Ramblings from a Mother of a 5 year old

Happy Birthday Kobe Lee!

2012-02-17T09:37:00.000-08:00

Wow 6!?! I can't believe the precious baby boy I had on Valentine's Day back in 2006

is 6 years old today.. Its a very emotional day for me. Every year when its "that time" for him to turn another year older it saddens me. I have a bit of pride though knowing I, me, ONLY me raised him to be the awesome kid he is now.. with NO help from his "father".. I am very proud of the child he has become. This morning he was full of hugs and cuddles. As I read him emails, texts, Facebook posts from people, some who don't even "know" him he loved everyone of them and was soo sweet in thanking them. He was very concerned that HE didn't have a Valentine present for ME.. I assured him that was more than fine because HE was in fact my Valentine present every year.. and that was MORE than enough.. I got him his Valentine's present out because I couldn't wait until after school lol so I brought it in the living room and he loved it.. Its great that something so simple can make my child's day.

I've been looking at pics on the computer and in Kobe's photo case and I've be too emotional. I miss those old days I hate that my child is growing up too fast.. its seriously makes me cry. I want to go pick him up from school right now and just cuddle him lol. So I was comparing the past birthday pictures and the change is crazy..

I heard SO many times "enjoy them while they are young. They grow too fast" its soooo true..
Sunday afternoon we had Kobe's party at 2:00pm. it was Dinosaur themed. I got a lot of cute ideas off of Pinterest.. Kobe loved every thing I did.. it made me feel good that this was making him so happy. After his party when we were eating Dinner he told me that he wanted another Dino party next year because it was the BEST birthday ever.. :)

The Party was a success!

Oh wow!

2012-01-31T05:24:00.000-08:00

“We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.”

- Roy L. Smith

Yesterday when Kobe came home from school I told him he wasn't aloud to do anything until he cleaned his room.. he JUST cleaned it Saturday morning and it was near a disaster again.. Momma wasn't happy so I told him Sunday night that he was going to clean it after school. So when he walked in he went straight for the PlayStation.. I reminded him about his room.. he moaned and groaned but went in there and started cleaning.. whining the whole time about how he worked so hard at school and he just needed a break. How tired his muscles were and he couldn't do this.. He begged and begged me to come help him.. I knew this wasn't going to be an easy thing because he had been up since 2:30 AM... Yes you read that right.. my child has trouble sleeping at night even with the help of melatonin.. I even bumped it up to 6mg and STILL has trouble sleeping... So he came through the living room to the kitchen bringing one piece of paper to the trash at a time.. and then was fussin because he was sick of walking back and forth lol... I told him to get a walmart bag out of the pantry so he didn't have to walk back and forth.. he refused and kept walking back and forth lol Then came in crying because his art box (my in-laws got him a box FULL of art supplies that he plays with almost EVERY day) wouldn't close (he wore the lid out) and was getting him very frustrated.. so I told him we'd just throw it away and get him a new one.. You would have thought I said we were going to cut off his arm by the way he looked at me... I said, "Kobe, why don't you listen to me? I try to give you tips on cleaning your room and you won't listen." he walks away and says in this sarcastic Andrea voice.. "Your right Mom, your always right, I'm always wrong, sheesh.." I laughed only because that was soo ME... then I wanted to cry because that was sooooooooooo me.. wow I need to think before I speak sometimes haha.. Its proof kids are like sponges.. they soak everything in even when you think they aren't...

Weekend Rewind

2012-01-30T07:07:00.000-08:00

Saturday afternoon Olivia (my niece) had her first Basket ball game.. They call it "Bitty Ball" the kids are tiny lol I think there were some 3 yr olds out there even lol.. It is VERY comical.. Olivia scored a basket.. of course I missed seeing it because I was telling Kobe to sit still lol.. but she did such a good job... But if Aunt Annie had it my way she'd be in dance and gymnastics lol.. I'll cry if I have a tomboy lol.. My sister got her wish when she said she didn't want a fru fru girl lol..

Then Sunday my cousin and his wife had a co-ed Baby "Sprinkle" kinda like a baby shower but it was a sprinkle.. although it was basically like a shower :) I LOVE baby showers... especially for baby girls.. because I want a little girl sooo bad.. and I have baby fever like craaaaaazy!! I got her this cute little outfit.. it had a pink shirt that is longer with zebra print leggings.. She got alot of precious things for her shower..

My Aunt got her this precious dress from the Gap.. I LOVED it!! I could tell Whitney did too.. Isn't she so stinkin cute!!!

Here are some more pics from the weekend..

Made these.. click here to check them out and get the recipe

Made J-Bird and I some Amaretto Sours..

J-Bird got his glasses.. isn't he so darn CUTE!

This is how my son likes to look for things in the Laundry.. Yes he had to clean it up lol

Big Lots.. has Crocs???? Since when?? I was shocked to see this... and look at that price... Bargain..

January?! Where are you going?!

2012-01-25T09:51:00.000-08:00

I can't believe January is almost over.. Didn't we just start the new year? I never make new year resolutions because well... we all know how those last. But I always think what can I make as my resolution.. So I got to thinking and it was to be a better mom, be a better wife, get healthy.. I could careless if I look like this the rest of my life I just want to be healthy for my son and husband. They need me and I want to be around for them. I need to find a doctor.. a family doctor.. I've been using my gyno as my "family doctor" well who wants to go to their gyno THAT much.. not this girl LOL So I am on the search for a new doc. This search needs to be fast too because I've been having panic attacks again. Ugh those are the worst, very scary. Scratch that.. I just called and made an appointment with a doctor for Feb 15th. I'm kinda glad to have a family doctor again. I haven't had one since I was little. That was the best doctor ever. So yay to getting that outta the way.

The weather here in good ol' southern Indiana has been CRAAAZY!! Typical Indiana weather, like ppl say "if you don't like Indiana weather, wait an hour and it will change" Friday (Jan 20th) we had rain with freezing temps which over night froze and caused everything to have a nice glassed over look. VERY SLICK! Of course we had to get out in that ice to take J-Bird to the eye doctor. We had no rock salt to throw down. Didn't even have extra table salt to put down for a quick fix. It was freezing cold.. in the lower 20s. But wait.. Sunday It was 53 out and chance of isolated tornadoes.. crazy huh! It stormed and stormed good.. we never did have any tornado threat. Thank the Good Lord, but it sure thundered and lightning like crazy.. we had an extra person in bed with us. That doesn't bother me one bit though kinda puts me more at ease knowing we are all together and safe and not scared.

We have made a final and when I said final I mean FINAL decision on Kobe's birthday party theme.. Dinosaurs is the theme whoop whoop.. this Momma is in full party planning mode. I have alot of great ideas underway. I found dinosaur invites at the dollar store for $1.00, I found dino goody bags on Ebay, 10 dino bags, dino erasers, dino crayons, dino tops (spinning things), dino activity paper and dino stickers all for $7.29 with FREE shipping!! Plates and napkins at Dollar Tree love that place! Can't wait to put this party together :)

Been awhile...

2012-01-21T19:09:00.000-08:00

Kobe had been complaining of his tooth bothering him every time he would chew up food and demanded to go to the dentist.. I was hesitant to make that call because the dentist scares the crap outta ME and didn't want to put him through that. Even though he has been 2 times and was a pro at it.. no tears or nothing. So I finally made the appointment and they got him in pretty quick. He had 4 "cavities" which actually only 1 but then had 3 "buckles??" which are the start of cavities I assume.. so he had to get 4 shots and only made sound of "ahhh ahh ahh" then was fine lol but was a champ.. WAY better than his Momma woulda done.. The nurse gave him a mirror to watch his face because even though it felt funny she wanted him to know it wasn't changing his appearance lol. He was hilarious.. he kept having me feel his lips and saying "Doesn't it feel like a frog?" haha then when he would take sips of his water it was pour out of his mouth lol.. Dr. Deem said he was such a good patient and sooo proud of him.. Then the hygienist let him pick out several toys from the toy drawer for being such a great patient.. Made a momma proud how she was going on and on about how good he was..

Waitin to get started

Getting his teeth clean

Checking out the "frog in his lip" lol

Getting his fillings

J-Bird had to go to the eye doctor this morning for an eye exam and had to get glasses.. He needs them for reading and driving.. He was a good boy there too :) but I didn't take any pictures of him lol

I cleaned out my cell phone pics and here are some that I thought I'd share lol
When you live in this small town this is how you hand out things at the local pharmacy LOL a stick with a basket on the end..

Jason went with my dad to the bow (archery) shop and Kobe wasn't able to go so he wrote J-Bird this note lol ("You just broke my heart, Dad")

Kobe was trying to sell his old bike hahahha

I was showing J-Bird how much kool-aid I got at the store lol we are huge kool-aid fans LOL

Finally broke down and bought these expensive things for Kobe lol.. needless to say they were well worth their money!

Made homemade biscuits only had a heart shaped cutter lol

my new "hooker" nail polish lol

Daddy helping Kobe with his homework

Kobe FINALLY let me patch his awful jeans since I found CAMO patches!

Party Planning

2012-01-12T11:34:00.000-08:00

Okay so I've been planning Kobe's 6th Birthday party... His Birthday is on the 14th of Feb.. Aww my Valentine Baby. So we'll plan it for the weekend before since thats in the middle of the week. Kobe has changed the "theme" like 4 times on me.. I need to quit letting him watch TV lol First it was Transformers, then Spiderman, Cars 2, Dinosaurs and now back to Cars 2 lol This changes depending on what he watches that day lol So looks like it is going to be Cars 2.. Now we are planning on getting him a present that was J's idea. I was okay with it and J has already been looking and have a couple narrowed down..I'm not going to say what it is because that will ruin the blogs to come lol. But now I'm torn between where to have his party.. Do I want to spend money on a place, e.g. Mr. Gattis, Bowling Ally, YMCA etc.? Or just have it at home? So I decided just to have it at home. Buuuut then that would mean I couldn't invite ALL his friends. I thought, wait a minute.. He's only 6 lol, Why am I stressing so bad?.. So I got to thinking and counting and thought.. most of his "friends" are family. Ugh I stress about the silliest things. J's right I "think too much". So we are having a cars theme at our house.. lol with friends and family.

I can't believe my baby boy will be 6.. Ahhh that seems sooo OLD!!!! *tear* Where did time go??

J-Bird

2012-01-12T07:49:00.000-08:00

I'm a very lucky woman to have him in my life. He truly is the most amazing husband anyone could ever ask for. I can honestly sit here and say that I married my best friend. We laugh almost constantly and when we do have a disagreement and some heated words.. we'll stop and then 5 minutes later we talk and act like nothing ever happened. He makes me feel loved, wanted and needed. He has stepped up and been the best dad to Kobe. The other day Kobe got in trouble and J took a toy from him. Well of course Kobe was upset and told J he was "the worst dad EVER" I was doing the dishes when this was all going on Kobe went to his room and slammed the door. I asked J what he said (to make sure I heard correctly) I stopped doing the dishes.. went into Kobe's room told him to come back to my bedroom cause we needed to talk.. He followed me to my room and sat on the bed and I explained to him how what he said was not acceptable and he needs to stop and think for a minute.. I explained how Jason has stepped in to be his dad and how he needs to remember ALL the things J does for him and how is biological "dad" isnt' even in his life.. basically just making him see the big picture. I told Kobe I thought he owed J an apology and then asked him if he thought he owed him and apology too? He was looking down and then looked at me with big ol crocodile tears in his eyes and shook his head yes. He told me he was embarrassed to tell him sorry.. I said well when you can get the courage then you need to do it. He came in the living room and laid on the floor by the chair J was sittin in and finally moved onto the couch and told J he was sorry for saying he was the worst dad .. It hurt MY feelings that Kobe said that.. Even though J said it didn't bother him. It did ME!

We even have the same views on parenting. In fact we have the same views on a lot of things. Religion, marriage, life, etc. We have the same goals for us. Which is nice. I feel I can't even express my love enough for this man. Even when I fold his laundry there is this feeling I can't even explain lol I tell him all the time I'm "crazy in love with him". He'll just smile and laugh.. not sure if he's blushing or thinks I'm crazy hahaha..

Weekend rewind..

2012-01-08T15:55:00.000-08:00

This weekend was a good and relaxing weekend. I love spendin time with my guys! Although I'm a horrible sister-in-law since I TOTALLY spaced Amy's babyshower :( I LOVE baby showers and was looking fwd to this.. about 4 I was in the bathroom and Jason knocked on the door and said "weren't you supposed to go to a baby shower" ugh why am I such a space cadet??

Jason and my cousin Luke went rabbit hunting today and came home with 5 rabbits that they had to skin and cut up.. so since I always have to take pictures I grabbed my camera and snapped a few pics..

Right after this pic I got to see NASTY intestines.. Not what I was wanting to see.. lol They got 3 females and 2 males.. Kobe of course loved watching them skin the rabbits lol.

Jason promised Kobe that they could shoot his BB gun when he got back. He waited very patiently for Jason to get home.. in the meantime we made Volcanoes...

2.5 hours later.. it was time to shoot the BB gun... I printed him some targets off the internet... he did a pretty good job and even shot the bulls eye 2 times!!

2nd Grading Period..

2012-01-07T05:36:00.000-08:00

Friday Kobe brought home his report card for the 2nd grading period.. it was pretty much a perfect report card. I am one happy Momma!!! Even though they aren't "letter grades" they are still awesome. How awesome is it to see "M" which means Mastery-Knowledge of 100% Standard. Last grading period he had one "P" which means Partial Mastery-Knowledge of 50%-99% of Standard.. he brought that up to the "M" this grading period.. Whoop whoop!! He's such a smart cookie!! To smart for his own good sometimes..
Kinda sad to think that Kindergarten is halfway over *tear*...

The other day he brought home a paper that had things associated with January on it, such as Winter, Ice Skates, Martin Luther King Jr. etc.. his hand writing was SO neat I was telling him what a good job he did on his paper and he says "OH! Mom! See that guys name on there?" Me-"Yes, Martin Luther King Jr." Kobe-"Yeh he's coming to our school to talk to us." lol I explained to him that wasn't possible and why then we got into a big discussion about it.. He is such an interesting kiddo, he really is. He's been watching a show on TV called "Dino Dan" now he is all interested in Dinosaurs.. Which I'm kinda glad. I think every little boy needs dinosaurs in their life. Although Kobe wants them to be roaming the Earth again so he can be like Dino Dan. I love than Nick Jr. has a show on like this.. Kuddos Nick Jr.! Even though Kobe is into the whole Dinosaur thing he has found a "new hobby" his Diego walkie talkie can pick up truckers. He thinks they are talking to him and he'll carry on a "conversation" with them. He claims that one guy called him a "chicken Nip" hahahaha Oh this kid beings me so much laughter and joy... he's the BEST!!!!

Ringin' in the New Year

2012-01-01T09:35:00.000-08:00

We rung in the new year the perfect way... With family (blood and non blood lol). Although some backed out on us at the very last minute we still had a good time and too much food.. But let me tell you kids + late bedtimes = lots of tears, fighting and whining lol Kobe is in his room tucked in his bed by no later than 8pm. well staying up to watch the ball drop got the best of him. But he made it and so did Mom.. lol I was up way past my bedtime too lol. Even tho I'm just 28 I am an old lady lol. I put my jammies on as soon as I know I don't have to go anywhere else for the evening. But we made it and had a good time.. We had lots of laughs, a few fights, lots of food and good company. Amanda brought a new board game that she bought called "Last Word" it was really fun.

Olivia made cupcakes in her Easy Bake Oven :) She was so proud of them..

We even let creatures in our house LOL this is what BumbleBee and The black Spiderman's baby would look like LOL

Super Heroes were at OUR party... be jealous LOL

This is the kinda love you have after almost 34 years of marriage haha

"Last Word"

Ready to ring in the New Year

They have their "Champagne" its actually Sparkling Grape juice..

Counting down....

Happy New Year

Mommy/Son date!

2011-12-31T09:20:00.000-08:00

Kobe and I went on a mommy and son date Thursday morning. Although if you ask Kobe about our "date" he will correct you that it in deed was NOT a date. We just went to the movies LOL. Sheesh 5 years old and is too cool for a "Mommy/Son date" lol He sat so still and didn't move a muscle wouldn't even take his coat off. Didn't even try one morsel of popcorn (He had no idea what he was missin lol) not even one sip of coke.. FULL blown caffeinated coke. He sat there and didn't even change expression on his face.. I whispered to him "Do you like the movie?" I get a quick nod yes, he didn't even look at me... so I offered popcorn, coke, help to take his coat off.. and I got short quick nods of No.. So I let him be... Several times I offered popcorn and a drink and it was always nods of no.. Finally when the movie was about over I whispered again "Are you having fun?" He turned and looked at me with this huge grin on his face and shook his head yes and then kept looking at me smiling..

Doesn't he look like he's having fun LOL

As soon as the movie was over we walked out to the lobby and he asked if he could play some video games.. I told him I only have $1 cash so that's all he could play. He played 2 games and was content. As soon as we got in the van it was like a switch was turned on and I had my chatty Kobe back.. ate the rest of the popcorn we brought with us and drank the watered down coke.. and talked the WHOLE way home about the movie and all the parts in it.. I asked why he was so quiet in the theature and his response "Mom, your not supposed to talk in there." hahaha Love this child of mine :)

Christmas Vacation!

2011-12-28T15:24:00.000-08:00

Kobe and I have been playing with his toys he got from Christmas... today we pulled out the Lincoln logs Uncle Adam and Anna got him. I requested those to be bought for Kobe.. He always takes the Jinga Blocks from the Jinga game and tries his hardest to build a house.. So I knew these would be perfect for him. He really studies the instructions to see how it's built.. he was so proud of the house we built :)

We had a fun day playing and organizing his room so his new stuff has places to be put. Although later on in the evening he got into some trouble was sent to his room and was grounded from his Deer Hunter game.. this is the note I was left. "Kobe love Mom, Mom do not love Kobe"

He's a rotten egg lol

Its SNOWING!!!

2011-12-27T10:59:00.000-08:00

Finally 2 days after Christmas it snows lol.. My weather bug on my laptop says 39* I can hear the snow melting lol.. Its that real heavy wet snow.. But good for making snowmen :) Kobe made his first ever snowman all by himself.. he was very proud!

And we are still gathering :)

2011-12-27T09:06:00.000-08:00

Monday Mom and Dad stuck a turkey in the oven and we all chip in some sides and we all gathered at Mom and Dad's house for another dinner.. After dinner we played HeadBandz That is such a fun game.. and kinda hard too lol.. We all enjoyed it and had alot of laughing

It took Dad FOREVER to get this "Mushroom"

Look how hard Mom is thinking.. she was really stumpted on this "Shirt"

This year I made alot of goodies... I made my first time ever Pumpkin Pie..

Look at the perfect color of that crust!!! lol
I also made my Uncle Jeff's homemade Cheese cake.. its very time consuming and made me nervous lol good thing I had alot of Chocolate chips because I scorched the first attempt when it said to melt chocolate and sugar together lol the whole time I was thinking *double boiler* but I didn't do it and what did I get??? BURNT chocolate LOL.. So I threw it away and got smart...

Look how messy it was though? In fact.. look how messy my WHOLE kitchen was...

Don't worry... Glue and medication was not ingredients in the Cheesecake

Ugh see my puny little mixer?? I sooo need a KitchenAid

I also made mock peanut brittle... this is the BEST thing EVER!!!!
All it is, Karo Syrup, sugar, maybe vanilla I can't remember and Peanut butter.. and pour over Corn Flakes..

Grandma and I attempted Microwave Peanut Brittle.. and we failed.. not once but twice LOL.. We don't know what went wrong.. but the second time was good just not the peanut brittle "look"
we were going for lol.. I don't have a pic of that.. But I do of the Divinity and Fudge we made...

Very Merry Christmas (Day)

2011-12-26T14:10:00.000-08:00

We were up and at it by 5:30AM... Why you might ask? Well it wasn't because Kobe was up and ready to tear into presents.. it was Momma! I could barely SLEEP because I was sooo excited for Christmas morning. Last year it was just Kobe and I and we lived in a 2 story apartment and he was down stairs unwrapping while I was still snoozin away.. I was CRUSHED when he came running in my room to "tell" me what Santa brought him.. He had strict rules this year to not go in the living room, to come straight to Mommy and Daddy's room and wake us up before he even looked in there lol. This year we woke him up..

About 8:30 we went to pick up Clayton and Mikayla and headed to Jason's Parent's house to have Christmas with them and all his sisters. His Dad made pancakes and sausage.. We ate and then opened presents..

We didn't get to stay long though. Which I hated that.. but we had to still have Christmas with our kids at our house before we had to take them back by noon :( So it was kinda rush rush.. So we headed home so the kiddos could unwrap presents from us..

We also went to my Grandparents and had dinner at 5pm but I forgot my camera at home :( so no pics.. But it was a great day!!!

Very Merry Christmas (Eve)

2011-12-26T09:04:00.000-08:00

We had a very Merry Christmas indeed! We started it off on Christmas eve with my family over at our house this year.. We actually had the most room and with having two bathrooms our house was the place to have it. Kobe watched the clock ALL day waiting and waiting for 6:00pm to get here. In the mean time we decided to open presents Kobe got to open just one from Jason and I and then Jason and I exchanged gifts.. I got a deep fryer.. I've been looking for a oil thermometer so now I have a deep fryer with a temperature gage on it ;) I also got a food processor.. I've had a manual one I got from Tupperware when I sold it but its about to bite the dust

I got Jason a Real Tree camo seat cover for his truck, a shirt, and a knife that is also a screwdriver.

Kobe got a truck that pulls a camper with hunting guys..

Finally it was time and everyone arrived.. We ate and then onto presents it was.. My family has always opened presents youngest to oldest. So Olivia was first..

She was VERY excited about her Squinkies from Everyone lol except Aunt Annie (me) and Uncle Jason got her Polly Pocket.. which she loved too..

Kobe's turn.. Mamaw and Papaw got him a FULL farm set.. with a barn and a house.. Uncle Adam and Anna got him Lincoln Logs and Aunt Amanda, Liv and Josh got him a John Deere Tractor and Waggon

Anna got several picture frames from Amanda's fam and my fam. Mom and Dad got her a Vera Bradley wallet and Checkbook cover to match her purse Adam got her..

Adam got a deer blind for hunting from Mom and Dad, we got him a knife, and Amanda's fam got him a real nice shirt that was a size to small (but still fit) and he isn't going to let her forget it either lol

I got a Paula Dean Casserole cooker, silverware, and cooking utensils from Mom and Dad, Paula Dean baking dish from Amanda's fam and Paula Dean pie dish from Adam and Anna

Jason got a Deer Hunting blind from Mom and Dad, camo shirt from Amanda's fam and Camo sweats and shirt from Adam and Anna..

Amanda got a Coach purse from Mom and Dad, Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses from me and my fam, and cookie sheets from Adam and Anna.

Josh got a real nice fishing pole from Mom and Dad, Oakley Sunglasses from us, and long johns from Adam and Anna

Dad got a couple pajama pants from Adam and Anna, a meat grinder from Amanda's fam, and a small trashcan full of peanuts from us.

Mom got several jammies from Adam and Anna, Pajama pants from us, necklace from Amanda's fam

We had a good night.. I love when my family is all together... we are a VERY close family and I love it..

Leavell's Christmas

2011-12-18T17:14:00.000-08:00

Today was Leavell's Christmas.. it was a real good time. We play "Dirty Santa" every year and its sooo much fun.. I had to put up a good fight for the gift I wanted though.. A Gooseberry Patch cookbook! My Aunt Shellie opened one first and I decided not to take hers.. being a good niece that I am I choose another gift.. unwrapped it and low and behold it was the SAME cookbook my Aunt got. Well come my Aunt Donna's turn She came and stole mine :( so I went and stole my Aunt Shellie's.. So I once again had a cook book again.. UNTIL my Great Aunt Joyce came and stole mine again.. So I went and stole mine back from my Aunt Donna which made it dead and MINE!!! ALL MINE! lol Poor J-Bird got a nice set of Candy Cane candles lol..... We just bring a gift for Kobe to open which I got him a Firetruck that lights up and makes sounds. He loved it! We all had a really good day ;)

Also I tried a hairstyle I got off Pinterest I thought it looked cute if I do say so myself LOL
Here is what it was supposed to look like..

Here is mine

Not as cute but kinda similar lol

Sick guys!

2011-12-17T12:45:00.000-08:00

I'm sittin in the living room tryin to stay away from my two sick guys in hopes I won't catch it. My poor baby keeps puking.. He woke up from a dead sleep to puke :( He'll start puking and yell "Momma!" I'll run in there and help him til he's finished rinse his bowl, rewet his washcloth, tuck him back in. Then go back and check on my sick hubby.. who is sawin logs back in our bedroom.. I'm so glad he's only puked once hopefully this will be a 24 hour thing and they will be back to par tomorrow.. Ugh although we have our first Christmas get to gether tomorrow so we'll see how today goes. Praying I don't get this sickness. I hate that my guys have it.. it breaks my heart.. I had to make a run to the store for sprite and chicken noodle soup although they both said NO to the soup LOL.. oh and a can of Lysol which I FORGOT.. Thanks to my Mom who gave me hers..

I'm sure part of Kobe's tummy ache is from a month old Yogurt he found down in the crisper of the fridge. He had it ate before I even knew he was eating it... it was dated 11/2/2011 so hopefully it wasn't tooo outdated.. I didn't even know that was down there.. he had to do some major digging through stuff to find it lol.. *note to self* clean out fridge ;) although isn't yogurt rotten milk anyways? lol plus isn't that just like some extra penicillin? No no no I'm kidding.. I was totally grossed out when I saw he ate it.

I cleaned out my phone here are some pics that were on there..

Riding some EXPENSIVE rides in the mall.. $0.75 to ride these things.. craziness lol

Watching Santa get his hat and coat off.. he had just arrived at the mall that day.

Kobe and my Grandpa playing the "Pie-anna" as my Grandpa calls it LOL..

Kobe being an "Elf on the Shelf"

My AWESOME casserole carrier Jason's cousin Jennifer and her hubby Derick got us for a wedding present

I saved the BEST for last.. Some of my yanno "Over Achieving Mom" stuff.. (I know I know.. Get over it right?!?! lol I still gotta get some digs in LOL.. it will always be an inside joke with a few of my friends and I lol...) Just so you all know I don't do these things so people can think "oooh she's such a fun/cool/good Mom" whatever people may think I'm not doing it for attention.. I'm doing it because my child is worth it.. because I want him to have a fun and memorable child hood. I did and my mom didn't even do the things I do with my son So that just proves I'm not tryin to "buy my kids love" lol. But I like doing these things for/with my son.. and I like to document it for myself and later in life my son or whoever wants to read it. so anywho here are some I found on my phone..

So yanno some over achiever things like this:
Happy Face icing on his toaster strudel

Teddy Bear pancakes

Letting the boys use their sister as a dead deer they are dragging out of the woods

Homemade birthday cake for J-Bird

Homemade decor as well lol

Kobe scraping the van one frosty morning

What's up Jack

2011-12-16T14:35:00.000-08:00

Here are some Jack spottings

Isn't my Tree CUTE?! I got it at Family Dollar for $6.. I Love that store!

Chillin in the fridge

My new advent house.. I Love it! Thanks to Avon :)

Jack made a "snow angel" out of corn meal

Party Time!

2011-12-06T05:40:00.001-08:00

Sunday I threw a small party for J-Bird. It was really nice. Simple but nice. I made buffalo Chicken dip, and a ham and cheese bread ring.. although the ham I used and the cheese I used wasn't very good.. but must have been ok since it was all gone lol. We also had chips and Salsa, deer summer sausage/cheese and I made Jason his favorite cake .. Carrot Cake. I only invited family because of the small space I have but it was perfect room for all that were here. My parents, Jason's parents, my sister Amanda and Olivia, Angie (J's sister)and her son Evan, Maria (J's sister) and My brother Adam. This was the first time both our families were together for a get together :) of course we were missing 2 of Jason's sisters and Adam's gf Anna but it was a great time.. I love that I FINALLY have a husband where his family is just as awesome as mine.. it makes things so much better.. I only got one pic taken tho.. I guess I can't man the camera AND be the hostess with the mostess ;)

It's begining to look alot like Christmas!

2011-12-01T09:23:00.001-08:00

and that makes me very happy...

The day after Thanksgiving we got our Christmas tree up and our decor out. I love the look and wouldn't mind keeping it up all year round lol. Of course the night we get out tree up is the night Jack comes back. Kobe couldn't wait for him to come this year.. Here are some pics of his whereabouts so far..

Our first snow

The Real Santa!

2011-11-28T13:45:00.001-08:00

The day before Thanksgiving I didn't have to babysit Lexi so it was going to be just Kobe and I all day so I thought I should take him to see Santa. I asked Mom to go with us because she wasnt keeping the kiddo she babysits either so off we headed to E-ville to see the Real Santa :) I love doing this every year :)

Family Time

2011-11-26T09:03:00.001-08:00

Family time is the best time. We got to spend Thanksgiving with my Mom's side this year. We haven't been all together in a long time. It was really nice to get all of us together.

Here are all the cousins.. Left to right: Olivia (my niece), Stella (my cousin Carrie's daughter), Brady, Brice (my cousin Candice's Kids) Kobe and then Titus (My cousin Carrie's son)

Kobe and Titus were not even walking last time they were together. That's how long its been :(
We all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were able to get my Grandma out of the nursing home and take her with us to my Uncle Jeff and his Wife Terri's she had a really good day.

My Uncle Jeff has a tiny dog named Max. Its a Chihuahua and Pomeranian mixed.. Kobe LOVED him.. He's usually scared of dogs but not Max. In fact he was told SEVERAL times to put Max down lol. He begged us to get him one exactly like it lol.

My Grandma.. Bless her heart.. She was there with us but it wasn't "Grandma" Darn you Alzheimer's.. You suck :(

Here are some more pics from Thanksgiving day.

Winner Winner! Deer Dinner??!?!?!

2011-11-20T10:01:00.001-08:00

J-Bird got a deer!! Yay! That means I'll have a freezer full of deer steaks/burger/roasts etc. As I type this the guys (Jason and My dad) are out cutting it off the deer right now. While my precious baby boy cleans the hair off of the meat lol. He is going to be a hunter at an early age. Jason already has taken him out to the woods with him when he went but they didn't see anything that day. I hope Jason gets a deer next time he takes Kobe. I would love to for Kobe to experience that. He has ran in here twice already and showed me his bloody hands from the meat. We got a total of 4 roasts, 30 steaks, 2lbs of meat for jerky and 30 lbs of meat for burger!!

Arf!

2011-11-20T07:33:00.001-08:00

Thursday night (Nov, 17th) was Kobe's school program. It was his first ever school program. Well I mean he had one when he went to WC Preschool but this was an actual play/program. All the kids dressed up as dogs. The theme was "Arf" It was sooo cute. It was one of those "proud Mom" moments where you get choked up and fight back the tears because your in public and you don't want people to think your a spaz lol. Another thing that made this night so special was to have my husband with me. It was nice to have that other person there for support. He also did a GREAT job manning the video camera :) I loved having the whole family thing.

Happy Halloween 2011

2011-11-01T07:32:00.000-07:00

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I love everything about it.. the decor, the dressing up, the trick or treaters, etc. This year Kobe choose to be Bumble Bee from The movie Transformers. It was a hit with a lot of people. We had a good time and got TONS of candy.

This is the bag Kobe carries every year.. Well except one year because he got a plastic pumpkin from a friend of mine. But Aunt Amanda got Kobe this for his first Halloween and we still carry it :)

Here is a little Halloween Flash Back
2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

The picture of the devil makes me cry... I miss that precious baby.. he grew up tooo fast..

Here are some pick from "Trunk -or- Treat"

40 minutes of Questions..

2011-10-28T08:19:00.000-07:00

First check out these cute things we made for Kobe's Halloween Party at school!!

The Bean and I drove to get J-Bird from work in Jasper.. which from home to J's work its exactly 40 minutes.. Usually Kobe falls asleep.. not yesterday. He was wide awake and full of questions. Odd Questions at that lol. First off he asks if Deer have "milk bags" like cows. I was caught off guard by this question lol.. I said no, they eat berries and leaves.. he then says "UH HUH, yes they do Mom, Uncle Adam cut one of the deer he was cuttin up and showed me" Soo I told him we'll ask J and see what he says cause Mommy didnt know lol.. and well its hard to believe Adam at times lol he always tells Kobe wild stories.. Kobe told Me and Mom that him and Adam went to New York to drop off the deer carcase.. that's probably what good ol' Uncle Adam told him LOL.. in Kobe's eyes Uncle Adam does no wrong lol Sooo then Kobe wanted to know "Why do bulls want to buck the cowboys off?" So I told him what I know.. I said well you know that rope the cowboy is holding onto? Well that is tied to the bulls peepee and it hurts the bull and he's trying to get it off so he's bucking. I look in the rear view mirror and can see the wheels turning in his head trying to process this all LOL.. Thank goodness it didn't go much farther than that LOL. There were several other silly questions but as we pulled into J's work there is a big pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness and he goes "a pink ribbon? really? pink? Seriously!?!" I said that's there for Breast Cancer awareness.. He then asks what breast cancer was... So I told him its when women get sick and they have knots and bumps in their boobs and sometimes they have to have surgery.. I told him sometimes people can die from it.. He then proceeds to ask if I ever had it .. I said no I haven't and I pray I never get it. This little boy is really making mommy work lol.

The icing on the cake was this morning.. I was changing this morning an I had just my bra and panties on (sorry for the scary visual lol) and Kobe says "are you having a baby Mom?" I was like umm no Kobe.. He said "well your belly looks like you are" I said nope I'm just fat, not having a baby.. he then flops down on my bed with this pouty face and says "I want you to have a baby. I want a baby sister. and then a baby brother" I said I want a baby girl too... He asked how we could get one in my belly ..So I told him to pray to God and ask him to put a healthy baby sister in Mommy's belly.. I was NOT going into dicussion of how babies were made.... He's such a curious child..

Whistle Taxi!!!

2011-10-27T06:19:00.000-07:00

This morning was sooooo smooth. Woke up got dressed.. got Kobe up.. I asked him what he wanted for breakfast.. he says "uh, hmm? just whatever you want me to have" So I fixed him a bowl of Rice Crispies. He ate all most all of it. Took his meds. Then I helped him get dressed. He asked if I'd put lotion on his face because it was dry and itchy.. UGH its VERY dry.. and looks chapped or something.. I'm not too sure his allergies aren't flared up. Although the Nurse Practitioner says his allergies are FINE.. after looking in his ears and nose.. Sooo any ways I put lotion on him then we laid in my bed and cuddle for a good 5 minutes before we headed out the door.. He was sooo sweet when we were cuddling.. He wanted to hold my hand :) Its hard to get him to cuddle, so when he does I want to make the best of it.. But time was breathing down my neck and I needed to get him to school... So I said.. "Mr. Darrah, your taxi is here. Please get your sponge bob suitcase and head to the taxi." he got this huge smile on his face got right up and we headed out the door... He's like "i need to put my suitcase in the trunk" LOL nooooo we can't do that... So he got in and got buckled.. he told me exactly how to get to his "work" It was cute and he had fun! Although when he got out of the "taxi" I said "Bye Mr. Darrah. I love You" and he looked at me and said "uuuh Taxi Drivers Don't say that to people" hahahha But I said well your Mommy says she loves you.. he said Love you too Mom... ;)

Kobe update!

2011-10-26T11:21:00.000-07:00

First off let me brag about my son... He got an awesome report card. I'm sooo proud of him :) He's such a smart little cookie!
(Click on the picture and it will go bigger)

(not sure why they are 2 different colors lol must not have had my lid shut tight on my scanner)

And then this.. it melted my heart as soon as I saw it.. The spelling was perfect lol Yes I know its miss spelled but how precious is he!?!? :)

Love this kiddo!!
Sooo Can't remember if I posted in my last blog about having to switch doctors because the one we were seeing left :( sooo anywho we go to see the new one for Kobe's ADHD (same office, different Nurse practitioner) She was concerned with his rapid weight loss.. 3 pounds.. He was in a size 7 at the end of July/beginning of Aug. He now is back in his size 5 pants (where he SHOULD be) she thought the weight loss was because of his medication which I tried to tell her it wasn't it was because where we lived prior he wasn't aloud to go outside and ride his bike as much because it was hot out and the policy where we lived was he couldn't be outside alone but since we moved and have a yard he can go out and play in and ride his bike constantly plus being in school all day and having recess and P.E. he shed those few pounds off pretty quickly.. But she didn't think that was the case sooo we were back to square 1. She was ready to reduce his meds (which were working great). Was having me fill out questionnaires, making me feel like I was just trying to get my son on meds for my personal benefit. I was sooo upset when I let the office I feel like we were right on track with things and now shes coming in and making us start over. So when we talked to Dr. Dan (Child Psychiatrist) he told me he would write a report and send it over to the NP. Soo we go back to see the NP for a weight check and he hadn't lost anymore weight so she wrote another script for more pills and said she didn't receive Dr. Dan's report so next time I go to make sure and have him send one. Sooo we go see Dr. Dan... he thinks Kobe needs an evening pill after school, Not a full does but just half a dose to ease him down from the full dose. So I agreed and told him how the NP was doing all this and how she makes me feel like I'm a horrible mother for putting my child on meds. He assured me I'm NOT.. I use Dr. Dan for my personal use too lol.. I love him he's the best.. but any how.. so he sent the report over.. well we got see the NP about the 2nd does.. My stomach was in knots because this woman already has me labeled obviously so when I told her why we were there.. she claimed she dint get the report from Dr. Dan and she was going to go call before I left.. so she comes back in the room, with what?!?! The REPORT Dr. Dan sent over.. Surprise Surprise... Sooo in the report Dr. Dan asked that Kobe get a 5mg dose at 3pm well she right away said No.. she wouldn't do that because it might stunt his growth.. she miiiiiight do a 2.5mg at 1pm but she'd talk to Dr. Lohano and see what he said.. and I'd have to come back to pick up the script on Friday... this was the FIRST time they were ever concerned about his heigth.. never questioned it before.. never even measured him.. so Idk.. but anyways I go in on that Friday to get his scripts and it was for 5mg.. So obviously Dr. Lohano over ruled what she wanted to do.. Soooo I had an appt set up for Oct 25th so they could check his height but they called and canceled it and rescheduled for the 31st with Dr. Lohano... *siiiiiiigh* on a plus note tho.. Kobe is doing wonderful on his medication.. he adjusted well to his evening pill and he's eating dinner better, sleeping WAY better, and wakes up and eats a whole bowl of oatmeal for Breakfast.. We are finally on the right track lets just hope it stays that way...

Hum Diddy..

2011-10-26T05:58:00.000-07:00

This weekend we spent it with J-Bird's family.. Saturday we went to his cousin Elaine's Wedding.. She looked beautiful! Her dress in my opinion was PERFECT!! The reception was decorated beautiful and the cake was DELICIOUS!!!! It was an orange cake ... never had orange cake (other than Orange jello cake)before but it was wonderful.

Sunday we went to J's nephew Evan's 6th Birthday party.. Him and Kobe get along so well and play really nice together.
Here they are in their "Space Ship" fighting Aliens

Now they are on the "space Horse" hahaha I love kid imagination

Soooo Speaking of cake ... I've decided to try to start making cakes/cupcakes.. For family and close friends or whoever asks me too.. I already make cakes for my family's b-days but I'm going to start putting a little more into it.. like working with fondant and doing some cake design. I've thought about taking classes to help but then I thought whats the best way to learn? Yep YouTube!! I have learned how to do so much from YouTube. A man on YouTube taught me how to make biscuits and gravy ;) So I found this woman on there who is teaching me how to make things out of fondant... So we'll see..

Big weekend

2011-10-18T12:53:00.000-07:00

J-Bird bought Kobe a BB gun.. Kobe was soooo excited... He'll only get to use it when J takes him out in the country and shoots it. We didn't just give our 5 yr old a BB gun and said "Have fun" Kobe coming from a family who hunts (not me lol), Dad, My brother and now Jason, he will be needing to learn how to hunt not only that but needs to learn all about gun safety and the rules of a gun. What better way to learn than with a BB gun. He will take the Hunter's Education course when he is old enough but for now the important men in his life can give him some pointers.

So Sunday while I went to the Craft Show. J took Kobe to shoot his BB gun for the first time. Kobe said it was "awesome" lol.. I'm so glad he has someone in his life like Jason :) We are very lucky.

So Sunday while the guys went and played I went with my Mom, Sister, niece and Anna (Adam's gf) to the Dubois Co. Arts and Craft show. This was our 3rd year going. We love it and look fwd to it every year. They always have a booth there that does personalized Christmas ornaments and so I always know I'm getting one before I see the booth :) I love all my purchases I made this year... but regret not getting something I really wanted.. but I couldn't spend a whopping 14 bucks on just myself lol so I didn't get it. Now I'm sad I didn't get it LOL. I was too busy looking for the guys something lol.
Here are my purchases for the day: (not pictured, Yummy peanut butter and chocolate fudge for Jason and I and a white chocolate tractor sucker for Kobe)

This Family sign I got for $2.00

Me and Jason's first ornament

Our first family ornament

Kobe's pet rock lol This was only $.50 and it was by far his favorite thing I got him lol

I got Jason and Kobe both a key chain like this.. its a rabbits foot and a deer antler lol they both loved it :)

Sunday evening we had our monthly family dinner. This time it was at my cousin Jacob's. Him and his wife Whitney and their son welcomed us out to their place where we had a "weenie roast" actually Jake cooked the weenies on the grill because it was sooo windy. We celebrated Jake and Anna's Birthdays at the family get together. It was so nice. It was very relaxing and we all enjoyed ourselves.

oooh yeh and we hung some new wall decor.. this is the sneak peek of the new wall to come in the living room.. I got the wall cling at Family Dollar for $3

hahaha and these lovely things :) are now in the living room ;)

Kobe got some new kicks too.. He wanted boots like J's soooo bad so today I surprised him with some.. He is gonna run into things because he watches his feet when he walks LOL...

Happy Happy Happy!!!

2011-10-12T17:45:00.000-07:00

I just sent off my papers to get my new Social Security card changed to Andrea Colvin :) I forgot all the things you have to change when you get married. Its gonna take some time to get used to Andrea Colvin.. I'm so happy to be Mrs. Jason Alan Colvin :) Next I need to go get my name changed on my license, Bank account, insurance etc.

Soo anyways I just had my first Parent Teacher Conference with Kobe's teacher via phone.. she said he was doing great.. He's very smart and right on track with every thing. He was one of a few kids who could count to 100 I'm so proud he is doing good.. her only complaint..was his stubborness.. Oh boy do I know all about that. He is the most stubborn child EVER!!! We are having some major issues at home with this.. Even with MAMAW!!! The one person who I never thought Kobe would give grief too.. His Mamaw lol We ARE working on this stubborness and really crackin down on him. But its about to get the best of this Mom..Now that I think of it, He truely does get it honestly.. The Hill's are pretty stubborn ppl lol

But all in all.. I am extremely happy with the way my life is going. I couldn't ask for more..

Pumpkin Time

2011-10-11T17:22:00.000-07:00

We finally carved Kobe's pumpkin he got from Lark Ranch. The pumpkin carving was delayed by some behavior problems Sir Kobe was having. Wow 5 year olds sure have attitude problems.. But anywho Kobe wanted a vampire face on his pumpkin so I did my best to try and draw a "vampire"..

I didn't get to play in the "goo" this year :( lol I LOVE pumpkin "goo" I love the feel of it and the smell of it :)

Yes only my son would be sportin' snow boots and shorts LOL

He is soooo stinkin cute!! I love my KoKo Bean!!

Jason's new chair we got for $9.00

I LOVE this look on my HUSBAND! Nooo I'm not talkin about the pumpkin "goo" nor the welding dust under his nails ;) I'm talking about that wedding ring on his finger :) I love looking at his hand.. I'm soooo happy!!!

Lark Ranch 2011

2011-10-10T10:35:00.000-07:00

Sunday was the Annual Lark Ranch trip. We were so ready this year. I couldn't wait to spend this time with my family and since I had my own little family this time it was sooo nice. We all had a good time. I forgot my camera Waaaah! lol. I even charged the batteries so it was ready to go. I just forgot to take them off the charger and put them in the camera and sit the camera by my purse. Thanks to Amanda she brought her camera and snapped some pics of Kobe for us :) Then of course I had some on my phone but the silly thing kept crashing after every pic.. so there isn't a pic of him shooting the corn cob gun or him riding the horse blah lol O-well.. I love my family and I love this day of the year :)

I married my Best Friend..

2011-10-07T06:22:00.000-07:00

So Jason and I planned on getting married on May 5th 2012. I wanted the whole wedding thing. Fancy dress, beautiful decor, a DJ, sit down dinner etc etc.. Then I changed my mind.. I wanted an outdoor wedding with awesome never seen before wedding decor. Then I changed my mind again.. I wanted a casual back yard wedding with a bon fire reception with all our family and close friends.. I then again changed my mind. Since New Year's Eve was on a Saturday I told Jason it would be cool to have a wedding on NYE and have a reception/NYE party.. He agreed that if I thought I could plan it all by then he would... Soooo on Thursday September 29th, Jason was and I were in bed for the night and he taps on my shoulder and whispers "I'm off Monday" so of course ask how come and all he kept saying was "I'm off Monday" he probably said that 50 times.. then he says.. "We could go get married".. I was all for it.. So come Monday we went to the Courthouse got our marriage license and Tuesday evening my Grandparents preacher married us. We both decided since this was our 2nd marriage we didn't need the big "to do". We are just ready to start our life as husband and wife. We both know we are the one for each other. I have NEVER felt this way about anyone before. There is almost constant laughter, we can tease each other and know we are only teasing. I can honestly say he IS my BEST FRIEND. He is wonderful and my true soul mate! I could not be any happier! Same for Kobe. He is so excited to have a "daddy" he would ask Jason the silliest questions just to call him Daddy lol it was so cute. He told me it was hard to call Jason daddy cause he wasn't used to it. lol He choose to call him daddy on his own.. Jason didn't mind one bit, in fact he had a big smile on his face when Kobe said it ;) not only did Kobe get a new daddy he also has a new brother and sister which he was soo excited about. Which means I gained to more kiddos :) I love that!!

Its not the amount of time that makes love strong its the love two people have for one an other.

2011-09-18T14:27:00.000-07:00

Kobe has mastered shoe tieing :)

Busy Busy Weekend

2011-09-18T14:13:00.000-07:00

Started the weekend off with running errands with Mom Friday.. We went to Jasper so I could look for Jason a wedding band.. No such luck.. well in Jasper at least. Although we went to Kmart and I found a pair of Jeans, a shirt and 2 night gowns all for $37.00.. The night gowns and shirt was only $3.99 each.. Gotta love a good bargain :) So we came back in town and had lunch at El Mazatlan. After I was almost done eating I started to have yet another panic attack. I came home and laid down and finally about 3ish I felt better. These have got to go away.. they are so scary. But anywho after Mom got Kobe off the bus for me we went looking for wedding bands again.. and I found one WOOHOO! I was sooo happy with my purchase.. Go figure it was in my own lil town and of all places Wally World :)

I also got Kobe a pair of Jeans.. size 6 and they are HUGE.. the adjustable waist is pulled as tight as they can go.. This child was pushing a size 7 in August. Now he *could* be in a 5.. Ahhh... No wonder the doc was worried about his weight loss.. Although I am almost 100% positive he is losing weight because he is aloud to play outside now since we moved and have a yard. Also He is active at school with recess and P.E. Which reminds me.. last weekend it was GORGEOUS out and I told him to get off the laptop and go play outside.. he moaned and groaned but then did as I said. He rode his bike for awhile and when he got bored he came back inside an asked "why" he can't play on the laptop.. I told him he needs to be outside in the fresh air getting exercise.. Well he brings the laptop in the living room and says look Mom I can do both.. and he log onto PBSkids.org and they had a "workout, exercises video" So here he is on the laptop doing exercise too.. this kid kills me LOL he is ROTTEN I'm telling ya lol!

So Anyways to end our night Friday we went to the Homecoming Parade.. The parade was so good.. I was so impressed.. All the class floats were cute.. They were all board game related. We had so many friends and family too watch for in the parade.. Like my niece Olivia who was walking with her Great Uncle's campaign people (can you tell I'm not into political stuff? lol) She thought she was pretty cool and I admit she did look pretty cool ;)

Kobe trying to get his bag ready for candy

Saturday all the guys(except Kobe) went fishing.. So Amanda, Mom, Kobe and I went to the Cruiz-in. That is my FAVORITE time of the year.. I LOVE it! Although Amanda and I choose some horrible seats.. lol We sat on Main St and across from the Tique.. Well it was fine until the cruiz started and all these drunken fools came out and whooped and hollered the whole time lol. But we didn't let them ruin our time :)

Today we went to our monthly family dinner at my Grandparents.. We had chicken and Dumplings, mashed potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, fresh Green beans, yeast rolls and then brownies and apple pie for dessert. It was yummy... The best part was that my family was together and having a good time :) Even though not all was there.. maybe next time..

Here Fishy Fishy!!

2011-09-12T11:02:00.000-07:00

Saturday we went fishing. Up by the boat ramp there were TONS of little minnows of course the Bean wanted to catch one.. so I dig a cup out of the van.. see I knew there was a reason I keep my van trashed..

Yeeeeh I don't know what I'm thinking letting my son where white to go fishing in.. let alone PLAY in the water.. let ALONE even buy my 5 yr old SON a white shirt LOL Soo after MANY attempts and some frustration he caught one LOL FINALLY!!!

Dr. Bean.. Calling Dr. Bean...

2011-09-12T10:41:00.000-07:00

Kobe found a great find at a yard sale Saturday.. it was a "Doctor's case" He's always wanted one.. not sure why I haven't gotten him one before now.. So I had to bring my "baby" in to see Dr. Bean.. He was a good Dr. :) Very pleasant, Super Niiiice, Greeeeat bedside manner.. but was alittle needle happy.. I believe my baby got a shot in the nose, leg, cheek, butt, head, arm, oh yeh and in the ear. hahaha. I tried to snap a few pics but he caught on rather quickly lol

"Stop I'm tryin to work"

Attack from the "Jammie party'n" fish! (Weekend recap)

2011-09-12T10:05:00.000-07:00

Friday night we had Jason's kiddos.. So we ordered pizzas, rented a movie and relaxed.. We rented Hoodwinked 2.. kinda odd movie lol.. Kids liked it soo that's all that matters :)

Look how trashed my living room was lol 3 kids can do a number in seconds :) <3 them though!

Aren't they precious!!!

The jammies Mikayla is wearing are some I got her... my sister was selling them in her yard sale. They were my FAVORITE that my niece wore and I REFUSED to let her sell them (I'm such a hard ass LOL) I asked Amanda if I could buy them off of her.. of course Amanda just gave them too me :) If you can't tell .. they are silky jammies with Cherries on them...

Saturday morning.. the kiddos went home :( and Kobe and I hit up a yard sale.. I got him 4 shirts.. spending a whopping $2.75 woohoo.. It was a cold nasty rainy day. We were bored.. when J got home we decided to go to the Antique Tractor Show.. UGH we drove ALL the way there (15 min give or take lol) and the parking was CRAZY... half a mile away from the fairgrounds.. NO thanks.. So we decided against the crowd...
On the way home.. I had to pull over so Jason could drive.. I was NOT feeling well at ALL.. was hot, felt dizzy, just not right in the head, my chest was hurting.. felt faint, etc.. so I closed my eyes and laid back in the seat.. well we got home.. I came inside and laid down... I was NOT feeling better.. I was almost getting worse.. I thought I was dieing seriously.. I've done this 2 other times too... I honest to God thought I was having a heart attack.. then I was scared.. told Jason we need to go to the ER ASAP... we get there and of COURSE they are the SLOWEST hospital possible! So the nurse took my vitals.. my BP was kinda high.. 167/99 sooo once I got back in the room(20 min later) she retook my BP and then it was 153/99 wich was still kinda high.. I never have had high BP even when I was preggers it was fine. FINALLY the DR. comes in told him what went on.. by this time I was feeling better.. said it was an anxiety/panic attack.. he gave me a print out.. EVERY single symptom but 3 were exactly what I was doing/having... I'm suuuuuposed to be on meds for anxiety but me thinking "I'm fine, I don't need pills" I took my self off.. big no no! I've realized driving triggers them... sooo back to the doc I go.. ugh.. I can't keep having these.. they are scary..

so anyways.. after I "snapped out of it" we decided to go fishing.. we didn't get any fish worth keeping but you wanna see what I GOT!!

CHIGGERS!!!

Well chigger bits!! UGH itchy ... Note to self: Don't wear flip flops and capris fishing!

Sunday, Sunday... Suuuuuunday

Sunday was a lazy but productive day... Cleaned house, did all the laundry, J and Kobe washed the vehicles, baked dad a b-day cake, threw him a little party.. played, cooked out and just had a nice day!!

*I'm not really this tall LOL I was standing on the steps to the house HAHAHA*

Steaks with BBQ mmmm!

Thanks to J... He made mine perfect.. nice and "well done/crispy" just the way I like it!!!

I'm not afraid...

2011-09-09T05:35:00.000-07:00

Sooo I was just dozing off last night and I heard Kobe crying. I went to his room and he was sitting up in his bed. I walked over to him and asks whats wrong. He lays back down and mumbles something so I cover him up and ask him what he said.. He snuggles in his blanket and says "I can't find 'Q'.." I said the letter Q? He said "Yeh he was right there, now he isn't"... I laughed because that is NOT what I thought he was crying about lol.. So I said "check by R, he might be there" Kobe rolls over and says "ok" and goes to sleep lol. Kobe has always acted out dreams.. ever since he was little.. But they were nightmares. The Doctor called them "Night Terrors" this was different for once.. he wasn't scared, he just couldn't find his letter "Q" lol. I was always told not to wake him while he is in the sleep mode. Just to make sure he didn't get hurt. I've recently figured out that he does that when he has to go potty. Its like he wakes up because he has to go but doesn't fully wake up... Hopefully he'll grow out of that.

Ever heard Eminem's Song "I'm not afraid"? Well I recently got a new Mp3 player since ours was left/stolen.. well J had a few songs on his computer, That being one of them. Which if you know J you would think that's odd since he is 100% country.. but anyways.. I put it on the Mp3 player well Kobe already liked that song because I used to be into Eminem. Now every morning that's what we have to listen to on the way to school.. Does this mean my 5 year old is going to be a "thuglet"? HAHAHA that's a little thug in case you were wondering lol

Much of a change?

2011-09-08T07:43:00.000-07:00

Preschool 2010

Kindergarten 2011

I can't tell if there is much difference in his looks or not. But I DO know he is a cutie pie! I love this kiddo!

Labor Day weekend...

2011-09-07T09:22:00.000-07:00

Every Labor Day my whole family goes camping and dad always has a "fish fry" at the camp ground. My Grandparents always come out and eat with us. We have a good time. The kids ride their bikes all over the campground love every minute of it. Although J, Kobe and I didn't "camp" over night.. we went home every night because we didn't have a tent this year. A couple who was camping next to my parents site have an old school bus that they turned into a camper.. Redneck?! Yes. very!.. but guess what.. Jason and I are wanting to do that. We found one for $1,000. I am engaged to the King of Rednecks and I love every minute of it and every inch of him lol. We went inside the couples "camper" aka bus.. and it was cool.. and we were "sold" lol

Anyways Dad fried fish, Adam managed the grill for "non-fish eaters" aka Mom and Anna lol, I made homemade Hush Puppies, and Amanda had the baked beans going, Grandma made homemade potato salad.. it was yummy...

Here are some pics of us all after the fish fry..

Pic above is Luke and Jason .. pic below is Adam, Dad, and Josh

Left to right: Anna, Amanda and Mom

Monday evening we were going to have a cook out and invite everyone over but we figured all the campers would be pooped so we just had our own little cook out.. I marinated chicken breasts in "Caribbean jerk" marinade, and we took veggies and marinated them in Italian Dressing, wrapped them up in foil and grilled them too.. they were SO yummy.. this is something Jason's always done.. I've never had them before. We took Zucchini (yes we still are eating that stuff lol) yellow squash, onion, green pepper, and cherry tomatoes.. cut them up put them in a big ol bowl and let them sit drenched in Italian dressing all day.

For dessert I made homemade Apple Crisp. Jason was craving it, so we found a recipe in my Great Grandma's cook book I had received when she had passed... the pics doesn't do it justice for how it taste. It was scrumpdilicious!!! I'll post the recipe soon...

Good Bye August!

2011-09-07T07:29:00.000-07:00

My son always seems to amaze me.

He was quiet in his room the other day, for Kobe that usually (not always) means he's up to no good. I walked in his room to find him sitting at his desk writing. He was writing sentence

from a book of his. So I quietly backed out into the hallway and snapped a pic with my cell before he could see me :)

Another thing he did... was come out to Jason and I and showed us his "Math" I was shocked.. I mean I've done math problems with him on his Magnadoodle. But never has he wrote out the math problem his self and answered them.. He's a smart cookie for 5 :)

This could possibly be "child abuse" LOL making your 5 yr old open the can of cresants because I'M too big of a chicken LOL Seriously that is one of the things I hate the most.. its the opening canned biscuits and knowing its going to POP open and scare the pee wadden outta ya LOL Kobe loves doing it LOL so he's my biscuit opener :)

J made me this at work one day when he had free time.. He is a welder and made this heart out of scrap metal :) I thought it was sooooo sweet that he thought of my enough to make something like this.. I LOVE it :)

We went over to Lowe's the other morning.. I was behind this at the stop light.. its a picture of the butt of a horse and then under the pic says "There is one in every group" aka Horse's Ass LOL I thought it was funny.. not sure why they chose to put it on their NICE motorcycle storage trailer but whatever... lol

Stop Light 101

2011-08-30T12:38:00.000-07:00

Green light means - Go.

Yellow Light mean- Caution / Slow Down.

Red Light means- Stop.

Well... same goes for the little car in Kobe's class room. All the kiddos have a car with their name on it. If they are good all day they get to stay on green. If not they move to Yellow for a warning. Then Red means.. well its not good. At least this is my understanding on how the system works in the classroom.. well all last week and the week before Kobe had ALL green..(Which means he gets to pick out of the treasure box on Friday) Even yesterday (Monday) He came home with a green. That is the first thing I check as soon as I grab his folders out. Well today he had a little trouble..

YELLOW..

He hung his head and said I'm really sorry Mom. It was an accident.. he said this like 100 times.. I swear... I asked him what had happened for him to get yellow.. he claimed he didn't know. Then he finally told me he turned on a light in the cabinet(??).. Well come to find out it was the trophy case in the school.. Understandable.. as to why he got yellow.. I told him I wasn't happy that he got yellow and maybe he can try a little harder to not get on yellow anymore.

Ugh I hate that he got yellow. He hates that he got yellow. Yellow sucks. I know its probably not the last time he'll get yellow. But the first time is a shocker.. Not because I think my kid is perfect.. I'll be the first to tell you he is a stink weed, But just the fact he was misbehaving at school upsets me.. I know I'm a freak and I worry too much.. Oh well.. Tomorrow is a new day.. Go Big GREEN!!.. We are rooting for a GREEN tomorrow..

Pics of the New Place..

2011-08-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

Finally took some pics of the new place.. sorry its not as clean as it "should be" lol

Here is the Kitchen
The living room from the kitchen

Living room from Hallway

Hallway Kobe room is on the left, past the washer and dryer on the left is the bathroom, straight ahead is Jason and my room.. The door on the right is the back exit.

"Kobe's Bathroom" He decorated.. Excuse the HIDEOUS wallpaper..

Kobe's room

Our room.. again sorry bout the wallpaper!!

Our Toilet and shower "closet"

Wow... wow... weekend!

2011-08-28T19:10:00.000-07:00

Sooo let me start with Friday night (just know Saturday recap is worth Reading this whole blog for haha) we surprised our parents with pics we got take the week before. Mom was soooo shocked! She LOVED them.. here is one but if you want to see them all click *HERE*

Soooo Saturday, we did some errand running one of them being, borrowing a tool from Grandpa. soo Kobe wasn't being himself, he was quiet and wouldn't talk much and didn't want to get out at Grandma and Grandpa's (My Grandparents) so he sat in the van while I ran in and Jason went into the garage with Grandpa. Well Jason had come into tell me he was ready.. So we got in the van and drove home.. I turned to say something to Kobe and he wasn't in his booster seat. We didn't know he got OUT at Grandma and Grandpa's. While we were inside he got out and went to see what was going on in the garage. We got ALL the way home before I realized he wasn't in the van.. I didn't know if I should have a panic attack or puke... so I got my phone and dialed Grandma's number to make sure he was out in the garage.. sure enough he was... I felt HORRIBLE.. still to think about it makes me upset.. my Grandparents don't live too far away but far enough.. when we got there I hugged him and apologized my butt off.. He looked at me like I was CRAZY... and says "what?! I wasn't scared!" I mean granted it was Grandma and Grandpa's house but STILL. I felt awful.. *sigh*

On a brighter note.. we grilled out Saturday night.. Yummy Steaks!!! Corn on the cob that I "Food Saved" (and froze)over a month ago and was just as good as the day we bought it. Of course fried Zucchini.. still have that Zucchini coming outta our ears LOL.

Kobe is practicing shoe tieing.. he's doing really well.. he got it a few times this morning when we were practicing.. :)

We went out our "spot" to fish this evening.. We stopped to get a fountain drink before we headed out there.. Kobe was pulling the paper off his straw and musta fell asleep like this hahaha.. I DID take this out of his mouth before he rammed it down his throat :) See I AM a good mom LOL

We went down to our spot well as I sat in my lawn chair I look down and my arm is COVERED in these tiny little bugs.. I mean you could barely see them.. I was like OMG look at these bugs on my arm.. Jason came to look and was like "GET THOSE OFF YOU, THOSE ARE TURKEY TICKS" of course I FREAKED hahahaha eww I'm itching just thinking about it LOL there was probably 100 NOT kidding.. I must of brushed up against something.. UGH..

Here is the guys fishing (not "our spot") but at Wren Pond.

This is what Mommy does while the guys fish.. Excuse the no make-up and wind blown hair ahhh..

Sooooo while fishing at Wren Pond we realized Kobe had forgotten the Mp3 player and his new headphones at "our spot" so we go back hoping and praying they will still be there.. NOPE.. someone snatched them up.. I'm soo upset.. not at Kobe.. But one Myself for not checking around after we packed up and 2 for whoever took it.. You should of KNOWN someone left it on accident and could possibly come looking for it. There were some young boys out there with their Mom.. I hope she didn't *let* them take it.. *sigh* oh well what can ya do? Right?!

I finally found it!

2011-08-25T07:49:00.000-07:00

First off let me tell you how my morning went from BAD to better with in 40 minutes... I open my eyes to realize its light outside.. AHHH I grab my phone and realize its 6:58.. I start my morning at 6:15am So I jump up and go to hurry and get dress only to realize MY clothes are all in the washer.. I had went to bed and forgot to put them in the dryer. I'm the kinda woman who has 2 bras.. an everyday wear and a bra for dressy clothes.. so I head straight to the washer, throw them in the dryer and think *okay I have 40 minutes surely they will be dry by then* I go to wake Kobe up.. He was already away and alert thank you Lord. I didn't have time to deal with a tired child. I had planned to get up and make him scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast. Thank You Lord for toaster waffles. Kobe is the type who takes forever to eat breakfast.. he wasn't this morning.. he ate right up, took his meds got dressed, shoes on and sat and watched TV. By this time I'm hurrying and decided I'll skip makeup today. So I fixed my hair, my clothes WERE dry. Got dressed headed to the living room.. Kobe wasn't there, TV was off, I look outside he's got his backpack on sitting on the steps. I grab my purse, keys and slip on my flip flops and head out. I open the door smiled and said thanks for getting ready so fast this morning and listening.. He says "Your welcome, I came outside to say good morning to the day" hahahaha he's a hoot, Off to school we go. He goes in ALONE was able to open doors this morning.. Again Thank You Lord for making my no good very bad 'morning' go to a good day!!

Sooo I FINALLY found my adapter for my cellphone memory card so I can upload cell pics onto the computer. So this is pretty much picture overload lol.

Kobe has mastered "Bubble Blowing" Ugh this was a long hard process LOL but as a wise person said "Practice Makes Perfect"

Kobe writing a sincere "You broke my heart" letter to Mamaw.. Because Mamaw said "No" hahahaha something this spoiled child isn't used to hearing from his mamaw LOL (I know you'll read this Mom and its true hahahaha Love U)

Doing his first ever homework papers.

This weird ??Bug?? it looked like a leaf.. and didn't move forever!

Playing with toys at Dr. Dan's office!

Opened my purse at the grocery store this morning and I found a dirty SOCK in there.. Thank You Kobe! LOL Oooh the joys of having a BOY hahahaha.

You all didn't know I was a mechanic did you?? Yeh that's what I do in my spare time hahahahha KIDDING.. although lets see this morning my van was low on coolant and was whining so needed power steering fluid. Good thing I know how to do somethings :) when it comes to cars!

Wooohooo... We won $50.00 on a scratch off..

The other day at my parents house I caught Kobe walking on this wall that separates my parents drive and the neighbors house. Some of you might be doing the whole *GASP*.. But this actually made me smile. My sister, brother and I ALL walked on this wall ALL the time while we were growing up.. Kinda made my heart feel good.. NEVER did any of us kids fall or get hurt doing it.. and IF I as a child did it, it must not be to dangerous LOL I was not one who lived on the "danger side" lol

Kobe found a locust wing.. it was pretty cool looking! Excuse the dirty hands if you remember in a few posts back it was from working on his bike chain...

Got Zucchini?

2011-08-24T09:08:00.000-07:00

We do.. We have Zucchini coming out our ears. Jason's parents have a garden so his Mom keeps us stocked in fresh produce. Zucchini being the 3rd top veggie we get from them. I had never made anything with Zucchini before so I hopped on Google and All recipes.com and found some recipes.. Oooh and My grandma gave me a recipe of hers that I have always loved.. Not sure if She made it up or got it somewhere.. But I'm going to share it..

Zucchini Bread

I got this off allrecipes.com. This is the best Zucchini bread recipe that I've ever had... :)

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 1/4 cups white sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
1.Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2.Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3.Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4.Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Zoulash

(I made that name up since it was nameless)

Don't let this picture fool you LOL it really is YUMMY!!! My 5 year old didn't want to eat it because it looked like "Bomit" (vomit) but I made him taste it and he ate every bite!

2 pounds of ground beef or turkey
Some dried minced onion cooked with the ground beef
1 can of corn
1c. of chopped or cubed zucchini
1 jar of spaghetti sauce
soy sauce.. I used probably about 1/4 cup but I LOVE soy sauce.. just
give it a "generous" amount

Directions:
Brown hamburger and minced onions, drain.
Add Spag Sauce, Corn (drained), zucchini, and soy sauce.
Return to stove and "cook" til its all heated up.

I just let mine heat up until the corn bread was done.

The picture doesn't look appetizing but I assure you it IS!!! :)

Fried Zucchini

Jason requested this one..

I just took about 1/4in slices.. dipped them in egg and a lil milk and covered them in flour. They were okay but next time Im going to batter them in cracker crumbs..

Little bit of this an a little bit of that...

2011-08-24T06:46:00.000-07:00

First off let me just tell ya what kinda morning I had this morning *sigh* Sooo Kobe wanted to walk in school alone this morning.. I was hesitant but agreed he could. So we pull up to the school.. he puts his back pack on and hops right out of the van. He runs to the door.. opens it right up and goes in.. so I pull away and look in my rear view mirror.. and here he comes out AHHHH.. There's no way I can turn around or stop since I'm in the flow of "school traffic" so I go around the "block" and go back into the crowded school zone and he must of went back in.. THAT'S when the the panic attack set in.. my stomach was in knots.. All I wanted to do was go in and check to make sure he was ok or that he was IN the school.. so I came home and made my self sick from worrying.. so I finally decided to call the school and check on him.. The Secretary gave me the teachers VM. I left a message letting her know what I wanted and asked if she could call me back. About a half an hour later my phone rings and its Mrs. K. She assures me he is there and just fine and that she wouldn't have even guessed he was even upset (IF he even was. I'm sure it was just ME *sigh*) I thanked her for calling and putting my mind/stomach at ease.. Maybe I worry to much.. Not sure if that a good thing or not..

Sooo anyways this past weekend it was sooo nice outside.. Thank Goodness since we had no A/C... we soon found out the a/c unit was broke in the house we moved into.. We were lucky there wasn't REAL hot days like we had not to long ago. We are renting a trailer in a local trailer park right now with the option to buy. Are goal is to buy it.. find land out in the country and move it out there and then build onto it. We both decided we were okay with doing that and it also wouldn't put us in soo much in debt by doing this step by step. The last thing we want is to be up to our ears in debt. We are both trying to start fresh from our 'not so good' previous "marriages". So we "spruced" up the outside of the trailer.. Its AMAZING what a pressure washer can do and how awesome it makes things look lol Kobe was soaking it all in trying to figure out the whole pressure washer thing lol
In the mean time he rode his bike.. well spent most of the time putting the chain back on.. it was stretched and Jason had to take the wheel off and move it back some.. BTW... don't let your child mess with the chain.. I learned the hard way it WILL cut them.. He had a nice little cut on his finger :(

This is before the pressure washer... YUCK!!

Jason hard at work lol

After the pressure washer.. well 3 days after lol the steps are kinda muddy again.. But wow.. it really did clean them..

I'll take pics of the inside.. sometime soon.. I about have all the boxes unpacked :) Its pretty nice inside.. doesn't feel like a trailer except the first night we had the windows open (cause of no a/c) and I felt like I was camping.. I still feel like I'm camping when we are outside with all the trailers around and kids riding bikes all day/night long :) But I like it.. This is coming from a girl who stated before (when I was younger) "I will NEVER live in a trailer" hahaha Funny how ya change when you get older..

I'm always changing...

2011-08-19T10:32:00.001-07:00

I've moved again.. I hope this is the last move at least for awhile. I'm sick of moving. Jason, Kobe and I got a house. We got the keys Aug 12th and moved that night and the next day. It was a fast move. Although here it is Aug 19th and I still have 4 more boxes to unpack..

Jason!?! Your probably thinking and maybe even going back through the blog archive "that's not the guy she was with not too long ago.." Or maybe your even thinking *bad thoughts* I really could careless if you are lol but yes I'm with Jason now. Long story short Jason and I hung out in HS.. (he went to BR) we met up again one day and feelings came rushing in... the feelings were mutual and so here we are now.. In love, engaged, and loving life together!

I celebrated my 28th birthday Aug 12th.. well we "celebrated" on Aug 13th, we went out to eat at El Mazatlan then we had people over at our new house. It was a small group but a VERY FUN group. It was Jason and I, Amanda, Josh, Adam, Anna, Jessica, and Matt. My brother is a very funny guy he had us laughing the whole night.. I mean there were times I thought I was going to pee my pants. Times where I thought my jaws were going to have charlie horses. Jason's ribs were sore from laughing.. Adam is a good time let me tell ya.. All of my friends/family are.. we had a good night!
*This is Adam*

*Anna*

*Jessica*

*Josh and Amanda*

I went this morning and got my hair CHOPPED off.. it was way past my bra strap.. I probably had 6 or 7 inches cut off..

Kindergarten

2011-08-18T04:58:00.000-07:00

Kobe started Kindergarten this past week (Aug 16th). The first day he was sooo ready to go.. but as we were walking into the school the more he was hesitant. When we got in class he had to act like he was fixing his back pack.. He gets so embarrassed/nervous with new settings. He didn't get that from his momma :) Must be another trait from his "Father". But anywho.. I finally told my Mom that we were just going to have to go (yes I am still a baby and have to have MY Mommy go places with me LOL) *maybe he did get that trait from me* He was fine and didn't cry.. neither did Momma.. well there in the school I didn't... I BAWLED like a baby on the way home. I was so scared for Kobe. THEN to top it off he was riding the bus home *sign*.. about 2:50 I headed to the bus stop, sick to my stomach, praying he WOULD be one of those kids to get off the bus. Waiting for the bus to come... finally here it came at 10 after 3.. he was the 3rd one off and RAN over to me.. He looked so big getting off that big ol yellow bus..

Day #2.. UGH it was almost worse.. although I didn't cry. But when we went into the school NOW they don't go to their class room at first. They go into the gym and sit in a line and wait for the teacher.. I'm guessing they do the pledge of allegiance also since the flags were in there. But any ways.. he did NOT want to go in there. Finally I showed him Harrison was in there and then he was some what okay with going in...

Day #3 (Today) we walk into the school and he is real hesitant again about going into the gym so I walk in there and he just kinda peeks around the door and looks.. and then takes off running into the gym and sits with the boys.

That rotten egg won't kiss me or tell me he loves me inside school LOL Good grief.. he is only in Kindergarten.. I wouldn't think that was soo "uncool" already hahaha..

Emotional basket case

2011-08-11T09:45:00.000-07:00

Yeh that's me.. and emotional basket case. Although I saw on a church sign one day "Moses was a basket case too". Makes me feel some what better.. Okay not really. Any how I was on Facebook prior to this post and looking at a friend of mines pictures of her son's first day of Kindergarten. I sat there and tears ran down my face. Every time I clicked on a new pic they came down even harder.. then I started to have a slight panic attack and hyperventilate a little lol. MY "baby" is going to be doing this in 4 days. Before I was all like "WE are BOTH ready for school to start", "WE need a break from each other.", "Its going to be better for BOTH of us to have time apart." WROOOOOOOONG!!! Even tho my son can be a lil stink weed some days we have been together every single day since day ONE.. Even when I worked he went with me to the daycare I worked at. He's been home with ME and Only ME.. its just been us since he was almost 2. No "daddy" just me and Kobe. *Sigh* Seriously where have time gone? 5.5 years have FLOWN by. It doesn't seem possible. But I'm going to pull myself together, fight back the tears and take my "baby" in to school on Tuesday morning. I really need to quit calling my 5 year old "baby" he's a big boy.. Trust me I know this because he has told me SEVERAL times! ;)

Take 2..

2011-08-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

Today we went too see Dr. Amy and she up-ed Kobe's medicine to 10mg. He has gained 2 pounds in two weeks.. He's eaten like a crazy man. He'd eat all day if I would let him. He also isn't sleeping well at night.. Well once he gets to sleep he sleeps fine but its getting him to lay down and settle down enough to fall asleep is the problem. He's never been one to not get to sleep. Dr. Amy recommended an all natural pill to help him fall asleep.. Its called melatonin. Your body produces this anyways this just to give your body more of it. We will see how all this will work :)

Weekend Recap..

2011-07-31T17:50:00.000-07:00

We had such a good weekend. It was still so hot. Heat index of like 110% but we still got out and did something.. Friday night we went over to my parents house and Jason mowed the yard for dad. We didn't do much but we did go to yummy Subway for dinner. Jason and I tried their new pulled pork subs.. O..M..G.... they were $8.00 a piece.. it was good but not something I'd get again UNLESS it becomes on the $5.00 menu.. Friday was just kinda a lazy night.. we got bored and decided to "tattoo" each other. lol. this is the tattoo I gave Kobe on his belly.. I still laugh when I see it. I made him lay down and not look til I was finished.. I got him a mirror and told him to look when I was done. He belly laughed so hard he could barely get up from the laying down position...

Saturday was more of a get up and go go go.. all day kinda day.. we got up early and ate breakfast at Hardee's (I recommend their loaded omelet biscuit.. its yummy..) right as we were finishing breakfast My dad called and asked Jason to come weed eat because it was killing his back (yes Jason mowed Friday night but Dad wanted to "play with his new weed eater" so he decided to weed eat) so after that Jason changed breaks on his car, then we went over to my friend Laurie's house so Jason could mow her yard for her, came home, fixed dinner, then headed to Glendale to fish as the sun was going down..

Jason caught a big ol' ugly (sorry Jason) catfish.. it was huge.. (to me and Kobe at least, Jason said it was a 'smaller one') I sat and watched the guys fish and got ate by mosquitoes lol it was hot but not too terribly bad. We got done fishing about 10:00PM had to stop by Jason's to get a bucket (and his parents gave us a grocery sack FULL of fresh produce from the garden) to put the fish meat in after he cleaned it..

UGH the "Fish Hut" talk about a nasty stinky place.. *YUK* I gagged once when I walked by the trash can of "fish nasties" Kobe however was amazed and all about the "guts and blood" he is SUCH a BOY!!!

Sunday was a little more relaxed.. we went to the store, produce patch to get a watermelon (Bouchie's out on hwy 57 by Jones and Son's is the lowest prices) that watermelon was amazing.. They were out of corn so we went to the one by the post office and got some yummy corn..

Our yummy dinner :) Baked Chicken, corn on the cob, fried zucchini, tomatoes and then I made Jello cake for dessert ..
We had such a nice weekend.. now we get to see Monday's ugly face in the morning.. blah ;)

Wild goose "hunt"

2011-07-30T05:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Kobe's flip flops broke (2nd pair since spring began). When we were getting ready to leave to go over to my parent's house I told Kobe to go up stairs and get his tennis shoes on. He comes down with an old pair and says he can't find his good ones. I told him that's fine, to sit down and I'll put them on him.. Well remember the Ugly step sister on Cinderella? The one where her foot would NOT fit in the shoe and yet they tried and tried to get it on and finally did but then the shoe popped off.. That's pretty much what we looked like yesterday getting Kobe's shoes on LOL. It was a site let me tell you. I told Kobe we are gonna have to look for his good ones.. so we f0und them and again.. too small. He JUST wore these a month or 2 ago. So therefor Kobe had NO shoes. He didn't even have shoes to wear to the store to get NEW shoes ( he had to wear his baseball cleats). I told him that we were going to have to get new shoes, of course he had a pair he saw on TV in mind and tells me "all" about them but has NO idea what brand. *Sigh* Lets just say Thanks the men(or women) who invented Google and YouTube. The only "info" Kobe had on these "Awesome SHOES" was that "when you walk they have have this thing that airs up". That was not very much info to go by but it was enough. We well I ;) found them. *pats self on back* haha. After a google search of "air up shoes" and Sketchers commercials on YouTube it was confirmed...

Sketchers Airators

The BEST part about these shoes~ They were on SALE for $19.99 :)

Update on Kobe..

2011-07-28T11:08:00.000-07:00

Today we went back to see Dr. Dan so he can evaluate Kobe now since he is on the medicine. Dr. Dan talked with me after he spent time with Kobe and ask how I felt about things. Things like "How is he doing on the medication?", "Do I feel its working?", Etc. I how ever have not seen any change in Kobe what so ever and Dr. Dan agreed with me. I told Dr. Dan I feel almost as Kobe has gotten worse. Plus his appetite INCREASED which is not what happens while on this kind of medicine. He is sooo hard to get to sleep at night, which is a side effect, but I feel he isn't getting enough sleep. He said he was going to send the report to Dr. Amy and have her up the dose and he may even have to have it more than once a day. I'm just so nervous because school is sneaking up on us soooo fast and I want things figured out before then which I'm afraid it won't be. I fear Kobe will be labeled as a bad kid and he REALLY isn't. In fact he's an awesome kid, really his is :) *sigh* I pray every single night that we will fine the right dose soon. Not just so he is calmer but because the thought of him feeling soo wired inside.. that's got to be exhausting for him :( In fact I know it is because before the meds as soon as is head hit the pillow at night he was OUT. So "out" that some nights he didn't even take his shoes off let alone get in his jammies :( So "out" that some nights I didn't even say good night because he was sound asleep before I even got to his room. I just want my baby to feel good and have a fair chance doing things.. We go back to Dr. Amy on Aug 2nd I'll update again after that :)

Got'a roll with the punches..

2011-07-19T09:42:00.000-07:00

Kobe recently was diagnosed with ADHD ( Attentions Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Today we went to see Dr. Amy to get the meds he will be taking, since Dr. Dan (Child Psychologist) can't prescribe the meds. He has only taken one dose so far and he is already tired and says his belly hurts *sigh* Those are both symptoms of the medicine. I hope this works. He needs a fair chance come August when he starts Kindergarten. He needs to be able to focus on his school work and be able to sit and listen to the teacher. I don't want him to go to school and be "labeled" as a "bad kid" because he needs help and I, being his mother ignored a chance to help my child. Like Dr. Dan said we are going to "stack the deck" and get him ready for school years. It was so bad I couldn't even get him to sit long enough at the dinner table and finish a plate of food. When he would play video games or color he had to stand the whole time and constantly move while doing these. The thought of putting medicine in my son made me sick. I am one who doesn't even like to take meds unless they are absolutely NEEDED. But what kind of Mom would I be if I didn't give my son a fair chance and got him all the help he needed. His brain is working faster, a LOT faster than most kids his age. I know some people are going to disagree with this and some people will look down on me for it but this is my decision and I've thought long and hard about it and I feel it is the right decision for Kobe. He is such an AWESOME kid! He really is. He is sooo fun and funny and a lot of people (my friends and family included and sadly I was one too) thought he was just being "a little shit", "a brat", "hard-headed" etc. Or I thought I was to blame for being a single mom, maybe I let him get away with too much, maybe I didn't parent right etc. It's almost a relief that I wasn't too blame as selfish as that sounds. I try my best to be a good Mom and to sit here and think I'm the reason behind it all killed me inside. Dr. Dan assured me Its not that at all. Soo hopefully we've got the ball rolling and things will get straightened out.. *finger crossed* and praying hard :)

Kobe's Interview (thanks Star)

2011-06-10T11:28:00.000-07:00

Kobe's interview these Answers were right out of Kobe's mouth... I stole this idea from Star Riker... She's awesome!

What is your name?
Kobe

How old are you?
5

What is your favorite color?
green red and brown

When is your birthday?
February 14th

What is your favorite number?
I don't have any favorite numbers, I don't. Mom I don't have any

What is Momma's name?
Andrea

What is Daddy's name?
I dont have a dad (he does, he just isnt in his life)

Where were you born?
at the hospital

What size clothes do you wear?
5s

What is your favorite outfit?
my handsome suit

What color is your hair?
brown

What color are your eyes?
brown

What time do you like to get up in the morning?
I have no idea

What time do you go to bed?
at 10 o'clock

Do you like wearing shoes?
yeh

What size shoes do you wear?
sketchers. size 5 LOL he was way off he wears a 12

Where do you go to school?
kindergarten

Who is your best friend?
Sly and Harris...

What do you love best?
toys

What is your favorite food?
candy

If you could go on vacation anywhere, where would you like to go?
the water park

Have you ever been skydiving?
Whats sky diving?? after I told him he said "umm NO.. Mom you know that. But I want too. Can Kids even do that?"

What do you like to play with the most?
Mobigo

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Policeman

If you could be an animal, what animal would you like to be?
A bird, they can fly

Do you like going places?
yes

Where is your favorite place to go?
walmart

What do you want for your birthday?
Dirt bike

Where do you live?
Washington

What is your favorite room in your house?
livingroom

What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas

Do you like to buy things?
yes

If you had money to buy anything in the world, what would you buy?
dirt bike

If you could have anything you wanted for breakfast, what would you eat?
hot pocket

Do you like to read books?
I dont know how to read

What is your favorite book to read?
None of them

What is your favorite song?
Country girls shake it.. LOL

If you could have any pet, what would you like?
a doggy

Do you like to watch television?
Umm yes I am right now

What is your favorite show on television?
Sponge Bob

If you want something you can't have, what do you do?
Just nothing... but I (mommy) beg to differ LOL

Do people call you anything other than Kobe?
Mom you call me your son...

What other names do people call you?
Koko Bean

My Little Preschool Graduate!

2011-05-28T05:45:00.000-07:00

Kobe Graduated from WC Preschool on Friday. I will admit I got a little misty-eyed as he walked acrossed to get his diploma. He is growing up WAY too fast. He is sooo excited to start Kindergarten come August.

Out with the Old in with the NEW!

2011-03-03T05:30:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I turned my keys in at my Jamestown Apartment. It was kind of a bittersweet moment. I Loved my little apartment. It was our home for 3 years. That 3 years it was just me and my baby. After the divorce I had no where to go. I couldn't afford the house we had so Kobe and I moved in with my Grandparents. We were only there for 2 months before Jamestown called and had an apartment ready for us. It was so weird to be in my own house, alone. It took us both time to adjust to the situation but we transitioned nicely, I think lol. Not to mention not long after we moved into the apartment and just started to adjust I lost my job do to them closing the daycare I worked at. That was another bump in our life.. at one time I didn't think it could get any worse. But it only got better from there.

My empty apartment :( lol

Check out THIS "New Beginning"

!!NO TRAINING WHEELS!!

Saturday Kobe begged Chase and I to take his training wheels off his "big bike" I was against this idea only because I thought the bike was too big. So he begged Chase. Well Chase was busy doing other stuff around the house so Kobe said "give me the tool I'll do it" and sure enough Chase gave him the wrench and he took them off himself and hopped on and took off riding LOL he's too big for his britches sometimes I tell ya... Sooo finally that brings us to this next pic.
The KICKSTAND All Kobe asked for Christmas was a Paper Jamz guitar and a kickstand for his bike. So Santa brought him both and of course with tons of other gifts. Now finally he was able to get his kickstand on...

New Kicks!!

2011-02-23T10:33:00.000-08:00

Mamaw bought Kobe some new shoes this weekend and he thinks they are the best things EVER...

Sketchers Hot Lights -Police Car

Boo to sickies!!

2011-02-21T06:07:00.001-08:00

Saturday afternoon we spent about 2 hours out at Quick Care. Mr Kobe was seen by Dr. Porter who I love.. We were told he has Bronchitis, his ears weren't infected but "sunken in". He was prescribed an antibiotic (3tsp twice a day - kinda thought that was alot) breathing treatments, and an oral med for his bronchitis. Poor guy was pretty sick.. he's still real pale and I think he's lost some weight or maybe he's just getting taller.. I hope that's it.

After the doctor we went to the pet store ONLY because I promised him we would.. we were in and out... (there goes my mother of the year award) Kobe was cracking up at the Iguanas giving each other a "piggy back ride" lol I'm not sure if they were mating or if it was just an innocent "piggy back ride" lol

I Looked out the dining room window Saturday and I saw these flowers over by my neighbors house so I went out too take a pic. My Grandma had the name of these flowers but I forget.. she said they will even come up through a snow covered ground.. which bummed me out LOL I was hoping this was my sign its spring time lol

Sunday Evening Kobe was feeling better and BEGGED me to play outside.. I didn't think the fresh air could hurt him so I agreed.. we decided to play badminton it was really fun and we had a great time.. I want to apologize ahead of time for the pics of ME.. but I figured I'd stick them on here anyways since I never have pics of me in them and Kobe snapped a couple while Chase and I had our match.. P.S. I beat him both times :)

My baby is 5!!!

2011-02-16T05:36:00.000-08:00

We got a HOUSE!!

2011-02-15T07:17:00.000-08:00

Chase's dream was to buy a fixer upper and do what he wanted to it. Well that was NOT my dream. In fact I was 110% AGAINST this idea! I just didn't understand the reason to buy a house that needed work when you can buy one that was move in ready. So Chase found this house and we went and looked at it. After I saw the house and the potential it had my mind changed lol. So we took the house and are giving it some major TLC. Its going to be a very LONG process to get it the way we want it because we are planning a wedding and then right after that we are trying for a baby. So I told Chase we had to at the LEAST paint the kitchen, it was awful. The walls needed built up. The color was mint green, really?!? mint green?? LOL

The Living room and dining room walls are painted ARMY GREEN.. Who the hell paints walls Army green??? Well after getting my khaki colored furniture in the house the green walls kinda look nice LOL.. and well my dining room is patriotic so there for the green works there too lol.. so now I kinda like the green walls lol...here are some pics to get you an idea of the house..This is the back of the kitchen.. the door with the coat is to the basement then the next room is the laundry room then the bathroom

BEFORE

AFTER.. When we were paint this color I was scared LOL it looked like chocolate milk LOL But I LOVE it now that its all done lol

Laundry room

Bathroom.. its our next project..

Kobe's room.. the door way behind him goes to our room ...ugh yes a joining room lol but there is a door between lol... the door way on the right goes to the dining room

This big closet but is used for Kobe's hiding spot right now..

Do you see the stuff in the middle of the green walls?? That is a shelf that goes all the way around 3 walls.. its deep enough to sit little knick knacks on... I kinda like that..

this is from the dining room looking into the the living room (the french doors is our bedroom)

This is our room the french doors go to the living room and the white door goes to kobe's room

Looking in our room from the living room I am puttin mini blinds up on the french doors tho lol Oh and thats our ghost friend waving at the camera lol

another view of the living room

view from the living room to the dining room... See the built in hutch.. I LOVE that.. and the entery way there between the two rooms thats my favorite part LOL

Poor Lou Lou!!

2011-02-15T06:41:00.000-08:00

Miss Olivia Grace was a very sick little girl a couple weeks ago.. she spent 5 loooooooooong days in the hospital. She had a severe case of pneumonia and was a VERY sick little girl. Her temp reached 106.. She was a on a very strong antibiotic where they had to keep checking her blood :( The day my mom and I went over to see her in the hospital the first words outta her mouth in this sassy, "diva-ish" tone (for all you who know Liv know how it was lol) "So like, I get like room service here" It was great to see her sassy-ness back lol

!!~FIRE~!!

2011-02-15T06:04:00.000-08:00

On January 12th I had a kitchen/Grease fire. It was one of the most scariest things I have ever been through. If it weren't for Chase being at the apartment when it happened my whole apartment would have been gone instead of just one side of my kitchen. We were all fine tho minus some burns on Chase's arms from grabbing the burning pan and throwing it out in the snow. That red stuff melted on the wall back there are my Tupperware salt and pepper shakers :(

2011

2011-01-03T05:47:00.000-08:00

Welcome 2011!!! I'm so happy to see you. There are SOOOO many things this year that I can't wait to do. Everyone is talking about New Years resolutions I have a few nothing too major. But my main one is to ~~stop~~ cut way back on these:

I'm going to go back to home cooking. I love to cook. Its just sooo easy to run and get something and I LOVE not having to do the dinner dishes when you have take out. But I'll never lose any weight if the fountain drinks and fast food do get cut back.. and I mean waaaaaaaaay back. I was getting at least 1 if not 2 fountain drinks a day. It was so easy to run through McD's and get a $1.00 drink.. Or run in Shell and get a fountain drink. Its seriously like my addiction. I'm like a crack head needing a fix. Its only been 3 days and I'm feaning (sp?)LOL.

Now onto things to look forward too this coming year:

My Wedding

I also hope I start seeing double lines after my wedding. Double lines? Yes! Double Lines. I hope to see them RIGHT after my wedding.. I'm talkin the next day would be fine with me. Double Lines!? Are you curious yet? Well I'm talking about THESE double lines:

I hope to be pregnant by at least the end of the year. That's one of my big goals. I've been praying to the Big guy upstairs that we have the same plans lined up :) We'll see I guess.. Keep your fingers crossed!

Although there are some things I'm not looking fwd too like My baby turning 5 and starting Kindergarten this year.. ugh where has the time gone!?

Okay lets rewind a minute. There are some more thing I feel like I need to do as part of my New Year's resolution like:

Spending more time with family. I don't see my niece nearly as much as I used too and I miss her sassy lil butt lol.
Using my camera more than I do. I rely to much on the camera on my phone so I'm gonna take my big ol' camera every where no matter if I look like a goober taking pics of silly things lol
Plan more get togethers with my friends. NYE was a blast with all my friends. We went to a bar and had a good night then went to a friends house til 5am and played cards.. it was sooo fun. We ALL need more nights like these.
Try and I mean REALLY try to keep on top of my house chores.
Look hardcore for Chase, Kobe and I a house so come Oct. We aren't married and living in 2 different houses lol. We aren't ready to buy just yet so we are lookin for rentals. Keep us in mind if you know of any.
Be more understanding.
Don't be so quick to judge (sadly I do it and HATE it)
Love more (if possible, I love a lot already but I'm going to love even more)
Try to trust more. (big issue of mine, Your not trust worthy until proven so, I need to give in just a little)
Blog more!!

Great Finds for CHEAP!

2010-12-30T18:45:00.000-08:00

Wednesday me and Kobe took off on the nasty rainy day to a little town about 15-20 minutes from us. In that town there is this big old warehouse/garage type thing call "Tickled Pink". Its like this huge garage sale/flea market/ consignment shop. Its FILLED from floor to ceiling with "junk" or to some "treasures". I was in search for Kobe a night stand so I could sand it down and redo it and make it all cute like my friend did for her daughter (yes I'm such a copycat LOL) But there were no night stands there that day, maybe next week since they get new stuff in ALL the time. So Kobe and I browse the WHOLE store and of course I found me some goodies:

I LOVE coffee mugs!! I am always looking for cute ones :) The first one was $0.25 and the other was $0.95!!

Modeling Done by: Chase Burgin LOL and ladies he is NOT a professional Hand Model LOL can you tell!? Me either LOL

I found this cute little shelf for $2.50

And the BIG find of the day

*DRUM ROLL*

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This old School Desk for $5.99 WITH chair!

Kobe modeling his new desk!

He asked me to play school with him. HECK yes I will. I LOVED playing school when I was younger and now my son wants to.. I'm so blessed HA!

Kobe got an arm load of goodies for himself too and our GRAND TOTAL today was..

*DRUM ROLL*

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$12.00

Moon Dough

2010-12-28T18:45:00.000-08:00

Santa brought Kobe some Moon Dough for Christmas. This stuff is AWESOME!!!

Its Soft
Never dries out
Vacuums Right out of the carpet

I took some pics of it to try to show you how it is.

But it forms to make cool things like these guys in the pic above :)

What a WONDERFUL Christmas!!

2010-12-27T23:31:00.000-08:00

We had such a good Christmas this year. Maybe it was because Kobe and I had someone special to share it with, or maybe because my family(the extended fam) got along this year, OR maybe it was because I got my sister,BIL, brother and his gf all SNUGGIES for Christmas LOL who knows? But it was WONDERFUL.

It was so nice having that family feel again on Christmas morning. (I can't wait until October when Chase and I get married and we can be a "full blown" family in the same house :)
Christmas Eve we woke up had breakfast let Kobe open gifts from Chase and I. Then we baked all our goodies and headed to my parents house for our family Christmas. Below are some pics.

Kobe watching TV waiting to open gifts from Chase and I.

Oh Look!!! Fruity Pebbles.. LOL Had him fooled lol.. They were really Toys Story Jammies

Very excited about his new Toy Story house shoes

Excuse my no make up and messy hair lol But I love my steam mop! Chase and Kobe also got me a digital picture frame, snuggie, Home Alone 1 and 2 (my fav movie) a Spa eye mask you can heat up or chill, a "Flip" camera, and a back massager that you put in your chair. From my parents I got a new coat and a coffee maker. From My sister's family I got a Chanel wallet. From My brother and his gf I got a picture frame collection. And From my Grandparents I got some money :)

My parents Christmas tree

My niece Olivia showing her Mommy (my sister) the doll we got her. She was so excited!

Mamaw and Papaw got the kids Toy Story dolls.. looks at their faces.. PRICELESS

An Easel..with ALL the accessories (from Mamaw and Papaw) and this thing is sooooo cool.. I love to draw on it too LOL

Adam (my brother) and his girlfriend Anna opening gifts

Mom and dad got Adam a vacuum so he'd quit stealing theirs lol

Chase's new coat from Mom and Dad

My parents!

Playing Euchre

Puttin cookies out for Santa and carrots for the reindeer

Santa has been here!

And left tooo much stuff LOL

But look at that face..

Confused because he got a game but doesn't have anything to play it on LOL (he hadn't opened it yet)

Look at that mess

Stocking time

He opened the game system to the game he was confused about lol and he LOVES his MobiGo

Tools Kobe and I got Chase

And we got him a drill. We also got him A thermos for his coffee to take to work, beard trimmer, a nice electric tooth brush, a deluxe game addition of dominoes, house shoes and a stocking full of goodies

Kobe and Chase

Rockin out on his Paper Jamz Guitar

The Day after Christmas we headed to my Grandparents house. Here is a pic of Kobe, Olivia and I

Kobe playing with the cat lol He'd hold his cup upto the Window and the cat would try to get a drink.. lol P.S. I hate cats lol but this was cute lol

My Grandparents

Like I said Christmas was wonderful. It came and went sooo fast. Now onto Kobe's b-day (on Valentine's Day) and Wedding Planning YAY!!!

Baby Kobe is gone!

2010-12-16T20:17:00.000-08:00

I'm sad to say that I think Baby Kobe is gone.. he's no longer with us.. although he was a pest at time,s I kinda miss the little guy.. lol I know your all wondering what the heck I'm talking about LOL well Kobe, since he was old enough to imagine, has had an imaginary friend "Baby Kobe". This was the type of imaginary friend that I had to buckle in the car seat, go out in the dark once at night to get out of the van(not sure why we left him in there), drive back to my parents house to "pick him up", etc. He almost made me believe this was a real child lol the way he imagined him. It was sooo realistic and funny but again like I said was kind of a pain in the butt at times lol. But whats a mother to do? Squash he child's imagination? NOPE she plays along :) Now that Kobe is almost 5, "Baby Kobe" has fizzled out. I guess this is a wake up call that my baby is growing up *tear* lol

Weekend recap!

2010-12-14T10:27:00.000-08:00

Friday I went shopping with my parents while Chase came over and kept Kobe so I could go finish up Christmas shopping. I got Kobe's outfit for his Christmas program at Kohl's it was originally $48.00 and after all the sale prices and coupons I had I got it for $17.00!!! I felt like I won the lottery LOL. After we got back in town we decided to hit up walmart which was a plus because I was able to get Chase's Christmas COMPLETELY done!! While I was at wally world I picked us up a Ginger Bread House to decorate on Saturday. Kobe could barely wait til then, The first words out of his mouth Saturday morning was "can we do the ginger bread house now?" It was soooo nasty and cold on Saturday I decided we'd just stay home and hang out in our jammies.. so after breakfast we did our ginger bread house...

2 seconds (seriously) after I took this pic the roof slid off the walls lol. It was sooo messy lol the icing stuck to my dining room table like glue. But we had fun doing it and it was actually good to eat unlike the Halloween one we did 2 years ago.

So remember how I said I had decided to stay home on Saturday since it was cold, rainy and just plain ol nasty? Well I got a spur of the "Let's go see Santa at the E-ville Mall" moment. So after lunch off we were to go see Santa.. A few times I thought to myself.. 'man what am I thinking?' , 'the line for Santa is going to be huge', 'The mall is going to be crazy' sure enough the mall was PACKED!! The Line for Santa was HUGE!! I don't know what I was thinking LOL but here we stood in line for Santa.. we probably waited 45min-1hr but it wasn't bad at all. After standing there for 20 minutes one of Santa's helpers comes up to us and says "Hunnie Santa feeds his reindeer at 5:00, I don't know if you'll be able to see him before but he'll be back at 6:00" I just smiled and said "that's fine". Then she pats my arm and says "Hold tight I'll be right back" so she goes away and comes back and says "I was told to take 17 more before he leaves to feed his reindeer" so she goes to the front of the line to counts all the families in line she gets to us and points to me and says "15" Thank GOD we didn't have to wait til Santa came back! Although I would have since that's the only reason I was there in Eville was to let Kobe see Santa. The lady came back and thanked me for being so polite. She said she has had so many rude people today she needed a person like me to come through. I was happy I could make her day better.
After we saw Santa Kobe wanted to go in the Candy store that was right by where Santa was sitting so we went in there and of course its over whelming for a child lol He wanted everything.. I just couldn't see paying $6.99 for 1 pound of candy. So I told him he could get one thing.. so he picked out this cute little black stuffed puppy and some candy spray stuff.. yeah that's 2 things LOL he's rotten lol

After we left the crazy mall we headed to Sonic so I could get my "eville regular" a Strawberry Lime-aide!! They are soooo YUMMY!! Then back home we came :)

Oh little town of "Befla-Ham"

2010-12-07T07:11:00.000-08:00

Friday night we decided to go to the gas station, get some hot chocolate/cappuccino (for me) and drive around town and look at Christmas lights. We Headed towards the park and Kobe saw the Star by the entrance of the park. He yells in excitement.. "MOM!! Do you see that star? That's the star for Jesus when he was born in 'Befla-Ham'." I was shocked he even knew that. Then he tells us the WHOLE story of Bethlehem. Chase and I looked at each other with big smiles because we had no Idea Kobe knew all this. I had tears in my eyes hearing my son tell this story in his sweet little voice. Every time he said "Befla-ham" my heart would melt even more :) So of course I had to get on the phone with my mom right away and let my mom hear him tell this story to her too.

A friend of mine had asked earlier in the week if Chase, Kobe and I would like tickets to the Journey to Bethlehem. It had been so long since I had gone and I really wanted Chase to experience this so I told her we would love to go. I almost got a sitter for Kobe because I was afraid the Roman Soldiers would scare him lol. But after he told us the story of "Befla-Ham" I knew he would love it.

Sunday we headed to the parade and FROZE just standing out there for 30 minutes when we got home I told Chase I thought we would skip the Journey to Bethlehem because it was soooo cold. But the longer I sat there and thought about how I would regret skipping it I told Chase we are going and we are just going to have to bundle up lol. Our time for the Journey wasn't til 9PM so about 8:30 we started to bundle up and head to the Journey. I thought several times we were crazy for doing this lol. But to be honest it was not bad. My Nose was FROZEN but other than that I was almost hot from all the layered clothing lol.. We stood by alot of fires during our journey in Bethlehem lol so we stayed warm. Kobe LOVED it.. He was soooo into it.. He was really good considering it was way past his bedtime. I was soo glad we went. I wanted Chase and Kobe both to experience the Journey of Bethlehem. The both loved it.

Props to all the men, women and children who take the time to put this on for us we really appreciate it.

Crooked little Pinkies!

2010-12-01T19:20:00.000-08:00

Ever since Kobe was little his pinkies have always turned a bit inward. Here recently they have really turned in, enough to make me call his doc. So I got an appointment for Kobe to see his doc the next day. She looked over his hands and ordered X-rays, told me she was going to just go ahead and send us to an Orthopedic Specialist. So off we go to Riley in Indy on Jan 11th to See the specialist. Prayers would be appreciated if possible please.. I Pray he doesn't have to have surgery.

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

2010-11-29T20:36:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we put all our Christmas decor up. I Love this time of year. It makes the house feel sooo cozy :) Kobe is sooo excited about Christmas this year. All he wants is a kickstand for his bike LOL and a paper jamz guitar. Pretty simple huh!? Needless to say he's getting alot more than he asked for. But at least he isn't greedy lol.

Kinda Blurry but I wanted you to see how pretty it looked :)

He's BAAAAACK! lol..Remember JACK?? yes Jack has made his way back to our home this year. Kobe is more into it this year than he was last year. He wasn't listening and all I had to say was remember Jack is watching and he busted out crying and walked over to Jack and begged him not to tell Santa LOL..

I'm glad Kobe is going to WC so he can learn all about the real reason for the season. He came home from School today and the first words out of his mouth were "MOM!, Did you know Christmas is Jesus' Birthday!?" (yes I have told him this before but you know how kids forget things hehe) But we also do the whole Santa thing. There is nothing wrong with a little imagination :)

CAN YOU FIND JACK TONIGHT?

WOOHOO I'm back in business!

2010-11-28T19:42:00.000-08:00

Well at least on the Internet that is lol. As some of you may know my laptop bit the dust back in Feb :( and I just now got another one. Thanks to my WONDERFUL Fiance who stood in line at Walmart's Black Friday Sale from 10 PM til 5AM and got me a new Laptop. Its not as "fancy" as my other one but I LOVE IT and Love having a laptop back. I just couldn't find the power in me to sit at my dinosaur for a desktop and blog so I took a break. But I'm back in business now.

Yes you read that right! I said FIANCE :) I recently got engaged to a wonderful man who makes me and Kobe sooo happy. He treats us very special. We met back in March and knew he was the one right away. We are planning a wedding right now for Oct.1st of 2011. I could not be happier. Well maybe if we could find a house I would be so we could finally live together (long story).

So much has been going on. I could blog and blog and blog. Here are a few things that have happened.

SEPTEMBER

(Labor Day W/end) we went camping, had SUCH a good time. The guys went fishing and Chase caught 13 out of the 15 fish :)

Kobe started Preschool. He LOVES it. Ms. Jane is his teacher this year and he loves her. Well he loves her now lol he was scared of her at first. Said she was "crazy and loud" lol.

Celebrated my dad and brother's birthdays

Kobe has his fall season of Soccer.

OCTOBER

Got ENGAGED!!!

Chase got promoted at his job. More money/day shift <3
Celebrated Chase's Birthday

Went to Lark Ranch

Halloween - Kobe was a Motor cross guy and Me and Chase were Vampires

NOVEMBER

Got our family pics done!!

Cooked my FIRST Thanksgiving for My guys and I. Kobe and Chase LOVED it.

Shopped Black Friday and got my LAPTOP wooohooo!!!

Well more to come later since I'll be able to blog again...

That's my boy!

2010-04-17T19:47:00.000-07:00

Guess who scored a goal in his soccer game!?!?!?!?!
That's right!!! It was my Baby Boy!!!
I'm Such a Proud Mommy!!

What a little tough guy!

2010-04-13T20:54:00.000-07:00

My little guy went to the dentist today to get 3 cavities filled (I promise I DO brush his teeth lol) He was such a tough little guy he didnt even make a peep when he got his shots.. Dr. D let Kobe get 3 prizes out of the prize drawer instead of the regular 2. He told Kobe he was by far his best patient all day :o) Make a Mommy really proud!! I love my Baby sooo much he is such a joy! :o)

He Finally got it!!!!

2010-04-12T07:07:00.000-07:00

My baby's first soccer game!!

2010-04-11T21:44:00.000-07:00

April 10th at 10:00AM was Kobe's first soccer game!! It was soooo cute!!

He's ALMOST got it!!

2010-03-19T09:39:00.000-07:00

Uncle Adam has been working with Kobe on riding his bike with NO training wheels!!! He CAN do it... its just as soon as he feels Adam's hand leave he's done pedaling LOL... Oh well he'll get it... Practice makes perfect lol...

He was done here LOL

RIP Great Grandma Leavell

2010-03-19T09:27:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday Morning (March 17th) Grandma passed away at the age of 95.. She lived a wonderful life and I'm glad I got to spend 26 1/2 years with her in my life.. She will be missed very much. I love you Grandma... RIP

We found......

2010-03-18T09:40:00.000-07:00

!!!~CLEATS~!!!

How CUTE are these!!! :o)