Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hey guys!
Just wanted to say that I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas. It was a great one this year for me and my fam. We all made out like bandits and my mom made the most delicious dinner ever. It was just really nice to spend time with my family and friends. I got the most beautiful necklace from Erik...it's a heart pendant with Gavin's picture engraved on it...it's sooo neat how they did it. And I also got a bike which I'm really excited about...Simon and I have already been around the neighborhood a couple of times and I'm ready to hit the bike trails over here by my house. Gavin got a motorized Jeep Wrangler from Grandma and Pappy, a Dirt Devil vaccum cleaner from Erik and I, a Radio Flyer red tricycle from Santa, a ball pit from Aunt Melanie and Uncle Jon, and a Sit 'n Spin from Aunt Karen. Not to mention a whole lot of other stuff that's too long to list. My mom really liked the bible Erik and I gave her with her name engraved on it. Melanie and Jon loved the photo album Erik and I put together of some pictures we had of them. My dad loved his Little Richard cd and Karen was so excited to finally get the new Mariah Carey cd (even though Erik wrapped it about 20 times to be an ass..it was sooo funny watching her unravel all the ribbon and scotch tape.) All in all it was a great Christmas......can't wait 'til New Years!!

House full of sickness.

There has been an overwhelming cloud of sickness floating over my house these past couple of days. Not only have I been sick but my mom, Erik, and Gavin have been sick as well. Needless to say, we've all been close to pulling one another's hair out (except Gavin.) We're all cranky, irritable, soup eaters right now..and it sucks. Please God let us all be better by Saturday! So on that note, I'm really excited about the Christmas party we're having on Saturday. Mostly I'm anxious to see everyone together and to see what everyone's been up too. Is it me, or had this holiday season zoomed by? I've barely started my Christmas shopping, and I had all these holiday plans for Erik, Gavin and I to do..but it just seems like we're running out of time. The Christmas clock needs to slow down so I can enjoy the time spent with my family and friends..and not have to worry so much about shopping.

First bad haircut.

So my mom and I took Gavin to get his haircut yesterday. And yes people, mark the date...it was his first BAD haircut. I told the lady that I wanted it to be short and spikey, with some length on the top to put gel in it to spike it. And before I knew it, it was COMPLETLY cut off...she might as well had shaved it. I mean his hair will grow out and everything..but come on now. On a happier note, he barely cried...she gave him a sucker and that did the trick..oh and my mom was getting her haircut right across from him and she was making silly faces so that helped too. I will admit that I'm a little sad that his curls were cut off...but that's his natural hair type so it will grow back.

In other news, I'm really enjoying the church my family and I are going too. Gavin has yet to get adjusted to the daycare...but hopefully there will be more playing and less crying in the future. Also, we got two angels off the angel tree at church..so we shopped for them yesterday and they should be getting their gifts on Saturday. It's a great christmas program that we're doing because the angels on the tree are prison inmate's kids who are living with their grandparents. I would just like to say that if you can..please go to your local church or mall and pick up an angel. There are so many less fortunate children out there who will not be having a Christmas this year. Think of how much joy a $10 gift will bring them on Christmas Day :) .

Ok, well I'm off to do Christmas cards. I hope everyone is having a great Monday so far!

*sings* Leaving on a jet plane..don't know when I'll be back again...

Ok,
So I'm not leaving on a jet plane, and I do know when I'm coming back. BUT I do need some help planning a trip to Kentucky. That's right! Erik, Gavin, and I will be venturing to the big K for the Thanksgiving holiday. I am really excited to be seeing Erik's fam and just to get away! So considering this is my first time to be on a big trip with my family..I welcome any advice you can give me. We will be leaving Wednesday morning and coming back on Sunday. As of right now Billie (Erik's sister) says that it's chilly over there. So I will be packing warm clothes. Do any of you have any good ideas on what to bring to a long trip like that? I know you might have some ideas Dina considering you're always traveling to see your fam. Do you have any life saving advice in regards to Gavin and the twelve hour ride? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
As for now, I'm starting to pack and check off the little list Erik and I have made.

I hope everyone has a great Turkey Day!

Gobble Gobble!

Christmas songs already!!?????????!!!???

I cannot believe my ears. I'm listening to Christmas music flowing through the rooms of my house today. What the %@#$? I don't know about you guys, but I think this is ridiculous! They pulled this crap last year and I swear that Thanksgiving felt like Christmas all day. What are they trying to do to me??? Whatever happened to playing them the weekend after Thanksgiving? No wonder everyone is ready to pull each other heads off by Christmas Eve..because we've had been bombarded by Christmas songs wayyyyyyyyyy too early!

As of right now, I am banning the listening of Christmas songs until Nov. 26th. Who's with me!?

I HATE MY BROTHER!!

I am soooooo f**kin tired of my brother living here!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish I could scream it for all the world to hear. How is it that my own brother can bring the worst out of me? He thinks he owns everything, and he has no respect for NOTHING. He is literally putting every one of us in a depression. Before Joe got here..we understood how thankful we needed to be that we had such great parents to open their home out to us. Joe does not see that, he sees like they owe him something..uggghhhhh. I just wish he could understand how miserable he's making all of us.

Please God help us!

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who was apart of my birthday someway or another :)
I had a great time..and I hope everyone did too!
Thanks again for the crazyness and laughter! I'll never forget it!!

Love you guys!

It's comin' up!

yAY! My birthday is almost here! I'm really happy because hopefully I'll get to see everybody. If you haven't rsvp'd me or melanie about this weekend...you need too!! he he Melanie just needs to know how many people are coming so she can reserve enough room. So far I have:

Dina
Vic
Katy
Theresa T. and date
and my family.

So hurry up and let us know!!
Yay..*singing* I'm so excited! I'm so excited!

Love ya!

Officially Exhausted

Ok,
So today is the official "taking care of Kenzie while her mommy works" day. I did, however, take care of her half a day yesterday..I guess like a trial run or something. And it was just awful. Don't get me wrong..I love Kenzie very much..but she was going through this "I am going to puke up everything and not sleep at all" day. I was so exhausted when Karen came home that I upped my daycare charges to a $100 more...(I doubt she took me seriously though.)

Today is going much better. She took her bottle like a good girl (didn't spit up at all.) And she has been sleeping ever since. I'm worried about taking care of her and Gavin at the same time now. It has really made me think about what it would be like to have another baby. And I know..I'm officially not ready. Maybe in two to three years..lol.

On another note, I want to thank you all who came to Melanie's birthday party. It went off without a hitch. And she said she had the BEST time ever. Wasn't the Karaoke fun? Oh my God, I have some awfully incriminating photos here..he he he. Here are a list of some costumes that had me at "hello" :P

1. Melanie-punk rocker. This girl had a 6 inch mohawk. It was awesome!

2. Jon- it was this "got cut while shaving" costume. But it was sooooo scary. He had blood all over, he looked like a satan worshiper if you ask me.

3. Dina- bar maid. I think a few of you have seen this one. But it just gets cuter and cuter. I wish I had the bod to wear it!

4. Erik- OHHHH my gosh! He was hilarious. He had put cotton all over his shirt. So everyone was like "What are you?" And he's like "I'm partly cloudy with a chance of rain." And he would spray you with a spray bottle. It was too cute.

5. Gavin- Awwwww. My little devil. It was funny..because I would take him around and I would be like "Look at my little angel." And then everyone would be like "You mean devil." And then I would be like.."Yeah, that too!"

6. Corry- My cousin had the funniest looking Afro. Get this a 6ft. tall white boy with an afro..it had me in tears.

7. Karen- she was a cute little bunny. Who I might add..was able to take back her bunny ears and tail and get her $18 back. Devious I tell you.

8. Star- another devil in the house! She looked soooo cute!

9. Dylan- Darth vader. Need I say more?
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0. Brandon- Dennis the Menace. He had the cutest little alfafa, and overalls and a boomarang! He really was workin' the part.

11. Stacy- Last but not least! I was a Diva Witch. Had my wig goin' and my feather boa pants. I had to say..I was workin' it as well.

I hope I'm not forgetting anybody who wore a costume. There were a whole bunch of other people who came over costumeless..and we still love you! Thanks for making Melanie's birthday soooo special!

Pics

Hey!
Here are some new pics of Gavin. Man, it sure does take a long time for dial-up to upload pictures...whewww!

Silly Gavin

Silly Gavin
Originally uploaded by spacy8.

falling asleep

falling asleep
Originally uploaded by spacy8.

takin' a break

takin' a break
Originally uploaded by spacy8.

In case your bored.

And because I just can't stand him.

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Frustrated!

If you have emailed me at my yahoo email address in the past couple of days...can you please tell me? I think I'm not recieving any emails from the people in my address book...but I'm not sure. Please comment to this blog if you have sent me stuff..and I haven't responded.

Thank you!

I'm a Jogger!

Woo hoo! I actually jogged last night. Karen and I have been staying up on walking this week...and I feel great! We were walking last night..and I was like "Let's see if we can jog to that tree." And we did! And then we would walk..and then we would jog. Right now we are up to walking/jogging for 37 minutes exactly ( I have a stop watch.) We went up from 33min/34sec. We're trying to get up to an hour a night. Oh it was so scary though. We were walking down a street that we normally walk down..and there was this big ol' dog in the middle of the street growling and barking at us. Karen was like "I think that's God telling us to turn around."lol. We did, he followed us a little ways but then stopped. I know this sounds crazy...but Erik attached a small pocket knife to my stop watch so I could have it for protection. Not that I would ever hurt a doggy...but this dog was SCARY. So I felt a little protected.
Other than that..I'm really glad the weekend is coming up. And I'm sooooo happy that we're having cooler weather. I hope it never get's back up to the 100's. Ok, well gotta do laundry. TGIF everybody!

Back in the saddle again.

Ok, so I started walking again yesterday. I've actually prolonged it for a long as I possibly could. I just hate exercising..who's with me? So anyways, Karen and I agreed that we would be each other's walking buddy. We decided that the evening would be best considering we would be cooking in the texas heat if we went earlier in the day. We started walking at 8:00pm...and it was completly dark and I thought I was absolutely going to hate it. But actually...it wasn't too bad. I think I prefer walking at night now...you have privacy..you can be silly without worrying if someone is seeing you thrue their window..and there was actually a little breeze. All in all, I enjoyed it last night.
It just sucks to be me right now. I really thought I was going to lose this baby weight..but actually I've gained. I can only wear like two pairs of jeans now..and then the rest are stretch pants. I told Karen that my goal right now is to lose 30lbs. That way, I'm sure I'll be able to fit into the 20 pairs of jeans I have hanging in my closet. I refuse to buy bigger clothes...it's just not going to happen.
I'm sure you're tired of hearing my rantin' about all of this. But get used to it. I figured I would kind of keep a self journal on here to record my triumphs and defeats...not sure yet. All in all everything is going ok, you've probably heard that Erik got let go from his job...it was actually a temp job..so we kinda knew that it was going to happen. So if anyone out there knows of anything opening up...let us know.

Oh! And I'm almost done with a purse that I've been making. I'm pretty proud of myself because I've had to do some things with it that I've never done before. Now I'm just stuck on the damn straps..uggghhh. I'll post a pick when I'm done with it.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

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I promised y'all pictures..

Karen out of it
Originally uploaded by spacy8.

Here they are! This picture is of Karen right after the delivery with her beautiful daughter Kenzie. The next picture is Kenzie before she got dressed to go home. The next picture is of Kenzie in her car seat ready to go home! Oh, and the last pic I just had to add. It's Gavin seeing the baby for the VERY FIRST time. He wasn't very pleased obviously..lol. That's all for now...I'll post more later on. Bye!

BabyGirl
Originally uploaded by spacy8.