Waking up to HAPPY news!

Oh my goodness! I woke up and came downstairs to check some of my fave blogging sites, and at first, I looked at my own blog. I noticed a comment on my last post. It was from Elizabeth Kartchner saying that I won! I had entered into a contest she was hosting on her blog, and I won! I cannot believe it! I am so happy, and I feel so lucky today. I have never won anything I have entered. Thank you Elizabeth. You made my day today! Check out her blog for some awesome inspiration, great music, and just fun reading!

Tae Kwon Do

My little guy is growing up just too fast. He recetly started taking Tae Kwon Do classes, and he loves it. So, now I understand how it feels to be a parent that totes her kids all over everyday for classes and practices. Oh well, he loves it, and I love that he has something he looks forward to on a daily basis. These are pics from when he received his white belt.

I thought I would post a new layout. This is one I completed for a challenge from the Dreamgirls Challenge Blog. You can check out their challenges here: http://dreamgirls.typepad.com/dreamgirls/2008/05/say-it-loud-say.html?cid=114544040#comment-114544040

My baby is 20 months old today! What a cutie he is! I cannot believe how fast it has gone, but boy am I so blessed to have him here with us. He's got a runny nose today, so we just kind of chilled at home after running a few errands, but this is a happy picture of him not doing his "chesse" pose which consists of completed squinted-closed eyes, and crinkled up smile.

20 Graedon things at 20 months: (okay, it ended up being 21, but I can't leave any out)

• He loves to play with playdoh. I think mentioning the word playdoh would bring him out of any funk that he may be in.



• Just this last week, he has begun mimicking everything Gabe does. Just yesterday he had to stab a cheeto with a fork and wave it around because Gabe did it.



• He's our singer and dancer. Some of his favorite songs to sing are the ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Litte Star, and the song from Toy Story when Buzz sadly realizes he's a toy and cannot fly.



• He likes to do the truffle shuffle...."mahn." "Do it." "mahn." "Do it." (that is our dialog) Next thing you know, he is rubbing his belly, stopping his little feet, and making gurgly-growly noises.



• He has this back-it up motion when he is trying to sit on my lap. I love it!



• "Eee you" is so precious to hear.



• "Nah vay" is quite often heard when I ask for a kiss.



• He has just started to tell Gabe he is sorry and bends down to make sure he gives him a kiss on the lips.



• He is definitely a mullet little man. (He is in desperate need of a haircut).



• He repeats anything you tell him. I love hearing how he pronounces words.



• Every time we get out of the car when it is dark outside, he looks up at the sky and hollers for the moon. "Moo ere r ewe?" Sometimes that is followed by "eredit go?"



• You still do not sleep through the night.



• I love how you climb the stairs, get to the top, and then run your little chubber legs to your makeshift bed on the floor and plop down. Next your head is on the pillow, your little knees tucked up under you, and you utter "nigh, nigh" in your sweet voice.



• Now, when you get up, we go down the stairs with you holding my right hand, you have your right hand on the banister, we count the stairs (all 15 steps) , and when we get to the bottom, you yell "Doe" and take off running.



• When I am laying down with you at night for you to fall asleep, I will pretend to be sleeping, and I hear you coming at me making kissy noises. You give me a sweet little kiss on the lips.



• Oh my goodnes, you love swings. You want to "wee-wing" all of the time. You even still want to swing on our porch swing even after it fell with us on it.



• The sandbox is another place that can occupy your time for awhile. You will dig and bury yourself for at least an hour.



• You have a love of choo-choos and Toy Story just like Gabe did. (I think that is mostly because I love all of that as well.) :-)



• I love how you giggle at Dori on Finding Nemo.



• You are our book lover as well. You will sit on my lap and let me read to you. I love those quiet moments.



• You draw circles when you write. You call them (curcols). You are so concentrated when you draw.

My First Scrappy Class

I am taking the Embellish It! class over at Feeling Scrappy! I am really excited to finally take my first class online. I cannot wait to see what they have in store for us students. Visit their website for more details if you are interested! I will be posting layouts as I get them completed!

Big Boy Haircut

My brother, Jesse has wanted to buzz cut Gabe's hair ever since I can remember. Gabe was born with a rockstar head full of hair, and it hasn't stopped since (well, except for when he was around 3 months old, and he looked like an old man with now hair on top). Anyway, Gabe has been in desperate need of a haircut for a few weeks now, and it was just getting worse. My brother, his wife Cristie, and my niece Taylor all came over for dinner last night. We were all playing outside, when I mentioned to Jess that I had a pair of clippers. I asked Gabe if he would like a haircut like his Uncle Jesse's, and he shook his head yes. We ventured outside, and he let Jesse cut his hair. Oh my, it looks different, but he looks so much older. Afterwards, he just walked around saying, "big boy coming through." Wow, what a difference a haircut makes.

Outdoor pics are so beautiful

I love taking outdoor pictures! They are so crisp and it just makes me happy to look at them. It makes me feel like a good photographer eventhough it has to do with the natural lighting outside.

Layout Posting

Okay, I have been meaning to start posting some of my layouts that I scrapbook to actually prove to y'all that I do love to scrap, and that I actually get some layouts done. I would love to hear what you think of them!

Good Doctor News

I just had another cardiology appointment, and everything looked great on my last holter monitor test. His words were "It looked perfect." I am very relieved that he doesn't want to see me again for 3 more months. My new medicine is doing what it should be. What a relief!!

Some of you don't know that I have a heart condition that causes my heart to beat 150+ beats per minute at times, and it causes me to pass out. But the scary part this time is that I was having some chest heaviness, so I had to have a stress test done to check for blockage just to be sure. Luckily, everything came out great there. Just some scary stuff when you are messing with your heart. Now, if I can get off of the caffeine. :-)

Bedtime Woes

It has been a long past couple of months with the way Graedon has been sleeping. We are still going to lay down with him when he wakes up in the middle of the night, but luckily he's not waking up until about 5am now. The bad part now is that he will not go to sleep when we take him upstairs. I don't know what his deal is, but it seems to take over an hour for him to fall asleep. Gabe on the other hand is out in 5 minutes. Honestly, I just don't know what else to do here. It seems that my days are so long compared to how long the boys are up. If you have any words of wisdom, I am all ears.