More about Moi! Sorry! :-)
LAYER ONE:
Name: April
Birth date: Feb 20
Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
Current Location: Colleyville, Tx
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: dirty blonde
Height: 5′7
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Zodiac Sign: Pisces (I can never spell that right!)
LAYER TWO:
Your heritage: German, Welsh, French, Cherokee Indian in there somewhere I think...
The shoes you wore today: Black Converse
Your weakness:Ethnic foods...Indian, Japanese, Thai.....
Your fears: 3 years ago it was losing someone I love, well that happened. Now I'll go with 'Failure'.
Your perfect pizza: Pepperoni, Extra Cheese,
Goal you’d like to achieve: lead the life God has intended for me to.
LAYER THREE:
Your most overused phrase on AIM: LOL
Your first waking thoughts: if I go pee, Baby will stop kicking!
Your best physical feature: smile
What you miss the most: MY MOM. everyday. doesnt ever get easier.
LAYER FOUR:
Pepsi or Coke: neither!
McDonald’s or Burger King: McD's
Adidas or Nike: Nike
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla all the way!
Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino!
LAYER FIVE:
Smoke: nope
Cuss: No.
Sing: I can't!
Take a shower everyday: not always, but try to!
Do you think you’ve been in love: YES!
Want to go to college: done that.
Liked high school: Yes
Want to get married: love being married! Especially to who I married :-)
Believe in yourself: Yes I do. My mom was always my biggest fan and she gave me the confidence I'd need to succeed.
Get motion sickness: Unfortunately got that from my mom too :-(
Think you’re attractive: Maybe when I'm not pregnant and the size of a tent!
Think you’re a health freak: funny question. I'm big about my health and preventing illnesses and diseases, but I wouldn't call myself a health food freak. Although we do eat alot of all natural and organic things.
Get along with your parent(s): Yes
Like thunderstorms: Yes as long as I'm in bed!
Play an instrument: Yes I can play the flute! Played for 8 years and still have it although its been at least 3 years since I picked it up!
LAYER SIX:
In the past month…
Drank Alcohol: nope
Smoked: nope
Done a drug: does Tylenol count?
Made out: yup
Gone on a date: Yes! Last monday! Can I have another?
Gone to the mall: yup
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: nope
Eaten sushi: Yes, can I have another?
Been on stage: no.
Been dumped: no
Gone skating: No!
Made homemade cookies: more like attempted!
Gone skinny dipping: no
Dyed your hair: no.
Stolen anything: if its Gavin's last dr pepper then YES :-)
LAYER SEVEN:
Ever…
Played a game that required removal of clothing: Nope
If so, was it mixed company: see above.
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: did high school happen? LOL
Been caught “doing something”: yep. Mom caught me holding a cigarette in high school. downtown bangkok of all places. HOW does that happen???
Been called a tease: Probably so...
Gotten beaten up: Nope. wait does my sister count? well she didn't really beat me up. maybe scratched me up once or twice. But she got what she deserved too ;-)
Shoplifted: no
Changed who you were to fit in: no.
LAYER EIGHT:
Age you hope to be married: got married at 23
Numbers and Names of Children: 1 and a 1/2 on the way ;-) Mason (2 next week!) and will 99% sure be Maddox for the one on the way.
Describe your Dream Wedding: Well we had an evening, lots of candle light, all family and friends were there. If we could do it again we'd be married outside and maybe on a beach!!
How do you want to die: preferrably not in pain. and nothing embarassing. nothing that would make the darwin awards. After a long life of love would be nice. :-)
Where you want to go to college: went to North Texas
What do you want to be when you grow up: Fulfill God's plan for my life and prep my family for what theirs might be.
What country would you most like to visit: Easter Island (Chile)
LAYER NINE:
Number of people I could trust with my life: 8
Number of CDs that I own: crap, no clue. alot. do you want to buy them? I want to get rid of them!
Number of piercing: 2 - one in each ear!
Number of tattoos: none, but I'm ready for my 1!
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: who knows!
Number of scars on my body: too many! haha!
Number of things in my past that I regret: ZERO.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Trekkies Unite!
Just saw a new movie trailer on tv for the new Star Trek movie for this coming summer. I can just bet all the trekkies will be in line for that one.
And you can bet that I WON'T be there.
Gavin loves Star Trek. Sorry for the disappointment, but I can't stand it! Sometimes late in the afternoon I'll catch him with the tv on and what is he watching? Star Trek (rolls eyes) ugh, that's one way to get me to fall asleep QUICK! I'm just not a Sci Fi kinda girl.....but I do love CSI Las Vegas. (that is Sci Fi right? maybe not.) I guess that's just ONE of the many aspect that makes Gavin and I so opposite!
So all you trekkies...Unite! Or better yet, Don't! :-p
And you can bet that I WON'T be there.
Gavin loves Star Trek. Sorry for the disappointment, but I can't stand it! Sometimes late in the afternoon I'll catch him with the tv on and what is he watching? Star Trek (rolls eyes) ugh, that's one way to get me to fall asleep QUICK! I'm just not a Sci Fi kinda girl.....but I do love CSI Las Vegas. (that is Sci Fi right? maybe not.) I guess that's just ONE of the many aspect that makes Gavin and I so opposite!
So all you trekkies...Unite! Or better yet, Don't! :-p
Some funnies
At Deedee & Papaw's house- Mason has a baseball mit that he plays with. He has a full basket full of balls here at our house which can generally be found in about every room of our house. After coming home last night from Papaw's house he reached in the drawer that keeps all of our oven mits and found my red Caphalon (hard plastic) oven mitten and has now claimed it as his new baseball mit! Guess its easier to use than the regular mit since his fingers can easily slip into it. Crazy kid. I guess I have to say he's pretty imaginative!!
I'm now counting down the days until January 21st. Yes I am really looking forward to Christmas Eve & Christmas Day with my family, HOWEVER The LOST Season premiere starts 1/21/09 and I almost cannot contain myself! it does not help to see the Lost commercials that gets me so pumped up! Mason was watching his playhouse disney this morning & after it went off "the Santa Claus 2" came on and guess who's one of the main characters? Juliet! great....just what I need to feed my hunger for the LOST season premiere!!!!
ONLY 52 days until 1/21!!!!
I'm now counting down the days until January 21st. Yes I am really looking forward to Christmas Eve & Christmas Day with my family, HOWEVER The LOST Season premiere starts 1/21/09 and I almost cannot contain myself! it does not help to see the Lost commercials that gets me so pumped up! Mason was watching his playhouse disney this morning & after it went off "the Santa Claus 2" came on and guess who's one of the main characters? Juliet! great....just what I need to feed my hunger for the LOST season premiere!!!!
ONLY 52 days until 1/21!!!!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Christmas in November
How is it that any christmas music played before Thanksgiving is so very very wrong. Yet, Thanksgiving makes it magically okay to play Christmas music? I kind of feel the same way about getting into the christmas spirit- I just can't do it until Thanksgiving has come and gone. We've been doing lots of fun Christmas-y stuff too!
No lights or decor out at our house just yet, but we have had to make several trips across the street to Mr. Ed's house who has some fantastic Christmas displays which Mason just loves to talk about. Yesterday Mason went on a trip with Deedee and Papaw to the North Pole Express (or is it Polar Express?- cant remember we watched the movie last night too!) train ride in Grapevine. It was a quick 1 hour train ride and they had christmas carolers, a visit from Santa, pony rides and more. It was a pretty cool set up and Mason seemed to really enjoy himself along with getting to hang out with Granma & Granpa for awhile! (hopefully we'll see some pictures soon!)
This morning we got up early to go see Santa at the mall. Mason's been hearing ALL about Santa lately. He even got to see him on Barney yesterday, also at the train station yesterday and we point out Santa in cartoons or in decorations, so he's been getting the idea of who he is. We made a big deal of going to see Santa this morning, I think he was pretty excited. We went and had a special breakfast at McD's before heading to the mall. Mason was so well behaved this morning, we didn't take his stroller in, he wanted to walk with us and hold hands the whole time. He REALLY enjoyed seeing all the decorations, getting to ride the escalators and even flirted with quite a few sales girls. We got to the short line for Santa and I pointed to him and he was just jaw dropped and wide eyed. Curious to see his reaction? it was pretty darn good! :-)
Don't worry, he was better 5 seconds later when I gave him his promised Lollipop!
I can't wait til NEXT year when we have 2 screaming kids to sit on Santa's lap!!! :-D I sure hope Santa gets paid good for what he does...he must, I don't think he works for the rest of the year! LOL
No lights or decor out at our house just yet, but we have had to make several trips across the street to Mr. Ed's house who has some fantastic Christmas displays which Mason just loves to talk about. Yesterday Mason went on a trip with Deedee and Papaw to the North Pole Express (or is it Polar Express?- cant remember we watched the movie last night too!) train ride in Grapevine. It was a quick 1 hour train ride and they had christmas carolers, a visit from Santa, pony rides and more. It was a pretty cool set up and Mason seemed to really enjoy himself along with getting to hang out with Granma & Granpa for awhile! (hopefully we'll see some pictures soon!)
This morning we got up early to go see Santa at the mall. Mason's been hearing ALL about Santa lately. He even got to see him on Barney yesterday, also at the train station yesterday and we point out Santa in cartoons or in decorations, so he's been getting the idea of who he is. We made a big deal of going to see Santa this morning, I think he was pretty excited. We went and had a special breakfast at McD's before heading to the mall. Mason was so well behaved this morning, we didn't take his stroller in, he wanted to walk with us and hold hands the whole time. He REALLY enjoyed seeing all the decorations, getting to ride the escalators and even flirted with quite a few sales girls. We got to the short line for Santa and I pointed to him and he was just jaw dropped and wide eyed. Curious to see his reaction? it was pretty darn good! :-)
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Don't worry, he was better 5 seconds later when I gave him his promised Lollipop!
I can't wait til NEXT year when we have 2 screaming kids to sit on Santa's lap!!! :-D I sure hope Santa gets paid good for what he does...he must, I don't think he works for the rest of the year! LOL
Thursday, November 27, 2008
What I'm Thankful for this year!
Getting into the holiday spirit, makes me think about what I'm Thankful for....
- A Loving and Giving God who provides for us and never ceases to amaze me with his wonderous works
- our country that gives us freedoms and opportunities (thanks to all those who've served our country in any shape or form!)
- My wonderfully supportive family and having a sister as a good friend
-My friends, not sure how far you can get in life without amazing friends!
- a healthy child (I can't say enough about the blessing of having a healthy child- last year we were not so lucky, but since Mason was diagnosed this year with food allergies, what a turn around his immune system has done!)
- a healthy pregnancy that lets me keep up with an active toddler!
- a house over our heads and the sweet pets we have
- my talents and creativity
and one of the most important: Gavin! the help with the house and Mason, his love, support and friendship too, how did I get so lucky! :-)
- A Loving and Giving God who provides for us and never ceases to amaze me with his wonderous works
- our country that gives us freedoms and opportunities (thanks to all those who've served our country in any shape or form!)
- My wonderfully supportive family and having a sister as a good friend
-My friends, not sure how far you can get in life without amazing friends!
- a healthy child (I can't say enough about the blessing of having a healthy child- last year we were not so lucky, but since Mason was diagnosed this year with food allergies, what a turn around his immune system has done!)
- a healthy pregnancy that lets me keep up with an active toddler!
- a house over our heads and the sweet pets we have
- my talents and creativity
and one of the most important: Gavin! the help with the house and Mason, his love, support and friendship too, how did I get so lucky! :-)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Marriage Survey!
How long have you been married?
4 years, 5 months
Is this your first marriage?
First and only for both!
Is it how you imagined it would be?
Its different than what I ever imagined, but better in so many ways!
What would you change?
I'd love more date nights, but that would require more money too!
Are you married to your soulmate?
I don't really believe in soulmates, i believe God brought us together and meant for us to be together!
What do you argue about the most?
chores
What do you see eye to eye on the most?
parenting and family time.
Where did you meet your spouse?
Southlake, Texas. haha to be more exact- Bicentennial Park...was there with some friends..Gavin says he remembers meeting me at Denny's just before that, but I don't remember!
Where was your first date?
Curtain Club in Deep Ellum to see the Toadies (november 3, 1999)
Where were you when you became engaged?
parents house- valentines 2003
What was your wedding song?
My Life- by the Beatles
Who was in your wedding party?
My sister (matron of honor)
Annie (BFF from HK) maid of honor
Cathy (childhood bff- practically sister)
Heather (cathy's sister- my other practically sister)
Holly
Katy (long time friend)
Kat & Kiera (flower girls) gavin's cousins
Alina (flower girl) Heather's lilttle girl
David M (Gavin's bff for 27 years)
David C
Josh (my brother)
Chris (Gavins brother)
Rob
Justin (high school friend)
Jayden (ring bearer- justin's son)
Do you get along with the in-laws?
Yes I do!
Whats your view on children?
Can't wait for #2. or maybe I can! haha! I couldn't imagine not having kids. Really i can barely remember what it was like pre-Mason!
Does your spouse feel the same way?
Usually
Are you a 2 peas in a pod or opposites attract couple?
both, we see the same on alot of things, however we're very different on many things too!
Do you go out without your spouse?
Occasionally for a girls night. used to ALOT before Mason, but now we see how little time we do get date nights so we'd rather be together!
How long are you away from your spouse before you start to miss him/her?
not long!
Have you ever compared your spouse to someone you have dated in the past?
sadly yes, but thank God Gavin is who he is! That's why I married him!!
Do you trust your Spouse?
Completely.
Does your Spouse trust you?
I'm sure he does, i've never done anything to question it!
How well does your spouse know your favorites?
He knows me way too well. Just consider him my personal chef and shopper ;-p
Do you get along with your spouses friends?
Yes.
Does your spouse get along with your friends?
Yes.
Did you go on a honeymoon?
Yes, Playa del Carmen in Mexico!
Do you watch the same TV shows?
Yes and no. we watch some the same, some we cant stand each others shows!
Can you agree on Pizza toppings?
Easily! pepperoni. and if i'm pg- add pineapple and jalapenos!
Who takes out the trash?
He does unless I'm feeling especially sweet.
Who does laundry??
We both do.
Who cooks dinner?
We both do.
Do you have any traditions?
yes, too many to list. actually i'm just hungry now and trying to hurry through this now!
Do you know your spouses passwords/pins?
Yes
Does your spouse know your social security number?
if he thought about it, yes
Do you ever nag your spouse?
i wouldn't call it nagging...call me a MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER!
Do you admit wrong doing?
yes but we all know that I'm RARELY wrong. ;-p
Does your spouse?
rarely. ;-D
4 years, 5 months
Is this your first marriage?
First and only for both!
Is it how you imagined it would be?
Its different than what I ever imagined, but better in so many ways!
What would you change?
I'd love more date nights, but that would require more money too!
Are you married to your soulmate?
I don't really believe in soulmates, i believe God brought us together and meant for us to be together!
What do you argue about the most?
chores
What do you see eye to eye on the most?
parenting and family time.
Where did you meet your spouse?
Southlake, Texas. haha to be more exact- Bicentennial Park...was there with some friends..Gavin says he remembers meeting me at Denny's just before that, but I don't remember!
Where was your first date?
Curtain Club in Deep Ellum to see the Toadies (november 3, 1999)
Where were you when you became engaged?
parents house- valentines 2003
What was your wedding song?
My Life- by the Beatles
Who was in your wedding party?
My sister (matron of honor)
Annie (BFF from HK) maid of honor
Cathy (childhood bff- practically sister)
Heather (cathy's sister- my other practically sister)
Holly
Katy (long time friend)
Kat & Kiera (flower girls) gavin's cousins
Alina (flower girl) Heather's lilttle girl
David M (Gavin's bff for 27 years)
David C
Josh (my brother)
Chris (Gavins brother)
Rob
Justin (high school friend)
Jayden (ring bearer- justin's son)
Do you get along with the in-laws?
Yes I do!
Whats your view on children?
Can't wait for #2. or maybe I can! haha! I couldn't imagine not having kids. Really i can barely remember what it was like pre-Mason!
Does your spouse feel the same way?
Usually
Are you a 2 peas in a pod or opposites attract couple?
both, we see the same on alot of things, however we're very different on many things too!
Do you go out without your spouse?
Occasionally for a girls night. used to ALOT before Mason, but now we see how little time we do get date nights so we'd rather be together!
How long are you away from your spouse before you start to miss him/her?
not long!
Have you ever compared your spouse to someone you have dated in the past?
sadly yes, but thank God Gavin is who he is! That's why I married him!!
Do you trust your Spouse?
Completely.
Does your Spouse trust you?
I'm sure he does, i've never done anything to question it!
How well does your spouse know your favorites?
He knows me way too well. Just consider him my personal chef and shopper ;-p
Do you get along with your spouses friends?
Yes.
Does your spouse get along with your friends?
Yes.
Did you go on a honeymoon?
Yes, Playa del Carmen in Mexico!
Do you watch the same TV shows?
Yes and no. we watch some the same, some we cant stand each others shows!
Can you agree on Pizza toppings?
Easily! pepperoni. and if i'm pg- add pineapple and jalapenos!
Who takes out the trash?
He does unless I'm feeling especially sweet.
Who does laundry??
We both do.
Who cooks dinner?
We both do.
Do you have any traditions?
yes, too many to list. actually i'm just hungry now and trying to hurry through this now!
Do you know your spouses passwords/pins?
Yes
Does your spouse know your social security number?
if he thought about it, yes
Do you ever nag your spouse?
i wouldn't call it nagging...call me a MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER!
Do you admit wrong doing?
yes but we all know that I'm RARELY wrong. ;-p
Does your spouse?
rarely. ;-D
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Date night!
Monday night Gavin and I had date night! Its been a while sadly since we've had a date night (probably 2 months at least!) Every monday night we have our couple's bible study/Life Group, so we take that as our date night. We did have a date night a few weeks back as a group to go see "Fireproof" but as far as a solo date with just Gavin & I-its been a while!
Monday night we had a nice dinner at Hooters (i craved their boneless wings when pg with Mason too). There's so few decent movies out right now, we couldn't really agree on a movie. I'm not a Bond type girl, and Gavin wouldn't go see a chick flick, so we settled on Twilight- little does Gavin know its geared towards hormonal teenage girls. hee hee hee- but it was good, much better than the Harry Potter movies (which Gavin loves)!
I love playing the name game (as we call it) I tend to drive Gavin crazy when in the movies and I constantly ask "oooh....what else is that guy from!" I was pretty good that night, the movie was full of tv actors (not that tv actors & movie actors cant cross over )but everyone that I pointed out was from tv.....90210, 24, Grey's Anatomy, Swingtown....i had to do very little imdb'ing last night when I got home :-)
On another note of the Name Game...different name game i guess! I think Gavin is pretty set on "Maddox" for #2. I really really like it, but not 100% sure, I'm still throwing names out there (and Gavin keeps crossing them off!)
So our top runner right now is:
Maddox Lee (Lee was my mom's middle name)
my other back up names are:
Evan Anthony (gavin doesnt like Evan at all, but I do! Anthony is Gavin's & his dad's first names)
Kellan Christopher (Christopher is gavin's brother)
Thankfully we've got time to decide, right? Just over 3 months left..................................
...........crap.....................
............double crap.........!!
thats coming QUICK!
Monday night we had a nice dinner at Hooters (i craved their boneless wings when pg with Mason too). There's so few decent movies out right now, we couldn't really agree on a movie. I'm not a Bond type girl, and Gavin wouldn't go see a chick flick, so we settled on Twilight- little does Gavin know its geared towards hormonal teenage girls. hee hee hee- but it was good, much better than the Harry Potter movies (which Gavin loves)!
I love playing the name game (as we call it) I tend to drive Gavin crazy when in the movies and I constantly ask "oooh....what else is that guy from!" I was pretty good that night, the movie was full of tv actors (not that tv actors & movie actors cant cross over )but everyone that I pointed out was from tv.....90210, 24, Grey's Anatomy, Swingtown....i had to do very little imdb'ing last night when I got home :-)
On another note of the Name Game...different name game i guess! I think Gavin is pretty set on "Maddox" for #2. I really really like it, but not 100% sure, I'm still throwing names out there (and Gavin keeps crossing them off!)
So our top runner right now is:
Maddox Lee (Lee was my mom's middle name)
my other back up names are:
Evan Anthony (gavin doesnt like Evan at all, but I do! Anthony is Gavin's & his dad's first names)
Kellan Christopher (Christopher is gavin's brother)
Thankfully we've got time to decide, right? Just over 3 months left..................................
...........crap.....................
............double crap.........!!
thats coming QUICK!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
little things
lots of little things going on this weekend, but its those little things that make life fun :-)
-Friday night a couple from our lifegroup got married and our group threw them a dinner, i think we surprised them, we decorated and even went in as a group to get them a nice hotel room for the night and made an awesome dinner for everyone. We had a good time and always love our group's company.
-Saturday morning we had a garage sale- WOW this went over 10X better than I thought it would. I hate garage sales, however can't avoid them when I have lots to purge! We had quite a bit to purge too, our old tv, some old furniture pieces that just take up room, clothes, appliances, etc. So much to purge we made $1200 and also a nice donation receipt to GoodWill as well! WOohoo!
-Since we had such a crazy friday night and early saturday morning, Mason stayed over at Deedee's (his name for Grandma now) and Papaw's house friday night and they brought him home just before we wrapped up the garage sale. Boy did he think we were having a party in the front yard! He hung out with us for the last hour and just had a blast socializing with everyone and running around. He had so much fun he went down for a very late nap and slept for over 3 hours which resulted in a late night for him!
-Yesterday evening we hung out with Papa and did all the grocery shopping for Turkey Day. In the process of doing so, I managed to finally find a pancake mix for Mason that is mommy approved! Not easy to find muffin, pancake and cookie mixes that are premixed, taste good, are healthy and that are free of all allergens (corn, wheat, soy......) for him. I COULD purchase all the different flours, sugars, starches, baking powders and mix them myself, however gluten free, corn free and soy free ingredients such as those are not the cheapest, so I haven't gone that route yet. Breakfast tends to be our 'weakest' meal of the day, not always the easiest to feed Mason. He can get tired of the different muffins I make him, fruit, his 2 cereals he can have and yogurt (he does seem to prefer those as afternoon snacks now though!) so yes there are some mornings he'll snack on his veggie chips or lunch meat for breakfast! I have to say, this morning was a great morning when I got to make him pancakes (i know sounds silly, but when you dont get to do things like this for your child its a fun thing!) and it totally made my day when he climbed up to the table and saw what I made him, he took one bite of his pancake and squealed with delight! Little things like that just make my day :-)
-Friday night a couple from our lifegroup got married and our group threw them a dinner, i think we surprised them, we decorated and even went in as a group to get them a nice hotel room for the night and made an awesome dinner for everyone. We had a good time and always love our group's company.
-Saturday morning we had a garage sale- WOW this went over 10X better than I thought it would. I hate garage sales, however can't avoid them when I have lots to purge! We had quite a bit to purge too, our old tv, some old furniture pieces that just take up room, clothes, appliances, etc. So much to purge we made $1200 and also a nice donation receipt to GoodWill as well! WOohoo!
-Since we had such a crazy friday night and early saturday morning, Mason stayed over at Deedee's (his name for Grandma now) and Papaw's house friday night and they brought him home just before we wrapped up the garage sale. Boy did he think we were having a party in the front yard! He hung out with us for the last hour and just had a blast socializing with everyone and running around. He had so much fun he went down for a very late nap and slept for over 3 hours which resulted in a late night for him!
-Yesterday evening we hung out with Papa and did all the grocery shopping for Turkey Day. In the process of doing so, I managed to finally find a pancake mix for Mason that is mommy approved! Not easy to find muffin, pancake and cookie mixes that are premixed, taste good, are healthy and that are free of all allergens (corn, wheat, soy......) for him. I COULD purchase all the different flours, sugars, starches, baking powders and mix them myself, however gluten free, corn free and soy free ingredients such as those are not the cheapest, so I haven't gone that route yet. Breakfast tends to be our 'weakest' meal of the day, not always the easiest to feed Mason. He can get tired of the different muffins I make him, fruit, his 2 cereals he can have and yogurt (he does seem to prefer those as afternoon snacks now though!) so yes there are some mornings he'll snack on his veggie chips or lunch meat for breakfast! I have to say, this morning was a great morning when I got to make him pancakes (i know sounds silly, but when you dont get to do things like this for your child its a fun thing!) and it totally made my day when he climbed up to the table and saw what I made him, he took one bite of his pancake and squealed with delight! Little things like that just make my day :-)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
A week of no work
well not really a week of no work, just alot less work this week! So I've noticed...whether there's lots or little of work, my life still seems crazy! WIll it be crazier or just as crazy when #2 is here? Maybe I just like to add to the chaos, maybe that's how I function best...if its a slow week, just add chaos!
I think we've had something going on every night this week, along with Sara, Kristin & Jenny threw us a fun shower on Sunday afternoon, computer work to keep up with, finish off the 4 artsy fartsy orders this week, the regular things such as life group (bible study), prayer group, help plan, cook 2 dishes and decorate a small wedding dinner for tomorrow for some friends (can't wait for that!) and on top of that we figured it'd be the best weekend (and only weekend because there's no weddings) to have a massive garage sale with Kristin! Maybe I just need to finally comes to terms that CRAZY is my life! Its been a nice week though, crazy or not, its unusual to not be working constantly towards the end of the week! I sure wish I had a day to do laundry though (what's new!)
Here's some randomness for the week!
-Mason's learned to open the fridge this week, so that's been fun!
-I canned up a dozen jars of my jalapeno cranberry relish tonight, so feel special if you get one :-)
-Mason wanted to try the relish tonight, he ended up LOVING it, so i put some over vanilla yogurt and he absolutely went nuts over it!
-My cravings this week- Bruschetta and sushi. Finally got my bruschetta tonight (and it was better than I thought it would be!), hopefully sushi for lunch tomorrow!
-This morning Mason woke up crying at 6 am and cried for a whole 5 seconds before going back to sleep and of course woke me up in the process, so I laid awake trying to go back to sleep, then #2 wakes up and proceeds to kick (and boy were these big kicks!) for a good 15 minutes, not easy to go back to sleep with that!
-Last week Sabai (our male cat) peed in our bedroom TWICE. Stupid cat. There's nothing more disgusting than the smell of cat urine. He peed on a throw pillow that was on the floor and of course it was Gavin's side of the room (cat has behavioral issues- Gavin does nothing wrong to him, just a male thing i guess!) SO I decided all pets were to be banned from our bedroom. PERIOD. no more sleeping in our bed, no more STEPPING in our room. Shelby slept at the door for 2 nights, Sabai screamed at Gavin one night constantly because he wouldn't let him in the room while I was already asleep in there and Sanuk (the siamese) only woke me up one night at 4 am crying trying to get in the room. Besides THAT, man have I slept better! Kicking them out of the room is almost worst than when we went thru sleep training with Mason!
I think we've had something going on every night this week, along with Sara, Kristin & Jenny threw us a fun shower on Sunday afternoon, computer work to keep up with, finish off the 4 artsy fartsy orders this week, the regular things such as life group (bible study), prayer group, help plan, cook 2 dishes and decorate a small wedding dinner for tomorrow for some friends (can't wait for that!) and on top of that we figured it'd be the best weekend (and only weekend because there's no weddings) to have a massive garage sale with Kristin! Maybe I just need to finally comes to terms that CRAZY is my life! Its been a nice week though, crazy or not, its unusual to not be working constantly towards the end of the week! I sure wish I had a day to do laundry though (what's new!)
Here's some randomness for the week!
-Mason's learned to open the fridge this week, so that's been fun!
-I canned up a dozen jars of my jalapeno cranberry relish tonight, so feel special if you get one :-)
-Mason wanted to try the relish tonight, he ended up LOVING it, so i put some over vanilla yogurt and he absolutely went nuts over it!
-My cravings this week- Bruschetta and sushi. Finally got my bruschetta tonight (and it was better than I thought it would be!), hopefully sushi for lunch tomorrow!
-This morning Mason woke up crying at 6 am and cried for a whole 5 seconds before going back to sleep and of course woke me up in the process, so I laid awake trying to go back to sleep, then #2 wakes up and proceeds to kick (and boy were these big kicks!) for a good 15 minutes, not easy to go back to sleep with that!
-Last week Sabai (our male cat) peed in our bedroom TWICE. Stupid cat. There's nothing more disgusting than the smell of cat urine. He peed on a throw pillow that was on the floor and of course it was Gavin's side of the room (cat has behavioral issues- Gavin does nothing wrong to him, just a male thing i guess!) SO I decided all pets were to be banned from our bedroom. PERIOD. no more sleeping in our bed, no more STEPPING in our room. Shelby slept at the door for 2 nights, Sabai screamed at Gavin one night constantly because he wouldn't let him in the room while I was already asleep in there and Sanuk (the siamese) only woke me up one night at 4 am crying trying to get in the room. Besides THAT, man have I slept better! Kicking them out of the room is almost worst than when we went thru sleep training with Mason!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Family Pictures!
I've finally stayed awake last night long enough to upload all of our family photos we took 2 weeks ago with Cesar. (and of course Mason decided to wake up at 6:15 this morning. ouch that hurt.) Enjoy!
WIsh I got my haircut BEFORE the shoot. oh well. coulda, woulda, shoulda. or however that goes.
We love Converse. We're a converse family. That was Mason's first pair of shoes we bought for him before he was born. Gavin counted down the days until he could wear them and he dresses him in them as often as possible!
Sorry dude, that's a little too heavy for you
By the Choo-Choo
Pictures in the alley by Willhoit's. This is an ironic photo. If you don't know why, don't ask. okay if it bugs you enough, email me.
Mommy's Bribe #1
Love this shot. Except for the cleavage. Remind me to thank Gavin for that- he was my personal shopper that day while I was at work. That's what he came home with. Love the shot besides that!
Mommy's Bribe #2
Mason loved my bribes
WOW a picture of just US?
WIsh I got my haircut BEFORE the shoot. oh well. coulda, woulda, shoulda. or however that goes.
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We love Converse. We're a converse family. That was Mason's first pair of shoes we bought for him before he was born. Gavin counted down the days until he could wear them and he dresses him in them as often as possible!
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Sorry dude, that's a little too heavy for you
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By the Choo-Choo
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Pictures in the alley by Willhoit's. This is an ironic photo. If you don't know why, don't ask. okay if it bugs you enough, email me.
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Mommy's Bribe #1
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Love this shot. Except for the cleavage. Remind me to thank Gavin for that- he was my personal shopper that day while I was at work. That's what he came home with. Love the shot besides that!
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Mommy's Bribe #2
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Mason loved my bribes
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WOW a picture of just US?
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Kids say the sweetest things!
Gavin and I have been apart of an awesome LIfegroup (Bible Study) from our church for just over the past year- and we've been amazingly blessed with some awesome new friends- these 6 other couples are so dear to my heart and all bring some awesome qualities (and food too!) to our group. Not to mention, all of our kids are close in age and boy are they some sweet and adorable kids (can't expect anything less when they come from the parents they have!) so enough of me gushing about these cool peeps- just an example about how sweet kids can be, here's an email I get from my friend Marsha tonight. *note- Miss Mak is 3 years old*
So Martin and I were talking about Mason and how we are praying for him to be healed so you won't have to make him special food anymore. And of course Makeelie was like, "what's wrong with Mason" so we explained to her in very simple terms and then she wanted to pray for him right then and there. That was earlier this afternoon.
Then tonight we put them to bed and prayed with them. After we pray for them we always give Makeelie the opportunity to pray. Tonight her prayer went something like this, "Dear Lord, we just pray for Mason. We pray you would heal Mason so he can eat ice cream. Thank you for Mrs. April and Mr. Gavin. In Jesus' Name, Amen" I almost started cyring because it was so sweet and so sincere...I know God heard that prayer of a little girl who is completely full of faith!!
Be encouraged...healing is coming for both our boys! You are doing a phenomenal job taking care of Mason and feeding him what he needs for now. I know it can get overwhelming at times but remember this..."God always gives us more than we can handle, but never more than He can handle." He will bring you through this and you will be a stronger woman, mother and wife because of it!
love ya, marsha
So Martin and I were talking about Mason and how we are praying for him to be healed so you won't have to make him special food anymore. And of course Makeelie was like, "what's wrong with Mason" so we explained to her in very simple terms and then she wanted to pray for him right then and there. That was earlier this afternoon.
Then tonight we put them to bed and prayed with them. After we pray for them we always give Makeelie the opportunity to pray. Tonight her prayer went something like this, "Dear Lord, we just pray for Mason. We pray you would heal Mason so he can eat ice cream. Thank you for Mrs. April and Mr. Gavin. In Jesus' Name, Amen" I almost started cyring because it was so sweet and so sincere...I know God heard that prayer of a little girl who is completely full of faith!!
Be encouraged...healing is coming for both our boys! You are doing a phenomenal job taking care of Mason and feeding him what he needs for now. I know it can get overwhelming at times but remember this..."God always gives us more than we can handle, but never more than He can handle." He will bring you through this and you will be a stronger woman, mother and wife because of it!
love ya, marsha
Mason funny
Yesterday Mason was in Gavin's office with him and he likes to play with the DVD cases in the tv cabinet in there and I hear him yelling "Momma! Momma! Momma! Momma!" So of course I call back to him where I was, and he comes running full speed to find me calling me the whole time (so something must be REALLY important) he shows me the DVD he had in his hand (a Windsor Pilates DVD), he flips it over, points to the picture and screams, "MIMi!!!!!!!!! (Amy) I couldn't help but laugh, he was so convinced it was her, as he was walking to put it back he just kept quietly saying, "Hi Mimi. Mimi!" I called Amy right away, I'm sure the compliment he gave her just made her day!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Get your daily ha-ha's
besides here of course ;-)
With google reader there are quite a few blogs that I read on a regular basis- I have to say, if you're an animal lover like me- this is one of my favorite blogs/websites. the pictures keep me laughing everyday, mostly because I see my crazy 3 pets in alot of these other animals. If you haven't ever come across these blogs/websites- check 'em out-
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://ihasahotdog.com/
http://roflrazzi.com/ Not animal related, but its still stinkin' funny.
http://totallylookslike.com/
If you're not a google reader-er, you should be. Subscribing to websites like this takes all the ads & crap away. But you still have to come back to leave me comments!
With google reader there are quite a few blogs that I read on a regular basis- I have to say, if you're an animal lover like me- this is one of my favorite blogs/websites. the pictures keep me laughing everyday, mostly because I see my crazy 3 pets in alot of these other animals. If you haven't ever come across these blogs/websites- check 'em out-
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://ihasahotdog.com/
http://roflrazzi.com/ Not animal related, but its still stinkin' funny.
http://totallylookslike.com/
If you're not a google reader-er, you should be. Subscribing to websites like this takes all the ads & crap away. But you still have to come back to leave me comments!
No Mommy Monday this week :-(
Mason is out of school today since its a teacher work day. So we're having a low key day at home. Now if I could only get clothes on my kid that would be my first accomplishment of the day. I'm off this week with only occasional appts with clients, which means no weddings this weekend...SO its Garage Sale Saturday! I'm In need of cleaning out the guest room to prep it for Mason's big boy room- what better than to have a garage sale! Kristin is joining me so maybe we'll have a bigger turn out being a multiple family garage sale! so my goal this week is to go Room BY Room and purge what we can- I'm talking kitchen things that dont get used anymore, decorations, CHRISTMAS decor, bath items, linens, a few furniture pieces, frames and maybe even if I can get Gavin to clear out some of his stuff too! So here's to hoping we clean out ALOT this week....poor Gavin just might have to park his car outside this week. (welcome to my world!)
Outside Fun
Mason loves coloring. One day last week it was so stinkin' nice outside and I found a huge tub of 52 pieces of sidewalk chalk at Hobby Lobby- so Mom thought it would be a great idea to color outside and make our driveway pretty. (daddy didn't like the idea of us pretty-ing up the drive way go figure.) What I didn't think of was the mess it'd make. not on the driveway, but MASON. what a colorful mess. Daddy is quickly learning that the messes Mason makes, make for good photo ops!
52 pieces of sidewalk chalk soon turned into 156 pieces of sidewalk chalk. Note to self- next time give Mason 3 pieces only!
Colorful Butt.
Someone had more fun breaking the chalk.
The colorful kid. At least he had fun doing it. and at least it was bath night. Really in our house with having a 100% boy, bath night is EVERY night.
52 pieces of sidewalk chalk soon turned into 156 pieces of sidewalk chalk. Note to self- next time give Mason 3 pieces only!
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Colorful Butt.
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Someone had more fun breaking the chalk.
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The colorful kid. At least he had fun doing it. and at least it was bath night. Really in our house with having a 100% boy, bath night is EVERY night.
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23 month old with a 5 o'clock shadow
Breaking News: Youngest kid ever to have a 5 O'clock shadow....
oh wait. its just chocolate cereal. Bad mommy for giving Mason a bowl of dry cereal (from the bottom of the box), turn on LIttle Einsteins and then make phone calls to clients. Lets just say the cereal wasn't just on his face. we had to do a whole strip down and wipe down. good thing it was bath night!
oh wait. its just chocolate cereal. Bad mommy for giving Mason a bowl of dry cereal (from the bottom of the box), turn on LIttle Einsteins and then make phone calls to clients. Lets just say the cereal wasn't just on his face. we had to do a whole strip down and wipe down. good thing it was bath night!
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Friday, November 14, 2008
WARNING: Update...its long, but there's a photo bonus if you can read it all
Really? an UPDATE? are you for real? Yes, yes I am. Actually- its because Gavin transferred some pictures to my laptop finally (isn't Apple the coolest!?) and because I've got Artist Block right now. Well... I'm also waiting for about 12 canvases to dry too. And I'm too tired to do my 'other work' until tomorrow! So lucky you- about to showered with stinkin' cute pictures of my little man.
Just a few small updates-
Thing 2 (as Gavin calls it) is doing good. Lots of movin' and groovin' as expected. We've got a NAME! I think it might be official! well, not official until Thing 2 is actually here but you get my drift. I think I'm somewhere around 25 weeks... less than 4 months to go! Friends and Family will get to find out this weekend with the gender game- so stay tuned!
Mason has been doing so well with school- he really loves it! We got his proofs back from his school picture today and of course he's being a total ham....and of course even with your basic studio photography with the cheesy background (ahem- not Gavins style whatsoever...) I'm still being suckered into buying a package...but the cheapest one at that! Actually Gavin wouldn't let me get anything more. Today his teachers said how well he does with all of the arts and crafts, I know he really enjoys them, but they said he really excels with them (hmm........where do you think he got that from?????) Today they colored with markers (are we already to that point??? I'm not ready to move onto MARKERS. do you know what kids can do with markers? oh the mess..the colorful mess......note to ANYONE who decides to get him markers for his birthday or christmas might lose a limb.) But Ms. K and Ms. B said he did awesome and holds it correctly and actually colors where most of the kids barely scribble. SO yeah for my artistic kid. We didn't expect anything less right!!! When Mason and I came home today I told Gavin about it and he just replied with "....and?" like it was no big deal. He clearly expected the artistic & creative gene in one of our kids. He joked that Thing 2 might have some brains and none of our skills. Thats a scary thought!
Right after our family picture session last week, on Friday Mason fell on the playground at school and bumped his upper lip pretty hard on one of the steps- poor kid. It swelled up so big (we're talking his lip and part of his cheek part- gavin kept calling him 'Monkey Boy' because clearly he did look monkey-ish with the swelling! its gone down and has just a little bit of the bruise left...funny thing the bruising was right in his smile creases, so when hes not smiling, it looks kinda funny!
So enough of a novel- lots of things to keep us busy lately as usual! I'll have tons and tons of pix to post after the weekend! :-)
our cute puppy Trick or Treating
Maybe this costume wasn't the greatest ideas with it being 80 degrees out!
Halloween Festival at school- one of Mason's best buddies at school and his Mommy Heidi
Just after their parade, unsure of what was going on while Mommies chit chat...funny thing..those glasses were my 'costume' this year (cat) that day I forgot my regular sunglasses, so what did I wear driving around all day? I sure did get some funny looks!
Mason's costume was just a little too short and kept riding up. no more puffy costumes next year!
Struttin' in the parade.
Mason's other best buddy at school Mr. Jackson with the rest of the class behind
An afternoon with Daddy...when Mommy's not around its photo op time!
Ugh I LOVE this one! What a HUNK! is that not model material or what?!
Just a few small updates-
Thing 2 (as Gavin calls it)
Mason has been doing so well with school- he really loves it! We got his proofs back from his school picture today and of course he's being a total ham....and of course even with your basic studio photography with the cheesy background (ahem- not Gavins style whatsoever...) I'm still being suckered into buying a package...but the cheapest one at that! Actually Gavin wouldn't let me get anything more. Today his teachers said how well he does with all of the arts and crafts, I know he really enjoys them, but they said he really excels with them (hmm........where do you think he got that from?????) Today they colored with markers (are we already to that point??? I'm not ready to move onto MARKERS. do you know what kids can do with markers? oh the mess..the colorful mess......note to ANYONE who decides to get him markers for his birthday or christmas might lose a limb.) But Ms. K and Ms. B said he did awesome and holds it correctly and actually colors where most of the kids barely scribble. SO yeah for my artistic kid. We didn't expect anything less right!!! When Mason and I came home today I told Gavin about it and he just replied with "....and?" like it was no big deal. He clearly expected the artistic & creative gene in one of our kids. He joked that Thing 2 might have some brains and none of our skills. Thats a scary thought!
Right after our family picture session last week, on Friday Mason fell on the playground at school and bumped his upper lip pretty hard on one of the steps- poor kid. It swelled up so big (we're talking his lip and part of his cheek part- gavin kept calling him 'Monkey Boy' because clearly he did look monkey-ish with the swelling! its gone down and has just a little bit of the bruise left...funny thing the bruising was right in his smile creases, so when hes not smiling, it looks kinda funny!
So enough of a novel- lots of things to keep us busy lately as usual! I'll have tons and tons of pix to post after the weekend! :-)
our cute puppy Trick or Treating
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Maybe this costume wasn't the greatest ideas with it being 80 degrees out!
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Halloween Festival at school- one of Mason's best buddies at school and his Mommy Heidi
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Just after their parade, unsure of what was going on while Mommies chit chat...funny thing..those glasses were my 'costume' this year (cat) that day I forgot my regular sunglasses, so what did I wear driving around all day? I sure did get some funny looks!
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Mason's costume was just a little too short and kept riding up. no more puffy costumes next year!
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Struttin' in the parade.
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Mason's other best buddy at school Mr. Jackson with the rest of the class behind
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An afternoon with Daddy...when Mommy's not around its photo op time!
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Ugh I LOVE this one! What a HUNK! is that not model material or what?!
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Crazy 8's
Stolen from Kristin!
8 TV Shows I Love to Watch:
1. Lost
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. October Road
4. Army Wives
5. Desperate Housewives
6. 90210
7. Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
8. Girls Next Door
8 Favorite Restaraunts:
1. Ahoyama
2. Thai Thippiwan
3. Marsala's
4. Imperial Burger
5. The Flying Tomato (RIP)
6. JR's
7. Red Robin
8. Any Mexican with GOOD Queso.
8 Things that Happened Today:
1. I woke up before 7am.
2. I styled my newly shorter cut hair.
3.Took Mason to School
4. I went to work.
5. I got a buttload of work done today. (but no computer work sadly)
6.I took a power nap on the couch.
7.Didn't get to eat dinner with my boys tonight.
8.Gave Mason a bath.
8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Monday Nights- going to LifeGroup.
2. This Sunday- Guess the Gender Game day at my house :-)
3. Thanksgiving.
4. Decorating for the holidays
5. Mason's Birthday!!!!!
6. Holiday shopping.
7. Christmas Eve.
8. Christmas Day.
8 Things on My Wishlist:
1. Mac Mini
2. Chi Flat Iron
3. Ikea Dresser for Mason's big boy room.
4. someone to clean out my guest room so sometime soon it can be Mason's big boy room.
5. someone to paint our bedroom.
6. a chopping block/big fat cutting board for my counter
7. polka dot b&w converse in size 9
8. new kitchen countertops
Consider yourself tagged!
8 TV Shows I Love to Watch:
1. Lost
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. October Road
4. Army Wives
5. Desperate Housewives
6. 90210
7. Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
8. Girls Next Door
8 Favorite Restaraunts:
1. Ahoyama
2. Thai Thippiwan
3. Marsala's
4. Imperial Burger
5. The Flying Tomato (RIP)
6. JR's
7. Red Robin
8. Any Mexican with GOOD Queso.
8 Things that Happened Today:
1. I woke up before 7am.
2. I styled my newly shorter cut hair.
3.Took Mason to School
4. I went to work.
5. I got a buttload of work done today. (but no computer work sadly)
6.I took a power nap on the couch.
7.Didn't get to eat dinner with my boys tonight.
8.Gave Mason a bath.
8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Monday Nights- going to LifeGroup.
2. This Sunday- Guess the Gender Game day at my house :-)
3. Thanksgiving.
4. Decorating for the holidays
5. Mason's Birthday!!!!!
6. Holiday shopping.
7. Christmas Eve.
8. Christmas Day.
8 Things on My Wishlist:
1. Mac Mini
2. Chi Flat Iron
3. Ikea Dresser for Mason's big boy room.
4. someone to clean out my guest room so sometime soon it can be Mason's big boy room.
5. someone to paint our bedroom.
6. a chopping block/big fat cutting board for my counter
7. polka dot b&w converse in size 9
8. new kitchen countertops
Consider yourself tagged!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Give.me.Chocolate.
Anyone that knows me, knows I don't like chocolate. The richer, the worse it is! IF i do eat any chocolate, its minimal and it has to be out of the fridge or freezer- sounds silly but it cuts out the bitterness. I do like the occasional chocolate covered strawberries though- cold chocolate ALWAYS goes good with fruit. Fruit....that was one of my main cravings with Mason. While I still love it this time around- I just don't crave as much. Since right before Halloween I've been C.R.A.V.I.N.G. chocolate. We took Mason T-or-T'ing and of course he couldn't eat many of the candies, especially the chocolate. So who ate it? Mom and Dad of course! didn't last long either. I've forgotten HOW good 100 Grand Chocolate bars are (out of the fridge of course!) and Baby Ruth's too! The bite sized Halloween portions are perfect too, just enough, but hits the spot. This week, my new chocolate craving is HOT CHOCOLATE! funny thing, I'm a tea drinker. forget the coffee, i dont do hot chocolate (too much sugar anyway) but tonight Hot Chocolate is the BEST thing I've had all week long!
And Baby is doing FLIPS over it! :-)
And Baby is doing FLIPS over it! :-)
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Sneak Peek!
Tonight we had some family pictures taken by Cesar, a cool photographer that I've had the pleasure to work with a few times now. Of course Gavin is questioning WHY i would book another photographer (um, hello...honey you have to be IN the pictures!) and I wanted some REAL family photos, nothing just posed, so Gavin wasn't even allowed to take ANY of his equipment.
Sara thinks I cheated on her. (it's just this once...okay!?) LOL Cesar sent us a sneak peek tonight and its of Mason chasing after one of his cars (one of the few bribes I took along today- Mommy being a genius!) Cesar was great keeping up with Mason, gotta give him props for that! Mason did better than I thought he would- of course he was his usual active self, but he was also interested in the bribes I gave him, and didn't mind showing them off to the camera either!
I didn't get any maternity pictures when I was pregnant with Mason, I'm not a big maternity photo person, but I do wish I had gotten some pictures of Gavin & I when it was still "Gavin & I" (last pro pix were when we were getting married i think??) so I decided I'd love some pictures of "the 3 of us" while its still the 3 of us. I can barely remember what it was like as just the 2 of us, and before long I know i'll feel the same about the 3 of us. Granted, our family will be complete when #2 comes, however we're just trying to keep up with #1 right now! And that's exactly what we did tonight! We had fun though!
Funny thing, some of our pictures we took outside of Willhoit's in Grapevine.....oh the irony of that.....if you know me really really well, then you MIGHT know that #2 came about after a night of too much fun at Willhoits......and if you didn't know that...then you do now!
Sara thinks I cheated on her. (it's just this once...okay!?) LOL Cesar sent us a sneak peek tonight and its of Mason chasing after one of his cars (one of the few bribes I took along today- Mommy being a genius!) Cesar was great keeping up with Mason, gotta give him props for that! Mason did better than I thought he would- of course he was his usual active self, but he was also interested in the bribes I gave him, and didn't mind showing them off to the camera either!
I didn't get any maternity pictures when I was pregnant with Mason, I'm not a big maternity photo person, but I do wish I had gotten some pictures of Gavin & I when it was still "Gavin & I" (last pro pix were when we were getting married i think??) so I decided I'd love some pictures of "the 3 of us" while its still the 3 of us. I can barely remember what it was like as just the 2 of us, and before long I know i'll feel the same about the 3 of us. Granted, our family will be complete when #2 comes, however we're just trying to keep up with #1 right now! And that's exactly what we did tonight! We had fun though!
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Funny thing, some of our pictures we took outside of Willhoit's in Grapevine.....oh the irony of that.....if you know me really really well, then you MIGHT know that #2 came about after a night of too much fun at Willhoits......and if you didn't know that...then you do now!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Tonight's Dinner
I tried something new tonight- and got it from one of the small pamphlet cookbooks you find in line at the grocery store- this one was all Chicken Recipes by Tyson Chicken. I liked it was something new but also easy to prep!
Tomato & Cheese Baked Chicken
Need:
4 Chicken Breasts
1/2 cup oil packed sun dried tomatoes, drained
1 container (6.5 oz) garlic- herbed spreadable cheese, softened (i took this as cream cheese?)
2 tbsp sliced green onions
1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat 13X9 inch baking pan with non stick cooking spray. Sprinkle chicken with salt & pepper & place in the baking pan. Wash hands.
Pat tomatoes dry & chop coarsely. place softened cheese in a bowl & stir in tomatoes, green onions & parmesan cheese. spread mix over chicken. Wash hands.
Bake chicken 35 to 45 minutes until done!
It was a pretty quick and easy dinner. We had mashed potatoes with it (Mason's favorite right now!) My first mistake was that I only cooked 2 chicken breasts, but forgot to half the cheese mix, so our chicken was a little heavy on the herb-y side. I think it would have also been better on a salad instead of with potatoes. I think I'm just bored with potatoes right now, but the extra herbs would have been great with a salad!
Tomato & Cheese Baked Chicken
Need:
4 Chicken Breasts
1/2 cup oil packed sun dried tomatoes, drained
1 container (6.5 oz) garlic- herbed spreadable cheese, softened (i took this as cream cheese?)
2 tbsp sliced green onions
1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat 13X9 inch baking pan with non stick cooking spray. Sprinkle chicken with salt & pepper & place in the baking pan. Wash hands.
Pat tomatoes dry & chop coarsely. place softened cheese in a bowl & stir in tomatoes, green onions & parmesan cheese. spread mix over chicken. Wash hands.
Bake chicken 35 to 45 minutes until done!
It was a pretty quick and easy dinner. We had mashed potatoes with it (Mason's favorite right now!) My first mistake was that I only cooked 2 chicken breasts, but forgot to half the cheese mix, so our chicken was a little heavy on the herb-y side. I think it would have also been better on a salad instead of with potatoes. I think I'm just bored with potatoes right now, but the extra herbs would have been great with a salad!
Are you curious? I AM!
Wonder why you haven't seen Mason's cute Halloween pictures yet? Ask GAVIN. you can even email him here.
Don't tell him I sent you. Granted he IS busy and all, but still!
Don't tell him I sent you. Granted he IS busy and all, but still!
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