Family

I recently watched "My Sister's Keeper" the movie. It is so incredibly sad to me. I was against the mother the whole time, because of what she was doing to the little girl who had to keep going through procedure after procedure for the other girl. It was so sad to see a Mother take that much priority over one child than the other. It was like she never really loved her younger daughter at all. It got me thinking though, parents do this ALL the time. Well, not the whole having a baby just to cure another child, but making some kids more important than others, when they are ALL YOUR KIDS!

It doesnt matter what they do or don't do, who acts more maturally or who doesn't, who cleans their room, or who will spend more time with you.. No parent should EVER love one child more than another. I don't care if you have 2 kids or 12, they all were born to you and they didn't get to pick their parents so you should love them unconditionally and treat them that way. When your kids are grown, you should not only go see one of them or get some of them Christmas presents and other not, spend all your time with some grandkids and not the others, call and check on all but one of your kids, etc. Yes their are instances where the child will not answer his/her phone if yall are fighting or if they have had enough, but you should still TRY!

If you think of it from the child's perspective, they did not choose YOU! God did! God has blessed you with that child. You are the only Mom/Dad that that child has. They don't get to pick favorites! You are it, and every child longs for the ability to have a parent that loves them and wants to see them.

If you show favorites to one child over another, you should really consider how it is harming your child. And if they are grown, then how it is affecting his/her family. It really isnt fair and it makes me sick to see how some people act and the movie "My Sister's Keeper" really brought that to my attention. We are all children that were made to be loved in our own unique and different ways.

BTW- My parents are not like this at all. They treat us all with love just how we need it. I LOVE my parents with all my heart =)

Top 5 of the weekend!

Once upon a time (like 2 months ago) I started doing a top 5 of the weekend blog on Sundays. It has been a while since I have done that, because Sundays tend to be very busy for us lately and by the time we are free at night, I don't feel like getting on the computer and typing about my weekend, but tonight, I have a few minutes so I thought I would start the trend again. So here my top five points of the weekend:

1) Clynt had Friday off! I love when Clynt has his Friday off, that means one more day of spending time with Corbin and I.

2) We took Corbin to the Urologist on Friday because of an infection that he has had on his penis. He started bleeding and having a big puss pocket on it and in it several weeks ago. He has been to his pediatrician twice and the second time was treated for Staph infection. He has been on an oral antibiotic and topical antibiotic for 10 days now, and Clynt wanted to make sure that it had all healed properly so we took him in to the Urologists at Texas Children's. You might be wondering (like Clynt is) why this would be in my top five, and the answer is because EVERYTHING IS OKAY with him. That is great news, because their is so much that can cause life long issues when you have problems in that area, so I am really glad that everything looks okay.

3) The BEACH! We went down to Surfside and stayed with Clynt's Dad and Charlye on Friday night and stayed till Saturday night. It was loads of fun. Neither of us are huge beach people so we have never put it on the top of our to-do list, but after going we sure did change our minds. We still are not huge on the ocean water, but Corbin LOVED the sand and chasing after the tides. They have golf carts and since they live there, we are able to go onto the private beach and take the golf carts and ride around on it. It was super relaxing.. In the heat of the day we stayed inside and watched movies, all while being able to just look out at the ocean. It was SUPER relaxing and we will definitely be back soon. Corbin had a BLAST and so did we. Not to mention that it is always nice to visit with family. We really did have a wonderful time.

4) Corbin being super cute. He is always super cute, but this weekend their were many phrases and words that he picked up on (or at least I picked up on what it was he was saying!). He had a really good weekend, he was just constantly happy and just loved on us quite a bit. He gets cabin fever when he doesnt get to go outside much during the day, so I guess the weekend at the beach did him well! =)

5) CARE group. I think this would probably be on my list every weekend. We really enjoy the company of everyone and every week is a new lesson. We love having other couples in our lives that we can share things with and that we can love and pray for. So, it is always a great way to end the weekend!

So, ideally I will do this every weekend, but dont hold your breath!

Blog out!

Play Dates

I am loving spending so much time with Corbin! It is wonderful. However, I am really missing grown up time and spending time talking with people about normal things. This week we had a play date with a good friend and her son who is Corbin's age, so that was really nice. But this week really just hit me how much I need my friends and time with them. I really need time to get stuff of my chest, to get out of the house, and to laugh and smile. I found myself getting "blue" this week and feeling un-loved by the world, since Iw as not out in it. So, I am on a mission to have at least 2 play dates a week, sign up for class of some sort for Corbin, and just spend more time with friends in the afternoons when other people are off of work. I need a little time out every once in awhile to stay sane.

If you are a stay at home mom, and you want someone to have a play date with, send me a message or text or something and we will plan to get together. Also, if you have any ideas for what to do with a toddler that is entertaining for him, let me know that too. I notice that I spend a ton of time trying to figure out what to do with him. I LOVE to get him and I out of the house and for him to have some social time also, but we are so limited on the things that we can do because he is just a toddler and so many of the kids places are more for 3+. We go to Chuckee Cheese sometimes but he doesnt know how to play many of the games, we went to Main Event the other day and it was WAY over his head, and we go to the Jumpin Jungle, which is fun but he likes the big slides and stuff so I have to take him to the top for the most part. All of these places we manage to have fun at, but it is a lot of work for Mommy to keep him entertained. We do like and have fun at Story Time in Friendswood (but they dont do it in August), the Children's Museum (but it gets expensive), Chick Fil-e (but it gets so packed that it gets hard for Corbin to play), and I think that is pretty much it. So any suggestions would be awesome! =)

This week was just a hard week for me. I really try to stay positive and happy, but this week I realized how much I really need my friends to laugh with and pray with to stay up beat and feel encouraged.

Love you guys!

Kiddos!

People ask us all the time how many children we want. If you would have asked Clynt anytime before we had Corbin, he would have told you 6! No, that was never my answer. My answer was always 2. Now, Clynt believes that he is getting too "old" to have 6 kids. ha. Clynt will be 30 in February and doesnt want to be that old before he retires. So, I think that we are compromising at 3. We will have a second and decide after that one if we want to go for one more or not, but that is our thought right now.

We want to have our kids between 2 and 3 years apart, so we will hopefully get pregnant somewhat soon and then Corbin and the new baby would be 2.5 years apart. We are actually planning on timing with our next kid also. Corbin was born 4 days after Christmas, which was also our anniversary. He was here 2.5 weeks early, and his due date way my birthday! So every holiday is with in 3 weeks of eachother, not to mention Valentine's Day and Clynt's birthday both being in February! So we want for our next child to come sometime in the spring or the fall. That would be in my dream world any ways.

How many kiddos do you want? If you are done having kids, how many did you have and why did you stop there?

Clynt seems way too busy for me!

Clynt started looking for the truck of his dreams (in our budget!) several weeks back. Now, he was very picky about the truck that he wanted. He wanted a Ford F250 or F350, Diesel, 4X4, not lifted, and 4 doors. The 4 doors thing was the only thing that I cared about, because the extended cab thing was such a PAIN with Corbin. The only draw back he had in finding what he wanted was that we were paying cash, and he had a limited budget he could spend. So the search started.

When he started looking, he started test driving trucks after work at least a couple days a week. Well, that wouldn't put him home until 6:30 or 7 and most of the time Corbin and I would have already eaten. Well then the day comes with a deal that we can't beat. So he spends several days going back and forth to the truck, and the going to get it inspected to make sure that nothing major was wrong with it. This truck had been stolen before so their were some things missing, so Clynt negotiated with the guy and and was going to replace everything that was missing and we were still going to pay LESS than what he was asking. The inspection showed a few little things that were wrong with it, so Clynt got the guy to repair some of them and others Clynt was going to have to do. So it was a deal. He got his dream truck! I was really happy for him. But NOW, he is spending every waking second working on it. He is a VERY meticulous person and wants to replace and update like everything on this truck!! That is great in the terms of I know it will last forever and I know he is capable of doing all of the maintenance himself, in which case it is not costing us a fortune. BUT- I miss my husband!!!

For 2 weeks he spend the nights looking for trucks and now he is spending all that time working on the one he bought!! I wish he would spend that time with us. Last night I took Corbin out to the garage to tell Clynt good night, and I was waiting on Clynt to finish up what he was doing and Clynt got upset with me because we were "watching over him and he was uncomfortable!". I dont like fighting so I just went inside, but Corbin to bed and stayed inside the rest of the night. Clynt then tells me today that he is taking me to dinner because he feels bad. At least he knows when he does something wrong. I really love that about Clynt. And I think he ended up staying up until like 2am to finish up so that he can be done with some stuff for a while.

I love that man, but I MISS him!!!!!

Ten on Tuesday

The 10 on Tuesday this week is a bit random, so this is just a warning!

1. What is your current favorite television show?

We watch House, but since it isnt on right now... I would have to say either Criminal Minds or NCIS.

2. Apple juice or orange juice?

Orange juice for sure... When I was pregnant with Corbin, I would drink it ALL the time =)

3. It’s Shark Week on Discover Channel. Do you watch? Why or why not?

Negative. What an incredibly weird thing it is to have a week on sharks! hmm... Clynt hasnt been into it this year but last year he was!

4. What are the non-blog websites that you visit regularly?

Facebook, Yahoo, and any daily baby bargain site... I LOVE www.babysteals.com, www.kidsteals.com, www.mamabargains.com, and several others! They have one "bargain" a day and often times it is something very useful! =)

5. What is your favorite way to prepare green beans? Asparagus? Potatoes? Carrots?

I steam most veggies. But I do roast them occasionally.

6. What is your favorite flower?

A tulip!!

7. How do you feel about handkerchiefs?

Im going with Amanda's answer on this one..... "Gross"!

8. If you could only shop at 3 stores for the rest of your life, what would they be? (You probably should include a grocery store.)

HEB, Babies R Us, and Target.

9. If you could only use wine for one purpose for the rest of your life, which would you choose? To cook with or to drink?

To drink.

10. What’s your bedtime?

I try to be in bed by 10.

Family pictures

Amanda took our family pictures this weekend in Downtown Houston. They turned out awesome. I really wanted an "urban" feel to the pictures. We got some that were urban-y, but other that are just super cute. It is amazing to me how everyone has different tastes... When I showed them to family, they all asked for different ones! I am going to show you my favorite ones!

This one is one of my favorites! I just love the colors and my little man...

I love the depth in this one... I like how Corbin is out in front of us and he looks darn cute!!

This one is fun. I think it is a good picture of each of us! =)

This one seems to be a favorite of everyone. I like it too, but I am squinting a little so I dont like it of me! however both of my guys look awfully CUTE!!

This one is another favorite of everyone. It is Clynt's favorite too, so Im sure it will be in an 8X10 in our house! =)

No one said that this was their favorite, however I REALLY like the design of this one! I love that red wall and the stair, PLUS we are all open eyed! =)

No one said that this was their favorite, either, HOWEVER, it is my FAVORITE from the whole shoot! It is exactly what I was going for by taking pictures downtown! I wanted an urban look and this is it! This on will be in a 10X13 AT LEAST in our home! =)

Hope you enjoyed them!! Thanks AMANDA!! you are wonderful! =)