Thanksgiving trip awaits!

Thanksgiving is coming! I'm so excited for this holiday season!  But I can tell already that I'm going to very exhausted during the whole experience! Tomorrow is our Thanksgiving with my family and I found myself unprepared for the trip.  Normally I've got things packed and made a list a week before we leave.  But this time I was so tired and busy that I forgot that we were leaving tomorrow!  I got so frustrated with myself that I had actually forgotten.

Thankfully I talked it out and packed and now I feel better.  I just have to remind myself that I have a baby... things are a bit different that last year! 

Nap Time

Precious

 Joel's parents got Kyle a Johnny Jump up! He looked so funny trying to figure it all out! 

Help me Daddy!

Look what I'm doing!

Princess is warming up to the idea of sharing a blanket with the noise maker!

When I clean I get a little Crazy!

XOXO

Project: Kyle's Christmas Stocking

 Since I have this Beautiful baby Boy in my life and His First Christmas is approaching I thought... 

"He Needs a Stocking!"

My Darling Son

 So I went to work.  I got some felt like fabric from the store... 

 I drew out my design on how I was hoping for it to look like! lol

 Cut of my little Sock like patterns.

 Sewed it all together and wa-la a stocking!  I forgot to take more pics while I was sewing... but its isn't too difficult.

 Kyle decided to taste it.

 Lol "Seriously Mom... you just had to use the Flash!" 

 Anyways here's the stocking... it's a little smaller than I expected but it looks great!

 Time for the Minor details...

 I love twirly wording!

 I finished his name and added a couple stars! TA-DA!

This picture is funny.  Family Picture and Kyle is saying... get me out of here! LOL

Overall I had fun making this! =) Now Kyle can get ready for the holiday season!

XOXO

Giving Thanks Loving life!

I am SOOOooooo Happy! I woke up this morning Smiling... I do that everyday I know but today I just acknowledged how happy I really am.  I have an amazing Husband, the most adorable baby Son, Family and Friends to last a lifetime, and a life full of Love and God.

I find myself wanting to cook and clean more... which I did some but was never wanting to learn more... I felt like I was in a rut.  But lately I've been looking up recipes for dinner... today I actually made a homemade marinade for some Chicken and actually touched the meat... eww... which to tell you the truth I hate touching raw meat... it freaks me out!

Anyways my point was that I now have this "Nesting" drive to clean everything and to make food!

It's been so funny lately cause Joel and I have been having water fights the past few days... its awesome!  I feel so happy and complete with my life.  Things are falling into place nicely.  We may not have lots of money but we have those little things that make our lives amazing together.  Seeing Joel with Kyle melts my heart!  He is so good with him.  I love it when Joel comes home from work and Kyle hears his voice and just starts smiling and wants to be help by Daddy... its so amazingly Cute!

I think you can see my smile by just reading this post!  I'm in Love with Joel...I'm in Love with Kyle... and I'm in LOVE with LIFE!

Thank you Lord for all that you've given me.  You have truly Blessed my Life.

Xoxo

Making things festive! Part 1

Since the Holidays are coming around the bend I thought I'd start decorating the house here and there to get into the festive spirit of things!  For Thanksgiving I thought I would set my table to a more fall-ish look as you see below!  I put out some flowers... some oranges in a basket... I have a nice tablecloth I got for my wedding.  And a basket for all the seasonings/sweeteners that belong on the table!

My Lovely Table

Today I was on Facebook and I saw this post.  Someone had dressed their Refrigerator as a snowman!  I thought to myself That's BRILLIANT!  I want to do that! LOL And since I have so much energy at night I did it tonight... it was pretty simple.  I just Grabbed Scissors, tape, flat magnets I didn't like, and construction paper.  I cute out all the shapes as you see below then taped pieces of the magnets behind the paper then stuck it on the Fridge!  The only tricky part... You have to clean off your Fridge! lol  

Hey There Frosty!

That's all I really got for you today!  I'm sure I'll either think or just find some creative ideas to do next! 

See Ya!

Xoxo

Baby Kyle Update: "You are my Sunshine"

Kyle is growing like a wheat! He is so smart and the funniest kid ever.  He will be turning 6 months soon and he is fitting into 9 month clothes! He's a big boy! Lately he has really been liking eating his rice cereal.  We try to have Breakfast and Lunch around the table with Kyle so he can eat with us.  

Um Mom...where's my Food...

When he eats he just Loves staring at me.  I try and make "nom nom nom" noises so he'll open his mouth which causes him to giggle while he's munching away!

That Precious Smile Melts my Heart

Like all babies his fingers are his favorite part of his body right now.  He is now finally able to be tickled! His feet and belly are the most ticklish of them all.  

Small Confession:  He baby butt is the cutest thing ever!  

He was cold so I bundled him up... lol he added the cloth on his head!

He's been sleeping about the whole night threw although since it's getting colder he wakes up cause he wants to be warmed up and fed.  He loves to be sang to.  We can either be singing to him or have baby music on and he'll be in awe and enjoy the sounds.  My favorite song to sing to him is: "You are my Sunshine."  In a way in reminds me of my Mom and also of my Grandparents that passed away.  

Sweet Love of Mine

Oh and "Kyle has me wrapped around his little finger" that's what Joel says.  Mainly cause he'll be in the living room with Joel and he'll be playing with toys to just entertaining himself... and as soon as Kyle sees me he starts whining!  And I can't help but want to go to him and play with him and hold him.  If I don't he whines even louder!  And when Kyle Whines he makes the strangest sounds! LOL He squeaks, squeals, Pouts, and at one point in his life he would scream in a very high pitch voice until he  couldn't squeal anymore... Joel and I figured he was doing that for pure amusement and because Joel's little brother always talks to him in such a high pitched voice! 

And even though he's at the point in his life where he wants a little independence... he always comes back to me and wants to held...rocks in my arms...and sung to sleep.  I love my Baby Kyle <3 .

Xoxo

A Brief Confession...

For a while I've been trying to hide a spark of jealousy I had for a reason I wasn't aware of until a few days ago.  I love my family to pieces and I love that all my brothers are married and they're all getting ready to have kids and actually my lovely sister in law Emily is Pregnant! Yay!  I'm ecstatic!  When I first found out I was so excited for them and in the pit of my stomach I felt this slight jealousy bubbling... I had no right to be jealous I mean I already had a wonderful baby boy! I never really thought about how I'd feel if one of my brother's wives had babies until now...

So then I did a little soul searching and I was suddenly stricken with a realization that I wasn't Jealous or upset with them having a baby I was upset at a different part of my family that hurt me... even though I'm sure they honestly don't even know they did.

When I was born I was the First Granddaughter on my Dad's side!  My grandparents were so thrilled.  I remember slight memories of spending all my time with them and they even used to call me Candy.  My grandpa and I were best friends.  Then when my cousin arrived we were all excited to have another girl in he family including me.  But as time went on I got pushed to the side and she became the shiny new toy and a part of me was always upset. It wasn't my cousin's fault either... I honestly don't know what happened. But not only did I loose my grandparents attention but I felt like I lost my best friend... My grandpa...

So with that story in mind... the reason why I felt jealous was because I felt like the same thing might happen to Kyle... he won't be noticed anymore... he'd become overlooked. 

But I came to my senses finally.  My parents are amazing parents and wonderful grandparents and I know in my heart that they have a big enough heart for all of us kids and grand kids so i feel a lot better about the whole situation.  I feel like I can finally be happy now that I realized what was bothering me and it wouldn't get in the way of my happiness for my brother and Emily and eventually my other brother and his wife!

If you guys are reading this now know that I love you guys... And I am SOOOOOOOOOO Excited!  For many reasons we are really excited!

Xoxo

Set in Stone

Well its official!  We're moving up to Payson for reals this time!  Thank goodness we finally have an answer! Now that we have that settled I'm going crazy trying to figure out our moving situation, jobs, and a place to rent!  You can just imagine how crazy I may or may not be going right now!  

Kyle showing off his Muscles!

The Pirate of my Life!

Overall it's probably not going to be that bad... but since we are going to go through are stuff because we want to try and sell stuff we don't need/want that's what's I'm thinking about the most.  It will be nice to live closer to my family for a while.  I really do miss them.  My grandfather went to the hospital a couple days ago, he's okay though he can't do a lot of stuff at the moment.  It makes me want to get up there faster to be up there with them as much as possible. 

Halloween was a success!  We took Kyle Trick-Or-Treating for the first time and it was so much fun!  It has been YEARS since I've gone so it was nice to relive my childhood just a bit.  We all dressed up as a family of pirates!  Kyle was the Captain (AKA Captain Adorable).  He did pretty well the whole night.  He was just amazed through the whole experience.  We actually went through a small haunted house and he didn't cry at all.  

Cap'N Adorable

My Pirates

After rescuing our Cap'N something to ease the night away!

Yes I did the makeup myself! He he

My housemade costume! Arrg!

Now that the holiday season has started I'm starting to get excited.  I wish I could put lights up and cut down our own Christmas tree!  Or ever cook our own Turkey... but we're just not there yet.  Joel and I finally have our "10 year" plan made so hopefully it'll work out for us.  

Things are a little boring at the moment because I still haven't been feeling to well.  I think part of it is just from being sore from dancing.  But the other part I'm not too sure what's going on.  I hope tomorrow I feel better so I can actually get some cleaning down.  Once I'm sick... the house get so dirty very fast lol... 

Which tells me... I clean up pretty good! lol and that Joel would be lost without me! =P

Xoxo