I am super mom. I repeat, super mom. I survived 3 weeks with my husband working the craziest hours and being across the United States. Anytime he is not home I realize how much I depend on him. He is home and we are back to normal. Just in time for our sweet boy to turn FIVE this weekend. BIG SIGH!
I have so many pictures mainly I want to upload because my phone could be destroyed at any minute. Moms with boys understand what I mean.

Jake and Trayce hunting birds in our neighbor's yard!

 

 

                          The way we have communicated with Cody the past 3 weeks. Makes me sad.

Boys, your daddy is a sweet man. Send women flowers. They love it!

Kisses for his brother!

So, my niece had her 13th birthday party last weekend with 4 other girls. It was a trip. DJ, nachos, sneaking beer in a solo cup, and cake balls. I was in Heaven. 

 

 

This is Luke's new smile. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. I have to win the lottery so I can stay home with this kid. He loves blowing kisses, waving and saying bye-bye, and eating everything we have in our hands. He's growing up way to quick.

 

Jake is turning 5 this weekend and I cant believe it. Makes me officially old. I always thought my friends with children old enough to have kids in school were old. Welp, I'm there. Amy is coming in from Dallas and I cant wait. Hope you all have a great weekend!  

My husband is full of sh*t

This week has been LONG and I am glad it's almost over. Cody and I both jumped out of bed at 6:30 this morning realizing we turned both of our alarms off at 5:30. I have NO clue how we both managed to get both kids dressed and on time for work after waking up an hour late.

Jake and I had to make the trip to Huntsville last night to pick up the only package of Pampers sensitive diapers from here to the Mason Dixon Line, I swear. I have called every Wal-Mart and Dollar Store with in 50 miles of my house and Target had one package. Luke has developed a rash to any kind of diaper except Sensitive at 9 months old. No clue what is going on. The kid has worn every diaper imaginable up to this point. I tried to order online Wednesday but to have them shipped to my house by Friday it would have cost me $111.00. Do you know what I could do with $111.00? I did learn that you can set up an automatic shipment of anything you want from Target. So, I will be receiving doorstep diapers every 2 weeks and I never have to leave home. Huh, who would have thought? Speaking of Luke, he got this spoon for Christmas and it's the best thing since sliced bread. You just dump the jar of baby food in it and never have to take it out of his mouth. Feeding him baby food has gone from ludicrous to enjoyable because it literally takes 2 minutes to feed him a fruit and vegetable. And there is no mess. I actually thanked God for this after I used it the first time. If you have a baby, or know somebody with a baby, or have a baby mama(or daddy), you MUST get it. Today! They will LOVE you!!!

Cody text me yesterday and asked if I wanted to have dinner at John and Brandy's? They just built a brand new house and have been coming to our house for dinner once every two months for the past 2 years. They have been promising as soon as they got their new house they would be cooking for us to make up for all of those time. Knowing Brandy is so not a cooker(she doesn't care if I say that) I have been pretty impressed both times we have been this month. IT HAS BEEN SO GOOD!! 

Jake has been pretty funny this week. I think everything that comes out of his mouth is HiLaRiOuS. His teacher text me yesterday and said she was prepping for their lesson for today and she explained they would be learning about a man that was no longer alive. The class started asking what happened to him? How did he die? My child says he thinks he got shot with a Red Ryder BB gun. Late last night it clicked to me she was talking about Martin Luther King Jr. And my child was talking about him getting killed with a Red Ryder? I have no clue where the kid comes up with stuff like this. He's 100% boy, for sure.

We have no plans for the weekend and I love it. I am hoping we are all in bed by 9 tonight. Jake has another early morning game tomorrow and practice tonight.Y'all pray for me. I am hoping this one goes much better than last weeks.

One last thing...I ran home yesterday before dinner to change and I see this on the counter. Cody is a lunatic. Oh, just some local seasonings from the store my husband picked up. There is no telling what Jake will tell his teacher next when he gets to sounding these spices out. Jake what did you and your family eat for dinner last night? Mom put some good and special shit on our chicken and it made Cody say aw shit!



Happy Weekend!!

Coincidence-I think not!

I love the age the boys are at! They are so much fun. I have tried to keep my house clean ever since the Christmas holidays but these toys are taking over. And I don't mind. They are starting to play together and Luke still thinks Jake has hung the moon. Anything Luke does that Jake laughs at you can bet he will do it over and over again.





Since the day I found out Jake was a boy I have always imagined him as an athlete. We are all athletes in our family. My cousin was down this weekend that was a runner and it's really crazy how many of us in the family played sports. I am not sure how old he is but I know he is pushing 40 and the guy STILL holds the state record for the 2 mile. In high school he ran a 3:57 mile and the record was just broken within the last 5 years. Dude was a baller. We will talk about him later...
So, Jake had his first basketball game EVER this weekend. I cried, laughed, cursed, screamed, clapped, and cried some more Saturday morning. Let me start off by saying that when I met Cody we talked about sports a lot. He was a baseball and football player. One of the first things we figured out was we were both number 11. Sounds so cheesy, yes I know! At Jake's practice Friday night they got their uniforms. The sizes were all messed up and I told them I would take the child medium instead of small since he is a pretty big kid. She pulled out the medium and I almost tackled her. Um yea, we will take that for sure. Like woman, I am not giving you a choice. It's MINE! This is what started my crying....my sweet boy is number 11. Coincidence? I think not!  Ha!  On game day Jake had to have 10 out of the 20 people in the stands there just for him. My mom, my dad, Annette, Cody, Luke, Miranda, his dad, Sara(sister), and her friend. The game was just as chaotic and confusing as any game would be with a group of 4/5/6 year olds. I was sweating worse than Jake and I know my blood pressure had to be through the roof. He has the defense part of the game down. We have so much work to do but it's so much fun watching him.

Jake, his dad, and sister

 

My cousin found this picture of me last weekend. This is my Kindergarten school pic. My mom had obviously put my hair in sponge rollers and my dad probably took them out on the way to school that day. I will never understand why they rolled my already curly/frizzy hair? Praise God for the CHI!  Notice my yellow earrings and blue t-shirt. I stayed with dad a lot that year since we only went to school for half a day. His sense of style has obviously seen better days...

Louisiana Lovin'

Christmas this year was spent at my brother's in Bayou Vista, Louisiana. I love every single thing about Louisiana and visiting there. Just something about the food, accents, swamp lands, and people make me never want to leave.

I can almost bet my kids never wanted to come home either. In Louisiana you can:

Go without clothes

Play with the computer in the car as long as you want

Sleep in the room with ALL your cousins

Take up the WHOLE pew at church

Get Mardi-Gras beads at any age

Play LCR at any age

Eat gumbo before you start walking

Put anything on a cracker

And get rested for the next go around



Little Casey came back with us but it didn't last long. I was cleaning house and she was dying to get her new iPhone that was waiting for her at home! She is so precious to us. And Luke obviously loves her!



New Years Eve was spent at our house with friends. The kids did the usual fireworks and even Luke made the ball drop!

How we all felt New Years Day

Loved Granny's black-eyed peas

I took Luke to his 9 month check up last week and he is HUGE! He was 21 pounds and 31 inches long. He is 110% in height and 90% in weight. He has just come alive lately. His personality is the cutest thing ever. Some things he is doing right now....blowing kisses, pulling up on everything and will let go with NO fear, saying mama, dada, bye-bye, Goo(Goose), throwing a ball, clapping, dancing, and biting the fire out of me anytime I am not on my A game. He is so soft hearted. I could spank Jake's hands and he would just laugh at me. Luke loses it. Tears, broken heart, screaming, breaks my heart, the whole deal. It's terrible. Wouldn't it be something if we could just use a stern voice and give my poor hand or paint stick a rest after a few years?  

Our God is Always Planning

I promised myself I would not blog at night anymore after the last incident. Last week I was laying in bed with Jake while Cody was at work and decided to blog about how cute, funny, and smart he is. The next morning I vaguely remember even blogging. I am the head hit the pillow, I'm out, kind of sleeper so I have no clue why I thought it would be a good idea to blog. Anyway, I got to school and decided to look at it and realized my blog did not make any sense and all 15 of my followers were no longer. I apologize to any of you that read the blog pre edit process. It was terrible.

I am wide awake tonight and just sat down for the first time this evening. My house is in complete shambles. I had to clear a spot to sit in the living room. Jake is with his dad until tomorrow so I have been able to get everything out and wrap it. I shopped all day long today with my mother in law to get the last minute things I needed. We are leaving tomorrow for our long journey to spend Christmas with my brother and his family in Morgan City, Louisiana. I am regretting the hours I spent making bows for these cute boxes and curling ribbon with the edge of my scissors to throw it all in a box and pray it doesn't rain the whole way! Either way, it's going to be a hilarious trip, my brother may be the funniest guy you have ever met.

I am blogging tonight for one particular reason. I want to share a story that gave me the chills tonight and prove to my children our God is an awesome one. He plans it all before we have any idea what's going on. Here it goes...

A few weeks ago mom came up to stay with me and the boys while Cody was working nights. When she got here she went on and on about some kids she saw walking home on the hwy we live on. She was very upset a mother would let children this young walk home when it's getting close to dark or just walk period. After explaining to the small boys she was not going to hurt them but just wanted to drive behind them to make sure they got home safe she turned around at their hot pink house and came to mine. She would not let it go. Like to the point I finally had to tell her," mom I see this everyday in my classroom. You just can't save everybody."

I contacted Abby a month or so ago asking if she knew of a family I could adopt here because her daughter is in school in Centerville. She contacted Peyton's teacher and replied back with 4 names and their lists. I was set. Little did I know Cody and I would get robbed and have to spend money on replacing some items at Christmas time of all times. I was beginning to question myself as to should I have even done this? I knew that some family out there was depending on us and I had to make it happen. We went and bought all of the gifts today and met one of the girls at the school to deliver the gifts because she didn't have room in her car for it all. I had no plans on going with her UNTIL when we were all loaded up and she said mumbled directions and I heard 3 words. THE PINK HOUSE. We were going to the pink house. The one my mom has been worried about for over a month now. Of course, I got chills all over and had no question as to was I doing the right thing. I KNEW from that point on we would have the most wonderful Christmas ever. Delivering the presents was a eye opener but knowing it's all in God's hands gives me so much peace about those children. I immediately called mom and told her God is walking everyday with those sweet babies from school and she can rest easy knowing that.

Merry Christmas my sweet friends! Hope you all have a blessed weekend!!


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4 year old wisdom

I have noticed Jake is going through one of those "growing up" stages again. He gets sweeter by the day. And witty. I have rubbed off on him and realized I am raising the most sarcastic child ever. Nothing like me, of course.

Some funny conversations lately:

1. Cody and I were going to have a night out and the boys were going to stay with mom. All of the other grand kids were at her house too....
Me: Jake, I put your pj's and blanket in your bag.
Jake: I don't want to bring my blanket.
Me: Jake, I'm not coming home early if you are crying because you don't have it. None of your cousins will see it. Leave it in the bag until it's bedtime.
Cody: What are you going to do when he is playing football at Texas? Call and say do you have your blanket for bedtime?
Me: I will drive to Austin every night at bedtime and tuck him in if I have to!
Cody and Jake laugh and Jake turns to me and says," yea, good one mom"


2. I was cooking dinner last week and as I was chopping potatoes and  half of it fell on the floor. Jake quietly chuckles and says,"awesome."

3. Jake's teacher came to my room and told me Jake went to the bathroom and came back out very quick. She asked him if he washed his hands? He said well no cause I didn't even "touch it"

4 And tonight: he asked me what he would do when he was 15? I said well you won't be driving, but you will be a big boy and mommy will be very old. He says,"that's ok
mom, I will still love you!"











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So Violated

I'm supposed to be getting my Christmas cards ready to mail out. When you get them for New Years just know I have had them the whole time. I just can't get in the spirit.

Tonight is the only night we don't have anywhere to be after school. Family is coming in on Friday and I am wondering when I will be able to not clean, but at least straighten my house. I am lucky CJ and Harper love us so much and don't care what my house looks like! Cody is on evenings and it's so hard without him home. Once my schedule is back to normal I am going to try this at home. I think it will work but it may take me 30 minutes. I spend 15 washing dishes and picking up. Maybe I could talk Cody in to the picking up part and I could do the cleaning. I actually love that idea. I will let you know if it works. I dated a guy once that always joked about Mondays being vacuum day and he would have to hold the vacuum up in the air for his mom to do the fans. Even though my children will never be able to say that about their mom, I hope I am never that bad. Who does ceiling fans once a week? I just never turn them off and you can't tell if they are dusty or not. I have realized the older I get the worse I am. It's bad. Like even when I pack the car for out of town I catch myself telling Cody how to do it. I can't relax if its not done the way I like it. Is there an pill for that?

Last weekend Cody and I were so excited to get away for the weekend. His Christmas party was in College Station on Saturday night so we went up Friday to hang out and do some Christmas shopping. We checked in our hotel about 8, dropped off our things, and met friends at Roadhouse at 8:30. After stopping off at Fox N' Hound we got back to our room at 12:30. As I was getting in the shower I noticed our bags were gone. The front desk, of course, had no clue where our stuff was. We filed a police report and insisted on being transferred to another hotel. The police were able to see they used some kind of tool to break in our room. It was the weirdest thing. The first thing Cody and I noticed was that there were NO cars in the parking lot of Homewood Suites that night. Some body had to watch us go to our room and watch us leave. They had to know what room we went in. I cried and cried and just wanted to go home. Cody wasn't having it. After I made a trip to Wal- Mart, the mall, and Ulta the hotel called and said they found our bags on the 4th floor in a vacant room. SO WEIRD. They took anything worth any value out of our bags. Cody's pistol, my camera, and my jewelry. We pretty much had underwear left and we damn sure weren't wearing them. The room they found our bags in was a smoking room so our stuff REEKED. I cried more when they found our bags. I know that officer questioned if he should take me in and have me admitted. I don't know if you have ever had stuff stolen from you but I felt so violated. I still do. I made Cody clean out the bags and throw the bags away. Every time I have looked at them my stomach turns. The hotel has given me the complete run around and I am sure I am saved in the GM's cell phone as DON'T ANSWER. My mom has always told us if somebody steals from you they need it way worse and let them have it. The thing that makes me most upset is that it's Christmas time and I have no camera to take pictures of my kids. Yes, I will go buy a new one until we figure out if they are going to reimburse us or not. It's still just the point. I have tried not to ever use the word steal in front of Jake because students in my class always think someone else stole their things when they have misplaced it. He heard us talking about all this and is now very familiar with the word. Its become such a sad world we live in.
** Y'all know about my mom, I talk about her all the time. She was in Vegas last weekend for their annual sales meeting. I called her to tell her what happened that Saturday morning. Anytime I hear my mom's voice at a time like this I immediately start crying. This is what mom tells me," Dry your eyes, go buy what you need, call the Corporate office, and we will talk when we get home. I gotta go in a meeting." I knew at that point it was time for me to do just that. She is a tough woman!

The Nucor Kids Christmas party was last night. Nucor is who Cody works for. They are such an incredible company. For Christmas Cody was able to pick an iPad, $500.00 gift card to Academy, or $500.00 to Sears. They had all kinds of things set up for the kids to do. It was fun, and free dinner! Jake LOVED the chicken legs. He get it from his mama!!

Luke is officially pulling up on everything and I would not be surprised if he starts walking real soon. He pulled up for the first time over the Thanksgiving break. Cody made me type that. Cody lowered his crib yesterday and we started putting him in his crib at 8:30 when Jake goes to bed. It kills me to hear him cry but after he put his head directly on my shoulder when I got close to his crib last night, I know he is very much aware that staying up until 11:30 is not acceptable!  He's just so precious.

I have Christmas break in 1.5 days and I am more than ready. You will find me and the boys chillin', and that's it.