on, start blogging, get all my pictures I wanted to download and then our internet would go out. We messed with it for a few days and Greg finally got it working yesterday. Good thing I have my iPhone and could get on Facebook and stuff, I would have been a mess.

So this is kinda late but Saturday we went to the Hot Air Balloon Fest here in town. I went last year with Meagan and Landon. I had fallen out of the attic the night before so I was a tad off, it had been pouring rain for a few days so it was extremely muddy, there was people there, but not too many, it was totally opposite this year. It was about 100 degrees out, hasn't rained in months, and it was jam packed with people!

We met our friends Meagan and Anthony, Donae, Aubree and Jaxson for some fun.

There was a bouncy castle area for kids, food booths, some vendors, some games, the hot air balloons (of course) and a few other random things...

Once the sun was going down they had all the balloons 'light' up and 'glow.' It was pretty neat, the kids really liked it, and the guys were amazed as to how those things don't catch on fire, typical firefighters!

We enjoyed the company and being out and about!

I have lots of other things to blog about and to catch up on, I've also got lots to do around the house, my Dad and Alma are coming for a visit, they'll be here Thur-Mon, I'm so excited!!

Technology

2011-09-23T20:20:00.001-05:00

Landon is very in to playing games on our iPhones. The other day while he was playing he asked me, "Mommy? What games did you play on the phone when you were little? Did you have Angry Birds and Cut the Rope too?" I had to laugh. I told him he was a very lucky boy and that we didn't have games on phones, let alone cell phones when I was growing up. It is still so amazing to me how good kids are on these things! He LOVES it.

We rarely use our desktop computer anymore. When walking around Target we decided to get Landon a computer game to play. He used to enjoy going on Nick Jr and those websites and playing things. We picked up a Disney Learning game for Preschoolers. There is a Mickey Game, Winnie the Pooh and a shark game, so three different disc's.

He is enjoying his game, and it's crazy to watch how well he can maneuver the mouse and how he knows how to work it all. I know when I was 4 I sure as heck didn't play with no computers or phones. We had us a Nintendo and Sega and spent a majority of our time outside! My how times have changed!

Heavy Heart

2011-09-22T20:35:00.000-05:00

This week has been overwhelming. I've had a few wild days at work, I come home and don't want to move! I can't seem to catch up, or keep up with anything. I am so thankful and lucky to have an awesome, caring, and patient husband, as well as a sweet, cuddly and funny little boy who love me unconditionally.

My heart is heavy tonight. When Greg dropped Landon off at his before care he was handed a letter by the desk clerk. A 3 year old little girl went home sick vomiting yesterday. Her parents took her to the hospital last night and she ended up passing away. It just breaks my heart. From what we've heard she was a very healthy little girl. Nobody really knows exactly what was wrong and why she was so sick. I just can't imagine what her poor family is going through right now. Please keep this family in your prayers, as I am sure they need them.

Things like that jolt you back to reality. Never take anything or anyone for granted. Always make sure to give and extra hug, kiss & I love you.

You just never know what can happen.

Birthday planning

2011-09-19T21:08:00.000-05:00

Ok, first off I want to admit, I am addicted to Pintrest. I've read so many blogs about it and thought it was weird, but then I decided to try it, now I am hooked. I think mainly because I have been looking for stuff for Landon's 5th birthday and it's helped me tons! I've found so many wonderful things on there, and it's helped me to keep track of all my findings.

I love this banner, it's made out of comic book pages, genius!

From onecharmingparty.com

I liked the idea of this cake, Simple but pretty cool. Landon is in love with Wonder Woman, but I thought it would be cool to do a picture of all the Justice League on there to go with the theme.

From onecharmingparty.com

And I stumbled across these on Etsy. What a simple and cute idea, a great party favor to send home.

From etsy.com

You can go Here to check out my pintrest and boards. (That's for you mom)

Today we had a conference with Landon's teacher. She offered them when we had parent/teacher night and wanted to meet with parents one on one to get to know us. It was quick, but I felt really good leaving the class. She seems to really like Landon, and it sounds like he is doing really well. He is learning so much being there, it's one of the best decisions we made putting him in! He LOVES it.

I am so ready for bed already, I am ready to put today behind me and start fresh tomorrow! (Just had one of those days at work.)

Weekend of Fun

2011-09-18T20:31:00.000-05:00

Our weekend started off with a bang! I was SO happy to see Friday and clock out of work for the day. When Greg got home we went to eat and then hit the local fair. I went for the first time last year when my mom and Bob came to visit. I don't know why we have never been in the past! This year it was free for all Military I.D card holders, so we all just walked right in. Even better.

It usually pours rain every year during the fair. This year it rained a little, nothing like it normally does. But nothing in Texas has been normal this summer. The little rain we had was welcome, but no where near what we need.

Landon was SO excited to be at the fair. He wanted to ride all the rides right away and was smiling ear to ear, talking a hundred miles an hour. Our first stop was the petting area...

We bought a few tickets and Landon ride some rides. He is still not quite bit enough to ride alone on some of the rides, almost...

He liked the cars, they actually went pretty fast. After the cars he wanted to go down the slide. It said he had to go with an adult, but when he got to the top he went down by himself. It made me so nervous, he flew down that slide.

He had the biggest smile on his face ever.

Then Landon and I went on the forever long roller coaster. I am not like I used to be, spinning rides and loops and stuff make my stomach a little queasy nowa days.

He paid a visit to Dumbo then played some darts where he was really good at! He popped a lot of balloons and won himself a snake!

The sky got dark and it started raining on us. We went in and looked at all the booths til it passed and then bought some fresh squeezed lemonade and a funnel cake. WE walked back around for a little bit then decided to call it a night. It was a lot of fun!

Saturday we got up and ran some errands and then had a birthday party to go to. It's one of his little friends from his class, and he really likes her.

It was pretty warm out, and the kids went out to play, jump on the trampoline and ride the tree swing.

We got home about 4 and shortly after I had to be at work. I worked from 445-1115, it was Give Parents a Break and Parents night out. Landon and Greg rented a movie and made some pizza.

Today has been a relax day. Went to Target and Walmart this morning, I made pork carnita's in the crock pot, Greg watched football while Landon played and helped me do things around the house. Hope you had a good weekend!

Halloween

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I don't know if it's the weather change today or what. (It cooled off today and rained a little bit) But I've been in Holiday mode. We've been discussing Halloween and what Landon wants to dress up as this year, then I started thinking about what Halloween decorations I have, so I decided to get them out and put 'em up!

I always remember my mom decorating the house growing up, she went all out for Halloween! I LOVED it. I don't go all out, I am not that creative, but I do like to put some decorations around the house.

I put a few things on my kitchen table...

While I've been digging around and putting things out the boy has been mastering Cut the Rope on Greg's iPhone.

I've been in a cleaning mode as well. I washed, dried and put away 4 loads of laundry, cooked dinner, cleaned up after dinner, cleaned out my catch all cabinet in the kitchen, packed Landon's lunch, cleaned out the fridge and pantry, organized the shoe closet and gave Landon a bath!

I've got my holiday smells in my Scentsy pot...

....and the few Halloween decorations make it feel like it's almost fall! I can't believe we made it through the intense Texas summer.