Woohooo for Date Night!

Gavin and I just planned a last minute date night for tonight! I'm so excited! Not only do we get to EAT OUT (a gluten & soy filled dinner! haha isn't that sad!) I've realized I've had more girls nights in the past 2 months than nights out with my own husband. WHen was our last date night?! I can't remember, maybe Gavin will! That truely is really sad. So it looks like we're going to try "Fire side Pies" in Grapevine and then either IronMan or Indiana Jones! Thank goodness for Grandma! :-)

PS- I just asked Gavin when we last had date night....his response, "If you have to ask that....then its been too long!"

No Fear.

Funny thing, as I type this I was thinking about the mini series we're in at church. The sermon in this mini series is about having No Fear. Apparently, Someone in charge has decided that I should get over ALL my fears.
Well, if you had asked me a few years ago what my biggest fears would be, i would have answered the following as such:
1. Losing someone I dearly love.
2. Getting pregnant right after having a baby.

No I'm not pregant. (I'm 100% positive! well really that should be negative! HAHA!) Anyway, we all know #1 happened 2 years ago. I survived, but with deep scars. Thinking of Josh's Birthday, made me think of last year on his birthday. I came home from my dad's house and decided it's been a little long since my last noticable cycle (but those things tend to be really screwed up after having a baby.) So i took a pregnancy test. it was POSITIVE. Holy crap. All I thought was 'Mason is just days away from being 6 months old!' HOLY CRAP. HOLY CRAP. HOOOOOLY CRAP! according to my last cycle I would have been 6-8 weeks along (but didn't think I was really that far along.) but if that was the case then Mason and his younger sibling would be 13-14 months apart. THAT's also called Irish TWINS. O.M.G! I think i almost crapped my pants! Good thing I was already on the toilet. HAHA just kidding!
So I tell Gavin and we decide we'll just have to wait and see what happens. I honestly didn't believe that I was that far along, so we just thought- lets give it time. I didn't tell anyone except Sara and Kristin. I even took the 2nd pregnancy test 2 days later to see if it was still positive! (and it was!) LOL Long story short after a trip to the Dr who said I wasn't preggo and the BIGGEST relief sigh E.V.E.R-- my cycle finally came back around 2 weeks later after being MIA for 10 weeks!! SO whether I just finally got regular or miscarried or what, ultimately my #2 biggest fear came true (and then false.) SO i guess someone is telling me to get over my fears and fast. Guess that it is in his plan for me and maybe have some bigger purpose I'm not seeing.
So bottom line, what doesn't kill you definitely does make you stronger!

Happy Birthday Baby Brother!!!!

Today is my baby brother's 20th birthday! HOLY cow, he's no longer a TEEN, and officially in his 20's! I can't believe he's getting so old (and ME too!) I can't wait for the day that he gets married (I only pray that the future sister in law & I get along great!) and one day to even meet my future nieces and nephews! Clearly, I care above and beyond about my baby brother and only wish him happiness and success in his lifetime!
Isn't it crazy to think that 1 day not too many years ago (okay, maybe like 17 years ago!) I could actually HOLD Josh???


Here he was last year on his birthday with Mason & Rilee...


And here's this year's obligatory Birthday photo...funny to think that one day they won't fit on his lap! LOL


Happy Birthday Baby Brother! You know sisters are great at driving you crazy (and OH we are so very good at it!) but just remember we love you more than anything!!! :-)

Cat Bath.

Those 2 words do not belong together. So our allergist gave us some information about Cat pet dander (one of Mason's new allergies) and one of the ways to cut down the level of the dander is to bathe your cat every 2 weeks. (haha, that's kinda funny.) So Sabai & Sanuk have never been bathed (except done by themselves.) I'm brush them every so often, but clearly that's not enough with the dander. Really, I know its Sanuk with the worst pet dander of the 2.

So I've been debating about how to do this whole Cat Bathing thing. On one hand, I'm kind of afraid to bathe them, specifically Sabai! If you have ever seen him, he's a rather large chunker. And not to mention, this whole experience could give the poor cat a heart attack and cost him one of his 9 lives. Not knowing how many are left, I'm not quite so sure I'll go thru with it.

So I googled "Bathing a cat"
I found this website.
http://www.wikihow.com/Bathe-a-Cat

The picture of the 1st poor feline being bathed looks EXACTLY like Sabai. I HONESTLY think someone is trying to tell me this is a VERY VERY VERY bad idea.

I think I'll try the wash cloth bath option instead!

What did I do today?

My days at home are usually consumed with Mason, but for some reason I purposely consumed my day with him. Maybe it was things that was meaning to be done. This morning Mason & I headed to Hobby Lobby (great sales right now!) to buy some letters for his room that I could decoupage to hang on his wall. Then we headed next door to Once upon a child and I stocked up on some cute shorts for him- I think he's set with his 6 new pairs of shorts! Came home and put him down for his nap and had some Mommy time (well really it was work time). After his nap, we ate lunch, and while Mason played and destroyed the clean house, I did laundry, decoupaged his letters, rearranged some of his toys, cycled some out, organized his closet (again.) and rearranged his bedroom!! That was kind of bittersweet- we've had his room set up like that for almost 2 years now! it was the baby room/nursery! I decided when I bought his bedding originally and decorated his room, I wanted a theme (well one that I already loved!) and also one that I wouldn't redo after 2 years, something that he could have in a big boy room. We're not quite to the big boy room yet, but as far as I see it, we won't get rid of the Surf/Beach theme for quite some time!
His crib and changing table/dresser are still in there, but the chair is gone and the red 'mobile' decor is gone (I kinda miss it already!) I hung some new signs and ones that have needed to be hung for some time. I've ordered a surfboard from ebay to hang on one of the walls where his crib USED to be (since now that a blank wall!) and then his name letters will go on the other wall. So when its ALL done, i'll have to take some pictures! I also covered his window with some of Gavin's black framing paper (yes its ghetto, but I needed a QUICK fix!) but i'm SO tired of him waking up with the sun at 6:30 am!!

Here's a before: Pictures taken LAST year (april 2007)






Today: (pictures are not very good, the lens I had was a fixed lense and wouldnt zoom out- will get some when the room is finished!

okay so I thought I took more photos....LOL i guess that can just be a teaser! HAHA!

Outside Fun

The hose is definitely Mason's favorite thing outside. forget the $29.99 water table, forget the $10 sprinkler tube, even the $3 sprinkler that was on sale last fall at Target. Just give him the hose and a bowl!
(this was a from a week or 2 ago!)

Mason's Morning funnies...

a conversation we had last night in the cart at Market Street while shopping:

Mommy: "What does Kitty say?"
Mason: "ahhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooowwwwwwwww"
Mommy: "WHat does Doggie say?"
Mason: (very quietly) "uuufffff uuufffff"
Mommy: "What does Cow say?"
Mason: "Booooooooo" (he's kind of confused on that one, but its a start!)
Mommy: "What does Daddy say?"
Mason: "No No. Nooooo No!"
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This morning Mason was being a little too rough with Sanuk and she swatted at him (she's declawed in the front claws) and I think it scared Mason. He came over to me whining, and I said, "Go tell that Kitty No No!" He walks over to Sanuk laying on the floor, he bends over her shakes his finger at her and says, "No No!" She meows at him and he repeats, "Nooo Noo!"

LOL I love it! the words are so great!!!

SATC aftermath

I never updated our GNO! There was 8 of us that went for a drink (we decided popcorn was better for dinner and we should drink our true dinner- yum margaritas at Cozymels!) then we headed to watch Sex & The City! It was great spending the evening with some of my closest girlfriend and even get to hang out with a very dear old friend! (Small world my best friend from 1st grade to 9th grade is best friends with one of my best friend's friend! ha! see if you can figure out THAT one!) LOL
Anyway, what a great movie. It was the closure I've been looking for since the show ended 4 years ago! OVerall, GREAT movie, I don't care what critics say. It makes you appreciate your wonderful husband and the amazing friends you have. Even if you don't always get along with your friends- it made me realize how special it is for us all to be SO different! Amongst my close knit group- each personality is fit perfectly with one of the characters- EXCEPT ME! Either I'm just the *perfect* mix of all, or I'm just so unique and different they couldn't make a character for me! HAHA. I'm not really that full of myself- promise!
After the great movie ended (sniff sniff!) all the party poopers headed home- since it was my night out I was going to enjoy it! So, Sara, Jenny & I headed to Glass Cactus where I decided to be the DD (more because I knew I'd be home late, up at 7 when Mason wakes up and any drinks would not make me feel very good at 7 am) *and I'm so very glad I didn't have more than 1 drink! We had a good time just sitting on the patio catching up (as if I didn't talk to Sara EVERYDAY! lol!) Glass Cactus was a very interesting place....its like a meat market for singles over 40! *no offense to those who fall in those lines* but I MUST say, that the dancefloor was a g.r.e.a.t place for people watching!
FInally, I crawled into bed sometime after 2:30 am (ouch!) and as I lay there waiting to fall asleep (okay it might have been about 20 seconds long) but after such a great evening, it made me think how blessed I am to have such a crazy kid who keeps me laughing and loving the cuddles, the husband who will do anything for me and love me no matter what- and my friends who are the most precious gifts life can offer! I've always imagined what life will be like with growing old with Gavin, but I've also imagined how crazy it will be growing old with my dear friends. I can't wait to see how crazy and insane we are after 30 years of our friendship!

I so smart!!! ;-}

I am adobe photoshop challanged to say the least. but I MADE the new blog header! WAHOO! thats probably the most I can do. HA!
so whatcha think?

Words!!!

This morning I handed Mason his sippy cup of milk and he said, "Tha--d you!" (Thank you)

This afternoon we were in the sunroom and I sat down with him and he comes up with a book and says "Ut dis?" (what this?)
I said, "BOOK"
Mason said, "Bock"
Gavin walks in and Mason says, "Dada Bock". I was telling Gavin the conversation we were having and how Mason said 'What this' and mason proceeds to bring Gavin a Ball and says "A Bah" (Ball)

SO he does speak words its just which ones MAKE sense! LOL We're making progress!