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
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