Oh how I love Fall!

I love Fall...it is my favorite time of the year!! I think it will OFFICIALLY be here when the time finally changes and it gets dark earlier....until then I guess I wait! Ha!

I guess I have not put the "official" news on my blog yet, but if you ever read my Facebook you will know we are expecting our third child on April 3rd!! It comes as a HUGE shock to Matt and I, but if you know us you know we have been know not to be too "careful". One would never think in a million years it would happen twice in a lifetime, but luck has never been on my side! ha! Babies are such blessings and I am truly excited to welcome another one into the world! We find out on November 4th what we are having, and honestly I am ready to get the show on the road! I guess it comes along with the territory of an "already mom" but I am ready to prepare and plan for a new baby and everything that goes along with that. I don't think that can be done until you know the gender! Ha! So I'm at a stand still! In the mean time I am excited for what a third child will bring to our family! I am fortunate enough to be a stay at home mom and for the first time will not have to face going back to work at 6 weeks old and having to do the walk of shame out of another daycare as I leave my baby behind! I will actually get to see the milestones for myself and I cant wait!

The biggest task that I face at the moment is potty training Raegan....Lord help me with this child! She is a SHIT and I don't mean that in a bad way, because if you were around her for more than 5 minutes you would know what I mean! I have tried to be the most amazing Mom to her, and I have tried the alternative...beating it out of her. Nothing is working out in my favor. But what can I say...she is independent, stubborn, and out spoken. Just like me. Ha! I hate pull ups but I hate cleaning up pee off my tile every time I turn around...so I'm sort of stuck in the middle. The past two days we have done full on underwear and I have been so afraid to leave the house much less put pants on the child while we are here. I hate this.

Tyler is doing fantastic...growing like a weed! I cant believe how tall he has gotten! Everyday I pick him up he shares new stories or new ideas on what ever has happened to him that day at school! I love it! He thinks for himself and his personality shies more and more every day! I am so thankful for raising my son to be so caring and compassionate. He is such a loving little soul and still not afraid to kiss his mom on his way out of the car every morning! I just hope it lasts! I dread the day he wants nothing to do with me and refuses to "chat" with me....It will hurt my heart! So for now all I can do is enjoy him and what each day brings!

Matt has had the flu since Friday, and I have felt so sorry for him! He is better and tonight is braving the restaurant as we speak! Lord help him!

Well that is all I have to blabber about right now as I have children that need bathed, stories read, and teeth to brush....Hopefully I can make more time to post since one day I would love to look back on this with the kids and read how life was in ol' 2009! ha!

Summer is almost over....

G.I.S.T 21:365


1. Courtney coming for an entire week because she sensed I needed her...I did and don't know what I would have done without her!

2. Starting a new book.

3. Realizing that you and your best friend are more alike than you really thought...maybe that is why you have been bff for 20+ years!

4. All of the laundry DONE!

Summer is done and we are getting ready for school to start on Monday. We still have to get school supplies and I dont intend on fighting a crowd during tax free weekend just to get 10% off...suck. I will however fight a crowd come this weekend for clothes. Ty has hit such a growth spurt he has grown out of all of his clothes. So we will have to do a lot of shopping for him! He is so excited to start the school year in 1st grade and I cant wait to have Miss Raegan all to myself!

Vacation decisions...

Well here I am 3 weeks into Summer and I have no clue where we are going to take the kids on a vacation....We are going to go to Dallas to visit Tony and Courtney at some point and that will involve going to Hawaiian Falls, and maybe Schlitterbahn Sunday before the 4th of July, Sea World at some point (cause that is where Ty really wants to go) and Matt wants to go to The Great Lodge in Dallas, but at $300 per night I don't think that is going to happen! I also have to go see Crystal's new baby (when he is born), see my parents, go see Matt's parents, and then mix in a trip to the valley for our kid free get away...

NOW

There is so much to do and I don't think we are going to get to do it all. The beauty of it is I can always go to Dallas during the week while Matt works Sprint and the Restaurant. Oh well, I think I can get it all figured out!



All the while I am trying to potty train Raegan and I hate it! Aren't there some people that you can call and they will come in and it will take them like 3 days to potty train them FOR you? I need their number should anyone reading this have it!! And My biggest stress reliever is out of town...Opal is off in Vegas and left me for dead in San Angelo with no backup smoke night partner. CRAP!

Today in swimming lessons they moved Ty up to the next class up. Apparently when you can hold your breath you are considered a level 2. Well, Ty is bored out of his gourd cause it was for littler kids...which on the sign up form it said that he should be able to swim unattended if he goes into the level 2 class. Well he cant so I put him in the level 1 class. Needless to say on the second day he got bumped up. Which is comforting to know they REALLY want to teach him and not take my $50 bucks to teach him what he already knows about swimming. It just really sucks cause Raegan doesn't understand why she cant go swimming with him! She is pissed!

Weddings and such..

Well it seems that summer is full of weddings and babies! So many of my friends are either having babies or getting married! I love it! Both are truely a blessing and a gift from god! Opal and Jordan were married on Saturday. They had the most beautiful wedding and I have never seen a couple more in love! Congrats yall! Here are some pics from the big day!






Next up is Crystal and Donny's new baby! He will be here on the 25th and I cant wait! I was able to see her a couple of weeks ago and she looked fantastic! She wears pregnancy well! Other than that Ty started swimming lessons today and he is so excited about learning to swim...as am I!

San Angelo was the hottest city in the nation on Friday at 108 degrees! And I tell you what...we dont leave the house between noon and 4 everyday! I cant handle being hot! Ha! I desperately need to get my windows tinted too! You just cant keep a car cool without it!

Cheese...

I don't know what has gotten in to me lately but I keep buying cheese products....and not only have I been doing it but Matt is doing it as well!! I'm not kidding...in my fridge right now I have:

1. bag of grated Parmesan
2. bag of grated Romano
3. bag of grated cheddar jack
4. bag of cheddar
5. bag of cubed pepper jack
6. sandwich cheese
7. Velveeta
8. 2 pkg of string cheese one regular and one swirl
9. and a cube of onion cheese that was $8 that Matt bought while out and about that he confirmed was CRAP...hahaha
10. sliced pepper jack

So yeah...I have a problem! I didn't realize it until I was putting up groceries yesterday that I have crap tons of cheese!! Damn.. I think I might have to go to a meeting or two!

On another note my mom is on her way to the Country Peddler Show and I am sooo jealous! One thing that I love to do with my Mom is go to craft shows, and the thought of my mom going alone is killing me! What kind of daughter am I? She raised me so that someday I could be old enough to go shopping and do the "grown up" mother daughter things that I hope someday to do with Raegan and what do I do...go and move away! WTH? I feel horrible she has to shop and do fun "girl" things by herself! OH..AND she is going to the Home Show in Lubbock which includes houses in Vintage Township! It is the coolest concept for a neighborhood! It is making me sick I can't go too!

On another note Opal's wedding is Saturday! I am soo excited for it! I'm sure I will have tons of pics to post of the event so look for those in a couple of days! Kyle and Kristina are coming and Matt will be off all day Saturday...EXCITING!! Until then I guess I will research cures for my cheese addiction. BTW I am open for suggestions too...