100 Things

My dear friend from years and years gone by (or sixth grade, the former just sounded more nostalgic) posted this on her blog...and I'm so bored at work today that I'm taking a stab at it. Let me just clarify that there is really no work to be done (I do answer the phone when it rings) and EVERYONE but me is gone to Florida for a conference. There. I feel much more justified in posting this now.

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
My leg. I was wearing shorts and I dripped hot glue from a hot glue gun on myself whilst gluing ribbon on a basket for my Uncle David's wedding. (they are now divorced, maybe it was a sign?) :-)

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
shelves and pictures

3. DO YOU SNORE, GRIND YOUR TEETH, OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP?
I've been told that I do snore occasionally, but that its cute and NOT at all embarrassing :-)

4. WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
different stuff all the time. Worship music, stuff like John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Matt Kearny, etc...stuff that makes me feel good and nothing that screams at me.

5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
dinnertime

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
to live well (this statement pretty much covers it!)

7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
a simplier time of life
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8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION(S)?
my Mother's Bible, pictures and my child :-)

9. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
5'3ish

10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
not really

11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
only if I think scary thoughts whilst being in the dark

12. THE LAST THING TO MAKE YOU CRY?
spanking Owen

13. WHAT’S YOUR WORST FEAR?
prefer not to answer (sometimes I feel like if I voice these things then they come true!)

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?

my cutie is a blue-eyed, red headed dude...so that's what I like!

15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING PROPOSED TO AT?
by the fountains in Winona Lake around Halloween :-)

16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
neither.

17. FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?
mushrooms!

18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I'd rather drink. Sweet tea please.

19. FAVORITE COLOR OF ALL TIME?
to wear: black, to decorate with: fallish colors

20. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH?
not a live one, Josh has though!

21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEANINGFUL GIFT YOU EVER RECEIVED?
a locket from my Grandma and Grandpa (Roman and Dixie) when I was 13...I'm sure I had received other meaningful gifts, but this one sticks out.

22. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
is it possible to have a crush after being with someone for over ten years?! :-) Ok, I still like my guy a lot. Looking forward to our anniversary date at the Melting Pot :-)

23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
nope

24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
I tend to buy clothes from Gap, Lerner and Ann Taylor:Loft

25.DO YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
I did. Piano and Clarinet

26. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW?

Nope.

27. WHAT KIND IS IT?
n/a

28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
I'm sure I would

31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
?

32. FAVORITE QUOTE?

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else" C.S. Lewis

"That last thought had no sting with it"..."I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night". -Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

33. FAVORITE PLACE?
My house. I'm such a homebody

34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE USA?

Yep

35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Babies. And, People that are in trouble, lost, and need Jesus.

36. MET ANYONE FAMOUS?
I really don't think I have

37. FIRST JOB?
Blimpies/TCBY Baby!

38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Not exactly. I've listened in while a friend did it, when I was like 11.

39. DO YOU THINK EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS A SOUL MATE?
NO

40. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED THIS OUT?
filing charts

41. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SURGERY?
yep

42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
my smile, I'm a good friend

43. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES?
yep

44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
whoa. that's a long way away. By that time I might want a baby too Mis!

45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT AND THEIR NAMES?
at least two. Owen Matthew is already here.

I'm thinking about Wesley Jameson for a boy and Clare Elizabeth for a girl. Both subject to change

46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
My middle name, Ann, is my mothers middle name, my grandmothers middle name, my great-grandmothers name...you get the idea.

47. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TURN OFF OF THE OPPOSITE SEX?
arrogance.

48. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU LIKED ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL?

I loved highschool. I managed to avoid MOST of the drama. Mostly I loved being with friends, and Mrs. Tidball's biology class even though she called me into the "back room" when I got a D on a test and she chastised me for spending too much time with Josh instead of studying. That did the trick. I did better from there on!

49. WHAT KIND OF SHAMPOO DO YOU USE?
Biolage

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
hate it actually!

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
turkey

52. ANY BAD HABITS?
who doesn't?

53. ARE YOU A JEALOUS PERSON?
I guess I can be.

54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I hate this question. I guess I would. I'm a good person to have around, but I'm not incredibly fun. I leave that up to my other friends :-)

55. DO YOU AGREE WITH FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS?
probably NOT

56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
sure. But its not the most important thing

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
crying

59. WHAT’S YOUR MAIN GOAL IN LIFE?
to be a godly wife, mother and to bring God glory!

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
cabbage patch dolls

61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
I have no idea

62.WERE YOU A FAN OF BARNEY AS A LITTLE KID?
ha ha. this means I'm too old to fill this out. I WAS a fan of Today's Special and Shee-rah!

63. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
am I married to Josh Brown? yah. He passed this wonderful trait on to me :-)

64. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE?

mac and cheese

65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
kindness, generosity. and like Missy said so well..."Jesus".

66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
Kim, Kimmy, MOMMA!!!!!, short stuff (Josh)

67. IF YOU HAD A SUPER POWER WHAT WOULD IT BE?
to go back in time

68. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?
Friends. Hands Down, probably won't ever change

69.WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH YOUR ENEMIES?
Pray for them (good answer Mis)

70. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
chocolate

71. DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR FINGERS AND TOES?
Yes.

72. DO YOU HAVE A COMPUTER IN YOUR ROOM?
No.

73. PLANS FOR TONIGHT?
hang out with Josh and Owen in B-burg

74. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE WHEN YOU ARE OLDER?
honestly?...Zionsville.

75. EVER BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT?
Yes, a few.

76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
The Sweet Escape : Gwen Stefani

77. THE LAST THING YOU DRANK?
sweet tea

78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Marjorie from South Bend wanting records.

79. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX?
didn't we already do this one?

80. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
sleep, read, play with O, hang with Joshua....

81. FAVORITE THING TO EAT?

right now...chicken salad. I'm obsessed. I think I almost have my own version perfected. I'll let you know.

82. FAVORITE SEASON?
fall

83. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF DESSERT?
carrot cake (my sister in law makes the best. ever.)

84. HAVE YOU EVER REALLY AND TRULY HAD A BEST FRIEND?
Yes.

85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
chocolatey-with carmely highlights on my bangs (a Candice Moran creation)

86. EYE COLOR?
hazelish

87. HEIGHT?
Short.

88. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE?
Chic fila

89. FAVORITE RESTAURANT?
probably Bravos, Oceanaire was really really good though...but generally I don't have $75 to spend on dinner for just me :-)

90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
no no no

91. WATCH TV TODAY?
Veggie Tales with O

92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
probably Christmas

93. BREAK ANY BONES?
never have

94. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
I give up.

95. KISSES OR HUGS?
both are good from both of my boys

96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?

silly question

I have one night stand in my room. (this is Missy's answer and I had to leave it. now SHE is the funny friend!) :-)

97. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
a wrap from Riley Hospital

98. WOULD YOU EVER BE A HOUSEWIFE?
for sure

99. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
New Moon :-) (please don't make fun of me. I never intended to get sucked into the Twilight series...it JUST HAPPENED!)

100. DESCRIBE YOUR LOVE LIFE?
whew! That's personal! Lets just say that we are happy! :-)

And these are the days of our lives...

(I'm referring to the title of this post here) Which... coincidentally used to be my favorite soap opera, that is ---back when I watched soap operas, which I do not take part in anymore; ever. Not even when Owen is napping and its one of my days off. Nope I don't ever turn on Days of Our Lives to see whats going on with Hope and Bo and Sammy and Lucas. Never. Not me :-)

Have you heard of "Not me! Mondays"? Its apparently a really fun thing circulating on several blogs that I peruse. I'm going to try it next week, but I thought about trying one small admission on a Tuesday...just to rock the boat...just to see how it goes. (see above, RE: Days of Our Lives) So "Not me! Mondays" means that you come clean and admit to some of the silly things that go on in your life that you wouldn't normally admit to. Apparently its really helpful. And burden lifting. Apparently, anyways. So, I'll try it next week and then when I get e-mails from my friends and family asking me if I'm still saved or if someone more capable should adopt my child...then I'll know its gone to far. ha ha :-)

So.....the end of the school year is drawing near. I wanted to share a few things with you all so you could be in prayer for us. A couple of new things are happening in our lives in the next few months.

First of all, we are anticipating a job change for Josh in the fall. The really, really good news is that Josh still has a job. He's been given a notice in writing that his position is NOT being cut. That my friends, is like winning the lottery. We weren't really nervous about this until about the last month when all of this talk started happening of a new alternative school being created and positions being shuffled around, etc, etc. Anyways. Most likely Josh will be moving to a different school within Perry Township where he will continue to teach the same group of kids (same age group, same ED learning disability), except this will be BETTER. He will have better curriculum to use, better support systems ,etc.(A therapist on staff, better computer programs, etc, etc). While this position is not 100 % sure yet, we are pretty sure that it is his. The administrators are being open and honest about saying that they "have to" post this position, but Josh is really the guy they want. (who could blame them, Josh IS fantastic. :-)) So pray about this for us. We'll let you know when everything become O- FIC-CIAL. (Oh, another really cool thing about this change is that it puts him even closer to Southport...which is where he coaches soccer)

Second of all, most of you probably get my e-mails asking for prayer about my thyroid issues. Well, I met with my Endocrinologist two weeks ago and we decided that it was time to be done with all of this nonsense and just have surgery to remove it. I'm still looking at dates, but I plan to have my thyroidectomy sometime at the end of July. (You know. Before soccer season and school totally takes over our lives again. :-)) So, I'll have my thyroid out, and take a teeny-tiny pill for the rest of my life. Luckily, I have experience with taking pills, so I should be good to go. At any rate, we appreciate your prayers on this one too!

We have a fun summer planned. We are going to Gatlinburg for a long weekend in June and we just bought our plane tickets for Florida! We plan to be there for nearly a whole week.....visiting our bestest friends (The Sharbaughs) and their beautiful babies. I know Owen is going to love the beach. And Josh will take probably a thousand or so pictures of the ocean, sunsets, sand and anything that his super cool lense leads him to. Me? I plan to come back very, very tan. And relaxed. And refreshed from a week with one of my favorite persons.

Owen is two. Its kind of like all of the sudden I'm dealing with a bit of a different person. We had been introduced to temper tantrums. He had had one or two, or maybe even three....but we are now fighting them daily. In fact, I had to take him into the restroom at Marsh the other day and spank him because he was being disobedient (refusing to sit in his seat) and then had a total melt-down which consisted of a totally limp body and very, very loud sceaming. I'm thankful that spankings work. I don't spank a lot. I really, really don't. I give one or two really stern warnings, and for some situations we even do time outs until the behavior is changed and spaking is a last resort. But, I DO really, really hate spanking him. He delivers this face that just breaks my heart...like WHY did you just hurt me, mom?!? Aaaah. It is terrible. I tearfully explain that he is getting spanked because he was disobedient. And then I ask for a hug, tell him I love him and ask him to tell me that he will obey me. He replies tearfully, "yes Momma". Arrrgggh. Someone please tell me this will get easier. I'm guessing it won't. I am grateful that he is sensitive to discipline and it doesn't usually require many steps before his behavior is changed. Sheesh. This part of parenting STINKS.

Here are some fun things that Owen is doing:

1. Communicating. He is now talking really, really well...and hardly ever babbles anymore. He started saying "Papaw" the other day and I'm sure "Mamaw" isn't too far off. He will mostly try to repeat any word he hears. Or if he thinks it is too difficult he resorts to his default sound of "dis".

2. Having a few victories on the potty now and then! I've just started sitting (rather, HOLDING him on there...seriously he is so teeny he would fall right in!) him on there randdomly during the day for fun to see what he would do and he has actually gone a few times. I think I'll look into getting him a potty seat here in the next few weeks. Wow. I really don't know if I am ready for this!

3. He loves to bring me dandelions from our back yard. :-) Its really sweet. I hope this is something that continues for a looooong time.

4. Love, loves loves his daddy right now. He wants to play the MINUTE Josh walks in the door from work. Thankfully, being the good dad that he is, Josh usually obliges. O is definitely over the Momma factor right now...unless he is hurt...then I win. But, I'm convinced that he loves me still :-)

5. Singing. He really thinks he is doing it and loves to try. We started singing the ABC's in the car the other day and he basically just says "B,C" over and over again, but he thinks he is amazing. Its so incredibly cute.

So...thats about it from us. Back with more pictures in a few days! :-)

Pictures from the party...

Surfer boy themed banner...


Surfboard cake! (my Mother in law is talented!)


Owen is listening to everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to him....


Now he is ENJOYING everyone singing to him :-)


Waiting for the cake....


digging in!


"This cake is GOOD"!


Funny face :-)


"What, all this stuff is for me"? :-)



"I'm still obsessed with balls"








Yay for bubbles!





Trying out my new clubs with Grandpa Brown


Kate and Owen....


Perfecting that golf swing with dad....


More help from dad....


A seriously cute picture....


"I love my new car"!


This picture was supposed to include Owen, but he flat out refused to be in it :-) I guess we have a two year old, eh? :-)



We got way less good pictures of Owen this year...simply because he just wasn't into being in any pictures. He turned away from the camera or RAN from us when we wanted to take a picture! Oh well! I'm glad we have what we have to remember his second birthday! It was a great day! Thanks everyone who came to celebrate with us and make Owen's day wonderful. We are blessed!

Randomness

First of all...I thought this was so funny :-)

I found this on a friends blog after she hadn't gotten comments for several days :-) I'm at peace with the whole "no commenting thing". I know lots of you read my blog and don't leave comments...no big deal. I don't always comment when I'm reading your blog either. Its cool :-) But I love blogging simply for the reason that it is a journal of my life...I did xanga for several years, and I love that I can look back and re-live my pregnancy and so many other fun things through my writings. So, I'm not going to stop writing just because I don't get comments. I love to write and pretend that other people love what I'm writing! ha ha! Because, lets be real, if you don't want to read the ramblings of my mind, you definitely don't have to.

I was just telling my mother in law that there seems to be so many people that are suffering from sickness these days. I was reading about a friend who lost one of HER friends just recently to an aneursym...while she was holding her baby. Uggh. I also stumbled upon the blog of a "friend of a friend" who lost their infant to a seizure months ago, and now her huband has a brain tumor. Double Ugggh. This morning, I'm following baby Stellan's blog like so many others...we are waiting to hear good news about his heart surgery. I love how the blogging community connects us all together as believers, and friends in Jesus. I love, love LOVE that. Anyways, all this is reminding me that this world is full of pain and suffering...but John 16:33 reminds us; "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." The fight has already been won. For those of us who are "in Christ Jesus" we can rest easy. I'm so grateful for that.

All this to say, I'm reminded once again to be very grateful and very conscious of every good and perfect gift that has been given to me...and to be generous with my time and resources so that they could be used to bless those who are suffering.... because someday it will be me...not COULD be me...but will be, I'm sure of it. Pay it foward...pray and do for those who are in need....be generous. I'm praying that my life will reflect this!

Lastly, a congratulations to Josh and Amanda Owens on the birth of their baby girl! They are the first in a long line of a baby boom in our circle of friends that is about to occur. From now until September there are about 10 babies coming into our world...and I can't wait to get my hands on them! YAY for new life!

My baby is almost TWO

At the risk of being very sappy and nostalgic, I like to take a few minutes to look back and remember the time of Owen's birth around his birthday. I did this last year...and it was so very good...so fun...and life giving for me to remember the goodness God has shown to us in the form of Owen.

We stand on the verge of having a two year old little boy...and it seems like yesterday..and I really mean YESTERDAY that we brought him home.

I don't mean to brag or sound arrogant, but I have the. best. kid. ever. I know. You are saying...No Kim...you are ridiculous and wrong..."I have the best kid ever". Well, you can think that all you want...but God actually gave the best to us. :-) ha ha. Ok. I'm just kidding. Of course we all think that our kids are the best, and I'm certainly no different. So...Owen's birth and his life has changed the person that I am. I hope and pray that God has used his life to make me better...more loving, more sympathetic, more compassionate...more like Christ. I know I don't walk this road well everyday, but I know that Owen has evoked something in me to want to be better...and I can only hope and pray to live that out.

This time two years ago I was being sent home after a failed induction. That's right. A FAILED induction. Who in the heck does that ever happen to! This means that any efforts modern medicine had been used to try and induce labor....had failed. I was blindly agreeable to being induced because my blood pressure was slightly high. It didn't cross my mind to think that this might not be the best route...I just let my OB make the decision for me. Geesh. Lesson learned. I was never dialated, effaced nor had I had a single contraction on my own. HELLO KIM. This means your body is NOT READY to have a baby. I didn't get it. I went back several days later after my body continued to NOT progress on its own to be induced for the second time. Right. I'm a slow learner. Still...nothing happened, but this time my OB broke my water when i was at finger tip...so I was comitted! I'll spare you the details, but I was never...and I really mean NEVER in any sort of active labor. I was pumped full of pitocin and dialated at an excruciatingly slow pace to which my OB was certain that Owen's birth would end up in a cesearan. It didn't. By some miracle, God allowed my body to finally get into the groove of things and somehow...somehow...I made it to ten centimeters by the following morning, and Owen was born around 6:oo AM after nearly three hours of pushing. He was coming out of the birth canal SIDEWAYS (ouch)....but once he was out...none of the frustrations, complications, pain (!) mattered one single tiny bit. I was waiting to hear if the life inside of me was a boy or girl...and I finally got one of the single most amazing moments of my life when Owen was pulled from my body and I heard my husband tearfully say..."Its a boy"! I will never, ever ever ever EVER forget that moment or the joy that knowing that my boy was here for as long as I live. It didn't matter to me who he was...a boy or girl...gender just didn't matter, but in the hours that followed, I fell seriously head over heels in love with my sweet, sweet baby boy. Owen Matthew Brown. His name is still something that I love to say. We loved Owen because it was not exactly traditional, but also not trendy...it wouldn't be so popular that he would have five other Owen's in his class. Matthew is Owen's Uncle Caleb's middle name, and we were happy to add a family name to celebrate our new son.

Owen was an easy, peasy baby. The only thing hard about his infancy was breastfeeding. He didn't want to do it. I tried for four months. I visited every lactation consultant at Clarian North Medical Center and tried as many techniques as I could possibly come across. I just couldn't fix it. I went back to work at four months and instead of continuing to have a nervous break down about Owen's weight, my milk supply and the fact that I was having no success at feeding my baby the way I wanted to...I gave it up and switched to formula. I hated myself for a long time. I'm much better today and plan to try again with any other babies that God chooses to give me. Lesson learned? I can't always have things my way. I was determined to breastfed. It didn't work. I'm human and I can't control everything. God wins. (You would think I would know that by now, but I'm hard headed).

I don't remember Owen ever just crying to cry. He was easily satisfied and slept through the night at 4 months (or the second I stopped starving him and his belly was full on formula :-)) Owen was smiley, happy, gorgeous....the absolute love of our lives...which he remains to this day. I wasn't prepared for how fast the time would go. I mean...I've blinked and he is two. I want to freeze time.....why can't we do that again? God...can you please give me this magical power? I'll use it wisely, I promise!

Today I have an adorable, ball- loving, Veggie Tale - watching, blankie holding, banana eating, heart-grabbing, surfer-boy look alike :-).... TODDLER. His personality often often stops me in my tracks and make me realize what an amazing combination of Josh and I he really is. He is sensitive like me, but he tries so hard to be brave (he often diverts his eyes and bites his lower lip to keep from crying...that is SO ME), and he is all boy athleticism just like his daddy. Seriously. We have about 10 balls in our house and he is almost always playing with one of them. Josh didn't even try to get him interested in sports. Maybe it has something to do with us spending three months of our lives at a soccer field, but Owen can run and kick a ball at the same time, and he knows how to throw a soccer ball "in" like he's seen the boys on Josh's team do. He also loves to "shoot" his basketball, and he calls footballs "ball-balls". Could it be that we have a true athlete on our hands? He certainly didn't get it from me! He is truly a kind child....while playing with other kids, he (albeit reluctantly) shares toys and I've never seen him take anything away from someone (although I do realize that this really could still develop :-)). I would say that Owen is a fast learner...he picks up on things quickly, and when he is disobedient I know I am right in punishing him because he absolutely KNOWS what he is doing. Spanking him is absolute torture though. Every time I have to do it I tell myself that I just have to....because I don't want him to be a "little criminal". He's far too doted upon and spoiled that I've known that we would have to be absolutely consistent and firm with discipline...because its all too likely to go to his head...and then I can't imagine the kind of rebellious teenage heart-throb I would be dealing with!

Well, this post is really getting out of hand, and there will be birthday pictures to post soon. We are planning a smaller family-friends party at our house this year. His cake will be decorated like a surfboard and he's getting his big boy surfer comforter and sheets (for his new big boy bed) from Josh and I, and Grandma and Grandpa Barnard. I will end by wiping the tears from my eyes, and blessing God for the priceless gift he has given to Josh and I in Owen. We are undeserving, ill equipped and so far from being perfect parents. BUT thank YOU JESUS for giving us this precious life. He is not ours...but YOURS. We pray every day that you will write your name on his little heart and claim him as your own.

The End.

Overdue picture post

I've just not been in the blogging mood...but here are some pictures from our Spring Break excursion to...wait for it.....Maui? No. Florida. Nope.....THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM! :-)

Enjoy!

Poor little guy...initially he was excited about seeing a "horsie", but once we got on..he wasn't so sure!



Still a bit nervous, but trying to be brave and stick it out!


"Ok, mom, I'm done...hold me"! You know I'll gladly take a snuggle from my baby!


Now here is some real happiness! Owen loved playing at playscape...


This is a little area with trains...Owen is saying "choo choo"!


" You mean I'm ALLOWED to get wet and stick my hands in water"?!


"Just hangin' out , swishing my hands in the big tub of water"!





Time to dry off the hands....


Playin in the sand....I know he'll love the beach this summer!





And really...there is nothing better than a good ole' slide!

Menu 4/6-4/12

I'm trying to get back in the habit of doing this. I cooked.... a little this week. Its spring break and Josh wanted to eat out a little, plus I was really really feeling sick yesterday so I didn't feel like spending a of time in the kitchen....so yah. Next week won't be a truly normal week with me going out on Wednesday and Good Friday services...but I'm going to try and cook a little more than I have this week!. I've been perusing the Pioneer Woman's site again...so I'm gonna give some of her stuff a try again this week.

Monday: Chicken Scallopine, bread and salad (Josh will not, absolutely no way come hell or high water have a mushroom...so I'm gonna try really really hard to make this sauce with the mushrooms and pick them out of his sauce. I'm a really really good wife, right? :-)) I however...LOVE mushrooms and can't wait to try this! YUM
Tuesday: Out
Wednesday: I'm going to Oceanaire (downtown) with the surgeon I used to work for and some work friends! Yay for having a Dr. friend who wants to take me out for an expensive dinner! (I'd probably never get to go here otherwise...its a really smancy seafood place...if you couldn't already tell from name) The boys are on their own....maybe pizza or beans and weenies :-)
Thursday: Country Fried Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans
Friday: It's Good Friday....we usually go to the Good Friday Service and end up eating out afterwards....I imagine we'll keep that tradition
Saturday: Grilling out...hamburgers, chicken or brats or something...unless its raining!
Sunday: Easter. Is it funny that I have absolutely no idea what we are doing for Easter? Its kind of funny to me. I should figure this out....


And sometime this week I am making THESE cinnamon rolls !!!! OH MY GOODNESS they sound/look FABULOUS!