Our Cowboy

Well this is our cowboy. I tried to get his entire body in the pick, but he kept moving around so I had to be quick with the picture taking. We actually stood him on the counter in the kitchen so we could take a decent picture. We left after that and went to our church for a trunk or treat. It was fun. Adam got lots of candy and he even went on a hayride with one of the girls in the church. He had lots of fun and passed out on the way home from church. LOL All in all, I would say it was a good night for him.

Happy Halloween!

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Hope everyone has a safe and great holiday!

With a Little Effort and Lots of Prayer

As some of you may know, Wes and I have been deliberating over if and when we were going to start trying to have another baby. Well, after much consideration, we have decided to start trying for Baby #2 in about a month. Well, let me put it to you this way. This week is my last week in the current birth control pack that I'm on. Instead of having it refilled, I am going off of the pill and allowing my body to get use to not having the pill in my system. Meanwhile, we are going to use other methods of birth control until I can get my monthly on my own without the help of drugs. Then once that happens, we are going to give it a try and see what happens. We really aren't going to try to the point of exhausting ourselves. We are in the mind frame that if it happens, great! If it doesn't happen, then we will be okay with that too. We really do want another child and even though Adam is still young, we don't want our children spaced far apart in age, even though there is nothing wrong with that. It's just a personal choice of ours. So just cross your finger, toes, and say lots of prayers for us. We are going to do our part and leave the rest in God's hands.

Feeling Rough

So this cold weather has definitely gotten to me. I woke up this morning feeling sluggish as ever. I have a sore throat and I'm all congested in my chest. It's awful! I'm hoping that it's just a 24 hr thing. I really don't want to have to go to the doctor or end up dragging this thing out too long.

A Silly Hat

So Adam decided that he wanted to be a cowboy for Halloween. Well my mom found a cowboy costume at Party City and bought it for him. We decided to try it on him tonight to see if we needed to make any adjustments since she had to buy a bigger size. Everything fit just fine, but the hat was a little tight and very unshapely. It looks more like a safari hat instead of a cowboy hat. So, I noticed that Walmart has some cowboy hats in the toy section and I plan to venture there sometime this week and pick up one for him because obviously the one that came with the outfit just won't do but meanwhile he has made it his new play thing. Anyway, we took this picture of him earlier because I wanted to share this image with everyone. So enjoy!

A Lazy Sunday

Well, this weekend has pretty much been a lazy relaxed one for us. We didn't really do anything or go anywhere too much. It was kinda odd because I'm use to be on the go during the weekend. Yesterday, we took Adam outside along with his big ball and tricycle and let him play outside for a little while. He ran around kicking the ball like it was a soccer ball and just had a great time. It took an army to get him back inside. Anyway, that was pretty much our weekend. We basically just hung out at home and spent time together. Hope everyone else had a great weekend.

Waffle House Kid

Why Do We Allow This To Happen?

Stress
1: constraining force or influence: as a: a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part ; especially : the intensity of this mutual force commonly expressed in pounds per square inch b: the deformation caused in a body by such a force c: a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation d: a state resulting from a stress ; especially : one of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium e: strain , pressure 2: emphasis , weight 3archaic : intense effort or exertion4: intensity of utterance given to a speech sound, syllable, or word producing relative loudness5 a: relative force or prominence of sound in verse b: a syllable having relative force or prominence6: accent 6a


As you can see this is what good ole Webster had to say about stress, but how do we break it down to our level? Well, on my level, stress is when your 2 yr old son refuses to listen to anything you have to say. Stress is when the kitchen is piled high with dishes and it seems that you will never get them done. Stress is when your child absolutely hates taking a bath and puts up a fight while you are trying to accomplish something that you yourself know is benefitting him and not harming him like he may think it is. Stress is being pushed to those limits that you see other people being pushed to and always swear you'll never become that person. Yeah you know, the screaming, breakdowns, crying, headaches, sky-high blood pressure, etc... Whatever the particular case may be for yourself. We get so drained and so stressed to the point where we are exhausted and just cannot function. If you are sitting there reading this and saying to yourself, " I'm never like this, I'm just fine 24/7/365", well consider yourself the luckiest person on the face of the planet. As for the rest of us, I just have one question to ask. WHY DO WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN? Are we masochistic or is it just something in our nature? I am a firm believer that we, as women, are naturally the bigger worriers. Somehow most men can just take things and let it roll off their backs like water on a duck. I, myself, try and remain as laid-back as possible, but that's not possible when the daily stresses of life and raising a toddler are raining down on me like a hellstorm. I do have to be grateful for my husband though. He helps as much as he possibly can and I honestly do not know where I would be if he wasn't in our lives. I don't know that I could handle it, but I'm sure I would make do if I had to. Anyway, I guess I said all of this because I was just trying to release some tension and just give my insight into why I think we stress so much. Please feel free to leave your cares or concerns in the comment box. Thanks again for listening.

My Four Day Weekend

We (my hubby and I) left out Thursday morning and went to Spartanburg to visit his parents. We actually got to go without our child for once. It was nice having time to ourselves even if we didn't do anything too fancy. I actually relaxed and caught up on some much needed R&R. It was also nice to spend time with Wes because I kinda felt like I had been neglecting him lately, but definitely not on purpose. Anyway, we had fun and even though I missed my child every single day, I knew I needed that time to myself and that it was way overdue.

Wrong Side of the Bed

I swear that's where Adam woke up this morning! He has been in the worst mood today. Nothing pleases him. My dad bought him a dvd player for his bedroom so he could watch his movies without us having to constantly watch barney, elmo, etc. Well yesterday he sat in there for a long time watching movies and never complained. Today, he's the exact opposite. He will start watching a movie for 5 mins and then wants it changed to something else. I finally told him that I was not going to change the movie every 5 minutes so he would have to be satisfied with whatever was in there at the time. UGHHH!!!! It's just been a crazed morning not to mention that he is super clingy to me today and I've got tons of housework to do plus packing because we are headed to my inlaws this weekend. Anyway, enough of my obnoxious rambling. Just wanted to say that I'm having an INSANE day today. What about the rest of you?

Adam

He loves for us to take pictures together!

My little cheeser!

Adam bouncing on his ball. He will bounce until he slides off of it and hits the floor.

Learning to Sing

Adam has learned how to sing a few songs over the past few weeks. We've taught him B.I.B.L.E and Itsy Bitsy Spider. He will also start singing whenever he hears a song playing on the radio or on television. I really wish I could manage to grab the camcorder in time, but I never can.