The Life of a Hunter's Wife

Dinosaurs, hats, & boots

2011-11-14T15:44:00.000-06:00

This little boy has been such a mess lately! He's growing up way too fast, and he has major attitude! Ha! Gotta love that sweet face, tho! He has been on a dinosaur kick for a little over a week now. He walked in the kitchen one morning stomping his feet and roaring and I asked him what he was doing. He said "I'm a dinosaur". OH! I didn't even know he knew the word dinosaur. Ha! But, I thought it was cute and sweet. Well, that night, he was scared of the dinosaur and has been ever since. He has not fallen asleep in his own bed since then and everyday he will mention the dinosaur being mean or getting him or 'bite me'! I've told him there is no dino, I threw it in the trash, it's outside, he's not mean, and even that it's at Nana's house. He don't care, he still thinks it's mean. I really hope this passes quickly!!

His Nana got him these blue rubber boots the other day. He LOVES them! He wears them all.the.time! Lol! All day long I hear "where's my boots at?", "my boots fell off", "my boots".

He is also loving daddy's hats and his fire man helmets. If he has a hat on, it automatically goes on backwards. I love it! He looks so stinkin' cute!! He got one of his helmets from daddy's work and the other from school when the fire truck came for fire prevention month last month. He's pretty much always got one on his head!

I love that lil booger so much!!

Also...He tee teed in the potty for the very first time at school last week!! Yay! I told the teacher who he did it for that she is going to have to come to my house and make him go because he will not do it for me! Honey got him some Mickey Mouse underwear we're gonna try out this week. I knew this would be the hardest thing of all. He was so easy weaning off the paci and bottle and stuff. I bribe this kid with everything...M&Ms, toys, going outside, riding the 4-wheeler...and he does nothing. Oh boy!

Riverisms ~

2011-10-13T12:32:00.000-05:00

A few things I want to remember about River ~

We've been trying to get on the potty training bandwagon...not working out so good. He will sit on the potty, but he will not go in it! He wakes up most mornings dry and I'll go put him on the potty because surely he has to go right away, and nothing!
The few nights ago, I thought I smelled a stinky so I asked River "did you poo poo?" He replied "no moma". So I said okay, maybe he just tooted. I walked passed him again and said "What stinks?". He said "not me!". Oh, yes it was him!!
Still loving Mickey Mouse! Still watches it every single night! The other evening I had it playing in his room and he would go back and forth from his bedroom to the living room playing. Everytime Hot Dog came on, he'd holler at me "come on moma, come on". I'd run back there and we'd dance and sing. So fun :o)
Boopy "Goofy" is his favorite! That's what he is being for Halloween!!!
He made his first trip to the deer lease on Sunday. We rode the 4-wheeler and put corn out. He loved it, of course! (pics soon)
We went to our first pumpkin carving party on Saturday. It was at Haley's house. River hardly participated, but I had a blast! lol. We carved none other than an LSU pumpkin!!!!

Everytime he goes into a different room than me or Dusty he says "be back in a minute."
He calls Haley's dog Copper, "Popper". He loves him some Popper!
If he wants a bite of something, he'll say "I want some" in the cutest little voice. I'm gonna have to film his saying it. It's so sweet and funny!
TMI --- River is ALL boy! He loves to poot! Mostly because when he does it, Dusty and I will laugh and/or say "quit pooting" and he'll crack up and keep doing it. He can do it pretty much on demand (Dusty doing the demanding, I'm telling him to stop it!). It is pretty funny sometimes tho!
His afternoon teacher asked me yesterday does River share? I told her he doesn't have anybody to share with, so no. Apparently, he is not sharing his toys at school and makes everybody get away from him when he is playing. Oh boy!

That's all I got for now. He just keeps growing and changing every day. I love him to pieces!!!

Catch up

2011-09-27T21:11:00.001-05:00

I can't believe it has been so long since I've talked about what we've been up to. Life has been super busy, it did not slow down after the wedding in August like I was expecting. Ha! I've gotten to the point lately that I'm on the computer all day at work, I don't feel like getting on it at home. Especially now that I've got my iphone :( Anyhoo, I've got to try to remember what all we've done these past couple of months...

First, here are some pictures from my birthday dinner at my grandmas...

These pictures are from the night Randy and Rhonda took me and Dus to eat at Ernests.

Dusty has been going to the lease more and more. First it was dove season, then teal, and now this weekend, bow season starts. Whoopie! :)

Me and Dusty celebrated our 5th anniversary on Sept 9. We had a really nice dinner then went down to the boardwalk and walked around. It was a nice date nite with my hunny!

I had Haley go to our house while we were gone and decorate the room. Hehe! I got Dusty a 'giftcard' for a skydiving trip because he's always said he wanted to skydive. I just knew he would love it and it would be a great surprise. But, the more I thought about it, I wasn't so sure if he would really like it or not (bc he NEVER likes anything I get him), so I came up with the idea of making a fake giftcard. It looked so ligit and it was the perfect plan. Well, he opened it and looked at me like I was crazy! Needless to say, I'm so glad I got him the fake one and didn't waste my money on a real one! He told he wants to skydive "before I die!!!!" Not anytime soon!

The weekend after our anniversary, we celebrated a friend's 30th birthday. It was a surprise party at a BBQ place and it was fun. Dusty had to work, so I rode with Corey and Haley.

Some of us girls...me, Aubri, Haley, and Kristen

Brandy's baby shower was Sunday after Jonathan's bday party. It was a really cute shower. I'll have to get pics later!
We took River to his first rodeo on a Friday nite. The thing didn't start till 8:00 p.m. (that is too late for River). He was such a terd when we first got there. He was making me a nervous wreck in the bleachers! Finally, he started settling down and getting tired and he just sat in either mine or my mom's lap. Me, moma, Kasen and River went. I think he liked it ok! Maybe he'll be a calf roper or something :o)

Sweet boy with his hand over his heart for the National Anthem. Excuse me...I was trying to NOT be in the pic!

Two of my favorite boys!

Me and my boo!

Yes, this is a real bull. His name was Blue Duck. River was super tired by this point, so he didn't really participate or look at the camera very good. He wasn't scared though, so that was awesome!

Last Saturday we celebrated Randy's birthday. Rhonda made brisket and twice bakes and baked beans. It was delish! Today is his bday, so Happy Birthday Papaw!!!

Levi and River helping Papaw blow out the candles

That about sums up our September. I know I'm forgetting some things. Next on our agenda - Bunco, Dusty's bday, garage sale, cousin party, couple's bunco, corn maze, and fair! I can't wait. I love the fall and all the activities that come with it! It's my favorite ;o) Oh yeah, LSU is 4-0 and in the #1 spot. Geaux Tigers!! Until next time...Goodnite!

Hoo Are You?

2011-09-20T10:17:00.000-05:00

It's been awhile since I've participated in Hoo's Got Talent from Night Owl Crafting. I figured I'd join in the fun this week.

Here are this week's questions:

1. What are your favorite 3 things about fall?     Pumpkin patches, fall smells, and weather

2. Are you a football fan and if so who is your favorite team?    I watch college football (pretty much only SEC teams). LSU Tigers is my fave!!

3. What is your favorite fall scent? Pumpkin. I just bought a buttercream pumpkin candle over the weekend...yummy!

4. So you have seasonal allergies?    Not too bad!

5. Have you started Christmas shopping yet?     No :( I totally need to start tho!

Fall is almost here

2011-08-30T13:51:00.000-05:00

I have tried so hard all summer not to complain about the heat because I really really dislike the cold and would much rather it be 110 degrees than 40 degrees. I've done pretty good about not complaining. Now that the summer is coming to an end and fall is right around the corner, I am starting to get a little excited! I do love the fall, I'm just not looking forward to the cold. I have a feeling we're going to have a pretty rough winter.

This weekend in the opening weekend for College Ball! Yay!! LSU plays Oregon at the new Dallas Stadium.

I found this online and think it's hilarious!

I'm so excited to get my game gear on and watch the game!

Also since fall is so near, I'm getting excited about the fall smells, soups, pumpkin patches, and my favorite holiday...Halloween! I have in mind what I'm gonna dress River up as, but I'm not sure about it yet. It may be my last chance to dress him up as what I want him to be before starts making his own decisions, ~~which I may or may not let him do~~!

Speaking of my River Bug, I have started trying to introduce the potty to him. At first, he wanted nothing to do with it. He didn't want to sit on it or anything. Now, I can get him to sit on it, but that's about all he does. I've thrown in some cheerios and told him to tee tee on them, but he just tries to grab them. When he's sitting on the potty, he'll say 'come on tee tee'. Haha! I even pour a little warm water down his back or front when I have him on the potty before bath time because he tee tees every single time I put him in the bath even if he just got off the potty. He doesn't like it when I do that, ha! I bought an Elmo Goes Potty DVD the other day now every time he sees a potty no matter where we are, he says he's got to go and wants to sit on it. He really doesn't have to go and most of the time I tell him no, but should I really just sit him on it anyway? And, when am I supposed to start buying pull-ups? Now, when we're in the process of learning how to go or when he actually starts to go? Pull-ups are expensive and I hate to waste em!

He is growing like a weed! His talking is starting to get a little better, too. His favorite things right now is "moma's bed" (he loves to go get on my bed! Sometimes, I'll be in the living room or kitchen and I go to check on River and he's sitting on my bed with a book or watching TV), 4-wheelers and lawn mowers and fire trucks (every fire truck is daddy's fire truck), elephants, Mickey Mouse, and hot dogs! Oh, he also has been singing so much here lately. He will find whatever he can and pretend its a microphone and just sing (nothing in particular, just making a lot of noises and yelling) at the top of his lungs. It's pretty funny! My baby boy is turning into such a big boy. *tear!

Date Night

2011-08-24T16:13:00.000-05:00

Last night, me and my mom had a date night. We ate at Chick-fil-a, then went to see The Help. Such a great movie! I bawled, of course, and my eyes were all puffy this morning. I am definitely going to buy this movie when it comes out. Some of the ladies in the movie were just so mean and I cannot comprehend that. It was awful the way they treated the maids. I believe I would definitely be like Skeeter if I had lived in that time era. And little Mae Mobley, she was precious and loved her Aibi.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Great date with my moma ;o)

Wedding Weekend, part 2

2011-08-22T10:38:00.000-05:00

The Big Day, all of us girls met at Good Eats for lunch then went to the hair salon. We brought our drinks in there with us ;o) We all met up at the church to get ready and take pics. I was starving to death by the time of the ceremony! I finally ate after 7:00 at the reception. The reception was a lot of fun! They had an awesome band playing, The Groove Agents, and the food was good, the company was good. River was there with all of his grandparents and he was running around like crazy! There were a couple of little girls who were dancing on the dance floor and River would just stand there and watch them. Finally, they pulled him out there and they all held hands in a circle and danced. The reception was over at 11, then a few of us went on the boat to do a little gambling. Haley, Dusty, and Kristen all walked out ahead! Yay! We did not get home till 3 in tha mornin'!! Ugh, I was exhausted. But, it was a great day with great friends who I wish a lifetime of happiness!!

Aubri popping the bottle of champagne

??? :)

Me & H getting ready

Haley got us girls a purple shirt that said 'bridesmaid', 'Maton of Honor'. It turned out pretty cute, all of us matching!

Our bouquets

Can't see each other before the ceremony!

I love him!

Beautiful Bride!

Us with the Branches

River being silly! Gosh, he was wild!!

He loved the little girl in the pink and black! He couldn't take his eyes off her. Ha!

First attempt at family pic...failed!

My lil boo! I love him!

Giving Haley lucky horseshoes!

Second attempt at family pic...failed!

Aub, Sarah, & me

Go Haley! Haha!

Me & Lauren waiting on everybody to go on the casino

Wedding Weekend, part 1

2011-08-19T10:19:00.000-05:00

This past Saturday, my BFF, Haley, and Corey got married. Haley looked so pretty and everything went very well! They married at the same church Dusty and I got married, so that was kinda sweet for me and Dus to stand up at the alter together again. He was Bestman, I was Matron of Honor. The night before the wedding, we had rehearsal then rehearsal dinner was at Ralph and Kacoos (same place as mine and Dusty's. Ha!). The food was pretty good and we had a good time visiting with everybody. After dinner, the guys wanted to go to a pool hall. The girls decided they were going, too, but as soon as we got in there, it was so smokey and looked pretty boring, so me and Haley left to go home and get some rest! Dusty didn't get home till 2:00 a.m.!!

These are pics from rehearsal dinner...

Christiana, me, & Aubri

and JT in the back being silly!

The bride and bridesmaids

Groom, groomsmen, & ushers

The soon to be Mr. & Mrs.!!!

Besties...aww :o)

Will post about wedding later!

Urban Cowboy Party, part 1

2011-08-16T10:42:00.000-05:00

A couple of weekends ago (Aug 7), my mom turned 50! We had an 'Urban Cowboy' themed party at her house in the barn my daddy is building (Aug 6). I have to admit, it was pretty cool in there and we want to keep it a party barn, instead of putting the animals in it!! (All of us excpet my dad, of course!)

Me and my moma, the birthday girl!

My cowboy ;o)

Cousin Amie

My bestie

Cousin Travis all decked out. He was so cute!

Rachal, love her!

My other cowboy!

My daddy, too busy talking and can't take a good pic ;o)

Rhonda & Randy

Moma getting her b'day lap dance from Josh, Colt, & Darnell. Haha!!

Amie had to join in

Moma and daddy dancing

The brothers singing karaoke. All 3 of us like to sing when we have a drink in our hand ;o)

Cassie and Me!

Me with Randy and Corkey. Corkey was our DJ for the night.

Me & Rhonda

I've still got tons of pics from the birthday party to post. It was so much fun and Moma had a blast!

Lucky Weekend

2011-08-12T10:01:00.000-05:00

August 12th and 13th seem to be some pretty lucky days for a few people I know (including me)! Three years ago tomorrow (the 13th), I found out I was pregnant. I was in total shock and was not expecting to hear that. I went to the doctor because in July I had twisted my ankle and it was giving me problems so I wanted to get it checked out. The nurse asked could I be pregnant because I had to get an x-ray done. I told her it was possible, so she had me do a test. I waited....waited....waited, then finally she came in the room and said 'I think you may be pregnant'. WHAT?!?! She showed me the stick and she said that the second line was so light and you could barely see it because I was super early pregnant (like 2 weeks, she said). Well, my moma works at the same doctor's office and I didn't want her finding out until I told Dusty first, so I had to go to the x-ray dpmt and pretend get an x-ray just so my mom wouldn't think anything. The doctor came in and checked out my ankle and I really don't know what he said about it...the pain was the last thing on my mind at that time! Dr. Shah told me he was going to send my blood work to get checked STAT and he would call me that night to let me know if I was really pregnant or not. So, I went to target and bought a little onsie set, one said 'I love my mommy' and the other 'I love my daddy'.

Dr. Shah called me at 7:00 that night and said I was pregnant. Yay! Then, he told me some more stuff about my ankle, but who knows what. Ha! Dusty was at work, so I put the 'I love daddy' onsie in a gift bag and called Dus and told him somebody rang the doorbell and when I opened the door a package was there, and that I wanted him to open it first. So up to the firestation I went. I gave him the bag, he opened it, and couldn't believe it. We hugged, I cried, it was sweet!

Now, on my way home from the doctor's appointment, my BFF called to tell me she was engaged!! Yay!!! I was so happy for her and I didn't want to rain on her parade, so of course I didn't say anything about me! Well, after I told Dusty and knowing he can't keep a secret, I called Haley to tell her and good thing I did because Dusty was on the phone with Corey about to tell him! Ha! The next day after work we told our parents.

Now for the third lucky lady, a co-worker of mine, Anne, who is actually my cousin's wife's moma...got that...just found out this morning that her other daughter, Beth, is preggers!! Yay. Beth has really been wanting this for a while and I'm super duper happy for her!!

Oh yeah, Corey and Haley are getting married tomorrow, too. August 13th, 2011. Three years after they got engaged! And I am Matron of Honor and Dusty is Bestman. So much happiness going on around here!!

Life

2011-07-20T16:24:00.000-05:00

Oh my! July has been such a busy month. Between work, birthdays, wedding showers, etc., I have no time to do anything! July 1 was my daddy's birthday, which I posted about here. The 3rd, was my friend Aubri's birthday. A big group of us met at Cantina Loredo for dinner, then me and Dus and Bruce and Aubri went bowling. I haven't bowled in so long. I did pretty good the first game, but on the second, I don't think I even scored till about the 4th or 5th round. Ha! Dusty ended up winning both games...You go boy ;o)

We didn't do anything for the 4th. We stayed home and relaxed! On July 9, we had Haley and Corey's couple shower. It turned out so great and everyone had a blast! It was so much preparing and making sure we had enough food and things, but it was well worth it. I was happy with the way it turned out and Corey and Haley had so much fun and got lots of goodies for their new home!

These lovely ladies helped host with me

Me with H and Cp

My sweet father-and-mother-in-law

All the fish. There was so much food left over. And, that was the best fish I have ever eaten I think!

Present time!

Cute aprons me and Aubri got them, along with a Kirkland's giftcard so ~~they~~ Haley can decorate their new house.

Dusty and Jonathan

Me and my bestie

Tumey

Tumey and Bruce, Sr. dancing

The three new captains. Yay!!

The Future Tumey's ;o)

XOXO

Being silly

That was such a fun night!

Ok, back to the long list of things that have been going on this month...On the 10th, we had to go to my cousin's son's 9th bday party. The 12th was my birthday, so on the 11th my grandma cooked smothered steak, cabbage, rice/gravy, roasted potatoes, and rolls for me. My whole family went over to eat. It was so yummy. Dusty had to work on my bday, so on that day, my mom came over and we ordered pizza. I had River in the bed before 7 and I was in the bed before 9 on that night. Wednesday, we went to Wendy's to celebrate my bday. She cooked steak and red snapper with crab meat, twice bakes, and broccoli casserole. OMG, talk about good! Every time we go to their house, River has to go get in their shower and yell because it echos. He had a blast in there singing and yelling. He's so funny! I had an eye exam on the 14th because I keep getting headaches...they said I have perfect vision and my eyes is not the cause of my headaches! On the 16th, I celebrated by birthday with a few friends. Me and Dus, Haley and Corey, and Bruce and Aubri went to Buffalo Wild Wings then went roller skating. None of us had been since we were kids and it was so funny! We had a good time, but after a few laps it gets kind of old. Us girls got hit on by a 14 year old and 16 year old. When we asked how old they thought we were, guess what he said?!?! Haley was 26, Aubri 27, and me 23!!! Um, thank you little boy! That made my night being that I'm 28 and the oldest! Haha.

Sunday nights are for adults only. We talked about making it a monthly thing for us to do. :o)

Bruce and Aub

Me and Dus

I am such a bad poser. I need to learn to do better. I look ridiculous in this picture! Ugh

The girls

Again, bad posing :(

Corey and Haley

Dusty and Corey doing the push cart race. They say they won, but I'm not so sure???

So now I believe I'm caught up! Finally! This is my last free weekend before I'm tied down with wedding stuff again, but that's ok. It's fun! I still have to get my dress altered, yikes, I'm pushing it close! The wedding is August 14.

Riverisms

2011-07-18T10:24:00.000-05:00

River has been so funny and cute and sweet here lately. I need to post them before I forget!

He had his first x-ray on July 1. While we were gone on vacation, we noticed that he walked with his right foot turned out sometimes. The boy is already super duper flat footed (he gets it from his daddy), so I wanted to take him to the doctor to see what she said. She wanted to get an x-ray to make sure there was no bone malformation. My mom took him back to get the x-ray because I had to talk to the doctor, too. Our dr is an Internal Med and Peds dr. The x-ray came back normal, which we expected, it was just to make sure. She said to wait till after Summer when he starts wearing regular tennis shoes more instead of sandals and it will probably correct itself. ;o)
His favorite animal here lately is the elephant. He has a Baby Einstein video that has different animals on it and he loves the elephant. Dusty has taught him to make the elephant noise and to wiggle his ears. It is so funny! Yesterday, we were watching Noddy and he asked who somebody was and I said Big Ears. River wiggled his ears and made the elephant noise and I about died. It was hilarious!
He knows who Jason is! I love Jason Aldean, and for a while now, every time a Jason song would come on the radio I'd say 'there's Jason'. He would just look at me like 'Huh?'. The other day we were driving down the road and My Kinda Party came on. I didn't think about it and didn't say anything, then all the sudden River said 'Jason'! Haha, made me smile! Yesterday we watched 3 Jason music videos on the computer and he watched the entire time.

Watching Jason Aldean's Dirt Road Anthem video

When I put River to bed, I just stick him in his crib and turn a movie on. Bad habit, I know, and when we convert his bed to a toddler bed, I'm going to lay there and read with him instead of let him watch TV, but for right now this works. Anyway, he'll stand up in his bed and watch TV till he's ready to lay down, then he'll start crying for me. I go in, lay him down on his pillow, cover him up tight, and give him his Gus dog, and kisses and say goodnite and sweet dreams, and he'll watch TV till he falls asleep. Well, last night we did the whole routine. I covered him up, said I love you, he said it back, I said sweet dreams, and walked out. A few minutes later he yelled 'sweet dreams moma'!! Awww, I melted. I wanted to go grab him up and just squeeze him. It was so sweet!

I can't tell if River is going to be quite and shy like me or outspoken and wild and crazy. I hope he is not shy and quiet like me! When we're out in public, he will be so loud and say Hi to everybody and he tries to touch everybody. He's super friendly. But, when we're around people we know, our friends and family and even teachers at school, he just gets shy and won't speak. Hum??
His new favorite thing to do is line all of his trucks, trains, and tractors up to make a big long train. He does this on the floor and couch. He will push me out of the way on the couch so he can make his train.

Love you River Bug!

Daddy's Birthday

2011-07-11T10:34:00.000-05:00

July 1 was my daddy's birthday. We had a little get together at my house with my parents, my grandma, the bros, and Kasen. Dusty grilled hot dogs and hamburgers and I made brownies because I didn't have a cake mix. It was fun. We stayed outside all evening and just enjoyed visiting.

:-)

Working on his 4-wheeler

Colt, Austin, Daddy, Dus, Moma, and Grandma

K-Dog!

Doing tricks

Happy Birthday to you!

A live cicada (on River's shirt). I've never seen a live one before, just the empty shells. It was pretty gross feeling!

Also, I've always called these things locusts, but I was wrong!

Daddy with his kiddos. I wish I would've edited these first!

...with the grandkiddos

Love!

Hope you had a great birthday, Daddy. We love you lots!

Captain Johnson

2011-07-07T21:32:00.000-05:00

My hubby is finally a captain! Woo hoo!! I'm so happy for him! I took these pics the morning before his first shift as captain.

River had to join in on the action, too! Oh, they're just so cute!

Congrats Hunny! You deserve it! I love you!

Haley's Bridal Shower

2011-07-07T21:26:00.000-05:00

Haley's Bridal Shower was June 26. It was at her aunt's house and was super cute. She got tons of gifts, too! I love the dishes she picked out.

The future Mrs. Tuminello

Haley with her bridesmaids, minus one

Me, Aubri, Christiana, Haley, Kelsey, and Lauren

Love this girl!

The day before the shower, me and Haley shopped and shopped and shopped for her a dress to wear to the shower. We went to every place we knew of and it was exhausting! We did not find one single thing that she liked. Haley is so tiny and has a hard time finding cute clothes that fit her, ~~and someone say picky.~~ It was a Saturday and all the little boutiques closed at either 5 or 6, and it was 5, so we started heading back home and I remembered one more place we could try that was on our way home. We got there at 5:30, they closed at 6:00 thank goodness, and we found the perfect dress! It was a little big, but she pinned it up and it worked. Love the dress! We should've stopped there first since we passed it first. Ha! Anyway, we had fun hanging out and talking. River was with us part of the time, but he was getting a little ancy doing all that shopping so I dropped him off at my grandma's for a bit so we could finish.

Next up, my daddy's birthday....

Goodnite!

The Buffalo River

2011-07-01T10:00:00.003-05:00

We've been back from our vacay for about a week and a half now. River did A.Ma.Zing on his first vacation. I was really proud of him! We had a 6.5-7 hour drive there and back and River was sooo good in the car! Dusty bought him some portable DVD players right before we left and River just thought that was the coolest thing!

Watching his movies in the car

We had a good time, even though I was whiny and ready to go home at times ;o). It was just so nice being away from home for a few days! We relaxed, floated down the river, swam, ate some yummy food, and, of course, chased River around everywhere. Ha! That boy stayed on his 4-wheeler. He had a blast! Heck, why wouldn't he...he was outside pretty much 24/7 the whole trip! Here are a few pictures, and I'll just let them do the talking....

Driving Nini's RV

River and Honey

The first evening there, we took a "short" float down the River. It was supposed to be only about 30 minutes, but since the water was so low and there wasn't a good current, it took about 2 hours. It was still fun though! That was River's first time to go and I had a waterproof disposable camera (I haven't bought one of those in years!!!), and of course they're not developed yet and I still have pics to take on it. So, these next pics are from the second day. It was a 7 hour float...whew! It was fun and relaxing, but I was still sooo tired by the end of it. Ha! River was a pro in these :o) And, I brought my good camera because Corky let me borrow his waterproof box!!

I love this pic...it's so cute!

Nini and Philip

He slept like this for about 2 hours!

Ery'body (Dusty, Stacy, Randy T, Rhonda, Randy J)

Lunch time!

River LOVED Macey. He was so cute with her!

Swimming while daddy pulled to tubes

The bridge!!! That's the stopping point.

Talking and driving

Frisky bought Rhonda a Man Tamer so she can keep Randy in line!!

Bubba teeth

Dusty (in the back, can't really see him in this pic) and Corky playing Tug-O-War against Randy and Randy

We got home last Tuesday and was so great to be home! I was off Wednesday, but had to go back to work Thursday...ugh! I should have taken the whole week off. Next time I will ;o)

River Roo

2011-06-15T21:39:00.000-05:00

I forgot to put these in the last post and I just think they are too cute and too funny not to post. River is sitting in his new chair eating grapes. He kept saying he was going to give me a bite and when I bent down to get it, he snatched it away and put it in his mouth. He was cracking up (you can tell in the top right). Haha!! It was sooo funny!

Bone Collector

2011-06-15T10:19:00.000-05:00

I am not a fan of hunting shows, my husband is! They get on my nerves and they are so boring. I can't stand to listen to people whispering all the time. But, there is one guy I do like and most of the time I don't mind watching his shows... Michael Waddell A.K.A The Bone Collector. He is such a cutie!

Anyway, a while back we were in Academy and I saw a little Michael Waddell folding chair for River. I knew I wanted to get him it to take to the BR. Well, Dusty went to Academy the other day on his day off to get stuff for the trip, and he bought these....

Aren't they cute! I didn't even know they had a pink one!

River loved having his own little chair! Idk why this turned out so blurry :(

Dusty got him a bigger version of the one like River's. It's so cute, I love it!! :o)

Our Weekend

2011-06-14T11:10:00.000-05:00

Friday night, me and my friend Haley hosted a Girl's Nite In at my house. We had a Pure Romance party and we had a few girls over, we had pizza and some drinks, and shopped. It was so much fun and had lots of laughs! River Roo stayed at my mom's that night and guess what??? He slept the whole entire night without waking up. Little toot!

Saturday, while River was still at moma's, I had to go to town to get a new swim suit for our trip (and because I have really grown out of my others...big booty girl over here!!) I did find one that will do, but I swear, when I get back from this trip and life slows down a bit, I am hitting the gym hardcore!! I picked up River and we went home to get daddy and hang out for an hour or so before we had to go to Papaw and Honey's house for Honey's bday. I tried to do a little photo shoot with River and his daddy's new captain helmet, but it didn't work out too well.

These were before we left the house

We got to my in-law's and we ate grilled burgers and hot dogs (my fav!) and cake and ice cream. We had a good time visiting.

River and Levi playing. I can't believe I actually got a decent pic of them together!

Helping Honey blow out her candles

We left the bday party early because we had to go to Aubri's parent's house for a little celebration for the three guys that made Captain (Dusty, Bruce, and Jonathan). They had so much yummy food there, so of course I ate again. Ha! After we ate, we played Botchi (sp?). It's a fun game where you have to try to throw your ball closest to the Jack ball, and whoever gets the closest gets a point. We stayed till about 10:30 and River was such a trooper. He played and was so good the entire night! And no, he did not sleep in his bed all night, but close...he woke up at 4:00 and got in the bed with us. *sigh

Sunday was low key. Dus had to work and me and River just stayed home most of the day until we went to Nonna's to swim. We had a great weekend with friends and family!

I Heart Summer!

2011-06-13T20:17:00.000-05:00

River got in the pool for the first time this year at Nonna's house on 5/29. It was really cold at first and he was a little freaked, but he warmed up real quick! He loved playing in the pool! He did so good. I really want to get him in swimming lessons this year, but Dus says to wait till next year. We'll see....wink wink.

River in his swimming outfit. He looked so cute!

Getting used to the water...baby steps

Behind the waterfall

Watch out ladies!!

We fried fish that nite at Nonna's house and just hung out by the pool all evening. I love nites like those! We went to Nonna's again yesterday to swim and River did SO good! I was so proud. He started kicking his feet and moving his arms all on his own, like he really knew what he was doing. Then, he would put his face in the water and blow bubbles. It was great! I even dunked him a few times and he was ok with it. Ha! In the bath tub, he hates getting his face wet.

Ok, I think I'm caught up to this past weekend now. I'll try to post pics tomorrow! I've got a busy week this week with bdays, getting ready to go out of town, seeing my daddy because we're gonna be gone for Father's Day, and I have to start shopping for Haley and Corey's couple shower next month (in less than a month and I haven't done anything!!). Whew!

Goodnite ;o)

Playing catch up

2011-06-13T14:05:00.000-05:00

I can't believe it has taken over 2 years for River to go on his first boat ride. Ha! Finally, on June 2, we loaded up the boat one evening and went to Cypress Lake. It was nice being out there. It was a week day, so there weren't too many people out there. I wish we would've had our swim suits on so we could have taken a dip! Definitely next time! River loved it. At first he was just sitting there, still as can be. Then when Dusty started going fast, River couldn't keep his eyes open because of the wind. It was funny. I'll be sure to bring his sunglasses next time.

This is what the boys did when we got back from the lake....

River kept walking up Dusty's chest and would sit on his head backwards. It was so funny. That boy is a hoot!

I got R this turtle shirt from the Children's Place. I just love it! June 3, was his first time to wear it and I wanted to get some pics of him in it because I figured it would get stained (since it's white) the first time wearing it and I would have to throw it away or it would become a pj shirt. (BTW, he didn't get it stained so he gets to wear it again!!). I got my camera and he started saying "CHEESE". Well, when I went to take the pic, he made this face...

Lol! I showed it to him and he said 'NO'! So, I took another and got this face...

Hahaha! When I showed it to him, he started crying and said no again. Seriously, he is a mess!! So, he climbed in my lap and we got this one....

And he was happy!! He's saying 'cheese' in this pic. I love him so much!!

Random Thoughts

2011-06-09T09:46:00.000-05:00

1. This has been a crazy week! Sunday night our A/C quit working so we had to load up at 10:45 at night and go to Dusty's dad's. River slept in the bed with me and poor Dus had to sleep on the floor in his 'poot bag'. Needless to say, neither one of us got much sleep! THEN, daycare called me Monday and said River had fever and bad diapers. So I left work to go get him and our air was still not working right so me and River stayed at R&R's again. We were up half the night because River was running fever and was so miserable. I felt so sorry for him and helpless. My poor baby. I stayed home from work Tuesday and River was fine the whole day. He's teething. I felt around in his mouth and he's got a tooth coming in up top in the back.

2. The A/C got fixed Monday night, but it was too late for us to go home and still too hot in the house. Monday afternoon, Dusty called me and said it wasn't working...again. Ugh, are you kidding me!! My wonderful FIL came over and him and Dus cleaned out the A/C unit thing and now it works like a charm! I'm sooo glad we didn't have to buy a new unit....yet! I'm keeping my fingers crossed it stays working ;o)

3. I am so ready for the Buffalo River. I can't wait. I think I'm more excited to see what River does! He's gonna love it.

4. I have a mile long list of stuff to take to the Buffalo...geez!

5. I'm tired! I wish River would sleep in his bed the whole night. He usually wakes up anywhere between 11 pm to 4 a.m. crying/screaming/yelling "MOMA"! I go get him and put him in the bed with me and he goes back to sleep...usually. Here lately, he's been wanting to talk and wiggle around. It's no big deal with Dusty is at work, but when he's home and all three of us our in my bed...ugh! Last night, he woke up at 1:30 and I just let him cry for about 10 minutes hoping he would lay back down and go to sleep...um, no! So, I finally gave in and went to get him. He's not hurt or sick or needing anything, he just ALWAYS wakes up crying, never wakes up happy.

6. Last night, River was sitting on the floor on the opposite side of the living room than me. I put my hand behind my back and walked to him really fast on my hands and feet and that boy cracked up. He was so funny! He kept wanting me to do it and he would die laughing. I had to catch him sometimes because he was about to fall over backwards he was laughing so hard. It was awesome!

7. I love my hubs!!!! XOXO He'll become Captain this week! Well, he won't officially be at his own station, but he will be getting the raise. Yay!! So proud :o)

8. I can't wait for Big Brother to come on. July 14th, I think is when it starts!

9. I have to start shopping for Haley & Corey's couples shower! It's getting close...yikes!

10. I'm off tomorrow. Gotta run some errands and get ready for my Girl's Nite In party tomorrow night. I can't wait!!

Graduations and Birthday Party

2011-06-02T09:33:00.000-05:00

**There has been so much tragedy in our country, neighboring states, and even right here in our home town lately. The tornados and floods have been horrible this year with hundreds of lives and homes lost. It's really devastating. Please keep them in your prayers! Also, over the Memorial weekend, there was a horrible wreck in our town. Four people died, including a child. It is so sad. There was also a little boy about River's age who was involved, and he is in stable condition right now. He lost both of his parents, his sister, and grandma in this wreck. It just breaks my heart. Please keep this family your prayers, also. I couldn't imagine going through anything any of these people are going through.

Two weeks ago we had such a busy weekend. On May 21, my baby brother graduated from high school. I can't believe it. It makes me feel old. While we were sitting there waiting for him to walk out, I remembered that it was 10 years ago to the day that I graduated!! Wow!

One of his Sr. pics my mom took

Bad pic :(

Me and the bros. After graduation, we all went to Chedder's to eat.

Me, Dus, and River had to leave Chedder's early so we could go to Levi's birthday party. It was at a little zoo in town. It was a cute little place. The only bad thing is that it POURED down rain before we got there and was a little too wet/muddy for me since I was in a dress and sandals. Ugh! Poor Dusty had to chase River around because I was not about to be lifting and running after him in what I had on. Dusty was a complete mess by the time we left. Ha! We had a good time, tho!

Cuuuute cake!!

Me & Kasey

Carter Bug

River kept chasing this rooster. It was funny. He never ran after it, just walked behind it, following him everywhere he went.

Kasey bought this baby pig from there. She named her Barbie!

Loves animals!

Carter and River in the Moo Moo Choo Choo train

After the bday party, we had to go home so Dusty could get a shower and change clothes, then we had to go to Wendy's for her nephew, Will's, graduation party. They had Superior catered and it was so good!

It was such a busy day, but it was fun! We all got home that night and crashed!

Brantley Gilbert

2011-05-26T11:14:00.000-05:00

Have you heard of him? I never had until a couple of months ago my BFF was talking about him. She had seen him at Mud Stock, where he put on a free concert, and went on and on about how hot he was and how good he sang....she got me kind of interested! He's kind of a rock/country type, which I love. And, he has written a lot of my favorite country guy, Jason Aldean's, #1 songs! So, I went home and googled him and saw that he was going to be at one of the boats for a concert. I called up Haley and we made plans to go! Of course, I had to go out and buy a new dress and I borrowed my MIL's cowboy boots. I have never worn a dress with boots before and was a little nervous, but I think I pulled it off pretty good. Ha!

Haley and Corey and a few others got tables, so me, Dus, Bruce, and Aubri met them up there after we went and ate.

Christiana, Haley, and me waiting for him to get there. He had a plane delay in Dallas and was about an hour late getting there.

Mr. Brantley Gilbert

I LOVE his name!

He's kind of a hottie ;o)

Me with Sarah and Aubri

My hunny! I heart him so much. He was a trooper that night, he was our DD.

Didn't get a good pic of the boots :(

JT and Lauren

Lisa, Lauren, and me

The guys!

Oh what fun!!!

We had so much fun! And, I am now a fan of Brantley Gilbert...but he'll never take the place of Jason ;o) I assume he is wanting to become a singer now instead of just writing songs. Hope it works out for him, I'm sure it will!

River's Birthday Party

2011-05-22T20:17:00.001-05:00

I am a month behind on this post...oops! River's party turned out great! It was so much fun and pretty darn cute! I'm just gonna let the pics do the talking...

Mother's Day Weekend and a sick little boy

2011-05-11T13:48:00.000-05:00

I have been home the past two days with River. He had a little fever Monday nite so I gave him some Tylenol and put him to bed. He woke up 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning with fever again, so we stayed home all day. Poor lil dude was pitiful! He stayed in my arms most of the day (which I loved). The doc called in some antibiotics for him and Dusty picked them up for me. Then, he woke up this morning at 1:00 a.m. with another fever so we're home again. He hasn't had a fever since. The doc said he will have fever for 24-48 hours after he starts taking the antibiotics. Hopefully, there will be no more fever!! We had to get out of the house today because I think we were both going a little stir crazy! We went to Sonic then made a loop around town. He enjoyed looking out the window and pointing everything out.

Saturday was the Air Show. My grandma lives pretty close to the base, so we always go to her house and sit in the backyard and watch the planes fly. This was River's first year and he loved it!

I had a good Mother's Day!! Me, Dus and River went to eat lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings (I just love that place!!) down at the boardwalk. It was early and none of the stores were open yet, so we kind of had the place to our selves. River got to run around and look at the Red River.

The Hubs and I

River looking at the river. Ha!

Photo Shoot

We came home and all three of us crashed! We napped for about 3 hours...well the boys did. I just layed on the couch and did absolutely NOTHING! That was nice :o)

We went over the my in-laws later for a crawfish boil. I have been craving some crawfish and it was sooo good! The potatoes were awesome!

River did not want to touch the crawfish. He stayed well away!

This little boy is so sweet and precious! Makes me so proud to be his moma!!

Please pray River stays fever free!! I don't like my baby not feeling good!

P.W.A.T.

2011-05-07T09:24:00.000-05:00

I have had NO time to blog lately...ugh! Busy busy!
Anyhoo, last night, the guys went to Arkansas to "drink beer and waste bullets" for Corey's bachelor party. It's a place where you can shoot skeet and stay the night and the next morning the place cooks breakfast for you. It's pretty neat if your guy likes that kinda stuff! So, since Corey was going to be gone, Haley wanted to go do something fun with the girls. Four of us went to Painting With A Twist. It's this neat little place and they give you a canvas and all your paints/brushes, etc, and you paint whatever picture they're painting for the night. Last night it was a fleur-de-lis with diamonds in the background. Looked easy peasy, but...um...no, it was not. I kinda got fed up with it after a while and didn't really care what my painting looked like. Ha! Oh yeah, before I forget, you get to drink while you're painting. That is where the 'twist' comes in! They serve different beers and wine. But, you're concentrating on your painting so much, that you actually forget about the drink. Ha!

The original colors the placed was doing were reds and tans. I went with green, yellow, brown. My fleur-de-lis looks like a football and my background looks like the Greenbay Packers! Ugh. But, I tried and it was fun hanging out with the girls. I just don't think I'll ever do it again. I can be pretty crafty, but painting is totally not my thing!

The canvas they give you. It's already got the fleur-de-lis drawn on it (thank goodness!!)

Me & Aubri

Haley and Lauren

Making sure her lines are straight

Haley signing her name

See my football! Haha! It really was a lot of fun and we had some laughs!

The Masterpieces!!!

I can't wait till the next GNO! I love these girls. And, thanks to my grandma to came to my house last night to keep River for me! Grandparents are great ;o)

Wordless Wednesday

2011-05-04T08:35:00.000-05:00

It's Time

2011-04-28T16:18:00.003-05:00

The Royal Wedding is finally here! I have to admit I'm getting pretty excited!! I don't know if I'll like the getting up at 3:00 a.m. part, but I can't wait to watch. I have always been interested in the Royal Family and when I was younger I loved me some Prince William ;o) I was in England on my 16th birthday. My grandma is from there and we were visiting her brother and sister. Me and my mom stayed three weeks. We went to London for a few days and watched the Changing of the Guards and I walked down the same road that William and his family ride on every day. Ha! I secretly felt a connection and was hoping he would poke his head out the palace window and pick me out of all of the other tourists and people, and call me up to be his princess. Ha ha ha! Who was I kidding!

Since he couldn't have me, I guess Kate is the next best thing. Ha! She's very pretty and seems to have her head on straight, which I guess you have to if you want to marry the prince!

My mom (and maybe my grandma, I'm not too sure what her plans are yet) is staying the night tonight so we can get up early to watch. I told my mom I feel like we need to have scones and tea or something while we're watching. I'm glad I get to watch this a part of history.

Happy Easter ~ 2011

2011-04-27T21:51:00.000-05:00

We had a fun, but busy Easter! River actually stayed the night at my mom's Saturday night, so River didn't get his Easter basket from the Easter bunny till noonish. I brought it over to my parents house and my grandma and brothers and Kasen were all there. They cooked chicken wings, fries, and banana pudding. We kept it simple!! The banana pudding was sooooo good, and I forgot to make me a bowl to take home. Darn it! Kasen stayed outside pretty much all day, riding the 4-wheeler with Poot and I hid eggs so him and Kasen could have a little Easter egg hunt.

Opening his Easter stuff from Nana and Paw

Look what the Easter Bunny brought

Bullseye flashlight

Money egg!

BIG money egg!!

Colt and River found a turtle in the woods

Waiting on him to come out of his shell

He DID NOT like that it was coming towards him. Ha!

These poor things are pretty darn ugly!

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

When we left Nana and Paw's we got to go home for about an hour and River took him a 45 minute nap. Then, it was time to go to Papaw's and Honey's for some good ol' burgers!

When we got there, Papaw had this little rig fixed up for the kids. He looks so cool!!

Levi playing in the bubbles

Easter basket from Papaw and Honey

He loves the 4-wheeler. Papaw ended up taking for a ride

Cute cake Rhonda made.

Papaw with his grandbabies

We got home a little after 7, and Nonna came over to see River and give him another Easter basket. The boy is spoiled rotten!

We did not make it to church Easter morning and I am so sad about that. Even though River got a lot of Easter goodies, I want him to know that is not what Easter is all about! It's about Jesus making the ultimate sacrifice for US! How awesome is that! Hope everybody had a wonderful Easter!

River's Birthday

2011-04-26T09:39:00.000-05:00

On River's actual birthday, we had a little get together at my house. It was very little, but I wanted to do something sweet for my 2 year old! Nana, Kasen, and Honey came over and we played outside and grilled hot dogs and had cake. River loves a grilled hot dog, just like his moma! That lil booger at TWO of them!! River and Kasen had a blast riding the 4-wheeler. Me and Dus got River a goldfish for his bday. He thought it was pretty cool when he first saw it!

Me with the Birthday Boy!

I luvs you!

I love River's face in this one!

Cousins

River wouldn't look at the camera, so Kasen was trying to turn his head. Ha!

The Boys

His second hot dog!

River seeing his fish for the first time

Dusty had the fire department drive by with sirens and horns going to wish River Happy Birthday! It was so loud! He loved it!

River got money!!!

Us with Honey

Me and K-Dog

River had a great day! Birthday party pics from the weekend to come soon!!!

Happy Birthday River!!!

2011-04-21T08:21:00.000-05:00

I can’t believe my baby boy is 2 years old today! These past two years have flown by. I get so emotional when I think about him growing up. But, I also think that each new stage is more fun than the one before it. I just miss my little, squishy, loveable ‘baby’! But, that's ok, because River is still squishy and loveable. Ha!
Here lately, when Dusty is at work and I’m home by myself with River, I’ll go into his room and just watch him sleep and get all teary eyed. I also let him sleep in the bed with me sometimes when Dusty is gone : ) A couple of weeks ago, River work up one morning at 7:15 so I got him out of his bed and put him in the bed with me so we could go back to sleep. He slept for a few more minutes, and then he rolled over, looked at me, grinned, and then wrapped his little arm around my neck and hugged me. Oh my, melt.my.heart!!!!! Then, he looked at me again and puckered his lips for a kiss. He really is such a sweet boy.

Here is my birth story. I've meaning to write this down so I will always have it to remember ~
Two years ago today, Dusty and I were blessed with the most amazing gift anyone can receive. I was admitted in the hospital the night before at 10:00. I was hooked up to all the machines, given Cytotec, and told to wait till 2or 3 a.m. and then I would be given another dose of Cytotec, and at 6 or 7 a.m. I would be given Pitocin to induce labor. The nurse came in a little bit later and told me to stay on my left side because any other way I layed made the baby’s heart rate go up. Well, I don’t know what time it was, but I just started hurting…bad, and being on my left side was getting uncomfortable. And, I kept feeling like I had to go to the bathroom, so I would get up and drag the IV pole in the bathroom with me. Dusty stayed on the couch and kept telling me to be still and just go to sleep. Ha-ha! I was telling him that I was hurting so bad and he said I haven’t even gotten to the worst part yet and that tomorrow I would feel the worst pain. We kept watching the contraction monitor and the lines would go straight up and straight down, over and over and over. Dr. Dusty said the worst contractions are when the lines go up and over for a little bit then fall back down. He “knew” this from when his sister was having her baby. (I don’t know if this makes sense or not to you, but I know what I’m talking about!!). Well little did he know!!! Anyway, I tried to be quiet so he could try to get some sleep, but I was just hurting so bad. So, I called my mom at like 2:30 a.m. or so (I don’t remember the times too well), just to talk to her. The only part of the conversation I remember is, I was having a contraction and I told her I have to go and she was like ‘do you want me to come up there’ and I was like ‘I don’t care’ and I hung up the phone. I couldn’t talk, I just wanted to scream!

Well, the nurse came in to give me my other dose of Cytotec. Dusty asked her if there was any pain medicine they could give me because I was hurting so bad. She was like "why didn't you buzz me earlier". I had no idea I could take pain medicine. Heck, I didn’t even know I was having contractions because of what Dus told me about the monitor! Ah-hum!! The lady said yes. I told her that I kept feeling like I had to go to the bathroom and she told me DO NOT go! The baby could fall in the toilet. Ok, I swear to this day that is what she told me…if she really did or not, I have no idea. Ha! So anyway, she checked me to see how much I had dilated (I had not even begun to dilate when I was admitted) and she was like OMG! About this time my mom showed up (I think)! I was dilated to a 6 (I think) and she was going to page the anesthesiologist for my epidural. Well I swear it, the minute she walked out that door, I felt ‘something’ come out and I thought it was my baby’s head! I remember telling my mom ‘something’s coming out!!!’. I think Dusty was on the phone calling family members at this time. So, my mom ran out to tell the nurse, who hurried up and paged the doctor.

Finally, after pushing and sucking in air from the oxygen thingy and feeling like I couldn’t push anymore, River Randall was born at 3:50 a.m.!! He was 7 pounds 6 ounces and 20 inches long. I think was in complete shock. I had just given birth with no meds after only a few short hours of being admitted and thinking I was going to have a looooong day ahead of me being in labor. And, thank goodness the doctor only lived right behind the hospital because I think River would’ve been born without him otherwise. Everything happened sooo freaking fast! And, I would do it that way 100 more times if I could. I am so glad I wasn’t doped up on meds afterwards. But, I shook. I shook nonstop for a few hours, I couldn’t stop. It was very weird! Anyhoo, River was precious and perfect and healthy!

And, now for my griping moment – Why the nurse’s did not know I was having contractions the whole time I will never know. They have the same monitor at the nurse’s station they are supposed to be watching, but apparently weren’t. But anyway, it’s all good! And, we told the nurse’s what Dusty said about the monitor and she was like ‘um, everybody is different’! Duh!

I thank God everyday for River! And, as much as I am sad that he is growing up, I’m also excited to see the boy/man he will grow up to be. I just don’t want to rush it! And let’s hope he does not hunt/fish as much as his daddy does tho. Haha! These have been the best two years ever! River is such an easy kid. He is so laid back and easy going. Don’t get me wrong, there are moments when I want to pull my hair out, but not very often. I lucked out with this boy : ) Knock on wood, he has never really thrown a full, blown out fit!. Yes, he’ll get mad and stomp his feet and “aaant” at me, but that’s really about it. He will be whiney and want me to do things for him (like one example, if he’s in his coupe car and drops his key, he’ll fuss at me and want me to pick it up for him and when I don’t he gets mad), and that does drive me crazy sometimes. But that little boy holds the key to my heart and I love him more than anything! He is so funny and I love watching him talk to himself or sing and play. He is definitely a nut : )!

River, Moma and Daddy love you so much! You are such a happy lil’ guy and we love watching you grow and learn new things. You crack us up all the time with the things you do! I thank God everyday for choosing us to be your moma and daddy. We couldn’t ask for anything better. Happy 2nd Birthday sweet boy!

We love you so much!!

Some River updates ~
- The other day he was saying 'ashes aw all own' and then fall to the ground. I had no idea what he was doing. Then it hit me, he was singing 'ashes ashes, we all fall down'! Haha! I didn't know he knew that song. He wouldn't sing the 'ring around the rosy' part, he just wanted to fall down. I got up and started doing it with him.
- He knows all of his body party! I was asking him last night where everything was and he pointed right to them, chin, toes, hiney, and all!
- He is starting to say more and more words.
- He LOVES being outside. He would stay out there 24/7 if I'd let him!
- He LOVES riding the 4-wheeler! We have a battery powered one (2 actually, one for his size and the other a little bigger, and a third one if you count Dust's real 4-wheeler). He was on the bigger one and it has a foot pedal to make it go. Well, he climbed up on it and he was on the side with the foot pedal. He started going and couldn't get off and didn't know what to do. It was so funny. Dusty ran after him to get him off it.
- He says NO to everything!!! Anything you ask him he'll say 'no' with a little head shake. Me: "River, did you have a good day at school?" R: "No." Me: "River, did you play with your friends?" R: "No." Me: "Wanna take a bath?" R: "No". I always tell him "say yes ma'am" and then he'll say "es am"! Ha!
- His favorite food is spaghetti and BBQ.
- His favorite color is green.
- He is a daddy's boy, unfortunately for moma. Ha! That's ok tho, we have our time when daddy is gone!!
- He loves making animal noises, and he gets sooo loud with his horse noise. This past week, everytime we walk out the door at daycare, he instantly starts making the horse noise and it is so loud and squealy!

BUSY

2011-04-17T21:21:00.000-05:00

Gosh, it's already the middle of April! I have been so busy. Every single weekend I have had something going on. And, it looks like it is going to be that way till the end of summer!! I've had 31 parties, birthday parties, weddings, etc going on all this month. I did a 31 party at the beginning of April and it went very, very good! As soon as the stuff comes in, I'm going to take pics and post.

The next weekend we had two bday parties. The one on Saturday was for a co-worker's little girl. She turned 5. On Sunday, Sarah's son Miller had his first bday party. She did such a good job decorating! It was a baseball theme and they had tents set up and hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, snow cones, sunflower seeds, you name it! I didn't get any pics of the bday boy, but he was sure cute!

River in the jumpy at Miller's party

This weekend, Brandy got married. It was just a simple short and sweet ceremony. Very nice!

Me and the Bride

The Creech's

Me and the sisters-in-law. Levi stole the mic from the JP!!

Kiss the bride!

Congrats Brandy and Buddy!!

Here are just a few pics taken over the past few weeks....

Konked out!

I took off work early one day to run some errands. I went to Dillard's and found these shirts for River for next Winter. It cost me less than $10 for all three! Great deal! I figured they'd be good going-to-the-lease shirts!

At Nonna's house for burgers

Sweet boy!

I heard a sucking noise on the way home. This is what I saw when I turned around. So gross!

He sees an airplane

Footprint plate he made at school. So stinking cute!

:o)

First YooHoo!

These are from tonite. Dusty went fishing today and had some left over crickets so guess who played with them! I cannot stand a cricket! They are so gross. Anything with more than 4 legs is just gross!

He was trying to give it to me...um, no thanks there bud!

This weekend is River's birthday party. My baby will be 2 on Thursday *tear! I'm glad I'm off work for Good Friday so I get finish all the last minute stuff! I hope it turns out the way I'm picturing it. I am so bad at being in such a hurry to plan stuff and go overboard, and by the time the party gets here I'm just like blah and don't wanna finish : / I'm sure it'll be fine, tho!
I'm off to bed now. River did not sleep at all last night! He woke up at 11:45 and did not go back to bed until almost 3:00 a.m. We went from my bed to his bed back to my bed, then the couch. He was wanting to play...um, no sir! Finally, I woke up at 5:00 and put him back in his bed so I could get in mine. He woke up at 8:00. He did not take a nap today and finally fell asleep a little after 7:00. I have been waiting for 2 years to get a pic of him falling asleep in his highchair when eating. Well, tonite he was doing it. It was hilarious. But, when I got up to get my camera he woke up and started fussing. Poo!

Another funny thing River did today - I always sing him Jesus Loves Me and You Are My Sunshine. Today when I was trying to get him to take a nap, he was laying on my chest and I started singing Jesus Loves Me. He popped his head up real fast and looked at me and said "Hush". Ha!! He kept doing it everytime I would start to sing it. He's a mess!

Goodnite ;o)

ThirtyOne

2011-04-01T04:34:00.000-05:00

These are the specials for April. Hostesses ~ for a $350 party, get a beach towel for only $10

Customers ~ Spend $31 and get the All-In-One Organizer for $9 (half-off)

Check out my ThirtyOne Blog for more details!!

ABC's

2011-03-30T13:49:00.000-05:00

I saw this on Life with the Websters and thought it would be fun...

A. Age: 27

B. Bed size: King

C. Chore you dislike: Dusting and putting up laundry. I will wash and fold all day long tho!

D. Dogs: None, but I like yorkies, English bulldogs, labs, and boxers

E. Essential start to your day: I have to have a coke every morning!

F. Favorite color: I'm liking purple and yellow right now

G. Gold or silver: Silver

H. Height: 5' 6"

I. Instruments you play(ed): Does Guitar Hero count?!?!

J. Job title: First, a mommy and a wife. Second, a medical transcriptionist. Third, a Thirty-One Gifts consultant

K. Kids: 1- My little River Bug!!

L. Live: North Louisiana

M. Mom’s name: Kim

N. Nicknames: My hubs calls me babe or hunny. When I was real little I was called Rubber Lips (???I really don't know where that came from. That was my mud riding name???). Tootie

O. Overnight hospital stays: When River was born

P. Pet peeves: Bad drivers!! Why can't everybody just drive like me! Liars, arrogance

Q. Quote from a movie: "Are you a good witch or a bad witch" - The Wizard of Oz...that's the only one I can think of right now.

S. Siblings: 1 older half brother, 2 younger brothers (17 and 24)

T. Time you wake up: Weekdays my alarm goes off at 5:45, I get out of bed at 6:20. Weekends, whenever River gets up, usually between 7-8

U. Underwear: I used to LOVE underwear. I counted how many I had one time and it was so ridiculous I'm not even going to say! I have gotten better.

V. Vegetables you don’t like: Sweet potatoes

W. What makes you run late: River, ha!

X. X-rays you’ve had: Teeth, and something else, but I don't remember what.....but I remember having it done.

Y. Yummy food you make: Chicken and dumplings, beef tips and rice, chocolate eclair pudding...omg, I'm so hungry!

Z. Zoo animal favorites: We just went to the zoo not too long ago and my faves were the giraffes and elephants! I also like the tigers.

Hoo Are You?

2011-03-29T15:04:00.000-05:00

I'm baaaack! I've missed the past couple of weeks I think, but I'm here now ;o)

1. What is your favorite magazine?
         Us Weekly (that's the best gossip magazine), BH&G, and People

2. What color are your eyes?
         Blue

3. Do you go to the dentist on a regular 6 month schedule, or do you put it off?
         I usually go every 6 months. I hate the dentist tho!

4. Do you use anything to make your house smell good?
         I love burning candles. I'm actually out right now tho (Uhhhh...what?!?!). My favorite is the New Orleans Creme Brulee. It makes the whole house smell! And I like B&BW and Yankee!

5. Do you have any pets?
         No pets! We're never home. I would like for River to have a dog tho, but it has to be an outside dog and Dusty said no about having an outside dog.

River Funnies

2011-03-27T18:00:00.004-05:00

These are just a couple, but I want to post them before I forget!

Every time I get River out of the bath, I wrap him up in a towel and sit on the couch with him cradled like a baby. Here lately I've been rubbing his lip with my finger and saying goochie goochie goo and he cracks up! It is so funny! This past week he has started doing goochie goochie goo to me and if Dusty is home he has to do both of us. It's hilarious!
River loves chapstick. He wants it on every time he sees it. Well, the other day I was putting lip gloss on and he wanted some. I told him no, that was for girls. Today, we were on our way to town and I was putting lip gloss on and he started pointing at me say "gool". I was like what?!?! Then it hit me, he was saying GIRL! Ha! I was like 'yes, baby, that's for girls and you're a boy'. He's so smart ;o)

This is from Friday at my mom and dad's

We have had a very low key weekend! Friday night, Dus worked so me and River went to moma and daddy's to eat and hang out. River LOVES riding the 4-wheeler! Saturday, I got a little flower planting done. It was so hot Saturday (mid to late 80s I think). I'm not complaining tho, I'd rather it be in the 100s than cold out. Later that afternoon, my long time friend Cassie came to town. We visited for a couple of hours. It was good seeing her. I wish she would've brought her little girl. Today, me and R went to see my gma then went to our favorite store TARGET! River loves the big balls outside. He has to touch them every time! Also, it is like 30 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. What tha!!

Dusty and my daddy playing with the the bull. His name is Seven.

I'm going to get back to working out this week. I plan on going M-T-T. I am just now starting to not feel sore from this past week. It's crazy!

What's on T.V.?

2011-03-25T11:19:00.000-05:00

The shows on TV last night were great! First off, American Idol. I have some favorites and some not-so-favorites. I love Pia and Casey! They're awesome. I also like Lauren Alaina. My not-so-faves are Haley (ugh, can't stand her!), James Durbin (that screaming, squealy stuff gets on my nerves plus he reminds me too much of Adam Lambert who I do not like at all), and Scotty (I really don't see why the judges like him so much. Yeah, he's got a deep voice and can sing, I guess, but he doesn't have the "wow factor"). I haven't made my mind yet about Niyama (she's definately different). But, Tuesday night, Casey was NOT my favorite. It seemed like he yelled through the whole song or something, Pia was kinda boring (I'm tired of all the ballads). I did, however, think Scotty and James and Niyama did pretty good. Crazy! Niyama is a real entertainer. I love watching her just to see what she will do and how she will dance. Now on to the result show, I don't usually watch the result show. I get bored with it so I usually have the TV on that channel, but do other stuff while it is on until the last 5 minutes when they say who is going home. Well, last night's result show was GREAT! I loved it when Stevie Wonder came and they sang Happy Birthday to Steven. He was so surprised. And, in case I haven't said it before, I am in love with Steven Tyler since the 2011 American Idol has been on. Ha! The Hulk Hogan surprise was cool, Sugarland sung one of my favorite songs by them, and the end was crazy! Casey was total shocked. It was great!

Also, I've always loved me some Gray's Anatomy, but have been kind of bored with it here lately and kind of quit watching it faithfully. I did watch last night, and it was pretty good. It's definately got my attention back. I cannot wait till next weeks show. It is gonna be so sad and I'll probably need a box of tissues!
Anyhoo, what are your favorite shows?

We don't have much going on this weekend. My friend is coming in town Saturday and we will go eat lunch, but that is about it. I've got to start practicing and studying for a ThirtyOne party I have next weekend. This will be my first party in a few weeks and I am totally getting nervous about it! Yikes!! Oh yeah, Gerard Butler is in town filming a movie, so uh, I may be doing a little stalking, too! He is HOTT! ;o)

Buh-Bye! ;o)

How many times did I eat out in one week???

2011-03-22T21:24:00.000-05:00

Hehe. How cute is this fella!

Uh....four! That's right 4 times! It started Thursday. It was a nice day out so I texted Dusty to see if he wanted to take River to the park and go eat at Chick-fil-A. Well, he didn't! Instead, he wanted to go to Pepe's, a new Mexican restaurant in town. So we went, and it was pretty good. Me and River shared chicken quesadillas. Friday, Dusty had to work, so me and River went to Waskom, Tx to David Beard's with my mom and dad, Kasen, and my aunt and uncle. It was fun. And, they have it so pretty out there with a waterfall and rocks and decks and porches. The boys ran their hiney's off!

See how pretty!

Looking at the waterfall and fish

Me and River making a wish :o)

River ate really good that night. He had bean soup, fruit, pickles, fish, fries. It was good!

Kasen was amazed at the whole fish daddy was eating. He wanted one of his own.

River and Aunt Denice being silly

Moma laughing at them. Haha :o)

Mouth full of fish

The next night, we met Bruce and Aubri at Outback. They all wanted steak. I'm not a big steak eater so I got tilapia with lump crab meat. Omigosh, talk about good. I didn't really finish eating because River was being a little terd and wanting out of the highchair and all over the booth with me and Dusty. Ugh...no more going out to eat with him for a while!!

I love this picture of my favorite boys!

Sunday, we didn't stay home, but we didn't go out to eat either. I had bunco at 2:00 and so my mom kept River because Dusty was fishing. So after Bunco we had to go out to my mom's to get River and we didn't get home till about 8ish. Long, busy weekend!

So, now to the fourth night out. We met Bruce, Aubri, Sarah, Russ, and Miller at Cheddar's. That place is so good! And CHEAP!! Seriously, for me and Dusty each a meal, plus a few drinks, our bill was $26. Wow, can't beat that! River just ate off of my plate because it seems everytime I get him his own kids meal, he doesn't eat a bite! And yes, we took River. Only because Sarah and Russ brought Miller who is 1 year younger than River. He wasn't bad this time, he just wanted to stand up in the booth and sit in mine and Dusty's laps. We couldn't really enjoy our food while it was hot. Ha! So, Dusty said no more : ( It was fun to be out with other couples and hanging out. We def need to do it more often! So, I think I am done eating out for a while...at least until this weekend. Hehe!

I signed up at a gym today. I went to a class called BodyBlast. It was a.maz.ing! OMG! We started out doing a little Zumba, then lifted barbells?? dumb bells...idk what they're called, but the little ones you hold in your hands. Anyhoo, I used 5 pound weights and let me tell you! My arms were so sore when I left. We also got the big exercise balls and did all kinds of crunches. They have the class 2x a week and I am definitely going to keep going. It is fun and I gotta get ready for this summer!

A few weeks ago, I put a bag of dried beans I had in a bucket for River to play with. He actually had fun and played there for like 30 minutes!

And lastly, this is an older pic (well, I guess about a month old), but I found it on my mom's FB and I stole it :o). My parents kept River for us one night, and they also had Kasen and Jaicee. All three grandkids staying the night. Ha! Anyhoo, I though this pic was cute of them. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my cousins would stay with me and my brother and we would make pallets on the floor.

I love these kiddos!!

I think I'm caught up now. Goodnite! I'm outie ;o)

Friday Favorites ~

2011-03-18T13:49:00.001-05:00

So, I was fixing to log onto my blog and do a post on my Friday Favorites…just name a few faves I’ve found lately. But instead of getting on my blog, I hopped on another one I read daily, Love From Texas. She had also posted a Friday Faves that she found and I liked her idea better. So, here are my answers….

Favorite time of day : When I’m at work, lunch time ;o) For one reason, most of the time I am starving my face off when it gets about 11-11:15 and the other is I get to have talk time! Being a transcriptionist, we can’t actually do a whole lot of talking during the day. Ha!

Favorite season : I like Spring and Fall. I love the Fall atmosphere and football. Although, in February I am BEGGING for the 100 degree weather to be here just so it won’t be cold anymore!

Favorite month : I’m gonna say….October. I love Halloween and it’s not too hot and not too cold yet!

Favorite holiday : See above ;o). I also love Christmas!

Favorite subject in school : I was always good at English. In college, I loved my medical terminology classes!

Favorite channel : Way too many! I like ABC on regular TV. I also like LMN, Lifetime, Oxygen, TLC, ID, CMT….

Favorite color : Pink, purple

Favorite song : Idk! I guess Big Green Tractor is my favorite recent song. I love a John Deere tractor ;o).

Favorite movie : I have a few. These are about the only movies I can sit and watch over and over and over. The Wizard of Oz, Urban Cowboy, Grease

Favorite celebrity : Rachel McAdams, Miranda Lambert, Matthew McConaughey, ….oh what am I thinking, I like em all!

Favorite kind of music : Country, 80’s rock

Favorite TV show : Private Practice, Reba, Teen Mom (1 & 2)

Favorite thing to do : Play with River! 4-wheeler ride, fish, shop

Favorite place in the world : I love being on the lake, in a boat or not. It is so relaxing to me!

Favorite hobby : Blogging, crafts (or at least finding ideas for crafts)

Favorite kind of animal : Tiger, horse

Favorite place to live : I guess Louisiana. Only place I’ve ever lived. I would love to move away somewhere to a small country town for a year or two and then come back here, though.

Favorite place to vacation : I love going to Arkansas, renting a cabin and canoeing or floating down the river.

Favorite restaurant : Tokyo

Favorite food : Mexican, chicken and dumplings

Favorite thing to cook : Beef tips and rice, chicken and dumplings

Favorite drink : Sweet tea

Favorite chore : Um, none! If I had to pick, I’d say laundry. I like washing and folding the clothes, but hate putting them up!

Favorite makeup : Whatever is on sale at Walgreens, by one get one half off! I usually wear Almay or Loreal. My skin is so sensitive to stuff so I have to go with what works with my skin!

Favorite hair products : Idk. I’m not a hair person! I just straighten it and that’s about it. I have to switch shampoos every few months because my hair starts to get funky after I use the same shampoo/conditioner for a while. Right now I’m using Herbal Essence in the blue bottle. It’s working really great so far!

Favorite lotion : St. Ives

Favorite perfume : I’m not a big perfume wearer, but right now I’ve got Jessica Simpson. Don’t remember the name of it.

Favorite blogger : The blog that got me started was Kelly’s Korner. I follow her faithfully! But I have sooo so many that I like!!

Favorite thing to blog about : My kiddo :o)

Favorite books : Well I was late jumping on the Twilight bandwagon, but I did a few months ago I watched the first two Twilight movies and read the books. I’m now on the third book, but I just can’t get into it. Guess I’ll just watch the movie. I’m reading a John Grisham book right now, too, The Confession. Very good book!

Favorite verse : Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Favorite thing to wear : Jeans and a cute comfy shirt. I’m going to try to get into more dresses this year…we’ll see!

Favorite kind of day : Sunshiny days and I also love a stormy day every now and then!

Favorite memory : When my River Bug was born!

Fun Weekend

2011-03-15T09:05:00.000-05:00

We had a fun and relaxing weekend this past weekend. It started off Friday nite at Wendy's house. She made Mexican, which I had been craving!! We had chicken/beef fatjitas, chicken nachos, a Mexican chicken casserole, and some chips with guacamole and salsa. It was DElish!!! Very, very good. After we ate, Papa Stan got his guitar out and played it a little. River was right beside him playing. He couldn't take his hands off of it. I didn't have my camera with me. Boo! River loves instruments/music. Maybe he'll be a country singer one day : ).

Saturday, we had lunch and I had to go find some party stuff for River's birthday. My baby boy will be 2 in a little over a month *tear! I'm sad my baby is growing up, but I love watching him learn new things. He is so funny! His latest obsession are his nipples. Ha! He's always trying to get Dusty's and the other day I was getting him undressed for a bath and I stood him up in front of the mirror and he noticed his. Now, everytime I take his shirt off he pokes at his nipples. It is too funny! He has also starting screaming at me when he gets in trouble or I tell him no! Ugh! He screams at me and then hits himself on his head...??? Then I tell him to quit hitting himself and he screams at me again. Ha! He's a mess!

Saturday nite we had Bunco. It was at Rhonda's house and she made broccoli chedder soup and chicken salad sandwiches. It was very good. We also had broccoli casserole, cookies, brownies, fruit, and a chocolate eclair...yum.my! I didn't do too good at Bunco...at all. It was pretty bad. Papaw took River to Bass Pro and to eat while we played Bunco. Dus was at work.

Sunday, River went on his first fishing trip. We went to the lake with Randy, Rhonda, and Jim (Rhonda's dad). Mr. Jim has a houseboat about an hour and a half from here. It was fun. We caught brim and white perch. I love going fishing. Whether I fish or not, I just like being out there relaxing. Although, there wasn't much relaxing going on yesterday with River running around everywhere. We all took turns chasing him around. He had a blast! We walked up and down the dock 100,000 times! He loved watching all the boats go by. Then we threw his goldfish snacks in the water and watched the birds fly down and get em. After we got back home, Randy fried the fish we had just caught. That fresh fish was sooo good! It was a long day, but very fun. I love days like that!

First time fishing

Letting the fish go because it was too small

Playing in the shiners

Yuck!

Throwing the shiner in the water

River and Honey

River and Papaw

Talking to the fish. Silly boy!

We can't wait to go back!

ThirtyOne Gifts

2011-03-10T20:55:00.000-06:00

As you may or may not know, I am a ThirtyOne Consultant. I just signed up in January and have had a pretty good experience with it so far. I love the products!! I pretty much want one of everything. I have done three parties, one being my own and two catalog parties. Hosting a party gets you awesome deals!! For March, the hostess special is an XXL everyday tote or a market thermal tote for only $10 if you have a $450 party. And believe me, it is not hard to get $450! Awesome, right?!?! The customer special for March is for every $31 you spend, you get any purse 1/2 off! Can't beat that!

A hostess can also get up to 20% in free products, 5 half priced items, and up to 2 hostess exclusive products. What a great deal! If you think you would be interested in hosting a party, please let me know and I can send you some catalogs and you can host a catalog party. Just pass the catalogs around, leave them in the lobby area at your work place, take them to church, take them to playgroups, etc. This is great stuff for teachers, gifts, and even yourself! I have a ThirtyOne blog (look over on the side bar) where I have talked about parties and things. I would love to hear from you!

Hoo are you?

2011-03-08T14:06:00.002-06:00

I'm linking up again to Hoo Are You?

1. Do you pay your bills online or through snail mail?
I pay both online and through snail mail. I need to go ahead and just start paying everything online tho!

2. How many email accounts do you have?
Only 1 ;o)

3. Do you use XM/Sirius, radio, ipod, CD, or etc.. in your vehicle?
I just listen to the plain ol radio and CD. Nothing fancy for me ;o)

4. What shows are sparking your interest on TV right now?
American Idol, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Teen Mom 2, Bad Girls Club (only sometimes when nothing else is on, like last night. Ha!), One Born Every Minute (this show is so funny sometimes)

5. Name 3 things that you think of when you hear the word "GREEN"!
St. Patty's Day, trees blooming which means Spring/Summer!!!!!, the green ink pen that is sitting beside me at my desk

River Funnys

2011-03-07T15:40:00.000-06:00

These are some cute things River has done in the past few weeks that I want to remember. This boy is getting too big too fast!! He is such a goofball and I love him to pieces!

He tells me he loves me to pieces and he says "I love you this much" and holds his arms out.
His favorite song is Wheels on the Bus. When he wants to sing it he will either start rolling his hands in circles or put his finger to his nose and say shh shh. I LOVE IT!! Dusty filmed me and him singing it the other day.
Last Friday, we were getting ready to go out and I was sitting on my bedroom floor with River and he kept whining and pointing to the hall. I asked him what did he want. He grabbed my around the neck in a choke hold and 'drug' me into the living room. I had to crawl to keep up with him. He was ready to go bye-bye!!!
He says 'yes ma'am'...when I tell him to, of course. It is the cutest!
Last night River was throwing his food onto the floor. When he got down from his highchair, I told him he was in trouble and was going to go to time-out (I was just playing, I wasn't really going to put him in time-out, I've never put him in time-out). Well, he walks over to the corner and stands there. Me and Dus looked at each other like how does he know what that is?!?! I told R to put his nose in the corner and he did and just stood there. It was sooo funny. I asked his teacher today at daycare if he goes to time-out a lot and she said never, but there is a little boy in his class that always goes to time-out. I guess that is where he learned it. But, they're not allowed to put the kid's nose in the corner so I don't know how he knew that part. After Dus took his pic in time-out, I got my widdle baby boy and loved on him and told he didn't have to go to time-out!

This is what he gives me when I tell him to say Cheese!!

Family outing to the Zoo!!

2011-02-27T21:46:00.000-06:00

Yesterday, me, Dus, and River took a little road trip to the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Tx. It was so fun! It was a little chilly when we first got there, but it ended up warming up some. Dusty said I was more excited than River was...maybe so ;o). River had a great time. He wasn't as excited as we thought he would be, being as how he loves animals, but he liked it and had fun! I want to take him back later in the Spring time. The elephants were his favorite. He squealed and hollered at them. He kind of was just taking everything in, kind of in awe about it. I packed us a lunch (and packed it all in my 31 thermal tote, which worked amazingly!!!) and we had a little picnic. Fun times with my family. I loved every bit of it!!

On the way. He was sooo tired, but he just couldn't fall asleep. He had both of his dogs, his blanket, and his snack cup. No wonder he couldn't get comfortable. Ha!

Watching the elephants. We got a closer look later on.

I heart my boys!

All the different birds....yuck, I despise birds. But they were kind of pretty.

River and Daddy checking out the birds. There were some kind of tree ducks (???) in there that Dusty was liking. Geez ;o)

This guy here was putting on a show! He was playing in the mud, picking up his tire, running around. We watched him for about 10-15 minutes. It is so cool how something that big can move the way he was!

This dude was standing outside his pen just staring at us!

River fed the ducks and fish. The top right corner is a banded duck that Dusty told me to take. If you look closely, you can see the band on his leg!

He liked driving the truck and tractor.

Eating time!

We were looking at the parrots and one of them flung a feather out and River got it. He was trying to give it back to him : )

I love this! This tiger came right up to the glass and stared at us. He was sooo pretty! We didn't see any orange and black tigers :(, just the white ones.

I was trying to get River to pose with the tiger in the background, no such luck ;o)

These elephants were getting after it. They were pretty fun to watch, too!

Me and River Bug!

River liked the waterfall!

This was our final stop. River loved being in there with the goats. He was not scared at all!

Daddy bought him a shirt and a giraffe, which took place of the dogs. Ha!

I can't wait to go back. If we don't go back this year, then definitely next year I think he will be more in to it! It was a great day!

Pics from last weekend

2011-02-27T09:35:00.003-06:00

These are some pictures I took from Brandy's bday dinner. The boys loved playing with the bubbles with Honey!!

Rhonda's pretty table setting and the Birthday Girl!

Silly boy eating a popcicle!

Busy Busy

2011-02-24T12:14:00.000-06:00

I've kinda been MIA here lately! I've been busy with life, ya know, the kiddo, the hubs, the house, work, etc etc. Ha!

I have no pics for this post...will post some hopefully this weekend!!

Last Friday, I met a couple of girlfriends at Nicky's. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to get to do that while Dusty kept River. We def need to do it more often!! Saturday, we did nothing much at all. Me and R met Wendy, her sister and niece for lunch at Good Eats. I love their chicken salad croissants. They are so good! I came home and I placed my first 31 party order, yay!! It was over $800! That evening, me, Dus, and R went to the grocery store. Whoop whoop! How exciting is that. Ha! We came home and Dusty made spaghetti. River LOVES spaghetti, I think that is his fave! Sunday, I had another 31 party/Bunco. Beth (my cousin's wife's sister...got that!?!) was the host. I had fun and I won the most Buncos. I got a very pretty canvas painting of a fluer-di-lis, and it's blue and brown, will go perfect in my bedroom...if I ever get around to getting a new comforter. Ha! After that, I went home and got Dus and R and we went to Dusty's dad's for Brandy's bday dinner. Her birthday was Wednesday (16th). Randy cooked backstrap, mashed potatoes, collard greens, and...black eyed peas maybe. I can't remember. It was sooo good! All of his cooking is soooo good!!! I do have pics of this, but I'll have to post them later. That about sums up last weekend.

This week has flown by! I was off yesterday to take a day for myself while hubs and baby were gone. I stayed home most of the day and cleaned and threw away stuff! I finally broke down and threw away all cards I have been keeping for years. Does anybody else keep holiday/bday cards for ever and ever? I was totally running out of space for them. I kept the ones with notes in them and the ones for/from me, Dus, and R. I was sad to do it, but it had to be done. I also got rid of boxes and boxes and more boxes of 'stuff' that I was saving for a garage sale. Well, I couldn't keep that stuff in my house another minute, so no garage sale for me anymore. My car was LOADED with stuff that I took to Goodwill. The hunting room looks amazing now! The bed is now usable (it had piles of stuff on it...anybody wanna come sleep over now ;o)) and you can see the floor. I was so proud of myself! I also did some rearranging in the living room and River's room. I'll post pics of this, too, later. I got a lot accomplished yesterday!

I'm outie!! Peace out!

Hoooo are you?

2011-02-22T16:08:00.000-06:00

I am linking up with Night Owl Crafting for Hooo Are You???

Here are this week's questions!

1. Where do you usually have your thermostat set at in the winter?
    Between 67-70. Definately 67 at night!

2. What room do you tend to put off cleaning until last?
    All of them. Ha! No, really tho, probably the hunting room. It's kind of a catch all place. But, I am off work tomorrow and I will be doing some much needed cleaning/organizing/throwing away in EVERY room!!!

3. Do you like to clean with music on or off?
    Definately on! With the windows up and the sunshine coming in!

4. When do you take time to blog?
    Usually at night after the kiddo goes to bed.

5. How much time do you spend looking at other blogs a week?
    A.LOT!!! I am definately a blog stalker. I love reading about other people and seeing they're day to day life and all the different crafts, etc.!

My Valentine

2011-02-15T21:17:00.000-06:00

I had a Valentine's date with this guy....

Pretty handsome, huh?!?!

Since Dusty was working, it was just me and River Bug. We went to Chick-fil-A and then Baskin Robbins for some ice cream. It was a fun Mommy/Son date!! I got River an Elmo book, a new Elmo movie (so he'll quit watching the same one over and over again, hopefully), and a hammer and nails toy. After we ate, we stopped by his Nonna's house so she could give him his Valentine. He got another Elmo book. Thanks Nonna!

River got to play outside today when we got home from school. We were out there for almost an hour. Daddy got his 4-wheeler out and they rode around the yard. Every time Dusty gased it to go fast, River would clap and say yay! Tonight, we went to Honey and Papaw's house. Papaw fried some fish and it was so good! River got a stuffed puppy dog and another Elmo book. Ha! The kid loves some Elmo!! Thanks Papaw and Honey! I'm probably going to be sick of Elmo by the time his birthday get here! Dusty left about 8:00 tonight to go fishing. It.is.nev.er.end.ing!! I did make him give R a bath before he left tho.

River moved to the Toddler class yesterday. He is back with Hannah (they were in the same baby room together). His teacher told me Hanna and another little girl faught over River all day and that River was holding Hanna's hand all day. Oh man, what am I going to do with him!?! I asked how his first day went and Ms. Latasha told me he was better than the kids that were already in that class. That's my boy!

Goodnite everybody ;o)

Grandma's Birthday dinner and 31 party

2011-02-12T16:39:00.000-06:00

I had my very first ThirtyOne party today! It was my launch party to let people know I am a consultant. I had about 9 people show up. It ended up being a pretty good party. I am still waiting on a few more orders to come in. I'll post more details on my ThrityOne blog.

A few of the guest

Rachal modeling some of the products

Ms. Vanna :o)

Tallying up the costs

Thanks to everybody who came and who placed orders!!!

These are some pics from Chili's from my grandma's bday party...

River and Paw

Meow ~ making his cat noise

Me, my grandma, and moma

Trying to make his "mean face" again.

Austin, R, and me

I love him sooo much

My daddy, grandma, and moma

I'm off to go get ready for bunco. It's tonite at Tammy's house. We're gonna have chili. Should be fun!!

Random Thoughts

2011-02-11T09:06:00.001-06:00

No pics this post. These are just some thoughts I've got running through my head....

1. Yesterday was my grandma’s birthday. Me, River, moma, daddy, Austin, and grandma met up at Chilis last night to celebrate. It was fun hanging out with the fam!

2. Tomorrow is my ThirtyOne party! I’m nervous/scared/excited. I’m glad my very first party is my own and maybe I will be able to talk in front of everybody better since I know em all : /

3. My childhood friend is coming in town tomorrow, too. It’s been over a year since I’ve seen her.

4. Bunco is tomorrow nite, too. Busy day!

5. I’m so excited to go on my date with Dusty on Sunday. We’re going to see Just Go With It with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler and then eat at BWW. I love that place!! Dus has to work Valentine’s Day, so we’re celebrating Sunday <3

6. And, since Dus is working on Vday, me and River Bug will have a date on Monday!! I can’t wait. I’m thinking some Chick-fil-A <3

7. I really wish when people are sick, they would stay home and not come to work! I’m so tired of hearing hacking coughs in my ear all day. Ugh!!!!!!!!!

8. I love how River has started cuddling with his stuffed animals when he sleeps. It is so sweet and cute!

9. River got in the bed with me this morning about 5:30 and at about 6:15 he rolled over and layed his head in my neck. I was late getting out of bed because I was loving the cuddle time! I heart him!

10. I'm liking American Idol so far this year. I really, really loving me some Steven Tyler and J-Lo is doing a great job, too. She is so pretty!

11. I'm coming out of my decorating mood, which sucks because I didn't get much accomplished while I was in it. Ha! It comes and goes, and when it's gone, it gone....for about a month or so! :(

12. River is moving to the toddler class on Monday. I'm kinda sad. When he first moved to the creeper class I was really nervous because I wasn't too sure about the teacher, but I ended up loving her and she has taught River so much! I'm sad now he's moving to another class.

13. TGIF!!!!!

Snow Snow go away!

2011-02-05T09:43:00.000-06:00

I'm ready for the snow to be gone! I'm ready for the roads to be back to normal. I'm ready for the ground to dry. I'm ready for the SPRING!!! The snow is nice and pretty and all, but one day is enough. I wish this sunshine we have today would melt that stuff instantly and warm us up!

Even though it was cold and snowy yesterday, we did have a pretty good day! We took R to my mom's about 2:30ish so we could go out with friends. Thanks moma! I made Dusty take a picture with me and River (he hates taking pics) while we were at moma's. Haha Dusty!! I stole these pics from my mom's FB page...

I love my little family!!

Nana and River

XOXO

Ugh! But keepin it real!

River givin daddy bye sugars. Sweetness!

We went to Kobe for Bruce's Surprise birthday. There was a huge group of us. It was a lot of fun!

Me and the hubs

Corey and Haley

Corey trying out the sushi. We thought he would spit it back out, but he ate it all!

Me and Sarah

Haley Bug

The Birthday Boy

In the middle with his thumb up

Say Cheese Sarah...with Russ

Aubri and Bruce

Some of us girls

We had a good time. I love going out and hanging out with friends!

Dusty got up early this morning to go squirrel hunting...Really?!?! Ugh ;o)

I don't think we've got much planned for this evening. We will probably just hang out at the house. I keep thinking it is Sunday since I didn't work yesterday. I guess I better go get dressed so I can go get my baby. It is kinda nice having the morning to myself, tho! Ha! But, I miss the lil booger, so I'll go get him.

Snow Day!!!

2011-02-04T11:01:00.000-06:00

We got another snow day today! Whoo hoo! Daycare closes everytime the public schools close, we I got to stay home with River Bug. I bundled him up tight this morning and we went outside to check it out. I think he kinda liked it this time ;o)

He liked it!

Licking it off his mittens. Ha!

Sweet boy!

River's footprints

Hopefully since we're snowed in, I'll get a lot done around the house today...maybe...we'll see! I've been saving a bunch of stuff for a garage sale in the spring, but I am so tired of it being in my way and taking up space, I think I'm just going to box it all up and send it to Goodwill.

We were supposed to go eat tonite for a friend's surprise birthday, but that may be canceled tonite. I hope not, I was really looking forward to going out with friends and eating some yummy Japanese food!

It quit snowing about 30 minutes ago. It was so pretty coming down. There were HUGE snowflakes. I want em to come back!

Bling Bling

2011-02-01T21:04:00.001-06:00

First of all...cold cold!! It is freezing here, in the 20s, and I'm eating an oreo blizzard!! Ha!! And, I owe Dus $200! We'll see if he gets it ;o)

Now to the bling part, look at what my very handsome, sweet, caring, loving husband got me for Valentines' Day/5th anniversary...

It's a bigger diamond in the center!!

*BLING*

Isn't that so sweet! I gave him my ring to take to get cleaned yesterday and he texted me and said it would be a couple of days because it was getting refurbished. Well, today when I got home from work he threw the ring box at me and said "there ya go". I opened it and was like "oh, that looks so much better. Thanks hunny". He was like "don't you see it". Me, "see what?" "It's bigger" "OMG! It is!!" Haha. I didn't even notice it at first...ooops! But, it is bigger and shinier and prettier, and I love it! He did this all on his own, I had no idea! I didn't even ask for it. I was totally happy with the diamonds I had! I did tell him that for our 5th anniversary I wanted an anniversary band that matches my wedding band, and I told him that I never wanted a new ring set because that ring wasn't blessed at our wedding and cuz I'm superstitious like that, and plus I like the fact that he picked my ring out all by himself! So, he decided to just get me a new diamond! Thanks Hun!!

Here is a pic from our wedding day, it's kinda hard to see how small it was...

Please pay no attention to that hideous E.T. hand!!

Ok, I'm going to watch One Born Every Minute now. Goodnite!

Hoo Are you?

2011-02-01T12:45:00.001-06:00

I found this fun little thing on a blog that I found today Scissors and a Whisk who linked up to Night Owl Crafting :o) I thought it is super cute so I'm gonna play along!

1. Are you married/in a relationship/single? For how long?

I am married to a fantabulous guy, Dusty. We have been married 4 1/2 years. We actually went to the same middle school, but didn't really know each other and we were introduced many years later by a mutual friend and have been together ever since! Dusty is such a great husband and I wouldn't trade him for anything!

2. What do you do for a living? Do you enjoy it?
I am a medical transcriptionist. I work for a hospital. One day I would love to work from home!!

3. In what state do you live? Where were you born and raised?
I live in North Louisiana. This is where I was born and raised.

4. Do you have children? If so, how many? If not, do you want them?
I have one son, River. He is 21 months old and he is the best thing ever! I love him so much!

5. Who is your favorite blogger to follow and why?
I follow too many to pick just one!! I love reading blogs, I'm kinda obsessed! Ha!

Lovin' Life

2011-01-30T19:40:00.000-06:00

Not much went on this weekend, finally! Ha. Me and River drove all the way to the duck pond Saturday and it was PACKED!! There was not a single parking space. I was so mad. We ended up going to Target instead. I was really looking forward to seeing River feeding the ducks : ( Now I'm sure we'll have to wait at least another month before the weather gets nice again. Ugh! I made Mexican cornbread for supper and we just hung out at the house.

Daddy and River playing

Today, we stayed home all day. It was nice. I got a little cleaning done and my typing. River had spaghettio's for supper tonite and this is how it ended...

Haha! This is so funny. He was mad cuz I took them away~

Then we had a bath!!

He was pooting when I was taking this pic. Hahahaha!

These pics were taken a few days ago. I made him a mohawk. I gave him another one Saturday, but I didn't get any pics. The Saturday mohawk was much cuter than this one...this was my first one to ever do. It's still kinda cute!

He was biting me! Lil terd!

Hope everybody has a good week! ;o)

31 Gifts

2011-01-28T22:32:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to let everybody know that I am now a consultant for 31 Gifts. They have some really cute bags, wallets, purses, baby stuff, storage baskets, etc. Super cute!! Here are a few of the item I got just for signing up to sell...

Large utility tote

Wristlet, small tote, and thermal tote

Notecards

Small thermal tote

I'm super excited about selling this. It is way out of my element, but I think it is a great way to meet new people and have fun with the girls all while doing a little shopping ;o)

Weekend recap

2011-01-26T21:48:00.002-06:00

Yes, it's Wednesday and I'm just now getting around to talk about our weekend. Oops ; ) Saturday me and River went to eat at McCalister's with Wendy. I love soup in the winter. It seems like I've eaten at McCalister's every weekend for the past two months! I always get their potato soup, yummy! After that, we dropped R off at my grandma's and me and Wendy went to Hobby Lobby (Love.that.store!) and a couple of other places. When me and R got home that afternoon, I cleaned up a little bit and Haley came over. We had Twilight date nite! Ha. We watched New Moon....again! I just can't get enough. I started the New Moon book today. I am soooo ready to be on the third since I know what happens in the 2nd one already.

Sunday was such a nice day. The sun was out and it wasn't too terribly cold. Me and River had lunch at Mickey D's and then went to the park. The lil dude had a blast!

He ran up and down this things 100 times!

There were 2 little girls on the other side of this tunnel and he wanted to play with them so bad! But, they wouldn't let him : (

Kasen and Nana met us at the park. Kasen getting ready to jump.

And he landed!

K-Dog

Kasen made me do it, too.

K and R

Love em!

After the park, Kasen came home with me so mom could go to the store. The boys played. Then Dusty came home and we all went outside and the boys rode 4-wheelers. No pics, tho : ( We went to Dusty's dad's for some fried fish Sunday nite. It was delish!

And just because, here are some pics from tonite of River eating...

Pork chops, mashed potatoes, and carrots

This is his "mean face"...notice it's not too mean looking, but he does have his eyebrows scrunched up just a little bit! He's too sweet to be mean. But it is hilarious! Me and Dusty kept making him do it last nite. We were cracking up at him.

I got my 31 Gifts kit in today! Fun stuff. I'm ready to start having some parties :o) I've started a 31 blog (on the right). I don't have much on it right now, but I will be posting hostess specials and other fun stuff that is going on. I've also got a 31 website where you can look at the catalog and order that way. I will keep you posted!

I'm off to bed now. Goodnite!

I'm obsessed!

2011-01-26T11:23:00.000-06:00

Is anybody else? And, poor baby Ali, it just breaks my heart!

21 months

2011-01-23T20:55:00.000-06:00

River turned 21 months on Friday! Yikes, where has the time gone. He is getting so big! Every day he makes me laugh. Me and Dusty will just sit and watch him all the time and crack up at him.

You are starting to slim down some, but are getting a little taller. You now hit your head when you walk under the kitchen table (we have a tall kitchen table). You jabber and jabber and jabber all the time, just talking to yourself or talking to me or daddy. I wish I knew what you were saying! You are loving some "mo-mo" right now. Nana gave you an Elmo's World movie about babies and dogs and you absolutely love it. You have to watch every single day. It is so cute when you sing "la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la". It's pretty addicting, even I sing it every day! You still like Blue, too, and every now and then you'll ask to watch it instead of Elmo.

You love being outside, but unfortunately, it is too dang cold and moma doesn't like the cold so I don't take you out much. Every morning when we leave for daycare/work, you walk outside and get on your 4-wheeler and you just sit there pretend driving. I promise once it warms up to at least 60-65, you can stay outside for as long as you want and just ride ;o)

I love making you repeat animal sounds. It is so funny! You can get pretty darn loud with the horse. And, of course, the tiger is my all time fav..."touchdown"!! Hehe, you smart boy!

Telling me what a horse says.

You are still in size 5 diapers. You wear size 6 shoes and 24 months-2T clothes, but still 18-24 month pants and maybe 2T pants depending on brand.

You still love to read books. When we're done reading, instead of saying The End, you say bye-bye and throw is down real fast.

I love, love, love when I ask you where something is and you shrug up your shoulders and say "don't know". It is so cute and funny!

You can count to 10!! I'll say 1, you'll say 2, and we'll go back and forth till we are at 10. You smart lil guy ;o)

Mommy and Daddy love you so much River Bug!!! You are the best thing ever and we are so thankful to have you as our son!!!! XOXO

Bu-Bye Hunting :o)

2011-01-21T12:48:00.000-06:00

Well, I survived another year of hunting season. Ha! Yes, it is over...for Dusty anyway, because he has to go back to work. I will now get my husband back, I don't have to hear that awful alarm he has go off between 3-5:00 a.m. almost every morning and hopefully now he won't be falling asleep on the couch at 7:00! I'm so happy ;o)

River is 21 months old today, *tear. I cannot believe my baby is almost 2!!!

Last night we went to my parents and ate pizza. They were wanting to see River. He loves his Nana and Paw. Tonight, me and Dus are going to eat with some friends and Papaw and Honey are gonna keep R for a few hours. I'm sure he'll have lots of fun reading books with them and playing with Gus, and who knows what else. He always "talks" to Papaw on his pretend phone, but when Papaw is really on the phone he won't talk...silly boy!

Pics and 21 month post tomorrow!!

All the Single Ladies....

2011-01-20T14:09:00.000-06:00

Meet Colt!

He's my younger brother. He is 24 years old from NW LA. He has a big heart and likes spending time with his family and friends. He is a daddy to a 4 year old little boy, Kasen. Colt is country all the way!

His hobbies are duck hunting, mud riding, 4-wheeler riding, football (Geaux Saints and he likes LSU, but doesn't like Les Miles : /), NASCAR.

He is a hard working, Lord loving young man looking for the right girl!

Wednesday...

2011-01-19T21:32:00.000-06:00

River Bug is 100% back to his normal self today! Yay! He has been jabbering and being silly all night. When I picked him up from daycare today we came home and Corey (Tumey) was here with daddy. River finally got to play outside for a little while since the sun was out and it wasn't raining. It has been so cold, gloomy, wet, and miserable for the past 5 days. I hate weather like this. And, it is supposed to start raining again tomorrow : ( Dus grilled some bacon burgers tonite for supper. They were sooo good! Tumey ate with us and poor Haley had to work. Here are a few pics of River from this morning and after we got home this afternoon.

I was in his way, he was trying to watch Mickey Mouse

Handsome Thang!

Still watching Mickey

Playing in Tumey's boat

He had a blast "driving"!

The guys : )

American Idol came on tonight. I actually kind of liked it. I really like Steven Tyler and J-Lo! Maybe it will keep my attention this year ;o)

Well, I am off to bed. I'm so ready for Saturday so I can sleep in!!! Goodnite.

Stinky subject

2011-01-17T20:50:00.000-06:00

Dusty went fishing today with a buddy of his and they caught A LOT of white perch!! I have a feeling there will be a big fish fry in the near future ;o)

River had a rough weekend with dirty diapers! First thing Saturday morning, I had him in the bathtub while I was straightening my hair. I turned around and there it was...spreading all over. I didn't know what to do! River was crying, but I just kinda of scooted him back and drained the water and cleaned the mess up. Ugh....so gross! So, I bathed him and got him dress and we went about our day. Haley came over and we went to Target and and Hobby Lobby and ate lunch at this really good little place called Biscottis, I believe. I had a shrimp poboy and it was so delish. When we got home, I put R down for a nap and when I went to check on him, he popped his little head up and that when I saw (smelt) it!!! Yes, more poop...everywhere!!! Saturday night we had Bunco. It was fun. Jeremy kept River for me, so sweet : ) Sunday morning, first thing when Dus got home from work, he went to check on R and he smelt it, again! I was sleeping and I woke up to "Shauna, get a towel!!!" :( My poor lil buddy. I called the doc and he said it was rotavirus and told me to get on the internet and look it up. Well, I don't believe that is what it was. R ran no fever and never vomited. And, he acted his usual self. I really think he is just teething. He had one more bad diaper last night right before bedtime, but this one different than the first three. It was still awful, but different. And, he has had none today!! : ) But, I did get a note from his teacher saying that he didn't eat his lunch, he wasn't acting himself, and he was pulling on his ears. Ughhhh! But, he has been fine since we've been home. I did make him some chicken noodle soup for supper and he ate it up! The boy loves him some noodles. So, that is what we have been up to...cleaning up poop. I have never washed so many blankets and towels and sheets. Ha!

So, that about sums up our weekend. We stayed home all day Sunday and just played and watched Elmo.

P.S. I keep changing my blog up. I can't find anything I like. Maybe I should just go ahead and pay somebody to make me a cute design...we'll see!

Goodnite!