Sickly!

So...Friday morning--getting my teeth out went perfectly fine.  I walked in there, got an IV, some laughing gas & felt like I was walking about 5 minutes later!  Apparently I said some PRETTY funny things that I do NOT remember!  I also made my mom take me to Sonic-I said "Sonic" & snapped my fingers at her!  Ha!  I told her ice water from home wasn't good enough, & then I said "It's 55 freakin' cents mom...I'll pay for it myself" & started digging around in my purse....Haha!  Thank goodness she got me a Route 44 ice water & took me home!  ;)

To my surprise I felt great Friday night & even ate a bean burrito for dinner!  I kept thinking that this was such a breeze compared to getting my tonsils out.  I slept great but was ready to get my baby back on Saturday morning!  Sad thing is he didn't even look at me, or hug me or pay me half attention!  :(  Even though I knew he really missed me the TWO nights he was away from me!  He took a nap at KeeKee's Saturday afternoon & I came home & unloaded stuff & started some laundry etc.

Mom walked Ryder back over here & we finally got to spend some quality time together!  I noticed a few hours later that he was super duper hot!!  He is a hot natured little boy, but this was different...  I took his temp & sure enough 102.6.  :(  I honestly didn't even know what to do because this just hasn't happened before!  He looked at me a while later & told me his ear hurt & so I knew he had to have an ear infection.   Thank goodness, Kelly's dad is a pediatrician & live right across town...I called him & thank goodness he was at home watching football & I asked him if we could come over & have him look at Punkin.  Sure enough....he had his first ear infection at 26 months, but I'm not complaining!  We got him some AB & came & snuggled up & went to bed around 9:30.  It was an adventure of a night, but just glad my lil booger got taken care of!

Did I mention he wore big boy underwear ALL day yesterday AND today!?  With NO accidents?!  I am so proud of him!  =)

{I entertained him on the toy aisle while waiting on his meds at Walgreens}

{He even found a Dora Santa hat!  Ha!}

{Playing with a cool Mickey Mouse "computer"}

{I picked this up for R for Christmas at WGs to be like Mama!}

{Thank goodness for my EC Life Planner to keep up with all our different meds & when it's time to take them!}

{Just a lil glimpse of our weekend...}

Sadly, we had to stay home from church this morning.  I really was going to go until Ryder came down with an EI last night.  One side of my face is still pretty swollen & the other side is perfectly fine!--which is so weird to me!  I'm hoping my right side will go down soooooon!  :O

This morning while watching Bambi & playing together around the living room, Ryder said, "Going to church?"  I said not today...then he said "Ms. Katy coming over in a few minutes?"  I said not today..."Going to get dressed to go to school?"  Nope baby, not today.  Poor thing is going to have a BORING week at home with his Mama.  :/

Yeah for Thanksgiving week!  I love spending time with friends & family eating yummy food being reminded of ALL the things we have to be thankful for.  

Scentsy Giveaway WINNER!!

AND...WE HAVE A WINNER!  

MADALINE from madaline.designer.wife.regular person. is our LUCKY winner!  Congratulations Madaline for being the winner of my very FIRST Giveaway!  Thank you so much for entering, & if you would e mail me at alongfortheryde{at}yahoo{dot}com I'll get you all set up!  =)

Thank you to ALL of your who participated, & I hope you will participate in my next giveaway, whenever that may be!  My Scentsy Holiday Party is still open if you still want to purchase anything!

Fall Family Pics

Last year, one of the most meaningful & heartfelt presents I received at Christmas was a gift card from my dad to a photographer in town, for me & Ryder to have our pictures professionally taken.  As a single mom, sadly professional pictures isn't something that is on the top of my budget list...hopefully one day when I find my Prince Charming, it will be!  ;)  So, for my dad to give me this as a gift in my stocking meant SO much to me.

I knew I wanted to wait till the fall to have them made, Ryder would be two, & my hair would be passed the awkward stage--(I'm growing it out again from Locks of Love), & I thought we might could get a good Christmas card pic out of the deal & not have to deal with the stress at Thanksgiving!  So I called & they squeezed us in a week later & I was also happy to be able to do this before I got my wisdom teeth out (in case my checks didn't go down for a good while)!

So...I met with Lance on Wednesday & had to dig out all the ones I liked the best.  It was kinda hard, but he was very helpful!  There weren't any "bad" ones...but I just learned that I just had to pick out my FAVORITES! 

So...here they are!  I loved working with Lance!  He was so easy & fun to work with & great with Ryder!  Such a talented person!  You can see more of his work & learn more about him HERE. 

 {This shows our relationship with each other SO well!}

 {He was a HAM the whole session & this is just ONE of many pics like this!}

I love my lil man so much & will cherish this forever!  I love it being just me & him, but I do look forward to the day there will also be the man of my dreams standing behind me & then later on a few other additions!  ;)

short update...

I'm still alive.  But barely.
Life has kept me busy since last week, but I'm a happy girl! =)
End of semester crunch time is here.
BLAH!
I am just ready for Friday so I can get my WT out so I can just lay & bed & be LAZY.
Because I never get to do that.
I have so many pictures of Punkin' I want to post.
He is growing up so fast!
I love him more & more every day!
& HE makes me so happy.

my FIRST giveaway!

UPDATE:  11/18/11  This giveaway has now been closed!  A winner will be announced Saturday morning, November 19, 2011.

I decided to host my first giveaway--since it is SO close to the time for giving & sharing with others! =)

My Scensty Holiday Party is coming up next Tuesday (e mail me if you want details) & I want YOU guys to be included, even though you may not be able to attend!  Some of my best customers live out of town & even out of state by purchasing things on my website & having them sent straight to their front door!

I'll be giving away one SNAPSHOT warmer--it's a picture frame!  How fun is that?!  Along with 3 scent bars of your choice!

If you're not familiar with Scentsy--now here's your chance!  If you are already familiar with Scentsy...who doesn't want a FREE warmer & 3 bars?!

I love selling Scentsy so much, it honestly doesn't even feel like a "job" to me & I want to share the goodness with you guys for being such fun, love & caring blog readers & friends!

So...Here's the delio!

1.  Must be a follower of my blog!-Leave a comment telling me you are.

& FOR ADDITIONAL ENTRIES...
2.  If you have a blog, add me to your blogroll!-Leave me a comment telling you did so, with a link back to your blog.

3. Tweet about the giveaway with a link back to my blog & @ me {@kati__b} so I can see it!-Leave a comment telling me you did so.

4.  BLOG about it-Leave me a comment telling me you did so, with a link back to your blog.

FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL ENTRIES!
5.  Make a purchase on my SCENTSY WEBSITE UNDER MY HOLIDAY PARTY & leave me ONE comment telling me you did so (I will add the addition entries)


I'll draw for a winner probably a week from today (after I get my wisdom teeth out)!  Ha!--SO...get on it!


& I think that's all folks...feel free to e mail me alongfortheryde{at}yahoo{dot}com if you have any questions!