Just some randoms...

 R playing out in KeeKee & Poppy's tree!  Uncle G used to climb this tree when he was little!

 One of my favorite pictures of me & parents!--From a wedding back in June!

 UMM...HELLO!!  ;)

 He seriously LOVES the toy store here in town!  I just wish I could afford one of everything in there for him!  He has a blast when we go!

 He is always so thirsty after I pick him up from school...so I usually try & have a Sonic drink waiting for him in the car!

 At Mimi's before going to school!  His crazy binoculars!

& this is what happens when mommy goes & picks you up from school early because she misses you & you don't get a nap in!  :P  He fell asleep on the way to dinner & Puggles the other night!  Poor baby!

No....I did not buy these for my {soon to be} three year old.  I bought them for myself...to try & redeem the fact that I had coaches for History my whole HS career & can maybe name 15...TOTAL.  Sad, I know.  At least I can admit it!  :P  Gonna try & see what I can learn!  ;)

Half Way Haul

It's been a good week around here!  Hard to believe it's already Wednesday {in fact I better go take the trash out for the morning}!  I have a test tomorrow but it shouldn't be too bad, & then only one class on Friday & I will be off to enjoy my weekend!

 Me & mom found these cute little mugs at Target's dollar spot a while back & I just now got around to adding a little cuteness to them.  Nothing fancy...but cute to sit on my computer desk!  I just did it with a sharpie!  It made me want to go down to the potty place & paint!!

Who remembers these one-size fits all bubble shirts that were so popular a long time ago!  I know I had one...it was sleeveless & I ROCKED it!  I saw a lady wearing one at Kroger the other day & wanting to take a pic...& then I saw these at Walgreens & about died!  I guess they are trying to make a come back!  :P

So thankful to have such a tech-savy friend who can control my computer through his computer all the way across town when I have need "help" with something!  :P {Even though he didn't help me at all yesterday!  ;)}

Well my pods are officially gone....sad day--hard to believe that is the new HS.  Unreal.  

I found an old brick of Sharp Dressed Man I forgot I had & I have been wearing it out this week & I absolutely LOVE it!  Can't get enough of it!  ;)

Twine is so popular in the crafty world these days & I knew you could buy it online, but was happy to see it at my local Hobby Lobby if I ever need it in the future!  The same day my mom bought a HUGE spoil of red at TJ Maxx of all places for a fraction of the cost for these!  Gotta LOVE TJ!

Happy Mid Week!  Two more days & it's the WEEKEND!!!

We've turned a new leaf!

With Ryder being sick, he has acted pretty good for "being sick"...but heaven forbid you tell the kid that "he's sick!" because he will say, "I'M NOOOOT SIICCCKK!"  It's kinda funny actually.  & he says that I'm not sick either & is always asking me if I "feel better?"  Too precious!

Even though he has played well, he still hasn't been his complete self...UNTIL LAST NIGHT!


Amy watched him yesterday while I had to keep him home from school--so I could go & take my final.  SOO thankful for her!  =)  Afterwards we went to Chick to eat lunch & my child squeezed a ketchup packet SO hard that it exploded all over him.  This was after I had wiped it off of his face & hair!  :O  I seriously just stood there & said "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!"  Seriously...never a dull moment around here!  ;)


He went over to my parents for alittle bit last night while I studied...& when I went back over there to get him, he was seriously a NEW KID!  You could tell he felt good & "wasn't sick" & was finally getting back to the same ole crazy Ryder we'd missed the last few days!  That sure will make a Mama happy!  =)

I found him like this last night when we were about to go to bed...I just couldn't help but laugh!





Isn't that just precious?  I love him so much!  He is the sweetest little boy & loves his Mama so much!  He makes me so happy & I seriously can't imagine my life without him!


Sleeping hard after a long day...I love that little face!



One last thing...how CUUUTE is this hat?!?  I'm seriously thinking about getting one with Ryder's name on it!  It would be great for the coming months, especially if it SNOWS!  =)

Baby boys sick...

Well...I told you I wouldn't be around much!  & I haven't been!  :(  Since Thursday night, little man has ran a fever at about 6 pm...random I know!  He has had the whole runny nose, cold, cough & gunked up eye thing as well so I just figured it was something going along with that.


It finally got to the point Monday morning where I knew something else must be going on...& we should probably head in to see what was up.  We went in to see Ms. Karen that morning & boy am I glad we did.

Did I mention I woke up with my horrible sore throat as well...MONDAY JUST WASN'T MY DAY FOR SURE!-(not to mention it was my ONLY day this week without a final!)


Sure enough...the ear infection he had two weeks ago never completely went away.  So it was time to get out the big boy antibiotics & KILL off that infection!  My mom said amoxicillin never killed my ear infections either...so hopefully these new meds will do the trick!


It seems like all day Monday was spent at the Dr., at the pharmacy, at Walgreens getting over the counter drugs, or driving to & from!  Oh...& not to mention, my mom was home from school as well from being SICK!  Ahh...sick of all this SICKNESS!

This did make our sickly weekend a little bit better!  ;)


& I finally got Punkin' his own chapstick (& grabbed a few more for his stocking) the other day!  Green Apple...who knew?!  It smells fab & is super soft, I think I'm gonna have to get myself some soon so I'll quit stealing his!  =)

Everybody...wash your hands, try & stay stress free & stay away from the sicklies!  :P

Weekend Recap

• We had a good weekend!  Friday night we watched the last WS game & I let Punkin' stay up way too late!  Morgan & MacKenzie came over & hung out with us & we had a lot of fun!  I was sad to see the Rangers lose two years in a row (it just breaks my heart FOR them) but also cool to watch the Cardinals win their 11th WS Championship in 2011!  & that David Freese can call me if he ever gets bored!  ;)
• Saturday me & sweet boy got up & went & got Shipley donuts & headed out the park!  I always said I would never be that mom that took their child out in public in jeans tucked into their cowboy boots & a bright hunter orange Cabela's hoodie RIIIIIGHT?  Yeah...well I am now that mom & I really don't even care!  Because it's what makes my lil man happy & it was just Shipley donuts & the park!  ;)

Chowin' on some donut holes while sayin' "cheese!"

I made him stand there & be still so I could take a pic of his outfit to sent to Pop Pops who we were texting while he was sittin' in the deer stand!

• I do some random chores around the house Saturday afternoon & then took Ryder out to his Mimi's for the night! He loves going out there so much & it makes it so easy to let him go out there & give me a lil break!
• Saturday night was the UCA Homecoming game & one of my favorites was on Court for the second year in a ROW!  Abbey was Maid of Honor last year & we were just so proud of her to make Court again this year!  Kelly & I bundled up for the first time this season & headed out to watch her at half time!  We actually got to see her as she was walking into the field to get announced!  

Abbey with her dad!


We ran into Kyle & Brooks outside the gate & had Kyle take this picture of us! 

• After the game I went & grabbed drinks with Morgan & one of her clients from work at Old Chicago & seriously came home by 10:30 & was in bed by 11 & it felt SO good!  
• A few randoms about R I want to remember.  A few weeks ago we went into the autitorium after church when everyone was gone & he said "Ryder play the drums".  He was saying this because of the drum set on stage.  Then he kept saying "high hat, high hat hight hat" over & over...he speaks very clear so I knew what he was saying, I just didn't know what he meant or what he was talking about & I felt terrible about it!  A few of the musicians were leaving & stopped to talk to us & he kept repeating it, "high hat, high hat" & one asked if he was saying "high hat" & I was like yes, but I just really don't know what he's talking about or where he got those random words.  The musician then told me that it was one of the parts of the drums.  I about DIED!  & sure enough, on Yo Gabba Gabba, they teach all the different parts of a drum set & he had just remembered it & pointed it out when he saw the big set at church!  He seriously amazes me EVERY day!
• He started singing Itsy Bitsy spider tonight.  I've never said that with him before--we kept saying it together over & over.  I was reading a nursery rhyme book to him tonight & it happened to be the very last one in the book, so I started doing the motions & he knew how to do them as well!  I was like WHAATT?  Well, come to find out KeeKee has been teaching it to him & I didn't know about it!  :P
• I just seriously love this age so much.  He is learning 5-10 new words a day.  No joke.  & it amazes me that he actually understands what words means & uses them later appropriately.  Just like that he knew scissors are "dangerous" as well as fire & knifes.  I say things to him ONE time & he will remember it for good.  & I love that HE is teaching ME things!!--what a high hat is for example!
• I can't even believe that tomorrow is November!  Where has time gone?  We were just waiting for Memorial Day for the pool to open in May, & I was just planning his birthday party at the beginning of September!  Thanksgiving is right around the corner & Christmas Break will here before we know it!  WAHOO!  & I'll be one semester closer to GRAD-U-ATING!!!
• Me & Ryder are getting our picture professionally made for the first time on Friday & I'm really excited!  I have a chocolate brown fur vest I want to wear, but what would y'all suggest I wear under it? (cough cough Amy Lynn! ;))  I have some sweaters I might wear instead, but it kinda stresses me out thinking about picking out the "perfect" outfits for us to wear!  :/
• My computer is once again out of space for pictures...so I'll be blogging phone pics for a while, or running to my moms to blog when I can!  But hopefully I'll get Trick or Treating pics up tomorrow!  We had a complete blast tonight, but this Mama is seriously WORN OUT!  

beginning of the week

Our week has started off great!  Ryder went to his dad's on Sunday & then stayed with his Mimi Sunday night!  He always has such a good time with both of them, & is completely WORN out by the time I get him back!  I think Mimi lets him do WHATEVER he wants & he just go go goes!!  ;)  He loves playing outside at their house & visiting the cows, his horses, fishing, riding four wheelers & just playing in the dirt!

I got Punkin' back Monday after class & I was so happy to see him!  We went & saw KeeKee & Pops since dad had just gotten home the night before from being in South Dakota pheasant hunting & hadn't seen Ryder since Tuesday!


He is 100% into his cowboy boots & hat right now.  They have to go together!  :P  I think Santa might bring him a nice pair of boots for Christmas, but we'll see!

We went for a walk on Saturday night with Mary Beth around the neighborhoods around here & where the blow up cat used to be, there was now a ghost!  I had a picture of it, but it didn't upload!  Ryder kept calling the ghost a "goost" & it was seriously CRACKING us up!  When we walked by the first time the Razorback was up, but then when we walked by it again it looked like this, so I told Ryder the Razorback died.  He is still talking about that the "razorback that died" today!  Ha!


Sunday morning my child decided to put on my boots & prance around in them!  :P He just loves boots in general!  We got up & went to the early service & it was really nice, we might have to start doing that all the time!


Pop Pops brought him lil man his very own hunter orange Cabela's hoodie!  & I'm sure he will be wearing it in the woods next year!  ;)  He loves to put on KeeKee's glasses, & steal all her "moneys" for his piggy bank!


I saw this morning on Twitter that Selena Gomez & Justin Beiber (#love) adopted a puppy together & named him Baylor!  We have a golden named Baylor (named her that when I was thinking about going there, 5 plus years ago) & my friend Abby just got a new puppy & named him Baylor!  I thought that was kinda fun...it really is just a cute name though!

Hope y'all are having a good week!  Only three weeks till Thanksgiving & I think I only have two tests & one paper!  I think I can, I think I can!  =)

Monday (turned Friday) randoms...

So...this post was started on Monday & yeah, I'm just now getting around to finishing it.  I don't even remember opening my computer this week really.  What have I done all week?  I don't really know.  I know I didn't watch any of my TV shows...I guess I just spent time studying, & all taking care of all my mommy/housey duties & going to class!  Only three more days of class till Fall Break-WAHOO!  =)

Nothing significant...just a few randoms from last week & weekend!

{i love this sweet pic...he is SO long!!}

{While shopping for something purple to wear to OBU homecoming, I ran across this shirt at TJ Maxx & it REALLY is perfect for the gold & purple OBU Tigers...lol.  I text Kelly a picture as a TOTAL joke & she responded with "Oh, cute...very different, but cute!"  I literally LOLed while standing in the store!  Needless to say...I didn't buy the shirt for homecoming!  :P}

{I loved this little wood sign for Christmas--I am bound to not buy ANY new Christmas decor this year because I already have more stuff than my house has room for, I don't have any more room to store my stuff the other 11 months out of the year & I just don't need any more decor!  I'd rather spend money on my family & friends!  BUT...I might try & make this with my silhouette!}

{FIIINNALLLY got Ryder's THIRD backpack & matching lunch box in the mail this week!  We had a PB one & matching lunch box, it broke.  Sent it back ordered a new color of matching backpack & lunch box.  Got the backpack in the mail & was waiting on the lunchbox when 2 weeks later I get an e mail saying the lunch box is out of stock & no more will be made.  So I was stuck with a backpack that I couldn't get a matching lunch box for!  AHH!  So I turned to Land's End instead & am COMPLETELY happy with their products so far!  Also...everything was 60% off because it's practically the middle of the school year!  :P  Phew...glad I got that out there!}

{A new yogurt place opened up here last week & they were having a completely free night, so I took my sweet boy last Thursday before we went to AntiochNOW & they had this miniature couch perfect for lil man!  He was having TOO much fun!}

{We ran by Allison' house on Sunday evening to see her beautiful new car that Ryder just hopped right in & acted like he owned the place...& to give her her Scentsy! }

{Ryder also took a ride on her dad's old metal tractor!  He was just his size!}

{Here's a pic I stole off of FB of the girls from PC '08 that were at the Homecoming Tea!  So good to see all of them & be reunited}

{I pinned these the other day & am going to HAVE to make them for Tonya & Allie's wedding or bachey parties!  How fun!?}

{I'm not ashamed to admit that I can't wait for his Christmas album to come out!  YAAAAY!!  Oh man, he just gets finer the older he gets!}

{& here's a sweet one of my lil man being sweet one morning before school!}

I hope y'all have had a good week & HAPPY FRIDAY!  =)