Swagger Wagon

I was just reading The Busy Pepper Mill blog and saw the video to the Swagger Wagon video.  I actually saw this a couple of weeks ago and shared it on my Facebook page and thought it was hilarious!!!!  Brilliant except that I just can't be persuaded to purchase a mini-van..  Nope.  Can't do it even though the parents make it look cool.  Here is the link to the video:

Swagger Wagon

Enjoy!

Yea!! A surprise for Jacob!

I've been waiting and waiting for my sister and her son to come back up here to see us and FINALLY they made it!  I've missed them so much!!  And so has Jacob.....and Addison, well, she has no clue!

I decided that having them come up here would be a big surprise for Jacob and thank goodness I found out just a couple of days ago that they were able to come up here.  Because if I had to wait anymore I would have never been able to keep my mouth shut!  I have a love/hate relationship for surprises and this was killing me.  Poor kid talked about his surprise for days and up until we arrived at the airport he truly thought it was a toy from Target.  I'm training him right and his daddy hates it!

So we get to the airport and the first thing he asks is if the surprise is his Daddy coming home :(  I knew this question was going to come so I made sure to tell him from the get go it wasn't going to be daddy.  Then he looked at me with a VERY serious look and said "Tell me we ARE NOT picking up crawfish!!!"  I seriously about wet my pants it was so funny!

Several months ago, we had a crawfish boil at our home (hubby is from Louisiana) and we have them shipped from Louisiana to the airport.  Jacob went with hubby last time to get them.  I don't eat them, I think they are nasty, dirty and foul but that is a story for another day.  And trust me I have some stories about crawfish and our parties ;)

The look on Jacob's face when he saw his cousin was priceless!  He is thrilled and was NON-stop giggles and talk on the hour ride home.  But he is excited and loves him and it makes it all worth it!

I'll post some pics in a little while.  It's way too early right now for me to get up and find my camera.  I'm lucky I was able to share this much with only a half of cup of coffee!

Graduation

Last night was Jacob's graduation from preschool.  Bittersweet!  He spent the last 3 years at this school and everything about the school is amazing!

He learned so much and has grown by leaps and bounds!  We are so proud of him and so excited that he is starting Kindergarten so soon!

And as his big surprise for graduation he is getting a BIG surprise!!!  We are flying his aunt Virginia and his cousin Isaiah up for the weekend.  He is going to be SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!!  Pictures of the weekend to follow soon but for now here is a pic from last night.  I'll post more later.

My kiddos

This is my sweet son, Jacob........

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 He is a spitting image of his Daddy and has one of the kindest souls I've ever met.  He is a lover of all things dinosaurs, Hot Wheels and Monster Trucks.  He loves his sister and mommy and idolizes his Daddy :) 

Jacob will be 5 in just a few months and lately he has been reminding me about this  - A LOT.  I know he is so excited since there are so many fun things he is going to be able to do once this magic age arrives.  The biggest event will be Kindergarten!!  He has been talking about Kindergarten for months now and as the end of preschool nears I'm hearing more and more about Kindergarten.  I'm truly excited for him to start "big" school but as his mommy I can't help but to want him to stay little FOREVER!!!!



When Daddy is deployed Jacob is the man of the house ;)  And he does his best to take care me and his sister Addison by holding doors open for us (sometimes), letting the ladies go first (but only when it's dark in the garage before I open the garage door) and killing bugs for us.  Which is very important!



And this is Addison.......

She is our 1 year old princess and the complete opposite of Jacob in every way possible.  hahaha  She is beautiful, sweet, and loves to snuggle.  However........she keeps me on my toes.....everyday and all day! 

We are still waiting on her to grow some hair  I have way too many bows that need to be put to some good use! 

And even though he isn't my kid - I love him so I needed to throw in a pic of the man I love

This pic was taken on Addison's first birthday.  I love this picture!  I love him!  I love these kiddos! 

This time I promise......

to keep up with this blog!! 


It's been WAY TOO LONG since I've written and really there is no other excuse except that I've been lazy.  Or perhaps I've been really busy with 2 active kiddos.  *wink*


I've been working very hard at updating the look of my blog and trying to add some personality to it.  I have found some great backgrounds at www.shabbyblogs.com and at this time it's a work in progress until I get it just right.  In the meantime, I'm having fun playing around with it!

I also hope to add some fun things to my blog like crafts (that I'm attempting) and recipes that I love (and have had SOME success with)  Wish me luck! 

For now, I'm off to bed.  It's been a long day with the little man and our princess.....I need to regroup! 

3 and a half months later

And I'm finally posting after I said that I would (try) post everyday. Ha! Did I really think I would follow through with that????

Since having our second child I forget to do a lot (like keeping up with my blog) and this is why I have lists. Lots of them! I have lists on my computer, on a post it note, on a notepad that hangs on our fridge, on the back of an envelope....you name it I have a list somewhere in this house. It's not often that I complete my lists but that doesn't matter. I at least have good intentions. Anyway......

In the last 3 months we have been pretty busy. Malcom made it back home in February after being overseas since November. His trip was extended a little longer because he had to go to Louisiana for MawMaw's funeral. Wow....I miss that woman. Women like her are few and far between....she truly was a special person and when I think that my children will never know her my heart hurts a little.

This past winter was just miserable cold. Seriously! Ok, so my northern friends may think I'm a whimp and yes, they did have it worse than us. I get it! But, I'm still and always will be a Florida girl and my bones can't handle the cold. The first snow was fun because we just don't get that type of weather around here often. Anymore, than that and I'm good. I just don't need it. So the warmth of this weekend is very much appreciated!!! 75 degrees!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!

So with that I need to go and get ready to enjoy this perfect day with my family. I think I see a trip to Home Depot to get some plants to put in the flower beds. I think I see some yard work in Malcom's ....I mean, my future :)

365 days........

Several of my friends last year did a blog everyday for the entire year and I think it's a brilliant idea! Recording your thoughts, sharing pictures, letting family and friends around the country and world know what you have been up to and more is a great way to "keep in touch". So I'm jumping on this bandwagon....well, I'm going to try. I know I missed yesterday so I'm not off to a good start but whatever.....it's bound to happen :) ok....not the best attitude to have when I'm starting something new but......oh well!

So.....Happy New Year!!!! 2010!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it! I remember as a little girl when I would think about this year - well, not exactly this year but this time - the 2000's and I would think we would be driving cars that could fly......you know anything related to the Jetson's and it would be happening. There is a lot of high tech stuff out there but I don't have much of it.....I just got a Blackberry so I'm slowly but surely getting with the "times".

I'll be back later to post some pics of my babies starting the new year. :)