Saturday, February 21, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Seven years :)
Today Gus and I celebrated our 7th anniversary (woohoo!)... it was a fantastic day. For starters, it has been wet and gloomy for the past couple of days, but today it was gorgeous! Mom took the boys for several hours, allowing us to go to lunch at one of our very faves, Ted's, where we stuffed ourselves full of bison burgers - YUM! Then both boys took great naps at the same time, and Gus got home early! Yay! We just had the best day - no frills, nothing fancy, just us.
In honor of our 7 years, here are my 7 best reasons for thinking Gus is just the coolest:
1. he is SO funny, oh my gosh :)
2. he will actually watch the bachelor & real housewives with me
3. he will eat popcorn with a smile when i have no energy to cook dinner
4. he is not a neat freak - thank goodness!
5. he will go to winn dixie anytime to try to get the $10 coupon
6. he is almost never in a bad mood
7. he can turn into Mr. Mom in a flash
I am so grateful for our marriage and the fact that with all the things that truly matter in life - our committment to each other, our beliefs and trying to trust God, our love for our children - we are so on the same page. What a blessing!
In honor of our 7 years, here are my 7 best reasons for thinking Gus is just the coolest:
1. he is SO funny, oh my gosh :)
2. he will actually watch the bachelor & real housewives with me
3. he will eat popcorn with a smile when i have no energy to cook dinner
4. he is not a neat freak - thank goodness!
5. he will go to winn dixie anytime to try to get the $10 coupon
6. he is almost never in a bad mood
7. he can turn into Mr. Mom in a flash
I am so grateful for our marriage and the fact that with all the things that truly matter in life - our committment to each other, our beliefs and trying to trust God, our love for our children - we are so on the same page. What a blessing!
celebrating love week...
I guess since my Mom always made a huge deal about every holiday, I plan on doing the same with the boys. It's just way too much fun! We kicked off "love week" by baking heart-shaped cookies, which was so much fun. I kept telling Matthew "okay, that's your last bite of dough now," but I just couldn't really enforce it because we don't make cookies on a regular basis. Who cares, right?! It's just too yum!
Valentine's day was a blast... we left Hudson with Mama Anne & Daddy Nick and had a fun day with our big boy. M was in heaven the moment we pulled up to Barnes & Noble. He just loves the train set. (despite the fact that he has trains at home!) Then we headed to the $1 theater to see Madagascar II, which was hilarious. Matthew had no problems sitting through the whole thing and we all shared a jumbo popcorn. We will definitely be going to more movies... it was a hit! We had SO much fun just the three of us, but we were very ready to get our sweet Hudson. And to top it all off, he actually crawled - real crawl - for the first time that night! Here he is in action. Of course, gi-joeing it is much easier at the moment, so he hasn't really done it much since, but that's okay :)
Valentine's day was a blast... we left Hudson with Mama Anne & Daddy Nick and had a fun day with our big boy. M was in heaven the moment we pulled up to Barnes & Noble. He just loves the train set. (despite the fact that he has trains at home!) Then we headed to the $1 theater to see Madagascar II, which was hilarious. Matthew had no problems sitting through the whole thing and we all shared a jumbo popcorn. We will definitely be going to more movies... it was a hit! We had SO much fun just the three of us, but we were very ready to get our sweet Hudson. And to top it all off, he actually crawled - real crawl - for the first time that night! Here he is in action. Of course, gi-joeing it is much easier at the moment, so he hasn't really done it much since, but that's okay :)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
a little update.
just want to write a quick update! when life gets crazy busy, this blog takes the "way back seat". (in case you haven't figured that out yet!)
here's what's been happening with us since Christmas...
my grandmother, Mama Tom, was in the hospital for almost two weeks with double pnuemonia and is actually back home now. what a trooper for her to be 89 and fight off pnuemonia like that! she does have a very bad heart though that has taken it's toll and left her very weak and needing 24 hour care, but she really is doing well considering. i take the boys as often as possible and they always make her smile and laugh. she even gets to hold Hudson when he's not in the mood to move.
Matthew has become such a fun little guy! (again!) i think we're finally seeing less and less tantrums. please, Lord! he will be 3 1/2 on the 17th, and it is so depressing!! i cannot believe that my years with him solely at home are coming to an end in September. he'll only be gone 3 days a week and not all day, but still. i hate how fast time flies when it comes to the boys. M just looks so grown and i tell him all the time that i don't want him to get bigger. although, the one thing i do enjoy is being able to do new things with him. this saturday, we're having a "matthew day" and leaving Hudson with Nana & Papa. we're taking him to the train store (aka: Barnes & Noble kid section with the train table) and then to see his frist movie at the theater!! (madagascar II at movies 8) we cannot wait!
Hudson will be 9 months old on the 20th, which is just crazy. being the complete opposite parents when M was his age, we are thrilled that he's taking his time with things. with Matthew, we couldn't wait for all the firsts. i think having a second child and knowing how FAST they grow, we don't want to fly through Hudson's baby-hood. he looks so cute sitting up playing and he is now scooting all over. (mom informed me that it was NOT a crawl!!) he first scooted/crawled last Sunday, and now he is on the move. he's more gi-joeing then anything! Hudson is also a TOTAL mama's boy! it's flattering and sad at the same time! leaving him at church is no fun. we have to dart out of the room the moment we hand him over :( and many times i come into vision, whereever we are, all of the sudden he wants me. he's our sweet little hudson wudson!! (ps - no teeth yet)
as for Gus and myself, we have been crazy busy. i have been working my Arbonne business a lot and loving it... as well as keeping up with the house and kiddos and meals. my days fly. thankfully, Gus has been busy at work, which is always a good thing these days. he's also been studying to get his realtor's license. (taking the test hopefully this week) since it goes hand in hand with being an appraiser somewhat, we're hoping it will be a successful side job. on another note, we're turning in our Yukon this week because the lease is up and will be buying Gus' Mom's Acura in March. it will be interesting only having one car for a bit, but saving that money will make it very worth it. lastly, we're looking forward to celebrating our 7th anniversary next Monday!!
here's what's been happening with us since Christmas...
my grandmother, Mama Tom, was in the hospital for almost two weeks with double pnuemonia and is actually back home now. what a trooper for her to be 89 and fight off pnuemonia like that! she does have a very bad heart though that has taken it's toll and left her very weak and needing 24 hour care, but she really is doing well considering. i take the boys as often as possible and they always make her smile and laugh. she even gets to hold Hudson when he's not in the mood to move.
Matthew has become such a fun little guy! (again!) i think we're finally seeing less and less tantrums. please, Lord! he will be 3 1/2 on the 17th, and it is so depressing!! i cannot believe that my years with him solely at home are coming to an end in September. he'll only be gone 3 days a week and not all day, but still. i hate how fast time flies when it comes to the boys. M just looks so grown and i tell him all the time that i don't want him to get bigger. although, the one thing i do enjoy is being able to do new things with him. this saturday, we're having a "matthew day" and leaving Hudson with Nana & Papa. we're taking him to the train store (aka: Barnes & Noble kid section with the train table) and then to see his frist movie at the theater!! (madagascar II at movies 8) we cannot wait!
Hudson will be 9 months old on the 20th, which is just crazy. being the complete opposite parents when M was his age, we are thrilled that he's taking his time with things. with Matthew, we couldn't wait for all the firsts. i think having a second child and knowing how FAST they grow, we don't want to fly through Hudson's baby-hood. he looks so cute sitting up playing and he is now scooting all over. (mom informed me that it was NOT a crawl!!) he first scooted/crawled last Sunday, and now he is on the move. he's more gi-joeing then anything! Hudson is also a TOTAL mama's boy! it's flattering and sad at the same time! leaving him at church is no fun. we have to dart out of the room the moment we hand him over :( and many times i come into vision, whereever we are, all of the sudden he wants me. he's our sweet little hudson wudson!! (ps - no teeth yet)
as for Gus and myself, we have been crazy busy. i have been working my Arbonne business a lot and loving it... as well as keeping up with the house and kiddos and meals. my days fly. thankfully, Gus has been busy at work, which is always a good thing these days. he's also been studying to get his realtor's license. (taking the test hopefully this week) since it goes hand in hand with being an appraiser somewhat, we're hoping it will be a successful side job. on another note, we're turning in our Yukon this week because the lease is up and will be buying Gus' Mom's Acura in March. it will be interesting only having one car for a bit, but saving that money will make it very worth it. lastly, we're looking forward to celebrating our 7th anniversary next Monday!!
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