Lets start it off with NORTH TEXAS of all places had a 2.5 earthquake last night (which is nothing) but its still crazy that it even happened! I was asleep, so if I felt anything, I probably thought it was Shelby jumping on or off the bed. Gavin was still up, but said he didn't feel anything. Earthquakes in Texas? Crazy....
I woke up this morning to a horrible dream (thanks to Grey's Anatomy last night with Christina & the pigs) I dreamt that someone was trying to kill me by an injection in my shoulder to steal my baby (crazy pregnancy dreams!) and I woke up right when they stuck the needle in my shoulder. When I woke up I realized the friggin' CAT was sleeping next to me and had his back leg extended and what was touching my shoulder? HIS NAIL. stupid cat got a quick shove off the bed for that one!
As soon as I dropped Mason off at school this morning I headed out to dallas to pick up some supplies. I normally have them delivered instead, but I needed to match some particular ribbon swatches and what not, so I decided for once to head to Dallas. BAD IDEA. On my way home, I sat on 183 for TWO HOURS with moving less than 5 miles. It sucked. I think I sat with the truck in park for a good 20 minutes minimum, so at least I had my phone. I checked email, set appts with clients, caught up on my google reader, surfed the web....and of course talked to Kristin for a good hour to pass the time. Ends up a drunk driver (7:30 am) caused an accident and killed someone (i saw the victims truck, and wow- HORRIBLE HORRIBLE accident) all I can say is I really feel for that person and his family. for the drunk driver- I can't imagine what that person is going thru in their life to be drinking at 7 in the morning! let alone, get into a CAR! Ugh...off my soap box!
Oh, last weird thing....I think my microwave is haunted. its not even a year old and doing crazy things. You can open it, shut the door and then occasionally it'll keep running, when not set. The other night this went on for about 5 minutes even after I kept pressing STOP and CANCEL for forever. And of course when I try to show Gavin, it starts working properly. Stupid microwave is trying to make me go crazy!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Crazy Kid
if it tells you anything about my child how much he likes things that clean......he just went down for a nap WITH a swifter duster. He refused to give it up. What a nut!
Monday, October 27, 2008
DWST
Mason has become quite the Dancing with the Stars Fan. He sits and actually watches the entire show, granted it is right before his bedtime so its kind of his wind down time. He'll dance and clap when he really likes something, so I've come to notice he does it mostly for Kym Johnson & Warren Sapp. So either he thinks they're just awesome dancers or he really likes cute Austrailian blondes....or big football players.....not quite sure which! he REALLY liked the group hip hop dance last night, so when the group performed again tonight, he was super excited and during different parts he yelled "wow wow!" and would clap really loudly! So needless to say, DWTS is a regular on our DVR and not just because I enjoy it ;-)
Funny thing tonight, Mason has a little Bob the builder figurine- or something that looks like him at least. He wears blue pants, a t shirt, a tool belt, and a yellow Hard Hat. The fact that he 'fixes' things, you'd think Mason would call him 'Papaw' or 'Daddy' but no, Mason decided he'd name the toy "JOSH" tonight while in the bathtub. So apparently Uncle Josh is on his favorite list right now!
Funny thing tonight, Mason has a little Bob the builder figurine- or something that looks like him at least. He wears blue pants, a t shirt, a tool belt, and a yellow Hard Hat. The fact that he 'fixes' things, you'd think Mason would call him 'Papaw' or 'Daddy' but no, Mason decided he'd name the toy "JOSH" tonight while in the bathtub. So apparently Uncle Josh is on his favorite list right now!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Funny little Man
Mason has had me cracking up lately! Just a few funny things he does....
- he's found its fun to stand on your feet and he wants you to try and walk. he thinks its the funniest thing to be walking, but he's not doing any of the walking. for some reason he always thinks its the best time when I'm cooking dinner!
- his bedtime routine he's started lately is rather funny. As soon as it starts to get dark out he wants to go out to see the moon. Right about then its bath time, so we say, "lets go take a bath first!" we usually don't have to persuade him much on that anyway, its more getting out of the bath. SO to get out of the bath we say, "lets go find the moon after we put on your jammies!" so of course he gets excited to get out of the bath. The past week now, we havent been able to see the moon, poor kid is confused why! LOL its cute though, if he cant see it out back, he wants to go in the front yard to look too. When he does see it he says, "Night night Moon!" then its "night night peah-plane", we come inside and its "night night dog....night night kitty....night night tt (for tv)....night night car.....night night fan......night night mimi (my sister)....night night Papa.....night night PaPaw....night night Josh....." and the list goes on. it is cute though! I can't wait for him to start staying night night prayers!
- Today we headed over to Grapevine Mills mall to find shoes for my bridesmaid dress so we met up with Sara and Hendrix. We brought the double stroller and Mason just thinks its the greatest thing to have his friend next to him instead of in another stroller! Every blonde short haired girl we saw, Mason would squeal and scream "MIMI!!!!" he hasn't seen Amy in 2 days, and clearly misses her! We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. Might have not been the greatest idea even though he didn't even think of getting out of his seat ONCE. not sure if that was because he had so much to keep his attention, or if he was truly scared that one of the animals might get him. He never cried when the animals moved and made sounds, but I can guarantee if I got up and walked to the restroom he sure would have! haha! He just had that look on his face, wasn't sure if he should run away or cry! i think if we stayed thru one more round of the monkeys & gorillas making noise or if the 'rainstorm' happened again, he might have an anxiety attack! good thing we were right by the fish tank, i think they helped keep him calm. When we got up to leave, I took 2 steps in the direction of the closest gorilla (still a good 10-12 feet away) and Mason literally wrapped his legs around my waist and said, "no! no! no! no!" so that was that, we left. i wasn't EVEN going to attempt to let him see the crocodile on our way out. I do like that my child sleeps at night! figured its too early for nightmares to start!
- So we have ONE of his 2 year molars, 3 more to go! i swear we'll be done with the teething completely, get a 5 month break (maybe) and then our #2 will start teething!
- Mason is doing so well in school. We're having to work with him on taking turns, sharing, WAITING, and not taking toys from other kids (but what kid is a pro at this right??) besides the usual age stuff, he's doing so well with school. I was concerned how he would deal with being there 4 days a week, but really he just loves it. I love seeing all of his art work (maybe I should take some pictures of his cute stuff!) every day and the words he's learning along with the cute songs is so much fun! The other morning I took him a little late since we all woke up later than usual. His best buddy Jackson was running late too, his mom Jennifer & I stood there talking for a while and got to watch them interact for a bit as a whole class. Yes, we might be doting mothers, however I love to see how Mason interacts with other kids without my interference. Ms. Kari had them busy singing songs which they all participated in, and even had them cleaning up so they could head outside. I knew Mason had it in him to clean up toys...he just has us fooled at home!
-Speaking of #2- went in for our big sonogram yesterday and got to see the baby. Measuring just a little bit smaller than the guesstimated due date, just about a week behind or so. Which is funny, after getting the pregnancy test positive- looking back on the calendar and comparing to what my dr told me would have been the estimated conception date didn't add up in my head, it seemed to be about a week later. SO, clearly I ovulate late. Found that one out when I got pregnant with Mason too, and it wont happen again. PROMISE. SO enough of the TOO much information session- on with the baby news: We are 100% sure of the baby's gender now. I'm right at 21 weeks (40 weeks is full term for those who have yet to join the preggo club) and I can't believe its going by so fast! We'll spill the beans on Nov 16th whether we'll be having a Baby Maddox or Baby Leah.....so stay TUNED!
- he's found its fun to stand on your feet and he wants you to try and walk. he thinks its the funniest thing to be walking, but he's not doing any of the walking. for some reason he always thinks its the best time when I'm cooking dinner!
- his bedtime routine he's started lately is rather funny. As soon as it starts to get dark out he wants to go out to see the moon. Right about then its bath time, so we say, "lets go take a bath first!" we usually don't have to persuade him much on that anyway, its more getting out of the bath. SO to get out of the bath we say, "lets go find the moon after we put on your jammies!" so of course he gets excited to get out of the bath. The past week now, we havent been able to see the moon, poor kid is confused why! LOL its cute though, if he cant see it out back, he wants to go in the front yard to look too. When he does see it he says, "Night night Moon!" then its "night night peah-plane", we come inside and its "night night dog....night night kitty....night night tt (for tv)....night night car.....night night fan......night night mimi (my sister)....night night Papa.....night night PaPaw....night night Josh....." and the list goes on. it is cute though! I can't wait for him to start staying night night prayers!
- Today we headed over to Grapevine Mills mall to find shoes for my bridesmaid dress so we met up with Sara and Hendrix. We brought the double stroller and Mason just thinks its the greatest thing to have his friend next to him instead of in another stroller! Every blonde short haired girl we saw, Mason would squeal and scream "MIMI!!!!" he hasn't seen Amy in 2 days, and clearly misses her! We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. Might have not been the greatest idea even though he didn't even think of getting out of his seat ONCE. not sure if that was because he had so much to keep his attention, or if he was truly scared that one of the animals might get him. He never cried when the animals moved and made sounds, but I can guarantee if I got up and walked to the restroom he sure would have! haha! He just had that look on his face, wasn't sure if he should run away or cry! i think if we stayed thru one more round of the monkeys & gorillas making noise or if the 'rainstorm' happened again, he might have an anxiety attack! good thing we were right by the fish tank, i think they helped keep him calm. When we got up to leave, I took 2 steps in the direction of the closest gorilla (still a good 10-12 feet away) and Mason literally wrapped his legs around my waist and said, "no! no! no! no!" so that was that, we left. i wasn't EVEN going to attempt to let him see the crocodile on our way out. I do like that my child sleeps at night! figured its too early for nightmares to start!
- So we have ONE of his 2 year molars, 3 more to go! i swear we'll be done with the teething completely, get a 5 month break (maybe) and then our #2 will start teething!
- Mason is doing so well in school. We're having to work with him on taking turns, sharing, WAITING, and not taking toys from other kids (but what kid is a pro at this right??) besides the usual age stuff, he's doing so well with school. I was concerned how he would deal with being there 4 days a week, but really he just loves it. I love seeing all of his art work (maybe I should take some pictures of his cute stuff!) every day and the words he's learning along with the cute songs is so much fun! The other morning I took him a little late since we all woke up later than usual. His best buddy Jackson was running late too, his mom Jennifer & I stood there talking for a while and got to watch them interact for a bit as a whole class. Yes, we might be doting mothers, however I love to see how Mason interacts with other kids without my interference. Ms. Kari had them busy singing songs which they all participated in, and even had them cleaning up so they could head outside. I knew Mason had it in him to clean up toys...he just has us fooled at home!
-Speaking of #2- went in for our big sonogram yesterday and got to see the baby. Measuring just a little bit smaller than the guesstimated due date, just about a week behind or so. Which is funny, after getting the pregnancy test positive- looking back on the calendar and comparing to what my dr told me would have been the estimated conception date didn't add up in my head, it seemed to be about a week later. SO, clearly I ovulate late. Found that one out when I got pregnant with Mason too, and it wont happen again. PROMISE. SO enough of the TOO much information session- on with the baby news: We are 100% sure of the baby's gender now. I'm right at 21 weeks (40 weeks is full term for those who have yet to join the preggo club) and I can't believe its going by so fast! We'll spill the beans on Nov 16th whether we'll be having a Baby Maddox or Baby Leah.....so stay TUNED!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Guess who went pee pee on the potty?
Mason did! We had just gotten home from dinner and Gavin was getting Mason ready for bath time- we always sit him on the potty but of course he doesnt want to have anything to do with it. Maybe it was a fluke, but he went pee pee last night on the potty! I missed it, but heard Gavin cheering for him, so I ran in there and we cheered. I think he realized why we were cheering so of course a naked victory lap was in order :-)
Friday, October 17, 2008
Because I have nothing better to talk about today....
Some new things about Mason:
we've got a whole slew of new words!
"Peah-plane" he figured it out when we went to CA and hasn't stopped.
"Chuck-dor" is tractor.
"Chuck" is truck.
He now says please and thank you (such manners....not always!)
He's got ALL the animals down now, except he thinks Llamas are dogs or horses. He's also go down most body parts.
speaking of body parts- when he toots he says "Bo Bo Tawk" I can't help but laugh out loud!!!
when he says on & off its usually referring to the vacuum.
"Car-coons"- yes he's learned about tv, he gets to watch it in the mornings while I get ready. So far his favorite is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
When we're out driving and take the exit off of the freeway to the service road, Mason starts saying, "uh oh....uh oh...cars? cars?" he thinks we should ONLY be on the freeway going as fast as the other cars. BOYS! He's also been turning his snacks and food into cars and airplanes and motorcycles (with sound effects) at dinner. I just look at Gavin and say "he's yours". haha!
The other day we were at my OB appt, and since Mason was out of school for the day, I dragged the sperm donor & offspring with me. Dr LS hasn't seen Mason since my 6 week check up after he was born. She was really great with him letting him help her during my check up. He wasn't so keen on her lifting up my shirt to check on my belly, and when she asked, 'is there a baby in her belly?' he had the most confused look on his face! She let him squeeze the jelly on my belly and even hold the microphone to my belly to hear the baby's heartbeat. He then decided we needed to wipe the jelly off mommy's belly and to put my shirt down, he was done with it, so thought we should too!
we've got a whole slew of new words!
"Peah-plane" he figured it out when we went to CA and hasn't stopped.
"Chuck-dor" is tractor.
"Chuck" is truck.
He now says please and thank you (such manners....not always!)
He's got ALL the animals down now, except he thinks Llamas are dogs or horses. He's also go down most body parts.
speaking of body parts- when he toots he says "Bo Bo Tawk" I can't help but laugh out loud!!!
when he says on & off its usually referring to the vacuum.
"Car-coons"- yes he's learned about tv, he gets to watch it in the mornings while I get ready. So far his favorite is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
When we're out driving and take the exit off of the freeway to the service road, Mason starts saying, "uh oh....uh oh...cars? cars?" he thinks we should ONLY be on the freeway going as fast as the other cars. BOYS! He's also been turning his snacks and food into cars and airplanes and motorcycles (with sound effects) at dinner. I just look at Gavin and say "he's yours". haha!
The other day we were at my OB appt, and since Mason was out of school for the day, I dragged the sperm donor & offspring with me. Dr LS hasn't seen Mason since my 6 week check up after he was born. She was really great with him letting him help her during my check up. He wasn't so keen on her lifting up my shirt to check on my belly, and when she asked, 'is there a baby in her belly?' he had the most confused look on his face! She let him squeeze the jelly on my belly and even hold the microphone to my belly to hear the baby's heartbeat. He then decided we needed to wipe the jelly off mommy's belly and to put my shirt down, he was done with it, so thought we should too!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
My pregnant nose
so one of the things about pregnancy is a heightened sense of smell right? I think mine has increased just a little too much, okay maybe off the scale. I think I can smell things only my dog can smell. I got into Kristin's car one day and asked, "did you eat Taco Bell?" she laughed and said, "yeah we ate in the car yesterday!" but there were no traces of it. I can smell Mason's dirty diaper from 15 feet away without even looking- this comes in handy when my hands are full and gavin's arn't! (insert evil laugh here). I can also walk out the front door and smell when the neighbors high school kids that live behind us are smoking weed (and the have a huge lot!). I thought- hmm should I call the cops on them? Then I decided, the only lead they'd have is a crazy pregnant woman's nose!
I've often thought about plugging my nose with cotton balls to give my senses a break!
I've often thought about plugging my nose with cotton balls to give my senses a break!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
They just keep coming!
but that's because of Gavin. :-D
how did I birth such a cute kid?!
Mason who's happy as a pig in mud riding on the tractor!
how did I birth such a cute kid?!
Mason who's happy as a pig in mud riding on the tractor!
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Too much to see too much to do!
Not even sure how I didn't even notice a camera in my FACE. maybe because i had a toddler on my hip who couldn't get to the tractors fast enough! BUT yes, here you have it ladies and gents, a RARE photo of MOM. there is evidence I exist!
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Pumpkin Farm Family outting
Phew, I'm POOPED! We headed over to the pumpkin farm tonight with Dad, Josh (which Mason started saying today!), Amy, Chris, Rilee and the 3 of us. IT WAS PACKED. but we didn't expect anything less for a Saturday night. Of course it was so very exciting for Mason with all the tractors (forget airplanes, now we're going to hear non stop about Tractors!) they have 2 large tractors and 4 mini tractors. We've been trying to work with Mason about taking turns and waiting (HAHAHA what a joke. no joke.) they have the hay rides (which I thought he would love but we never got a chance to go) and the pumpkin patch & hay bale house amongst a million other things, so we'll just say its overstimulation city. Gavin was trying to snap some pictures of us and of Amy & Chris- so I was off running after Mason. I'm TIRED NOW! no chance of a full family picture which I was really bummed about, not even one of Gavin, Mason & I, but Gavin did get some cute pictures of Mace Face and then the rest of the family. I think i might be in a few. we'll have another chance though on Wednesday (crossing fingers for no rain) we scheduled some family photos there with ANOTHER photographer (sorry sara, and no its not gavin!) So for the time being- Enjoy gavin's great pictures!
Attempting to join everyone else for a picture? No such chance!
I found a pumpkin! Now which one is cuter?
Sweet baby Girl LOVED the pumpkins
OMG, is that...really....could it be....MOM???? do you see the start of that belly??? yikes!!!
my uber cool baby brother. no really he is! okay, not a baby, but he is cool :-)
Papa and the little miss
Giant Tractor
"Baby Truck-dor" as mason calls it.
Josh taking a turn
LOVE this one!!
Pumpkin squatting
the OTHER tractor
Papa's turn at pushing Mason! are you getting an idea of how many times we did this? haha
Fingers up Mommy's nose! (I've been teaching Rilee that her nose won't run if she plugs it with her finger! hahaha)
another pumpkin squatter
Attempting to join everyone else for a picture? No such chance!
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I found a pumpkin! Now which one is cuter?
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Sweet baby Girl LOVED the pumpkins
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OMG, is that...really....could it be....MOM???? do you see the start of that belly??? yikes!!!
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my uber cool baby brother. no really he is! okay, not a baby, but he is cool :-)
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Papa and the little miss
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Giant Tractor
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"Baby Truck-dor" as mason calls it.
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Josh taking a turn
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LOVE this one!!
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Pumpkin squatting
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the OTHER tractor
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Papa's turn at pushing Mason! are you getting an idea of how many times we did this? haha
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Fingers up Mommy's nose! (I've been teaching Rilee that her nose won't run if she plugs it with her finger! hahaha)
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another pumpkin squatter
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