Mom in a hat. Son in a hat.

Me and Zac chillin' at Books a Million.
:)
Wow, I'm a poet and didn't know it! :)

Jack's first soccer practice!

He thinks he's a pro already!!




Look at him pose. He doesn't even know his mom is taking pictures! haha.

I love this little fella. ;)

Happy Valentines Day!!

Ornament Swap!!

I received my package from my ornament swap partner today!! Karina really went all out. I feel that I kind of fell short on the package surprise bundle. I just sent a couple ornaments and a Christmas card! :/
Karina sent the sweet note, a Christmas card for me and my boys, AND her little guy Miguelito sent my little guy Zackary a postcard!! He'll be so excited to see it when he gets home on Sunday!

Here are all our little surprises! Do it yourself ornaments, me and my boys will enjoy those!! A beautiful hand painted ornament. Candy, pencils, a keychain that has my name on it....oh my goodness....so sweet.


And as a fellow True Blood lover, it was sweet for her to part with these and send them to me. Honestly, if I had bought them for someone, I probably would've ended up keeping them for myself! haha.

I love it all so much! Thank you so much, Mickey, for partnering me up with such a thoughtful gal! :)
Love it alllllll!!!!!!

Toes

Zac knows very well that he's not supposed to sneak in bed with me. He takes up the whole bed!! But how cute is he, laying across the bed with his feet hanging off? haha.

So, my step dad changed my tire! He's such a good dad :)

Only TWO more days of work and I'm off for FOUR DAYS!! Heck yeah! Love it.

My sister made dinner for us tonight. It was really good. Lucia had her hermit crabs in the sink earlier for "playtime". Leah took them out without Lucia knowing.

She was rinsing dishes in the sink, turned on the garbage disposal and said,"Oh my gosh! I just turned this on and forgot the crabs were in there." Lucia almost staring bawling.

It was funny. Man, we're mean. haha.

Meet the puppies :)

Ok, I swear, I'm not going to constantly write about my puppies. But they're new...and they're just so freaking cute.

Plus Marianne wanted me to post pictures seperately, telling their names and how we came up with the names. :)

First one here, is the one my kids have decided they want to keep.

Gage fell in love with this puppy. She moves her little head side to side, trying to balance herself. I told Gage she looked like Stevie Wonder.....so, he calls her Stevie now. :)

This little puppy is a little fatty. We've started calling it fatty, because it was the biggest one and it's always eating. Well, the other night we came home and this pup had wandered all the way over by the fence....how??? I have no idea. He's a little Beast, that's how! haha. So, now this one is Beast....or Fatty. We call it both names. :)

This little one has a super big red nose, so of course, we call it Rudolph. I think it's ugly. The kids think it's soooo cute. This is the one that Lucia wants. She said she's going to rename it when she gets it. It's new name is going to be Lucita. Which is the name of a little orphan girl she met when she went to Mexico on a mission trip in July. She absolutely loved that little girl, so she's going to name her puppy after her. haha. :)

Zac named this little one. He wanted to name it Pumpkin, because they were born in the month of Halloween. Hello, duh!! haha.

This is Queso. Why? I don't have a story for that. We just thought it was a cute, funny name.

This poor little puppy doesn't have a name yet???? :(

Any suggestions? :)

By the way....we ARE getting rid of all these puppies in SIX WEEKS! All of them except Stevie. So....if you want a puppy....or know anyone that wants one.... :)

Day 22: A Website

Day 22 of the 30 Day Challenge

Day 22: A website

Today I get to share a website with you. I've mentioned my cousin's baby, Annabel in the 30 Day Challenge before, but now I'll go into a little more detail. :)

My cousin Carrie had a beautiful little girl about a year and a half ago. Her name is Annabel Leigh.

She was born with Trisomy 18. The doctors told Carrie and Jorge that she would likely not make it a week. When they sent her home, they sent Hospice, thinking she wouldn't be around too long. Needless to say, the whole family was heart broken about this special little baby. Carrie and Jorge's first child. But she proved everyone wrong. She's a little fighter!!

She may be about a year and a half....but she only weighs about 11 pounds. She's just recently started eating baby food. She was on a feeding tube for a long time, but now has the one that goes in the belly button....not sure what it's called. Anyways, she practices sucking on bottles, but every little thing wears her out and is hard on her little heart. So, now that she is starting baby food....wow. She is just amazing.

She is the happiest little thing. Always smiling!! It's hard to believe that in just a couple months this little 11 pound baby will be a big sister!!

Check out her blog, read about my cousins beautiful miracle daughter.

Look at her precious little bows!!!

Cute little teeth and big smile!!

She's all dolled up and ready to go shopping with her mama. She's even got a little purse!! :)

Me, Jack, and Annabel at Annabel's big one year birthday bash!!

new panic

Saturday night, my son admitted to me that he has a girlfriend. It's hard for him to do that...because I like to tease him about it. ;)

Sunday, on Facebook, he went from being "Single" to "Being in a relationship". Uhhh, that's big time, baby.


Monday....he's at her house right now.

This is going too fast for me!!!

Panic.Attack. Can I trust him?? We've had the "talks" before. I know how fast boys and girls are these days!! He's probably getting frustrated with me, because I'm texting him every five minutes. haha.

ME: What are you doing?


GAGE: Sitting on the trampoline.


ME: Send me a pic of you and your girlfriend.

ME: She's cute.

GAGE: Yep.

ME: What are y'all doing now?

GAGE: Thinking about going swimming.

ME: Cool.

(10 minutes goes by)

ME: Hey, do you know where the fingernail clippers are?

GAGE: No, mom. Probably in your room.

ME: Ok.

(5 minutes goes by)

ME: What time do you want me to pick you up?

GAGE: I don't know, mother. I've only been here like an hour.

ME: Two hours, actually. I'm just sayin'.

GAGE: Well, I guess you can pick me up tomorrow ;)

ME: Uhh, you're going a little too far on the freedom stuff, buddy.

GAGE: haha. Ok, I don't know when though.

(10 minutes goes by)

ME: Whatcha doing?

GAGE: Sitting on the trampoline, mom. You're so nosey.

ME: I know, I'm such a good mom.

GAGE: Yep. Love you.

(5 minutes goes by)

Gage's girlfriend's friend sends me this pic from Gage's phone.

(some of the text messages have been between me and this friend...she told Gage I'm fun to talk to. haha.)

ME: Too close! Too close!!

Did I mention his signature on his phone is "loves Melissa"?

GAG ME WITH A SPOON!!! I don't know how much of this I can take.

If I had to have another child...I'd want this one!

Too freaking cute!!!!