I am catching up on my blog tonight with the television covering various 9/11 testimonies in the background, it seems like just yesterday I was eating breakfast/studying in the Stangel/Murdough dining hall at TTU before class when a breaking news announcement flashed across the television about the first plane crash and then my phone rang and it was my Mom in a panic saying "oh my goodness, turn on your television.......our nation is under a terrorist attack!" as I continued to watch the breaking news there was a second plane crash, then a third and finally a fourth. I was experiencing so many different emotions as I watched - shock, anger, devastation, sorrow, helplessness, revenge, heart broken. At that time I was 18 and now 28, it's strange how those feelings that I felt at that time in my life, I still experience with every 9/11 except in an even stronger magnitude than 10 years ago. Maybe it's because I am older; or I am a mother now; or I grown in my spirituality; or I am a wife......probably a mixture of all of those things and others, however this particular 9/11 hit me harder than any other I've experienced before. I found myself praying at random times throughout the day today - for the families who lost loved ones; to the ones who survived but still have to harbor the memories of that awful day; to the ones injured while trying to get out or going in to help; to the ones who lost their lives; for our Nation; for our leaders; our Armed Forces who fight selflessly on a daily basis for our Freedom. All of the ceremonies were done in a very respectful and beautiful manner; the stories were heart breaking; the images of that day sad; seeing at least for a day all parties putting their political differences aside and standing side by side united was heart warming; the families touching the names, holding pictures of their lost loved one, standing united and strong while holding one another, praying, crying; the memorials were beautiful.....it was all just so emotional for me. While watching and hearing the different news stories, it caused me to reflect on all of the things I am so thankful for and it also caused some pretty strong convictions.
I am so thankful in this last 10 years to have had the opportunity to experience so many wonderful things.....the college life; college graduation; a career I love; marriage; becoming a mother; memories with family and friends. At the same time I do realize that at any moment it might be God's time to send me home. I would love to live my Earthly life in a bubble with the ones I love, so we can stay all unharmed by the outside world and when it was our time to go it just be of natural causes.....wishful thinking.....I KNOW! However, that's not realistic.....is it? As I thought back on 9/11 the thought crossed my mind, what would I have done if I would have been in one of the Twin Towers and had the opportunity to get out alive....would I have ran out as fast as I could only concerned about myself or would I have stopped to help others get out and then continue to keep going back up to help others and sadly I think before really thinking about this scenario today I would have without hesitation selfishly saved myself. Of course most of you can relate, right? The thought of not seeing my child grow up; not growing old with my husband; missing out on the future birth of my soon to be new nephew; not getting to see what my brother and sister become as adults; missing the chance to take care of my parents later in life and for so many other reasons, of course I would have gotten out of there as fast as possible.
But something today caused me to keep asking myself this question all day long.....hmmm I wonder what that something was. Well I can now tell you because after my 4th time of praying about 9/11 today I realized, it was the Holy Spirit and that's when the conviction part of myself revealed itself. During this prayer I finally heard the Holy Spirit loud and clear say "Why would you selfishly run out and save yourself, when you are already saved? There are so many people in that building who need to get out of there for a second chance, to finally commit their lives to Christ so they will have the opportunity like you to be saved for eternity! Why would you not sacrifice yourself like Christ did for you to at least save one person in that building who is not saved instead of yourself!" Wow! Talk about a HUGE slap in the face.
It's still a very hard scenario for me to swallow and typing it out is definitely easier said than done. However, as I type with tears streaming done my face.....today was a huge milestone in my spiritual walk. I hope that God continues to work on my heart and in my life that if I am ever put in a situation where it is between my life and an unsaved life and one has to be sacrificed.....that I will make the unselfish decision, no matter what the circumstances of my life are to save the unsaved, because truth be told at that moment what would I have to lose......my Earthly life, big deal.....the life I have waiting in Heaven is definitely worth the sacrifice. But it still is a huge concept for even this immature Christian to grasp but I hope one day I will be able to say without any hesitation that's exactly what I would do.
I pray for all those affected by 9/11 and that our Nation will never have to experience another terrorist attack again.
God Bless : )
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Cannon's Toothbrush, Mommy's New BFF
So I am working from home today, well working btw Cannon's naps.......we are home today because approximately six back teeth decided to break through over the past few days and it has caused my poor babe to endure - bleeding gums; tummy ache; diarrhea; fever; horrible diaper rash; painful gums; loss of appetite - it's just awful. I've tried everything that I can think of to help my poor guy - teething tablets; orajel; tylenol; a million different diaper creams; mylecon; popsicles; his favorite mashed potatoes; warm bath; cuddling - you name it I've tried it! Well I've tried everything Mommy logical I should say, but then there's Baby logic and for the baby who is still struggling to communicate where it hurts and what he needs that's when this Baby logic comes in handy for the times where I just can't really understand his baby vocabulary. After a fight to change his diaper, we did the next thing he hates apply the dreaded teething gel - after we get done he notices his toothbrush in reach looks at it for a moment and proceeds to stick in the exact spot he needs the most relief......genius......why didn't I think to give this to him earlier. Since he found this discovery it has been stuck in the same place in his mouth all day.......and it is this Mommy's new bff!!! It's tough being a baby, I sure do love my smart little boy!!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Crazy Boys Don't You Know That I Love You............
Wow I am a little embarrassed that I have gotten so behind on my blog but I guess it's for good reason, between 4 moves in 5 months, 1 business move, the openings of two new businesses, business travels, chasing after an on the go baby and trying to be the best wife, mom, family girl, and friend I can - I suddenly ran out of time to blog. I can't promise that my blogs from now on will be as detailed as they used to be, I am going to at least try to do my blog updates monthly, mainly so I can archive the life of my precious baby Cannon but don't get me all wrong I genuinely love to blog in general, however that part of my blog life will have to be on hiatus for a while : )
So here we go, so much has happened since my last blog but I will try to remember as many highlights as possible.
March
We celebrated Cannon's 1st birthday and Chandler's 30th birthday and had a great party to celebrate. We were so fortunate to have great family and friends present to join us on both of their special days! I am already planning birthday #2 and it's going to be fabulous, I love creating special memories for my special little guy even if his memory will have to be jogged by photos at this age that's ok with me : ) Eventually he will start retaining these special moments and traditions in his life and I want them to always be filled with lots of love, fun and laughter.
April
This year we celebrated Easter with going to church, a helicopter Easter egg drop (which was awesome @ Stonewater Church), and a Sunday brunch with family. It was a great day filled constant reminders of what the day was really to be focused on and that was on HIM and how he sacrificed his only son to save it all us all. It is definitely a mind boggling concept for me as a mother now, to comprehend the strength and faith it must take to give up your child for anothers salvation - when I think of having to sacrifice family for anyone, especially my only child selfish thoughts invade my brain, however in retrospect to sacrifice one pure, perfect one for the hope of saving millions, I can definitely see Gods bigger picture and I am truly grateful for every Easter we are reminded of the BIG sacrifice made on our behalfs as HIS children. Our little Easter bunny had a great time putting plastic eggs in and out of his Easter basket, he really didn't care about the contents of the inside of the eggs - he just liked throwing them, re-hiding them, and putting them in the basket and dumping them back out.
April 7th, 2011 - Cannon took his first independent steps. Of course it happened when I was out of town but Daddy caught it all on tape, so I was able to sort of experience the moment. He was at that almost point the week I left to go out of town on business and I just knew he would probably do it when I was gone and yep sure enough he did. The first week he was a little wobbly but now he is trying to run, he can walk up and down stairs and get into more stuff than ever! This month Cannon is 13 months and counting......
I had to go to Atlanta for a week in April on business. It was a great learning experience but I missed my little family like crazy and was so ready to get home to them. During that week my husband had to go to work, play Mr. Mom, and close on our new house by himself and he accomplished it all and I was very proud of him!
We moved into our new place of business in April, "Assurance Medical Diagnostics & More" and "Any Lab Test Now" is located in Avalon Town Center. We love our new place of business and are still settling in and organizing everything. I am looking forward to our Grand Opening in July for Any Lab Test Now.
May
Cannon ended his first year school and entered a new school. We absolutely loved Lakeside and so did he but they are closed in the Summer, so we had to find a new alternative. It took him a few weeks to adjust but he is now all adjusted and is enjoying his Summer school. In September, he will start Montessori school - I am so excited but sad at the same time! I can't believe he will be 18 months in September, wow how time flies. I can't wait to see how he does when he starts his new school, he is soaking everything up like a little sponge right now that I can't even fathom how much he is going to learn and retain.
At the end of May we moved into our new home, well about 5% moved in and the other 95% is in storage. Since we are doing a total remodel our GC did not want us to move hardly anything in, so we didn't and I have to say it's kind of nice to not have to worry about all of that dusting but what I like the most is that Cannon doesn't have much to get into, which is awesome since he is in that get into everything stage. We love our new home, it's located a little bit outside of Granbury and sits on about 11 acres. It's heavily wooded, so we really can't see anything outside of our acreage or hear any oustide noise, it's so peaceful!!! I am really looking forward to the remodel, so we can get all settled in and make it our home. The plan was to start the remodel in June but we've been so busy that we really haven't gotten around to it yet.
I celebrated Mother's Day #2 with Cannon, well #3 if you count when he was in my belly and yes I do count that! This is one of my favorite days of the year, I love getting to spend it with my sweet baby boy and of course my Mom and the rest of the family. I don't know what I would do without him, he is my everything and I am so blessed to get to be his Mommy. This year we basically just hung out at my parents ranch - we cooked out, fished, 4 wheeled, rode the dirt bike , rode the horse, played catch and hung out/chatted - it was a great day with the family my middle sis came down and that is always so nice to see her when she is able to come down. This month Cannon is 14 months and counting......
On the business front, we are frantically preparing for our Grand Opening of Any Lab Test Now......it seems like everything is going wrong. Nothing we have order is shipping right; our store front sign has not arrived; our contractor is dropping the ball on the build out; late night studying on new vendors, pricing, labs; failed advertising attempts and the list goes on and on BUT I have faith that God will get me through and our Grand Opening will all work out.
June
We had our Grand Opening of Any Lab Test Now on June 2nd for such a rushed event and minimal time to advertise, we had a pretty decent turn out. We gave away free lab tests, had drinks and food and announced our services. We had a great response from the ones who attended the Grand Opening, we just hope the word spreads like wildfire! We had a pretty good first month and are continuing to get more and more calls everyday. I have to say this business has been alot harder, than what I expected to be but I know that through consistent community education, we will continue to grow and get busier.
We took a road trip to Houston to celebrate my cousins highschool graduation. I can't believe they are about to be entering their first year of college, it just seems like yesterday that me and my sister were bossing him around, LOL! Eventhough, neither of them are going to Tech, I am still proud of them both. They both received awesome scholarships to OU and UTSA, so I guess I'll let it slide. My Aunt threw an awesome Grad party, lots of family and friends came and we had a blast hanging out and catching up and of course everyone couldn't get enough of Cannon but who can blame them!!!
I took another week long trip to Georgia for business and of course my hubby did an awesome job of being Mister Mom! I am so happy my business travels are over for awhile, I always hate to leave my two babes but enjoy learning new things to help improve the business, which also benefits our family so when I look at it that way it makes it a little easier to go but I am always ready to get back!
We took a road trip to Lubbock to celebrate my husbands grandaddy's bday. My mother in law make a great brunch and all of the family came over. We had a great time eating, hanging out and playing with our neices and nephews. It had been awhile since some of them had seen Cannon so of course he loved all of the extra attention!!! It's always a treat when we are able to visit our family in West Texas, I just wish we could do it more!!!
This month we took Cannon on the boat. It wasn't the first time he had ever been on the boat (the first time was when we was about 3 months), however it was the first time he got in the lake (which he isn't a fan of quite yet) and the first time he rode a sea doo (which he was a fan of). The boat and sea doo, actually soothed him to sleep several times throughout the day. My little water baby stayed out on the lake for 10 hours and did great, of course we were lathering sunscreen on him every 15 minutes it seemed like and constantly rehydrating him but he did awesome - we were so proud of him. This month he's 15 months and counting.
As far as the house, well as you can see we've had alot going on so nothing remodel wise started BUT we've been doing LOTS of yard work. It actually seems never ending! Thankgoodness our land is heavily wooded or we would get the most unkept yard in Granbury! Eventhough it's lots of upkeep, the peacefulness it brings is priceless, so I guess all the work is worth it......
July
Wow! Can you say - HOT, HOT, HOT!!! I am so tired of this extremely hot weather, our grass is literally frying!!! Plants are dying!!! Thankgoodness we have are own well or we'd be paying a fortune on our water bills for what is taking to keep the grass semi green!!! We've taken Cannon to the park a few times but we have found there is really not a good time to take him to the park b/c it is so hot but we take him despite our personal issues with the heat b/c he LOVES the slides and swings! In true toddler style he throws himself on the ground and continues on with a melt down when it's time to leave ALWAYS!!! In June he was reintroduced to the swimming pool and he was not a fan BUT his Poppa was bound and determined to make him get over his fear. On the weekend of the 4th we were all hanging out at my parents house and we noticed my Dad and Cannon were missing we look out the blinds and at 9 pm they are in the pool. We are all cracking up watching my Dad and Cannon.......they first start out sitting on the side with their feet in; then as they move onto sitting on the step, Cannon begins yelling at my Dad while my Dad proceeds to ignore him and keep repeating "it's going to be ok"; then he moves into the shallow part and starts swimming around with while Cannon continues to yell and hang on for dear life; then the yelling stops and Cannon is calm and slowly loosening his death grip from around my Dad's neck and is playing with a ball while my Dad holds him; we all slowly start to come outside to cheer him on and before our eyes, this little terrifed anti water baby has transformed into a fish.......it took my Dad about an hour to get him over his fear but he did it and now Cannon loves to swim and is quite independent. He will float around in his little floaty without a fear, we are so proud of our little lake/water baby!
Happy 4th of July! Our Houston family came down to celebrate and we had a blast! We went on the lake, hung out and cooked out. Went on the square to check out the downtown festivities and to shop. Popped fireworks (which the loud noise scared Canman, so we didn't get to do that for long). Watched the fireworks from the boat on the lake, we attempted to park the boat close enough to where the fireworks were going off to get the full affect but far enough away where the noise wouldn't scare Cannon. The first few booms startled him and he cried for a minute and them five minutes later he was out cold on his Daddy's chest! This month Cannon is 16 months and counting.......
The remodeling started this month in the guest house and it is starting to look really good. After they complete the guest house, we will be moving out there while they finish the main house which could take 4-6 wks. The three of us in what practically is just one big room with a small kitchenette and bathroom......about 900 sq ft......eek wish us luck, we really aren't sure how we are going to be able to do this without really messing up Cannon's sleep schedule but I guess where there is a will there is a way. I am kind of dreading this little upcoming family adventure to be completely honest......
God really disciplined me this month, after day 20 of hardly any calls at Any Lab Test Now, I was beginning to wonder if I had just made a huge business mistake. Literally from day 1-20 this month, Any Lab Test Now, was like a ghost town - very little calls of interests and no sales!!! Yet I am spending a fortune on advertising; going to tons of local networking meetings; marketing and selling our hiney's off and the result NOTHING! Fortunately my other business that runs out of the same location was booming so that helped to off set Any Lab Test Now but still that is not good enough for this crazy, perfectionist business woman! My morning prayers were full of questions, "Dear God - why isn't this working?; how can we go from having a decent first month to nothing?; is this concept too new for Granbury?; is this just not the right business for this market?; am I not advertising in the right places?; am I a horrible sales person?; was this a mistake?; did I misunderstand your guidance on this business decision?; was I not listening to you and only listening to my own ambitions?; and my last prayer - I surrender this business to you because I am doing everything I can think of and nothing is working." From day 21-31- the phone started ringing; people start stopping in; local Dr.'s begin referring; networking buddies start referring - we end the month doing a tad better than the prior month, in only 10 days!!! God truly is amazing and the measures he takes to teach us patience and faith are incredible. Not as though this month will be the last hard month I face when it comes to business but I will continue to pray without ceasing in all aspects that I am needing an answer for........I know I may not always receive the answer I want but I know as long as I continue to lay it ALL in Gods hands he will eventually answer my prayers in all aspects of my life.
Well this blog concludes what's been going on with the "C" crew from March through July, it's been super busy and crazy but only by the grace of God do we manage to get through it. Hopefully I will find time at least, once a month to continue to keep everyone who's interested updated on what's been going on but since this Momma doesn't have time to scrap book, I really look forward to sitting down with Cannon when he's older and look back on these time. I am sure I am leaving out some other important events that happened during this time but when you get this far behind on your blog that's what happens!
Excuse my typos, I am at that I am too tired to care point. The pics to represent this month will have to come later, that's just expecting way too much at this point : ) But I will try to post some when I get a chance!!!
Until August - XOXO To My Family and Friends
So here we go, so much has happened since my last blog but I will try to remember as many highlights as possible.
March
We celebrated Cannon's 1st birthday and Chandler's 30th birthday and had a great party to celebrate. We were so fortunate to have great family and friends present to join us on both of their special days! I am already planning birthday #2 and it's going to be fabulous, I love creating special memories for my special little guy even if his memory will have to be jogged by photos at this age that's ok with me : ) Eventually he will start retaining these special moments and traditions in his life and I want them to always be filled with lots of love, fun and laughter.
April
This year we celebrated Easter with going to church, a helicopter Easter egg drop (which was awesome @ Stonewater Church), and a Sunday brunch with family. It was a great day filled constant reminders of what the day was really to be focused on and that was on HIM and how he sacrificed his only son to save it all us all. It is definitely a mind boggling concept for me as a mother now, to comprehend the strength and faith it must take to give up your child for anothers salvation - when I think of having to sacrifice family for anyone, especially my only child selfish thoughts invade my brain, however in retrospect to sacrifice one pure, perfect one for the hope of saving millions, I can definitely see Gods bigger picture and I am truly grateful for every Easter we are reminded of the BIG sacrifice made on our behalfs as HIS children. Our little Easter bunny had a great time putting plastic eggs in and out of his Easter basket, he really didn't care about the contents of the inside of the eggs - he just liked throwing them, re-hiding them, and putting them in the basket and dumping them back out.
April 7th, 2011 - Cannon took his first independent steps. Of course it happened when I was out of town but Daddy caught it all on tape, so I was able to sort of experience the moment. He was at that almost point the week I left to go out of town on business and I just knew he would probably do it when I was gone and yep sure enough he did. The first week he was a little wobbly but now he is trying to run, he can walk up and down stairs and get into more stuff than ever! This month Cannon is 13 months and counting......
I had to go to Atlanta for a week in April on business. It was a great learning experience but I missed my little family like crazy and was so ready to get home to them. During that week my husband had to go to work, play Mr. Mom, and close on our new house by himself and he accomplished it all and I was very proud of him!
We moved into our new place of business in April, "Assurance Medical Diagnostics & More" and "Any Lab Test Now" is located in Avalon Town Center. We love our new place of business and are still settling in and organizing everything. I am looking forward to our Grand Opening in July for Any Lab Test Now.
May
Cannon ended his first year school and entered a new school. We absolutely loved Lakeside and so did he but they are closed in the Summer, so we had to find a new alternative. It took him a few weeks to adjust but he is now all adjusted and is enjoying his Summer school. In September, he will start Montessori school - I am so excited but sad at the same time! I can't believe he will be 18 months in September, wow how time flies. I can't wait to see how he does when he starts his new school, he is soaking everything up like a little sponge right now that I can't even fathom how much he is going to learn and retain.
At the end of May we moved into our new home, well about 5% moved in and the other 95% is in storage. Since we are doing a total remodel our GC did not want us to move hardly anything in, so we didn't and I have to say it's kind of nice to not have to worry about all of that dusting but what I like the most is that Cannon doesn't have much to get into, which is awesome since he is in that get into everything stage. We love our new home, it's located a little bit outside of Granbury and sits on about 11 acres. It's heavily wooded, so we really can't see anything outside of our acreage or hear any oustide noise, it's so peaceful!!! I am really looking forward to the remodel, so we can get all settled in and make it our home. The plan was to start the remodel in June but we've been so busy that we really haven't gotten around to it yet.
I celebrated Mother's Day #2 with Cannon, well #3 if you count when he was in my belly and yes I do count that! This is one of my favorite days of the year, I love getting to spend it with my sweet baby boy and of course my Mom and the rest of the family. I don't know what I would do without him, he is my everything and I am so blessed to get to be his Mommy. This year we basically just hung out at my parents ranch - we cooked out, fished, 4 wheeled, rode the dirt bike , rode the horse, played catch and hung out/chatted - it was a great day with the family my middle sis came down and that is always so nice to see her when she is able to come down. This month Cannon is 14 months and counting......
On the business front, we are frantically preparing for our Grand Opening of Any Lab Test Now......it seems like everything is going wrong. Nothing we have order is shipping right; our store front sign has not arrived; our contractor is dropping the ball on the build out; late night studying on new vendors, pricing, labs; failed advertising attempts and the list goes on and on BUT I have faith that God will get me through and our Grand Opening will all work out.
June
We had our Grand Opening of Any Lab Test Now on June 2nd for such a rushed event and minimal time to advertise, we had a pretty decent turn out. We gave away free lab tests, had drinks and food and announced our services. We had a great response from the ones who attended the Grand Opening, we just hope the word spreads like wildfire! We had a pretty good first month and are continuing to get more and more calls everyday. I have to say this business has been alot harder, than what I expected to be but I know that through consistent community education, we will continue to grow and get busier.
We took a road trip to Houston to celebrate my cousins highschool graduation. I can't believe they are about to be entering their first year of college, it just seems like yesterday that me and my sister were bossing him around, LOL! Eventhough, neither of them are going to Tech, I am still proud of them both. They both received awesome scholarships to OU and UTSA, so I guess I'll let it slide. My Aunt threw an awesome Grad party, lots of family and friends came and we had a blast hanging out and catching up and of course everyone couldn't get enough of Cannon but who can blame them!!!
I took another week long trip to Georgia for business and of course my hubby did an awesome job of being Mister Mom! I am so happy my business travels are over for awhile, I always hate to leave my two babes but enjoy learning new things to help improve the business, which also benefits our family so when I look at it that way it makes it a little easier to go but I am always ready to get back!
We took a road trip to Lubbock to celebrate my husbands grandaddy's bday. My mother in law make a great brunch and all of the family came over. We had a great time eating, hanging out and playing with our neices and nephews. It had been awhile since some of them had seen Cannon so of course he loved all of the extra attention!!! It's always a treat when we are able to visit our family in West Texas, I just wish we could do it more!!!
This month we took Cannon on the boat. It wasn't the first time he had ever been on the boat (the first time was when we was about 3 months), however it was the first time he got in the lake (which he isn't a fan of quite yet) and the first time he rode a sea doo (which he was a fan of). The boat and sea doo, actually soothed him to sleep several times throughout the day. My little water baby stayed out on the lake for 10 hours and did great, of course we were lathering sunscreen on him every 15 minutes it seemed like and constantly rehydrating him but he did awesome - we were so proud of him. This month he's 15 months and counting.
As far as the house, well as you can see we've had alot going on so nothing remodel wise started BUT we've been doing LOTS of yard work. It actually seems never ending! Thankgoodness our land is heavily wooded or we would get the most unkept yard in Granbury! Eventhough it's lots of upkeep, the peacefulness it brings is priceless, so I guess all the work is worth it......
July
Wow! Can you say - HOT, HOT, HOT!!! I am so tired of this extremely hot weather, our grass is literally frying!!! Plants are dying!!! Thankgoodness we have are own well or we'd be paying a fortune on our water bills for what is taking to keep the grass semi green!!! We've taken Cannon to the park a few times but we have found there is really not a good time to take him to the park b/c it is so hot but we take him despite our personal issues with the heat b/c he LOVES the slides and swings! In true toddler style he throws himself on the ground and continues on with a melt down when it's time to leave ALWAYS!!! In June he was reintroduced to the swimming pool and he was not a fan BUT his Poppa was bound and determined to make him get over his fear. On the weekend of the 4th we were all hanging out at my parents house and we noticed my Dad and Cannon were missing we look out the blinds and at 9 pm they are in the pool. We are all cracking up watching my Dad and Cannon.......they first start out sitting on the side with their feet in; then as they move onto sitting on the step, Cannon begins yelling at my Dad while my Dad proceeds to ignore him and keep repeating "it's going to be ok"; then he moves into the shallow part and starts swimming around with while Cannon continues to yell and hang on for dear life; then the yelling stops and Cannon is calm and slowly loosening his death grip from around my Dad's neck and is playing with a ball while my Dad holds him; we all slowly start to come outside to cheer him on and before our eyes, this little terrifed anti water baby has transformed into a fish.......it took my Dad about an hour to get him over his fear but he did it and now Cannon loves to swim and is quite independent. He will float around in his little floaty without a fear, we are so proud of our little lake/water baby!
Happy 4th of July! Our Houston family came down to celebrate and we had a blast! We went on the lake, hung out and cooked out. Went on the square to check out the downtown festivities and to shop. Popped fireworks (which the loud noise scared Canman, so we didn't get to do that for long). Watched the fireworks from the boat on the lake, we attempted to park the boat close enough to where the fireworks were going off to get the full affect but far enough away where the noise wouldn't scare Cannon. The first few booms startled him and he cried for a minute and them five minutes later he was out cold on his Daddy's chest! This month Cannon is 16 months and counting.......
The remodeling started this month in the guest house and it is starting to look really good. After they complete the guest house, we will be moving out there while they finish the main house which could take 4-6 wks. The three of us in what practically is just one big room with a small kitchenette and bathroom......about 900 sq ft......eek wish us luck, we really aren't sure how we are going to be able to do this without really messing up Cannon's sleep schedule but I guess where there is a will there is a way. I am kind of dreading this little upcoming family adventure to be completely honest......
God really disciplined me this month, after day 20 of hardly any calls at Any Lab Test Now, I was beginning to wonder if I had just made a huge business mistake. Literally from day 1-20 this month, Any Lab Test Now, was like a ghost town - very little calls of interests and no sales!!! Yet I am spending a fortune on advertising; going to tons of local networking meetings; marketing and selling our hiney's off and the result NOTHING! Fortunately my other business that runs out of the same location was booming so that helped to off set Any Lab Test Now but still that is not good enough for this crazy, perfectionist business woman! My morning prayers were full of questions, "Dear God - why isn't this working?; how can we go from having a decent first month to nothing?; is this concept too new for Granbury?; is this just not the right business for this market?; am I not advertising in the right places?; am I a horrible sales person?; was this a mistake?; did I misunderstand your guidance on this business decision?; was I not listening to you and only listening to my own ambitions?; and my last prayer - I surrender this business to you because I am doing everything I can think of and nothing is working." From day 21-31- the phone started ringing; people start stopping in; local Dr.'s begin referring; networking buddies start referring - we end the month doing a tad better than the prior month, in only 10 days!!! God truly is amazing and the measures he takes to teach us patience and faith are incredible. Not as though this month will be the last hard month I face when it comes to business but I will continue to pray without ceasing in all aspects that I am needing an answer for........I know I may not always receive the answer I want but I know as long as I continue to lay it ALL in Gods hands he will eventually answer my prayers in all aspects of my life.
Well this blog concludes what's been going on with the "C" crew from March through July, it's been super busy and crazy but only by the grace of God do we manage to get through it. Hopefully I will find time at least, once a month to continue to keep everyone who's interested updated on what's been going on but since this Momma doesn't have time to scrap book, I really look forward to sitting down with Cannon when he's older and look back on these time. I am sure I am leaving out some other important events that happened during this time but when you get this far behind on your blog that's what happens!
Excuse my typos, I am at that I am too tired to care point. The pics to represent this month will have to come later, that's just expecting way too much at this point : ) But I will try to post some when I get a chance!!!
Until August - XOXO To My Family and Friends
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Cannon & Chandler's Big Birthday Bash!
We celebrated Cannon's 1st and Chandler's 30th Birthday a few weeks ago (March 19th, 2010). Cannon's real birthday is March 12th and Brian's is March 15th, so I decided to have a joint party since it was a big birthday for both of them but truth be told it was really ALL ABOUT CANNON.....lol.....but Chandler did have a great time too! We celebrated it a week later since that weekend fell on Spring Break for most of our family, which worked out perfectly for everyone.
I worked myself up into a frenzy a few days before the actual party, thoughts of "it has to be perfect for him, it's his first birthday" just kept invading my brain, when in reality the only thing he is going to remember about this party is the pics he has to look back on but those who know me, know how I am when it comes to parties and details! Since we did not have a "home of our own" to host the party I decided to reserve a room at the country club and have a "golf" themed par-tee and it turned out fabulous! It was an evening party so I made it a catered event with all your "typical" golf themed foods - hot dogs, mini corn dogs, hamburger/chicken sliders, fries, chips and salsa, beer, wine, water, lemonade, tea, cake, cupcakes, donut holes, and cookies. The two birthday boys had about 40ish guest, mostly family and close friends. Cannon's Poppa and Yaya had their golf cart all tricked out for his birthday party and took all the kiddos and babes on golf cart rides. Right outside the room was a nice playground for the kids to play around on after dinner and cake. I strongly recommend using Decordova for any type of catering party, the food was great and they did a very good job of checking on guests through out the party, setting up for the party and take down - I was very impressed! If you haven't used the Grand Cakery yet, I strongly recommend them also, they did the cake which was decorated in a golf theme (I went with marble cake and butter cream frosting), not only did it look good, it tasted great too. I have to give a major shout out to my college bf for doing such an awesome job on the custom paper designs for the invitations, stickers, banners, cupcake sticks, food place cards - if any wants her info let me know she is amazingly creative! I had fun challenging my own creativity with this par-tee theme - I did all the table center pieces on my own, my Gram made the cupcakes/cookies and me and my sis decorated them, my Mom, Sisters, Cousin, Gram, and Aunt all helped me decorate the room the night before (I want to send out a HUGE thank you to them, I couldn't have done it without you ladies - eventhough I was somewhat of a control freak while they were helping, they know how I am - so they graciously ignored me and helped so much), I used the internet some to help me think of some ideas but most of the creativity came from me and my love for these two boys for whom I wanted to throw a very memorable par-tee for. Everyone had a great time and I am so glad we had such a wonderful reason for everyone to get together for a little celebration of two people we all love and fellowship. I want to send a special thanks for everyone who came to the party, we are so glad you came and love you all!
The two birthday boys had a great time. Cannon is always in the mood for a golf cart ride with his Poppa and Yaya, except this time some of his friends were able to join him in the fun. Cannon enjoyed swinging outside with some of his friends. Shockingly he isn't a big fan of sweets, it is shocking b/c me and his daddy LOVE sweets but he did have a few tastes of his Texas cupcake which I guess is better than nothing. He really doesn't like to get messy either, so if there is anything of a liquid or gooey texture on his plate he usually won't touch and the only way he'll eat is if I feed it to him with a spoon.....I guess we should be thankful for that but on the other hand that's what little boys are suppose to be all about right.....I am betting this phase won't last for long, so maybe we should enjoy it while it lasts. He had fun opening his presents and has had a fun time playing with them at home. The only really 1st birthday faux paux I made as a host was forgetting about the opening of the presents since I put on the invitation "your presence is the only present required" (knowing that their would be presents brought still, at least for Cannon), I guess I just blocked that part of the party out of mind until someone asked me when are you going to do the gifts which was like an 1 1/2 after the party started.......lol.........but hey at least we got to it and I hope none of you think that since I didn't remember about this part of party, that I didn't appreciate your gifts because I did very much so. Which I should probably mention I am in the process of writing thank you notes for now, I am the World's Worst at sending thank you notes in a timely manner, a personal faux paux of mine! Cannon played so much that he was so tired when it was time to go, which was already passed his bed time. He was such a good sport the entire party and never got cranky until it was well past his bedtime. He loved being held, kissed and pampered by everyone all weekend, I think he could get used to several birthday parties throughout the year with this kind of personal treatment alone.
A few snap shots of the party..........
I worked myself up into a frenzy a few days before the actual party, thoughts of "it has to be perfect for him, it's his first birthday" just kept invading my brain, when in reality the only thing he is going to remember about this party is the pics he has to look back on but those who know me, know how I am when it comes to parties and details! Since we did not have a "home of our own" to host the party I decided to reserve a room at the country club and have a "golf" themed par-tee and it turned out fabulous! It was an evening party so I made it a catered event with all your "typical" golf themed foods - hot dogs, mini corn dogs, hamburger/chicken sliders, fries, chips and salsa, beer, wine, water, lemonade, tea, cake, cupcakes, donut holes, and cookies. The two birthday boys had about 40ish guest, mostly family and close friends. Cannon's Poppa and Yaya had their golf cart all tricked out for his birthday party and took all the kiddos and babes on golf cart rides. Right outside the room was a nice playground for the kids to play around on after dinner and cake. I strongly recommend using Decordova for any type of catering party, the food was great and they did a very good job of checking on guests through out the party, setting up for the party and take down - I was very impressed! If you haven't used the Grand Cakery yet, I strongly recommend them also, they did the cake which was decorated in a golf theme (I went with marble cake and butter cream frosting), not only did it look good, it tasted great too. I have to give a major shout out to my college bf for doing such an awesome job on the custom paper designs for the invitations, stickers, banners, cupcake sticks, food place cards - if any wants her info let me know she is amazingly creative! I had fun challenging my own creativity with this par-tee theme - I did all the table center pieces on my own, my Gram made the cupcakes/cookies and me and my sis decorated them, my Mom, Sisters, Cousin, Gram, and Aunt all helped me decorate the room the night before (I want to send out a HUGE thank you to them, I couldn't have done it without you ladies - eventhough I was somewhat of a control freak while they were helping, they know how I am - so they graciously ignored me and helped so much), I used the internet some to help me think of some ideas but most of the creativity came from me and my love for these two boys for whom I wanted to throw a very memorable par-tee for. Everyone had a great time and I am so glad we had such a wonderful reason for everyone to get together for a little celebration of two people we all love and fellowship. I want to send a special thanks for everyone who came to the party, we are so glad you came and love you all!
The two birthday boys had a great time. Cannon is always in the mood for a golf cart ride with his Poppa and Yaya, except this time some of his friends were able to join him in the fun. Cannon enjoyed swinging outside with some of his friends. Shockingly he isn't a big fan of sweets, it is shocking b/c me and his daddy LOVE sweets but he did have a few tastes of his Texas cupcake which I guess is better than nothing. He really doesn't like to get messy either, so if there is anything of a liquid or gooey texture on his plate he usually won't touch and the only way he'll eat is if I feed it to him with a spoon.....I guess we should be thankful for that but on the other hand that's what little boys are suppose to be all about right.....I am betting this phase won't last for long, so maybe we should enjoy it while it lasts. He had fun opening his presents and has had a fun time playing with them at home. The only really 1st birthday faux paux I made as a host was forgetting about the opening of the presents since I put on the invitation "your presence is the only present required" (knowing that their would be presents brought still, at least for Cannon), I guess I just blocked that part of the party out of mind until someone asked me when are you going to do the gifts which was like an 1 1/2 after the party started.......lol.........but hey at least we got to it and I hope none of you think that since I didn't remember about this part of party, that I didn't appreciate your gifts because I did very much so. Which I should probably mention I am in the process of writing thank you notes for now, I am the World's Worst at sending thank you notes in a timely manner, a personal faux paux of mine! Cannon played so much that he was so tired when it was time to go, which was already passed his bed time. He was such a good sport the entire party and never got cranky until it was well past his bedtime. He loved being held, kissed and pampered by everyone all weekend, I think he could get used to several birthday parties throughout the year with this kind of personal treatment alone.
A few snap shots of the party..........
Friday, March 11, 2011
Chandler Lately......
Family - We have spent most of our Saturdays lately going to watch my little brother and sister's bball games and let me tell you if you already didn't know - 10 and 12 years are AGGRESSIVE and COMPETITIVE and so our their parents! From my observations, it seems like most 12 year old girls have that little pre-teen attitude going on so that's always fun to watch for the extra drama and 10 year old boys are such hustler's but so clumsy and when they lose it just takes one of the boys to start the water works and the whole team folds. As they are shaking the winning teams hand with one hand, they are drying their eyes with the other hand. I do have to brag on my little bro and sis, they both made All Stars for their age group and I am one proud big sis! We also have discovered that Cannon LOVES bball, he watches his Aunt and Uncle so intensely it is crazy! He will throw out a periodic yell or laugh and at half time he always looks forward to going down on the court and gets very excited to be a part of the half time huddle chant, he sticks his hand in and looks up in the crowd to find us to give us that big, sweet smile of his. Of course, he doesn't realize he only gets to do this because his Yaya and Poppa are the coaches BUT we would never tell him other wise because he thinks he is Mr. Big Time when he is down there on the floor, it is the cutest thing every. On Sundays we do what I call CFETWH - Church, Family Time, Eat, Tan, Work Out, House Work - not all of these things get accomplished every Sunday but at least a few are covere. This month we've enjoyed visits from my sister, gram, and grandaddy. In two weekends we will have lots of visitors coming in for Canman's 1st bday and we are so excited to see everyone!
Work - Business has been busier than ever in alot of different aspects! I am getting ready to open the lab diagnostics part of our the Assurance Medical Diagnositics & More, April 18th- this business development idea began about 1 year and 8 months ago and is now officially coming to life and I am so excited! I've been really busy working to get everything prepared for the grand opening and can't wait to see what God has in store for this career adventure in my life. I look forward to posting more info about this business soon and you can follow new updates on this part of my life and business on my new blog -
House - Well this issue has kind of been a BIG thorn in our sides since we sold our house. The major issue regarding our new house hunt has been COMPROMISE. Compromising on the size of house, to build or buy, amount of land, area, school district, budget, subdivision/non subdivision......you name it we've probably disagreed about it BUT somehow we have finally COMPROMISED on all of these things, which I thought was never going to happen. Two Sundays ago we went to church and the sermon was over a marriage series we've been attending at Stonewater, God definitely spoke bo both of us and we must have listened. Because after church we went to lunch and finally COMPROMISED on everything, so now that we have our house priorities aligned - what was once such a BIG thorn has turned into alot of FUN - Thank you God! I am so excited to see what God has in store for our next move and I know it's going to be something that we will all love and build lots of wonderful memories in.
Cannon - Well I could write all day on the new things going on with this amazingly, sweet boy BUT I will save it for next time. I will tell you Saturday is his first birthday and this momma has alot of bittersweet feelings about that! I can't believe it has been a year and how fast it has all flown by. I hope by Saturday I can treat all of my friends to a special blog, a re-cap tribute to what has been one wonderful year, fully dedicated to the toddler of the day.......so stayed tuned.
Today has not been so great in the sense that the only reason I have found time to blog is because I am at home with a sick, little baby boy who is napping right now! His first birthday is this Saturday, I can't believe it's been one year! His birthday party is next Saturday and it is a golf theme I can not wait it's going to be so cute and I am so excited to see our friends and family! Please tell after the year mark, the sickness starts to diminish........XOXO - Kristen
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Snow Week!!!
Snow Day #1
We stayed in all day, all three of us - played in the snow for about a second (it was too windy for Canman to get the full snow experience but it wasn't worthy risking getting him sick again); cooked homemade chili for dinner and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. It was a lovely and relaxing day with my two main squeezes.
Snow Day #2
Cannon spent day with his daddy and poppa, which basically means that they all just played, ate, napped all day and I went up to the office because I had a ton of stuff to work on. We all met up for dinner at my favorite Italin restaurant and crashed early!
Snow Day #3
Cannon and I spent the morning playing and hanging out while Daddy worked half a day. Then I went up to the office for the afternoon while Cannon and Daddy spent their time playing, hanging out and going to lunch with the "guys". We had a low key night and tried to crash early but Canman wasn't having it.
Snow Day #4
Pretty much a mix of the rest of the snow days, I sure have loved spending this extra time with my little man but I am ready to get back to a structured schedule!
I am also ready for a ski trip, I am hoping that we can fit it in soon, we need a little winter vacay!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Pure Gratitude
Well the beginning of 2011 can be summed up in two words by me (U-T-T-E-R E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-O-N), yes this is me yelling!!!
We started the new year off with a fantastic offer on our house, what was not so fantastic was the fact that after closing we were only given 6 days to be out of our house! With the holidays still going on, our household being sick pretty much the entire month of January, having to pack up the house we've made a home for the last five years, finding another place to live (we only had 6 days after the day we closed to be out of the house), while juggling the daily demands of life, and chasing after an on the move 10 1/2 month baby, has been difficult and stressful to say the least! But we did it, we made it out alive, and even on our grouchiest, most exhausting days we managed not to harm the other.....LOL.....but seriously that is something to celebrate considering our state of health and mental capacity during this moving process!
Our previously owned home was nestled in a beautiful gated community, heavily wooded, with a beautiful river that ran through it, wildlife frolicked without a care in the world - it truly is a very peaceful and serene neighborhood. So you may be wondering why in the world we would ever want to leave this little Granbury gem, right? Well back in April we decided we were tired of driving the 20-30 minute drive into town every day, so we discussed putting our house on the market and that following week we had a "For Sale" sign in our yard. Since we didn't have to sell our house or weren't in a hurry to sell it, we were really anxious to just to see what would happen with it. As the months went on we began to even forget it was still up for sale, we'd have a few showings here and there, but nothing ever really promising walked through our doors. We weren't really expecting to sell our house in a very fast manner, considering this economy, Granbury real estate, and the fact that we initially & purposely listed it unrealistically higher than what it was worth. In December we received an offer we couldn't turn down and from the moment our realtor felt like everything was going to go through on the buyers end, we have been going 90 miles to nothing.
Since we didn't have anytime to find a new house to buy right away, our realtor made accommodations for us to rent something on a month to month basis. The first rent house she found us would have worked out fine for a short term basis, if the suspicious man I noticed watching me move stuff in the first week we were there wouldn't have turned out to be a high risk sex offender. So........now we are moving into rent house #2, that we just happened to stumble across finding and it happened to be owned by some dear church friends of ours. Rent house #2 is cute and in a quaint, quiet neighborhood but best of all it is in town and only 2 minutes from work for me! It is quite a bit smaller than what we came out of but that is ok because we only moved our bare essentials in and put the rest in storage until we find something to buy. The rent house doesn't have the upgraded appliances, wood floors, crown molding, granite counter tops, light fixtures, garden bath tub, and the amenities of country club living that we once had at our disposal BUT it does provide a roof over our heads, has running water & electricity, is in a safe neighborhood, & is another place for to create some more wonderful family memories. So if you've lost counting how many times we've moved in one month this will be our 3rd time, so yes I am absolutely utterly exhausted!
Rewinding back to the beginning of this month, I can recall my primary focus just being set on packing up our home and praying we got out by our deadline. I had little time to really reflect upon how I was truly going to feel about leaving it, I didn't have any time to take any moving pictures, I had zero energy to blog about it......all of my time was spent with my face in boxes. I went through several emotions after the move from our first house was officially over and it had time to finally sink in. Seller's remorse was the main emotion. I started thinking about all the memories we had their - the first house we bought together as a married couple, celebrating our first anniversary, our first fight as a married couple (LOL), our first christmases (without and with Cannon), bringing Cannon home for the first time, Cannon's first bedroom that I designed especially for him, all of the rooms that I so patiently decorated and made sure that everything I bought would fit perfectly for that wall space and that nook, parties we had thrown with friends & family, the wood floors & fence we put in........I could go on and on but after I got over all of that I realized that God must have a different plan for us, considering all of the circumstances with the sell of our house.
We are really not sure what our next "home" purchase move will be, in these next few months we are going to spend alot of time praying for what God's plans are for our next home. Whether it's to stay in Granbury, to buy on the water or land, to build.......who knows, but I do know that no matter where we end up as long as we are together the rest will work itself out. Through this move I've realized alot of things - we don't need a new or big house to be happy, we just need eachother; I can actually live with the bare essentials that I need, not necessarily what I want - eventhough our house is super bland because there is no decor, I can live without it but I do miss it b/c I love to decorate; we have a tendency to take for granted all of the things we are blessed with and with the next home we will definitely utilize all aspects of the house and the property; God is so good and is very protective over his children (the sex offender story is a long one so I will spare you) but everything that happened from the beginning to the end was all due to God's watchful eye over our family and that we listened to our hearts and his silent messages to discover that where we were wasn't where we needed to be. I felt so stressed during this whole transitions but God definitely reassured me that he was with me through it all, which was a very humbling moment for me. We are truly blessed in many areas of our lives and very fortunate to have family and friends who pitched in anyway they could to help and all of that definitely did not go unnoticed we owe alot of people our helping hands whenever they find themselves in need of extra help and we will be so happy to give back, we couldn't have done it without all of you that helped and thank you so much!
During that hectic time I decided to take a little break from facebook to focus on what I needed to get done and it was the best thing I could've done! I discovered that I can actually live outside of this addicting, social network BUT I did miss having a place to upload pics and videos of Canman so easily! So I am back but I am putting myself on a strict time limit when it comes to fb! I actually spent alot of time doing other more important things, that may have otherwise been spent on fb, so I learned a valuable lesson while putting myself on fb suspension and plan to stick to the new fb limitations I've put on myself!
As for Cannon he is doing great and I will blog about him soon. I am just hoping we haven't messed him up completely this month, I don't really think he knows where our home is! Original house, Yaya and Poppa's house, rent house 1, rent house 2..........that's alot for a little 10 1/2 month old to take in over a one month period!
Sorry for the long spill, but it's been awhile and lots of new things have happened! I sure have missed ya'll and will blog again soon!
We started the new year off with a fantastic offer on our house, what was not so fantastic was the fact that after closing we were only given 6 days to be out of our house! With the holidays still going on, our household being sick pretty much the entire month of January, having to pack up the house we've made a home for the last five years, finding another place to live (we only had 6 days after the day we closed to be out of the house), while juggling the daily demands of life, and chasing after an on the move 10 1/2 month baby, has been difficult and stressful to say the least! But we did it, we made it out alive, and even on our grouchiest, most exhausting days we managed not to harm the other.....LOL.....but seriously that is something to celebrate considering our state of health and mental capacity during this moving process!
Our previously owned home was nestled in a beautiful gated community, heavily wooded, with a beautiful river that ran through it, wildlife frolicked without a care in the world - it truly is a very peaceful and serene neighborhood. So you may be wondering why in the world we would ever want to leave this little Granbury gem, right? Well back in April we decided we were tired of driving the 20-30 minute drive into town every day, so we discussed putting our house on the market and that following week we had a "For Sale" sign in our yard. Since we didn't have to sell our house or weren't in a hurry to sell it, we were really anxious to just to see what would happen with it. As the months went on we began to even forget it was still up for sale, we'd have a few showings here and there, but nothing ever really promising walked through our doors. We weren't really expecting to sell our house in a very fast manner, considering this economy, Granbury real estate, and the fact that we initially & purposely listed it unrealistically higher than what it was worth. In December we received an offer we couldn't turn down and from the moment our realtor felt like everything was going to go through on the buyers end, we have been going 90 miles to nothing.
Since we didn't have anytime to find a new house to buy right away, our realtor made accommodations for us to rent something on a month to month basis. The first rent house she found us would have worked out fine for a short term basis, if the suspicious man I noticed watching me move stuff in the first week we were there wouldn't have turned out to be a high risk sex offender. So........now we are moving into rent house #2, that we just happened to stumble across finding and it happened to be owned by some dear church friends of ours. Rent house #2 is cute and in a quaint, quiet neighborhood but best of all it is in town and only 2 minutes from work for me! It is quite a bit smaller than what we came out of but that is ok because we only moved our bare essentials in and put the rest in storage until we find something to buy. The rent house doesn't have the upgraded appliances, wood floors, crown molding, granite counter tops, light fixtures, garden bath tub, and the amenities of country club living that we once had at our disposal BUT it does provide a roof over our heads, has running water & electricity, is in a safe neighborhood, & is another place for to create some more wonderful family memories. So if you've lost counting how many times we've moved in one month this will be our 3rd time, so yes I am absolutely utterly exhausted!
Rewinding back to the beginning of this month, I can recall my primary focus just being set on packing up our home and praying we got out by our deadline. I had little time to really reflect upon how I was truly going to feel about leaving it, I didn't have any time to take any moving pictures, I had zero energy to blog about it......all of my time was spent with my face in boxes. I went through several emotions after the move from our first house was officially over and it had time to finally sink in. Seller's remorse was the main emotion. I started thinking about all the memories we had their - the first house we bought together as a married couple, celebrating our first anniversary, our first fight as a married couple (LOL), our first christmases (without and with Cannon), bringing Cannon home for the first time, Cannon's first bedroom that I designed especially for him, all of the rooms that I so patiently decorated and made sure that everything I bought would fit perfectly for that wall space and that nook, parties we had thrown with friends & family, the wood floors & fence we put in........I could go on and on but after I got over all of that I realized that God must have a different plan for us, considering all of the circumstances with the sell of our house.
We are really not sure what our next "home" purchase move will be, in these next few months we are going to spend alot of time praying for what God's plans are for our next home. Whether it's to stay in Granbury, to buy on the water or land, to build.......who knows, but I do know that no matter where we end up as long as we are together the rest will work itself out. Through this move I've realized alot of things - we don't need a new or big house to be happy, we just need eachother; I can actually live with the bare essentials that I need, not necessarily what I want - eventhough our house is super bland because there is no decor, I can live without it but I do miss it b/c I love to decorate; we have a tendency to take for granted all of the things we are blessed with and with the next home we will definitely utilize all aspects of the house and the property; God is so good and is very protective over his children (the sex offender story is a long one so I will spare you) but everything that happened from the beginning to the end was all due to God's watchful eye over our family and that we listened to our hearts and his silent messages to discover that where we were wasn't where we needed to be. I felt so stressed during this whole transitions but God definitely reassured me that he was with me through it all, which was a very humbling moment for me. We are truly blessed in many areas of our lives and very fortunate to have family and friends who pitched in anyway they could to help and all of that definitely did not go unnoticed we owe alot of people our helping hands whenever they find themselves in need of extra help and we will be so happy to give back, we couldn't have done it without all of you that helped and thank you so much!
During that hectic time I decided to take a little break from facebook to focus on what I needed to get done and it was the best thing I could've done! I discovered that I can actually live outside of this addicting, social network BUT I did miss having a place to upload pics and videos of Canman so easily! So I am back but I am putting myself on a strict time limit when it comes to fb! I actually spent alot of time doing other more important things, that may have otherwise been spent on fb, so I learned a valuable lesson while putting myself on fb suspension and plan to stick to the new fb limitations I've put on myself!
As for Cannon he is doing great and I will blog about him soon. I am just hoping we haven't messed him up completely this month, I don't really think he knows where our home is! Original house, Yaya and Poppa's house, rent house 1, rent house 2..........that's alot for a little 10 1/2 month old to take in over a one month period!
Sorry for the long spill, but it's been awhile and lots of new things have happened! I sure have missed ya'll and will blog again soon!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Cannon's Torture Chamber!
Well today I learned something brand new about my sweet little baby boy - he absolutely HATES going through the car wash - I guess I should have thought about it before I so absent mindedly drove through what is now know as Cannon's Torture Chamber. He screamed, cried, threw his head back the entire way through it, so I definately felt like a bad mommy today - who would have thought that the loud blowers, violent water splashing, sponges slamming would ever scare a soon to be 10 month old, ummmm that would be this mommy - so sorry Cannon that I ruined your first trip to the car wash experience! I really hope you don't have nightmares about this episode!
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