This & That

I have nothing of any intrest to blog about today. So, I am just to to blab on and put some random pictures up. I am getting better at this whole "blog" thing! I'm quite proud of myself!

I LOVE The Children's Place!! I just ordered some "matchables" and they are GREAT!

Cameron BEGS to listen to "Rock N' Roll" Uh oh.... :)



My husband's little sister (who I have known since she was 11) is a SeNiOr this year... Tear!

That's all I have today! HAHA. Fun huh? Well, is summer over yet??

Parenting

Ok, each month I, with much excitement, pick up the newest Parenting Mag. I have been "reading" it since I found out I was going to be a parent. Each time I flip through the pages, I hope something will hit close to home and totally fix the napping issue, the nagging issue, the whining or even how to get you child not to pull the ever patient dog's tail. While most of the topics I read would have been useful at other times, there is always one thing I love! On the last page there is always a Parenting Top 10! And it cracks me up! This month (August) the Top 10 is:
Things we know we shouldn't do- But do anyway.
These are my favorite 5!

1.) Sit back and let your kid be hyper-loud in the yard because it annoys your mean neighbor lady so much.

2.) Crack up at how funny your kid looks throwing a tantrum.

3.) Give in and let your kid paint the dog's nails because you're too tired to come up with a reason not to.

4.) Lie to your child about what Lady Gaga means when she sings she wants to, "take a ride on your disco stick." And change the station.

5.) Funnel the birthday checks directly into the college fund without telling you child. They need and education more than another Littlest Petshop toy.

This makes me laugh- and that's a good thing :)

Oh Summer!

This summer has been pretty busy so far and there have been a few "firsts" in our little family.

First, I am totally used to Cameron going to Preschool 2 half days a week. I have become very dependent on my half days. I am working on my bachelor's degree and this spring I became a junior. I am sinking! So if the first time- I have no time for school work. I go 24/7 and by 11:00 at night... I am so tired, I wouldn't get in any study time if I tried. THANKFULLY, my friend just moved to Granbury and she is a S.A.H.M also, so we are going to rotate days, until school starts back in August, watching each other's kiddos. That is nice!

For the first time, I am seeing my child in a whole other way. He is becoming such a little gentleman. He holds the door open for me, helps me carry things in from he car, and is always asking me, "Mommy, I would like to help you like Daddy does. What can I do?" He sure is following a wonderful example and I am very lucky to have such a sweet husband.

For the first time, Cameron can swim underwater all by himself. I can NOT believe how grown up he is from each summer. So I must go back, way way back... down memory lane :)

Summer 2007

Summer 2008

Summer 2009

Summer 2010

Man, looking back at that adorable chubby face makes me miss the baby in Cameron. He is growing so fast and becoming a little boy. It's amazing how the nurse hands you a little blue blanket bundle and you are smitten right away. I never knew being a mom was anything like this. It's a blessing. AND HOPEFULLY God will bless us with another baby soon. Yes, I said it! Van and I have decided to try for baby #2! Oh and that was another first- for the first time, I truly want another baby. For the past few years I have been perfectly happy with only one child and for a while didn't want more children. AND I have been utterly terrified to have another c-section! EEK! But now- Oh my goodness- it's baby, baby, baby- Poor Van :)

Well, I have rambled on long enough! For my last first, I am going to make it to bed before midnight :) HAHA! That's a real first!

Uhh...The "Benefits" of Living in the Country!

Well, since I have nothing intresting to blog about right now, I will share the wonders of the country I call home. Now, I could be doing the laundry or even playing with Cameron, but no... I am on the computer. I have sat my child in front of the T.V. and I am having coffee while playing on the computer.

So, in September we made a move from the hustle and bustle of Arlington to a quiet street in the country. Yes, Granbury has grown up a lot, but there are places in this town that still remind me of the way it was 9 years ago when my parents moved me down here. (Which I protested!) Let me just say, I love the quiet of the country. We moved from a tiny 2 bedroom duplex with a backyard the size of a peanut to this great big 3 bedroom house with a yard in fron and back 10 times the size of the Arlington duplex. It is HUGE! I hardly have any neighbors around me. If my house we on an octagon, I would have 1 neighbor. The rest is pastures and horses.

This is our view from the front door.

When living in the country there are a few things you must remember:

1.) When you live by grass- there will be spiders. Let's just say I have spent so much money on Terminex. They know me well enough now to not even ask me my address!

Yes, I trapped him but he was so big he was lifting up the box. Let's just say a coloring book came to my rescue.

2.) Cows are wonderful... unless you live by an Animal Clinic and they moo all night horrible moo's that make you wonder what is going on outside.

3.) Look to see if you live by "Ballfields." Van went out of town for business the weekend after we moved in and I did not want to be alone. I told my mother she might have to come spend the night with me. I was doing really well until dark. I began hearing "gun shots!" I was freaking out and called my mother and told her some crazy farm guy was shooting at something and to come over quick. The next day I saw the sign before my street... yes the ball fields were just about 2 blocks from me and let's just say when it's dark and you're alone the automatic ball shooter SOUNDS like a gun!

4.) In the country, you might see farm animals in your yard. Better use it as a nice "Barnyard Preschool lesson!"

Yes... that is a rooster in the tree outside my office window.

5.) No matter how many animals may defficate in your yard- there is nothing like cleaning up goat/sheep poo.

Ahhh, the country is not that bad. We have enjoyed the country so far. Minus the scary, oddly large spiders, the rooster that crows at 4 in the morning RIGHT outide my windows, the cheering at the ballfields 24/7, the sheep and goats that seem to get loose every day, and the Animal Clinic sounds that scare grown men at 1 a.m. I would say it's peaceful, but would you believe that?