The Mayo Family

a year in iPhone photos, part deux

2011-07-22T10:45:00.012-05:00

so here are more iPhone photos to bore you with....

My most fabulous new piece of kitchen equipment! EVERY coffee drinker should have one! (and no I do not spike my coffee with wine...on most days) ;)

Justin Moore @ Brandon Day. This was Logan's 1st concert, and of someone he loves! He couldn't have been more excited! Especially when the singer shook his hand! (in 1st video...someone next to us caught it on video & emailed it to me!) Oh Lawd! We hard about this forever! It was so awesome.

Goodbye Pond!!! Thank goodness! We were so sick of this snake/frog pit! It was pretty, and it sounded awesome with the waterfall, but it was a PAIN IN THE ....

Just waiting on the new sod to arrive....

Beach Bound...

Photo Silliness @ at beach side restaurant in Ft. Walton Florida. He is way better than me!

Same restaurant...

My little fam....

My brother & his little fam...

FUDPUCKERS!

I mean, why is this place so awesome? The food is eh, the atmosphere is eh, but yet for some crazy reason, we still love it?

The Mayo's mark on Fudpuckers...

Logan & his Daddy @ Fudpuckers...

Dancing Koen...

Back at the condo, Logan & his little cousin Koen getting into everything!!!

Headed home from the beach.... (mama is going to kill me for his one!)

We went to Aquarium in Atlanta, and while we were there went to the dolphin show, Logan got a stuffed dolphin, blah blah blah...Anyway, while we were seeing the little penguins, We realized that they were very intrigued by Logan's little dolphin, it was so cute. Everyone around us got suck a kick out of it!

I think that is it for the year in iPhotos...gonna try to keep up to date from here on out...

haha we'll see how that goes.

A year in iPhone photos....

2011-07-18T10:28:00.002-05:00

So, with the same fabulous excuse....I've not been able to blog in a while because of school! Ugh! I'm sick of it, but I've met my complaining quotient for a lifetime when it comes to school, so I'll try ("try") not to! ;) Anyway, I guess I will do a few updated pics since I don't think I've posted any in like a year! I don't have anything in particular to hit on, just am trying to stay awake & tired of homework (crap! there was a complaint!?).

First of all...

Now just going back through pics/video from the year past several months! This one is one is just hilarious...This isn't even my kid, it's my nephew. . . I mean, doesn't he make you wanna run out and get some ice cream? haha

Next up, My favorite picture ever taken with my iphone! Little Woody headed to Costume day at school. Back in October (obviously)

As if we do not have enough to do at work...We now have adopted Mr. Potato Head. He gets dressed up and outfists changed for the time of year. This was after a day in the PICU...

Speaking of the hospital...Logan when he got admitted for pneumonia in December the day after Christmas...

After Passing NP Boards!!!!!!

Amanda took above picture on right, that was a fun afternoon! Nothing like hitting up the wine in the middle of the afternoon after passing an exam like that!!! And below the achieved degree...

My Birthday...

Even though it was my birthday, he thinks that if there is a candle in his presence, he has to be the one blow it out.

His new favorite activity. . .

Hair donated to Locks of Love...
Whew my hair was short! (still is but ya know!?)

How you truely pass out after the zoo...

A stupid project. . .

So Logan comes home with this homework sheet one day. It is to make a leprechaun trap. For Real??? Seriously? I mean this was back in March so things wrong with this project...

#1 He is only 3 years old, do you think he knows what a Leprechaun is?

#2 He doesn't know what a trap is...again that being only 3 years old comes into play.

#3 He is 3 (did i mention this part already?) and he cannot write, much less "BUILD" a, oh whatever....

here it is...

part 2 of a year in iPhone photos, coming up next...

Boat for Sale . . .

2011-02-24T14:59:00.000-06:00

Craig wants to sale his boat! His dad bought a new fishing boat, therefor...no more need for his. You know how that goes...blah blah blah, anyway...We put it on Craig's list, but thought I would put it here too, just in case.

Here are the details I placed on Craig's List:

14 ft Jon Boat w/ trailer, $2000

fully carpeted
2 pedestal seats
tons of storage (4 different storage compartments)
depth finder
36 pound Minn Kota trolling motor
new battery/box
navigation lights
2 interior lights for night fishing
rod holders, hold up to 12 rods
nice trailer with lights & jack

call Craig if interested @ 601-906-4411

I likey likey...

2010-11-12T17:13:00.001-06:00

I see cute stuff hanging off of chairs at Christmas all over the place!! I so wanted to make some for mine, but be a little off on the traditional side. They turned out quite supertacular I think! I'm stoked!

Love.

I've got the bug bad already...I'm already painting stuff & pulling out decorations! I know it's a little early, but OH WELL SNELL!!!

Public Announcement

2010-11-12T16:52:00.000-06:00

Well, if you'll notice I've changed my countdown calender at the bottom of my blog (b/c I know you all pay soooo much attention to every aspect of my blog!?) to a countdown that reflects the last day of school instead of GRADUATION. Yes, I will still be graduating, BUT...I won't be finished with school.....
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Yes for those of you who are asking, I AM crazy! I will be graduating as a family nurse practitioner in December, but I've decided to continue on with my freaking everlasting education. I've decided that family practice is just not for me. I took a job as a nurse practitioner in the Pediatric ICU where I currently work. However, in order for me to work in that unit, I have to have a more specialized degree in pediatric care. So i'll have another freakin year! Yep, ANOTHER YEAR OF SCHOOL????????????? WTH am I thinking? Who knows?

Anyway, I've decided that with all that, walking at graduation just isn't worth it. I'm not really finished & that is supposed to symbolize an END, of which I'm not at yet, and also ...been there, done that. Ya know? Anyway, so that is just a little info for you if you wanted it!?!

Off to another year of bitching about being sick of school....

MySpace-Countdowns

I shall post yet another countdowner when I find out my new schedule!?!

Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-11T10:24:00.000-06:00

We went for our annual trip to the pumpkin patch earlier this month. Except for this year we didn't go with our regular friends, we went with Logan's Daycare. My mom & I rode along & had a pretty good time. Logan was his usual self...lost my keys. That was fun. I know, I shouldn't have given them to him in the first place, but you know how that goes...shoulda, coulda, woulda...anyway.

Here are a few pics from that day. . .

Logan's 3y/o class...

Checking out the tractor that is going to pull the hay ride. . .oh if you only knew the excitement this causes in Logan!!!

Nana & Logan. . .

Checking out the deer. . .

Logan has recently gotten a bow & arrow set. He now thinks he should shoot everything that has fur? And act like it too!?

First Annual Pizza & Pumpkin Night

2010-11-11T10:05:00.000-06:00

We decided to try to start a little tradition this year with the kiddies. We are going to try to start having a yearly night of Pumpkin carving & eating Pizza a few nights before Trick-or-Treating. So it'll be named "Pizza & Pumpkins" or something like that! I hope that we have more friends involved next year!

Lori had the grand idea to carve these beautiful Pumpkins, got a cool little kit to do it with, and. . .yeah, that didn't work out too well. those little kits are %$#*&, you know? So we just stuck it out with a regular ole knife & marker. I didn't think I would like gutting the pumpkin, but let me tell you...that is a good way to take out a little stress! Awesome!! I did both! ;)

Pics from the night. . .

Logan's got the pumpkins ready to go... & here is that aweful "cheese" face again? haha

Don't hate because our pumpkins are so awesome. It's hard to be this good!

Part of what makes Pizza & Pumpkin night... Pizza & Beer! :)

After Pumpkins are all done & Baths are given, sweet little kiddos. . . .

Pumpkins, Pizza, Beer...highly recommended! Loads of fun! Can't you tell how much fun Craig was having. . .He looks like he may come right out of his skin from the excitement!

This is not reflective of the fun the Mommies & Kiddies had!

Trick-or-Treat, Smell my Feet???

2010-11-10T18:18:00.000-06:00

Someone fabulous that I love & loves me(name will remain unknow....DAD) taught my kid how to say the grand old saying of . . .

"Trick or Treat,

Smell My Feet,

Give me something Good to Eat"

Thank goodness it didn't go to the underwear part!!! Anyway, so that is how we started off our night on Halloween!! Little man had a blast! We really had a good time watching him & Acey getting into the Halloween spirit! They "rurnt" now!! They just love it! I can't wait to see them in action again next year! I thought they would still be more standoff-ish this year, but they weren't!

They are so excited by Lori's little brother, Jack. he is 7 years old, and you know they just think he is grown. I love watching them with him! They all had a great time after the night was over playing & laughing. Kiddos are just the best, right!? Oh but to live one day more with that kind of care free spirit!!

Here are a few pics from the night!!

How cute is this lady's front door?? Love it!

You know I wonder where Logan get's this uncomfortable face when he takes pictures....not anymore.

What is this face? This kid!!!

Here is that nutty "cheese" face again!? Gotta work on that! We ran into Woody's twin along the way. . .

OMG!? This face... That is just aweful!! HAHAHA!!

? Hahahaha!!

Bad Blogger

2010-10-31T16:21:00.000-06:00

I know it has been forever since a blog post, but school has been WHEW! Fabulous news on that...

Took my last test ever in Family Nurse Practitioner school! Made a 98 by the way.
My final project is complete & ready to be turned in! That means no more homework!
I have 104 hours of clinical left, I know that sounds like a lot, but it's really not. Not compared to the 500+ already done this year!!
There are only 36 days left until the last day of school.
There are only 48 days left until GRADUATION!!!!
WHOOP WHOOP. I know that isn't supposed to be numbered, but hey...

So I'm hoping from this point on that I'll be a better blogger. If not. Tough sh#t. ;)

it's coming. . .

2010-10-07T09:10:00.000-05:00

Graduation that is!! Only 72 days left until we are finished with school completely. BUT, there is really only 61 days left of SCHOOL!!!! WOW!! it's almost done!

Cake Wreck

2010-10-04T07:46:00.000-05:00

Lets just start with, it's going to be Logan's 3rd Birthday in a few days. Not to be all stupid/sappy or anything, but WHERE THE HELL DID THAT TIME GO? How has my precious baby turned into a English speaking, in-dirt-playing, wild, funny, monkey of a little KID? He's not even classified as a Toddler anymore...he's a kid!? It's nuts & its exciting & makes me a little sad at the same time! So there's my mommy whinning. Done.

To the matter at hand, birthday cake. We usually pay someone to do a birthday cake for Logan's birthday. This year I decided that is stupid. I'm not paying the stupid amount of money to do something that I should be capable of doing myself. You see that "should" word in the previous sentence. Well, you know I got to thinking, you can Google anything & I do mean ANYTHING these days (as a friend so hilariously pointed out to me the other night at dinner...I haven't thought something was so funny in a long time....Thanks to you know who you are & NO I'm not gonna blog what you googled!!!) Anyway...tangents are something I'm really good at! :) So, I googled a few tips on how to make a great cake. I'm thinking to my self, how hard can this be...I paint a little...sometimes those turn out alright. So I should be able to do the same with some icing right? Not so much. I gave it a little shot last night. Again...bad. So I will admit that the cake part was so awesome, and the cake does taste really good actually. Its. Just. Ugly. ;)

Have you seen those things on TV that make the Giant Cupcake Cakes? Well every time that commercial comes on TV Logan gets all excited & talks about how much he wants some "birthday" that looks like that! He calls cakes, "birthday"? So I got one for free at the market in Las Vegas, so I thought I would use this for this little Birthday cake.

Here you go. This belongs on the Cake Wrecks website.

However I must admit, my little research on google about how to make a moist cake, did work...This cake is Yummy!!! (even though it is so ugly)

Moral of this story...don't try to make a pretty cake. Not possible. ;)

posts...

2010-09-29T14:38:00.003-05:00

I've seriously got to get to work on this blog! Damn School.

1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back. . .

2010-09-20T21:42:00.001-05:00

Forward step. . .
Logan hit a huge milestone in his potty training efforts tonight. We usually don't go out in public without a pullup on, because he IS NOT going to tell you he has to go to the potty. He's been doing pretty good for the past couple of weeks at home of starting to actually tell us he has to go to the restroom. He asked me this evening if we could go to Bass Pro & since he hasn't been feeling well tonight...I just couldn't tell him no. So off we go to Bass Pro. I tried to put him in a pullup before we left, but he refused & insisted that we stay in his "big boy underwear". . . So I thought to myself "what the hell, it's just pee, I'll just take a change of clothes." Then we get all the way over to Bass pro & guess what I forgot. . .YOU GOT IT, A change of clothes! So I decide to give it a whirl anyway. About 45 minutes after we got there he blurts out "MOMMY, I GOTTA POTTY!". . . WHAT? I say to myself! YES YES YES!!! Whoot whoot! He has finally gotten it! He may be potty trained! I all but squealed in the store! I was stoked! We headed off to the bathroom & it all went just like it is supposed to! Woo HOO!!

So obviously I'm excited that my kid may have hit a milestone, we may be well on our way to NO MORE DIAPERS!! Woo Hoo! A step forward in life! I'm so proud of my little man. I decided to reward him with a little toy from bass pro, a toy pop gun, he picked out himself. I know I know...probably a bad choice but what the hell?

Step Backwards. . .
We get home from Bass Pro & continue on with our nightly ritual as usual. Bath, PJ's, ect...you get the point. Well after bath time, we are in his room getting ready to put on PJs & Logan finds this in his drawer. . .

I cannot get this thing away from him without him freaking out? He gave these things up at 9 months old all on his own. He just stopped taking a pacifier, now this? WTH?

Art

2010-06-09T21:07:00.001-05:00

Art isn't just what you paint, it's what you snap! :) (and then carefully revise in a photo editing program!!) This one is so going on the wall. It is a picture of Logan & Acey at the zoo back in March. This one I LOVE!

The original post is HERE, but so you don't have to look back...this is the unedited version. It's still supercute...because they are of course...BUT I just can't leave well enough alone. (this should come as a real shocker to those of you who know me! he he he)

No Time to Pee?!

2010-06-06T20:17:00.000-05:00

A few minutes ago I attempted to go t o the bathroom...alone. Big mistake.

Logan was sitting on the couch, totally in a trance watching SHREK! I don't even think he was blinking. He had a bowl of Cheerios in his lap. I thought,. . .he's totally hooked up & he won't move while I go to the bathroom...I mean, it's just to pee?

So off I go, only about 15 steps from where he was sitting on the couch. I bet it wasn't 2 seconds later & I hear, "uh-oh, Mommy...come clean it up". I thought, Oh Hell!?!

This is what I came in the room to find. . .

At least he had fun cleaning it up! Gotta love the life of parenting a Toddler!! :)

My Family Silhouette

2010-06-02T11:10:00.003-05:00

How cute is this??? This is what happens when you get tired of studying & start blog stalking!!

Less Than 200 days!

2010-06-02T08:25:00.000-05:00

I'm Counting Every Single Second!!

We are officially down to less than 200 days until graduation. If only I could feel like it were only 6 months away...it just feels so much further away than that. I can sometimes actually see a flickering of light at the end of the tunnel. Oh Light...here I come! :)

Oops

2010-05-31T05:57:00.000-05:00

While I was sitting here in the bed not able to sleep & playing on my computer, I realized that I never posted my Easter Blog. I mean, I did it...just never actually posted it? Hum? Anyway...you can go HERE to read it.

Sweet Singer

2010-05-31T05:16:00.000-05:00

So as most of you who know me, know that Craig is super shy when it comes to singing. He'll play his guitar for me all day long, but actually sing to me ...no. I've know him for 7 years & have been married to him for 5 & all of this time I have begged, I do mean BEGGED him to sing for me. No such luck. However I have heard him twice & this made it even worse...really wanting him to sing to me.

The first time I heard him it was on accident. He recorded himself, right after we got married, & forgot to erase it. I came home from working a night shift one morning & found our video camera sitting out. I had no idea why...so I had to check it out. There it was....Craig singing. He had the camera on the wall, so I couldn't watch him...but it was WONDERFUL. And me being me, of course I had to show him off. I let everyone I knew listen to it. Bless him, he was so embarrased. As soon as he got the chance, he chunked that tape!

The second time I heard him was at the Neshoba County Fair last summer. Why oh why he'll sing in front of all those people, but not me...well...it's beyond me. They were just sitting around playing guitar, so he had someone else playing guitar with him. So he said it's not the same thing, because he's not "on the spot". He also says that he is more worried about what "I" think than anyone else. Whatever dude...

SoOoo, when he reads this blog he is gonna be so mad at me! :) He'll get over it...

So tonight, he cooked out on the grill. This is one of the few times that he drinks beer, and drinks when it is just the 2 of us. He's really only a social drinker. Anyway...so after getting a few beers in him, I tried to convince him that it would be of benefit to him to sing to me. He declined. So then I convinced him that if the lights were off, and I couldn't see him & he couldn't see me...that it would be like he was home alone & I couldn't "see" him sing. That worked!! Who knew? I would have done that a LONG time ago!

Now that I have heard that very sweet voice of his...it's over. I'm gonna harass that poor man for the rest of his life about singing to me. He'll never get a moments peace, because I'll be bringing him his guitar & demanding a performance. :) Poor guy.

Dear Craig,
You have a most beautiful, no . . . gorgeous voice. I would like for you to sing to me with that sweet voice every night for the rest of our lives. This will make me a happy wife. (not that I'm not happy...just trying to make you feel the need to sing to me!) Thanks so much.
Love Always,

This was him singing at the Neshoba Co. Fair last year. Doesn't he just look like a singer?? :)

Like I said earlier...he's so gonna kill me when he reads this post!

Love You Honey! ;)

Free Kitty Kitty!

2010-05-29T18:10:00.000-05:00

So in the previous post, Introducing Calie, I talked about my sweet little Blackberry that died. Anyway, she had 3 kittens, one of which I'm keeping...Calie. The other 2 are so cute & sweet, but we need to give them away. I just can't keep that many kitties. They are about 2.5 months old.
This one looks completely black, but she actually has some light pin-stripes that are dark brown, really cool looking in the sunlight...which is about the only time that you can see the color variation.

This one is the most playful of the bunch. She is always trying to get into something. Funny as hell!!

If you are interested in one, just let me know! Thanks...

Introducing Calie. . .

2010-05-24T19:07:00.000-05:00

As I mentioned earlier on facebook...my sweet little kitty, Blackberry, died a couple of weeks ago. She was died from surgical complications while being spaded. It really don't even like cats...but I really liked her. I think because she acted like a dog. She was so sweet, she came to you when you called her, and she walked around beside you like an eager little doggie all the time.

This is Blackberry. Stupid cat...I cannot believe she went and died on the OR table? What was she thinking? RIP little Blackberry.

Anyway, she had 3 kittens that she left after her death. I decided that I would keep one of them (the other 2 are out and for free if you want one!)...We decided hopefully this one will act like her mom! She's already pretty sweet, a little skiddish...but that is getting better.

We named her Calie.

Dear Calie,
Please be smarter than your mom when we take you to get fixed. I would like for you not to die. Okay? Thanks. Oh & try not to go in the street either! Thanks again.
Love,
Nikki

Logan's 1st time on Swing Set!!

2010-05-24T18:53:00.000-05:00

1st off...when Craig went to pick up Logan from Daycare today...he told him that he finished his slide & swing set. Logan replied with "yay, daddy finally finished my slide"? Where does that kid come from? He comes up with the funnies stuff. What 2 year old knows what "finally" means? Anyway, he was excited when he got home & he did exactly what I thought his 2 year old little self would do...play for 10 minutes, then on to playing in the dirt. ?. The mind of a 2 year old...easily bored. Oh well. He'll like it one day, when he realizes he can "hide" from mom & dad in that little fort. I'm just wondering if we are looking at any broken bones from him JUMPING out of this thing?

Checking out the directions...

He figured it out, and told Craig...this is what took you so long right here dad...you should have done this! :) j/k He was really just pointing out the fact that his slide is on the picture!

First swinging...

A little help with this ladder, please Daddy...

Checkin out the telescope! Thought this was too cool!

Down the slide we go...WooHoo...

This thing rocks...I may go hide in there my self for a little study time! :)

Craig's, I mean Logan's New Playhouse & Swingset!

2010-05-24T15:54:00.001-05:00

Finally...it's done. Craig started putting together this monstrosity of a playhouse/swing set about 11 days ago. Bless his heart, I know he's glad to be done with it, well....almost anyway. He's still got to put down the barrier to add in mulch, or something like that? He was so relieved that it was nearly as hard to put together as all the reviews said it was. It went off with very few problems...the main one being one piece of wood?? How do they forget just ONE piece of wood after they put all the 100's of other pieces of wood, screws, nuts, & bolts in there?? All 3 boxes total weighted somewhere around 600 pounds?? Oh well, it got done just the same.

We can't wait to go get Logan' this afternoon so that he can play his little heart out!!! We are both so happy he finally has something to play on outside. I'm sure he'll play with/ on it for a grand total of 10 minutes before he goes right back to hunting sticks & rocks!? That's a little boy for ya!

Here is the finished product. Well, almost finished. Craig still has all of this tools on the picnic table! :) You can see the missing piece of wood on the slide...the one piece of wood that doesn't match anything else! :) We are gonna try to stain it to make it look like a match. We will see?

I can stand up inside of there!! Cool.

The windows from inside the house...

Check out these views from inside the windows!! Little boy paradise! Trees, trees & more trees!

Craig ordered a telescope for the play house!! :)

Ready to slide...

Man, I wish I would have had one of these things when I was a kiddo! Great hiding place!

Kroger Madness!

2010-05-02T08:04:00.006-05:00

This is one of those events as we say in the PICU & Peds ER that..."you just can't make this shit up!"...in reference to how crazy some of the stories/situations that we see!

Craig & I picked up Logan from school on Tuesday, and he was sitting at a table over by his sweet little friend Gracie (so sweet that she bit him that day and left a bite mark bruise ...?... :)....no really, she is one of his little friends at school.) Anyway...sitting by Gracie....and she looked like she didn't feel good. The teacher then told us she had thrown up earlier, Drew (another kid in class) had diarrhea, and that she thought a stomach bug was going around. Great.

Next morning...Wednesday morning...We wake up to get Logan ready for school, and what does the little cutie patootie tell me...? "My tummy hurts, Mommy". Great, now we have the stomach bug too. Awesome. Then he proceeded to vomit all over our bed. Even MORE awesome. :) This is a fabulous start to the day. My wild & funny little man is sick. He then later in the day vomited ALL IN MY CAR! Woo HOo.....and it wasn't just a little...it was blow out projectile vomit! Glad my mom was with me when that happened! Anyway...trying to move along the story...or get to the point...for those of you who know and love me, know that I have a problem with this "getting to the point" thing. :)

Thursday, he woke up & felt better so we sent him to school. It had been over 18 hours since he had vomited last so, we thought...short little GI bug done & over. Yeah uh huh. Right.

Thursday afternoon, they called me from the school and told me Logan had 103 temp and had diarrhea & vomited...so I went to pick him up. I was looking a hot mess when I went to pick him up too...so this makes it all the better for later. :) When I got to the daycare, the teacher told me that he hadn't had anything to eat or drink all day. So, now we are going on a good amount of time with no fluid intake, so I took Logan to the doctor, in order to get a Zofran prescription, so that I could get some fluids in him before he dehydrated. I know that the people in the doctor's office thought we were big fakers, because he was running around there acting like the little monkey that he is...laughing, playing, and running around everywhere!! Once we got out of there with our med order...we headed off to Kroger. By the time we got to Brandon, Logan was starting to get that sick look in his eyes. I had no choice though, we had to get his prescription filled so I decided to go on in to the Kroger.

We pulled into the parking lot, and being the super smart mom that I am, pulled right in next to the buggy drop off spot...good thinking...there is one of those stupid car-in-front buggies right there. for those of you who don't know what they are...this is what they look like

Logan of course then proceeds to throw a nice tantrum to get into that thing. (side note: I H.A.T.E. those things, because you know all those germy little kids get up in those things and wipe their nasty little germy hands all over everything...Those things are just a Germ Playground)...so I got him inside the store and grabbed one of those Clorox wipes and washed down the entire inside of that car. So he's happy now...I'm hoping I didn't miss any nasty germs for us to pick up...off to the pharmacy. He is also in process of spiking another temp, he was so hot, but he was in that part of spiking a temp of being very cutely delirious. He was showing out...Waving and talking to every, single person in the entire store that we passed. Poor kid...you could tell he was sick. So I run over to the pharmacy, and they tell me 20 minutes to fill the meds...great. Now I can grab him some stuff like pedialyte to drink, blah blah blah, ect...

He was doing so great, and I was just about to head back to the pharmacy when I noticed Logan leaning over to the side in the car. I asked him if he was ok, and he said "mommy, my tummy hurts", uh oh, I'm thinking...He's about to PUKE AGAIN! Oh, how wrong was I...he walked up to the front of the car and there sits the largest amount of diarrhea, green & foamy, that that little car seat could hold. NASTY...it was coming out of the top AND bottom of his shorts, his shirt was stuck to his back from where it had come all out of the back top part of his shorts. I then proceeded to quickly, but silently and internally, PANIC! Then I tried to think to myself, you know what girl...you are the mom of a wild 2 year old, and you are a nurse that works with VERY sick kiddos...This is not the first HUGE dirty diaper that you have ever had to deal with...YOU CAN DO THIS! I kept trying to tell myself this, but boy was I freakin out!

So I then headed over to the baby isle, grabbed wipes & diapers...and headed off to the bathroom. I stopped and tried to figure out the best way to get him out of this car, then figured out...there is not a good way to do this, so I just grabbed him out. There was green, foamy diarrhea dripping out of his shorts and plopping down on the floor, I was so embarrassed! I tried to keep all of that cleaned up as best I could...but just had to to quickly get into the bathroom. When we got in there, I was just about to put him up on one of those changing stations, but realized that it would just send the poo further up his back and probably into this hair...ugh. So I opted to just let him stand there while I stripped him. That was so fun, and I'm surprised still that I didn't get any poo in the kids hair! :) So as he is standing there, with no clothes on in the bathroom of Kroger, I proceeded to clean him up as best we could, but he kept going and going and going! I kept having to stop wiping, to put another diaper on him so he could go. It was all I could do to not start crying or laughing at this point. ...oh wait...I forgot that he PEED ALL OVER THE FLOOR WHILE THAT CLEANING WAS TAKING PLACE!!??? Had to clean that up too! :) But I tried to stop him and picked him up (still with poo all on him) ran to the toilet, and held him over it while he peed. See now, that was supposed to be a momentous occasion...it was the first time that he went to the bathroom in a public "big boy" toilet. I guess it was momentous though, with all of the other details that surrounded it! :) haha.

About 20 minutes later, I finally get him cleaned all the way, and a clean pull up on him. See, the fun part of this is...I have NO clothes to put back on him. So I then had to walk out to get our meds and still check out of Kroger with our few little groceries WITH NOTHING BUT TENNIS SHOES & A PULL UP! I know this is going to be the vision of trash, because remember...I looked like a hot mess too, and now I have a practically naked toddler to walk through the store. Great.

We got out of the bathroom, and I had to then clean out all of the poo in the car, that is so fun. While I was attempting to clean it out, I realized that there is a little opening in the middle of the back part of the seat where the seat belts come through. I suddenly realized...Oh NO!! I walked all the way from the other side of the store, down the baby isle, and over to the pharmacy with poo dripping out of the bottom of the car! UH OH! Nasty!!! Well, I thought, we'll just tell someone, and just get out of here as quick as possible. So with all of this fun going on, I walked up to the pharmacy counter, and proceeded to try to get our meds, while the pharmacist laughing, really just giggling, at us, and told us he had 3 grown kids, and they all did something like that at some point in their life! He said "just part of raising kids!". Yeah, I know dude, and I'm sure this will be funny later...but right now I'm on the verge of tears, so please do NOT laugh at me. I'm standing there trying to get the money out of my wallet, with Logan throwing another tantrum, because he can't get to the water fountain to play in it. As we were standing there looking like the picture of an upstanding citizen family, a lady walks up behind me and starts mumbling under hear breath something about...

"I mean really, how trashy is it to bring your kid into the store in nothing but a diaper"

...or something to that effect. I'm sitting there with my back to her thinking, is this really happening, is she really saying that...along with everything that has happened in this store. Really? OMG! Whatever lady, whatever.

Anyway, about this time, Logan stopped freaking out about the water fountain, and looks at me and said those sweet little words again..."Mommy, My stomach h......." and then VOMITED EVERYWHERE! Great, just great. Would you believe me if I told you that the guy behind the counter started giggling again, and asked me if we needed one of our meds that we just bought for vomiting? Giggling, are you really giggling at me???? I'm about to go postal in this Kroger, and you are GIGGLING AT ME?

We then went on over to the check-out isle. I asked the guy checking us out to get the manager, so I could get him to take this cart to have it cleaned. I told him briefly about the poo, and I must have said it all in Egyptian, because he acted like he didn't have a clue what I said. I told him again, that I had already cleaned it all out, but the poo was stuck in the little fabric weaving of the seat belts. He finally got some part of that conversation, and called the manager over.

The manager comes over, and he looks like an older gentleman, looks fairly educated...uh but didn't act like it. He then gave me the same look when I told him about the seat belt poo, and it dripping in the store somewhere, but I again must have told the story in another language....NO COMPRENDE people? Seriously, clean the wax out of your ears, and learn now to listen when your customer tells you that you have GREEN, FOAMY, INFECTED SHIT DROPPINGS IN YOUR STORE!!!! I'm trying to help you out.

Believe it our not we FINALLY made it home. The moral of that very long story is...those cars on the front of those buggies are NASTY! Don't let your kids get in them. Especially the one in Brandon, because it probably still has that poo stuck in the seatbelt.

6 down, 2 to go!!!!

2010-04-22T11:17:00.000-05:00

Well, it is just about done. Will take my last test tonight for the semester & my last of clinical will be on Monday. 2 more semesters...6 down, and only 2 to go! I can't believe it.

No New Posts?

2010-04-15T13:06:00.002-05:00

To my 3 readers, why no new posts you ask? Because School & Strep throat are whippin my ass!

Here comes Petter Cottontail

2010-04-05T05:47:00.000-05:00

Easter was a fabulous day this year! To start with, how awesome is it that Jesus died on the cross for me & you? Wow, we are so lucky. I cannot imagine the sacrifice of sending your only son to die in order to save people, ones that are here & bad, ones that are here and act good, and all those ones that have never even been born? Wow! Sacrifice! I'm so glad that we serve such a loving God that was willing to save us all!

2nd fabulous part of Easter this year. . .I got put on call from work!!! I'm was so stoked! I got to stay home from work with my family & celebrate Easter. I got to watch Logan see his Easter basket, & I was able to watch his sweet little face while we hunted Easter eggs! It was just tons of fun! I'm so thankful for the opportunity to be able to stay with my family! :) Woo HOo!

Here are a few pics from the day...

This is when he first woke up, before he saw that the Easter Bunny came. . .

How do you sleep with something hard like this? Sleeping with Buzz was very short lived. I probably need to try to find him a stuffed one. . .

This was his basket, just as the Easter Bunny left it. ;) And before Logan got ahold of it.

Gotta love Woody. God knows Logan LOVES Toy Story right now!!

The little turkey ate this thing in about 2 seconds flat!!

That kid tore into the candy as soon as he asw the basket!! He is so my kid! Check out those cute little easter eggs that look like animals. I loved them. We had barn yard animal eggs & dinosaur eggs. They were so cool.

This was his first ring pop. Love the blue tongue after he ate it!

Ready to hunt! He was so cute while he was hunting eggs. It took him a second to realize exactly what he was supposed to be looking for, but he caught on fast. After he figured it it out...So So cute. He would get this huge smile on his face every time he saw an egg and say "Mommy, its a BLUE egg", or whatever color egg he found. LOVED IT!

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You think I got carried away with the eggs? These are the 2 baskets he filled up on the hunt? Oh well. He liked it. I had a trail. The eggs started at our back door, went out through the back of our yard, down through the back of Helen's yard (logan's great grandmother lives next door to us), and then up to her back door. An Egg Trail. :) It took a lot of eggs to make it that far.

These are just some pics from over at Helen's house after the hunt.
Sweet Helen...

Logan not wanting to share any hugs with Nana...2 year olds...you never know. One minute they are so lovey, the next... not so much.

laughing at ?

Sweet little Daddy, obviously not wanting me to take his picture! :)

He refused to let me get a cute picture of him in the swing at Helen's...oh well. 2 year olds.

Sweet Easter.

Rockstar?

2010-04-02T11:45:00.001-06:00

Logan has been a music fan since he was an itty bitty thing. His Daddy played guitar for him when I wasn't home, when he was a newborn, to make him quit crying. Ever since then Logan has had a love a music. My friend Jennifer is always saying that he is gonna be a little Rockstar...so today, his Nana Brenda from Atlanta gave him the haircut to match his inner Rockstar. He of course HATES getting his hair cut/messed with...

From bed/hat head. . .

To Rockstar head & Still mad of course. . .

We're finally over it. . .

Trying to check out his new haircut! Think he likes it!

How does a little boy have this much hair to cut off????

Now he's so cool, he has to talk on the phone while drivin...

Showing off his "Dinosaur teeth"

2nd Annual Spring Break Zoo Trip?

2010-03-17T20:22:00.000-06:00

Lori & I took the kiddos to the zoo yesterday. Jack, Acey, & Logan had a fabulous time. While we were at the zoo, Lori realized that it had been a year since we took those little sweeties to the Zoo for the 1st time!! This was the first time, believe it or not that Logan has gone in somewhere without a stroller! The few times that I have gone in to small places without it...he acts like a nut. But I have to say that today he was wonderful! I'd say 95% Angel (I mean he is 2, so this is pretty good!)

Here are a few pictures from the day!

Acey was obviously not in the mood for me to have the camera in her face! ;)

Silly faces. . .

Checkin out some frogs...yuk!

Jack is Logan's buddy...following him around...so cute!

Logan is clearly pointing out what it is they are looking at! ;)

Running wild man. . .

Ok, so NOW we're ready to be a model?? How cute is this little cutie??

I was trying to get Logan & Ace to sit next to each other to take a picture. Acey was having none of it, but Logan did give it a shot...

Running man...That kid can run faster than I can & this is a bad combo...

Crazy ass bird! I can't believe they let this thing just walk around the zoo. It seems like it would peck somebody! Ugh, gross birds. Kids sure do love it though.

One of our new must haves...The Hat. Logan wears that stinkin hat EVERYWHERE. You better not misplace it either or you may have a melt down on you hands.

CHOO CHOO!!! I love how much kids LOVE Trains!! I think that may have been the hit of the day!

2nd annual Spring Break Zoo trip was a success! Yea, I'm a dork.

Introducing . . .Koen Lowe Douglas

2010-03-11T09:45:00.011-06:00

Happy Birthday to you,

We all welcome You,

Happy Birthday sweet Koen

We all Love You!

Sweet Koen Lowe Douglas was born yesterday on March 10, 2010 around 4:30 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds & 9 ounces (however he may have weighted closer to my original guess of the day if they wouldn't have let him breastfeed first!) :). He was 19.5 inches long. He is a little cutie! We are all so proud, especially Mommy Shaun & Daddy Shea! :). Big sister, Lexi & Big brother, Drake could not have been more precious angels at the hospital on his arrival. They were both so excited to meet their little brother.

My mom & dad came & picked me up on their way to Tupelo, after we got the call from soon-to-be new-Mommy (for the 3rd time) that she was in labor. I left straight from work in a frinzie!! I knew if I didn't make it home by the time my parents got there...they were SOOOOO gonna leave me! You can bet they were NOT gonna miss the birth of that sweet grandbaby because of my habitual lateness. CAn't say I blame them! :) Here is Mom & Dad in the car on the way to Tupelo...anxious that we wouldn't arrive in time. . .

We thankfully arrived WAY PRIOR to Koen making his debut! Lexi & Drake met us at the door of the hospital with their cute little "Big Sister" & "Big Brother" attire.

Look at these sweet faces!! :) It feels like yesterday that I was rushing off to meet these sweet little ones too!!!

Her are Shaun's parents sitting patiently in the waiting room. . .
Mimi is excited. . .

Herb, well...lets just say he didn't really like me snappin his picture all day! :) This is about the best picture I could get from him all day! Everytime he saw me point that camera at him he would grump and smile & turn away! :) hehe

We finally made it past all of the security back to the laboring mommy!
Nana & Moommy Shaun

Me & Mommy Shaun

(yes, she gets to be Mommy Shaun today, because I have baby fever & I want to be Mommy Nikki . . .but that's another blog. . .)

How cute is this face?? He was such an angel all day! Cute Stinker!

Here's the sweet family about 2 hours before Koen's devlivery. . .

Mommy & Lexi. . .

Mommy & Daddy. . .

We got kicked out of the room at about 4:10, because the nurse came in to check Shaun & let us know that she was FULLY DILATED & READY TO GO! Woo Hoo!! It was only about 15 minutes later that we got a text from the delivery room (from Lexi...she loves to text now & she stayed in the delivery room) that. . .

"Koen is here, but don't come back here!"

Really? Can I get a little more info than that please? :) I'm so impatient. So we all patiently waited out in the waiting room, . . .

and waited. . .

and waited . .

and

waited. . .

That was the longest wait to see a baby in the history of waiting to see babies! Seriously. We waited for almost 2 hours while they did who knows what, which of DID NOT involve weighing or measuring the baby? How do you NOT WEIGH A BABY WHEN IT FIRST COMES OUT PEOPLE? But all that matters is that Mommy & Baby Koen were doing great back there...we were just all about to die to see them! :)

Right after we got the text we told Drake, "Hey buddy, Koen is here & Your officially a Big Brother!" He had the cutest look...and he put his hand on his chest and said with a big girn on his face "ME?" So cute...i got his expression on camera...

He then replied with, "I'm not the baby anymore!" Cute little guy!!

Here we go...finally... alittle something! Shea comes out with the camera so that we can look at some quick picks & video of the baby! Look how sweet are those proud Grandparents & Daddy!!!

And then, they FINALLY let us back...
Here is Mr. Koen Lowe Douglas!! :)

Sweet baby already sucking his thumb...

and then the paci...But check out that dimple!! So sweet!

Mommy & Koen. . .

Doesn't she look great!?! She doesn't even look like she just squeezed out that cute big ole baby!!!

Sweet hands!

Safe in Mommy's arms & holding her hand!! :)

Finally back to the regular room! Gotta let everyone know our little sweetie is here!!

Mommy Shaun is patiently waiting on them to bring back the baby! Come on people! You are too slow at this hospital!!!

Nana & Koen

Koen & Aunt Nikki

Papaw & Koen

Just sweet Koen....

Mimi & Koen

Now these are just sweet!!!

The entire day was such a memorable and wonderful day! This is what life is all about, the precious moments. . .

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take

but by the moments that take our breath away"

~Unknown Author

Door Decor

2010-03-09T10:15:00.000-06:00

New fun stuff. Just another way for me to procrastinate my studying. But hey...it makes me happy & reduces my stress level just a smidge. I did one of these for me, my sis-in-law, & my mommy dearest! :) I really do love em.

65 Red Roses

2010-03-02T21:39:00.002-06:00

65_RedRoses is the story of Eva who has Cystic Fibrosis (a lung and gastrointestinal disease) and received a life-saving, double-lung transplant a few years ago. The documentary tells the story of her waiting for and then receiving her transplant. Since the transplant (which was about 2 years ago) she has suffered from chronic rejection (which means that her body is rejecting the lungs), and she is now again listed & waiting. It is such a touching storey. Her blog is really great. I read it the other night . . . I laughed, and cried, & was so inspired by this girl!

The point is...become an organ donor. You can save a life, and really...what are you going to do with your organs after you die?

Save a life.

MORA is the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency. They are a wonderful group that I have worked directly with in my years in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Please help save a life, be an organ donor.

Sneak Peak for Shaun! :)

2010-02-22T07:21:00.000-06:00

So Shaun, I'm not gonna show you the complete finished products (ie paintings) for the baby...but I'll give you some little sneak peaks as they come up. I got some time last night to work on them after sleeping in from being sick all weekend. I had a little extra energy last night and so I stayed up and played! These are still not finished....

Like the paint cloth drop it's on?

:) wish you could see more of it in focus?

. . .

Hope you enjoyed your little sneak peak!! :) I can't wait to meet the little sweetie that this is all for! :)

Love y'all!!

Happy Birthday to ME!

2010-02-18T22:38:00.001-06:00

I turned 32 on Saturday, where oh where did the time go?? I mean...32? How did I get this old? Yea yea, I know it's not old...but...I just don't know how all these years passed by so quickly. I feel like I was 18 and going off to college for the 1st time just yesterday. (wow...how mamaw did that sound?) Anyway....

So my Mom came over on Wednesday to celebrate with me, since I had to work over the weekend. She made me some yummy, yummy, from scratch, chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter & cream cheese icing! Wow, talk about yummy! Um um um...gotta take them to work tomorrow to get rid of them and get them out of my house. I can't quit eating them.

We also went shopping. It was so nice...an afternoon with no thoughts of school or testing or studying. Oh but it was waiting like an evil demon for me when I got home. Stupid school.

This is my sweet Mommy! She is so gonna kill me for putting up this picture...but I think it's pretty.

So a fake smile though?!? :)

This is my kiddo eating up those yummy cupcakes. Just these pictures of him eating them makes me want one!!!

Mom & Me after our shopping afternoon! I was so tired & so not looking forward to getting back to hitting the books! Oh well...part of it.

Thanks Mom for such a great afternoon! Love you!

Less Than 300 Days!!

2010-02-16T21:03:00.001-06:00

Check it out peeps! Go all the way to the bottom of my page...You will see my countdown timer for graduation. From this moment...I only have 297 days left until graduation! That is

LESS THAN ONE Year
LESS THAN 10 months
LESS THAN 300 DAYS
Less than 3 semesters
Less THAN from the point of where I started (haha, that is a given, but it just feels good to say)
and WAY PAST The half way point

It feels so good to say, "Hey, I'll graduate this year"

Woo Hoo too doo for me! Yep, just made up that wordish thing...but I don't care. I'm having a moment of excitement. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I can't see the light yet, but I just heard it turn on!!

& when I realized that accomplishment...I just had me a glass of....

Hey Daddy!

2010-02-16T12:00:00.000-06:00

I just found out that my Dad reads my blog...No offence Dad...but I didn't even know you knew what a blog was!! ;)

So here is a shout out to my sweet little Daddy who reads my blog! :)

This is one of my favorite pics of my Dad...

This is when my Dad first got his new camera...We were trying it out.

Dad & Logan @ one of Eric's Baseball games at hinds.

This is just precious. My Daddy taught my baby how to do & say " i love you THIS much". How sweet is that?

Love you Daddy!

Love,
Nikki

Love Monkey

2010-02-16T07:45:00.000-06:00

y little Valentines made the sweetest card for me Sunday (You know I love crafty crap!). It was so over-the-top & sugary sappy...but I love it. Good job Craig & Logan.

My Valentines...

My mom got Logan the cutest little valentine shirt. It has a monkey that is wearing a shirt that sais "be mine" and under the monkey, the shirt sais....Love Monkey!! How cute! My little monkey is a "Love Monkey" :) haha.

They were supposed to have a V-Day part at school on Friday, but it got canceled because of the fabulous snow. They had it yesterday instead, so I sent him to school in his ultra-fab Nana-bought V-Day shirt. He looked so cute when he left...he came home a hot mess! :) Typical Day at daycare! What do they do up there?? Literally Roll around in their food & in the dirt? ;)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!! (BELATED)

Relief

2010-02-15T20:58:00.000-06:00

As you all know too well (because I think I cry-baby about it all the time) I'm in graduate school...ugh. Anyway, I finished a research paper last night and turned it in. It is finished, done, turned in...doesn't even matter what the grade is at this point. I'm just glad I don't have to worry with it anymore! Woo Hoo! Woo freakin Hoo!!! WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Whew, the little things in life that make us happy. :) Such a feeling of relief.

Rodeo

2010-02-14T23:30:00.002-06:00

We decided to take Logan to the Rodeo this past weekend and check out all the hype. Well hype for me, Craig went a lot growing up...but I had never been. Besides the ...uh...ummm....

Yep, nothing about the rodeo that I liked. I suppose watching Logan get excited for all of about 3 minutes was fun, but the rest of the time it was nothing but keeping him from hitting someone else with his glow sword or keepin him from jumping over the chair in front of us. Moral of the this blah blah is.... Don't take a 2 year old to the Rodeo. If you wanna see a cow, horse, ect...take them to a farm! They need to be able to run around and act like a 2 year old. Now this may not be true for little kiddos who will sit still for longer than 30 seconds at a time, but Mine does not do that! :)

I think we'll probably try to go again next year, you never know...he might do great...or....I might be blogging again about the rodeo saying "don't take a 3 year old to the rodeo!" :)HAHA. No, he really was a good kid, just has a very short attention span! :)

This pic is on the way to the rodeo...we were so talking it up, and he was SO excited about seeing the "Mooooooooooo Cows" ! :)

So This is how we kept our child in his seat for a few minutes at a time...Food! Dry Frosted Shredded Wheat...yuk...but he loves it. Go ahead buddy!

Here is a part of a video of him on the way to the rodeo. I played the Chris Young , getting you home, song to get him pumped up! :) He loves this song. He wasn't his normal self in front of the camera though, because he was being shy. I don't understand why he'll belt out any song that comes on, but turn that camera on and WHAM...shuts down. ?. Still cute though. Here's Logan Brooks Mayo singing, Getting You Home... (or a few parts of it anyway!)

(and turn off the music @ the very bottom of my page, so that you can hear the video...just hit the pause button)

Snow Day

2010-02-14T21:45:00.000-06:00

Well the one time we get great snow in like , what...10-15 years? I have to work! Booo. I made Craig swear he would take pics and video of Logan while because I wasn't gonna get to be there. He took a few. Thanks Craig. Here they are...

Our house covered in all the pretty snow. Check out those trees! Love IT!

While Craig was at home having fun with Lolo in the snow...I did get to see the outside of the PICU for a brief second. The nurses from the children's Cancer Clinic at Batson took a little time to make us a snowman. I ran outside (without a jacket on) for a second to take a few pictures.

Snowman with a crown....does this make it a snowwoman?

Sweet nurses even put an IV pole out there. I bet the kids loved that! Even Mrs. Snowwoman had to have some meds! :)

Writing

2010-02-10T16:04:00.001-06:00

Food for thought. I am a nurse, NURSE I say! So...why must I write all of these papers in NURSING school...or rather Nurse Pracitioner school? Are my patients going to come into my clinic and say "Could you please let me see each &every paper you wrote in school, it will tell me what kind of NP you are"....uuuhhhhh....NO Ma'am the ARE NOT. They are going to come to me for one of 2 reasons, 1 - because they saw me once & thought I was fabulous OOOORRRRR 2 - their friend saw me & thought I was fabulous! :)

So...if I wanted to write...I would have been a POET, not a nurse.

Show Us Your Life - What Beauty Products do you LOVE?

2010-02-08T09:23:00.000-06:00

Yet another blog from Kelly's Korner junk that I read. I love this stuff. I just really love seeing everyone's entries to these Blog McLinkie things. Anyway. This week it is on "make-up tips & beauty secretes". Well for me, there are Zero Beauty secretes...so maybe I'll learn a few when I get a chance to read all of these links. But I can talk about a few items that I love. . .

Bare Minerals...It is the BEST stuff I have ever put on my face. This picture states it all...

Sleep in it?! That has got to be the best part. I am terribly bad about washing my face at night. I like to try to think I'll do it...but lets face it, there are just some things that we aren't good at. I'm kind of like a kid when it comes to going to bed. I fight sleep. I'll find 800 things to do at night INSTEAD of going to bed? Anyway, so by the time I'm ready to go..I'm dead tired & WAY to sleepy to worry about washing my face. That was probably T.M.I., but that is why I like makeup that I can wear to bed that doesn't break me out! Yay Bare Minerals for making make-up just for me! :)

They also make some GREAT stuff called Mineral Veil...it is a light powder that goes on after you are dong putting on everything else. It's like a finishing buffer. It makes your make up look so much better, smoothes out your face...Just love it.

My next favorite thing, well I probably should have put this 1st, because it is my MOST favorite thing in the whole world as make-up goes. My FAVORITE lipgloss is by MAC & it's called LIPGLASS. The clear lipgloss is the shiniest lipgloss EVER! It is also sooooo sticky! You cannot wear this stuff on a windy day or you hair will be cemented to your lips. BUT...it is the best stuff ever. I also like the Glipglass colored lipgloss selection. Love Love Love MAC for making the best lipgloss ever!

Mac also makes great eyeshadows! Great colors that stay on great!!

My next thing to try out is a new product that a friend told me about called Eye Potion by Urban Decay.It is an eye primer that you put on before you put on your eye shadow & it keeps everything in place. She put this stuff on on day #1, fell asleep that night without washing her face (see, i'm not the only one) and it still looked the same the next day, no crease, no smudging....perfectly the same! I'm so gonna try this out! Gonna try to get some today actually! :) YAY! Let you know on how this goes...

YAY for Makeup! I'm so glad to have it all!!

Superbowl Shirt. . .

2010-02-07T23:04:00.083-06:00

All of you know how much I love to do arts & crafts. I mainly like to paint on canvas, but the other day I gave t-shirts a whirl. Now I didn't have & don't have any plans to do t-shirts as a hobby, EVER, but...I had a reason. I picked Logan up from school on Thursday afternoon & they informed me that he needed (well not needed, but could) wear Super bowl gear to school Friday, because they were having a SB party. Well, me being me, I had no idea they were supposed to do that. Well it was raining its tail off on Thursday evening, but I was determined that my kiddo wasn't gonna be left out of the SB festivities. (because the 2 year olds in the class would totally know that he didn't have on a "super bowl" shirt!....I know I know.). I wasn't impressed with the shirt AT ALL that night when I was done, but it actually looked kinda cute on him. This will totally be my last dip into the t-shirt thing though....oh so not fun & totally not gratifying like painting is. Anyway, I told some of you that I would take some pics of the shirt. He did end up wearing it to schol on Friday, and I took some pictures of him in the back yard after he got home from school.

This was so much fun.... LOgan LOves running around outside...& it realy doesn't matter what type of ball he has....as long as he can throw, kick, hit it. Typical boy.

Geaux Saints!

So proud of you for winning the Super Bowl!! :)

Simple Pleasures

2010-02-03T21:44:00.069-06:00

One of the fabulous blogs that I read, Kelly's Korner, is having a McLinky Doohicky thing today about the "simple pleasures" in life. I thought I would join in on this one! :) I'm a RN in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit...so sometimes I HAVE to focus on the pleasures of life...it's how you deal with the saddness. Don't get me wrong, we see tons of stuff that does great, but hey...it's life...there ARE bad things. ANYWAY...tangent. I thought I would share with my 3 readers some of my pleasures, they may not all be 'simple' but these are MY pleasures nonetheless.

My life...I love it, I'm greatful for it, I have to constantly remind myself to thank God for all that he has blessed me with.
My hubbs...The love of my life (on most days anyway...haha j/k Craig!). I don't know how I got so lucky! He is sweet to me beyond words! Thanks Craig!

LOGAN BROOKS MAYO - this is our sweet, hilarious, wild, bull-headed, energetic, red-headed, brown-eyed 2 y/o little boy! LOVE HIM! We celebrated his 2nd birthday in October!
Painting! It makes me HAPPY! I'm not a pro or anything like that...just L.O.V.E. to do it. Arts, Crafts...Any of that mess really.
Getting in a WARM bed on a COLD night! Oh how I love it to be cold in the house and snuggle up in your soft, cozy bed Whew! Heaven.
Candles....smelly ones (good smelly obviously, not bad smelly! :) )
A good book in a hot bath with a great glass of wine.
The way that Logan smiles at our pets. I know that I remember thinking that cats & dogs were just the coolest when i was little (don't get me wrong, still love 'em), but it is just fun to watch his eyes light up.

The smell of fresh cut grass in the summer
Hanging out with my wonderful friends (this is a truely missed pleasure right now because of grad school!)
Margaritas
Fresh Flowers in the house!! Wish I could afford to have fresh cut flowers all the time, everywhere!
A Silent Night
Sleeping in in the morning!
A 'squeeze' (hug) from Logan followed by a kiss & 'I love you, mommy'...seriously? Does it get any better?
The smell of coffee in the morning. I don't really drink coffee much, but when my mom is here she makes it.... I'm tempted to make coffee every night, set the timer...just so I can wake up to that smell!
Holding Logan when he slept. He doesn't let me do this anymore, but I loved it.
Rain at night. I LOVE to hear the rain fall! I'm a sucker for bad weather, not terrible...just bad.
A clean house :)
Phone calls from my mom at all times of the day! Love you Mama!
A great day
a good blog
blog hopping
PHOTOSHOP!
Did I mention Logan? :)

What are your SIMPLE PLEASURES?? :)

Picture for School...

2010-02-03T21:07:00.001-06:00

Okay, so most of you reaing this all know that I'm knee deep in the pits of school...And its all online! How gross is that? Anyway,...This semester they decided it would be a great thing for us to have to posts pictures of ourself. I don't know about you, but I don't have just a ton of pics that I want to post of JUST ME anymore....once a kiddo comes...they are always in the pics. Also, I don't think I have EVER had a ton of pics of JUST me anyway.... So I searched through all of my pictures and couldn't find ANYTHING that I could even crop for school. So Logan & I had a small photo shoot in my bedroom at the beginning of the semester. It was fun. Here are a few pics from that interesting little self shoot. This was all off of the timer on the camera too....try doing THAT with an impatient, hard headed, red headed, hiLARious, wants to hold the camera 2 year old! :) Whew...

And then then, the one pic for all that....JUST for school...humph...

how silly looking!? It says, Yes...I took my crazy pic in my room....just for you fools to know what I look like....someone that you will never know in your life....take an online class with....SURE....here I am!?

But moral of the blog....Photo shoots with your 2 y/o are FUN! :)

Big Boy Bed

2010-01-19T20:20:00.001-06:00

Logan has officially moved to the big boy bed! We had NO intention of moving him out of his crib anytime soon. Then we decided to let my brother & sis-in-law use his crib for thier new arrival. I love love love for family stuff to get passed around. I think it is so awesome for several members of a family use the same baby furniture over and over again. It makes it all the more special to me....ANYWAY....So since Koen will be here in late February/early March I suppose it is time for Logan to get his bootay out of the crib. I mean, he is only 2 years and 3 months old... ;) Most kiddos are in a real bed by now, but hey....we're slow. So here are a few pics.....

We placed the bed against the wall the first night, because I was worried he would fall out....it is such a long way to the ground you know!

This is how it looks now...I decided he won't fall out! ;)

The first night on his way to sleep. He is actually in the dark here saying...."Mommy, I smiling, take picture" or something like that...

Few New Paintings

2010-01-18T21:35:00.000-06:00

I have no time to paint, but I sure try to make time when I can. It is such a stress reliever (if there is such a thing in my life right now) Anyway, Here are a few new ones.

This is one for the mother-in-law...She likes flowers....

Here is one that I'm working on. It is a guitar (obviously), but it is not finished.

Something simple for the bathroom...

This one is a redo, or simply a touch up of an old one. It's hanging in our dining room.

One over the couch in the den...did this one over the Christmas holidays. Not to sure that this one is gonna survive yet (survive means not being painted over!) Actually...today when I walked passed it, decided it is gonna die...totally getting painted over! Too Dr. Seuss-ish for me. However, I do love love Dr. Seuss....just not hanging in my den!

Speaking of Dr. Seuss....here is a good one from him

"Be who you are & say what you feel because
those who mind don't matter &
those who matter don't mind!"

Every Second Counts!

2010-01-05T09:24:00.004-06:00

I am now on the home stretch to GRADUATION! Words cannot express how excited I am that we only have 3 semesters left and you can see below how many days until we graduate!! I will have this timer posted on the top of my blog from now on, so that I can remind myself how little time I have left! WOO HOO!

I am Counting Every Second!

Christmas 09

2010-01-01T11:28:00.024-06:00

As we all know so very well...most of us have to go to multiple places to celebrate Christmas. We had 3 this year. . .Memaw's House (Craig's family), Our house (Santa), and Nana's House (my family). I still didn't get to see everyone I would like to see...(uh, Shea & family) Anyway, we had so much fun. I'm so glad that everyone seemed to have a good time. There were no crazy family drama issues anywhere...just peaceful family get togethers. Loved it. Anyway...Here are a few pics from those few days.

December 23 . . a BRIEF visit with Santa Claus.
Logan appeared to be so excited to see Santa. Ever since the beginning of the Season, we've been talking about baby Jesus, his birth, Christmas songs, Santa, Ect... Anyway, EVERYWHERE he sees Santa his little eyes just sparkle & he talks and talks and talks about Santa. When we got to Bass Pro that day, we had really been talking it up. Well, Logan kept on and on about he wanted to see Santa, and he wanted Santa to hold him, blah blah blah. Anyway.....this is kindof how that went.

Excited eyes watching the other kids sit with Santa...

Still Watching...With a little more concern as we got closer...

"oh my...there he is....HELP ME, Daddy" (those weren't his actual words....he just screamed)

"OH NO!!"

Didn't Santa look real happy to be there in the above picture?

Yep, that is how our 2 year old did with Santa. Now, as soon as Craig picked him back up and we were walking away....Tears IMMEDIATELY dried up & he smiled and waved & said "Bye Bye Santa!!" With a big 'ole grin on his face? Kids. No excuse me.... Toddlers.

Christmas Eve... @ Memaw's House
Memaw & Logan. He loves that woman, and it's the sweetest thing!

Logan & Santa

Craig in the Santa hat...Logan LOVED it.

Papaw got Logan a pop gun. He thinks the pop sound is the funniest sound ever...look at this face!

Papaw also got him this super cool coon hat...

Christmas morning with Santa...
For the Nana's and other family members who didn't get to see...here was Logan playing for about the first 10 minutes or so on Christmas morning. Santa was great! And warning...for those of you aren't already bored out of your mind...don't engage in this video...it is simply a video of a 2 y/o playing with some toys. Nothing funny or hilarious is going to happen. ;)

Before Logan gets to the toys...

This is how we found Logan...poor thing. I hated to wake him up, but I don't think he minded much. We had to change his clothes because his sweet little Santa's Helper PJ's were saoking wet....

So this is why he has those ultra fabulous PJs in the video! :) HA!

Here is later on that night. He L.O.V.E.S. his Kitchen that Nana got for him. My Dad told us to make sure and get him "a toy for a boy" next year. :) Sweet Dad! Boys cook too now! Also, it is Blue after all. ;)

Here he is "drinking coffee" ....since he sees his Nana do this everytime she keeps him!

getting ready to poor a little more...

Daddy is such a good pretend buddy....I think he likes playing kitchen as much as Logan does!

Logan about to give his Dinosaurs a "bath" in the kitchen sink. ? ;)

It was a really fun time with family & friends! I can't wait for next year! Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

Getting Old ... uh oh...

2009-12-17T15:50:00.004-06:00

Well as if I wasn't feeling old & out-of-shape enough these past few weeks...Got some GREAT news at my yearly Womanly Dr check-up. I have bad cholesterol!?! Who would have thought? I mean, I know I have a few extra pounds that I could stand to loose....but Cholesterol problems ALREADY?!? Great, Just Great. Guess I better on the Better-Get-My-#ss-In-Gear Bandwagon...gotta get healthy! Woo-Freakin-Hoo.

Bad Blogger!

2009-12-13T23:40:00.001-06:00

I have the best intentions of blogging...but daily...just keeping putting it off. Oh well.

Trick or Treat!

2009-11-01T15:48:00.009-06:00

We had so much fun Trick or Treating this year. Yet another thing that is becoming so fun with Logan, because he is starting to get into all of the things that we loved as kids! We went with our friends Lori & Michael Wartes & their little girl Acey Claire. Logan was Nemo & Acey was a super cute punkish Butterfly. I say "punkish" because she had on Converse with her outfit! So adorable!

The cutest butterfly EVER!

Loading up for our Trick-or-Treat trip!

Logan after his first house...holding exactly what they tell you not to eat when trick-or-treating...but YOU try getting that cookie away from him. Yea right. Thank goodness we know those jokers.

Logan & me on the "hay" (really blanket) ride.

Acey & Logan sharing the desk to eat thier 'junk' supper.

This is what consisted of thier "junk" supper...

Pumpkin Patch

2009-11-01T15:45:00.010-06:00

The Pumpkin Patch was SO much fun with the kiddos this year! Logan is completely OBSESSED with tractors, cows, blah blah blah...anything outside! So he totally loved it. It was so fun to watch him get so excited about everything. I just wish that I would have had more video instead of all these pictures! They just don't capture how sweet a reaction can be!

Anyway...here are a few of the pictures from that day. We went with Acey Claire, Lori, & Jack. My only complaint about that day is that it was just nasty outside. It had just finished raining the day before & everything was MUDDY!

I think we tried like 800 times to get a picture of me and Logan on that hayride, but this is the best we could get!

Acey is such a doll! She trips me out how serious she always looks! It is like hitting the lottery if you can catch a smile on camera! If you pull it out, she is sure to pull out the serious face AND ignore you! Cutie!

Don't you just love when kids get a certain age & thier fake smiles come out? It is crazy. They go from the most photogenic little things, because they're always just "natural" in front of the camera, then they start trying. That is when it pretty much all over for all of us in front of a camera...Here's a prime example of the fake smile...but Jack makes it so cute!

No fake smile here...such a pretty little boy!

Jack was so sweet to the little kids that day. Here's Jack trying to take a picture with them, but they wouldn't cooperate!

They all LOVED the animals. Too bad is was so nasty that day.

Right after I took this picture...I saw a sign that said that the goats bite...oops.

Happy Birthday, Little Man!

2009-10-11T13:40:00.032-05:00

Dear Logan,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday Sweet Logan!

Happy Birthday to you!

We cannot believe that it has been TWO years since our life has been blessed with your precious soul. We have officially forgotten what life was like without you in it! You have taught us how to be patient, loving, and so much more more. We are thankful everyday that God blessed us with such a wonderful, sweet, & healthy child. We look forward to getting to watch you grow and for you to continue to make us laugh each and every day with your funny little personality.

As we write this to you, we think about where we were 2 years ago today. . .getting to hold you & look into your sweet little eyes for the very first time. . .

Seeing your sweet little face on the morning of your 1st birthday last year. . .

. . .and your sweet little face when you woke up this morning! (poor little boy, you can tell he is sick, that pale little face)

Here are a few things that we adore about you on your 2nd birthday. . .

1. You are OURS! We are so proud of you, Logan.

2. We love you more than ANYTHING in the whole wide world!

3. You are so sweet, and LOVE to snuggle, especially @ night when it's time for bed.

4. You are absolutely Hilarious (everyone thinks so!)

5. You have an extremely contagious giggle!

6. You're a parrot! Truly.

7. You L.O.V.E. music. You have been in love with music since you were tiny. Mainly country, but there are a few others....Matchbox 20, Train, Cold Play, & GooGoo Dolls.

8. Jason Aldean is your favorite singer. You know several of his sings . . .and I mean as soon as the song starts, you know exactly which song it is! You're favorites are She's Country, Big Green Tractor, & Hicktown.

9. You also LOVE the guitar (you call it a "cootar"). You're already such a little rocker, you like to play the guitar along with the music videos. You also play your stomach & call it the guitar when you don't have your real guitar in your hands.

10. You love to put stuff in your pockets, and if you don't have a pocket, you want to put it in someone else's pocket.

11. You will only watch a few shows that don't involve a music video...The Backyardagains (which is the theme for your birthday party this year), Finding Nemo (which is your Halloween costume for this year), and Babe. I can't tell you how many times we have watched these shows! Whew.

12. You are mildly obsessed with keys. You pretty much want to have a set in your hands 24/7.

13. You love to "drive" my car? You think it is tons of fun to sit in my trailblazer & pretend to drive....truly too cute.

14. You LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE FIRETRUCKS! That sweet little face you are making in that birthday invitation above...that is the same face that you make when you see or hear a firetruck....HILARIOUS! That is actually how I caught that picture....we were in the front yard with Daddy when you heard a firetruck. You sweet little thing.

15. You're quote is "All Day Long". We have no idea why that is stuck in your head, but you say it in response to EVERYTHING!
*Logan, would you like to go outside? "I go outside, All Day Long"
*Logan, would you like a sucker? "I eat sucker, All Day Long"
*Logan, if you keep doing that, you're going to time out "I go time out, All Day Long"
It always makes people laugh.

16. You call your great grandmother (your Daddy's grandmother), Memaw, and Every time we come home (we live right next door to her)...You want to go to her house! "I wanna go Memaw's, I wanna go Memaw's. Please!" You really love your Memaw. So so sweet.

17. You have the temper of a red-head....whew. But you are still so sweet.

18. You think that it is funny to hide. We think it is funny too, because you think that if you cover your face that we can't see you. It is precious. We also love how you giggle while you are hiding!

19. I just started crying while writing this letter...because I can't believe that you are already TWO! By the time you are old enough to appreciate this letter...you will have figured out that your mom is such a crybaby! Really.

20. You are fascinated with the moon and stars. It has turned into a ritual over the past couple of months to go outside EVERY SINGLE NIGHT before we settle down for bed, and look at the moon & stars. You will also point out the moon & stars in everything.....every book, everything on TV, or any picture....you funny little thing.

21. Outside is your favorite place...and it was actually one of your first words! You also love all the sticks outside. You can find a stick anywhere....and I do mean ANYWHERE!

22. You love to sit in Mommy & Daddy's lap and read books!

23. You are a little monkey. You climb on EVERYTHING! You can be on top of the island in about 1.5 seconds flat. You make me a nervous wreck doing that!

24. You are such a snuggler! Especially at night when we are winding down for bed! Mommy LOVES that!

25. When you want to be held, you say "I hold you, Mama"

26. You can sing your ABC's, or your own little version of it anyway. I still haven't been able to catch it on video....

27. You can count to 14 without help. You smart little boy.

28. You love trucks & cars....goes along with that firetruck thing I guess. Such a little boy.

29. You are such a Picky Eater....You get that from me, I'm sorry.

30. We can take you ANYWHERE with the help of M&M's, chocolate milk, or suckers. I just better have a good stash.

31. You think that every man that is sorta tall, and has a shaved or bald head is your Uncle Shea.
32. You love to "clean up" when you "I make mess, Mommy"

33. You have the flu on your birthday, YUK!

34 We could go on & on & on about all of the things that we love about you. . .but what all of this comes down to is, Thank you for being You. Mommy & Daddy love you, Logan!

Here is your private party today, since you have the flu...nobody could come over! You can tell that you don't feel good. Poor little guy. Mommy can't sing.... I don't think that you minded....

We only gave you one of your presents today, because we wanted to save the rest of them for your party next weekend. It was a Thomas the Train tent. You love it! It goes along with that whole hiding thing! ;)

Waving to the airplane on the tent. How cute are you?

Lovin the tunnel...

We LOVE you, Logan Brooks! We hope that this & all the birthdays to come are GREAT!

Love Always,
Mommy & Daddy

Christmas Tour of Homes

2009-10-09T14:49:00.002-05:00

I'm sitting at my computer right now, since my sick little man is finally napping & my fever is currently down as well. I hope that we both feel better by tomorrow! I was reading other people's blogs & stumbled something fabulous this on Kelly's Korner. She had a reference link on her page to another lady's blog who is hosting a Christmas Tour of Homes. This lady, "The Nester", apparently got the idea from another blog that I read, BooMama. OMG I am totally rambling...must be the sickness. Anyway...I found her link to last years Christmas Tour of Homes...I'm getting ready to check it out...but I figured you would like to check out other people's Christmas decorated houses too! WOO HOO! This might actually make me forget that I don't feel good! There is the direct link to the site from last year. . .

have fun. . .

Little Rocker

2009-10-07T07:57:00.005-05:00

As many of you who know my child already know, he is totally into music. . .country especially. We watch music more than cartoons around this place. (except for Finding Nemo is starting to come into close 2nd these days). Anyway, Jason Aldean in particular is his favorite country music singer. He knows most of the songs, and even sings a few words here and there. It is totally precious. Anyway, he has this little electric guitar (cootar as he calls it) that he now plays along with the videos that he watches. These little clips aren't as funny as they were PRIOR to me pulling out the camera. . .Why do they do that? Anyway. . .here is a sneak peak at the Little Rocker. (mute my music on the sidebar or you can't really hear the video).

Same thing...different day. And sometimes he is so into the music he just stands there like a knot on a log staring at the TV.

I swear that I do dress my child... I just seem to always catch him on video/pictures half/not dressed. Oh well. Some people would say clothing is over-rated anyway.

Thought I had seen it all. . .

2009-10-07T07:40:00.005-05:00

I got up early this morning, because 1) I woke up to many times to count last night, 2) I had the most awful dreams every single time I fell back asleep. I haven't done something like that in years, then finally 3) there is a terrible thunderstorm outside right now that is keeping me up. I just really didn't feel like going back to sleep and having anymore awful nightmares. So after all of that . . .I decide to come in here and checkout everyone's blog entries that I may have missed over the past 2 days. Most of the time, reading people's blogs makes me happy. But this particular entry really made me question myself. . .

This is the Placenta Teddy Bear

. . . Am I still dreaming?

Afterbirth. Nice.

The Pioneer Woman

2009-10-03T10:07:00.004-05:00

Those of you who know me, know that I'm not a huge cook, wait. . .let me rephrase...I'm not a cook AT ALL. BUT...I read this woman's blog & she has a cookbook coming out. She has good stuff on her site, so I'm sure that the cookbook is gonna be awesome. My friend, Lori, and I have done a few things from her site, and they've all been great. I'm so gonna get it. Maybe she'll turn me into a cook. (don't get your hopes up, Craig) ;)

I LOVE DIPS!

2009-10-03T09:53:00.005-05:00

Well, party food in general...but Dips, WOW. Anyway, one of the blogs that I read had a web site that had a McLinky doohicky added to it. She got everyone to post thier favorite dips, in order to get ready for football season. There are some really great ones on here. So whenever you need a great dip...I'll have her Diptacular thingy on the side of my blog (and also it's a quick reference for me too!)

oh, and...your welcome. :)

Drivers Test

2009-09-28T23:30:00.003-05:00

I took the written drivers test when I was 14 years old. I made a 100% on it back then. I saw this posting on another friends blog, so I decided to try it out....shows you what I retained during that cram session! Hahahaha

Created by Auto Insurance.org

ABC's

2009-09-23T20:23:00.003-05:00

I was in the computer room doing some homework, and Craig was in the next room giving Logan a bath. All of the sudden I hear Logan sing his ABC's all the way through (mostly anyway). I could not believe it! That kiddo never stops amazing me! How do they grow up so fast? How do they do this much before 2 years old? Gotta love it! Going to try to get some video of it!!

Kenny Chesney in Biloxi

2009-09-23T11:27:00.027-05:00

Prior to having the kiddos Michael, Lori, Craig & I loved going to different concerts....well sort of, mainly just Kenny. Anyway, we went to our first Kenny concert since having the babes. It was much needed & lots of fun. We just wished we could have stayed a little longer. Anyway, we also figured out that we can't party like we used to. Buncha wimps! Here are a few of the pics from the hotel & that night.

Our room at the Hard Rock...that was the most comfy bed I have ever slept in!!

Other side of the room....

People were actually tailgating prior to the concert?

Waiting on the concert to start...

Craig....

Miranda Lambert opened for Kenny. She was pretty good.

okay, so I just cannot take a picture of myself. I tried & TRIED to take a pic of me and the Lori at the concert....I finally gave up! Couldn't even look at the right place!

Somebody having a little bit of fun during the concert....and had a little fun prior to the concert! ;)

I'm not really sure how this happened? I think Terry traded his lei (Hawaiian necklace pictured above) for this apron? He even talked the person into letting him cook his own hamburger? Who knows...wish I could have heard that conversation.

Later on....are you really that tired, Terry, that you can yawn through Kenny?

After a long night of Kenny...arguing over who is gonna be in the picture! ;) As you can see, Michael stuck in the middle of Craig & Lori I think. ;)

Lori & me at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel after the concert.

Craig & Michael after the concert. We can tell someone had fun. ;)

Took this one for Logan ....he LOVES guitars!! or as he calls it "cootar"

Hard Rock Cafe entrance...

This is why I take the pictures! My hubby can't work the camera?

Is someone happy about me taking pictures? That is smartass grin if I ever saw one!

At the bar, this old lady...I mean seriously she was really older than us....she looked like she was in her late 50's or so....she was hitting on Craig! She told him several times that she was "interested"! How gross is that!? But it was SOOO funny too! Look how up in his personal space she was!!!!

time to go home....sucks huh, Lori?.

How about this post is about the Kenny concert & there isn't a single picture of Kenny on here? Huh.

Change

2009-09-14T14:49:00.004-05:00

It is amazing how much little ones change in the very first year! I put together this little pic of Logan from each month of his first year. I just wanted to see in one setting how much he changed from month to month. It's crazy.

I'm working on the 2nd year right now....

Logan's BFF!

2009-09-04T16:41:00.006-05:00

I just wanted to post some pictures of my little man's BFF, Acey Claire. She is the cutest little thing!

I just LOVE this face! Priceless. Truely.

Natural Science Museum

2009-09-04T14:08:00.027-05:00

Lori & I took Logan & Acey to the Natural Science Museum today. It was Logan's first time & he had a BLAST!! Logan can be a handful & I was really worried about taking him without a stroller! It was the best thing ever! Logan & Acey ran free throughout the museum & were more happy than I could possibly imagine! Freedom Rocks! Logan's eyes were lit up the entire time we were there! He just LOVED seeing all of the animals & fish. As soon as we got there he saw some deer that they had on display. He immediately screamed "BIG BUCK". . .good training there Daddy. Craig would have been so proud! :)

Breaking the law....going under the ropes...

When we got off of the elevator on the first floor, the first thing that Logan spotted was the Dinosaur skeleton exhibit. For those of you who know Logan, know that he L-O-V-E-S the Backyardagains (a Nickelodeon show), anyway. . .there is one episode that has a museum exhibit like this, with a dinosaur. He knew it was a dino as soon as he saw it! It was so cute!

Wonder what she was saying? Probably something funny!

Little Captains. . .

This little play area was called the The Bone Yard. They LOVED it. It has this tiny little tunnel that they could run through. This is the faces of them chasing each other after going through the tunnel...running back to the beginning to go through it again! They were SOOO excited! Too cute!

Logan climbs on everything! And when he does he says...."Mama, I climb!"

One brief second of sitting...rare, VERY rare.

I'm not really sure what he was calling this thing...but he loved it. (shocker. . .he loved it all!!)

The museum has a Preschool Room. It has a big tree that has steps up one side of it & then you go down a slide on the other side. It is so cute. It also has a playhouse on the inside of the tree. It has a little window coming out of the true, so cute...here is Logan climbing through the window!

Acey coming down the slide...

Such a boy...gotta go UP the slide, can't ever do it the right way ( let me rephrase that, he IS doing it HIS "right" way!)

Acey trying to get under the ropes at the Monsters of the Sea exhibit...

THE FISH! (pronounced "pish")

They loved all of the fish! I think we could have stayed in this section pretty much all day!

Big eyed about some fish. . . Who knew?

The Frog...who knew it was a ride?

Can't see Logan here, because he was giving Acey a hug....so sweet.

They loved EVERYTHING, even the random plant here and there? hum?

And its a wrap....time to G.O.!

They can only take so much fun! They were so good this morning! I was so proud of our little people! ;)

Finally!

2009-08-31T21:50:00.003-05:00

I have been trying FOREVER to figure out how to make my own blogger background & topper (centering the topper has been the hard part!) I finally did it! YAY to me! ;) sorry...I'm just SUPER excited! :)

Dino Bank

2009-08-23T21:21:00.012-05:00

We bought Logan a "piggy" bank. . . except for that it is a dinosaur. He is so in love with this thing! I have to keep it put up most of the time though, because he thinks that it is supposed to be a toy to carry around. He doesn't understand that it is just to put money in yet...but one day he will, oh he will.

The Dino Bank. . .

Here he is with his new dino. . .

He does pretty good putting those little coins in the mouth, which is suprising to me at his age. He gets irritated when he can't get it in. . .but overall does great.

This is right after we all said "NO!" at the same time (Craig, Bill, & I) when Logan was about to shove several coins in his mouth. Needless to say, we scared him & he cried. Poor little guy.

Oh yeah, we got this a Nursery Rhymes in Flowood, MS if anyone wants one. I think they really neat! (did I just say neat?). wow.

Happy Belated Birthday . . To My Blog!

2009-08-22T17:24:00.004-05:00

So I was just going back through all of my posts & realized that I have been doing this jazz for a little over a year! I can't believe it. This year has gone by SOOOO Fast! At this rate...I'll be a 100 y/o before you know it. ;)

YES. . .I am a dork. So.

TOMS Shoes

2009-08-22T00:26:00.003-05:00

Has anyone else heard about this? Or do I obviously live under a rock? Anyway...I'm getting Me & Logan a pair. I think this is a totally awesome thing!! These people rock for coming up with this idea!

For every pair of shoes, shirt, or jacket you buy from this place. . .one pair of shoes are sent to a child in need...how cool is that?

True Words...

2009-08-21T21:50:00.010-05:00

As I was blog stalking tonight with my mighty large glass of wine. . . I came across a girl's blog that really reminded me of how precious my child is.(& it isn't that you forget this fact...but everyone needs reminding sometimes) Logan has gotten into his prime of temper tantrums & we have tried everything to get him to stop. Today, Lori came over after we had a ruff morning of tantrums, and he showed Lori exactly what he could do (as far as a tantrum goes). I put him in time out to finish his tantrum, screaming, prior to going into time out, at decibels I didn't think could come from such a small set of lungs. After he came out of time out, he was practically an angel the rest of the day. . Anyway back to my blog stalking. . . I was reading a blog by a friend I knew from high school. She had an entry talking about her work. She must be a nurse, as am I, that works with pretty sick kids. Here is her entry. . .

The Healer
On my short drive home from work this morning, less than 2 hours after I wheeled a young patient of mine down to the morgue, I nearly squashed a few squirrels in the road with my front tires. I was distracted, I guess, by the smell of death that seemed to be permanently seared into my nostrils. But no, it wasn't permanent. When I peered over Gus's crib rail and received that big gummy morning grin of his, I forgot about cold morgues. Then later, after I had bathed away all the hospital grime and sadness, I buried my nose in his sweet chubby folds and just inhaled. Deeply.

Gus is her little baby, and her baby has nothing to do with Logan's tantrums, except for this. . .I have a healthy baby boy who is the smartest, cutest, sweetest little thing, & HEALTHY little boy in MY entire world. For this I am so thankful. . .and his tantrums shall pass. I'll just have to pray for God to give me strength to have the patience to guide him. Also to pray for thanks of such a great baby. . . . then to further the entry. . .her brother left this comment. . .

"for 'All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers; and the flower falls; but the word of the Lord remains forever.' And this word is the good news that was preached to you." I Peter 1:24-25 (ESV)

And all of this rambling of mine is just to say that I'm so thankful for my sweet little "LoLo", healthy tantrums and all!

I know I ramble...sorry. And it doesn't have anything to do with my large glass of wine, b/c I just made it. ;)

The things they do . . .

2009-08-21T09:27:00.003-05:00

Logan has figured,out all on his on that the marshmallows, are better than the cereal, in Lucky Charms that is. How do they figure this stuff out? This was his first bowl of cereal. . .he brought this back & said "Gone, Gone, Mama. I want some mo". . .which is what he does when he finishes EVERYTHING now. Little turkey didn't touch a single . . .uh what is the other part called....the "not the marshmallow" part. ? ;)

To clean or not to clean?

2009-08-19T21:24:00.007-05:00

Logan has this camo bean bag that he got last year, from his Papaw, for Christmas. He is sorta partial to it. Well today, I sat on this thing and realized that it just was nasty. So I decided that today would be bean bag cleaning day. I thought, easy enough...take off the cover and throw it in the was. Hahahahah. . .yea right. I thought that there would be a bag full of "beans" when I unzipped it & I could just pull them out, throw it in the wash, shove the bag back in then WALA! Clean Bean Bag! Uhm, not really. This is what I opened the zipper up to find. . .

Those beans don't look so small to you?? Well let me just show you exactly how small they are. This is a matchbox car (or hotwheels car). Do you see that little white ball next to the wheel? Well, that my friend is the beans that fill up the bean bag.

Now, this is how many bags of beans I emptied out of that bag! SIX GARBAGE BAGS FULL!!!!

So word to the wise....just throw the thing away & buy another one. Ugh.

Against my better judgement?

2009-08-09T14:46:00.004-05:00

Craig and Logan were outside today playing while I was inside playing on the computer. Craig calls me from outside & asks "can I take Logan riding on my 4-wheeler". He knows how I feel about kids on these things so young, so I suppose that is why he called me from outside, instead of coming in and asking me to my face. Against my better judgement, I let him do it. So of course, this is time for a photo shoot, because it is Logan's 1st time on the 4-wheeler. He seemed a little shell shocked by it. I don't know if he really liked it or not.

Logan's fake "cheese" smile! ;)

So it was all good & he seemed to have a blast. Glad it went well.

Statement to Craig

2009-08-08T09:54:00.004-05:00

Okay, so I need to clarify about something. I got in "trouble" last night for for a previous entry I made about Craig. ;) How he even knew this was on my blog is beyond me, because I didn't even think he ever read it. Anyway, I made the comment that he "knew how to play the guitar okay, and had a gorgeous voice"...Well he does have a pretty voice, which is not the part I got in trouble for. The part about playing the guitar okay was the part! So I didn't mean it to sound like he couldn't play the guitar...I just wouldn't know how good he is BECAUSE HE WON'T PLAY IN FRONT OF ME! So take that Hubby! I'm not gonna go out and say that your awesome, because I wouldn't know! ;0) If you ever play for me an entire song through, then I'll retract my statement.

My Brain.

2009-08-04T17:38:00.007-05:00

This is EXACTLY the hours of operation of my brain!!!!!

& This would be EXACTLY why my friend at work has nicked named me "Flighty Whitey".

4 Semesters Down, 4 to go...

2009-08-03T21:32:00.010-05:00

Well it is official - I'm halfway done with NP school! Thank the Holy Sweet Jesus in Heaven! I only pray that the 2nd half of this goes as well as the first!

I mean this may be the best nastiest advertisement ever! Who would really make this their sign to say...Hey -I'm a nurse practitioner...Come see me!? Classy, real classy.

Just another fun day in the Sun (well not so sunny, but who cares!)

2009-07-30T22:43:00.023-05:00

Just another fun-filled happy day outside with Logan. What is it about "outside" that makes a kid so happy? Especially a little kid? I still don't really understand the fascination with it...but I just go along with it. We spend a lot of time outside, because that is all the little monkey said...."I wanna go OUTSIDE". I'll have to get some video of this before he quits doing it. He says that statement & shakes his head "yes" at the same time...as if this will make me say the answer he wants about going into the great outdoors. We can't even say that word at our house, or else all hell will break loose. You can be on the other side of the house & say "outside" & I swear he will hear you and come a running! Screaming & smiling the entire way to the back door...because it is the special door that gets him where he wants to go! ;) These are just a few pictures of our play day outside...

He has Lilly totally under his spell....Whenever Logan is right up on Lilly...she just lays on her back, not sure if she is scared or just doesn't care what he does?? Poor dog.

Dad telling Logan what to do & not to do....typical. Looks like a coach.

running....just running where ever he goes....always running.....

and now running from Daddy....

Now coming back...got outsmarted by Daddy...

uh oh, ran too fast & not paying attention...fell off the deck...oops.

One of his fun things is the terrible piece of a 4-wheeler that he has. Bless his little chunky heart...it is just not meant to carry his weight. So in order to have fun on it, he has to ride it only on the pavement & only downhill. It won't carry all of his weight in the grass & especially not uphill! So here we are all happy that we are going downhill....and making sure that Mommy is close behind...

Now, we made it to the end of the driveway & so we have to carry the thing back to the top of the driveway & start over. In the mean time...he gets soooooo mad!!! He can't stand that it won't go to the top of the driveway. So we have decided to get him one for his birthday. Bless his little heart, he won't have the redneck 4-wheeler anymore!

Checkin out his ride...

Klutz...JUST like Mommy....

So Logan loves to play in the plants...not really sure exactly what the fascination of the plants are, or just playing in the pine straw? I guess it is either a toddler thing, or a boy thing. Both of which I'm not...so I just continue to play along that it is totally the best piece of pine straw that I have ever seen! ;) Here is Logan picking a flower, supposed to be for me (because that is what Daddy told him to do....) However, the sweet little easily distracted mind of my 21 month old stopped at the dog, because she was closer & then fed her my flower. Thanks.

So, Being the great photographer that I am...totally messed this shot up. I somehow got the camera to focus on the wrong thing. So instead of a nice little shot of Craig & Logan playing with the kitty...you get them blurred and it is so nicely focused on the stupid plant. Good Job, Nikki.

He has this new precious face that he makes when he hears a siren...LOVES SIRENS! Every time the noise starts...he makes this face & asks "wats dat?" It is great & I'm so excited that I caught the face on camera! Yay me!

Sweaty little man after all that fun outside...

Neshoba County Fair

2009-07-27T22:59:00.013-05:00

So, It is not like I haven't ever heard of this supposedly huge thing called the Neshoba County Fair...but I just didn't think it would be that big of a deal. Nor did my husband, Craig. Well a friend of Craig's invited us to come up Saturday night, which was opening weekend of the fair. We decided that it would be at least fun to get out of the house. So we went.

We leave the house prepared for a relatively short drive, about 1.5 hours. The majority of the way was SO BORING, as far a scenery is concerned. Back road, country bumkin as bad as it gets. All the way Craig & I are still thinking that this Fair can't be that big of a deal. Well we finally arrive at the fair, we were going down some country road and then.... WHAM...there is like a sea of cars EVERYWHERE! We could not freaking believe how many people were at this thing. And it's not like it is just the country folk that show up to this thing. As we came down the main road, and even throughout parking, there was definitely a mix of types of cars.... Old beat up chevy from 1980's, then a Mercedes, then an accord, then another truck, then a Lexus, then a Tahoe...you get my point. All sorts of people. So I suppose that the point of all this rambling is that it was SOOOOO much fun & it was totally unexpected! Can't wait for next year!

This place is loaded with hundreds of little tiny shack cabins. They area like 2 feet apart from one another. They are mostly all painted wild colors. It's a sight.

Our friends cabin is called the 'Groovy Garden'. Fitting, since he is a Landscape Architect...I think.?

The little swing on the front porch. So cute.

So those of you who know my punk ass husband, know that he is pretty shy if he doesn't know you & then still doesn't usually have a whole lot to say to people he does. Sometimes. Well I have known this man for more than 6 years now & he still can be shy around me to a degree. For instance...Playing the guitar & singing. The man has a gorgeous voice & knows how to play a guitar okay, but WILL NOT SING TO ME? Why? Retard I suppose. Anyway, we get to the fair, & he took his guitar with him. We weren't there a freaking hour (so not long enough to get liquored up), and His ass is singing around an assload of people he doesn't even know. But nooooooOOOOOOOOooooooo not to his wife. Asshole.

Enjoying watching my fruitloop of a hubby sing & play. He really is a good singer. I mean, if he would do that at home, well....enough said.

This is Craig & I getting messed with by the kiddos. They were so cute. They made us wear some crap & take pictures with it. I think they just really wanted to play with my camera!

This is me wearing the Mullet Wig that they were going to use the next night for their 80's themed party

Here is Craig wearing a crown...How sweet.

One of the funniest things happens at this cabin every night or mostly every night at midnight. There were so many people gathered around & waiting for this even to happen. It was sort of unbelievable, but then after seeing it all take place, you understand why. Wanna know what it is?

....wait for it......

Hermit Crab Racing. HERMIT CRAB RACING!

Yep, not kidding. They freaking race Hermit crabs.?? When I first heard of this little event I thought it couldn't be more stupid. But I'm telling you, it was funny as hell just to watch how into it these people got! I think it is one of those things that you have to be there to get.

Here is the VERY sophisticated racing track. Serious isn't it.

Here are the crabs. They are all numbered so that you can keep up with the very serious betting that goes on.

They pass out a playing cards to bet with. You pay your money, you get a card with a number on it, if your crab wins ....so do you. Easy enough. We lost 2 or 3 games, but then one the last one, ended up breaking even. If you really cared to know that.

Taking everyone's money, I mean....Look at all these freaking people!

Here is what I think ended up being the winning card for us! Yay!

This is Perry, She is the keeper of the Hermit Crabs. She takes care of them all year long, just to have them ready for this event!!

And the racing begins....

On your mark....

Get set, GOOOO!

Here are the crabs running to the finish line. The point of the game is for the crab you are betting on to make it out of the big circle first. Or last, depending one which game they re playing. They do both. Like I said...Very Sophisticated. ;)

So if you are at the fair next year, be sure and head over to the Hermit Crab Races! They are a hit & pretty hilarious to watch! ;)

Wanna do everything Daddy does!!

2009-07-03T19:35:00.016-05:00

Today when Craig got home, Logan spotted him watering the plants outside. So naturally...anything that someone else has...Logan Brooks Mayo HAS TO HAVE!! So of course, this meant playing with the water hose. Well, Craig just put it go good use & taught him how to water the plants. They were outside moving from plant to plant, while Logan just watered his little heart out! Sometimes their sweet little persistence is a good thing! Everything is gonna be nice and nourished now, thanks to that sweet little determined toddler. He had a blast doing it...will have to remember that later!

Just about got my camera soaked right here! Good thing Mom's a pretty fast mover! :*(

Watering the "ball tree". He thinks that tomatoes are balls! So sweet. Doesn't this plant look pitiful...awful really.

So after all of the yard work is done...time to play. however, since Dad's are too lazy to go inside to get a swimsuit...just takes all of his clothes off to play in the pool. I mean, good thing we don't have neighbors that can see into our backyard! They would think we were total rednecks! Which my husband is slightly...so who am I kidding. What is it with men & being naked? They think they can just do this anywhere....and this is now the next generation of men figure this out...."well daddy let me play naked outside growing up...so it'll be just fine." WTH? It was pretty funny though. He didn't know any better.

This is Craig laughing at Logan right after he squirted himself in the face with the water! It was pretty funny...Logan was pretty livid! He however survived. . . Don't you just love the fact that he has on no clothes...but wearing one shoe ?

After this I went back inside to attempt to study...and failed again, because I heard Craig and his Dad laughing outside...so had to once again go and see what was going on (with camera in tow of course!)

Here Lilly is...that dang dog shakes the entire time she gets a bath...but she is LOVIN being in the pool with Logan!

Here is Logan & Lilly trying to figure out why there isn't anymore water coming out of the hose!

Sweet laughter & smiles. . .

Don't you just love the true gracefulness of a toddler! ;)

Little Fish

2009-06-27T08:26:00.004-05:00

So after all of these swimming lessons that have been big, ugly, not fun events...we go over to a friends house yesterday to attempt swimming for fun. Turns out that Logan is a fish (not really), and loved the water!!! He must have jumped off of the side who knows how many times! Going under without freaking out one tiny bit! YAY Logan. Sorry there aren't any pictures...forgot my camera.

Out with the old. . .

2009-06-24T13:11:00.007-05:00

As you all know we moved into this old old house, and have been trying to update it to our likings ever since! This week we have completed ONE MORE THING! Woohoo. I have been looking at this really disgusting sink now for almost a full year! Ugh! We have finally gotten a new one in the kitchen! Yippee! Here is a before and after shot. (or maybe an old and new shot?)

old nasty . . .

new pretty. . . L.O.V.E. IT!!!

Also the other day my freaking faucet in the bathroom broke? WTF? I mean, that was supposed to be one of the "new" parts of the house. Anyway, I hated it anyway, so it gave me an excuse to get a new something in there too! Woohoo! It was actually kind of funny when it broke, because Logan got drenched with water. When the faucet broke off...the water no longer went down into the sink, but straight out to where Logan was standing. He, however, didn't think it was so funny!

old ugly broke industrial looking crap...

new pretty, and actually fits the style of the cabinet!

These are just a couple of things marked of the never ending list of purchasing and renovating an old freaking house!

Afternoon delight...I think not.

2009-06-18T17:03:00.012-05:00

So I went to Wallie World today to get Logan a little sprinkler to play with. I thought he would love this so much. Hot as you know what outside, so sprinkler should surely equal fun right? NOT! Here is the lovely little Monster Man acting like I don't know what! It was sooooooooooooooooooooooo ridiculous that I had to get the camera, because it was slightly amusing. ;)

Here is Craig just adding salt to the wound...it really made Logan happy! I swear we aren't bad parents...sometimes it is just really fun to antagonize them when they are being melodramatic!!

This is Papaw trying to convince Logan to get back in the yard and go play in the water...so didn't happen. . .

"but Papaw...I don't wanna!"

. . .instead...he just took Papaw's coke!

Finally, after getting his way, water is cut off....and getting a little coke. . . there was a small smirk, or atleast something that didn't look a freaked out scream! Kids.

2009-06-17T22:13:00.004-05:00

So my secret is out. Yes I am her. Edward & his family live with me in Brandon, MS. Craig is just a cover. It helps to keep our secret safe. ;) Do you people think I have this pale, transparent white skin just because...that color skin isn't normal, people. My secret is out. hahahha

Paint Day

2009-06-17T21:56:00.006-05:00

Logan & I are still stuck inside while he is under the weather. So we painted a picture today...Logan had a few brush strokes in there...so I thought I would post our work. I'll have to strip him down soon & let him do his own finger painting. I'm sure that'll be a HUGE mess! :) I still remember the first time I did finger painting with my niece & nephew, Lexi & Drake. It was so much fun. Lexi liked it WAY more than Drake. I think he was only like 1 then? Long time ago. Anyway...here is our artwork of the day. I'm not really sure where I'm going to hang it yet...maybe in my bedroom. I'm may do a little more work on it later? Who knows! I wish I had an art studio (you know since I'm such a pro & all) haha.

More Blog Stalking

2009-06-04T04:56:00.003-05:00

Okay Ladies, I know you will probably have as much fun with this one as I am going to!! I can't wait to put some of this to the test!!

http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/

99 Baloons...

2009-06-04T04:23:00.006-05:00

I can't sleep. So I am blog stalking. Anyway...I found this on a friend of mine's site. Thanks Saranne, so now on top of not being able to sleep...I'm sitting at the computer, at 4:22 am, crying, Thanks, Thanks a bunch.

http://www.ignitermedia.com/products/iv/singles/570/99-Balloons

Really?

2009-05-29T22:51:00.003-05:00

There aren't any words,...only tears from how hard I laughed at this....

Growing up TOOOOO Fast!!

2009-05-26T14:15:00.006-05:00

I was looking back through some pictures today. . . & it just broke my heart! I cannot believe how fast Logan is growing up. I mean, you do realize that they are getting bigger b/c they outgrow their clothes, shoes, ect.ect....However, you just don't TRUELY realize how much it is until you look back at pictures.

Logan has his "lookout spot" in the back of our house. It is this one window that he is ALWAYS looking out of to check out what is going on outside, who just got to the house, who is leaving the house, ect ect.... I seem to constantly be taking pictures of him looking out of this window? I dont' know why? Anyway, I saw a picture of when he was 10 months old today, looking out of that window! It totally SHOCKED ME!!! I had fill you in on what the difference in size is over only NINE MONTHS!!!!! Check this out! He is such a weed!!

Happy Anniversery! ( a little late....it was on the 21st!)

2009-05-26T13:53:00.008-05:00

I cannot believe that I have been married for 4 years. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful hubby that loves me for who I am (God bless him) & for being such a wonderful friend to me! Having him is truely a blessing! I hope that we get to spend many many many more years together! Boy that was sappy huh?

My beautiful flowers. . . I'm still a sucker for flowers, isn't that bad!?! :)hahahahaha

Easter Egg Hunting

2009-04-13T13:40:00.011-05:00

We had an Easter "egg hunt" on Good Friday. We did it then, because I had to work on Easter. Our friends Lori & Michael brought their little girl Acey Claire. Logan & Acey seemed to have a good time. I just cannot believe how fast they are growing up.

This is what Acey Claire thinks about the eggs in a basket...

What a sweet little girl!

Logan taking off toward the house!! Always trying to explore alone!!

Down....Set....Hut Hut Hut!

Found something other than an egg to play with...

My friend Jennifer said that Logan looks like a "meathead" in this picture...thinking..."uhh...anyone know where the weightroom is?" hahahaha! It is kind of funny!

Always gonna find a stick! We can be anywhere...and he'll find a stick...even if it isn't in an outside area? Who knows?

This is what happens when you take the stick away...

Acey's such a doll! This is her newest thing! When you ask her where anything/anyone is...if it isn't in her immediate vision....this is what you get...

It was so fun! I can't wait to see what happens at next years Easter Egg Hunt! They'll probably be a little funnier next year! Or We'll be doing my running around chasing them! :)

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

This is what I think...

2009-03-14T22:26:00.006-06:00

Here is what I think about Pharmacology on this Saturday night!

Totally Stoked!!!

2009-03-13T07:01:00.006-06:00

So I've been eyeballing this camera EVERYTIME Craig & I go to Best Buy! Craig caved yesterday & let me get it!!! :) YAY! There are no words...except....YAY YAY YAY!!!! I hate that it so nasty outside right now! All I want to do is get Logan up & take him outside and take pics of him! Oh well...another day! :(

This is my new toy!

I only got to play with it for a brief second last night before putting, Logan to sleep! After I got him to sleep I was too tired to do anything else with it! ;)

Here is the sleepy little man doing what he does all the time now! Pushing a little car! :)

Can't wait to play with my new camera!!!! Even though it won't be today! Boo!

Kitties with Open Eyes!!

2009-03-12T13:53:00.010-06:00

Our new kitties are about 10 days old now. Some of them are starting to open their eyes, and it is so cute.

He somehow knows that he has to be gentle with them? I'm not really sure why or how he knows this....Logan even wanted to give them a kiss!That looks like a real heartfelt kiss huh? Looks to me like he is getting ready to taste something nasty!

Don' t you just love Logan's bedhead? :)

More kitties....

2009-03-02T12:22:00.008-06:00

So our cat, Blackberry, got knocked up AGAIN! She had her kittens this morning. She gave birth to 5 happy little, screetchy rats. They are so tiny. Here they are....

And the sweet little mama who had them....

I brought them into our laundry room this morning. They are just so tiny that I thought they would freeze out there!! BRRR.

Lilly Loves Logan . . .only because. . .

2009-03-02T12:07:00.005-06:00

This kid is nonstop feeding the dog. Now they are the very best of friends. We can't keep Lilly in the room anymore when it is actually time to feed Logan a real meal, because he drops EVERYTHING on the floor for her!

Logan is opening all of the doors too...here he is with his new best friend (b/c of food)...trying to let Craig in the house!

Logan feeding Lilly!

2009-02-27T09:44:00.008-06:00

So Logan has decided that it is great fun to feed Lilly (our little dog). Lilly is not totally in love with Logan, because she knows that anytime Logan has food...she is gonna get some too!! Here is a little sample of the laughter from the other night!!! He also gets very impatient waiting on my crackers to feed her!!

We live in the SOUTH!

2009-02-22T18:19:00.008-06:00

So here are a few things I learned from my sister-in-law's blog today. . . we are from the south & don't know about stuff from the north! :) They got a buttload of snow this week like 9-12 inches total or something like that? What ? What family from Mississippi knows what to do with that? Here is a picture of how deep they had to shovel to get to the ground.....

I know I don't. So what I loved on her blog is that they figured out something that we don't have in the south. I suppose that when they got there (they moved to Minnesota for Shea's job), they noticed these sticks that stood out of the ground that had red tops on them that lined the streets...they didn't have any idea what they were for! Well they figured it out on their first snow day...they are so that you know where the road is?!? What the hell...I'm gonna stay here in Mississippi. I mean, we have people that can't drive when they CAN see the road...much less when they have to look for red-topped sticks!?! :)

I also love this...you know that the neighbors know these people aren't from ANYWHERE that it snows on a regular basis!!!!!

I'm glad they love the snow!!! :) So funny!

I miss you Shea, Shaun, Lexi, & Drake! Have more fun in the snow for this southern-gal that surely won't be seeing anything like that here in Mississippi!!!! I stole these pics from your blog, Shaun! :)