Bye Bye 2010

2010 was an amazing year for us.  The biggest change in our lives in 2010 was me quitting my job to become a full time mom!   It has been a very amazing transformation in our lives but it has not come with out struggles.  May 1 was the first day of my staying at home, and every day since has been a challenge in us learning to live on one income.  I did contribute a good bit to the family while working, but never as much as Clynt did.  We have always had more money than we needed to blow, and now, though we arent broke, we definitely have to watch what we spend MUCH more than we did before.  So much of 2010 has been spend budgeting!

In 2010, Clynt and I also became DEBT FREE!!!  How amazing is that.  The only debt that we have now is our house. Our cars are paid for (and in fact we actually paid for Clynt's F-250 using CASH).  This was hard but man was it so so worth it!!

In 2010, Corbin has just turned 2.  He is no longer a baby.  He is talking, using the potty (sometimes), eating all on his own, climbing, running, and being a complete boy!  It has been so amazing to sit and watch him grow and getting to be at home to watch him every minute of every day has been so incredible and I would never trade of any of my struggles for it!

In 2010, we found out we are going to have a new little boy in our arms next year!!  How amazing is that?!  TWO boys!!?  We are so excited, it is unbelievable.

In 2010, we have grown closer and closer to Christ.  We are staying involved and connected with church and we are still leading a CARE group.  We can only pray that 2011 will continue to bring us closer.

In 2010....... we started cloth diapering (whew, that's been fun!); we bought a new truck; we travelled and spent more and more time with family; we went to New York City, Alabama, Connecticut, Louisiana, and several cities in Texas;  I broke my wrist and had to have surgery to repair it; we gained several new friends; and we laughed a lot!  It was a great year with lots of memories!

Tonight we are spending New Years with a mommy friend of mine and her family, and some other families for a family friendly New Year's Eve party.  It is very hard to find things to do for New Years or really any holiday that is kiddo friendly, and Clynt and I are against leaving Corbin on holidays because we want to spend it with him and we want to know he is safe! =)

Hope you all had a wonderful year, and that 2011 brings you many joys!!

The best few years of my life.

I met my wonderful husband 5 years ago, and married him 3 years ago today.  Here is a picture of us the day we got engaged.  We were in the San Juan Island outside of Seattle, Washington.  We met at Zydeco's and Clynt was singing karaoke and we had some mutual friends their.  Since then, we have been inseparable.   He became my best friend and I wouldn't change that for the world.

And then, here we are on our wedding day, leaving the reception in the limo and heading to the airport hotel, so we would be ready to leave for Hawaii the next morning! =)  Our wedding, and honeymoon were perfect!!  The best part was spending it with Clynt.  He is funny, sweet, romantic, and just an awesome person to be around.  I love that guy!!

Exactly one year after our wedding, along came the newest addition to our family..... a sweet little boy who was 7 pounds and 8 ounces long, and changed our lives forever... Corbin!    I don't believe he was ever so little.... It is so sad the think that he will never be that little again, but I sure to LOVE watching him grow and become such a sweet little man.  This is from the day he was born:

And now, he is a big boy and runs around and loves life.  He is TWO today, I don't believe it.  He is a picture from a couple of weeks ago with him cheesing it up for the camera on the computer with me:

These two boys in my life are wonderful and make my life what it is today.  I love you both very very much!!  Happy Anniversary Clynt, and Happy Birthday Corbin!! 

Christmas in Louisiana

Last week we went to Louisiana for a couple of days to see my Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle, and cousins.  It was a nice trip and we had loads of fun visiting and running around.  Corbin had never met some of this family so it was fun getting to introduce him to family.  While at my Grandma's house, Clynt, Corbin, my dad and Michael all ran around the property shooting guns and kicking trees and skipping rocks.  They had a lot of fun.  And YES, I did say shooting guns.  My BABY was shooting a gun with his daddy. He is not completely looney, it was an airgun with plastic pellets but still, it definitely made me a little nervous.  Clynt thinks that Corbin is ready to get his own gun (or will be when he turns 3), but we are a little different page there.  Any of you country boys that read that want to leave your comment defending Clynt, please do so! =)  He says he had a bb gun that young, so Im trying to give the idea a little thought.  It is his little boy and all.  In his defense also, the gun would be locked in our gun safe and only for Corbin to use with Daddy's help, so he won't have access to it at any time, it would just be the idea that Corbin got his first gun... hmmm.....

Here are some pictures of Clynt transforming Corbin into a country boy.  Look at the boots.  Is he not just the cutest 2 year old you've ever seen??

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  Tomorrow I will blog about our Christmas Day!

Im BACK!

So, it has been an incredibly busy past couple of weeks.  1st was Corbin's birthday party and then, well we all know it was Christmas.  I will have several blogs over the next couple of days to update on everything with Christmas and pregnancy and Corbin, but today, it's all about the birthday party.

Corbin's party was lots of fun.  We had it at the new Rec Center in Pearland and they did a wonderful job with keeping things in order the day of the event. They had us in this really cool room for toddlers the first half of the party and then back in the kids  day care room the second half.  Their were about 15 kids their, 8 of which were toddler boys.  I love my little boy, so it was tons of fun watching alll the boys run around and jump on trampolines, flip on tumbling mats, play with the parachute, throw LOTS of balls and just run free (as you can see from the pictures above!)

After all the kids were good and worn out, we went to the other room and had pizza, and cake balls (and pops).  Check out these things that I made with the help of my wonderful momma and sister!

Then it was time for presents.  Corbin got lots of great stuff and has not stopped playing with it since.  Thank you to everyone who came.  It was so appreciated, and we love that you took time out of you day to help my our little guys day special!  Speaking of which, I really need to get on the Thank You cards.  Please excuse me if yours is a little late! =)

And Corbin was wiped out!!

Blog out!





Tears of Pregnancy

So I cry, and I don't mean that I cry every once in a while, I cry all the time.  I take everything personally when Im NOT pregnant, but while I am pregnant, I take it personally X 100, and I cry.  I cry, and cry, and cry.  Corbin is always saying "Mommy crying"... That is so sad!  I take things that I KNOW in my heart aren't personal and make them personal.

For instance, Corbin's birthday party is tomorrow and every "no" that I have gotten has made me sad.  I know that people have other stuff going one, and it is the week before Christmas, and it is also the night of the Pearland Oilers going to state.  This is all important stuff, and so I understand that people will not be able to make it to Corbin's party, but for some reason, I always think "what if it is because they don't like me, or don't care about Corbin".  This is absolutely ridiculous, and I already know that, but for some dang reason, I can't help but take things personal.  But anyways, everything just makes me sad! PS- if you replied no to coming to Corbin's party, I am by no means upset with you!! I promise, I am just freakishly hormonal.

I should be excited that their are 15 kids and another 25 adults coming to his party. It is going to be lots of fun! I am super excited about it!  I knew when I made it that day that people would be busy! Im sure we'd be busy if I hadn't planned this several months ago!

I go as far as if my husband doesn't answer the phone or respond to an email, thinking that he is upset with me for some reason.  Clynt is BUSY at work and I know that, but I still just sat here and cried because he replied to en email saying that he can't talk right now.  Poor guy is dealing with an emotional roller coaster right now!!!

Okay, so you realize that I sit here and type this, I am crying.  I am horrible, I know.

On a good note, Corbin and I went and got his hair cut today so that he is all nice and pretty for his party tomorrow, and then we went and saw Santa.  He went in his lap with no problem, but wouldn't cheese for the camera.  He was just really interested in everything else.  Then we went to the coloring table down the little hall and he was through coloring and he put my crayons up and he took off.  I had to get my fat butt up and chase after him, and when I got to him he was handing his picture to Santa.  It was the cutest darn thing in the world.  Santa looked and me and just smiled, he was just in love with Corbin.  So we had a very good morning.  Then we had to run and get stuff for the party, and while in WalMart we got a deli lunch thing for dinner, and Corbin felt so special.  He is such a cutie!

The holiday season around here is going wonderful, if I could just stop crying about everything!  That is my number one prayer on my list for myself right now, and I am trying my hardest to just trust in the Lord, because I know he has everything under control, and their is no need for me to worry about anything!

Names, names, names.....

Picking out a name that your child will have for the rest of their life is kind of a big deal!  And for those of you who don't know, I am married to an engineer.  If you don't know what that means, it simply means he is anal!! He is a wonderful man and I won't trade him for the world, however, when it comes to making big decisions with him, it really does NOT come easy.  So, what I do is, I make a list in Word and I add any name that Clynt does not say no to to it.  He has not said yes to any of them, but he will say maybe to come of them.  So here are a list of my likes, and Clynt's "maybes".  By no means is this complete and it is not in any kind of order either.  Some are definitely higher on my ranking than others.

Drake

Micah

Brody

Grady

Garrett

Lucas

Logan

Brady

Jonah

I want a name that is modern, but not TOOOO out their.  You know, like Corbin! We aren't interested in "C" names because we don't want to be stuck with "C's" for every kid we have in the future.  

What is your favorite of these?  Or- Do you have any other names that you think we'd like?!   This is not near as easy this time as it was with Corbin.  I don't know that we will pick one until I am much further along in my pregnancy. Please, no negative comments-- remember, im hormonal!!!

The results are in......

We are having a BOY!!!  Anyone of you who know us very well know how excited we are to find that out!  Clynt's brothers are very prone to producing girls... One of his brothers has 4 girls, the other has 3 girls and got a boy for their 4th child and his sister has 2 girls.  So, on his side of the family, this baby will be the 12th grandchild, and only 3 are boys.  2 of which will be ours.  So as much as we wanted boys, the believe that we would actually have one (and especially 2), was completely not expected!  Clynt is sitting on cloud nine right now.  He never in his right mind thought that he would have 2 boys in the house,  and I don't think I have seen him this excited since...well, since we found out Corbin was boy.  It is soooo cute and I am excited for him!  I just love that he gets to have what he wants, and can feel special for a while.  And I am excited to stay the only girl in the house.  If we had a girl, she would turn into the princess of the family, and I would loose my status, so (At least for now) I remain the princess!  =)

To make Corbin feel important, we are giving him a new room, and are going to do it all up for him.  The baby will get the nursery when he comes, and Corbin will have our guest room that is attached to a bathroom.   We are going to do Corbin's room in the next month or 2 because we don't want for him to think that the baby is taking his room away.  We want for him to feel special and loved!  By biggest trial with having another baby is taking away attention from Corbin.  I know that it is inevitable to some extent, but it is by biggest goal when the little one gets here.  I am going to wear the baby around a lot in order to have hands free for doing stuff with my "big boy"!  It is sooooo important to me to not let him feel left out.  I don't know how I am going to love another one as much as I love that little guy, but Im sure it will just happen naturally.  If you have 2 kiddos, how did you help the transition?  And remember, you are talking to a mama that has only left him a few times over night and never more than 18 or so hours.  I am dreading the thought of not having in the hospital with me, and all of that jazz.

I am rambling now.  My sister in law wants me to do a blog on baby names.  I think its a cute idea, so be on the lookout!  I have lots of ideas, but Clynt is not as into most of the names as I am.  I think he is still just shocked that it is another boy, and will have to get it through his brain a little bit more before he will start discussing.  I supposed we still have time.

One more thing, we are planning on doing a camo room for Corbin.  I am a very modern type of person, so if you have any ideas on making camo modern, please give me some tips!  Here is a picture of Corbin's nursery,  I have no idea how we will beat it!

Christmas time Pictures

Christmas time is my favorite time of the year, and I love having my camera around to capture some of the moments!  This post, I am going to put up pictures of what we have been up to a little.

Here are my boys picking out our tree! Isnt it pretty?

Here are a few of the tree and Corbin helping!  He had soooo much fun helping decorate!

These are from the Christmas Tree Lighting and Festival!

We also went to the Parade which Corbin LOVED, but I was with Corbin the whole time and didnt get any pictures.  We have been having a wonderful holiday season, and can't wait for more exciting things!

Oh, one more pictures before you leave:  This one is on the Christmas card!

Chillin in PJs

My favorite time of day is first thing in the morning.  I get the little guy up and let him eat breakfast with my on the couch while watching PBS.  I am not a huge TV person but first thing in the morning, it is a treat for Corbin.  He curls up with me while he watches and eats.  I just love it!!  This morning I got a big bowl of cereal and we shared it.  Corbin LOVES sharing cereal with me, and I don't mind it either, so that's what we did.  He is so sweet to just sit with and love on.  It is the best time of the day.

I do not believe that my little guy will be TWO this month!!!  It is absolutely crazy!!!!!  His birthday party is coming up and I have so much to do.  It is a really hard time to have a birthday party.  I am having a hard time competing with all the family and holiday Christmas parties being the same day as his party, but you know, I dont think it is fair to have it way after his birthday.  So, that's where we stand.  Hopefully we will have an okay turnout.  By the way, invitations have not gone out just yet.  They should be in Thursday and I will send them out by Friday.  So, hopefully you will have them soon!

Maternity Clothes!  OMG, I am trying to hold out, but today with it being so cold, I decided that I would be much more comfy in some stretchy clothes!  With Corbin I didnt wear them till much later in the pregnancy, but I have definitely grown much faster this time.  I am excited to see the little one Tomorrow and find out what wear having soon.  Can't wait!

Okay, well I'm back to my cuddle time with the sweetest little boy I know! =)