Labor Day (extended) Weekend 2011:

Labor Day weekend was amazing! I have been feeling like I don’t spend enough time with Collin lately, so I decided I would use some of my vacation time and take an extra couple of days off! I took the Tuesday and Wednesday after the holiday Monday off. It was wonderful! I got caught up on house work, and spent some wonderful time with my little man!

Saturday though we went to Benton to visit with Jack, Tammy, and Tori. We had a BLAST! We took Collin swimming one more time and had a wonderful lunch. Eric stayed and watched the first Razorback game of the season with his dad, and Collin and I came back to Conway. The game was starting at 6:00, and would have been over WAY after Collin’s bedtime. We listened on the radio the whole way home though! Go Hogs Go!

Monday was a BEAUTIFUL day! The weather was so great. My friends Liz and Jennifer called and wanted to go to the walking trail with Collin and me. Of course, we couldn’t say no! We had such a fun time. They brought Marley- the most precious dog in the world. After walking, we went to Sonic for Happy Hour!

I really enjoyed my days off Saturday-Wednesday! I am going to make an effort to take some time off every once in a while to spend just with Collin. I feel like he’s growing up way too fast! I need to stop and enjoy every stage!

Saturday mornings

I love my cuddle time with Collin on Saturday mornings. It is by far the best morning of the week!!! I mean look at that sweet face. Oh so precious!!
Have a wonderful weekend!

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A really good weekend

This weekend was one of the best weekends I’ve had in a very long time.

Saturday night Eric and I went out to eat for our anniversary. We took little man to my parents house so we could make our 6:30 reservation at Mike’s Place. It was so nice to get dressed up and spend some quality time with Eric. We had a wonderful time! I even tried his sweet potato fries for the first time ever! They were really good! I was surprised!

After we went and picked up Collin we went home and enjoyed our wedding cake! I can’t believe I almost forgot to call and order the anniversary topper from the place that made our cake. They were so wonderful and gladly got one ready for us at the last minute. Thank you Cake & Company!

We also used our champagne flutes that my parents got us for our wedding and did a little toast (with pink lemonade of course!)

We ended the night all three piled up in our bed and watching our wedding video! I’m so glad we have it! I want to make it a tradition to watch it every year. Hopefully, Collin will think it’s cool to watch when he’s a little older!

Sunday night was Baby Dedication at church! I’m a bad mom and forgot my camera. However, the church just posted some pictures! We all went up on stage and Brother Jason prayed for us as families. It was such a perfect night. It is important to us that we raise Collin in a Christian home and teach him all we can. It is our prayer that one day Collin will accept Jesus as his personal savior. Just the thought gives me goose bumps! Collin did great while we were on stage. He got a little upset afterwards while Brother Bobby was preaching, but he was very tired! He had fallen asleep on the way to church, and was not happy about me waking him up!

Collin was presented a Bible with his name on it! So cute! My parents were also able to come to church to see his dedication. Collin LOVES his Pa and LeLe!

AND just a little added bonus: My Husband Can Change Diapers Again!!! YAY for no more cast!! I walked in to Collin's room to find him changing Collin. It's the small things that make me happy!

Simple things…

It is incredible how much my interests, and what’s “fun” for me, have changed over the last year. This weekend, one year ago, was the last weekend before I married my hubby. I was counting down those short 7 days and running around like crazy! I look back now and it seems like so long ago, but other times it seems like yesterday. While maybe I wouldn’t have necessarily “planned” some of the events over the last year, I definitely wouldn’t change anything!

First of all, I vowed to love this handsome guy for the rest of my life…

 We visited this awesome place for a week! (I can’t wait to go back with him)

I got an amazing job here!

We were SURPRISED with this little cutie!

After an awful pregnancy we were once again surprised with the early arrival of our little guy!

He is growing like crazy! Almost THREE months old. Craziness!! All in all, I wouldn’t change a single thing over the last year.

I love my boys more than words can describe. Now our Friday nights are what I look forward to the most. What are we doing tonight, you ask? It’s movie and waffle night!! I could not be more excited. It’s the simple things in life that really mean the most to me. It makes for some amazing memories.

Productive Weekend with a SMILE!

Last week I was so lazy! It was just way more fun to sit and hang out with Collin than to do anything that needed to be done around the house. This was great at the time, but also made for a ‘to-do’ list that was growing out of control! So… I started Saturday morning and didn’t stop until Sunday night.

This is what was on, but by no means limited to, my list for the weekend…

* Kroger (we were in desperate need of groceries)
* clean the kitchen (unload the dishwasher, wipe down the counters, etc.)
* vacuum
* laundry
* hang shelves in Collin’s room
* dust the living room
* bake a cake for our wonderful neighbors
* work in our front flower bed
* sweep back porch (grill area)
* finish thank you notes for baby gifts
* start cleaning the garage
~ obviously, I had high hopes for this weekend. HA!

Collin woke up early Saturday morning (6:00) so instead of laying back down like we do most Saturday mornings we decided it would be a great morning to go get breakfast! We loaded up the car and we were off to Shipley’s! I can’t even remember the last time I had a Shipley’s donut. It was SO good. Started my crazy busy weekend off with a little treat!

We got back home and I started on some laundry. While that was going I started on baking a cake for our neighbors.

     We have the best neighbors! Before I met Eric, the husband mowed my yard one time! I had no clue who mowed it for months. They always stop and say hello or at least a wave if we are driving by. They also brought us a baby gift over when we had Collin! It’s so easy to live next door to people and never speak, or get to know them. It’s important to us that we get to know our neighbors. So, I baked a cake and wrote a ‘thank you’ card. We went over as a family to take the cake and tell them how wonderful they have been over the last year, and even longer for me! Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a great friendship!

When the cake was finished I went to Kroger to get us some groceries. It took me a while because we needed so much! I got back home as quickly as I could and started on my next task. (and I missed my little man)

I put Collin down for his afternoon nap and I went outside to work in the flower bed. I wanted to take advantage of the amazing weather!! I was able to get the entire front bed done before he woke up! Yay! It was in desperate need of some attention. Being pregnant and not feeling good for the entire pregnancy took a toll on my yard! Eric does a great job keeping it mowed and stuff, but it really needed some help in the flower bed department!! Weeds were everywhere! Everything was overgrown.

I sat down and worked on thank you notes after switching the laundry. Of course, as soon as I sat down and got ONE written, Collin woke up! Oh well. Eric played with him for a little bit while I cleaned up the kitchen. I swept and everything! I love a clean kitchen!!! Now if I can just keep it that way.

I did attempt to hang the shelves I got for Collin’s room, but I didn’t have a drill. I’m going to have to borrow my dad’s. I hate starting a project and not being able to finish it. Eric offered to vacuum for me!! I think he could tell I was getting overwhelmed.

Eric’s dad, step mom, and sister came Sunday for lunch. Eric and his dad cooked chicken and steak out on the grill. It was so wonderful to see them. I really enjoyed their visit.

Tammy with Collin

  

 Tori with Collin

Sunday afternoon I started getting a headache. I took some Tylenol and it seemed to help a little. Then Sunday night, it started REALLY hurting. I laid Collin down around 8:00 and I wasn’t far behind him. Thankfully, my little buddy slept 8.5 hours last night, woke up to eat, and went back to sleep for another 4! I was so glad because I woke up this morning to my head still hurting! I’ve had several headaches lately I don’t know what the problem is. Hopefully, that will end soon!

I didn’t get everything finished on my list… but it is a THREE day weekend! So, hopefully I’ll get finished today. That is, if I can pull myself away from the “cake” marathon on TLC.

It was a crazy busy weekend, actually it is still is. I am very thankful for President’s Day! I get an extra day to get caught up and spend time with my husband!

OH… Collin is smiling!!!! Such a great little bonus for the weekend! A couple of days ago he started opening his mouth as wide as he could in a circle shape. Now, after he does that, the sides come out into the cutest little smile!!! I haven’t been able to get a picture yet, but I’m working on that!