Hangin' Out

Before- sometime in the winter, but you can tell how wet it was in this corner compared the the After pic below



Thought I'd share some Cooper pics and thanks to Al, I have a before pic of our land, so you can see the changes. We went out for a boat ride Saturday afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa Rains and had dinner at Whitehorn Cove Restaurant on the lake. Cooper is not so crazy about the life jacket, but he likes to ride, he took a little nap on the way back. The other picture of Cooper is him at Mamaw and Papaw's house, he loves to crawl around in the kitchen with Mamaw and beat on her box of SlimFast and bottle of juice, you'd think the kid didn't have any toys at all, but he's amused by the simplest things.

A Day in the Life....

Of Cooper:

7:00am- Wake up, sometimes singing, sometimes yelling at me, sometimes banging on the wall to get my attention, usually with poopy #1 for the day
7:30am- Eat some breakfast
8:00-10:00am- Play, play, play, somewhere in there, usually do #2 poopy and have some milk
10-10:45-ish- morning nap, which is usually just a "power nap" of 30-45 minutes
10:45-ish - Noon- Play, play, play
Noon- lunch time
12:30-2:00- Play, play, play, sometimes another poopy, some more milk
2:00-4:00 if I'm lucky- nap time, oh, I can get a lot done in a short amount of time
4:00-5:00pm- Play, play, play
5:00pm- dinner
5:30-7:00- Play, play, play
7:00- Bath and play til bed time
8:00- Milk, book, and bed til 7am the next morning.

This is the life! Of course, this is a day at home, a couple days out of the week, we are out running errands, which we usually start just after morning play time, since we are 30 minutes from all the places we need to go, that driving time is good for morning nap. He's such a good little trooper, that I even take him to workout with me at Curves, where he mostly sleeps and/or watches all of us, while sitting in his carrier for 30 minutes and rarely gets upset, thank goodness! But, he will be starting Kid's Day Out a couple of days a week in September, which will give him some time with other kids and me some time to get some work done, uninterrupted. I think we will both enjoy the break from each other and it will be that much more fun when we are doing the above routine.
The only news I have is that Cooper is getting more teeth!! His top two front teeth are finally starting to poke through after a very fussy week. Yay! He still has many to go, but it's still exciting to watch the progress. I will try to get a picture, but for now, the only ones he likes to show me are the bottom two.

Date Night and Family Gathering

Cooper stayed the night with Mamaw and Papaw last night, so hubby and I had a much needed evening alone. So, how does that Jeff Foxworthy thing go again?... Oh yeah, "You might be a redneck if....your idea of a romantic evening is taking a ride on the bass boat to your favorite lakefront restaurant"- Yep, that's us! I think he married me because I am so easily amused- hehehe. We had fun just hanging out together free of distractions, I think we forget what that's like since we've had Cooper, we need to have "dates" a little more often! I feel like I'm a much better mommy when take that time for Dennis and me, too.

I'll be posting pictures of our family "mini-reunion", I guess you'd call it, very soon. We had a lunch with some of Papaw's side of the family, celebrating his sister's birthday (she is 83 years young tomorrow). "Aunt Neat", as we call her used to babysit us when we were kids and she always made us mac and cheese with weenies cut up in it (still delicious to this day) and we would sew little Barbie clothes and pillows, make tents behind her couch, and cut out paper dolls from the clothing catalogs. Oh, those were the days! So, Happy Birthday to Aunt Neat!

Virtual Makeover

Okay, I promised a peek at the results of my very own virtual makeover, so here you are! The hair was especially fun!

Can you believe this?!?

This is soooo funny! Try it out to see what you come up with. I couldn't believe I'd be a 50's chick!

You Belong in 1953

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?

TAG!!!

Okay, I've been tagged by my friend, Traci! Now I have to tell you six things you may not know about me. Since I have a pretty wide variety of friends and family, some of you will know some of these things and some of you won't, so enjoy. Here you go:

1. I used to show pigs, yes, I said pigs. And not the potbelly kind, the big ones that we eat! I showed all through high school and did lots of leadership activities, too in FFA. Those of you who have never seem me in a farm setting are probably stunned!

2. Here's another that won't suprise you so much after the first one. I went to Oklahoma State University (GO POKES), graduated with a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Education with teaching option, but ended up going into the area of food production (it's somewhat related). Now, you know that I am full time mommy and lovin' it!

3. I met my husband on a blind date, set up my a mutual friend of ours- Thank you, Dennisa!! We've been together for nearly 10 years, married for almost four.

4. I am the oldest of 5, I have one "full" sister, I guess you could say, 2 half brothers, and one half sister and I love them all dearly. Somehow I became the responsible one and most of the time that pretty much stinks, but it has it's perks.

5. Some of you may know, but I am a Mary Kay consultant. I know, sounds funny after hearing about the pigs, go figure. This is why some are suprised by the first one. Some people only know me as the "Mary Kay Lady", which is so great!

6. I LOOOOVVVEEE Mexican food, I think I could eat it day and night. I'm suprised my child didn't come out speaking Spanish and holding a bean burrito after the many trips to Taco Bueno while I was pregnant. FYI, I still love Taco Bueno bean burritos, can you believe that?!?

Now I'm TAGGING:

Shawn & Morgan
These are my dear friends with adorable twins! Morgan was my collge roommate and everyone mistakes us for sisters, she is like a sister to me, though.

"Yes, They are All Mine"
I recently discovered this one thanks to Traci. I enjoy reading what's up with all those kiddos!

I don't look at a lot of blogs, so here's something else fun for you:
Go to my MARY KAY VIRTUAL MAKEOVER-
You can download your own picture, it even shows you an example of the best way to take the picture of yourself for best results, try colors and HAIR STYLES, too!! You set up an account just so you can save what you try on, then send it to me, so I can see, too!!
PS- I will post mine as soon as I get a good picture to use for it, for some reason, I take all the pictures, but am rarely in any of them!

HAVE FUN!!

Dirt Work

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Here are some pictures of what our land looks like right now. I wish I had remembered to take photos before they began clearing all the overgrown stuff out of the corner and filling in the "pond" thing we had in the front corner. There is still a way to go, but it has come a long way, too. It looks completely different and now I think it looks like ten acres, where it didn't so much before. That's Dennis on the tractor. As soon as he saw me pull in, he drove over to us and got out singing Kenny Chesney, "She thinks my tractor's sexy"- He did look pretty cute (giggle, giggle).

I also had to add one of Cooper eating one of his new favorite things, scrambled eggs. This kid loves them, I make them for both of us a couple days a week, scrambled with cheese, he gobbles them up. As you can see, he's learning to feed himself, when he's in the mood, anyway.