Ten Things Tuesday

1. We just spent the last 4 days at the beach. It was a great mini-vacation.
2. Landon and Nixon never fail to amaze me at the beach. They're so good and content while playing in the shallow end of the water and the sand. They could stay out there all day.
3. On the other end of that, it makes me nervous to think about wanting to add a baby to that in a year or more. I finally feel like I'm getting things together!
4. I have to take Landon to his 4 year well check today. When I scheduled the appointment, they asked me if I wanted to go ahead and do all his kindergarten shots...how sad, we're talking about kindergarten already!
5. I've had a couple of people call about my crib set that I have for sale, but no takers yet.
6. VBS went great last week, but having 15 pre-k - 1st graders will wear you out!
7. I should be getting Nixon's b-day invitations in the mail the first of this week. His party will be at the Pineville Pool on August 29 from 10 - 12, just so you know.
8. I got the best picture of Landon and Nixon at the beach the other day. Look for it on my Wordless Wednesday post tomorrow:)
9. There's a new photographer in Smithfield that I really want to take some pictures of our family. I'll have to get Chris talked into this one though!
10. I'm officially starting Weight Watchers next week...meetings and everything. I've found that I can't do it unless I have someone to be accountable to. Let's hope it goes well this time!

Ten Things Tuesday

1. We've taken apart the bunk beds..the boys are still in the same room, but just side-by-side. Chris and I lost a lot of sleep this past week. We were scared to death that Landon was going to fall off the top bunk because he still moves around so much. Then, Nixon kept slamming his head into the ladder all night long because he moves around so much.


2. VBS is all this week at church. Landon is in a class for the first time and he's loving every minute. He's usually very shy, but I guess since he's around only kids within a couple years of his age, he's more comfortable. He participates in every single class and I couldn't be more proud!


3. I keep thinking how close we're getting to cooler weather, which I must say is freaking me out a little since that means cold/flu season!


4. We went to the pool the other day and this is how Nixon was when we got back. You know he's tired when he doesn't even want to eat!
5. Work has been crazy this past week! I don't know if there's a full moon in the near future, but the Selma Crazies have been in full-force!!
6. Every night, after our "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer, Landon will "God Bless" a whole crowd of people. Anyway, the other night, he blessed Lucas, my brother, like 10 times. He would say a few names, then Lucas, a few more names, then Lucas..etc, etc...it was too funny!
7. I can't believe it's almost time for school to start back again! It seems like this summer has flown by!
8. We're going for a mini-vacation this weekend. We'll be at the beach Friday - Tuesday and I can't wait!
9. Now that Landon and Nixon are sharing a room, I can hear them talk to each other for a good 30 minutes when we lay them down at night. It's so sweet!
10. I finally watched "Mamma Mia" this past weekend and it was so good! I want to watch it again, but it's taken me this long to get Chris to watch it one time, I think I'd be pushing my luck!

Memories

The other night, I decided to pull out the photo albums and show Landon and Nixon the pictures of when they were first born. While reminiscing and looking at pictures in Landon's albums, we saw pictures like this:

and this....

and this...

and then we came upon this picture...

and Landon said what's Daisy doing? I said she was probably trying to give you a kiss. He looked at me and said, "I miss Daisy, I want her back." I explained that I missed Daisy too, but she's in Doggy Heaven now and she's having a good time. Daisy May, we miss you...

Wordless Wednesday

Landon was so excited to sleep on the top bunk of his bunk beds for the first time. It took him a couple of hours to fall asleep.


But then he was out for the count....

Ten Things Tuesday

Almost didn't make this one, but here we go...

1. Today has been a busy day. The auditors were with us today, which makes it feel like I have two full-time jobs. They'll be there tomorrow also. I don't know that I've ever had them there two days in a row. It usually takes me a week to recover from one visit!
2. We put the other part of the bunk beds together tonight. Landon will be sleeping on the top bunk for the first time tonight. Nixon won't be on the bottom until tomorrow night because the mattress place was closed by the time we got there. I'll try to post pictures tomorrow of Landon in the top bunk. He's very excited!
3. Please take a moment to pray for Baby Stellan. Under "Blogs I follow" on my page, you can go over to McMama's Blog. Stellan is her precious baby boy who is having some major heart issues. Her family's unending faith during this difficult time amazes me.
4. Chris & I went on our first grocery trip last week on our new zero-based budget. Basically, this means we had a certain amount of money set aside, in cash, to get groceries. We went in with our list and calculator and surprisingly, we got a lot for a little. It's amazing what you can do when you actually pay attention to the prices and don't just go grabbing everything you can find.
5. I'm so ready for the season premieres to come out for my shows. I know that makes me a dork, but I miss them!
6. We're watching the Season Finale of Deadliest Catch tonight. The people on those boats have to be crazy!
7. Chris was gone to a softball tournament on Saturday, so while he was gone, I found a "Little House on the Prairie" marathon on the Hallmark channel. Six hours of nothing but that show. It was wonderful!
8. Our Financial Peace University class, which consists of about 12 couples, has over $520,000 in debt (not including houses)!! I'll let you know how much the class pays off in the 13 weeks we're in the class.
9. Chris & I saw the new Harry Potter movie two weekends ago. It was a great movie to me. Chris said the book was better. I guess it depends on whether you've read the book or not.
10. This one was harder than usual. Guess I've been pretty boring this week:)

Honest Scrap

I'm so excited to have received my very first blogger award...

It was given to me by one of my sorority sisters. Check out her great blog at http://ncsuz.blogspot.com/. The rules are pretty simple..

• List ten honest things about yourself that your blogging friends do not know about you.

• Give the award away to some bloggers of your choice.

• Let the bloggers know they have received the award.

• Link back to the person who awarded you.

Ten honest things about me that you may not know:

1. I won an award, along with a trophy, in 2nd grade for reading the most books of anyone in my school. I read over 100 books. That's the one and only trophy I've ever received.
2. I wanted to be a Forensic Pathologist for about 10 years of my life..seriously. I even went so far as to being in the morgue, watching autopsies, to make sure that's what I wanted. College Biology Lab was what finally did me in.
3. I make the best brownies. Whenever we have get-togethers with friends or at work, I always get asked to make the brownies..not sure why, I use the boxed kind.
4. I've had a little girl name picked out for about 15 years of my life. Now, I'm starting to get scared I may never get to use it.
5. I knew I wanted to marry Chris within two months of dating. I never would have done it that soon, but I knew it nonetheless.
6. I used to have a lot of will-power when it came to losing weight. Now, I just can't seem to get motivated no matter how miserable I get.
7. When I got pregnant with Landon, I was actually pregnant with twins. The other baby's heart quit beating around 10 weeks. I've never known emotional pain like that in my life and it's something you don't ever forget.
8. I really don't like snow. I like to watch it fall, but after a day, I'm ready for it to be gone.
9. One of my guilty pleasures is watching movies like "Notorious" "Drumline" and "ATL."
10. When I was in high school, I had this strange feeling that I would die in a car crash. Kind of morbid and not really sure why I felt that way, but I did.

I'm giving this award to:

1. Tiff at http://honakerblessings.blogspot.com/
2. Elizabeth at http://radezfamily.blogspot.com/
3. Amanda at http://nunusplace.blogspot.com/
4. Holly at http://thegranings.blogspot.com/

Not My Child Monday

Switching things up today..this should be interesting...


It was not my child at the dentist who could be heard screaming from the very back of the building all the way to the front lobby. Nope, not my child. My child is perfectly polite and never throws a temper tantrum because of something new. It also couldn't have been something new, going to the dentist, because obviously I'm a good mother and wouldn't take him to the dentist for the first time on the day they were actually going to clean his teeth. Nope, I'd definitely take him to just watch a couple of times before so that he could know what was going on.

It was also definitely not my other child who called a perfect stranger at the daycare Daddy. When said stranger jokingly replied, "Boy, I'm not your daddy," it was also not my child who replied, "Pa-Pa?" My children definitely do not talk to strangers. Obviously, it was not my child, who I think had too much sugar at daycare that day, that hit a nice gentleman who was holding the door for us. He didn't continue to hit the man until I noticed what was going on.

And finally, it wasn't my child who informed Chris & me last night that a little boy at school didn't die when he ate apples. Obviously it was my child who was listening when we read the story of Adam and Eve and he took it literally that you couldn't eat any apples...ever!