My little man is turning 3 this week - I cannot BELIEVE it. It seems like just yesterday he was tiny and sleeping all the time and now is a very chatty mobile toddler. WOW! We have been having tons of fun - we have been to the Lake and the Beach this past week. Done a little grocery shopping and a little birthday shopping. We are getting Madden a SPIDERMAN cake - he picked it out - i almost cried that he is growing up so fast. We are having a simple little get together at Chuck E Cheese's - just the family and a few friends - i guess it being in the middle of the week it is hard for a lot of people to come - but that's ok - it's hard for us to make a lot of events too!
Peyton is crawling - he crawled for about 4 inches today before he fell back down to his belly. He is making alot more noise and i say "mamamamamamama" about 500 times a day. We will work on "dadadadadaddadada" later. He is has been eating everything and enjoying all the fun that we have been having.
Memaw is back and I am glad. I talked to her about living here and she didn't say no but she didn't say yes either - so we shall see what the future holds. I know that when the time is right her heart will tell her. We have started paccking up for San Antonio and i should be wrapping presents instead of typingthis - but i am waiting for Lee to get home from work so i thought i would kill some time.
I just wanted to let you all know that i love you - thanks for being an ear to bend.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
It's ALMOST here
YAY! Our San Antonio vacation is less than a month away and I am super excited. We finally booked a hotel - through Priceline and we got a Riverwalk hotel for less than $50/night - WOW! We have been not so busy as we would have liked to have been - Lee has had to work alot b/c his assistant managers are taking vacation this month. He has only had 1 day off a week for the last 3 weeks so i am so ready for vacation just so i can spend time with him. He had a great Father's Day - my mom was here and she bought breakfast for us and then he opened his Wii and was in absolute shock. I couldn't believe it! We had lunch with his parents and then went to see the Hangover. I am so glad that we didn't try to take the kids b/c that would have been so not appropriate. It was the funniest movie we had seen since Pineapple Express. It was so good and I highly recommend it.
Memaw has come back and gone again - she is at my mom's right now - hopefully she will have a good visit but come back soon. Peyton is scooting all over the place and he sits up for long long periods of time and then scoots halfway across the living room. He gets up on his knees and tries to crawl - but he isn't quite there yet. I think he really just wants to catch up with brother. Madden is more and more playful with him everyday - they wrestle(which secretly scares me a little - but i try not to over react) and they are always watching what the other is doing. Madden is showing him how to play with his toys and is helping him get into trouble. If you knew me with Madden, you would mos def wonder who I am now - b/c Peyton has already had pizza crust, ice cream, soup, jello and memaw gave him bavarian cream out of her donut - and I just sit back and take it all in. I can't believe I was so neurotic with Madden - but i guess everyone is with the first child. I am still so protective of him it is ridiculous sometimes. Peyton is eating great and i think teeth are on the very near future b/c our drool production has increased greatly. Madden is getting more and more personality everyday(if that is even possible). He is a great laugher and when he shakes his booty - it is a sight.
I had a great week last week - I got to spend time with one of my best friends - i love that friendship has no time barriers. I hadn't seen Ashlee in almost 8 years and it was like we had never missed a day - I cried when i first saw her and I cried when I left her and remembered why I am so blessed - because I have people like her in my life. I miss her deeply - but I was so thankful for every minute i got with her and can't wait to see her in a wedding dress. Napa here I come! It really just makes me think - that every person in our lives plays a role - Ashlee has always been my guidance - when i don't know where to go she has always been like the lighthouse that has shown me a path. Each of my friends plays a role like that - as if they were handpicked to be in my life to provide all the things we each need to make it thru - you all know what role you play - thanks to all of you! I am truly appreciative to have such great friends.
well, i am sure i have a lot more to say - and i know that other important things have happened within the last month but Peyton is strolling towards the wii stuff and he has already tried to send a fax this morning so i have to go parent and play. Madden is at the in-laws babysitting Mario today and probably most of this week. Mario had surgery on Friday that nobody got told about till afterwards and he can't work for the next 2 weeks - so he asked if Madden could babysit him while he is home. I can't say no to a recovering PawPaw - what kind of daughter would I be? I will post pics later when Peyton takes his afternoon nap. Love you all!
Memaw has come back and gone again - she is at my mom's right now - hopefully she will have a good visit but come back soon. Peyton is scooting all over the place and he sits up for long long periods of time and then scoots halfway across the living room. He gets up on his knees and tries to crawl - but he isn't quite there yet. I think he really just wants to catch up with brother. Madden is more and more playful with him everyday - they wrestle(which secretly scares me a little - but i try not to over react) and they are always watching what the other is doing. Madden is showing him how to play with his toys and is helping him get into trouble. If you knew me with Madden, you would mos def wonder who I am now - b/c Peyton has already had pizza crust, ice cream, soup, jello and memaw gave him bavarian cream out of her donut - and I just sit back and take it all in. I can't believe I was so neurotic with Madden - but i guess everyone is with the first child. I am still so protective of him it is ridiculous sometimes. Peyton is eating great and i think teeth are on the very near future b/c our drool production has increased greatly. Madden is getting more and more personality everyday(if that is even possible). He is a great laugher and when he shakes his booty - it is a sight.
I had a great week last week - I got to spend time with one of my best friends - i love that friendship has no time barriers. I hadn't seen Ashlee in almost 8 years and it was like we had never missed a day - I cried when i first saw her and I cried when I left her and remembered why I am so blessed - because I have people like her in my life. I miss her deeply - but I was so thankful for every minute i got with her and can't wait to see her in a wedding dress. Napa here I come! It really just makes me think - that every person in our lives plays a role - Ashlee has always been my guidance - when i don't know where to go she has always been like the lighthouse that has shown me a path. Each of my friends plays a role like that - as if they were handpicked to be in my life to provide all the things we each need to make it thru - you all know what role you play - thanks to all of you! I am truly appreciative to have such great friends.
well, i am sure i have a lot more to say - and i know that other important things have happened within the last month but Peyton is strolling towards the wii stuff and he has already tried to send a fax this morning so i have to go parent and play. Madden is at the in-laws babysitting Mario today and probably most of this week. Mario had surgery on Friday that nobody got told about till afterwards and he can't work for the next 2 weeks - so he asked if Madden could babysit him while he is home. I can't say no to a recovering PawPaw - what kind of daughter would I be? I will post pics later when Peyton takes his afternoon nap. Love you all!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Memaw has gone north
I can't believe i haven't posted since after Mother's Day! What have I been up to? all things chaotic i think will be my answer to this. Memaw and I have basically been chillin during the days - now that our pool is open i may be hanging out there alot more with the boys and hopefully they will have some shade for Memaw. I will get some time to figure all that out with her up at Tammy's for the next few weeks. I can't lie......i cried when she left. I know she is coming back but i just got used to her being her all the time. I am sure i will fill the void somehow...(smiling) like cooking, cleaning, shopping.
In the past couple of weeks we have gone to the movies (Night at the Museum), watched some movies (Bedtime Stories, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Benjamin Button & Yes Man), went shopping (CARTER'S, groceries) and have been to the beach. I think Memaw had a great time at the beach - she loved being able to put her feet in the water and the sand was clean - not a whole lot of seaweed. Madden tried to fish all day - that's all he wanted was to fish, and he caught one too - a big green plastic fish that was floting in the water- he was so proud and it was so cute. I don't know how he will react when he actually catches a real fish - i think i can see a freak out coming. I can't wait. Peyton loved the water - he got to sit mostly in Memaw's lap - he was keeping her warm she kept saying. We had a great time and i can't wait to do it again this weekend.
Peyton is getting so big, tomorrow will be 5 months old. I can't believe it..he is already in 6mos clothes and he is sitting up on his own, eating 3 times a day and still not sleeping through the night. Madden was the same way, i don't remember him sleeping through the night till 6 to 8 months. Hopefully there is a light at the end of the tunnel soon - but luckily i am getting to take some naps during the week with the boys. I call it "movie day" and we all go lay in the bed and watch a movie - our bedroom is like a cave so halfway through the movie - they are both asleep. Madden still hasn't seen all of Superman Returns. I feel so bad for him b/c he likes superman, batman, spiderman...all the superheroes that name ends in man. It is so cute to hear him say it to...he pronounces every syllable. Madden is talking more and more, his sentences are getting longer and his understanding of things better and better. I can tell he will be so smart.....like me....(insert laugh now). No really, we are all smart in our own rights.
The kids are great - growing and learning everyday. Lee is fabulous - working alot but luckily has this weekend off so we can enjoy some time together. Tomorrow we are going to the Museum of Natural Science - which i kept calling the Natural History Museum - i will blame that on Night at the Museum b/c we have been watching it alot here. Then Saturday is beach day and Sunday is Mario's Birthday Party. I am doing fine - I am working on trying to decide where i want to take a couple of English classes to boost up my GPA a little for when i start on working on my certification. There is a class offered from the University of Phoenix - Children's Literature in a Pluralistic Society - sounds very cool. So that may be where i take them from - i am also talking to SHSU too. We shall see how it all works out.
Have a great weekend everyone......love you! brandy
In the past couple of weeks we have gone to the movies (Night at the Museum), watched some movies (Bedtime Stories, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Benjamin Button & Yes Man), went shopping (CARTER'S, groceries) and have been to the beach. I think Memaw had a great time at the beach - she loved being able to put her feet in the water and the sand was clean - not a whole lot of seaweed. Madden tried to fish all day - that's all he wanted was to fish, and he caught one too - a big green plastic fish that was floting in the water- he was so proud and it was so cute. I don't know how he will react when he actually catches a real fish - i think i can see a freak out coming. I can't wait. Peyton loved the water - he got to sit mostly in Memaw's lap - he was keeping her warm she kept saying. We had a great time and i can't wait to do it again this weekend.
Peyton is getting so big, tomorrow will be 5 months old. I can't believe it..he is already in 6mos clothes and he is sitting up on his own, eating 3 times a day and still not sleeping through the night. Madden was the same way, i don't remember him sleeping through the night till 6 to 8 months. Hopefully there is a light at the end of the tunnel soon - but luckily i am getting to take some naps during the week with the boys. I call it "movie day" and we all go lay in the bed and watch a movie - our bedroom is like a cave so halfway through the movie - they are both asleep. Madden still hasn't seen all of Superman Returns. I feel so bad for him b/c he likes superman, batman, spiderman...all the superheroes that name ends in man. It is so cute to hear him say it to...he pronounces every syllable. Madden is talking more and more, his sentences are getting longer and his understanding of things better and better. I can tell he will be so smart.....like me....(insert laugh now). No really, we are all smart in our own rights.
The kids are great - growing and learning everyday. Lee is fabulous - working alot but luckily has this weekend off so we can enjoy some time together. Tomorrow we are going to the Museum of Natural Science - which i kept calling the Natural History Museum - i will blame that on Night at the Museum b/c we have been watching it alot here. Then Saturday is beach day and Sunday is Mario's Birthday Party. I am doing fine - I am working on trying to decide where i want to take a couple of English classes to boost up my GPA a little for when i start on working on my certification. There is a class offered from the University of Phoenix - Children's Literature in a Pluralistic Society - sounds very cool. So that may be where i take them from - i am also talking to SHSU too. We shall see how it all works out.
Have a great weekend everyone......love you! brandy
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Mother's Day and so on...
I woke up last Sunday, wrote out my cards and jumped in the shower. I walked into the kitchen and my husband had already started the breakfast ccasserole i was making for all the mom's. What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man. I didn't even ask. Lee got me a card which of course made me cry, my mother of course was late and everybody of course loved breakfast. How could you not, when someone else made it! HAhaHa! I made Mimosa's for the mommies and they liked them alot, especially Lee's tia Chela (i may have found a drinking buddy) and i had about 3 in my BIG cup. So needless to say..we got to the game...I was a very proud, very loud Astros fan, and all within good reason..they were kickin' some major booty!! After the game Lee's parents took us out to dinner and we were all a little worn out after we got home.
As far as the week goes, very typical and ordinary. The most fun we had this week was Memaw got her haircut on Thursday - it looks super cute!! We drove to Galveston and went to the Strand - King's was not open, which was very upsetting to me b/c that's the only reason i wanted to go down there. It was crazy to see it. One side of the street was open for business as normal and the other side of the street under renovations. We drove through Memaw's old neighborhood and alot of the houses there were under construction and we drove by a house that on the steps of the house in blue paint was a line and under it, it said "IKE". My memories of Galveston are very much about history and buildings that have been standing since there were pirates.....and for so much of that to be gone - i think it really just kind of hit home how horrible this whole thing as been for the Island itself. So we drove down the seawall and down San Luis pass to come home through Surfside and we showed Memaw Stahlman - the whole last half of the trip home was just amazing to see so much granduer and so much destruction standing side by side.
We were lazy yesterday..I got both of the boys to take a nap and Memaw too. Hopefully today we will get to go play bingo , but I am still waiting for the phone call from Maria to tell me they are home. If not we will just take our little trip to Kroger and ge ta few things, plus Lee wants my Monster Southwest Bacon Burgers tonight - so i am planning on making a good dinner for us and maybe we can make it a movie night - depending on what RedBox has to offer - i really want to see TAKEN.
I hope everybody had a great week and is in the process of a great weekend. I know I am just loving every minute of Memaw being here and getting to watch her interact with the kids. I think she will be ready for Tammy's and a little break from constant kids - but i think she loves it too. I was a little harsh last week at the end of my blog - at the time i felt that it was warranted, but, the child in question is not mine and how she is raised is not my business. I should just be thankful that she has a nuturing soul around her and hope that as she grows she is encouraged not discouraged, praised not prodded and loved not liked. We all have our ways and after a long crying filled heart to heart with Memaw - maybe it wasn't my place to criticize. I love you all and I can't wait to see what the world holds for each of us. Peace out and Let Love In!
Brandy
As far as the week goes, very typical and ordinary. The most fun we had this week was Memaw got her haircut on Thursday - it looks super cute!! We drove to Galveston and went to the Strand - King's was not open, which was very upsetting to me b/c that's the only reason i wanted to go down there. It was crazy to see it. One side of the street was open for business as normal and the other side of the street under renovations. We drove through Memaw's old neighborhood and alot of the houses there were under construction and we drove by a house that on the steps of the house in blue paint was a line and under it, it said "IKE". My memories of Galveston are very much about history and buildings that have been standing since there were pirates.....and for so much of that to be gone - i think it really just kind of hit home how horrible this whole thing as been for the Island itself. So we drove down the seawall and down San Luis pass to come home through Surfside and we showed Memaw Stahlman - the whole last half of the trip home was just amazing to see so much granduer and so much destruction standing side by side.
We were lazy yesterday..I got both of the boys to take a nap and Memaw too. Hopefully today we will get to go play bingo , but I am still waiting for the phone call from Maria to tell me they are home. If not we will just take our little trip to Kroger and ge ta few things, plus Lee wants my Monster Southwest Bacon Burgers tonight - so i am planning on making a good dinner for us and maybe we can make it a movie night - depending on what RedBox has to offer - i really want to see TAKEN.
I hope everybody had a great week and is in the process of a great weekend. I know I am just loving every minute of Memaw being here and getting to watch her interact with the kids. I think she will be ready for Tammy's and a little break from constant kids - but i think she loves it too. I was a little harsh last week at the end of my blog - at the time i felt that it was warranted, but, the child in question is not mine and how she is raised is not my business. I should just be thankful that she has a nuturing soul around her and hope that as she grows she is encouraged not discouraged, praised not prodded and loved not liked. We all have our ways and after a long crying filled heart to heart with Memaw - maybe it wasn't my place to criticize. I love you all and I can't wait to see what the world holds for each of us. Peace out and Let Love In!
Brandy
Friday, May 8, 2009
Memaw's 1st Week
Whew! It has been a crazy week, I am sure Memaw is worn out and ready for a break, but there is not one till next week. We are resting today at home actually and then tomorrow is a possible crawfish boil and then Sunday is the ASTROS game. I am so excited to take Memaw and all my mommies to the game. We bought Memaw a shirt yesterday so she will be in perfect form for the game. YAY!!!
This week has been so much fun. Memaw's plane was about 35 minutes late due to weather, but she made it safe and sound. We went to the store on Monday and got some goodies for the week and her beloved Blue Bell (which she did say she wasn't going to buy again b/c the price is ridiculous. remember when you could get 2/$5? oh...the good ole days). Tuesday we chilled and Wednesday we went to lunch in Texas City so Memaw could see all of her friends and some family. She wondered why Mom put this together for her, but i think she had a great time. We saw Lily Bear, Julie and Mike last night for wings at BW's. Memaw was super sweet and treated us. We got to visit and Lily played with Memaw. I think Julie got a little nervous a few times with Memaw holding Lily b/c Lily would start to go south, but each time Memaw recovered her and did great.
I have noticed her being around the kids - i am always offering to help her pick them up or put them down, but she very much wants to do it on her own and i think that is fabulous and she is doing great. I love having her here with me during the day so when i have gotten a few moments to have adult conversation - i actually have an adult to talk to, still getting used to someone being here with me. I am glad it's Memaw.
Peyton is already pulling himself to a sitting position and sometimes he sits for a minute or so, other times a few seconds and then he rolls over. He has learned to splash and makes a bigger mess in the bathtub than Madden. I never thought someone could make a bigger mess than Madden with all his toys and bubbles. And Madden is doing better everyday with the potty - he only goes through 4 or 5 pairs of underwear (not panties as i am told by my husband). it is partially our fault b/c we will let too much time go by without asking, but at least i am not having to clean up poop! They are both so vibrant and playful and everyday i realize more and more how much i am blessed.
I am going to rant for a minute - i have been working on this blog all day - little things get me distracted and then i just can't get back to it right away and in the course of the day today something happened that really disturbed me. My cousin-in-law called her daughter an idiot publicly on facebook and people thought it was funny. I do not find this funny that someone would call their child an "idiot". Throughout a list of comments that were made others thought it was funny then my cousin said "Retard" in place of "idiot" and my word in return is "ASSHOLES". Children are such beautiful people and we as parents are so blessed to have them in our lives; but, to think that it is ok to talk in such an offensive way - is really immature and not parental at all. There was a subject brought up on fb after i made an "asshole" comment about me leaving peyton in the car. we all make mistakes as parents, but the word "idiot" is not seen as a mistake as i openly declared leaving peyton was. And i do not post things in this blog to be thrown up in my face later when i openly criticize. I personally think it is wrong to call children names, ie. stupid, idiot, retard, etc....... and to be slapped in my face for something that i was clearly very upset by is not ok with me. It is a shame that their children have to grow up in an unnuturing environment and i fear for their future - they will probably turn out just like their parents - negative, selfish and ugly on the inside people. and i don't care who i piss off.
have a great weekend!
This week has been so much fun. Memaw's plane was about 35 minutes late due to weather, but she made it safe and sound. We went to the store on Monday and got some goodies for the week and her beloved Blue Bell (which she did say she wasn't going to buy again b/c the price is ridiculous. remember when you could get 2/$5? oh...the good ole days). Tuesday we chilled and Wednesday we went to lunch in Texas City so Memaw could see all of her friends and some family. She wondered why Mom put this together for her, but i think she had a great time. We saw Lily Bear, Julie and Mike last night for wings at BW's. Memaw was super sweet and treated us. We got to visit and Lily played with Memaw. I think Julie got a little nervous a few times with Memaw holding Lily b/c Lily would start to go south, but each time Memaw recovered her and did great.
I have noticed her being around the kids - i am always offering to help her pick them up or put them down, but she very much wants to do it on her own and i think that is fabulous and she is doing great. I love having her here with me during the day so when i have gotten a few moments to have adult conversation - i actually have an adult to talk to, still getting used to someone being here with me. I am glad it's Memaw.
Peyton is already pulling himself to a sitting position and sometimes he sits for a minute or so, other times a few seconds and then he rolls over. He has learned to splash and makes a bigger mess in the bathtub than Madden. I never thought someone could make a bigger mess than Madden with all his toys and bubbles. And Madden is doing better everyday with the potty - he only goes through 4 or 5 pairs of underwear (not panties as i am told by my husband). it is partially our fault b/c we will let too much time go by without asking, but at least i am not having to clean up poop! They are both so vibrant and playful and everyday i realize more and more how much i am blessed.
I am going to rant for a minute - i have been working on this blog all day - little things get me distracted and then i just can't get back to it right away and in the course of the day today something happened that really disturbed me. My cousin-in-law called her daughter an idiot publicly on facebook and people thought it was funny. I do not find this funny that someone would call their child an "idiot". Throughout a list of comments that were made others thought it was funny then my cousin said "Retard" in place of "idiot" and my word in return is "ASSHOLES". Children are such beautiful people and we as parents are so blessed to have them in our lives; but, to think that it is ok to talk in such an offensive way - is really immature and not parental at all. There was a subject brought up on fb after i made an "asshole" comment about me leaving peyton in the car. we all make mistakes as parents, but the word "idiot" is not seen as a mistake as i openly declared leaving peyton was. And i do not post things in this blog to be thrown up in my face later when i openly criticize. I personally think it is wrong to call children names, ie. stupid, idiot, retard, etc....... and to be slapped in my face for something that i was clearly very upset by is not ok with me. It is a shame that their children have to grow up in an unnuturing environment and i fear for their future - they will probably turn out just like their parents - negative, selfish and ugly on the inside people. and i don't care who i piss off.
have a great weekend!
Monday, May 4, 2009
A new Countdown has begun.....
No longer are we counting down the days till Memaw gets here, but now we must hope that we will not start a countdown till she leaves. She made it here in one piece and hopefully she will love it here so much this time that she will really contemplate her going back to crazy West Virginia!
We have had a crazy couple of weeks - i haven't really been able to post a blog b/c we were without internet for about a week and half - there were several line problems and comcast is really slow - but we are back up and running and i can finally catch up with everyone. The weekend before last we went to this great place in Alvin called Froberg's and picked our own strawberries - i can't wait to take Memaw b/c Madden is such a great picker and then on Saturday we were off to the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo Cook-Off! The team we were there with won 1st in brisket and we had such a great time. Gamma and Pawpaw took Madden on all the rides and bought him a bubble gun that blows like a thousand bubbles(we have to hide it randomly b/c, really...it is a little much everyday). I can't believe Madden rode the rides- i will post some pictures - he is such a big boy now. On Sunday we picked peppers from Gamma's garden and then we came home and start REALLY getting ready for Memaw.
The week was pretty quick - Madden was at Momma and PawPaw's most of the week b/c i think they knew when Memaw got here he wouldn't be as free to come and go, so i let them take him. Peyton went to the Dr. for his 4 month check-up - he is 25 1/2 inches long and weighs 14lbs 13ozs. My kid....loves to eat. The Dr. was so funny b/c she said we could start him on food - how do you think he weighs 14 lbs - breastmilk? c'mon now.
We re-organized the house a little and really cleaned up some things..sometimes i forget that we pay for a bug storage unit every month - why not fill it up with all the crap we are not using. So we took all the boys clothes that i have bought them for next winter and all the christmas crap and we took the crib and in return brought back Madden's toddler bed. We moved into our room - so instead of climbing into bed with us - he would see we were all in the room together and hopefully he would stay in his bed (we also felt some of his sneaking into our room has to do with peyton's bed being a foot from ours). Last night was the first night we could test this out we are 0 for 1. But on the upside he is potty training well and that in itself is a blessing! SO ...... sunday we went to Babies'r'us - i got a new diaper bag and peyton and madden each got a little something and then to best buy to get Memaw a mouse and then..........
We got MEMAW!! She was very happy to see us and the boys - and Peyton was very happy to meet her....this morning Madden has been showing out for her and thankfully Peyton has just been Peyton - very playful and loving and thankfully right now taking a nap! I will keep all up to date..we have a busy busy week...Wednesday lunch with old friends and family, Thursday - dinner with Lily Bear and Sunday(mom's day) Astros Game! Wish us luck as we venture into our first week and let's all prey we don't wear Memaw out to quickly.
Love to all!!!
We have had a crazy couple of weeks - i haven't really been able to post a blog b/c we were without internet for about a week and half - there were several line problems and comcast is really slow - but we are back up and running and i can finally catch up with everyone. The weekend before last we went to this great place in Alvin called Froberg's and picked our own strawberries - i can't wait to take Memaw b/c Madden is such a great picker and then on Saturday we were off to the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo Cook-Off! The team we were there with won 1st in brisket and we had such a great time. Gamma and Pawpaw took Madden on all the rides and bought him a bubble gun that blows like a thousand bubbles(we have to hide it randomly b/c, really...it is a little much everyday). I can't believe Madden rode the rides- i will post some pictures - he is such a big boy now. On Sunday we picked peppers from Gamma's garden and then we came home and start REALLY getting ready for Memaw.
The week was pretty quick - Madden was at Momma and PawPaw's most of the week b/c i think they knew when Memaw got here he wouldn't be as free to come and go, so i let them take him. Peyton went to the Dr. for his 4 month check-up - he is 25 1/2 inches long and weighs 14lbs 13ozs. My kid....loves to eat. The Dr. was so funny b/c she said we could start him on food - how do you think he weighs 14 lbs - breastmilk? c'mon now.
We re-organized the house a little and really cleaned up some things..sometimes i forget that we pay for a bug storage unit every month - why not fill it up with all the crap we are not using. So we took all the boys clothes that i have bought them for next winter and all the christmas crap and we took the crib and in return brought back Madden's toddler bed. We moved into our room - so instead of climbing into bed with us - he would see we were all in the room together and hopefully he would stay in his bed (we also felt some of his sneaking into our room has to do with peyton's bed being a foot from ours). Last night was the first night we could test this out we are 0 for 1. But on the upside he is potty training well and that in itself is a blessing! SO ...... sunday we went to Babies'r'us - i got a new diaper bag and peyton and madden each got a little something and then to best buy to get Memaw a mouse and then..........
We got MEMAW!! She was very happy to see us and the boys - and Peyton was very happy to meet her....this morning Madden has been showing out for her and thankfully Peyton has just been Peyton - very playful and loving and thankfully right now taking a nap! I will keep all up to date..we have a busy busy week...Wednesday lunch with old friends and family, Thursday - dinner with Lily Bear and Sunday(mom's day) Astros Game! Wish us luck as we venture into our first week and let's all prey we don't wear Memaw out to quickly.
Love to all!!!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
forgot ..
here is the link to the website: www.wallies.com and look for the elephants on the wall section. very cute and will go great with the brown and blue bedding.
After the Bunny Hops....
Whew! This weekend seemed to last forever and i thought Sunday would never end! With all the bubbles and candy and food..it is a wonder I am able to see straight. It was a great weekend though, wasn't it? Everyone got to be with family and kids and enjoy the laughter of young ones.
Last week was good - it was a little boring on our part - the most exciting thing we did was take BOTH of the boys to see Monsters vs. Aliens - it was a good movie - but i expected a little more! Dreamworks has just set themselves higher on the ladder than that in previous films and this fell a little below par for us, but it had some funny moments and Madden and Peyton really seemed to love it. Yes, that's right - Peyton stayed awake (& quiet) then entire movie except for the last 10 minutes when he finally fell asleep! It was great!! I was so proud of them both and thankful there were other families in the theatre with kids who were making comments like mine was, you know the typical things.......wow! what's that? i want coke...usual kid comments! We had a good time, i love it when we get to enjoy our days together - it seems to happen so few times.
We have big plans coming up over the next month - The 25th we are going to the Crawfish Festival in Spring, May 3rd Memaw comes, May 10th is the Astros Game and then who knows....
Easter was crazy.....Maria's sister, husband and 4 kids are still in town - they leave today actually. We hid all the kids eggs and helped them run around and find them..Madden did really good with this - Gamma helped him, but he knew to look for the blue eggs and he found quite a few on his own! Peyton slept......and slept some more - i think he took like a 3 1/2 hour nap in the middle of the day and that was okay b/c it gave us a lot of time to spend with Madden. He got bubbles and he played for the longest time with that and the kids got a kick out of chasing the bubbles down. I am reminded after this weekend though as to why i am only having the 2 kids. I also realize that my patience is only extended out to my children. There were a few mintues of every hour that i thought one of these kids might get a powpow from someone. We spent most of this past weekend at Momma's letting Madden get his fill of playtime. Gamma came for Easter and that was nice to have her and Richard there. I really think that everyone had a great time! I am also glad to see that my Dallas family hada great weekend - i can't believe all the babies and how beautiful they are. Lee and I were talking last night about the pics on Facebook and just how big Abs and Lily are getting and little Brody. I truly have a blessed family!
I posted our pics of Easter weekend already and i am about to order some pics on wal-mart.com, i get to go work out today (which is badly needed) so i can pick them up - plus do some fun little shopping, check out hobby lobby and all the clearance easter goods! i mos def don't need eggs for the next 5 -7 years - we have over 100 of them from this years hunt. It seems like earlier today i wanted to talk about something....but, now.....i don't remember. Oh, we finally found Peyton's room theme (for our non-existent house (the search has been extended up to the Angleton area b/c we found a few houses we liked up there and we want to make sure the house we buy is really the house we want & Lee's boss talked to him about advancement over the next year or so, which would mean he would be working farther north - so for the future it might be better)).
I am attaching the link to this post so you can see how cute and Madden's is still up for discussion. While we want to do CARS, we aren't sure if we want to take a different approach and do like CARS with a twist of old school. we found this material at hobby lobby that has route 66 on it and like pictures of all the towns on the path and incorporate that with it. I keep planning rooms and cchanging my mind on houses........i don't know what we will do yet. But i mos def will need some decorating help so i am up for suggestions and ideas!
love to you all and i will catch you up again..
brandy
Last week was good - it was a little boring on our part - the most exciting thing we did was take BOTH of the boys to see Monsters vs. Aliens - it was a good movie - but i expected a little more! Dreamworks has just set themselves higher on the ladder than that in previous films and this fell a little below par for us, but it had some funny moments and Madden and Peyton really seemed to love it. Yes, that's right - Peyton stayed awake (& quiet) then entire movie except for the last 10 minutes when he finally fell asleep! It was great!! I was so proud of them both and thankful there were other families in the theatre with kids who were making comments like mine was, you know the typical things.......wow! what's that? i want coke...usual kid comments! We had a good time, i love it when we get to enjoy our days together - it seems to happen so few times.
We have big plans coming up over the next month - The 25th we are going to the Crawfish Festival in Spring, May 3rd Memaw comes, May 10th is the Astros Game and then who knows....
Easter was crazy.....Maria's sister, husband and 4 kids are still in town - they leave today actually. We hid all the kids eggs and helped them run around and find them..Madden did really good with this - Gamma helped him, but he knew to look for the blue eggs and he found quite a few on his own! Peyton slept......and slept some more - i think he took like a 3 1/2 hour nap in the middle of the day and that was okay b/c it gave us a lot of time to spend with Madden. He got bubbles and he played for the longest time with that and the kids got a kick out of chasing the bubbles down. I am reminded after this weekend though as to why i am only having the 2 kids. I also realize that my patience is only extended out to my children. There were a few mintues of every hour that i thought one of these kids might get a powpow from someone. We spent most of this past weekend at Momma's letting Madden get his fill of playtime. Gamma came for Easter and that was nice to have her and Richard there. I really think that everyone had a great time! I am also glad to see that my Dallas family hada great weekend - i can't believe all the babies and how beautiful they are. Lee and I were talking last night about the pics on Facebook and just how big Abs and Lily are getting and little Brody. I truly have a blessed family!
I posted our pics of Easter weekend already and i am about to order some pics on wal-mart.com, i get to go work out today (which is badly needed) so i can pick them up - plus do some fun little shopping, check out hobby lobby and all the clearance easter goods! i mos def don't need eggs for the next 5 -7 years - we have over 100 of them from this years hunt. It seems like earlier today i wanted to talk about something....but, now.....i don't remember. Oh, we finally found Peyton's room theme (for our non-existent house (the search has been extended up to the Angleton area b/c we found a few houses we liked up there and we want to make sure the house we buy is really the house we want & Lee's boss talked to him about advancement over the next year or so, which would mean he would be working farther north - so for the future it might be better)).
I am attaching the link to this post so you can see how cute and Madden's is still up for discussion. While we want to do CARS, we aren't sure if we want to take a different approach and do like CARS with a twist of old school. we found this material at hobby lobby that has route 66 on it and like pictures of all the towns on the path and incorporate that with it. I keep planning rooms and cchanging my mind on houses........i don't know what we will do yet. But i mos def will need some decorating help so i am up for suggestions and ideas!
love to you all and i will catch you up again..
brandy
Monday, April 6, 2009
Springtime......aaaaahhhhhhhh!
I am getting to watch Peyton sleep peacefully this morning and while that is nice, I am missing Madden like mad. This is the 3rd day he hasn't been here - he has been with momma and pawpaw and now their numerous houseguests. Maria's sister is visiting from North Carolina and she has 4 children - Madden is busy keeping up with the bigger kids. I think he is really liking the play time with kids that can run around instead of lay on the floor and try to roll over.
This weekend was fun - with Madden being gone on Saturday morning i got to cook some real food and i made a german chocolate cake with homemade icing - it was amazing. And my chicken and Pepper dish was awesome. I am so proud of myself sometimes b/c i fear i have forgotten to make really good food, like i used to. But then i surprise myself and think, wow, ashlee your right i can cook. We spent the rest of Saturday visiting with Daisy and then Lee and I went and saw Adventureland at the theatre. What? Fast and Furious? Oh..yes, we were supposed to go and see that, too bad we forgot what it was to be like 18 and that we needed to buy our tickets at noon instead of at 7:40! HAHAAHA! It was good fun though and we will make time soon hopefully to get to see F&F. We try to go during the day during the week so we can take the kids and we don't bother anyone. And then we don't have to keep "dumping" the kids off - cause sometimes that is what i feel like we are doing. Even though i know Maria probably doesn't mind have her grandkids a few hours 3-4 days a week.
We didn't take Madden to Monsters vs. Aliens b/c of the company over the weekend - we plan to do it tomorrow. hopefully this will work out - 3rd times a charm, right? Sunday we gave Peyton rice cereal and banana's for breakfast and a little bananas later in the day. He just seems so hungry right now and i think he might be fixing to grow a bit, but we felt it was time. And Maria has been giving him food for about a week - just banana's, but nobody wanted to tell me b/c apparently the first time around with madden i was a little pyscho about the timeline. The banana's have giving Peyton some gas issues and i feel like he is straining so much just to poot. I know it will take some time.....
As of this week i have to officially start getting ready for Memaw. She will be here in about 3 weeks and i have to get her bedding washed and room all set up! I am so excited that she will be here and we have big plans for her when she gets her. We want to take her to a ballgame and then when we go to San Antonio, we have a surprise for her. i will tell whoever asks...but i am not publicly posting it. I think she will have a good time here this summer with all of us! Well...it has taken me almost 2 hours to do this...so now i have to get some lunch!
love to you all -b
This weekend was fun - with Madden being gone on Saturday morning i got to cook some real food and i made a german chocolate cake with homemade icing - it was amazing. And my chicken and Pepper dish was awesome. I am so proud of myself sometimes b/c i fear i have forgotten to make really good food, like i used to. But then i surprise myself and think, wow, ashlee your right i can cook. We spent the rest of Saturday visiting with Daisy and then Lee and I went and saw Adventureland at the theatre. What? Fast and Furious? Oh..yes, we were supposed to go and see that, too bad we forgot what it was to be like 18 and that we needed to buy our tickets at noon instead of at 7:40! HAHAAHA! It was good fun though and we will make time soon hopefully to get to see F&F. We try to go during the day during the week so we can take the kids and we don't bother anyone. And then we don't have to keep "dumping" the kids off - cause sometimes that is what i feel like we are doing. Even though i know Maria probably doesn't mind have her grandkids a few hours 3-4 days a week.
We didn't take Madden to Monsters vs. Aliens b/c of the company over the weekend - we plan to do it tomorrow. hopefully this will work out - 3rd times a charm, right? Sunday we gave Peyton rice cereal and banana's for breakfast and a little bananas later in the day. He just seems so hungry right now and i think he might be fixing to grow a bit, but we felt it was time. And Maria has been giving him food for about a week - just banana's, but nobody wanted to tell me b/c apparently the first time around with madden i was a little pyscho about the timeline. The banana's have giving Peyton some gas issues and i feel like he is straining so much just to poot. I know it will take some time.....
As of this week i have to officially start getting ready for Memaw. She will be here in about 3 weeks and i have to get her bedding washed and room all set up! I am so excited that she will be here and we have big plans for her when she gets her. We want to take her to a ballgame and then when we go to San Antonio, we have a surprise for her. i will tell whoever asks...but i am not publicly posting it. I think she will have a good time here this summer with all of us! Well...it has taken me almost 2 hours to do this...so now i have to get some lunch!
love to you all -b
Friday, April 3, 2009
what a week.....
I can't believe it is already Friday. OMG! I am not sure where the week went to, but i know it has gone. A few developments with the house and a whole lot of other things to think about and now it just seems like it will be a slow and steady process and we both realize there is no hurry. We will get the house when it is meant to be gotten. But we are super excited about it.
Monday was uneventful... i didn't go work out like i wanted to, but i went on Tuesday so that was good. Ask me if I have been since then? I really have to get better about that. Tuesday, Mom and Richard came and looked at the house and said that it was nice and big and he found very few things he didn't like and he pointed some other things out to me that i wouldn't have known to look for..so that was good. And it was a nice time..we had a good little visit and there were no arguments. YAY!
Wednesday was pretty crummy down here so we stayed indoors and i almost lost my mind..that is what happens when you can't escape the voices saying,"mommy" over and over and over and over again. Lee had off yesterday and we really got to enjoy the day - it was beautiful and we got to take some spring pictures of the kids and be outside for a little while - even though now Madden has a runny nose. Lee and I went shopping for easter baskets last night while the kids were at his moms. Oh..I can't wait for Madden to see all the goodies in his basket. And we only bought like 2 things of candy so we got him more little cheapy kind of toys to play with outside and 52 pieces of sidewalk chalk. You think thats enough? LOL!!
We have a hopefully good weekend planned...Lee has to go to work today and since Madden is sick I am either going to have him to go to Maria's so he doesn't get Peyton sick or we are just staying in today so he can rest and then tomorrow Lee and I have a date. Fast & the Furious!! And then Sunday we will have some family time outside and then take Madden to see Monsters vs. Aliens - he didn't get to go yesterday b/c we got so behind trying to take the pics that we missed the matinee prices and it is just too much to go after 5 p.m. HAHAHA!!!! times are hard.
We decided to do a few different things with the house situation and we should be able to apply for a grant from the county of Brazoria - which will pay our closing costs so we will have to bring nothing to the table. It is a longer closing period though b/c they do this extensive appraisal on the house so that is why it may take a little longer than we had planned to move - but the good thing is ...... we can get a house and we will.
And hopefully Memaw will be here and see that there is plenty of room for her. And then she will stay forever and we won't have to set dates for her to visit. I can dream can't I?
Have a great weekend and talk to you all on Monday!
Love you All!
Monday was uneventful... i didn't go work out like i wanted to, but i went on Tuesday so that was good. Ask me if I have been since then? I really have to get better about that. Tuesday, Mom and Richard came and looked at the house and said that it was nice and big and he found very few things he didn't like and he pointed some other things out to me that i wouldn't have known to look for..so that was good. And it was a nice time..we had a good little visit and there were no arguments. YAY!
Wednesday was pretty crummy down here so we stayed indoors and i almost lost my mind..that is what happens when you can't escape the voices saying,"mommy" over and over and over and over again. Lee had off yesterday and we really got to enjoy the day - it was beautiful and we got to take some spring pictures of the kids and be outside for a little while - even though now Madden has a runny nose. Lee and I went shopping for easter baskets last night while the kids were at his moms. Oh..I can't wait for Madden to see all the goodies in his basket. And we only bought like 2 things of candy so we got him more little cheapy kind of toys to play with outside and 52 pieces of sidewalk chalk. You think thats enough? LOL!!
We have a hopefully good weekend planned...Lee has to go to work today and since Madden is sick I am either going to have him to go to Maria's so he doesn't get Peyton sick or we are just staying in today so he can rest and then tomorrow Lee and I have a date. Fast & the Furious!! And then Sunday we will have some family time outside and then take Madden to see Monsters vs. Aliens - he didn't get to go yesterday b/c we got so behind trying to take the pics that we missed the matinee prices and it is just too much to go after 5 p.m. HAHAHA!!!! times are hard.
We decided to do a few different things with the house situation and we should be able to apply for a grant from the county of Brazoria - which will pay our closing costs so we will have to bring nothing to the table. It is a longer closing period though b/c they do this extensive appraisal on the house so that is why it may take a little longer than we had planned to move - but the good thing is ...... we can get a house and we will.
And hopefully Memaw will be here and see that there is plenty of room for her. And then she will stay forever and we won't have to set dates for her to visit. I can dream can't I?
Have a great weekend and talk to you all on Monday!
Love you All!
Monday, March 30, 2009
It's Monday.....again
WOW! Another week has come and gone and today what i hope will be an adventurous week of contracts and earnest money. Lee and I have officially decided that will take peoples input on the house that we want but we will no longer listen to the negativity. If people don't like the house that we are trying to buy...no worries, they don't have to live there. RIGHT?
Plus by the time we get finished it will not be the same house - Lee and I went around this weekend to Home Depot and Lowe's to look for things and get ideas of how much things cost so when we try to start re-doing a few things we have some better ideas. And of course i will have to help from a certain home builder i know, and I hope that Richard likes my ideas. And i hope that he will help. But that is in the future and that is only if we get the house...you would think the way we talk at this house, it is already ours. Hopefully we don't get a little heartbroken. But i am faithful that it will all work out.
Last week we went to Julie's birthday party at Pappasito's and had a great time. Julie is very lucky that she has great friends that live around her. It made me miss my friends so much more - there are times i just feel so alone here, b/c all of my friends live so far away and even the ones that don't have jobs and have lives that are so busy. I think traveling with 2 boys sometimes - even to say Pearland by myself can be a little tiring. And there are definately days that just being here at the house with them is tiring. I guess maybe i could try a little harder to make friends with the people i know here - it's just hard b/c they are all from here and they have known each other forever and i am not. But Julie's party was poppin' (lol) and so were the fajitas in my eggs the next day.
I found the fridge of my dreams Saturday at Best Buy - it is a Samsung 26.0 cu ft. French Door stainless beauty. Lee said when we have a house to move it in to..it can be mine. So I compromised and told him he could get a flat screen LCD if i get the fridge. I think that is only fair. and i am pretty sure i am right about that. hahahaha!!
well....none of weekend plans i posted last week really happened -we didn't hit up the museums or the beach....but there is always next weekend. Thursday we are taking pics of the boys for easter - not professionally, just by me and i think i do ok. they will be supercute and i can't wait. and then we are taking madden to see monsters vs. aliens. it will be the first time the 3 of us venture to go see a movie together so it should be interesting! Peyton will get to be alone with momma (maria) for the afternoon while we enjoy alone time with madden. Love to you all - i will post pictures of julie's b-day soon and keep everyone to up to date on our house progress.
Plus by the time we get finished it will not be the same house - Lee and I went around this weekend to Home Depot and Lowe's to look for things and get ideas of how much things cost so when we try to start re-doing a few things we have some better ideas. And of course i will have to help from a certain home builder i know, and I hope that Richard likes my ideas. And i hope that he will help. But that is in the future and that is only if we get the house...you would think the way we talk at this house, it is already ours. Hopefully we don't get a little heartbroken. But i am faithful that it will all work out.
Last week we went to Julie's birthday party at Pappasito's and had a great time. Julie is very lucky that she has great friends that live around her. It made me miss my friends so much more - there are times i just feel so alone here, b/c all of my friends live so far away and even the ones that don't have jobs and have lives that are so busy. I think traveling with 2 boys sometimes - even to say Pearland by myself can be a little tiring. And there are definately days that just being here at the house with them is tiring. I guess maybe i could try a little harder to make friends with the people i know here - it's just hard b/c they are all from here and they have known each other forever and i am not. But Julie's party was poppin' (lol) and so were the fajitas in my eggs the next day.
I found the fridge of my dreams Saturday at Best Buy - it is a Samsung 26.0 cu ft. French Door stainless beauty. Lee said when we have a house to move it in to..it can be mine. So I compromised and told him he could get a flat screen LCD if i get the fridge. I think that is only fair. and i am pretty sure i am right about that. hahahaha!!
well....none of weekend plans i posted last week really happened -we didn't hit up the museums or the beach....but there is always next weekend. Thursday we are taking pics of the boys for easter - not professionally, just by me and i think i do ok. they will be supercute and i can't wait. and then we are taking madden to see monsters vs. aliens. it will be the first time the 3 of us venture to go see a movie together so it should be interesting! Peyton will get to be alone with momma (maria) for the afternoon while we enjoy alone time with madden. Love to you all - i will post pictures of julie's b-day soon and keep everyone to up to date on our house progress.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
worst mom moment
Somedays I just forget what it must be like to one of my children.
I was talking to the real estate lady and i put Peyton in the car b/c there are mosquito's and did i think that maybe the car would get hot even though the sky looks like a hot mess of clouds? no i didn't and then i didn't turn on the car and her and i talked for about 5 minutes and then i got in my car to discover that i was the worst mom in the world at that moment in time. Peyton was screaming and his little face was red and he had sweat beads everywhere - i almost killed my kid. thank goodness the real estate lady had already pulled away from the house - b/c i cried and cried - i can't believe i was one of those moms even if it was for a brief moment.
on the plus side of my bad mommy moment - i found us a house today that i love. it is big and spacious and lots of yard for the boys. I am taking Lee to look at it in the morning before he goes to work - keep your fingers crossed that he likes it too! i posted pictures on here and on facebook under - this could be our home! check them out. my real estate lady said since the credit score went up on friday people were just snatching up houses no matter what they were like so they could get in under the 620 - i hope this one doesn't get snatched up before we get a chance to even make an offer. i would rather know that we loose b/c someone is willing to pay more than b/c we dragged our feet a little. I guess if it doesn't work out - then another will emerge eventually.
lee has off friday thru sunday - i thought thurs. but no. so we are planning to look at houses friday if this one doesn't work out - if he does work out then we will probably just hang out around the house and do a few errands and then saturday some fraternity brothers are gathering in memorial park for flag football so we are going to go do that and maybe catch a museum and then sunday is beach day! just for a few hours so the kids don't get burned but just enough to have fun. i will keep everyone posted on the house situation and we will just hope that whatever is meant to be happens.
love you all - b
I was talking to the real estate lady and i put Peyton in the car b/c there are mosquito's and did i think that maybe the car would get hot even though the sky looks like a hot mess of clouds? no i didn't and then i didn't turn on the car and her and i talked for about 5 minutes and then i got in my car to discover that i was the worst mom in the world at that moment in time. Peyton was screaming and his little face was red and he had sweat beads everywhere - i almost killed my kid. thank goodness the real estate lady had already pulled away from the house - b/c i cried and cried - i can't believe i was one of those moms even if it was for a brief moment.
on the plus side of my bad mommy moment - i found us a house today that i love. it is big and spacious and lots of yard for the boys. I am taking Lee to look at it in the morning before he goes to work - keep your fingers crossed that he likes it too! i posted pictures on here and on facebook under - this could be our home! check them out. my real estate lady said since the credit score went up on friday people were just snatching up houses no matter what they were like so they could get in under the 620 - i hope this one doesn't get snatched up before we get a chance to even make an offer. i would rather know that we loose b/c someone is willing to pay more than b/c we dragged our feet a little. I guess if it doesn't work out - then another will emerge eventually.
lee has off friday thru sunday - i thought thurs. but no. so we are planning to look at houses friday if this one doesn't work out - if he does work out then we will probably just hang out around the house and do a few errands and then saturday some fraternity brothers are gathering in memorial park for flag football so we are going to go do that and maybe catch a museum and then sunday is beach day! just for a few hours so the kids don't get burned but just enough to have fun. i will keep everyone posted on the house situation and we will just hope that whatever is meant to be happens.
love you all - b
Monday, March 23, 2009
Weekend's Over and now the FUN begins!
Oh my goodness! This weekend was so busy. Saturday we went to go see our good friends Nick & Ashley and the new baby Maddox Cole. He is so precious and of course they are great new parents - i remember when Lee and I were like that - had enough info to do good - but always second guessing our actions - thank goodness for Memaw when i had Madden so i had a little more help.
We got distracted by Babies'r'Us for a few hours and got Peyton the Fisher-Price Precious Planet Jumperoo. He sits in it pretty good but his ffet don't touch yet -of course so it is very limited. But i am exccited that we got it and a few other things for the boys. I love that store but is is true - Lee and I found ourselves just picking up stuff because it's cool and then having to make the major decision - do we REALLY need this? most of the time the answer was - NO! If i didn't have him with me, i would have been in the poor house when we left. Good thing i already have Peyton's easter basket and all those goodies.
Yesterday(Sunday) Mom and I took Madden to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and to his first rock concert to see ZZ Top. For those of you that went to the rodeo this year - maybe you can help me out with this - but were you able to understand the words to your performer's songs? We couldn't - Mom thought it was because she was old and I told her i had to read the words on the thingy, b/c i couldn't understand them either. We had the best time just walking around with Madden and looking at the animals and getting on the tractors and all the fun agriculture stuff. He was in heaven - he could actually touch stuff and not get in trouble. I can't wait to post the pics and hopefully mom will email her pictures soon so i can share those as well.
And now....we have a busy week. Today i get to finish laundry and some little house cleaning things and then on Tuesday we are going to see a house in Oyster Creek (closer to the beach..how does that happen, we are so close now) and there is a house in a town called Wild Peach that looks decent. Wednesday is Julie's Birthday dinner which i am so excited for b/c we will be in close proximity to Carter's - plus i get to see my family. And then Thursday Lee is off and i really want to try to go to the Museum's that day with the boys - especially the Children's Museum b/c they have this cool playground set-up and i know Madden will love it. Lee has this weekend off and we are thinking of doing something on the beach - like a little cook-out and enjoy some much needed sunshine - so i hope that works out for us.
When i figure out how to post photo albums on here - i will post some pics up here - maybe Julie can enlighten me how that works. Love you all and have a safe, fun and enjoyable week doing what makes you happy and not what makes you crazy.
We got distracted by Babies'r'Us for a few hours and got Peyton the Fisher-Price Precious Planet Jumperoo. He sits in it pretty good but his ffet don't touch yet -of course so it is very limited. But i am exccited that we got it and a few other things for the boys. I love that store but is is true - Lee and I found ourselves just picking up stuff because it's cool and then having to make the major decision - do we REALLY need this? most of the time the answer was - NO! If i didn't have him with me, i would have been in the poor house when we left. Good thing i already have Peyton's easter basket and all those goodies.
Yesterday(Sunday) Mom and I took Madden to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and to his first rock concert to see ZZ Top. For those of you that went to the rodeo this year - maybe you can help me out with this - but were you able to understand the words to your performer's songs? We couldn't - Mom thought it was because she was old and I told her i had to read the words on the thingy, b/c i couldn't understand them either. We had the best time just walking around with Madden and looking at the animals and getting on the tractors and all the fun agriculture stuff. He was in heaven - he could actually touch stuff and not get in trouble. I can't wait to post the pics and hopefully mom will email her pictures soon so i can share those as well.
And now....we have a busy week. Today i get to finish laundry and some little house cleaning things and then on Tuesday we are going to see a house in Oyster Creek (closer to the beach..how does that happen, we are so close now) and there is a house in a town called Wild Peach that looks decent. Wednesday is Julie's Birthday dinner which i am so excited for b/c we will be in close proximity to Carter's - plus i get to see my family. And then Thursday Lee is off and i really want to try to go to the Museum's that day with the boys - especially the Children's Museum b/c they have this cool playground set-up and i know Madden will love it. Lee has this weekend off and we are thinking of doing something on the beach - like a little cook-out and enjoy some much needed sunshine - so i hope that works out for us.
When i figure out how to post photo albums on here - i will post some pics up here - maybe Julie can enlighten me how that works. Love you all and have a safe, fun and enjoyable week doing what makes you happy and not what makes you crazy.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Saturday....
whew! It's Saturday! I can't believe how fast this week has gone. In the course of a week, I went from being a person with 2 prego friends to 2 new babies, apartment living to house hunting and from overweight to 3 punds lighter (still overweight but you get the idea!). Busy! Busy!
Lee and I started house hunting this week. We found the house of our dreams, but for the price in our nightmares. I could go back to work full-time and easily afford the house; but, i no wanna work. Plus, who wants to work - just to pay a house note - not us! So we found a house here in Freeport that is under 100,00 , 4/2/1, 1700 sq. ft and the only thing wrong with it is the bright blue paint on the outside. So pray for us that our pre-qual goes through and we can make an offer. If it gets snatched up then we will continue to look. We want to move right when Memaw gets here so we can make her work for her room and board. Laugh now......I was kidding.
Peyton is getting bigger everyday and Madden is a booger. He continues to try to wake Peyton up from his naps, like he has just done and still gets a little attention hungry. We are getting along better as he gets more and more used to Peyton being with us - I can't imagine what it feels like to not be the only child - i think his adjustment period is almost over. Peyton starting to try to roll over - he does it in his bed all the time but not in the open yet. Madden is teaching him the animals on his playmate and shows him stuff all the time. Madden is learning more and more everyday and says more and more words. His sentences are now sometimes more than 3-4 words and he is alot more aware of things around him. I can't believe he is almost 3.
well....i have laundry to do and kids to entertain.....i'll update on the house situation and post some pictures if we get it! Love you all and have a great weekend!
brandy
Lee and I started house hunting this week. We found the house of our dreams, but for the price in our nightmares. I could go back to work full-time and easily afford the house; but, i no wanna work. Plus, who wants to work - just to pay a house note - not us! So we found a house here in Freeport that is under 100,00 , 4/2/1, 1700 sq. ft and the only thing wrong with it is the bright blue paint on the outside. So pray for us that our pre-qual goes through and we can make an offer. If it gets snatched up then we will continue to look. We want to move right when Memaw gets here so we can make her work for her room and board. Laugh now......I was kidding.
Peyton is getting bigger everyday and Madden is a booger. He continues to try to wake Peyton up from his naps, like he has just done and still gets a little attention hungry. We are getting along better as he gets more and more used to Peyton being with us - I can't imagine what it feels like to not be the only child - i think his adjustment period is almost over. Peyton starting to try to roll over - he does it in his bed all the time but not in the open yet. Madden is teaching him the animals on his playmate and shows him stuff all the time. Madden is learning more and more everyday and says more and more words. His sentences are now sometimes more than 3-4 words and he is alot more aware of things around him. I can't believe he is almost 3.
well....i have laundry to do and kids to entertain.....i'll update on the house situation and post some pictures if we get it! Love you all and have a great weekend!
brandy
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Let's Try This Out
Hello Everyone -
My cousin Julie started one of these for her family and I absolutely love reading it - so i thought maybe to give myself a little something else to do - I would try it out. We will use this page to tell all about our goings ons and such. And maybe somedays I will just use it to rant. HaHaHa!
Today is a busy day for our families - Our Copple family gains a new little boy - Brody Edwin Copple and our Beta family welcomes a new little girl - Isabel Perez. We are super excited for everyone. We welcomed a new Beta into the world on March 2nd - Maddox Cole Lopez. All these little Beta boys.....in about 10 years......trouble will begin.
We don't have much going on this week - Auntie T came down on Monday and visited with the boys and we were very grateful for our time with her. It was nice to have an adult to talk to for most of the day. And i know Madden was very happy to have her here - he calls her T. Lee and I are going to try to go and look at some houses today - with the new tax credit we think this might be the year we buckle down and buy one. I may have to go back to work part time to help out, but it will be worth it to have something to call our very own.
Well.........this is our first post so we will see how it goes from here....have a great hump day!
My cousin Julie started one of these for her family and I absolutely love reading it - so i thought maybe to give myself a little something else to do - I would try it out. We will use this page to tell all about our goings ons and such. And maybe somedays I will just use it to rant. HaHaHa!
Today is a busy day for our families - Our Copple family gains a new little boy - Brody Edwin Copple and our Beta family welcomes a new little girl - Isabel Perez. We are super excited for everyone. We welcomed a new Beta into the world on March 2nd - Maddox Cole Lopez. All these little Beta boys.....in about 10 years......trouble will begin.
We don't have much going on this week - Auntie T came down on Monday and visited with the boys and we were very grateful for our time with her. It was nice to have an adult to talk to for most of the day. And i know Madden was very happy to have her here - he calls her T. Lee and I are going to try to go and look at some houses today - with the new tax credit we think this might be the year we buckle down and buy one. I may have to go back to work part time to help out, but it will be worth it to have something to call our very own.
Well.........this is our first post so we will see how it goes from here....have a great hump day!
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