Link Up...

I don't really have time to blog anything fancy, but wanted to Link Up over at Kelly's Korner for Show Us Your Life-Single Moms.  I know I'm on only 4 days late, but better now than never right!?

We had a pretty eventful weekend...all of which involved celebrating my mom's 50th birthday at dinner with family, taking her to lunch & to the nail place to have her toes done, her receiving a whopping 50 roses, that literally took 10 small vases to fill up...she didn't have one large enough, but they're beautiful, a beautiful wedding shower for one of my high school friend's bride-to-be, picking up my Rhea Lana check (woot woot)...oh, & locking my 2 year old in the car in the church parking lot before church, & the police having to come let him out.  Oh yeah...mom of THE year right here.

So...how was your weekend!  ;)

Our Valentine's Day...

We had a GREAT Valentine's Day together....for the most part!!  ;)  I am so thankful for my little Valentine & how much he loves his Mommy every day of the year!

I printed these little tags for Ryder's Valentine's for his class & I loved how they turned out.  I did goldfish, because I knew there was going to already be MORE than enough candy being passed out!  :P

 Punkin's goodies!  I let him pick one to open the night before because he ate all his dinner!  ;P

Somebody even took lil man shopping on Sunday to get Mama a card!  I thought this was too precious.  I will cherish it forever!

 New Buzz "like" year pajamas!!!

Skittles & bath water color changing tablets!

Tuesday morning I made him cinnamon rolls--his favorite & we opened presents before heading out to school!

 He got bath bubbles, a new water bottle & some bubbles to play with outside!

He had a great day at school & so many cute & fun Valentine's from his friends!  THey said he was the first one to go to sleep without being patted & the last one to wake up (THAT'S A FIRST!).  A few of the girls' moms told me when they came to drop their little girls off this morning & Ryder was already there, he said, "Happy Valentine's Day!"  I just thought that was so sweet!

We went to Maggie's to get a Valentine cookie afterwards, then came home to get ready for our date!  Our Chick-Fil-A in town is so wonderful.  They take sit-down reservations for Valentine's Day every year.  I thought this was something perfect for me & lil man to do together (especially since KeeKee & Pops were both home sick... :( ).

Punkin' was sweet as ever at dinner.  He even got some bubbles & a little CFA Cow.  Poor baby didn't eat one thing.  He usually eats at least a couple bites, but not ONE thing.  Not even the complimentary ice cream & cheesecake they brought us...I should have known something was wrong.  :/

We went & played in the play place & then left to go to Target to get a few things we needed for the rest of the week!

We came home, gave lil man a bath & got him in bed.  I had a project to work on so I came in the computer room to work on that.  About 11 o'clock I heard him crying...so I ran in there & as soon as I turned on the light he started throwing up...poor baby.  He didn't even wake up, just let it happen.  I was just trying to comfort him & let him know that it was okay & just to get it out.  Break my little heart, I just cried.

So that was the beginning of our long night...we both ended up sleeping in the living room.  I was so worried it was going to happen again.  I am just ready for all of us to be well!  I feel like I have washed our sheets 15 times over the last week!

I stayed home from class again today with him to make sure he got better.  We had a great day together & you would seriously never know he had just thrown up last night!  He is a TROOPER for sure!!

Project 365...Week 6

{February 5}

 My sweet lil man looking cute at church.  I love how much he loves going to church!  Warms my heart!

{February 6}

Somebody hit Uncle G Sunday night.  Luckily everybody was okay & it's already in the shop getting fixed! 

{February 7}

I don't know if I mentioned the fact that my parents were looking for a home for Brett.  I tweeted about it & about 30 minutes later he was all Emilie & Ryan's!  Actually...for her mom.  My mom met them the next day to hand him over & he has been living the life every since & is already house trained!  So thankful we found him a good home!  Ryder will say "Where's Bretty Brett?"  & I'll say, "You know where he is..."  "Oh yeah, he's at Emilie's!"  Luckily, Ryder has handled it pretty well. 

{February 8}

 Ryder said Tangy was eating lunch with him!  Ha!

{February 9}

My sweet lil man was a tireddddd little boy!  He woke up throwing up before school Thursday, so we both ended up staying him all day & I got to give him some extra-needed lovin'!  I love a lil sleeping baby!

 {February 10}

Friday night was Mama's turn to be sick, so Ryder had to unexpected stay the night at KeeKee & Pop's.  Luckily, I got to FaceTime him though!

 {February 11}

I was still sick on Saturday, but lil man had a BIG day!  Pop pops took him to get his haircut, to Cherry Berry for fro yo, Valentine's Day shopping & even the park for a few minutes even though it was FREEZING out!  KeeKee brought home some new blocks from school for him to play with!

Small Update...

I sure am thankful for the whole "Project 365" thing, or I probably wouldn't have blogged at all over the passed few weeks!

Seriously by the time we get up, go to school every day, come home & do normal things, run errands, cook dinner, etc. etc. take a bath & get R in bed, it's time for me to do homework & blogging is the last thing on my mind.  I never thought my life would be too busy to think about blogging, but I know that this is just a season of life we are going to have to get through.

I am just so thankful that I have been making a point to keep up with Project 365 or who would know what was going on with my baby boy!  :P

Just a little up date on our unfortunate week...

Ryder woke up Thursday morning around 6:45 couching a lot but not like sickly cough.  Poor baby would throw up a little bit each time, & he would say, "Mommy I burped..."  Luckily each time it was on a towel & wasn't even too much for Mama to clean up.  He only threw up twice, but I knew we were both gonna be home for the day.  I always hate for him to miss school, but I didn't want to expose any of his friends with the sickies!

He was seriously the sweetest, fun loving, happiest kid the rest of the day!  So, it ended up being a nice day at home with my favorite little mister!

We were all fine Friday, I went to class, he stayed with the babysitter etc. etc.  I had a 31 party to go to Friday night & dropped him off at my parents around 5:30.

I wasn't at the party 15 minutes when I knew I had to leave.  I made it home in enough time to change clothes when the ugly bug struck.  Needless to say, R stayed the night with my parents so I could get some rest.

I thought I would wake up Saturday morning & be fine, just like Ryder was!  Ha!  WRRROONG!  I have never felt so much pain & ache in my life.  Childbirth wasn't all that bad for me, but Y'ALL.  THIS WAS WORSE THAN CHILDBIRTH.  I told my mom I was almost to the point of wanting to die.

I stayed in bed ALL DAY.  Not even kidding.  I woke up around 9 PM, came in the living room to watch some TV, lasted about 30 minutes & went back to bed to go to sleep.

I woke up this morning feelin SOOOO much better than yesterday, but still not 100%.

More than anything, I miss my baby boy.  Having to be away from him because I'm sick has been the worst thing ever.  I got to facetime him last night, so that made me happy, but I never knew I could miss my little guy so much!

I am just so thankful for my wonderful parents & all that they have done for me & him this weekend.  They've been serious rockstars.  Mom went & shopped for me at the Rhea Lana pre-sale yesterday because I couldn't go, dad took R to get a hair cut & to get fro yo at Cherry Berry, dad went to the grocery store for me, & got me McAlister's soup for me last night...& I could go on & on!  I am just so thankful for family in times of unexpected need!

Project 365...Week 5

{January 29}

Lil man helped me make muffins before church!  

{January 30}

Lil man had stayed the night with Mimi & Pawpaw that night & got to ride one of his horses Brobee that  morning!  He came home & crashed with his Mama on the couch--one of my favorite things!  KeeKee got him the pirate stuff in Branson & he loved it!

{January 31}

Flashback!  About a year ago...lil man meeting his first puppy, Ava.

{February 1}

Pop Pops took R to get Fro Yo one night after dinner!  He loves going to the "flamingo place"!

{February 2}

Recently I have started to let Ryder help me put the silverware away when I empty the dishwasher.  He really has become quite the helper!

{February 3}

Just a lil preview of one of my all time favorite wedding show invites for a shower coming up this week!  

{February 4}

KeeKee was out of town, so we went out to eat with Pop Pops & then hit up some Target!  The boys had fun playing in the toy aisles, & I picked up some last minute things for R for Valentine's!  Love them both so much!