look who's turning ONE!

my baby is turning one.

although it went entirely too fast, the last twelve months have been the best in my life. there is nothing like being a momma!

to celebrate, i have decide to chronicle his life by month:

1 MONTH - Coming into the world a whopping 7lbs 5 oz, Huston Dean David surprised us all (he was supposed to be 9-10lbs). He learned how to nurse and how to melt our hearts. At one month, he also moved 1,000 miles across the country on a 4 day road trip. Before we left, he went to his first A's baseball game when they visited the Rangers.

2 MONTHS - Rolled over all of the way. Pretty impressive for a two month old. Started sleeping through the night occasionally.

3 MONTHS - Could sit up (supported). First Halloween (he was a monkey).

4 MONTHS - Started laughing out loud. The cutest sound ever. Got a full-time, at home momma when I was laid off. Tasted pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.

5 MONTHS - Had his first solid food meal, oatmeal. Went to Oklahoma for Christmas Eve.

6 MONTHS - First time at the movies. First plane ride, we went to California to meeat all of Doug's family. He loved all the attention! Started holding his bottle by himself, FREEDOM for me!

7 MONTHS - Went to his first beach when we visited our friends the Sampsons in S. Carolina. Got his first two teeth (ouch for momma, they were discovered when he bit my nose!) Stood up for the first time and learned to crawl, a cute little army crawl....I haven't sat down since.

8 MONTHS - Got another tooth. First haircut. Officially off nursing and on formula.

9 MONTHS - Got three more teeth. Started walking. Started dancing when he heard music.

10 MONTHS - Started giving momma raspberries. First time in the swimming pool, he's a little fishie.

11 MONTHS - Starting to lose interest in formula, so is eating HUGE amounts of food. Walking everywhere, into everything!

12 MONTHS - Another year of growing up too fast to come!

what the blog?

i have been a blogger slacker lately. and it's not that i have nothing to say. it's that i have finally hit that point that others talk about when they say they have no time. i used to be able to juggle so much....what happened? oh ya. probably the fact that i decided to start two businesses, take an online class, become publicity chair for my moms group and wrangle a walking 11 month old around all day. sounded good at the time though :)

but i found a solution, less time on FB and bloggin. boo. i'll get back to my superwoman ways again soon.

until then......here are some of our happenings!

planning H's FIRST birthday party!

becoming addicted to uppercase living

barnes and noble storytime is my favorite thing ever

OH is as hot as TX

did i mention H is walking?

it's baseball season in our house

i need outdoor furniture

more to come later. xo

D is for Dad

This Father's Day is the beginning of many new traditions.

I have been blessed with such a wonderful Daddy, that it is an extra blessing to have married one as well.

Every time I see H's face light up when Doug walks into a room or laugh at him being silly, my heart just swells. I love my baby boy so much and seeing him and D together makes me love them both even more.

I was so impressed this Father's Day. After many days of me hounding him about what he wanted to do, all D would give me was "pancakes". Well, of course that wouldn't fly. We ended up getting him his iPhone that he's been dying for (even though he teases me about being in love with my Blackberry). But for the actual day of, he would not give me any ideas....this is hard for me to not throw a big bash for those of you that know me well. He doesn't even like cards - because you just throw them away.

Once I thought on it, I really like the idea of making Father's Day just family time. We will start off with the requested pancakes. He'll find a Starbucks mug that you can write on. Since he doesn't like cards, each year H will write something new on it. Then family day at the pool maybe. For dinner we are having steaks and salad. Once H goes to bed, we'll have a beer and then I'm going to sleep in the spare room to give him the bed ALL TO HIMSELF.

Happy Dads Day D!

Uppercase Living

I just had my first Uppercase Living Open House. Not very many people showed up but it got me even more excited about selling it! The more I see the products the more I think of ALL the things I can do with it....which loosely translates to I will spend everything I make on it :) Seriously, I am making some commission, but I get so much free stuff with each show too!

If you haven't had a chance yet, check it out: http://walljewelry.uppercaseliving.net

my new treasure

www.etsy.com is so fun!

full blown momma

at my MOPS group, i committed to being the membership/publicity chair and am excited about it. it will be a great way to meet new people and to get to use my party planning and event skills :) there are some great moms in the group and i think we can really have fun in the upcoming year.

i'll also be doing the newsletter, which i can't wait to get started! we aren't having regular membership meetings until august, so i have lots of time to get ready and come up with some fun ideas!!

baby talk

this week i went through the air force training and got certified to become a family child care provider in my home. i initially got into it so that i could continue to stay home with huston, but make a little money.

the hard part was that i had to LEAVE huston to take the training :) luckily my awesome neighbor, amy, watched him for me and he had a ball playing with her two year old. but during this week, he got his 5th tooth and started letting go of things while he was standing! even more proof that i need to be home with him so i don't miss these things....

surprisingly, during the certification process, i found that i do have a love for early childhood development. i always suspected i should have gotten into teaching, but after spending the time on the modules and learning all the guidance and obedience information, i think i have a new passion.

the best part of all of this is that i get to use my new skills on huston as well.

i don't plan on having a houseful, but am going to get a child huston's age or a little older and an infant.

i'm pretty excited!