I'm here

Just checking in to say hi to all my blog buddies. I haven't forgotten about you but actually life has been pretty mellow this week. Will post more soon I promise. I know you are all hanging on the edge of your keyboards waiting for a meaningful post from me!

after

As promised! :)

Project 365 day 15

After

Cannon's therapy went really well this week. The speech therapist is really nice and patient with Cannon. She didn't seem bothered at all with the way he screamed NO at her. Whew! He did pretty good with her and tried to listen and follow what she was doing.

Mason has finally started to sleep through the night consistently! I mean we are going on week 2 of me getting a full night's sleep. I didn't want to mention it before now because I have so many times in the past and it just ends up be for about 6-7 days and then he starts waking up again so this time I think it is for good!

Project 365 is a challenge. I am doing it but it is a challenge for sure! My pictures are random to say the least!!

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"Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you!"

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Bunco prizes rock

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Miss Pouty Pants
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Renay finally found the solution to my sink problem. It has some kind of buildup on it therefore staining it pretty bad. She started scrapping it the other day and now it is a whole new sink. I would like to publicly thank my sister for being anal!

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**BEFORE**

The best way to have a glorious after is to make the before shot really crappy! Mission accomplished!

Sunday

Yesterday was Cameron's birthday. We had so much fun being surrounded by family and friends. I didn't get the camera out one time and that really bugs me. I just forgot! So I took a picture of Cameron's cake after we had a taste!! :) I made an ice cream cake as well thanks to Teresa. She told me a recipe her friend and her made up themselves so then she passed the concept onto me. It was DELICIOUS! I hope Cameron has a fabulous 2008 and year being 33!

Project 365 day 7

Gross I know. It was potato casserole. Be very thankful that there is no smell through the computer!

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Cameron's marble cake. NO THAT IS NOT MOLD ON TOP! That is the melted wax from the candles. When you are lighting that many candles you are bound to have a little wax here and there!

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Cameron "working"~ I say working loosely because how much work can you get done during the Cowboys game (which they lost~BOOOO!!) and 3 kids hanging on you?

Recent Happenings

Gracelyn: Mom can we go to Mr. Gattis for Daddy's birthday?

Me: no it is Daddy's birthday he gets to choose.

Gracelyn: Can we go to Blue Sky?

Me: Yeah that sounds more like it.

Gracelyn: WE ARE NOT GOING TO THAT LOBSTER PLACE! I don't like lobster.

Me: We aren't going to the lobster place on Saturday.

Gracelyn: I don't want to go there ever because I don't like lobster.

Gotcha Grace! She is so adamant that we don't go to the lobster place. Cameron's all time favorite meal for his birthday is steak and lobster so we go to Red Lobster once a year with his parents to celebrate and enjoy the food. I really could just eat a whole basket of cheddar biscuits all by myself. Wait! I do... :)

I am trying out a new recipe for Cameron's birthday cake this year. I detest chocolate cake and chocolate ice cream. Now a Hershey kiss every once in a while is fine but over all I am not a chocolate fan. As much as I don't like it, Cameron loves it. So about 3 years ago I stopped making strawberry cakes with cream cheese frosting (my favorite) and started making a chocolate cake for him. Aren't I such the giving wife? Just took me a while to bring myself to actually make a yucky brown cake in my house. I have also only ever made brownies 2 times in my adult life. So Cameron knows he is really special since I am breaking my personal vow against chocolate to accommodate him!!! Hold on just a sec. while I go polish my halo...

Still going strong with the Project 365. It is getting tough to think of good picture subjects. Well I take that back I have 3 kiddos who are happy to pose but I also wanted to share other aspects of my life beyond my kids.

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A cross that D'Sha` made. It is precious and hanging very prominently on my wall by the fireplace.

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Mason is loving his walking toy. He starts out on his feet and will take one or two steps but then drops to his knees and will walk the entire living room on his knees.

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I have laundry issues!

Cannon had his final evaluation for ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) on Friday. He qualified in the speech area. On the other aspects of the test he scored within his age group so he is doing great socially, cognitively, and developmentally. Just the speech issues were a concern. The therapist said that he was about 6 months behind so that is good to finally know. Cannon will receive therapy 6 times a month. 4 times with a speech therapist and then 2 times for developmental support. Not sure what all to expect but it starts tomorrow so we will see. I swear the second the therapist and coordinator walked out the door on Friday he started talking and hasn't stopped since. So maybe this is just the thing he needed to get him kick started in the right direction with his speech.

Something today that stood out to me was that he was in the bathtub and there were bubbles and he had a handful up to his nose. He held it up to Cameron and said, "Dad, snow!"

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keep on keeping on...

I am keeping up my resolutions pretty well and it feels good. I just have to keep on keeping on. Don't have a ton to write about tonight so I just want to share my pictures for project 365

January 6th, 2008

I seriously should buy stock in the maker of cheerios.

January 8th, 2008

Cameron's Christmas present. I don't know how to set it up properly but it sure is pretty to look at.

Resolutions

Okay I promised my resolutions last week but somehow they slipped my mind... Well really I made the post about them and then thought to myself that really I don't have any resolutions. So it took me a while to do them. Here they are in no particular order. Some are more meaningful than others. Some are more attainable than others. Some are just down right silly.

1. Participate in some form of marathon. Whatever you want to call it I want to enter something, pay a fee, wear a tag on my shirt, have a few blisters, sweat, and have a picture of me at a finish line. Now if all these things happen at once that would be even cooler!!

2. I plan on entertaining in our home at LEAST once a month. In some form or another. I am a pretty good cook. And most people don't know it. I never invite people over or cook for them Whether this company is family or friends I want to open up my home. God has provided us with a place to enjoy and we need to show him our gratitude through doing his work in it. We are going to eventually hold a bible study here when our other small group splits. I am praying that this is sooner rather than later because as more time passes the more I get cold feet about it.

3. Read the bible every day. I have a new devotional book for moms that is really neat. So I am on the right path. I need to spend more time in God's word so that I am able to fully understand my strengths, weaknesses, desires, passions, goals, commitments, commands.

4. Get happy. I have been in a serious funk for the last 6+ weeks. I got called out on it and it stung to have someone recognize what I had tried so hard to hide. I don't call it a depression because I am familiar with that but I call it a funk because in so many ways I know exactly what is contributing to it. I was not trusting God to take care of me. I had little faith that he would provide a way for my desires to come true.

5. Take more pictures of my family. Together with ME in them. Each child alone doing what they love and capturing their personalities. I am also starting a photo project called Project 365. I am suppose to take a picture a day for 365 days. I can't guarantee that I will post my project picture every day but I will share with you my blog buddies my life through pictures. They may be 4-5 in one post but I will label them. I promise that they won't all be about my kids either. Not that I need to apologize for being a picture hog of my kids, but I hope to really capture my life in the next year.

6. Workout 3-4 times a week. I have basically taken the month of December off. boooooooo so I want to get back in the game and enjoy my hard work. I don't have a specific amount of weight to loose because that isn't an issue but oh my I put my swimsuit on last week and I was seriously wondering why we don't follow the fashion tips of the 20's and 30's with the fuller more covering swimsuits of their time.

7. Keep my car clean. AAAACCCKKK... If you have ever ridden in my car you know it is a pit. Now I am not promising that it will be spotless but I am resoluting (is that a word?) that I will clean it out once a week.

8. Keep my house clean. Oh my this is a huge one folks. Cameron and I are coming to terms with the fact that we are outgrowing our house. Not that we are moving or anything because of it but that we are really out of space. Every nook and cranny is filled. Every closet is packed. Every spare corner has something in it. So we are going to start with keeping it clean and eventually work on cleaning out closets, storage areas, and kid's rooms. They have too much stuff.

9. Get a pedicure during each season. If you saw my feet you would think why each season why not each week? Well I can't afford each week like they need but once a season should do me good.

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Cannon taking Mason's hand away from his race track. Such brotherly love I tell ya.