Jake Makes Me Smile

Polar Express was such a great time last night. Me, saying Jake had an absolute blast is an understatement. To see him that happy and excited makes my heart melt. The first thing he said this morning was how much fun the train ride was! Last night reminds me of how blessed I am. The year 2010 has been one of the best years of my life and to think that 2011 we will be adding another beautiful child to our family is overwhelming. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!!

Slacky Slackerson

Yep, I have been slacking on posting and I am sorry. I wasn't really busy. Well, I take that back. I kinda was. One of the highlights of my Christmas break every year is going to watch my brother's high school team play. We usually have to travel 5 hours to see a game but we got lucky this year. They were playing in a tournament in Lake Charles so it was only about 3 hours! Everything helps when you are traveling with a 3 year old. His team won the game we saw and it was so fun to see them play! My brother is just incredible, he knows his stuff no doubt. He's so intense and passionate about his team so I love hearing him coach his players. He coaches a very small 4A team and the tournament they ended up taking 1st in was a big 5A. Pretty awesome!

The night I actually got back home Cody immediately starting feeling bad. He began throwing up and all the extra stuff that went with it for a solid 24 hours. Poor guy. I kept him quarantined to one room. Two bottles of Lysol, a bottle of germ-x, and one air conditioner filter later me and Jake are still feeling good. I hate to jinx us cause that stuff hits FAST and there is no stopping it. Did I mention how pitiful my husband was when he was sick? I know he felt bad but sweet baby Jesus......
I know Cody will kill me for this but its toooo funny not to share....Last night Jake and I ran to the store and he saw some Iron Man slipper socks he wanted and I caved after I threatened him not to even ask for ANYTHING while we were in there...you know what happened. Anyway-so we got home and he put them on first thing, he wanted to show Cody but Cody was in the bathroom. He knocks on the door and yells out, "Cody are you taking a DIE-A-RITA in there cause I want you show you my socks?!" Cody and I both lost it! The kid is hilarious!

Tonight we are going to Palestine to ride on the Polar Express. We are all so excited. This mom of the year waited until the last minute to buy the tickets and there were no more climate controlled seats available. So, we are going to dress very warm and bring a blanket. We will freeze I'm sure. Hey with everything as crazy as it has been we are lucky to have tickets at all. I will see if I can upgrade when I get there but I'm not counting on it. I have never rode in first class so why even try and start now??

One last thing before I go that I thought was pretty cool and just shows you how amazing God is! Yesterday Cody slept all day and Jake played wonderfully by himself so I decided to get my pantry and Jake's drawers cleaned out. I went through all of his stuff and put all of the clothes that were too small up for his brother. It was mainly all summer clothes. My child seems like a very big kid but he's always been true to his size. Until now, he totally skipped the size 4t. He went from 3 to a 5. So anyways, Jake was over at Wade's playing and when I walked over to pick him up Wade's dad had two huge garbage bags full of size 5/6 summer clothes Wade had grown out of for Jake! I have tried to donate as much as I can to families this Christmas that are not as fortunate and it always comes back to us every single time! Jesus is the reason for the season!!!!

I am going to attempt to bake some pies tomorrow for people like Wade's family that have made us feel so welcome since the day we moved in! Wish me luck. I'm going to try this Chocolate Bourbon Pecan. It looks wonderful. Think they would care if a tiny sliver is missing upon delivery?

And The Winner is......

RHONDA! Congrats Rhonda! I will mail it to you today or tomorrow. Cody is sick as a dog and he thinks if I leave the house for any reason he may die while I'm out!! Thanks girls for all of your comments! Go order scentsy! You can get 3 scents for $14.00 or 6 scents for $25.00!

Tonight is the Last Night to Comment

Don't forget to comment on this post to win a scentsy pot! I am absolutely exhausted from traveling around the world in a day and forgetting im preggo! I will announce the winner in the morning. Good luck to all!! 

Too Blessed To Be Stressed




I have quoted this over and over this week! I am so glad this week is over! Lord, it has been exhausting! I am usually a pretty positive person but this week I feel like I have been tested. Seems like every time I turn around I am hearing of somebody dying, having health issues, or just personal problems. I think I have prayed more this week than ever in my life. I told one of my best friends they have to stop calling me with all this. It's a surprise I don't have a cold sore yet. If you are offering up extra prayers this week pray for my friends and that they may all find peace and health during this holiday season. I'm pretty sure He will know just who you are talking about!


Jake had a great time in pre school this week. Polar Express was Tuesday and his class party was Thursday!
The day of Polar Express they got to wear pj's. Jake will probably kill me for making him wear tight pj's in 20 years but these were the cutest Christmas ones he had. I had to tell him he would look like Santa's helper if he wore them. When we got to school that morning every kid in his class was wearing the button up shirt, baggy pants pj's. Oh well, he was precious!

I can't believe how big he is getting, Look at those long legs! He get it from his mama! We are going on the Polar Express next Thursday in Palestine and we are sooo excited! I think Cody and I are more excited than Jake.




Class party!

Jake-The Engineer

Don't forget about the FREE Scentsy pot giveaway in this post! 

Last Sunday Cody got called in to work so Jake and I got up and went to church!  (For those of you that don't know Jake will be a rock star one day. I'm not certain he isn't already one. Anyway- he would rather watch CMT and GAC videos and strum his guitar that any cartoon that comes on! He has a bar stool he sits on with his guitar in front of the TV and will play for hours. He has figured out YouTube and that you can actually put the song you want in there and it will play rather than waiting all day for Water, Rain is a Good Thing, Farmer's Daughter, and any Blake Shelton song just to name a few of his favorites. Needless to say, Cody and I are constantly running back and forth to the computer to type in a new song for him!) Jake has been asking for a real microphone for about a year now. He has specifically asked for one that will reach his mouth as he sits on his bar stool so he can hold his guitar and not have to worry about holding the mic. I have hesitated getting one for my own sanity purposes. I have completely lost it this Christmas because he will be getting an electric guitar and a microphone! So, as I am getting out of the shower on Sunday I see him in the living room in his usual spot in front of CMT with his guitar. But then I notice something....He has "engineered" the microphone just right. He took a pistol case that he plays with and slipped the mic in it. The case has a clip on it that he clipped right on his guitar stand so it is perfectly level with his mouth!! I snuck in and got a pic with my phone:

I tried to get this pic flipped but ugghhhhh.I'm annoyed!

When he sees me out of the shower he runs in the room and tells me he needs paper and a pen. Of course I ask him what for and he responds he needs to write his songs.







My FIRST Give Away

This is my first give away and I am so excited! I am going to be giving away a SCENTSY plug in with a scent! You will have 3 chances to win!

1. Comment- I'm a follower.
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3. Go to my website, and comment back on my blog which scentsy pot is your favorite!

Zebra Plug-In and Pumpkin Roll Scent!

You will have until December 22 to comment. I will use the random generator to determine the winner! Good Luck!

Sports-It's What I Love

I am so passionate about so many things like my faith, my family, my job, and SPORTS! I guess considering that basketball paid for half of my college education could be the reason. I have always dreamed of being a basketball coach but I know I would have to coach volleyball, track, and softball. And I just don't like those enough to spend long hours at the school away from my family. Cody has this vision that I am going to coach in Centerville and save the town and take them to a state championship. It's so sweet he believes in me too, but I love my family way too much at this point to be away. My whole family is sports oriented. My brother also played college basketball and is an amazing coach in Louisiana. He teaches at a school where he is a minority and plays a father figure as well as a coach to many of his players. It's incredible how many players succeed there and get to go to college because of him. His story should be made in to a movie. Or maybe I just think that because he's my brother!! My nieces and nephews have gotten to the age where they are competitive and my niece is one of the best softball pitchers in her age group in Texas. She is going to be amazing in high school and I can't wait! My nephew is a great athlete, he just hasn't found his sport yet. He played club soccer for years and recently tried out football (made the A team, starter) and is playing basketball(also a starter) now for his junior high team! I went to watch him a week ago and it was so exciting. Like made me want to cry watching him because my heart was so happy seeing him on the basketball court! I'm not sure if this is normal. I don't attend many basketball games because it makes me miss it so much and I often want to hurdle the bleachers and either A)-rip my clothes off and put on a jersey or B)-start coaching this group of kids I don't even know. Between my niece, nephew, and Jake it is so fun to be able to watch them play and be as good as I was when I was their age. I know how fun it was for me to travel all over the U.S. and see so many different places all because of basketball. These are some of my favorite pictures of the kids!!

Casey pitchin, I'm sure it was a strike! Pretty much all she throws





Things That Make Me Happy

I have been bound and determined to catch up from posts about Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have been too lazy to upload the pics from my camera so I did it all today, along with Christmas cards I got addressed! I am feeling pretty accomplished! This post will be so random with random things but they mean to much to me to leave them out! So, here ya go!

Green Beans-I told y'all I wanted to upload the pics of my bundles from Thanksgiving! These are my favorite and were a HIT at Cody's family dinner! They look fancy, like you spent all day preparing them!



3 cans of whole green beans (not cut)

1 package of bacon (cut in half so it won't be so long)

1/2 red onion

Little bit of brown sugar and a whole lotta butter

Take 5-6 green beans and wrap a piece of bacon around them. Dice the red onion very small and sprinkle over them top. Sprinkle brown sugar over the pan, I go VERY light on this cause I don't want it to be sweet. Lastly, cut up butter pieces and put ever so often on the top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes to cook the bacon then BROIL for about 5 so the bacon will be nice and crispy. I like my bacon cooked, no gooey stuff. They are wonderful and most of all pretty. Anytime you mix bacon grease AND butter, it's going to be good!!!

Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

I have mentioned before that I wanted this Christmas to be so great for Jake. Cody mentioned the Christmas Tree Farm in town and I knew Jake would LOVE getting to see all of the trees! Of course, the only thing he was worried about was how loud the chainsaw was going to be and how old he has to be to have one. Boys! I loved this and we will go back and get a real tree every year! It's one less thing I have to pack up and put away.

We are still working on this kids smile!

Christmas Parade

The parade came and went in C'Ville. I wanted to get a picture of the actual parade but by the time I picked up my camera to turn to click, it was gone. Yep, that fast! This is Weston(1), Jake(3), Dayton(4), and Garrett(1).

I have a few more things but I will wait until tomorrow! One week until Christmas break!! Whoo-Hoo!

Putting my feet up

My students are benchmark testing today so I actually get to sit at my desk, or blog. Same thing, whatever. For a pregnant lady this is music to my ears. I love a day to rest every once in a while. Have I mentioned how much I love my job? I commute about 40 minutes to work on a country road but it's worth every bit of the drive. My students are GREAT and SMART and I have no public school drama to put up with. Jake comes with me to the pre-school program here. It's truly amazing to say the least. His teacher is a retired kindergarten teacher and she puts up with no bull. Exactly what my little angel needs. It's amazing to see how he has blossomed this year. Jake has been known to body slam a few kids or punch out a window last year at his old day care. In the past, 3 of the 5 days I would pick him up he would have a bad report. This year he has done incredible. It's crazy to see what a little structure can do for the little guy. And not to mention it makes my job much easier considering I am the one who has to be the disciplinarian. It's tough being a parent. I am pretty sure I have consumed half of the wine intake this year as opposed to last. Is that a bad or good thing? Depends on who you ask I guess....

Some funny things Jake said this weekend: I asked him when his dad was getting married? He said, "I don't know, like 6:30?"  Friday on the way to school it was VERY foggy. "Jake said, Mom, I can't even see outside.  I said, I know do you know what that's called? His response, Yep, it's FROGGY!"

So, my last post was about me going to the doctor. I thought I was 25 weeks turns out I was only 23.5. Ugghh. He said everything looked great except my weight. Go figure. Who didn't gain 10 pounds the month of November? He is right though. I am at the weight I was when I delivered Jake and I still have 3 months to go. It seems my tummy is so much bigger this time and it happened so much sooner. I always hear women who have more than one child say this is true. My problem is that between Brooke's new blog and PW I have been in the mood to cook. Bad stuff. And in my house when Mama cooks something good, we eat it. All of it. So Brooke I need you to cook healthy stuff pregnant people can eat and NOT gain weight. K? This week I have tried to make better choices and it has helped. I can tell a difference already. My rings are all fitting again. As far as my belly, well, it's still huge but it's okay. This too shall pass... My family is known for big babies and what I hear about Cody's head when he was born we are all in trouble.

Cody is getting a new truck today. Hallelujah! Did you hear me singing? Hallelujah, Hallelujah! He bought his truck when we first starting dating, I guess about a year and a half ago. I think he was trying to impress me because the truck he had then was only a year old too. Anyway-don't get me wrong, I love the truck he has now. It's got every bell and whistle you can possibly imagine and it comes with a payment that is crazy scary. So he has downsized to a F-150 instead of F-250. The F-150 is still very nice and has everything the big truck has besides the crazy scary payment. And I can actually ride in this one without feeling like I'm going in labor because of the over sized tires that make it so rough. It's a win-win for all of us!

We have a pot luck lunch at work today and I thought I would include the meatballs I brought cause they are super easy and perfect for the occasion:

1 bag of frozen meatballs
1 can of cranberry sauce ( the stuff old people cut for Thanksgiving)
1 bottle of chili sauce ( it's by the mayo and stuff, I had never heard of it either)
*I boiled my meatballs for a hot minute cause they tend to be a little greasy. Strain them. Put the cranberry sauce and chili sauce in a pot(you can use the same one the meatballs boiled in) and cook the sauce. Pour the meatballs in and enjoy! They are SUPER yummy. Prolly not the best if you need your rings to fit like me.

Thirsty Thursday

Wishful thinking on the Thirsty Thursday...but oh how I can pretend! I know they say you can have an occasional glass of wine while you are pregnant but I just can't do it. I have thought oh maybe the last 3 months I will since the baby is so much more developed at that time,  until I was researching some stuff yesterday and it said that whatever the baby has the last trimester stays in it's bloodstream until birth. So, my child will be tipsy when he's born? That makes me feel terrible and more conscious than ever. My thought may change over night on this, depends on how Jake acts.....

I go to the doctor today. I think I am 25 weeks as of tomorrow. That's crazy to me! I cant believe I am more than halfway done!! I know the next 15 weeks will fly by because of the holidays. Jake is coming home today and he will meet me at the doctor. He LOVES getting to hear Luke's heartbeat. He is the most precious thing at the doctor. He sits in the chair in the room and just beams with pride. When my doctor walks in Jake pokes out his chest a bit and acts like such a big boy. His voice gets a little deeper everytime my doctor talks to him. Jake always high-fives him and tells him he wanted a little brother this whole time but mommy wanted a baby girl!  I make it a point to take him everytime, I want him to be so excited about his little brother and anticipate his arrival! Of course, all of this has made him so curious about how Luke got in my tummy and how he will get out. My mom saved the day on that one. She told him it's a miracle that he's in there and only God knows when he will come out. I worry all of the time about Jake and how he will react to not being the only child. For so long it has been just me and Jake. I think it got worse when I met Cody because Cody had no children and he fell in love with Jake. So, now Jake has two people who are CONSTANTLY giving him attention. I know that he will adjust just fine and be the best help in the world! I'm sure this will not be the last post I talk about this is. I think about it every day....

I ordered our Christmas cards today and I can't wait until they are here. I love sending them out and am so excited about next year when we can add a baby to the mix.

Lastly, I guess since I have been doing this blogging Facebook really gets on my nerves. I hate that people put all of their business on there. I mean really? Status updates are so funny to me and the attention people crave when they post stuff. "Just got back from the ER, going to bed" why even update if your not going to say WHY you went. You want 2349078 people to comment "OH MY GOSH, call me ASAP, I hope your ok" or people comment "So glad you are ok, call me in the morning" Or the people that go from single to in a relationship more than once a day? Maybe I shouldn't care but good gosh some things are just better left unsaid!!

Say a prayer that all  goes well at the doctor and he says I'm really 40 weeks and he will take the baby soon! Cause Lord knows I'm ready!

Just One of Them Days...

I did not intend for this to be my first post after Thanksgiving. I took pictures of all the things I cooked and everything to post on here post Thanksgiving! Well, that didn't happen. Sorry to disappoint all of you that have been sitting on the edge of your seats....

I secretly wanted to call in to work today but I need to save every day I can for when this little bundle of joy comes! Considering I DON'T GET PAID for those 6 weeks off. It makes me really mad when I think about it, but that could be a whole post in itself. Thanksgiving was great, it seems like I worked and cooked the whole time. Sucks getting old and people ask you to make dishes for holidays. What happened to just walking in to the house and it's all done for you?! The thought did cross my mind to make the most horrible nasty tasting stuff and then nobody would EVER ask me to cook again. But since Cody and I are newlyweds and his family thinks I'm the bomb I figure I better not disappoint them this early. They will learn soon enough. I do plan on doing a post with my green bean bundles, rice dressing, and peanut butter cookies out of a package with "shershey" kisses on the top (Jake's all time fav) as soon as I get time at home.

On Friday we went out to the Christmas tree farm with Jake and picked out a tree to be cut down. Of course the one I wanted was inside the warehouse and had been shipped from New York. I knew buying one of those took the fun out of cutting one down so I passed it up this year. Maybe one day when I have a new house I will have room for two and I can get the one I want then. Keep dreaming, right! The tree turned out perfect. Cody put lights up on the house and we decorated the inside. I tend to go a little overboard when it comes to decorating for Christmas. Thank God Cody is JUST like me about Christmas and is willing to work just as hard to make our house so pretty during the holidays. Just another reason I love that man so much!

Thanksgiving break made me realize something Cody and I have been talking about for a year now. I COULD NEVER BE A STAY AT HOME MOM!! Maybe it's because I'm pregnant and cranky but oh my geez, Jake's teacher was very lucky to see him alive and present Monday morning. It could be the average 430845 questions he asked me and Cody each day. Whatever it is, I think school is the best fit for both of us. Don't get me wrong there are days I don't want to get out of bed and I complain of wanting to stay home, but in the end the summer I get off is plenty!

Cody got called in to work last night at 11:00 so of course I didn't sleep. I am so worn out and tired I feel like I never got 4 days off. I am already counting down the days until Christmas break. 13 days not including today, its half way over. I never remember feeling like this when I was preggo with Jake. I either felt really good or really bad. Never half way in between. I guess I should be thankful I'm not throwing up everyday 3x a day like I was with Jake. I need to be more optimistic. Maybe tomorrow, it's just one of those days!

I need to get my oil changed in my car. I also need to get the remote start on my key less entry fixed. It was so nice to be able to start the car from inside on cold mornings like this one so my baby boy was warm when I put his grumpy butt in his seat at 6:45 in the a.m.! I forgot my wedding rings today. It's so weird that I never wore a ring on that finger for 27 years and now I have been wearing one for 10 months and I feel naked without it. Cody better be lucky I work inside and nobody sees me without a ring. I'm sure all of the men in Crockett Texas love a 200 pound 6 month pregnant woman who fingers are so swollen they look like mini sausages!! Hope y'all have a terrific Tuesday!

How Is He Old Enough


It happened AGAIN! About two weeks ago Cody and I were in Target looking around and I decided to pick up a few things for Jake since the weather seemed to be getting colder. Boy was I wrong! I was in the "baby" section of the store and I couldn't seem to find anything for Jake. There were very minimal 4T and I knew he really needed a 5. I stood there for a minute thinking. I saw a sales associate walk by so I asked, Ma'am, "Where are the size 4 and 5 clothes?" She responded, "Oh, they are on "this" side." I noticed she meant where all of the "boys" clothes were. Did she mean the section I would go to if I were shopping for my 13 year old nephew? Was she talking about the section that I could buy an x-lg t-shirt from 5 months ago and it would fit me? Boys clothes? My child is not a "boy" he is a toddler, and he is 3 years old. Was she serious? Did she mean I could no longer shop in the "baby" section of the store anymore? My eyes immediately filled up with tears. I'm sure being 5 months pregnant and my hormones raging were not helping one bit. And poor Cody he's just standing there like PLEASE Casey, not here. Not right now!  So, today while Jake was away at his dad's and Cody was at work I decided to go Christmas shopping alone! Target was my last stop. I was just browsing when I saw the Christmas pajamas. It didn't even hit me I was in the "baby" section AGAIN! I was looking for pajamas in a 5T. Being a Kindergarten teacher for a few years I should know that anything 5 years of age is nowhere near toddler! As I walked over to the "other side" where the size 5 was I noticed the same thing as my last shopping trip....my eyes were full of tears and how was he old enough for me to be on "this side"?
How is he old enough to be a big brother when he's not even big? How is he old enough to know he is thankful for his little brother this year when he is not even here yet?  How is he old enough to call his Uncle Stephen instead of Stee-En? How is he old enough to pick up my IPhone and teach me the tricks to play Angry Birds? How is he old enough to walk across the street, knock on Wade's door, and ask if he wants to play? How is he old enough to know that a diamond is also called a rhombus? How is he old enough to know that a "toe nail" moon is also called a crescent moon? How is he old enough to get his first progress report? How is he old enough to tell me he wants to wear pants to school because everybody else is doing it? How is he old enough to teach me that it doesn't matter what car I drive, what brand of clothes I wear, what kind of purse I carry, if I have on make-up or brushed my hair, when he's oh so little? 

I am thankful for my Mommy:

Wonderful Weekend

Thank you notes from the wedding and my shower have consumed my life. I go to bed and wake up thinking about how I need to get them DONE! Cody is even on me about them?!?! I told him he needed to help. His excuse? His handwriting isn't neat enough.I will let him slide on this one:) I swore on Friday I would get them done over the weekend, and guess what? That didn't happen. I have to start making my goals more realistic! But the good news is I got them done today at work. (Hope my boss doesn't see this) All 85 of them! Yep, I counted every last one. I left my best friends, my mom, and sister out of the thank you's and I'm sorry. They will understand, I hope:) Now that I think about it they did all of the work. I better get busy writing a few more.....
This weekend was great, we did NOTHING! I did not use my debit card one time and I LOVE that feeling. My nephews wanted to come spend the night Friday night so I had 3 boys to keep me company while Cody was at work. We had a good time, Jake loves playing with them.
It seems like I cooked all weekend. Saturday night I made my sisters famous homemade hot sauce and I must say after my 3985238 attempt I think I finally got it down. It was delicious! I literally made myself sick on it. I STILL have heartburn. My friend Brooke has introduced me to Pioneer Woman's blog and I'm addicted. I'm jealous Brooke gets to stay home with her precious babies so she gets to try PW's recipes all of the time. Me, well I tried my first one this weekend! I made her monkey bread because it was quick and easy. It was delicious. It reminds me of something you would make in the morning if you had family in town. It's a perfect recipe for the holidays. I think I am going to try her stuffed mushrooms next, Brooke says they are to die for!
Last night Cody wanted pizza so we took a road trip to Pizza Hut and ate dinner. When the lady brought our ticket Jake looks at us and says,(with the most serious look)" I forgot my wallet." I love that little guy:)  

Fist-Pumping Friday

The only reason I am pumping my fist is because it's Friday and I want to go home.Who doesn't love a Friday? This is going to be short and sweet! I AM EXHAUSTED!!! Cody has been on a shift where he is working 3pm to 3am. I haven't seen him all week.I hate it! I never sleep when he's not home. Usually Jake is in the bed with me and his feet are somewhere in my rib cage ALL. NIGHT. LONG. Tonight I think Jake and I will grab a Christmas movie and lay on the couch. I have been cleaning a little each night so I wouldn't have to clean this weekend. It was the best decision I ever made. Cody is working, but gets off early. I have an alarm system, mean dogs, and I'm packing heat just in case you were thinking about breaking in.......probably wouldn't be in your best interest. Weekend plans are NONE with the exception of Sunday. I have a baby shower and I'm excited about it because I get to shop for a little girl. That's always fun, as long as shes not mine.  I am counting down the days until Thanksgiving break. I am planning on giving away a scentsy pot for Christmas on here. Make sure you check sometime next week to see how to enter the contest. Happy Friday my friends:)

This old picture puts a smile on my face every time I see it:

My Handsome Husband

Today my post will be all about my husband. I'm sure none of you care and I won't get my feelings hurt if you don't read it. I met Cody through L who is married to his brother. I went to high school with L, she was quite a bit older than me but somehow we became good friends! We lost touch over the years and she found me again right after I had Jake. I was still with Jake's dad but knew that it was only a matter of time before that would be no longer. 4 months later, it was NO LONGER. WHEW!! She would tell me all the time she had a guy she wanted me to meet but I was never interested. That sounds a little harsh, I was interested I just never was able to go out and do much. I had a newborn baby, I was a college student, and I wanted to be on my own for a while to find ME again! I wanted to find somebody that valued family, loved God, somebody to complete me. After being alone for 2 years (which was some of the best 2 years of my life) L called me one day and said she was having a fish fry at her house! I said I have to drive to C'Ville? That's way tooo far. I have no clue why I decided to go that day but I loaded Jake up and we were off. I never would have brought Jake but L has 3 boys so I knew he would have a blast! I remember trying to put L's address in the GPS that day and it said no matches found, I knew I was going to the country but GEEZ how country? We had an awesome time!

The first date Cody asked me out on I told him I would have to see if I had Jake but I would let him know. He told me to bring Jake. I knew right then I would marry this man! We drove back and forth every weekend to see each other missing only one weekend in a year(the opening weekend of hunting season, imagine that)! Cody and Jake share a bond that amazes me. Jake wants to be just like him. If Cody has on wind pants, Jake wants wind pants. If Cody has on a cap so does Jake. They love all of the same things! Cody plays guitar, this is where Jake has picked up the obsession with the guitar. I know he will make us famous one day playing in the best country band ever! Cody and I were both athletes so we love watching sports. Jake can throw a perfect spiral football and hit and throw a baseball like a 10 year old. Cody will play catch with him for hours! Only thing we don't agree on is he wants Jake to grow up and "get big." Me, on the other hand, wants him to stay little forever! These are my favorite pics of them:

Cody loves his family just as much as I love mine. He is a mama's boy, and thinks his mom hung the moon. And she has! Cody doesn't gossip and doesn't judge. I have never met one person who doesn't like him. Cody can wash dishes, do laundry, vacuum, and clean the house with the best of them and is always willing to help me.We live a very simple life with a lot of LOVE!! I thank the Lord every day for bringing him to us. I thank God for sending me a man who gets up on Sundays and goes to church with us as a family. I think he will change his mind about Jake growing up real soon once this baby is born and he sees how fast the years fly by!!

Whistlin' Wednesday

My morning started off outstanding!! Somehow, out in the country, where we live I was able to get 97.9 to come in on my radio!  I usually only get 3 stations and they are nowhere close to 97.9. I never listen to rap music anymore because of the horrible language and explicit detail the songs go in to. Jake has already picked up a few four letter words that I slip and say when I am angry so I defiantly don't need him repeating what is in these songs! Anyway, Jake was not in my car this morning so I was able to blast the radio and sing along to the jams being played. I was so mad it was 39 degrees out because I really wanted to roll the windows down and open the sunroof! Have you ever seen that TV show where they hide the video camera in the car to catch people dancing? Well, I think about this often, and how ridiculous I look in my car. I even check my rear view mirror periodically to see if somebody has set me up with a camera! SO! Don't judge me! Half way to work the station finally faded out and it was back to, "Country Boys and Girls Getting Down on the Farm."

So many people have asked about the baby name. Since I'm no celebrity and nobody really cares what we name our child I guess I will go ahead and reveal it!! LUKE THOMAS! There it's out! I love Jake's name because I consider it short and strong. I wanted to keep it that way. I loved the name Luke after I had Jake. I knew if I ever had another boy his name would be Luke. Cody never knew this, but thank God he liked it too. Cody has suggested one name and that was Jack. Ummmm, no! Not that I don't like the name Jack, its too close to Jake. I told him sure we can have Jake, Jack, and in a few years we could have a little girl and name her Jill. We chose Thomas from a family name of Cody's. It just fits to me. I love the name Carson too, it's my dads middle name and we will try and incorporate it with our next child's name, I think. I'm still on the fence about a next one. It all depends on how much Jake and Luke are alike because I can promise you if they are similar, there will be no more. Everyone says, oh you need a cute girl to dress up. NO I DON'T! I am 5'10 and have a size 10 shoe. There is nothing cute about that, and there is a good possibility she will look just like me considering Jake is my spitting image!

So, Christmas is coming and I have told Cody I want to make this Christmas special for Jake because it will be the last one he will have all alone. This is probably the dumbest idea I have ever had but I'm going with it.  Next year, when we have to budget with another child, Jake will probably think he got short changed when he's only got 2 presents under the tree.  The kid remembers everything, so I am positive he will notice next Christmas. Oh well, I will cross that bridge when I get there!

Jake comes home today, thank you sweet Jesus! I can't wait to see him, it's so hard when he's gone. I know some moms would die for a break every week. I used to praise dance when he would visit his dad but now I cry every time he leaves. I hate it, I really do.

One  last thing, I am honestly really enjoying this blogging thing! If it good for anything else, it has got me and B back in touch again! I am so thankful for that!! B, S, and I used to tear some stuff up and since we all have children and families that has slowly faded away! I love you BML!!!

Happy Hump Day!
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Breakdowns, Babies, and Blessings

Friday we packed up and headed to Willis for the weekend! This is where breakdowns come into play...For all of my 4 followers that don't know Jake has a blanket he NEVER leaves home without. I am almost embarrassed to carry it around because of the shape that its in, and yes I admit its probably time to retire it and put it up. But I can't, not just yet. As we are packing the car I run through the house one last time to check and make sure there is nothing we left. I see Jake's blanket, so I grab it because I planned on getting sleep this weekend and that would NOT happen without the blankey! So I walk outside to see Jake with one hand on his hip and one propped on Cody's tire and he says, "Mom, you can leave my blanket here, big boys don't need blankeys." I hid the blanket in the back of the Tahoe and looked out the window and cried all the way to Willis. Guess what he asked for Friday night at bedtime? THE BLANKEY!! Whew, I'm not ready for all this! And don't kid yourself, I thanked God that night for one more night with the blankey!

Babies

Saturday morning we got up and headed to watch my best friend's babies while she got away for the weekend! My best friend S has a sweet little girl R who will be 3 in June and a baby boy that is 4 months. So lets just say with Jake, R, and T I had my hands COMPLETELY full! The only positive conclusion I came to after I left that Saturday was I would be one hot SKINNY mama. Three kids under the age of 4 are a hand full! And R is a girl version of Jake, so you know they can tear up some stuff in record timing! No, really I had a great time, and the kids behaved wonderfully. I got to hug and hold T, which gave me a taste of the newborn baby feel that I will have all to myself in 20 weeks! Here is Jake and R playing outside, digging in the mud!!

Blessings

Saturday night we went to the Willis playoff game! Cody, poor thing, has grown up in such a small town so the playoff game, stadium, number of people, drill team, was a shock for him!  He saw they were playing in the paper and really wanted to go. A high school friend of mine is one of the football coaches and my high school basketball coach is the new athletic director. It's always great to see them! Other than that, I would have rather been laying on the couch eating bon bons with milk! Besides me FREEZING my butt off this picture made the whole game worth going!!

Cody is such a blessing to us. He loves Jake just as much as I do. Many Friday nights during this football season Cody will dress Jake and they are out the door to a high school football game! With me being so sick with this pregnancy, I'm usually at home on the couch. I don't know how we ever lived without him!
Sunday we got up and had brunch at my dads which consisted of every kind of good food you could imagine! My step mom is a awesome cook. She is cajun so that makes any cooking twice as good, and probably twice as fattening. I never try to miss a meal she cooks. Cause we all know pregnancy is the only time you don't worry about FAT!!! This may be why I look 7 months preggo instead of just 5!


Here is a pic of my Dad and Jake playing! They are a sweet pair!

Saturday Style

I already suck at this blogging stuff. I created a blog Thursday and already forgot the password. So I had to RE-DO! My excuse (not that I need one) to Cody, I swear this baby is consuming my brain cells!!

One thing that I have been thinking about a lot lately is COOKING and CLEANING... every day last week either me or Cody cooked every night. Which means that me or Cody cleaned the kitchen every night last week. Now remember Cody and I live in a house that was built in 1975 probably and dishwashers were not a necessity back then. I'm actually not sure when dishwashers were NOT of the essence, but needless to say our home does not have one. Don't get me wrong I love our little house. It's the cutest thing ever, and I hate to build a new one now that I have this one exactly how I want it minus the dishwasher issue! Anyway-So as I was washing dishes and Cody was cleaning off the counter I said to him, "this cooking is overrated." His response, "my mom did it every day of our lives." I'm not going to include my response after that but you can guess it was along the lines of well you know where she lives!! Don't get me wrong I love my in laws and his mom is wonderful to us. His mom's house is also immaculate and you can eat off the floor. Mine, well only on Friday morning when Dora comes to clean, and me and Jake haven't walked through the doors from school yet. Once that child enters any body's home, all hell breaks lose!!  I guess my point is women were different back then, they cooked, cleaned, baked, and did laundry EVERY DAY! And I want to know their secret........ The cleaning is another issue in itself. I can't really win for losing on both, you hire somebody to clean and its never done the way you like it. You order take out and its never as good as home cooking! I will talk to Cody today about what cabinets to rip out for a dishwasher and y'all let me know what I can do about the cooking thing. Have a good weekend!