Camping

Sometime back we were given a "two man" tent. If any of you have seen on of these you know it really means a toddler tent. Ours had been in storage along with most of our stuff but I snaged it during a recent trip to our storage unit and thought it might be fun for Caleb to play in. I set it up in the living room yesterday and it showed me that yes we have a small living room. I moved it to Calebs room last night and he played in it and we even had bedtime stories in it. I had the brainyiac idea to let him sleep in it; knowing that if he doesnt like it in the middle of the night I would be in trouble if his mattress was in the tent it would not be a quick move back into the crib. So today I pulled the mattress out and put it in the tent for nap time. We'll see how that goes.

Fallabration

This weekend my friend, Joy invited us to her sister's churs for the childrens ministry Fallabration. It was an extremely well done event that we enjoyed greatly!

18 month cutie

TODAY is Caleb's half birthday! I took him to a studio to get his 18 mo pics taken. I cant believe its been 6 months since I've gotten his pics taken. He has been walking since the last time so this was interesting to get him to sit long enough to take pics. We did get some cute ones though.

he's a big boy now

Last night I was so excited when I picked Caleb up from the nursery at church.

His regular classroom was dark and a sign was posted to take him to another class when I dropped him off. It was an older classroom. He has been a little hesitant when I drop him off but he usually chippers up within minutes and plays fine the entire time he is in there.

When I picked him up I gathered the usual garb, backpack, cup and his extra diaper. As I was turning to leave the teacher said, "Oh dont forget his picutre." A PICTURE!?!?! Caleb has never made a picture before! I am sure I looked like a total dork and I know there will be millions more to come, but this is his first and I am sooo proud of him.

Now I know he didn't trace any of the shapes, cut them or even put the glue on the leaves but I bet he put them down on the tree. And for that its ART!!! I love my boy!

I scanned it for everyone to enjoy!

Tagged again....

Well I hope these are fun to read. I don't hear any complaints so here it goes....

4 things I love about my husband:

1. He loves me unconditionally!

2. He loves our son unconditionally!

3. He helps around the house!

4. He wants me to be satisfied and happy!

4 Movies I would watch more than once:

1. Rudy

2. Remember the Titans

3. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

4. Any Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek or Back to the Future, b/c that's what Jeremy would be watching ;)

4 TV shows I watch more than once:

1. THE OFFICE

2. ER

3. Jon & Kate +8

4. Any decorating show

4 Places I have been:

1. Canada

2. Mexico

3. Croatia

4. Austria

4 People who email me regularly (I actually dont e-mail much any more, mostly FB)

1. Kay (my mother in law)

2. Jeremy

3. Jessica

4. Sara T.

4 Favorite Foods

1. Any Mexican Food

2. Brownies (especially my mother in laws Carmel chocolate brownies she makes special for me)

3. Cherry Limeaide (can a drink count Hey this is my blog and I say it does!)

4. Chocolate

Places I would like to visit

1. South Carolina

2. North Carolina

3. New Mexico

4. Michigan (can you believe it?)

4 Things I am looking forward to this coming year

1. Caleb's 2nd birthday

2. Buying and moving into our FRIST home

3. Celebrating our SEVENTH wedding anniversary

4. Hopefully a cruise in the fall

4 People I would like to tagI am done tagging b/c not many people read this and those who do, don't have a blog themselves. So your off the hook kids!

Completly unrelated heres a cute one of my bubba at a football game!

My newest baby!!

I have been saving and saving and saving. I have wanted a Digital SLR for sometime now. I have a reg digital camera and film slr but I wanted a Digital SLR to really get back into photography. I had saved up almost $800 for a camera. I was getting ready to go shopping in the stores for my camera. I knew I'd really only get a camera body and probably a 18mm-35mm lense. I have recently discovered Craigslist.com and came across the most AWESOME find.

A guy had a 10 megapixel cannon rebel with the reg lense, an extra 75mm-300mm lense, THREE batteries, TWO memory disks (adding up to 6g of memory), TWO professional grade bags, a charger, card reader, a very nice flash and all the orginal packaging. All for a price just out of my savings range.

I e-mailed him anyway to find out if he'd come down and he DID! I got almost 2k worth of equipment for much much less than that!! I would have NEVER gotten all of this just going to Best Buy!! I am soooo pumped. So if you need any family pics taken, LET ME KNOW- I'm back in the game!

As any proud mama here is a pic!

I KNOW I AM QUARKY

My friend Sarah tagged me in this e-mail awhile back and I forgot about it until today but over the past few days several of my quarks have come out in life so this is perfect timing!! I challenge anyone to find better quarks than me!

Here are the rules, link back to the person who tagged you. List the rules on your blog. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of your own and tag 6 "unsuspecting" bloggers to complete. Pretty simple, eh? Until you get to the 6 unspectacular quirks of your own.

Here are mine...

1. I eyeball my food before I eat it. Take Funoions for instance, I like the bags with the windows because I eat all the broken ones first, then the whole ones. Popcorn is another great example; I like to look for the butteriest ones or biggest ones first.

2. I organize my closet in color coordination. Not just like colors together but in RAINBOW order. ROYGBIV and I often recite the saying to myself to know where a shirt goes.

3. I eat everything in evens. Today my husband gave me M&Ms and he handed me 3, I asked him to get me one more and he gave me 4. I seriously got rid of one. When I eat my pringles, I check to make sure I have an even amount of chips. When I am finishing up my cereal, I spoon up the cereal in even pieces.

4. I get ready in the SAME order every morning. Pee. Shower; Shampoo, rinse, Conditioner, wash my face, shave, body soap, rinse body, rinse face, rinse hair. Towel off. Put contacts in-LEFT eye first then right eye. Blow dry hair. Pick clothes out. Get dressed. Put facial lotion on. Brush teeth (now I also brush Caleb's teeth at this time). Put on makeup. Put on earrings. Ready to go.

5. I wash dishes in the same order. Cups. Silverware. Plates. Bowls. Pots & Pans.

6. When I am ordering food at a restaurant or usually order the same thing every time at each restaurant. Any Mexican place; two tacos, beans no rice. Diner type places; Turkey Club with fries. If I am making a choice and there is a choice between two items; which ever one is cheaper is what I order.

I am Sick huh?

I don't know if I have 6 blogging friends that check my site but I'll pick these and see how it goes Jillynn, Jeremy (I dont think he'll do it), Crystal, Kathryn, Mary and Amber.