My 100th blog post!

WOW! Their were so so many days that I didn't think that I would get past 5 blog posts. Blogging is a whole different world to get involved in. I dont think that I have a great blog or anything, but it still requires thinking and recording things in your everyday life. Most of the things are not things that you would normally write in a baby book or tell your mom or husband about. In fact, often times my husband finds things out by reading my blog. Some of the stuff is just that insignificant, but it is my life.

When I started this blog, Corbin was 10.5 months old and now he is 20!! So I have been doing this for a little over 9 months. Some of those month, I probably only did 1 or 2 posts. I was lazy, and I still am often times, but I am trying to do better! I started this blog simply because I loved reading a friend of mine's, Amanda, blog. She would just blog about her life. She has a little boy that is only about 2 months older than Corbin, and I had not seen her since I was in probably 9th grade. We played year around traveling soccer when we were growing up and we were very close friends. So when I found her, or she found me, on MySpace (and now just Facebook), I was really interested in what was going on in her life. She lives in Austin, but now we get to see eachother every couple of months. Her blog really drew us together.

We have A LOT of family that live all around the country so I thought that if I could feel connected to someone I havent talked to in so many years, than our families could feel connected to our lives even though they live so far away. And it has done that and so much more. Recently, we went to a very sad funeral in Alabama. We were able to see a ton of Clynt's family that I have never met and soooo many of them came up to me and said "Hey Deana, I feel like I already know you! I read your blog!". It was so cool. Since then, I have really tried to be a little more regular about updating. I just loved that we already felt like family from just one simple time of meeting. That's awesome!

Well, I hope to have the Ten on Tuesday questions later and I will post that tonight.. I just want to give a little blog history for you since this is a landmark blog!

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Monday... Im TIRED!

Today was a very good day. We woke up and went to playgroup. I have only been two times so I am still in that awkward stage because I don't really know anyone, but Corbin had fun hanging out with all the kiddos and actually one little boy was born one day after Corbin. I love that because I think it is so so important for him to have lots of interaction with other kids his age. Their are so many kids of Stay at Home Moms that do not get the interaction they need, and so I am trying very hard to not have that problem with Corbin.

After playgroup, we went to the dreaded Wal-Mart. I say dreaded because I find it really hard to keep on my budget at Wal-Mart because of all the STUFF that they have... not to mention the lines, poor customer service (some of the time), so many people that dont pay any attention, and how much walking to have to do just to get back to the side of the store you parked on! Anyways, we got everything we needed and Corbin was very well behaved so it was good. Then we came home for nap time and I decided to bake. We had so many bananas left over at church the other day that I got to take some home with me. Corbin eats a banana every day, but all of these would have gone bad prior to him eating them, so I put some aside and baked with the others. I made banana nut muffins, and banana pudding. And I have had blueberries in my freezer in a while so I also made some blueberry muffins. It was all really yummy!! But my kitchen was a wreck!!

I then did the laundry, and then I rested. I was tired!! As soon as I could get a little rested, it was 4:15pm. Which means, dinner time! I have to start cooking around 4:30 to have dinner ready for Clynt when he gets home a little after five. We had some oh so very tasty bacon, lettuce, tomato (with avacado, onions, and cheese) wraps. They turned out delicious. I also made some pinto beans because my little man loves beans!!

Clynt then needed to go help a very good friend moved a swing set, so I went with so that I could visit with his wife and kiddos. We hung out for a while with them a visited and when we looked at the clock it was 9:00pm. It is really easy when we are with them to get caught up in conversation that we dont pay attention to the time. It was a great visit and much needed! We love visiting with them!

So overall, I had a wonderful day with my littlest love in my life. Now I am exhausted!!! So, its time to hit the sheets!

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5 Favorites of the weekend

I had a nice weekend, with nothing too exciting happening, so this should be pretty simple!!

My five favorite things from the weekend:

1) The farmer's market with my mom, Corbin, Michael, and Kelsey (our niece). The farmer's market was FULL of fresh stuff this week and it was HOT. We went to the Bayou City Farmer's Market because it is bigger and I knew I needed quite a bit of stuff. I got potatoes, tomatoes, spring lettuce, salsa, goat cheese, a cucumber, and Im sure their more, but that's all I feel like typing because Im tired. The market has soooo much beautiful, wonderful scented, perfectly ripe, delicious fruit and veggies to choose from and the best part is that it is locally grown and organic. I LOVE IT!

2) Having our niece for a night. It was nice to just have one of the kiddos because we were able to just chill and chit-chat. She said she had a good time and we did too. We sure do love those little ones.

3) The library- I havent taken Corbin to the library all that much up until this point, other than to story time. So we just went and picked out books to read and he had so much fun just laying down in the bright and bold chairs and reading his little books. He is SUCH a cutie!!

4) Watching our East Campus grow. At church today we had over 800 people at our East campus alone. It is so amazing that I was involved and on staff to open the church campus at the Y and now we are in this nice BEAUTIFUL, spunky building and we have gotten to be a part of all of it. It is just awesome!! I LOVE watching how God can truly change lives and make things happen. It is incredible!!

5) CARE group leadership rally. 2 times a year the church holds a function to help train and love on CARE group leaders. This time we had an extra special part, where they had filmed one of the couple in our group about how much their group surrounded them in prayer, meals, friendship, and more during a time when they were in a lot of need. Many people kept coming up and letting us know how touched they were. I was in tears, and all I can say is that is what this is all about. Yes we do bible studies and yes we meet once a week to go over the study, but we fellowship, pray with each other, and make friends. It is so incredible that this whole group (even our newest couple) CARES so so much for each other. I have been so amazed. So, just watching that video and watching pastors talk about how to be better leaders was my favorite part of the weekend. It was amazing and God really spoke a TON to me.

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Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping is one of my most hated things to do. Even though I absolutely dread making that trip, I must! I LOVE to cook, so that means.... you guessed it... I have to have food! When I was working, I would go during my lunch hour and bring the food back up to my office and put it in the refrigerator if it needed to be cold. This was how I would avoid some of those very much hated lines. And now that I am staying at home with Corbin, I am still able to do that. We go in the morning when Corbin is in a good mood. But that brings a while mew aspect to grocery shopping...

THE KID! Today, Corbin was riding in the front of one of those very cool car carts, and he saw those wonderful, beautiful, yellow fruits that we call bananas. He saw them as I was standing these getting some from the other container. I started pushing the cart and Corbin nearly fell out. I looked down and there he was almost completely out of the cart with a banana oh so close to his little hand. I am not the mom to give in to her child for a little fit, so we moved on about our business and he did not get to have a banana in the store. But about 2 minutes later I was walking towards the organic section and a little old lady in front of me JUMPED out of the way. I had nearly run into her!! I felt sooo bad. Evidentally I am not so good at driving those very clever car carts around. I had NO idea how long the darn thing was. So, we just about ran over grandma, i apologized, and we moved out of the cold section of the store.

Because I am a very scatter brained person, we end up going around the store 3 times. But we end up getting everything that we need. And we go to the line. I have a very hard time resisting magazines, candy, and anything in the impulse section of the line. But I was pretty good (calorie wise any ways) and I only got a couple of packages of blueberry muffin minis for me to have breakfast for the next couple of mornings.

So we are home and the little man is snoozing for a little while now and all the groceries are put up. Now it's laundry time!

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Last Day of Therapy

Today was the last day for Hand Therapy. It was definitely bittersweet. I am SOOO excited that I no longer HAVE to be somewhere without Corbin every Tuesday and Thursday but I had grown to be friends with my therapist. She became a friend that I would talk to for 2 hours a week. ld vent and talk about just anything. She didn't know anyone in my life and would just listen to me and give advice or tell me about her life. It was super cool. I was paying her to work on my wrist, but it grew to be more than just therapy. She became a friend. I invited her to our church. She has not come yet, but I bet she will at some point. I got her cell phone number so I can call and harass her now! haha.

Anyways, now I no longer have someone to talk to every single Tuesday and Thursday morning. So that is what I am sad about. Someone once told me that I can make friends with a wall. Im not sure that I would put it that way, but I do LOVE making new friends and I can pretty much open up to any one. And it was no different here.

So now that I have nothing to do on these mornings, I am on the look out for other things to get involved with on those day. Of course, now it will include Corbin. I think that the music class is going to be on Tuedays so that works out well, but I need to find a story time or something for the little guy to go to on Thursday mornings. If you know of anything, let me know. I think that Friendswood has one, but I havent looked into the days, so I need to do that. I know that they dont have anything on in August though.

Well, until next time!

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This morning Corbin and I went to Chick-Fil-A to play in the toddler area and to attend their weekly story time. They have a great little story time for little kiddos 3 and under, although most of the them are at least 2, so they are much more interactive in the story than Corbin is, but Corbin is getting more and more into story times.

When we got there, we walked into the toddler area and their was a little boy (probably 3 or 4) in their PUNCHING another kid in the FACE. It was absolutely horrible!! Another mom went up to him and said "no hitting", and the kid went on about their business. If you have ever been to Chick-Fil-A during the day, you would know that many people go their for play dates and they sit in the eating area and let their kids run free in the play room. Well, today was no different. This little boy's mom was out in the lobby not paying a dime of attention to her little boy. So a couple more minutes go by, and I look over and the same kid pushed another kid and then started punching him in the face also. It was insane. I have never in my life seen a kid that young actually punch little a grown man. This kid was swing away with a fist and everything. At that point, I ran out of patience for the mother of this kid so I went out and found the kids mom and told her that he son kept punching kids in the face and she needed to come and get him. When she and I walked back into the play area, the little boy had another little girl pinned down and was punching her in the face ALSO. The little girls mom was pulling the little boy off of her and was telling him "NO!". When the little boy's mom saw it, she did not tell her kid no, she GOT ON THE THE LITTLE GIRLS MOM AND TOLD HER TO NOT "DISCIPLINE HER KID!!". I wanted to scream!! So the little boy's mom then says "Im sorry he hit your daughter and I will discipline him." She then tells her son that was a no no and took him to sit with her while she chatted away with her friend.

I walk out to get a refill on my drink and I hear her telling her son "you dont get to go play for a minute, but you can still have your ice cream". OMG!!! What is wrong with people. If that was my child, we would have been at home by that point, and for sure WE WOULD NOT BE GETTING ICE CREAM!! Wow.

So then we go back to playing and Corbin is in the top of the play gym and I hear him screaming, and a little boy comes running down and tells his mom he hit a baby. I know that it had to be MY baby because I heard him crying. The mom of the kid says "was it an accident or were you being mean?". The kid then says "I was being mean!". That mom took her kid and left after telling me that she was sorry. I was fine with that. I know that kids are mean and can do things that we wouldnt want them to do, but PLEASE take care of your kid. And when you are at a public play area, WATCH YOUR CHILD! It is really sad that people act like that.

Okay. I didnt mean to vent but I feel better. I know that people go their to have a play date and it is okay to not have your eyes on the kids the entire time, but every couple of minutes you should check on them. You don't want your kid to be that kid. I know I don't want Corbin to be!

Other than that it has been a quite day at our house. It is Wednesday, so we only have a couple days until we have daddy home for the weekend! YAH!

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Ten on Tuesday: Pictures of life!

This Ten on Tuesday was a pain and I used my phone to take the pictures because I didnt feel like getting the camera out for a blog like this!!

For each of the following, take a picture. This is a chance for us to get a literal glimpse into each other’s lives. Feel free to skip a question if it doesn’t apply to you or it’s too personal. You can include explanations if necessary.

1. Your house.

This is the house that Clynt and I bought 3 years ago. We LOVE our home!

2. Your shower.

3. The inside of your refrigerator.

This just has to be the day before trash day when the fridge gets cleaned out!

4. Your pet.

Our 2 dogs. Mercede and Brandy.

5. Your favorite pair of shoes.

I guess Id say my boots are my favorite, although they don't get worn any time but Winter.

6. The most comfortable seat in your house.

When I was on bedrest, I stayed in this chair ALL the time!! When we have people over, they really do fight over this chair!!

7. Your favorite cup or coffee mug.

I don't really have a favorite mug.

8. Your laundry room.

We were too cheap to buy the pedestools so I have to bend down for the machines!! haha. We do LOVE our front loaders though.

9. The view from your office chair.

I sit on my couch to use my laptop. I guess I could have gone up to the office but I didnt feel like it. This is the computer I use the most of.

10. Your spouse/significant other/roommate.

This is me and my wonderful hubby!! I love that man!!